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You have decided to keep the civilian stations unarmed. The concept of using civilian and Hegemony assets not part of the military for militarized means makes sense to you; but it creates too much of a risk. At the end of the day, your entire Supremacy is based on the idea of protection- protecting your people and showing the strength of your empire by letting the Consortium break their teeth against your skin. Putting your vulnerable economic assets in harms way, especially when they can act with impunity otherwise to your ignorant and naive opponents, is foolish. Besides, you can take this opportunity for some breathing room. You are certain that for other space nations- the Esaal, possibly the Aristocrats, space pirates, or the dreaded worms- will not be so kind and merciful to your Jaxtians caught in the crossfire. May as well take advantage of the opportunity.
...But you are no fool. You will still take whatever advantage you can; and using your civilian bases to their maximal effect in this system. We'll use them as docking bays, medical wings, repair and resupply hubs, storage facilities for weapons, and keep our AI cores nice and cool in their computer labs. You'll squeeze every inch out of the Consortium's "maritime law" you can and use it to your benefit. So you won't arm the civilians- but their presence will still help you greatly in the upcoming battle.
You have also decided on the next project of research- <span class="mu-s">Laser Cooling</span> for your artillery. While the Nan shipyards are still pumping out useful Crusiers using your current design standards- too late in time and cost prohibitive to change it for the entire military fleet- your artillery is much smaller and more specalized. Located only on The Stand- these powerful laser turrets were very helpful in the second wave against the Consortium- and you hope they'll also be useful in the third. Finding better ways to cool them off may also have a knock-on effect to your research of other weapons in the future. Unfortunately, as soon as you check in on the project- you find Maktana III, your current Overseer of Science, busy dicking around on a totally different planet.
<span class="mu-b">"Maktana III... please explain why you are not getting all hands on deck for this weapon research?"</span>
"I am sorry, my Lord. My specialty was never in the military or physical sciences. All of my genetic ancestors focused on genetic research and bio-sciences. As is my specialized field..."
<span class="mu-b">"You are still a brilliant researcher- and more important an administrator. So why are you on Xin?"</span>
"It's the biosphere of the planet, Sir. It's... dying."
