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_{THE MOON’S MINER’s}

Mare Vaporum had long served as the heart of Helium-3 extraction on Luna, the small and scattered deposits acting as the main source of the precious resource. However, this led to the issue of having to chase down new deposits when one dried out, which increasingly ran the risk of overextending the operational range of both the L1-EVA Suit and the rover. This left ANSA having to launch new habitation bases, or ‘cabins’, to allow for increasingly longer expeditions which was an increasingly tedious and expensive thing to do. A temporary fix had been found in 2079, which involved strapping a drill to a modified LEM to have it serve as a mobile drill and transport, but the He-3 capacity was miserable.

Following the announcement of planned expansion of operations, ANSA saw a decently sized boost in funding, and their director, Simo Ević, intended to see the agency use it to the fullest. Project стридер had been on the drawing board since 1998, when ANSA first finished a copy of the Buran. Of course the old shuttle had received hundreds of miscellaneous updates since then, from complete reworks of the wing structure to the replacement of the engines, but it had always retained its Soviet-esc design. Nothing about the style during Project стридер, but instead of being stuck doing LEO and HEO runs, the entire fleet would be upgraded to serve as the new lunar ‘taxi’. The Star Kolica program had been in operation for far too long, and the aging equipment made it feel less like a state of the art lunar transport, and more like an Apollo CSM with two more seats. There was only one issue with Project стридер: It’s propulsion system.

Most of the Adriatic Space Corps used the MkII Fusion Engine, void the Dreadnought’s central warp engine, but they were big bulky things, and even the smaller MkI’s were still overkill for the deltawing airframe of the Mećava shuttle. An entirely new engine would have to be sourced or built in house, and one of those options would delay operations by several years, and that was in the words of President Mihaljević, “completely out of the question. If we fall any further back, it won’t just be the death of the Republic, but the death of ANSA.” With that in mind, there was only one option. It couldn’t be sourced from the Leithanians, that relationship was already strained, and the Iberians, well, the Republic hadn’t exactly called them paradise either. This left the French who had just gotten out of a messy war, or the British, and one of those options made just a little more sense.

Unified Empiricus

TheHelghast
Kandosii
The Unified American Federation

You all have relic worlds near you if any of you are interested, just quote this ig.

Kandosii wrote:

This is going to start a event chain isn't. Well might as well get to it.

Possibly.

Kandosii wrote:

This is going to start a event chain isn't. Well might as well get to it.

Maybe the Mandalorians come across an artifact of sorts in Mandalore space that talks of an ancient, powerful weapon and said Mandalorians go looking for it.

TheHelghast wrote:

Relic worlds why do I have a feeling this will move in tandem with what DC is looking into.

Actually, the closest one to you is a Gateway. Should prove interesting.

Unified Empiricus wrote:

MADRID —
_{ARRIVAL of the DUKE of KENT}

When the invitation reached Buckingham Palace and was read aloud to the Royal Family in their private sitting room, it was almost snatched from the footman by the Queen Mother and thrown in the bin. However, the contriving Duke of Kent skillfully talked her out of it. In the process, he negotiated his way to Madrid with the King reluctantly signing off on it, the reason being he was aware that the British Government was not at all pleased with the situation in Europe and the escalation to war with a country such as France by an upstart regime in Iberia - and the King agreed. The Duke was able to convince the rest of the family that sending a Royal that wasn't as "close" to the Palace could ensure representation without compromising the British position.

Eventually, George the Duke of Kent - who was also a Prince of the United Kingdom by the lineage of one of King George V's sons - arrived in Madrid via motorcade. His car, a cobalt black Jaguar displaying the flag of the United Kingdom and his personal Ducal standard was flanked back to front by two black armoured Range Rovers each with a team of men more than capable of protecting and/or extracting the Duke in the unlikely scenario his life was in danger. As he stepped out, he had on full show his red Royal colonels uniform and blue sash, bearing the insignia of the Royal Navy, as well as an extensive array of medals from his service in the Gem War, medals that far outnumbered his ceremonial medals. He prepared to be greeted and escorted by the Iberian staff as his own protectors remained with the vehicles.

A guard walked over and began directing the vehicles away from the front doors, specifically outside the gates of the Plaza de la Armeria, under heavy guard by the household Cuirassiers on horseback.

When George stood before the two guards, one like a dog and the other human, they took his invitation and looked it over before gesturing for him to follow them. They quickly took him to the doors of the ballroom where the herald standing outside proceeded to open the doors.

"ATTENTION! Introducing, his grace George the Duke of Kent!"

The doors then closed behind George, the lively room full of dancing, food and servants before him. At the other end of the room Emperor Radigis sat on a throne, a table in front of him with chairs for his family on either side of him.
There was many notables including the marshals, Fernando de Solaris, Francisco Serrano, and Marshal Vargas.-
"Hello.", a voice spoke, coming from a man in his late 20s, wearing a green army uniform full of ceremonial medals and others from combat and so on. The stranger extended his hand for a lil shake.
"Rodrigo, Duke of Sicily and Prince of the Astraclades.", he'd then give a smirk.
"You honour us with your presence. I suppose it's true the old nobility of Europe can mingle with the new hm?"