Not long after the battle our scientist do come up with the 'Twin Laser.' I do allow the research on it to proceed and before long it is done. Our Hunters are able to carry a single one of these along the two normal laser guns.
I do check on the barman. He does tell me recently a stranger did visit and while on his third glass of Real Old Earth Ale did tell him he did come from a different solar system. I do not know what to make of this: Is this a hint that there may be other Humans near us or is it a hint he does need to get a new monocle? No one of right mind would confuse any of the aliens we did meet so far with a human.
I do also visit the informer.
I do wonder if you do have anything that I would deem of interest.
The information is well worth the price.
I do pay five hundred credits for it.
A strong and powerful race lives in the second solar system. The co-ordinates of their planet are: 0142:3400:2310.
I do thank you for the assistance.
I do send Abnaxus to check on the new planet. As I did not discover the world myself the game does not allow me to give it a name. It is Phoenix 5 from now on. This does not make me happy.
Phoenix 5 does have a single moon.
As he does return our scientists do come up with a new research project with the intention to develop a troop carrier vehicle. I do proceed with the project. We do have no land forces as it is. I am also able to order the first Galleon built. At fourty seven thousand credits it is not a cheap ship to build. I do also buy a few more hunters.
Before long the troop carrier is done.
It does look kind of cute. Yet instead of these I do presently begin to build twin laser guns. I do build a single laser gun as well. As soon as Kz3r0's fleet does receive its Galleon I do equip it with the laser gun. It is unable to carry more than one. It is also unable to carry twin lasers.
I do send him to check on Phoenix 5. Along the way he does find a new planet. I do give it ChoA for a name. Once he does reach the Phelonian world he does establish contact with them. As soon as he is done he is sent to Way to establish contact with the other species we do know about on the Phoenix system, the Kall. They do wish to speak with us as soon as he does establish contact. A Kall envoy does arrive to New Earth shortly afterwards.
It does bring me pleasure to meet you.
Be in peace and prosperity! We have just discovered your existence, and we know that you are also fighting the Morgruls.
Those who do inform you do seem to be trusthworthy.
There are some strategically important planets in your system. We will supply you with weapons, so you may fight against them!
I do not trust him. To let other people fight in one's stead is the exclusive right of young noblewomen rich in beauty, grace, and innocence both true and not. One so unwise in the divine order as to expect the same treatment as his betters is a servant of darkness and evil most apparent. And do please take a look at that chin of his. I do doubt his vile nature is in need of further demonstration when his ignorance of the categorical imperative of proper aesthetical harmony does lie naked for the universe entire to see.
Yet I am not about to reject an offer of advanced weapons for my scientists to reverse engineer. If it is possible I will punish his defiance of the divine order once I do finish to force the one true Faith down the Morgruls xeno throats.
A most generous offer you do make.
The weapons will be with you shortly. All we ask is that you deal with us confidentially. This is for your own good as well as ours. Fight bravely. May peace and prosperity be with you.
May they be with you as well.
He does send us ten starfighters. These ships are stronger than our Hunters. They are unable to carry laser guns yet are able to take up to four twin lasers each. As soon as I am back at the command center I do order Klaatoo to reverse engineer the ships. In the meantime Abnaxus does check ChoA to find nothing but a moonless and rocky planet.
Before long a Phelonian envoy does arrive to New Earth.
By this point I do have to say the Divine Empress did begin to get on my bad side. Shamrock, Fern, Pakistani, Dartmouth and the rest of the darker green shades are terrible colors to dress in if you are not a fairy, an elf, or a redhead. Her feet are too small for her body. Her legs are too short. Her knees are too low. Her shoulders are too wide. Her way to sit is improper. And I will never trust a girl that does wear flats.
At least she does take care of her hair I guess.
I do welcome you to New Earth, O Phelonian.
Greetings humanoids. We are in great need of Energon. We had a contract with the Kalls until now. It seems that our relationship has become impossible to continue. We ask you to consider becoming our trading partners.
I am sure we will be able to reach an agreement favorable to us both.
We could give you 100.000 credits for 10.000 Tonne of Energon.
I do find your offer fair. Yet presently of little interest are credits to me. I am however sure your people does possess technology far in advance of us newcomers to the galactic community.
We can offer a battle tank for 10.000 tonns of Energon. Do you accept it?
I do. And I do as well hope this is but the genesis of a long and mutually profitable relationship.
It's a deal then.
They do send us the plans. Before long our scientists do finish the project to reverse engineer the starfighters as well.
I do send Kz3r0's fleet to the offworld mines to bring the two resources we are unable to mine from New Earth as well as Energon. As money does permit I do equip the battlefleet with twin lasers. I do visit the bar as well. Neither the barman nor the spy hunter do have something to say. The informer however does take five hundred credits to confirm what we did already suspect by now.
I do keep the production of weapons for Hirato going as I do send Abnaxus to launch satellites on the moons that did previously belong to the Jaanosian. We are able to explore them this once. We are still unable to send satellites to the planet itself. I do order two offworld mines to be built.
By the time the installations are ready for deployment our present fleet is fully set up.
I do reduce the taxes on New Earth. The population is neutral and I do want to recover some of their favour so that they will not drop into the negative once they do come to need something new to keep their lives meaningful.
I do establish new mining stations on Gallilei and ChoA. As Kz3r0 did move from the former to the later he did discover a new planet on Phoenix. The planet does receive the name 'Geum Mi.' It does have three moons. The satelite we do send to one of these is lost. There is probably a colony down there.
The informer does tell me I do have to be careful with the Morgruls as they are a hostile and violent species. It is good to know.
Soon afterwards we do receive notice of an enemy fleet en route to New Earth. I do check Hirato's forces. Then the battle does begin. It is fast and brutal.
As the battle does end and the prisoners are sent wherever the prisoners are kept our scientists do come up with a new invention, the tractor beam. I do accept the project. As the research does proceed I do receive notice we did receive and decode an S.O.S. signal from an interior planet in the Phoenix system. This does represent a once in a lifetime opportunity for us. And I will squander it because I am too naive and innocent and nice to be a politician. In doing so I will probably also doom humanity to extinction.
But that will have to wait to the next update.