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So, let´s make sure that capital receives our reports regularly, requesting ships & support & shit.
Just to be able to say "I told you so" once NASP breaks truce and we have to respond to their drive to Rana with raiding due to basically not having ships for anything else.

Also, let's use some wealth to set up caches in Dark Space to support operations when war breaks out.
 
And Satar we as boy are also defying fate because why would we be here. I mean we could have been assign to the core worlds and have it easy and yet here in the middle of nowhere with hostile forces in all sides. Military genius is also someone who have won the roll of a die since not everyone is blessed to become a legend in a battlefield.
 
Ghostdevil I know we are famous in the lower society but it is the high society we need to convince to give us ships and get to those planets to our side without firing a shot.
 
Random Paul said:
Ghostdevil I know we are famous in the lower society but it is the high society we need to convince to give us ships and get to those planets to our side without firing a shot.
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Thats why we get Political Capital, we don't even know how we can get it yet.
Diplomacy will make it easier, but there will obviously be way to get PC without high Diplo.
 
Hrrm. On the one hand we're first on the chopping block if ANYTHING goes wrong, and that includes our attempts to defend ourselves from others trying to prey upon us for resources/jealousy.
On the flipside, we're the guy who can do the most with the least, and that...Well, I'd LIKE to say in theory that means more strength for the Imperium. In practicality it just means we'll lose any shiny toys we get to people who will probably then happily turn them against us.
Alright that's more than enough salt for an opening vote.
Now. Way I see it our greatest resource is ourselves. More than anything else, I want us to remain on the board on some level. Resources can be remanded to us for a desperate hail mary to swing the tide of war, if need be. I'm a bit concerned at the low diplomacy since I got the impression our job was a bit more of an administrator lord then military commander unless things got VIOLENT...
[X] Do not use it. +10 Political Capital.
Why the Political Capital? I say we save it-I want to train as many men as we can get our hands on and rotating crews will help with that.
Officers...A problem but one loyal voice I don't think will be enough to keep the sharks away. I'd rather try and build loyalty the hard way-we want to train as many men as we can, and that includes the same treacherous Officers that want our job.
I'm saving the Political Capital for a true emergency-having one less ship...Eh, it's not that much of a problem I think, we can do great things with very litte, and I don't think a light cruiser is a major item in our fleet.
 
You generally get Political Capital by doing stuff that powerful people want achieved.

You can absolutely get Political Capital by winning glorious victories, you can also get it by (for example) turning a blind eye to smuggling operations carried out by powerful nobles, or preferentially protecting the trade of the important from pirates.

Edit: Staff officers are people who you can delegate stuff to. In this instance it could be (for example) a shrewd political operator, an intelligence expert, or an elite captain you can put in charge of remote fleet operations.

You will actually have a full spectrum of green to capable staff officers but most of them will be hoping for you to fail so that they can get promoted. The option will let you bring in an exceptionally capable individual who is personally loyal to you.
 
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Ghostdevil we don't generate political capital like other options and the only way to get it is to please high society because those are people you are going to spend it on. You know the same people who hates us.
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Like what packrat said we can get it easily if we snuggled up with the elite but since we are disliked we have to make do with military victories then.
 
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Heh It would. But it will harder since glorious victory doesn't involve subordinates that would backstab us one day and staff that is out to get us.
 
[X] Bring A Staff Officer. Request transfer of one of your staff officers from your time on the Righteous to your command, this will grant you a single elite officer who is personally loyal to you.
 
Getting some major Admiral Yi vibes: succeeding despite pretty much everyone in positions of power trying to make us fail. Hope we can emulate his successes without dying at a dramatic moment.

I'm leaning towards the officer, but I have a few quick questions for @Packrat.

First, would the officer possibly be able to cover up our abysmal Diplomacy score, or are we pretty much stuck with that?

Second, how fast does Political Capital degrade?

Third (unconnected to current vote, but just a thought), are there any honorable ways for us to gain wealth?
 
Ghostdevil yup important since we need at least one guy to have our back someone who is high ranking noble or a skilled intelligence officers. Until we have earned enough victories to make us untouchable then we can promote or transfer more loyal officers to us.
 
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Political Capital & Wealth Acquisition
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    • SoaringHawk218 said:
    Getting some major Admiral Yi vibes: succeeding despite pretty much everyone in positions of power trying to make us fail. Hope we can emulate his successes without dying at a dramatic moment.

    I'm leaning towards the officer, but I have a few quick questions for @Packrat.

    First, would the officer possibly be able to cover up our abysmal Diplomacy score, or are we pretty much stuck with that?

    Second, how fast does Political Capital degrade?

    Third (unconnected to current vote, but just a thought), are there any honorable ways for us to gain wealth?
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    If you opt for an officer then you can basically decide what they focus on as a vote in the next update and Diplomacy is absolutely an option, probably in the ~15 region when it comes to skill, though given the absence of any FTL communications their ability would only apply when they are personally present and you would get penalties if it was any kind of 'peer to peer' meeting where having a wingman is not as good as the primary having the skill. They would make an excellent 'ambassador' though.

    Political Capital does not degrade by itself, but would probably degrade if you turn down various dubious offers or requests from the political elite without offsetting with glorious victories.

    The only real 'honourable' way to gain Wealth would be to capture ships as prizes, you get 1/4 of all prize money in the entire sector and more if you are in command of the capturing ship. Less honourably you can embezzle from your budget or even sell munitions/ships on the black market at a huge markup. Doing favours for powerful people can potentially earn budget donations as well.

    Another way to potentially get Wealth would be marriage. If you can persuade a rich family to let you marry into them then you could get their backing at the cost of also supporting their goals. Right now you are not prime marriage material though, get political capital first!

    Also to put things into perspective, getting a light cruiser transferred to your command would cost 35 Political Capital and buying one would cost 35 Wealth. The transfer would lead to a slight budget increase whilst buying one personally would mean you had complete control but would also need to pay for it and it's crew. Light cruisers are pretty much your bread and butter for high powered patrol and enforcement duties.
     
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    • Hahaha, Packrat can you not make harder than it is now we have to earn wealth in dishonorable or honorable way. How high is our maintenance and sector income. How is the chances one of our offcers to challenge us to duels.
     
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    [X] Bring A Staff Officer.

    @Packrat can we gain a noble title? Seems like we need to get "shares" in a noble Corp?
     
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    Random Paul said:
    Hahaha, Packrat can you not make harder than it is now we have to earn wealth in dishonorable or honorable way. How high is our maintenance and sector in come.
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    Your sector budget is 25 a quarter, keeping your entire fleet deployed operationally would cost 35.5 a quarter, half that for reserve.

    But your fleet is being cut. If you do not retain any ships then it will cost 25 a quarter to keep your ships deployed and 12.5 to have them in reserve. Repairs following combat, additional training, etc, will cost more.
     
    So effectively we have 7.5 wealth to expand our fleet in the first turn ,we'll make do then. We will become The Lord of Admirals if we have to. Glory to the Imperium.
     
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    So effectively we have 7.5 wealth to expand our fleet in the first turn ,we'll make do then. We will become The Lord of Admirals if we have to. Glory to the Imperium.
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    Keep in mind that you will need to deploy ships to deal with pirates and smugglers at the best of times.

    Also a patrol cutter costs 10. Of course 'dealing with' criminals and rebels can involve seizing their ships.
     
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    If not my vote won but at least those other plans can insure that we have competent subordinates and can request for more what use is a military genius if the people below him hates him even in history commanders strive to at least be admired.
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    The people don't hate us, the noble families who prop up this whole corrupt system do. My aim is to pry the throne from the Empress and purge every noble family, abolish debt slavery and reform society.

    Death to the Empress! Long live the Imperium!

    [X] Bring A Staff Officer. Request transfer of one of your staff officers from your time on the Righteous to your command, this will grant you a single elite officer who is personally loyal to you.
     
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    The people don't hate us, the noble families who prop up this whole corrupt system do. My aim is to pry the throne from the Empress and purge every noble family, abolish debt slavery and reform society.

    Death to the Empress! Long live the Imperium!
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    So... we need to usurp the Empress. If she died and Had a young son, we could pull a Lohengramm (who i named our character's first name after)
     
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