We need as many people between us and the Combine as possible. The NRI are pretty useless but they're better than nothing.
Admittedly, they did give us clantech gauss rifles and AMS. They're probably not really a peer power to us or the Dracs, but they haven't been completely useless.
How many decades has it been since this Combine expedition set forth from the Inner Sphere? There is a chance that Gunji isn't even old enough to remember living in the IS Combine, having only known the people around her out here in the Periphery. She might not be totally onboard the idea of serving some distant ruler she has never met before. She might be content to carve out her own little kingdom here out in the Periphery.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Heir to the Dragon (in deep space) isn't necessarily completely loyal to the Coordinator, but that doesn't mean she doesn't share their desire to conquer all of humanity. I doubt she'll actually be able to be a friend to us. And also, note that Kilborrough (super slaver planet) is part of the Kingdom she'll eventually be leading, so I don't think we want to just let that Kingdom sit there next to us.
Also, look at Gustavason, a former Drac Tai-Sa. Apparently he was popular enough to gather enough men to suppress the fanatics from overthrowing him when he was reorganizing the Drac forces on Nowy Gdansk. And he had enough followers/popular support within his ranks to organize a revolution and carve out a new country independent of the fanatics. A similar thing could happen here.
Gustavson is, in addition to being part of the DCMS, was part of the Rasalhague resistance (presumably, alongside many members of his command). So it's not so much he carved out part of the Dracs, as he brought along a bunch of rebels who managed to avoid incompetent ISF agents for long enough to claim a planet. His goal is still to retake Rasalhague in the IS, as opposed to deep periphery nation building. He just wants Bakkustabbu to hit the Dracs instead of the Davions.
Now, onto this turn:
[X] Approve
We have allies, we're going to work with them. We can spare some ground troops (even if not as well as Aerospace units) for a chance for them to gain experience and stop something the Dracs are trying to do.
And next, the budget plan:
[X] Plan: HPGs? Please?
-[X] Military [$ 82,090,539.16 ]
--[X] Construct Silver Tower System Defense Fortress* [->2]
--[X] Construct Silver Tower System Defense Fortress* [->2]
--[X] Construct Silver Tower System Defense Fortress* [->2]
--[X] Construct Silver Tower System Defense Fortress* [->2]
--[X] Upgrade All Ferro Fibrous Foundries [65]
--[X] Upgrade All Ferro Aluminium Foundries [65]
--[X] Upgrade All DHS Foundries [65]
(We need lots of strategic resources. Worth noting we have 2 regiment's worth of excess endosteel right now, so it's probably not too bad an idea to focus on the others for a bit)
--[X] Lay Down Major Unit [Construction - 5,624,390 ]
---[X] Newport* [auto]
---[X] Newport* [auto]
---[X] Colchester* [auto]
---[X] 48 PPG-01* [auto]
---[X] Shannon [85]
---[X] Shannon [85]
---[X] Shannon [85]
---[X] Shannon [85]
---[X] Shannon [85]
---[X] Shannon [85]
---[X] Shannon [85]
---[X] Shannon [85]
---[X] Shannon [85]
---[X] Shannon [85]
---[X] Bainbridge [85]
---[X] Majestic [85]
---[X] Majestic [85]
---[X] Majestic [85]
---[X] Majestic [85]
---[X] Majestic [85]
---[X] Majestic [85]
---[X] Majestic [85]
--[X] Purchase New Units [$ 778,275 ]
---[X] 4 Carrier Wings [75]
---[X] 1 Pathfinder Regiment [75]
---[X] 2 Standard Mech Regiment [75]
---[X] 2 Armored Regiment [75]
-[X]Interior [$ 20,667,500.00 ]
--[X] Focus Development on Nowy Gdansk* [auto]
--[X] Build Orbital Factory Ferro-Fib Nowy Gdansk [105]
--[X] Build Orbital Factory Ferro-Fib Nowy Gdansk [105]
--[X] Build Orbital Factory Ferro-Fib Griffin's Roost [105]
--[X] Build Orbital Factory Ferro-Fib Griffin's Roost [105]
--[X] Build Orbital Factory Ferro-Fib Griffon IV [105]
--[X] Build Orbital Factory Ferro-Fib Griffon IV [105]
(As the nice helpful chart above shows, we're currently very limited with this. Getting more factories makes upgrading all a lot more effective)
--[X] Expand Refit and Repair Yard [100]
--[X] Expand Orbital Shipyard Griffons Roost [100]
--[X] Expand Orbital Shipyard Nowy Gdansk [100]
(Shipyards are very important)
--[X] DOME - Plant Temperate Forests* [auto]
--[X] DOME - DOME - Underwater City* [->6]
--[X] DOME - Planetary Sculpting - Artificial Oceans - Griffin IV* [->1]
--[X] DOME - Planetary Sculpting - Artificial Riverbeds - Griffin IV* [->1]
--[X] DOME - Planetary Sculpting - Artificial Lakes - Griffin IV* [->1]
--[X] DOME - O'Neill Cylinder at Griffin II* [->2]
--[X] DOME - Arcology Cluster - Griffon IV* [->2]
-[X] Diplomatic [$ 2,050,000.00 ]
--[X] Promote Calliope IV Integration* [->3]
--[X] CULTURE - General Cultural Festival [75]
-[X] Political [$ 20000000 ]
--[X] Build Outreach Centers on Calliope IV [75]
(More work integrating a new plant)
-[X] Research [$ 91000000 ]
--[X] Hyper-Pulse Generators - Theory Lvl 2* [65]
--[X] Improved Germanium Refining lvl 1* [->6]
--[X] KF Drive Theory Tier 2* [->3]
--[X] Materials Research lvl 6 [90]
--[X] Power Generation lvl 6 [90]
(Main reasons for doing this - they're pretty much guaranteed to only be one turn, so if we need multiple actions to turn HPG theory into HPG stations, we'll have openings. Assuming we actually get to research HPG stations with this level of HPG theory. And that my turns remaining tracker is right. Given I checked and we started it turn 51, it should be, but it's not lining up with the counter in research tab)
--[X] Naval Laser/45* [->3]
--[X] Heavy Naval PPC* [->3]
--[X] Ferro-Carbide Armor* [->3]
-[X] Intelligence [$ 2000000 ]
--[X] Counterintelligence Surveillance [?]
--[X] Expand POW camps* [->3]
-[X] Justice [$ 1000000 ]
--[X] Begin Legal review of possible Calliope IV integration* [->3]
$78m leftover, mostly filling in holes and preparing for next turn.