The Reluctant Vassal's Guide to Living in the Frontier (with some Treason)

After some thought, you settled your gaze on the Minow-class destroyer that House Orochi used. While definitely not as grand or powerful like their aircraft, it was what enabled those and more to operate planetside. If they wanted to boast and claim about how their genetically altered and cybernetic augmented soldiers were unbeatable in a straight fight, then fine.

You wouldn't take them in a straight fight, and just blow them up on the way down.

A quick search revealed an ideal matching target and your mind swiftly concocted a plan. It would involve feeding some false information from a well-placed spy, which would then conveniently transit via word of mouth through the grapevine until they reached a certain set of ears. Namely, a young and overeager vice-commander wishing to earn accomplishments already who had coincidentally taken operational command when their superior fell ill to a bout of unusual and intense food poisoning.

From there, it would be painfully simply to lure them into a trap set by some militas you had your fingers in. The tricky part would just be needing to take the destroyer intact. Hm, perhaps you'd leak some reactor shutdown codes right before, that could work. It all depended on if you could pique the interest of a local hacking group.

(Military Salvage (Great House Orochi- Minow): 64 +18 (Violet) +12 (Wealth) = 84)

Progress: 3/4. In Progress.


(Upgrade Building (Pendragon- Riluo Bank)): 91 +17 (Kat) +12 (Wealth) = 120)

Progress: 4/6. In Progress.

Kat sighed when the alert came through of the attempted data breach over her helmet. She paused her work on the prototype she was tinkering with and dialed up a subordinate with a blink. "Attempted hack in your region. Get groundside and start backtracing to nail their fucking ass to the wall!" She snarled at the surprised Prism and closed the connection. Then she made another call, one that was less intense but still equally as vulgar. "Dorothea, are you ready to rip and tear somebody a new hole?"

"A bit colorful there, and we do try to be gentle if we can. Unless that's a request."

"They interrupted my workshop time!" She hissed and slammed her hammer down on the prototype for effect. "That's a crime, isn't it?"

"Depends on the court and jurisdiction, but federally? You could probably wedge it under Purposeful Obstruction of a Prism's workflow-"

"Blah blah, tell me when you want me to show up with evidence and I'll do it. Just take care of it for me if you can."

"I'll task some of my subordinates to handle it. Rest assure, the hackers will regret trying to break in."


(Colonial Expansion (Calenwyrm)): 58 +16 (Radana) +12 (Wealth) = 86)

Progress: 8/8 (Stage 3). Finished!

The camera begins with a zoom towards a street view of Kingsdream's main street, passing right along the established city hall converted from the old colony ship. Then the view shifts to a descend down beneath the waves, to view what the Coral District looked like from the outside. A nice little cut of bubbles then shifts to an internal view of said feature, demonstrating the incredible feat of engineering that was walking perfectly dry along the ocean floor.

Then it swerves oddly into a sideroom that seemed to be an exhibit, one of the Calenwyrm II itself. But there was a notable addition, that of a large cruiser hovering around. Smoothly, the holographic planet and model transitioned into what seemed to be a camera feed of an actual cruiser orbiting above the water planet. Behind them, the stars seemed to drift together to spell out a message to viewers.

CORONA-CLASS CRUISER- THE OFFICIAL MASCOT SHIP OF KINGSDREAM. COMMISSION ONE TODAY!

Radana couldn't hold it back anymore and hastily paused the commercial before she devolved into a fit of giggles. It was just far too much! She choked and tried to regain her calm, stifling the overwhelming mirth from such a forced and campy advertisement. But well, if Andernia Defense Systems Corporation was willing to partner with the city officials, there really wasn't anything she could do. It was their choice on how to advertise, after all.

The only issue was that there currently was no dockyard to produce said ship class, but she was sure the Solar Queen was already planning for or around that. If nothing else, the preorder money could come in handy for some other project, like perhaps commissioning a warship design next. Oh, I wonder if the mayor of Kingsdream would sponsor that next!

Then Radana blinked and recalled she had been just sent another suggestion missive from said representatives. She took out a datapad and reviewed these proposals now, eyebrows climbing higher with every passing tap. "Well," she spoke aloud, "they certainly are ambitious. I just hope they'll make a warship mascot look a bit better with preparation this time. Or perhaps we'll even name it after a local drink."

Assuming that she approved the suggestion, that was.

[ ] [Kingsdream] Build the Coral Flagship. A cruiser is a nice start, but a true monarch arrives in naught less than a true warship, even in peace. A statement must always be made on their coming presence, and this would certainly ensure it so. Advance to Stage 4 construction that costs ten (10) Progress. Upon completion, upgrade the Coral Parade into the Coral Flagship. The cruiser berth is now upgraded to a warship berth, and increases Influence from three (3) to five (5).

[ ] [Kingsdream] Mascot Redesign. This is getting out of hand, when there's already a good mascot for the city right there. If they complain, then they just have to redesign it into something cuter.

- If you can't tell, I do enjoy tempting you with these Faustian Bargains for these unique colony developments. There's theoretically no cap, but at some point, one questions if the time investment is worth trying to work around in your planning.