Plus there's my history and Anthropology studies, which I'm sure the privvy council are supporting because it seems to have made me a walking Lostec detector.
Lostech detector, man with visions from God.
I start to watch a whole lot of older movies from Earth. And by that I mean 1000 year old movies. I intend to have fun doing this.
It quickly evolves into something of family tradition as both Miriam and Ayala join you each night. Occasionally your date of the day joins in as well.
She gets one of the homes. As well as a couple items lined up towards both their interests.
And a full Bondage Dungeon.
Gotta keep my reputation as a perv going.
It actually makes disposing of the home with the full Bondage Dungeon easier. Things are made fully sanitary, toys are replaced etc.
Louise very politely thanks you before she leads Saito off for the wedding night.
I sigh. "Sure, if only to meet one of my future underlings."
Name change to makes things easier: Yudi Goldstein is formidable young woman who seems to have taken dominatrix style-lings into every day where. You two have a thoroughly enjoyable conversation about film, but no sparks fly.
"I can play the Guitar." I say with a huff.
"Now you can," your aunt notes "After I sprung for those lessons after your first band attempt. "
I see. Well, I'll see if I can open her circle a bit. But any way it ends I'll always be her friend.
Which will count for a lot in the end. Still not every romance pans out
Work starts March 3026 on Pinard ending in august in duplicating the lines. Wingman gets their line of Spads up and running in mid September 3026
Speaking of unions, lets use the core data to put them in production.
Frankly, over the next 10 years I want them all put into some level of production if its feasible.
They can do so, its going to require time to get the various engines lines up and running for anything resulting in major production.
Settling around a single class, they suggest the Lee Dropship, purely for its flexibility with pre designed variants
Or at least limit them to in-system patrol and milita use.
There is that,
Right.
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Sweet roll... ^_^
It will take roughly two years to get the Vengeance broken down, scanned measured and every single bit and widget accounted for, with another two years beyond that to get tooling set up.
First Vengeances will be lifting off in 3030
"Next time we release a damned movie, you let me know the films it's going to compete against! >_<
No body expected Zoom 6 to be anything more than a tired retread pushed out solely for the money, nor expected that this years Disney movie would such a massive success.
"Boys, we need to make it even more lunatic..."
Horrible Movie 3 coming out in 3027
And I'll keep making movies until it happens.
I wonder, would an offer or "If you want to make a Fighter Movie your'll get officially support and aid from the military" help?
I'll personally vet it as I don't want no gunship films passing.
The Department of Propaganda is all over it. Sadly enough Tigress's are own by local nobles that they can get plenty of clips that way.
What would have been the Norse-Storm factory on Loxley in the Gray Mountains.
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It takes Katrina's crews three months of exploring but your hints were enough to uncover the shattered remains of the old factory. Enough parts exist that a line of Swaybacks (HBK-4P) will be starting in mid 3027 for TharHes Industries.
Katrina makes good and full plans for the Behemoth Dropship and in a surprise the Mammoth dropship as well. Oh and a note that a personal letter from Katrina thanking you for giving peace a try, and perhaps even bigger gains could be made joining the Federated Suns and Lyran Commonwealth in pact bound by marriage.
Nice. She's a traditional cook as well, right? I LOVE Japanese food. ^_^
She's more than happy to be able to cook for you, she makes an especially mean curry.
"I should sue them all for their despicable depreciation of my great and noble person. It's twice that size, I assure you."
Much laughter follows.
I despise it too. And the name is a double pun. Demon Lord's Hell Trading Company, or a trading company with hell
Even more unauthorized mangas play up the TC as being quite literally Hell. Damned souls of the SLDF being roasted in lakes of nuclear fire, incredibly harsh worlds with powerful but few Oni in it.
What she would like to study is up to her, and she can do a full tour of the universities if she likes.
Akeno ends up passing her exams electronically and is in for the spring season of Samantha University starting in September. She's taking a general studies course load to start with.
They're going to be next on my To-Do list.
In the middle of 3026 Operation Galahad goes into place, its a massive stomp of Tortuga Pirates. Well over Ten Mech Regiments alongside a hundred infantry and armor regiments smash in the Tortuga Dominions. Lady Paula Trevaline's personal forces are hammered mercilessly with over whelming force simply overwhelmed by the might of the AFFS. Its said Hanse himself lead the fight in his personal Battlemaster scoring several mech kills.
Lady Death, the infamous Paula Trevaline is hauled from her Mech by AFFS troops. Her sentencing is well recorded and her execution via hanging is swift.
No body knows how many Jumpships the AFFS captured during their hammering of the pirates, a fact that many ignore when the First Prince announces the FedSuns outright annexation of the Dominion
Dedicated School. I want to have the best gunners in human space. It'll be somewhere isolated with lots and lots of open space to blow things up
McLeod's Land and Mithron are the planets with the best competing offers
By August 3026 the second expedition returns loaded to the gills with gear.
1 Regiment Wasps, 1 Regiment Stingers, 1 Regiment Urbanmechs, 1 Battalion Clints, 1 Batt Assassins, 1 Batt Wyverns, 1 Regiment assorted including a Mackie (MSH-9HKR Kill Roy's Little Buddy)
Its suggested you parse out the 4 regiments to various dispossessed as Hat in the Ring wants the Urbies
The protector would like to know what others would like to suggest.
Restore the 5th Taurian Guard, a Reunification War unit
Ah. Crapola.
Speaking of primitives, would it be worth starting some lines eventually in the colonies?
By early 3026 with the New Dallas Core; No build more Toro's! All the Toro's, give every man, woman and child a Toro!
Was just hoping that's all.
My thought was the light weight manatee would be good for basically transporting within safe systems while saving larger jumpers for interstellar lines.
We REALLY need to get the design for the Mammoth and Mule as well.
He'll, I'd settle for the fucking
Jumbo...
See above for Mammoth, really once you start building big engines for military droppers you can expect civilians will re purpose them to be 2/3 cargo haulers.
So good excuse of "Where they pulled the latest piece of Magical Candy out of their rectums."
As long as its almost all Level 1 tech then yes. People will get wonky if its Star League gear.
I smile and huge the man before I sit with him. "I was honestly considering it. I was hoping to give the Concordant a bit of a leg up... Hold onto it for a few years. But in time... In time I intend to give not only the water filters but all of the data in the core away that isn't strictly military in it's application. The question is do I release it now, or do I let us reap the rewards a bit before doing so."
I'll probably go along with his suggestion. I agree with him though, I just was hoping to give the concordant a head start... but I'll even admit to him one of the reasons I keep him around is he's an honestly Good Man who doesn't really care about politics. He's my voice of human decency in a situation riddled with Real Politik.
Aramis is all for exploiting the rest of the Inner Sphere for the rest of the data on the core. Having all of humanity able to build J/U would literally improve the lives of 1 TRILLION people.
Plus Aramis slyly notes "Give them a taste, a really good one at that. Then charge out the wazoo for the next one"
Stealth and ECM are useful anyways so it might be worth it...
Sadly however not fast. Its simple of those things where time will resolve the problem, well time and money but until then a handful of Nighthawks are not worth regiments of Dayhawks.
And I'd like to use it as a base for a customized suit as listed below.
High mobility, reasonable firepower.
Engineers start playing with concepts
Nice. So setting them up with Space Boarding Suits should be reasonably simple.
Very. Although the SASF are starting a project on Super heavy Power Armor.
Problem is Comstar would outright SHIT themselves. Then probably nuke us.
Sadly true, however get to the point where mysterious White Wings can be fought off however...
I intend to expand the corps into RCT like formations. Attached regiments of power armored infantry are going to be part of it.
Lancers are the preferred Combined Arms formation in the TDF. Roughly 108-144 Mechs, 164 Tanks, Regiment of Infantry plus supporting units.
I want an anti-air version made too... and I want these as fast as possible too. Should aid our missile programs having the original specs and all...
It does, while work on electronics continues the actual launchers and such are coming together.
Noted and give him a (classified) mert for quick thinking.
The TDF is playing around with designs for future Mechs, not just what the SLDF built.
Good. I want it clear I respect THEIR ship.
Which is respected, the Techs do their jobs well.
"Remember, modern technology has had a millennia to mature. I know this tech has potential. It's pathetic now, but give it time..."
And I'm willing to have there be multiple teams. Stage it as a running competition. Basically you get cash rewards for out doing each other. Faster Chips, better TDP, better processing ability... all of it... I want to basically encourage them to create the modern PC
I'll be blunt with them too. I think in a decade or two, this might be something more than simply a toy. My belief is that with maturation this may very well exceed the raw processing abilities of current computer technologies, though at the price of durability and lifespan since it's using moving parts.
Generally I see this blast from the past potentially being the future of low cost consumer electronics.
A major issue facing this project is that nobody is actually interested in this facet of computer science, or at least no body whose skilled. They've got all these exciting projects redeveloping and advancing upon Star League gear.
You are also running into one of big psychological blocks of post Succession Wars thinking; no body wants fragile, easy to break sensitive equipment. Ragnarok Proof capable of handling multi Kelvin temperature ranges, shock and the occasional nuclear explosion equipment yes.
The answer of low durability and lifespan is "wow that's foolish. Having goods that you have to constantly replace every few years is so wasteful"
Its a toy but in ten years it will likely take off
She gets a noble title and a landhold for that. The going rate for those would be several billion Cbills
Marshall Santos gracefully accepts her title and landhold. The TCN drags their prizes in for tear down and re fit. By 3027 they expect to get all ten vessels back into service.
Its suggested they be used to build up a proper supply chain.
Any slaves are to be offered either a return home, or if they don't want to do or can't go, Taurian citizenship along with funds and training to help them start new lives.
Any pirate support staff are to be put under review. Any surviving pirates are to be tried based on their personal history. I understand this was somewhat a pirate state and many of these people were raised pirates the way others are raised loyal to their countries so I'm willing to treat them as enemy combatants and not as criminals as long as they didn't violate any commonly agreed standards of behavior.
Slaves are mostly Taurian with a levy of FedSuns citizens. Most gratefully leave the Haven Cluster.
The vast majority of the pirates are criminals through and through sprinkled with deserters. Most hang.
Proper trials are held however, and not just kangaroo courts.
Never outright said. The families of the dead are honored and any destroyed family mechs, both of the living and dead are replaced as a matter of fact.
Concordat Cuirassiers it is. They take busting the pirates with a good deal of pride.
I officially have the planet named "Haven" and put up a vote to the concordant to rename the cluster. Any legitimate ideas will be considered and it's up to the will of the people what to call it.
And I want them colonized. ASAP.
It ends up being named the Zanthara Cluster due to popular vote. The Far Lookers are enthusiastic in their efforts to colonize yet another new region of space.
Any reaction from the FS on the Taurians stepping on one of the largest sours on the local periphery regions ass?
Hanse sends a very congratulatory message, and even Michael Hasek gives a polite reply.
And Tortuga planning comes next. Tortuga Prime is supposed to be a VERY nice planet and would make a GREAT point from which to expand.
See above, Hanse stole a march on you by dropping a significant fraction of the AFFS on Tortuga.
Now time to a status report on some of my little projects
1) How are the MRM's doing?
2) How are the Rocket Launcher systems doing?
3) How goes the re-loadable Thunderbolts?
4) How goes the exotic ammo loads for ACs and Missile Launchers? What have they come up with that's worth a damn?
6) How is the PPC research going?
7) How's research into WiGE vehicles doing? I know it was supposed to take a while but any progress?
8) How's my fuel cell combat Vee program looking?
9) You said we have MechMortars now. How's use and ingratiation looking?
Techs on hold for below
August 3rd 3025
You've finally learned what was up with Isis Liao on Bellatrix.
She gave birth to Edward Liao-Calderon on July 7th, child of Edward Calderon the previous heir to the Concordat.
Genetic tests run by Comstar, and reconfirmed by TMI are that yes the young baby is in fact the son of Edward and Isis.
Legally speaking the kids got a claim on an minimal fraction of your accumulated wealth, and a few manors that are currently sitting empty gathering dust.
Grover Sharplen and the other very Anti Davion Lords are grumbling that a "true Calderon should be Protector"
A personal message from the Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation, Maximilian Liao is actually courteous and witty. He's simply safeguarded your mutual kinsmen from the enemies that struck down the majority of the Calderons in December and has no intention of actually placing Edward Liao-Calderon on the throne as Protector.
Most importantly he calls upon the Concordat to maintain its traditional policy vis a vi the Inner Sphere, armed wariness but no interference.
He can understand certain ploys and deals made with the Robinsons in the Draconis March to strike back against the Combine, beastly conquers that they are. However increased military co-operation and alignment with the Federated Suns would be unfortunate.
What now?
