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Medium Docks
Much larger and more effective docks, capable of servicing a number of medium warships. These docks are meant for military usage, thus they are made of superior bronzewood and have places to mount medium defensive cannons as well as light ones.
Provides a single production line that can be used for any medium or smaller production pattern.

(AKA Viper Production Line. Text pretty much copied from small docks.)

[1] Burned Mountain Survival Kit (3 dice) + AIM (1 die) + hold 1 : Kashyyk
[1] New VPL + Event Bonus (3 dice) (hold 2 dice) : Helmacon
[1] Topaz Vats (3 dice) (hold 1 dice) (1 dice AIM)
[1] Medium Docks (3 dice + event bonus) + AIM (1 Die): NAV
Proposals
Burned Mountain Survival Kit

[helmacon]

[1] Burned Mountain Survival Kit (3 dice) + AIM (1 die) + hold 1 : Kashyyk
[1] Topaz Vats (3 dice) (hold 1 dice) (1 dice AIM)
[2] Medium Docks (3 dice + event bonus) + AIM (1 Die): NAV, helmacon
Proposals
Burned Mountain Survival Kit

[Talion]

[1] Burned Mountain Survival Kit (3 dice) + AIM (1 die) + hold 1 : Kashyyk
[1] Topaz Vats (3 dice) (hold 1 dice) (1 dice AIM)
[3] Medium Docks (3 dice + event bonus) + AIM (1 Die): NAV, helmacon, Talion
Proposals
Burned Mountain Survival Kit

[Kashyyk]

I ask again, what is this event bonus?

[Talion]

I ask again, what is this event bonus?

Page 115 for the event description and reward. Page 121 for the declaration of victory.

[Kashyyk]

I have a different post-to-page ratio to you. For me, we're only on page 38. A reply number, or even a link, would be more useful.

[SamSpeeds]

Event: War Must End

For this event, I want you to write your most persuasive argument for why your side should give up the pursuance of war and strive instead for a quick peace. This is not an argument for "BLITZ THE ENEMY SCUM, THAT'LL GIVE US PEACE", but something more like this. This is an argument for why the war is an evil thing, and why your spire would be so much better without it.

The side with the most persuasive argument will be awarded with the ability to take an advantage roll on one design, for both the project and prototype rolls.

[Kashyyk]

Hence why we want to spend it on the dock. Makes sense. I still want my proposal, but I can definitely see the benefit to this.

[] Burned Mountain Survival Kit (3 dice) + AIM (1 die) + hold 1 :
[1] Topaz Vats (3 dice) (hold 1 dice) (1 dice AIM) : doomblade
[4] Medium Docks (3 dice + event bonus) + AIM (1 Die): NAV, helmacon, Talion, Kashyyk

Proposals
Burned Mountain Survival Kit
Medium Docks

[Draignean]

Medium Docks
[Time: 6 (2,6) Progress: 5 (2+3) Cost: 5 (1,5)]
 
There's no war like a union war. After the Union of Dockers' spectacular success in turning the earlier Viper Production Line proposal into an utter quagmire, the situation seemed poised for them to do the same to the proposed upgrades to medium docks. Uncontested, the situation seemed ripe for another round of cutthroat dealing to drain imperial coffers whilst delivering a product as slowly as possibly. Uncontested, best blueprints of the Engineers could draft would mean less than cat spit. Uncontested, the docks would likely remain an unending civic project, 'employing' many and producing nothing. Thankfully, there was a source of contest.

The princess wrote a letter to the head of the Union of Dockers.

Less than half and hour after receipt, the head of the union showed up personally at the headquarters of the Military engineers and respectfully offered any and all services his organization could offer for the benefit of Kasgyre as a whole.

Medium Docks: 5/40 | 5C + 5O + 5W + 5S, +30 From any combination of any resource | Rushed 0 Times | Nothing Invested

Prototype
[Efficacy: 6 (3,6) Cost: 6 (6,5) Bugs: 6 (6,1)

The new docks are... impressive is too small a word- breathtaking would be better. The scale model worked out between the dockyard construction corps and the engineers is a marvel of detail. The docks themselves are designed as multi-tier affairs, buttressed by shrouded steel supports in critical regions, and supported at the extremities by hard-set lift crystals. Defensive positions are hardened with layers of bronzewood structural reinforcement, copper plating, dedicated shrouds, and a plethora of cannon mounts.  Billowing silk sails flown from various positions on the spire conduct aether through wrist-thick silk cables into various isolated medium cores, powering a plethora of dockyard machinery to aid in the creation of vessels outside of anything yet seen.

Medium Docks: A vast improvement over the standard small docks, with greater onsite machinery, room for workers, drydocks, and dedicated defensive sections. Capable of running a single production line for medium sized vessels, or splitting its production between two separate small production lines.
5000 Base points of production cap
1000 Base points of production per turn


A.I.M
Progress: 18/27
The progress on the AIM project continues at a steady amble, which can readily be explained away as the Engineers going out for another (fort)night of carousing after the smashing success of the larger dockyards.


Spire Kasgyre's Production stands at
13(+10)/y Crystal, 24/115 Banked
17/y Ore, 18/85 banked
19/y Wood, 26/95 banked
10/y Silk, 10/50 banked

It is now the revision phase. You have 1 die to spend.

Spoiler: Projects (click to show/hide)

Viper Production Line: 1/35 | 7C + 5O + 5W + 2S, +15 From any combination of any resource | Rushed 0 Times | Nothing Invested
Vertical Envelopment 2/10 | 3 from each of COWS + 4 from Any combination of COWS | Rushed 0 times | Nothing Invested
AIM (Special Project) 16/27 | - | Rushed 0 times | Nothing Invested
Lance Crystals: 1/25 | 3 Crystal | Rushed 0 Times | Nothing Invested
Medium Docks: 5/40 | 5C + 5O + 5W + 5S, +30 From any combination of any resource | Rushed 0 Times | Nothing Invested

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

The Calm: The calm is a region of the aerosphere with almost no wind beyond fleeting turbulence, and absolutely no aetheric currents. It's frigidly cold, and filled with fine red 'snow' that barely moves. Traversing it with a conventional vessel is impossible due to the lack of energy to fuel the lift and trim crystals.
The Everstorm: As the name suggests, the everstorm is a region of the aerosphere dominated by an enormous and eternal thunderstorm. It's a chaotic region of raging winds and surging aetheric energy that manifests in terrible bursts of prismatic flame. No conventional vessel could hope to survive the nightmarish storm conditions.


Kasgyre Territory

Blackstone
Marine Presence: K 0/14 |  W 0/14
Territory: 4/4 | 0/4
Resources: 1C, 5O, 2W, 0S
Conditions: Rocky, large caverns, very dark

The Hive
Marine Presence: K 0/10 |  W 0/10
Territory: 4/4 | 0/4
Resources: 1C, 2O, 1W, 4S
Conditions: Spider Nursery, narrow and twisting tunnels

Glowcove
Marine Presence: K 0/20 |  W 0/20
Territory: 4/4 | 0/4
Resources: 1C, 2O, 6W, 1S
Conditions: Verdant galleries, significant bio-luminescence


The Belt

Three Captains
Marine Presence: K 4/20 |  W ?/20
Territory: 0/4 | 4/4
Squad Alpha: Captain Helm | Officer Vests | Brz. Tower Shields 1/4 | 1/4 Tpz. Pistols | 1/4 Pistols | 2/4 Witch-Hunters | 2 Squad Topaz Grenades | Brz. Tpz. Light Mobile Cover

Squad Beta: Captain Helm | Officer Vests | Brz. Tower Shields 1/4 | 1/4 Tpz. Pistols | 1/4 Pistols | 2/4 Witch-Hunters | 1 Squads Grenades | Brz. Tpz. Light Mobile Cover

Squad Gamma: Captain Helm | Officer Vests | Brz. Tower Shields 1/4 | 1/4 Tpz. Pistols | 1/4 Pistols | 2/4 Witch-Hunters |  Brz. Tpz. Light Mobile Cover

Squad Delta: Captain Helm | Officer Vests | Brz. Tower Shields 1/4 | 1/4 Tpz. Gauntlets | 1/4 Pistols | 2/4 Witch-Hunters | Brz. Light Mobile Cover [50%]
Resources: 1C, 6O, 2W, 6S
Conditions: Kinetoluminescent Ores, Heavily Infested

Wrackspire
Marine Presence: K 0/12 |  W ?/12
Territory: 0/4 | ?/4
Resources: 3C, 4O, 4W, 2S
Conditions: Unstable Aetheric Phenomena, Broken Spire

Burned Mountain
Marine Presence: K 2/24 |  W ?/24
Territory: 1/4 | ?/4
--->Marine Squad Siegward: Aetheric Pistols (3/4) | Witchhunters (2/4) | Aetheric Grenades (1 per squad)
--->Marine Squad Siegmeyer: Aetheric Pistols (3/3) | Witchhunters (1/3) | Aetheric Grenades (1 per squad) [75%]
Resources: 1C, 10O, 1W, 0S
Conditions: Inexplicably Molten Core, Hundreds of narrow tunnels and small galleries.

The Unfinished
Marine Presence: K 0/45 |  W ?/45
Territory: 0/4 | ?/4
Resources: 8C, 0O, 6W, 2S
Conditions: Unfinished infrastructure, Massive open rooms and halls.

Spoiler: Ships (click to show/hide)

RKNV Anguis - Viper Class
Loadout
1 Communications Officer
3 Light Topaz Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [2 front, 1 rear]
5 Light Aether Cannon+ (Kettlegun) [4 Front, 1 Rear]
1 Topaz Vanguard Cannon (Front)
2 Sections Light Copper Armor
1 Medium Topaz Core Crystal 
1 Small Topaz Lift Crystal
10 Topaz Trim Webs
2 Topaz Trim Crystals
6 reams of webbing
Location: Three Captains
Status: Shipshape

RKNV Viperidea - Viper Class
Loadout
1 Communications Officer
10 Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [8 front, 2 rear]
Bronzewood Hull
2 Sections Light Copper Armor
1 Medium Topaz Core Crystal 
1 Small Topaz Lift Crystal
6 Topaz Trim Crystals
8 Trim Webs Bronzewood reinforced
6 reams of webbing
Location: Three Captains
Status: Shipshape

Natalies - Skyskiff Class (x5)
Loadout
Comms Officer
2 Light Topaz Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun)
1 Very Small Topaz Core Crystal
1 Very Small Topaz Lift Crystal
4 Topaz Trim Webs
2 reams of webbing
Location: Three Captains
Status: Shipshape

Dionysus - Transport Class
Loadout
Comms Officer
1 Small Topaz Core Crystal
1 Small Lift Crystal
2 Topaz Trim Crystals
1 ream of webbing
Carrying: 0/6
Location: Spire Kasgyre
Status: Shipshape

One Eyed-Will - Skyskiff Class (x1)
Loadout
Communications Officer
2 Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun).
1 Very Small Basic Core Crystal
1 Very Small Basic Lift Crystal
4 Trim Crystals
2 reams of webbing
Location:  Burned Mountain
Status: Shipshape

Natalie X - Skyskiff Class (x1)
Loadout
2 Light Topaz Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun)
1 Very Small Topaz Core Crystal
1 Very Small Topaz Lift Crystal
4 Topaz Trim Webs
2 reams of webbing
Location: Spire Kasgyre
Status: Shipshape

RKNV Causinae - Viper Class
Loadout
1 Communications Officer
10 Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [8 front, 2 rear]
Standard Hull
Small Topaz Core
1 Small Standard Lift Crystal
12 Standard Trim Crystals
6 reams of webbing
Location: Three Captains
Status: Shipshape

RKNV Jupiter - Battlebarge Class
Loadout
1 Communications Officer
4 Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [2 front, 2 rear]
Bronzewood Hull
Medium Topaz Core
1 Small Topaz Lift Crystal
12 Standard Trim Crystals
5 reams of webbing
Location: Three Captains
Status: Shipshape

Spoiler: Goods Stockpile (click to show/hide)

Topaz S Lift x1
Topaz Trim pair x2
Topaz Trim Web x1
Topaz Vanguard
Topaz Trim x2

Spoiler: Infantry (click to show/hide)

Marines x19

Current Technology

[helmacon]

Nice....

So what was or actual roll for the AIM?

[Draignean]

It was a two, so not bad, but certainly not great.

[NAV]

Nice! Now how about a revision to make pushing Burned Mountain non-suicidal?

Gas Hood
A hood of oiled cloth that seals around the neck. Has round glass lenses to look through, and an activated charcoal filter to breathe through. Will protect from poisonous gasses in the air, such as those caused by Wreth's spitball cannon or Burned Mountain.

Later we can do a couple revisions for canaries and cooling uniforms. We probably can't do cooling crystals with a revision, but there are similar mundane methods we can try, like evaporation based cooling.

[Kashyyk]

Jeez. I do not want to know how expensive that would've originally been. I was hoping it'd be the same production level as the Viper Production Line, but I can't complain with that. Gonna be a bitch to assign funding for though.

Anyway, revisions.

Vanguard 'Mini' LAC (Small  Cannon)  3 Ore, 2 Crystal, Small | A single barrel variant of the Vanguard, designed to run in small mounts. Suffers greatly increased issues from the water leakage of the Vanguard design, and can only manage a sustained ROF of one shot per 18 seconds.

I suggest we Fix the Mini Vanguard. Rework the water pipes to reduce leakage. There's no revolving barrels here, so I don't understand how they managed to screw it up so badly. That should increase our RoF significantly as cooling improves.

[Doomblade187]

You know, I think a kettle gun revision would pull more weight. Maybe an improved cooling revision on those? Better accuracy maybe.

[Kashyyk]

We've already done a number of revisions on the kettlegun. I think it's about time we fix the mini Vanguard enough that we can officially phase the kettlegun out of active service, much the same way I want to phase out the gauntlet.

Speaking of, there's another revision for you. Streamlined Aether Pistols. The Aether pistol costs 1 each of Crystal, Ore and Wood, whilst the gauntlet is only 1 Crystal and 1 Ore. By perfecting the design and using Bronzewood where needed, we should be able to remove that Ore cost entirely, without increasing the Wood cost.