To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)

OneirosTheWriter · May 12, 2017

[X]Plan Infra 2.0
-[X] Request Academy Development, 35pp (Gain +.5 Officers/Enlisted/Techs throughput)
-[X] Request focused Diplomacy on a potential member species, 20pp (Ashidi) (Yrillians)
-[X] Sponsor efforts to create additional Critical Ship Infrastructure on another world, 50pp (Amarkia)
-[X] Acquire additional resources for Starfleet Intelligence Gathering, 35pp (Gain +1 Intel Report per year)
-[X] Request Research Colony at Cronulla VI, 8pp 5 (7) rp/yr, 4 turns
-[X] Request development of Utopia Planitia, 28pp, (4 turns, gain 1 3mt, 1 1mt berth)

[18][FACTION] Approach the development faction about putting together a general recovery program for the aftereffects of the Licori war. Some of our economies will suffer from war mobiliziation, our allies the Ked Paddah and Gaeni have suffered even more greatly economically, and the Licori themselves will need help on both economic and sophontarian grounds. Regardless of the details of the eventual peace deal we will need to be ready for action across the board.

Approach the Developers about heading up post-war recovery

"To be honest," says the President as she folds her arms and looks across the desk at you. "That was already on my agenda. I had put a similar recovery plan in place for the Caitain worlds. However, regrettably, after I moved into Federation politics, they maintained the wartime funding levels far too long, and ended up wasting my good work."

"Of course, Madam President," you reply. "What we're looking for here in particular, though, is a whole-of-government response. Starfleet, DS, member worlds, and the Council."

"I'm glad that we'll have Starfleet on board voluntarily for this," replies the President . "To be honest, I expected that I may have to drag you kicking and screaming to play your part after the battering everyone has been taking around these Arcadian worlds. If those two battlecruisers" - and here you have to physically bite your tongue - "hadn't been recoverable, I may have been forced to ask for your resignation."

"I'd say that this is what war looks like, Madam President," you say, trying to keep your tone as respectful as possible. "But to be truthful, it's usually a lot worse."

President Asharra N'Gir taps at the desk and watches you for a long while. "I'll pass your proposal to Councillor Singh and the Emergency Committee. Once we have a better idea of what the final shake-out of the war will be, we can work concretely together."

[Watch this space]

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Total Cost 176 PP

Council Sessions Preparing
None

Council Reporting
None

Ship Design & Refit Projects
Vulcan Constellation-P Project is underway.

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Colonies Commenced
Research Colony at Cronulla VI, 8pp 5 (7) rp/yr, 4 turns

Shipyard Expansions Commenced / Complete

Expansion of Utopia Planitia, Berth D (3mt) & Berth 4 (1mt) will be added to the shipyard

Installations Commenced / Complete

Sponsor efforts to create additional Critical Ship Infrastructure on another world, 50pp (Amarkia)

Starfleet Academy
Academy Development, 35pp (Gain +.5 Officers/Enlisted/Techs throughput)

This will become active in the following income period.

Tech Teams Requested

None

Starfleet Reorganisation

Acquire additional resources for Starfleet Intelligence Gathering, 35pp (Gain +1 Intel Report per year)

Diplomatic Pushes:
-[X] Request focused Diplomacy on a potential member species, 20pp (Ashidi) (Yrillians)

Ashidi 50/100 + 26 = 76/100
Yrillians 254/100 + 33 = 287/300

[NB: The extra +22 assigned to the Orions during the previous turn was by mistake - it has now been attached to the Ked Paddah - 82/100]

Member World Coordination Office

Ships Commenced in 2315.Q2:

Andor - Repair [USS Hood]
Vulcan - Repair [USS Svai]
Tellar - Repair [USS Renaissance], Repair [USS Torbriel]
Human - Repair [UES Jupiter]
Caitian - 1 Cargo Ship
Rigel - 1 Cutter(NCC-3009)
Risa - Corvette

Ships Commissioned in 2315.Q2:

Betazed - 1 Starfleet Cargo Ship (NCC-3701)
Rigel - Repair [USS Bon Vivant], Repair [USS Shield]
Apinae - Repair [2x Stingers], 1 Starfleet Cargo Ship

Shipbuilding Operations Report
Damage to ships at Gammon has been assessed by Starfleet Engineering Command with the following initial estimates provided:

USS Endurance - 100br 75sr 4O/2E/1T - 1yr
USS Sojourner - 100br 75sr 3O/2E/3T - 1yr
USS Renaissance - 25br 15sr 0O/1E/0T - 2Qtr

The requested builds, refits, and repairs scheduled for this quarter have completed, namely:

Repair of USS Kumari (NCC-2005) at San Francisco Fleet Yards Berth A
Repair and Refit of USS Courageous (NCC-2003) to Excelsior-A spec at 40 Eridani A Berth A

USS Huascar, NCC-1752, Constitution-B, at Lor'Vela Orbital Construction Facility Berth 1

USS Pathfinder, NCC-2021, Excelsior-class, at Utopia Planitia Berth A
USS Sojourner, NCC-2022, Excelsior-class, at Utopia Planitia Berth C

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The requested builds, refits, and repairs scheduled for this quarter have commenced, namely:

Repair of RDS Yagad-Tich (NCC-2901) at 40 Eridani A Fleet Yards Berth B
Repair of RDS Hadabat (NCC-2903) at Lor'Vela Orbital Construction Facility Berth A

Repair and Refit of USS Sojourner (NCC-2022) to Excelsior-A spec at 40 Eridani A Fleet Yards Berth A

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The following ships have been confirmed as total losses and removed from the Naval Registry:

USS Thunderhead, NCC-1656, Miranda-class
USS Suvek, NCC-1508, Oberth-class
USS Blizzard, NCC-2108, Centaur-A-class

UES Shanghai, NCC-1904, Miranda-A - United Earth Space Probe Agency

UberJJK · May 12, 2017

@OneirosTheWriter - I hate to say it but we shouldn't have got a roll for the Ashidi. The actual vote had them crossed out in favor of the Yrillians:

anon_user said:
-[X] Request focused Diplomacy on a potential member species, 20pp (~~Ashidi~~) (Yrillians)

and the pp cost doesn't add up if we make two pushes.

Edit:
Math: 35 (Academy) + 20 (Yrillians) + 50 (Amarkia Infra) + 35 (Reports) + 8 (Colony) + 28 (Berths) = 176pp

Adding a second push (Ashidi) would cost another 20pp and bring us up to 196pp.

Jrin · May 12, 2017

Boy those are fighting words....I wonder if we would get a higher volume of this if a pacifist president comes into power.
The horrors if we have to fight for every inch of funding and restriction to our fleet, at least we don't have to worry about social service for our core planets/race

DarknessSmiles · May 12, 2017

OneirosTheWriter said:
Repair and Refit of USS Sojourner (NCC-2022) to Excelsior-A spec at 40 Eridani A Fleet Yards Berth A

OneirosTheWriter said:
USS Sojourner, NCC-2022, Excelsior-class, at Utopia Planitia Berth C

there is an error somewhere in here. might be that the Endurance was forgotten.

AKuz · May 12, 2017

Only three smallish ships.
Four over the whole Federation.

We got lucky

UberJJK · May 12, 2017

DarknessSmiles said:
there is an error somewhere in here. might be that the Endurance was forgotten.

I think you've misunderstood what's been said. This:

OneirosTheWriter said:
The requested builds, refits, and repairs scheduled for this quarter have completed, namely:

[Snip]

USS Sojourner, NCC-2022, Excelsior-class, at Utopia Planitia Berth C

is saying they finished building the Sojourner this quarter. While this:

OneirosTheWriter said:
The requested builds, refits, and repairs scheduled for this quarter have commenced, namely:

[Snip[

Repair and Refit of USS Sojourner (NCC-2022) to Excelsior-A spec at 40 Eridani A Fleet Yards Berth A

is saying the Sojourner has been sent in for repairs and refit after being basically destroyed in the last battle. The confusion comes from poor Sojourner getting almost destroyed in the same quarter it was completed.

Briefvoice · May 12, 2017

OneirosTheWriter said:
Shipbuilding Operations Report
Damage to ships at Gammon has been assessed by Starfleet Engineering Command with the following initial estimates provided:

USS Endurance - 100br 75sr 4O/2E/1T - 1yr
USS Sojourner - 100br 75sr 3O/2E/3T - 1yr
USS Renaissance - 25br 15sr 0O/1E/0T - 2Qtr

Will that cost/time include refitting the Endurance and Sojourner to an Excelsior-A pattern, or does that have to be done separately?

Void Stalker · May 12, 2017

What does our resource stocks look like currently? Also hey boost to the Ked Peddah, they may affiliate with boosts from the Licori war

OneirosTheWriter · May 12, 2017

Briefvoice said:
Will that cost/time include refitting the Endurance and Sojourner to an Excelsior-A pattern, or does that have to be done separately?

I'm in a very relieved/happy mood right now, so I'm going to say its inclusive.

Winged One · May 12, 2017

OneirosTheWriter said:
If those two battlecruisers" - and here you have to physically bite your tongue - "hadn't been recoverable, I may have been forced to ask for your resignation."

"I'd say that this is what war looks like, Madam President," you say, trying to keep your tone as respectful as possible. "But to be truthful, it's usually a lot worse."

Who slipped the president catnip? If you declare war, that means your guys are going to get fucked up. That should be obvious, shouldn't it? Retiring her because of term limits is one thing, but over a few destroyed Explorers in a war we didn't even push for in-character?

pheonix89 · May 12, 2017

Yeah, she's screwing up again. It's HER war and she was mulling asking for our resignation if we'd taken somewhat harder losses in a successful assault on a heavy fortification.

That's how you get Rogers type incidents where resignation requests are refused. Some people don't take being the fall guy when there's not even a need for a fall guy well.

AKuz · May 12, 2017

As I said. One term President

Briefvoice · May 12, 2017

A couple of questions.

OneirosTheWriter said:
Installations Commenced / Complete

Sponsor efforts to create additional Critical Ship Infrastructure on another world, 50pp (Amarkia)

I don't think any of us quite knows what exactly this does, but we voted for it because it sounded important. Is their an ETC? What sort of critical infrastructure is being duplicated? Warp core production and that sort of thing?

Okay, so for this next series of questions I'm trying to understand what Starfleet berths and occupied and when Starfleet ships under repair will return to service.

Ships Commenced in 2315.Q2:

Andor - Repair [USS Hood]
Vulcan - Repair [USS Svai]
Tellar - Repair [USS Renaissance], Repair [USS Torbriel]
Human - Repair [UES Jupiter]
Caitian - 1 Cargo Ship
Rigel - 1 Cutter(NCC-3009)
Risa - Corvette

Since we rushed repairs on the Hood, I thought they would take only a single quarter. It should return to service right at the beginning of Q3, correct?

Shipbuilding Operations Report
Damage to ships at Gammon has been assessed by Starfleet Engineering Command with the following initial estimates provided:

USS Endurance - 100br 75sr 4O/2E/1T - 1yr
USS Sojourner - 100br 75sr 3O/2E/3T - 1yr
USS Renaissance - 25br 15sr 0O/1E/0T - 2Qtr

The requested builds, refits, and repairs scheduled for this quarter have completed, namely:

Repair of USS Kumari (NCC-2005) at San Francisco Fleet Yards Berth A
Repair and Refit of USS Courageous (NCC-2003) to Excelsior-A spec at 40 Eridani A Berth A

USS Huascar, NCC-1752, Constitution-B, at Lor'Vela Orbital Construction Facility Berth 1

USS Pathfinder, NCC-2021, Excelsior-class, at Utopia Planitia Berth A
USS Sojourner, NCC-2022, Excelsior-class, at Utopia Planitia Berth C

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The requested builds, refits, and repairs scheduled for this quarter have commenced, namely:

Repair of RDS Yagad-Tich (NCC-2901) at 40 Eridani A Fleet Yards Berth B
Repair of RDS Hadabat (NCC-2903) at Lor'Vela Orbital Construction Facility Berth A

Repair and Refit of USS Sojourner (NCC-2022) to Excelsior-A spec at 40 Eridani A Fleet Yards Berth A

What about the Sarek? We voted to rush repairs on it, so it should be out in a single quarter. Which berth is it in and what is ETC?

My assumption had been that the Sarek was under repair in 40 Eridani Berth A and the Yagad-Tich under repair in 40 Eridani Berth B, both completing in Q3 and allowing the Sojourner and Endurance to start repair/refit in 2315.Q3 with ETC 2316.Q3.

You have the Sojourner starting in 40 Eridani A this quarter, and I have no idea where the Sarek is.

Also, has the Liberty gone into repair? I figured it was head for San Francisco berth A.

OneirosTheWriter · May 12, 2017

Briefvoice said:
What sort of critical infrastructure is being duplicated? Warp core production and that sort of thing?

Yes - warp core production. Much harder to cripple you by taking subterfuge actions against a few key plants now. Also, I don't increase your logistics route penalty when you get the extra shipyards in place.

Briefvoice said:
Since we rushed repairs on the Hood, I thought they would take only a single quarter. It should return to service right at the beginning of Q3, correct?

Yes, I have Hood coming back at the start of Q3.

Briefvoice said:
What about the Sarek? We voted to rush repairs on it, so it should be out in a single quarter. Which berth is it in and what is ETC?

Briefvoice said:
Also, has the Liberty gone into repair? I figured it was head for San Francisco berth A.

...man, sometimes I wish a few of these Excelsiors just blew up outright, would be so much easier for me. ... Okay, I need to rearrange that. I forgot about Sarek entirely.

Cripes, the only remaining big E grade berth is Grand Hive of the Apiata Berth A. Could arrange for the cats at S'Naranya to suspend an auxiliary build in their A Berth, it's only a colony ship. Or can re-route the RDS Hadabat, a Turtleship, from Lor'Vela A to the 2mt berth at Irrizizza (though that is a fuckoff long trip for repairs), and that frees up that Berth for Sarek.

Edit: *sigh* I've actually botched a few things. Grand Duk A and Green Hook B are already going to be tied up because of the two badly damaged Tellarite Miranda-As. Need to think this over.

Hazard · May 12, 2017

AKuz said:
As I said. One term President

Indeed. Starfleet normally doesn't exactly support or detract from presidential candidates, but Starfleet is also not a military.

I've a feeling that during the next election there's going to be a quiet sense coming from the culturally rather influential organisation of dissatisfaction and distrust in the incumbent's reliability and uprightness when handling the Federation's interstellar and internal relations.

Briefvoice · May 12, 2017

OneirosTheWriter said:
...man, sometimes I wish a few of these Excelsiors just blew up outright, would be so much easier for me. ... Okay, I need to rearrange that. I forgot about Sarek entirely.

Cripes, the only remaining big E grade berth is Grand Hive of the Apiata Berth A. Could arrange for the cats at S'Naranya to suspend an auxiliary build in their A Berth, it's only a colony ship. Or can re-route the RDS Hadabat, a Turtleship, from Lor'Vela A to the 2mt berth at Irrizizza (though that is a fuckoff long trip for repairs), and that frees up that Berth for Sarek.

Edit: *sigh* I've actually botched a few things. Grand Duk A and Green Hook B are already going to be tied up because of the two badly damaged Tellarite Miranda-As. Need to think this over.

The Sarek got damaged right at the end of Q1. We rushed repairs on it so it should be done in a quarter. Why not have it repaired in 40 Eridani Berth A instead of the Sojourner, and then have the Sojourner start repairs in Q3 after the Sarek is done, with the Endurance also starting repairs Q3 in 40E Berth B after the Yagad-Tich is done? Nicely symmetrical.

Chaos Blade · May 12, 2017

AKuz said:
As I said. One term President

we should probably make sure sombeody like her doesn't happen again, she was elected because the council wanted to do a statement, we had a significant portion of the council approach us in quasi official manner with concerns about said president and now she considered asking for our head if those two Capital ships weren't recoverable?
Cripes, we are lucky this was a limited comfict with a non-peer power or anywhere near it.

We still have to win the peace... can we approach the councilors that came to us to raises some concerns about the President? I'd rather the Aracadians don't fall into revanchism and need to re-fight this ten or twenty years down the line, specially if we have other issues to deal with.

and, I reiterate the possibility of having to disassemble the Arcadian state as it stands now.

MTB · May 12, 2017

Would something like a mobile repair yard feasible and a thing we'd want to have?

Chaos Blade · May 12, 2017

Hazard said:
Indeed. Starfleet normally doesn't exactly support or detract from presidential candidates, but Starfleet is also not a military.

I've a feeling that during the next election there's going to be a quiet sense coming from the culturally rather influential organisation of dissatisfaction and distrust in the incumbent's reliability and uprightness when handling the Federation's interstellar and internal relations.

actually, Starfleet *is* a military. we do put our emphasis on exploration and are far more lax than other militaries, but we do have a pyramidal rank structure, enforce discipline among the ranks and operate military gear. we are simply not jingoiistic about it

MTB · May 12, 2017

Chaos Blade said:
and, I reiterate the possibility of having to disassemble the Arcadian state as it stands now.

That is an extremely dicey thing to propose in a federation. And it's something affiliates and in general, other powers, will judge.

OneirosTheWriter · May 12, 2017

Briefvoice said:
The Sarek got damaged right at the end of Q1. We rushed repairs on it so it should be done in a quarter. Why not have it repaired in 40 Eridani Berth A instead of the Sojourner, and then have the Sojourner start repairs in Q3 after the Sarek is done, with the Endurance also starting repairs Q3 in 40E Berth B after the Yagad-Tich is done? Nicely symmetrical.

Alright, I'll do that - and the Liberty can repair in the SFFY-A berth, and be done in time for 2316 and any potential Ambassador prototype.

Briefvoice · May 12, 2017

Chaos Blade said:
We still have to win the peace... can we approach the councilors that came to us to raises some concerns about the President? I'd rather the Aracadians don't fall into revanchism and need to re-fight this ten or twenty years down the line, specially if we have other issues to deal with.

No point. The office of Federation President operates under a fixed term system, so absent gross malfeasance (which she doesn't even come close to) we're stuck with her for the full five years. Making waves against her right now would only make her our enemy. Maybe a little closer to the next Presidential election... but that's years away.

MTB said:
Would something like a mobile repair yard feasible and a thing we'd want to have?

It seems like it's really not. Makes sense I suppose; it's a lot easier to tow a ship to a repair yard than a repair yard to a ship. There are technologies that will allow Outposts and Starbases to do a much better job of repairing ships, and we can look into those.

Void Stalker · May 12, 2017

@OneirosTheWriter was the president speculating about forcing our resignation based on her expectations or what she thought would be required by the council/federation

Briefvoice · May 12, 2017

Void Stalker said:
What does our resource stocks look like currently?

Regarding your question on resources....

Barring some truly spectacular resource rewards from Captain's Logs, we're dipping into the negatives on special resources. I am not too worried about political blow-back... we're fighting a war, repairs are expensive, and end of year income will easily put us back in the black. I think the Council will understand.

I am likely going to have to cancel the planned Oberth for next year and push it back to 2317. Sorry, I wanted to replace the Suvek asap as well!

OneirosTheWriter · May 12, 2017

Void Stalker said:
@OneirosTheWriter was the president speculating about forcing our resignation based on her expectations or what she thought would be required by the council/federation

Little of column A, little of column B.

The depth of defence in Ixira, and the super-science weapons, is still not fully appreciated outside Fleet circles. Having the Sojourner disabled within a week or two of commissioning was also a 'what the heck' sorta moment.

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