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Everything about Vovaria B is tilted.

History classes:
Heaven of Calm
Robinson Crusoe
Alien Life

Planetoloy:
Cerberus Class
36° Tilt
0.72 AU from its Yellow G2 start
0.56g
3758 Radius
55°C average
32 hour day
117x48 map

Geology:
Still Geologically Active
13m/s windspeed
8% mountain
4 Seasons
Arctic: 26/35/45/35°C
Antarctic: 46/36/27/36°C
Tropic: 62/71/62/71°C

Biosphere:
RHL: 4
BHL: 2
AFH: 0
ATN: 4
Despite the good Oxygen, we can not operate without E-suits. Propably because the atmosphere goes to 60-70°C
Theoretically we can open Air farm, but only the Arctic has (almost) manageable temperatures year round. In the Tropic region the Fields do not grow. And propably regulary catch fire.

Alien Life:
Life is water/carbon/oxygen based. And there is sea life, somehow. I asume underground oceans?
The surface plantlife clings to the Lavaflows and Volcanos as if they were freshwater springs

Land Plants:
Doximolt fern (2259/4/d/32)

Land Herbivore:
astracorps mollusc (4083/7/4/22)

Land Carnivores:
uni-chiton (2706/24/3/19)
veraplacophora (231/12/9/29)

Sentient Life:
Astracorps Mollusc Sapiens. Cephaloid class

Colonisation:
Settlement is also Tilted.
6840 - a Luddite Farming Commune settles the planet.
6875 - Quadrant Capital places a penal colony on the planet
7090-7376 - Farming boom. Plant based drug. Underground Mushroom Farms. Birth Boom for farmers. Agricultural School
7437 - Penal colony expanded
7511-7728 - Mining boom. First interest, Special Deposit, Sector Mining hub

Population 44.3 million
80% Farmers
7% Mining
13% Services
34 zones

Dissolution War:
Hit 7995
8075 - nuclear reactor meltdown in Mamonio
8126 - Spaceship crashed on Agalan
8195 - Droug and starvation kill Mazonar, Totenus, Mamana
8231 - Spaceship crashes on Totenus
8243 - Religious cult nukes Ratenar, Landing, Somonion
8255 - insane Warlord destroys Martenio

Survivors: 1.769 million
17% Scavengers
83% Farmers

Summary:
1 Major Regime
44 Minor Regimes
12 Alien Minor Regimes

Turn 0:
Empire Name: Steelfort

Starting Profile choices:
Autocracy
Enforcement
Mind

Zeitgeist:
Time of Learning

Position:
Northpole
West: Lafarar Territory
South/West: Oconio Territory
South: Non-Aligned Forces
South/East: Labino Territory, Rootmountain Nation and hte Lava Sea called "Maat Mere"
East: Non-Aligned Forces

Political Parties:
Cabinet Government
Justice Knights (JK). 64%. Meritocracy+++
Humanist Circle (HC), 36%. Commerce++, heart++, autocracy+

Cult:
Syndic

Leaders:
Nick Cretalight, 27m, 35/30/26/II JK Leader, Commander 1st SHQ

Juda Farnmoon, 56m, 47/22/32/II, JK Member, Militia Chief, Advisor

Grey Clarke, 42m, 25/49/32/III, Secretary. Better use elswhere

Damian Sterling, 27m, 34/14/29/II, HC Member, Reserve Pool

Alec Capella, 49m, 45/17/28/II, HC Leader, Director SCC

Aden Etherwaste, 35m, 47/38/53/V, 1st MG Brigade; While awesome at his job, I propably want him elswhere

Fate Orion, 38f, 40/37/37/III, Governor of Aurora, only female leader, Propably more usefull elsewhere

Designs
Strutural design of most 100 +/-10. Howitzer Artillery at 81 only.
All Base Design Scores under 100.

Plan
Original gameplan was going: Autocracy, Enforcement, Mind
After looking at the cult and Factions, I think Meritocracy, Government, Mind is much more likely to work out.
I have to get rid of the Humanist Circle I think.

Year 406 AA of Steelfort

The internal position is a bit unstable. People are split between the Syndic Cult, the Justice Knights and the Humane Society. My best hope to get a stable government, is to throw my lot in with the Syndic Cult and Justice Knights.

Winter:
- In my Ascension Speech I made it clear, that the previous Policy of Strong Enforcement will be replaced with one of Strong Government and Public Economy Instead.
- I also ordered the creation of a Economic Council. This hostile planet has a lot of untapped resources, that will require some serious prospecting and research.
- We also have to expand our borders, so I am sending the 1st Brigade South/East, towards the Rootmountain Nation.
- As we already have operational Metal, Water and Fuel Mines, I orderd the construction of a Recycling Asset in Aurora City
- My secretary managed to get a Income Tax Increase through.

Spring:
Decisions Descisions!
- The milita held a spontaneous Parade. It seemed politically advantageous to give them money - indeed a large sum - as thanks for their service.
- The Alien Natives in the Oconio Territory in the south/west wanted a Peace agreement. Quite agreeable, so I accepted
- There are Dissatisfied Elements in Rootmountain Nation, that are willing to rise up as a 5th Column if we declare war on the nation. It reuqired selling half the Metal Stockpile, but we managed to give them the Money they need.
- There appears to be a "Mosnter" in the outskirts of Aurora. Advisor Farnmoon suggessed organizing a Hunting Party, but that seems like a surefire way for embarassment. People have been warned to stay away
- The decsision who should lead the Economic council came up. I moved Advisor Farnmoon over giving the Justice Knights a lot more power.
- A Motorized Militia Battallion managed to drive all the way to the border of the town Rootmountain. The 1st Brigade meanwhile is slower then that. It is unlikely the attack will be started this year.

Summer:
- Rootmountain toops cut off the advanced group, but that put them close to the advancing 1st Brigade. Wich attacked, declaring war. We drove them off, clearing the road again.
- A new Advisor is needed. Aden Etherwaste - the commander of the 1st Brigade during the previous attack - has been named for the post.
- Apparently one native Scientist has set up a observation char and shed at the border. It was a considerable effort (needed to use 50 PP fate card), but I managed to organize us sending all our Linguists to him. This should speed up a proper translation
- We send some spies into both Westerns toerritories. this will be the only way to aquired recon in that direction for a while
- Our water mine is putting up way more water then we need for the Dome Farms right now. Production has been reduced to 25%. Same with our Fuel Mine. The Recycler is also finished and will soon be operational. So the work on the one remaining known deposit - a rare metal mine - has begun. But scraping together machines for these kinds of projects is starting to get hard.

Fall:
- In a surprise attack, the rebels have taken over rootmountain! Our 1st Brigade never even needed to enter the city. We expect the remaining Rootmountain Militia to disolve and hte pacification progress to begin shortly.
- Apparently the attack was so surprising, half the rebel forces were out of position on the wrong side of the Lava Lake.
- on the West: After some agressive scouting by our militia in the rest of the year, the forces of the Lafarar Territory started advancing. For that reason it s very good that the 1st Brigade is no longer tied up with Rootmountain. We need those troops on the other end and rather quickly.
- Damian Sterling of the Humanist Circle had to take over the 1st Brigade. He is a less then ideal commander. But he is the only person of note we can afford to send right now.
- a Meeting on the church of Syndic has been held. Our Policies have been changed in their Favor.
- the scientists of the Economic council had the idea for "Water Soil Repcomposition" - a way to get water from the very rock. So even if our icemine runs dry, we will be able to maintain our Food production

Spring 406 (continuation):
- it was brought to my attention that apprently we ran out of credits to pay our workers. Namely by said workers being quite vocal anbout it. It is true, money is particulary tight right now. Just for payment this cycle and the machines needed to complete the rare metal mine, we had to sell fuel.
- I also attached the Advisor Etherwaste to the 1st SHQ. While neither of them has any Skills in trade, their combined intelligence might be able to work a miracle for future deals

Year 407 AA of Steelfort
(It looks like I lost about half the year of events)

Winter:
- Our society is well versed in maters of the mind. One could say we have a certain "Technological Fascination".
- The expansive Rootmountain Terrain has been take over.
- With agressive strategic redeployment, the 1st Brigade managed to return to Aurora rather quickly.
- Lafarar has been advancing steadily. Our Spies finally managed to figure out what they people are. They are human Nomads.
- It was time for another policy speech. I promised increasing the number of Prominent Leaders . and then promptly did just that by hiring 2 new Juniors:
Vida Cryoriver, 19f, 35/19/29/II
Peter Blacklove, 17m, 24/31/30/II
Neither one sounds like they will be particualry happy here.
- The militia had some Mercenaries they wanted ot learn from. While it would have bee possible to incentivise more of them to settle with us, we lacked the money for that move.
- Rootmountain needs a Governor. The decisions fell on Vida Cryoriver
- The people in RM also had a number of petitions for me. I decided to look at them
- the number of spies in Lafarar reached 4. I think that is enough for now.
- RM is home to a Cult called "The Mystic Temple". Their appeal both in the old town and Aurora is actually a bit of a problem. I ordered a Meeting on this Cult, where we will disincentivise people from joining.
- The Syndic Chruch requested Donations in both cities. Selling off a bunch of Rare Metals extracted and/or found in the world allowed me to give to both of them.
- As they keep encroaching on Aurora, it is high time to kill some nomads and drive them back. They have 2 patches of Ruins, and 2 interesting assets in their territory - and I plan to secure all 4 for Aurora.
- I reduced worker pay and recruitment in Aurora. This should hopefully help
- the mosnter in Aurora has not wandered off, so there is no other option then to send a hunting party after all. Governor Fate Orion with help from Aden Etherwaste went. Failed and managed to get 300 Security personell killed. However that is not much more then the Monster kept killing per seasons and it seems they drove it off.
- Work on Upgrades of the Barracks and High Command Building has begun in Aurora. Additionally a Bureacratic Office is being placed in Rootmountain.
- Judah Farnmoon caused a incident with Democratic activists. Despite the unrest that would cause in Aurora, I had to support his actions.
- Our spies finally got some decent data on the aliens in the Occonio territory:
Their domesticated "Astracrops Sonora" is luckily not a danger. They are Solitary creatures. While they have absorbing skin, even our current firearms can overcome their "armor". And their only noteable property is being apparently exceptionnaly helpfull for scouting.
The actuall Tribesmen of species Astracorps Sonora Sapiens are luckily poorly equipped. They operate roughly like a tribal nation. Even our Militia should have very few trouble defeating them. Nevermind our proper miltiary forces.
- Apparently we had contact with another native group. The Vogla Teritory is at the south end of Rockmountain. Apparently they have been snatching children off the street to offer them vegetables. It was easy enough to explain to them that this behavior was not acceptable. Now we only need time to explain to our own population that there is no need for concern.
- our first skirmish with the Nomads was mostly a failure. The 1st brigade is not yet ready for combat operations, after their quick redeployment. They have been ordered to adopt a defensive posture for the time being.

Fall:
- We found a Radioactives Desposit in Rootmountain, just east of the city itself. While we currently have no use that, it will be very usefull down the line.
- Our society has a solid basis of curiosity, wch will make Cultural Conversions (like in Rockmountain) a lot easier
- thanks to enemy repositioning, we had some progress on the nomad front without any weapons fire involved
- A group of Mercenaries from the Natives offered to join our Militia for money. A large sell of Metals was enough to afford it and still have money for the forseable future
- A new Organisation can be formed. This time the choice fell for a Model Design council. We have a decent amount of practical experience with out gear and it is time to translate that into better gear.
- The private economies in both our cities have raised the salary by quite a bit, meaning we have to bump Worker pay back up again or risk mutinees.
- it Appears the monster of Aurora has not been defeated after all. It is still killing people and if anything, more then ever. This time Fate Orion managed to lead the hunting party successfully, earning her the honorary title "Monster Hunter". However there is consider Friction between her and the Advisor, so he was detached.

Year 408 AA of Steelfort

Winter
- A lucky break with the nomads. Apparently a few of them grew tired of the standoff and decided to attack. They failed, but the coutner-attack shortened that salient on the Pole. Only to have the rest of the Brigade turn it into a proper encirclement. Now they will not suffer from lack of supplies anythime soon, but it does give us a option to attack from multiple directions.
- I looked at a number of additional new candidates for the post of Model Design Council. Peter Blacklove is the only option. And while he has the skills, his association with the Humanist Circle is a problem. While they currently have no affiliation, it appears both have a strong likelyhood to associate with the Justice Knights.
Marlow Johnlane, 24/37/23/II, Former Mercenary
Yevgeny Rigel, 28/38/26/III, Junior
As he was ever so slightly ahead in skill, the choice fell on Yevgeny
- The Model Design Council quickly went to work on a new Machinegun Design, and will also be adding at least padded Environment suits to all our Soldiers
- A minor Worker Strike in Rootmountain could be easily paid off. However, our people seem to think that their Votes and Opinion mater and thus this is a actuall democracy. Of course it is not. I had not choice but to send in the troops. Indeed I decalared that this city too should have some barracks
- As our troops started using quite a amount of ammunition lately I orderd the creation of a bit of a stockpile of 1000 units

Spring:
- The nomads have been reacting very differently to the encirclement. Some successfully escaped before they were completely boxed in. Others attacked our forces trying to break out.
- The attack on the people was a bloody msitake. Worse: The SHQ commander Nick Cretalight of the Justice Knights decided to lead the battle from the front and got himself killed in action
- With that loss, The Justice Knights seem to have lost most of their influence in the Politburea
- It looks like - despite what I originally promised after my ascension - I do have to return to our nations Autocratic Roots to get a long with the (now Dominant) Human Circle
- a Minor Worker Strike in Aurora is just about the ideal time to showcase that new and old direction - I send in the troops.
- With my newfound "love" for the Humanist Circle, I can not longer keep a member of their Group in frontline duty in hopes of getting him killed.
- the 2nd Native Nation the "Vogla Territory" seems to be interested in proper communication with Steelfort. But this time I could only had the political Capital to send in a solid Linguist team - no "all the Linguists" this time.
- we also send some spies into the Vogla Territory, to give us a better picture of their equipment.

Summer:
- luckily the Nomands in the west and Freefolk Marrauders in the south have not used the absence of a SHQ leader
- the new MG Kit codenamed "Zero Gun" has been designed. While actually a decrease in offensive power it is a much better basis to go into the future so they will be deployed piece by piece
- time to try the same thing for the Grunt, however this time building on the existing "Guard" Kit.
- there have been some Roaming bands of Thieves in Rootmountain. But between my support and the Advisor being attached to her, Vida Cryoriver managed to to solve the issue without the people worrying about this problem too much.
- I have been pondering who to put in the Role of SHQ Commander for a long time now. And my choice fell to - Fate Orion, Governor of Aurora and Monster Hunter.
While she lacks actuall Military Experience, she has good skills in Trading, Leadership and is pretty good at Improvisation.
- Marlow Johnlane takes over as leader of the 1st Brigade. And he quickly went to work finishing off those encirceled Nomads. Now the brigade can finally start pushing into the Nomad territory.

Fall:
- The investments into the Government Infrastructure finally starts paying off. Our Bureaucracy is quite a efficient appartus now.
- Guards II has already been finished. The armor has improoved way beyond a simple upgrade they even managed to improove the weapon a bit. I am pretty sure the troops will love it.
- time to look into improoving the Artillery side.
- the New Governor for Aurora came up. My choice fell to Damian Sterling, given that I had promised him a better job.
- A Crime Syndicated - lead by Manueal Spazione has formed. And he invited me to a sit down. i see no reason why I should not have cordial relations with them for the time being
- the increases in Soldier and Worker population has increased the demand for Food by the SHQ quite a bit. While Hydroponics is currently being investiaged by the Economic Council, a upgrade for the Aurora Dome Farm will have to do for the time being. I have to see if they become a problem once they get bigger.
- the 2nd Group of Natives also appeared to be on a Tribal Technology level

409 AA of Steelfort

Winter:
- The Nomands keep retreating. Wich allowed us to try encirclin yet another group
- A rolling replacement of both Infantry and Machinegun kits to the Guard 2 and Zero-Gun setups is in process
- we found some fuel way past Rootmountain. It can hardly be considered part of the City itself
- the Upgrading of hte Agri Dome is causing quite a disruption of the workforce in Aurora. So the finishing of the upgrade will be delayed for at least 1 season
- The Previous Zeitgeist - the time of Learning has ended. Now everything indicates we are facing a "Time of Corruption"- The leading Party is now a lot more likely to abuse their Power for corrupt means.
- Speaking of wich, the Justice Knights Demanded I hire a Candidate of their Party. The newest member in the Reserve Pool is Zed Pollux, 52/35/39/III. He should make a really good Scientist but his political leanings are troublesome
- Time for a new Policy Speech. I think I focuss on further improoving the Bureaucratic Capacity. It is already trending up anyway and a quick promise and starting work on anotehr expansion of the SCC Building should do this
- Speaking of the SCC, their new Priority is to create more political Power capital for me
- In Rootmountain, outrage of the death of a old man has turned into a Lynchmob. Despite having my support, Vida Cryoriver and Aden Etherwaste failed at containing the situation with casualties and disruptions.
- the Vogla Natives seem to demand payment. While their military power is laugable at best, our forces are out of position to intercept them. So I have to give them some money to maintain peace and hopefully improove relations.
- We managed to convince some Artisans to create a Private Vidcom Station in Aurora. This will help boost the peoples Entertainment and happiness. A Private Zoo has also opened with direct support from the Factions.
- finally, our Militia consisting of Aurora Militia, Cephaloid Mercs and Rootmountain Rebel formations managed to assault and drive back a formation of Free Folk marrauders. The fighting was quite bloddy, however. I ordered the Disolving of a smaler militia formation, to free up reinforcements.

Spring:
- the Nomads keept perfectly still while the encirclement finished. The bulk of their remaining forces are now fully surrounded
- the New Artillery - codename "AG" - is finished. Again a upgrade to the armor way beyond what the simple E-Suit Upgrade would indicate. Also the guns themself have increased in size by quite a bit. The next task is looking at a Range Increase for the "Grasshopper" Recon Aircraft - wich lately saw more use as a ground attack aircraft.
- given that there is very few work for them left for the time being, I cut the Model Design Councils budget by about 1/4 to put more into the SCC and Economic Council.
- another attempted Worker strike in Rootmountain - again it was defeated by sending in the troops.
- the Volga Natives want a peace deal and mutual respecting of each others borders. A acceptable deal.
- the Militia batallion ignored my orders to disolve and report to other units, so this time I am forcing the issue by ordering each subunit into the SHQ for further distribution.
- I ordered spies send into the region east of Aurora and north of Rootmountain

Summer:
- the Nomads encirclement has collapsed further, thanks to a attack by our forces. The new gear is prooving quite powerfull. It is now down to their last defense.
- the Model Council finished work on the Improoved Grashopper. While they made it slightly better in air combat, there was no increase in range at all. They did however also had the idea for Motorcycle Infantry, something they will try to design next.
- time for another Council. And this time, my choice fell for a Military Research Council. The model council is running out of things to do, without some new weapons and armor tech to work into existing units or turn into new units.
- the Church of Syndic Rootmountain Chapterhouse wanted another Donation. We had to sell quite a bunch of Rare Metals to the Traders, but managed to finiance this and other endeavors.
- the Vogla natvies try to improove communications with them. I happily send "all the Linguists" we had on hand for this.
- a Zoo has also openened in Rooutmountain. And speaking of that City - it is time to finally build a mine to retrieve those radioactives recently found there.

Fall:
- the power in the Cabinett, truly has shifted in Favor of the Humanist Group. I can support their Autoritarian ideals and give Lipservices to their populism. But their goals on strenghtening the Private Economy I can not allow to happen.
- The economic council had another very interesting idea. On top of getting water out of the soil, they now tought up a way to also got Metal filtered right out of the soil.
- The Model council finished their work on a Motorcycle unit. They call this pattern "Harleys". Not the best design for combat, but their primary use is scouting after all. I gave them orders for another pass on the Machine guns, to see if they can not increase that firepower a bit closer to the old design.
- The question of who to put in charge of the Military Research Council came up. By Skills, it should be Zed Pollux. But due to political issues, he can not be.
Aden Etherwaste is too unfitting on the soft skill side as well. I looked wider for more options:
Giggins Zirconnight, 19m, 30/32/21/III, a Junior and very likely future member of the HC
Bootes Gallisight, 35m, 28/22/23/I, a former military with similar leanings as Etherwaste
For political reasons, it had to be Zirconnight. But he also brings some decent skills to the table
- we finally got rid of those encircled Nomads. So now the 1st Brigade can continue to cut into Nomad territory.
- I have considered creating a 2nd Brigade for a whole now, and it looks like we are finally getting close to the nessesary manpower for such a task.
- the Agri Dome expansion in Aurora is finished and for the first time in years, the water mine has to deliver 50% of it's rated output.
- I changed the economic councils research priorities to be more focussed on actually development of ideas, rather then finding new ideas. So they finally get to finish their work on Hydroponics.

Turn 16 Summary

Empire Name: Steelfort

Primary Profiles:
Autocracy
Government
Mind

Zeitgeist:
Time of Corruption (strongs faction improoves Corruption, countered by Demcoracy)

Position:
Northpole.
Aurora, original and Capitol City
Rootmountain, conquered city, still no cultural conversion started

Political Parties:
Cabinet Government
Humanist Circle (HC), 59%. Commerce++, heart++, autocracy++
Justice Knights (JK). 41%. Meritocracy+++, mind+

Cults:
Church of Syndic, supported, 28% of Population, Leadership Relation 100, Effective Strenght 200
Mystic Temple, supressed, 12% of Population, Leadership Realtion 30, Effective Strenght 81

Leaders:
ordered by Seniority
Alec Capella, 52m, 45/17/28/II, HC Leader, Director SCC

Juda Farnmoon, 58m, 47/22/32/II, JK Leader, Militia Chief, Economic Council, very complicated profile

Aden Etherwaste, 38m, 47/38/53/V, Advisor, Democracy+ only Profile causes hate, Ambition of 98 may be useable to keep him happy however, 20 Corruption and some theft

Fate Orion, 41f, 40/37/37/III, Monster Hunter (Aurora), Comannder 1st SHQ, Militia++ only, learning High Command Skill very quickly thanks to Improvisation 20

Grey Clarke, 45m, 25/49/32/III, Secretary. Hates Autocracy, despite this good relations

Yevgeny Rigel, 20m, 28/38/26/III, Junior Hire, JK Member, Model Design Council, hates commers, loves Meritocracy and Militia

Vida Cryoriver, 21f, 35/19/29/II, Junior Recruit, HC Member, Governor Rootmountain, likes Autocracy, Militia, Enforcement

Damian Sterling, 30m, 34/14/29/II, HC Member, Governor Aurora

Marlow Johnlane, 40m, 24/37/23/II, Former Mercenary, JK Member, in line with Factio, commadner 1st Brigade

Zed Pollux, 45m, 52/35/39/III, Faction Recruit, JK Member, in line with Faction

Bootes Gallisight, 35m, 28/22/23/I, Former Military, Reserve Pool. Lovs democracy and Cap I, really need to get rid off him

Giggins Zirconnight, 19m, 30/32/21/III, Junior Recriut, Military Researach, very like to join HC

Peter Blacklove, 19m, 24/31/30/II, HC Member, Reserve Pool, hates Meritocracy and likes Commerce

Fall 409 continuation:
- on the southern front, the Marrauders have fallen back. Now it is a group of native Aniamsl blocking our way. "Slurfus" - proper name 'Astracorps Allactaga' is a 4m Herbivore. Being a "Grazer" they are produce big groups and they are pretty good on the defense.
- I ordered the disolving of a 2nd Militia group for reinforcements - this time they were a motorized unit.

Year 410 AA for Steelfort

Winter
- The economic council found some additional Radiactives, south of Rootmountain and the Maat Mere Lava Sea
- people starting to realize taht only I have the Strenght of Will to make the big decsisions. And that it is better from them to submit to my orders
- the 2nd generation of hte Zero Gun has been finished. And it is almost the complete way to the old "Twinbarrel" design. I ordered another pass on the Recon plane - this time increasing both the Engine and Fuel tanks.
- Damian Sterling suggest we put portraits of our Leaders into schools, as "role models". I Rejected that. Schools are for learning, indoctrination can happen outside and later.
- the Militia procured another bunch of mercenaries, that wanted to settle down. I spend some money to encourage a lot of them settling and teaching.
- Manuel Spazione of the Spazione Familiy invited me to a dinner. I accepted and he proposed a clandestine partnership. In turn for a kick and safety from serious police activity, they would give some kickbacks and make sure crime stayed non-violent. I accepted both and the relations are not pretty good.
- a Training Opportunity in the 1st MG Battallion became a bit of a political question.
- Given that they are no able to fight in open battle involving firearms, I replaced the Guard Force of Rootmountain with the hired Cehphaloids.
- aaparently a bunch of bad rations have been send to our troops and militia. They are rightfully annoyed that no proper care was taking when preparing their food.

Spring:
- it is good spring indeed. Our scientists finally finished their work on Hydroponics. Their next project is something called a "University".
- the Model Council finished work on teh Grashopper Mk3, wich is a actuall improovement in range. There is nothing to do for the Model council for a while, so all work is no focussed on new ideas
- the justice knights demand that our techlevel improove. The 2 years given should be easily enough to fullfill this demand.
- security forces found a hidden village in Aurora. They were ordered resetelled into the city proper
- another donation request by the Church of Syndic. Their Democratic leanings are seriously starting to be an issue, but I will continue to support them
- the Vologonian Natives asked for technology. Neither choice is truly beneficial, but I want to see how they develop with modern technology
- using the new Hydroponics Farm does require a bit of High Tech parts. But luckily we just found said parts in a High-Tech Vault in Aurora.
- the people of Rootmountain finally started seeing themself as a proper part of the Steelfort Nation.

Summer:
- betrayal! Adam Etherwaste has raised rebel forces in aurora, to challenge my rulership of the Steelfort Nation. About 1100 hostiless are now on the road leading west out of Aurora, towards the nomad frontline.
- I raised a 2nd Brigade, consisting of MG infantry. The biggest issue was not manpower, but actually equipping the people after after all.
- Aurora has grown a lot and can now be considered a proper Minor City, rather then just a big town. Quality of Live and perceived Civilisation level will propably drop quite a bit in response.
- the High Command Upgrade should be finished before the end of the next Season. Meanwhile the Hydroponics farm should be operational by the start of the next year.
- Archeologists made a report, that apparently there are no sites of paritcular archeological interest left in Auroa and west of it.

Fall
- the Rebel forces of Etherwaste have moved, blocking the road towarsd the western front. As a result the western front had to abandong their position to get back into supply range.
- the the High Command being operational, my promise regarding improoving the Bureaucracy is deemed fullfilled. And the tech level of the other demand has also been met thanks to finishing the University.
- the model council had an idea for mechanized Artillery. They started work to make the plans for a model already
- I need a new Advisor and a Commander for the 2nd Brigade. I assigned Peter Blacklove as Advisor, Zed Pollux as Commander.
- the Vogala seem to be starting to learn our language. Another attempt at communication was made by a individual, this time he already spoke a few words - albeit nonsense.
- I do not know if the initial counting was wrong or more are joining them, but the Strafing Recon squadron now reports there are actually 2000 enemies in the Rebel force. Luckily they had no ability to get their hands on anything better then Militia gear.

411 AA of Steelfort Nation

Winter
- To increase efficiency, a number of State Companies have been created. Particulary in teh areas of Industry, a uptick in output is expected.
- the Godfather has offered me some access to his Manpower pool. I can add a Consiglieri as advisor to a leaders entourage
- some minor worker strike happened in Rootmountain. As usual, the froces in the city were send to restore order
- the Labiario Territory - a group of Nomads south/west of Rootmountain - offered to sell ammunition. Despite it causing friction on the Private vs State Front of the Economy, we bought it.
- the Rebel forces have been completely surrounded by the militia and leading elements of the 2nd Brigade, now adding artillery barrages to the already persistent air-attacks
- the western front meanwhile is back in supply and could actually turn around and secure some territory before the Nomands retook it
- Between the Hydroponics farm, HQ and other infrastructure Upgades power in Aurora is now becomming a problem. Reserves are not expeected to last to the end of the year, so I ordered the creation of Solar Planel batteries
- The Road leading from Aurora to Rootmountain coninues far over the planet, and now our spies indicated that there might be another city down there. Fulda of the Fulda Hansa.
- Vida Cryoriver has been decalred a "Hero of the People" by her Party, the Humansit Circle. While such a title will propably impress the common people in her city, it might cause her to become overly ambitious in the long run. I will have to see.

Spring
- the new "Roler" Motorized Artillery has been finished by the Model council
- the justice Knights demanded that I hire another person from their party. I have to continue accepting such demands - for now. The new person in the pool is:
Francisca Brenner, 64f, 46/40/35/III, very old but also pretty skilled likes Government and Mind making her a keeper. May be good for secret service.
- as it would be beneficial to form another new council, I think a Secret Service Council would be just about ideal. It should be a way to...deal with certain unruly leaders.
- the solar panel battery in Aurora will soon be operational but it is already predictable that it will not provide enough power. A expansion has thus already been ordered.
- since we are making new infrastructure, I thought expanding the barracks and adding Universities might be a good idea as well
- after a intense shelling by militia, the 2nd Brigade has swept up the rebel forces completely without relevant casualties. This little rebellion is over. Now with supplyline restored, the 1st Brigade agresively advanced on the western front until contact with the enemy was reestablished
- the only targets of relevancy left on the western front are Lanreas - a Free Folk Town - and Fuzzy Springs - a Geysir Turbine of pre-collapse origin
- while we are technically still deficitary without selling of rare metals to the traders, I decided on a Salary increase for Soldiers and my Secretary.
- a bunch of people support the Autocratic Policies decided to build and man a scout station in Aurora. Security will not be an area my Capital lacks in!

Summer
- Explorers "discovered" the wall shelter, a Refugee camp in the region North of Rootmountain and east of aurora. Of course spies had already reported that installation to the government, but now it is public knowledge. So people are wondering if we will fullfill the request of the explorers to hold that location.
As luck would have it, I had already planned sending the 2nd Brigade east to concuer that land, so that was a yes.
- the Question of who to put in front of the new Secret Service council came up. Francisca Brenner and my Secretary Grey Clarke came up as options. Despite her leanings towards the Justice Knights and her age, I put Fracisca Brenner into the position.
- the secret Service Council has been set to focus on internal security - as there are not a lot of external threaths
- a bunch of alien Mercenaries from the Vogla Territory have entered Rootmountain and are offering their services. At 2400 their price is very steep - but I think it would be worth it. I had to sell a lot of Radioactives to afford it, but they are ours now. I already send their rides to scout the soon-to-be-annexed territory around the Refugee camp. The infantry will keep guarding Rootmountain, however.

Fall
- just after spending a lot of money, more opportunities to spend money came up! The Syndic Church asked for donations. And I could again hire local Mercenaries to train the Militia. Thanks to the financial backing of various Businesmen and Powerbrokers, I managed to afford both.
- the Labario Nomands again offered to sell Aummunition. But I can not continue to buy from them. Not only from a money prespective, but from a Ideological as one. People argue that I should deregulate and otherwise prop up private economy, given how much I money I keep spending to outside traders.
- Francisca Brenner was tasked with prooving both her Skill and her Loyalty - by Assasinating no other then Judah Farnmoon, leader of the Faction she is part of, the very person that put here into the candidate pool to begin with!
- the Assasination of Judah Farnboom was a perfect sucess. While it means that we need a new Economics direction, one large problem has been removed and the Justice Knights have been severely weakened
- on the wester fron the troops could continue just about where they left off. They are starting to encircle the nomad forces.

So, I messed up saving. I have the Endturn savegame for Summer.

And a new patch is out with some things I really want to test. So I guess this series is now over. Not that there was a lot that could go wrong with such passive aliens and only minors.