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Hey and welcome back. I'm on a DF break at the moment, will be until November of this year, but anyways my experience with 47.05 is... this doesn't happen. Usually. It might be because you have burrows set up, or pathing issues.

One way to solve this issue might be to retire the fortress and pick it back up. Make sure you keep a backup save though beforehand, and YES it will screw over some things and dwarves MAY decide to emigrate.

You might be able to upgrade to 50.11 classic - again, try it but backup the save beforehand.

> Station Master: STRIFE.



Wait, how long's it been? Feels like you've been stuck in a TEMPORAL LOOP.

Oh well. It's time to take this guy DOAUN.

> Station Master: AGGRIEVE!



God put electroblasters on this station for a reason.

> SWEEPS IN THE FUTURE but not many



Wait wut? Wahjere we GOIN' EVEN?!

Oh. Snap.

Yeah maybe where backs

Update with some reader direction options for Clippr Xigisi a.k.a. really Endari Vernir from the Vast Error comic (not my work, fanworkinated derivativation and disclaimers apply) available.

2201.12.11

> Hamifi Hekrix: Issue New Project


Obviously, trolls don't REALLY know that much about other stars due to the nature of the SOLITARY UNIVERSE which you came from. At least you think that's the case. After reading Paline Poemme's reports, you decided to order a stellar survey to examine each type of star CLOSELY.

There's four projects.

The A-CLASS Star is one of the brighter stars, it's brighter than Gaiaeon's end, and a lot hotter and more white-ish. There's one next door to the Oli system.

The K-CLASS Star is cooler, but there are mixed signals about habitabiity. There is one just off the hyperspace branch near a certain triple star system.

The M-CLASS star is probably one of the coolest classes of fusing bodies in the universe, if not the coolest, but that is contested. Allegedly these should last many trillions of years or something, if that's even possible. There's one off the hyperspace branch with that lake planet in it.

Lastly, there are COMPACT STARS, such as BLACK HOLES. It's a theoretical object so might not even exist, but you have several candidates out there.

The last one is kind of theoretical, and based on ancient RENAISSANCE-GRADE SCIENCE, and in some cases PRE-RENAISSANCE SCIENCE.

Bit of a mess, right?

> Clippr Xigisi: Contemplate Future Course


You're soon to be done with your exploration of the Ler Zumon system, which will be the first time a troll scientist has actually explored an entire star system outside of Gaiaeon's End aka Khluryar. That is to say without all the archeological sites being explored and without all the anomalies being checked off but anyways. You have been assured you have claims on all of those by corporate.

All of them.

ALL OF THEM.

You do need to figure out what course you're taking afterwards, so you get a bit of a ... what is this, a distorted map, predicted a few months for now regards your situation regarding accessible systems? OK, this was in your ship's computer. It's been corrupted a bit, it might alter when you get to that point in time, but not regards the systems you're supposed to have access to or visit.

You note all the systems where there are SPECIAL PROJECTS, which seem to have been earmarked for other persons to allow you a bit more freedom in this endeavour.

Where will you set your course when all of this is done?

Attention Bay 12 Readers, this is your opportunity to indicate a non-crossed out system without any science ships, and more than one hyperspace jump from Repiton. Pick a system.

Just mark the system of your choice with a red circle, but make sure it's within the yellow line and not in an excluded location. Subspace drives do not care for hyperlanes.

Been recovering on antibiotics for now, so updates are a bit slow and behind based on current progress.

2201.10.22

> Paline: Luck out


YIKES! You'd warped into the system about two Repitonian weeks ago and plotted a course to chart the entire thing.

Turns out the protoplanetary disk was denser than thought, and you ended up taking significant damage. However, Admiral You managed to escape from the disk before more damage was done.

> Paline: Level up



You are now a LEVEL 2 ADMIRASCIENTIST. You decide to disengage to the outer areas of the system until your drive recharges, and proceed to secondary objective.

You observe that the hyperlane branch Oli leads to is a dead end. Convenient.

2200.04.13

> Hamifi: Check up on Progress


It feels like a very special time of the sweep for some reason, or is that half sweep. Or maybe that was 2200.03.23, when the RCS Barkgnome Chaser finally was launched from Gaiaeon's End Shipyard Alpha? Either way, when you get enough minerals stockpiled you'll be expanding mining within Gaiaeon's End.

2200.04.29

> Hamifi: Notification from Goezee


You decided to push back plans to clean up the remains of Stronghold 21 a ways and instead expand space-based energy and mining infrastructure within Gaiaeon's End. You feel this is a rather unwise, and yet also a sensible decision.

Oh, look. Someone's trying to get a hold of you from that unnamed star system.

You decide to ask him to investigate the anomaly anyways. It's going to take a while to survey that system.

2200.07.15

> Mekris Goezee: Achievement Unlocked


Wow, you ACTUALLY completed this quest? And you got... a... SAPIENT TOASTER OF SORTS? Oh whatever. Anyways, your ADAPTABILITY HAS BEEN PRAISED.

Let's move on from here.

2200.10.25

> Hamifi: Big Announcement


Today, you finally got everything together for the PRIMARY INSTRUMENT of your evacuation plans: The Colony Ship. Obviously, you'll need a very large vessel to carry the initial colony somewhere else.

You also make notes to order a THIRD Construction vessel in... maybe 16 day's time.

2201.01.01

> Hamifi: End of Half Sweep Report.


It's the first half-sweep report of the interstellar era for the Repiton Corporation, which is to say you're proud to announce that MOST of the mining and energy stations within Gaiaeon's End have been completed, you have finally located an acceptable new homeworld, and you have a colony ship under construction to complete the endeavour.

We're not going to write it all up here though.

2201.03.12

> Hamifi: Finally clean up the slums


You finally order work to cleanup the ruins of Stronghold 21 and re-assign the workforce to more productive tasks.

2201.03.23

> Hamifi: Adopt a Tradition Tree


You choose... EXPANSION.

It was logical.

2201.04.13

> Hamifi: First Contact Report



Bytecon managed to complete the contact with the Tiyanki Space Whales, so you got that going for you, which is nice.

2201.04.28

> Hamifi: Read Recent Reports


You review your daily reports to note something sent to you under a Class 7 Seal.

Looks to you like another world might have experienced something like the events ending the Renaissance on your world... it was at an atomic-age level in terms of advancement, or so the brief states.

You SITEIFY an ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG. You'll have to clinch the system before you do that, however, by which you of course mean build an OUTPOST to claim it.

2201.06.12

> Hamifi: Get Inane Request


C'mon man, this is ridiculous. Mass Extinction? NO SHIT SHERLOCK. We're literally in a mass extinction scenario here? We have a timeline, ish.

You don't get what these clowns are after. Well, MAYBE, just maybe, you can get some explanations.

> Hamifi: Fine, put this shit in order.

Based on existing planetary physics, not every single planet has a core that's about to explode. However, you get that surface conditions also matter.

You look at the list of systems they've identified with candidates, that's doable with the subspace drives. But, you'd like a new scientist to carry out investigations, and you think you know just who to sign for the role.

Or you think you do.

> Hamifi: Order a new TROLL ARMY

You figure you're going to need some military presence in the galaxy in the form of ground pounders. You again, know just who to call for this. Recruitment will take 100 standard units of minerals and is pretty basic, though on the matter of tactics you're totally at a loss.

You take it your species' mix of individuality mixed with symbiosis and codependence will do a lot for an effective fighting force though.

You can easily order about 4 armies a year, so reaching equilibrium will take about 2 and a quarter sweeps while redlining current mineral output when balanced with expected mining capacity expansion.

Obvs. not all the frames done for expediency's sake but anyways. We got a planet (I'm going blind, guys).

> Hamifi: Hang Up

You don't know what else to expect. Bytcon Krypto, or Bytcon Krojib as he also goes today, doesn't understand the steps towards a first contact scenario so you sure are hoping you HAVEN'T found intelligent life there.

You are aware that, unlike the world of the Inciphisphere, this universe isn't geared to assurance of instantly understandable and comprehendable communications (IUCC).

You of course read the brief, like you should have BEFORE you contacted that guy. A two-way wormhole, instantaneous, was carved through subspace using one of the prototype drives and used to return visual data in real time during a period of 38.61241311111025 seconds before it closed. Obviously Bytcon hasn't seen this one. It's not a... spaceship in any imaginable sense. More like a space... puddingswimmer of sorts.

In all seriousness, this business should have been started at once when the news hit, but you had to chase up on the physics discoveries and fallout from the latest core criticality excursion and of course the discoveries of extra resources and anomalies on other worlds.

It will take at least 80 days to get some results, and you don't expect this business to be finished for a long time. At least the creature, because you can TELL it is a living being, probably isn't going to pose a major threat to you.

> Hamifi: Zoom out to see the rest of the greater galaxy


This is what the greater galaxy looks like. Galaxy, a new term for your species. There are at least 3000 likely stars in this one which are accessible through subspace routes or hyperspace conduits, and billions more that are not.

> Hamifi: Contact R&D


With that matter over, you decide to look over R&D to see what assignments will be made.

You tell the head of the EXODUS PROJECT TO FOCUS ON Scientific Method, so more labs can be built. You decided that "hyperlane travel" might be not such a good idea for now, rather preferring the subspace devices sounds like a good idea. There've been enough accidents trying to prove the devices.

You know.

As to the LADY OF THE SOCIAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE, you issue the project of PLANETARY GOVERNMENT. Else running things here is going to become a lot harder. Or on other planets for that matter.

Lastly, you ponder the engineering options available. The three projects proposed are on... nanomachines, afterburners, and... to invest in the manufacturing of... space corvettes. It's an empty universe... but if it isn't... you're going to need some means to take the fight to the enemy.

You KNOW Occeus would want the nanomachines. Afterburners aren't going to be useful on any ships you can currently build, and you need some kind of defenses.

Reliance on stationary defensive platforms probably won't cut it, and you know you were going to pick this one regardless of the detraction. The corvette project will attempt to convert surface-to-space shuttles left over at the Kenede spaceport to use as a space navy.

> Hamifi: Issue Orders to Science Vessels

Your two science vessels are the RCS Olive Scribe under the command of Clippr Xigisi, and the RCS Unhived Wanderer, under the command of the more experienced Mekris Goezee.

While the Olive Scribe will jump to the Ler Zumon system, the Unhived Wanderer will jump directly to the second system. Both are G-class stars, which your research department indicates may be more hospitable to life.

The drives will take 15 days to spool to jump, and about 150 days to recharge after use. Subspace drive sure is a nifty way to get around the galaxy!

> Hamifi: Order a new Engineering Vessel

You examine the Gaiaeon's End Starhold. This was originally built as an outpost hurridly after Repiton's arrival in the system, and turned into a semi-functional structure. The starhold is an upgraded starport that allows for four modules and two buildings.

You have two shipyards to aid the evacuation effort, as well as two trade modules to handle the transfer of interstellar wealth back to the capitol. The starhold hosts a crewblock and a silo for storage of additional resources.

You order a new engineering vessel, in order to begin the construction of an outpost.

2200.02.16

> Hamifi: Watch Warp

The time has come. Both of the vessels open the subspace rifts... and...

> Hamifi: Check Results



You examine the scans from the science vessels... well, you already had all the results from Ler Zumon, didn't you.

What rather interests you are the results coming out from the Unhived Wanderer... in the...

Well. It looks like there's a bit of a tech problem here. You're not going to yell at tech support about it, because this is a LAYER 8 issue.

Someone hasn't given this system a name.

What of course interests you other than that is the readouts from the third planet in this system. High levels of oxygen, nitrogen, and water vapour... could this world be a new home for Trollkind?

Are you already saved? First things first...

> Hamifi: Put out poll to NAME THIS CONKSUCK SYSTEM

But wait, first you must actually have a LIST OF NAMES to poll from!

We'll now be inviting options from the err... fart nibblet ring.

> Hamifi Hekrix: I mean, check up on Repiton

Like, wasn't there meant to be some kind of... SYSTEM UPD8 GOING ON?! you're not sure and are really disorientated what with all that's going on. (Update rolling)



Anyways, this is Repiton. Just under 10% of planetary infrastructure has been damaged, such as it was AFTER you arrived in this "galaxy thing", which we'll have to talk about. I mean all of you. ALL OF YOU.

"Aradia Xoloto" seems to be the current governor of the planet, aged at 20 Repitonian Solar Sweeps ish. She's a bit older than you. At least you think this is the case. Again, you're a little disorientated by recent events.

There are a total of 18 administrative units of trolls present on the planet.

Your Planetary Administration is located at Stronghold 39, outside the Kenede Spaceport Area. This is the main jumping-off point for trolls, or will be. Few settlements remain on Repiton.

In terms of infrastructure you have 3 hivestemclusters including Stronghold 39. There are two industrial districts including around Stronghold 39. You have COMMERCIAL ZONES around Stronghold 39, and somewhere in the mix there's also a MIRTHMANIAC TEMPLE. Again, going theme. Lastly you have two mining and two farming districts, which keeps things going.

Stronghold 21 has been ruined due to events. A proposed plan can clear the site for rebuilding, not that you will rebuild, but at least you can put back into employment a stonkin' ONE POPULATION UNIT. Which might be important.

At the moment there is literally no security and jobs are going undone. Your current 18 population units of trolls represent a significant depletion of society.

>



Walp.

> Hamifi: Check out System



You swear this place was supposed to be called GAIAEON'S END, but anyways. You check the PLANETARY MANIFEST.


There are FOUR HYPERSPACE CONDUITS out of the system, but you cannot use them for now. Fortunately, you have other means of leaving the system.

> Hamifi: Zoom Out



You switch to the "Galaxy Map". Which is to say, Gaiaeon's End is located in this huge amalgamation of stars is called a GALAXY. Something you didn't have much of in the solitary universe your species came from. A device known as a SPACE GANDERSCOPE has allowed you to survey the nearest star systems for potential worlds to abscond to. Unfortunately, there do not seem to be any Repiton-like worlds in nearby systems.

It has also discovered that there are several zillion galaxies out there in the universe, which for some reason seems to be expanding. Maybe there is life in this galaxy, or out there.

> Hamifi: Observe Alert



Something's blinking on screen. Right? Well, it's gotta be... an ALIEN CONTACT?

-Deleted, whoops, wrong button-

That's going to be all the introductory material for today. More will come tomorrow.