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Are we the baddies?
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Solitair posted:Are we the baddies? We saved humanity, how could we be the baddies  Citizen I implore you to not look to deep into the causes of Earth's destruction, for your safety
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Just popping in to say I love this writing style! I haven’t played stellaris since shortly after it came out and most of the mechanics are lost on me, but the way you elaborate on the gameplay and built in events is great.
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May 24, 2021 18:56
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Lol at the UN missing the 3 apparently sweet as hell planets that Patria Grande hauled rear end too
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May 24, 2021 18:59
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Solitair posted:Are we the baddies? Eh. We're pretty mediocre. We're definitely better than space racist imperialists of Patria. We're roughly the same shade of bad as the plutocratic oligarchate of Columbia and the criminal Regulus Syndicate (but we're basically the same... and what else is capitalism but criminal syndicates all the way down amirite?). And the UN probably should get some credit for saving 80-90% of humanity that didn't take part in the Hegira. Really, the place to be is the Sovereign Mechanized. Sign me up for emigration to the first planet they settle where I won't immediately die upon going outside.
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May 25, 2021 18:43
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habeasdorkus posted:Really, the place to be is the Sovereign Mechanized. Sign me up for emigration to the first planet they settle where I won't immediately die upon going outside. I would also like to join the titty robots.
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May 25, 2021 18:50
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Patria Grande aren't space racists they're space syndicalists who want nothing to do with the UN for extremely understandable reasons. I guess technically they're "xenophobes" in the game's parlance but there's no aliens to be racist against it's an all-human galaxy so I read it as them just not being fans of interacting with the blood-drinking capitalists who very nearly doomed humanity.
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May 25, 2021 19:02
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habeasdorkus posted:Really, the place to be is the Sovereign Mechanized. Sign me up for emigration to the first planet they settle where I won't immediately die upon going outside. If they were a machine consciousness with Driven Assimilator I'm sure they'd be more than happy to offer you a free all-included vacation to Processing Hub 1. As it is, they're filthy communists and you should absolutely stay away from there for your own good, citizen.
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May 25, 2021 20:02
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Wait I just noticed the other guys are in a Federation already lmao
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May 26, 2021 00:16
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Crazycryodude posted:Patria Grande aren't space racists they're space syndicalists who want nothing to do with the UN for extremely understandable reasons. I guess technically they're "xenophobes" in the game's parlance but there's no aliens to be racist against it's an all-human galaxy so I read it as them just not being fans of interacting with the blood-drinking capitalists who very nearly doomed humanity. Yeah, I really can't blame them for being thoroughly stand-offish to the UN on that score.
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quote:but there's no aliens to be racist against I hope we crack open some Shielded worlds or get the Grunur or the Cybrex or some Primitive Worlds or some such.
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May 26, 2021 12:01
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At any rate, it's probably an okay place for humans at least.
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TLM3101 posted:Yeah, I really can't blame them for being thoroughly stand-offish to the UN on that score. Don't worry, I'm sure the UN is already drafting a resolution to Restore Order under a Legitimate Conservator Government. There may be some Regrettable Collateral Damage, but that's the price we pay!
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...is the CIA still around?
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wiegieman posted:Don't worry, I'm sure the UN is already drafting a resolution to Restore Order under a Legitimate Conservator Government. There may be some Regrettable Collateral Damage, but that's the price we pay! They were probably subsumed by the Pinkerton Detective Agency (which "Fun" Fact: is still a thing nowadays).
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Well I'm sure the Boys in New Langley will handle this one no problem one way or the other. If there's one thing I trust them to know how to do, it's overthrow left-wing governments in ways that absolutely won't backfire ever.
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May 26, 2021 18:57
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One thing to ask: Shouldn't it be Nuevo Peru, Argentina, etc.
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2255 - 2274 ___________________________________________________________________________________ United Nations Navy - - Conducting Operation Caliga - - - - - Admiral Pritchard When the fleet departed from The Bastion we were enroute to Pollax to commence peacekeeping in the southern systems and to protect mining vessels from pirates. It seems the situation has escalated once more and the security council has deemed the threat from Regulus serious enough to declare a state of war against the fledgling Indy stronghold. The Indies in turn have begun striking corporate mining stations and ransacking stations for all they can take. Enroute to Regulus the fleet picks up distress calls from Astrocore mining vessels in the Castor system, with reports of a major hostile fleet.  We arrive in-system to discover a sizable Indy fleet of decent corvettes and destroyers, not quite as sophisticated as our own but still far more than Regulus-City should have been capable of producing.The Indies are almost certainly being supplied from outside.  We pursue at once at full speed. The UNN has already learnt much from the Battle of EZ Aquarii and adapted our tactics and armament accordingly, I eagerly look forward to this engagement.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ While future habitats in both space and on surfaces of environmentally-hostile worlds are just a short few years away once alloys stockpiles can be obtained (and aren't being diverted to the UNN), Secretary-General Jackson is looking even further ahead. If the UN ever wishes to make successful, prosperous colonies in all of the core four-systems then it will not simply be enough to exist in domed off habitats in perpetuity. The founder of StellarX, Elroy Mink almost ruined his company with his continued failed attempts at terraforming Mars two hundred years ago. But back then it was merely another of the CEO's self-aggrandizing vanity projects, now, it is a necessity. And with the full resources and manpower aboard the Bastion the UN can, and must, make terraforming a reality.  It has taken many decades but the crystals first found on the surface of EZ Aquarii IIb back in 2209 (- and has since been found elsewhere - most notably growing inside the trees of the vast jungles of 61 Cygni IIIb) are now fully understood. Any industrial application that diamonds back on Earth could be used for these crystals can do with even greater proficiency, already the mining corps are devising new drills utilizing these crystals and the UNN is researching more refined weapons target systems.  For a century the UN relied on the nuclear arsenal it requisitioned from the former nation-states to maintain world peace, but these antiquated missiles once meant for Moscow or Washington or Beijing are showing their age, and their utility in space combat is not as great as the UNN leadership had hoped they would be. The UN must begin manufacturing new nuclear arms, with better tracking systems and payloads suited to deal damage to vessels in the void of space - not cities on the surface of our dead world.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ On the 7th November 2255 a foreign vessel enters UN space from the west requesting passage to The Bastion, with a team of envoys aboard, from the Republic of New India.  "On behalf of Prime Minister Devan and all the Republic of New India we come to you to officially open diplomatic channels and begin what we hope will be a long and prosperous friendship between The Bastion and New Delhi. We had only leant of your presence and the ultimate tragic fate of our great old Earth from spying on the anarchists that reside between us, who, we should inform you, are in turn spying on you extremely intensely. But I'm sure you knew that already. Our Republic has its own advisory at the gates just as the UN does, the communists of Neo Tokyo have been a thorn in our side for decades. Perhaps there may come a day where our ships fight side by side to finally put down these agitators.``  But until such a time comes we wish to establish a permanent embassy here on the Bastion, this place truly is a marvel of human ingenuity And we wish to form closer ties to the megacorporations and research institutes here, you have learnt much in the past forty years I am sure, as have we, and helping each other can only lead to great things."    Photograph taken by New Indian diplomat in the Jakatar Docks, looking 'down' The Bastion. ___________________________________________________________________________________ United Nations Navy We have pursued the Indy fleet for a year through the Castor system, their ships using the gas giants and barren rocks as cover to avoid our scopes until they managed to reach the far side of the system and jump to Caph. Almost a month had passed between the Indies jumping out of Castor and the UNN entering Caph, thankfully we detected them still in orbit around the main star and move to engage at once.  One of their ships, the RION Glover intercepts the UNN Fleet alone while the rest of the Indies remain around the star. It hails us, claiming they have no fuel, no way to fight, and wish to surrender. We ignore the plea of the RION Glover and send our response.   The UN Argonne Forest's missile makes a direct hit on the Regulus' ship, while missiles from the other vessels race past to reach the other ships. The Glover takes moderate damage but is still operational.  And then, before the fire and shockwave of the explosion that struck the Glover had dissipated, a great beam, a lance of blinding light, erupted from the front of the damaged enemy ship, slicing through the void and sending every sensor on every ship into a frenzy. The Argonne Forest's electromagnetic shield activated, which can typically disintegrate incoming projectiles, for just a split second it halted the beam, before the immense energy overwhelmed it and the red lance continued on it's trajectory - straight through the Argonne Forest's reactor, igniting it and destroying the ship and killing all 300 crew instantly.  Two frames of footage recovered from the destroyer UN Hepburn showing the Grover's weapon striking the UN Argonne Forest. note: less than a second transpiring between each frame.   ___________________________________________________________________________________ Dr Marvin Little has returned to The Bastion after his expedition to the north to make contact with the two signals. Discovering our wayward exploration cruiser the UN Columbia thought lost two decades ago, now in possession of an Irassian super city in the Deecselfy System. Dr Silas Mckinnon - now President Mckinnon of the Republic of Columbia has expressed no desire to reintegrate himself nor his crew with the United Nations. He has managed to bolster the population of his fledging republic by using technology found within the city he has dubbed 'Aberdeen' to clone the 10,000 so crew members of the UN Columbia as well as create entirely new synthetic humans. Future course of action regarding Mckinnon and the Republic of Columbia has become a contentious issue, with some members of the security council saying Mckinnon is still a UN citizen and StellarX employee and thus all of the Deeceselfy system is still rightfully property of the UN. Others say it is best to let this new Republic grow on it's own without UN interference, so as not to stifle their continued experimentation and exploration of what technology the city has to offer - and to avoid any accountability on the UN's part should they discover anything untoward in those ancient structures. Military action against the Republic of Columbia has been strongly dismissed as taking such strong measures against such a high ranking UN scientist may cause division with our scientific and research corporations. But more importantly there is no telling what kind of technology the Republic of Columbia may possess that could make short way of the UNN. While Mckinnon is unwilling to share his technological marvels with the UN he is at least receptive to the idea of trading more standard wares that Aberdeen seems capable of producing in great quantity and shall surely help aboard The Bastion.  But just as interesting as the revelation of the fate of the Columbia, Dr Little has aboard the UN Darwin ten robots. Ten thinking, feeling, robots. From a planet populated entirely by robots who once crewed a Congo freighter that crashed upon the surface of Bellezir IIIC and have since fashioned their own society. The security council allows these ten ambassador robots from the Sovereign Mechanized to come aboard the Bastion after it is deemed they will not cause interference with existing AI and robotics aboard the habitat. These robots do not seem to possess any sort of interconnected consciousness, each is a person in their own right. And they are endlessly curious but somewhat naive, having only what information they could gather from the crashed Pride-of-Pyongyang to give any sort of context for themselves and the wider universe they found themselves in upon gaining sentience. It is a good thing the United Nations was the first to discover them lest they become diluted with dangerous ideas. They claim to have created the perfect society on the surface of Bellezir IIIC and wish to discuss how they could help incorporate some of the things they had learned, here on the Bastion, but we tell them regretfully such things are a little more nuanced when it comes to humans.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ United Nations Navy The Independent Navy's plea for peace was obviously a ruse, had we accepted and moved our ships in closer to attempt docking with theirs, the other destroyers they possess would have fired point-blank with their laser weaponry devastated the UNN fleet. And I can't help shake the feeling if we take apart one of those destroyers I would find 'Proudly made in Nuevo Argentina' stamped on the side of one of those lasers. I had ordered all ships in the fleet to divert power from all unnecessary systems to strengthen their shields (even going as far as venting oxygen and donning space suits for the duration of the fight so life support was not drawing away energy). This proved enough to stop at least one direct hit from the Indy laser weapons - but two hits in quick succession would still probably be catastrophic. Luckily the Indies were disorganized, firing on whichever UN ship was closest to them at the time as were circled them quickly to try and stay out of their scopes, all the while firing off kinetic and missile barrages.  Our new tactics and our new missiles prove incredibly effective and we manage to net three of their corvettes in one fell swoop, two more are destroyed in nuclear blasts moments later and now the Indies are severely outnumbered (though not necessarily outgunned with those lasers)  But the remaining Indies it seems do not want to take the risk and disengage at once, fleeing back toward the Regulus system as fast as they can. There is no time to bask in our victory though, I order the fleet to pursue, The UN Argonne Forest must be avenged..  ___________________________________________________________________________________ With trade routes now opened with the SovMechs and Columbia the amount of traffic around The Bastion and number of ships constantly docking in Jakarta Dockyard and the minor docks in Mexico City and Manila has increased tenfold. It is becoming hard to monitor all the people and goods that come and go in the hyper-dense lower sections of The Bastion. Crime syndicates are becoming more powerful and bold. Many of the Lowers are beginning to feel they can trust and depend on the Indies more than they can on our guidance from up here in Paris.  In 2264 another foreign vessel from the west entered UN Space and plotted a course for Sol. The ship has a very prominent red hammer and sickle on its side with ' 人民連盟 ' encircling it. Upon entering the Sirius system a Bastion Security Forces skiff is sent to intercept it (not quite as fearsome as a corvette, but enough to punch a hole in civilian ships should the need arise) and escort it to the Bastion.  "Party Chairman Iwasaki of the Japanese Commonwealth extends his greetings to the peoples of the United Nations. It is truly gratifying news truely to learn that the UN managed to save so many souls from the surface of Earth before her final sad fate, and this Bastion you have constructed is humbling and awe-inspiring, a true testament to man's ability when we work together. It is that reason that we have come before you, we know you and the Republic of New India have established formal diplomatic ties, trade treaties even - they have declared war on us, and we do not wish the conflict to escalate."  "Our two nations could not be more diametrically opposed, but space is a vast place, a thousand lightyears stand between our borders. There is no need for our two peoples to come to blows. And we do know of the Patria Grande, though very little. We admire their zeal but without the guiding hand of a strong leader they will be aimless, and individual actors within their sphere may conduct actions that will threaten the rest of their society. To be blunt, the Chairman sees a more productive relationship forming with the UN than he does with the CSPG. So please, let this be the beginning our of own formal relations, for the great good of each of our states and all of mankind."  ___________________________________________________________________________________ UN Brigandine Professor Gail Stevens The frontiers are quickly shrinking, well, they may already be gone here in UN-space. To our north lie the PeeGees, to our west the Indians and to our east our dear friend Dr Mckinnon now rules an Irassian city like a king. It could have been us. But instead we find ourselves out in the void, skirting the border between the UN and CSPG and mapping systems. Where once we had just ourselves and our ship and an endless expanse before us to discover we now now find ourselves having to dodge the increasing freighter convoys flying to New Delhi and back. We even encountered a Japanese vessel a year back and directed them to Sol.  The focus of our exploration has shifted entirely from finding habitable worlds to trying to locate left behind technology that may assist the UNN. On Kuma IVa we discover the remnants of a battle long ago fought and the security council orders us at once to go scounging in the wreckage for anything useful.   After three months of rifling through the husks of ancient battleships and debris filled fortifications we can find next to nothing of note. What ever the battle itself did not damage, the ravages of time finished off.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ United Nations Navy The fleet enters the Regulus system at long last, to find the Independent fleet limping away. They hail us again, saying they are low on fuel with barely enough energy to power their life support systems nevermind their weapons. They are harmless and throw themselves at our mercy. This time they probably mean it.  Every last Indy ship is rendered asunder.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ Communication between the President of the Conference of Syndalicsts of Patria Grande and the Secretary-General of the United Nations one week after the Battle of Castor's Jump. Secretary-General Jackson. We must congratulate the United Nations on being able to successfully massacre a band of desperate refugees and scavengers. We have been observing the entire unjust war you have been waging against the Independent city. Their fleet had surrendered at Castor, and they only fired after you struck first. They surrendered again at the edge of the Regulus system, and you slaughtered them all. It is a shame that our prototype weapons gifted to them could not destroy more of your bloodthirsty fleet. We had hoped that enduring the end of the world would have softened the UN, that the ghouls that sit on your security council would have seen the damage they had done and know that carrying on their exploitative system to the stars would only bring more ruin. But it has only hardened your hearts. I hope to never speak to a Secretary-General again, unless it is to make a declaration of war. You were a threat to Earth and now you are a threat to all good and free people of the galaxy.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ After months of decrypting radio signals from the southern edge of UN-space, SIGINT confirms the presence of another foreign state. the New American Federation is encountered for the first time in March 2267. A communications channel between The Bastion and 'New Colorado' is established at once.  "Well ho-lee poo poo, if it isn't the U loving N. Still alive? Hey, that's great. This is President Foley, of the great and powerful New American Federation, we trust you will not stand in our way. As children our parents and grandparents told us the tales of Earth. Of how our people, Americans, were once the greatest on that old rock, how we were brought low by the Yellowstone, forced to subsist in tents across the ruins of our once great land with whatever scraps the UN would spare us from their tower in the Northeast Megalopolis. And they told us how you tried to stop them when our world was dying, grounded our ships, stopped the efforts of Bloom, our first president from bringing more of us with him. But that is in the past, isn't it compadre! I am sure the United Nations and the N A F can come to some sort of agreement."  "We see you have been fighting a war against Indy scum too. We have had our fair share here in NAF-space, those that refuse to submit are quickly dealt with. The New American Navy is I dare say the greatest fighting force ever fielded by human hands. We have conquered the Republic of Atlas and made them see the errors of their ways. We have scorched the surface of New Malta and turned their colonies to molten glass. And we, New America, have made contact with the first alien species."  "The Grammich are, well they're as dumb as rocks, hah! But they're big, strong, make capable workers. We found them eking out an existence among the nuclear scorched wasteland of their homeworld - now New Washington, and gave them a new life, a new purpose. We’ll make god-fearing rocks outta them yet."  "An embassy? Sure, I can see to it that a diplomatic gunboat makes its way to your, Bastion, you called it? I am curious to see what has come of the United Nations and how it stacks up to the tales we are taught in school. Just remember this Secretary-General, while we may still have corporations here they are kept on a short leash, they serve us, not the other way. And I'm sure you would not want to see anything untoward happen to the corporations of the UN.   ___________________________________________________________________________________ United Nations Navy. Admiral Pritchard The fleet sits above "Ares" - Regulus IIIa. Fifty million humans live in Regulus City and the assorted towns that have cropped up in the jungle valleys where the ice cannot reach. And now the nuclear armament of 19 ships are primed, ready to bombard the surface, just awaiting my order. But I cannot do it. The security council will call me a traitor, a hypocrite, but it doesn't matter. By the time communications reach Bastion may actions will have been done. There is a world of difference between destroying an enemy fleet, even a helpless one, and dropping nukes on a city. If the Security Council wants the Regulus gone then they can send the marines here and drag them out themselves, I will not have the blood of millions on the hands of my sailors.  I cannot be responsible for a genocide but I can atleast stop the Regulus' ability to harm UN ships. The Regulus Station is an immense staging point for the Independent Navy and pirate vessels who operate all across the southern systems. It's destruction will force the Regulus to concede to any UN demands.  As the fleet approaches Regulus Station our scopes pick up a number of large structures orbiting the station that long-range scanners did not pick up previously.  Before we can even orbit around the Regulus star to reach the station a barrage of missiles comes arcing around toward us.  I order the fleet to continue at full speed, firing our own nuclear weapons to shoot down the missiles before they come in range, the space before us becomes a churning maelstrom of shockwaves and radiation clouds. But we can brave this, we have not faltered in combat yet, and this station cannot best us.  Through the haze of blue light from the star we can finally see the Regulus Station as it comes into view. There is a red-  "The Admiral is gone!" "This is the Sanguine. We've lost scopes, we're blind out here" "The Dagger and the Trenchant have been lost." "What's going on?! Whose incharge" "Interdictor sustained heavy damage, we're- - - -" "Just fire. Fire everything we have"  "This is Commander Alinejad assuming control of the fleet. All ships disengage at once. Prepare for emergency jump" "We're lightseconds from the star, we'll be torn apart!" "Die here or die in hyperspace. Just do it!"  - - - Contact lost with the United Nations Navy. - - All ships and hands presumed lost. - Operation Caliga deemed a critical failure.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ News of the UNN's destruction leaks to the general populace of The Bastion and begins what will later be known as the 'Summer of Fury' in 2269. Tensions between Pro-Independent and Anti-Indy groups reach a boiling point across the lower sections of Bastion.  Violence grips the lower sections, Bastion Security Forces are permanently stationed in the dense Manila and Addis Ababa sections, skirmishes and battles with insurgent elements are common and can last for days on end as more people from surrounding neighbourhoods are drawn in. The border between the vital Ankara Agri-ring and the lower sections is heavily militarized. Fears of the Abuja Fusion-Core or AquaOxy systems of Addis Ababa being sabotaged or cut off are minimal as their distribution pipelines and energy lines are built into the dense outer walls of the Bastion, and there's no way for the lowers to shut them down without also cutting off their own life support. The Security Council has so far kept most of the workers and citizens of Abuja in line with threats of withholding the anti-cancer medicine vital for them due to their proximity to the fusion core that powers all of Bastion. Security Forces are just barely keeping order.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ By winter 2269 a vote of no-confidence was enacted against Secretary-General Felix Jackson, 4 out of 5 of the security council conglomerates conceded that Jackson must be removed from his position. Had he found himself in any other situation the Secretary-General may have refused to go or even used the military arm of Standard-Dynamics to storm the Deuxième-Versailles - but as it stands most of the corporate soldiers of the Bastion are in the lower sections keeping order. John Renaud becomes the new Secretary-General.  Operataion Caliga is decried for the abhorrent attempted genocide against Independents that it was. Operation Obsidio is enacted. While the former UNSG sought to destroy Regulus City, the new operation's goal is to merely contain them, blockade the space around Regulus to restrict the pirate attacks until the situation both there and aboard the Bastion stabilizes. The construction of a new starbase in Caph on the border with Regulus is ordered at once.   The new fleet for the United Nations is hastily laid down in the Manila Shipyards on the starboard wing of the Bastion. Once again, resources that were being set aside for terraforming and habitat projects are ripped away for new naval vessels. And as almost 30% of the populace of Manila are either striking, unable to get to the shipyards or actively engaging in security forces there has been somewhat of a shortage of workers. Thankfully the ambassadors from SovMech have allowed our scientists to study them and we have a greater understanding of how we can upgrade the simple robots in Bastion to fulfil more roles.  C-SOB operative Sienna Booth is still located in the Regulus system working under deep-cover, she has managed to gain passage to the Regulus Station. Security is extremely heavy but she belives with enough time she may be able to sabotage the station.  Patria Grande continues it's antagonistic policy, seemingly only willing to go to war with the UN if they can frame themselves as the defenders. Space between the two states that had been hastily surveyed by Professor Stevens and had makeshift space stations towed to is rightfully space that belongs to the people of the CSPG.  The new UNN has already been deployed on the outskirts of the Regulus system, stopping pirate vessels from entering UN space. A new smaller force is quickly drawn up, utilizing a new state of the art corvette - faster, more powerful and more agile than any other ship in the UN's arsenal (it is at the uppermost end of what could be considered a space fighter). It is however very expensive - a single Pritchard-class corvette costs three times as much as a ship twice it's size. Ten are commissioned to form Strike Force November. It's current goal is to respond to any Patria Grande aggression, it alone cannot fend off their navy, but the Strike Force can at least get to any place on the UN-CSPG border quickly and hold off the PeeGees long enough for the UNN proper to arrive.  While the intensity of unrest in the lower sections throughout 2270 does not quite match that of the summer of '69, it is enough to deter the trade vessels from New India and Columbia.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ UN Septime Vance Blair I have been sent to the space between the Patria Grande and the Sovereign Mechanized that we had previously thought empty - it turns out this is far from the case. A myriad of radio signals going in every direction can be detected speaking all manner of (human) languages.  Around Makab II, a pale pink gas giant with huge blue rings, in the Makab system there sits a lonely space-station, the UN Septime docks with it to find out more of what is going on in this region of space, figuring not to venture into the areas with heavy traffic lest this space belong to hostile peoples. In the dock there are great many gas-haulers with United African Empire on the sides in bold white letters, but the name is absent anywhere on the station itself, instead on the large inner walls before us as we dock is 'Soyuz Konglomeratov'  Around the dock are numerous bars and astro-mechanic shops, on speakers overhead plays a dour Russian singing in contrast to the peppy music behind it. A man in an ill-fitting suit flanked by two dockhands approaches our crew as we disembark. "Privet, welcome to Rostov-on-Makab ('the RoM') Station traveller, I am Sokolovsky, both proprietor of this station and indeed all the stations that form SoKo. I do not recognize the company name on your ship? A new venture in the empire I take it?" "We are not with...the empire" I respond, looking back to the Septime "It means United Nations" I point to the name "And Septime is, well I think it's something to do with fighting" The mention of United Nations, makes a light go off in the businessman's head and his eyes widen. "Then, you come from..Earth?" I shake my head and a forlorn look covers the man's face for a brief second before he shakes it off "Still, this is a tremendous occasion, not to be spent out here on the cold docks, your crew are guests here. Let us continue in my office"  Overlooking the docks where the gas haulers come and go, Sokolovsky pours us drinks. "New Moscow was our Eden, it was perfect. A verdant forest world of endless green pastures and woodlands beneath a lilac sky. When we knew what was to happen to the star of Meteria, the grief our people felt was immeasurable - too much for some. What few of us got off New Moscow scattered to the stars and now the diaspora is spread thin. The Soyuz Konglomeratov is less a nation and more a band of traders, stations and ships which I managed to cobble together."  In exchange for my drinks flask which Sokolovsky noted had 'made in Nashville' stamped on the bottom, he produced starmaps of the areas the Empire had scouted of which he now gave his allegiance. (There are many 'sentimentalists' far from old Sol he tells me, who pay ridiculous prices to trade items if they simply have the words 'Made in Germany' or 'Made in Taiwan' or some such anywhere on them.)  "We are here, Markab '' He pointed to the most southern star in the region marked with the Soyuz' name. "Where SoKo, Empire and Anarchist space meet. I suspect the system you travelled through to get here has already been occupied by the anarchists, they are tenacious and bold, but the empire will hold the line, that I can assure you"   "Great Queen Nya of House Azikiwe has led the empire for twenty years now, her father led the revolution that overthrew the rule of the twin-conglomerates of the Cape-Association-of-Miners and Liberia-Oil-Concern ('CAPLOC'). CAPLOC had initially settled Hon IV - an immense and rich world and named it New Pretoria.  "CAPLOC were quick to establish outposts and colonies on all bountiful plants that the Hon system had to offer and try to divide up the many different peoples they had brought with them on their two colony ships from Earth so they would be easier to keep controlled. Their head of security forces -Asani Azikiwe had grander ideas and knew time was short, he led other security elements loyal to him in what was once uprising - then civil war - and finally full blown revolution that saw the corporations thrown out, renaming Hon IV to New Zanzibar."  "Great King Asani established his realm across all the stars surrounding Hon, propping up new noble houses as he did until a great and powerful feudal space empire had been forged. I do not know how they treat their people, I only assume well as there has been no internal conflict since the Azikiwe's took power nor during the transition of power to his daughter's rule, I do know they treat us and other even more minor independent elements very well - as long as we pay our taxes. They number many many billions, across New Zanzibar, Senegal, Cameroon and countless habitats."  "On the northern fringes of the empire sits Astroprom - another of our unfortunate diaspora though instead of trade they manufacture starships for the surrounding powers - the Empire, the Union and the Emirates."  "The Scandinavian Union are currently entangled in a low-intensity conflict with our mother Empire, skirmishes along the borders as the Union is expanding very quickly into space Great Queen Nya has deemed rightfully belonging tot he African peoples. The Union is in some ways like the anarchists to the south, though they are not quite so radical, they have just as much desire to see all the people's of the galaxy incorporated under their system but they seem willing to do it with the olive branch and not the sword."  "Their ship departed from Aland and crash-landed on what they now call Vinland. It is a hellish place I hear, with green acid seas and breathing the unfiltered the air melts your lungs in seconds. Still - at least their sun isn't trying to kill them all."  "The Emirates are as prosperous as they are dogmatic and attribute all their good fortune to God. They are belligerent to all around them and seem unreceptive to any sort of deals with those that will not accept the light of Allah.  "Medina is a coarse dusty place, with unparalleled riches, beneath its surface lies bountiful resources that would take a hundred generations to deplete. And on top of that there are two rings around the planet rife with minerals - theorized to be two of Medina's moons that collided''  "There is also an American corporation - Hampshire-Berkway.Inc - that lies between the Empire and the Emirates though they have kept to themselves and I cannot tell you much more of note about them." "We've met the Americans - or The New Americans. Frankly they seem to be acting like the Old Americans I read about in school back on the Bastion." "Bastion?" I show Sokolovsky a photo I took of the Bastion and Earth when the UN Septime was departing. He says nothing for almost ten minutes and just studies the image before pouring us more drinks.  "And who else? How many other have made it off Earth?" "Well you know of the South American anarchists, but we also met an Indian republic and a Japanese... people's republic." "It sounds like everyone but Russians found their new home" "I wouldn't be so sure about that. We have many Southern Europeans, East African, Central Asians and Southeast Asian peoples all living on the Bastion. And it seems their fates will be forever tied to that place" "Is life good there?" "No."  "I was born on Earth. In Himalaya City, during the final days, I was just four when we finally got passage aboard a ship to the Bastion. Growing up, everytime I close my eyes I was back on Earth, back beneath those burning red skies and ankle deep in the ash, but when I open them again I'm just greeted with an endless nightmare city that stretches on forever, ten billion humans piled atop one another with the bare minimum oxygen and water to survive. And after all this time I don't know which of the two places terrified me most. It's how I ended up here, I was lucky enough (and may have forged a few documents) to work my way up the ranks of StellarX until I could command one of their science vessels.  "Well, Commander Blair. I'm sure I've kept you long enough and you'll have much to report back to your superiors at Bastion." The businessman put away the drinks we had been enjoying and instead retrieved a bottle of vodka with a very old and faded label from some Russian distillery on it. "We have a custom in the diaspora. Three shots" he put two shot glasses beneath us and poured and we drank. "We raise a glass to Old Moscow", a second shot "We bow our heads for New Moscow", he poured the third shot and held my shoulder as we downed the last "May we meet again in Third Moscow" ___________________________________________________________________________________ On 3rd June 2273 Gail Steven passed away aboard the UN Brigandine, a day of mourning is proclaimed aboard the Bastion for one of the greatest scientists and explorers the UN has known. She led the first humans to a star beyond our own, first to step foot upon an exoplanet, first to discover irrefutable proof of alien life in the form of the many Irrasian Concordant artifacts she discovered and catalogued. She was born even before the Yellowstone Eruption, the changes that occured over the course of her life are immense, and her only regret was never being able to find the Irassian homeworld.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ UN Septime As we continue to move through what has now been deemed "Empire space" we pick up a radio signal different from all the others thus far picked up by passing traders and haulers. It is pinpointed to the Domios system, and upon decrypting the signal we receive only strange, cryptic and repeating messages in an alien tongue. As we approach the edge of the Clavark system and prepare to jump to Domios a small luxury yacht belonging to Hampshire-Berkway.Inc quickly hails us telling us to stop immediately. "No one who enters Domios ever returns."  We heed the warning of the vacationing executive aboard his luxury ship and bring the Septime to a halt so we can train our inter-system telescopes on Domios. And first what we thought we had discovered was another habitat just like the Bastion, only even larger. And then it started to move. It had engines, it had weapons. This was no habitat it was a collosal space ship, some ancient battleship that had long ago been abandoned but was now powering itself somehow and slowly patrolling Domios.  Instead the UN Septime turns the other way and goes to the opposite system, Piglacs. Within which we find a ring of debris and destroy space stations around Piglacs IV. Piglacs IV was an Irassian factory-world, the entire planet configured for the soul purpose of manufacturing machines and vessels for the ancient empire, using the core itself to power the immense planet-factory. Until at long last the planet gave out and became a barren scorched wasteland. Hm.  In the debris field around the planet we discover an old shipyard that supplemented the planet-factory, and among the ruined structures an intact Irassian spaceship is discovered! This "manufactorium-ship" is incredibly adept at building huge structures in space, it is deemed a vital asset that will come in handy in constructing more habitats whenever the UN finally gets around to starting them.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ Thanks to Sienna Booth's presence aboard the Regulus Station she is able to identify a key Independent faction leader, who is in fact present right here on the Bastion. C-SOB operatives working with the 160th Airborne Corporation conduct a covert mission deep into lower Addis Ababa.  Theodore 'Teddy' Kaldirim had started out a smuggler, who became popular with the lowers bringing in goods from the surrounding states that were more scarcer in the lower Bastion. This progressed to weapons and even small military vehicles he was able to get aboard the station in containers on black-market haulers. His criminal empire only grew since the loss of the UNN at Regulus and the unrest across the lower sections. Much of set unrest could be traced back to him. With his capture a major Independent agent opposed to the Bastion has been silenced and Secretary-General Renaud begins talks of de-escalating military presence in the lower sections.  The extend of Kaldirim's reach was greatly underestimated, upon his capture a great deal of Independent networks soon fell apart without his leadership, even triggering a leadership crisis in Regulus city. Matriarch Cooper is soon replaced with Matriarch Leonard, who ties of this conflict just as much as the Secretary-General and the ongoing blockade has proved too much.  An armistice is signed in the summer of 2274 by UN envoys and representatives of the various Regulus and other Independent clans aboard Caph Station. Secretary-General Renaud enacts the 'Independent Recognition Act' - Embassies are to be opened in Regulus City and Paris-on-Bastion. - - Any independent currently aboard the Bastion will be granted citizenship if they desire. - - - Independents currently residing within UN space (-but outside The Bastion) are to be given residency status, permitted to be employed by mining corporations and to be granted aid should their habitat not meet an acceptable living standard. - - - - Open transit is permitted between Bastion and Regulus City. Regulus will assist the UNN in anti-piracy operations in the southern systems. - - - - - The Regulus Syndicate will be henceforth referred to as The Free City of Regulus.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ In November 2274, a grand ornate starship that can only be described as a flying palace enters UN Space from the border with Columbia, at the head of a great procession of starships. A pair of smaller ships go on ahead and arrive at The Bastion just as the rest of the armada enters the Sol System, another three months until they reach The Bastion. The two lead ships land in Jakarta Dockland and announce themselves to be envoys of the People's Imperial China and for the United Nations to make preperations for the arrival of the Imperial Chairwomen, ruler of all the Chinas and the very heavens themselves.  The great palace ship - From On High entered the dockland at the top of the Bastion, as big as any of United Mining's largest mineral haulers and docked at specially set aside mooring for the collosal vessel while it's support ships docked beside. An army of staff and crew departed from the vessels; envoys, bureaucrats, assistants and advisors. The Imperial Chairwoman would not be leaving her palace ship, the UN leaders would have to go aboard to meet with her. Secretary-General Renaud and the five CEOs of the security council conglomerates board the From On High, a ship so opulent it would make the most hedonistic moguls in all of Bastion blush. Atop the ship set a city in it's own right, numerous administration buildings and smaller palaces with the grand-palace at the stern of the spaceship. After crossing an expansive courtyard the UN leaders climb the steps to the grand palace, within they finally see Qiao Juan sat upon her throne.  Secretary-General Renaud and two of the CEOs bow to the Imperial Chairwoman, three refuse, finding the whole ordeal entirely beneath them. The Imperial Chairwoman does not utter a word or even seem to respond much at all, just studying the six UN rulers from her throne before they are ushered away by one of her advisors.  "Thank you Secretary-General. The Imperial Chairwoman will need some time to deliberate with the court bureaucrats with how she will proceed from here. You are welcome to enter any part of the ship except the grand palace. The many gifts and tributes I'm sure the people of The Bastion wish to bestow upon our glorious leader may be left in a specially designated area on your docks. I believe the PIC and UN may come to agreeable arrangements."  "Though do note, the Imperial Chairwoman's good graces will quickly sour should the UN fail to recognize that the unruly provinces of the 'New Sichuan State' and 'New Canton Republic' are integral parts of China.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ State of the Galaxy in 2274  ___________________________________________________________________________________ The 330th session of the United Nations General Assembly will soon be held. This is a more notable affair than previous years and the future direction of the United Nations is to be decided so all executives and board members are expected to attend. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Crisis Now fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Jul 8, 2021 |
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I am on the side of the UN fascists here because gently caress Criminal Syndicates. They are annoying as gently caress. Also we best start making friends because ho-ly poo poo I can see bad things on our horizon.
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May 28, 2021 22:16
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The sponsored riot response unit and ads for "proper" riot gear are such cursed images, it's so good 
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May 28, 2021 22:30
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... Man this looks real bad. Good luck with defending the frontier and also starting to find planets to settle. At least all those commercial pacts will hopefully help the economy..
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May 28, 2021 22:38
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Good thing all the human diaspora didn't go too far, it should make it that much easier to convince them to return to rightful UN rule 
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May 28, 2021 23:27
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wedgekree posted:... Man this looks real bad. Good luck with defending the frontier and also starting to find planets to settle. At least all those commercial pacts will hopefully help the economy.. Yeah for real. I hope OP gets some allies cause if those Federation Builders all ally with one-another this run's donion rings.
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May 28, 2021 23:35
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This is incredible work, I'm extremely absorbed in our doomed fascist Babylon project
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May 29, 2021 00:21
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Dr. Snark posted:The sponsored riot response unit and ads for "proper" riot gear are such cursed images, it's so good I absolutely love the art accompanying this LP! Sponsored riot police, incredible.
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May 29, 2021 03:48
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The UN needs to either start absorbing friends or taking the space in the turnwise dirrection between New India and the Expansionists (and I'm sure they might appreciate the buffer). Any expansion rimwards is probably gonna get stopped by the NAE
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May 29, 2021 05:48
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 330th session of the United Nations General Assembly ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  Deuxième-Versailles, Paris-on-Bastion .png) John Renaud Secretary-General of the United Nations. Superior Corporation board member. Thank you for joining us today esteemed CEOs, executives, board members and various captains of industry. This is a significant general assembly in many ways It is one hundred years since the eruption of Yellowstone back on Earth that set us on the course to where we are today, and 75 years since James Gray assumed the office of the UNSG and laid the ground work for what would become our new home here on the Bastion. We have lost much, but gained so much too, it would almost be inconceivable to our predecessors a century ago that humanity's reach would now span thousands of lightyears across the galaxy. We have faced a hard last few years but now the 'Independent issue' has been calmed for the time being and the UNN sits idle in the Caph system, the UN is once again able to stockpile resources and wealth for our long proposed but much delayed mega-projects. What's more the United Nations stands at a major crossroads regarding how it is we wish to conduct ourselves with the rest of the states that have been born from the Hegira from Earth. Just forty years ago we feared that we may be the last humans in the galaxy huddled here on the Bastion but that could not have been further from the truth and colonies have flourished on dozens of worlds. At last estimate there are 48 billion humans now spread out across the numerous states that forms 'human space', a quarter of all of those are found right here on the Bastion. But with each passing year, the connection between us and these new states grows ever more tenous. The majority of these states are now populated by people who have never even seen Earth, and as more and more Earth-born humans pass away and the memories of our old home fade so too does the legitimacy of the United Nations. Is this an acceptable fate for us? Must we regain our position as the arbiters of humanity or should our concern not be all of humanity but simply the humans we now find under our care here on The Bastion. What exactly should be our next course of action? .png) Loukas Antonios Security Council member CEO of StellarX and minister of interstellar research and communication The United Nations once stood as a beacon of peace and diplomacy, I belive we must once again take up that role across all the states of human space that are willing to stand with us for a better future for all of humanity. As I speak the Indians and Japanese are fighting, the Scandinavians and Africans are fighting, our own wayward Columbia and the Arabs are fighting. We have not known such conflict in almost two centuries since the days of the third world war, are we willing to let humanity slide back into barbarism, to be torn apart by resurgent national, religious and ideological differences? The United Nations must evolve and become something greater than just the remnants of an old Earth institution. We are in a unique position with the power and resources we weld to form the basis of a new union, not just of nations but of whole star systems. .png) Karim Mohammad Khoroushi Security Council member CEO of Standard Dynamics and minister of defence of the Bastion. Yes, well, that was very entertaining Loukas thank you. Let's cut to the chase shall we. There are 48 billion humans as the Secretary-General just informed us, and only 10 billion of those are currently under UN supervision. It is not enough to merely cooperate with these rouge elements but entirely necessary to bring them back into the fold. The New Americans may boast of having the largest navy but we have the most stars, the most planets rife with resources to exploit and put towards a greater fighting force than they or the PeeGees or China can muster. But we find ourselves hemmed in on almost all sides, in ten years time the borders of the UN may be the same, but those of all the states that surround us may have doubled or tripled in size. We have limited time to bring order back to this dividied state humanity finds itself in. We are the progenitors of all that now exists stretched out across the cosmos. Just a hundred thousand mere kilometres away sits the remains of our home, we the custodians of Earth, and it is our imperative to see the flag of the United Nations flying over every world that humans now inhabit. .png) Michael Earnest Samuels Security Council member CEO of United Mining Last I checked the first fleet was wiped out by a single station belonging to a ragtag band of Indies. And now Khoroushi wishes to do what? Commit us to some grand crusade to reunite the human race? .png) Tahira Abdullayev Non-permanent security council member Field Marshal of the Caucasus Military Corporation Admiral Pritchard faltered in her duty and disobeyed orders, the UNN fleet was lost because of her recklessness. We have learned much since the Battle of Regulus and I am confident the UNN can best any fleet these break away states can throw at us, and our soldiers have been waiting for the day they may make planetfall once again. .png) George Haines Non-permanent security council member Chairman of the board of Burrow Food Inc and minister of agriculture Our soldiers have been atrophying on the Bastion for a generation and using Lowers as target practice. What makes you think they'll stand up in a fight against American or Chinese soldiers who've been living on the surface of a planet for forty plus years? .png) Joe Bozos Security Council member CEO of Congo We have developed robotics enough that we are now capable of fielding entirely automated military forces. There is no need for Bastionauts to be harmed in future conflicts. Yes, and I'm sure when the rest of humanity starts to see legions of killing machines being send forth from our great steel abomination they'll all just throw themselves at our mercy? No. They'll unite against us! .png) Veroslav Doubek Security Council member CEO of Superior Corp What happens beyond our borders is largely irrelevant. We have ten billion souls right here on the Bastion to care for and tending to their needs should be our priority. Not out of the goodness of our hearts obviously, but we barely scraped through the Summer of Fury in '69, how much was our production hampered by the Lowers throwing down their tools in a tantrum. They don't like it here. Hell, I don't like it, as nice as Paris-on-Bastion is. We should maintain a naval force for defence of course, but all other resources and manpower the United Nations has should be geared entirely at developing the worlds we have within our border and finally getting us off this drat station. And you propose we just cut ourselves off from the rest of humanity? Become what? A hermit kingdom.. No. Obviously if the lesser states wish to trade with us, make deals with us then we will agree to them, but we should not actively seek them out. We should not get ourselves entangled in some "interstellar union" with the other humans that will almost certainly draw us into conflicts we wish no part of. And we should absolutely not begin some ill-fated military campaign to reunite humanity. .png) Hila Avigail Non-permanent security council member Director of AstroCore I agree with Doubek. We have nine Earth-likes within UN-Space, a hundred planets with resources to extract and the means to construct new habitats where ever we please. If we turn all our attention inward, it will not matter how large the Americans or Chinese or any state out there gets. We will simply be too developed for them to dare face us in battle or compete with us economically. Loukas' idea of a new United Nations formed not of the nations of Earth but the systems of all the Milk Way is a noble one, yes, but I do not believe we are stable enough to commit to such a dream. The formation of a new union with the other states means the UN will no longer be able to set the rules, we will have to regard the other humans as our equal. Then so be it, how is that such a controversial idea? Unacceptable! The security and well-being of all those on the Bastion cannot be put at risk because of your pipe-dream of a peaceful cooperative humanity. We kept peace for a century not because we made everyone get along, but because we parked three spaceships in orbit and threatened to nuke anyone that stepped out of line. We are beginning to get a bit off track. But it seems there are three divergent courses of action being put forth here. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A - We must seek peaceful cooperation with our new brothers and sisters among the stars. The United Nations will form a new interstellar union, and invite all those willing. COOPERATION B - The UN are progenitors of all that exists now among the stars, we must retake control of our wayward colonies. The United Nations must reunite humanity . SUBJUGATION C - A myriad of problems still plague the United Nations, but we are fortunate enough to control the most space, the most resources and the most habitable worlds. We should focus on our internal situation before committing to any external endeavours. ISOLATION  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All in attendance please put forth your vote for either of these three options with A - Cooperation B - Subjugation C - Isolation For the sake of easier vote counting. If any other members present have alternative options they wish to bring up or futher discussions of those presented then the floor is open. Voting will conclude when one option has gained a significant lead over the others or sufficient time has passed (2 - 3 days) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Supplementary material: Every planet in UN space that can be colonized, including those that would require terraforming first.  And filtered to just the planets that can be inhabited right now.  Current UN resources  Other known states and their relation to the UN, sorted by most favourable  Known species in the galaxy, including those whom the UN has found evidence of once existing but are now presumed extinct.  edit: I should clarify what each of the options would entail A- we'll form a federation with the empires with a very positive opinion of us. Any one not in the federation will be given huge resources bonuses to compensate. B - we won't outright conquer the other states and absorb them, but demand vassalization and forcibly subjugate those that refuse. This will likely lead to huge civil war(s) down the line. C - we'll just take a laissez faire approach to the galaxy, whatever happens outside the borders happens, if someone conquers someone else, or if another federation forms then so be it. Crisis Now fucked around with this message at 11:22 on Jun 2, 2021 |
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May 29, 2021 12:01
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How'd the UN get so much more powerful than basically every faction we know of?
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May 29, 2021 12:03
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LJN92 posted:How'd the UN get so much more powerful than basically every faction we know of? By virture of getting a head start on any other power that spawned 5 - 20 years after us, and having significantly higher population than them. edit: If it wasn't apparent, at the start of the game in 2200 the UN was the only empire on the map. Everything else has spawned off of the UN Borders, and more will continue to spawn off of all the new states throughout the game and so on. Crisis Now fucked around with this message at 12:12 on May 29, 2021 |
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May 29, 2021 12:06
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As CEO of Comstar Interstellar Communications Solutions, I wish to vote for: A - Cooperation Hey, some people like us! And alone we will die.
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May 29, 2021 12:11
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It's a dumb idea but I want to see the Milk Way get scalded. B
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May 29, 2021 12:27
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A and C are not mutually exclusive from a story perspective. We can be inwardly focussed on development, while also building positive relations with our amenable neighbours. If forced to a choice, I'm going for C On a related note, the art on this is great but also heavily cursed because jesus christ, I can see this middle one: being an actual fuckin advert
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May 29, 2021 13:13
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B - Subjugation because we're the baddies and have our role to play. Hypercapitalism will force itself on everyone and ruin everything.
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May 29, 2021 17:09
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As the CEO of Happy Burger Intersteller, I must vote for C - Isolation.
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May 29, 2021 17:48
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Tarsus Light Manufacturing casts its board-approved vote for C - Isolation.
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May 29, 2021 18:01
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A Speaking for the sole heir to the Vision-Inc forture, I believe we must form a coallition of the willing and ensure that proper developmental forces are allowed to thrive in the new frontier (also seriously we did lose our entire fleet to an OPM station, lmao @ conquering the galaxy) ThatBasqueGuy fucked around with this message at 18:05 on May 29, 2021 |
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tithin posted:A and C are not mutually exclusive from a story perspective. We can be inwardly focussed on development, while also building positive relations with our amenable neighbours.  Jollyfly Foods Corp sees potential in allying with who we can, but we should devote resources towards solidifying our position and expanding to the limits of occupied space. Continuing what exploration we can might expand our options of habitable worlds and may find one even better than New Cardiff (or god forbid New Omaha with its horror story night gas or the unnamed 61 Cygnis IIIb). The conditions for the Lowers is hardly getting any better and I'm sure there'd be billions who'd take the harsh conditions of those new worlds over The Bastion. Many humans in our history were willing to endure worse for less because of the promise that it gave for their children or their children's children. Subjugating or incorporating these other peoples at this point would put us in a position worse than 20th Century UN but we would not be opposed to them volunteering for full incorporation. But we're not in a position for anything less than that, especially if it might incite a war with their former enemies. And such a conflict would force us to devote resources better spent on shoring up our own place in the galaxy. We select C but hope these others see the potential of rejoining humanity (and purchasing some delicious JFC food products)
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