so should we focus on Vish or the Compact of worlds? Personally I'm leaning towards Vish right now since it seems this war won't be over anytime soon and who knows how well our interactions with the new race will go so it might not be a bad idea to buff up a frontier planet just incase we suffer a worse case scenario dealing with first contact and we start having to fight a war on 2 fronts because we really botched the first contact meeting.
[X]Vish
Vish had been one of the farthest colonies from Te, while that is no longer true it is one of the most favorable colonies in the whole of the Confederacy.
[]Trade Center
Vish represents a point between the inner worlds of the Confederacy, and the spinwards Frontier by building a nexus for trade Vish can create a desire to expand the materials farther out from the core of our space.
[]Data Center
Again Vish occpies an important choke point in the Confederacy meaning that by building data centers here we can reduce server load of the core worlds while still allowing access to the same breath of knowledge to the frontier.
[]Defense Platforms
Vish is at a choke point and very close to the primary relay that is the choke point. By building up defenses we can force enemies to fight past Vish in order to get at our core worlds.
[]Factories
Vish is at the best position to make use of the vast resources of the frontier by expanding manufacturing on the Planet we can better use those resources.
[]XenoZoo
Vish has an extensive natural biosphere, we could create a Zoo to take advantage of this and hopeful expand our understanding of alien life.
[]Readings
The local forms that did initial prospecting found several strange readings near the south pole of the planet, however near constant blizzards make any attempts to examine said readings difficult.
[X]Contact
"We are at an important stage of history, each time we reach out into the unknown it could bite us, but by planing our endeavor we can take advantage of our understanding and make this work."
[]Waiting
The low risk low chance of reward. We park a small ship near the relay the alien came from and see if we can talk if they come back.
[]Attack
We can't afford a two front war, however if they are going to attack us we should have the chance first, out xenologist agree that we shouldn't do this.
[]Defensive
By pulling a full fleet from the front we can assure that hostilities may be greeted in kind, however the aliens may find this a threat and respond as such.
[]Passive
A single ship can do what a fleet could when it comes to talking. However while they shouldn't consider it a threat we could be seen as weak and they may Attack us because of that.
[]Middling
Half a fleet may be enough to seem strong without seeming threatening, however it could also be seen as weak or threatenin.
Action Summery
[]Trade Center
[]Data Center
[]Defense Platforms
[]Factories
[]XenoZoo
[]Readings
[X]Defensive
By pulling a full fleet from the front we can assure that hostilities may be greeted in kind, however the aliens may find this a threat and respond as such.
[X]Readings
[X]Readings
"Freezing." The combat form looked over the the massive frigate ship that was slowly being obscured by the blizzard.
"It is deeply concerning how we effective this blizzard is at blocking comunication, my armor systems are not able to get any reading or comunicate, even though we can still see the ship." The blizzard kicked up more snow blocking the ship from sight.
"The existence of a storm whither out any cloud formations is what worries me more, and I can feel the gravity irregularities in the area." The Armor the combat forms were wearing was a modification of the basic warrior model these had heating systems to allow the journey they were making.
They stepped further then the storm cut out, in the center in a eye of this storm was a massive base, mass effect cores glowing visibly from the hundred or so meter they stood at. "One needs to go back and inform the ship, the others will examine the base from a closer distance." The rear most nodded and trudged back into the storm.
The building was a strange and alien material, they entered to see the lights glowing dimly in the tight hallways. The building shuttered. "I got a spike in the gravity readings. The place is falling apart around us, the cores going haywire could scar this planet for millions of years." The other combat form nodded and they ran down the hall.
"Higher power readings are this way, I could try to shut down the reactor, but that would likely destroy it, however we could force a controlled cascade failure in the mass effect cores it will destroy them, but we will stop the threat.
[]Save the Cores
The cores are massive easily enough to move objects kilometers long, while their presents on the surface of a planet brings up a lot of questions, we could use that kind of technology.
[]Save the Reactor
Considering the projected size and the power output of the Reactor it is either a antimater system or a very powerful fusion system, either way it would greatly benefit the Confederacy to have. [X]Middling
When the diplomatic ship Horizon of Peace entered the new system with the three frigates that were escorting it it had plenty of ideas on what could be expected, an alien fleet that opened fire when they entered the system was scenario 138, the corvette that had a single job ran jumping back through the relay.
The few hail sent to the aliens were ignored as they continued to fire. 138 had a few reactionary plans and the two surviving frigates, and the Horizon of Peace choice from them quickly.
[]Reaction 138.a
Retreat the alien' may follow, however military action can not achieve the desired results.
[]Reaction 138.b
Sit the alien' may relise something is up when none of your ships respond to them.
[]Reaction 138.c
Attack, while the alien' have overwhelming force you may be able to cause enough damage with your deaths to prolog their counterattack.
[]Reaction 138.d
Rush, the Horizon may be able to land on the nearby planet, and communications may be established manually.
[]Reaction 138.e
Self Destruction, the ships can not afford to let the alien' know where our planets and systems are located.
[]New Reaction
The ships felt none of the pre-prepared reactions were what necessary for this mission.
-[]Plan...
The cores are massive easily enough to move objects kilometers long, while their presents on the surface of a planet brings up a lot of questions, we could use that kind of technology.
Could lead to Gravity tech shenanigans, like the Normandy's engines, shields, the Gravity gun, things like that.
[X]Reaction 138.b
Sit the alien' may relise something is up when none of your ships respond to them.
