Stargate Canadian Safe Harbor (Stargate AU)

It's what you think you know, but it ain't so that gets you: reply

"I would agree," You responded, surprised Monsieur Lefebvre and Admiral Williams. "In fact, I would say you are just as infiltrated."

"And why would you say that?" Monsieur Lefebvre asked, looking surprised.

"Because if you check the paper trail, the indicated reports and records came from YOUR intelligence services and agreed with those from other countries," You pointed out calmly. "In fact, it was so coherent that my experts thought it was due to earlier translation procedures."

"Show us," Admiral Williams ordered, his expression hard, a look Monsieur Lefebvre mirrored.

Pulling up your copies of the raw data, the three of you settled down to do some paperwork backtracking. The resulting swearing taught you several new insults and French swear words.

"This is concerning," Williams finally said when he called off the impromptu research session. "We will have to start our own investigation of the relevant departments."

Monsieur Lefebvre nodded as he continued to swear under his breath, running his fingers down a list of names and dates from the French sources, which, according to him, were both completely possible and impossible at the same time.

(T.I.C. intelligence agencies re-examining their own records for potential alterations.)

Turn 29

With almost a third of your combatants in quarantine, Cain was swamped rearranging patrol and duty schedules.

Specialist Bell has been locked in meetings with Peter and the base medical head when they were able to get away from the situation with your quarantined people. They are proposing the construction of a complete Quarantine Quarter attached to the Gate-room, or to have the Gate moved to Safe-Haven station or lunar base once it is built as a means of improving biological safety.

One good thing about the recent disaster was the fact that the "Land Lords" in the government have mostly shut up, as their detractors are pinning the blame for the reckless exploration on their heads.

Dana entered the room and handed you the reports on the output of the newly deployed and blocked at the numbers at the bottom of the report.

"Are they sure this is sustainable?" You asked, now knowing why Dana had decided to give this report to you directly instead of letting it come through normal channels.

"From what we can see, those sites will take decades or longer to be mined out," She told you. "So, congratulations, we are no longer... as desperate for Naquadah. (Funds income: 550>700, Naquadah income: 2>5)(+2 Naquadah from initial exploratory coring)

You also got more notifications from your Moles at Norad that something was happening with Star Gate Command with an increase in the number of civilians being brought in.

... And the politicians have requisitioned your undeployed observation modules for political leverage among the T.I.C. members.

Stewardship: Logistic Specialist Ador A. Bell is running your logistical concerns like a drill sergeant with a batch of fresh fish, complete with insults, berating and plain old screaming in people's faces while telling them how to do their jobs. And like in basic, it is somehow working. (4 actions) (You have 4 Construction Drone Swarms that can be assigned to construction projects to give them a +1d30, only one per project)


[] *Orbital Observational Module: Now that you know that a threat can come from deep space it would be a wise idea to prepare to detect them from further away than possible through the atmosphere. (Can be added to any other manned orbital construct.)
Costs: 15F
DC: 65x2 (Needs two turns of success) 1/2 Progress
Reward: +1 Orbital Observational Module (Undeployed)

[] *Orbital Ship Building: With the Safe Haven operational, you have a position where you can build larger spaceships without drawing attention. (Can build up to Six (6) ships at a time but each two (2) ships cost an action )
-[] Which ship designs and how many
Costs: Depends on selected ships
DC: Depends on selected ships
Reward: Depends on selected ships

[] Construction Drone Swarm: Dell has "invented" a design of drone to aid in construction, and the rest of your people want their own swarm to help out around the base.
Costs: 9F
DC: 35/???
Reward: +1 Construction Drone Swarm: Can be assigned to a construction action to grant it +1d30

[] Deploy Orbital Observational Module: Deploy an Orbital Observational Module somewhere to keep an eye on the system and the surrounding area.
-[] Where do you deploy it (Write-in)
Costs: Orbital Observational Module
DC: 2
Reward: Increased detection ability, narrative affect

[] Construct Personal Shields (Does NOT cost an action to take): You now know how to create personal shield units. You also know why the Goa'uld use them so rarely. While small(ish) the amount of rare earths and other expensive materials makes them as expensive as a small ship.
Costs: 20F, 1N (Does NOT cost an action to take)
DC: 45
Reward: Enough Personal Shields to equip a field team.

[]Moon Base Planning: You got the go-ahead on making a Lunar base, Now all you need to do is design it before getting started on the construction… You can already see the geeks and nerds fighting over aesthetics in your mind. Maybe you should decide on that before sending the matter to them.(Pick 1)
-[] Industrial
-[] Military
-[] Community center Chic
-[] Sci-fi (Star Trek)
-[] Sci-fi (Warhammer/Gothic)
-[] Other aesthetic theme (Write-in) Will be its own separate vote
Costs: 5F
DC: 55/75/95/???
Reward: Ability to build a Lunar base

[] Quarantine Quarter: A dedicated construction focused on the medical quarantine of those who come through the gate, and for handling other biological issues.
Costs: 30F
DC: 45/???
Reward: Quarantine Quarte, Narrative medical effects

[] You have an Idea: You have an idea on how to improve the base.
Costs: TBD
DC: TBD
Reward: TBD


Diplomacy: Mrs. Lucy Ferr is a gentle and caring person to everyone she meets, though this in no way reduces the number of people who are flat-out terrified of her. Commander El, for instance, always salutes her and calls her "Marm" to her face. (2-1=1 Actions)


[] Spare Change: While you doubt you can get extra money from other parts of the government right now, you do know that they might have materials and expertise you might be able to borrow to reduce the costs in your own operation. Effectively gaining extra funding.
Costs: NA
DC: 45/???
Reward: Extra Fs depending on the rolls

[] Diplomatic Aid: While not as skilled at certain branches of your operation your diplomatic corps can help them clear the way in their work. (Can be taken multiple times but only once per action)
-[] Write-in action to be helped.
Costs: NA
DC: NA
Reward: Adds 1d40 to the rolls for the selected action.

[] German Minds: Ask the Germans to leand you a hand with a research project.
(Can be taken multiple times but only once per action)
-[] Write-in research action to be helped.
Costs: NA
DC: NA
Reward: Adds 1d100 to the rolls for the selected action.

[] Call All Nerds: You now have a few more countries to trawl for top-level scientists with the necessary security clearance to work with you.
Costs: 30F
DC: 45/???
Reward: +1 Research Action

[] Calling the Makers: You now have a few more countries to trawl for top-level mechanics and skilled labour with the necessary security clearance to work with you.
Costs: 20F
DC: 75/???
Reward: +1 Stewardship Action

[] Be Diplomatic With (Write-in): Now you can try and talk to various groups at your own initiative. Who do you seek out?
Costs: TBD
DC: TBD
Reward: TBD

Martial: Commander El's opinion of how your base was mixed. On one hand, it was still being brought up to standard after years of neglect, on the other hand, the results of your ratings and marine deployments have been less than successful. He intends to fix that... personally. (3-1=2 Actions)

[] Heavy Patrols: Double the patrols around the base. Not only will this help with security but also keep the men from getting too bored.
Costs: NA
DC: ???
Reward: Extra security of the base, ???

[] Hard Heads, Idle Hands: It is not good to have highly trained men get bored and you do have a lot of work in the other areas to do so use one problem to solve another.
-[] Write-in action to be helped.
Costs: NA
DC: NA
Reward: Adds 1d35 to the rolls for the selected action.

[] Through the Gate: As you now have the ability to use the gate you can send a team through if you want. Though not your primary purpose it might net you sources of materials that you can not gain on Earth. (Can only be taken 1 per turn ATM)
Costs: NA
DC: ???
Reward: ???

[] System Patrol: With Warships under your command you can now send patrols around your home system. The only real cost so far is the consumables used in the voyages
Costs: 3F
DC: ???
Reward: ???

[] Deep Scan: Your Warships have your most advanced scanning systems. You can take advantage of this by having them scan items/planets of interest. Unfortunately, while able to easily scan a large area of space when dealing with a planet the atmosphere and sheer density reduce the resolution painfully. (Can be taken up to 3 times per turn.)
-[] Write-in target to be scanned (Planet/moon/ astroid belt/other)
Costs: 3F
DC: ???
Reward: ???, Information

[] Forging the Gate-Breakers: Having finished Vaettir's power armour you can now form a heavily armoured infantry with the explicit purpose of breaking through heavily protected sites and situations.
Costs: 22F
DC: 55/???
Reward: +1 team of Gate-Breakers

[] Write-in: Cain has some ideas he wants to run by you.
Costs: TBD
DC: TBD
Reward: TBD

Learning: Peter had done what you thought was impossible and gotten the scientists all to agree on something. You would feel better if that thing was something other than the fact Peter was bullshit smart but disorganized. Half the workbenches in the labs now have half-completed... things are spread across them, and some of you scientists are afraid to touch them. (5 Actions)

[] Naquadah Alloying: Naquadah has many useful properties including being a complete bitch to work with as not only is it both tough and hard but it also dissipates energy extremely well unless certain conditions are met. Then it has a tendency to explode, but the lab guys say that the downsides can be mitigated if it was alloyed with the right materials.
Costs: 10F, 4N
DC: 75/??? (+15 to the roll due to having actual examples on hand)
Reward: Naquadah Alloyes

[] *Longer-haul Environmental systems P3: While you have found a way to extend the deployment time for your spacecraft and stations between resupply Jillian and Dell of all people think they can extend it even more.
Costs: 45F
DC: 90/???
Reward: Long-haul Environmental systems LV3: Allows even longer deployment/increased range of ships

[] Symbiote Dissection: You now have a stockpile of frozen enemy corpses, or at least their larval form, Time to see what you are up against biologically. Now if only Dr. Fritz would stop making "wurst" jokes whenever they are discussed.
Costs: 10F
DC: 50/90/???
Reward: Information on Goa'uld biology, ???, ???

[] Transformation Cogs: Peter thinks the Goa'uld memory metals can be used in what would be otherwise static structural components, allowing superstructures to actually shift their forms in real-time.
Costs: 41F
DC: 85/???/???
Reward: ???, ???, ???

[] Ship Design Corvette: Nothing says you can only have one design for each ship class.
Costs: 20F
DC: 35/???
Reward: Corvette Designing post

[] Drone Design: You now have construction "helper" drones. How much harder would it be to design drones for other tasks?
-[] What type of drone do you design? (Write-in)
Costs: TBD
DC: 20???
Reward: New drone design/pattern

[] Ancient Jewelled "circlets": You found five Jewelled Circlets in what you think were the ruins of an Ancient building. You have no idea what they were for, but you doubt they were mere decorations.
Costs: 11F
DC: 65/???
Reward: ???

[] "Power Socket": Peter and Jillian swear it is a power socket of some kind, not a decoration, and you trust their expertise.
Costs: 12F
DC: ???
Reward: ???

[] Ancient Server Dive: Besides the star maps (and porn) there is still a lot of data on/in the Table that you need to sort through... without actually understanding the language. Jillian and Peter think that can make headway but warn that they have no idea what they will pull out each time they try.
Costs: 6F
DC: ???
Reward: ??? information/intel/other

[] Hard Light Properties: You know the Ancients had the ability to use "Hard Light" but what does that actually mean?
Costs: 6F
DC: 45/???
Reward: Information on the properties of "Hard Light", 1 out of 3 techs needed to unlock Hard Light

[] Hard Light Projector: You know the Ancients had the ability to use "Hard Light" but how did they doe that? Well, you have an example to study.
Costs: 22F
DC: 75/???
Reward: Ability to create "Hard Light" projectors, 1 out of 3 techs needed to unlock Hard Light

[] Hard Light Patterns: You know the Ancients had the ability to use "Hard Light" but how did they program the form it was to take?
Costs: 12F
DC: 55/???
Reward: Information on how to store "patterns" for hard light constructs, 1 out of 3 techs needed to unlock Hard Light

[] Metal Interface Units (MIU): The Goa'uld hand device has some form of direct interface with the user's mind/brain. This could be useful... or dangerous, most likely both but Hans thinks it might be worth the risk.
Costs: 16F
DC: 120/???
Reward: ???

[] Goa'uld/Ramjet Engine: The Russians have created a form of ramjet using a degraded Goa'uld-style shield to collect the needed particles for operations. As horrible as the implementation was there might be something to the idea.
Costs: 18F
DC: ???
Reward: ???

[] Design Escort "Bits": With your new battery tech and the data on the Ancient's "Bits" Jillian Thinks she can create some form of defensive combat drones for your ships and maybe other uses.
Costs: 38F, 1N
DC: 40/60/???
Reward: Gain Escort "Bits": as an add-on to your ship designs, ???

[] Design a Basic Frigate hull: With their experience with corvette hulls your men believe they are ready to try and design a basic hull for Frigate class ships.
Costs: 20F,
DC: 65/???
Reward: Ability to create Frigate class ship designs.

[] Mysterious Signal Research: There is something in Jupiter's big red spot that your sensors can not pick up to the point it is just a void to them. That is not normal and you want to know what it is.
Costs: 3F,
DC: ???
Reward: ???

[] What does "Core-Tap" Tap?: Less powerful and definitely less safe than a ZPM but something your scientists think they might be able to understand enough to replicate is the "Core Tap" from the Ancient server. That said they want to be sure before even thinking about asking you to sign off on the massive cost of construction.
Costs: 30F
DC: 65/???
Reward: Core Tap construction option, ???, ???

[] Mind Over Matter: According to Vaettir the Ancients were capable of a degree of Psionics and you have managed to pull a basic instruction guide from their server. Vaettir warns you that this is a very uncertain field of study where his people can't help you at all.
Costs: 22F
DC: ???
Reward: ???, ?Psionics?, ???

[OL] High-performance Room-temperature conductors: Figuring this out would be a godsend not only for your operations but also for the world and your discretionary funds. Now how to turn Ancient technical files into something practical for earth tech levels.
Costs: 11F
DC: 40/???
Reward: Income determined by Results, ???

[OL] Cybernetic Prosthetics: You now have the option and ability to look into the creation of proper Cybernetic Prosthetics for those missing limbs.
Costs: 23F
DC: 45/75/???
Reward: Reduced Causlties, ???, ???

[] Cybernetic Organs: You now have the option and ability to look into the creation of proper Cybernetic Prosthetics for those with damaged or lost ones.
Costs: 23F
DC: 65/95/???
Reward: Reduced Causlties, ???, ???

[OL] Powered Exo-Skeleton: Jillian and Fritz both think that the idea of a form of powered exo-skeleton is now possible, especially if Dell helps. Exactly what that means, well none of them agree with each other on that.
Costs: 25F
DC: 65/???/???
Reward: Construction Exo, ???, ???

[] Goa'uld Power Cells: You got a heads up on the missing piece of info needed to create Goa'uld style power cells… now you just have to figure out the practical portion of the process.
Costs: 20F, 1N
DC: TBD
Reward: TBD

[] Write-in: you know you did have that idea once before maybe the lab boys will be able to make it work.
Costs: TBD
DC: TBD
Reward: TBD

Intrigue: Dana has transformed the space set aside for your less-than-clean information operations from a clean and regimented area to a scene of pure and regimented chaos. Everyone there knows exactly what they need to do and where to go, everyone else is lost mere feet inside the door. (2 Actions)

[] Vet Your Personel, Personally: You know Naval intelligence already vetted your staff but there is something to be said about doing it yourself. You think the saying was 'Trust but verify.'
Costs: NA
DC: ???
Reward: ???

[] Hiring The Cracks: As Daniel Jackson has proven for our southern neighbours sometimes the crackpots have actually seen the proof and are worth bringing in. The problem is separating them from the actual nuts. (Can be taken multiple times)
Costs: 16F
DC: ???
Reward: ??? Specialists/Hero units

[] Grey Market purchases: With your new access to the world's grey markets you can see if you can get a hold of some items and materials that would otherwise be denied to you
-[] Write-in what you are looking for
Costs: 2+TBD F
DC: TBD
Reward: TBD

[] Setesh Shadow Extraction: You COULD try to extract this "Setesh" from the USA illegally but it would be difficult, and any failure could have unpleasant fallout not just for you but for CAnada and T.I.C. as a whole.
Costs: 25F
DC: 95/???
Reward: "Setesh, ???

[] Sam's War: In the shadow war that Sam has been handling having a group of men not traceable back to his command has proven invaluable to his efforts and you are happy to help as it keeps the spies out of your base.
Costs: NA
DC: NA
Reward: ???

[] Shadow recall: Unfortunately you need your spies back so Sam must make do with his own for now.
Costs: NA (And does not cost an action) (require Sam's War to be active)
DC: 2
Reward: Unlocks Sam's War option,

[] Investigate (Write-in) Personally: Now where do we least expect trouble to come from and how do we stop it?
Costs: TBD
DC: TBD
Reward: TBD


Funding (F): 1344
Naquadah (N): 0+2=2