04-04-2011, 04:32 PM
First Contact has been achieved!
We have confirmed contact with an intelligent life form. They have graciously provided secure communication frequencies, and we will begin what will hopefully be a long series of productive exchanges of information, technology, and diplomatic missions.
Space Pioneer scout 3 has arrived safely at her destination! The crew is safe, and the hull is intact, if abit bruised from its rocky passage through hyperspace. The new system is fairly bland - only one planet, and not a very usable one at that - but we are glad to know about it, and long term plans for its orderly development are now being drawn.
Our Mining sector received the bulk of our energies this past turn, and our scientists have reported better-than-expected progress! Our mines are now churning out even more in the way of raw materials than our already-highly-efficient factories can process. We are actually in a position to stockpile raw materials, or turn them over to the commercial sector via "recycling". While this is a happy problem to have, we are still looking into the possibility of bumping up manufacturing once again to bring our economy back into balance.
However, this might be hampered by our colonial aspirations! First, we now have a colony! We have laid the foundation on DataMine - our in-system planet that is just barely habitable. The equipment and colonists have all been deployed. All that is left is to "install" the mines and factories and we can begin producing "things". Of course, for the forseeable future, the DataMine colony will focus directly on developing itself. The fact that we face a deadly battle against the planet's harsh surface conditions every day means that most of our productive capacity will remain tied up with mere survival. But over time that will change.
Secondly, we now have the capacity to build a TR-8 class star freighter. Yes, you read that right. Not just the technical ability, but the economic capacity. We can potentially build the largest freighter ever conceived AND stock it full with colonists and equipment. We already have a system/planet in mind. We have not yet decided whether to build this all in one turn, or spread it over multiple turns in order to continue developing our economy. But the fact that our first out-system colony is merely a few turns away is exciting news indeed!
We have confirmed contact with an intelligent life form. They have graciously provided secure communication frequencies, and we will begin what will hopefully be a long series of productive exchanges of information, technology, and diplomatic missions.
Space Pioneer scout 3 has arrived safely at her destination! The crew is safe, and the hull is intact, if abit bruised from its rocky passage through hyperspace. The new system is fairly bland - only one planet, and not a very usable one at that - but we are glad to know about it, and long term plans for its orderly development are now being drawn.
Our Mining sector received the bulk of our energies this past turn, and our scientists have reported better-than-expected progress! Our mines are now churning out even more in the way of raw materials than our already-highly-efficient factories can process. We are actually in a position to stockpile raw materials, or turn them over to the commercial sector via "recycling". While this is a happy problem to have, we are still looking into the possibility of bumping up manufacturing once again to bring our economy back into balance.
However, this might be hampered by our colonial aspirations! First, we now have a colony! We have laid the foundation on DataMine - our in-system planet that is just barely habitable. The equipment and colonists have all been deployed. All that is left is to "install" the mines and factories and we can begin producing "things". Of course, for the forseeable future, the DataMine colony will focus directly on developing itself. The fact that we face a deadly battle against the planet's harsh surface conditions every day means that most of our productive capacity will remain tied up with mere survival. But over time that will change.
Secondly, we now have the capacity to build a TR-8 class star freighter. Yes, you read that right. Not just the technical ability, but the economic capacity. We can potentially build the largest freighter ever conceived AND stock it full with colonists and equipment. We already have a system/planet in mind. We have not yet decided whether to build this all in one turn, or spread it over multiple turns in order to continue developing our economy. But the fact that our first out-system colony is merely a few turns away is exciting news indeed!