I feel like I'm missing some major explanation from way earlier in the thread, but... can someone explain why the elder Kurita, the head of the Draconis Combine, is out here in the Periphery? Why is he living it up on Okusawa, and creating a fake palace on an occupied planet, rather than living...
Pretty much every other Xenforo site I know of (SpaceBattles, SufficientVelocity, AlternateHistory, QuestionableQuesting, etc.) offers this functionality -- to 'watch thread' and only receive email updates when the OP posts an update. Would it be possible to add that feature to this site as...
Where do we go to see the current set of options for possible actions? I don't know what the 'Expedition action' looks like now, so I don't know whether it's a viable option or not. From context, I'm guessing the Expedition would take longer but with higher-quality rewards, vs. the...
[X] Suspend operations due to the weather. - No change
Obvious choice is obvious. I like the subvote to reserve a dropship in case of humanitarian emergency... but I kinda figure that there are already pre-determined plans for such emergencies.
As mentioned, I strongly believe we should reduce our military spending for the next few turns -- the DCMS won't be returning in the short term, and now that we have breathing room we need to develop our economy and infrastructure. We're not going to be using those ASFs -- better to spend the...
Priority should definitely be infrastructure. It's possible that the DCMS will backstab us in the next year or two, but it's much more likely that the inevitable backstab will be delayed until after Gustavson is no longer in a leadership role in our neighborhood. Now is the time for long-term...