Home in the Sky: Space Colonization Quest Part 2

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Setting Notes: The Church of the Stewards of Jesus Christ and the Illuminated Buddha

The Church of the Stewards is a new sect of Syncretic Christianity that refers to itself as Third Testament Christianity. The holy scripture contains three main books; the Old, New and Third Testaments. The Third Testament tells of the truths revealed to Bodhisattvas throughout human history and explains how they, like Jesus Christ, and the rest of Humanity, are the Children of God. What makes the Bodhisattvas unique is Enlightenment, a Spiritual connection to Nature and God that transcends Knowledge, and even Faith. Bodhisattvas, in their Enlightenment, are able to perceive beyond Reality, the Body of God and into Samsara, the Mind of God. At this point the Enlightened ascends, escaping the wheel of Reincarnation, and becomes a Deity themselves, subservient only to the Supreme God, Jehovah.

Notable Bodhisattvas in the Steward Tradition are the Buddha, Zoroaster, Enoch, Abraham (and the other Abrahamic Patriarchs), King Solomon, Elijah, Moses, Jesus, The Virgin Mary, Muhammad, Rumi, Joan of Arc and Haile Selassie among many, many others.

Stewardship holds that there is a spiritual hierarchy emanating from Jehovah with Bodhisattvas ruling directly under him. The Bodhisattvas (and Jesus Christ, the King of the Buddhas) in turn rule over Angels, who do their bidding as well as that of the Supreme God. Lower than the Angels, but beholden to no one, are the Kami. The Kami are “Gods” of Nature, who bless and curse as they please. Though the Kami are to be venerated, they are not to be “worshiped,” for they are fickle creatures. Kami are generally thought to be the Gods of Old (Odin, Thor, Zeus, Osiris, Izanami and Izanagi etc.) before the truth of Jehovah was revealed to Abraham and the Old Covenant signed.

The exact tenets of the Stewards are up to individual congregations (Stewardship draws its overarching structure from Congregationalism), though most agree on everything listed above. The Ten Commandments and Mosaic Law are generally seen as guidelines, with more importance placed on community consensus than strict hierarchy. For instance, Divorce is permitted by most Congregations, especially in the case of abuse. Since Stewards believe the Soul enters the body at the moment of birth, Abortion is frequently also permitted. Homosexuality tends to accepted as well. However, the key Unifying Tenet of Stewardship is that other systems of belief are “Unhealthy.” Since these false faiths frequently do not accept the teachings of even a few of the Bodhisattvas, they are necessarily diseased. Stewards therefore take it upon themselves to act as the Spiritual “Stewards” of Humanity, saving others from their narrow-minded and false beliefs. So far this takes the form of proselytizing, of which Stewards have proven to be very effective, but who knows how this may change in the future.

>>305258
Send a spy ship next to the colony. Also change our political system to have a consul for the military affairs and another leader in charge of domestic issues, Both are elected for 4 years periods

>>305258
Can we develop some form of technology to evade their sensors so we can have basic information on our neighbours? Doesn't need to be completely stealth, just minimal presence on their radar.

>>305263
Seconded

>>305263
I agree with this kind of leadership however we can't send a spy ship without developing stealth capabilities.
Should we prioritise domestic reform or gather intel on our neighbours for this turn?

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>>305263
> Government Change
> In light of recent events, the government of Last Hearth is reformed to include a Consul in addition to a Prime Minister. Einar Moen resigns as Prime Minister to assume the role of Consul. Sakura Adachi, another prominent mutineer, is elected Prime Minister.
> Government Change: Elected Consul, ++military


>>305265
> Spy Ship
> A spy ship fitted with experimental radar jamming technology is sent beyond the L2 Wormhole. After 8 hours, it returns with survey data of the new star system. The system is an A7 main sequence White Sun, with 6 planets (3 gas giants, 3 terrestrial), one of which is habitable. The habitable world is even colder than Last Hearth, consisting of ice sheets covering a planet spanning ocean, with only a few small islands and micro-continents dotting the surface. From radio transmissions picked up by the Scout, it seems that the colony is a COMINTERN Gulag; a prison colony shipping natural resources to other Socialist Colonies.


LAST HEARTH
Tundra World

DEMOGRAPHICS
Population: 125,000
Government: Parliamentary Republic
Prime Minister: Sakura Adachi, Age 44
Consul: Einar Moen, Age 50
Ethnicity: 30% Scandinavian, 25% Japanese, 15% Caucasian North American, 15% Hispanic, 10% Xhosa, 5% Afrikaans
Religion: 40% Steward, 35% Christian, 15% Shinto/Buddhist, 15% Non-Religious/Other

PARAMETERS
Agriculture: 5
Industry: 7
Economy: 5
Culture: 10
Research: 8
Military: 7

TECHNOLOGY & BUILDINGS
Thermal Power Plants, Spaceport, Biolabs, Basic Hydroponic Farms, Advanced Mines, Mining Robots, Asteroid Mining, Colonial Militia


Suggest a development, technology or action to raise a parameter. You can also vote to raise a parameter, in which case I will write up what happens. If the first post responding to an update is “dubs, trips, etc” there will be a random event. The higher number of consecutive similar digits, the more drastic of an event it will be.

>>305274
I expect there to be technology that will allow us to expand further away from the equator. Keep the spy ship there to monitor their movements and if possible, find out the local military presence.

>>305277
This

Soon we should also research ways to augment our soldiers and ways to modify their genes

>>305277
Oh shit dubs, expect a random event coming

>>305274
Build a shipyard we will need a fleet, Also expand the space ports

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>>305277
>RANDOM EVENT!

The spy ship in the new system picks up further radio transmissions; the system has been designated “Perun” by COMINTERN, with the colony referred to as “Sibir.” The transmissions elaborate that the prisoners on Sibir are becoming unruly, with many seeking to overthrow the existing hierarchy on the planet. It seems that COMINTERN has already written the colony off as a loss however, and plans to evacuate, but not before destroying existing infrastructure for offworld transportation. Consul Einar Moen makes three proposals to the Parliament for future action;

1 - A coordinated effort to strike early and liberate the prisoners could save much of the existing infrastructure on the planet, but could alert COMINTERN to the presence of Last Hearth only a single Lagrange Jump away.

2 - Alternatively, waiting for COMINTERN to abandon the colony to its fate would avoid military engagement, but much of the high tech infrastructure on the planet will have been destroyed by then.

3 - Last Hearth could reach out to COMINTERN and offer to take the Gulag off their hands. This would drain Last Hearth’s economic and industrial resources, but would resolve the situation without significant conflict.


LAST HEARTH
Tundra World

DEMOGRAPHICS
Population: 125,000
Government: Parliamentary Republic
Prime Minister: Sakura Adachi, Age 44
Consul: Einar Moen, Age 50
Ethnicity: 30% Scandinavian, 25% Japanese, 15% Caucasian North American, 15% Hispanic, 10% Xhosa, 5% Afrikaans
Religion: 40% Steward, 35% Christian, 15% Shinto/Buddhist, 15% Non-Religious/Other

PARAMETERS
Agriculture: 5
Industry: 7
Economy: 5
Culture: 10
Research: 8
Military: 7

TECHNOLOGY & BUILDINGS
Thermal Power Plants, Spaceport, Biolabs, Basic Hydroponic Farms, Advanced Mines, Mining Robots, Asteroid Mining, Colonial Militia


Suggest a development, technology or action to raise a parameter. You can also vote to raise a parameter, in which case I will write up what happens. If the first post responding to an update is “dubs, trips, etc” there will be a random event. The higher number of consecutive similar digits, the more drastic of an event it will be.

>>305292
>1 - A coordinated effort to strike early and liberate the prisoners could save much of the existing infrastructure on the planet, but could alert COMINTERN to the presence of Last Hearth only a single Lagrange Jump away.

Can we use the jamming tech on our spy ship to jam communications?
Ensure to leave no survivors, do not claim the planet in case of COMINTERN investigations and make a freak accident that lead to the destruction of the evacuees

>>305292
Wouldn't option #3 also alert COMINTERN to our presence?

>>305298
>98
Holy shit that was close

>>305299
In this case your presence would not be seen as a bad thing, and purchasing the Gulag would probably endear you at least somewhat to COMINTERN. Remember, the faction you really have to worry about is ORION.

We should pick 2, we should remain hidden to all other factions because they could easily conquer us

>>305298
It would be possible to do this, yes.

I'm going to wait a little bit for more replies before writing up the results.

>>305292
Upgrade the militia to space navy/army forces

>2
We are not ready to face off with the big guys just yet

>>305309
I think there is value in claiming their tech for our own. Correct me if I'm wrong, so far we are only able to live in the equator of Last Hearth because of the temperatures.
This planet is colder than ours and they should have tech that allows us to live further away from the equator allowing for short term expansion without waiting for our greenhouse gases to terraform the planet.

>>305310
Also, do we have an idea on their forces?

>>305309
This. Make them believe ATLAS did it

>>305292
Unless there is some way we can jam signals coming from our system so we can continue in secrecy, I'm going to have to vote for 2.

>>305292
3 - Last Hearth could reach out to COMINTERN and offer to take the Gulag off their hands. This would drain Last Hearth’s economic and industrial resources, but would resolve the situation without significant conflict.

>>305321
>>305315
>>305309

>>305321
>>305315
>>305309
> Wait COMINTERN to evacuate, clean up after

After a month of waiting, it becomes clear that COMINTERN has evacuated the colony, leaving their prisoners behind on Sibir with minimal infrastructure. Estimates from reconnaissance show approximately 20,000 prisoners on the world, concentrated into a single settlement.

What is the next course of action?


LAST HEARTH
Tundra World

DEMOGRAPHICS
Population: 125,000
Government: Parliamentary Republic
Prime Minister: Sakura Adachi, Age 44
Consul: Einar Moen, Age 50
Ethnicity: 30% Scandinavian, 25% Japanese, 15% Caucasian North American, 15% Hispanic, 10% Xhosa, 5% Afrikaans
Religion: 40% Steward, 35% Christian, 15% Shinto/Buddhist, 15% Non-Religious/Other

PARAMETERS
Agriculture: 5
Industry: 7
Economy: 5
Culture: 10
Research: 8
Military: 7

TECHNOLOGY & BUILDINGS
Thermal Power Plants, Spaceport, Biolabs, Basic Hydroponic Farms, Advanced Mines, Mining Robots, Asteroid Mining, Colonial Militia


Suggest a development, technology or action to raise a parameter. You can also vote to raise a parameter, in which case I will write up what happens. If the first post responding to an update is “dubs, trips, etc” there will be a random event. The higher number of consecutive similar digits, the more drastic of an event it will be.

>>305330
Interview prisoners and take the ones that are healthy and compatible with our ideals. We don't tell the prisoners who we take, we let them think that the other ones died while travelling while we purge them.

>>305330
Investigate the infrastructure COMINTERN used and leave the prisoners to their fate.
Sheltering criminals and political prisoners would sow discord in our colony

>>305331
This instead

>>305330
Salvage anything we can and evacuate the prisoners to Last Hearth, provided they accept one condition: conversion to Stewardship. Anyone who doesn't convert can be left behind.

>>305331
Adding salvaging to this since I forgot to write it

>>305331
>>305343
This is fine, but I think they should convert to Stewardship like >>305335 says.

>>305331
>>305334
>>305335
> Interviewing and Integration

Humanitarian efforts are launched to integrate the prisoners on Sibir into the fold. Most of the prisoners were political dissidents, opponents of communism who did nothing wrong but speak out against COMINTERN governments. As such, almost all of the prisoners are found to be fit for integration into Last Hearth. One side effect of this process was the large scale conversion of these immigrants to Stewardship, as much of the humanitarian efforts were run by members of the Church.

The research bounty from the venture was less successful, though technology for settlements in even colder conditions that of equatorial Last Hearth have been scavenged.
> +population, demographic shift: +steward, ++research


LAST HEARTH
Tundra World

DEMOGRAPHICS
Population: 150,000
Government: Parliamentary Republic
Prime Minister: Sakura Adachi, Age 45
Consul: Einar Moen, Age 51
Ethnicity: 30% Scandinavian, 25% Japanese, 15% Caucasian North American, 10% Hispanic, 10% Xhosa, 5% Afrikaans, 5% Russian
Religion: 45% Steward, 30% Christian, 15% Shinto/Buddhist, 15% Non-Religious/Other

PARAMETERS
Agriculture: 5
Industry: 7
Economy: 5
Culture: 10
Research: 10
Military: 7

TECHNOLOGY & BUILDINGS
Thermal Power Plants, Spaceport, Biolabs, Basic Hydroponic Farms, Advanced Mines, Mining Robots, Asteroid Mining, Colonial Militia

>>305347
Is there anything we can do to improve fertility/growth of the colony? The faster we grow larger the faster we become a relevant force in the galaxy.

>>305347
Is there any way we could disrupt Lagrange wormholes?

>>305347
Since we have a spaceport, have we done a full survey of the entire planet from space?

>>305350
I think the easiest way would be to create androids making it so they don't realize that they are different from humans and give them the same rights as people (also installing a very secret kill switch in the consul's office)

>>305347
Also, can we improve our thermal power plants by installing miniature turbines in our factories that generate lots of heat as a side effect and use robots to dump ice in?

>>305354
I don't think androids are fertile. Unless you want to 'manufacture' citizens

>>305354
Androids, or any AI for that matter, are too dangerous, we should stick to just humans.

>>305350
Lets just have a clone army while we're at it.
But we need to start expanding more into our own system by building space stations.

>>305357
They don't need to know that :) they can just believe they are very infertile humans. We could even make it so they adopt human children and them how to be part of the Stewardship

>>305360
*teach them

>>305360
We should first prioritise the growth of our human population first. Let's think of androids later when we operate on a planet wide scale

>>305363
Research artificial uteri then and organize a collect of Sperm and eggs. Then educate the children born from this institutions as crusaders and priests of the Stewardship .

>>305363
This. Lets boost oue economy and agrculture

>>305363
Well we have barely filled Last Hearth we infrastructure we could always start a program where we offer patches of lands to young couples in exchange of the promise of them having atleast 5 childrens.

>>305366
Supporting this. Let's expand our agricultural sector. Perhaps we can research more into the bioengineering field, genetically modified plants to thrive better in Last Hearth's climate.

>>305370
This

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>>305370
>>305371

>>305370
We don't have that much land to spare in the first place, we can live in tbe equator and a bit further.
Instead of land, how about placing a welfare system and give them benefits for every child born?

Jesus guys, I'm all for dangerous science, but going for androids this soon out of the gate is a death sentence. Let's not forget part of the Unknown's description: "Cons: no one can hear you scream."

Stewardship sounds kickass OP. I say work on converting Moen to stewardship, to work it into the government, and then keep up the climate change research. We need to be able to at least take on a mid sized fleet, and we need bodies to do that.

>>305376
It would have helped colonising the planet faster, but welfare works too i guess.

>>305379
It's great to go Manifest Destiny the fuck out of the planet, but we will soon reach a point where we don't have land to spare and bite us back in the ass.
We can always take the risk and hope we can terraform the planet faster than we colonize it

>>305377
>>305366
>>305355
Lets hope for the best outcome

>>305383
Let's do these three.
Have we identified any potentially dangerous life forms within the environment?

>>305386
Nah, we scanned last thread and the only life on the planet is simple algae and bacteria.

>>305347
We need to research some exo suit like those in starcraft and a spider tank since we live in snow and all

>>305389
This t.b.h famalam, we're gonna start invading soon

>>305389
>>305390
We need to build up a stable foundation before we can take on other planets.

>>305390
We haven't even fully inhabitated our current planet and you want to colonise the planet next door that's even colder than ours?

>>305394
then agriculture it is senpai, and mining

>>305395
Let's just expand our population and agriculture. We currently have 150k on a planet larger than Earth and having more manpower to do whatever we need is always good.
We can improve agriculture by having lots of cows around. Helps terraform the planet a bit because of all the methane and CO2 they will release

>>305400
I'm with this guy

>>305400
Additionaly, we can also use cow dung as fertiliser to further improve our farms.
I take it that this will be our course of action?

>>305409
Cows also help making our planet warmer because of methane gas, making it even more habitable
>>305400
changing my vote to this

In parallel, controlled distro of fertility drugs to predispose those who want natural pregs to have multiple fertilizations. Any deficit to expected population growth can be in vitroed and surrogated. Ugheoti

>>305400
How is our access to microbio? We can develop bacteria that exponentially speeds up bio gas production to aid the heat issue. In supplement to cow idea. Ugheoti

Op are you here?

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OP got a twitter?

>>305481
I had to go to work. I'm back, with an update in a minute.

>>309643
thank god i came right in time this time

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>>305352
>>305363
>>305370
>>305371
>>305374
>>305375
>>305409
>>305400
>>305475
> Agricultural and Settlement Initiatives

In response to the growing needs of the Hearthian population, as well as to spur further population growth, large scale “homestead initiatives” are launched. Many of these homesteading charters use technology appropriated from the former Sibir Gulag. Further application of safe greenhouse gases has already expanded the habitable range by a few degrees beyond the tropics, and now with new infrastructure technology, further growth (and thus more rapid climate change) is now possible.

> +growth rate, ++agriculture


LAST HEARTH
Tundra World

DEMOGRAPHICS
Population: 150,000
Government: Parliamentary Republic
Prime Minister: Sakura Adachi, Age 45
Consul: Einar Moen, Age 51
Ethnicity: 30% Scandinavian, 25% Japanese, 15% Caucasian North American, 10% Hispanic, 10% Xhosa, 5% Afrikaans, 5% Russian
Religion: 45% Steward, 30% Christian, 15% Shinto/Buddhist, 15% Non-Religious/Other

PARAMETERS
Agriculture: 7
Industry: 7
Economy: 5
Culture: 10
Research: 10
Military: 7

TECHNOLOGY & BUILDINGS
Thermal Power Plants, Spaceport, Biolabs, Basic Hydroponic Farms, Advanced Mines, Mining Robots, Asteroid Mining, Colonial Militia, Homesteading Initiatives


Suggest a development, technology or action to raise a parameter. You can also vote to raise a parameter, in which case I will write up what happens. If the first post responding to an update is “dubs, trips, etc” there will be a random event. The higher number of consecutive similar digits, the more drastic of an event it will be.

>>309660
Have we decided what kind of weapons we use on our ships?
Kinetics, lasers or missiles?

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>>309660
research exo armor
and build an entertainment hub
all work and no fun, we need to give the population some fun

>>309660
Expand our spaceport and research new developments into spaceship design.

>>309662
Not really, I've been assuming missiles but if ya'll want to talk about fleet doctrine be my guess.

>>309666
How about we set up a military academy to train aspiring ship commanders as well as to improve overall military strategy?

>>309667
We don't even have functioning military ships. What's the point of training generals if you don't have an army?

>>309668
Good point there.
Voting for >>309665

>>309668
flying droids general....

>>309671
That's an interesting idea that has merit, to compensate for our low manpower we use drones?

>>309674
Yes, it's safer for our living
Good swarm tactics
Good cannon fodder
Kamikaze if you need too
also bring fear towards our enemies

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>>309664
> Entertainment

In spite of, or perhaps because of, Last Hearth’s differences from that of Old Earth, many Old World forms of entertainment, with cross-cultural twists, have become popular. Norse Saga Kabuki Theater, Xhosa Death Metal and highly immersive VR Gaming are all the rage among the colonists.

> ++ culture

>>309665
> Spaceport Improvement and Military Design

The spaceport is upgraded and Last Hearth’s first truly Military Spaceship designs are implemented. The “Nidhoggr” Corvette is a heavily armored light ship that utilizes a combination of front mounted railguns and side mounted missile launchers to deal massive amounts of damage in a short amount of time.

> +++ military


LAST HEARTH
Tundra World

DEMOGRAPHICS
Population: 152,500
Government: Parliamentary Republic
Prime Minister: Sakura Adachi, Age 46
Consul: Einar Moen, Age 52
Ethnicity: 30% Scandinavian, 25% Japanese, 15% Caucasian North American, 10% Hispanic, 10% Xhosa, 5% Afrikaans, 5% Russian
Religion: 45% Steward, 30% Christian, 15% Shinto/Buddhist, 15% Non-Religious/Other

PARAMETERS
Agriculture: 7
Industry: 7
Economy: 5
Culture: 12
Research: 10
Military: 10

TECHNOLOGY & BUILDINGS
Thermal Power Plants, Advanced Spaceport, Biolabs, Basic Hydroponic Farms, Advanced Mines, Mining Robots, Asteroid Mining, Colonial Militia, Homesteading Initiatives


Suggest a development, technology or action to raise a parameter. You can also vote to raise a parameter, in which case I will write up what happens. If the first post responding to an update is “dubs, trips, etc” there will be a random event. The higher number of consecutive similar digits, the more drastic of an event it will be.

>>309680
We should begin mass producing Nidhoggr

>>309680
make a drone carrier, best option to compensate for our lack of manpower

and let's scout more

>>309686
We can't make a drone carrier without drone designs.

Let's have our researchers design military grade drones and a ship to carry thousands of these

>>309691
yup voting for this
Designs Types:
Swarms
Kamikaze
Fighter
Bomber
Shield
Infiltrator
Fixers
Hull Breacher

how about it?

>>309699
How do we control the drones though?

>>309700
Mother ship
A relay drone
AI
Enders game?
Preferably a mix of all

>>309703
Research it!

>>309705
This op

>>309680
Send scout ship to try and track down the comintern remnants from the prison world.
we need to work on our trading

do we have any unique metals or whatnot in this system OP?

>>309680
Anybody else noticing how low our economy is comparatively? Perhaps we should encourage some business.

>>309682
And research other ship class, heavy cruisers, destroyers, battleships
>>311562
The mass production going on should boost our mining and ore refining economy

>>312020
Industry isn't the only important economy there's also consumer markets which we could put some effort in to.

>>312190
That will handle itself with time. Just put a banking system in place and encourage entrepreneurship.

OP is dead?

>>316985
I hope not
Ever since I started lurkin this thread, it's just been sleepy as hell
This is the third time that there have been any replies for me to see in two weeks.
I'm kinda surprised that this thread is still up

>>323279

Its my curse, whenever a young quest catches my attention it dies.