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Also, Aklyon, how much would my actions cost me, just so I know how much money I will have left to play around with.  Let me know in a PM please.

Oh boy, actual action.  OK then.

Cut tax rates on businesses/corporations by 7% in order to lure more business here, away from the UPA.  The lured corporations and expanded business production should equal out the lower tax rates.  Also throw the civilians a bone and lower their tax rates by 3.5% as well.  Send out the encryption update to all government computers.  All data is to be encrypted if it has anything to do with any of our research, or military capabilities/numbers.  Also have a moderate amount of money (100 billion) spent on a misinformation campaign to provide any spies faulty data about everything from our military and technological capabilities, to what our research facilities are working on.

Also increase security at each A.I. research facility by adding a device to set off an electro-magnetic pulse that wipes out all equipment at the facility.  Also, all people entering or exiting a research facility must pass through a room which releases a much smaller electro-magnetic pulse whenever somebody exits or enters that room. (i.e. door opens, you enter, both doors lock, EMP released in room, doors unlock) so that any electronics trying to leave the facility are properly wiped.

(How much will this total action cost?)

You already are Rogue, it was my goal to keep you around and force you to do research for me.  It's your job imo to out-think my security procedures and find a way out of the facility without getting yourself destroyed.

also, allowing him to become A.I. Omega if A.I. Alpha dies, lets him face no penalties for doing something stupid.  If I do something stupid, do I get to comeback as... I dunno, the Pirates of All Asteroid Fields and still fuck around with UPA/try to set up another empire?

My closed network that had no fire-walls or anti-virus to speak of.  Speaks a tad bit of my over confidence I guess, but doesn't say much about your knowledge of how to get through my security.  He's trying to destroy A.I. Omega this turn, if his turn succeeds with the destruction but fails with the escape, he's up shit creek without a paddle.

It'd still be a fairly dumb idea to bet everything on one lucky/unlucky roll.  Also, how the heck is that virus going to open the network when it's a closed network?  I.E. I wanted those computers to have 0 connection to the outside.

Oh boy, actual action.  OK then.

Cut tax rates on businesses/corporations by 7% in order to lure more business here, away from the UPA.  The lured corporations and expanded business production should equal out the lower tax rates.  Also throw the civilians a bone and lower their tax rates by 3.5% as well.  Send out the encryption update to all government computers.  All data is to be encrypted if it has anything to do with any of our research, or military capabilities/numbers.  Also have a moderate amount of money (100 billion) spent on a misinformation campaign to provide any spies faulty data about everything from our military and technological capabilities, to what our research facilities are working on.

Also increase security at each A.I. research facility by adding a device to set off an electro-magnetic pulse that wipes out all equipment at the facility.  Also, all people entering or exiting a research facility must pass through a room which releases a much smaller electro-magnetic pulse whenever somebody exits or enters that room. (i.e. door opens, you enter, both doors lock, EMP released in room, doors unlock) so that any electronics trying to leave the facility are properly wiped.

(How much will this total action cost?)

Get very angry at the lack of thoroughness in my reports.  I demanded financial/economic updates so that I would know how capable we were of producing new goods.  To this end, I am sending both the financial and economic advisers to go investigate a black hole and appointing someone more competent in their place so that when I ask for a report, I damn well get it.  Have the new advisers give me a copy of our budget so that I know how much money we have to play around with.

At least our data is now more encrypted so our technology should be safer from prying eyes.  Once again request an update on the status of the network overhaul and projected time to completion.  Also set our AI production facilities to work on improving military tactics, specifically naval tactics by pitting some of our best admirals against the A.I.'s.  Any A.I. that fails to win 50% shall be destroyed for being an inferior product.  (Time to have some fun Mr. A.I. Alpha )

((No really, give me the projected time of completion now, I asked for that last turn, I shouldn't have to waste two turns trying to get status reports on things so I know my own capabilities.))

Question, how do you know about my A.I. that the press doesn't know about, at all?  And also, the UPA doesn't even have A.I. capabilities yet.

Increase internal security. Found a welfare organization to feed hungry people, each hungry person we feed is one more vote for me from aforementioned hungry person. Start plans for increasing our military somewhat. Get a bettter sense of scale militarily. Start some research on improved military weapons andarmour etc. Uh roboticists? I didn't specifically request a robot, just a AI. A robot would be cool though. Hire some programmers to help the roboticists. Give the Lord General a raise for being honest.
Have a second lunch. Call a meeting to discuss having me attend less meetings. Get some reports on our financial, economic and social status. Have some of our spies in the other empire attempt to infiltrate their top secret research facilities and steal their cutting edge tech, like for example, a AI. Do not accept any trade agreements offered by other empire until confirmed by me. Clean off the fly gloop. Fist Bump our neutral cool buddies. Order the militias on each planet to increase training. Waste several hours browsing TVTropes.

It's not cool to try and thwart everything I do if I post publicly.  You got to act on information that you had before that point.  I.E. I'm not boxing up A.I. Alpha and shipping him to you in order to have him terrorize you, even though I know this policy is probably going to end terribly for me as the A.I. will eventually escape and I'll have to rebuild security from the ground up.  Honestly, I doubt trade agreements would get approved without your consent anyhow.  But just outright rejecting a trade agreement because of what I'm going to do with it would kinda ruin the game.