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———— OOC Permanent Settlements Systems with permanent settlements (prescribed a different colour, EG. purple in the case of the Lu'Nioh) can have actions done to them, as follows: Barter: Resources can be exchanged at a 1:1 rate. EG. 1 Supplies can be bought for 1 Bluespace Jump. Special resources, such as the Warp Interdicton Net, also counts. This doesn't cost a turn, and the SCCV Horizon can still move in the same week. This can be done every 2nd week, and the system will be marked with a green exclamation mark (!) when this option is available. Befriend: Gifting 2 of any resource will sway the settlement towards the SCCV Horion. This doesn't cost a turn, and the SCCV Horizon can still move in the same week. This only needs to be done once. Raid: The SCCV Horizon can raid the settlement for resources. This does cost a turn, and sets the stage for that weekend's event. This will remove the permanent settlement from the map. This can be done at any time. If the Malebranche enters a system with a permanent settlement, and that settlement's faction isn't amiable with the Malebranche's faction, the settlement will be engaged. There is a 80% chance the settlement is disabled, removing it from the gamemap. If the settlement survives, the Malebranche is placed into its Recovering state and misses its movement. ———— The Distress Beacon and Other Turn Options The SCCV Horizon has now become desperate enough to consider the additional options per turn (read: I only just thought of these): Distress Beacon: The SCCV Horizon can deploy its distress beacon, alerting all nearby ships and stations (including the Malebranche) of its location. This will put the Malebranche into's Pursuing state and it will beeline the SCCV Horizon's location at time of emitting the distress beacon. The Distress Beacon is a prerequisite for any rescue vessels to be able to locate the SCCV Horizon. Because of such, the Distress Beacon will be launched uninfluenced by player decision on 2467-10-11, if the SCCV Horizon has not yet found and used Warp Lane 7's exit. It may still take some time for the rescue vessel to arrive however (basically, when I can't manage this minigame anymore and need to wrap things up lol) Create Debris Field: The SCCV Horizon can expend 1 Supplies to leave a bunch of debris in a warp gate's ingress zone, similar to using a Warp Interdiction Net. This will have a 50% chance to put the Malebranche into its Recovering state if it uses that warp lane. A costly and unreliable alternative to a warp interdiction net, for when the net has already been used or you want to save it for a more optimal usecase. Other reasonable actions can be suggested and will may considered. Keep them simple, like the Debris Field action, and avoid contradicting/bypassing any 'rules' or other actions.

Crescent Expanse: Warp Lane 7 — Week 4 ———— Bridge Memo: Ship Navigation Good morning, Command and Bridge Crew, The SCCV Horizon awaits navigation to a new system. After the SCCV Horizon's impromptu port of call at the ISS Lu'Nioh, a sensor data exchange has seen a number of unconventional warp lanes (marked in yellow in sensor graphics) added to the SCCV Horizon's registry. These warp lanes are consistent with lanes often charted and frequented by smugglers and often bypass longer routes, however they can be risky to traverse, particularly in larger vessels such as ours. ((OOC: There is a 10% chance to lose either 1 Supplies OR 1 Bluespace Jump Budget when using a yellow smuggler's lane)) Xar'qui 52 and the ISS Lu'Nioh will continue to be monitered for future transmissions directed to the SCCV Horizon, and it may be possible to trade with them again should we be unable to find a timely route out of Warp Lane 7. It should also be noted that the SCCV Horizon is soon to be overdue its expected return date, with the original flightplan seeing the vessel return on 2467-09-25. It is this intelligence's hope that Central Command will have a contingency plan in place in the event the SCCV Horizon far exceeds its expected return date, however we cannot predict when any such rescue may arrive. Finally, the SCCV Horizon is critically low on supplies. Automated measures will be taken to stretch existing supplies; it is strongly advised to prepare and implement additional supply conservation strategies, and ensure crew members are adhering to preexisting conservation strategies.

TO: Command, Bridge Crew FROM: Automated Bridge Notices SUBJECT: Bridge Notice: Flight Plan Update MESSAGE BODY: A flight plan update has been made. The SCCV Horizon is now routing to XAR'QUI 52 via BLUESPACE JUMP. Estimated time of arrival: 5 DAYS. Please make the appropriate preparations.

Crescent Expanse: Warp Lane 7 — Week 3 ——— Bridge Memo: Ship Navigation Good morning, Command and Bridge Crew, The SCCV Horizon awaits course adjustment after evaluation of the vessel's current situation. Following the incident at the hivebot-infested propellant depot, a number of important developments should be noted: The SCCV Horizon was able to salvage 1 weeks worth of supplies from the derelict, as well as the surrounding graveyards of hivebot robot debris left by the Purpose synthetics. This is only enough to recoup what was lost relocating to the system. Scans prior to the derelicts detonation, a successful attempt to interrupt the worst of the hivebot interference of the SCCV Horizon, indicated the gas holding tanks were left untapped of a potential 1 weeks worth of bluespace drive moderator gases. The Purpose synthetics encountered around the derelict disappeared from our sensors, alongside all equipment and material brought with them. Their treatment by SCCV Horizon personnel suggests future aid is unlikely. The SCCV Horizon continues to experience network faults, despite best efforts to prevent them. ((OOC: For reasons currently unknown to the crew, there is a 25% chance to lose an additional 1 supplies per week)). In addition to this, the Malebranche was detected warping into the Berkley 73 system and is now actively patrolling Warp Lane 7. The sensors suite will continue to track the Malebranche, utilising bluespace sensors unable to be traced by the dated vessel. Routed via internal relay. Composed by Virgil AI. ——— OOC On the Malebranche The Malebranche is now on the gamemap in its attempt to pursue the SCCV Horizon. The Malebranche has a shorter sensor range than the SCCV Horizon, and can only see adjacent systems. The Malebranche will move a random direction as permitted by warp lanes. A random number will be generated, with a number corresponding to a direction. The Malebranche has 4 'patrol' states: Hunting: The Malebranche is not aware of the SCCV Horizon's location and is attempting to locate it. Pursuing: The Malebranche is aware of the SCCV Horizon's location (or last known location), and will begin moving to that direction. This state is triggered when 'spotted' by the Malebrache by being in an adjacent system. This state can be triggered by certain event outcomes, where something may tip of the Malebranche. Disengaged: It is possible the Malebranche to give up, at which point it will return to Sawal. As you can infer by previous posts, this requires rendering its escorts non-operational, which can be done a number of ways, such as with the help of potential allies. Recovering: The Malebranche is recovering from an attack or being interdicted. It skips its movement that week. The Malebranche has 2 'targetting' states: No Lock: The SCCV Horizon is not actively being tracked by the Malebranche. Locked On: The SCCV Horizon has locked on and can 'see' the SCCV Horizon. This is usually hand-in-hand with the Malebranche's 'Pursuing' state, and is used to differentiate whether the Malebranche is pursuing because it can see the SCCV Horizon, or if it's pursuing what it thinks is the SCCV Horizon. The Malebranche has 3 special capabilities: The Malebranche has a 75% chance to perform a special capability a turn, where a special capability is selected by random, and where a special capabilities may require a precondition (eg. being Locked On).

TO: Command, Bridge Crew FROM: Automated Bridge Notices SUBJECT: Bridge Notice: Flight Plan Update MESSAGE BODY: A flight plan update has been made. The SCCV Horizon is now routing to BETA MARAX I via WARP GATE TRANSIT. Estimated total transit time: 5 DAYS. Please make the appropriate preparations.

Crescent Expanse: Warp Lane 7 — Week 2 ——— Bridge Memo: Ship Navigation Good morning, Command and Bridge Crew, The SCCV Horizon awaits its next destination after investigating the signal in Beta Marax II — the appropriate conferences and holocalls should be on the Command Portal calendars now. The Operations and Engineering Departments has also completed an evaluation of the warp interdiction net provided by the ICV Maiden of the Void as part of a barter to repair their Cartographer AI. Planted in the middle of a warp gate connection, the next vessel to utilise the connection will be interdicted, subject to power network overloads, and significantly delayed; it has a potential use-case against the pursuing pirate vessel. The Malebranche and its escorts have not been detected leaving the Sawal system yet; the destruction of their bluespace scanning beacon prior to the SCCV Horizon's emergency bluespace jump has proved to significantly delay them. However, long-range scans have detected the vessel and its escorts rendevouszing at the Sawal—Berkley 73 warp gate, indicating that they have identified which lane the emergency bluespace jump placed us within. The Malebranche is expected to enter Warp Lane 7 imminently. Routed via internal relay. Composed by Virgil AI.

TO: Command, Bridge Crew FROM: Automated Bridge Notices SUBJECT: Bridge Notice: Flight Plan Update MESSAGE BODY: A flight plan update has been made. The SCCV Horizon is now routing to BETA MARAX II via WARP GATE TRANSIT. Estimated total transit time: 5 DAYS. Please make the appropriate preparations.

Bridge Memo: Ship Navigation Crescent Expanse: Warp Lane 7 — Week 1 Hi Command and Bridge Crew, A pressing issue needs to be addressed now that everyone has recouped after that ensnarement in the pirate system: the ship's navigation. Our emergency bluespace jump has sent us way off course into a region we have no navigational data on. The SCCV Horizon's current position is Berkley 73 system, located along Warp Lane 7. Infrastructure is nil with zero nav data; we are in the dark. On top of this, our supplies and phoron reserves do not account for our distance off-course. I need not mention the pirate cruiser that is still pursuing us — hopefully, destroying the bluespace tracking beacon they had will slow them down enough. The most immediate warp lane we have data on and that connects to the greater Spur is Warp Lane 1. However, the sensors suite sustained damage by a pirate anti-ship mine while evading the cruiser, as such we are unable to fully map out Warp Lane 7 to identify a route onto Lane 1. Attached is the data we do have, as well as fuel & supplies manifests. Routed via internal relay. Composed by Virgil AI. Attachments: sensorscan_5722_2467-08-30-(Annotated).ndf: lanechart_2467-08-30.ndf operations-manifest-phoron.ndf operations-manifest-supplies-(overview).ndf —— OOC: This is a quick, little minigame that lets you steer the Crescent Expanse miniarc. The Game: The Horizon can move 1 point along red lines (a warp gate connection) at no cost per week (between events). The Horizon can move up to 2 points in one cardinal direction, regardless of red line/warp connection, at the cost of expending 1 bluespace jump budget. Where/how the Horizon moves is decided in this thread. If there are multiple suggestions, it'll be down to most heart-reacted suggestion, but maybe we'll figure out a better way as we go. You don't need an active Bridge/Command character to take part. However, IC suggestions from active Bridge/Command characters have an intrinsic +1 heart. OOC suggestions are accepted from any player. The decisions are made on Tuesday, so there is time for appropriate event planning. No decision in this thread means I'll be asking the first person I see on Discord or in Deadchat on the day.. Points marked with ? exhibit strange signals: they may present opportunities to resupply or end up in danger. This doesn't mean an event won't occur if you enter a system without a ?; events in ?-less systems will be more low-intensity Horizon-side events. A small sprinkle of clues are already available, for those with keen ears (and more may be found during events). The Main Goal: To locate the system with a warp gate leading to Warp Lane 1. Hint: It will be on the peripherary. To do so before the supply situation becomes too dire... To hope the Malebranche doesn't catch up too fast... Questions welcome (though preferred by Discord to avoid cluttering this game thread).

My mind isn't made up on alt titles (personally, i lean towards just having 'Ship Engineer/Maintenance Technician' and 'Atmospherics Engineer/Atmospherics Technician' for the qualifications flavour, instead of splitting it by specialisation, as the qualifications/pathway you entered the job is often more relevant in my experience). but, for this implementation specifically, as an atmos tech player: 'Atmospheric Technician' and 'Environmental Systems Technician' are very samey — i interpret them to mean the same thing. i'd instead use that alt title 'slot' to represent the propulsion side of Atmospherics (Ship Propulsion Technician) and/or the bluespace drive side of things (Drive Engineer).

Nralakk Federation’s Councillor Weashbi Jrugl Meets League of Chief Directors and CEOs at Top of the World Article 6 of Of Pale Blue Dots arc Last Monday, Grand Councillor Weashbi Jrugl took a detour from their talks with the Republic of Biesel’s Torvald Administration to speak to top Chainlink directors and executives at the Top of the World headquarters. Discussed was the potential of a new wave of corporate expansion into the Nralakk Federation, with the League of Chief Directors moderating the interests of all constituent megacorporations: NanoTrasen Corporation’s CEO Miranda Trasen, Zeng-Hu Pharmaceutical's CEO Liqin Hsiao-Li, and Orion Express’ Chin-Hae Hong were also present at the meeting representing their companies. The Orion Spur Oracle was permitted exclusive access to this meeting; here are all of the largest developments! PHOTO: Spur’s Leaders at Top of the World Conference CLIP: Top of the World Nralakk-SCC Conference: Orion Express Contracted for Logistics, Fabrication and Mining Within the Pluat Cooperative. CLIP: Top of the World Nralakk-SCC Conference: Zavodskoi Interstellar Contracted To Manufacture Next Line of Arms for Qehalak. CLIP: Top of the World Nralakk-SCC Conference: Renewed Nralakk-SCC Cooperation.

Following Meep's resignation as skrell lore deputy, the slot has been reopened. In addition to the usual format, please answer the following questions. 1. On the Skrell team, you'll occasionally work closely with the Vaurca and Diona teams. How familiar are you with the lore of those two species? Is there anything you want to develop or change about their integration? 2. What are your thoughts on the Nralakk Federation's internal politics and current state of the Traverse. How would you like to see them develop in the longer term? 3. The Nralakk Federation’s isolationist period is ending, and it intends to expand its involvement in the Spur. How would you want to develop their relationships with the other nations and corporations? 4. Is there a specific part of Skrell or Federation lore that you, personally, are particularly interested on writing about? The following proposal is also requested in a Google Document: Please write a single article for the Spurley news outlet representing a news development in Nralakk Federation pop culture! The article can be about music, skrell qwei'paqui readings, films/shows, art/fashion, or any other facet of skrell culture. It doesn't have to be long! Aim for half a page in Google Docs. This is to get an idea of your awareness of skrell lore themes as they may appear in pop culture.

Margot & The Phoron Dolls HOT PINK Tour: Leaving Biesel! Written by Penny Kimble from Biesel, Tau Ceti — Share • Like • Parley Margot & The Phoron Dolls have completed the first length of their 6-year tour ‘HOT PINK’ around the Republic of Biesel and are now heading off-planet for their first time! The Cape City hyper/synthpop sensation began their debut tour in April of this year and have so far completed a lap around Biesel, from Cape City to Mendell to Ports-Ville. The girl band will now embark for Reade’s Anemostrovilos, with tickets flying out for the upcoming concerts on June 21st, 23rd, 25th and 27th. The Dolls are then headed for New Gibson, with concerts lined up around the planet’s arcologies for the rest of the year, before soaring out of Tau Ceti to other planets of the Republic of Biesel! The band saw wide acclaim after releasing their Biesel chart-breaking single ‘high heels on the gas❣’, now the most listened to track on their tour namesake HOT PINK album, with the Dolls leaving Chirper in a frenzy with the chirp, ‘Venus hasn’t got shit on us!’ Upcoming Tour Dates: June 21: Anemostrovilos, Reade, Tau Ceti June 23: Anemostrovilos, Reade, Tau Ceti June 25: Anemostrovilos, Reade, Tau Ceti August 5: Xoikko, New Gibson, Tau Ceti August 7: Xoikko, New Gibson, Tau Ceti August 9: Hengsha, New Gibson, Tau Ceti August 14: Hengsha, New Gibson, Tau Ceti August 16: Hengsha, New Gibson, Tau Ceti August 18: Virklund, New Gibson, Tau Ceti … How To Get Tickets: Tickets are already on sale at ticketbooth.nt! Check These Out!: ART & FASHION • Buying Jewels of Nralakk headchains? - here's what you should look for! FILMS & SHOWS • FIRST PAST THE LINE: Caspar Orillian confirmed to be starring in spy-thriller movie in production this year. CELEB NEWS • Melissa Trasen opens for Trasen Development Benefit conference in Ports-Ville: where can you get a spidersilk scarf like her's?

hi, KittyKatCatgirl8. the Tajara Team and I are going to be denying this whitelist. You're a very new player. We generally expect at least/sometimes more than 1 month of playtime from prospective whitelistees. This is to show that you are familiar with and acquainted with both the lore and roleplay expectations here. If you're still around in 1 month, you're welcome to look into making another application. In the meantime, you're welcome to join the Discord and ask questions.

Burzsia Relief Operations Come to an End Hephaestus Industries announced the finalisation of relief operations in the Burzsia system this morning. After 4 months of rescues, emergency repairs and salvage, normalcy was returned to the industrial system that supplies the Coalition and beyond. Now, the long road to rebuilding and reestablishing shut down operations commences, with Hephaestus Industries projecting exports to resume by November 2467. The SCCV Horizon played a major role in the final month of these relief operations, credited with the recovery of multiple lifepods that were ejected by Hephaestus Industries vessels during the attack, the rescue of personnel trapped in crumbled ground facilities, and the repairs that restored industrial stations to habitability for their surviving crew. One of these rescue missions which returned four Hephaestus Industries asset protection personnel to their families was observed by the Orion Spur Oracle. Pictured: An SCCV Horizon expeditionary team rescues Hephaestus asset protection contractors from a crashed cryogenic lifepod. The SCCV Horizon is now planned to route past the Xanu system on a mission north, with the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate releasing this notice: ‘Straight from the Source!: The League of Chief Directors has cleared the SCCV Horizon’s new mission that will take it into uncharted regions of the Crescent Expanse for a new wave of phoron prospecting. Let’s find another Orchard Moon!’ — Stellar Corporate Conglomerate, Chirper at 03/07/67 07:43AM Tau Ceti Standard

This has been implemented. Locking & Archiving.

This is being accepted, however: Bunk Dormitories and Bunk Cubicles will not be added as their own option. One can already use room modification permissions to replace their fold-up single bed with a bunk to roomshare and figure out a payment plan between the now 2 occupants. Everything else will most likely make it into the review of the relevant page.

The skrell team and I will be accepting this.