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<span class="mu-s">Year 69 of the Resurrection Era</span>
Over the next few months- several important events occur. You first seek out training to your self control and disciplines from the various tutors across the Hegemony. You would have been embarrassed about this before- thinking it was unbecoming of a Supreme Ruler- but now you see this as an investment. It is strengthening yourself, just as you strengthen an army. You may have defeated Bantam, but you must carry on his work.
Secondly- the strike team of the stealth cruisers arrive at the <span class="mu-s">secret Battleship construction site</span>. Coming out of stealth and with a valiant cry- the crusiers destroy the prototype with antimatter bombs and kill numerous important individuals stationed there- high ranking engineers and worm-ambassadors float in the vacuum of space. Just minutes after the attack, the Consortium fleets begin to move in to dislodge the attackers- just in time for them to activate the self-destruct devices on their ships, destroying themselves and as many enemy ships as they can in the crossfire to prevent capture. This most noble of sacrifices is not one you are going to forget- especially now.
The Consortium's Battleship project has been destroyed. Their is no chance for them to replace the valuable resources or personnel they needed to create their first battleship, especially not in time for their planned attack on the Stand. All over the Consortium, attempts to wrangle this into a positive for the business leaders without revealing their secret weapons program lead to schizophrenic reporting- claims of religious extremism to terror attacks- but in all cases the Hegemony is correctly blamed. In any case, this direct attack on the Consortium in their own territory, as well as the death of several high-ranking worms, means that the war has <span class="mu-s">escalated</span> slightly.
In addition, your scientists have completed work on the <span class="mu-s">Laser Efficacy</span> upgrade. As it turns out, the small optimizations and upgrades to energy-efficiency to make your lasers more powerful can actually be improved quite a lot more with some extra work. This is a <span class="mu-i">repeatable</span> upgrade, meaning you can keep researching it multiple times to increase the bonus. The bonus is the same each time it is researched and does not diminish; stacks.
