Waexians: Gains 1040 points in fleet budget. Gains 980 points in army budget.
@Viral
X; The first group of explorers to emerge from the impossible light of jump space emerged in the outer reaches of a Red Dwarf system, inhabited by three worlds the first and last were rocky worlds, plagued by electromagic storms, the closest to the star of which even had a pair of moonlets orbiting around it, their deformed little bodies spinning around their world heedless of the new arrivals. The long survey of them turned up nothing interesting. But the central planet was of more interest, it orbited a quarter of an AU from it's dim primary, its water-rich surface proving the world was quite suitable for habitation, though the large amount of ice meant the world was fairly cold hitting only 29 degrees celsius at its warmest point in time and place, with a day thirty-five hours long and a gravity more than half and again terran normal. Eminently habitable, but scans revealed it was a very metal poor world and wouldn't be suited to any industry within which metals were important.
XIX; The group of explorers to emergy near the system simply known as XIX at this time were prepared for the amount of light that the White SubGiant put out, light made no easier by the Orange Main Sequence also inhabiting the system with five bodies wedged between them, the first two were rocky worlds, though the second had a large moon, neither was habitable in the traditional sense, the third was an asteroid belt orbiting 2.16 AU from the parent star, not particularly rich in metals and ice, but neither was it poor, the fourth body, another rocky planet had nothing of interest. But the last was a Terrestrial world, it's dense atmosphere belied it's low water and ice content, but as one might expect in such a system, the world was warm, very warm at times in certain places. And anyone who hoped to live there would be required to bring the sunglasses.
XX: The next group of explorers, dropping out in the XX system, found it too was a binary, the Yellow Primary was offset by a Red Dwarf at the far reaches of the system between them closest to the primary was a rocky planet, and near the Red Dwarf were two rocky worlds, the one centremost had a trace atmosphere, but was uninhabitable, but the real reward was the second and third planet. Both habitable worlds, one possessed of four small moons and a superdense atmosphere that would make travel to and from it difficult, the other with a thin atmosphere but had water and ice aplenty.
XXVII; Orbiting a Blue-White Giant the system was bathed in light even the explorers were not fully prepared for, the first four bodies being three utter fireballs of planets, roiling with glowing magma even on their dark sides so great were the convection currents from the thermal bath, the second was only a necklace of semi-molten asteroids. Past them were three rocky planets, the latter two of which had their own rings so destructive was the system and one of those had a large moon. But it was at the far reaches of the system that a habitable world was found, greater than three centuries would pass in terran years for this world ot make even one orbit of it's primary, but it was an ocean world with three moons, 78% water and 17% ice. The temperatures of the world flowing from well below freezing to near boiling temperature.
XXXI: The group exploring this system found it was not uninhabited shortly after arrival, the first two rocky planets around the Yellow Main Sequence star were of little interest except for the trace atmosphere, but the last body in the system, a Terrestrial World, transmissions revealed, to someone paying attention, that the system was called Anzu, and Anzu III was inhabited by some sort of slave-race being driven by a machine-race. Defence facilities were detectable, and on detecting the Waexian fleet, they powered up and thermal sensors could detect a number of ships powering up from standby, shields and weapons being powered.
XXXVIII: This small system, on discovery, didn't look like much, and truth be told it wasn't, the two outermost rocky bodys were not worth much, the second of which had three small moons and suffered from heavy volcanism, but the Terrestrial World, really wasn't much either, no liquid water, two percent ice, a thin atmosphere that was being lost to space and bathed in heavy radiation.
Confederation of High Praximand: Gains 1060 in Fleet Budget, Gains 1160 in Army Budget.
@Kadaeux
VII: As the explorers dipped into the system they would discover a terrestrial ocean world almost immediately, and close to the dim primary, beyond it an asteroid belt roamed though it was of disappointing metal content and the two rocky bodies beyond it were not overly impressive either. A further survey of the ocean world would reveal it had little metals of any kind that weren't bound in the planets core. It might have been a worthwhile tourist resort if the temperatures weren't so extreme, though averaging only twenty celsius, it could go as low as -123 at the poles, and 145 at points on the equator.
XVI: On reaching this binary system the explorers were overcome with curiosity, there was a little runabout of some design descending upon the second body orbiting the primary, they were compelled closer and discovered a terrestrial ocean world with some sort of religious sanctuary, and even ruins, upon the surface! The population was small, a mere four thousand Bovines. It would be time to study the world!
XXV: The explorers emerging around this star discovered that it was a fairly wealthy system relatively, two asteroid belts, a pair of ice balls further out, even a couple rocky worlds, but once more they found another ocean world, initial reactions were tempered however by the ill news that accompanied it. While it would be almost a perfect world, there were ruins of a large civilisation present on the surface, and the atmosphere was poisoned, laden with radiation, chemicals, and the initial science survey believed, possibly biological weapons. It was a world whose prior occupants had reduced themselves to a mere memory, with only their ruins to tell someone they had ever existed.
XL: The system was worth colonising the team discovered on arrival, it was however not ideal, not because of it's three rocky worlds, or the asteroid belt or even the ice planet. No, it was the Mars-like terrestrial world one and a quarter AU from the parent star, Giga C'Mara, a Pirate Colony. As soon as the explorers arrived a dozen cutters and a frigate launched from the colony, the explorers managing to escape before battle was joined.
Idioblocium Swarm: Gains 1110 in Fleet Budget, Gains 1030 in Army Budget
@FrostedCamel
VI: The system the swarm's explorers found was fairly barren all things told, a pair of rocky worlds, a pair of asteroid belts and a couple of gas giants and then the habitable world, third body out from it's star, with a thin atmosphere and heavy radiation, though if care was taken, and some work was made to terraform it, it had the potential to be a beautiful world.
XVII: The explorers of this system recognised it's vast potential easily enough, a metal rich asteroid belt ringed its star like a necklace and a terrestrial world extended far out from it. The terrestrial world was cold, and possessed a set of rings, though it only had a trace atmosphere, care would be needed. A great deal of care.
XXIX: The bright white star of this system almost had the explorers turn back, but while it had a molten ball close to it, the second, third, fifth and seventh planets were of little real interest there was plenty of interest however around the fourth and sixth planets, the sixth was a terrestrial world with a heavy, dense atmosphere, no water to speak of and little ice, but the ruins of a civilisation were found upon that worlds surface. But the fourth. It all came back to the fourth. A vast structure sat upon the planet. Metal and smooth without even a single detectable imperfection. The members of the swarm could feel an ... alien... pull from the artefact, and a sense of being watched. Careful observance by the sensor operator revealed to its master that the sixth planet crossed the 'line of sight' for the megastructures tapered end.
XLIII: There was no time for survey of this system at all. While they did have a basic picture of what the system was composed of, as soon as the light from the Idioblocium vessels reached the third planet the proverbial ants-nest was kicked over. A Dreadnought detached itself from the shipyards there where it was undergoing retrofit and was joined by it's escort, a pair of Battleships, a Carrier and two dozen smaller escorting vessels, space seemed to ripple around the vessels as they accelerated at a terrific pace warping space with their passage, only then would the Idioblocium commanding the exploration fleet realise that they weren't using reaction drives. Whoever they were, they were terrifically advanced. And very angry. Should the Idioblocium have been watching the signal traffic, they would have been able to translate in short order a simple message.
"We are the Scarazaran Empire. Surrender your ships. We will annihilate your cultural and technological distinctiveness with our own. Your people will be enslaved to service us. Resistance is futile... but welcome."
Allied Kanei Clans: Gains 1040 in fleet budget. Gains 1000 in Army budget
@Gat
II: As the explorers arrived and made a basic survey of the system they discovered, through regular systems traffic, that the system was called Rohini, and the first world in the system was called Luthien, inhabited by something called the Sharegan Dominion. As the exploring fleet was discovered by the planet, it launched a cruiser supported by a pair of Frigates, their shields raised and weapons powered, to investigate. Across all the frequencies was a simple broadcast. "Interloper. You have entered the space of the Sharegan Dominion. Leave while we are willing to allow it."
XXX: The fleet arriving in the system referred to as Tiamat by the natives there discovered a system in full development... all one of its worlds was developed and the inhabiting race was building stations hovering over the sun, manufacturing antimatter, this highly advanced race seemed to react with incredulity at the arrivial of the Kanei ships. The Lileathon Monarchy thrown into a bit of an uproar about the very existence of the canines ships. The Equine inhabitants unsure what to do. Apparently, they believed life outside of their system impossible. That they were, in fact, the centre of the universe.
XXXVI: The next fleet was no better off than the other two, the system was populated by only a pair of worlds, one of which, like the last two, was already inhabited, though fortunately, the other world was also habitable. The Fellus System's inhabited world was known as Fellus 2, and claimed only a prison facility, containing perhaps half a thousand people. A pair of patrol ships orbited. A beacon on the other world transmitting a signal of some sort.
Llengese Free States: Gains 930 in Fleet Budget, gains 1010 in army budget
@Snakey
XIV: The Parda system had an interesting habitable world, with four small moons and a set of planetary rings. However, it also had a Pirate, or smuggler, base upon it's surface a dozen landed smaller ships poorly concealed beneath camouflage netting. After some hours however, it was apparent that they had not detected the new arrivals.
XXIII: The binary system was interesting, but no more so than it's third planet, a terrestrial world of much interest. Unfortunately, it had three problems, a dense atmosphere, a dense radiation fall from its primary, and heavy volcanism.
XXXV: This system presented an immediate and invaluable resource, the terrestrial ocean world was exceptionally valuable, not just for the fact it was a planet, but the fact it seeemd to have planetary rings, rings made up of ice, ... and the wrecks of starships. The third world in the system however, despite its uninhabitability, was of equal interest, tidal locked to the primary star, facing away from it was a void in the planet. Were the planet not being annihilated at first glance people might be forgiven for thinking it had a singularity eating away at it, but no, the thousand kilometre deep crater had walls so smooth the scientists forming part of the survey team were forced to wonder if perhaps it was frictionless, and attempts to probe the blackness returned no results at all.
XLII: The survey of this system revealed not one, but two habitable worlds, though both had thin atmospheres, the second had a pair of small moons, the first electromagnetic storms and heavy volcanism. Other than that the system had nothing of especial note.
The Gatekeepers of Euphoria: Gains 1020 in fleet budget, Gains 1200 in army budget.
@Lstorm
XVIII: The Binary system was not, it turns out uninhabited, the Melian System was inhabited by a quarantine facility, the inhabitable world's atmosphere reducing over time in a very Martian manner, Melian II, the "Deadhole" it seemed was a facility, but the world had two polar Planetary Defence Fortresses, and both broadcast a warning to maintain a distance of no less than half an AU from the planet or risk destruction. That the planet, and it's facility, were under Quarantine.
XXXII: The system only had two bodies, but one of them was a suitable, if small, habitable world with a thin atmosphere, but there was little special about the system overall.
The Great Emperor's Republic of Patriam: Gains 960 in fleet budget, Gains 860 in Army budget.
@Brovo
XLI: System was a rich one when the explorers arrived they knew they had done well, a Binary System with six rocky worlds, two icy ones and a terrestrial world. The initial survey was good. That it was all good. A second survey was less certain, while the world was nice, and very viable for colonisation, the third world was the one of high interest, and no small amount of worry, the scientists aboard the escort carrier, with the full sensors of the vessel, worried at it like a dog worries a bone. The planet was suffering from, and emitting, some form of entropic radiation, the planet was literally aging at an accelerated rate, and so was anything that got within a third of an AU of the disturbing body.
XXXVII: This binary system was a small one, the asteroid belt close to the primary star were wealthy enough for something that close, the next being a rocky body with a trace atmosphere, uninhabitable, but there, the third was a Terrestrial world with 24% water and 33% ice, its dense atmosphere was plagued by electromagnetic storms. It was however fairly terracompatible and close to earth normal.
XXVIII: This system had several jovian planets, as well as a couple asteroid belts and ice planets, one of the ice planets had methane seas, the second jovian had 56 small moons orbiting it, but the first was the interesting one, the Jovian had six moons, one of which was an inhabitable world furthest out from its partner, the heavy volcanism and electromagnetic storms were a downside along with the thin atmosphere, but the world had 32% water and 21% ice on it's surface, though it was half what a full world would be. Temperatures ranging from sub-zero temperatures to a murderous 161 degrees celsius when it was between the Star and it's Jovian. The fact it's day was as long as it's 'year' didn't help.
VIII: This system was a goldmine that would send explorers rushing back to the homeworld in a fit as others stayed to watch the situation with utterly insatiable curiosity, rich in worlds, the second world was viable for a colony, but would require effort to stablise the atmosphere, no, what caught the Patriam by their insatiable janglies was the first world, it was inhabited. The insectoid races of Koni K'Alon were present in the billions, but a pre-advanced race in the early industrial age the concept of even rocketry was probably only science fiction at best. And it wasn't enough that there WAS an inhabited race there. No. Several scientists absconded with a launch from the Escort Carrier and descended to the planet in the dead of night to what appeared to be a grub farm and 'kidnapped' several of the worker class for 'study' back on their flagship.
The Polaris Collective: Gains 1000 in fleet budget, Gains 1090 in army budget.
@Maxim
V: The system only had a single body, inhabitable and possessed of a set of beautiful rings and ruins of an ancient civilisation. The discovers knew it'd make a fine tourist resort at the minimum.
XV: A fairly valuable system for number of bodies, only the terrestrial world was of immediate value, somewhat earth-like, if larger and with greater gravity, it was nonetheless plagued by electromagnetic storms, a byproduct of its dense atmosphere.
XXIV: Another system possessed of many worlds and even gas giants, but this one was not unoccupied, indeed, it was very occupied, the system was New Mars, populated by the human race
XXXIX: The system was once inhabited, upon the sole habitable worlds the ruins of an ancient civilisation are present, intact except for age and natural decay. However it was they fell without a fight. At least, one that you would recognise as such.
The Ennan Remnant: Gains 1110 in Fleet Budget, Gains 980 in army budget.
@Firewombat
I: THe binary system's third body is a roughly earth-normal terrestrial world, though with a thinner atmosphere and a brighter star, it possesses some strange ruins upon its surface however, the bizzare ruins don't even seem to have been related to something one would call 'civilisation'.
XI: Explorers are delighted to discover a the system was inhabited and called the Afrikaan system, but the technocratic nation upon its surface is small and dwindling, visibly poorer off than it once was, now a mere forty-thousand or so souls where perhaps millions once flourished, empty cities and a population calling for help from a Kenyan Union that may no longer exist. For this world was called New Kenya, and if it was their homeworld, it has fallen far from its preious lofty perch.
XXII: They system was not very impressive to someone trying to be impressed except for it's terrestrial world half an AU from it's primary. But there was nothing overly special about the world otherwise.
XXXIV: The system was a small red dwarf, with an inhabited world possessed of metal rich rings. A nice, if not overwhelmingly awesome system.
The Grom Ascendancy: Gains 980 in Fleet Budget, Gains 1170 in Army Budget
@Helios
III: The system would have been well popular, if not for the Terrestrial World of Pazazu actually being inhabited by a Beetlian race's colony of just under forty thousand, the Baelethon Nation was seemingly unaware of the explorers for now.
XII: The Binary system was nothing overly special, though the inhabitable world discovered, a world with little ice, had a set of rich metallic rings.
The Chiss Ascendancy: Gains 910 in Fleet Budget, Gains 960 in Army Budget
@Sarzu
IX: The binary system possessed several bodies including the second, a metal-poor terrestrial world, though other than that it had nothing to really point against it.
XXI: This system was preferable to the first, the inhabitable world wasn't poor in metals and was otherwise comparable ot the one in IX, but the system also had several asteroid belts for resourcing.
XXVI: The explorers went gaga as they discovered this system, several gas giants, and asteroid belts, but the real golden egg was the terrestrial world that served as a moon for the gas giant closes to the sun, not only did the gas giant have many moons and planetary rings, but the terrestrial moon also had it's own set of rings and was in fact, a virtual garden world.
XXXIII: Indeed, this system was almost disappointing in comparison, four rocky bodies and a terrestrial world adorned it, the terrestrial world was an ocean world with a dense atmosphere and subject to heavy radioactivity.
The United Galactic Federation of Phox: Gains 990 in Fleet Budget, Gains 1100 in Army Budget
@TheGreyWarden
IV: It didn't take the explorers of this system long to decide that it would probably be best not to be here. The third world of the system was actually developed with a population in the tens of millions, ramshackle shipyards were in orbit and nearly a hundred vessels were coming and going from the shipyard. And when they realised that they had been discovered. A number of them began heading for the explorers who were quick to beat a retreat back for the homeworld.
XIII: Unfortunately, attempts to follow the merchant were doomed to failure. As it approached the system edge it jumped away, and while the exploring ships tried to follow, when they arrived at the suggested co-ordinates they knew why. An overly curious scientist on the homeworld studied the alien snow-globes in an attempt to learn a bit about how such a race worked. And was forced to seek therapy after discovering that the snow-globes were in fact, mis-translated, or deliberate false advertising the 'snow' within the globes was the aborted fetuses of the race who they had been trading with. After vomiting profusely, the scientist discovered it wasn't a bizarre oddity either. All of the ones he was able to test showed the same horrifying fact.
