This session I will continue with the refits to latest tech and based on the tips from Hawkeye on the forum improve my attack strength with better missiles so I have some chance if the Tau Ceti menace attack.
To improve our missiles research is started on warhead strength 4 which will complete on the 12th of April 2044.
The minerals on Earth are now starting to deplete although I still have plenty in stockpiles but the mining operations on our mining colonies need to be stepped up.
I have run out of Corbomite which is used for advanced shields, stealth systems and electronic warfare systems.
2043 was not a very eventful year but the majority of the ships in the fleet are now refitted to the current tech levels. In 2044 we are going to design a salvage ship so we can salvage the three unknown craft in the Luyten 726-8 system. We are also going to design a jump gate construction ship to connect Sol with Luyten 726-8.
The details of the construction ship are as follows:
Builder class Construction Ship 61500 tons 733 Crew 1517.6 BP TCS 1230 TH 1200 EM 0
975 km/s Armour 1-138 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
Maint Capacity 15 MSP Max Repair 38 MSP
Jump Gate Construction Ship: 180 days
Ion Engine E0.8 Commercial (8) Power 150 Fuel Use 8% Signature 150 Armour 0 Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres Range 18.3 billion km (217 days at full power)
This design is classed as a commercial vessel for maintenance purposes
We don't currently have a shipyard of this capacity so that will also be set in action.
The salvage craft design is completed shortly after:
Scrap Merchant class Salvager 28600 tons 591 Crew 811.4 BP TCS 572 TH 900 EM 0
1573 km/s Armour 1-83 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
Maint Capacity 18 MSP Max Repair 200 MSP
Salvager: 2 module(s) capable of salvaging 1000 tons per day
Ion Engine E0.8 Commercial (6) Power 150 Fuel Use 8% Signature 150 Armour 0 Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 100,000 Litres Range 78.7 billion km (578 days at full power)
This design is classed as a commercial vessel for maintenance purposes
In June 2044 a survey is started of the Kruger 60 system.
The geosurvey is completed very quickly:
Rocky Planets: 5 Surveyed: 5
Gas Giants: 4 Surveyed: 4
Moons: 18 Surveyed: 18
Asteroids: 0 Surveyed: 0
Kruger 60-B I
Uridium 577,600 Acc: 1
Kruger 60-B V - Moon 7
Mercassium 282 Acc: 1
As you can see the system has very few minerals. Just checked for some reason the moons haven't been surveyed odd. The first jump point is found in Kruger 60 on the 24th of August.
On the 2nd of November the survey is completed of Kruger 60 and only one jump point is discovered. New Horizon 002 explores the unknown jump point. This jump point leads to Groombridge 34 which is a system with two stars and three terrestrial bodies only one is possibly colonisable with a cost of 3.37.
At last on the 21st of November 2044 the Wolf 47 system is explored and orbiting the second star are two terrestrial moons with colony costs of 2.20 and 2.39. A survey of the system is quickly started.
Whilst carrying out a geosurvey of Wolf 47-B III Moon 13 an EM signature of 39884 is detected and it seems we have found a new alien race. No ships have been detected but all ships in the system are ordered to return to the Gliese 892 jump point. No chances are to be taken after the last contact we had with an alien race. we are currently neutral so a diplomatic team is assigned the task of communication with the aliens.
By the 21st of December we have made trivial progress in our attempts at communication. Also on this day New Horizon 002 completes the exploration of the jump points in Gliese 892 and enters the Gliese 2 system there are no planetary bodies just a star with a spectral class of M2-V.
We are making quite good progress in our communication attempts hopefully they might let us colonise the other planet in there system.
On the 6th of January 2045 a thermal contact with a reading of 50 is picked up 900,000 km from the Gliese 892 jump point in Wolf 47. The contact is designated Revenge 001 by our intelligence service. New Horizon 001 activates it's active sensor to gather more information.
The ship is very small and from our intel seems less advanced than our ships. The estimated tonnage is 1000 tons with a speed of 2500 km/s. It has a sensor with a strength of 10 and a resolution of 51. The max range is 5.1m km it has a GPS of 510. Chances are it's just come to check us out but the worry is what other ships may be hiding.
The alien ship is heading our way. All craft except New Horizon 001 commanded by 1st Commodore Isabelle Donnelly transit the jump point back to Gliese 892.
At 19:18 on the 6th of January the alien contact starts moving away. Commodore Donnelly decides to follow at 21:13 the contact is lost.
Using the new tech all missiles are redesigned the PDC based missiles are:
Missile Size: 4 MSP (0.2 HS) Warhead: 6 Armour: 0 Manoeuvre Rating: 13
Speed: 26100 km/s Endurance: 16 minutes Range: 25.3m km
Cost Per Missile: 3.313
Chance to Hit: 1k km/s 339.3% 3k km/s 104% 5k km/s 67.9% 10k km/s 33.9%
Materials Required: 1.5x Tritanium 1.7381x Gallicite Fuel x1123.5
Development Cost for Project: 331RP
The ship based anti-ship missile is as follows:
Missile Size: 2 MSP (0.1 HS) Warhead: 4 Armour: 0 Manoeuvre Rating: 11
Speed: 22400 km/s Endurance: 19 minutes Range: 25.1m km
Cost Per Missile: 1.7707
Chance to Hit: 1k km/s 246.4% 3k km/s 77% 5k km/s 49.3% 10k km/s 24.6%
Materials Required: 1x Tritanium 0.5207x Gallicite Fuel x557.5
Development Cost for Project: 177RP
The welcoming committee becomes a little larger on the 10th of January with six ships. Two Fletcher class at 6250 tons, two vikings at 6300 tons, a Prince Of Wales at 6300 tons and a Churchill at 12600 tons.
Commodore Donnelly decides to make an exit to the Gliese 892 system rather than cause any tension. The two viking craft and the Prince Of Wales follow shortly after. The combat ships in the Sol system are given orders to move to the Luyten 726-8 jump point.
The ships in the Gliese 892 system are given orders to stand there ground as currently the aliens do not know the location of the Sol system. Kate Wallace after speaking to the military heads of staff realises that there is no way to get any combat ships to the Gliese 892 system as the tonnage of the ships is too high for the current level of military jump drive. All available research labs are given orders to complete jump drive efficiency 5 and this should complete by the 3rd of September this year.
After a short while the aliens disappear. On the 16th of January major progress is made in the communication attempts. On the 7th of February the alien race identifies itself as the Peoples Republic of Gienah. Hopefully now friendly relations can be fostered.
On the 10th of March we discover our second unexplored jump point in Gliese 2 and a third on is found on the 26th of March.
A fourth jump point is found on the 4th of July.
On the 6th of July the St John commercial shipyard completes its capacity expansion to 61632 which allow it to build the Jump Gate builder design.
On the 30th of July the gravsurvey of Gliese 2 completes and the system has four unexplored jump points.
All survey craft are given order to meet at the first unexplored jump point they will then refuel and the Gormus will return to Earth for a refuel and resupply.
New Horizon 001 will maintain a presence at the Wolf 47 jump point.
New Horizon 002 jumps into the O. Struve 547 system on the 16th of September 2045 this is the twelfth system explored since 2025.
Well that's all for this update we are making steady progress with the Peoples Republic Of Gineah so hopefully we may gain an ally.
Stay tuned for more adventures in space.
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