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Growing Horizons: Inner Sphere - Quest

[X] Inner Sphere Technology:

Should the Survey Office foward Combine Intelligence to FedCom?
[X] No

Should the OCP lease JumpShips to the Lupus Republic to move more people quicker from Clan Space to the Lupus Republic?
[X] Yes
 
[X] Hyperwave Faults
CombInt
[X] Yes
Lupie Evac
[X] Yes

[x] Provide disaster relief to Terra.
-Ask permission to dispatch at least 2 Van Neumans
Thanks Eliar.
 
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[X] Inner Sphere Technology:

Should the Survey Office foward Combine Intelligence to FedCom?
[X] Over my dead body

Should the OCP lease JumpShips to the Lupus Republic to move more people quicker from Clan Space to the Lupus Republic?
[X] Yes


[x] Provide disaster relief to Terra.
-Ask permission to dispatch at least 2 Van Neumans

Fucking doomsday cults!

*Temptation to proposed Section 31-esque Black Ops agency with the latest in Mind Flaying tech rising*
 
[X] Inner Sphere Technology:

Should the Survey Office foward Combine Intelligence to FedCom?
[X] No

Should the OCP lease JumpShips to the Lupus Republic to move more people quicker from Clan Space to the Lupus Republic?
[X] Yes
 
Well this is a awesome but sobering turn. At least Terra should be neutralized now and hopefully the people can be saved but come back to that. Military looks good and honestly it looks like it was a good thing to wait for patrols because again we just now reaching point a distinct branch like that can be very useful. Weapons see what happens. Numbers is disappointing but eh got 4 more turns. Diplo looking surprisingly good. I kinda find it hilarious we might end up with better relations with the Taurians then the Magistracy but that is how things go and really hope Edward can keep moderating his father. Magistracy? We are going to ocp them a bit because we just do not fall into their cultural basis. Lets see where that goes. We dont need to be friends just decent neighbors. Though a trade deal and cordial relations would be much preferred. Trade to is well and excited to see where geoforming takes us. Did not think of the less traditional uses could get out of it improving off world/bubbleworlds colonies. Scince looks even better. It does look like we will be getting a new drive and that will change things big. Plasma to is a major win worth it in the end. Weapon research is just a plus. 25% smaller reactors and thrusters is going to be pretty big. Maybe not as much on ground but that will be lots of extra space on a ship.

And now the meat of the update the events.

Fleet expansion is done or about to be. Circinus is finally about ready to make a internal decision. Hopefully they join. Might need a diplo action there to help push it along. Karen's back must be sore from carrying the Lupus Republic because holy crap sounds like she is just bringing it and can understand why they want her so bad. Its up to her but there is no reason she cant have dual citizenship. Most of our members have it anyway i think. Home state and OCP. Such would be useful for relations. And yes we should help evac and was like i thought this is a hidden action. Our ships can loiter a jump or two away from the homeworlds and the Cats can bring people and supplies to them then once full head to the Republic. Probable best send warships to act as transports and heavy hitters though clear it first. Once the clans realize what is happening and they will be last stages all hell will break lose and it will get very ugly. Can only hope some ambitious asshole trying for a trial does not stumble upon it sooner or someone taken as bondsman does not spill it.

And the combine... If there is to be a coup it should happen this next turn. If there is a fuck you response it will follow that or happen at the same time. The combine crumbles and entering its finally stages. The Rasalhague might get away with this for now but there is nothing to keep them being absorbed but they can probable get favorable deals for entering the FedCom. I just cant see the Republic lasting for more than a generation at best without strong need to keep it out somewhere and this Tabayama Compact is even worse off because the FedCom dare leave no root or branch of the combine to try to rebuild from so it will be forcible absorbed the second the FedCom can spare the troops.

And fucking Terra. Just fuck those terrorists bastards. Its a win for us i guess but Terra is probable going to need to be at least partially evacuated. At least we tried. Though dont understand why the relief team was intercepted. Did the belter tell the FedCom on site something? Why are the warships even still there instead of pulled into dock to be studied?

This will have major consequences with a new terran disporia and if the clans hear about it they are going to lose their shit. Like completely freak out and be cause to a invasion. Hell does the Cats know about this?
Actions:

Lots of good tech options but this seems favored so why not? Yes provide disaster relief though the ships probable should get a military escort to keep people from getting grabby. A few neumans at work is going to freak people out and someone is going to try something stupid like try to seize one or both. Survey i feel really bad about but no. It could save lives but giving intel would reveal our intel abilities to the FedCom and that is a strategic asset. anything we say probable could not help that much anyway and would be surprised if they were not listening into combine com traffic themselves.

[X] Inner Sphere Technology:
With the decoding of the Helm Database, it should be possible to do some general research on the Inner Sphere technology base and come up with a few answers to problems that have bugged everyone.
Time: 6 turns, Chance of success: 50%, Reward: New Economic Actions

Should the Survey Office foward Combine Intelligence to FedCom?
[x] No

[x] Provide disaster relief to Terra.
-Ask permission to dispatch at least 2 Van Neumans

Economic action: Unleash the fleet.
We find ourselfs with a sudden great need for transports. Both to aid our new Nova Cat allies but also to help with a potential mass evacuation of Terra if/when the Yellowstone caldera finally lets go causing what will near certainly be a mass extinction event. To that end all transport production domestic and export should be ramped to max sustainable and all transports available should be made ready including the docked export fleet. Perhaps even warships with 20 to 40 docks made available. What is not sent to help the Cats should stand ready to be committed to mass lift people off Terra to any nearby worlds that can take them. With the combine war the FedCom near certainly does not have the transports to do this and The FWL and Andurian might not be able or willing to help either beyond helping themselves to educated people to take away to their worlds.
 
[X] Hyperwave Faults

Should the Survey Office forward Combine Intelligence to FedCom?
[X] No

Should the OCP lease JumpShips to the Lupus Republic to move more people quicker from Clan Space to the Lupus Republic?
[X] Yes

No further help to FedCom, they got enough already.
And we should probably investigate the Hyperweave faults rather than IS technology as it seems to be a step towards interdiction or some form of jamming technology.
 
This will have major consequences with a new terran disporia and if the clans hear about it they are going to lose their shit. Like completely freak out and be cause to a invasion. Hell does the Cats know about this?
Assuming they told us truth Cats diverged heavily from both Warden and Crusader philosophies with their plan to protect IS from outside, and while we can't predict how they react, they might as well as igonore the whole Terra business.

[x] Provide disaster relief to Terra.
-Ask permission to dispatch at least 2 Van Neumans
Just no. It's probably the stupidest thing to do, they are our biggest advantage, and we need them elsewhere, not to help crazy cultist that doesn't want us on their trash pile.
 
Assuming they told us truth Cats diverged heavily from both Warden and Crusader philosophies with their plan to protect IS from outside, and while we can't predict how they react, they might as well as igonore the whole Terra business.
Given how important Terra is in their pseudo religion no i really doubt it. Terra is to big a symbol for its defilement to not provoke some sort of reaction.

Just no. It's probably the stupidest thing to do, they are our biggest advantage, and we need them elsewhere, not to help crazy cultist that doesn't want us on their trash pile.
Who said cultists? They would i assume go there and help rapidly fabricate housing and shelters or parts to at least try and stem the damage and manage the coming eruption. I assume they would also go with a cruiser escort at least plus a pile of specialists to help. One should be sufficient really but yeah if we are doing this lets flex and really do it.
 
I'd like to note that there is already a Von Neumann at Terra, who already volunteered.

You simply do not underestimate Yellowstone and the engineers thought they could need the production capacity just in case.
 
I'd like to note that there is already a Von Neumann at Terra, who already volunteered.

You simply do not underestimate Yellowstone and the engineers thought they could need the production capacity just in case.
Uh. Well still could send another if they volunteer and more supplies/people but honestly this is rapidly reaching beyond the scope we can and should handle. The FedCom control that space and system and needs to step up. We can help but we cant lead or carry the relief effort.
 
[X] Hyperwave Faults
Should the OCP lease JumpShips to the Lupus Republic to move more people quicker from Clan Space to the Lupus Republic?
[X] Yes
What about giving FedCom intelligence?
 
[x] Hyperwave Lanes

Should the Survey Office foward Combine Intelligence to FedCom?
[x] Yes

Should the OCP lease JumpShips to the Lupus Republic to move more people quicker from Clan Space to the Lupus Republic?
[x] Yes


Do I want the OCP to scare everyone with the breadth and depth of their signal intelligence? Yes, let them worry.

Do we have something sufficiently massive that carries a ludicrous amount of dropships that can hyper into orbit? Lets lease them a bunch as a house warming gift for the new neighbours. Altough, we do have that entire jumpship fleet the FedCom doesn't think exist sitting around doing nothing. That might be sufficient.
 
[x] Hyperwave Lanes

Should the Survey Office foward Combine Intelligence to FedCom?
[x] Yes

Should the OCP lease JumpShips to the Lupus Republic to move more people quicker from Clan Space to the Lupus Republic?
[x] Yes


Do I want the OCP to scare everyone with the breadth and depth of their signal intelligence? Yes, let them worry.

Do we have something sufficiently massive that carries a ludicrous amount of dropships that can hyper into orbit? Lets lease them a bunch as a house warming gift for the new neighbours. Altough, we do have that entire jumpship fleet the FedCom doesn't think exist sitting around doing nothing. That might be sufficient.
We have the Landing Craft Carriers, that at destroyer weight, can carry 20 dropprs. But we also have about 300 jumpships that we built to sell to the Inner Sphere, but are currently sitting in storage.
 
Do we have something sufficiently massive that carries a ludicrous amount of dropships that can hyper into orbit? Lets lease them a bunch as a house warming gift for the new neighbours. Altough, we do have that entire jumpship fleet the FedCom doesn't think exist sitting around doing nothing. That might be sufficient.
We have the Landing Craft Carriers, that at destroyer weight, can carry 20 dropprs. But we also have about 300 jumpships that we built to sell to the Inner Sphere, but are currently sitting in storage.
And for max flexing we also have the Tillman which carries 40 dropships while still being the single deadliest warship ever made to this point. In comparison the closest equivalent, in transport capacity, would be the SLDF Potemkin which is 200,000ish tons lighter and carries 25 dropships and just enough naval guns to keep other warships honest with it. Though want to keep Tillman on down low till we need to hammer the shit out of someone. Tillman is terrifying enough others see it it will ocp and radically change many things because it is blatantly superior to anything the star league ever made. The clans might be able to make a challenger in a up gunned Leviathan but it is a class in canon a third again its size and a horrifically expensive and difficult to build.

As for intel remember the best spy is the one no one ever hears about. I dont want them worried about how good our intel networks are or that we even have them penetrated pretty well already in a number of places.
 
I want them to know how good our spy network is, as a warning that we will know if they get up to funny business such as for example massing forces on our for an invasion.
 
I want them to know how good our spy network is, as a warning that we will know if they get up to funny business such as for example massing forces on our for an invasion.
I would rather their invasion fleet launch then suddenly and inexplicable disappear never to be heard from again and our ambassadors just smile at the house lord who tried. Everyone has great spy agencies and they probable assume we have at least something but nothing is as scary as the unknown.
 
I would rather their invasion fleet launch then suddenly and inexplicable disappear never to be heard from again and our ambassadors just smile at the house lord who tried. Everyone has great spy agencies and they probable assume we have at least something but nothing is as scary as the unknown.
You make a compelling argument.
 
You make a compelling argument.
We want to be nice neighbors and great trade partners and making them crap their pants at the idea of us getting mad or going to war. Let them petty fight all they want we do not. We dont like to start wars but we will end them.
 
X] Inner Sphere Technology:
With the decoding of the Helm Database, it should be possible to do some general research on the Inner Sphere technology base and come up with a few answers to problems that have bugged everyone.
Time: 6 turns, Chance of success: 50%, Reward: New Economic Actions

Should the Survey Office foward Combine Intelligence to FedCom?
[x] No

[x] Provide disaster relief to Terra.
-Ask permission to dispatch at least 2 Van Neumans

Economic action: Unleash the fleet.
We find ourselfs with a sudden great need for transports. Both to aid our new Nova Cat allies but also to help with a potential mass evacuation of Terra if/when the Yellowstone caldera finally lets go causing what will near certainly be a mass extinction event. To that end all transport production domestic and export should be ramped to max sustainable and all transports available should be made ready including the docked export fleet. Perhaps even warships with 20 to 40 docks made available. What is not sent to help the Cats should stand ready to be committed to mass lift people off Terra to any nearby worlds that can take them. With the combine war the FedCom near certainly does not have the transports to do this and The FWL and Andurian might not be able or willing to help either beyond helping themselves to educated people to take away to their worlds.
 
Given how important Terra is in their pseudo religion no i really doubt it. Terra is to big a symbol for its defilement to not provoke some sort of reaction.
They also suddenly starting to change their social structure important to said pseudo-religion and offered citizenship to AI after being afraid of Caspar drones, at this point they are starting to be unpredictable. Other Clans would be still obsessed about Terra, but that's another reason to have no presence on it. Let FedCom be defilers of Terra in Clans' eyes.

Who said cultists? They would i assume go there and help rapidly fabricate housing and shelters or parts to at least try and stem the damage and manage the coming eruption. I assume they would also go with a cruiser escort at least plus a pile of specialists to help. One should be sufficient really but yeah if we are doing this lets flex and really do it.
Said cultists are pretty much in charge of Terra, as we didn't intervene on the planet, and helping it would require a massive occupation force. If we want to change Terra we need larger occupation force than they have the population. Which we can theoretically do with AI-controlled warfare waged by robots, but it's nor worth the issue. Besides it's probably easier to fix the planet than minds. Which is something, considering they will probably go through the ice age

I would rather their invasion fleet launch then suddenly and inexplicable disappear never to be heard from again and our ambassadors just smile at the house lord who tried. Everyone has great spy agencies and they probable assume we have at least something but nothing is as scary as the unknown.
Another reason to go for Hyperwave Faults I think, perhaps it will help with creating this myth of space Bermuda triangle no ships return from.
 
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