SYSNES2: On the Lathe of Suns

And diplomatic treaty signing is a specialist action, I believe?

Does that mean that a diplomat may sign a treaty and the jump out of system, but cannot jump out of system and then sign a treaty in the same turn?
 
Diplomatic negotiations occur during "Specialist Abilities Applied," before Movement. So you can't move and negotiate, but you can negotiate and move.

To give an applied example: if your guys show up as Treaty of Kathekon says they will, they'll arrive in early UC 4973 but can't do anything. In UC 4974, the Diplomat negotiates and the Analyst Researches; then the Biologist and Diplomat move on to your ship, and the ship moves to SAF2 or SAF3. In UC 4975, the Analyst is loaded onto my ship and moves to SAF2; your ship moves to Lipsid Beta and you can use the Biologist at the very start of UC 4976, which is the first year after this update. You will get your Biologist back that same year.

For the purposes of a multi-year turn, this is all sort of abstracted a bit, but it relies on the same basic principles and it's sound to plan your movement as if it was three normal updates compressed together.
 
Disenfrancised said:
[Iggy] You forgot to pay for moving stuff between systems again (its 1e for a supply route, 2e for your own trade routes and 4e for foreign trade routes). Also had to raise taxes when you tried to spend 175e with only 167 available before we even got to those unpaid costs.
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Just realized something about this: I'd asked to transport this on one of my government-owned ships, rather than using my merchant fleet. Do I still have to pay the fees in that case?

Also, I just realized that I've been doing this trading stuff all wrong. I should be expanding my merchant tonnage and putting my effort into figuring out how much is needed in which area, rather than stressing myself out by trying to micromanage every one of the ships that I do control directly. I'm very glad to have made this realization, as I was feeling like quitting over the stress of getting my orders done each week. :p
 
Sweet.

And the reason why we can't negotiate at Torport instead of Praxzen is because a specialist can do only one action per turn, I presume.
 
Lord_Iggy said:
Also, I just realized that I've been doing this trading stuff all wrong. I should be expanding my merchant tonnage and putting my effort into figuring out how much is needed in which area, rather than stressing myself out by trying to micromanage every one of the ships that I do control directly. I'm very glad to have made this realization, as I was feeling like quitting over the stress of getting my orders done each week. :p
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Haha yes this is the point of having merchant shipping - to reduce tediousness ;).

EDIT: Seriously, people trying to ship everything by hand are doing it wrong :<
 
To: Ilosians
From: Hank-Sobor Consortium

Given your ability to offer cheaper rates on minerals on the open market than we are currently paying, we wish to renegotiate our current mineral supply contract, or if renegotiation is impossible, cancel the agreement.
 
Hello, I'm your host, Jarl-Ksatriya Dharmborg, and with us tonight is my lovely co-anchor Valkyrie-Boddhisatva Preethilda.

It's great to be here, Dhar! Tonight we have a special entertainment spectacle, a Cathedral exclusive, transmitted by ansibyl and reconstituted at great expense in full four-dimensional resonance for those of you with upgraded viewers.

Let's not bore our nobles with technical jargon, Pree, leave that for the ifrits. *laughter* The Standard Confederacy is known for its ecletic mixture of noble warrior spirit and barbaric tribal customs, and recently the local network has been abuzz with details of a hot new sport coming out of the harsh New Desert of Mern, which represents nobility and barbarism in equal measure.

We sent a team of foreign correspondents into the darkest corners of Mern itself to simulcast a game. Hang on to your seats, ladies and gentlemen.

*voiceover intro and panoramic 360 degree swirl over a smooth glassy bowl cut into the ground, surrounded by stands and cheering people*

The sport of Bladerunning is a mixture of a team-sport and a mixed martial art. Banned for decades on Old Datha due to the high cost of artificial limb replacements, it has experienced an unexpected revival on the footloose planet of Mern, with a modern twist. Bladerunning was initially conceived as a combative crowd-pleasing contest, whereby skaters equipped with carbon-fiber 'blades' attached to their arms would attempt to capture the opponent's flag and return it to their goal, gaining a point after a successful 30-second defense. The mode of prevention is pretty self-explanatory.

But the Standards have completely turned the sport on its head. The bowl is magnetic, ladies and gentlemen. Bladerunners levitate slightly over the playing field at all times, and the linear motors in their skates accelerate them as they apply pressure to the field, which dynamically responds to their force. The whole system requires a staggeringly large group of superconductors to operate successfully. It's a very expensive system for a civilization which lacks central power grids outside of its largest cities, but it's also extremely profitable through ticket sales.

The levitation field also provides an added benefit: Cushioning from falls that can be over twenty meters. Players wear specially charged suits that respond in equal measure to the field generated under the bowl, which tends to cushion the force of impact, but that simply manages to turn deadly falls into extremely painful and potentially bone-breaking ones.

*cut to image of two high-speed skaters clipping by each other, with one tumbling to a jarring halt at the bottom of the bowl*

Meta-Imperial authorities have responded to the first crop of online requests to set up a local Bladerunning League with incredulous denial, so the immense and burgeoning appetite for Bladerunning among the youth of the Cathedral will have to be sated by transmissions from the Standard Confederacy for the time being.

The Tannhauser Gatekeepers and the New Port Elric Attack Ships are currently leading the standings. Let's watch a rebroadcast of their last game...
 
Dis, if I leave no commercial agents at SAF3, will I still be able to run trade routes through the system? And if not, can I leave 1 commercial agent there with no ships? Is doing so considered to be leaving someone in a minimal space station, doing so more the equivalent of spacing one of my specialists?
 
Disenfrancised said:
Haha yes this is the point of having merchant shipping - to reduce tediousness ;).

EDIT: Seriously, people trying to ship everything by hand are doing it wrong :<
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I'm certainly guilty of this (well not EVERYTHING). Although I've saturated my supply routes with some badly thought out deals (I need to stop going through Glon for all my needs!), and I don't want to expand the merchant fleet just yet as I lack for v to upkeep that stuff.

But with Gas giants all my prayers will be answered....
 
Lord_Iggy said:
Dis, if I leave no commercial agents at SAF3, will I still be able to run trade routes through the system? And if not, can I leave 1 commercial agent there with no ships? Is doing so considered to be leaving someone in a minimal space station, doing so more the equivalent of spacing one of my specialists?
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Yes, but it uses your range 2 shipping (as they can skip a system) and is thus max bandwidth on the SR<>LB run is limited by the amount of that you have (which at 75, is still quite a lot).

If you have no ships you'll want to construct a station there, your commercial agents will not be happy floating in space.
 
The Hankish executive leaned her forehead heavily on her fists, muttering darkly. The door behind her rolled silently open, and a shortish man made his way through, browsing through a rack of packets on the wall.

"Rough day Chel?"

Cheley Moamb, of Hank-Sobor external affairs, slid back up into a sitting position, her hands opening to rhythmically press against her temples.

"I'd say that Ben, yeah."

"Mm? Do tell."

It was as much a statement of sympathy as it was a simple mumble of acknowledgement. Ben Soong's fingers clumsily flicked their way across the shelf before stopping, pulling out a small packet, and clipping it into the small IV on his arm. Chel rolled her eyes and began to speak.

"Ah, board says two things, means another, just had to scuttle an agreement I'd just worked out with some out of system bankers, probably looked like a damn idiot doing so. Be's a tough time to work here."

Ben sat down on the table, a small grey square in his hand.

"Caffeine?"

"Nah."

"Well," began the man, "This one's had an interesting morning talking about organization for the SAH7 development with the fishes."

"The Board's got you doing that? A bit outside your job description I'd think."

Ben shrugged and smirked slightly.

"A bit. It is one of the days you regret that little weaponized solar flare that wiped out our Logistics Department."

Chel seemed to simultaneously snort, cough and choke on her own tongue. Her confused throat decided to make a hacking, wheezing noise as a compromise.

"Ben... you might be the only person I know who could say something like that and get away with it. Let alone make it sound funny."

"Well, be's perspective."

"Some sort of weird perspective, at least."

"Yep. The sort of view that would let you blame this latest financial snafu on the fact that all of Hank-Sobor's accountants had the nerve to go get themselves atomized instead of evacuating Quorum."

"That... has crossed a line so many times I don't even know."

"I'd venture to say 'five'."

"Okay, now you's just flirting with me."

"Yes ma'am, genocide jokes be my usual prelude to romantic advances."

Chel snorted and let out a short laugh, before gesturing to the IV.

"So, you sure that be's caffeine in there?"

"Hope so. But in all seriousness, tough times happen- we all be doing things we have very little expertise in. We's the hands and feet of the company, but the head, the body... that's what be gone."

"Heh. I suppose that be's a fair assessment. We be just the people who actually do things."

"And marketing."

"...yeah. And marketing."
 
Wait, Matt already sent in his orders? :<

Will send orders as soon as ai have access to a computer.
 
Thlayli wants me to re-post that Battle Calc F77 (Ground Surprise) is currently bugged, with misplaced negative signs making it harder to surprise armies with abysmal detect / no scanners.
 
Illos-Yan supply pact:

Illos guarantees to fulfil 45 m per year to the Yanii at SAH2, in exchange for 60 e. Failure of a year's fulfilment will result in the following year being free.

The Yanii will establish a trade route through SAH7 to SAH2 from Lipsid Alpha.

Either party may end the agreement with two years' notice.

As soon as possible a deal will be signed officially by diplomatic parties.

Ilosian Promissory Agency

EDIT: Also, we will provide re-supply to the merchant fleet on its trade route
 
Kal'thzar said:
Illos-Yan supply pact:

Illos guarantees to fulfil 45 m per year to the Yanii at SAH2, in exchange for 60 e. Failure of a year's fulfilment will result in the following year being free.

The Yanii will establish a trade route through SAH7 to SAH2 from Lipsid Alpha.

Either party may end the agreement with two years' notice.

As soon as possible a deal will be signed officially by diplomatic parties.

Ilosian Promissory Agency
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Signed in absentia,
Harus Hephoi, President of Yan
 
Not an urgent request, but could the descriptions in the New Techs Discovered sections of each update be added to the Tech spreadsheet? After 10 updates of tech progress it will be much easier to consult the spreadsheet for the descriptions rather than searching across the thread.
 
"Alright people, I've called this press conference today to address some of the concerns the people of Yan have been raising lately in response to my Government's policies.

First of all, let me say how proud I am to be President of a Yan more prosperous and productive than ever before in history. These last few years have seen nothing but unprecedented growth for Yan, for the researcher as well as for the trader. We live in great times ladies and gentlemen, and I am proud to be the one to lead Yan through them.

With that, I'll open the floor to questions."


"Mr. President, this is Chyn Ley from The Future. What do you have to say to those concerned that your Presidential term is the worst thing to have ever happened to Yan and will end with the whole planet in ruins?"

"Miss Ley, I would assure such people that their concerns are completely unfounded. During my term, per capita wealth has been constantly increasing at a high rate, and the wealth gap between the haves and have-nots is said to be the smallest since the Great War. Funding for scientific ventures is higher than ever before and it shows: never in its history has Yan outputted as much scientific research as it does today."


"Mr. President, Ye-Hon Da from The Journal here. Your official policy is to help the scientific community of Yan flourish, yet you have recently ordered the dismantling of most of the housing complexes in the Valley of the Gods. How do you reconcile these actions with your position?"

"Mr. Da, while there are plenty of conspiracy theories floating out there about my seeking to undermine rival parties by cutting their support-base, or even that I hold some sort of buried resentment towards the old Yanii ethnicity from my upbringing in a Heph-style household, the reason is very simple. All of the housing complexes dismantled were uninhabited. While The Valley of The Gods held thousands upon thousands of empty residences, the nation's other regions experienced severe overpopulation problems. This was not a matter of conspiracy; this was a matter of logistics."


"Mr. President, Ghuuy Ele from The Sunday News here. Many Yanii are concerned about our increasing involvement in matters outside of Yan. The recent building of extra-system bases through the Spinwards and the flurry of agreements signed with foreign powers are generally seen as overpriced ventures with no apparent gain. As the masses of protesters currently marching in front of the Presidential Palace ask, why not 'Stick with Yan?'"

"Now listen here. Yan has been isolated from the general discourse of nations for far too long. We cannot possibly hope to advance at a reasonable pace through isolationism. The last three years, with these 'overpriced ventures' of yours, have seen vast amounts of knowledge and expertise stream into Yan. Research labs across the planet are working overtime to comprehend some of the things we're discovering out there. So don't tell me there's no gain to be had."


"Mr. Hephoi, this is Riy Yuuii from New Horizons. Why do you hate Yan?"
 
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Inaugural Address


Roland Tatenda Marius
President of the Praxzen Republic
UC 4975

Friends, citizens: I address you today as the proud leader of a proud people, pleased by the trust which you have placed in me to lead us forward into a new age of greater prosperity and greater security.

As you all well know, these are interesting times, and they require interesting solutions to safely navigate. The enduring architecture of the Bureaucracy, having guided, protected, and sheltered our people for well over a millennia, is to be celebrated and remembered for the extraordinary service which it rendered to us for so long.

That said, its long history of antagonistic infighting, petty squabbles, and prioritization of personal fiefdoms over collective action is storied and well documented. Such divisive tendencies, well-suited to maintenance of order and the status quo on a pair of isolated worlds, are not at all appropriate for the high-risk, high-gain circumstances that accompany interaction with the universe at large.

We have striven mightily over these past five standard years to design a system of governance which may not only rise to these challenges but overcome and dominate them. We have taken only the best attributes of our Bureaucracy and we have integrated them together into a unified structure capable of responding as a single unit to any problem, any crisis. We have coupled our legacy of technical excellence based on merit with the flexibility that comes from broad-based popular participation.

We have adapted as we always have and always shall. From our Bureaucracy's once disparate elements we have forged a united Republic, and go forward heads held high to meet whatever challenges await us. As was said in antiquity, E pluribus unum: Out of many, one.

For your solidarity with this cause and for your support in this season of great and momentous change, I thank you.

The Bureaucracy is dead.

Long live the Republic. Long live the Praxzen.

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