pheonix89
Wants to be Seven Of Nine
- Location
- North American Plaguelands
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- She/Her
Colony Cores also finishes by then, giving us a whole bunch more RP and PP.
To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)
- Thread starter OneirosTheWriter
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- star trek exploration fully automated luxury gay space communism top level canon (canon) #hashtagcontent all-encompassing space amoeba cardassian boy bands cardassian magical girls darkest bureaucracy debate makes the qm cackle like palpatine hoh is an empire quest it has to be foreign infiltrators more ships ship happens singers delenda est starfleet this is not an empire quest ur waifu is collective?
- Location
- USA
The difference is the Bajorans were Cardassian clients, the Yrillians are not, plus we are over 130 relations with them.
- Location
- Cyberspace
I'm sure there's some private citizens willing to wander over to Dawiar and jaw-jaw completely on their own initiative. Sure, members of the Federation government (and probably those of various full members) probably wouldn't be allowed to, but in spite of quite a bit of post-scarcity, there's still traders, wanderers, scientists and the like. And I'm sure there's some Dawiar interested in exploring the Federation, maybe bringing some things back home.
Plus, of course, there's Events. A number involve rescuing or assisting an alien vessel or colony - I'm sure some Dawiar relations can be garnered on occasion from such things.
I am okay with not having some options that help with the war. I won't sacrifice our long term goals for short term concerns.
- Location
- USA
We want the Ambassadors for the Explorer Corp mainly. Those increase science and presence will make it easier for them to pass events which gain us more resources and the sooner we can do that the better. Combined with that completing our ambition which last time I believe gave us PP, something we need (note we complete the ambition by starting the prototype). And we will need the 30 RP to have a good shot at keeping all of our tech teams active. We need 208 RP to keep all tech teams active and have 158 right now which leave us short by 50 and only 2 quarters to get that. Starting the Ambassador project leaves us short by 20 which is much more likely to happen.
Unfortunately until we finish with the Syndicates or drop cost a lot we will not be getting anything out of the PP.
Also circling back to an earlier argument on finding resources in home sectors, one of our tech trees is all about better survey techniques and sensors which would narratively let us find seams of resources that were hidden from detection before (also why we need a second mineral science team so we can have one on the SR track and one on the BR track to find more colony spots and have colonies produce more resources). That synergizes with Forward Defense which has an increased colony production tech.
pheonix89
Wants to be Seven Of Nine
- Location
- North American Plaguelands
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- She/Her
This is really not going to be a typical year. Most years they don't do anything REMOTELY on the order of WMD strikes on a capital.
Also we kicked them past a breakpoint and are going to be hammering them a ton harder.
- Location
- USA
Yeah but we keep half the cost from the previous year which is 55 I believe, and it is easy enough to pick up 40 or more cost, so even if we are not over 100 we will have a very low PP income for a couple more years at least. Granted once we finish and no longer have cost we are going to have what seems like a PP glut (Colony Cores, two races becoming members, Qloathi hitting 300, Seyek may hit 300 by then).
Night
Widow Null
- Location
- Hoff
Survival is a long-term concern. Even not ending up with a Maquis situation via a decisive victory is a long-term concern. (Because the Maquis were a very long-term problem.)
- Location
- madison
we have a crew crunch in the nearish future, we might want to move academy expansions up to around 3 or 4
- Location
- USA
As soon as we can afford it, however we are getting some crew increases from the Apiata and Indoria becoming members, also we have some techs coming up that increase each category by .1 a year as well which will help. And pray we get a +25 relation event with the Graterians to make them affiliates for another .1 crew. Plus if push comes to shove we can mothball constellations in favor of new ships.
- Location
- Australia
@Briefvoice
Starfleet Commander Log...
Surprisingly, the hottest debate is over the deployment of the tea kettle, with some fearing it's too valuable to risk in an area like the Starfleet cafeteria, others citing the need for its extensive experience brewing orange pekoe, and still others advocating that the espresso machine is an under-utilised tool in need of some expert baristas.
Starfleet Commander Log...
Surprisingly, the hottest debate is over the deployment of the tea kettle, with some fearing it's too valuable to risk in an area like the Starfleet cafeteria, others citing the need for its extensive experience brewing orange pekoe, and still others advocating that the espresso machine is an under-utilised tool in need of some expert baristas.
- Location
- USA
Colony Core:
10 / 40 Colony Mainframe (Colony Mainframe I) (+2 rp/year per non-Research Colony)
15 / 40 Tellarite Process Engineering (Core Systems I) (+1 pp/year per Colony)
Finishes in two years with a boost this year or next year
Currently we have 15 colonies (5 of which are research) with 1 research and 1 mining colony finishing this year and another mining colony found since the last snakepit.
That would give us 18 colonies (6 research). The PP side would gain us 18 a turn once we no longer have cost and our current income there is 85 so a good increase. RP wise we will be gaining another 24 rp, or 3 tech teams worth a turn.
2320 Research Center
14 / 60 Type-14 Duotronic Mainframe (Data Analysis Center III) (-0.5 RP required to activate Tech Team (7.5))
16 / 60 Wolff-T'Par B-Type Portable Mainframe (Portable Analysis Center II) (+1 rp annually from research colonies)
5 to 7 years without boosts for reach tech to finish. The first will drop needed RP by 13 (though we are likely to have 2 to 4 more tech teams in that time period so another 1 or 2), the second will give us at least 6 more RP a year.
2310 Message Security
21 / 40 DataNet 2.0 (Research Net II) (Gain +5 RP/year)
28 / 40 Regional DataNet (Colony Research Net I) (Research Colonies cost -1 pp)
Finishes in two years no boosts needed, gain is +5 RP a year plus research colonies now cost 7pp instead of 8pp
EPS Safety:
16 / 40 EPS Conduit Mag Failsafes II (Reliability for all stats improved by 0.1)
26 / 40 Secure Console EPS Taps (EPS Console Taps I) (+0.2 all crew types due to reduced operational injuries)
Finishes in two turns (no boost needed) and will give us more crew
2310 Affiliate Research
44 / 60 Recruiting Campaign III (Increase Academy intake from Federation Affiliates to 0.15 each)
34 / 60 Diplomatic Analysis III (+2 to the -Annual- Diplomacy Rolls)
34 / 60 Public Media I (Leads to further tech)
2 years for recruiting campaign 3 to finish, increase is .05 of each crew type for any affiliates under 300 (3 currently)
The Mission Unending
27 / 75 Explorer Esteem (+5pp from Every Explorer Built)
32 / 75 Dual-Mission (All Explorers Count as -1 Combat)
Likely 4 to 5 years to finish, once that is done we will get a good PP income as we are likely to have 2 explorers finishing each year so an extra 10pp a year.
There are other techs we have not started that we will start soon that give crew or RP bonuses as well.
10 / 40 Colony Mainframe (Colony Mainframe I) (+2 rp/year per non-Research Colony)
15 / 40 Tellarite Process Engineering (Core Systems I) (+1 pp/year per Colony)
Finishes in two years with a boost this year or next year
Currently we have 15 colonies (5 of which are research) with 1 research and 1 mining colony finishing this year and another mining colony found since the last snakepit.
That would give us 18 colonies (6 research). The PP side would gain us 18 a turn once we no longer have cost and our current income there is 85 so a good increase. RP wise we will be gaining another 24 rp, or 3 tech teams worth a turn.
2320 Research Center
14 / 60 Type-14 Duotronic Mainframe (Data Analysis Center III) (-0.5 RP required to activate Tech Team (7.5))
16 / 60 Wolff-T'Par B-Type Portable Mainframe (Portable Analysis Center II) (+1 rp annually from research colonies)
5 to 7 years without boosts for reach tech to finish. The first will drop needed RP by 13 (though we are likely to have 2 to 4 more tech teams in that time period so another 1 or 2), the second will give us at least 6 more RP a year.
2310 Message Security
21 / 40 DataNet 2.0 (Research Net II) (Gain +5 RP/year)
28 / 40 Regional DataNet (Colony Research Net I) (Research Colonies cost -1 pp)
Finishes in two years no boosts needed, gain is +5 RP a year plus research colonies now cost 7pp instead of 8pp
EPS Safety:
16 / 40 EPS Conduit Mag Failsafes II (Reliability for all stats improved by 0.1)
26 / 40 Secure Console EPS Taps (EPS Console Taps I) (+0.2 all crew types due to reduced operational injuries)
Finishes in two turns (no boost needed) and will give us more crew
2310 Affiliate Research
44 / 60 Recruiting Campaign III (Increase Academy intake from Federation Affiliates to 0.15 each)
34 / 60 Diplomatic Analysis III (+2 to the -Annual- Diplomacy Rolls)
34 / 60 Public Media I (Leads to further tech)
2 years for recruiting campaign 3 to finish, increase is .05 of each crew type for any affiliates under 300 (3 currently)
The Mission Unending
27 / 75 Explorer Esteem (+5pp from Every Explorer Built)
32 / 75 Dual-Mission (All Explorers Count as -1 Combat)
Likely 4 to 5 years to finish, once that is done we will get a good PP income as we are likely to have 2 explorers finishing each year so an extra 10pp a year.
There are other techs we have not started that we will start soon that give crew or RP bonuses as well.
trooperist
Cinnamon Roll AI
Wouldn't you just use a replicator to make tea or coffee? Or do some people just prefer to have it the standard way without any matter rearrangement?
Nervos Belli
Don't think this means you've won!
- Location
- Murica
Commodore Eaton left a strong mark on the Explorer Corp. Anyone who dares even mention replicated tea is met with icy stares and immediate promotions to the night shift.
- Location
- USA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
The only solution is to drink cocoa, and dare her to make a fuss about it.
It's one of the reasons I suggested we allow Sousa to do something wheeling and dealing with the Federation Councilmen and Women, about laying down several more large ships in Federation yards for the member fleets. The Andorians have mentioned that they have a surplus of personnel at the moment, and United Earth has already expressed interest in at least one additional Excelsior. Even if Sousa has Starfleet agree to pay part of the materials cost for the hulls out of its budget, it still gets more large hulls into service, and I'm certain that we can get something out of the Council for a larger-than-normal member utilization of Federation shipyards.
- Location
- USA
Also looking over Ex-Astria we need to boost the Hospital ship to finish it this year which put us to needing 218 RP, or 60 more than we have which makes starting the Ambassador project this turn even more imperative.
- Location
- California
I thought we didn't have Replicators yet?
trooperist
Cinnamon Roll AI
I thought the Gaeni had replicators?
- Location
- Australia
They do.
But they're Gaeni and people get pretty wary about that sort of stuff... Can't imagine why...
Nervos Belli
Don't think this means you've won!
- Location
- Murica
The only solution is to drink cocoa, and dare her to make a fuss about it.
It's one of the reasons I suggested we allow Sousa to do something wheeling and dealing with the Federation Councilmen and Women, about laying down several more large ships in Federation yards for the member fleets. The Andorians have mentioned that they have a surplus of personnel at the moment, and United Earth has already expressed interest in at least one additional Excelsior. Even if Sousa has Starfleet agree to pay part of the materials cost for the hulls out of its budget, it still gets more large hulls into service, and I'm certain that we can get something out of the Council for a larger-than-normal member utilization of Federation shipyards.
Of our eight members, four have berths capable of building Excelsiors on their own. Caitians, Rigellians, Amarki, and Andorians. Of the remainder, Vulcan and Betazed lack the crew for such an undertaking, and Earth and Tellar Prime both recently finished their Excelsiors. Maybe Earth would be interested in building a second one, but that's hardly a larger than normal utilization.
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- He/Him
Eh, figured it might be food for thought, if nothing else.
Replicator engineers have succeeded, after extensive research into the British East-India Company, the exact climate and soil of the Darjeeling region, the biology and lifestyle of Camellia sinensis and innumerable other factors, have produced a beverage almost but not entirely unlike tea. The little paper cups they dispense it into just add insult to injury.