The population of Avernus has grown by an average of 1.25% over the last five years, around average. Currently only The Azure Islands is in need of additional living space.
Underground Railways: Azure Islands- Currently your underground railways connect all of your continental cities bar those in Duat. Edvin has put forward a proposal to put in some deep lines connecting them to the Azure Islands by going under the sea floor. While this would expand the network to the Azure Islands in your experience going to deep on Avernus has consequences. The question is whether the added flexibility of the Azure islands being part of your main railway network is worth the risk.
Time: 18 years
Cost: 4,800,000,000 Thrones, 1,600,000,000 Material, 4,000,000,000 Metal, 800,000,000 Promethium, 160,000 Advanced Material, 9,300 Exotic Material.
Upkeep per year: 1,920,000,000 Thrones, 320,000,000 Materiel, 800,000,000 Metal, 160,000,000 Promethium, 16,000 Advanced Material, 415 Exotic Material.
Reward: Expand rail network to Azure Islands, +5% Thrones and +2.5% production in Avernus Spine, Lindon, Everglades, Elysium and Aridia, +40% Thrones and +18.5% production in The Azure Islands, increased risk of wildlife.
Complete
Two years ago Signe finished building the underground railways linking the Azure Islands to the rest of Avernus. Thankfully without digging to deep and waking any terrifying monsters, which given that this is Avernus is a distinct possibility. The rail line both make it easier to redeploy forces to and from the Azure Islands during invasions and more economically connect the region of your general transportation networks, boosting the local economies. This expansion does not do to much more then cover the upkeep costs at the moment but as the population of The Azure Islands grows the impact will become greater.
Repair Workshops- One of the major expense on Avernus is the cost of replacing or repairing damaged military equipment. Signe has recently proposed building an extensive set of dedicated repair networks across Avernus, which should both increase the amount of equipment that it is viable to repair and reduce costs. This would take a while to set up and be a major cost by Signe is sure that it will pay for itself within a few decades, or a single major war.
Time: 16 years
Cost: 1,100,000,000 Thrones, 230,000,000 Material, 29,000,000 Metal, 29,000,000 Promethium, 2,400,000 Advanced Material, 130,000 Exotic Material.
Upkeep per year: 110,000,000 Thrones, 23,000,000 Material, 2,900,000 Metal, 2,900,000 Promethium, 120,000 Advanced Material, 2,700 Exotic Material.
Reward: Reduce military Throne upkeep by 5%, reduce military Material upkeep by 10%, reduce military Advanced Material upkeep by 2%, reduce military Exotic Material upkeep by 0.5%. Reduce replacement Throne costs by 10%, reduce military Material costs by 20%, reduce military Advanced Material costs by 5%, reduce military Exotic Material upkeep by 1%.
Locked- Fifteen out of Sixteen years completed
Signe is in the final stages of setting up the repair workshops in the cities of Avernus. In fact almost a quarter of the workshops are already online, and have begun to repair the constant stream of damaged military equipment that living on Avernus produces.
Expand Advanced Juve-nat factories- Recently the use of Advanced Juve-Nat by your military has reached the point where it is digging into your reserves. While you still have decades before the reserves start running out it would still be a good idea to expand these factories sooner rather then later, time consuming and expensive as it is.
Time: 18 years
Cost: 3,500,000,000 Thrones, 700,000,000 Material,35,000,000 Metal, 140,000,000 Promethium, 290,000 Advanced Material, 1,600 Exotic Material.
Upkeep per year: 170,000,000 Thrones, 35,000,000 Materiel, 1,700,000 Metal, 7,000,000 Promethium, 15,000 Advanced Material, 820 Exotic Material.
Reward: expand Advanced Juve-Nat factories to produce 19,000,000 doses a year.
Locked- Ten out of Eighteen years completed
Signe has continued to work on expanding the Advanced Juve-Nat Factories for the last five years and has made a great deal of progress. Rather then the empty shells that they once were the factories are now mostly full of highly advanced equipment, which is able to produce most of the exotic compounds required for Advanced Juve-Nat. It will still take a few more years to finish installing all of the equipment, after which the equipment will need to be calibrated and the workers will need to finish their training but Signe is certain that the factories will be fully online before your Advanced Juve-Nat reserves are exhausted.
Wildlife Export Goods- According to Signe there is a large barely tapped market in the sale of parts of Avernite wildlife to the elite of other worlds. This market includes luxury foods and furs for the nobles of the Imperial Trust, interesting materials for the Artisans of Svartalfheim and similar. Signe believes that if she throws from governmental resources into developing this trade it could be a major boon to the economy of Avernus.
Time: 10 years
Cost: 1,100,000,000 Thrones, 110,000,000 Material, 22,000,000 Metal, 22,000,000 Promethium, 50,000 Advanced Material, 2,500 Exotic Material
Upkeep per year: 110,000,000 Thrones, 11,000,000 Material, 2,200,000 Metal, 2,200,000 Promethium, 2,500 Advanced Material, 50 Exotic Material
Reward: +20% to prosperity of Avernite ground cities, +960,000,000 Thrones per year
Locked- Two out of Ten years completed
For the last few years Signe has been working on identifying what Avernite wildlife produces saleable goods. When she finds a marketable product she is beginning to invest resources in expanding the supply. So far a wide range of goods are being looked into, from Thundabeast steaks to Utter Bastard Dragon Scales.
Thaddeus Expertise: Expand (Limberlost) to Small Hive- Now that the cities of Duat have all been built, or are in the final stages of construction it would be a good idea to expand one of them into a Small Hive. This would provide a centre for the administration and defence of the region and allow for a greater population to build up. It would also be possible to build more small hives in other regions, though not nearly as important.
Time: 10 years.
Cost: 3,290,000,000 Thrones, 2,680,000,000 Material, 2,480,000,000 Metal, 4,460,000,000 Promethium, 2,370,000 Advanced Material, 27,100 Exotic Material.
Upkeep per year: 277,000,000 Thrones, 234,000,000 Material, 217,000,000 Metal, 39,500,000 Promethium, 19,500 Advanced Material, 234 Exotic Material.
Reward: Expand city to Small Hive
Complete
Three years ago Thaddeus finished the expansion of Limberlost in the Everglades into a Small Hive. Limberlost is a towering spire, in many ways resembling a classical Imperial Hive with the exception of the sheer number of weapons of all sizes bristling from the Hive Spire. In particular Limberlost has a large number of anti-orbital weapons, adding to the difficulty for any enemy warship to spend much time above the more populated regions of Avernus.
Thaddeus Expertise: Expand (Storm's End) to Small Hive- Now that the cities of Duat have all been built, or are in the final stages of construction it would be a good idea to expand one of them into a Small Hive. This would provide a centre for the administration and defence of the region and allow for a greater population to build up. It would also be possible to build more small hives in other regions, though not nearly as important.
Time: 10 years.
Cost: 3,290,000,000 Thrones, 2,680,000,000 Material, 2,480,000,000 Metal, 4,460,000,000 Promethium, 2,370,000 Advanced Material, 27,100 Exotic Material.
Upkeep per year: 277,000,000 Thrones, 234,000,000 Material, 217,000,000 Metal, 39,500,000 Promethium, 19,500 Advanced Material, 234 Exotic Material.
Reward: Expand city to Small Hive
Locked- Three out of Ten years completed
For the last three years Thaddeus has been working on expanding the last of The cities of the Azure Islands, Storm's End, into a Small Hive. So far he is overseeing the construction of the foundations and superstucture but in the years to come the Hive itself will take shape.
Personal Attention: Expand (Ain al-Asil) to Small Hive- Now that the cities of Duat have all been built, or are in the final stages of construction it would be a good idea to expand one of them into a Small Hive. This would provide a centre for the administration and defence of the region and allow for a greater population to build up. It would also be possible to build more small hives in other regions, though not nearly as important.
Time: 10 years.
Cost: 3,290,000,000 Thrones, 2,680,000,000 Material, 2,480,000,000 Metal, 4,460,000,000 Promethium, 2,370,000 Advanced Material, 27,100 Exotic Material.
Upkeep per year: 277,000,000 Thrones, 234,000,000 Material, 217,000,000 Metal, 39,500,000 Promethium, 19,500 Advanced Material, 234 Exotic Material.
Reward: Expand city to Small Hive
Locked- Eight out of Ten years completed
You have continued to expansion of Ain al-Alsil over the last half decade and are now in the final stages of construction. All of the cities superstructure and infrastructure is now completed, and you just need to finish working on the residential districts and the extensive layered defences that are an Avernite cities trademark. The population of the city has almost doubled int eh time that you have been working on its expansion, with a hundred million citizens having moved into the new districts as you have been completing them.
Personal Attention: Reagents supply- One of the goods that Lulana is willing to trade Alkahestrial products is a collection of Alkahestry reagents from across Avernus. It will take a few years to determine which are valuable and set up a way to collect them but this is the easiest and least controversial way to expand your trade credit.
Time: 8 years
Cost: 38,000,000 Thrones, 3,800,000 Material, 3,800,000 Promethium, 79,000 Advanced Material, 890 Exotic Materials
Upkeep per year: 3,800,000 Thrones, 380,000 Material, 380,000 Promethium, 7,900 Advanced Material, 89 Exotic Material.
Reward: 100 Trade credits with Nynye.
Complete
You have recently finished setting up a trade in Alkahestry reagents to the Nynye. These reagents are collected by many of the organisations of Avernus, though mostly the guilds, and are then transported to Lulana's Hive. While it is a minor expense arranging for the purchase and transport of the reagents tripling the amount of Alkahestrial products that you are able to buy is more then worth it.