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In which we get up to speed with current events. Good news is my skill with the GIFs has... somewhat... increased... marginally... such that it is.

Oh well here we go.

2214.03.23

> Camius: Level up



The asteroid, 13-S-72, has another motherload of trade goods to be unleashed. You are also now level IV, and have earned your credentials as a BIT OF AN ARCHEOLOGICAL TYPE. Makes sense. You're good at a lot of kinds of archeology now.

2214.04.01

> New Physics Head: Who dis?



You are AOZENA XIDYRS. You were once a RESEARCH ASSISTANT under Yeshin Mersiv, at the Sapphire Bay research center. Your adaptability was noted, as you became the only serious candidate to run the facility.

We'll be here all day if we keep this up. Let's see where the former head has gone...

> Be Yeshin



You finally got to this system to take control of the science vessel once commanded by KONYYL PEIXES. Just about everything is ready to go, except...

Who named this ship? Oh. We need to fix that.

> Yeshin: Name Science Vessel

Looks like Yeshin needs some help naming this science vessel something appropriate.



> Yeshin: Name the vessel something sensible




The "Sapphire Medium" will do it. You will now spend a quarter sweep checking this anomaly.

2214.04.06

> Kaista: Finish investigating Colony Ship



You communicate with the science department that, amazingly, the Yuht never breached the lightspeed barrier. Therefore, all these ships spent centuries out in the void... potentially.

This has likely confined their spread to nearby star systems. Their homeworld must be close...

You decide to continue scans in the nearby vicinity, cooperating with Aozena with investigating the DIMENSIONAL PORTAL on Redemption.

2214.05.23

> Ikamai x2: Combo Breaker



You manage to take out at least one of the lithoid salvage ships before the others abandon the chase. The others are lost to the FIERY PLASMOUS ENVELOPE of the red supergiant. The probe is now secure.

Fluffy has outperformed expectations.

You have more work to do, and set your course for the cultist fleet. Justice shall be done here... well, not today, but in a month or two.

2214.07.11

> Ikamai x2: Confront the Gambalignant



Diemen Maught is wanted in several star systems, and you're going to take him down. Ideally, he would be captured, and have to face the wrath of His Honourable Tyranny on Alternia, but it would be fine if he died here. Actually it is. The end result is the same, considering he has earned the wrath of the Empress in joining The Fellowship.

2214.08.02

> Trizza: Order System Claim



For better or for worse, Rijjin will be claimed in the name of the Empire, and nothing will change that. The highbloods have been getting angsty about the need for expansion, so you will deliver. It is better that balance be maintained. Luckily the lazy loungeplank tuber in charge of this vessel is already in orbit to begin "work", not that he will contribute anything to the endeavor. You don't know why he ever was allowed to rise to such a position and quite frankly don't want to know the thinkpan-bending reasoning behind the Governor's decision making in that regard.

Your INFLUENCE INCOME indicates that you'll be able to claim a system around every 14 months. Considering the amount of time it takes to get spacecraft around here, you're not going very far.


2214.09.02

> Tazsia: Complete Research



"Ground Defense Planning" is finally complete. After several treatises on the matter, and a LOT of work, your worlds will be a lot safer.

There's a few research projects been proposed, but only one will stand the demands of time so well.

You kind of wish there was someone better at statecraft to do this job. The scientific crew you currently have are lacking at industrialism, computational skills, and particle theory too. Alas, you have no such scientists, nor any scientist-candidates. Fuggaroo.

2214.09.10

> Azdaja: Fucking Finally, a Discovery.



After over a year of engaging with ANCIENT PUNCHCARD COMMUNICATIONS GEAR, you have been able to tell that the apocalyptic events on this planet occurred around 155,000 sweeps ago. The last communicated word was... "Ziaskehorn".


2214.10.02

> Tazsia Erdehn: Adopt Tradition Tree



You have convinced the EMPRESS that TRADITIONS OF DISCOVERY are needed to MAKE THE MOST OUT OF OUR SCIENTISTS. The "tree" has been adopted, but now you need to water it.

If only there were some way to get some more unity, you could get everyone's performance to higher spec soon...

Where back with more events! There's going to be another update on this and then we'll be brought back up to speed on everything.

The webm version failed to upload to imgur for some reason. Also the quality is distinctly C.R.A.P. compared to the videos it was put together from, with a lot of jitter and dropped frames. Not sure if people have any advice on how to fix this.

2213.10.19

> [S] Dexous: Confront Physics Head



Strike Force Highblood exits hyperspace into Ne'Prata and you quickly scan the system. Your sensors pick up the YHY Drifting Coracle, which identifies itself as a science vessel of the United Yalon Sovereignty, subsequently of the Pan-Galactic Accord, and under the command of the archeologist Nir-Shub Oilskin. You've heard of these aliens, but they're not the threat.

Your crew are able to zero in on the signal of the head, and, oh, cr@p. You patch the communication through to Empress...

You slam in a course for the "Sunblaster Pirates", whoever they are. This gambalignant scum will not survive this.


> Empress: Demand Answers






The "window" needs to be secured in the name of the Empire, and the Fuschiablood, dealt with.

Clearly, the Fuschia's approach would cause major problems to the future of the Empire too, were she to get involved. You demand her return, but... her vessel vanishes.

> Bay 12 Reader: Shiiiiiiaaat this got hot quick what do whee do

Calm down. I'm sure someone's traced the vessel somewhere. We git gud at this right?

> Camius: Pause the Musclebeast Erotica and Troll the Nearest Science Vessel to the Endpoint

WAT.

...

OK, I thought you were researching an anomaly. Oh well.




You're the one who will trace her signature through the void, but it gets done with haste. You had the algorithm to run thanks to one of the FUCKING GENIUSES back in the labs on Alternia. The trail ends in Amgathorra. Orders are relayed by the Empress to Strike Force Highblood to head there, but it will take many days. Maybe, if there is violence at the end destination, it is worthwhile anyways. Fortunately, there's a science vessel present already.


> Laiven: Abandon Investigation



With a royal order to do so, you're not going to challenge that. You're also going to jump right back into the system. You set course for the Sigge system, with a speedy return. Just in and out of the system.

For next time, we'll be focusing on resolving this. Which, it has, I just need to put together the video.

Where BACK!

> Ambassador: Mind the Gap



Gap? What gap? Oh. Right. That thing. After multiple lawsuits resulting from folks falling into the gap, the Mira Transit Corporation was forced to fit platform doors to prevent intoxicated scallywags falling onto the tracks.

While this occurrence would be considered a feature on Alternia rather than a design flaw, in order to weed out such scallywags from society, you cannot help but admire the Miranu legislacerative system's efficiency.

> Ambassador: Look out of Window



Mira is a relatively peaceful oceanic planet orbiting a higher-mass M-class dwarf, Mirava A. There is, however, a G-class star, Mirava B, which supplies a considerable amount of energy to the planet, and the combination of reflections leaves a purple tinge to the sky most times of the day. Actually, over 90% of the planet is ocean, with a few island archipelagos and minor continents. Unlike Alternia, the environment is more peaceful and less impacted by industrial pollution.

> Ambassador: Issue Orders



You are NIKHEE XIGISI. You are the ENVOY OF THE ALTERNIAN EMPIRE, in fact the only one at that. For many sweeps, you actually had little to do... until the arrival of an alien vessel belonging to the Miranu Republic in the Fer'I'Jus system. Your job then became to travel to the MIRANU REPUBLIC and IMPROVE RELATIONS.

You are a conoisseur of PUPPETS. In fact, you have a lot of PUPPETS in your office and just about everywhere. You are good at working things BEHIND THE SCENES, and have been coordinating sales of EXCESS FOOD ITEMS and SMUPPETS in exchange for IMPORTANT ALLOYS. You also have access to MIRANU ELECTRONIC GOODS and have DONE SOME UPGRADES to your shades.

Your troll tag is backendSmupeteer and your sign is AQUALO.

[Now] As AMBASSADOR TO THE MIRANU REPUBLIC, you surely outrank most other members of the NAUTICAL ARISTOCRACY. Your projections show that the Pan-Galactic Accord will take control over Eshiuq and there's no way to finish exploring the system on time.

You transmit your orders to the [certified lazy-ass tealblood captain of the] Hivekeeper. [You have no fucking idea why the governor even thought this guy was a good pick, you suspect corruption but nothing out of the ordinary.] ETA will be 155 days.

There's actually no way this vessel could be more rapidly assigned to expanding the other frontiers of the Empire.

2213.05.05

> Laivan: Set course back to Amgathorra IV



At last, you are finally at an end to your scans of the Amgathorra system. About time, considering the number of alien vessels which have been doing scans here as of late. Just on cue, you have a message from a member of the Nautical Aristocracy to get moving to another target...


2213.05.21

> Kaista Skalbi: Finish Dissection



After three months at the laser cutter, you've finally cut up the remains of the drones. You have yourself part of a FUSION REACTOR, some ION THRUSTERS, and the laser system used by the miniung drones. The data has of course, been filed with the physics research and engineering departments.

Otherwise, your detour is over. You set course for Ejok, where you will investigate where your previous superior, KONYYL PEIXES, went to.

You're a FRIGGIN' GENIUS, so you can work out that one in about a week... once you get there.

2213.05.27

> Zekura: Complete Research




You managed to track down a YUHT COLONY SHIP. This colossal vessel had the remains of, perhaps, two Yuht individuals on board. You did, however, find the exoskeletons of about twelve Yuht in a cryo-chamber, or what was left of it. You were also unable to find a workable FTL drive on the vessel, or really any attempt at one. The Yuht, apparently, did not learn how to manipulate FTL travel. Strange.

Considering that the planet has a solidified core, it is not surprising that the colonisation efforts of this world might have failed.

It will take a further six months to carry out further scans, which may assess the point of origin of this vessel and lead you closer to the Yuht homeworld.

Note regarding the vote: I accidentally froze the vote at 1:1... walp. Not that it was an issue - influence intake vs. exploration speed means both are possible!

Back with an update that should have been, well... posted a LONG time ago. Last time, we ended up with the discovery of the remains of an alien civilization... which had been obliterated by a planet-wide resurfacing event of sorts.

2200.07.21

> [S] Aryknu: Launch Science Ship



Once again, you have the honor of presiding over the launch of a new science ship. This will be the AIS... Mirthful Idolatry. You don't know who thought that was a good name for a ship but here you are... oh... hang on... fuck...


This is going to be some MAJOR Auspisticism.

2200.07.23

> Tazsia: Complete research



You finally pin down the source of anomalous gravitational waves: turns out there is a small natural wormhole near the planet. The thing also appears to be on the verge of collapse in the next few months... this calls for immediate investigation. You'll need backup for exploring this system now though, as you'll be here six months. Fuck.

Oh look, someone's already taken an interest in this thing...


> Bay 12 Reader: Take a look inside the wormhole



You do realize that's an absolutely terribad idea, don't you?

Oh.

Fugg.

Trust me this wasn't abandoned. However, the pace of the game really achieved escape velocity when I'm just filling out stuff from the outset. In the distant future of HALF SWEEP 22XX Alternia has made first contact with... well... not sure what. "They" arrived in Pyral (the star system), and are believed to be space lusi. But that's in the future.

Yes, some of the cuts go over a while. And there's some MAJOR DISCOVERIES on Xarmaton I.

> Bay 12 Reader: See where the Jegus Christ we're fuckin' at

It is...

2200.05.24

Which is to say some months into Solar Sweep 1100. You're not sure what season it is, and you probably don't want to check outside because it's been pissing down with acid rain for the last few planetary rotations. You could jump on the net, but this part of the guttersprawl is pretty rough and you'll probably get your data swiped the moment you hook up to the WiFi. Man, they really need to gentrify this place don't they?

> Bay 12 Reader: See what Darava is doing.

Ah yes, Darava Hongim. Let's take a look. They seem to be on the verge of a major achievement.

> [S] Darava: Reach Hyperspace Conduit and REACH FOR THE STARS



You reached the hyperspace conduit 3 days ago are spooling the drive. Thankfully nothing has broken or blown up yet. You're not the first to reach this, but you're the first in the Alternian Empire to follow a charted conduit.

... and FINALLY! The DRIVE BREACHES INTO HYPERSPACE and LAUNCHES YOU THROUGH THE STARS. Boom.

This will take a few days... you finally leave hyperspace into the Xarmaton system. Phew! Looks like everything is in one piece... you hope...

ETA in orbit around Xarmaton is 34 days. You'll probably waiting until you get a royal warrant to build the frontier outpost though...

... and FINALLY! The thrusters finally put you into a parking orbit suitable for construction of a frontier outpost! Now you're going to just have to wait... well, you'll be waiting a while, actually.

2200.05.30

> Azdaja: [S] Explore Cavern



This was once a gigantic lava tube, but it became inundated with a flow of liquid water at some point in the distant past, leaving behind carbonate minerals. You've been sending teams down here for the last week, after Zekura discovered a life-filled cavern on the other side of the planet. So for, your endeavours here aren't as fruitful.

Oh, look. This is new.

> Azdaja: Report Anomaly



You have plenty of good news to report back home.


> Azdaja: Publish Research



Congratulations! You have just finished exploration of another extrapyralian planet. This one was a truely bumper experience.

Conditions on Xarmaton IV are radically different to those on any known planets. Xarmaton IV is a CARBON PLANET which means the atmosphere consists of mostly carbon dioxide and the processes are REDUCIDATING rather than OXIDATING. Such worlds have a STEEL CORE and the depths contain VAST RESERVES OF EXOTIC DIAMONDS.

The deep caverns are home to ALIEN LIFE but they are sealed. It appears life either evolved in those sealed caverns, or was more widespread on the surface in the past. Maybe the planet can be terraformed, but that's a long shot now even with POWERFUL ABILITECH.

Lastly, there's the cartographic chart. You have a copy of this now. It's the second or third indicator of intelligent alien life in the past. The other two pieces of evidence are on Alternia.

Unfortunately, Imgur has crashed so you might have issues here.

[S] plates will have sound attached. I might take this down based on requests either from Toady or the Homestuck music artists who are credited but you'll still have to use a link as it doesn't autogif mp4s. Sound is jacked on the hyperjump video still and I can't upload a version with sound yet problem became an unproblem so it's linked with the sound and no sound versions noted.

2200.03.18
> Bay12 Reader: Be the Trizza Tethys Bitch

Trizza Tethys? Who? Oh. Right. She won't be hatched for many hundred sweeps.

Be aware 1 solar sweep is equivalent to 2 half-sweeps. A half-sweep coincidentally makes up a full "year".

> Bay12 Reader: OK, be the Crown... whatever... whose gonna take over?



You probably did well not to hang around the palace in person, given it is several hundred meters underwater.

You are TRIZZA CAEGAR. You are 12 sweeps old, which means you have passed the OLD THRESHOLD for adulthood on Alternia.

You are a great student of ARCHITECTURE and believe modernian Alternian architecture is a MASSIVE HELLSCAPE which no troll deserves to live in. It de-trollifies them and traps them in LABYRINTHINE MASSES OF ALTERNICRETE AND CARBONIZED FERRUM.

You have studied the POLITICAL WORKINGS AND INTRICACIES OF ALTERNIA and have noted several shortcomings leading to a LOSS OF UNITY and CULTURAL DAMAGE. You have some ideas on how to reform these.

You also have a large amount of LATENT PSYCHIC FORCE. Perhaps, one day, this will be better researched.

In order to conceal your identity you have a LARGE NUMBER OF ALTERNATIVE IDENTITIES and a considerable STACK OF FAKE IDs for use in Alternian Society. You also take commissions on making them.

You are quite adept with computers and getting UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS to systems. You're intelligent enough to know hacking isn't so much based on the speed of your typing, but on a combination of DROSS COFFER DIVING AND SOCIAL MANIPULMANCY. You are determined to use these for the betterment of society and not for undermining it though.

Lastly, you are a Fuchiablood and one of the few of your kind in the Alternian Empire. This puts you in quite an extraordinary position.

> [S] Trizza: Ascend



   The ceremony is long and drawn out, but at the end of it you are the CROWN PRINCESS of the Alternian Empire. Becoming Empress will take a while, probably another 70 or so solar sweeps, until the existing Empress uses up her lifespan. The galaxy is a large place and you look forward to developing the fresh colonies that are delivered into your fronds. However, you will take an active role behind the scenes. There is much to be done and it begins today.

2200.04.01

> Aryknu: Hire a New Scientist



You finally have the energy credits to hire a new scientist for the Pounce de Leon. She'll be a genius, and you know it.

Also you're tired of sharing the same executive shuttle. You did have to scarper quickly after the ceremony.

> Bay12 Reader: Be Tazsia



You are TAZSIA ERDEHN. You are an ABSOLUTE FUCKING GENIUS, at about 24 and a half sweeps old, you're on the higher end of the cohort of incoming scientists. You've been waiting for a position since you were 7 sweeps old and DESIGNING PARTICULAR ACCELERATORS and RECOUPERATION VATS and CRAZY NEUTRONIC DEATOMIZERS. Some of those may have been put to use. Any subject you're working on, you'll get a boost but you don't have any particular area of expertise, yet.

You get REALLY ANNOYED when others show their ignorance. You're also REALLY ANNOYED the other two prospective scientists were assigned to the AIS Lookstub. Doesn't matter, the galaxy is wide open for you to rack up some firsts.

You're glad to be off the shuttle and on a vessel with PROPER DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURES. You have brought your luggage and TWO TENSION STRINGED TUBEFLORA CASES with you... well fugg. Looks like one of the cases wasn't secured properly.

> Tazsia: Ascend to Scientistship



Finally! Your skills have now been recognized by your lesser, of all people and you can ascend to your rightful place as captain and head scientist aboard the AIS Pounce de Leon.

You're glad the bridge layout was changed. The previous one had a decent viewscreen but that looked to be bashed into the final setup as the designer forgot about it. Yes, that guy who had his fraternigrubity on at the coronation ceremony.

> Tazsia: Engage hyperdrive spool

The AIS Pounce de Leon is at the hyperspace point. You will waste no further in spooling up the drive. Your target is the Y-class brown dwarf, slightly towards the galactic rim. You order your CHIEF ENGINEER FOLYPA PENGIT, to ready the drive.

2200.04.15-2200.04.20


> [S] Tazsia: Jump to hyperspace



This is it. You're finally headed to another star system, the second vessel in Alternian history to do so with a crew, and hopefully successfully. You have not been idle and the bugs should have been worked out...

You're going to be in hyperspace for about five days. Communications are still sketchy in here.

Your crew disengages the hyperdrive, unironically on a certain day of mirth... oh, not some highblood prank.

This system is TRAX OFKO... it looks like the rest of deep space... except on infra-red and on radar... The system is dark, save for the light produced from geothermal activity on the innermost planet and residual. The rest of the planets are barren, and there are two major cometary bodies. Walp.

It also appears that the third planet in the system has a moon, which is a new development.


Next up: We finish the hopefully-not-conksuck mining station. Some discoveries are made. Some potentially bad financial decisions are executed.

Very nice!

I used to read Homestuck every day and was impressed by the astounding proliferation of new panels. I never finished it though so I'm out of the loop as to how things developed. Someday soon I'll go back and re-read it.

EDIT: I also enjoy Stellaris so this is a fine thread in my opinion

Homestuck finished a few years ago, then the epilogues came out along with Homestuck 2.

Here's what's come out since. Primary frame 37 is missing several sections because those are .gifs. I'll upload that when I get the issues worked out. They're long, and patching them together is seriously problematic. I cannot get .webm files to actually play properly, only a static image is provided on imgur [EDIT: Actually Simple Machines Forum may not support webm]. Also, .gif files are massively large. During my security procedures I accidentally evicted all my documents off the big drive to my SSD (and cloud storage), which means there's more space on that disk. However, with this level of production there will be issues.

Expect a few "remasters" as my competency with gifs improves.

Also activating Rich Galaxy may have been a bad idea, even without Stellar Abundance Active... oh well.

2200.01.22 AKA Imperial Sweep 1100.

> Bay12 Reader: Skip Ahead

You're gonna have a lot of timeskips in this. This is about a whole galaxy developing...

> Davara: Arrive at Felt



The orbital insertion maneuver went through perfectly as planned, probably better than any previous manveur and it put the AIS Lusus in orbit right on top of the mineral scows. The moon's green glow, according to THOSE OF A MORE SCIENTIFIC PERSUATION, occurs due to the thin life-giving atmosphere reacting with the strong solar wind and emitting "radiation". It isn't enough to keep you alive on the surface without protection though. You're now going to have to direct the construction efforts, launching smaller utility ships.

Based on previous experience, this will take about 100 days worth of work.

> Aryknu: Assess net worth



It being the start of the new month, you now need to assess net worth. Actually, you wanted to assess the net worth of Alternia Sector, and not your own which is "pretty darn large". By Alternia Sector, you of course mean the whole Alternian Empire. The latest projects netted you another 34 Standard Units of energy credits in the past month, bringing the total sum to 134. If you hocked the rest of your food, minerals, and consumer goods you'd probably end up with a net of 524 credits in total. Yeah, selling stuff carries market or so after fees.

You have a deal with RageEnema, but then again the nominations are open a couple of years. You decide to save up funds for hiring a new scientist for the upcoming science vessel.

> Aryknu: Assess influence metrics



The aristocracy has to model influence in the Empire, and falling short will cause problems. The Alternian Empire generates 3 standard units, with an addition 0.5 units gleaned from the Empress' position. It takes 75 standard influence points to be able to draft a frontier outpost and expand Alternian space to an adjacent star system. This leads to 42 units of influence on a yearly basis, and 420 over a full decade. In concert with influene already accumulated, you can assert control over 4.13 star systems in the next five years, and 6.9 over this decade.

You have the feeling these are all very significant numbers.

> Bay12 Reader: Be "RageEnema".

At this moment that would be not conductive to your sanity. Trust me.

> Bay12 Reader: Wait a few hours and be "RageEnema".



Err...

> Bay12 Reader: WTF

If you'd read Homestuck, you'd know that's a bad choice in the first place.

If you'd paid any attention to the person's handle, you'd not have even made this choice in the first place.

> Bay12 Reader: Alright alright, be the science guy



Science guy? Which science guy? Oh, I guess you mean the dude in charge of the AIS Lookstub...

> [S] Bay12 Reader: Be Azdaja Roixmr Again



You are AZDAJA ROIXMR. You are the captain of the AIS LOOKSTUB, one of the HELMSMAN-CLASS SCIENCE VESSELS which shall BLAZE A TRAIL THROUGH THE STARS FOR THE GLORY OF THE ALTERNIAN EMPIRE. You've been at this job for a long time and have seen a lot. You've also discovered a lot and have a GREAT KNACK FOR FINDING THINGS.

Half of your superiors at Trollenfurt Academy attributed your success to your OLIVE LUCK but the other half said you had a special ability to SHINE LIGHT ON HIDDEN TRUTHS. You don't know which to believe and you're happy with either answer.

Originally you weren't "destined" for this position, or you weren't considered "cut out for it". After Last Time, however, no violetbloods were prepared to take risks taking one of these faster than light vessels out for its paces. Thus, the task falls to you to HEAD OUT INTO THE UNKNOWN and SHINE LIGHT INTO THE DARKNESS.

You love to find NEW WORLDS and discover NEW ALIEN LIFE or ANCIENT MYSTERIES BURIED UNDER THE VIGINTILLIONS OF YEARS OF TIME. You also love ANCIENT LITERATURE about adventures around Alternia and are an ACTIVE PART OF THE SCIFI SUBGRUBATURE on the internets.

Of course, as far as you're aware the universe isn't anywhere near that old, and if you were to discover life your superiors would be the first to eat it for breakfast. You're sure you'd be fired if your superiors discovered your latest writings.

Your ship has just reached the edge of Pyral, the solar system containing Alternia and it's weird star. You're about to make what is hopefully the first HYPERSPACE JUMP out of this system.

You're not the first.


> Azdaja: Spool hyperdrive and LETSGO!



In order to cut into the hyperspace network you've got to spool the drive. You're pretty meticulous and could slam in the sequence blind while doing obscene rap about eastern alternian dojins. It's not gonna make the drive spool faster though. The computer firstly has to calculate the appropriate trajectory and you need to store a sufficient amount of energy to breach into hyperspace. To do that, you're gonna be here like 15 days mate.

2200.02.17

> Azdaja: Make the Jump to Hyperspace

This is it. This is literally the reason you hatched. You're going to make the first jump to hyperspace and that's it. Your doin' this.

You've watched all the shitty ass moviefilms about hyperspace jumps and had to debunk all of them. The light, much as you predicted, just surrounds your ship and vanishes into nothingness. You're now in the hyperspace corridor... for a few more days. At least you're alive, your lookstubs seem to be functioning fine... and you haven't gone insane.

Just a bit of craving for some covfefe. Oh, look, it's time for brunch. We'll be back in a bit, right?

> Azdaja: End up on News (S38)



You're definitely on the news around Alternia, but you're not watching that channel. You're not going to get much internet out here. There's a reason you downloaded those 10 Teragrubrons of furbeast slash vids before pressing the big red button.


2200.02.19

> Azdaja: Drop out of Hyperspace (S39)



It's been several days and you've just managed to get the hyperwave pipe to Grubtube working. Phew. You were nearly out of PRE-EMPTIVELY DOWNLOADED PURRBEAST VIDEOS to waste your time on.

This is the moment you were waiting for all your life. You're now in a new star system.

Also we're getting medical reports in from all decks. A few bugs need ironing out in the seatbelt warning system...

> Azdaja: Scan star system



You know better than "hit the big red button and be done with the scans". It doesn't take you too long to assess what's out here though.

You're at the star system Xarmaton. Xarmaton is a nearby G-class star and is only 0.48 Pyral Masses. That said, it seems to follow standard star models for NON-PYRALIAN STARS. Despite having way more hydrogen than your own sun, the star is not fully convective and thus will only last for maybe a third of Pyral's life.

The scans come in. There are five planets. The innermost two are molten, the middle two are barren worlds, and the outermost planet is frozen. No life here that you can detect, but anyways you've doubled the breadth of "known space" in one jump. Con-fucking-gradulations.

You set a course for Xarmaton IV using the sublight, chemical drives. You'll arrive in orbit around the world in 20 days. This is a pivotal moment for the Empire, but you have a feeling it will be a routine operation within a few months.

You've plotted a course through all the planets with an optimal trajectory, and you'll next be leaving for the *other* G-class star one hyperspace lane away from Alternia.

2200.02.22

> Bay12 Reader: Be Aryknu



where this guy aggen?

Ah yes. You solemnly watch from the command deck of the Pyral Shipyards as the AIS Pounce de Leon makes it out of the construction dock. In the name of the Empress, in the name of the Empire, this new science vessel is here consecrated. In the name of science, but also in the name of the Mirthful Messiah's. The airshields glow fuschia.

Shit. Is that RageEnema?! Best make yourself scarce.

> [S] Aryknu: Abscond the Station



You have a private executive shuttle with metallic hydrogen thrusters attached. Seriously dude? You can scarce yourself to any part of Pyral you liked. You could even invest in a tried and tested hyperdrive for a private shuttle. You even have the navigational information to make that work, now.

Actually you can afford more than one. More than two, even. In fact, that's what you're doing for the genius scientist you're going to hire for the science vessel...

But you won't do it yet. You'll send her out when there's enough energy credits to hire her. For the moment you'll pull a few maneuvers around the inner Alternian system and have an excuse for a vacation.

The Pounce De Leon will reach the hyperspace point in 35 days, so you have plenty of time to accrue the funds.