***MoscowFleet will join the crew***
Moscow can be added on Wed June 22 for Phase 2.

CRISIS CARD - Must be resolved this phase.

Strange Bedfellows
Captains choice

Playdippian rebels have sent you a gift in a crate.
Do you accept? (+1 Relations with Playdip)

Or

Decline offer (-1 Relations with playdip)

##COMPUTER: Scan the crate for traces of explosives, radioactive materials, or life forms!

Agents! Remember the year 2073 when the cities of Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. were simultaneously attacked by playdipia, using briefcase nukes.

I personally would be hesitant accepting gifts from such a radical terror group.

Also, welcome to the crew, Agent MoscowFleet!

Upon scans it appears to be a sword.

Arthur Reed:
Search: Playdippia Sword

"In 1647 The Webdippian Colony was disbanded due to rampant smallpox and food shortage. En Route to the Capital, Admiral Banton was taken by Playdippian Pirates as a hostage. They seized his sword and Banton remained as a POW for 7 years. They eventually released Banton but kept his sword as a symbol of superiority."

(Bantons sword provides a +1 to morale when in possession by a crew member. It also provides a 20% close combat bonus.)

Arthur Reed:

Search Playdip

The biggest Black Market Arms site on the web. Playing War is fun! Easy point- and-click interface. Nukes, Missles, Tanks and more; you name it we supply it free delivery. High level assassinations available on request.

With locations at Europa, Sweeps, and Gliese2365-b. Stop on by and fund your secret army today.

...tanks you say?

##Computer

Deeper scans indicate miniscule larva present in the bottom of the crate.

Identifying...

It appears to be Alien in nature, Musk insectoids. These creatures can be domesticated but can also tear a ship to shreds. They turn into tunneling worms that eat anything. Big massive creatures at adult size. Currently they are a food source at the North Korean Colony.

You can destroy the Larva and keep the sword.
(-1 Relations with Musk Aliens)(+1 playdip relations)


Reject the gift (-1 Relations with playdip)

-or-

Take sword and attempt domestication of Musk.
(Roll a dice on a 1-4 Musk fail domestication and attack ship, If a 5 or 6 Musk are domesticated and work as tunnelers and mineral gatherers +1 to dice roll if Evolutionary faction)
(+1 Musk, +1 Playdip relations)

So I say take the domestication risk. We're repairing right now anyway.

Michael Cooksey: I heard you were interested in hiring me. No sense in fucking around lets do this. You might think it wise to sell me to those slimy bastards. I promise you I can get you a better deal if you keep me on hand. If you hire me I will ensure we bring down the North Africans and steal their technology for ourselves. If you guys are Reclaimers we could use the tiberium to poison the shit out of those pricks and force them off the planet. Then we could reclaim it and harvest all that tiberium and turn it into millions of credits.

Michael Cooksey: News travels fast. look; Someone on your ship is sharing an awful lot of info about your decisions on the europa msssage board...

Something about selling me for a bounty maybe...?

Computer:

Okay guys I am fully functioning and I can act as scribe for us to keep our finances in order and our details updated.

You are approving purchase of Repairs and MBAM. And tentatively purchasing Adv. Recycler. It appears someone has installed an Advanced Recycler for free for us...

Ship Updates:
Population Increase 348 + 240 = 588

588 -3 food per citizen per phase =
-1754 food this phase.

5400 -1745 = 3655 Food by Start of new phase.

You can produce 4000 food in the replicators by using up both primary slots.

Or you may buy 3000 food for 1000 credits.

Current Ship Status (At phase shift if current proposals pass)
Fuel: 20/20
Morale: 9/10
Structural Stability: 20/20
Reserve Fuel: 0/10
Missles: 0/20
Nukes: 1/1
Population: 588/1000(possible)
(population counts as a 5/10)
June 17, 2080, Europa; moon of Jupiter.

Additional Notes:
With our purchases we spent 9500 on Steel (2000), Mbam (500), And full repairs (8000).

24300-9500 = 14800 Credits.

We make a profit of 2880 however adding 240 civilians.

Final Chase Acct Total= 17680 at phase shift.

**1000 on steel. typo sorry

Ok. We need get some techs on the books.

##PROPOSE Rovers, Minor Conversion, and Ionization
##PROPOSE accept the gift, domesticate the worms
##PROPOSE Build Medbay 2

##propose Turbo Laser tech for military defence.
##second Rovers tech.
##second Accept the gift, domesticate the worms.
##second Build Medbay 2

##COMPUTER: Can you identify who has been posting sensitive information, about senior command decisions, on the Europa message board, as has been alleged?

##VOTE AGAINST the domestication of the worms.
##PROPOSE they be destroyed.

Shipmates, these worms present too much of a risk.

##CALL GM (not computer, this is a GM call)

Why would accepting a gift from a Playdippian "REBEL" faction increase our good relations with Playdippia itself? Surely the rebels are not aligned with the Government against which they are rebelling??

My thinking captain, is even if we do fail the domestication of the worms, we are headed to a planet where they are used as a food source. Surely they'll be able to assit us in eradication of need be?

I think that's a pretty major risk. Why did the rebels send us a worm-infested crate?

Christian: It is not a gift to give someone Musk larva. Those things can cause serious security precautions.

Someone second me and let's exterminate these pests.

Arthur Reed: The Russian hacker bugged the ship with something. He's been listening to us. Turns out he has hacked Europa Message board now too. He told the community we were not really Space-X but webdippian criminals. No wonder playdip showed up bearing gifts.

MoscowFleet has asked to join the game effective immediatley and I see no reason why not.

Welcome MoscowFleet to the crew! He can vote and participate as normal now.

Hello fellow councilors!

First off ##VOTE against domestication of worms and ##SECOND destroying the worms. We run a 66% chance of being attacked by these things which will be a disaster from their description. "Tear ship to shreds", "eat anything", and "big massive creatures at adult size" all make me definitely against taking the risk. Christian is backing us up on this as well.

According to Arthur, Yavuz has been listening to all our conversations through a bug. ##COMPUTER: scan ship for listening device?

Someone has installed an advanced recycler for us? Sounds fishy to me. ##CALL GM any more clarification on this?

##SECOND Turbo laser tech: Some strong defense if we're attacked. As for our other two techs:
Rovers would be a huge help for reclaimers, so ##VOTE Rovers tech. Seems like a no-brainer to me. Also ##Vote Reclaimers in case that's not finalized.
As for the last one, seeing as we're dealing with a hacker who has seemingly always been one step ahead of us, ##PROPOSE Counter-Measures.

I like heading for Sweeps-11 dead planet, as we should encounter no resistance at all there. But not sure of this right now.

Also, no Michael Cooksey. He already suspects us, his skills aren't of too much use to us, and is a potential threat onboard.

I know there's some more things to be addressed and will hopefully post later on.

Welcome, Moscowfleet.

Computer: It appears on further scan the origin of the Europa message board hack came from our IP not a proxy data server. According to the databanks our computer hacked Europa. I have traced several breaches tracking with MBAM and if what I am seeing is correct... there never was a Russian hacker at all..nor is there one.

Our Adv. Recycler appears to be a gift from Emissary Roland. Europa just did the upgrade for free...No explanation.