News from the Front
26 Mar 2020Wes_7569
Begin Log: 0603.26News came in from the front today. Although the source is reliable, past statements on this subject have been sketchy before. In just over 2 months, earth calendar June, Fleet Carriers will be here. Although this has been known, information has been leaked that the price has been confirmed at 5 Billion and a new type of fuel called tritium will be used. The other information that has already been set has not changed with the jump range and landing pads. They have also said that commanders can manage tariffs on their Carriers to influence trade. This should be interesting, especially if it lines up with a faction you are allied with.
What I am most interested in is that like ships that are already available, they can be customized, even more so than what they let on before with having them outfitted for exploration, mining, bounty hunting, or support in the bubble. This means that like our ships they can be outfitted for what we need at the time instead of having it dedicated for one purpose.
All details will be given though on April 2nd at 1800 (UTC) from Earth. I can not wait for the details to start planning for the future. What I would like to do is have it dedicated to squadron goals and community goals when they return. Depending on what we can do and with the availability of having and adjusting our own economy, I might be able to set up in an empty system with plenty of materials to mine and gather to make it a home base. Although I do wonder if only I can keep vessels in my Carrier or if I can have it so my squadron has access. We will find out soon.
Faction update:
The outbreak is over and it actually helped out with our influence in the system. With so many wing missions we managed to increase it even though it still dragged our economy down. We will increase it again though.
Wolf 359 however is a lost cause. Once the Infrastructure failure, Bust, Civil Unrest, and soon to be famine and next negative effect are over, we will be able to build it back up again but only to barely keep it afloat. With the coming Fleet Carrier we might stand a chance to expand into another system, but I do not have much hope for it because of passed experiences.
Squadron update:
Get some new members, and our more active members are making Elite in trade thanks to the wing missions. Still working on engineering with the grind for materials with them but after enough time we will be all set to take on the griefers and thargoids. Much rather take on the Thargoids though, you get an actual reward for that, griefers tend to just disappear and then come back later.