04-13-2011, 03:58 PM
G.A.P.H EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM ALERT
THIS IS NOT A TEST!
At approximately 3:14am universal time today, a heretofore unknown alien species has entered the home system of the Consortium. No contact has yet been established with the vessel. It appears to be a small scout ship, but our planetary defense forces will consider it armed and extremely dangerous until we have more information.
There is no link at this time between this alien vessel and the previously reported rumors of an "evil" presence on the other side of the star cluster. That "grim finger" presence is not, repeat NOT, confirmed to be tied to this invading space fleet. Not yet, anyway.
However, we have ALSO detected one of the Tilkata scouts has penetrated all the way through to our home system as well. The Tilkatians have been friendly, so far, and there is no indication that they are in contact with this new invading species. But we are still racing to learn more about both alien species.
Citizens are advised to stock up on toilet paper.
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Gaaaaah! Invaders! In our HOME SYSTEM!!! We will race to establish communication, of course, but this is highly alarming. Especially now that the Tilkatians have discovered our home system as well. It was inevitable, and not necessarily bad, but we find it highly curious that WE - the masters of information - have not yet detected anyone ELSE's home systems.
Maybe it is time to goose our nascent Space Pioneer forces. And it is DEFINITELY time to pop up some more impenetrable planetary defenses.
Which ties in to our other main story from this turn. We now have the ability to construct star bases. Turns out our scientists have, once again, boosted our technological capabilities far beyond what was planned! And once again, our Manufacturing sector has pulled ahead of our Mining sector, so there will be some rebalancing to do next turn. But this is a happy problem to have.
Research will most likely have to be put on the back-burner in light of these highly disturbing events. We don't need another transport, either -- the one we have is sufficient for now, since we have not yet discovered another easily-colonized world. So we will be building at least a couple of ships this turn to bolster the Space Pioneers and recover some situational awareness. We got caught with our pants down, and it better not happen again!
The InfoMine colony is doing well enough, with its base economic output up 20% over last turn. Still very small, but encouraging.
Our giant colonizer arrived at the neighboring system safely, thanks to our earlier push into Gravitics. We will have boots on the ground in that system asap. Now that security is an emerging issue, we will need to lay plans for defense of that colony. It will be too small to build its own defense base for quite some time, and we do not yet have the technology to build remote base modules. At some point we are going to have to start a (purely defensive) military-class star fleet.
The Game Is On.
THIS IS NOT A TEST!
At approximately 3:14am universal time today, a heretofore unknown alien species has entered the home system of the Consortium. No contact has yet been established with the vessel. It appears to be a small scout ship, but our planetary defense forces will consider it armed and extremely dangerous until we have more information.
There is no link at this time between this alien vessel and the previously reported rumors of an "evil" presence on the other side of the star cluster. That "grim finger" presence is not, repeat NOT, confirmed to be tied to this invading space fleet. Not yet, anyway.
However, we have ALSO detected one of the Tilkata scouts has penetrated all the way through to our home system as well. The Tilkatians have been friendly, so far, and there is no indication that they are in contact with this new invading species. But we are still racing to learn more about both alien species.
Citizens are advised to stock up on toilet paper.
* * *
Gaaaaah! Invaders! In our HOME SYSTEM!!! We will race to establish communication, of course, but this is highly alarming. Especially now that the Tilkatians have discovered our home system as well. It was inevitable, and not necessarily bad, but we find it highly curious that WE - the masters of information - have not yet detected anyone ELSE's home systems.
Maybe it is time to goose our nascent Space Pioneer forces. And it is DEFINITELY time to pop up some more impenetrable planetary defenses.
Which ties in to our other main story from this turn. We now have the ability to construct star bases. Turns out our scientists have, once again, boosted our technological capabilities far beyond what was planned! And once again, our Manufacturing sector has pulled ahead of our Mining sector, so there will be some rebalancing to do next turn. But this is a happy problem to have.
Research will most likely have to be put on the back-burner in light of these highly disturbing events. We don't need another transport, either -- the one we have is sufficient for now, since we have not yet discovered another easily-colonized world. So we will be building at least a couple of ships this turn to bolster the Space Pioneers and recover some situational awareness. We got caught with our pants down, and it better not happen again!
The InfoMine colony is doing well enough, with its base economic output up 20% over last turn. Still very small, but encouraging.
Our giant colonizer arrived at the neighboring system safely, thanks to our earlier push into Gravitics. We will have boots on the ground in that system asap. Now that security is an emerging issue, we will need to lay plans for defense of that colony. It will be too small to build its own defense base for quite some time, and we do not yet have the technology to build remote base modules. At some point we are going to have to start a (purely defensive) military-class star fleet.
The Game Is On.