2300
I risk our colony ship by sending it to the blue star to our east. One scout is sent to the star to our north, and the other to the blue star to our east.
2303
Spica is founded. Covered in Steppes but quite inhabitable still. Zoctan is Arid but still is habitable.
2304
Rana is covered in Volcanic activity and the air is poisonous, but these eruptions bring forth nearly the core itself. Is this an Orion Experiment?
Sent 1 million colonists to Spica.
2319
Strange signals seem to be emanating from south of Spica. Could this be more evidence of the Orions?
2320
Reduced Waste 80% started. Improved Eco started. Range 5 started (Even though it was over twice as expensive). A buckshot of four Scouters are sent to investigate the signals.
2323
Phantos is Steppe and partly habitable.
2325
The source of the broadcasts are found to be an alien scout ship orbiting an arid world in Gienah. All attempts of contact failed. Tao is a Volcanic planet.
2326
Xengara is a dead world, quite hostile. Selia is Ultra Rich.
2327
Uxmai is a dead, hostile world.
2331
I was brought a prototype of a more energy efficient engine, that if introduced into the market, would reduce global pollution by 20%.
2333
I was shown a new species of tree that is nearly weed-like, if feed certain compounds, will shoot up to full height in a year. This will vastly reduce our logging fields. Our Astronautical researchers have been able to successfully re-create the 'Deutrium' element of in the Orion Chronicles. This will nearly double our ship's range. Now all they need to do is create a STABLE version of it.
2336
The populous have fully converted to the new engine. I think I can see the sky outside my office! The researchers on Spica have been able to translate some texts that mention a kind of industrial conveyor bell that the Orions produced. More research is needed.
2338
The logging fields have been fully converted. The lab population, expected to be fully destroyed as they were deemed unnecessary, proved to be hardy enough that they could survive in extreme environments. Work started on ways to produce many other plants with similar qualities. These could even survive on geologically dead worlds.
2339
Darloks have 6. I've 2. Crap.
2340
A massive amount of Deutrium has been produced and shipped to all scout ships. Most of it was sent along with the first new Colony Ship in 40 years. New findings on Spica. A repeated mention of a type of propulsion. I think the intern might have mistranslated it, but he insists it means Nuclear, even after a broken nose.
2345
As one lands, another heads off. Gienah researchers pour out to find what relics might have been left here on this arid land.
A strange ship landed on Gienah, disrupting an excavation. An alien woman stepped out of the craft. The team would have been curious, except her ship had crushed what could have been pottery. A small brawl ensued with the team and her crew. Though the dig crew easily flung their lithe bodies around like toys, their ferocity in battle impressed them enough to forgive the insult, but the law is the law, so they received community service rather than the fighting pits. After a common language was created and the aliens were convinced they had broken a law but weren't prisoners of war, they explained where they were from and what their mission was: To find out if we were a threat to their empire. Contact with the Empress (A woman leader, what strange aliens these were!), quickly formed a trade of Orion based information.
2348
Zoctan founded. The Orion Texts containing information on the Conveyor belt have been fully translated and the information has been used to formulate some prototypes.
2349
Nuclear Engines have been made into a prototype. Unfortunately, it blew up.
2352
A Test Engine didn't bow up, nor did it show any signs of malfunctions. All ships shall now be made with this new engine. All tests show our ships will move at twice the maximum speed. And a recent find on Zoctan showed that what were references to fictional Engine types, might have been real. Though all researchers are scrambling to uncover the truth, most of our information is on 'Below' Light... Under light... Sub Light Drives.
2354
The Convyor belt system has been successfully fitted into a preexisting factory, now many more will be installed this year. Gienahan researchers have found evidence that Orion ships were not partly organic as once thought, but that their healing ability was based on a tiny automated machines that repaired hull breaches.
2355
A vegetarian ecosystem has been genetically crafted for terraforming purposes. Now all we need to do is stop it from spreading outside the lab as well as find a way to destroy it once it's been planted.
2356
Selia has been colonized.
2357
With an effective way to contain these Weed Plants, we can now colonized any dead planets. The best way to do this is to pour nitro glycerin on them. Some dolt suggested that we do the same thing on the two volcanic worlds. After I beat him senseless for such a remark, I though about it and yes, with a generous coating of that, we might be able to stand on the surface for longer than two seconds. The next day, I sent our teams to work on the details of this and sent that poor sap tickets to the next Blood Bowl game.
2358
Phantos Founded.
2366
Pirates at Rhilus.
2367
Xengara Founded. Weed Grower.
2368
Ryoun has a Tiny little desert planet. Celtsi is a resort planet, lush and beautiful. We think this might be Orion Tampering.
2371
Tau Cygni is so irradiated, it glows like a miniature star. This must be Orion hands at work.
2373
Uxmai is founded with a Weed Grower.
2375
The Scouter at Tau Cygni has sent back word that it has visual contact with five alien spacecraft. No response on whether he was able to contact them.
2376
Working Prototypes of the Minuscule Machines and Sublight Drives are made.
2377
The Mrrshans ask for a NAP. We agree on the condition that they send their best warriors to play Blood Blow. We didn't mention that they'd be playing in the Junior Leagues.
2379
The Icing of Volcanic planets has been successful. Now those Weeders can have a go at the Few planets we can't get at. Testing with said Weeders have proven that they can be safely eaten without side-affects. Now we can try to create the same mutations in our crops to increase their yeild.
A fully working Sublight drive has passed all tests. The last one we thought would make it disappeared into the vastness of space. I wonder if it is still going? On Celtsi, researchers have made more fiction into fact as references to Dotomite Crystals are proven to be a true. Apparently, they were grown there.
With the repeated success with proving the impossible, researchers are pouring over documents talking about the AI of the Orion ships.
When the Mrrshan team finally wins the Ursa Junior Chamionship, we were once again impressed. Be more than doubled our trade with them almost overnight. They have also been allowed to participate in the College level tournaments.
2380
Fully working Minuscule Robots were announced today. If it breaks, they'll fix it. It seems that early in the testing phases, a batch of them tried to fix a piece of metal long after it was complete. Further errors caused them to change it's very molecular structure. Though worthless then, more scientists are interested in how this could be controlled. Unfortunately, this batch was destroyed, so it will have to be recreated.
2381
Rha has a desert planet with many interconnected Oasis.
2382
Our scout sent to Tyr was destroyed be missles from the planet. Firma has a small Steppe planet. Ryoun founded.
Council vote. Me vs. Narzina (Darlok).
Silicoids abstain.
Sakkras vote 3 for Narzina.
Yalara Abstains. ()
Meklars Abstain.
Nazina votes 5 for herself(?)
I vote for myself 4.
...These photos have been proven to not be faked. This is a real photograph of an Orion Destroyer Class Ship. Unfortunately, this next picture is real as well. This is an energy missile type of weapon heading straight for the Scout. It seems the Great Warriors are still alive and fighting. We must prove our might and show the Great Warriors that we are worthy of their knowledge.
2383
A working Hunter AI has been recreated for a two dimensional test. Now we need to program it to fully work in 3D space.
2387
3D Hunters. Sounds like a good game...Some researchers have petitioned to have this applied to anti-missile defense. Due to the event on Tyr, it passed.
Rana founded and the first edible variant of crops has been produced. Unfortunatly, it rots quickly.
2389
The scout orbiting Firma was destroyed. Assailants unknown. Orion ruled out.
The crops have all the bugs worked out of them. Government funding has started to replace the existing crops. There is now testing to be done on how to making fertilizer that can keep up with this new crop.
A new alien ship landed on Celtsi. Unfortunately, there was no brawl to be had, though later reports would have incited one. The Silicoids, as they call themselves, have just colonized Firma and would like to meet us. It was noted that in discussions, they kept using a word amongst themselves in reference to us that was later revealed to be a small crystalline creature that eats its own neural network when faced with over population.
2390
The Silicoid presence has cause enough of a stir to incite the need for militant ungrades. More research of all Orion documents show a way to harness laser technology to form a shield around a ship stronger than what we currently have. Other findings show a, what can best be described as, 'Gatling' laser.
2391
The Silicoids have destroyed the scout at Tyr and colonized it.
2400
A working prototype of the Orion Shielding can now be fitted on to a ship without it disintegrating said ship. Now we are trying to fit one on a soldier.
Second vote.
Me VS. Narzina again.
Silicoids abstain. (4)
Sakkras vote 3 for Narzina.
Yalara abstains. (4)
Meklars abstain. (3)
Narzina votes for herself again. (5)
I vote for myself again. (7)
The Silicoids colonize Tau Cygni.
2403
Our testing has finally had a ship survive a wave of missiles without a warp core explosion or shooting through its own hull. Now some scientists would like to put even more anti-missile lasers in the ship defense matrix. This could take some time, as the way we stopped the whole 'slice the ship in half to destroy the missile' was to drop the number of lasers.
The refracting crystals for the gatling laser stopped exploding. We can now safely fit one on a warship. What was though to be a simple artifact on Ryoun turned out to be designs for a self-guiding missile that is stronger and faster than our own. There is much research to do to find more concrete evidence of this "Hyper-X Missile".
A Silicoid Ship, registered as a Polaris-Class ship, was seen heading towards our territory. This is a warship. If its intentions are hostile, which seems likely, we will have to retaliate. Good. We need a good war to get the blood pumping.
In preparations for this war, we ask the Mrrshans to cancel their Alliance with the Rocks. They happily oblige, mentioning it was just a lip service deal anyways. They did turn down an Alliance with us. Must have a need to win the College Blood Bowl Trophy.
We also design an enormous ship outfitted with the best Orion technology we have. Our own ships would not be able to stand up to this monster. It is classified the Grizzly-Class.
2404
When conducting a budget inspection, it was found that a huge amount of money was being wasted on maintaining a variable fleet of Scout ships stored away. These were quickly decommissioned and the space used to create a new museum, housing, among other things, the hulls of our Scout ships that were created a century ago. The funding from this is being sent to Rana to help build the Grizzly.
2406
A way to grow and fully sterilize the Dotomite Crystals has been devised. Good, it was a pain to have to crawl through the air ducts and clean out the veins of crystal. More studies from the Nuclear Engines show a reference to 'Combination' Radiation and how it was used to propel ships.
Narzina has shown herself. Or this might be a representative. Half the time, we ended up talking to three different crew members, thinking it was her. Someone finally gave one of them a Blood bowl jersey to at least consistently talk to one of them. Surprisingly, when they left, the jersey was found discarded, with partial burn marks on it.
2408
The reprogramming of the Minuscule Machines is complete. The new Metal, Zortium, is ready to be constructed for general use. The military would now like to use these machines to craft a ready made armor that increases their strength 10 fold.
The application of our 2D Hunter programs have been successful in use of the incredibly fast Orion Missiles. We have now fully re-created the Orion Missiles. This new metal might now be able to to make guns of enormous size. Lasers made war to fast anyway.
2411
After the lose of many a brave soldier, they finally get the force feild to move along with the man. At least the army won't be filled with armless, legless invalids. This innovation on contorting force fields might just be useful in keeping our ships from harm.
2413
After the Solaris ship passed fully through our space, they informed us they were on a recon mission to determine our trade goods. They offer grievances for the killing of our ships in the form of their best trade goods. We begrudgingly accept, but decide not tell them that Tau Cygni holds great Orion Secrets we intend to discover. The Grizzly project is dialed back to the minimum, but we are willing to wait before utilizing this powerful force.
2415
The long awaited fertilizer has been formulated. All non-hostile planets start using it immediately. Findings on Xengara show that the Orions were able to clone themselves. This process will now be researched. Just what we need. More of me.
2417
The Silicoids contact us again with a trade offer. Though it is a nice one, our economic advisers note that it won't be in our best interests. They explained to me the details of it, but I drowned them out a few moments in, thinking about the next Mrrshan/Bulrathi Blood Bowl game. I should probably bet for the Mrrshans.
2423
Once again, the problem of 'don't cut through the ship to hit the missile' has been conquered, so we now can have more missile defense on each ship. In the process of doing this, we were forced to find a new way to program the defense computer. This new programming language could be used to drastically improve the efficiency of the 3D Hunter Program.
2425
Council Vote
Me VS Igneous
Igneous votes for itself. (6)
Sakkras abstain. (3)
Yalara vote for us. (4)
Meklars Abstain. (3)
Narzina abstains. (5)
I vote for myself. (10)
2426
With the Darloks no longer a threat, We offer them some of our trade goods. She declines.
2428
With new form fitting force fields that stopped contracting into the ship, we now have an even more powerful way to stop most any weaponry known. Application of the 3D Hunter software might be able to prevent fire from even reaching the ships in the first place. That is, if it can keep the shield on the ships and not try to kill the enemy with said shield.
2429
We have now created a Combination Drive that doesn't end in a huge explosion. New evidence shows the name should better be translated as Fusion. I don't care, that's what I made, that's what I'm calling it. In an almost accidental discovery, a reference to the Orion inventor Reajax the Second finally showed what he built. A way to hyper-compress traditional fuel so that it was far superior to Dotomite Crystals. Now we are tasked with the uncovery of just how he did it.
Bring out the Big Guns! I've always wanted to say that. I envy to lucky man who gets to shoot a gun that fires Bulrathi sized bullets. The toxic waste from Fusion power has shown to produce a concentrated type of plasma that we could weaponize, if it didn't also make anyone near it partly transparent due to the hight radiation.
2432
In the experiments with the prototypes for the Exoskeleton Suits, we have found a way to produce jet fuel. Now we just need to control this impromtu flight. Also, trying grow the suit into the body is NOT a good idea.
2440
The Mrrshans suffer a humiliating defeat in the first elimination game, as well as the loss of their best player. Riots in the Mrrshan's planets have Yalara cancel our NAP. Negotiations with Narzina have finally given good results. It seems all it took was for us to explain what Blood Bowl was and to send some tapes of it. She really enjoyed them, especially when someone lost a player.
2442
When the Ensign survived his repeated crashes, we can now declare that Armored Exoskeletons are a success. Since the Minuscule Machines can produce fuel, some scientists want to use this to fuel our vehicles.
Now that the cloning vats have stopped producing three armed children, the process seems to finally work. In the experiments to find ways to quickly immunize the unborn clones, new ways to cure existing diseases were found. This is now being researched. Especially since the few clones are coming down with some diseases that were thought extinct.
2444
The Igneous contacted us today. It opened with what was thought a complement. Yes, we are the biggest empire in the known galaxy. But then it threatened us to stop. Why should we? So we aren't expanding right now. They must have realized the importance of Tau Cygni to us and don't want to give it up.
Narzina came on and said the same. They must have Orion Secrets we didn't even know about. We must find out.
Well then, lets show them what expansion is all about! It's been far too long since we've had a good war, nearly a century and a half! Let's see what the new and improved Grizzly can do once it is built in nine years. We also build a Sentinel Class ship with a single Mass Driver and a small crew. These are intended to help board and destroy any smaller ships.
2445
The new 3D Hunter program is fully functional. We finally got it to stop asking the question: "Why do I kill?" Though the answer is simple, you kill because you kill. Now to put it to use in defense.
2446
A Mrrshan warship fleet is spotted moving into our territory. They must be really sore about losing their best player. A single Sentinel is sent to guard the planets it could target.
2448
When the Mrrshan fleet reaches Gienah, we are surprised to find that the 112 little things have only one laser on each ship. That shouldn't even touch our ship. We approached and told them to stand down. They destroyed our ship and attacked the planet. This means war. The military scrambles to construct a planetary missile base.
2449
We send three more Sentinals to Gienah and find that another fleet, this one made of two different Huge sized warships are headed for //. We quickly redirect the Silicoid attack fleet to // and start building it's own missle Base. When the three Sentinals reach Gienah, they are also destroyed, but the Mrrshan fleet flees from the single missile base.
On an up note, A fully functional Fusion Beam was tested. While trying to research the answer to containment, we found records of the energy missile that could have been used on Orion Destroyer Class ships. We are growing closer to the Great Warriors, I know it.
2450
In what was a expected to be a beautiful event, the Comet Orbiting Uxmai was found to be on a suicide trip into Uxmai. It will hit in nine years if a star fleet doesn't laser it first. A small laser craft is designed to destroy it.
Council Vote
Me VS Igneous
Igneous votes 8 for itself.
Sakkras abstain. (3)
Yalara votes 4 for the Silicoids! >
Meklars vote 3 for the Silicoids.
Narzina abstains. (5)
I vote for myself. (11)
That's it, the Mrrshans have crossed the line. It seems that we must kill our former friends. Or atleast beat them all to a bloody pulp. That last one sounds fun.
Igneous calls us up and stats that we will be an example of those who stand against them. We tell them that we will inherit Orion on their corpses.
We dial up Narzina and ask her for a NAP and a better trade agreement. She accepts the latter. That quintuples the trade in one day.
2451
When the Mrrshan fleet attacks Selia, we have a fleet of 13 Sentinels and three missile bases. Their Puma design holds what appear to be bomb bays. 53 in all! The missile Bases target those. The other design, which is not a Huge design as once thought, is to be the target of the Sentinel fleet. The Panther goes down easily, but the Puma destroys the Fleet and missile bases with similar ease.
Worse news is that a Darlok was recored stealing an old 3D Hunter program sheet. Not really sure what they'd want with it, they could have just asked for it in a friendly duel.
2453
Our Punisher, the final design of the Grizzly. We have a better defense and can self-repair. We have missiles and radioactive waste lasers. They have more guns than thought possible. I want those guns. The cowards run. Well, we do have the might of the Orions behind us.
The Hunter algorithm has been refitted to work with a shield. Unfortunately, this comes a little too late, but if our one ship can best theirs, it's ok. Some researchers have found that the Orions made a similar device and used it to propel opponents backwards. More tablets need to be found.
37 million Mrrshan troops land on Gienah. We only lose 8 million in defense.
The full complement of troops, 67 million, are sent from Celtsi to Rha. This should get us one step closer to discovering the Secrets of the Orions.
2454
Even with two to one odds, we easily tore through the Silicoid troops as we slogged through the filthy mud of Rha. The joke among the troops was that more of us died from flung dead Silicoid bodies than the Rocks' lasers.
The recon mission to Paladia was a success. We might have to either send wave after wave of troops or fight defensively. Since I hate sieges, I'll clean up this Silicoid mess and see if they want peace. If not, our old Blood Bowl buddies will die under our heels.
2455
The secrets of Reajax the Second's fuel compresant is been fully revealed. Studies have lead to deep cashe within Rha holding engine designs that moved by distorting the warp of a ship so that it drips... slides.. slips through space.
We are contacted by CB-715 of the Meklars. We offer a trade agreement to see if the cyborgs will eventually help us wipe out the Silicoid menace.
2457
When the Silicoids attack Rha, we find their fleets to be woefully inadiquate. They will die quickly, if they don't flee like cowards. Honorably, they don't and fire at us with little effect.
The Silicoid attack fleet at Celtsi fares the same.
The Mrrshans, angered with the recon mission and more troop loss (Heck, even we didn't get to fight), have declared war. It seems our old buddies will now die.
2458
The last of the clones have been healed. Findings on Firma, by a cloned researcher no less, have found a simple yet profound way to filter exhaust of factories. It seems this was so widely used that little was done to document it. More research needs to be done to uncover this Secret.
2459
Another Darlok was sighted with a bag of fertilizer. When it noticed the camera, it made a gesture that research shows annoyed defiance. Later that week, Narzina declared war with us. My guess is that she didn't want us to tell the galaxy that we have caught two of her spies red handed. Ah well, the more the merrier.
2460
We take Firma with ease, but fail to take her skies. This may prove to be a mistake.
2461
The cowards flee Firma after one bombing raid.
2465
The Silicoids have a new weapon, the Merculite missile. More Orion technology stolen from Tau Sygni, I know it! This is fitted to their new Mako Class ships. It is devastating, but we will prevail.
The Orion Filter has been fully recreated and is being fitted on to all factories. I'm glad this last batch worked, the one before it had the workers walk out covered in soot. More discoveries on the recordings of the Orion Minuscule Machines show a new alloy of metal that they could craft.
2468
The mobile shielding has finally worked. If we so desire, we can move an enemy ship backwards. Since all of our enemies are so slow, they'll be practically stick in place. This innovation came from a small store of Orion manuals on a new shielding design. This will now be studied to recreate the Orions' shielding.
2475
Council Vote
Me VS Igneous
Igneous votes 9 for itself.
Sakkras votes 3 for Igneous.
Yalara votes 5 for Igneous.
CB-715 votes 3 for Igneous.
Narzina votes 5 for Igneous.
I vote for Myself. (12)
The Silicoids announce themselves the inheritors of the Orion Council. Though we have no records of this 'Council', we must concede with the fact that the rest of the galaxy has unanimously given them this power. No warrior would fight against such odds on open ground. It seems we must swallow our pride and take our place as advisers to Igneous. It will be our solemn duty to keep the records of Orion and discover more about their glory.
**************
I'm sorry I had to concede, but given my luck in the past on winning a Final War, I'd never succeed. I planned on a better Report, but I though my Turn By Turn that quickly changed into a fluffy report worked out quite well.
I risk our colony ship by sending it to the blue star to our east. One scout is sent to the star to our north, and the other to the blue star to our east.
2303
Spica is founded. Covered in Steppes but quite inhabitable still. Zoctan is Arid but still is habitable.
2304
Rana is covered in Volcanic activity and the air is poisonous, but these eruptions bring forth nearly the core itself. Is this an Orion Experiment?
Sent 1 million colonists to Spica.
2319
Strange signals seem to be emanating from south of Spica. Could this be more evidence of the Orions?
2320
Reduced Waste 80% started. Improved Eco started. Range 5 started (Even though it was over twice as expensive). A buckshot of four Scouters are sent to investigate the signals.
2323
Phantos is Steppe and partly habitable.
2325
The source of the broadcasts are found to be an alien scout ship orbiting an arid world in Gienah. All attempts of contact failed. Tao is a Volcanic planet.
2326
Xengara is a dead world, quite hostile. Selia is Ultra Rich.
2327
Uxmai is a dead, hostile world.
2331
I was brought a prototype of a more energy efficient engine, that if introduced into the market, would reduce global pollution by 20%.
2333
I was shown a new species of tree that is nearly weed-like, if feed certain compounds, will shoot up to full height in a year. This will vastly reduce our logging fields. Our Astronautical researchers have been able to successfully re-create the 'Deutrium' element of in the Orion Chronicles. This will nearly double our ship's range. Now all they need to do is create a STABLE version of it.
2336
The populous have fully converted to the new engine. I think I can see the sky outside my office! The researchers on Spica have been able to translate some texts that mention a kind of industrial conveyor bell that the Orions produced. More research is needed.
2338
The logging fields have been fully converted. The lab population, expected to be fully destroyed as they were deemed unnecessary, proved to be hardy enough that they could survive in extreme environments. Work started on ways to produce many other plants with similar qualities. These could even survive on geologically dead worlds.
2339
Darloks have 6. I've 2. Crap.
2340
A massive amount of Deutrium has been produced and shipped to all scout ships. Most of it was sent along with the first new Colony Ship in 40 years. New findings on Spica. A repeated mention of a type of propulsion. I think the intern might have mistranslated it, but he insists it means Nuclear, even after a broken nose.
2345
As one lands, another heads off. Gienah researchers pour out to find what relics might have been left here on this arid land.
A strange ship landed on Gienah, disrupting an excavation. An alien woman stepped out of the craft. The team would have been curious, except her ship had crushed what could have been pottery. A small brawl ensued with the team and her crew. Though the dig crew easily flung their lithe bodies around like toys, their ferocity in battle impressed them enough to forgive the insult, but the law is the law, so they received community service rather than the fighting pits. After a common language was created and the aliens were convinced they had broken a law but weren't prisoners of war, they explained where they were from and what their mission was: To find out if we were a threat to their empire. Contact with the Empress (A woman leader, what strange aliens these were!), quickly formed a trade of Orion based information.
2348
Zoctan founded. The Orion Texts containing information on the Conveyor belt have been fully translated and the information has been used to formulate some prototypes.
2349
Nuclear Engines have been made into a prototype. Unfortunately, it blew up.
2352
A Test Engine didn't bow up, nor did it show any signs of malfunctions. All ships shall now be made with this new engine. All tests show our ships will move at twice the maximum speed. And a recent find on Zoctan showed that what were references to fictional Engine types, might have been real. Though all researchers are scrambling to uncover the truth, most of our information is on 'Below' Light... Under light... Sub Light Drives.
2354
The Convyor belt system has been successfully fitted into a preexisting factory, now many more will be installed this year. Gienahan researchers have found evidence that Orion ships were not partly organic as once thought, but that their healing ability was based on a tiny automated machines that repaired hull breaches.
2355
A vegetarian ecosystem has been genetically crafted for terraforming purposes. Now all we need to do is stop it from spreading outside the lab as well as find a way to destroy it once it's been planted.
2356
Selia has been colonized.
2357
With an effective way to contain these Weed Plants, we can now colonized any dead planets. The best way to do this is to pour nitro glycerin on them. Some dolt suggested that we do the same thing on the two volcanic worlds. After I beat him senseless for such a remark, I though about it and yes, with a generous coating of that, we might be able to stand on the surface for longer than two seconds. The next day, I sent our teams to work on the details of this and sent that poor sap tickets to the next Blood Bowl game.
2358
Phantos Founded.
2366
Pirates at Rhilus.
2367
Xengara Founded. Weed Grower.
2368
Ryoun has a Tiny little desert planet. Celtsi is a resort planet, lush and beautiful. We think this might be Orion Tampering.
2371
Tau Cygni is so irradiated, it glows like a miniature star. This must be Orion hands at work.
2373
Uxmai is founded with a Weed Grower.
2375
The Scouter at Tau Cygni has sent back word that it has visual contact with five alien spacecraft. No response on whether he was able to contact them.
2376
Working Prototypes of the Minuscule Machines and Sublight Drives are made.
2377
The Mrrshans ask for a NAP. We agree on the condition that they send their best warriors to play Blood Blow. We didn't mention that they'd be playing in the Junior Leagues.
2379
The Icing of Volcanic planets has been successful. Now those Weeders can have a go at the Few planets we can't get at. Testing with said Weeders have proven that they can be safely eaten without side-affects. Now we can try to create the same mutations in our crops to increase their yeild.
A fully working Sublight drive has passed all tests. The last one we thought would make it disappeared into the vastness of space. I wonder if it is still going? On Celtsi, researchers have made more fiction into fact as references to Dotomite Crystals are proven to be a true. Apparently, they were grown there.
With the repeated success with proving the impossible, researchers are pouring over documents talking about the AI of the Orion ships.
When the Mrrshan team finally wins the Ursa Junior Chamionship, we were once again impressed. Be more than doubled our trade with them almost overnight. They have also been allowed to participate in the College level tournaments.
2380
Fully working Minuscule Robots were announced today. If it breaks, they'll fix it. It seems that early in the testing phases, a batch of them tried to fix a piece of metal long after it was complete. Further errors caused them to change it's very molecular structure. Though worthless then, more scientists are interested in how this could be controlled. Unfortunately, this batch was destroyed, so it will have to be recreated.
2381
Rha has a desert planet with many interconnected Oasis.
2382
Our scout sent to Tyr was destroyed be missles from the planet. Firma has a small Steppe planet. Ryoun founded.
Council vote. Me vs. Narzina (Darlok).
Silicoids abstain.
Sakkras vote 3 for Narzina.
Yalara Abstains. ()
Meklars Abstain.
Nazina votes 5 for herself(?)
I vote for myself 4.
...These photos have been proven to not be faked. This is a real photograph of an Orion Destroyer Class Ship. Unfortunately, this next picture is real as well. This is an energy missile type of weapon heading straight for the Scout. It seems the Great Warriors are still alive and fighting. We must prove our might and show the Great Warriors that we are worthy of their knowledge.
2383
A working Hunter AI has been recreated for a two dimensional test. Now we need to program it to fully work in 3D space.
2387
3D Hunters. Sounds like a good game...Some researchers have petitioned to have this applied to anti-missile defense. Due to the event on Tyr, it passed.
Rana founded and the first edible variant of crops has been produced. Unfortunatly, it rots quickly.
2389
The scout orbiting Firma was destroyed. Assailants unknown. Orion ruled out.
The crops have all the bugs worked out of them. Government funding has started to replace the existing crops. There is now testing to be done on how to making fertilizer that can keep up with this new crop.
A new alien ship landed on Celtsi. Unfortunately, there was no brawl to be had, though later reports would have incited one. The Silicoids, as they call themselves, have just colonized Firma and would like to meet us. It was noted that in discussions, they kept using a word amongst themselves in reference to us that was later revealed to be a small crystalline creature that eats its own neural network when faced with over population.
2390
The Silicoid presence has cause enough of a stir to incite the need for militant ungrades. More research of all Orion documents show a way to harness laser technology to form a shield around a ship stronger than what we currently have. Other findings show a, what can best be described as, 'Gatling' laser.
2391
The Silicoids have destroyed the scout at Tyr and colonized it.
2400
A working prototype of the Orion Shielding can now be fitted on to a ship without it disintegrating said ship. Now we are trying to fit one on a soldier.
Second vote.
Me VS. Narzina again.
Silicoids abstain. (4)
Sakkras vote 3 for Narzina.
Yalara abstains. (4)
Meklars abstain. (3)
Narzina votes for herself again. (5)
I vote for myself again. (7)
The Silicoids colonize Tau Cygni.
2403
Our testing has finally had a ship survive a wave of missiles without a warp core explosion or shooting through its own hull. Now some scientists would like to put even more anti-missile lasers in the ship defense matrix. This could take some time, as the way we stopped the whole 'slice the ship in half to destroy the missile' was to drop the number of lasers.
The refracting crystals for the gatling laser stopped exploding. We can now safely fit one on a warship. What was though to be a simple artifact on Ryoun turned out to be designs for a self-guiding missile that is stronger and faster than our own. There is much research to do to find more concrete evidence of this "Hyper-X Missile".
A Silicoid Ship, registered as a Polaris-Class ship, was seen heading towards our territory. This is a warship. If its intentions are hostile, which seems likely, we will have to retaliate. Good. We need a good war to get the blood pumping.
In preparations for this war, we ask the Mrrshans to cancel their Alliance with the Rocks. They happily oblige, mentioning it was just a lip service deal anyways. They did turn down an Alliance with us. Must have a need to win the College Blood Bowl Trophy.
We also design an enormous ship outfitted with the best Orion technology we have. Our own ships would not be able to stand up to this monster. It is classified the Grizzly-Class.
2404
When conducting a budget inspection, it was found that a huge amount of money was being wasted on maintaining a variable fleet of Scout ships stored away. These were quickly decommissioned and the space used to create a new museum, housing, among other things, the hulls of our Scout ships that were created a century ago. The funding from this is being sent to Rana to help build the Grizzly.
2406
A way to grow and fully sterilize the Dotomite Crystals has been devised. Good, it was a pain to have to crawl through the air ducts and clean out the veins of crystal. More studies from the Nuclear Engines show a reference to 'Combination' Radiation and how it was used to propel ships.
Narzina has shown herself. Or this might be a representative. Half the time, we ended up talking to three different crew members, thinking it was her. Someone finally gave one of them a Blood bowl jersey to at least consistently talk to one of them. Surprisingly, when they left, the jersey was found discarded, with partial burn marks on it.
2408
The reprogramming of the Minuscule Machines is complete. The new Metal, Zortium, is ready to be constructed for general use. The military would now like to use these machines to craft a ready made armor that increases their strength 10 fold.
The application of our 2D Hunter programs have been successful in use of the incredibly fast Orion Missiles. We have now fully re-created the Orion Missiles. This new metal might now be able to to make guns of enormous size. Lasers made war to fast anyway.
2411
After the lose of many a brave soldier, they finally get the force feild to move along with the man. At least the army won't be filled with armless, legless invalids. This innovation on contorting force fields might just be useful in keeping our ships from harm.
2413
After the Solaris ship passed fully through our space, they informed us they were on a recon mission to determine our trade goods. They offer grievances for the killing of our ships in the form of their best trade goods. We begrudgingly accept, but decide not tell them that Tau Cygni holds great Orion Secrets we intend to discover. The Grizzly project is dialed back to the minimum, but we are willing to wait before utilizing this powerful force.
2415
The long awaited fertilizer has been formulated. All non-hostile planets start using it immediately. Findings on Xengara show that the Orions were able to clone themselves. This process will now be researched. Just what we need. More of me.
2417
The Silicoids contact us again with a trade offer. Though it is a nice one, our economic advisers note that it won't be in our best interests. They explained to me the details of it, but I drowned them out a few moments in, thinking about the next Mrrshan/Bulrathi Blood Bowl game. I should probably bet for the Mrrshans.
2423
Once again, the problem of 'don't cut through the ship to hit the missile' has been conquered, so we now can have more missile defense on each ship. In the process of doing this, we were forced to find a new way to program the defense computer. This new programming language could be used to drastically improve the efficiency of the 3D Hunter Program.
2425
Council Vote
Me VS Igneous
Igneous votes for itself. (6)
Sakkras abstain. (3)
Yalara vote for us. (4)
Meklars Abstain. (3)
Narzina abstains. (5)
I vote for myself. (10)
2426
With the Darloks no longer a threat, We offer them some of our trade goods. She declines.
2428
With new form fitting force fields that stopped contracting into the ship, we now have an even more powerful way to stop most any weaponry known. Application of the 3D Hunter software might be able to prevent fire from even reaching the ships in the first place. That is, if it can keep the shield on the ships and not try to kill the enemy with said shield.
2429
We have now created a Combination Drive that doesn't end in a huge explosion. New evidence shows the name should better be translated as Fusion. I don't care, that's what I made, that's what I'm calling it. In an almost accidental discovery, a reference to the Orion inventor Reajax the Second finally showed what he built. A way to hyper-compress traditional fuel so that it was far superior to Dotomite Crystals. Now we are tasked with the uncovery of just how he did it.
Bring out the Big Guns! I've always wanted to say that. I envy to lucky man who gets to shoot a gun that fires Bulrathi sized bullets. The toxic waste from Fusion power has shown to produce a concentrated type of plasma that we could weaponize, if it didn't also make anyone near it partly transparent due to the hight radiation.
2432
In the experiments with the prototypes for the Exoskeleton Suits, we have found a way to produce jet fuel. Now we just need to control this impromtu flight. Also, trying grow the suit into the body is NOT a good idea.
2440
The Mrrshans suffer a humiliating defeat in the first elimination game, as well as the loss of their best player. Riots in the Mrrshan's planets have Yalara cancel our NAP. Negotiations with Narzina have finally given good results. It seems all it took was for us to explain what Blood Bowl was and to send some tapes of it. She really enjoyed them, especially when someone lost a player.
2442
When the Ensign survived his repeated crashes, we can now declare that Armored Exoskeletons are a success. Since the Minuscule Machines can produce fuel, some scientists want to use this to fuel our vehicles.
Now that the cloning vats have stopped producing three armed children, the process seems to finally work. In the experiments to find ways to quickly immunize the unborn clones, new ways to cure existing diseases were found. This is now being researched. Especially since the few clones are coming down with some diseases that were thought extinct.
2444
The Igneous contacted us today. It opened with what was thought a complement. Yes, we are the biggest empire in the known galaxy. But then it threatened us to stop. Why should we? So we aren't expanding right now. They must have realized the importance of Tau Cygni to us and don't want to give it up.
Narzina came on and said the same. They must have Orion Secrets we didn't even know about. We must find out.
Well then, lets show them what expansion is all about! It's been far too long since we've had a good war, nearly a century and a half! Let's see what the new and improved Grizzly can do once it is built in nine years. We also build a Sentinel Class ship with a single Mass Driver and a small crew. These are intended to help board and destroy any smaller ships.
2445
The new 3D Hunter program is fully functional. We finally got it to stop asking the question: "Why do I kill?" Though the answer is simple, you kill because you kill. Now to put it to use in defense.
2446
A Mrrshan warship fleet is spotted moving into our territory. They must be really sore about losing their best player. A single Sentinel is sent to guard the planets it could target.
2448
When the Mrrshan fleet reaches Gienah, we are surprised to find that the 112 little things have only one laser on each ship. That shouldn't even touch our ship. We approached and told them to stand down. They destroyed our ship and attacked the planet. This means war. The military scrambles to construct a planetary missile base.
2449
We send three more Sentinals to Gienah and find that another fleet, this one made of two different Huge sized warships are headed for //. We quickly redirect the Silicoid attack fleet to // and start building it's own missle Base. When the three Sentinals reach Gienah, they are also destroyed, but the Mrrshan fleet flees from the single missile base.
On an up note, A fully functional Fusion Beam was tested. While trying to research the answer to containment, we found records of the energy missile that could have been used on Orion Destroyer Class ships. We are growing closer to the Great Warriors, I know it.
2450
In what was a expected to be a beautiful event, the Comet Orbiting Uxmai was found to be on a suicide trip into Uxmai. It will hit in nine years if a star fleet doesn't laser it first. A small laser craft is designed to destroy it.
Council Vote
Me VS Igneous
Igneous votes 8 for itself.
Sakkras abstain. (3)
Yalara votes 4 for the Silicoids! >
Meklars vote 3 for the Silicoids.
Narzina abstains. (5)
I vote for myself. (11)
That's it, the Mrrshans have crossed the line. It seems that we must kill our former friends. Or atleast beat them all to a bloody pulp. That last one sounds fun.
Igneous calls us up and stats that we will be an example of those who stand against them. We tell them that we will inherit Orion on their corpses.
We dial up Narzina and ask her for a NAP and a better trade agreement. She accepts the latter. That quintuples the trade in one day.
2451
When the Mrrshan fleet attacks Selia, we have a fleet of 13 Sentinels and three missile bases. Their Puma design holds what appear to be bomb bays. 53 in all! The missile Bases target those. The other design, which is not a Huge design as once thought, is to be the target of the Sentinel fleet. The Panther goes down easily, but the Puma destroys the Fleet and missile bases with similar ease.
Worse news is that a Darlok was recored stealing an old 3D Hunter program sheet. Not really sure what they'd want with it, they could have just asked for it in a friendly duel.
2453
Our Punisher, the final design of the Grizzly. We have a better defense and can self-repair. We have missiles and radioactive waste lasers. They have more guns than thought possible. I want those guns. The cowards run. Well, we do have the might of the Orions behind us.
The Hunter algorithm has been refitted to work with a shield. Unfortunately, this comes a little too late, but if our one ship can best theirs, it's ok. Some researchers have found that the Orions made a similar device and used it to propel opponents backwards. More tablets need to be found.
37 million Mrrshan troops land on Gienah. We only lose 8 million in defense.
The full complement of troops, 67 million, are sent from Celtsi to Rha. This should get us one step closer to discovering the Secrets of the Orions.
2454
Even with two to one odds, we easily tore through the Silicoid troops as we slogged through the filthy mud of Rha. The joke among the troops was that more of us died from flung dead Silicoid bodies than the Rocks' lasers.
The recon mission to Paladia was a success. We might have to either send wave after wave of troops or fight defensively. Since I hate sieges, I'll clean up this Silicoid mess and see if they want peace. If not, our old Blood Bowl buddies will die under our heels.
2455
The secrets of Reajax the Second's fuel compresant is been fully revealed. Studies have lead to deep cashe within Rha holding engine designs that moved by distorting the warp of a ship so that it drips... slides.. slips through space.
We are contacted by CB-715 of the Meklars. We offer a trade agreement to see if the cyborgs will eventually help us wipe out the Silicoid menace.
2457
When the Silicoids attack Rha, we find their fleets to be woefully inadiquate. They will die quickly, if they don't flee like cowards. Honorably, they don't and fire at us with little effect.
The Silicoid attack fleet at Celtsi fares the same.
The Mrrshans, angered with the recon mission and more troop loss (Heck, even we didn't get to fight), have declared war. It seems our old buddies will now die.
2458
The last of the clones have been healed. Findings on Firma, by a cloned researcher no less, have found a simple yet profound way to filter exhaust of factories. It seems this was so widely used that little was done to document it. More research needs to be done to uncover this Secret.
2459
Another Darlok was sighted with a bag of fertilizer. When it noticed the camera, it made a gesture that research shows annoyed defiance. Later that week, Narzina declared war with us. My guess is that she didn't want us to tell the galaxy that we have caught two of her spies red handed. Ah well, the more the merrier.
2460
We take Firma with ease, but fail to take her skies. This may prove to be a mistake.
2461
The cowards flee Firma after one bombing raid.
2465
The Silicoids have a new weapon, the Merculite missile. More Orion technology stolen from Tau Sygni, I know it! This is fitted to their new Mako Class ships. It is devastating, but we will prevail.
The Orion Filter has been fully recreated and is being fitted on to all factories. I'm glad this last batch worked, the one before it had the workers walk out covered in soot. More discoveries on the recordings of the Orion Minuscule Machines show a new alloy of metal that they could craft.
2468
The mobile shielding has finally worked. If we so desire, we can move an enemy ship backwards. Since all of our enemies are so slow, they'll be practically stick in place. This innovation came from a small store of Orion manuals on a new shielding design. This will now be studied to recreate the Orions' shielding.
2475
Council Vote
Me VS Igneous
Igneous votes 9 for itself.
Sakkras votes 3 for Igneous.
Yalara votes 5 for Igneous.
CB-715 votes 3 for Igneous.
Narzina votes 5 for Igneous.
I vote for Myself. (12)
The Silicoids announce themselves the inheritors of the Orion Council. Though we have no records of this 'Council', we must concede with the fact that the rest of the galaxy has unanimously given them this power. No warrior would fight against such odds on open ground. It seems we must swallow our pride and take our place as advisers to Igneous. It will be our solemn duty to keep the records of Orion and discover more about their glory.
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I'm sorry I had to concede, but given my luck in the past on winning a Final War, I'd never succeed. I planned on a better Report, but I though my Turn By Turn that quickly changed into a fluffy report worked out quite well.
