Torgamous
Aspiring Gynoid
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Because, as SynchronizedWritersBlock said, it's only useful closer to the border.
To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)
- Thread starter OneirosTheWriter
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pbluekan
Somethin's Fucky ...
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It's only useful closer to the border when it is just used for repairs. On any given repair the most it will shave of is a month.
It is most useful on new builds. On builds it can shave off a full quarter or more.
It isn't a giant repair house.
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It'd be cheaper to build more berths then. Sol is the shipbuilding capital of the Federation - a distinction that will rise over time as UP is expanded. The Heavy Industrial park has a large opportunity cost - large enough that we have to put it in Sol.
In any case, I don't feel the need to order the Heavy Industrial Park this turn. Too many other good things we want.
Forgothrax
Not Going Gently
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Only reason we'd want the HIP anytime soon, in my opinion, is if it applied to the Amby prototype. Then it would be nice to have.
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I agree. When do you expect we've got 125pp lying around and no idea what to do with them?
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Initially I was just about convinced by this argument, but there is a serious problem: It's not completely clear that Linderley has sufficent time in rank and we could be forced to pick someone else who has a different bonus. We promoted him in 2309, so it's been barely 5 years, usually VADM promotions seem to call for 7 years. There was an exception made for Uhura, and 5 years could just barely be enough even without exception if there aren't multiple other candidates with more time in rank available, but I wouldn't want to risk it. Next year would be significantly less risky, the year after definitely safe.
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I agree with waiting at least one and likely two years for VA Intel.
In addition to the above arguments, Seruk is retiring which will give us greater control over candidates.
In addition to the above arguments, Seruk is retiring which will give us greater control over candidates.
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I could see us picking the UP expansion next year and the Industrial Park in 2316, hopefully we will have reduced Syndicate cost to a manageable level and be able to get most of our nominal yearly pp income by then. Otherwise 2318 looks promising, after a wave of new members joining, granting 25pp each if nothing goes wrong.
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I haven't seen anything in the option itself that states how long it takes to build the park. Any idea?
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- Canada
Given the recent treaty with the Romulans, it seems like this would be a good time to sit down with both them and the Klingons and candidly discuss just what role they'd like us to be playing in the upcoming Klingon-Romulan war. This could be anything from a formal declaration of neutrality and a hands-off policy, to having us formally accepted as mediators to assist in treaty negotiations once the fighting draws to a close, to allowing us to send in aid to affected civilian populations during the war.
The idea is to get both sides on board with it before the fighting starts, so that we're not in a position of having to pry the victors off the battered bodies of the losers once the conflict goes one way or the other. It is, after all, a war; someone will win, and someone will lose. Our efforts will mitigate how badly the loser loses, and thus can be considered a hedge against defeat. On the other hand, our diplomatic efforts could also help the victor in consolidating their gains, as should the borders move after the conflict, it is to the victor's advantage that the conflict then end instead of dragging on for a interminable period of nasty cloak-on-cloak guerilla skirmishing.
This is, of course, an FDS matter instead of a Starfleet matter. But it'd be nice if they could get on that in advance of the fighting, instead of panicking and rushing into it after the war starts.
The idea is to get both sides on board with it before the fighting starts, so that we're not in a position of having to pry the victors off the battered bodies of the losers once the conflict goes one way or the other. It is, after all, a war; someone will win, and someone will lose. Our efforts will mitigate how badly the loser loses, and thus can be considered a hedge against defeat. On the other hand, our diplomatic efforts could also help the victor in consolidating their gains, as should the borders move after the conflict, it is to the victor's advantage that the conflict then end instead of dragging on for a interminable period of nasty cloak-on-cloak guerilla skirmishing.
This is, of course, an FDS matter instead of a Starfleet matter. But it'd be nice if they could get on that in advance of the fighting, instead of panicking and rushing into it after the war starts.
I seriously doubt such efforts would be even remotely welcome.
I just went back to read what @OneirosTheWriter said about Uhura being a candidate.
Also, heres the Shipyard Operations VA vote.
Shows pretty conclusively that 5 years is long enough, especially considering Linderly is the incumbent.
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Before that he said that it depends on what other candidates are available, in the case of the Ops vote obviously there weren't many or he wouldn't have asked. As I said 5 years could be enough without exception, but probably not if there are 3-4 candidates with significantly more TIR available. There probably aren't, but we don't know about all rear admirals.
Being Incumbent didn't help Sanik with IIRC 4 years TIR.
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re: the dead Ambassador situation.
Local Intel needs to be Inspected - they either incompetent or compromised.
The Treaty of Celos should include a structure for complaints and resolution - this is a job for the FDS to follow through on. Sure, nothing will come from it but we will have the legal framework fully fleshed out.
Local Intel needs to be Inspected - they either incompetent or compromised.
The Treaty of Celos should include a structure for complaints and resolution - this is a job for the FDS to follow through on. Sure, nothing will come from it but we will have the legal framework fully fleshed out.
Well, I guess we'll have different options and see who wins, then, because I think an Intelligence VA position could be helpful. I consider the odds that:
1. Linderly won't be a candidate
AND
2. There is no candidate with a bonus that seems useful against Lecarre infiltration
to be sufficiently low that it's a risk I'm willing to take.
1. Linderly won't be a candidate
AND
2. There is no candidate with a bonus that seems useful against Lecarre infiltration
to be sufficiently low that it's a risk I'm willing to take.
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You may want to reread. I think you must be misunderstanding or misinterpreting something I wrote to give me that response. Uhura was a special case; the normal case is that 5 years is fine.
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Real hero. She should be on something better than an Oberth...
So, we have crazy people running around who are able to build bombs... for science.
And body snatchers. Anyone behaving strange is a suspected body double?
I'm guessing that positive happy-ending entertainment vids are popular.
That particular Oberth is so good that it's more effective and tougher than a Centaur-A, a ship five times its size. It compares favorably with a Connie-B for goodness sakes.
We would have to promote her to the Cheron, an Excelsior, or the EC if she wanted an upgrade.
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We would have noticed what was wrong a LONG time ago if the Lecarre impersonating the ambassador had done anything other than carry out our own orders. I'm pretty sure the Lecarre agent was just passively ferrying information back home.
I strongly approve of this.
The Ked Paddah would have had to know we were watching from before our first contact with them, or they'd have done things we'd be able to notice and have to cover them up after the fact. It's conceivable, but it wouldn't be easy to hide that they were summarily executing mentats in the opening phase of the war or some such.
Linderley is probably already making it harder for the Lecarre than it should be, but it would be reasonable to give him a slap on the wrist for excessive complacency regarding them.
Yeah, if we can find a way to push this, or if the FDS has already thought of it, that's great. Because it places the Cardassians in a bad situation.
Either they have to acknowledge that they have the power to compel their 'affiliates' to abstain from undesired actions, which diminishes the credibility of their claim to be protecting anyone's sovereignty or autonomy...
Or they have to acknowledge that they lack this power, in which case the Treaty of Celos is a farce and we can reasonably demand a renegotiation that allows us the opportunity to defend themselves against our vassals' actions.
That said, I think we'll need a more overt provocation than this. The Lecarre infiltrator here is an embarrassment to us, because one of our senior officials was replaced by an alien for three years and we didn't even notice apparently.
What makes you think there is any single location we can physically attack to capture "ALL THE SPIES?" Why would the Lecarre have any single central base conveniently labeled "This is where we keep all our secret intel and surgically alter all our infiltrators!"
Nervos Belli
Don't think this means you've won!
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- Murica
Hey, it worked for Rogue One!
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- Germany
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No contact with the rest of the diplomatic service, family, friends, business associates, ... ? No one had questions? For three years? Where did the Lecarre get this amount of background info? Telepaths? Obsidian Order? ... ?
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On my phone, or I would draw this.