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I think anti-matter production is probably the single most important technology humanity needs to be able to make the smallest contribution to the war effort. IIRC, Taimat's advantage over anti-matter is that it's easier to make. Other than that, the two are interchangable. If humans could make ant...

Joe: I do believe you are underestimating the value of terran infrastructure on logistics, our food is incompatible with theirs? whoopity do! that can be worked around rather quickly given modern agriculture a workforce and a place to do it(human space got both) fuel, again can be rather quickly co...

I was under the impression that the Fleet was so small because of budgetary reasons. The TCA, as far as I know, if not yet on an actual war footing. The only thing they've done to prepare for war is to build the Victory class battlecruisers and send the Scout Corps out looking for the combatants. S...

Only if we fail to ally with them, or ally with them but are at risk of falling to the Umiak. We're not a real threat until that point, and while our ships are useless our knowledge and industrial base is not. Our vast industrial base, capable of producing all of...six cruisers. Alex said it himsel...

That has the plot hole of the Formics not wandering how a species without 'sentient guidance' managed to get technology at the first place. If they really thought that humanity had queens of its own they would have wondered why not only they couldn't talk with them but why they couldn't even 'liste...

Yet I've read quite a few books where the narrative was misleading using this tactic. In the end the "unsocial, bullying, and aggressive bugs" were the good guys.... It is what is captivating me in this story too... :) As have I, but Outsider seems to be playing the Space Opera tropes straight far ...

You expect unbiased viewpoints from people whom's nation has been invaded? Naturally not, that's kind of the point. The Orgus were invaded by the Umiak, so anything they say about the Umiak is likely going to be negative. I'm not expecting them to be objective, just pointing out that the Umiak's in...

Not really, the Orgus gave us the Umiak perspective and it sucks donkey balls. The handful of Orgus that escaped aren't exactly the most unbiased of sources either though. Remember that neither the Umiak nor Loroi tolerate neutrality, and if the Orgus had ticked off the Loroi they wouldn't have bee...

The introduced Soia-liron organisms are engineered farm crops and livestock. Such plants probably won't need external pollinators. Sexual reproduction is important in natural organisms to help drive evolution, but in an engineered crop sex may be unnecessary or even undesirable. The Soia-liron anim...

Okay then... I am using 10 of my points to bring Shearing down to 100 then. 1 d100 roll facing both our ship and the colonial PDL is the safest bet by far and leaves us with 20 free points for a rainy day (if Joestej doesn't use his of course). EDIT: This is a gamble to see if we don't end up using...

Voted, so hopefully that breaks the tie for everyone.

Both Deinar and Taben are planets seeded with Soia Liron lifeforms, so I think that it is safe to assume that most of the niche stuff of missing organism is handled through a limited number of these planted organisms. I assumed as much. I was just surprised that some breed of harmless insect wasn't...

None of the Sister Worlds has a direct analogue to the insect (a small exoskeletal land organism). On Deinar and Taben, most land animals are introduced higher animals. Perrein has a variety of native creepy-crawlies, which tend to be less of a nuisance and more of a danger. lanal means "pest" (a n...

Shearing down has to be done now or never, the time limit ends with this turn. We brought in the Data Hard Drives which should have plenty of schematics for mid 21st century chemical rockets just for historical posterity, as for the distance involved it doesn't really matter if gravity ain't an iss...

Damage to the ship caused by an overload would damage the following: The secondary PDL Power feeds leading to the secondary PDL Possible fire damage to the lower decks Worst case scenario: Secondary PDL explodes, causing hull damage The feeds to your primary PDL are separate and rated for combat. W...

Shoring up will be useful in the future, but I feel that the PD Lasers can take care of everything if we prevent a worst case scenario. I think that the L'Amour should be able to cover everything. Vote: [X] The Final Debate [X] Loroi Trade --Followed by Loroi Biochemistry once we get the Science An...

You misunderstood, I mean using the ordinance plant to replace the explosives that we will use now. Not wait for the ordinance plan to be built, then blowing up the asteroid. Ah, I see. Yeah, that's a possibility. Still, not sure if the expense would be worth the cost. If we forgo the bombs in favo...

I was thinking about building it at turn 10 and thus alleviating the mining malus in turn 11 instead of 13. I will look into the plan once I get an answer about the ordinance plant; too much stuff rely on our mining income as it stands. Doesn't seem likely, I'm afraid: At the rate Fenrir's silicon ...

Hmm... Can we remove the hit to our mining income if we build an ordinance plant before turn 13? 50% less mining income for 4 turns is rather painful after all. Probably not? Razor said that as we get closer to Whale Day Fenrir will become more and more unstable, and that our civilians won't be fon...

Actually, the Shipboard Systems entry does mention the "secondary area-of-effect damage which easily penetrates armor." But it's true that I haven't yet worked out whether this secondary area of effect is due to a cone-shaped beam, or some kind of secondary effect that jumps to nearby mass (a bit l...