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21 January 3302
Senator Torval boosted in the polls this week, thanks to a highly successful expansion in Chujohimba. We at the Herald are please to know that Pancienses is now in good hands. President Hudson's private contractors successfully pushed their security operations in two systems, but the liberal agenda of Shadow President Winters was opposed in Amuzgo and Sawali. Protests in Nyalayan over the lack of attention from Kamadhenu ended unsatisfied, due to the massive amount of criminal activity in systems pledged to the Emperor. The Nyalayan Imperial Society has withdrawn its support of the Emperor's patronage network, though they long since lost control of the system government. Many pundits claim this is the true reason for the lack of attention from Kamadhenu.
The massive levels of undermining experienced by governments loyal to Emperor Arissa Lavigny-Duval resulted in protests breaking out across five more systems.
However, these systems and their spheres of influence are all fairly sparsely populated or highly contested. In fact, none of these systems have returned more command capital to Kamadhenu than is expended to maintain their upkeep and overheads. The worst of the lot are He Xingo, which only ever succeeded in annoying political rivals, and Yao Tzu, one of the long-serving systems of the Emperor's, which has long been an anchor around the influence network's ability to survive massive onslaughts of criminal activity.
Much praise goes out to those tireless haulers who delivered the requested allotment to all but eight systems last week. Unfortunately, many of those garrison supplies went to sparsely-populated systems, those control systems which fall below the blue line. None of those twenty-eight systems return any command capital to Kamadhenu; they all cost more political influence to maintain a network than they return for future projects. Due to the necessities of political feasibility and responsible patronage, these systems cannot be abandoned until they become too costly to maintain. Many of the costs of control systems are hidden, like the human cost in supporting a local government or the monetary cost to pilots who haul the necessary supplies, but the largest of these is the nebulous Overhead cost factored by GalNet's galactic poll which, for large influence bubbles, posits that every control system costs 62.1cc to maintain in addition to the Upkeep determined by distance from HQ.
Delivering Garrison Supplies to any Control System with a Base Income under 83cc results in a loss of Command Capital and reduction of political maneuvers available to the supporters of the Emperor in Kamadhenu.
This week, due to the potential recovery from losing just one of these five systems to revolt, fortifying more than is absolutely necessary is a concern. The word of the week is likely to be reactionary. Any projected surplus this week will return those five deficit-causing systems to the books and make the loss of Nyalayan in vain.
This week shows a fall in the Galactic Standings, but it has to be endured and embraced if the followers of Arissa Lavigny-Duval ever hope to compete for the top of the poll again.
In other news this week, the 13th Legion has joined other organizations, like Lavigny's Legion, by opening its doors to all pilots. The 13th claims to be working on a Defense Network that should enable rapid response times for any Imperial Commander who is under heavy fire from another Commander of the Pilots' Federation. They have also joined a new Imperial Coalition, comprised of multiple organizations all uniting to serve the larger purposes of the Empire.
The Kamadhenu Chapterhouse of Inquisition is poised to start an initiative to help lower some of the human costs involved in maintaining an influence bubble. Just last night a Civil War broke out in Nagi, a system once ruled by the Nagi Empire Pact, but taken over by the exploitative independent Nagi Corporation. The Nagi Empire Pact needs assistance from any commander willing to fight for the Empire, and the Chatperhouse's initiative will endeavor to make it enjoyable for all participants. More information will follow from Scribe Endincite over the course of the day.
Once again, last week was amazing effort to push those garrison supplies past the 100Ly range of many Imperial vessels, and while that same effort is not likely to be required this week, keep your eyes on the statistics for criminal activity.
Good luck and godspeed, Commanders.
CYCLE PRIORITIES
COMBAT TARGETS
FORTIFICATION PRIORITIES
Reddit Post
PC Discord Server (Invite Link)
XBox Discord Server (Invite Link)
Groups pledged to Arissa Lavigny-Duval
COMBAT TARGETS
FORTIFICATION PRIORITIES
21 January 3302
Senator Torval boosted in the polls this week, thanks to a highly successful expansion in Chujohimba. We at the Herald are please to know that Pancienses is now in good hands. President Hudson's private contractors successfully pushed their security operations in two systems, but the liberal agenda of Shadow President Winters was opposed in Amuzgo and Sawali. Protests in Nyalayan over the lack of attention from Kamadhenu ended unsatisfied, due to the massive amount of criminal activity in systems pledged to the Emperor. The Nyalayan Imperial Society has withdrawn its support of the Emperor's patronage network, though they long since lost control of the system government. Many pundits claim this is the true reason for the lack of attention from Kamadhenu.
The massive levels of undermining experienced by governments loyal to Emperor Arissa Lavigny-Duval resulted in protests breaking out across five more systems.
However, these systems and their spheres of influence are all fairly sparsely populated or highly contested. In fact, none of these systems have returned more command capital to Kamadhenu than is expended to maintain their upkeep and overheads. The worst of the lot are He Xingo, which only ever succeeded in annoying political rivals, and Yao Tzu, one of the long-serving systems of the Emperor's, which has long been an anchor around the influence network's ability to survive massive onslaughts of criminal activity.
Much praise goes out to those tireless haulers who delivered the requested allotment to all but eight systems last week. Unfortunately, many of those garrison supplies went to sparsely-populated systems, those control systems which fall below the blue line. None of those twenty-eight systems return any command capital to Kamadhenu; they all cost more political influence to maintain a network than they return for future projects. Due to the necessities of political feasibility and responsible patronage, these systems cannot be abandoned until they become too costly to maintain. Many of the costs of control systems are hidden, like the human cost in supporting a local government or the monetary cost to pilots who haul the necessary supplies, but the largest of these is the nebulous Overhead cost factored by GalNet's galactic poll which, for large influence bubbles, posits that every control system costs 62.1cc to maintain in addition to the Upkeep determined by distance from HQ.
Delivering Garrison Supplies to any Control System with a Base Income under 83cc results in a loss of Command Capital and reduction of political maneuvers available to the supporters of the Emperor in Kamadhenu.
This week, due to the potential recovery from losing just one of these five systems to revolt, fortifying more than is absolutely necessary is a concern. The word of the week is likely to be reactionary. Any projected surplus this week will return those five deficit-causing systems to the books and make the loss of Nyalayan in vain.
This week shows a fall in the Galactic Standings, but it has to be endured and embraced if the followers of Arissa Lavigny-Duval ever hope to compete for the top of the poll again.
In other news this week, the 13th Legion has joined other organizations, like Lavigny's Legion, by opening its doors to all pilots. The 13th claims to be working on a Defense Network that should enable rapid response times for any Imperial Commander who is under heavy fire from another Commander of the Pilots' Federation. They have also joined a new Imperial Coalition, comprised of multiple organizations all uniting to serve the larger purposes of the Empire.
The Kamadhenu Chapterhouse of Inquisition is poised to start an initiative to help lower some of the human costs involved in maintaining an influence bubble. Just last night a Civil War broke out in Nagi, a system once ruled by the Nagi Empire Pact, but taken over by the exploitative independent Nagi Corporation. The Nagi Empire Pact needs assistance from any commander willing to fight for the Empire, and the Chatperhouse's initiative will endeavor to make it enjoyable for all participants. More information will follow from Scribe Endincite over the course of the day.
Once again, last week was amazing effort to push those garrison supplies past the 100Ly range of many Imperial vessels, and while that same effort is not likely to be required this week, keep your eyes on the statistics for criminal activity.
Good luck and godspeed, Commanders.
CYCLE PRIORITIES
COMBAT TARGETS
FORTIFICATION PRIORITIES
Reddit Post
PC Discord Server (Invite Link)
XBox Discord Server (Invite Link)
Groups pledged to Arissa Lavigny-Duval
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