10.Turn 108 is full of events. First of all, many funded buildings were finished at various systems. Our scouts find this juicy system which begs to be colonized. Thirdly, Romulans break our non-aggression treaty out of the sudden. And, USS Excalibur leaves Orbital Shipyard at Sol.
Next turn Federation gets another member system - Zakdorn. Their advanced buildings + Military Academy clearly designate the system as one of our major shipyards.
Also as you can see, I'm slowly buttering Chalnoth with small bribes with a goal of persuading them to our side.
Angosian system was again visited by IKS Hemlom, the Klingon scoutship, which we allowed to leave. We've sent a message though - any ship that will harass our space will be obliterated. Angosian subspace scanner also picked up a pair of destroyers and colony ship in the neighbouring Exo system. Maybe they are just protecting their vulnerable colonists, or maybe it's rally point for attack on Angosia - we don't know currently.
On all other fronts, it's calm. Despite lack of any treaty, Romulans are nowhere to be seen.
Look who is back. Poor Klingon bastards, their home system was visited by Calamarain--
Oh fuck but that's close to Angosia too D:
Romulans attacked at last. This is Betazed Outpost.
They missed their cloaked attacks, which prompted them to warp out. The outpost didn't managed to damage any of the two.
One turn later, a destroyer attacks our transport building an outpost at Acamar, and said transport barely escaped.
And then, USS Zhukov is completed at Acamar. This will provide cover for our transport, which was tasked with return to the system. In the meanwhile Betazed is attacked by a Romulan destroyer - or rather 'attacked', as said destroyer instantly warped out under cloak.
And yes, you can see I have dilithium shortages. I knew that sooner or later, the dilithium-less region of our space will cause severe problems. Getting Chalnoth (or rather, their dilithium) is our diplomatic priority at the moment.
However, skirmishes do not end.
This is a shot of Klingon scout's intrusion into Volon system, (relatively) far from Klingon space. As it was stated before, this time we opened fire - the scoutship has been destroyed.
Romulans, either bored or understanding they cannot defeat us that easily, retreated toward Gaspar.
At Turn 119, we receive diplomatic news: Chalnoth became our friends and opened their system for our traders! Several more turns of gifts and we will get them as affiliates, and then, members of our Federation. USS Horatio is finished and shall defend Sol whilst Gandhi and Excalibur will be stationed at Midas, just to watch over our neighbours.
With this positive news let's end this skirmish-filled update, as I retreat to bed

//Images will be uploaded tomorrow as imgur is derpy and I have no time to wait for it to work again >:C//Bastards started working at the very last second >:U