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Ship Name; Bucephalas
Governing body; Monarchy
Star: Bottom right yellow star
Colour: #008040

Brief description / background;
A young and ambitious entrepreneur saw this expansion as a great opportunity to further his own goals. Packing up a large portion of his company with his loyal employees, and instating himself as their rightful ruler, he enters the colonization race wishing for only one outcome.

Size: 1 + x = 1
Speed: 1 + x = 1
Mobility: 1 + x = 1
Weaponry; 1 + x = 1
Armour: 1 + x = 1
Hull: 1 + x = 1
Sensors: 1 + x = 1
Extraction: 1 + 2 = 3
Refining: 1 + 2 = 3
Manufacturing; 1 + 2 = 3
Agriculture: 1 + x = 1
Education: 1 + 1 = 2
Culture: 1 + 1= 2
Medical: 1 + x = 1
Living Quarters: 1 + x = 1
Cargo Hold: 1 + x = 1
Military: 1 + x = 1
R & D: 1 + 1 = 2
Population: 1 + 1 = 2

Ship Name; Caelus
Governing body; Board of the Enlightened
Star: The red one, forming the obtuse angle in the red-star triad
Colour: #FF8000

Brief description / background; A connected team of several brilliant scientists linked lives and minds to form this colony. They set out to further the research and understanding of interstellar biological systems and mechanical working in hopes to diplomatically (or forcefully, if needed) achieve stable infrastructure throughout their Universe.

Size: x
Speed: x
Mobility: x
Weaponry; x
Armour: x
Hull: x
Sensors: x
Extraction: x
Refining: xxx
Manufacturing; xx
Agriculture: x
Education: xxxx
Culture: x
Medical: x
Living Quarters: x
Cargo Hold: x
Military: x
R & D: xxxxx
Population: x

Turn Two; how could i forget to name a turn!?

GagarinX-1961
> Examine the remaining two planets in the star system.
Moving the ship to the outer-edges of the system beyond the interference of the crystal laden gas giant

With the scan cleared up the first orbital is an asteroid class object with an average atmosphere of 0.98 Atmos. Terran normal or close enough. This distance from the star has left the surface cold but otherwise habitable with most of the planet given over to a lush green hue. Great clouds drift across the high atmosphere. An above average metal content is detected While the mineral content is either nothing, or beyond the range of your sensors.

The last planet in the system is a desert planet with an incredibly thick atmosphere maintaining a very high surface temperature despite the freezing distance from the systems star. Strange signals are coming from the planets surface although the planets atmosphere reduces them to unintelligible garbage.

> Propose to the population that we settle one of the planetary bodies here before making our way to the yellow star system closer to human lines, where we may find more hospitable planet types. Allow them to choose which planets to colonize through a vote, to see which spikes their scientific curiosity. Use the Gas Giant as a fallback.
The Fourth planet matches the best habitation, its only negatives are a low surface gravity.
The Second planet is second in the list of most habitable planets using air-locked habitats the surface's high resource content would serve for a good extraction base.

The nearest star is 8 turns away, directly coreward, Alternatively a surveyor pod could make it in 5 turns.

> Once that issue is settled, commence colonization and set up communications so we can stay in touch during our voyage.
A Com's array is sent to manufacturing aboard the station, designed to be stowed away aboard a surveyor pod and unpacked either in space or on the ground as the unit would not survive re-entry. ETA 1 more turn.

DRON##@
>Vector near the fourth planet and begin low-orbit surveys of surface conditions, sweeping for cracks in the dust storm with conventional optics and extended spectrum tools.
The 4th planet's thick atmosphere is laden laden with radioactive material, its surface is an approximation of Terran normal with great mutated plant-life fighting the extreme heat and radioactive firestorms.

>Weld a few layers of extra heat shielding onto both survey pods. Ferry as many colonists and supplies as possible to a polar and an equatorial dropsite, respectively. The colonists should focus colony construction around small bunkers in the drop terrain and erect sensor arrays for collecting environmental data.
Which planet was this? (turn with-held, action will be posted on next turn)

>Begin assembly of four communications satellites equipped with our advanced systems. If one is completed this cycle, kick it out into high orbit over the ex-terran world.
Construction begins of a series of new drones estimated construction time is 10 turns a drone. Next drone in 9 turns.
Logistics warn that after the first drone there wont be enough minerals to manufacture the second.


IEF Conquest
Scan the terran-like world for good settling places, preferably grassland with good access to water.
The scanners take in the planets terrain picking out a location on the equator where the temperature is more favorable. The planets low gravity would allow an ion powered return flight to commence should personnel need to be shuttled to and from.

>Once found, start landing key colony development personnel while keeping a skeleton crew onboard.
The aerodyne craft each drop 20 people (including 3 pilots) shuttle down the first 36 and the second shuttle takes down a cache of supplies. Forgoing the empty gunnery station the shuttles are able to cart down an additional person.

Settlement 01
Planet: Frey
Star: 01
Population: 36
Living Quarters; 40*
Metals: 17 Units
Minerals: 10 Units
Food: 4 Units (consumption of 0.01 per person, per day)
Mining Equipment

Currently the colonists are living out of the aerodyne craft. A request is put forward for manufacturing facilities to be constructed and shipped to the surface for more permanent housing.

>Send down critical supplies for the foundation of the colony. Raw materials and food/water.


The Aerodyne craft make a second drop of materials including the mining equipment. (stats in the above turn include this turn)

Both Aerodyne craft have suffered some light damage to their landing gear during the rough landings however both remain operational.

UKNS Pagoe
>Scan the lower-gravity planet in the pair for acceptable landing sites. How much lower gravity is it?
Moving closer the scanners working the planets surface over. The Surveyor pods are prepared with 9 people 1 pilot in each craft. The sensors pick up a few options depending on your aims.

>A large flat desert area. non-self sustainable, but large mineral deposits detected.
>A equatorial peninsula that would allow the best return flight and serve as a better global control stating point.
>A large grassy plains area best for building up with large areas to construct initial agriculture and housing.

The planets gravity is around 0.5g.

>Once an acceptable site is found, send out a detachment of colonists to begin construction of facilities.
Colonists with basic construction materials await your decision of landing site.
(Turn held till next turn)

>Talk to whatever research team we have; see what new military technologies we could have access to (esp. those which improve the structural integrity of the ship/our weapons).
An initial brain storming session results in a few avenues of research that are open to the lab.
1) reinforcing the intial superstructure with added material.
2) Stronger sensors for detection and tracking of craft.
3) Advancing the Point defense array's with new ammo
4) Advancements in cooling / power capacitors for the ships main particle accelerator.


Whelp lets 6 man this. Though im calling that the hard limit.
Bucephalas
Arriving at the star the mostly barren orbits contain only two planets.

The first a Volcanic planet with a toxic atmosphere of caustic chemicals, Sensors return a near 0 reading of minerals and below average metal content. The planets ecosystem is functional albiet not pleasnat for humans.

The second planet possess terran normal atmosphere however its planet hugging orbit leaves it with a hot surface temperature. The planets surface is a wave of dust storms the static surface below almost undetectable. The planet contains an unprecedented amount of mineral content, even the dust itslef is shards of minerals blown into the upper atmosphere.

Caelus
Arriving at the red-dwarf closest to empire lines, Several planets are detected in orbit around the star.

The first planet a snowy tundra with a terran normal atmosphere and a surface temperature slightly bellow terran normal. Mineral content is blow terran normal while metal content is terran normal.

The first planets sole moon is a desert rock with thick atmosphere and terran normal surface temperature. A stark opposite of its parent planet possessing a thick atmosphere and below average metal content while terran normal mineral content.

Further out a lone rock planet orbits just shy of the systems asteroid belt With low gravity and an extremely cold surface temperatures. Terran normal metal and mineral contents.

The systems asteroid belt contains a single moonlet with high gravity accumulating more asteroids as it goes, the moonlet itself posesses a radioactive atmosphere. The asteroid belt and moonlet contain a record breaking concentration of metals representing an avenue for resource exploitation.

The planet I intended to drop on was the 4th planet I had already moved to orbit in the previous action. I hope that action will go through retroactively.

>Continue landing at the colony sites and begin extraction of raw minerals, moving enough mining tools for the entire population planetside. Colonists are to limit exposure to the outside environment and remain mostly underground or within the survey pods.

>Order the supercomputer-technical division to commence rapid prototyping of a cheap, barebones, unpressurized surface-to-orbit cargo drone that can rapidly shift supplies at a steep drop vector.

>Development of heavy NBC protective gear for all dirtside colonists is to begin immediately in parallel to the drone project, siphoning off processing power from the supercomp and the expertise of a few scientists from the polytechnic. Researchers should focus on compact ventilation systems and the integration of radiation-resistant polymer [Demron-analogue material].

minor:
>>Cease satellite construction and reclaim any minerals or metal already spent.

>Start production of polyethylene protective suits for a subset of 300 colonists
>Scan Moonlet for acceptable landing point
>Once found, release a team of 300 colonists with their protective suits to start building a livable colony

note-this is my first time, so be sure to notify me of any rule-breaking that I may do or bad etiquette I may have.

Depends on how serious the colony, basically drop a pod, build a hut. There name it "bubbas shack on the moon" and youre done. Or you can go all out and build a city.

Basically command a surveyor pod to cart some materials to the surface and some people. Due to the low gravity you will be able to perform a round trip, higher gravity planets would require more than an ion drive.

How many people can occupy a standard pod?

Surveyor Pods (Comes with the Size 1 Craft) Is 9 People, 1 Pilot and 1 Unit of Cargo. Or

Aerodyne Transports (Comes with the Size 2 Craft) Is 17 People with 2 Pilots and 1 Gunner (Gunnery Station unused if no guns are fitted) Along with 2 units of cargo Alternatively they may be fitted with 10 units of cargo in place of the personnel.

How many of each does the size 2 have? And they can both make round trips on this particular planet?

To the yet to be named Planet 4? Yep. The low surface gravity would allow the ion drives to return.
And it comes with 2 of the craft.

>Scout for a stable environment on the surface, preferably a fissure or a cliff face facing away from the storm, then place the colony ship in geostat orbit on that location.

>Create designs for a heavy lander, capable of carrying miners and equipment to the surface, then ferrying ore/minerals back to the ship, and if all goes to plan, begin construction of one.

>If a site has been found, load the two surveyor pods with a surveyor, an engineer, miners, mining gear and the mining drone, then send them to site.

All of this on the Sandstorm planet naturally.