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<span class="mu-s">Year 56 of the Resurrection Era</span>
Over the past few months, you have been preparing the remote mining colony. You've been upping the infrastructure of the system and created an advanced, bombardment-proof command bunker, not to mention moving your own fleet into position. You aren't sure when the attack will come next- but judging by Consortium activity on the border, it won't be long now. In the meantime, your Overseer of Infrastructure and Megaprojects <span class="mu-i">Mann Yumm</span>, has taken time from his busy schedule in working on the great underwater mega-city project to held with the design of the new fortress. He comes to you with a small problem, but also good news.
<span class="mu-b">”...Are you seriously saying we have a problem getting access to one of the most common kinds of substances in the universe, Mann? <span class="mu-i">Water</span> shortages at the colony? Really?”</span>
“Err- no, your Magnificence. It is just that water is also used as our primary energy source in the form of <span class="mu-i">deuterium-fusion</span>. The Stand and the rest of the system at large lacks a large amount of water; only a few icy asteroids. It's just that... the population of the colony is so low that a sizable ground invasion force could take it- and then get access to the AI core overseeing the defense, the Starseers within- even yourself if you just so happened to be here when they attacked. It would be a disaster!”
<span class="mu-b">”Our soldiers are far superior to theirs. Do you think they'd actually try it?”</span>
“That is true, my lord, but a large enough force could overwhelm even the Death Commandos. I do not know if they will send a ground army- they would need a highly motivated and courageous force to endure the losses they'd surely take. There isn't time to ship in more water- and the scale required would be very cost inefficient. Just consider <span class="mu-i">everything you know about the Consortium</span> and their largest population bloc, the <span class="mu-i">Leeray</span>, before you decide on where to allocate the water supply.”
<span class="mu-b">”Alright- and how about newfound surplus?”</span>
“Yes! I am excited to tell you this, my lord. This last Day of Obedience was a very successful one, and along with this, the patriotism and trust in their Supreme Ruler has given you a small budget surplus. There is no one source- just small things. People reusing resources just a little bit more, working a little extra at work, eating a little less food, just a little more community policing- it all has added up. I've presented the totals to the Threemind- it can give you defensive options we can deploy in time.”
<span class="mu-b">”Heh. The advantages of being a bean-counter.”</span>
First- you must decide if you should you garrison soldiers at the colony.
>Yes
>No
And then- Threemind gives you some cheap options to bolster your defenses using your surplus.
>Weaponized Asteroids
>Automated Defense-Satellites
>Dummy Ships
>Laser Artillery
