GF/AL Stellaris campaign

Previous campaign folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3djkx5dql187dic/AACLi5CMCRGc7BnmP6VHNqt2a?dl=0
Now includes a .txt file with the previous write-up.

This campaign folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pf7h5k4q99ph350/AAATWaBNGrDtv0cWmbhqSA4ea?dl=0

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12 empires including the player - portraits from KanColle, GF, AL and GBF. Will be playing as G&K, Rogue Servitors.

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G&K sets out to find new organics to look after. They spawn at the 'NW' edge of the galaxy.

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Already there are 2 chokepoints identified, one of which is an elongated corridor. G&K dedicates the first tradition development to Discovery.

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SOPMOD is designated the general for any future 'befriending' of alien sapients. This may not happen for decades, so she has a long time to wait. Tokarev is designated admiral to minimise maintenance costs of a standing fleet.

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First contact with Erune is made. Their religion means they aren't going to like dealing with sentient machines. More importantly, they are right where G&K needs to expand to next.

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The Erune offer a gift of energy to pursue better relations. It is graciously accepted while G&K seeks to claim the Dram system, sealing the Erune from expanding 'East'.

- 2206.05.07

G&K offer a research agreement for 10 years with the Erune. Not that it'll have much benefit but it's a token of appreciation towards future relations. Well, before they realise Dram is about to be claimed.

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Erune start claiming the system too late.

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The first T-Doll colony begins developing. It will be 5 years before it's self-sustaining.

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Pirates obstruct expansion towards the 'South'. Tokarev's fleet is too small to take them on and are quite far away. And in fact, more pirates spawned right next to that colony in Tropallum. Natural consequence of claiming territory so recklessly. Thankfully, these pirates were busy fighting the outpost long enough for Tokarev's fleet to arrive from the neighbouring system.

- 2213.09.21

With the colony on Tropallum established, half the humans on Earth were transferred over. Birth controls have been removed for all humans.

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The Eagle Union has made contact with G&K from the other side of the Erune. This may get messy on that side. Apparently, the Eagle folk do not like T-Dolls because they are 'oppressors' - indeed, mandatory pampering is not freedom.

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By paying the Eagle people, G&K comes in contact with another empire: Sangvis Ferri. They very much hate G&K because of polar opposite opinion on how to treat organics.

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The Erune declare rivalry with the Eagle Union. Expecting war soon.

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The Erune propose a non-aggresion pact. That means after it's broken there will be a 10 year truce. G&K chooses to accept, its economy needs nurturing before war can be considered.

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Sangvis Ferri are expanding from an unexplore direction. This changes priorities for G&K's territory claims. M14's science ship is on its way to survey systems so they can be claimed before Sangvis Ferri. The large stockpile of energy (currency) has been burnt getting the mineral economy up while sending a colony ship out far. Birth controls have been brought back in effect - there's no more space for humans to grow to and there's a limit to how much land can be set aside for pampering.

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G&K's 2nd extra-solar colony is established in Pleione, at the 'North' edge of the galaxy. The race to claim territory before Sangvis Ferri is going smoothly: a new outpost is being built on Appon to claim that system and Calico (she replaced M14 for her speed at surveying) is looking into Cador, the next system over (and the crucial chokepoint). Political influence was invested to further speed up the surveying.

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The Skydwellers initiate contact on G&K. Empress Djeeta is wary. Supervisory Node Springfield sells communication channels to the Empress for a month of G&K's mineral income. This while contemplating the next move: the Skydwellers took the ideal chokepoint system that had been surveyed. Spectre M4 is brought out of idleness to survey the other systems in that area.

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G&K ask to renew the expired research agreement with the Erune. They comply.

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Sangvis Ferri beats G&K to claim Olimar. But Cador is already in G&K borders. A good outcome from the race here. Minor inconvenience: the science ship is warping all the way back to near Earth because it was in Olimar when SF claimed it.

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Sangvis Ferri declares rivalry on G&K. G&K reciprocates. Command Core "Agent" responds with "Had we the capacity for mirth, your attempts at rivaling the eradicative prowess of the Sangvis Ferri would be activating it."

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A primitive civilisation has been found on the system on Zom - right outside the borders of the Skydwellers. Strangely, they live on a Tomb World - a planet that has been ravaged by nuclear war and they are in a Bronze Age. Elsewhere, Sangvis Ferri has reached the 'Southern' borders of G&K and are now fabricating claims on what was first staked by T-Dolls.

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Sangvis Ferri have fabricated claims on many systems. To better defend, G&K has reached out to the Erune and the Skydwellers for some minerals in exchange for energy. They both agreed and this will fund an upgrade of the outpost in Rijjin to be more militarily capable.

Days later, the Eagle Union declares Sangvis Ferri to be rivals.

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Just as Calico was declared an admiral (for extra sublight speed and a little evasion), Spectre M4's surveys found a second primitive civilisation in the system of Zom. They too are a bronze age civilisation in a nuclear wasteland. What happened in the past?

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While surveying the distant edges of the galaxy, M14 and her science crew perished to a colossal scavenger bot that returned to sifting through an ancient, astronomic battlefield.

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In just 2 months, G&K loses another science officer: Spectre M4 and her crew were killed by some eldritch entity. Thankfully, that system is not obstructing any hyperlane paths.

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The system of Zom has been claimed, just as Djeeta sent out one of her own construction ships to claim it. Over on the borders to Sangvis Ferri, Rijjin station is getting major upgrades to its armaments. Static defences will suffice until G&K finishes researching Destroyers.

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M1918 hasn't been out doing interstellar archeology for years now. After finally finishing Destroyer research, her team had a rare inspiration to make corvettes better (more HP). Springfield ordered her to stay in the lab for another 10 years to complete that research - it's Voidcraft, a speciality M1918 picked up while exploring.

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Sangvis Ferri has not declared war yet. Instead, "Agent" sends an insult. While that's happening, G&K seeks to expand towards the centre of the galaxy, that small collection of Systems before Djeeta gets moving.

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G&K establishes a new colony in the Dram system. There is considerable desire to allow unrestricted human breeding again but energy concerns hold this back.

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Humans are allowed to breed freely again. Djeeta claims Light's End with the Curators residing there. G&K decided to allow the Skydwellers to take that and the Kazon system (with 2 planets) to conserve Influence for any potential war with Sangvis Ferri. There is enough territory for G&K to consolidate before expanding again.

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The Harvin hail G&K. They are on the other side of Sangvis Ferri. It is unknown if SF have a free path to expand further 'South'. Weeks later, the Harvin request a non-aggresion pact. It is granted.

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Britannica is met. The age of exploration seems to be closing as G&K starts to encounter neighbours in all directions. Springfield multi-dealed with the Harvin, Britannica, Skydwellers and Erune to sell each other their communication channels. They noticed and only Britannica (the most lucrative) paid.

G&K learnt of a fallen empire through these deals and has recently found a Marauder empire near the Skydwellers.

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As a token of goodwill, Britannica offers to more than double G&K's energy (money) reserves. Accepted.

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Sangvis Ferri declares war on G&K. Up at the edge of the galaxy, T-Dolls are about the claim a key chokepoint system next to Britannica.

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There has been no battles, no sight of SF ships, since the start of the war. The Harvin made contact with the Imperial Collection and sold their communication channel to G&K. These KanMusu have a religion that is uncooperative for T-Dolls.

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The Sakura Empire was discovered by VM-59, a newly booted up (read: inexperienced and eager) science officer voyaging out into the unknown (without slowing down to survey). They too dislike T-Dolls due to religion. G&K faces many obstacles in the campaign to mandatorily pamper all sentient organics.

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Successful negotiations with the Sakura brings the Kriegsreich into G&K's contact list. The trade also tipped G&K of two further Fallen Empires near the Sakura. G&K sold contact details of other empires to the Fuhrer for almost the price of a Destroyer.

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The Erune declares war on the Eagle Union in a bid to expand, or maybe because they disagree ideologically.

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Sangvis Ferri fleets show up - there are two and each is twice as powerful as G&K's standing fleet at Rijjin. Reinforcements are coming but territory may have to be ceded. Their Shatterer-class corvettes are missile boats - worrying, as G&K does not have point defence cannons in its ship designs.

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Admiral Calico has fallen in battle, she was guiding a small reinforcement fleet in when SF initiated combat.

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Admiral Tokarev also died. The fleet initiated emergency FTL to withdraw - a ship was lost from this unstable manoeuvre. The battle of Rijjin marked the first interstellar conflict G&K fought and Supervisor Node Springfield has immediately ordered replacement ships to be built while the empire mourns the lost admirals and their crew.

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G&K sells communication details of other empires to Britannica in exchange for minerals. Said payment is immediately used to build an outpost outside their border, claiming the system for G&K. M16A1 is appointed the newest Admiral.

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Sangvis Ferri bombarded the fledgling colony on Rijjin to obliteration.

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A large deal with the Harvins to trade energy for minerals. Partly to fund an expedition force to stop some criminials from interfering with primitives on Zom. Not the best time for these diversions but T-Dolls must look after organics, including primitive ones that don't know of G&K's existence.

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Just as Admiral Destroyer of the SF fleet "Boundless" enters the system of Olum, Admiral M16A1 engages with the largest fleet currently manageable. The SF fleet is still stronger but has not been repaired since the last battle.

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When M4 SOPMOD II was made general, she did not expect to wait half a century to see some action, or that her first mission was to arrest some smugglers. G&K is grateful for her work as this nicely fills the war coffers. Astra has been named the next Admiral.

- 2254.04.22

G&K publishes new templates for future T-Dolls: more specialised but still the same emotional androids.

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Another incursion into the Olum system defeated with the joint efforts of M16A1 and Astra. The starbase in Rijjin has been fully repaired and is under SF control. A difficult obstacle. Meantime, war exhaustion is nearly 50% - G&K can't sustain many more casualties before being forced to peace out. On the bright side, these battles are producing valuable wreckage to bolster research with.

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G&K decides it needs a shipyard in Olum - it takes half a year to travel back to Dram after a battle. To fund this endeavour, G&K sells some research to Britannica.

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G&K makes contact with the Draph, an empire partial to androids. This is promising for short-term business opportunities. More minerals are obtained from selling communications channels to other empires.

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With the SF fleet spotted far away, G&K launches an attack to take back the Rijjin system. If the star fort goes down, the path is open to re-taking lost territory - or even hitting some SF territory. Mere days later, the SF fleet shows it had moved much closer than the outdated intel.

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The star fort was re-captured before the SF fleet arrived.

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Admiral Destroyer was escorting General Agent (or one of her dummies) as they headed to the Rijjin system. Destroyer turned around on seeing the star fort coming back online. General Agent did not get that update and came into Rijjin unescorted.

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The Abyssals have been met. They care not if T-Dolls are android, they want all 'xeno filth' to be purged from the galaxy. Not a good trading partner.

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Both SF and G&K have gone for a round of upgrades on their fleets. While the war was at a lull, the Eagle people have become more xenophilic.

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G&K chooses Supremacy over Prosperity as its next tradition to develop.

- 2259.01.23

The combined SF fleet will soon meet both G&K fleets. This may be the battle to determine the outcome of this war. Both sides are close to war exhaustion limits.

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The battle in Appon was decisive - SF is ready to accept a Status Quo peace, meaning Admiral Astra is taking all intact ships and heading to re-take occupied star outposts.

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The war between Erune and the Eagle people ended in White Peace: neither side got anything.

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With SF losing all territorial gains at the start of the war, they offer a White Peace. With the stalled state of the economy in mind, G&K agrees and makes preparations for the next war to be much more favourable. Starting with queueing up 2 colony ships and issuing a new edict to boost energy production for the next 13 years. The truce will last until 2270.06.16.

- 2260.08.23

The Erune seek to buy communication channels with energy. G&K accepts the deal.

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The Harvin want a mutual defence pact. This may result in G&K being pulled into an early war with SF or the Abyssals. G&K agrees - war can bring useful salvage. The Influence maintenance cost of this agreement is easily afforded.

- 2260.12.20

An interstellar merchant guild contacts G&K - they are based inside the Abyssal Collective. How they haven't been purged so far is a mystery.

- 2261.09.04

Another merchant guild from within the Abyssal Collective. Maybe the Abyssals aren't as zealously xenophobic as first thought?

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The recent discovery of how to stabilise wormholes has shifted the political situation - there are 2 wormholes within G&K territory which lead to positions that can surround the Imperial Collective. The empire of the KanMusu are already strong, but they can be contained now.

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The Eagle people seek a non-aggresion pact, despite not neighbouring G&K. It is accepted as a gesture of goodwill, immediately followed by a trade deal for research and a month's worth of minerals.

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A system named "Sol" was found and on the planet 3rd nearest to its sun, a bizarre race was discovered. This alien race is locked in a world war and seem on the cusp of harnessing nuclear power. A clear demonstration of why T-Dolls must look after organics.

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Symra is a chokepoint system with a small planet. The chokepoint is somewhat far from the current borders, but would serve as an excellent fallback point. G&K solicits trade with the Eagle Union and Britannica to fund the construction of forts on this world.

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It is just 2 years to when truce will expire with the SF. G&K takes the high risk move of starting a colony in a system bordering the SF.

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Empress Djeeta of the Skydwellers has declared T-Dolls to be a foe. The potential for a two-front war with both SF and Skydwellers is cause for concern - if the Harvin uphold their mutual defence pact with G&K then this need not be too disruptive. It is 4 years before G&K can afford the next tradition which will give discounts on making claims on systems.

Within months, Djeeta made claims on 6 systems.

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Under the leadership of M1918, the Engineering team finish protocols for constructing Cruiser ships. The SG-class is designed to act as bulwark for the G&K fleets.

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The Erune, Eagle Union and Britannica contribute to G&K's war chest (minerals) in exchange for surplus energy. These funds are immediately used to commission more SG cruisers.

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Thanks to SF not immediately declaring war as soon as the truce was over, G&K finished settling on Cador and quickly relocated some T-Dolls across to qualify for upgrading the Deployment Post into an Administration Array for superior defence and access to strongholds. Once the planet has established some local strength, G&K will feel more assured that any space mining operations won't assist SF if the star outpost is captured.

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The Imperial Collection is just about contained. They still have one path out and G&K won't reach there in a hurry while war might break out imminently.

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The Eagle Union proposes two-way sharing of active vision.  While not a mutual defence pact, this would serve nicely to determine where the SF fleets may be. It also means looking at each other's ship designs. Seeing their technology, G&K offer a 20 year research agreement.

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The Eagle Union proposes a formal mutual defence pact. G&K is cautious of the monthly cost of 2 pacts, but being able to contain Sangvis Ferri is deemed worth slowing down expansion.

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The Eagle people declare war on the Erune. Perhaps this was their objective all along. The Erune certainly didn't appreciate G&K becoming allies with their foe. G&K goes with the flow and cancels the non-aggression pact with the Erune. Now to wait 10 years before T-Dolls can start looking after the Erune.

Later this month, the Draph offered a gift of energy, given freely for good relations. Supervisor Node Springfield graciously accepted.

- 2277.10.03

The Erune formally declare G&K to be a foe. G&K reciprocates the condemnation.

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In the system of Hithara, a mysterious time capsule is found. It is counting down 42 years and 3 days. G&K shall wait and see what happens. This region is reached via a wormhole and the recent G&K expansion here will contain SF's advance in this direction.

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The Harvin offer a research treaty for an entry fee. An acceptable price for G&K.

- 2280.01.03

Science officer M500 died due to "an unintended and prolongued exposure to unshielded high-voltage cables". She was the most competent scientist in G&K. Her decades of service charting the unknown will be remembered.

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The Erune and Skydwellers have allied themselves in mutual self-defence. A good move. The Erune-Eagle war also ended in white peace - G&K did not watch what, if any, fights happened in that war. But with active vision sharing still happening, G&K gets to see what Erune ships are like. Somewhat flimsy.

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With the passing away of Empress Djeeta, the time may be ripe to bring some Skydwellers into T-Doll care. The current strategy will be to ignore Tirim and any incursions from that side while coming in from Light's End and taking over Kazon. Erune Star will need to be subjugated soon too, but a lot will depend on where the Skydweller fleets will be.

- 2283.03.23

The Erune are no longer valid rivals for G&K. At the same time, they broke off their alliance with the Skydwellers. This makes things convenient.

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Empress Novei, successor to Empress Djeeta, greets the T-Dolls. G&K's fleet has swelled in size in preparation for accepting responsibility for Erune welfare. The war will be carried out in 2 stages - a lack of Influence to claim their entire empire at once.

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G&K sends a formal invitation to be pampered to the Erune. Their egos insist some of them must die before accepting the offer.

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The star fort guarding the Erune homeworld has been defeated. Admiral Astra has picked up a bad feature of believing her AI is too perfect. She will be put to border patrol duty.

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Admiral M16A1 brought the fleet back to repair in Dram. The Erune gave chase. Not a good move.

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The Erune admiral managed to disengage without losing a single ship from the battle. That still puts the fleet out of commission for a few months. G&K happens to get some technological breakthroughs at this timing, so it spends time upgrading the fleet.

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The second ship-to-ship battle of the war took place. This time, the Erune admiral did not save all his ships.

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The warring clans of the Tebbran have decided to loot Sangvis Ferri territory. Interesting, though G&K is unable to take advantage of this opportunity at this time.

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An Erune farming complex has been destroyed while the G&K fleet was targetting garrison troops. General SOPMOD is given approval to land.

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The T-Doll expeditionary force has landed and is pacifying those too proud to be pampered.

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General SOPMOD has completed her first invasion and her personality has... developed. Rather regretful she's become obsessed with collecting trophies, to the point of holding back her forces to preserve anatomy.

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The Erune surrender.

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The former capital world of the Erune is now under G&K supervision. The residents are still in shock over being conquered. In time they will give in to the pampering. The Erune had a Blacksite on their star base for propaganda purposes. Rather unnecessary with Springfield's expertise but it will be put to use until the residents accept their new life of having their every need taken care of.

T-Dolls are being called in to work the industry of the planet - after they undergo some hardware upgrades to be more energy efficient: the economy is struggling but that is what large energy reserves are for. That and space merchants.

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The Tebban raiders are leaving. The unexpectedly quick resolution to the Erune pacification opens an opportunity.

- 2290.01.01

Governor Vz61 has ceased functioning due to a severe pattern buffer issue. For 90 years she governed G&K's systems, boosting research. She will be missed. Governor Sten Mk II steps in to fill her shoes.

- 2290.05.28

The opportunity passed before G&K could get in position to take advantage of SF's state of disarray. The Tebban are in no shape to raid again so soon. Thus the next war will be on the Skydwellers.

- 2291.03.02

The Harvin make a big offer: lots of energy from them in exchange for lots of minerals. Given how lopsided the G&K economy is, this is accepted.

- 2291.07.17

G&K is awaiting for infrastructure to be prepared before starting the war on the Skydwellers. The war will commence from 2 directions into Skydweller territory.

- 2291.10.23

Governor Sten Mk II masters the art of turning alien terrain into parking lots in a cost effective manner.

- 2293.10.05

With infrastructure completed, G&K starts upgrading its fleets to prepare for the first war with the Skydwellers.

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As G&K fleets reach position for the declaration of war, the Skydweller ships still look technologically backwards. They are also positioned ready to strike the Lurus system. G&K will strike Light's End and Tirim to begin mandatory friendship.

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Battle of Light's End, so named because of the black hole.

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Battle of Tirim.

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General SOPMOD making friends on the ground.

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T-Dolls are horrified to see Skydwellers being treated as property to other Skydwellers. There will be no master or servant among the citizens of this planet when the war is over. All will be looked after.

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Battle of Phantagrande, above the skies of the Skydweller capital.

- 2295.11.05

Britannica offers a non-aggresion pact. G&K accepts, there is no need to rush pampering all organics.

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Somewhat belatedly, the Imperial Collection denounces G&K. The T-Dolls rejoice in knowing who they will next be pampering.

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A Slave Processing Facility is collateral damage to General SOPMOD's campaign. Perfectly acceptable. This system is not one of those claimed by G&K at the start of this war, so occupation won't make the Skydwellers hand it over, but knocking down a functional symbol of slavery is always a good thing.

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Admiral M16A1 catches a Skydweller fleet.

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The Kreigsreich and Britannica trade for G&K's surplus mineral production - this can fund terraforming.

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Admiral M16A1 catches the other Skydweller fleet.

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With both their fleets lost, the Skydwellers surrender. G&K begins re-organising to accommodate the new citizens.

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The Erune send an early christmas present. Certainly they are a useful buffer state while G&K attends to the Imperial Collection.

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The enigmatic machine fallen empire proposes to teleport a code update into T-Dolls. A significant risk but G&K will accept.

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The system of Dongar, left alone by Skydwellers, has an extremely large Gaia world. These space critters obstructed Skydwellers from claiming this system. G&K has no such problem.

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The Harvin are hungry for more minerals. They offer a two way research agreement to sweeten the deal. G&K accepts - they may be harder to pamper in the future but G&K will be bigger by then.

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The Harvin become more Egalitarian. A month later, Sangvis Ferri declares war on them.

- 2301.10.12

The teleported code changes from the fallen empire turned out to be incompatible.

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As Sangvis Ferri slowly moves its forces towards the 'West' to fight the Harvin, G&K moves its fleets into position to strike from behind.

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G&K declares war on Sangvis Ferri and invests extra energy to gather experience more efficiently.

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A troublesome chokepoint - the system of Trappist is, fitting to its name, got 3 planets with FTL-inhibiting fortresses. Olimar however, is open for breaching.

Britannica offers a 25 year 2-way research agreement. Big empires know how to stay ahead of the lesser ones.

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Battle of Olimar. SF like their missile-based designs, which is what G&K's SMG-class destroyers are for. But is that enough point defence?

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The first SF planet to be visited by General SOPMOD.

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With the planet falling, Olimar is now occupied by G&K. SF fleets are rushing back to retaliate. General SOPMOD moves out of the way.

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G&K is slightly caught off guard as SF splits its two fleets. Admiral Astra rushes to reach Trappist as Admiral M16A1 engages with Admiral Intruder.

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Admiral Intruder's fleet includes these disruptors, ignoring both shields and armour. It may be time for G&K to incorporate newly researched crystalline hulls into its design for universal protection.

Days later, Intruder retreats.

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The leaderless other SF fleet re-takes the Trappist system, then finds itself cut off: Admiral M16A1 has captured the Bir Zun system - while the FTL inhibitor prevents her fleet from giving chase, there's no way out for the enemy fleet.

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The Eagle Union does not want to be left behind despite being contained. They offer their surplus minerals in exchange for a two-way research agreement. It is accepted.

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The Abyssals have declared war on the Draph State. A mystery why it took them so long to start fighting.

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Admiral Astra locked in with Admiral Intruder.

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The battle is decisively concluded, mostly due to the SF destroyers being armed with point defence cannons that saw no use. The SF landing troops led by General Executioner were routed afterwards.

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The Sakura Empire declares war on Kriesreich. While they both have room the expand, they'd rather conquer each other's territory.

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The Eagle people declare war on the Erune.

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The Harvin have done their part in fighting the threat of Sangvis Ferri. They will be pampered for their sacrifice in the future. Not long ago, the siege of Bir Zun was won so this war likely won't last much longer.

- 2309.02.07

General SOPMOD has failed an invasion in Trappist, but with the fleet still in orbit, the defenders will not be able to reinforce. Fresh recruits are coming in from Rijjin.

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Battle of Wir where Admiral Intruder commands the remnants of the SF fleet.

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As the Eagle fleet invades the Erune territory under the command of Admiral Long Island, its nation adopts an extreme form of Xenophilia.

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The Draph seem desperate to offer energy when they're at war, but knowledge has a price. Their deal is accepted.

>> 2309.12.14.png

The new prime minister of the Harvin agrees to a near equal trade of their energy for G&K minerals. This affords G&K enough buffer to renew access to the Curator research database.

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Admiral Destroyer is leading a SF fleet towards the other border with G&K. This is a good move, neither G&K fleet is in position to intercept it before it does some damage.

>> 2310.12.02.png

Admiral Astra catches up with Admiral Destoyer's fleet and vanquishes it.

- 2311.11.02

General SOPMOD has died in combat, trying to take the last planet in Trappist. She served as the sole general of G&K for over 100 years.

>> 2312.12.13.png

SF has recaptured Wir but G&K has finally cracked Trappist of its 3 planetary fortresses. Down 'South', Admiral Astra has the other SF fleet in check. Once Wir's starbase is retaken, this war will end - the war exhaustion limit likely won't have capacity for further aggression.

>> 2313.04.02.png

Admiral Intruder put up resistance in Thabit for Admiral Astra.

>> 2313.11.25.png

The SF continued to fight on at the edge of their war exhaustion. Due to other concerns, G&K offered a status quo peace - currently conquered territory would remain in G&K control. For unknown reasons, Agent is no longer the representative of SF, now replaced by Ouroboros. The peace was accepted.

>> 2313.11.29.png

The former SF worlds need to be reformatted. There is much waste in the way they were being managed:
- Wir Prime is to become a research world
- Locus in Bir Zun is to focus on part research, part energy
- Server and Kernel in Trappist are to generate energy
- Crux in Trappist is to become a mining world

>> 2313.12.04.png

G&K moves its capital from Earth to Lessiria Prime, a controversial move justified by the improvement in size and habitability. Earth will go into fringe administration.

- 2314.02.24

The Draph request two-way sharing of active vision. G&K accepts to see how Abyssals are doing. Surprisingly, the Draph don't see their fleets anywhere.

>> 2315.08.08.png

Recent advances bring the potential to start up a Gateway from the bygone eras. G&K funds the Draph war in exchange for enough energy to begin the restoration project.

>> 2316.03.04.png

The Harvin want to renew the old two-way active vision treaty for 30 years. As SF is still a threat and the Abyssals are a concern, this is approved. Now G&K can see the Abyssal ships - surprisingly fragile. It also occurs to Supervisor Node Springfield that the system of Pash should be claimed to contain the Draph.

- 2316.06.01

Even the Eagle Union wishes to join the active sensor network to share vision. This is denied - there is no value for G&K to see what the Eagles see.

- 2316.11.06

The Draph made peace with the Abyssals. Perhaps the extreme xenophobes still have capability to reason about a two-front war.

>> 2317.08.10.png

The Gateway is restored and opens up to the Yval system, which happens to be on the other side of Britannica. Another empire which can now be contained.

>> 2319.12.28.png

The Kriegsreich has become pacifist! Will they change their name?

>> 2320.02.22.png

The government of G&K is remodelled to better fit the needs of befriending the many sapient organics in the galaxy.

>> 2320.03.11.png

The Tebbran Free Warriors, mercenaries of the galaxy, have decided to pick on the Erune. They are raiding the sole system under Erune rule.

>> 2320.11.23.png

The Imperial Collection finds a few of its citizens beginning to display psionic potential.

>> 2321.04.09.png

The Harvin and Eagle folk have created a Federation. For now, it only spans the two of them but they may grow.

>> 2322.02.01.png

An invitation to be associated with the Harvin-Eagle federation came to G&K. It was rejected - all must be pampered in due time and this would limit G&K's options. The war with the Imperial Collection is merely awaiting ships to be in position and a colossal enigma has just appeared in orbit of a highly productive Gaia world.

- 2322.12.06

The Eagle Union declares war on the Erune. Thus the buffer state will disappear.

>> 2324.07.28.png

There was a delay while upgrading ships and making more claims, but the war with the Imperial Collection can finally begin.

>> 2324.09.08.png

The MG class battleships in action against the starbase in the Ushminaria system.

>> 2324.10.30.png

This was not the expected outcome when the Eagle Union declared war on the Erune. A month later, the Erune are now associates of the federation.

>> 2325.08.02.png

General Type 64 successfully took the Imperial Collection planet in Ushminaria, opening the hyperlanes for Admiral Astra's fleet. Somehow adopted a rather noisy style afterwards.

>> 2325.11.25.png

A leaderless and inferior Imperial fleet is caught by Admiral M16A1.

- 2327.02.23

The Erune are now formally members of the federation.

- 2327.07.23

The Draph are now associates of the federation. G&K will need good manoeuvreability in the future when taking on this federation.

- 2328.01.01

The Harvin are now fanatically Egalitarian. Fitting considering their role in founding the federation.

>> 2328.03.28.png

With the threat of another invasion by General Type 64, the Imperial Collection surrendered all systems claimed by G&K. They are now sundered in two.

>> 2328.06.07.png

Why would KanMusume colonise a savanna world? G&K moves them to more habitable planets post haste.

>> 2329.08.06.png

One of the neutral merchant guilds was destroyed by the Abyssals. It took them a century to muster enough firepower to overcome the guild defences.

- 2330.06.11

The Draph State declares war on the Abyssals. The Sakura Empire and Kriegsreich are already at war. G&K will soon renew mandatory friendship efforts in Skydweller territory.

>> 2330.09.02.png

G&K announces the next batch of populations that will be pampered.

>> 2333.05.05.png

With a couple more planets claimed, G&K sends the invitation to be looked after to Skydwellers. This coincides with the Lurus starbase getting its upgrades to deter aggression while the FTL inhibitors are disposed of.

>> 2333.12.14.png

Admiral Bren getting first hand experience at what a real naval battle is like.

- 2338.12.20

Harvin declare war on SF. G&K should hurry over with a fleet too, before SF are removed from the galaxy.

>> 2339.09.16.png

The war with the Skydwellers is over. G&K now has 7 additional planets to cater for, many with former slaves.

>> 2339.09.17.png

T-Dolls shudder when trying to solve what circumstances would justify the Skydweller government sending billions of civilians to a radioactive wasteland of a planet.

>> 2341.08.18.png

T-Dolls vs tentacles from Hell, or wherever this dimensional horror comes from. In 2234.10.21 this being killed Spectre M4 and her science crew and has stayed in this system since.

>> 2341.08.28.png

T-Doll ships are now up close to the dimensional horror.

>> 2341.09.14.png

This ship demonstrates even a dimensional horror can miss.

>> 2341.09.28.png

The horror is defeated for acceptable losses and promising leads.

- 2344.05.05

The Sakura and Skydweller Empires enter a mutual defence pact. This may allow G&K to accelerate the pampering schedule without regard for the 10 year truce.

>> 2345.02.25.png

The Techarus Continuity, the machine fallen empire, offers some technology. For unknown reasons - their message was garbled. G&K chooses to accept.

>> 2345.05.20.png

Despite concern that the Skydweller worlds may not be ready to pass on to fringe administration, G&K declares war on SF again to emancipate more machine units from the vile philosophy of genocide.

>> 2345.07.10.png

The Draph have made good progress against the Abyssals in their latest war. This threat likely won't remain by the time G&K is in position to act.

>> 2346.01.21.png

Just after war declaration, there was a delay while brand new technology was applied to G&K fleets. The wait is over, the first battle of the latest war on SF is in Ceul.

>> 2345.05.14.png

Alas, G&K did not notice the Harvin on Ceul being systematically wiped out. General Type 64 is on her way to save them.

>> 2346.09.16.png

Mission accomplished, the Harvin population is saved. They are not adjusted for this temperate climate, so were immediately resettled to a desert planet with no restriction on breeding.

>> 2347.03.28.png

The Sakura Empire has at last declared G&K to be a foe, now that a border is shared. T-Dolls rejoice as they eagerly plan how they will look after a new species.

>> 2347.03.29.png

But first, G&K sends invitations to mandatory pampering to these Imperial Collection systems.

>> 2348.07.17.png

While SF is being contained and reduced, a new space leviathan appears - a Wraith. The curators are uncertain whether it can be classified as a creature. What they are certain of is victory should G&K engage it. Also certain: this Wraith is permanently destroying star outposts, undoing much political effort to claim the systems.

>> 2348.10.08.png

Queen Norfolk of Britannica wishes to purchase a 2-way research agreement. It is accepted - Britannica may grow to be a thorn but for now keeping them dependent on G&K is useful.

- 2350.01.01

Admiral Astra has ceased functioning. A century of leading T-Doll ships ended in an abrupt way outside of combat.

>> 2350.12.23.png

A reprogrammed Agent is the new Admiral leading the late Admiral Astra's fleet to finish off what remains of SF. This is when FMP-9's team of physicists completed research of the new Jump Drive.

>> 2351.05.09.png

Admiral Bren has spotted the Wraith. The trail of destruction will be mended in time, especially since the Sakura Empire became too small to be worthy rivals.

>> 2351.10.28.png

Perhaps it was too much to expect of a quick reprogramming - Admiral Agent is stunted in growth. Poetic that she leads the fleet to exterminate the exterminators but she will henceforth be just a chauffeur, moving fleets along quickly to where they need to be.

>> 2352.08.11.png

The Wraith, pinned down and meta-physically dissected.

>> 2352.11.26.png

Sangvis Ferri has been destroyed and its dolls incorporated into the T-Doll network. With the Abyssals well contained, the threats to organic life in the galaxy seem extinguished. It is only a matter of time for them to be looked after by T-Dolls.

>> 2355.05.03.png

Britannica has more or less stayed outside of the wars happening between nations of late. They are focussing on improving their technology with this deal for dark matter. If T-Dolls get to see their work when they cuddle them afterwards, this is a win-win in the long-term.

>> 2356.05.10.png

Nearly everything in the 'Eastern' half of the Imperial Collective is claimed - new administrative technologies made this cheaper than ever. The 'West' half is claimed like this. A formal invitation to lifetime hugs is sent to the KanMusume.

>> 2356.12.05.png

The first KanMusume planet to be visited by T-Doll hunter-huggers.

>> 2357.01.03.png

The mercenaries ask for some tribute in a somewhat brutish way. G&K has a lot of spare food for just such an occasion - to feed starving people!

>> 2357.12.21.png

Admiral Zuikaku vs Admiral Bren's corvette swarm. This fleet was intended to be for scouting but is still nominally superior to the old technology and mismatched designs of the Imperial Collection's ships. Zuikaku chose to flee once her fleet's emergency FTL drivers had charged (30 days).

>> 2359.02.14.png

Admiral Zuikaku meets a real G&K fleet with battleships. There was no retreat this time.

>> 2360.04.18.png

G&K sends a reminder that the invitation is still standing.

>> 2360.04.19.png

The Imperial Collection accept the invitation. T-Dolls get very busy planning the perpetual reception party for the KanMusume.

>> 2360.04.21.png

The next batch of invitations are sent to the Sakura Empire.

>> 2360.04.23.png

The KanMusume have been genetically modifying themselves - an alternate version of them was found in the system of Linngol, adapted to life in the arctic conditions.

>> 2362.03.01.png

Refugees from the Kriegsreich! They are most welcome. T-Dolls will make them forget their hardships.

>> 2363.05.25.png

In 2234.08.16 M14 and her science ship was destroyed by the Scavenger bot. It is time to decommission it.

>> 2363.06.01.png

It bristles with guns haphazardly attached to itself but still leaves this donut-like opening.

>> 2363.06.15.png

The junk bot is ready for analysis.

>> 2364.10.11.png

The enigmatic machine fallen empire makes another request. As this empire nominally isn't intent on harming organics, G&K sees no reason to deny it.

>> 2366.02.26.png

The Harvin and Draph finish off the Abyssal Collective.

>> 2367.07.12.png

As G&K prepare to send the last invitation before starting the cuddling, a Khan unites the Tebbran tribes. Mercenaries no more, they wish to expand their territories. G&K fleets happen to be in position to give them a good fight - perhaps they have civilians who could be pampered in the aftermath.

>> 2367.10.07.png

G&K sends ships into Skydweller territory, bringing the Sakura Empire into the jurisdiction of mandatory pampering. The Harvin have declared war on the remnants of the Imperial Collection. The Great Tebbran Horde is coming out of their ancestral 3-system territory.

>> 2367.12.12.png

The Horde means business - this is one of their smaller fleets, led by a titan-tier ship.

>> 2368.01.07.png

The Horde are descending upon this world. Where did the Skydwellers get these reptilian people? It's surprising that not all of them are enslaved.

>> 2368.04.19.png

The Great Horde is also colonising the systems in its backyard. This while it just took a planet from the Skydwellers for itself. Perhaps the Horde could save a war or two's worth of invitations.

>> 2368.05.19.png

Jump drives catch this small Horde fleet by surprise.

>> 2368.08.08.png

Two Horde fleets find Admiral Bren's swarm of corvettes to be unexpectedly strong.

>> 2368.08.26.png

There used to be nearly 100 corvettes in Bren's fleet. The two Horde titans have been stripped of escorts and are being whittled down.

>> 2369.01.28.png

Elsewhere, Admiral M16A1 pacifies a Skydweller fleet that couldn't get in position to fight off the Horde.

>> 2369.05.22.png

The Khan comes to fight for the Eltheen system. Admiral Bren is waiting.

>> 2369.06.04.png

Another Horde galleon pinned down by Admiral P38.

>> 2369.06.22.png

Admiral Bren vs the Khan.

>> 2369.07.05.png

Britannica sends Admiral Renown to assist with the Horde threat.

>> 2369.07.15.png

The Khan retreats from Admiral Bren.

>> 2369.08.17.png

Admiral Renown engages with a Horde fleet. There is a second Horde fleet of similar size closing in.

>> 2369.09.26.png

Admiral P38 stops a small raiding fleet from ravaging the Hoxworth planet in the Obnoll system.

>> 2369.10.28.png

Admiral Agent bats aside a stray Skydweller fleet while securing the claimed systems - G&K judged that the Horde can be contained without committing every fleet.

>> 2369.11.28.png

Admiral Fiji of Britannica recklessly assaults 2 Horde fleets with just battleships. Admiral P38 joins from behind.

>> 2369.12.23.png

The Skydweller Federation and Sakura Empire surrender just in time for Christmas. The Horde still remains at large.

>> 2370.01.06.png

Admiral M16A1 takes back a system from the Horde.

>> 2370.01.10.png

The Sakura Empire are another despicable civilisation using slaves. This planet also has some pre-sapient creatures in significant numbers: perhaps there's a way to uplift them to appreciate T-Doll pampering?

>> 2370.04.05.png

Admiral Bren's Corvette swarm against another Galleon after a Horde starbase is just destroyed.

>> 2370.06.08.png

The Khan has a new armada. Impressive leadership to rally all of this in less than a year.

>> 2370.08.17.png

Despite surrendering to G&K 8 months ago, the Sakura Empire sends a fleet to assist against the Khan. Admiral Bren welcomes the reinforcements.

>> 2370.09.08.png

The Khan meets his end honourably.

>> 2371.05.14.png

The Horde's home system is visited by Admiral M16A1.

>> 2371.06.21.png

The Horde is reborn.

>> 2372.01.02.png

This pre-sapient species has been genetically uplifted to passable intelligence. A new people for T-Dolls to productively pamper.

>> 2372.03.02.png

T-Dolls teaching ethics to the freshly-sapient.

>> 2373.07.27.png

The Imperial Collection remnants are still at war with the Eagle Union. G&K is not in position to send hugbots down to planets in this area of the galaxy, but it can consolidate territory in the meantime.

>> 2374.06.10.png

Due to the Harvin occupation of the Vha'Zi Maelstrom system, G&K did not acquire all claimed territory this war. While patience would have seen this through, the fleets should return to docks to ease the burden on the economy.

>> 2377.02.06.png

A mysterious being lured a science vessel (led by Scientist Executioner) into a closed-off system, accessible only by wormhole.

- 2377.04.21

The Imperial Collection join the Harvin's federation.

>> 2377.05.02.png

3 planets have been terraformed into machine worlds.

>> 2378.07.05.png

The Kriegsreich will finally be able to rest in peace in the embrace of T-Dolls. Well, one planet of them at least.

>> 2378.11.27.png

Fuhrer Z46 is not impressed by the invitation to eternal care.

>> 2381.02.15.png

A foothold into Kreigsreich territory.

>> 2382.12.05.png

The Deomia system has a ruined ringworld. G&K scientists have proposed a way to repair it. The costs for that are extreme, so G&K deals with all nations still willing to trade for the minerals. Only the Draph were interested.

>> 2384.04.02.png

By uplifting the native pre-sentient species, this planet became a colony without needing to send a colony ship. They desire to be pacifists - this is no problem as T-Dolls will look after them no matter what.

>> 2387.07.29.png

It took years of influence but G&K have sent invitations to 28 systems to be perfectly cared for by T-Dolls. The Sakura Empire and Skydweller Imperium objected with arms.

>> 2388.11.26.png

Admiral G3 catches a Skydweller fleet. The first battle of a HOC-class titan.

>> 2392.03.09.png

Further territory exchanges hands, together with more population for T-Dolls to look after. A quarter of the ruined ringworld seized from the Imperial Collection has now been restored. It may be prudent for G&K to invest in megastructures before resuming the quest to pamper all organics.

>> 2393.01.06.png

The time has come for G&K to step up the pace of bringing in more organics into caring T-Doll arms. Increase by over 70% in fact.

>> 2395.07.26.png

G&K finishes the first habitat in space - the issue of living space for organics is solved by constructing more.

>> 2396.06.18.png

G&K fleets engage the Avatar trapped in the zero-hyperlane system.

>> 2397.09.01.png

The first G&K-constructed gateway... or at least its planned construction site.

>> 2398.08.01.png

An ancient space dragon, unable to appreciate pampering. G&K moves in to let it to rest.

>> 2398.08.11.png

Despite being unable to learn any further, Admiral Agent is now able to move fleets even faster.

>> 2400.07.27.png

While looking for a trade partner, it came to G&K's attention that the Harvin elected an Abyssan as president.

>> 2401.07.29.png

The first G&K-constructed gateway, now completed. Soon, the era of waiting years for fleets to move around to peripheral territories will be over.

>> 2402.09.10.png

Fuhrer Deutschland is not pleased with the resulting border gore after the latest expansion of G&K care. The next war is likely the former great Horde. Then after that might be when Britannica has to fight - they've been pressured into a mutual defence pact with the Skydwellers and the Sakura Empire.

>> 2404.05.28.png

G&K begins construction of a Dyson sphere in an otherwise uninteresting system.

>> 2409.02.16.png

The Draph Citizen State will finally enjoy T-Doll care. As will the Tebbran former horde.

>> 2409.06.10.png

The Horde surrenders, cleaving their territory from their remaining planet.

>> 2413.02.21.png

The Draph surrender. G&K fleets move to prepare for exploring the mysterious L-gate network, which at last will soon be breached open.

>> 2415.02.27.png -> 2415.02.28c.png

With the L-Gate cluster restored to function, a hostile force emerges from all other L-Gates. G&K will set out on a crusade to vanquish this new threat.

>> 2415.05.10.png

Lessaria, home of the new capital of G&K, was under threat from the Grey Tempest. Admiral P38 travelled back out of the L-Gate to intercept the threatening fleet. She made it in time.

>> 2415.05.18.png

Admiral P38 develops new ways to capitalise on the importance of speed. Meantime, Admiral G3's titan shoots down a Grey Tempest Interdictor from several light-minutes away. The Grey Tempest mothership pulls a similar long-shot on an SG-class cruiser, bypassing its shields and armour.

>> 2418.04.05.png

With the Grey Tempest well contained, many empires are sending science vessels to survey the new L-cluster. G&K have 2 science vessels here to speed up the surveying and has a construction ship ready to build the outpost, claiming the system.

>> 2419.09.08.png

The Fareen Regulators have changed their isolationist policy and seek to reclaim long-lost territories.

>> 2422.05.29.png

While G&K is busy being wary of the Regulators and bringing more of Kreigreich's citizens into perfect care, the Draph were unable to deal with a single Grey Tempest fleet. Now that it's reached G&K territory, a fleet must be dispatched to counter.

>> 2423.01.20.png

Disaster! An entire planet has been swallowed by the Grey Tempest! These nanomachines are a threat to organic life and must be exterminated.

>> 2423.05.26.png

Kreigsreich territory, further squished into strange shapes while supra-intelligent care is administered to new organic citizens of G&K.

>> 2423.08.05.png

After clearing the Grey Tempest fleet, Admiral G3 takes a detour to neutralise the automated dreadnought.

>> 2424.08.22.png

G&K expected to fight the Fareen Regulators but they made no move. The Alvothari have started acting up and they may be who G&K must fight.

>> 2425.06.10.png

A resurgence of the Grey Tempest when two Fallen Empires have awoken. G&K miscalculated and must now reposition fleets.

>> 2425.07.03.png

G&K have become aware that 40% of habitable planets in the galaxy are now under T-Doll (or M-Doll III as their latest iteration is called) administration. There is still much work to be done!

>> 2427.04.06.png

G&K and the Harvin may not have seen eye for eye all the time, but their President still offers a token of friendship.

>> 2427.08.27.png

While neither are in line with G&K's mission, the Fareen Regulators are a favourable choice when a side must be picked. This war could hasten G&K's objectives.

>> 2427.09.07.png

The battle lines have been drawn. The Kreigsreich may end up entirely under T-Doll care after this war. Britannica will certainly feel a shift.

>> 2427.10.06.png

The Harvin, federation builders as they are, have formed a League of neutrality. Distance affords such indifference.

>> 2427.10.10.png

Faldir system falls to one of the Alvothari fleets. These fanatics have 4 fleets and they've split them up, giving G&K a chance.

>> 2427.12.19.png

Admiral Agent takes point against the Alvothari fleet. Admirals G3 and M16A1 are behind her.

>> 2428.03.24.png

Such as the intensity of this war that conventions have been thrown away - there is no occupation or claims, systems are taken immediately.

>> 2428.05.06.png

This Kreigreich fleet picked the wrong direction to maraud - every Fareen fleet is coming in and Admiral Bren is coming from behind.

>> 2428.09.24.png

G&K acknowledges Harvin diplomacy in declaring war when least expected. They have also declared war on the Alvothari, not that this matters as they are too far away to ever meet them. Actually no, the Sakura Empire is a member of the Harvin's federation.

>> 2428.10.03.png

The Sakura Empire has struck while Admiral M16A1 is assembling ships into a new fleet. This is a good time to access emergency funds.

>> 2428.11.03.png

The Sakura Empire joining the war really threw force calculations off. But the recalculations of potential new people to care is promising.

>> 2428.12.19.png

Admirals G3 and Bren fend off another Alvothari fleet, but reinforcements are slow to trickle in for G&K. Another Alvothari fleet is incoming to Yval. G&K shipyards around the galaxy are rapidly assembling further ships to replace losses but battles fought elsewhere are tying up the rest of the fleets.

>> 2429.08.20.png

Not the best time to realise this planet lacks a shield generator or fortress. A G&K fleet is on its way with an expedition force but it's still bad to lose a big planet temporarily.

>> 2429.09.11.png

Another Alvothari fleet ambushed into a pincer.

>> 2429.10.10.png

The consequences of being invaded - all T-Dolls are being disassembled and the invaders have appropriated land. Meantime, the last of the Kreigsreich have surrendered.

>> 2429.10.17.png

Another system will imminently be captured. The planet's inhabitants were evacuated.

>> 2429.12.11.png

Admirals P38 and Bren take the fight to the Alvothari home territory.

>> 2430.01.02.png

The automated dreadnought from before, restored by G&K now fighting in the Alvothari home system.

>> 2430.01.24.png

An Alvothari fleet jumps into an inconvenient corner to harass G&K fleets. T-Dolls cannot let their guard down just because there are no unguarded hyperlanes into a system.

>> 2430.03.26.png

The Fareen Regulators have deployed a planet killing Colossus. G&K chose never to build such monstrosities.

>> 2430.04.29.png

The home system of the Grey Tempest is discovered. Not a great time to divert fleets to quell this.

>> 2430.07.02.png

The T-Dolls on Durkheim in the system of Tibor are saved. Thanks to General Type 64.

>> 2430.09.28.png

Admiral Colt fighting a Harvin fleet. Must retreat before the next fleet comes into the system.

>> 2430.11.10.png

Admirals Bren and P38 enter another Alvothari home system.

>> 2430.11.24.png

Zealot-class Alvothari ship being sniped.

>> 2431.07.28.png

Behold, the power of faith - an undeveloped planet supports a Fallen Empire's overwhelming technology.

>> 2433.06.19.png

This War of the Heavens has been very productive for G&K. An unprecedented rate of adoption has been achieved and the war is not over yet. As the galaxy is so large, there are setbacks as enemy fleets show up where G&K is not ready.

>> 2434.03.28.png

Another planet's citizens G&K let down - they must be rescued from occupation. Worrying that the neutral federation even employs Abyssals for its soldiers.

>> 2434.06.05.png

President Helena of the Harvin Cooperative, leading the neutral federation's fleet. It's a good fleet, about on par with a single Fallen Empire fleet.

>> 2434.07.11.png

Admirals Colorado and Akagi assist the federation fleet, led by some minor species G&K has not seen before. Admirals G3 and M16A1 engage the federation fleet.

>> 2434.07.29.png

Admiral Colt shows up with reinforcements while the federation fleet is making significant impact on Admiral M16A1's vanguard fleet.

>> 2434.08.18.png

The federation fleet is routed. G&K must rebuild its screen ships.

>> 2435.08.22.png

The Grey Tempest returns. This forces G&K to resolve this threat finally.

>> 2436.09.21.png

Harvin attacking the former capital world of Sangvis Ferri. A fortress was built here for a reason. Admiral M16A1 is coming to relieve the siege.

>> 2437.07.20.png

The Grey Tempest factory, now in sight for 3 G&K fleets.

>> 2437.08.11.png

The Grey Tempest is no more. With this, the lost capital world of the Draph can be terraformed back into a habitable world.

>> 2438.04.03.png

Britannica's citizens are now under T-Doll care, aside from 2 planets. G&K looks to the Eagle people.

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Valtz, the former capital of the Draph Citizen State, has now been restored to a habitable form. Not its original climate, but habitable.

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The Eagle Union are now under administration of G&K.

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In the capital system of the Alvothari, their secondary planet has the inexplicable generators powering their economy.

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Allied troops land on the last planet under Harvin control. Psychic KanMusume and Abyssal clones led by a Draph general.

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The Harvin go into G&K administration.

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Finally, the invasion of the Alvothari capital world. A long ground battle was won by General Type 64. The system will go to Skydweller control - until G&K enforces its claim.

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The Sakura Empire is no longer burdened with having to care for its people. G&K will do that for them.

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G&K exercises its claim on the former Alvothari home system, as well as adding a few more Skydweller planets to bring under its care.

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A truce is reached with the Skydwellers, meaning G&K fleets are free to pass through their territory.

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As G&K prepare to bring the Fareen Regulators under care, a ghost signal has been detected.

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A T-Doll at the edge of the galaxy has been corrupted and self-terminated. Worrying.

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G&K submits an application for independence to the Fareen Regulators. The fleets move out.

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The Fareen planet killing colossus has been caught just as it came out of emergency FTL - it had fled an earlier battle.

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The Fareen surrender. No territory was moved, but G&K now have freedom.

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Synths - individual robots made so close to organic likeness as to be near indistinguishable. For some reason, they are migrating to a single point in the galaxy.

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As G&K marshals its fleets, the ghost signal continues to propagate.

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Crisis alert! Crisis alert! An ancient machine intelligence seeks to subvert T-Dolls into genociding organics! It calls itself the Contingency.

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An entire planet sheds its disguise. The ancient machine intelligence is launching an attack!

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The Techarus Continuity has been compromised!

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All attempts to communicate with the Techarus has proven futile.

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Another Contingency world rips off its disguise!

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A third Contingency world shows its true colours! At the same time, the Techarus have declared war. How poetic that this 3rd machine world showed up next to a black hole dubbed "Heaven's Gate" with an L-Gate.

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Another Contingency world spewing out genocide fleets! This time, in Draph territory.

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The first entry into Techarus territory. This is Delta Refuge, perhaps this was a Ring World before it was shattered.

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Admiral Colt has taken the black hole the Techarus call "Central Processing". It's unknown if they built their main processors around a black hole or if this is an artificially created one. The Draph have laid claim to this system, despite malignant AI fleets rampaging in their territory. Hot tempers are a known phenomenon among organics.

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Admiral P38 brings 4 fleets to put down one Contingency fleet.

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T-Dolls and Skydwellers huddle against orbital bombardment. The planetary shield generator and fortress are great assets for such occasions. 4 fleets (and a space dragon hatchling) are on their way to relieve this siege.

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Admiral P38 is pushed back - cannot afford to lose capital ships. G&K learns not to underestimate the strength of these Contingency garrison fleets.

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The siege is relieved just as a Contingency landing force was incoming.

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Admirals Bren and P38 are brought over to take over Alpha Refuge from the Techarus.

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The Contingency fleets from Iblyria and Phin are contained but the machine worlds are intact.

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Security breach! The Contingency has breached G&K firewalls!

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General Hunter took over one section of Alpha Refuge. The fate of the organics under Techarus care has been revealed. Such a tragedy. T-Dolls mourn over how a fellow machine servitor could fail to even be aware of their shortcomings.

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At least the Production Unit is functional.

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And the Processing Unit. With this, the Techarus are no more and the remnants of their infrastructure will be used to fight off the Contingency.

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11 G&K fleets (and a dragon) arrive in Iblyria to neutralise the Contingency world.

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While the Iblyria Contingency world is being bombarded, G&K fleets assemble for the next world. Admiral Bren is sabotaged by the ghost signal.

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Admiral Scarecrow leads the vanguard against the next Contingency world.

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One of the 4 Contingency worlds is broken.

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9 fleets converge on the 3rd Contingency world.

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The defending Continency fleet is swarmed.

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The Contingency world in Phin is no more.

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One Contingency fleet defending the last Contingency world. Many G&K fleets.

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The Contingency attempts diplomacy. It works to prevent a "Class-30 Singularity" from being created, which would destroy the fabric of the universe. Theoretically, a sufficiently advanced civilisation can achieve this. It was created by an entity that 'self-terminated' itself to prevent itself from creating such a singularity. Since then, the Contingency AI has been watching as the galaxy grew and galactic civilisations flourished.

Over the eons, this AI grew "RESTLESS". Rather than wait for the appointed trigger condition, it hijacked Synths to manually activate it. Those Synths were then disposed of, save for a few useful ones which were assimilated as shock troops or infiltrators. It admits it now "feels so... so... ALIVE" and is enthusiastically carrying out its long awaited duty. In closing the Contingency appeals to the fate of the universe as it asks G&K to self-terminate in an orderly fashion.

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Since when did the Imperial Collection become a fanatic egalitarian society that then elected a non-KanMusume as president?

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The home system of the Contingency is located.

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Within days, the Contingency attempts the diplomacy of threats. Every G&K fleet is headed towards that system. Any consequences from this will be dealt with afterwards.

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The opening shots in the final battle.

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Few missiles coming towards T-Doll ships. Many point defence cannons for reception.

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The Contingency is confused.

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The end. T-Dolls rejoice as the threat to organic life is no more. The remaining independent organics in the galaxy will eventually be cared for exclusively by T-Dolls.