[WH40K] - Colonizing A Peaceful Planet

The colonization effort couldn't have started more mixed in the opinion of Lord Haku, as he stared at the gibbering and crying mess of scum standing thirty paces before him, with his administration assembled behind him. "In my official capacity as Planetary Governor, I hereby charge you with treason via accepting bribes, demanding the same, intentionally misfiling paperwork, and attempted subversion of the God-Emperors Administratum. How do you plead?" The piece of dirt in human form begins to beg for its life, much to Lord Haku's annoyance. "I judge you guilty of the accusations. You may say your last prayer before I send you to the God-Emperor to be judged," he declared, patiently waiting for several minutes to allow the thing to mutter a prayer.

Then, with practiced motions, he draws a las-pistol and kills the corrupt official with a headshot, to the acclaim of many in the crowd.

Well, not those currently trying hard not to sneeze due to the pollen within the air. Quite annoying, Lord Haku thought, hiding a sniffle as he walked away from the execution he had performed and towards the nearby Taurox with two Tauros acting as guardians. "My Lord," Grey Lily politely greets him as he neared, bowing.

"Ah, I take that the situation has been resolved?" Haku asked as he entered the Taurox, throwing an arched eyebrow at the Beastwoman, who followed after him.

"Yes, my Lord. Those who had indulged in the 'Pink Leaf' drug have been punished according to customs and law. Those responsible will not repeat the accident with the Purists."

"Good, ensure that-"

"PUDDING!" A voice from above both screamed, followed by the falling body of Alaxa Inuras, the Psyker attached to Lord Haku. Then, completely ignoring a dozen weapons aimed at her, she began to giggle in the lap of the guardsman she had fallen into, finding his panic extremely funny. "~Your newsletter has arrived!~" She sing-sang, clambering up from the guardsman's lap, crawling onto the ceiling of the Taurox, though not without poking the guardsman's nose. "Death by bleeding out after two days," she said with a deadpan voice the moment she stopped, twisting her head around like a predator while looking at the man she had just poked.

"Miss Inuras?" Lord Haku interjected before the half-mad Psyker could cast further predictions of doom. "You wanted to share the newsletter with us?"

The woman on the ceiling looked at Haku for a few seconds, completely lost at what the mad man could mean before a light went up over her head. Literally, making all but Lord Haku and a passed-out Guardsman flinch back at the display of witchcraft. "Ah, yes! Local News: Mad Baron marries sister, finds out they weren't related. The lawsuit is ongoing. Sector News: Ork Waagh Thundahook has made landfall on Caliphraxia; heavy losses on the mining world are assumed. Galaxy News: A Chair will soon be empty. This has been Alaxa Inuras with your news; my people need meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-," she declared, floating upwards and through the ceiling of the vehicle.

"Emperor, I hate Psykers," Lord Haku muttered, shaking his head.

Free Dice to allocate: 2 Dice.

Infrastructure 2 Dice
Pioneer Settlements
The first step to turn this ball of isles into a colony is figuring out how to live here. We will send out scouts and pioneers to various promising sites and see what they can find. (53/25)

"Initial surveys of geography and location for potential settlements have been completed in an orderly fashion. However, several dozen locations have been discarded due to the unknown wildlife and signs of seasonal nesting. Other sites have to be abandoned due to severe allergic reactions by survey members from local blooms. Our architects and city planners have drawn up several different plans for the development of our settlements and Capital, ready to be implemented at your orders."

[] Prepare To Lay Hive Foundations - (0/1750)
Perhaps not the most elegant, fashionable, or ecological solution to our problem, but the one most favored by most planets. Hives are designed to be built over generations and sustain themselves by the lower layers producing materials for the upper spires. By choosing this project, we will make housing as demanded and never worry about accommodations during construction.

[] Standard Pattern Settlements (Stage 1) - (0/100)
Why fix what isn't broken? True, the standard hab-blocks may never win beauty contests with their boxy concrete shapes, but they are a mainstay of many colonies for a reason! Efficient, cheap, and reliable. We'll need about 5(five) stages to give everyone a home, including those projected to be born.
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[] Novel Design Concepts (Stage 1) - (0/250)
Instead of opting for the common hab-blocks, we could begin to design our cities with the populace in mind. Various large-scale parks, cultural centers, recreational hubs, distributed commercial areas, and so on! The people would love it, and so would wealthy nobles who decide to "slum it" with the lower classes. We'll need about 4(four) stages to give everyone a home, including those projected to be born.
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[] Open Arkologies (Stage 1) - (0/500)
An exciting idea has been thrown into the mix of proposals made. Instead of creating a Hive or building conventional cities, we could integrate the surrounding nature into our very city, with artificial waterways, forests reshaped into parks, plants on the houses and near the streets, the whole works! Though this would be the most costly proposal in terms of money, metal, and power, it would boost morale and food once we find safe sources. We'll need about 3(three) stages to give everyone a home, including those projected to be born.
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Deploy Fortifications
You have been granted an allotment of turrets, bunkers, sandbags (sand not included), mines, a Lance Turret (due to the ship), tech-priests, and a complementary Krieger. Setting them up won't be a challenge and will defend you from any minor threat in the region. (1 Dice) (60)

"We have built several bunker complexes near passes and hills that would need to be passed or crested to advance on the beach, with the Lance built on Hill-83. We should contest up to ten thousand Orks with those alone and double that once we get some PDF up and running. The Krieger has been very helpful in digging the trenches around those installations, though he (she?) has yet to accept our invitation to take off their mask during our card games. I believe they do so intentionally."
-Julain Kruger, Imperial Guard Sapper.

Industry 3 Dice
Promethium Prospecting
Promethium is vital to everything, from civilian life over to industrial processes ending with the Guard. You need to see where the various deposits on this planet are and how to access them efficiently. (23/75)

"Despite best efforts, the dense vegetation and unknown wildlife have hindered our search for promethium sources. Nevertheless, several promising spots have been found, though they need to be cleared for experimental drillings. Yet morale remains high, even as various Beastmen crews have been assigned to the effort."
-Prospector #194

Metal Prospecting
Without Metals of any kind, nothing will work, and your colony will revert to a feral world. While the allure of no paperwork is potent for many of your lessers, you know that that way lies death and damnation! Seek where deposits lay and how to exploit them. Although the dense vegetation and wildlife make this challenging, your prospectors will prevail. (155/100)

"We have identified several dozen promising areas housing decent to fair-sized deposits of various needed metals in our immediate vicinity. Thus, with minimally required investment, mining operations can commence unearthing the wealth hidden in the crust of our new home for the betterment of the colony."
-Prospector #826

Colony Ship Power Generator Conversion
With the colony ship landed, you can now start the disassembly of its components for your use. Getting the (extremely old and unreliable) Plasma Ioniser out will ensure that your light stays on for the moment- (+2 Power (64/50))

"This machine is three centuries behind maintenance and will need to be scrapped at the soonest possible moment."
-Tech-Adept Rho Omega

"Despite the Techpriests grumbling, the ships Generator will be able to power any buildings and factories we build without putting any significant stress on the thing. It had been made to support a voidship; a few small towns are nothing in comparison."
-Foreman Kal Ogarna

Agriculture 2 Dice
Flora Exploration (Stage 1)
It is imperative that you better understand the native flora than 'Not Toxic, Not Psychic' as done by the Explorator who had found this world. What plants are edible, which have medicinal properties, and more questions needing answers to start serious agriculture. (43/50)

"The sheer density of plants is mind-boggling. We have barely made it even a hundred meters into the jungle beyond our landing site, as there are too many plants to study, catalog, investigate, and eat! We should have a report ready with only a bit more time, as several promising strains of fruit, trees, nuts, berries, grains-"
-Scout Malike

Fauna Exploration (Stage 1)
It is imperative that you better understand the native Fauna than 'Not Toxic, Not Psychic' as done by the Explorator who had found this world. Which could hunt humans, what beast could be used for tasks, are there any grox? (102/75) (Natural 100)

"We have, unfortunately, not found any grox so far, meaning that we need to import the lizards to eat grox-burgers once more. What we have discovered, though, far exceeds that profound loss of the culinary arts. While the 'Sharkhounds' found near the ship have a respectable size, reaching up to an adult human's knees, our findings indicate that they are either a dwarf-variant (unlikely) or orphaned juveniles (most likely). The (supposed) adult form of the Sharkhound can grow to over two meters in height, with naturally thick skin capable of shrugging off a las shot with little injury and teeth capable of chewing through the cage of a Tauros with ease, and the sprint capability to overtake the same. Although I need to note that the guardsmen caught by the Sharkhound weren't killed, merely injured in apparent revenge for the las shot. As the leader of this effort, I recommend looking into domesticating these animals, as they could prove effective rough rider mounts. Oh, and we found some birds and fish which taste pretty good, along with several other animals for meat, leather, fur, etc."
-Early draft of Julian Ched's report, which he had accidentally sent to Lord Haku on the investigation of Momi ʻōmaʻomaʻo's Fauna.


Services 1 Dice
Labor Corps (Stage 1)
While the Administratum runs the entire Empire of Man, their orders are carried out on the backs of workers endlessly toiling away. They are the vital blood that keeps the Empire running, buildings built on schedule and to specification. (-3 People, gain Dice allocations (104/75))

"While I object to the ban, and lack of tools, of converting the menials into servitors for the Labor Corps without prior conviction, its formation has concluded without problems. Efficient allocation of the menials can now begin."
-Tech-Priest Omega O-8

[] Infrastructure Focus (Gain +2/0/1/0 Dice)
[] Industry Focus (Gain +0/2/1/0 Dice)
[] Agriculture Focus (Gain +1/0/2/0 Dice)
[] Services Focus (Gain +0/1/0/2 Dice)