[X] Plan Clearing Our Plate to Prepare for War
-[X] Accept offers of assistance from ORDI nations (Pyrric Rabies Vaccine costs 0.1 Research points)
-[X] Stage Border Incident (Pact) [Medium]: Using our agents in the Prospero Pact's military, we can stage an incident at their border with Republic camps to inflame tensions and justify reprisals.
-[X] Buy New Oslo, or as much of it as possible, as outlined
here
-[X] Infiltrate Rockwellawan Society: Infiltrating Rockwellawan's society will allow us to carry out subversive activities.
-[X] Claim all uninhabited areas, and begin/prepare to colonize New Oslo
-[X] Auction Decommissioned Cruisers (Driveless) in a private auction among the ORDI nations
-[X] Joint Research Program Groundwork: Having already developed close business ties with the Aurigan Coalition's industrial centres, now is the time to grow those bonds into something meaningful. While it's too soon to approach the Coalition with the idea of a joint research program, efforts can be made towards laying the groundwork… [Progress: 1/2 turns]
-[X] Annex Tiverton (-5 influence): By deploying numerous civil, military, and diplomatic resources, the Republic should be able to annex the system of Tiverton with minimal protest from our neighbours. [Progress: 0/2 turns] [Action Point Locked Until Completed]
-[X] Colonize Charybdis [Progress: 461,342/500,000] [Action Point Locked Until Completed]
-[X] Survey Helghan for Additional Petrusite Deposits: With the news that Petrusite deposits will eventually regenerate, now is the time to resurvey old mining sites and look for new ones. [Progress: 1/5 turns] [Action Point Locked Until Completed]
-[X] Target Smuggler Network: We cannot allow Helghan military equipment to be stolen and sold to the highest bidder by criminals. As such, we should make the destruction of this network a priority. [Progress: 3/???]
-[X] Construct two Battlemech Battalions: Task Zulim Taw with constructing two battalions worth of mechs.
-[X] MAWLR Redesign: Order your design teams to redesign the MAWLR to make use of the latest technological advancements.
-[X] Research
--[X] DHS [5.96/6]
--[X] Advanced Petrusite Theory [5.8/6]
--[X] Petrusite Space Weaponry [2/5]
--[X] Standard Power Armor [2/6]
--[X] Selective Defoliation [1.3/2]
--[X] Pyrric Rabies Vaccine [0.0/0.1]
-[X] Burst-Pattern Launchers
-[X] HDC 'Ursus' Squad Cannon: Developed by the Helghan Defence Corporation out of Bloemfontein, the Ursus Squad Cannon is a gyro-stabilised semi-automatic recoilless-rifle designed specifically for use by power armour equipped soldiers. Firing a 60mm shell at 400m/s, the Ursus substantially increases the already considerable AT firepower of power armour troopers.