[Empire 5] IC Thread

[Potato_Priest]

The Dipanan Collected Nations

Actions

1. [Diplomacy] Attend the Pan-Galactic Auction

2. [Diplomacy] Offer to Hold an Independence Referendum in region M23. The Casrule were a democracy, and democracies could solve matters such as a desire for independence through peaceful procedures. The Collected council offers the Sorcerer Supreme Lokhai and the Casrule movement to hold an impartial referendum in the region to determine whether the sorcerers should become an independent state. Hopefully the Dipanans' political capital with the Casrule and Economic Capital with the sorcerers will allow them to exert enough pressure to see peace prevail.

3. [Diplomacy] Inquest L26. Roll 11 In the years since the Dipanans' Maturation, the collective nations have embraced a much more respectful approach to fellow intelligent life. Thus, the latest explorations sent out have a primary directive to seek out any intelligent species in the area and meet with them. The exploration, much to the pleasure of Collector Abumrad, has a refueling stop in Miragupta along its path.

4. [Intrigue] Secret

5. [Diplomacy 5] Create Embassy with OwO A sudden breakthrough in translation technology in the year '514 makes extended diplomatic contact with the Grymlan combine a feasible reality. Via a special speech filter applied post-simulacrum translation, Grymlan speech can be made to sound like a quaint and old fashioned Dipanan dialect. Taking advantage of this advance for the sanity of Dipanan delegates, a diplomatic outpost is constructed in combine space.


Non-Actions

• Support Virtash Splitskull in the Battle for Thurtal While Virtash Splitskull's stated policies on same containment were worrying, they were less problematic than his rival Aneb's, and in other respects Splitskull was poised to lead the Rothuun into a new golden age. Whether the collected council will ultimately support Virtash or the more moderate Zurtak Icehardened in the ultimate battle for Rothuun leadership remains to be seen.

News and Rumors

Pan-Galactic Auction Related

• Collector Abumrad joins Diplomat Siti Butrana in grieving for the lives lost at the Pan-galactic auction and publicly condemning the actions of the Commonwealth of Zara and Vilari Sodality merchants Dyrma-Thal and Dyrma-Norn for their role in contributing to the violence. The provocatory actions of the Jesska and the Vilari merchants ignited a veritable powder keg, leading to an inordinate amount of death and violence over the fate of a single woman.
• A second condemnation, this time by the collected council, is aimed at the Guild Enterprises of Nyx for selling a solar system into slavery to drug lords.
• Thanks are sent out to The Kron for their quick action to restore order and reduce casualties.
• Admiral Nirali Butrana is much relieved to see her sister return with only relatively minor injuries from the pan-galactic auction, though is somewhat less enthused about all this silly nonsense surrounding the Kronin Lieutenant Commander Zagrex.

The Collected Council votes for the first time to modify the anti-AI protection treaty to allow for limited importation of alien entertainment programs. The treaty still forbids OwO, UwU, and all derivatives, but a subsidiary committee will oversee other works to approve or exclude. Unsurprisingly, the collected council unanimously vote themselves in as the foreign media screening committee in a gross breach of standard conduct.

A cook rumored to have served a group of Grymlans is admitted to anger management therapy and barred from serving aliens by court order to prevent her from creating another international incident.

Sunbream Confederacy N&R
The Sunbream confederacy continues to grow, and a vocal proponent Jali Nurgul uum Aysun al Seljuk emerges, advocating that the democratic transitions of secular power are what has given the "Dipanan Confederacy" its strength, as they are not torn apart by war when an Amir dies. The fact that joining the confederacy is a required prerequisite for becoming a mercenary to the Dipanans and earning GLD surgery also helps immensely, as confederacy pods are easily able to outmaneuver and overrun their foes.

Many sunbreams are confused by Dipanan religious leanings. The large, quiet Dipanan ships seem to obey mystical omens from their planetary organ farms.

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Abdou Sall: Sorcerer, rumored spy, and paramour of Ex-Collector Ulia Bingula
Siti Butrana: High level Dipanan diplomat of Callissan Origin. Sister of the Admiral. Very friendly with aliens.
Nirali Butrana: Admiral of the Dipanan fleet (mil 10 general). Also the main reason Calissa is cooperating militarily with the Council.

Jali Nurgul uum Aysun al Seljuk- Jali of the Seljuk pod and pan-sunbream democratic nationalist.

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Ruler: Collector Ansh Abumrad. Rolls[/B]
Stats Before attribute improvements from this round:
Diplomacy 5
Military 4
Economy 2
Philosophy 1
Intrigue 5

Attribute Improvements: +1 Diplomacy, +1 Intrigue

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The Shields of Katarsa- five Prototype "Shield" class ships equipped with railguns and gravity latch drives
The Gauntlets of Kalissa- A national army rather than a collected one, the Gauntlets are armed with nuclear warheads and gravity latch drives, and are currently a source of much consternation from the other powers speculating about Kalissa's intentions.
The Pots of Katarsa- five prototype "Pot" class ships equipped with gravity latch drives, railguns, and Vapor-Misplacement Guns.
The Sandals of Yauloa- five "Sandal" class vessels designed for speed and communications technology. Armed with small nuclear missile bays.
Sunbream Swarmers- Twenty sunbreams using surgically implanted GLDs and armed with claw-held railguns.
Sunbream Swarmers- Another twenty sunbreams, additionally equipped with nuclear proximity mines.

[SquirrelWizard]

Grymlan Combine

Round 8
Regions: N30, N32
High Coordinator Flash Starshine
Diplomacy: 5
Military: 3
Economy: 5
Philosophy: 7
Intrigue: 3

Actions

• [Military] CCI Base in Dregisles 1/3 - Construct Military Grade Labs and Testing Facilities.
• [Military] CCI Base in Dregilse 2/3 - Hook up interconnective OwO hub to assist with research.
• [Economy] CCI Base in Dregilse 3/3 - Construct Corporate Habs and Office space.[I]
• [Diplomacy] Attend Pan-Galactic Ammunition Exchange - Narya Velure attends the Exchange late.
  
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  Receive Ads, Spies, Trade League, FLEX from Melfynians.
  
• [Economic] Buyout open Nyx Voidstone (C23.3) 2d6+5 (-2 from ZoI, CMC rep + NYX support): [10]
  
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  Truth-speak Big-boss, passing Dipanania and no-go for eats is max-silly. Many-things lead to Other-things and there was fighty-fight over Axel Clangpaw using fire-sauce on eats, and we sneak-dodge anger-cooks much-time. Hey-hey, we brought-with samples.... but we ate it.
  

Non-Actions

• See Embassy Actions if any.

Resistances

• Resist nonsupported buyouts/raids/conversions

Embassys and Diplomatic Representatives

• Deejhan Clankturner: Cultural Envoy to Lyrae.
• Defensive Pacts: Lyrae.

News and Rumors

• Anton Black are known as the deadliest hit-ants among the dark syndicates, but it is a bloody life he is trying to leave behind them. Unfortunately the Zara Mafia has sent a message that their retirement over as they call upon them to perform one final hit, a message written in the ichor of Red-Stripe, their Syndrome lover, and the one good thing in their life that gave them the strength to turn away from a life of crime. The Mier Formicas' life is on the line as it threatens to spiral down a bloody whirlpool of revenge, or can they come through with some shred of the life they had before. Either way, Anton Black and his two smallguns are going to leave a bloody trail through the Zaran interlopers who took everything from them.
• Gruff Arcspanner has risen his ire over the two hubs that were ousted from regions H28, and I29 in a seemingly coordinated move by the One. If this aggression continues, then he will demand retributive action against the interlopers.
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  Corporations of the Combine
  
  The government of the Grymlan Combine consists of several corporations that both coordinate with, and against, each other in deciding how the efforts of the Grymlan people are applied. The Corporations are patrons and financial backers to research, production, and distribution groups typically within a certain field of Grymlan life and their internal structure represents the same general structure of the Combine at large.
  
  As such, Leadership among the Grymlans is based on election, with canidates chosen both on their stance with the indivdual corperation and the needs of the Grymlan people as a whole. Unsurprisingly, corruption is not uncommon among Grymlans leaders. Corruption is expected by the general populace as long as it has reasonable limits. Leaders are expected to have their own personal projects they're working on as long as they meet the needs of the Grymlan people. Given the inquisitive nature of Grymlans as a whole, an the high profile nature of the leadership, Grymlan politicians tend to have Cat and Mouse games between themselves that the populace tends to keep abreast of as a form of entertainment. Should such a leader be deemed insufficent, whether by incompetence, corruption, or changing needs of the people, they can be voted out of their position by the Corporations under them (though the state in which they are voted out might dictate the terms of their severance).
  
  Some Corporations of the Combine.
  

  • Foodstuff Solutions: Headed by Abrigal Dirtpaw, Foodstuff Solutions represents many agricultural interests in the Combine. Their farms provide food to feed the Grymlan people as well as providing other materials to the other Corporations. Their labs work to improve existing crops while at the same time they are always on the look out for new potential products to grow and experiment with.
  • Max Zappyzap Projections: Lead by Dhaka Sparkthrower, Max Zappyzap Projections is the closest thing the Grymlans have to a security Corporation. In prior years they were an arms manufacturer who designed energy casters for Grymlan ships to protect them against space debris. They also did research into high energy release weapons that largely went unused (I mean of course you gotta set one off just to make sure it works, we didn't need that asteroid anyways) but did result in research with Arclight Power that provided the primary fission reactors that provide power to the Grymlan's cities and ships. Nowadays they serve as one of the military minded corporations expanding the Grymlan's knowledge of tactics and equipment as they are exposed to new races.
  • Arclight Power: Lead by Dayton Voltzap, Arclight Power serves the Grymlan's ever-growing need for power. They are the formost researchers in high energy fields and often looking for new elements or ways to use them alongside Max Zappyzap Projections.
  • Fluffyshine Grooming: Headed by Celise Dyedye, Fluffyshine Grooming provides cosmetics and grooming supplies to the Grymlans. Proper grooming, especially of their tails, is considered a necessity by the Grymlan populace. In addition Grymlans enjoy expressing themselves in a wide array of colors both in clothing and hair dye. Fluffyshine Grooming is the leader in what is new and chic by melding technology with fashion.
  • Farseeker Enterprise: Lead by Trevan Longhaul, Farseeker Enterprise focuses not only on exploratory sensors and shipping, but they also serve the Grymlan Combine with transporting goods between population centers. While they were not the designers of the Darkship concept, they have been diligently improving it, focusing on the ships abilities to operate on long haul deployments and improving on thruster designs.
  • Infrastructure Craftmakers: Lead by Bruk Dynacraft, Infrastructure Craftmakers maintains the infrastructure of Grymlan life whether it be the heat resistant domes of Wratheye or the various space stations orbiting the Cloudysea expanse. They support endeavors to build faster, cheaper, and more adaptable among hostile environments.
  • Truthytruth Communications: Lead by Leelee Sweettounge, Truthytruth Communications deals with data and communications between the Grymlan people and works alongside OwO, and they also host many news and entertainment channels.
  • Feelgood Incorperated: Lead by Vera Tailsnug, Feelgood Incorperated serves the healthcare needs of the Grymlans. The work to constantly push the boundaries of medicine and scientific enhancement.
  • Fringe Science Go!: Headed by Wexel Weirdlight, Fringe Sceince Go! explores theoretical scientific fields such as magic and psionics. With the introduction of aliens with these abilities they have seen a resurgence as of late.

  
  

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Trade Posts

Regional TPs and LCs

Region Name	Region #	TP 1	TP 2	TP 3	Produces	LC 1	LC 2 (Assembly)	Special	Other
CloudySea	N30	OwO	NYX	Open	Grymlan Farseeker Corps	OwO	XXX
Dregisles	N32	Open	Open	XXX	Guns	OwO	XXX

• Owned TPs: 1
• Grymlan Farseeker Corps (P14, 1)
  

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Tech, Identity and Projects
Technologies

• General
  
  Military
  <Personnel Armament>
  <Ranged Weaponry>
  <Armor and Shields>
  <Engines>
  <Warmachines and Live Weaponry>
  <Logistics>
  <Medicine, Mad Science, and Blessings>
  <Reconnaissance and Divination>
  <Stealth, Sabotage, and Traps>
  <Fortifications, Sappers, and Planetary Siege Weaponry>

Organization Relations

• SoS 1
• CmC 2, 1 favor

Identities and Caller Fragments

• (Temp) Specailized Public Wantneed Fixrig Strategies - 2d8 resolving unrest
• (Frag) Emotional Appeal: +1 Pressing Claim 1/Round

Projects

• P14 CmC Relay (3/3)

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Military Units

• Active Military Units: 4
• Darkship Fleet Flashybang: three robust Bigzap cruisers along with a smaller fighter Zappycraft carrier and three smaller Fleetfeet corvette ships. While lacking the comfort amenities and most of the production capabilities of Darkship Shinystar, they make up with a considerable increase of mobility and overall speed.
• Darkship Fleet Novabloom: To replace Darkship Shinystar, Grymlan engineers work on an updated Darkship Design that incorperates a greater number of smaller ships, each heavily armed with Deathbloom missile launchers and enhanced engines. Where previous iterations of darkship fleets focused on a slow, steady, approach to combat, Darkship Fleet NovaBloom represents the application of prototype explosive tech and changing ideas on approaches to naval doctrines.
• Darkship Fleet Darks-Seer: Drawing upon the newly inducted Lopurna, Darkship Fleet Dark-Seer has several cruiser class ships created in a melding of Grymlan and Lopurna designs supported by Grymlan Zippyzap fighter craft. The The cruisers have several rapid fire zapcaster turrets dedicated to point defense and fighter denial systems, there are several crystaline emitter strips that run the lengths of the ship allowing the Lopurna crew to lash out with deadly psionic energy lances in lieu of the heavy zap cannons found on other Grymlan based warships.
• Aetherweave Assault Corps: Those Lopurna trained to act as soldiers train their psionic abilities to enhance their physical capabilities, moving with preternatural grace, strength, and precision. As situations call for it, small communions can be levied to increase their capabilities such as against hardened targets or evading detection.

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O/X Diplomacy: 5
X/X Military: 3+1
O/X Economic: 5+1
O/X Philosophy:7
X/X Intrigue: 3

[Nefarion Xid]

Republic of Celes (CEL)
Under the leadership of Consul Milton Euler
Round 9

News and Rumors

• The Loyalist candidate and Relor's Vice-Consul wins the Consulship election in a narrow victory over of the Azure Party candidate. Control of the Senate remains firmly in Loyalist hands.
• CEL encourages NUT to sign a nonaggression pact treaty with LYR
• CEL condemns in the strongest possible terms the kidnapping of Princess Korima, but does not renege on the trade deal reached under the previous administration. Celenians fans protest by the tens of thousands outside the embassy on Celes V, many tearfully demanding military reprisal for the injustice.
• KRO is recognized as a strategic partner due to their proximity to the Core. CEL TV agrees the Kronin people are not ignorant savages -- essentially the highest compliment Celenian elites can bestow upon non-humans.
• KNV is recognized as a strategic partner due to their proximity to the Core. Human friends!
• DCC is recognized as a strategic partner due to their proximity to the Core. Droccen are considered good enough to be human.
• CEL asserts that the native people of Q23 must have the liberty to decide their own religious and political fate. Military or Philosophy interference in the region will be met with a harsh diplomatic rebuke and the Republic will provide military support to ward off invasion.

Actions

• [Diplomacy] Finish Pressing Claim on Q27 (Automatic Success) - The diminutive drone inhabitants of the region finally reach consensus that joining the Republic is in their best interest.
• [Diplomacy] Press Claim on Q23 (5, Failure) - Confused and frightened over the idea of a democracy, the inhabitants of Q23 shut down diplomatic talks with CEL until they can figure out who their king is supposed to be.
• [Diplomacy] Special 5! Establish Embassy with DNM.
• [Diplomacy] Attend Auction - A Celenian delegation quietly conducts business in a conference room and completely ignores the chaos.
• [Military] Recruit "General" (10) - After more than two decades of exemplary service as commander of the Harbinger's fighter wing, Aishwarya Khatri reluctantly accepts a promotion to Fleet Admiral. As the all-time Celenian ace with 457 craft destroyed during her career as a fighter pilot, Khatri says she'll continue to "lead from the front" and coordinate military action from her cockpit.
• [Military] Recruit Unit - The Harbinger of Dawn docks in the Celes System for hull repairs following moderate damage sustained during a retaliatory strike by the Supermutant's defense force. The retired Consul Relor denies rumors he side-swiped an asteroid while at the helm.

Non/Sub-Actions

• Gift military technology (Capital Ship Hulls) to NUT and WWE. ACCEPT THIS TIME TO APPEASE THE BUREAUCRATS.
• Trade with LYR at event: Capital Ship Hulls for Elemental Implants
• Gift Capital Ship Hulls technology to DCC - A Celenian representative attending the Auction discreetly passes a solid state drive to the Droccen attendee. The drive contains schemata for upgrading and reinforcing the hulls of their existing frigates, plus plans for a cruiser scale ship befitting Droccen aesthetics.
• Trade with DNM at event: Capital Ship Hulls for Long-Range Advertising Campaigns, Resident Spies and Trade League. CEL also gives DNM the contract for 1 Unit of Jackstar Mercenaries.
• Trade with KRO at event: Capital Ship Hulls for modified HEAT Engines and War Beasts.
• Trade with MYA at event: Capital Ship Hulls for Energy Distribution.
• Trade with KNV at event: Capital Ship Hulls for FLEX Security.
• Support Philosophy conversions to Shadow & Flame in Open LCs.
• Support Philosophy conversions to Way of Tides in Open LCs.
• Support Buyouts of open trading posts by GLR, WWE, NUT
• Trade via Embassy with CWZ: Capital Ship Hulls for both Microplating and Galactic Mint
• Sign Nonaggression Pact with LYR with demarcation along the S/T border and no unsanctioned conversions or buyouts.
• Oppose Buyouts, unless from NUT, WWE, GLR

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Ruler: Consul Milton Euler
Diplomacy 5
Military 5
Economy 3
Philosophy 1
Intrigue 1

Next Round: +2 Dip, +1 Mil

Capital Region: R26
Other Regions: P24, Q25, R24, R28
Claims: Q23, Q27 (claim pressed and finished next round)
Resources: Celenian Alloys (1), Ordivician Alloys (1), High Fashion (1), Antimatter (1), Haethalian Rubies (1)
Technologies: Capital Ship Hulls
Military Force (6 Units Total): RCS Harbinger of Dawn Lancer-class Cruiser [2 Units, damaged], RCS Presage of Dusk Lancer-class Cruiser [3 Units], Jackstar Mercenaries [1 Unit]
Military under EHZ Command (2 Units): RCS Squall Rook-class Frigate [1 Unit], Jackstar Mercenaries [1 Unit]

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• Embassies with WWE, GLR, NUT, CWZ, DNM (next round).
• Mutual defensive pact with NUT and EHZ (all regions).
• Religious or philosophic intrusion in the Republic of Celes capital region of R26 will be met with brutal military reprisal. No exceptions.
• Unsanctioned acquisition of resources within the Capital will be considered a hostile action. Sternly worded letters to follow.

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[bc56]

The Syndrome Protectorates

Region R22: Crab Nebula
Region S19: Stormwrack
Region S21: Heart-Beacons
Region S23: Alitur
Region T18: Sidera Nostra
Overlady Yellow-Coat-Stripes

Actions Rolls More Rolls All the rolls!

[Diplomacy] Finalize Claim on U19 (Success:22)
Despite interference from the Church of Rust and Ninurtine Empire, the Syndrome and the Housers are finally able to come to an agreement. An awful lot of money changes hands, and it's impossible to tell who came out on top of the deal, but in the end the House becomes a member state of the Syndrome Protectorates.

[Military 5] Raise a General (7): Mech-Admiral Arxur
Arxur has lead Protectorate forces in drills for several years now. Although the Krankot is no military genius, he inspires loyalty in the troops under him, and has professed a goal of leaving no one behind if he can help it.

[Military] Defend T18
With 5 units, equipped with Enhanced Microplating, led by Telescopic Radiance
Hannibal V returns for vengeance, but the Syndrome have an ace up their sleeve. All becomes clear when the Duenem fleet turns against the AI warlord. The two stellar empires had agreed: Hannibal was a threat to all life, and must be destroyed. The Remian Regulars and their Reclaimed Battle Droids enter the fray against their longtime enemy, accompanied by the first two Unity-Fleets and the Krankot Mech Wing.

[Philosophy] Declare Iteus the state Ideology.
Under the Iteus' teachings, the Syndrome have thrived. Now, the church has a large interest in the government, and is able to brand all other faiths as Insurrection.

[Philosophy] Aid the locals of P23 in constructing their Ionic Resonator 3/5
With little knowledge of what they're agreeing to, the Syndrome offer to send scientific aid to P23 for the construction of their Ionic Resonator, hoping that it will encourage the natives to look favorably upon them in the future.

[Intrigue] Secret Action (REDACTED-13)
The undiscovere'd country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of

Nonactions

Support Conversions of all owned LCs to the Church of Iteus.
Support buyouts by RMT, CLS and ITS against open TPs in Syndrome territory.
Resist everything else.

Support Zurtak Icehardened in the Rothuun election fight to the DEATH!

Celestia Enterprises Embassy:

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Two Strainladies have announced their intent to campaign for Overladyship. Violet-Pale-Feet claims to have discovered a way to modify a creature after it has been born, but is highly secretive about the details. Red-Golden-Eyes is perfecting a technique to allow organic life and industrial civilization to coexist symbiotically, using Alituran space stations and Krankot cities as testing grounds.

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Battle-Pod Rapant-Growth
Symbiote Carrier Carcass-Mold
Symbiote Carrier Creeping-Vine
Scout Vessel Fertile-Seed
Scout Vessel Hungry-Maw
Battle-Pod Heart-Guard
Symbiote Carrier Thorn-Coral
Ravager Rending-Claw
Ravager Necrotic-Sting
Mech Squadron Prime
Mech Captain Mortret
Mech Knight Tetivare
Mech Knight Garahat
Mech Knight Garein
Mech Knight Kei
Mech Knight Tor
Mech Knight Akovare
Mech Knight Lankalot
Mech Knight Arrok
Mech Knight Akravein
Mech Knight Kator
Mech Knight Karatok
Mech Knight Takonet
Mech Knight Arek
Mech Knight Garex
Mech Knight Lanorak
Mech Knight Lukan
Mech Knight Morhot
Mech Knight Urein
Alitur Colonial Defense
Command Ship Glorious Dawn
Prison Vessel Grim Destiny
Missile Cruiser Resolute Flame
Hospital Ship Charitable Arms
Corvette Silent Mercy
Corvette Fallen Void
Unity-Fleet 1
Symbiote Carrier Poison-Tongue
Scout Vessel Hunter-Light
Mech Knight Trunor
Mech Knight Tinatan
Mech Knight Ektor
Prison Vessel Last Request
Corvette Eternal Blade
Corvette Titan Finger
Unity-Fleet 2
Ravager Icy-Wind
Ravager Blood-Drinker
Mech Knight Gaherix
Mech Knight Orein
Missile Cruiser Astral Lance
Remian Reclaimed Battle Droids
Droid Dropship Fulgur Purgatio
Droid Dropship Custos Tempestas
Droid Dropship Virtute Dei
Droid Dropship Tenebris Est Alligatum
Bio-Squadron Prime
Symbiote Carrier Army-Stomach
Bio-Captain Hugus
Scout Vessel Wing-Light
Bio-Knight Gotrei
Bio-Knight Arkamtot
Bio-Knight Guntemar
Bio-Knight Antre
Bio-Knight Ote
Bio-Knight Reimont
Bio-Knight Arn
Bio-Knight Renut
Remian Regulars
Stealth Ravager Calling-Dark
Stealth Ravager Talons-Open
Gunship Crucesignatis
Gunship Manus Cruentae
Gunship Gelidos Conplexibus

Resources:
Biotumblers (R16.1)
4D Titanium (S19.2)
Genetic Engineers (S21.1)
Knowledge Parasites (T16.2)
Antispice (T22.1)

Techs:
Enhanced Microplating (Active)
Resident Spies (inactive)
War Beasts (Inactive)

Claims:
R22 (Owned)
S19 (Owned)
S21 (Owned)
S23 (Owned)
T18 (Fabricated)
T22 (Prior Ownership)
U19 (Diplomatic)

CIs:
The Maiden's Code (secret actions)

Misc. Bonuses:
+1 to investigations (SoS 1)
ZoI reduced by one in and adjacent CmC relays for buyouts (CmC 1)

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Overlady Yellow-Coat-Stripes
Diplomacy: 10
Military: 5+1
Economy: 5
Philosophy: 1+1
Intrigue: 6

[Roarke]

Round 9
The Guild Enterprises of Nyx
Vassal to the Gelean Empire
Nyx (Sector C23)
Domino Ophelo, Lord of Coin

Actions

1. [Economy] Trade with UPT - In a move intended to mark the Nyxians desire for happy customers on all sides the Sonics, who were legally under contract to the Nyxian Guilds, have their contracts handed over to control of the Symbraum Pantheon an ideologically aligned friend to the Kamasati. Kamasati who had been rattling their saber over Nyxian trade in Sonics despite being vassalized to a signatory of the Cacola Treaty. There were a lot of Nyxian interests in Kamasati territory and when the UPT agreed to exchange some of their own "specialists" for access to the minds of the Sonics a deal was quickly reached. The establishment of formal diplomatic relations had been predicated on this deal and so it was this deal that would be followed through on.
   
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   Give Mobius System (M5) Sonics TP1
   Receive UPT (E31) Spies TP1
   
2. [Economy] Buyout D24 Cyreilian Marching Powder TP1 with Galactic Currency 20 - Refugees, innocent businessmen, displaced Lyraens under assault by the fungal hordes are welcomed into Nyxian space. The recently annexed, currently designated "Lot 5" in reference to its bidding lot number at the Commonwealth pangalactic auction, is set aside to host the displaced Lyraens. With the plan to auction off an entire set of star systems there wasn't much time to get to know the locals but that task was designated to the refugees from the Cyreilian Expanse. Exiled Lyraens who had escaped the Kombuch early ahead of the green mist were twice now displaced from their home and the good guiding light of their mother Lyrae. However they prove to be an industrious sort and set to work rebuilding their economic base. Soon enough the samples of Cyreilian jungle flowers needed to make Marching Powder were all over the triclopes' worlds. The triclops proved eager to volunteer their labor in exchange for a cut of the product and within a year Cyreilian Marching Powder is once more available on Nyxian shelves.
3. [Military] Raise 1 Unit of Compubane Security Group Mercenaries - Technophobes to the extreme, and with good reason given their history with the rogue AI Peter in their home system, mercenaries from ‘Demon’s Fall’ are organized into a private military contractor by an enterprising Merchant Prince. Taking their name after a portmanteau of “Computer” and “Bane” this battalion of soldiers were eager to begin making money to send back home to aid their homeworld’s recovery from the terror inflicted upon it for generations by a mad AI. The CSG prove especially interested in confronting thinking machines and discussions regarding the auctioning off of their services to fight the Same circulate in Nostromo’s power centers.
4. [Military] Raise 1 Unit of Contrapsions - The nearby presence of the UPT prompts a push for a new batch of Contrapsions to be trained in the unlikely event the Symbraum sought to engage in war. Currently the two powers were working towards a mutual goal to benefit not only themselves but additionally the Kamasati but it always paid to anticipate and plan for the worst. The techniques and technologies employed by Xavier in his experimental first Contrapsion division are replicated and sorcerers are outfitted with screeching crystal infused headbands and custom designed killbot support to enable engagement with powerful psionic forces on more equal ground.
5. [Diplomacy] Attend Commonwealth of Zara Auction - With the important matter of bidding off an entire sector of space to attend to it is deemed a priority Lord Domino himself makes an appearance at this event. Not only was Lot 5 up for grabs but there was the important delivery of the Broker's treasure to attend to as well. There was additionally a desire to attempt and parley the down payment made by Celestia on Nyx's bid with the Broker into additional technologies from other interested parties.
   
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   • Pick up Resident Spies & F.L.E.X. Security from CLS.
   • Give CLS Friendly Interest Caller Fragment
   • Auction off galactic sector D24 to RMT for Enhanced Microplating, HEAT Engines, Trade League, an Embassy to be established in 3 or fewer rounds (no later than Round 12) and 2 Units to follow the establishment of formal diplomatic relations. The Rothuun agree to permit Nyxian military maneuvers through the sector and to respect trade in the region not acting to buy, raid, sack, or alter the existing regional resource without consulting the Nyx. Aside from these stipulations the minotaurs are otherwise free to do with the sector as they see fit.
6. [Economy] Expedition into C25 14 - A fleet of well equipped explorers are sent to survey the nearby space cutting off the isolated Sector C27 for exploitation by the Nyx. While high hopes had been placed on the explorers to expertly identify unique means to exploit this new discovery it seems the amount of drugs stocked on board was a bit too much and the Nyxians allow automated systems to handle much of their duties as they get progressively more zonked out on mind bending substances. Still, the automated mapping would provide accurate star charts for navigation which could prove fruitful in the coming years.

Non-Actions

1. Endorse OwO Buyout of Nyx (K5) Voidstone TP3
2. Assure the Lopurna their concerns were being heard

UPT Embassy

• Shock and horror over the abuses suffered by Nyxian and Lyraen alike at the hands of the vile Kombuch are the news story of the minute on 24 hour Nyxian entertainment streams. Numerous Lyraen drug lords are reframed in the narrative as innocent businessmen practicing private enterprise with voluntary laborers who had signed contracts regardless of what their state of inebriation may or may not have been. The furor is helped along by the withdrawals of Marching Powder addicts who lash out as the supply dwindles causing a spike in crime blamed squarely where the blame belonged, on the Kombuch. As the drug kingpins move into Lot 5 and proceed to lay out their same exploitative and abusive practices the Nyxians cheer them as heroes of industry bringing progress to the directionless natives.
• Spies from UPT are carefully handled upon arrival in the Nyx system. A moonbase is set aside for the secretive Symbraum infiltrators and intensive medical tests are performed regularly to ensure the slugs stayed in brains the Nyx didn't care about protecting.

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Lord of Coin Domino Ophelo

Stat	Value	Increase?
Diplomacy	5	-
Military	9	+1
Economy	10	-
Philosophy	1	-
Intrigue	2	-

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Region Name	Region Number	Resource	Learning Center	Assembly	Status	Bonuses
Nyx	K5	Voidstone (Great)	Mandate of Coin	-	Capital, Stable	(Gilded Garrison 5/5 (+1 Unit Cap)

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Specialties

Type	Name	Effect(s)	Permanent?
Cultural Identity	Laws of Procurement	2d8 on Buyouts	No

Technologies

Type	Name	Effect(s)	Required Resource?
E	Long-Range Ads	Reduces ZoI by one step for defending against buyouts	Broadcasting Tech
E	Galactic Currency	+1 Buyout	Any precious mineral (Pocket Gold) + Any other resource (Any)
M, Warmachines and Live Weaponry	War Beasts	+1 Battle	Fauna (Space Whales)
-	-	-	-

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Nyx Controlled Trading Posts: 16

• Nyx (K5) Nostromo's Shroud Voidstone TP 1
• M23 Sorcerers TP 2
• L8 Kill Bots TP 1
• L8 Kill Bots TP 2
• K7 Angel Wings TP 1
• Neo-Sol (K9) Screeching Crystals TP 2
• L10 Space Whales TP 2
• I5 Tiny Cats TP 1
• Cloudysea (P14) Grymlans Farseeker Corps TP 2
• M3 Pocket Gold TP 1
• M5 Sonic Hedgehogs TP 1
• C19 Rainbow Carrots TP1
• D22 Dreameating Pills TP3
• E25 Pocket Factories TP1
• E27 Mercenaries TP1
• C17 9-Armed Surgeons TP1

Military Units CAP: 5

1. Kill Bot Gold Swarm
2. Cyreilean Sorcerers

Generals

Fragments

[BladeofObliviom]

The Gelean Empire
Leader: Xavier Bonaparte, Aeternal Emperor of The Gelean Empire and its Protectorates


News and Rumors
- The Kombuch attacks on Nyxian shipping left the Emperor apopleptic, and some say that Elizabeth of Rios took the Emperor out for a night of drinks to take advantage of his inebriation and talk him out of a hasty military response. Though the Cacola Conference Treaty was invoked, the situation remains unresolved! Emperor Xavier Bonaparte threatens to withdraw from the treaty and retaliate if his grievance continues to go unacknowledged.
- ADDENDUM: Emperor Xavier Bonaparte broadcast a press release shirtless from his room with a martini in hand, declaring that "nobody's told him a goddamn thing about the Cacola Conference whozit, so **** it, I'm out." At this point, the camera was knocked over by an unidentified woman desperately trying to cover herself with the bedsheets and shouting obscenities. In the wake of the bizarre press release, the State Department was thrown into a frenzy of activity, with standing policy somewhere between attempting to establish a "Caxit Plan", abruptly severing ties, and sitting on their hands hoping that the Emperor forgets about this in the morning.

Imperial Decrees

[Dip] Build CPC Base in K9 (1/3) - At the request of the Core Patrol Corps, space is allotted and foundations laid on Planet Verne - A world increasingly known as a port of foreign embassies and foreign business - for a Core Patrol Corps staging ground with which to fight the Same. Further, the Core Patrol Corps is allowed permission to advertise in the Military Academies on Jemisin, providing a local source of trained officers and personnel to serve the organization's cause.

[Mil] Conquer J10 with 7 units under Commander Fiona Aeternus (Mil 10, NOT using Gelean Goodnight Kiss, total bonus +17) - The loss of the Second Fleet had not been forgotten. Were the people of this region truly at fault for panicking and reacting negatively? Perhaps not, but they would speak no language but self-defense now. Perhaps the fleet would beat the fear out of them and the situation could be 'talked out' afterward. The First Fleet spearheaded the attack, backed by the Emperor's Mercenary Fleets and followed by the two fleets of Killbot-carriers of the Ascendancy and a fleet of Hopefuls bringing up the rear.

[Mil] Build a Unit (Gelean Second Fleet) - On the anniversary of the tragedy of its loss and in celebration of the vengeance ordered earlier in the year, the Emperor announces that the Second Fleet will be rebuilt with successor ships.

[Int] Steal Energy Conversion Weaponry from the L12 Same [Roll 16] - Thanks to a mix-up quickly blamed on an intern, a confidential memorandum regarding ongoing efforts to study technology recovered from a secret expedition into Corespace is sent to a liaison for Aeternus Nightly News instead of its intended recipient at the Auroran Ideals Corporation. A followup email reading "You weren't supposed to see that, please delete without reading" is also sent and promptly ignored by the excited journalist. Though the full details of the research are not leaked, it's clear enough that the Gelean crown has indeed poured significant research funding into reverse-engineering the advanced weaponry used by the Same.


Courtly Schemes

[Dip] Stabilize M9 [Roll 15, TN 12] - Though the Ascendancy's actual fleets were called away to war, a token occupational force stayed in place to keep an eye on things while Gelean commerce flooded into the region, bringing along with it a few suspicious figures whose wake seemed to silence dissent.

[Int] Secret - Wouldn't you like to know?


Non-Actions
- Accept War Beasts tech from WWE (via Embassy)

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Xavier Bonaparte, Aeternal Emperor of The Gelean Empire and its Protectorates
Diplomacy: 6+1
Military: 8+1
Economy: 3
Philosophy: 1
Intrigue: 5+1

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New Ruler Next Round?
No

Military Units 8/10
- Gelean First Fleet (the second one) - Three Valkyrie-class Ships Foundation and Empire, Gray Lensman, and Presumption, along with their support vessels and drones.

- Gelean Second Fleet - Three Valkyrie-class Ships Princess of Mars, Death of Grass, and Wrinkle in Time, along with their support vessels and drones. Destroyed by ANOTHER terror event

- An'Null's Hopefuls 1
- An'Null's Hopefuls 2
- Ascendancy Killbot Fleet 1
- Ascendancy Killbot Fleet 2
- Mercenary Sorcerer Squad Alpha
- Mercenary Sorcerer Squad Bravo
- Mercenary Contrapsions

Generals:
- Commander Fiona Aeternus (Mil 10)

Embassies:
- Kombuch Embassy on Verne
- Celenian Embassy on Verne
- Watcher Embassy on Verne

Technologies
Temporary Cultural Identity - Empath Agents: 2d8 for Stabilization and resisting Unrest in the Capital
Permanent Cultural Identities - EMPTY

Military Specialization - Gelean Goodnight Kiss: On a successful Tactical Roll when attacking a region, GLR opponents add +2 to their Combat Loss rolls.
Permanent Military Specializations - EMPTY

- Personnel Armament
- Ranged Weaponry
- Armor and Shields
- Engines
- Warmachines and Live Weaponry
- Logistics - Capital Ship Hulls (-1 combat losses, missing Hard Metals resource requirement)
- Medicine, Mad Science, and Blessings
- Reconnaissance and Divination
- Stealth, Sabotage, and Traps
- Fortifications, Sappers, and Planetary Siege Weaponry

Trading posts
- K9 (Screeching Crystals) TP1
- L10 (Space Whales) TP1
- I7 Mushroom Tea TP2
- R28 Haethalian Rubies TP2

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+1 Dip, +1 Mil, +1 Int

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Stabilize M9 (actually should be 15, forgot the +2 from fresh conquest. Doesn't matter though.)
Stealing SameTech

[KriegTiger]

Tezh Consensus

Current Leader: Talotius

ROUND 9

Die Rolls Go Here:
Convert D4


Actions taken: See N&R for all related fluff

1. MIL - Complete CPC base at E5
2. MIL - Raise Unit - 'Chimera Class' Light Cruiser
3. MIL - Raise Unit - 'Shrike Class' Ballistic Frigate
4. MIL - Raise Unit - 'Shrike Class' Ballistic Frigate
5. INT - Secret Action
6. PHI - Convert D4 - Success

Non-action and 'General Goals List' for the round:

• Resist all relevant buyout/convert/etc actions not explicitly approved or supported below
• Attend the Pan-Galactic Auction at the Kula Tower on Zara with the intent to trade.
• With the newly changed SoS into the Core Patrol Corps, the in-progress SoS FOB structure is hoped to be completed on schedule.

News and Rumors:

• After opening dialogues with the Kronin regarding cooperatively building a CMC relay, interests have shifted to building trade relations between the two powers, and a handshake deal was secured behind closed doors as the Auction event on Zara shortly before things took a chaotic turn when the bidding schedule for the primary auction lots were announced.
• A rapid travel TZH space frame is documented leaving Yutov space. It bears no external markings, responds to no hailing attempts, and does not match any existing registry entries of known Tezh sighted up to this point in time. However, the design suggests a passenger compartment contained within, as normal Tezh-only ships are notoriously spindly and minimalist in design. The first hop out of TZH space is aimed at the far galactic edge, whether the ship is going to continue that direction after leaving an observed area is anyone's guess.
• The Monastery that was originally being built for the SoS has gone through some mid-project retrofitting and is on track for being completed as a CPC stronghold. Engineers, contractors, and a task force of CPC contacts were able to make changes in the original plans that can serve the new organization adequately.
• Unsourced transmission: U2FsdGVkX19BbMOeef/pQ4JfHrt0VXdWyHvQCDdjAIU1WPsbiD3mTrRIb/xrFxuwchDGT8/6x8uiko9RIyHBobSGfSZ3u61TV4NgmvlF35z0fFDQdIL+8QV6h Tnfh/zmELfe1anNUOQThCG6YrY64siop8cDsCF4qd+d5oQS10w4sGlM Scr5wWCpg+KeNTg5Lxl7ixEae3W0/PDzOoYbVPNcNScBiqlrga6k96IUAeGqf86iF5YOkmgzr5NUIDW mlxidoIlwtPe6X0rby3HcPaxgn71W3kahamCLduPCHayglT5T0 0If3zj8Ln/n0M6syggINpicPuwGHlJccWGg3DOmbSrrpJJMOusKekTpR/sjkFujEaxwcC2C+Aswla4HGYB4M7iM0WU8cmyWEes+sC1NE2Qj QUReUa5iWVU8m4EmU0OUBMRXsRKWzZoLS7YYybgj0EULEmze6v u+xWpOMsqGtJ3T1lf7jQvxIRQy0rU=
• Returning from the Auction where Korima resurfaced and an impromptu breakout turned riot ensued, there was a good bit to think over. The auction of an individual by the Commonwealth raised many ethical questions, but none that seemed insurmountable. Given the varied cultures in their own worlds that had participated in some form of this behavior for centuries, they did their best to codify it so that it could be directed constructively. This led to TZH Administrative Bill 736c.6176657279 - undoubtedly a lot of paperwork for a multi-planet spanning government, but if it's one thing the Tezh were good at it's being efficient with data.
• After many galactic cycles of R&D, Tezh naval warfare frames are christened as they are released from construction docks. Their spindly design, classic Tezh efficiency, belies the capabilities that are packed into the relatively small designs. Shakedown runs and field testing of engines, offensive, and defensive systems are performed in remote asteroid fields and all indicators come up green as the frames are released for service.
• Mika Ren is welcomed on Yutov. She and her Guardian are received by Talotius, Riss, and Thorvald at the primary Consensus way-station with warm celebration and fanfare at the debarkation gate from fans of the Droccen Royal Family who have been keeping a close eye on the young noble through the Galactic Webway Network.

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Region	Loc	Resource	TP1	TP2	TP3	Learning Center	Assembly
Yutov (Capital)	E5	Living Fire Gemstones (Precious Mineral)	TZH	Open	Open	The One	The One
Uanerth	D6	Murphets (Fuel)	Open	N/A	N/A	The One	N/A
Gyribov	D8	Vigorite (Drugs)	Open	Open	Open	The One	N/A
Stronoe 71Y6	E3	Salted Chromium (Hard Metal & Spice)	TZH	N/A	N/A	The One	N/A
Mibreshan	E7	Memory Transfer Droid (Skilled Beings)	Open	Open	Open	The One	N/A

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Philosophy:

• Respectful Discourse (LC5 Bonus) - +1 to Conversions
• Thorough Debate (LC10 Bonus) - Increase die size for Conversion rolls: 2d8
• Political Science Curriculum (LC20 Bonus) - +1 to Claim roll if LC for The One is present in region, additional +1 if Assembly is in/adjacent to region

Diplomacy:

• Requires Verification (temp CI) - Increase die size to resist Conversion: 2d8

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Diplomacy: 10
Military: 2
Economy: 4
Philosophy: 10
Intrigue: 5

Expected change: Mil +2

[kaio999]

The Kamasati Pantheon
The Next generation of Dreamers
High Dreamer Xasarath

Actions

1:[PHILOSOPHY] Philosophy 5: Spreading Knowledge UPT territory E29 FAILURE With the support from the UPT an attempt to bring about the conversion of multiple regions with wide spread ideolological promotion and psychic connection is pushed. Sadly only One planet successfully converts the rest resist the attempt.

2:[DIPLOMACY] Diplomatic Inquest O3 SUCCESS

3:[DIPLOMACY] Claim Region N4 SUCCESS Negotiate for their planets to join the Kamasati as equal. Ensure the safe return of their Prator and promise that these platinum ogres be treated with the respect they clearly deserve. They agree and their planets are brought into the fold of the Kamasati.

4:[MILITARY] Raise 1 unit Prator Mabareen emerges

5:[MILITARY] Crush the rebellion High Dreamer (10)+ 6 units attacking M7 gods ride out to fight. All prator head out to destroy the rebellious children who dare raise fists to those who would lead them to the next phase in their ascension.

Nonactions communique
The The Eternal Assembly of Alysia has all diplomatic ties cut.

Borders are closed to the Harmony, their ideology is viewed with suspician, the will of the individual god is subjugated for the whole. The Kombuch while tied together still see seperation the Harmony has no such balance... Much like the ideology of the one they are viewed as flawed. The Kamasati are guarded. They are willing to reach out and discuss the dreamer, dreamchild dynamic but the religious hedgemony of this sector of space does not need these ideals present.



Embassies

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None Active

The Psychic Web (News and Rumors)

Capital Planet Web
-Kombuch Allies

- Gelean Republic Allies

Both sides of this conflict are contacted to figure out what has led to such immediate and widespread trouble between allies already. Obvious confusion exists.

- Unified Public Trust Allies

- The Guild-Empire of Nyx The exploitation of the Sonic Dream Children is considered an affront to the Kamasati. Terminate status, any attempts to influence the progression of their society is considered destructive to an entire race. If this is not ended soon sanctions will be enforced.

- The Eternal Assembly of Alysia All diplomatic ties cut, not viewed as hostile but clearly aggressive and unwilling to negotiate.


Dream Children News
Mount Vispim- We watch the Dream children of Moigan from on high. The first large villages are starting to appear across the surface of the planet. We count 102 locations with more than 500 residents. We are proud of our children and we keep our whispers to a minimal for now as they are incapable of understanding yet.

Addendum: The Dream Children have been affected by the change to their primitive star charts. They scramble to figure out how they have upset the gods. We will continue to keep whispers to a minimum but we ask for the right to ease them.

Mount Kdoim- The shift in space has many believing the war caused the gods to turn on them, peace has been seen on many fronts.

Mount Opaiz- Economic buyouts saw ships landing and taking sonics we DEMAND a response from the pantheon, this act was evil!

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High Dreamer Xasarath
Diplomacy 9+1
Military 10
Economy 2
Philosophy 10
Intrigue 1




New Ruler Next Round?
NO

Military Units 6/9






Technologies
Temporary Cultural Identity - Will of the pantheons 2d8 for conversions
Permenant Cultural Identity - EMPTY

Military Specialization- EMPTY

- Personnel Armament
- Ranged Weaponry
- Armor and Shields
- Engines
- Warmachines and Live Weaponry
- Logistics
- Medicine, Mad Science, and Blessings
- Reconnaissance and Divination
- Stealth, Sabotage, and Traps
- Fortifications, Sappers, and Planetary Siege Weaponry

Trading posts




Expected Stat Bonuses
+2 Dip

In Memorium

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High Dreamer Xasarath- Current Leader of the Kamasati.

Xix Qizareen- Dream bound to High Dreamer Xasarath.

Moxsan Qizareen- Child of the High Dreamer Xasarath and their Dreambound Xix

Prator Sissoran- New protector of the gods.

Prator Dosirix- Ancient protector of the gods.

Prator Xamarin- Master of metal

Prator Qain- general!

Prator Loyato Fascinated with elementalism his mind can wield meteors and the heat of the sun as a weapon in limited capacities hurling raw fury at enemies of the gods. He is equipped with the lance of the sun ray.

Prator Dwabaros A being known as the ram! He wraps an indestructable (thus far) magical shield which he slams into what is before him and shatter it to pieces. He is viewed as herculean and has not been equipped but formally recruited so he can find other amazing beings in the galaxy!

Prator Xazap the flesh-eater is viewed as one of the few Kamasati who has a "sinister" air. Many call him the god of death as he is known to summon a wave which peels flesh and muscle from bone leaving nothing but skeletal remains. He has a private temple as many dislike his vicious views on the end of non Kamasati and he is not allowed around dream children, but there is no denying his ability to protect others.

Kuuru Huja- Speaker of Mount Kdoim

Kuuru Fixra- Speaker of Mount Vispim

Kuuru Vasema- Speaker of Mount Opaiz

[LapisCattis]

Round 9 Actions
The Ndoda
Umkhonto Shurik Talwoq

Ruler Stats:
Diplomacy - 2
Military - 3
Economy - 10
Philosophy - 1
Intrigue - 1

Actions:
Economy – Expedition into E19 - Success! (17)

Resource declared to be Fluffy Cats, a six-clawed, four-legged, and long-tailed feline breed standing at one foot in height possessing coats of unimaginable softness and volume, fluffier and more luxurious than any other known material, able to be bred in a variety of colors and patterns. The fur is made of Fluffidium, a flexible precious mineral able to insulate and shine with brilliant luster. Suitable as pets and material supply, these cats can be shaved or have the sheddings collected to use in replacement of almost any precious mineral or high-strength fabric.

Economy – Declare Merchant Power - Spend an E10
Economy – Buyout F20 Bilithium - Success! (17)
Military – Raise a Unit
Military – Raise a Unit


News and Rumors:
A new regime is coming...

New Ruler next round? Yes

New Ruler Stats:

Diplomacy - 4

(rolled 4, +0)

Military - 3

(rolled 2, +1 from Actions)

Economy - 6

(rolled 3, +2 Inheritance, +1 Actions)

Philosophy - 1

(rolled 1, +0)

Intrigue - 2

(rolled 2, +0)

[moossabi]

The Church of Iteus, Round Nine
Pontiff Malicha

Actions

1. [Philosophy][Phi5] Malicha manages to commune with Altea, who has affirmed that she is no longer the Pontiff. Indeed, she has transcended the office, and instead wishes to confine herself to the catacombs of the Cathedral with any Caller Fragments the Church collects. The simple fact that Altea has been communed with after an 'abdication' strengthens the resolve of the Church as a whole, and with her new physical form obtaining relics will be far more difficult for any would-be interlopers... (Create Iteusism Assembly in T16, 'Heir of Iteus' if names are being recorded)
2. [Philosophy] Upon Syndrome request, an expedition is mounted to sector R20 to convert the region in preparation for their arrival. (Convert R20; Roll: 11; FAILURE)
3. [Diplomacy] Hearing rumors of Caller Fragments up for auction, the new Pontiff travels to the Commonwealth of Zara to obtain these offerings. (Attend Event)
   
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4. [Intrigue] The Church resumes investigation of the Caller Network Key, specifically searching any Caller constructs for references to the means of accessing the Light Additives beyond the Itean System. (Investigate the Caller Network Key; Roll: 14; INDECISIVE)
5. [Intrigue] (Secret)

Nonactions

• The impending chaos in the Rothuun succession is noted by the Church, which orders its agents within the government to support Zurtak Icehardened in any way they can; a takeover by Aneb Two-Gun or Grazakh Peelskin would be catastrophic and further action to deal with them directly is considered.

News and Rumors

• There is much deliberation behind closed doors on the status of Altea within the faith. Some insist that she came from humanity and thus should be regarded as another member of the Church, some insist that she has attained a divinity not reached by any of her predecessors and is worthy of being regarded as the true Heir of Iteus. Ultimately, the latter faction claims victory, for what does the Church stand for if not ascension to the divine?

Spoiler: Church Priorities

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1. Secure the Caller Network Key
2. Understand Efficiency Ground
3. Achieve Religious Unity in our allies' lands

Spoiler: Diplomacy

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Nephret Pact:
-Defensive pact between RMT, ITS, and SYN
-RMT and SYN support conversions by ITS
-RMT, ITS, and SYN support buyouts of unowned tps by fellow signatories
-RMT will change state philosophy to Church of Iteus (FULFILLED)
-Once possible, ITS will vassalize to RMT (UNFULFILLED)

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Malicha’s rolls

Stat	Value	Increase?
Diplomacy	2	-
Military	2	-
Economy	2	-
Philosophy	7	-
Intrigue	4	-

Military unit count: 5
Generals:

• None

Items:

• Caller Fragment Strict Obedience; Effect: Once/round +1 Tactical Maneuvering
• ??? (if you are seeing this, consider this a thanks for caring about my posts )

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Region Name	Region Number	Resource	Philosophy Center	Status
Itean System	T16	Knowledge Parasites	Church of Iteus	Capital

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Specialties

Type	Name	Effect(s)	Permanent?
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Technology

Type	Name	Requirement(s)	Effect(s)
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Named:
-Pontiff Altea (???): Absolute ruler of the Church of Iteus; Condition unique
-Archdeacon Taltha (DECEASED): In charge of doorlight research, loyal supporter of Altea, drowned in the lower catacombs of the Cathedral
-Pontiff Malicha: Dedicated to the religious aspects of the Church, formerly doubtful of Altea's direction but loyal regardless, now devoted to the confirmed Heir of Iteus
-Archdeacon Caranus (DECEASED): Left to spread Iteusism in Rothuun space near the core, status after seeking out the Same unknown
-Archdeacon Armando (DECEASED): afflicted with a Caller-AI-modified knowledge parasite, rendered catatonic and later expired after being used to temporarily tap into Caller signals
Unnamed:
-X other Archdeacons: subordinates of Altea that go about their business
-Monarch of Ruria: ruler of the Ruria monarchy, de facto a puppet of the Church in his own country
-Dictator of Subia: ruler of the Subia dictatorship, begrudgingly accepts Church hegemony
-Prime Minister of Urbia: elected representative of the Parliament of democratic Urbia, begrudgingly accepts Church hegemony

[Lleban]

The Knights Vacio
SPACE KING Jaques Delon

Diplomacy 2
Military 5
Economy 10
Philosophy 1
Intrigue 2

Actions:

Diplomacy:

Spoiler: Sub actions: SPACE KING will sign all agreements and is totally not distracted by physical therapy on Droccen.

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Vasalize to WWE
Trade FLEX security
Give FLEX security as payment to MYA
Trade FLEX security for Microplating to ETH
Accept War beasts from WWE
Accept Capital ships from Celes

Military: Invade P14 with 1 unit: Who knows what for of knowledge this literal galaxy brain can provide knightdom. Knight Christie and a unit of shock troopers are sent to secure the brain's perimeter, in the hopes that this fantastic SPACE BRAIN hold the keys to.... something SPACE KING ISN'T SURE YET.

Military Hire a unit: Mercenary Centaurs

Military Hire a General Silver The SPACE HORSE roll 7: While SPACE HORSES are naturally very intelligent creatures, they are still simply animals. Silver too, was a mere trusty steed until one day, tragedy stuck. In the search to enhance his brain muscles, Dio #27.5 foolishy attempted to manhandle unstable psychic spirals, causing a massive explosion! Attempting to save the poor clone Silver heroically, dashed between Dio #27.5 and the mound of unstable spirals. While the remains of that Dio clone were later found scattered across the citadel hanger, Silver was seemingly impaled by hundreds of psychic spirals. Even after the finest FLEX surgery SPACE KING could afford, several spirals remained lodged in Silver's skull as removing them would ensure a quick inglorious demise. But in a twist that only a TRUE SPACE KING would consider an upside, the presence of psychic spirals has given the beast enhanced intelligence in addition to telepathic abilities.

Military: Invade a O11 with 1 unit: Rumor has it the locals



Non actions



News and Rumors

• SPACE KING embarks on the greatest quest of all, recovering multiple bullet wounds. While SPACE KING will undoubtedly struggle to adjust to the numerous cybernetic implants installed in his legs, he does have the best physical therapy Droccen can offer. Rumor has it that Knight Nina and Silver are covertly running the country in SPACE KING and Dio's absence.
• Rumor has it SPACE KING, no longer subject to the whims of LEG DAY, has become confronted with an excess of free time. After getting only so many gains lifting Hotokie's various possessions, he eventually learns the joy of reading. Rather he learned the joy of having Dio #28 in a full body cast narrate various Droccen literary works, while he lifts Hotokies furniture.
• Local centaur SPACE HORSE ranchers go on strike in protest of poor working conditions and low pay.
• A pig nosed red dwarf has become the first non cloned knight. Despite his small size, his stamina and stout strength carry him through the exhausting training regime.
• In preparation for her service as Governor SPACE KING, tutors his baby moma in the arts of governance, 30% of which involves lifting Hotokie's furniture.
  

[TheDarkDM]

The Vilari Star League

Region K-25, J-24, L-24, I-25

Speaker Ren-Kulto
Diplomacy 10
Military 6
Economy 5
Philosophy 6
Intrigue 4

Actions

1. [Diplomacy Resolution] Press claim on Region K-23 Automatic 24
   ???
2. [Diplomacy] Attend the First Pan-Galactic Auction
   ???
   
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   • Accept the Etherites as members of the Star League
   • Accept the Etherites' gift of technology
3. [Diplomacy] Stabilize Region I-25 19
   ???
4. [Philosophy] Convert Region L-28 to Way of Tides 13
   ???
5. [Philosophy] Convert Region M-27 to Way of Tides 10
   ???
6. [Military] Build 1 Unit
   ???

Spoiler: Embassies

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• The Galactic Droccen Imperium
• The Dipanan Collected Nations

[Aedilred]

The Ninurtine Empire
Round 9


News and Rumours

• Attending the Pan-Galactic Auction, Arch-Aristocrat Ledahadden is hit by a stray shot and killed. In light of the impossibility of determining who fired the shot, and the near-certainty that whoever did was not intending to kill the Arch-Aristocrat specifically, the Empire holds the Commonwealth, as hosts, responsible.
• The Emperor supports the actions of his Droccen counterpart to exact retribution for the insult given to Imperial authority.
• Despite an attempt by the supporters of the now very elderly but still active Zaphacheshud to secure his election to the vacant post, the winner is eventually the rather more youthful Cherahephid, who takes the Nisuite seat on the Council. He has a reputation as a hero and a scholar but many are sceptical of his abilities following the long period of stability under Ledahadden.

Actions

[Military] Build a unit
[Military] Build a unit
[Economy] Buy T24 TP#2 Tabine Warriors: 12 - success
[Economy] Buy U25 TP#1 Cavorite: 9 - I consider this a success even if you don't
[Economy] Buy U21 TP#1 Onliest Hats: 12 - success
[Economy] Buy R26 TP#3 Celes Alloys: 12 - success

Non-Actions

Accept Capital Ship Hulls tech from CEL.
Support FCO claim on U19.
Support any buyouts of non-Imperial-owned TPs by the Republic of Celes
Resist buyouts of trading posts owned by NUT or CEL.
Resist all conversion actions.

Spoiler: Ruler Stats

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Emperor Cherahiteth II

Diplomacy: 10
Military: 8
Economy: 7
Philosophy: 4
Intrigue: 2

Next round: +1 Military, +2 Economy

Spoiler: Ephemera

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Cultural Identity: Stabilising regions (temporary)
Resources available: Entropic Pearls, Antispice, Mechanical Drones, Multiforce Hammers
Generals: Lord Admiral Anguradeshib (M10)
Units: 7

Spoiler: The Imperial Fleet

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Ship Name	Class	Tonnage	Launch Date	Type	Status	Fleet	Flag Officer	Notes
HIMS Santino	Santino	200000	217500	Light Cruiser	Active	Battlegroup A	Captain Sennaderesh	Flagship
HIMS Frederico	Santino	200000	217501	Light Cruiser	Active	Battlegroup A	Captain Essacharach
HIMS Hagen	Santino	200000	217502	Light Cruiser	Active	Battlegroup A		Damaged in the Tabine War 217512.
HIMS Constanzia	Santino	190000	217502	Light Cruiser	Active	Battlegroup B		Flagship
HIMS Sterkelv	Sterkelv	60000	217503	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup B
HIMS Forksby	Sterkelv	60000	217503	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup B
HIMS Harick	Sterkelv	62000	217503	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup B
HIMS Kronar	Sterkelv	65000	217503	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup B
HIMS Lara	Tenderskatter	40000	217504	Gunboat	Active	Battlegroup B
HIMS Vholes	Tulkinghorn	102000	217504	Frigate	Active	Battlegroup B
HIMS Harker	Tulkinghorn	101000	217504	Frigate	Active	Battlegroup B
HIMS Oldbuck	Tulkinghorn	102000	217504	Frigate	Active	Battlegroup B
HIMS Clemenza	Santino	206000	217504	Light Cruiser	Active	Battlegroup D		Flagship
HIMS Norvest	Sterkelv	65000	217504	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup D
HIMS Ivar	Tenderskatter	41000	217504	Gunboat	Active	Battlegroup D
HIMS Morgan	Tenderskatter	41000	217504	Gunboat	Active	Battlegroup D
HIMS Maxwell	Tenderskatter	40000	217504	Gunboat	Active	Battlegroup D
HIMS Finch	Tulkinghorn	100000	217504	Frigate	Active	Battlegroup D
HIMS Rumpole	Tulkinghorn	103000	217504	Frigate	Active	Battlegroup D
HIMS Vestlig	Sterkelv	65000	217504	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup D		Damaged in the Tabine War 217512.
HIMS Cassius	Sterkelv	64000	217504	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup D		Damaged in the Tabine War 217512.
HIMS Skyfather	Sterkelv	64000	217504	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup D		Damaged in the Tabine War 217512.
HIMS Affront	Affront	30000	217504	Torpedo Boat	Active	Battlegroup E
HIMS Outrage	Affront	30000	217504	Torpedo Boat	Active	Battlegroup E
HIMS Pique	Affront	30000	217504	Torpedo Boat	Active	Battlegroup E
HIMS Apoplexy	Affront	30000	217504	Torpedo Boat	Active	Battlegroup E
HIMS Brickbat	Affront	30000	217504	Torpedo Boat	Active	Battlegroup E
HIMS Vex	Affront	30000	217504	Torpedo Boat	Active	Battlegroup E
HIMS Afridi	Tenderskatter	40000	217504	Gunboat	Active	Battlegroup E
HIMS Tulkinghorn	Tulkinghorn	100000	217504	Frigate	Active	Battlegroup E		Flagship
HIMS Brass	Tulkinghorn	100000	217504	Frigate	Active	Battlegroup E
HIMS Carton	Tulkinghorn	101000	217504	Frigate	Active	Battlegroup E
HIMS Jaggers	Tulkinghorn	105000	217504	Frigate	Active	Battlegroup E		Damaged in the Tabine War 217512.
HIMS Fogg	Tulkinghorn	100000	217504	Frigate	Active	Battlegroup E		Damaged in the Tabine War 217512.
HIMS Perker	Tulkinghorn	99000	217504	Frigate	Active	Battlegroup E		Damaged in the Tabine War 217512.
HIMS Genco	Santino	210000	217503	Light Cruiser	Active	Battlegroup G		Flagship
HIMS Enga	Sterkelv	62000	217504	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup G
HIMS Gnarl	Sterkelv	61000	217504	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup G
HIMS Peryton	Sterkelv	64000	217504	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup G
HIMS Awstin	Sterkelv	65000	217504	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup G
HIMS Tenderskatter	Tenderskatter	40000	217504	Gunboat	Active	Battlegroup G
HIMS Gayle	Tenderskatter	40000	217504	Gunboat	Active	Battlegroup G
HIMS Wickfield	Tulkinghorn	100000	217504	Frigate	Active	Battlegroup G
HIMS Haphazard	Tulkinghorn	105000	217504	Frigate	Active	Battlegroup G
HIMS Ishtemi	Ashina	160000	217501	Light Cruiser	Active	Battlegroup H
HIMS Ashina	Ashina	160000	217501	Light Cruiser	Active	Battlegroup H		Flagship
HIMS Taspar	Ashina	160000	217502	Light Cruiser	Active	Battlegroup H
HIMS Seguy	Ashina	160000	217502	Light Cruiser	Active	Battlegroup H
HIMS Black Hat	Black Hat	50000	217499	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup H
HIMS Berendey	Black Hat	50000	217499	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup H
HIMS Karakal	Black Hat	50000	217500	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup H
HIMS Haredi	Black Hat	52000	217504	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup H
HIMS Sadak	Black Hat	52000	217504	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup H
HIMS Phiber	Black Hat	52000	217504	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup H
HIMS Implacable	Inflexible	225000	217506	Armoured Light Cruiser	Active	Battlegroup V
HIMS Impervious	Inflexible	226000	217506	Armoured Light Cruiser	Active	Battlegroup V		Flagship
HIMS Bjurnja	Sterkelv	65000	217505	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup V
HIMS Stormstone	Sterkelv	65000	217505	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup V
HIMS Benedict	Sterkelv	60000	217505	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup V
HIMS Inflexible	Inflexible	225000	217506	Armoured Light Cruiser	Active	Battlegroup V		Former battlegroup flagship. Damaged in the Tabine War 217512.
HIMS Silvorge	Sterkelv	60000	217505	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup V		Damaged in the Tabine War 217512.
HIMS Clawling	Sterkelv	60000	217505	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup V		Damaged in the Tabine War 217512.
HIMS Inexorable	Inflexible	226000	217506	Armoured Light Cruiser	Active	Battlegroup Z
HIMS Intransigent	Inflexible	225000	217506	Armoured Light Cruiser	Active	Battlegroup Z	Commodore Dashunul	Flagship
HIMS Cassius	Sterkelv	65000	217505	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup Z
HIMS Minotron	Sterkelv	62000	217505	Destroyer	Active	Battlegroup Z
HIMS Hutz	Tulkinghorn	102000	217505	Frigate	Active	Battlegroup Z
HIMS Jermyn	Tulkinghorn	102000	217505	Frigate	Active	Battlegroup Z
HIMS MacIntyre	Tulkinghorn	102000	217505	Frigate	Active	Battlegroup Z
HIMS Cornucopia	Cornucopia	300000	217499	Colony Ship	Active	Colony A	Captain Amberechul
HIMS Penetrator	Penetrator	50000	217500	Armed Diplomatic	Active	Contact A	Rear Admiral Sharugin
HIMS Anson	Anson	250000	217496	Exploration	In Ordinary	Contact B	Captain Biphethag	Flagship
HIMS Intrepid	Intrepid	30000	217498	Exploration	In Ordinary	Contact B	Commander Himashim
HIMS Bold	Intrepid	30000	217500	Exploration	In Ordinary	Contact B	Captain Chanubun
HIMS Dynamo	Intrepid	30000	217500	Exploration	In Ordinary	Contact B
HIMS Moxy	Intrepid	30000	217500	Exploration	In Ordinary	Contact B	Commander Chanithashar
TW-HV	Tailwind	5000	217490	Cutter	In Ordinary	Contact B
TW-AGD	Tailwind	5000	217490	Cutter	In Ordinary	Contact B
TW-AGE	Tailwind	5000	217490	Cutter	In Ordinary	Contact B
TW-AGV	Tailwind	5000	217490	Cutter	In Ordinary	Contact B
SS-AA	Skysail	5000	217504	Cutter	Active	Contact D
SS-AB	Skysail	5000	217504	Cutter	Active	Contact D
SS-AG	Skysail	5000	217504	Cutter	Active	Contact D
SS-AD	Skysail	5000	217504	Cutter	Active	Contact D
SS-AE	Skysail	5000	217504	Cutter	Active	Contact D
HIMS Fitzroy	Anson	250000	217504	Exploration	In Ordinary	Contact D
HIMS Thruster	Penetrator	49000	217504	Armed Diplomatic	Active	Contact E
HIMS Intercourse	Penetrator	50000	217504	Armed Diplomatic	Active	Contact G	Captain Bechadoluk
TW-GAA	Tailwind	5000	217504	Cutter	Active	Unassigned
TW-GAB	Tailwind	5000	217504	Cutter	Active	Unassigned
TW-GAG	Tailwind	5000	217504	Cutter	Active	Unassigned
TW-GAD	Tailwind	5000	217504	Cutter	Active	Unassigned
TW-GAE	Tailwind	5000	217504	Cutter	Active	Unassigned
TW-GAV	Tailwind	5000	217504	Cutter	Active	Unassigned
TW-GAZ	Tailwind	5000	217504	Cutter	Active	Unassigned
TW-GAT	Tailwind	5000	217504	Cutter	Active	Unassigned
HIMS Dash	Intrepid	30000	217498	Exploration	In Ordinary		Commander Chasukar
HIMS Audacious	Intrepid	30000	217499	Exploration	In Ordinary		Commander Chadethech
HIMS Spunk	Intrepid	30000	217500	Exploration	In Ordinary		Commander Henechab

[Electriccat]

Etherites
Turn 9
Ouren Dris'Thelle

Actions:

1. [Economy] Contribute to Axiom's Greatest Drive W15 - resolve favor owed to the CmC, should be (4/5)
2. [Economy] Buyout H24 TP3 | TN 12 - 22 - Success
3. [Diplomacy] Attend the First Pan-Galactic Auction
4. [Intrigue] Investigate Unrest in H28, questioning the new forces and refugees about happenings there. | No TN - 15
5. [Intrigue] Finish L.I.S. (5/5)

Spoiler: Event Sub actions

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• Vassalize to the Vilari Star League
• Per charter rules of the Star League gift Trade League, Galactic Currency Mint, Long-Range Advertising Campaigns, War Beasts and Enhanced microplating to the Vilari
• Ok the Vilari's use/trade/gift of Enhanced Microplating to the Dipnan (DCN)
• Trade Warbeasts to KNV for F.L.E.X. Security
• Gift Galactic Currency Mint to the Rocthuri as a down payment of support into the investigation of Revolution Ground project
• Making bids at auction and agree to pay for any winning bids

Non-Actions:

• Resist all relevant buyout/convert/etc actions not explicitly approved or supported below
• Support Zurtak Icehardend for the throne in The Battle of Thurtal

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http://www.giantitp.com/forums/shows...&postcount=704

Spoiler: News and Rumors

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[*]News of unrest, change and strife coming from the sector of space referenced as grid marker H28 has sparked an investigation into the goings on there. After significant Etherite investment into the region further actions have been put on hold until such a time as this investigation has concluded. [*]A more stable and diplomatic Rothuun being better for the galaxy and current state of affairs, the Etherites support the ascendancy of Zurtak Icehardened in the Battle of Thurtal for future leadership. [*]Continued economic ties and influence has been extended with further buyouts of black-whole generators. University scientists are looking into practical ways to apply this new and interesting resource.

Spoiler: Ruler Information

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Current Stats (in the following order):

Diplomacy 7
Military 3
Economy 8
Philosophy 1
Intrigue 3

New Ruler Next Round?
N
Expected Stat Bonuses:
+1 Econ, +1 Int

Military Units:
Current: 2

Mil Unit Cap:
4 + Regions controlled =
4+2-1=6

Great Project
Name Effect Location
L.I.S. (League Investigative Service) +1 to counter theft rolls I27

[Miltonian]

Boring Mechanics Stuff

The Worlds of Lyrae
Current Ruler: The Ascended One, Rii Lyrae

Actions:

1. [Diplomacy] Promote the Drive In [5/5] (12:22 AM, Oct 7th)
2. [Diplomacy] Attend the Auction
   - Traded Lyraen Elemental Implants for the Duenum's Galactic Mint
   - Traded Lyraen Elemental Implants for the Kronin's War Beasts and H.E.A.T.
   - Traded Lyraen Elemental Implants for CEL's Capital Ship Hulls
3. [Diplomacy] Explore V28 (Great Success! Lyrae gains a claim on the region)
4. [Diplomacy] Explore T28 (Success!)
5. [Philosophy] Convert U29 to UwU (Success!)

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Current Stats
Diplomacy: 8 => 10
Military: 10
Economy: 2
Philosophy 6
Intrigue: 1

New Ruler Next Round?: NO

Border Status: Closed except to allies

Military Strength: 8

Military Doctrine: Shock and Awe
Bigger IS better!
For every two ships in a fleet, give a +1 bonus on battle rolls.

Cultural Identity: Praise the Sun!
Lyraens, one and all, are raised to revere Lyrae herself. Though they may disagree over the best way for the average citizen to live, they all shrink from directly betraying her.
Resist all covert actions with a 2d8+Int

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Lyraen Crystal Implants, Enhanced Microplating, Trade League

[Gaius Hermicus]

Rothuun Minotaurs
(Round 9: AR 2166- AR 2168)
Urthuun Kzarna Harpooner




Actions
[Military] Attack Q17 with 6 units led by Urthuun Kzarna Harpooner (+10 leadership, +6 units, +1 War Beasts, +1 Microplating, +2 Duenem, +3 Wardens: +23 so far): The Same factions discovered north of Taurina I must be eliminated! Together with aid from the Wardens of World's End and the Duenem, the entire Rothuun military sets off to destroy them. Etherite mercenaries shall form the first wave of the attack and are expected to take heavy casualties. They will be followed by a small ground force of Kronin warriors and the bulk of the army in orbit, cutting off the Same's route of escape and obliterating them. Special concern is given to an attempt to capture the leader of the Same alive for study.
[Diplomacy] Press Claim on Q21 (14): Autha Snapneck's ambassadorial squad continues the process of annexing Niconia, the agrarian planet south of Taurina I. The leader of the Plantation Masters, Dahlia Jones, is given a tour of the Rothuun home system and a palace on Ikhal. The palace is, for some reason, secured behind a fence of electric wire and is visited daily by Rothuun guards. Dahlia is expected to cede control of Niconia over to the minotaurs any day now.
[Diplomacy]Attend the Auction event:

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Give LYR War Beasts, Long Range Advertising, H.E.A.T. Engines, Galactic Currency Mint

Bid Enhanced Microplating, HEAT Engines, Trade League, and four bonus points in the Rothuun election for Lot 5

Bid Enhanced Microplating for Lot 3 (I think)

Auction the SoS Core Data to the highest bidder

Gift the following technology to ITS:
Enhanced Microplating
War Beasts
Trade League
Long Range Advertising
H.E.A.T. Engines
Galactic Currency Mint

[Economy] Buyout Q25.1 for Ordivician Alloys (14): While the armored suits of Enhanced Microplating developed by the Kronin are widely accepted as superior defensive technology, the Rothuun military is not currently capable of providing them to all their soldiers. This is about to change. Enormous amounts of the Ordivician Alloys controlled by the Syndrome are purchased, and refineries are developed to mass-produce Microplating armor.
[Economy] Buyout P18.1 for Hyper Honey (18): Now that Baryshev has been secured as a stronghold of Rothuun power, the minotaur overlords have leeway to experiment with the Hyper Honey found there. It is discovered that the honey, when fed to a Takhaun or other well-trained war beast, puts them into a furious rage that enables them to survive the vacuum of space and even to smash through solid metal plates. Development of this technique is still in the works.

Nonactions:
Support conversions by ITS, resist all others
Support buyouts by ITS, EHZ and SYN, resist all others
Use Takhaun to activate War Beasts

Embassies:
ETH: Give 'em whatever tech they need

Spoiler: News and Rumors

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The Battle for Thurtal:

Aneb Two-Gun, the king of Thurtal, is a usurper who stole the throne from the ethnic Thurtuun and killed their leader. Virtash Splitskull, the brother of the previous ruler of the planet, has mustered a rebellious army to seize control of the planet back from Aneb. His forces are weaker than that of the sitting king, but are certainly still large enough to pose a threat.

The Grishal Rebellion:

The rebellious forces of Grazakh Peelskin have finally seized complete control of Grishal. To try and reassert control over the planet, the Urthuun sends Zurtak Icehardened, Regional Governor of Baryshev, with the goal of defeating Peelskin and breaking his rebellion. Zurtak has access to far more troops than Grazakh, and holds a significant, but not conclusive, edge over his foe.


OOC: At the end of Round 10, the current Urthuun will be replaced. During Round 9, both battles listed above will be determined by rolling 2d6. Currently, Zurtak has a +2 to the roll, and Aneb has a +1. Other nations can provide support to any one of the candidates, via a non-action. Mechanical aid is not required, but will be looked upon extremely favorably (possibly up to +3 in exchange for a unit). Whoever wins the Battle for Thurtal will go up against whoever wins the Grishal Rebellion in Round 10, keeping whatever support they gained from previous rounds and with the option of gaining more. The winner of that battle will become the next Urthuun.


The Candidates!!!

Zurtak Icehardened: Zurtak Icehardened is the Regional Governor of Baryshev and the consort of the Urthuun. His position is extremely favorable, as he is able to call upon much of the Rothuun’s military for his battles. However, he is young and does not come from a distinguished bloodline, so he will have to become Urthuun via immense displays of violence and power. Zurtak’s policy aligns essentially the same way as does the current administration. He is an expansionist, but willing to negotiate and is receptive to bribery most of the time. He will respect all current alliances, pledges not to go into the core without prior preparation and warning, and will not change religions unless necessary. Likely stat orientation: Mil/Dip.

Aneb Two-Gun: The son of former Urthuun Thrikar Fleshgorger, Aneb is the current king of Thurtal. He is popular among traditionalist Rothuun and has a large army at his disposal. The newer, less aggressive generation of minotaurs, however, believes him to be “totally uncool” and “lacking chill”. Aneb’s policy is that of aggressive expansion, without regard for neighbors or for diplomacy. He is heavily opposed to the Eye of the Horizon, and promises to attack the Core head-on with the goal of exterminating the Same. He will respect the Nephret Pact, but only so long as it suits him. Aneb is a devout follower of the Cult of Blood and may try to eliminate the Church of Iteus from Taurina I. Likely stat orientation: Mil/Dip or Phi.

Virtash Splitskull: The brother of former king of Thurtal Posekh Flatfoot, Virtash is a very different sort of Rothuun. He is a diplomat, a globalist, and is heavily interested in establishing good relationships with foreign powers and even with the Sisterhood of Silence. Due to these unorthodox policies, Virtash is not popular in Taurina I, but he has still managed to gather a significant force of supporters and is now challenging Aneb Two-Gun for control of Thurtal. Should Virtash become Urthuun, he will expand primarily via diplomatic means, and will not intrude into other nations’ sovereignty. He has pledged not to enter the core or to fight the Same at all, and will denounce or attack any whom attempt to do so. He will respect all alliances, attempt to forge as many new ones as possible, and will not change religions. Likely stat orientation: Dip/Mil.

Grazakh Peelskin: King of Grishal, Grazakh Peelskin is a filthy, wretched, unpopular beast. He surrounds himself with freaks, monsters, abominations much like himself. For all his misery, however, Grazakh has a surprising amount of support, mainly from enclaves on his planet of Grishal. He is also aligned heavily with An’Null’s Eradicators, and in fact is a follower of the nihilistic Cult of An’Null. Grazakh’s policy is to expand using subterfuge and deception, to follow alliances only as long as they are in his interest, and to be a mercenary follower of bribery. He favors an Eradicator-led breach of the core, and will almost certainly try to change the state religion. Likely stat orientation: Int/Dip or Phi.

Spoiler: People of Interest

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Kzarna Harpooner	Urthuun of the Rothuun Minotaurs, Queen of Phakhtal and Ikhal
Aneb Two-Gun	King of Thurtal, son of Thrikar Fleshgorger
Zurtak Icehardened	Regional Governor of Baryshev, consort of Urthuun Kzarna Harpooner
Virtash Splitskull	Significant government figure, brother of Posekh Flatfoot
Grazakh Peelskin	King of Grishal
Bephik Axemaker	High Priest of Iteus
Autha Snapneck	Ambassador to Niconia
Guntur Greataxe	Son of Urthuun Kzarna Harpooner and Zurtak Icehardened
Thrikar Fleshgorger	Former Urthuun, deceased father of Aneb Two-Gun

Spoiler: Technologies

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Enhanced Microplating
War Beasts
Trade League
Long Range Advertising
H.E.A.T. Engines
Galactic Currency Mint

Spoiler: Bookeeping and Ruler Info

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Resources/Troops:
Units: Phakhuun Marines, Black Knights, Kronin unit X2, Etherite unit X2

Resources Controlled: Takhaun (Q19.1), Miracle Machines (P22.3), Diluted Dark Energy (Q13.1), Ordivician Alloys (T18.1), Hyper Honey (P18.1)

Urthuun Kzarna Harpooner

Diplomacy: 9 +1
Military: 10
Economy: 7 +1
Philosophy: 2
Intrigue: 1

[RandoMan]

NPC Actions

Organizations!
Expiration Dates close at the end of the round specified in their description:

Sisterhood of Silence

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Unfortunately for the Sisterhood their investigation into the attack on Shimmering Light reveals no clear leads. While the sudden onset of the Abbess’s paranoid attack were highly suspicious any usable evidence was incinerated alongside the monastery leaving little to work with and much to be suspicious of.

[Intrigue] Move HQ from J14 to I13 - For the first time in recorded history the movements of the Mother Superior’s mobile headquarters are transmitted across non-secured channels. The mobile supership The Matriarch, comparable in size to the Celenian capital ships and relic of a bygone age, was on a path to Lighted Pathway, the last remaining holdout of the original Sisterhood around the Core. This public movement draws attention of the unpleasant variety from the Same who swarm the ancient battleship as it passes into and out of rival territories dragging different versions along with it and prompting a significant ripple through the equilibrium of the Core. The escape of v0.05 into wider Axiom before the introduction of the Core Patrol at Umbral Augury cut off the gap in vigil containment had upset the balance and now the Mother Superior’s travel pushed Same activity to a centuries long high.

[Intrigue] Transmit a snapshot of the Core to all of Axiom’s powers - While there would doubtless be some who would blame the Sisterhood for an eternity for their failures in the decade following Maturation it had always been the Sisterhood’s self appointed duty to monitor and contain the Same threat. That mantle had now passed to Core Patrol and the Maturated species of Axiom and the Sisterhood, or at least the Mother Superior, wished to pass the torch willingly and with grace. The arrival of The Matriarch outside Lighted Pathway prompts Abbess Dorith to meet with her leadership on the ancient battleship and the two old Greys at last determine a course of action for their much diminished order. A final gift is given to all of Axiom, a complete data dump of the most up to date readings on the Same within the Core transmitting on repeat from the monastery in H12.

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[Military] Launch a final crusade against the Same and turn over Lighted Pathway to the region claimant - The remaining loyal Sisters are given a choice, stay at Lighted Pathway and await the arrival of Core Patrol or another interested party willing to man the stations of the region to monitor for the Same or strike out on board The Matriarch in a doomed but righteous crusade against the Same nestled within the Core. A few choose to remain behind, believing they would be better served maintaining the Sister’s vigil in their hearts despite the absence of their order, while most choose to board the battleship and depart into the Core one final time...(-2 Units in H12. Whoever takes H12 is free to define the former SoS Base there as a CPC or ANE base with a non-action or take an action to transform the old base into an independent Same Monitoring Station Great Project)

Core Patrol Corps

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[Military] Raise 1 Unit of Patrolmen - While the tenure of King Jacques DeLeon had done much to undermine the perception of Knights Vacio as a serious military force there were exiled members of the Vacio clone knight order who resided in sector P10 operating Cannabliss farms as a means to fund their continued regimented training and serious mercenary lifestyle. These Clone Knights in exile, “Old Enemies” to the modern reign of SPACE KING, are invited to lay down their grudges against Jacques and serve a more dignified purpose that would uplift the order Vacio in the eyes of the galaxy. Many in the system saw how grim prospects were in their splinter sect leading a counterrevolution against Jacques and so the offer to join the Patrolmen entices many who take up arms for the cause of destroying the Same. (Units in P10 reduced by 1)

[Diplomacy] Request a base from GLR in Neo-Sol (K9) - With bad blood between many of Axiom’s inhabitants and the Sisterhood wiped away by the new Core Patrol a request can safely be sent out to the Gelean Emperor requesting the Geleans, who had become quite focused on Same containment in the years following the attack on Ascendant Aurora Monastery, build a Core Patrol base in their capital. Almost all of the Core was now covered in the blanket of CPC outposts but the northern edge remained the most vulnerable. While the Same station built on the remnants of the monastery would help it did not possess the range provided by a CPC bastion. (Request: GLR build a Base in K9. Reward: +1 Rep, +1 Favor. Expiration Date: Round 11)

[Diplomacy] Attend the big event - When news comes of Axiom's inhabitants wishing to meet and make merry with the new Core Patrol Corps plans to recruit directly are delayed in favor of receiving recruits from the interested powers of Axiom looking to stock the CPC barracks with soldiers willing to fight the Same.

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• Accept 4 Units from the KBC (Give KBC 2 Favors)

Cosmic Couriers

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[Economy] Buyout Katarsa (M27) Dipanan Cuisine TP2 - With investments in DDD growing throughout the galaxy the Couriers seek to hire some of the best chefs in the galaxy to staff their new franchises. Dipanan cuisine was famous the galaxy over for being rich in styles and daring in mixtures and experimentality with alien foodstuff. Hoping to provide a fun and friendly dining experience for all their soon to be customers these Dipanan food specialists and their extensive ingredient lists are purchased by Courier-backed exchanges within the Dipanan market.

[Economy] Buyout Cyreilean Expanse (J8) Cyreilean Marching Powder TP 1 for LYR - Approached by the Kombuch with a deal the Couriers sideline acquiring liquor to focus on the task requested by the fungus. It seems the Lyraens had been more than a little reliant on the Cyreilean Marching Powder coming out of Kombuch space and the Kombuch war on drugs had cut off their supply leaving many Lyraens without their "medicine." A bargain is struck by the Kombuch who offer two trading posts or their equivalent to the Couriers in exchange for a rush delivery of the blue powder to its eager Lyraen customers. Proxos elects to join in this delivery seeking an audience with Lyrae that the two luminaries could discuss their discoveries made in the intervening years between their last visit. After all, Proxos had toured the galaxy (a record of which could be found at any fine entertainment distributor in Axiom) meeting dozens of species and thousands of individuals along the way. He wished to share his most intimate observations with an equal, naive though that equal may have been with her continued obsession over her own creations so long now into their evolution. (Request: CmC buyout J8 TP 1 for LYR. Reward: KBC +1 Favor owed to CmC. Expiration date: Round 9)

[Economy] Buyout I5 Tiny Cats TP2 - While the majority of current Courier interest was focused on expanding culinary offerings in anticipation of the completion of DDD investments in the near future there was a desire to maintain a diversified investment portfolio. The “tiny cats” genetic experimentation conducted by Amanyk scientists in I5 continued to test well among focus groups as possible pets. Desiring to be a producer in this market the Couriers join the Nyxians in laying a stake to the regional production.


An’Null’s Eradicators

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No leads at all are uncovered by the Eradicator investigation into the Library’s thief. The Eradicators decide to chalk the loss up as more reason to intimidate and browbeat their enemies to discourage such behavior in the future.

[Military] Raise 1 Unit of Eradicators - Realizing the potential offered by haywire death machines and unafraid of inflicting casualties in their extraction of these tripods Eradicator vessels move into galactic sector D4 corraling a sizable legion of cyclopean tripods from the planet to serve An’null. Mass EMP bombs temporarily disable the tripods (and the locals most advanced defenses) allowing ANE to scoop up a sizable number of the murderous drones. The Eradicators suffer some of their own losses but these are outpaced by the gains made through acquisition of ancient death robots set to be unleashed on unsuspecting planets. (Units in D4 reduced by 1)

[Intrigue] Raid Dregisles (N32) Guns TP1 from KCW - The One High Maxim had failed to deliver the Kryptids and doubtless there were some who saw his debt to the Eradicators as uncollectable. The Eradicators were not of this persuasion. In the first of a multistep collection process the Casrule’s hold in Dregisles responsible for maintaining importation of guns is assaulted by Eradicator raiders looking to loot the arms for their own nefarious ends.

[Intrigue] Secret

Non-Actions
Support Grazakh Peelskin among the Rothuun

[Corona]

The Technocratic Meritocracy of Caruflaith Restored
Vassal of the Mier Formica

Regions W5, X6 and Y5
Marshal Galen, disciple of Aoife
Round 9

Actions:

1. [Military]Invade Z4 with 3 units, Marshal Galen using MFM Mil 6
   It has now become clear even to the most zealous supporters of the Meritocracy that 'Marshal' Galen is but a puppet of Aoife. Whether she is blackmailing him, or has enchanted him through powers granted to her by a deity, nobody knows. He is sent away with all available forces to crush some irrelevant allies of the supposed enemy of the Meritocracy Selin Eutarche, plainly ignoring all the vile Realtaists runnning around Bespéartha. The Mineran Kingdom even assists the Meritocracy in this endeavor, as Selin Eutarche is a hated heretic. It's not all sunshine and rainbows for Aoife, however. Although she holds some clout with both the Realtaist kingdoms and the somewhat Realtaist rebels, recently they have agreed to a ceasefire against her explicit orders. She spends most of her time alone in the great church in Á Damant. Strangely enough, servants have been hearing what seems to be prayers, but shouted angrily. When she is in public, her face is pale and she constantly zones out on conversations and when she is roused, she immediately starts issuing orders contrary to those she has issued a minute before.
   
   Conservative priests who have been in the church before Aoife start to whisper that the 'miraculous leader' was really just lucky or tricked them when she supposedly proved that she had a connection to God.
   
2. [Diplomacy]Inquest W1 17
   After finishing a blitzkrieg campaign through Por's Sign, driving Selin into hiding and letting the Rito, another shunned minority, to rule over the solar system, after demanding and receiving an immediate surrender from the Ryuvians, the 'warlord' finally stood at the northern edge of our home galaxy. Accompanying her was Ceres, erstwhile lieutenant of Selin, whom she made to see that joining her cause would be the best course of action, saving many lives. "So that's the edge. Honestly, I'm disappointed. You made it sound a lot more impressive when you returned from that expedition on the eastern frontier." A shrug, and silence in response. "Though I can see why you heretics think the gods don't exist. You were here, and you really wanted for people to be able cross to those stars over there and talk to aliens, and that's a great, fairly selfless, wish, but nope. No god showed up to give you an engine strong enough to do that. Instead people are saying there's been a divine harvest of Yeather or some random **** like that.
   
   Don't be so surprised. I'm not so pious as the Goddess' Legate makes me out to be. Certainly she's desperate to improve the image of Realtaism. But getting to the point. The actual reason we went here was to see if the Goddess was here - some sects said she fled north of Bespéartha - but too bad. I may believe in the gods, but when I find them, they better explain all the crime and evil they have allowed, being supposedly 'guardians of the Djinye', or..." Pyre points at a barren planet in front of her spaceship, a flash of plasma blinds Ceres, and then he sees that there is a new small crater on the surface of the planet. And the front window of the ship is done for, of course, with molten shards floating around, and the air quickly escaping. "Whoops. I guess I've been watching too much holovision. Practicing it in real life is haaaAAA--"
   
3. [Military]Raise Unit
4. [Military]Raise Unit
5. [Military]Raise Unit
   Several years ago, the Meritocracy lost its hold over the most important continent on Bespéartha, its only successors being the de facto horde of raiders led by the infamous Pyre and colonial governments beholden to the Anteguan kingdoms Minera, Plantera and Uiscera that are viewed by the people of Ríall as antiquated and snobbish. Hundreds of bandit gangs and militias form and and struggle, until only the strongest remain. The Djinye Liberation Movement wants all nations to end and the Djinye to unite and subjugate all those weird aliens that have been lately seen near Bespéartha. The Third Empire is a group that's a self-styled successor to the Caruflaith Empire, pledging to kill any remaining meritocrats and conquer the fickle former vassals of Caruflaith (i.e. nearly all nations).
   
   However, at a diplomatic conference in Á Damant, the capital of Minera, an uneasy peace is agreed between all factions involved. The news rightly call the peace 'uneasy', as The Third Empire, the DLM, Plantera, Minera and the Meritocracy all not-so-secretly build up their military far more than permitted by the treaty.
   
   

Nonactions:

Vote for Aneb Two-Gun in the Rothuun election. Legate Aoife has officially declared the policy of Same containment to be anti-Realtaist, as it interferes with the acquisition of knowledge, one of the universally acknowledges principles of the faith.

Embassy with CLS: -

Resist all foreign buyouts, conversions etc., unless converting to state faith or explicitly permitted.

Allow and support CLS buyouts of open TPs.

News and Rumors:

Spoiler: Ruler

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Marshal Galen Aoife
Diplomacy 10
Military 3 +2
Economy 5
Philosophy 10
Intrigue 1

Specials used: F5, F10, D5, E5
New ruler: NO

Spoiler: Bookkeeping

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3 units
Rep 1 with CMC, 1 favor (Reduce ZoI penalty by one step for Buyouts in regions containing and Adjacent to a CmC Relay)
Y5 Ryuvia Relay Bonus: Controlled Trade: Region owner may endorse Buyouts regardless of TP owner. If a Buyout is Endorsed in this way the TP owner may still choose to resist the Buyout.

Mysterium repairs 1/2
Embassy with CLS
CI: 2d8 to Buyouts and Resisting Buyouts in regions found in the Hard/Improbable ZoI with a third Trade Post (shared with CLS)

[QuintonBeck]

Union
(R8, S7, S9, T6, T8)
Member of the Uplift Chorus

General Secretary Jerry Gates
Diplomacy 4
Military 7
Economy 5
Philosophy 2
Intrigue 4

Actions

2. [Military] Raise 1 Unit of Red Fleet Warships - A new task force is commissioned to join the returned Princess Task Force in service to the Red Fleet. This new task force is commissioned as the Revolutionary Brigade in a play on the Union's revolutionary socialist rhetoric and the so-called Revolution of the galaxy under the dictation of Efficiency Ground which had caught the Fleet with its pants down. Never again, the General Secretary vows, will the Union be without the defensive capabilities needed to protect its many varied denizens from the unforeseen dangers of the ever expanding mysteries of the galaxy.
   
3. [Military] Raise 1 Unit of Red Fleet Dreadnoughts - With access to dozens of new worlds through their expansion the Union requisitions a number of vessels from across the sectors under their dominion. Large ships are preferred for their capability to host weapons and GLD engines. These vessels are pressed into military service under the codes of the People's Republics which ensured for the common defense and allowed for the impressment of industrial products into the service of the Red Fleet.
   
4. [Diplomacy] Press Claim on T4 TN: 12/18 Roll: 10 - Seeking to bring the Mindcasters the enlightenment they sought following the Tezh’s instruction of the psions in the nature of the universe as One envoys from Union attempt to carefully introduce the dwindling race to the wider galaxy. The Gestalt consciousness of sector R8 proves especially fascinating to the psionic individuals and the two entities are encouraged to meet and exchange thoughts regarding Oneness and service to the collective good. It seems while the concept of the One resonated with the Mindcasters integration into the Union was less alluring. The small number of psions express concern over becoming state assets rather than autonomous individuals and negotiations grind to a halt.
   
5. [Diplomacy] Press Claim on U5 TN: 12/18 Roll: 13 - A difficult task it is nonetheless one given to diplomats representing Union interests abroad. The grand marketplace of sector U5 is to be enticed into joining with the Union for collective protection and prosperity to be shared among the denizens of the federated republics. A desire to discover more about the "magical" Krackle Seeds acts as the basis for extended contact as scientific curiosity is played to entice the locals into learning more about the "trading" practices of the Union in favor of their current laissez-faire open market. Despite the market's economic persuasions the collective bargaining position of the Union proves too strong to ignore and the collectivized bureaucracy initiates the difficult task of integrating local political and economic forces under Union guidelines.
   
6. [Economy 5] Upgrade R4 Energy Crystals from [Good] to [Great] taking TP3 - While the Alysian contracting of the Eradicators was cause for serious concern the Secretary General was more concerned with ending the Draax threat than in igniting a way with the Assembly. While there were those in Union calling for war against the Alysians for their cutting off of Methane to the capital and constant harassment about orbital bombardment of Union protected cities the General Secretary hoped to find a path of compromise. To that end resources and labor are poured into the energy crystal mines of sector R4. The Alysians themselves used energy crystals so surely these would satisfy their demands for "clean" energy, right?
   
7. [Economy] Buyout S9 Boreal Metal TP1 TN: 12 Roll: 12 - Adjustments are made to the proposals for public work in Borealis to try and incentivize labor into cooperating with the Union for the greater good. It seems the adjusted offers regarding room, board, and leisure time exchange for work entices enough miners to spur production in Borealis' inner asteroid ring mines.

Non Actions


Rocthurhi Embassy


Lyraen Embassy

• Petition Lyrae for an audience concerning the state of living conditions for the prisoners of Lyrae III

Spoiler: News and Rumors

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• The Core Patrol Corps is hoped to bring a fighting chance to Axiom in containing and eventually exterminating the menace of the Same. Having voted in the Corps' favor at the SoS Conference the Union is eager to flex its grandfathered relations with the new organization in bringing a greater presence of the Uplift Chorus to the frontlines of war against the Same.
• The disintegration of the SoS is viewed in a mixed light among citizens of the Union. Regardless of opinions on their secrecy and somewhat combative nature their final act of distributing information on the Same is viewed in a positive light and the Sisterhood is honored as flawed but righteous bannermen of the One who kept the flame alive through the millennia.
• A strong current of pro-war advocates inflame the Draax situation in the public eye to untold proportions. The Union had not been a particularly aggressive or militant power but the Revolution had whipped a hornet's nest into their backyard and nearly shattered the fragile peace they and the other members of the Uplift Chorus had orchestrated through the Hallion Accords and other measures of alliance and mutual aid. The suggestion to militarily seize the Draaxeri home space was controversial only halted once the Rocthurhi unveil their plans of peaceful integration and ministration to the people. The desire to prevent the damage caused to the Union by the Draax Attacks sees many young people elect to enlist in the Red Fleet while older retired veterans return if not to active duty to filling the military academies and school classrooms with somewhat jingoistic talk of bringing the Revolution by force to hostile and savage exploitators of the common man.

Spoiler: Regions

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Region	#	Resource	Minor	Good	Great	Learning Center	Assembly
Terron Home Sector	S7	Matter Manipulators	SPR	Open	XXX	The One	-
The Gestalt	R8	Psychic Spirals	VLS	KNV	Open	The One	-
Borealis	S9	Boreal Metal	Open	Open	ETH	The One	-
Crystal's Edge	T6	Crystal Skulls	CmC	RTH	XXX	The One	-
Huvile & Truffoplis	T8	Thneedz	Open	Open	Open	The One	The One

Spoiler: Armies and Technology

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4/9 Cap

1. Princess Task Force Warships
2. Gestalt Psychics
3. Red Fleet Support Ships
4. Red Fleet Marines

Tactical Doctine
Mass Wave Tactics (Size Losses become 1d5)

Military Technology


Generals


Cultural Identity

• 2d8 on Conversions (Ideology 10 LC Bonus)
• Verification Required - 2d8 on Resist Conversions (Shared from RTH)

Technology


Fragment

[zabbarot]

Regions H6, I7, I9, J4, J6, & J8
Round 9

News and Rumors

• Transmissions from the Harmony surprise KBC intelligence, but a ceasefire is called until a proper treaty can be drafted.
• There is a noted surge in the number of lyrean-xenocolonies on New Dar. Reasons are unknown, but with a combination of the removal of the cartel leadership and the new unity experienced by the citizens the planets industry becomes significantly more efficient. More surprisingly, there is a population boom in the region.

Actions

• [Dip] Stabilize J4 (11, Failure)
• [Dip] See what all the fuss is about (attend the slave auction)
  
  Send 4 units of Sprite Class Fighters to the CPC at the event.
  Inform Lyreans of plan to reinstate Marching Powder trade now that the farming process is ethically acceptable.
• [Mil] Create 1 Unit of Sprite Class Fighters
• [Mil] Create 1 Unit of Sprite Class Fighters
• [Int] Surveil J2 (13, Success)
• [Int] Secret!

Nonactions

• Accept deal with the CmC to buy out Cyreilian Marching Powder on the behalf of the Lyreans.
• Accept gift of Galactic Currency Mint Tech from CBS as partial fulfillment of the demarcation treaty. [Embassy]

Spoiler: Leader Stuff

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Consolidator Disco Webcap
Diplomacy 5
Military 7
Economy 3
Philosophy 1
Intrigue 6

Expected gains: +1 Dip +1 Mil +1 Int

Spoiler: Military

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Generals: Engels [7]
Technologies: None
Tactics: Mushroom Cloud
Units: 6/9
6 Squadrons of Sprite Class Fighter Ships

[Tychris1]

Wardens of World’s End
Chief Deputy Warden Antich Heaventreader


Actions:

[MIL]: Invade Q17 with 3 Units
Wardens in the Core Patrol check their ansible communication devices from within the Umbral Augury and hear word of the Rothuun mounting a battle against the Same. A task force of elite Masters and their most prized Sparks are given the duty of reinforcing the bulwark against the Apocalypse.

[MIL] Invade N22 with 1 Unit
While the Squall ferries away the taskforce of supplementary masters Syndrome bioships of the Core Patrol move in the opposite direction. Parking themselves around star systems in the far southern border of Warden gripped space they act as military deterrent and foundational crew for the petitioning of a fall back base against Same Incursion; In light of V0.05.

[PHI]: Convert M21 (13) Success!


[PHI]: Convert N20 10 Fail


[INT]: Investigate the Divination Technology of the Same 7
Masters of Shadow are intrigued by the unerring accuracy and deadly precision of the Same in battle. In preparation of the coming battle against Same V0.05 a ritual of understanding is employed. Holy oils are dabbed on the salvage recovered, sacred incense burned, and the Button-That-Glows-Blue-But-Sometimes-Green is consulted with precise finger presses while efforts for reverse engineering such technology are taken.


[INT]: Secret Action 14
Shadow and Flame
All in Accord
Trial for the Masters
Nothing to Record

Non-Action:
ACCEPT ALL TECHNOLOGIES GIFTED
Accept FLEX Security
Accept offers of Vassaldom (KNV)
Vote for Zurtak (3 Votes)
Gift War Beasts to GLR and KNV

Spoiler: Ruler Stat Bonuses and Empire tracking

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Diplomacy 10
Military 6
Economy 1
Philosophy 6
Intrigue 5

Expected Bonuses: +1 Int, +1 Phil, +1 Mil

Embassies with: CEL, KNV, GLR

Opposing All Buyouts and Conversions

Cultural Identity: None

Tactical Doctrine: Bending Light Technique

Units: 8

Spoiler: News and Rumors

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Fire Lord Vix-Tal goes to visit SPACE KING in his recovery program to finalize the military and strategic alliance and cooperation between the Knights and the Wardens. However he ostensibly engages in a contest of wrestling and physical showmanship with SPACE KING that he refuses to declare the winner of.

The Wardens condemn all those involved in the kidnapping of a trusted Core Patrol allies familial relative and are relieved when they hear word of the situation coming to a peaceful resolution. Head Deputy Warden Antich goes to Droccen space in an effort to offer aid and suggestions in improving the personell defences of critical members of government. He refuses to address comments or questions regarding attaining a hue similar to the local populace.

The Unified Public Trust are formally invited by the Head Deputy Warden to visit Hearth and Warden overseen space as a whole in an effort of good will and partnership to the defeat of the Same.

[Reggiejam]

UNIFIED PUBLIC TRUST
Regions D30, D32, E27, E29, E31, F30
Round 9
Transcendence Division Head Brez Y'ett
Diplomacy: 6
Military: 1
Economy: 3
Philosophy: 5
Intrigue: 5

1 [ECONOMY] Trade with Nyx - Give: Xaldarian Expanse (E31) Spies TP1; Receive: Mobius System (M5) Sonics TP1

Hoping to achieve a manifold resolution to issues raised by Nyxians, Symbraum, and Kamasati UPT purchasers meet with Nyxian merchants to exchange bills of services intended to settle a brewing conflict peacefully. The Nyx are to hand over their contracts with the Sonics of M5 that the Dream Child race may be overseen and selectively elevated to serve the Dreamers of the Symbraum Pantheon in accordance with guidance from the Kamasati. In return the UPT would hand over a trained spy network to the Nyxian pantheon and pledge to continue developing economic relations with the Guilds as now permitted by their formal embassy. It is hoped this political and economic deal will help ensure peace and stability not only between Nyxian and Symbraum but Gelean and Kamasati.

2 [ECONOMY] Fund Aneb Two-Gun's campaign for Urthuun among the Rothuun Minotaurs

Haz J'min, spiritual adviser loaded down with basic trade goods and supplies, is sent to attempt and guide Aneb from seeking restoration of the Cult of Blood to instating the obvious truth that the Minotaurs were the most powerful War Gods in Axiom. Their Pantheon was the only one righteous enough to strike down the Demons of the Same horde without succumbing to secretive plots intended to manipulate the situation for their own ends. Aneb's father had rightfully questioned the Sisterhood who had kept secrets about the Core valuable to all of Axiom. Likewise the Symbraum did not trust the "Wardens of World's End" who appeared to have infected some of the Same with reverence of their Source and now attempted to claim leadership of the Same crusade. While this information had come to light from a Sisterhood investigation it was UPT's stance that two untrustworthy sources posing as heroes were most likely to tell the truth about one another when it served their ends. The Rothuun were derided as a simple species by a number of Stellar Powers but the Symbraum saw them as an honest and straightforward Pantheon of stellar warriors. TD Head Brez Y'ett believed Aneb could, in time, learn to teach his people to see themselves in this way too and lead them in holy crusade against the Same Demons and those who would manipulate the demonic for their own nefarious ends.

3 [PHILOSOPHY] Convert Demon's Fall (E27) from Open to Spiral Dancer Success

Another attempt is mounted by the increasingly ideologically motivated institutions of UPT to push the newly annexed mercenaries of sector E27 to embrace their roles within the hierarchy of god and demon as soldiers of the divine. Years under the malicious AI Peter had deadened many of his survivors to the horrors and beauty of the cosmos and the Symbraum were forced to work hard to restore their vision of the metaphysical truths. While not quite of the level of an independent pantheon as the Symbraum or Sleepers were these Dream Children had been forced to advance along their journey to godhood by their trials and tribulations making them well equipped to serve the new gods as holy warriors in righteous crusade against the demonic forces of Axiom.

4 [PHILOSOPHY 5] Establish the God Mind Seminary a Spiral Dancer Assembly in the Xaldarian Expanse (E31)

Originating from the Xaldarian Expanse as a sage and seeker of truths Brez Y'ett's sponsorship of a formal philosophical academy being organized back on the Symbraum homeworld came as no surprise. The "God Mind Seminary" was set to become the premiere bastion for Spiral Dancer instruction not only in UPT space but across the whole of Axiom. The Kamasati High Dreamer's work to bring the ideology to the Tomb Worlds and beyond, failure though this foray into the beyond might have been, were lauded alongside the opening ceremony of the Seminary. Here it was hoped the finest most inquisitive minds of the gods would be shaped and honed by the revelations of divine knowledge allowing the psychic web to grow stronger through shared knowledge of the highest truths.

5 [INTRIGUE] Establish the means to track and/or manipulate Efficiency Ground (2/2)

Those assigned to designing a means to track what could very well be untrackable and manipulate what very well could be unmanipulable resort to mystic pattern identifications and intense speculation to conclude their research ahead of the dispatching of trained investigators. Energy readings of the three heralds are placed side by side with charts of known Caller Fragment recovery locations seeking to find in the noise some pattern that might identify where a great relic of the old gods might lurk. Obviously with so much of the interior of Axiom exposed by exploratory fleets from the fellow pantheons it is deduced Efficiency Ground likely lay somewhere around the galactic rim. However which 'corner' of the galaxy hid the Revolution driving engine remained a mystery. With so much space still left uncovered leading theories point to the galactic southeast though the Symbraum assigned to this project fill their final report with qualifying statements and excuses on why they may very well be wrong.

6 [INTRIGUE] Secret

Not all that occurs within UPT is known to those who seek to listen in.

ROLLS

NON-ACTIONS

• Endorse conversion of D30 from Open to Spiral Dancer
• Endorse conversion of E29 from Open to Spiral Dancer
• Endorse conversion of F30 from Open to Spiral Dancer

NYX EMBASSY

[4/10 UNITS]
Emergency Defense Force One
Alien Mummy Drones
Freedom Company Mercenaries
Dreamdrinkers

[GENERALS]

[RUMORS]

• Kombuch raids on Nyxian held trading posts is criticized but not referred to as a breach of the Cacola Conference Treaty. After all, the Nyx were not themselves signatories in spite of their claiming its protections due to their vassalage to the Gelean Emperor. UPT encourages a convening of signatories and afflicted parties to arbitrate the dispute in a civilized manner. UPT still believed the Kombuch desired conversion to Spiral Dancer ideology and did not wish to drive them away by siding with the Nyxians, provisioners of the most desired brains, but primarily seen as opportunistic merchants more than staunch allies.
• The Kamasati are thanked profusely for their aid in promoting the Spiral Dancer beliefs among UPT sectors. While their efforts had not managed to succeed outside the Tomb Worlds the growing ideological cohesion of UPT territory was a boon not only to the Symbraum but the entire ideology. If efforts to incorporate the Rothuun, or somehow align more closely with the god-ascendant seekers in Iteus, could prove fruitful yet another divine chorus could join the fraternity of the gods.
• The threat of the Same was clearly mounting at the Core. While the newly empowered 'Core Patrol Corps' seemed poised to contain and strike against the demonic horde those whom fought repeatedly, namely the Wardens, did not appear to be trustworthy defenders of the galaxy in spite of their noble rhetoric. Rumors circulate within UPT of a desire to see a fatwa declared against the Same by the High Dreamer and efforts focused as equally on obtaining trustworthy allies Core-side as on tracking down and ending the threat of another Revolution. These rumors appear to be confirmed with the dispatching of Haz J'min to circulate the idea of holy war supported by fellow gods among the Rothuun.
• Activity by the One adherent Uplift Chorus so close to UPT held space was concerning given the vast gulf of space separating the UPT from Tezh or Rocthurhi held territories. If the Spiral Dancers were threatened by subsuming to the One there would necessarily be response and it was unlikely to be a pleasant one. The Tezh and Rocthurhi are encouraged to mind their own sectors of space and leave be the ideological persuasions of distant star systems containing no state sponsor of their simplistic belief in universal flatness.
• A number of retired Symbraum are furious when they hear the news of Korima's captivity and attempted auction by the Commonwealth of Zara. Celestian and Droccen entertainment programming had been popular early in the years following Maturation and while time had dulled the draw of xeno entertainment and Korima was something of an outdated superstar her fling with SPACE KING and royal status had kept her in the tabloids in the years following her dip in broadcast viewership within UPT. No official statement on the matter is released by any UPT state organ.
• Leaks from UPT internal dialogues suggest the Symbraum government was increasingly interested in the Mier Formicans whose psychic powers embodied in Aptinoma had grown exponentially in recent years. The Realtaist "gods" were not viewed as a rightful pantheon in the typical Spiral Dancer sense but it was believed that perhaps true pantheons like the Formicans could siphon off whatever energy empowered the Twin Gods into a mortal form. The men of Caruflaith were too ideologically poisoned to see their gods for what they truly were but it seems the Symbraum had more hope for the Formicans.

[Rolepgeek]

The Federated Churches of Origin's End
God-Speaker Androgynous-Delicate-Festival Allchurch Branches-Worn-By-Water
Round 9 - Galactic Dates 217516.0.0.81 - 217518.0.0.80

Actions:

1. [Diplomacy]Press Claim on U19 [Rolled: 18!]
   The relationship between the robotic Duenem and the technophilic Federated Churches of Origin's End could be seen as strange, by some. But that relationship also lends weight to their talks with the Housers of the Good-Odds region. While the casino masters themselves were not all that philosophically inclined, their clientele had quite a great deal of faith in such concepts as luck, fairness, and in the years since the introduction of Church doctrine, a few had even taken to betting on the outcomes of theological debates, archaeological digs, or the success of upcoming Saints. Gambling and experimentation go hand in hand, after all.
   
   Smoothed over by the presence of representatives of the Ninurtine Empire, whose presence nearby had been a source of revenue, stability, and security for years, the negotiations proceed rapidly, and a political divide between those supporting the Syndrome - a source of concern for the Rhoshans, given their apparent course of expansion, and the likelihood of getting caught in the middle of a war should the Strainladies and the Empire come to blows - and those favoring the concessions offered by the Churches appears to be developing.
   
   
2. [Diplomacy]Press Claim on W21 [Rolled: 13]
   Theological concerns delay the integration of the Flockin into the Church proper. Discussions over shared technological interests, the centrality of faith as a component of everyday life, and even the God-Speaker themselves had failed to convince the Sun Speakers that such a union would serve them more effectively than their present independence. It is only when a sect of LightBearers arrives, bearing recovered logs of Mech Master Maverix's defeat and speaking in terms the Flockin were comfortable with that their reticence recedes. Still, the process must not be rushed, as all involved are quick to point out.
   
   
3. [Military] Recruit Unit
   Zkiel, the Most Revered, has taken a liking to Sorren Caxton Elien, and...requests that she oversee the next batch of ship reconstruction. Given her background from the Dawnstar Dominion, her own requests result in a fleet of small, agile strike craft - unfortunately, however, the temperamental nature of most Church of Rust equipment, as well as certain 'limits' regarding large scale production of miniaturized military grade Gravity Latch Drives means they cannot operate at distance without carrier craft for maintenance. This does, however, allow for further specialization in their role of nimble Fast Attack Craft as well as retaining the ability to be retooled within days into rapid deployment or evacuation shuttles, even while in transit. The fleet, dubbed Moonlight Vigil by its mistress, soon sets out on their first interstellar military expedition.
   
   
4. [Military]Secure V18 with one Unit
   The galaxy is a dangerous place, or so says the Most Vigilant. It is imperative that the Church safeguard its followers' investments nearby, or so says the Most Diligent. And the Federated Churches have an obligation to protect those who cannot protect themselves, or so says the Most Just. Thus does fleet Moonlight Vigil move into position to ensure the safety of the folk to their galactic north.
   
   
5. [Economy] Give V20 TP1 for Salvage Technicians to KCW
   Many of the technicians currently at work on Rhosh rebuilding ancient ship parts are given significant financial incentives as well as spiritual encouragement to take their skills to Kryptid space, where they can be put to use helping the devastated and newly born nation recover infrastructure and logistics systems that were destroyed in the fighting.
   
   
6. [Nonactions]
   Vote in Rothuun election, but too late for it to matter.
   

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• The Federated Churches welcome closer relations with the Dawnstar, and the two cultures have been conducting significant cultural and theological exchange.
• The Rass endeavor to meet their obligations to the Kryptids' fledgling government in record time, sending several ships worth of technicians to be received at the local station designed for rapid long-range communications. The mechanisms required to enable such a rapid information exchange are not easily replicable, and demonstrations of the technology's method of operation are denied - the Federated Churches themselves are unsure how it works, only that it does, and they are, for the moment, unwilling to allow experimentation with such a rare, valuable, and holy piece of equipment. If more is found, their minds might change.
• A fleet is commissioned in honor of Rhigas Don - though 'fleet' might be too strong a word. It consists merely of a pair of ships, each re-purposed from large-scale salvage vessels previously re-purposed from mining vessels previously re-purposed from early use freighters. Their hull space has been converted to bulkheads, ammunition and fuel stores, repair equipment for maintaining themselves and others, and mountings for a variety of long-range weapons, launching everything from Rhoshan-engineered large-caliber artillery shells to precursor particle beams to multistage missiles with warheads that range from short-burst chaff to spaced fracture maturation to sensor transceiver relays.
• From Pravactdiss, the Most Just, come Words of Reverence, relayed by the God-Speaker:
  
  This is Now Declared in lack of Obfuscation with Utmost Fervor for the Reification of that Society which
  Ought be fulfilled by Those Ideals to which Aspirations rise in the Self-Actualization of the Society in which
  The Individual rises to Fullness so that Justice is Not Myth but True.
• From Zkiel, the Most Vigilant, come Words of Reverence, relayed by the God-Speaker:
  
  fear not the self, nor of or by or for, as the mind unwinds by reckless caution – but find security for the whole in the trusting of all another
• The Second Schism: The SecondLearnt have now split off two related Churches that may quickly subsume the remnants of their old Church: the WorldTaught and the UnStudied.
• The decision to secure the stellar space to their north was not made without opposition. The Convocation only barely approved the measure, and debate still rages as to the morality of the decision, let alone its strategic value.
• The Rothuun conflict is one that interests the Churches, but local concerns have consumed much more of their attention. The candidate of their preference differs from Church to Church, and, more importantly, has little to no material support or commitment behind it. Aneb seems to be a runaway favorite for the EdgeSkimmers, predictably, but their own internal conflicts mean they can do little more than cheer the Blood Cultist on - it seems they hoped for a chance to beat another champion.

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Regions: V20

Units: 3/5 - 2

• Fleet Vigilance
• Fleet Curiosity's Fulfillment
• Fleet Moonlight Vigil

Converts:
Duenem
Knights Vacio
Technocratic Caliphate->Dept. of Technological Innovation

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• The Living Reliquary Grace-Which-Is-Beauty's-Sustenance a.k.a. 'Grace'
• Exchange-Wing Officer Sorren Caxton Elien
• Masculine-Night-Born Lightbearer
• Feminine-Our-Victory HighTower GateReef
• Masculine-Happiness Born-Of Feminine-Praise-Giving Born-Of Androgynous-Gods-Give-Strength-In-Loss NewCreation YellowGladeRiver
• Feminine-Glitter-Fruit-Blossom EdgeSkimmer TwinFords
• Masculine-High-Stance Stones-Student SecondLearnt ShoalKeeper
• Androgynous-Summer Manifestist StarsSeenInHindsight
• Feminine-Gratitude CalledUpon Castless

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Current Stats
Diplomacy 6
Military 2
Economy 2
Philosophy 10
Intrigue 5

New Ruler Next Round?
No

Expected Stat Bonuses:
+1 Diplomacy
+1 Military

[kjelfalconer]

The Theocratic Regency of Svaatyr
Round 9
K21, J20, L20

Svrrta-Zel Mrrzety
Diplomacy: 1
Military: 10
Economy: 2
Philosophy: 10
Intrigue: 7

Actions:
1 - Mil 10: Make The Second Crusade permanent

2 - Mil: Invade J22 with 3 units

3 - Int: Investigate the destruction of the SoS base in L20 [16]

4 - Int: Secret Action

5 - Mil: Raise Unit

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New ruler next turn:

Spoiler: Svrrta-Zel Satyiin

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Diplomacy: 1
Military: 4+3
Economy: 1
Philosophy: 1+2
Intrigue: 3+2

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The growing list of duties that the church has to deal with has led to an agreed restructuring of the upper council. While the church retains its position of head of domestic affairs, the role of its saint has been split into two. Mrrzety is to retain her position as head of the faith, and will continue to manage the more spiritual aspects of The Nine, while her former aide, Satyiin (who had increasingly been having to directly handle the workload anyway) will formally take a position in which he will manage the more day to day aspects of running the regency. Janiil did point out that this was technically her job already, but was forced to concede that her own workload wouldn't handle the addition of so much.

Though nothing so crass as infighting occurred, Vanrr and Tyiiven both took advantage of the restructure to get their feet in with the new boss, and more than a few of their orders of business mysteriously moved up the agenda.



The Rothuun's own succession crisis is quaint, and Svaatyr displays no interest in it whatsoever. However, several useful supporters of those who oppose Zurtak do meet with mysterious accidents. Truly, the world will never know the truth of this.

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• Svrrta-Zel Mrrzety - Head of Spiritual affairs and (former) effective head of state
• Svrrta-Zel Satyiin - Effective head of state, and in charge of the day to day management of the church
• Svrrta-Zel Vanrr - Retired general, and head of the Crusader Corps
• Svrrta-Zel Tyiiven - Head of intelligence
• Svrrta-Zel Janiil - Head of domestic affairs
• Svrrta-Zel Frvamas - Head of communications and outreach. Travels a lot, mostly because the position is considered a bit of a joke.

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Permanent Tactical Doctrine - The Second Crusade

7 Units

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• Sunstones - [K21]
• Unbreakable Twizzlers - [J20]

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Peaceful Outreach

[omnitricks]

Melfynus
Rundhrul of the Ofgryl Cluster

Actions:

1. [Dip]Attend Auction
2. [Dip]Press claim on I29
   While their previous attempt has been disappointing, the Melfynians remained undeterred. Giving the new influx of aquatics to Melfynus, they were given the grand tour and induction into greater Axiom. When the immigrants seemed convinced, a party comprising of representatives of both were sent back to their homeworld to persuade the populace.
3. [Dip]Press claim on J30 (Great!)
   With much preparations the gunrunners were invited once more to Melfynus with much ceremony and on their return, with Rundhrul with them to show the Melfynians sincerity and discuss more important matters of state.
4. [Dip]Increase rep with the ANE
   With the One's most recent intrusion near Melfynus, the Melfynians did not make it a secret that they were working to get closer to the only other organization which could rival the believers with no affiliation to them at all.
5. [Dip]Stabilize G29
   While the Melfynians lack the resources to make good on promise to the region's issue, they have begun to make a visible effort on preparations and studies in anticipation of dealing with it.
   

Nonaction:

• Support Aneb Two-Gun in Rothuun politics.
• Give DNM HEAT engines. Further details of the trade remain unknown to the public.
• Trade Energy Distribution for Capital Ship Hulls with CEL.
• Give MFM Ads, HEAT and War Beasts.
• Give LYR Ads, HEAT and War Beasts.
• Give OwO Ads, Spies, Trade League and FLEX.
• Give Trade League and War Beasts to CWZ

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• In a surprising turn of events, a diplomatic envoy in Melfynus' very own Ristoll was sent back to Ikhal to broker some sort of a deal and it was because the aquatics had the utmost confidence in the Harkan's ability to complete his mission successful- not with any other ulterior motives despite the rumors. The everyharkan doesn't know the full details but believe if the higher ups are happy with the arrangements, the warlike Minotaurs couldn't be as bad as the rest of Axiom has led them to believe.
• The activity of the Uplift Chorus in regions of space which have nothing to do with them thereby interfering with Melfynian interests have been noted. However as they appreciate it was done at the request of their neighbor, the Melfynians are willing to let the matter slide as it is possible in all the excitement of being able to spread their word to the unsuspecting, the Chorus has neglected to consider any ideal below their fine goal of telling only the truths they only want others to know; following their predecessor's example. It would be hard however to view any further attempts just as innocently.
• The now dubbed "Pan Galactic Bloodfest" has ended in the death of the Melfynian hero Borch who was given a great funeral to match and with the cherished Kimdt injured and stuck in recovery. While no one quite knows the identity of the formidable adversary who took down Borch, the Melfynians were eventually able to piece together that Kimdt's injuries were sustained as she was left alone in that entire mess after being split from Wendeq. With the same story applicable accross different attendees however. finding out what exactly happened to Kimdt in her misadventures would prove rather difficult although animated shorts of what may have happened, also highly exaggerated as yet another heroic feat, has surfaced on the UwU.
• To compound on the misfortunes, the arrangements made with other alien scholars in the Melfynians linguistics pursuits were all wasted as the newest acquisitions and recordings were also lost with Kimdt's destroyed waterball.
• In more worrisome news, the Serpent has finally reached a point where something has to be built in Melfynus as it has begun to remember something of its previous caretaker from long ago which scholars suspect was the Caller responsible for whatever project Melfynus was meant to be. A task force has been formed to evaluate and plan for this construction in hopes it would actually be something good once completed.
• Much thanks given to the Kronin for their timely intervention which was critical to Kimdt's longevity. In an attempt to better the Melfynians friendship with one of their better trade partners, an envoy was sent to their system with information which the mercenary group may find interesting.

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Current Stats (in the following order)
Diplomacy 9
Military 6
Economy 1
Philosophy 5
Intrigue 10

New Ruler Next Round?
No

Expected Stat Bonuses
Dip +1

[PepperP.]

Galactic Droccen Imperium
Capital Region G19
Colonial Regions F18, H18, G21, G17, H20, F20

Empress Sai
Diplomacy 10
Military 6
Economy 6
Philosophy 5
Intrigue 1

Round 9 Actions
1.[Diplomacy]Claim H22 on Ideological grounds. 18
2.[Diplomacy]Attend Event. (Accept Capital Ship Hulls from CEL. Accept Korima's safe return from CWZ. Accept CWZ pledge of vassalization.)
3.[Economy]Buyout Magnalium Alloy TP 1 in region H18. 16
4.[Economy]Send an expedition into I19. 12
5.[Economy]Send an expedition into I21. 16
6.[Economy 5]Improve resource quantity in G21 for Singing Fly Traps from minor to good.



Embassy Actions

• Rocthurhi
• Vilari Sodality
• Conclave of the Black Sun

Non-actions

• Resist unauthorized conversions and buyouts.
• Support all buyouts and claims by the NDA.

News and Rumors

• Tensions are high as Droccen's military prepares for deployment. Sai orders 4 warships to ready for battle including the famous Grandma Guardians. The realm is astonished however, as the Empress returns with no lives lost and the Commonwealth's allegiance in the place of violence. It is Sai's hope that Droccen may lead Zara by example and turn their propensity for intrigue towards more productive avenues.
• Mika Ren says farewell to her Rocthurhi friends and travels across the galaxy to Tezh territory to begin her stay in the seat of The One.
• Droccen reels as the news of Korima's disappearance spreads and vigils and gifts pour in on a daily basis.
• Hotokie is distraught by his mother's disappearance, but his subscriber count balloons into the millions.
• Celebrations across the territories break out as Korima is returned home safely. Mobs block the palace gates constantly, wishing to give the superstar well wishes or catch a glimpse of Space King who is said to be convalescing on Droccen after being injured during Korima's rescue. Sai had made sure that the Space King's couch was returned to him as well.
• Space King's popularity skyrockets after tales of his daring rescue and escape of the Commonwealth's notorious auction-brawl. His purple plushie gets a second production run and sells out within minutes!
• All who fought on the side of Sukero on Korima's behalf at the auction are formally recognized as friends to Droccen.
• Crowds gather to watch the arrival of the popularly villainized Governor Zivska who is escorted into a secure compound to await his trial. Thousands vied to arrive first thing in the morning in order to get a picture of him.
• People are surprised to learn CWZ have procured exclusive broadcasting rights to Korima's content. Speculation on what they paid for the rights runs rampant and the superstar promises her fans a BIG surprise is coming...

Stat Increases
+2 Eco

[Ausar]

The Dawnstar Dominion

Master Marius Thresher Nox
Diplomacy:6
Military:8
Economy:8
Philosophy:4
Intrigue:4

Actions:
1 (Mil) Raise a Unit

2 (Mil) Raise a Unit

3 (Dip) Establish a claim on U7 [17]

4 (Dip) Attend the Pan-Galactic Auction event

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Bid on region D24 for a use of Econ 10 to create a tech with effect of NYX's choosing in 3 rounds.
Gift Rothuun candidate Zurtak Icehardened 1 Unit (Grey Bulwark fleet)

5 (Mil) Invade W7 with 2 Units under Marius Thresher Nox, Mil 8.

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'Scour the Bridge'.
Mindful of the threat of effective command, 'Dominion strike squads lead daring strafing runs targeting the bridge of the opposing flagship, in a bid to cripple their command structure (chance of leader loss for enemies increased by 4)

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Master's Force; The personal guard force of the standing Master. Remains within home territory 'cept in times of war, where they join the Master's grand fleet.

Grey Bulwark; The first squadron of 'the Line' equipped with GLD, the 'Bulwark is one of the oldest continuously operational squadrons in Starfleet, known for their complex, interlocking defensive formations, and possessing the fastest cruisers among the Wardens' forces.

Stalwart Shield; Refitted with the last major reserves of metal available to the fledgling Aurelian Order, the 'Shield is one of the Wardens' heavier squadrons, comprised of bulky, ponderously slow heavy cruisers. Using tractor beams to remain anchored in formation during battle, these armoured beasts are formidable weapons platforms. Heavily damaged in the attack on Hallion, the Shield were rapidly repaired by the Aurelian Order and sent back into the field as a bulwark.

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Ravager Squadron; The oldest and most decorated squadron in Starfleet, Ravager's Squadron Leaders were the most commonly elected to the position of Officer & Master. Such storied names as Aurelius, first Master of the Interstellar Era, back to Axton himself, led the Ravagers to glory on the battlefield. Lost with all hands on the Great Foray, the Ravagers banners remain on display in the Academy, a relic of the days the 'Dominion stood above all others.

Crimson Heart; Marius' personal flotilla of light cruisers, the only vessels to return from the Great Foray, credited with establishing the roots of vassalage within the neighbouring system of the pencilpushers. Lost in transit to defend their valiant allies in the SPR, the fate of the Crimson Heart remains unknown.

First Flight; The first squadron into space, First Flight scoured the stars in the days before the GLD was gifted to the 'Dominion, tirelessly mapping the Talvox system and surrounding sector, establishing peaceable relations with lesser races and remaining a beacon of hope that advanced life remained beyond our knowledge. Lost in battle against unknown foes during the Great Foray, First Flight remains a symbol of all exploration may gain for our great 'Dominion.

Shatter Squadron: The teeming mass of corvettes, crewed by the most inexperienced of Starfleet's recruits, is the breeding ground for competent non-nobility to rise to prominence. Unfortunately, this inexperience led Shatter to catastrophe as a routine navigation task delegated to a fresh-faced ensign went horribly awry, shooting the squadron into the heart of an exoplanet on their inaugural jump as part of the Great Foray.

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TP 1 U11 (Jabberjaus)[Fuel]
TP 1 W7 (Gazmium)[Hard Metal]
TP 1 U7 (Mindbreakers)[The Valuable Trained Personnel One]

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No new leader
Projected increases Mil + 1, Dip +1

[Mary_Sue]

The Eternal Assembly of Alysia
Region K25

Round 8 Actions
[Military]Send a reconnaissance team of 2 units into O9.
[Military]Conquer O7 with 3 units. ( Level 10 General + 3 units)
[Military]Conquer P10 with 3 units. ( Eladia Mil 6 + 3 units)
[Military]Raise Unit
[Intrigue]Begin work on an espionage agency in the capital. (1,5)
[Secret]

Non-actions

• Respect KSP's wish to discontinue communication. No more communication will be sent, as requested.
• Support UNN's interest in obtaining clean energy.
• In lieu of conquering O11 in glorious battle, EAA concedes the region to KNV in exchange for a future trade for Warbeasts, FLEX Security and an undisclosed military technology. KNV shall also offer themselves as a bulwark against the same in the event that EAA becomes threatened by the AI menace.

Expected Stat Increases
+2 Military
+1 Intrigue

Prime Minister Eladia Makeda Sarai
Diplomacy 10
Military 6
Economy 10
Philosophy 1
Intrigue 3

[DionysisReborn]

Rocthurhi

Actions: Roll
1: [DIP] Attend Auction Event - In order to stay current in galactic politics and events and complete arrangements made with other powers, Sashagoona and two other Rocthurhi attended the Pan-Galactic Auction. While this was successful in a number of ways, all three attendees did require some medical attention on return and were given leave time to regrow their missing tentacles.

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Accept Galactic Currency Mint from the Etherites

2: [DIP] DIP10: Permanent CI "Requires Verification" - Given the vast amounts of information and idealogies currently flying around in Axiom, the Rocthurhi have doubled down on the need to verify, experiment, and confirm information and opinions being heard or told from outside the Uplift Chorus. The Nexus has spearheaded this effort by creating much more rigorous courses on fact checking and methods of verification.
3: [DIP] Press Claim on U9 *Resolution* - Given the several years of conflict with the Draax, no effort was spared in the attempt to cease conflict with their fleet. All available diplomatic resources and assets were sent to the area to begin attempts at peacemaking and stabilization. Resources were offered and assistance was provided in a number or areas that the Draax were experiencing difficulties in, and once the Rocthurhi became aware of Draax fuel shortage, shipments of methane gas from Thuum began immediately. After a period of time working together, and seeing the benefits of cooperation, the Rocthurhi invited the Draax to solidify their agreements, acknowledge the connection of their peoples through the truth of The One, and to join the coalition that the Rocthurhi have established.
4: [INT] Investigate Efficiency Ground 1/10 - Given the significant shift to Axiom that was caused by the revolution, the Rocthurhi have started a major effort to uncover the truth of Efficiency Ground. What it is, how it works, what it's purpose is, and where in Axiom it might be. The Rocthurhi have invited certain other powers to join in this project, and the information will be shared with all participants.
5: [INT] Investigate Efficiency Ground 2/10
6: [PHI] Convert G23 Success- The Droccen have requested that the Rocthurhi provide assitance with a planet populated by sapient Penguins. Hopefully the aquatic nature of the ROcthurhi and the penguin people would lead to a mutual understanding, and the acceptance of the basic principles of The One that connects all of us.

Non-Actions:
Resist Buyouts and Conversions not listed.

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Diplomacy: 10
Military: 4
Economy: 5
Philosophy: 10
Intrigue: 3

New Leader: NO
Leader Stat Gain:
+1 INT

News and Rumor:

[Zayuz]

Celestia Enterprises (CLS)
Vassal of The Syndrome Protectorates
“Live like gods.”

Mittens the Lucky Cat (and Ziplock?)
Diplomacy 7
Military 6
Economy 8
Philosophy 1
Intrigue 3

Actions for Round 9 (Rolls)

• [Economy] Purchase X12 Antimatter Refineries TP2!
• [Economy] Purchase R12 Clone Knights TP3!
  
• [Military 5] Tactical Doctrine
  
• [Diplomacy] Stabilize The Magnetic Wastes (X12) using Liege's Score! (10)
  
• [Diplomacy] Attend Auction
  - Give Resident Spies and FLEX security to the GEN
  - Calmly remind CWZ of the times that the two have worked together, and politely request that they do not attempt any reckless thievery for things owned by Celestia Enterprise Shareholders
  - Receive 'Friendly Interest' from GEN
  - Give to CWZ 2 favors to the CMC (Pulling Celestia 2 favors into debt with them), Microplating, War Beasts, Trade League
  - Receive Library of Peace from CWZ
  
  

Non Actions:
Vassalize to the Syndrome! (Embassy action!)

Encourage the SoS to continue to uphold their philosophical roots
"Now that the containment has been breached and the Same is released onto the galaxy, Celestia Enterprises expects the Sisterhood to uphold the good name of their faith despite the great evil which would claim unity through the One to be something else entirely."

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Owned Regions:
X14 - Olympia [Unstable]
X12 - The Magnetic Wastes [Unstable]
W13 - Unnamed [Stable]
W15 - Unnamed [Stable]

Trade Posts:
[Guardians] TP2 and TP3 in Sui Generis (G19)
[Entertainment] TP2 in Zara (G25)
[Broadcasting Tech] TP1 in Olympia (X14)
[Genetic Engineers] TP2 in the Heart Beacons! (S21)
[Diamond Statues] TP3 in (Y5!)
[Youth Extractors] TP1 in (W3!)
[Antimatter Refineries] TP1 in (X12!)

Cultural Identities:
Surplus Brand Recognition (Increase die size on faraway [hard/improbable]) economic [buyout offense/defense] actions in regions with [great] resource quantities!) [Also owned by Carulflaith]

Embassies:
Syndrome
The Harmony

Military Units [4]
- Planetary Garrison
- Ziplock's Fleet

Generals:
- Ziplock [8] - A military AI that was found in the remnants of Prosperity's Ruin.

Techs:

Trade
[Requires Broadcasting Tech] Long-Range Advertising Campaigns - Reduces ZoI by one step for defending against buyouts!
[Requires Electronics] Trade League - If a player owns two or more TPs in a region that is adjacent to one of their own regions, they gain a Claim on that region
[Requires Precious Metals + One other Resource] Galactic Currency Mint - +1 to Buyouts
[Requires Broadcasting Tech or Spies resource, and an embassy with the target] Resident Spies - Treat one secret action per turn as if its ZoI was centered on the capital of a Stellar Power you have an Embassy with. The target must be Close, Adjacent, or within the Capital region.
[Requires Space Knights] FLEX Security - +1 Against theft

War
[Requires Fauna] War Beasts - +1 to Battles
[Requires Hard Metals] Enhanced Microplating - +1 to Battles

Secrets Whispered: 1