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Research and Development Board Quest

[X] - Heavy Carrier Project : Doombringer (Hammer Industries)
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Turn 4 : Early Season, Deal Phase​
Budget : 275 Spacebucks
Science Teams : 1 (Joana Lehara)
Active Advantages : None
Active Disadvantages : None
Active Long Term Deals : None

Eventually, after a surprisingly low level of discussion and arguments, the Doombringer class Heavy Carrier is selected for its ability to provide fighter support to counter the enemy Combat Carrier, as well as attempt to cut down on the ease enemy Black Angels have in ambushing human fleets.

Peace and Security, Incorporated, while disappointed that you didn't choose the Angel, is not currently offering any direct modifications to the Doombringer. However, they wish to hire Lehara's services for the turn, seeking to develop the, quote, 'next generation of laser weaponry', unquote. In exchange, they will give unto the board 100 Spacebucks.

[ ] Lend out Lehara.
[ ] Don't Lend out Lehara.

Hammer Industries, while already happy that the Doombringer has been chosen, is offering some specialty ammunition for the ship. They've come up with a Mass Driver round that, instead of having a high powered nuclear warhead, carries an extremely powerful short duration sensor array. These Scanner Bombs, as they are being called, would be a formidable recon enhancement. Of course, in exchange they're like 100 Spacebucks for themselves.

[ ] Buy the Scanner Bombs.
[ ] Don't Buy the Scanner Bombs.

Arms Unlimited is being suspiciously quiet lately, but are offering a Shield Recharger Node which would greatly increase the rate that the Doombringer's light shield would regenerate in combat for 50 Spacebucks. They're also offering an Advanced Repair Drone design that would greatly increase the Doombringer's already easy to repair hull's ability to be..., well, repaired, in the mids of combat for 75 Spacebucks.

[ ] Buy the Shield Recharger Node.
[ ] Don't Buy the Shield Recharger Node.

[ ] Buy the Advanced Repair Drone.
[ ] Don't Buy the Advanced Repair Drone.

The Xenotech Acquisition Board has a few more advanced offers ready for the board however. First off, they've taken in the data from the Ablative Mirrored Laminate that the Swordfish has, and are now offering an new and hopefully improved mix for the Doombringer in exchange for 50 Spacebucks. More potentially devastating however are the Heavy Antimatter Shells they've developed from studying alien technology, using new and exotic space and gravity manipulation gear to keep the Antimatter stable. Such shells would be far more powerful then the normal nuclear shells... If it works. Of course, to give you the shells they're demanding the hefty price tag of 150 Spacebucks.

[ ] Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate.
[ ] Don't Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate.

[ ] Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells.
[ ] Don't Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells.

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(Doombringer Parts : Drone Fighter Bay x1, Drone Bomber Bay x2, Recon Drone Bay, Prow Light Mass Driver, Light Laser Turrets, Repairable Hull, Electromagnetic Armor, Light Shield Generator, Electro-Gravitic Drive)
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[x] Lend out Lehara
[x] Buy the Scanner Bombs.
[x] Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells
[x] Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate
[x] Buy the Advanced Repair Drone.
 
[X] Don't Lend out Lehara.
[X] Buy the Scanner Bombs.
[X] Buy the Shield Recharger Node.
[X] Buy the Advanced Repair Drone.
[X] Don't Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate.
[X] Don't Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells.
 
[x] Lend out Lehara
[x] Buy the Scanner Bombs.
[x] Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells
[x] Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate
[x] Buy the Advanced Repair Drone.
 
[x] Lend out Lehara
[x] Buy the Scanner Bombs.
[x] Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells
[x] Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate
[x] Buy the Shield Recharged Node.
 
[ x] Buy the Advanced Repair Drone
[x] Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate
[x] Buy the Shield Recharged Node
 
[ x] Lend out Lehara.
[ x] Buy the Shield Recharger Node.
[ x] Buy the Advanced Repair Drone.
[ x] Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate.
[ x] Don't Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells.

Lending out Lehara:
We need to keep building up our warchest, and we could always use better laser cannons.

Recharger Node, Adv. Repair Drone, Ablative Mirrored Laminate:
Points were raised about the Carriers survivability, these will address those points, and allow the Carriers to fight harder, longer, making more of an impact on the front.

Antimatter Shells:
It's experimental anti-matter shells being fired out of a rail gun at incredibly high velocities. If something goes wrong (And it likely will), it will take out our carriers main gun, perhaps even touch off the magazine containing the other anti-matter shells, which might take out the whole ship.

It's just not worth the risk until it's been through a hell of a lot more testing, and I would prefer some live combat testing on a frigate or cruiser before we start putting them on our high value capital ships.
 
[ x] Lend out Lehara.
[ x] Buy the Shield Recharger Node.
[ x] Buy the Advanced Repair Drone.
[ x] Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate.
[ x] Don't Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells.
 
[ x] Lend out Lehara.
[ x] Buy the Shield Recharger Node.
[ x] Buy the Advanced Repair Drone.
[ x] Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate.
[ x] Don't Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells.
 
[X] Plan Jexx
[] Don't Lend out Lehara.
[] Don't Buy the Scanner Bombs.
[] Buy the Shield Recharger Node.
[] Buy the Advanced Repair Drone.
[] Don't Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate.
[] Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells.


SB's server got nuked, so I've compiled the SB votes and put them here. It's up to Happerry wether he wants to count the SB votes or not.


[3] Plan Tankdrop24:
[] Lend out Lehara
[] Buy the Scanner Bombs.
[] Don't Buy the Shield Recharger Node.
[] Buy the Advanced Repair Drone.
[] Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate
[] Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells
Tankdrop24, Frostgiant, Theorion,


[3] Plan Gear:
[] Lend out Lehara.
[] Don't buy the Scanner Bombs.
[] Buy the Shield Recharger Node.
[] Buy the Advanced Repair Drone.
[] Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate.
[] Don't Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells.
Gear, DaLintyGuy, Trent01,


[1] Plan Kolar:
[] Don't Lend out Lehara.
[] Buy the Scanner Bombs.
[] Buy the Shield Recharger Node.
[] Buy the Advanced Repair Drone.
[] Don't Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate.
[] Don't Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells.
Kolar,


[2] Plan Generalisimo/Veekie:
[] Don't Lend out Lehara.
[] Don't Buy the Scanner Bombs.
[] Buy the Shield Recharger Node.
[] Buy the Advanced Repair Drone.
[] Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate.
[] Don't Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells.
Veekie, Generalisimo,


[2] Plan Ticktrick:
[] Don't Lend out Lehara.
[] Don't Buy the Scanner Bombs.
[] Don't Buy the Shield Recharger Node.
[] Buy the Advanced Repair Drone.
[] Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate.
[] Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells.
Ticktrick, HyperspatialParasite,


[9] Plan Jexx:
[] Don't Lend out Lehara.
[] Don't Buy the Scanner Bombs.
[] Buy the Shield Recharger Node.
[] Buy the Advanced Repair Drone.
[] Don't Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate.
[] Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells.
Jexx, ZeroXSEED, Tabron89, Shadows, Alanek2002, Cyanios, .IronSun., Silent88, Chriswriter90,
 
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[X] Don't Lend out Lehara.
[X] Don't Buy the Scanner Bombs.
[X] Buy the Shield Recharger Node.
[X] Buy the Advanced Repair Drone.
[X] Don't Buy the Ablative Mirrored Laminate.
[X] Buy the Heavy Antimatter Shells.
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Turn 4 : Late Season, War Phase​
Hammer Industries has really dropped the ball here. Lehara was fired up here, doing some of her best work, but their staff managed to be pretty damn incompetent while putting it all together. Her sheer mastery of multiple subjects shows through anyway, transforming the Doombringer from a wreck into a respectable capital ship, but it could have been so much more if Hammer Industries had tried to match her efforts at all. Rumors that the entire crew is soon to be laid off abound.

But the ship, despite that, is still good. Lehara worked some wonders with what she had, installing Turbo Charge Jump Capacitors into the drives, and outfitting the Recon Drones with a Synesthesia Multisensor Array, pioneering several new techniques to craft some of the greatest sensors available to humanity.
No, Really, you guys rolled double crits here.
The Doombringers stands ready for war. Their lasers are serviceable, the drives are a masterwork, and all drones are armed and deadly.

And while Hammer Industries let the board down, Arms Unlimited didn't. The Shield Recharger Node is sheer genius, able to flash charge the entire ship's shields in an instant, not only utterly refilling them but temporarily putting them into an extra powerful overcharge state. Meanwhile, the Repair Drones crawl around the hull even in the most deadly of tests, wielding armor back in place, and piecing together shattered circuits.

The Xenotech Acquisition Board has also come through, bringing humanity's knowledge gravitic manipulation to new heights, placing an obscene amount of antimatter into a heavy shell. And unlike other attempts, it doesn't explode when someone looks at it funny. It still explodes when you want it to, though, and should be a nasty surprise to anything thinking a carrier will have almost no ability to shoot back.
Gravity Tech Advance.
However, like the last capital ship, a choice must be made. Send them in at once to counter the enemy stealth units, or build them up into a powerful surprise.

[ ] Send them in at once.
[ ] Hold them back.

On the front, the stalemate goes on. Certain captains, remembering the success the last attempt at back line raiding, are asking permission to attempt to cause such logistical havoc once more.

[ ] Let loose the hounds of war.
[ ] No, it's far to dangerous.

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Rolls After All Relevant Modifications {General Quality : 24, Drone Fighter Bay 57, Drone Bomber Bays x2 45, Drone Recon Bays 115, Prow Light Mass Driver 65, Light Laser Turrets 41, Repairable Hull 42, Light Shield Generator 64, Electro-Gravitic Drive 104, Shield Recharger Node 93, Advanced Repair Drone 56, Antimatter Shells 58, Production 44}
 
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It lives!!

[X] Send them in at once.

We built these to counter the enemy's latest tricks, lets use them.

[X] Let loose the hounds of war.

We're being ground away at the head-on fights even with our battleships. Raiding works, and if we can hit the logistical tail behind these stealth battlecruisers, all the better.
 
[X] Let loose the hounds of war.
[X] Send them in at once.

So happy this quest is still going on. :)
 
Actually, it's kind of a funny story. I was kind of sad at my lack of inspiration to continue this, so I decided I'd start something new in the same lines.

But while working on the ideas (Divine Inspiration, Factory AI, and R&D Groundside Edition), well, the work gave me back the inspiration and suddenly I finished this up. (Of course, now I still want to do the others, so you might be seeing one of those three sometime soon.)
 
[X] Let loose the hounds of war.
[X] Send them in at once.

I want to see what kind of unsophisticated shipyard-made raiders, operating in wolfpacks, can do. It might be dangerous, it might be comparatively ineffective, but if we can throw a few more ships at the enemy with yards that wouldn't otherwise be used then it should be a net gain.
 
Slamu said:
I want to see what kind of unsophisticated shipyard-made raiders, operating in wolfpacks, can do. It might be dangerous, it might be comparatively ineffective, but if we can throw a few more ships at the enemy with yards that wouldn't otherwise be used then it should be a net gain.
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It would be good if you had any of these, yes.

Sadly, no one has successfully voted to design any yet.
 
Sounds like we probably should. We have a core of larger ships now, so its time to give them some meatshields support.
 
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