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To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)

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Iron Wolf said:
I should remind people, RE: this debate, that the Laio protection of their exploratory heritage runs deep. You'll recall they wanted to throw down with USS Sarek after Solla Payat accidentally ruined their moon landing site:





... So this isn't exactly new behavior.
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So what you're saying is that we need to convince the Laio that the loss of their premiere explorer with all hands is really another opportunity to look to the future and hold aloft the torch of progress by building a new one?
 
Lets see what we gained and lost this month.

[Gained +10 PP]
[Gain +15 SR]
[Enterprise not lost with all hands]
[New RP Colony Option: Galoria Delta-LXIg, 5(8) rp per year (-4f, near Hajatar)]
[Gain +20 PP
[Gain +20 br, +5 relations with Ashidi [Too Good To Be True], and Trill [Aloof] ]
[Ashidi gain +1 Infra, Klingon gain +20br, Trill gain +10sr]
[Gain +5 rp, +5 relations with Hishmeri
[Lose 15 points on [On the Brink of War] tag (now -15/??)]
[note: On the Brink of War works as a linked tag. Each On the Brink of War tag has the same score.][/QUOTE]

I am too tired to do a full workup of what we got this month so that list will just have to suffice.
 
AKuz said:
Captain's Log, Stardate 23230.0, USS Enterprise, Captain Jennifer Zhang
(Ambassador, EC-Coreward from HBZ)

Enterprise has just passed the far edge of Felis space. My crew and I are now entering into unknown territory.

And, by Lakhept, it is glorious to be back out exploring again. This is what it's all about.

For the next four years Enterprise is on a plotted course to take a lazy loop corewards up and past the borders of the Harmony of Horizon and the Interstellar Commonwealth before we arc back down and return to Federation space somewhere in Gabriel.
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Enterprise:

"Yes I am your love of the stars and the sea, I'm your lady who makes all things true..."

First Officer's Log, Stardate 23232.5, USS Enterprise, Commander Kol Deva
(Ambassador, EC-Coreward from HBZ)

I'm pleased to record that there is a certain joy in the air. Nearly every member of Enterprise's crew has a spring in our step and a song on our lips.

Which reminds me: last night's Karaoke party was a smashing success. There is no better way to celebrate entering unknown space than drinking synthohol and singing traditional Starfleet songs like "Banned from Argo". Really helps the crew to have a good time together.
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Leslie:

*THHBPHT*


Personal Log, Captain Jennifer Zhang
(Human, Female)

I learned that trick with the SIFs aboard Basilica, on a smaller ship the ionic energy would have overwhelmed us nearly instantly, but with a ship of Enterprise's mass it bought us just enough time to restart the shields.

Commander M'hrana is feeling a sense of immense guilt that it was her idea that nearly led to the destruction of the ship. I've talked with her about that guilt, and helped how I can, and I'm led to understand that Counsellor Roxun has already set up a session with her.

I don't blame her, I had the final call. And I don't blame myself either. We took a risk, yes, but we also took all the precautions that we could to offset that risk. Even though we failed in our goal, we lost nothing in the attempt.

[Enterprise not lost with all hands]
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Enterprise, smoldering faintly:

"...ouch. Let's not do that again."


Captain's Log, Stardate 23243.5, USS Pathfinder, Captain Nora Chandrasekhar
(Excelsior-A, CBZ)

Apparently the atmosphere of Galoria Delta-LXIg contains a form of silicon based pseudo-prion capable of bypassing standard Starfleet filters and rendering the subject highly susceptible to suggestion.

It seems that due to to Captain sh'Rannax's long career of encounters with extremely hostile life forms she became convinced that her base of operations were under siege by yet another type of hostile organism, and her crew fell under the same misapprehension due to their Captain's force of will.

When she transported "casualties" back up to Valiant the pseudo-prion spread throughout Valiant as well.

Fortunately, Pathfinder was unaffected and we were able to realize almost instantly that something was wrong when our own sensors failed to detect the attacking creatures.

My CMO was then able to whip up a countre-agent, using scans that we piggybacked from Valiant's internal sensor network, and distribute it in aerosolized form to Valiant and the away teams.

That issue dealt with, sh'Rannax and I agree that this is a fascinating system. Just the stellar mechanics of its formation alone could keep an entire university department busy for the next sixty years, nevermind everything else.

I formally recommend that Starfleet and the Federation Science Council establish a colony on this site. Though perhaps one with bio-7 level filtration gear.

[New RP Colony Option: Galoria Delta-LXIg, 5(8) rp per year (-4f, near Hajatar)]
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Leslie:

"Oh yeah, one of those. Handle with care, kids!"

Captain's Log, Stardate 23254.1, USS Insight,
(Renaissance, Ferasa)

How it was we managed to get everyone on the same page, albeit after a lot of negotiating and yelling, and one Yan-Ros security chief punching a Klingon bravo so hard his teeth physically embedded in the conference table - to great admiration from the Klingon delegation, I might add - I do not know. Yet reach the end we did. A trade of resources to settle all factions was agreed upon. I'm under doctors orders to have no more caffeine for the next two months and under arbitrary leave requirements, but that's a small price to pay.

[Quietly] No it isn't, computer, protein synth, coffee, white, no sugar, hot...

[Computer] Cannot comply, by order of the Chief Medical Officer.

...monsters...

[Gain +20 br, +5 relations with Ashidi [Too Good To Be True], and Trill [Aloof] ]
[Ashidi gain +1 Infra, Klingon gain +20br, Trill gain +10sr]
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Leslie:

"It's okay, kid, you did good. You did good."

[backpat]

Captain's Log, Stardate 23258.5, USS Sarek - Captain Jeanette Devereaux
(Excelsior-A, EC)

It's official: the Arcadian Empire and the Laian Unity have issued an ultimatum to the Outer Space Alliance. If the OSA refuses to dissolve the three major space exploration corporations, turn over their corporate officers for trial on Morshadd, renounce piracy, take responsibility for the piracy that has already been committed by the corporations, and permit a Licori-Laio investigative team to operate without restriction in OSA space, there will be war in four days.
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We DO have a task force log coming up, right?

Personal Log, Stardate 23259.0, Lieutenant Solla Payat - USS Sarek
(Orion, female)

The mood on the street here in Muupolis is subdued, which is really bizarre for the Muuyozoi. As I walk along, every minute or so some Muuyozoi come up to ask me about what the Federation is going to do. A lot of them are quite polite and friendly, and I'm still getting requests for photos on Inkstagram. But for the first time, I'm getting dirty looks. Suspicious ones. There's a sense among many that it's "us against the quadrant," that the UFP in particular has failed to keep the Licori restrained.
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Halkh:

"Lieutenant, I truly feel compassion for you. Had you restrained usmuch harder, you'd have had to carpet-bomb us and sow our fields with salt..."

[chuckles]

Captain's Log, Stardate 23259.9, USS Sarek
(Excelsior-A, EC)

I've failed.

President Blue Elagyi doesn't trust the Licori. He doesn't trust the corporations, either, but the Licori are ready to go to work, and the corps are willing to protect the OSA. If the Licori and Laio had given them time ... but instead, they have pushed things closer and closer to war. The recent conference at Clover they walked out on, the confrontations with OSA corporate ships (and the blame being pinned on the OSA government), the constant attacks in media outlets throughout the quadrant, it's all forced Elagyi's hand.

As for specific points of the ultimatum: OSA will only force the dissolution of the spacegoing companies if and when due process is followed, and any corporate officers will be tried on Ikeigenoi. I suggested Laian, or even Betazed, but he was insistent. OSA has and continues to denounce piracy, so there's no need to 'renounce' it, and the Deca Council is no more responsible for the actions of rogue corporations than the Orion Union was responsible for Lironh. And Laian, and even Licori, investigators are welcome to assist in the OSA's own investigations of the corps, but they'd have to operate within the limits of OSA law.

I suggested an apology for the loss of the Odanner, at least, as a token gesture; he rejected the idea, on the basis that an apology would only be seen as an admission of responsibility. I get the feeling that a few months ago, he might have agreed to an apology, but with the Licori and Laio rapidly mobilizing and constantly attacking his government in the press, his hands are tied.

I'll report the OSA position on the ultimatum. But I fear that at this point it's too late.

[Lose 15 points on [On the Brink of War] tag (now -15/??)]
[note: On the Brink of War works as a linked tag. Each On the Brink of War tag has the same score.]
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Again, waiting on the task force log here before panicking. The Sarek may have rolled snake-eyes.
 
I CAN'T HELP IT! THE JOKE! IT'S TAKING OVER MY BRAAAAIN!

ClawClawBite said:
I like big boats and I can not lie
Even battle brothers can't deny
That when a ship flys by with decent size naucell
And a saucer big as hell

You hit warp, hit the red alert
Cuz you notice that hull was tough
Deep in that ship that's passing
It's set for pure bad-assing
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AKuz said:
Jen Zhang's love of Big Boats
(She Cannot Lie)
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Harmony Parasite Corvettes:

"Oh my Proper Social Organization, look at her engineering hull!"

NHO said:
Hm. On other Enterprise note, our pride will swing out coreward over our justifiably paranoid friends. What's chances that it will meet another Padani Extinction Level Threat and makes it go away? Or at least warns Padani with enough data for them to deal with it.
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Enterprise:

"Well, we've been accidentallying each other's giant spatial menaces for about seventy years right now, if our story-swapping so far is all true... It's traditional!"
 
We need to draw attention to the fact that somebody originally tried to frame the Laio for the destruction of the Licori freighter Antinoc and thus there's more to this war scare than just standard Muuyozoi piracy.

Also we need to punch Licori Jim Holden in the face, just on principle.
 
Available Colony Sites​

So you've got some pp burning in your pocket this Snakepit and you'd like to buy some colonies. But what the heck were all those sites again? I don't blame you for forgetting. After all there are eighteen potential colony sites (+1 listening post) available this year. For your ease, here they are:

Adrazzi Gulf (and adjacent) Sites

71 Apizza V (15 (30) SR/year
Located upper-middle of -1g. (In the middle of the badlands in the Adrazzi Gulf)
Description: A healthy source of Ocyllete resin on 71 Apizza V, a lush world well within the habitable zone of the system, but with a toxic atmosphere, lethal to humanoid life. A mine here would require full hardsuits to be worn at all times, but would be feasible.
Analysis: Not the nicest colony, but a strategically important location that will help nail down our claims in the Gulf. High priority.

77 Azzadi IV-3 (20 (35) SR/year
Located spin-corewards corner of -1f. (Well towards Federation side of Adrazzi Gulf.)
Description: Deposit of Icurium ores on the third moon of 77 Azzadi IV. Like at the Castor IV-2 vein, strong magma convection currents pull the ores towards the surface, then back down.
Analysis: Not the most forward-leaning of potential Adrazzi Gulf claims. A lower priority.

19 Itztli (25 (35) BR/year
Located in tailward side of -1g. (On the Federation side of the badlands in the Adrazzi Gulf.)
Description: A Kuiper Belt object, which her captain named 19 Itztli, in the 79 Apizza system, finding a rich vein of tritanium ore on the rocky dwarf planet.
Analysis: Not the most forward-leaning of potential Adrazzi Gulf claims. A lower priority.

LISTENING POST SITE - 101 Arrazziz
Located in 0g. (On far side of Badlands in Adrazzi Gulf.)
Description: A dedicated listening post at 101 Arrazziz would be just barely on the far side of the Badlands, but would be able to report on ship movements a full 15 light-years away.
Analysis: Intelligence gain, high priority.

41 Arrazziz, 20 (30) BR
Located in middle of 0g. (In the middle of the badlands in the Adrazzi Gulf)
Description: A substantial deposit of coralinite, suitable for exploitation, under the surface of a Kuiper belt object
Analysis: A strategically important location that will help nail down our claims in the Gulf. High priority.

Galoria Delta-LXIg, 5(8) rp per year.
Located in -4f, near Hajatar. (Near the Adrazzi Gulf, at Spinwards end of Straits of Themis.)
Description: This is a fascinating system [nearly three hundred separate planetoid or larger stellar bodies, of which at least one is a full M-class world, three are capable of supporting life and another five rate a solid .8 on the terraformability scale]. Just the stellar mechanics of its formation alone could keep an entire university department busy for the next sixty years, nevermind everything else [the atmosphere of Galoria Delta-LXIg contains a form of silicon based pseudo-prion capable of bypassing standard Starfleet filters].
Analysis: This would actually be a decently strategic place to put a colony.


(potentially) Politically Important Sites

Sigma Cthon III, 20 (30) br/yr
Located on border between 3D and 4D, at edge of the HBZ.
Description: A large cache of relatively rare metallics used as bonding alloys in structural supports was located deep in the crust of Sigma Cthon III.
Analysis: Strategically, could help build a cluster of claimed systems between Federation and Ked Peddah territory, supporting their upcoming membership.

Barradus IV (6 rp/year)
Located in -2B. (On border between Vulcan sector and RBZ.)
Descripton: Inhabited by Bropal, a splinter Vulcan culture that have perfected mind-meld and katra-manipulating techniques that allow them to preserve the identities of the long dead in the form of...exchangeable personality fragments. They have an ancient computer backup facility that retains knowledge of the entire state of the Vulcans' known galaxy at the time of the exodus.
Analysis: The Vulcans really want this information, but can only get it when Starfleet builds the colony. Building it might even earn a little political goodwill or pp rebate.

Calculated Risk, 15br/10sr a year [Joint colony with ISC.]
Located in 29 Levar, middle of e3 in the Garbiel Expanse.
Description: A valuable asteroid containing rare materials.
Analysis: A joint colony with the ISC could be politically useful, and a double br/sr mine is nice too.


Damn Interesting Sites

Mortuary Expanse, +10 rp/year
Located in 3a. (Just spinward of Federation space, halfway to Vermillion space.)
Description: Weird area of space where derelict alternate timeline versions of ships in our universe are dumped with no sign of their crew and the computer cores stripped out.
Analysis: Nothing particularly valuable on location or as another source of RP, but from a narrative perspective I want this! And it should be a relatively safe location.


LOL, So Far Away Sites

HKP-426, 7 (10) rp/year
Located coreward side of -8f. (Far beyond Federation borders rimwards, past Imelak territory and likely bordering the Ittick-ka.)
Description: Space around star is slides into parallel universe with exotic physics, not to mention exotic xenobiology in the form of the teleporting organisms.
Analysis: Neat, but not neat enough to support a research colony that far out and vulnerable to the Ittick-ka.

PLY-5000, 5(8) br/year
Located at H,7. (Coreward of Breen and far from Federation borders.)
Description: A giant asteroid made of gold.
Analysis: From update, "I realise that this site is so far from Federation borders that it's almost certainly going to be a liability to try to mine the remains of PLY-5000-Ia. Still, it's good to have this in the ol' memory banks for future reference or in case someone really wants gold for some reason!"


Everything Else

Fr'rba IV, 15 (25) br/year
Located on the rim-spinward side of -4c (in Ferasa Sector)
Description: Wonzium-duranium alloy mine on planet in Earthquake-prone region
Analysis: Nothing special, low priority unless we just want BR.

Sarcissa Belt, 15 (30) BR/year
Located in bottom-left corner of -4f
Description: Tritanium deposits in planetary debris field (in Rethelia sector, near border with Cardassian-controlled Bajoran space).
Analysis: Nothing special, unless you want more mining colonies in the Cardassian border.

Morgana-1321 rp Colony +5(8) RP per month
Located at Coreward region of f,3 (In Gabriel expanse, coreward of currently claimed Federation territory.)
Description: Atemporal waves sweeping around the Star Morgana-1321, a small window to the en of the universe.
Analysis: Includes quantum filaments. Narratively cool, but as area is claimed for Federation by treaty the only real threat is the ISC claiming it first, and they'd take years to expand that far.

23 Levar VIII, 15 (25) SR/year
Located at e3 (just coreward of current Gabriel borders)
Description: Brospeh leeched valuable resources out of 23 Levar VIII, leaving it in an easily accessible ring around the planet.
Analysis: Pretty safe and just coreward of current Federation borders in Gabriel. Good choice for safe source of SR.

Falling Down (a-622), 20 (30) br/yr
Located in -6d. (Rimward edge of Rethelia sector.)
Description: A gas giant similar to Sol-V has a captive moon with an orbit that has decayed enough to bring it into the intense radiation belt of the gas giant. This charged the large tritanium deposits in the moon's crust. A mining colony in this location should either invest in heavier emitters or move the orbit of the moon permanently. It's relatively small mass would make this operation time consuming, but with mass-lightening bubbles and patience, it is plausible.
Analysis: Not the safest colony option ever, but it would be a nice forward position against Lecarre space.

CA-113, 15 (25) sr/yr
Located in upper right corner of 1c, near the Pure Intent research colony coreward of the Yrillians.
Description: The moon has been recombined, and is now more an irregular, glowing lump. Which means it's also irradiated in addition to being irregular. We've pulled back a bit, but I think if you set up a nice station and got some shielded workbees, this could be a pretty nice resource site.
Analysis: Well, it's near another colony and will made for a nice claim on that area of space if the Yrillians ever join the Federation.

LM-34-V-XL, b0, 20 br/year
Located in b0. (Tellar sector, one of the safest places in the Federation these days.)
Description: Gas giant moon with a core of polysilicate verterium left from an impact with another asteroid.
Analysis: Nothing special other than it's a nice safe source of BR.
 
Briefvoice said:
HKP-426, 7 (10) rp/year
Located coreward side of -8f. (Far beyond Federation borders rimwards, past Imelak territory and likely bordering the Ittick-ka.)
Description: Space around star is slides into parallel universe with exotic physics, not to mention exotic xenobiology in the form of the teleporting organisms.
Analysis: Neat, but not neat enough to support a research colony that far out and vulnerable to the Ittick-ka.
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One thing we note is that if we find a friendly species in the empty block of space here between Imelak and Ruby Eyes Folly, this colony becomes crucially strategic. If we ever get a first contact here and we want to affiliate whoever it is, HKP will go from undefendable to a strategic linchpin.
 
Once the Ked Paddah become a member species I think we should let them help with interactions with the Pedani. I think their cultures would get along quite well. In fact, have we already done that or have they not met yet?
 
The number I have heard for our ability to use engineering assets is 6/year, so that's the number I'll prioritize for.

Briefvoice said:
Available Colony Sites​

So you've got some pp burning in your pocket this Snakepit and you'd like to buy some colonies. But what the heck were all those sites again? I don't blame you for forgetting. After all there are eighteen potential colony sites (+1 listening post) available this year. For your ease, here they are:

Adrazzi Gulf (and adjacent) Sites

71 Apizza V (15 (30) SR/year
Located upper-middle of -1g. (In the middle of the badlands in the Adrazzi Gulf)
Description: A healthy source of Ocyllete resin on 71 Apizza V, a lush world well within the habitable zone of the system, but with a toxic atmosphere, lethal to humanoid life. A mine here would require full hardsuits to be worn at all times, but would be feasible.
Analysis: Not the nicest colony, but a strategically important location that will help nail down our claims in the Gulf. High priority.

77 Azzadi IV-3 (20 (35) SR/year
Located spin-corewards corner of -1f. (Well towards Federation side of Adrazzi Gulf.)
Description: Deposit of Icurium ores on the third moon of 77 Azzadi IV. Like at the Castor IV-2 vein, strong magma convection currents pull the ores towards the surface, then back down.
Analysis: Not the most forward-leaning of potential Adrazzi Gulf claims. A lower priority.

19 Itztli (25 (35) BR/year
Located in tailward side of -1g. (On the Federation side of the badlands in the Adrazzi Gulf.)
Description: A Kuiper Belt object, which her captain named 19 Itztli, in the 79 Apizza system, finding a rich vein of tritanium ore on the rocky dwarf planet.
Analysis: Not the most forward-leaning of potential Adrazzi Gulf claims. A lower priority.

LISTENING POST SITE - 101 Arrazziz
Located in 0g. (On far side of Badlands in Adrazzi Gulf.)
Description: A dedicated listening post at 101 Arrazziz would be just barely on the far side of the Badlands, but would be able to report on ship movements a full 15 light-years away.
Analysis: Intelligence gain, high priority.

41 Arrazziz, 20 (30) BR
Located in middle of 0g. (In the middle of the badlands in the Adrazzi Gulf)
Description: A substantial deposit of coralinite, suitable for exploitation, under the surface of a Kuiper belt object
Analysis: A strategically important location that will help nail down our claims in the Gulf. High priority.

Galoria Delta-LXIg, 5(8) rp per year.
Located in -4f, near Hajatar. (Near the Adrazzi Gulf, at Spinwards end of Straits of Themis.)
Description: This is a fascinating system [nearly three hundred separate planetoid or larger stellar bodies, of which at least one is a full M-class world, three are capable of supporting life and another five rate a solid .8 on the terraformability scale]. Just the stellar mechanics of its formation alone could keep an entire university department busy for the next sixty years, nevermind everything else [the atmosphere of Galoria Delta-LXIg contains a form of silicon based pseudo-prion capable of bypassing standard Starfleet filters].
Analysis: This would actually be a decently strategic place to put a colony.


(potentially) Politically Important Sites

Sigma Cthon III, 20 (30) br/yr
Located on border between 3D and 4D, at edge of the HBZ.
Description: A large cache of relatively rare metallics used as bonding alloys in structural supports was located deep in the crust of Sigma Cthon III.
Analysis: Strategically, could help build a cluster of claimed systems between Federation and Ked Peddah territory, supporting their upcoming membership.

Barradus IV (6 rp/year)
Located in -2B. (On border between Vulcan sector and RBZ.)
Descripton: Inhabited by Bropal, a splinter Vulcan culture that have perfected mind-meld and katra-manipulating techniques that allow them to preserve the identities of the long dead in the form of...exchangeable personality fragments. They have an ancient computer backup facility that retains knowledge of the entire state of the Vulcans' known galaxy at the time of the exodus.
Analysis: The Vulcans really want this information, but can only get it when Starfleet builds the colony. Building it might even earn a little political goodwill or pp rebate.

Calculated Risk, 15br/10sr a year [Joint colony with ISC.]
Located in 29 Levar, middle of e3 in the Garbiel Expanse.
Description: A valuable asteroid containing rare materials.
Analysis: A joint colony with the ISC could be politically useful, and a double br/sr mine is nice too.


Damn Interesting Sites

Mortuary Expanse, +10 rp/year
Located in 3a. (Just spinward of Federation space, halfway to Vermillion space.)
Description: Weird area of space where derelict alternate timeline versions of ships in our universe are dumped with no sign of their crew and the computer cores stripped out.
Analysis: Nothing particularly valuable on location or as another source of RP, but from a narrative perspective I want this! And it should be a relatively safe location.


LOL, So Far Away Sites

HKP-426, 7 (10) rp/year
Located coreward side of -8f. (Far beyond Federation borders rimwards, past Imelak territory and likely bordering the Ittick-ka.)
Description: Space around star is slides into parallel universe with exotic physics, not to mention exotic xenobiology in the form of the teleporting organisms.
Analysis: Neat, but not neat enough to support a research colony that far out and vulnerable to the Ittick-ka.

PLY-5000, 5(8) br/year
Located at H,7. (Coreward of Breen and far from Federation borders.)
Description: A giant asteroid made of gold.
Analysis: From update, "I realise that this site is so far from Federation borders that it's almost certainly going to be a liability to try to mine the remains of PLY-5000-Ia. Still, it's good to have this in the ol' memory banks for future reference or in case someone really wants gold for some reason!"


Everything Else

Fr'rba IV, 15 (25) br/year
Located on the rim-spinward side of -4c (in Ferasa Sector)
Description: Wonzium-duranium alloy mine on planet in Earthquake-prone region
Analysis: Nothing special, low priority unless we just want BR.

Sarcissa Belt, 15 (30) BR/year
Located in bottom-left corner of -4f
Description: Tritanium deposits in planetary debris field (in Rethelia sector, near border with Cardassian-controlled Bajoran space).
Analysis: Nothing special, unless you want more mining colonies in the Cardassian border.

Morgana-1321 rp Colony +5(8) RP per month
Located at Coreward region of f,3 (In Gabriel expanse, coreward of currently claimed Federation territory.)
Description: Atemporal waves sweeping around the Star Morgana-1321, a small window to the en of the universe.
Analysis: Includes quantum filaments. Narratively cool, but as area is claimed for Federation by treaty the only real threat is the ISC claiming it first, and they'd take years to expand that far.

23 Levar VIII, 15 (25) SR/year
Located at e3 (just coreward of current Gabriel borders)
Description: Brospeh leeched valuable resources out of 23 Levar VIII, leaving it in an easily accessible ring around the planet.
Analysis: Pretty safe and just coreward of current Federation borders in Gabriel. Good choice for safe source of SR.

Falling Down (a-622), 20 (30) br/yr
Located in -6d. (Rimward edge of Rethelia sector.)
Description: A gas giant similar to Sol-V has a captive moon with an orbit that has decayed enough to bring it into the intense radiation belt of the gas giant. This charged the large tritanium deposits in the moon's crust. A mining colony in this location should either invest in heavier emitters or move the orbit of the moon permanently. It's relatively small mass would make this operation time consuming, but with mass-lightening bubbles and patience, it is plausible.
Analysis: Not the safest colony option ever, but it would be a nice forward position against Lecarre space.

CA-113, 15 (25) sr/yr
Located in upper right corner of 1c, near the Pure Intent research colony coreward of the Yrillians.
Description: The moon has been recombined, and is now more an irregular, glowing lump. Which means it's also irradiated in addition to being irregular. We've pulled back a bit, but I think if you set up a nice station and got some shielded workbees, this could be a pretty nice resource site.
Analysis: Well, it's near another colony and will made for a nice claim on that area of space if the Yrillians ever join the Federation.

LM-34-V-XL, b0, 20 br/year
Located in b0. (Tellar sector, one of the safest places in the Federation these days.)
Description: Gas giant moon with a core of polysilicate verterium left from an impact with another asteroid.
Analysis: Nothing special other than it's a nice safe source of BR.
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71 Apizza V (15 (30) SR/year
Located upper-middle of -1g. (In the middle of the badlands in the Adrazzi Gulf)

Claiming the Badlands for the Federation is important. We want to own the space wedgies.

LISTENING POST SITE - 101 Arrazziz
Located in 0g. (On far side of Badlands in Adrazzi Gulf.)

Possibly the highest priority Adazzi site. Instant strategic focal point for the theater, will likely face sabotage, inflame tensions, and require defensive assets.

41 Arrazziz, 20 (30) BR
Located in middle of 0g. (In the middle of the badlands in the Adrazzi Gulf)

Keeping the Badlands on our side of the fence is important. Worth picking less desirable colonies for.

Galoria Delta-LXIg, 5(8) rp per year.
Located in -4f, near Hajatar. (Near the Adrazzi Gulf, at Spinwards end of Straits of Themis.)

Fascinating narratively, plus an anchor for one end of Adazzi expansion.

Calculated Risk, 15br/10sr a year [Joint colony with ISC.]
Located in 29 Levar, middle of e3 in the Garbiel Expanse.

Joint holdings have done a lot of good things for us narratively. We should continue to work towards closer ties.

Sigma Cthon III, 20 (30) br/yr
Located on border between 3D and 4D, at edge of the HBZ.

Laying claim to contested space should be a priority. This region will be a hotbed for a while, so we should increase our presence here.
 
Himmelhand said:
LISTENING POST SITE - 101 Arrazziz
Located in 0g. (On far side of Badlands in Adrazzi Gulf.)

Possibly the highest priority Adazzi site. Instant strategic focal point for the theater, will likely face sabotage, inflame tensions, and require defensive assets.
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Part of the point of listening posts is that the other guy doesn't know about them.

Side note: we seem to have given up that secrecy with the Romulans in the recent logs which is super weird.
 
SynchronizedWritersBlock said:
Part of the point of listening posts is that the other guy doesn't know about them.

Side note: we seem to have given up that secrecy with the Romulans in the recent logs which is super weird.
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It's not so much that it's a listening post, since that's a fact I'm sure we won't advertise. More that it's going to be one of the closest areas of Federation space to their borders and on the far side of significant obstacles, so they'll inevitably be tense about that.
 
Himmelhand said:
It's not so much that it's a listening post, since that's a fact I'm sure we won't advertise. More that it's going to be one of the closest areas of Federation space to their borders and on the far side of significant obstacles, so they'll inevitably be tense about that.
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They are not going to know its there unless we tell them and the activity around the other gulf colonies will provide the cover the listening post needs to keep from being detected.
 
Total avaliable income from unclaimed colonies: 223 br from 9 sites, 125 sr from 5 sites, 42 rp from 5 sites. Average 24.7 br, 25 sr, and 8.4 rp per site.

Narratively, more than a few interesting and "interesting" locales to set up for any would-be space miners. Plus all the rp colonies contain plenty of mysteries that could potentially lead into other stories.
 
Do we currently have any material shortfalls predicted for future construction?

More br/sr will always be useful, but is one or both something we really need more of?
 
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