From: jet.jaguar(a)Friggarock.fen
To: mamabear(a)stellvia.fen
RE: State of the Rat 13
>Hello, Jet! Your local StelOil is forwarding these to me.
Congratulations on being named Baron. You have my sympathies. If you haven't been impeached yet, I extend to you an invitation to visit my residence on Earhart, where we can speak quietly and privately about some of the details you need to know but aren't in the official introduction to the Senshi Parliament. If you can make the time, I'll also ask Takami and Prim to help with a VR simulation of a typical day in the chambers for you. If not, we can simply talk about the worst pitfalls.
Thanks. It'd be nice to go into this with some idea of what I'm getting into. I can't do VR for 'personal' reasons, but even talking through things will make a big difference. I don't want to go in there as the joke of the house - I've seen enough of them. The official introduction seems more to focus on the pomp and ceremony rather than the practical realities of making things happen.
>If Lun needs any specialized parts that StellviaCorp can obtain faster than you can buy on the open market or make yourself, please don't hesitate to ask. Noah will insist on payment, but I can convince him to accept "cost-recovery only." We might even be able to get some parts less expensively than you can.
I really appreciate the offer. The situation with Lun is kind of precarious at the moment, in more ways than just the damage. The structural work any yard can do, but the damage to the main sensor array is going to be hard to replace - since it was basically built by OCP/Golden Bail specifically for Lun.
>P.S. Kagome would like to take part in the Open target shooting tournament, but doesn't know whether she's eligible. While she uses a standard pistol, her own optics and servos give her the equivalent of a smartgun system even if she uses a standard paintgun. Are androids allowed to participate?
-Y
You'd have to ask Ford. But you aren't the first person to ask, so it might be a dedicated round or class. They're reworking some things, because it's obvious the NRA rules are outdated. And nobody's really held a shooting tournament in fenspace before.
Oh, by the way, if you're up for an interesting challenge, we're planning to run an additional jet in this year's ARR Warbird's championship. We're hoping to make it 2 out of 2, and pull the constructors championship for a double. Pre-season testing has been very promising - we're already ahead of last year's laptime
-Jet Jaguar
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from:jet.jaguar(a)friggarock.fen
to: Aisha(a)factory.friggarock.fen
Subj: Re:State of the Rat 13.
Seems a shame to scrap it if it still has power. We might be able to do something interesting with it, especially since it's probably off the grid. Get some way to move it, pull it into dock and see if we can rebuild it into something that'll actually be useful to defend Frigga.
Could probably hide the reconstruction work alongside Lun's and keep it out of the public eye. It's going to cause a lot of trouble otherwise if we're seen to be touching it.
-Jet
----
Posted in r/fenpolitcalroundup
by: Justanotherfrigganthrowaway
RE: I want to punch venus so hard (NSFL)
Yeah, they aren't even using the good videos. I found some old security videos Frigga took when the UBA took a pop at them. All of that is small potatoes compared to what happens when a Panzer Kunst Master thinks their home is under threat. (And Queen Serenity II,)
Careful, it's Fairly Graphic. As in, Dude, his head Asplode.
Do those morons really want to piss off someone capable of that
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Comment: Because, Jet definitely doesn't control those people.
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from:jet.jaguar(a)Friggarock.fen
to:local-call.residents(a)friggarock.fen
subj: State of the Rats 14.
New Year. New Job. Same problems. And holy crap was that a party. That really was a pissup for the ages. So we gained three biomods out of it, two cases of alcohol poisoning and a new appreciation for the power of high-test. It takes a lot to make a combat cyborg drunk. Too much. It's a nice feeling. It's been a long time.
So, for the first post of the new year, let's see what's been happening. We have Welcome too..., Politics is just another form of war, To the Person who posted that Video, The Professor has Departed, Here Comes the Fuzz, BNF Visit, DCAMS offline MAGIC happens, Guns'n'Roses, Testing Times, Lun to Depart, Term Time and Frigga #1 Collective Farm.
Busy few weeks so.
--
1:Welcome to...
Our new name has been chosen by popular vote.
So, Welcome to Eleanor City. Home of the future the 1980's always promised.
As opposed to Genaros, which is home of the future the 1980's warned us about.
--
2: Politics is just another form of War.
So. I get a nice office overlooking the city's main concourse. Because I'm based off of Tokyo I'm allowed an allowance for an apartment, with an additional allowance for travel. And all this arranged by the highly capable Jess, my own personal Mandarin. Her words, not mine. She's the one turning our crazy ideas into things that could actually pass for motions. Right now we're still just getting settled into the seat, getting a feel for everyone around here and how to actually do business with these people, before Parliament kicks back into gear next month.
I've had help. Those people know who they are, and they'll get my thanks through multiple channels.
I can, as some of the supers are fond of saying, maybe start to deal.
Anyway, I'd like to try and experiment, since I have a sort of freedom most career politicians don't have. I've set up a sub-board on our local bulletin under parliament.local.frigga. Only logged-in residents can see this, and only from a Frigga's own subnets. Your votes are anonymous, your opinions won't be. It'll give everyone a better idea of the stuff I'm negotiating and the stuff I'm being offered in return, and how I'd like to play things. We're going to have to compromise on a lot, but this lets us work out how together rather than me making decisions 5 AU away.
It's the sort of insight you'll never get from your regular party politician, but I want to keep everyone in the loop. Only one person can log in from off-rock, and that'll be me - tied to my own MAC Address. I'll tell you what I think of the situation, what I think our options are, and we can all discuss it and come to some sort of consensus, or come up with new ideas.
The one cost of this is that what's on that board can never be seen by outside. Because if anyone in the parliament gets wind of what we're talking about then they're going to use it against us. They know exactly what we'll give up, how far wheel push. Look how hard we managed to hit the Boskone once we got the codes out of Prime's systems.... now imagine being on the receiving end of that.
Anyway, it's time for a crash course in politics here. We're going to have to compromise. Always. Because the one thing we have, is one vote on every motion that crosses the floor. And different politicians will offer to do different things for that vote, or threaten to scupper our plans if we don't vote for theirs. Sometimes that means voting against ourselves on one thing we can do without, in order to get the one thing we really want. Adding complexity are things like alliances between politicians, parties, political scandles and appearances, and the requirement to keep things in line with the voter base to keep the seat. There're other little tricks and pressures that can be applied, but those're the big ones. I'll go into further detail on the private board about where I think we are in relation to the different blocs in here, who'll be likely to want to work with us. What I think our advantages are, what I think our threats are.
We'll get into them as we go along. But, even before this year's session starts, our first political decision has come up;
Hemi Kira spoke to me today. Do we want to join the Technical Group, or go it alone?
Full details of what she's offering and what she'll require from us are behind this link. Do we want to give that up, in exchange for what she offers?
Vote, Vote!
I'm putting a lot of trust in people doing this. Please, let's keep whats on that board private for the time being. Speaking of which
--
3: To the person who posted that video.
You know who you are. So do I. Thanks very much for posting that. Really. I tried very hard to keep that off the public wave. For reasons that should now be obvious.
Just so as you know, you've probably fucked over everyone on Frigga by doing that. It pretty much annihilated any chance I had of getting support from, or even working with, one group in the house.
But don't worry. I'll take your name to the grave. So will Anika. And anyone else who knows. Unless you give us a reason not to.
--
4: The Professor has departed.
Thankfully, the Professor's visit passed without incident. He spent a grand total of three days here and, as thanks for letting him experiment in peace he's buggered off and given us an acknowledgement in the next paper he writes, and left some of his working notes behind. Either that, or he just plain forgot them.
As for what he was doing with our locomotive - he just wanted us to run some stuff over with it and see how his new polymers held up under the trains weight and - when they held up a little too well - how the new wheels performed. He made some modifications to our remaining reactors which increased energy output and made someone's DeLorean fly. Then he built the ultimate espresso machine, tried to grab one of my students and discovered why that was a bad idea, then corrected Puru's defective shielding until she damended he undo the work, before building a cloaking device for Lun because all that damage was triggering him and he needed to focus on his work. This was followed by a new boring machine that basically uses some sort of high-frequency laser to disolve the oxides around nodules of ore. But it needs about a gigawatt of raw electricity to work.
And then, he got into the Hackerspace.....
All told, we rolled the dice and won on this one. Mostly. Sorry Jacob.
--
5: Here comes the Fuzz.
It's partly my fault, but we're getting a police presence. Apparently, the home of a Baron must be guarded with an official police presence, so we're getting two AMP cops. They'll be setting up a permanent precinct here, with an office, detention cell and full legal authority to enforce the laws of the Crystal Millenium.
Look, I can hear the murmurs already. This won't change anything.
Just don't be an arse. Don't give them a reason to arrest you. Don't poke the sleeping dogs.
The same rules still applies. We can get away with a lot, so long as we don't screw around doing it. Don't be blatant and don't be a gobshite. Don't make them arrest you.
--
6: BNF Vistor
We'll be having a technical visit from a BNF in a professional capacity in a week's time. Names will go unsaid. Please do not disturb them while they work. This is important.
--
7: DCAMS offline. MAGIC happens.
In preperation for a full-time transition to MAGI system, DCAMS will be pulled offline for good in three days time for good. If you have any jobs or maintenance still pending on DCAMS you need to transfer them over to MAGI Maintenance Automatic General Integrated Controller system or the jobs will be lost and you'll be shifted to the back of the queue.
Any jobs already on MAGI are automatically being given priority from here on in.
So far the transition has been going relatively smoothly. Everybody involved has done a really good job. First rebuilding the system from the ground up while TITANIC was still running - which is like building a new bridge on top of an old one while traffic is still crossing.
They hope to hit version 1.0 and release to GPL within the next month. More small settlements could really use a system like this. It's scalable, and automates so much of operations that it leaves everyone with more free time to do more entertaining things than man a panel in a control room. And we don't have the ethical issues of it being an intelligence.
For those who care, the full technical details of the new MAGI system can be found on the project page here.
--
8: Guns'n'Roses
Shiori was the winner of this year's Rose Duel. In beatiful form too. Full details of the tournament are on the bulletin board here. We had two minor injuries that could've been a fair bit worse if the participants hadn't already been modified.
As of yet she hasn't decided what to do with the Crystal Rose. As for the sample of wave inside it - it remains untouched for now.
Full entry details for Ford's Shooting Tournament are here. Including amended rules to account for the wide variety of entrants and their physical capabilities. Range-based handicapping will be used to ensure a level playing field for all entrants, based on optical and kinesthetic resolution, ensuring everyone faces the exact same level of challenge. So yes, androids can enter.
--
9: Testing Times
A test on the emergency batteries and backup generators will be performed on the 20th.
We will also take the opportunity to perform a full black-start of the powergrid. This will involve a controlled shut down and staged restart the entire powergrid and may leave the station fully blacked out for up to 24 hours in the event of something going wrong. Artificial gravity may be lost in some areas, and the interconnector between ourselves and the catgirls will be severed. Ventilation and atmosphere maintenance systems may go offline.
We'll also see if we can use the Starlight Express as a mobile genset.
Defense militia is expected to be on full alert. We've scheduled the test to coincide with ongoing GJ patrols in the area, so help won't be far away in case anyone takes an opportunistic pot-shot.
--
10: Lun to depart.
Lun is to Leave Frigga in four days time for repair. Because of her precarious situation, the ship will be operating uncrewed, with fighter escort to keep opportunists away. This also marks the first combat-operational mission of the RF-47 Kulbit.
Volunteers being sought to fly our 4 remaining choppers to provide armed escort. This is a legally recognised escort mission, and can be noted and logged as qualifying experience for anyone looking for a mercenary license.
It shouldn't be too hard.
--
11: Defense Upgrades.
Because we've begun the process of establishing and training our motoroid squad, we've legally been able to certify and add the hardware to our PEPPER register . Our security and defense rating has gone up and we qualify for a better grade of equipment.
Combined with what we've saved by building the motoroids and using the extra revenue from the railway while we have it, we've sent an RFP to Orion for provision of a Tachikoma squadron.
If we come up short we have the option of applying for a grant through GJ - which means they would have to be available for inter-system defense missions, or we can chuck some form of crowdfunding thing together onsite.
Interesting tidbit. One of the first things I ever waved was a Tachikoma figurine. It sat on the dashboard of my car warning me about, and jamming, most police radar and laser systems. It must've saved me thousands.
--
12: Term Time.
Eleanor City Public School Officially opens it's tomorrow. Our teacher, Mr. Coleman, is looking forward to getting to know all the younglings of Frigga. Hopefully, as our population starts to grow we'll have time and space for more than one class.
Also, we have the option of beginning an official adult education program. Details on this will follow once they've been worked out.
--
13: Frigga #1 Collective Farm
The farm is officially opened. Working the farm counts towards weekly maintenance contributions. With a little luck this will offset our food imports, potentially even giving us a chance at self-sufficiency in food if the farm is expanded to one of the dead-pits. We'd need a large import of biomass to make it happen, but there's no technical reason why we can't have our own wonderland here within the next few years.
Lun is preparing a 5 year plan towards full development, which will be offered as a motion once completed.
--
Next month, JLI to announce origin of handwavium 'Mysterious entity named Scion'. Federation passes Resolution outlawing Empire, starfleet to commence general order 24 on Mimas in 5 minutes. Haruhi bored - 'requires worthy opponents'. Mysterious alien craft discovered on far side of the moon, explosion cracks research dome. Wiz Mechatronics lab destroyed in fire. Research rocket launch triggers accidental WWIII, large swathes of Earth rendered to glowing ashes, survivors in underground vault-like structures. And, most importantly, Convention 2026 shortlist announced....fingers crossed. Oh, and there'll be lots of Fan Service!
-Jet
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
To: mamabear(a)stellvia.fen
RE: State of the Rat 13
>Hello, Jet! Your local StelOil is forwarding these to me.
Congratulations on being named Baron. You have my sympathies. If you haven't been impeached yet, I extend to you an invitation to visit my residence on Earhart, where we can speak quietly and privately about some of the details you need to know but aren't in the official introduction to the Senshi Parliament. If you can make the time, I'll also ask Takami and Prim to help with a VR simulation of a typical day in the chambers for you. If not, we can simply talk about the worst pitfalls.
Thanks. It'd be nice to go into this with some idea of what I'm getting into. I can't do VR for 'personal' reasons, but even talking through things will make a big difference. I don't want to go in there as the joke of the house - I've seen enough of them. The official introduction seems more to focus on the pomp and ceremony rather than the practical realities of making things happen.
>If Lun needs any specialized parts that StellviaCorp can obtain faster than you can buy on the open market or make yourself, please don't hesitate to ask. Noah will insist on payment, but I can convince him to accept "cost-recovery only." We might even be able to get some parts less expensively than you can.
I really appreciate the offer. The situation with Lun is kind of precarious at the moment, in more ways than just the damage. The structural work any yard can do, but the damage to the main sensor array is going to be hard to replace - since it was basically built by OCP/Golden Bail specifically for Lun.
>P.S. Kagome would like to take part in the Open target shooting tournament, but doesn't know whether she's eligible. While she uses a standard pistol, her own optics and servos give her the equivalent of a smartgun system even if she uses a standard paintgun. Are androids allowed to participate?
-Y
You'd have to ask Ford. But you aren't the first person to ask, so it might be a dedicated round or class. They're reworking some things, because it's obvious the NRA rules are outdated. And nobody's really held a shooting tournament in fenspace before.
Oh, by the way, if you're up for an interesting challenge, we're planning to run an additional jet in this year's ARR Warbird's championship. We're hoping to make it 2 out of 2, and pull the constructors championship for a double. Pre-season testing has been very promising - we're already ahead of last year's laptime
-Jet Jaguar
---
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from:jet.jaguar(a)friggarock.fen
to: Aisha(a)factory.friggarock.fen
Subj: Re:State of the Rat 13.
Seems a shame to scrap it if it still has power. We might be able to do something interesting with it, especially since it's probably off the grid. Get some way to move it, pull it into dock and see if we can rebuild it into something that'll actually be useful to defend Frigga.
Could probably hide the reconstruction work alongside Lun's and keep it out of the public eye. It's going to cause a lot of trouble otherwise if we're seen to be touching it.
-Jet
----
Posted in r/fenpolitcalroundup
by: Justanotherfrigganthrowaway
RE: I want to punch venus so hard (NSFL)
Yeah, they aren't even using the good videos. I found some old security videos Frigga took when the UBA took a pop at them. All of that is small potatoes compared to what happens when a Panzer Kunst Master thinks their home is under threat. (And Queen Serenity II,)
Careful, it's Fairly Graphic. As in, Dude, his head Asplode.
Do those morons really want to piss off someone capable of that
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Comment: Because, Jet definitely doesn't control those people.
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from:jet.jaguar(a)Friggarock.fen
to:local-call.residents(a)friggarock.fen
subj: State of the Rats 14.
New Year. New Job. Same problems. And holy crap was that a party. That really was a pissup for the ages. So we gained three biomods out of it, two cases of alcohol poisoning and a new appreciation for the power of high-test. It takes a lot to make a combat cyborg drunk. Too much. It's a nice feeling. It's been a long time.
So, for the first post of the new year, let's see what's been happening. We have Welcome too..., Politics is just another form of war, To the Person who posted that Video, The Professor has Departed, Here Comes the Fuzz, BNF Visit, DCAMS offline MAGIC happens, Guns'n'Roses, Testing Times, Lun to Depart, Term Time and Frigga #1 Collective Farm.
Busy few weeks so.
--
1:Welcome to...
Our new name has been chosen by popular vote.
So, Welcome to Eleanor City. Home of the future the 1980's always promised.
As opposed to Genaros, which is home of the future the 1980's warned us about.
--
2: Politics is just another form of War.
So. I get a nice office overlooking the city's main concourse. Because I'm based off of Tokyo I'm allowed an allowance for an apartment, with an additional allowance for travel. And all this arranged by the highly capable Jess, my own personal Mandarin. Her words, not mine. She's the one turning our crazy ideas into things that could actually pass for motions. Right now we're still just getting settled into the seat, getting a feel for everyone around here and how to actually do business with these people, before Parliament kicks back into gear next month.
I've had help. Those people know who they are, and they'll get my thanks through multiple channels.
I can, as some of the supers are fond of saying, maybe start to deal.
Anyway, I'd like to try and experiment, since I have a sort of freedom most career politicians don't have. I've set up a sub-board on our local bulletin under parliament.local.frigga. Only logged-in residents can see this, and only from a Frigga's own subnets. Your votes are anonymous, your opinions won't be. It'll give everyone a better idea of the stuff I'm negotiating and the stuff I'm being offered in return, and how I'd like to play things. We're going to have to compromise on a lot, but this lets us work out how together rather than me making decisions 5 AU away.
It's the sort of insight you'll never get from your regular party politician, but I want to keep everyone in the loop. Only one person can log in from off-rock, and that'll be me - tied to my own MAC Address. I'll tell you what I think of the situation, what I think our options are, and we can all discuss it and come to some sort of consensus, or come up with new ideas.
The one cost of this is that what's on that board can never be seen by outside. Because if anyone in the parliament gets wind of what we're talking about then they're going to use it against us. They know exactly what we'll give up, how far wheel push. Look how hard we managed to hit the Boskone once we got the codes out of Prime's systems.... now imagine being on the receiving end of that.
Anyway, it's time for a crash course in politics here. We're going to have to compromise. Always. Because the one thing we have, is one vote on every motion that crosses the floor. And different politicians will offer to do different things for that vote, or threaten to scupper our plans if we don't vote for theirs. Sometimes that means voting against ourselves on one thing we can do without, in order to get the one thing we really want. Adding complexity are things like alliances between politicians, parties, political scandles and appearances, and the requirement to keep things in line with the voter base to keep the seat. There're other little tricks and pressures that can be applied, but those're the big ones. I'll go into further detail on the private board about where I think we are in relation to the different blocs in here, who'll be likely to want to work with us. What I think our advantages are, what I think our threats are.
We'll get into them as we go along. But, even before this year's session starts, our first political decision has come up;
Hemi Kira spoke to me today. Do we want to join the Technical Group, or go it alone?
Full details of what she's offering and what she'll require from us are behind this link. Do we want to give that up, in exchange for what she offers?
Vote, Vote!
I'm putting a lot of trust in people doing this. Please, let's keep whats on that board private for the time being. Speaking of which
--
3: To the person who posted that video.
You know who you are. So do I. Thanks very much for posting that. Really. I tried very hard to keep that off the public wave. For reasons that should now be obvious.
Just so as you know, you've probably fucked over everyone on Frigga by doing that. It pretty much annihilated any chance I had of getting support from, or even working with, one group in the house.
But don't worry. I'll take your name to the grave. So will Anika. And anyone else who knows. Unless you give us a reason not to.
--
4: The Professor has departed.
Thankfully, the Professor's visit passed without incident. He spent a grand total of three days here and, as thanks for letting him experiment in peace he's buggered off and given us an acknowledgement in the next paper he writes, and left some of his working notes behind. Either that, or he just plain forgot them.
As for what he was doing with our locomotive - he just wanted us to run some stuff over with it and see how his new polymers held up under the trains weight and - when they held up a little too well - how the new wheels performed. He made some modifications to our remaining reactors which increased energy output and made someone's DeLorean fly. Then he built the ultimate espresso machine, tried to grab one of my students and discovered why that was a bad idea, then corrected Puru's defective shielding until she damended he undo the work, before building a cloaking device for Lun because all that damage was triggering him and he needed to focus on his work. This was followed by a new boring machine that basically uses some sort of high-frequency laser to disolve the oxides around nodules of ore. But it needs about a gigawatt of raw electricity to work.
And then, he got into the Hackerspace.....
All told, we rolled the dice and won on this one. Mostly. Sorry Jacob.
--
5: Here comes the Fuzz.
It's partly my fault, but we're getting a police presence. Apparently, the home of a Baron must be guarded with an official police presence, so we're getting two AMP cops. They'll be setting up a permanent precinct here, with an office, detention cell and full legal authority to enforce the laws of the Crystal Millenium.
Look, I can hear the murmurs already. This won't change anything.
Just don't be an arse. Don't give them a reason to arrest you. Don't poke the sleeping dogs.
The same rules still applies. We can get away with a lot, so long as we don't screw around doing it. Don't be blatant and don't be a gobshite. Don't make them arrest you.
--
6: BNF Vistor
We'll be having a technical visit from a BNF in a professional capacity in a week's time. Names will go unsaid. Please do not disturb them while they work. This is important.
--
7: DCAMS offline. MAGIC happens.
In preperation for a full-time transition to MAGI system, DCAMS will be pulled offline for good in three days time for good. If you have any jobs or maintenance still pending on DCAMS you need to transfer them over to MAGI Maintenance Automatic General Integrated Controller system or the jobs will be lost and you'll be shifted to the back of the queue.
Any jobs already on MAGI are automatically being given priority from here on in.
So far the transition has been going relatively smoothly. Everybody involved has done a really good job. First rebuilding the system from the ground up while TITANIC was still running - which is like building a new bridge on top of an old one while traffic is still crossing.
They hope to hit version 1.0 and release to GPL within the next month. More small settlements could really use a system like this. It's scalable, and automates so much of operations that it leaves everyone with more free time to do more entertaining things than man a panel in a control room. And we don't have the ethical issues of it being an intelligence.
For those who care, the full technical details of the new MAGI system can be found on the project page here.
--
8: Guns'n'Roses
Shiori was the winner of this year's Rose Duel. In beatiful form too. Full details of the tournament are on the bulletin board here. We had two minor injuries that could've been a fair bit worse if the participants hadn't already been modified.
As of yet she hasn't decided what to do with the Crystal Rose. As for the sample of wave inside it - it remains untouched for now.
Full entry details for Ford's Shooting Tournament are here. Including amended rules to account for the wide variety of entrants and their physical capabilities. Range-based handicapping will be used to ensure a level playing field for all entrants, based on optical and kinesthetic resolution, ensuring everyone faces the exact same level of challenge. So yes, androids can enter.
--
9: Testing Times
A test on the emergency batteries and backup generators will be performed on the 20th.
We will also take the opportunity to perform a full black-start of the powergrid. This will involve a controlled shut down and staged restart the entire powergrid and may leave the station fully blacked out for up to 24 hours in the event of something going wrong. Artificial gravity may be lost in some areas, and the interconnector between ourselves and the catgirls will be severed. Ventilation and atmosphere maintenance systems may go offline.
We'll also see if we can use the Starlight Express as a mobile genset.
Defense militia is expected to be on full alert. We've scheduled the test to coincide with ongoing GJ patrols in the area, so help won't be far away in case anyone takes an opportunistic pot-shot.
--
10: Lun to depart.
Lun is to Leave Frigga in four days time for repair. Because of her precarious situation, the ship will be operating uncrewed, with fighter escort to keep opportunists away. This also marks the first combat-operational mission of the RF-47 Kulbit.
Volunteers being sought to fly our 4 remaining choppers to provide armed escort. This is a legally recognised escort mission, and can be noted and logged as qualifying experience for anyone looking for a mercenary license.
It shouldn't be too hard.
--
11: Defense Upgrades.
Because we've begun the process of establishing and training our motoroid squad, we've legally been able to certify and add the hardware to our PEPPER register . Our security and defense rating has gone up and we qualify for a better grade of equipment.
Combined with what we've saved by building the motoroids and using the extra revenue from the railway while we have it, we've sent an RFP to Orion for provision of a Tachikoma squadron.
If we come up short we have the option of applying for a grant through GJ - which means they would have to be available for inter-system defense missions, or we can chuck some form of crowdfunding thing together onsite.
Interesting tidbit. One of the first things I ever waved was a Tachikoma figurine. It sat on the dashboard of my car warning me about, and jamming, most police radar and laser systems. It must've saved me thousands.
--
12: Term Time.
Eleanor City Public School Officially opens it's tomorrow. Our teacher, Mr. Coleman, is looking forward to getting to know all the younglings of Frigga. Hopefully, as our population starts to grow we'll have time and space for more than one class.
Also, we have the option of beginning an official adult education program. Details on this will follow once they've been worked out.
--
13: Frigga #1 Collective Farm
The farm is officially opened. Working the farm counts towards weekly maintenance contributions. With a little luck this will offset our food imports, potentially even giving us a chance at self-sufficiency in food if the farm is expanded to one of the dead-pits. We'd need a large import of biomass to make it happen, but there's no technical reason why we can't have our own wonderland here within the next few years.
Lun is preparing a 5 year plan towards full development, which will be offered as a motion once completed.
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Next month, JLI to announce origin of handwavium 'Mysterious entity named Scion'. Federation passes Resolution outlawing Empire, starfleet to commence general order 24 on Mimas in 5 minutes. Haruhi bored - 'requires worthy opponents'. Mysterious alien craft discovered on far side of the moon, explosion cracks research dome. Wiz Mechatronics lab destroyed in fire. Research rocket launch triggers accidental WWIII, large swathes of Earth rendered to glowing ashes, survivors in underground vault-like structures. And, most importantly, Convention 2026 shortlist announced....fingers crossed. Oh, and there'll be lots of Fan Service!
-Jet
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