/builders/ - Hero and Nation Builders!

>>45812

Character Name: Omegus

Mother's Gift: Constructor Nanobot Swarm

>>45812

Name: Primus

Mothers gift: Harvester (large vehicle roaming the desert taking in materials and sorting it into the useable constituents.

>>45858

>>45831

>>45820

>>45817

As the Mother moves you and your people from your home down to your home below four of you are chosen to lead your people. The Gifts she bestowed to your people, as per the Chosen's wishes are laid out before the people of B - 394…

Planet Name: B - 394

Population: 600 (M:F - 200:400) (+0)

Food Storage: 12000 (+0)

Water Storage (Oasis) : 300,000/300,000 (+3000)

Energy: 0

Estimated Consumption:

Food: (-600)

Water: (-2700)

Energy: (0)

Nanobot Swarm: At the cost of (-3) Energy can use Construction Units to create habitation and complete other small scale projects.

Auto-Harvester: Provides 1 Construction Unit per turn at no Cost.

Xerophilic Augmentation: Colonists can persist on -10% lest water than the average… (Currently lowers water consumption by -300)

Stillsuit (100): At the cost of (-.1) energy per colonist take them off the grid, up to 100 colonists. The creation of more still suits will cost 1 Construction Unit per ten suits.

You and your fellow Councillors are on the planet and find the Curator, a simple AI left to facilitate the growth of your colony. Here is a listing of all current problems faced by the colony… It is up to you to decide how to work through these problems.

1. Planet needs a name

2. 600 colonists lack housing

3. We have no food income and the people are worried

4. We have no energy to power our nanobots

You each have 1 Vote, whatever option has the most votes wins. You can forward a concern alongside your vote to be added to the list next round. Upon all 4 votes being cast or 24 hours passing the round will be complete.

>>45874

I put forth Bilar.

For housing and food we can use the resources around the shore to set up farming communities.

We will have to wait for the right resources and production capabilities before we can work with that. (If only someone had grabbed power capabilities)

>>45812

Character Name: Malus

Mother's Gift: A.U.G.E.R. Goggles, advanced goggles capable of seeing and observing a myriad of natural and unnatural phenomena.

>>45874

>>45879

I forward the motion to name the planet Arrakis. I find it to be a fitting name for a world like this. It seems as if Mother is using your dreams as a vessel, Brother Alpharius. However, I disagree with the notion of focusing on power first. Brother Omegus makes a good point - we have nowhere near the resources or machinery needed to generate energy, and the time it would take to find the needed materials would leave the colony on the brink of starvation - Mother's food rations will only last us a few weeks, after all. It is paramount that we establish ourselves first by creating temporary shelters to shield the colonists from the harsh weather on this planet, create a reliable source of food, and then we can find the resources needed for power infrastructure. Then, we will be able to begin to create our permanent home - as Mother intended.

>Planet Name: Arrakis

Population: 600 (M:F - 200:400)

>Current Inventory:

Food : 11400

Water Storage (Oasis) : 300,000/300,000

Construction Units: 1

>Estimated Production:

Oasis: Water - > 3000

Auto-Harvester: Construction Unit -> 1

Shore Farms: Food -> 1

>Estimated Consumption:

Population: Food -> 600

Population: Water -> 2700

Councillor Gifts:

Nanobot Swarm: At the cost of (-3) Energy can use Construction Units to create habitation and complete other small scale projects.

Auto-Harvester: Provides 1 Construction Unit per turn at no Cost.

Xerophilic Augmentation: Colonists can persist on -10% lest water than the average… (Currently lowers water consumption by -300)

Stillsuit (100): At the cost of (-.1) energy per colonist take them off the grid, up to 100 colonists. The creation of more still suits will cost 1 Construction Unit per ten suits.

A.U.G.E.R: Advanced goggles capable of seeing and observing a myriad of natural and unnatural phenomena.

Council Votes:

>Naming the Planet:

2 - Arrakis

1 - Bilar

Henceforth this Planet shall be referred by the Curator as Arrakis in all further updates.

>Action

Lack of Housing -

Lack of Food Production - II

Lack of Energy Production - I

With majority votes the colonies focus on Food Production shall be implemented, using the natural resources of the Oasis and the population as Labor small farms will soon be visible along the Oasis’s edge… [+Production: Shore Farms: Food -> 300] Expansion of Farms, without advancement in the practice will require rudimentary irrigation, which will use precious water supplies.

With the introduction of another of Mother’s chosen you are faced with a dilemma, should they be allowed a vote on the council?

Option 1: Increase Council Seats to 5

Option 2: Only allow for him to cover for missing council members, if absent

Option 3: Only allow him to suggest and converse with council members, as he is one of Mother’s chosen.

How does the council wish for the colony to move forward?

Option 1: The People still lack housing, if this is not taken care of soon the risk of cancer due to the intense solar radiation may cause problems (2)

Option 2: Irrigate the Farms to increase Yield?

Option 3: Begin construction of a basic solar plant?

Option 4: Write in Ballot

>>45881

While currently undecided on your voting status, you can suggest write ins. (If your right to voting is denied you will be given a special role)

>>45812

Our highest priority has to be energy. The people can make do for a while without shelter and even our food stockpiles would last us for years. We should have started our energy production long ago so we can actually make use of our construction nanites and such. The solar plants have definite priority. HOWEVER since this was not done and we instead started producing not needed food we now have to construct said shelter with what little construction units my harvester has managed to scrounge up for us.

For council seats it is always best to have an odd number to avoid deadlocks.

Option 1: Increase council seats to 5.

Vote: Option 1, construct housing then if we have time and materials construct the solar plant

>Planet Name: Arrakis

Population: 600 (M:F - 200:400)

>Current Inventory:

Food : 11100

Water Storage (Oasis) : 300,000/300,000

Construction Units: 6

[Rudimentary Huts - Provide solar protection during the day, though it is unbearably hot, the residual heat does keep the people comfortable during the chilling nights]

>Estimated Production:

Oasis: Water - > 3000

Auto-Harvester: Construction Unit -> 1

Shore Farms: Food -> 300

>Estimated Consumption:

Population: Food -> 600

Population: Water -> 2700

Councillor Gifts:

[Nanobot Swarm] : At the cost of (-3) Energy can use Construction Units to create habitation and complete other small scale projects.

[Auto-Harvester] : Provides 1 Construction Unit per turn at no Cost.

[Xerophilic Augmentation] : Colonists can persist on -10% lest water than the average… (Currently lowers water consumption by -300)

[Stillsuit: 100] : At the cost of (-.1) energy per colonist take them off the grid, up to 100 colonists. The creation of more still suits will cost 1 Construction Unit per ten suits.

[A.U.G.E.R] : Advanced goggles capable of seeing and observing a myriad of natural and unnatural phenomena.

[Guild Backing] : While communication was “discouraged” between the older settlements and the more fledgling planets by the Mother, the discouragement wasn’t always heeded. Trade agreements and negotiations with these parties will surely help your colony survive and prosper

Council Votes:

>New Councillor

Increase seats - II

Stand In -

Rejection -

>Moving Forward

Housing Lacking - II

Irrigation -

Solar Power -

Results:

1. Brother Malus has been awarded a seat on the council, he will have the same rights as all other councillors.

2. The use of the acquired construction units to facilitate the construct of adequate housing has begun. [-1 Construction Unit] [Rudimentary Huts - Provide solar protection during the day, though it is unbearably hot, the residual heat does keep the people comfortable during the chilling nights]

>>45937

Voting Session 3:

>Proposal from brother Alpharius:

"A raw majority be able to pass council, votes regardless of how many have voted on an affair" - this was a stipulation for his voting on the induction of Brother Malus. Should it not pass it is up to him to retract his vote on the previous matter. If the retraction of his vote is t change the results than the vote shall be called into question once more.

1. Pass

2. Reject

>The Induction of Brother Epsilion:

Another of your brothers has come forth and with him a gift of [5 Construction Units]…

1. Increase Council seat to accommodate brother Epsilion.

2. Allow him to stand in for a missing council member

3. Allow his vote to break any ties that may occur

4. Allow him to Propose law to the council

5. Deny him all access to the council

(Note than you can do any combination of 2/3/4 that you wish)

>How does the council wish for the colony to move forward? (Please be clear as to which ONE you choose, with increased population doing more than one may be an option)

1.Irrigate the Farms to increase yield (at the cost of water)?

2. Begin construction of a basic solar plant (will cost 3 construction units)?

3. Write in Ballot?

>The question on sex?

Mother didn't necessarily ban the practice of sex, most of the children had little desire to do so in her presence. Over the last few weeks the population has been rutting quite frequently, and the first signs of pregnancy are upon the colony.

1. Giving life is only for the Mother… (-20 population [F] and stop further "natural" reproduction)

2. Give them your blessing… though tell them to keep it to their huts (+1 Population growth)

3. Give them your blessing (+1 Population growth

4. Encourage the practice (+2 Population growth)

5. Join in on the Fun! (+2 Population growth)

6. Hmmm… state sponsored orgies were something discuss in one of your classes (+4 Population growth, -100 food each turn)

>>45938

First vote: pass on the condition that the vote is triggered in a timely manner allowing everyone a chance to vote.

Second vote: 2, 3 and 4.

3. Give them my blessing and encourage them to be respectful and considerate about it as well as considering the consequences.

>>45890

I make sure to ”cordially” point out that it’s been several weeks and we’re nowhere even near depleting our food stockpiles.

Character Name: Eternum

Mother's Gift: A strong power generator that can be easily maintained and even expanded if needed.

>>45938

>Alpharius' proposal.

I back Primus's solution.

>On the subject of Epsilon

I vote to allow him to stand in for a missing member, to let him tiebreak and to propose new laws.

>moving the colony forwards

We need a Solar farm for energy. Without it many of our gifts are not going to be able to to be used to full efficiency.

>Sex

Give them my blessing, but tell them to be considerate of the circumstances of the child they may bring into the world.

Proposal: Arakis likely has many natural resources, and while we cannot avail ourselves of them yet, we can locate them by scouting around with the A.U.G.E.R. I propose we do so.

>>45942

>moving the colony forwards

Addendum

If Eternum 's plant works to meet our power needs, We should instead work on a water reclamation system. It will be essential to setting up farms and will prevent us from using up the oasis.

Moving forwards: I suggest we set up material collection promgrams. So far the only actual construction material we get is what we get from my harvester. And while that is good it is not enough. We should start mining/excavating and/or grow the best fastest growing waterefficient trees that we could have to 1. Prevent soil erosion and spread an area around us that will work as windbreak and water retention for the soil for a future ecosystem.

2. get materials for construction.

3. Have a start for a future ecosystem.

4. Have some sight for our people to break up the drab sheds and desert. Give them something nice to see and somewhere they can go to be alone for a bit among the trees.

Even if I am not part of the council yet I will be doing

Join in on the Fun! (+2 Population growth)

>>45938

Voting Proposal: I back Primus's solution as well.

Epsilon: I vote to increase the council seats to accommodate our brother.

Construction: We have food production and housing, now it is time for power.

Sex: Join in on the fun.

>>45937

Epsilon:

If my Brothers permit me to vote as part of the council, I will be voting in favor of Alpharius' solution, the construction of a solar plant, and giving a blessing for respectful relations that do not disturb the public peace.

>>45939

>>45942

>>45947

I believe the 'raw majority' refers to simply more than half of the total council seats voting in favor, rendering votes to be recorded as complete if more than half the council approves of them regardless of the total number of seats that have yet voted. The vote being triggered in a timely manner would therefore not be relevant for such purposes. At the moment, I would support such a measure, though supermajority rules and minority objections ought be included at a later date.

>Planet Name: Arrakis

Population: 600 (M:F - 200:401) [+1]

>Current Inventory:

Food : 10800

Water Storage (Oasis) : 300,000/300,000

Construction Units: 4

[Rudimentary Huts - Provide solar protection during the day, though it is unbearably hot, the residual heat does keep the people comfortable during the chilling nights]

>Estimated Production:

Oasis: Water - > 3000

Auto-Harvester: Construction Unit -> 1

Shore Farms: Food -> 300

Solar Plant -> 6 Energy

>Estimated Consumption:

Population: Food -> 600

Population: Water -> 2700

Councillor Gifts:

[Nanobot Swarm] : At the cost of (-3) Energy can use Construction Units to create habitation and complete other small scale projects.

[Auto-Harvester] : Provides 1 Construction Unit per turn at no Cost.

[Xerophilic Augmentation] : Colonists can persist on -10% lest water than the average… (Currently lowers water consumption by -300)

[Stillsuit: 100] : At the cost of (-.1) energy per colonist take them off the grid, up to 100 colonists. The creation of more still suits will cost 1 Construction Unit per ten suits.

[A.U.G.E.R] : Advanced goggles capable of seeing and observing a myriad of natural and unnatural phenomena.

[Guild Backing] : While communication was “discouraged” between the older settlements and the more fledgling planets by the Mother, the discouragement wasn’t always heeded. Trade agreements and negotiations with these parties will surely help your colony survive and prosper

Council Votes:

>Proposal

1. IIII

2.

>Induction

1. II

(2,3,4). II

5.

>Sex

1.

(2,3). III

(4,5). I

6.

>Moving Forward

1.

2. III

3. Water reclamation - I

Results.

1. Council votes will only pass if a majority of the current voters have agreed upon the change. This will take precedence starting next voting session.

2. Due to a stalemate the question of Brother Epsiion’s seat is still in question. The vote will be carried to the next session, however on other ballors Brother Epsilion will be allowed to: Stand in for missing council members, allowed to break any tie vote (should he not be involved in said vote) and the ability to propose new agenda pieces.

3. The council has allowed for the use of [3 construction units] to construct a solar power plant, this plant will provide [+6 Power each round]

4. The people are allowed to continue procreating, though the council is cautionary about child rearing most aren’t thinking that far into the future [+1 Population growth]

>>45967

Proposals: (Proposals will need to be voted into further voting session, they only require 2 votes to be carried forward at which point they will stay in session till rejected completely. Anything not moved from here to the voting session in 1 session must be re-proposed)

Only one Proposal per Councilors (If you wish from more: write it into law or convince another council member to propose it for you - this will also take effect next session)

Brother Malus’s Proposal: Water reclamation system -

Brother Primus’s Proposal: Begin excavation of materials -

Brother Primus’s Proposal: Begin engineering trees that could survive this harsh climate -

Voting Session 3:

Carried Vote: Induction of Brother Epsilion?

1. Increase Council seats to 6

2. Allow him tie breaking privileges on Top of 3

3. Allow him to give proposals

4. Strip him of any power in the council

Induction of Brother Eternum?

1. Increase Council seats to 7

2. Allow him tie breaking privileges on Top of 3

3. Allow him to give proposals

4. Strip him of any power in the council

Work Orders? (Only 1 work order is allowed to pass each round, if one isn’t passed the people shall lay idle)

1. Irrigation? [This will cost water in return for greater food production] [1 construction unit]

2. Set up the nanobots, allowing them to draw power from the solar plant? [This will turn on the construction nanobots, this work will be seperate from what the populace can complete in one session]

3. Power Bank [Allows from storage of excess power produced] [5 construction units]

>>45968

I support both my propositions but not the water reclaimation one cause the aquifier is refilling the oasis faster than we use the water as well as it having huge reserves of water. It would be foolish to waste our resources on it at this point.

Vote 1 and 2.

Either add both fully to council of neither. We can not have an even ammount of councillors.

Vote 3: set up nanobots. This will catapult our progress to many times what it was before.

Primus: ”Fellow councilors. What we need right now is to act rationally. We do not need to produce extra food or water when what we have would last us years. We need to increase or capacity to produce what is needed. We need to get power production. Resource harvesting and then use this to increase the living standards of our people. We all miss the comforts of the station and to get back to those standards as quick as possible we can NOT waste time and resources on things we do not need.”

Another proposition is creating minister positions. Namely

Resource allocation minister: myself.

Would make my vote count for more in resource allocation situations/vetoing.

Security minister: malus.

Security related votes count for more.

Healthcare minister: omegus.

Healthcare votes count for more.

>>45968

On the topic of Council, I find I must back Primus's vote. Either both or none, as we simply cannot afford a deadlock.

As for the work orders. I propose setting up the nanobots then using them to start making a power bank.

>>45968

Proposals: The water reclimation system is not currently needed and excavation would currently take part of the work force away from initial construction. I do, however, support the engineering of trees for this harsh environment as they could aid our growth in a few ways.

Brother Epsilon and Eternum: I vote to allow both in. If they are chosen by Mother as we are then they should be our equals in the council as well.

Work Order: Set up the nanobots. For the price of half our energy production we may increase our production capabilities easily.

>>45968

I also back all my proposal and Primus's first proposal.

>>45812

"I know that simple arithmetic is maybe too advanced for you. But surely you can see that what lasts for several years and we can improve in a matter of weeks or days when we get the nanobots and infrastructure up can wait as we get the infrastructure up so we actually can make improvements. You would want us to remain in mudhuts and use stone tools to dig up roots to make the tiny improvements we don't need.

Thinking you would be better out among the dunes than someone we train and has plenty of experience in said task is the height of arrogance. And training your for said task would take away from your intended duties of learning what you need to know for your duties on this council. If you want to go out among the dunes then first relinquish your position on the council.

And sure. is that really a dig at me you should make ALPHArius?

>>45981

"If you would clean the sand out from your ears Primus, you would clearly hear my support for the notion for the activation of the machines, as it is the only course of thought that has any logic to it, but I suppose you were too busy contemplating what you would like to eat next. Furthermore, I, Alpharius, will be the only person I would risk to send out into that open unknown, as it would seem that unlike you brother, i have a spine, though I am sure if we dig long enough we could find one in your gelatinous form."

>>45982

>>45981

Can both of you twits stop bickering like schola children and throwing the most unbecoming insults at each other? Mother above I was lead to believe you both had gone through you full growth cycles before being lead to this settlement.

Primus the water reclamation system is a necessity for growing our settlement, and we WILL grow given the female are already producing children. We will quickly outstrip the oasis's ability to supply us with water. While the construction nanaites are everyone's first choice we will need to keep our water cycle locked and the system is a necessity for that reason. Alpharius was simply trying to be efficient and come up with a way to let us use the run off from it constructively.

>Planet Name: Arrakis

Population: 600 (M:F - 200:402) [+1]

>Current Inventory:

Food : 10500

Water Storage (Oasis) : 300,000/300,000

Construction Units: 5

[Rudimentary Huts - Provide solar protection during the day, though it is unbearably hot, the residual heat does keep the people comfortable during the chilling nights]

>Estimated Production:

Oasis: Water - > 3000

Auto-Harvester: Construction Unit -> 1

Shore Farms: Food -> 300

Solar Plant: Energy -> 6

Nuclear Reactor: Energy -> 0

>Estimated Consumption:

Population: Food -> 600

Population: Water -> 2700

Nanonot Swarm: Energy -> 3

Councillor Gifts:

[Nanobot Swarm] : At the cost of (-3) Energy can use Construction Units to create habitation and complete other small scale projects.

[Auto-Harvester] : Provides 1 Construction Unit per turn at no Cost.

[Xerophilic Augmentation] : Colonists can persist on -10% lest water than the average… (Currently lowers water consumption by -300)

[Stillsuit: 100] : At the cost of (-.1) energy per colonist take them off the grid, up to 100 colonists. The creation of more still suits will cost 1 Construction Unit per ten suits.

[A.U.G.E.R] : Advanced goggles capable of seeing and observing a myriad of natural and unnatural phenomena.

[Guild Backing] : While communication was “discouraged” between the older settlements and the more fledgling planets by the Mother, the discouragement wasn’t always heeded. Trade agreements and negotiations with these parties will surely help your colony survive and prosper

[Nuclear Reactor] : Requires Fuel / A safe self contained reactor that provides clean energy and minimal waste products [When fueled produces 100 Energy]

>Proposal’s Passed: [Required two Councilors to Greenlight]

Water reclamation - II [Passed]

Excavation of Materials - II [Passed]

Bioengineering Trees - II [Passed]

>Council Votes: [Requites a Majority of Current Voters to be codified in Law]

Induction of Brother Epsilion:

1. Yes - IIII

Induction of Brother Eternum:

1. Yes - IIII

Work Orders: [Only can be completed each round]

1. Irrigation -

2. Turning on the Nanobots - IIII

3. Construct a Powerbank -

>Results:

1: The Induction of brother Epsilion has passed he is now the sixth council member.

2: The Induction of brother Eternum has passed he is now the seventh council member

3: The Nanobots have been hooked up to the power grid and are now ready to begin working [The Nanobots will be able to complete all construction related work orders, separately from the populace]

>>45996

>>45967

>Proposals:

Proposal of Brother Primus: Creation of Weighted Council Positions

Proposal of Brother Alpharius: Expedition into the sands

>Voting Session 4:

>1: Induction of Brother Tarkus? - He brings with him an Orbital Cannon

1. Full Member of the Council?

2. Fill in Member of the Council?

3. Rejected from the Council?

>2: Work Orders: [Populace - Can complete one Order]

1. Construction of Irrigation [Will increase food output at the cost of Water]

2. Construction of a Water Reclamation System [Will catch Evaporating water rising from the Oasis to allow for drinking]

3. Construction of an Excavator [Cost: 5 Construction Units] [Will extract Raw material that can be used for various projects]

4. Bioengineering Project: Part 1 - Construction of a Laboratory [Cost: 2 Construction Units]

5. Construction of a Energy-Bank:[Cost: 1 Construction Units] [Will store up to 100 energy]

>3: Work Orders: [Nanobots - Can complete one Order]

1. Construction of a Water Reclamation System [Will catch Evaporating water rising from the Oasis to allow for drinking]

2. Construction of an Excavator [Cost: 5 Construction Units] [Will extract Raw material that can be used for various projects]

3. Bioengineering Project: Part 1 - Construction of a Laboratory [Cost: 2 Construction Units]

4. Construction of a Energy-Bank:[Cost: 1 Construction Units] [Will store up to 100 energy]

>Event: [How to deal with this event is to be decided by vote]

A dying man is brought before the council, a sobbing woman at his side. She was his lover up until days ago when she had found him sleeping with another woman, angry she had left him for another man. Just hours ago the two men had gotten into a fight over her, her new lover had proceeded to beat the man to death. No laws are in place for these sort of acts yet all knew it was wrong, how should the council proceed.

1. Use the newly online nanobots to keep the man alive during a long operation [You will not be able to use the nanobots this turn]

2. Look inward and reflect on this, if the council had put into law a consequence for such actions this never would have happened [All council members are allowed to forward two proposals this session]

3. Bring for the murderer and slay him, it was within the council rights to do so and would set a precedent [Would stop any crime [events] from being commited till Session 10]

>Announcement: If you wish to join the game from here on out it will be a prominent member of the citizenry. No more councilmen to be added, your gift from the mother shall be more personal instead of for the colony itself…

Epsilon:

1) Brother Epsilon votes to allow Tarkus to fill in in the event of a missing councilman, as we cannot have an even number of council members with so few of us available.

2/3) Voting in favor of the POPULACE completing a Excavator while the NANOBOTS complete an Energy Bank. Our two highest priorities at the moment should be establishing a storage system for our energy in case of an energy failure, which we would otherwise be totally unprepared for, and to start production of raw material for use once our construction material runs out. A laboratory should be our priority once we have a reliable source of construction units, as our other resources are currently quite stable.

4 (event): I vote for option 3. Specifically, I am extending option 3 into a proposal to codify the first laws of Arrakis, focusing around the introduction of a legal right to property and life as a foundational document known as the Epsilon Accords. The punishment for thievery of legally recognized land or property ought to be repayment, either in an object of similar worth or labor to be produced of equal value, while the punishment for murder, aside from the ambiguously-defined 'breach of honor' which permits a formal duel, ought be death.

>>45997

Omegus:

Propositions: I vote no on both propositions at the current time.

Tarkus: I agree with brother Epsilon to allow Tarkus in a fill in capacity so that the voting may always have a possible majority. With this I have a proposal: That if any Fill In members are have filled in for the same seat for two sessions they may take over that seat as a full member and the current councilman of that seat shall become a Fill In member.

Work orders: I vote the populace begin setting up a water reclamation system while the nanobots begin working on the energy bank.

Event: The man has sullied his hands with the blood of his brother, and if he would do so once he would do so again. Bring him in and execute him.

>>45998

>>45997

Insofar as the proposals go, I am voting no on the weighted council positions (Without a council leader, the position of 'ministers' is a clear and ridiculous attempt at a power grab, and it seems ridiculous you would expect this to be supported without even extending a majority of beneficial positions to other councilmen.)

I vote no on the second proposal as well. We do not even have basic resources up yet; an expedition party should be properly armed and equipped, and we cannot afford to lose anyone at the moment.

>>45997

I Malus, Agree with Epsilon on the proposals. We lack the means and the resources for an expedition to be fruitful. As for seats? Wholly unworkable and frankly a blatant power grab.

On the subject of Tarkus, as we do not have enough men for a full odd numbered council, I vote he fills in if one is absent. This way we can get a clear amount of votes and our brother's input can be used without unbalancing things.

The populace should build an energy bank, we need to be able to store excess power in case of an emergency.

The nanite swarm should build an excavator for additional resources. WE will need them to have our colony flourish.

For the murderer

I back Epsilon's proposed course of action. Execute the man and create a set of codified laws so if this happens again we can deal with it accordingly.

Proposal: Imrpove our shelters so we do not need so much water to keep our populace cool. the easiest way would be a series of covered dugouts and cloths suspended over the heads of settlement to keep the burning sun out.

>>45998

If we get our +1 from the auto-harvester at the beginning of the next turn instead of the end of this one, I swap my vote for construction to Excavators and Water Reclamation.

>>45997

P1. There is no reason to have weighted positions this early on.

P2. While it is good to want to explore and understand the world, it would be pointless to do so while we have so many things that we can do here that will bring immediate benefit instead of wasting resources and manpower on an expedition which is unlikely to bring anything of greater value than what we are currently working on.

1. He can stand in for an absent member. Sadly I think 11 Councillors would be grossly inflated for the size of our settlement however.

2. We need to use our resources to get an excavator at all costs, otherwise we will be permanently stilted in terms of resources for our projects. it is wasteful to get an energy bank right now as well, as we cannot afford it and our solar panels will be straining with our growing industry making any power saving miniscule and unlikely to keep us afloat in any significant period of time.

Event. Use the nanobots to keep him alive, with the construction of the extractor there can be no pragmatic reason to leave him to die while they sit idle. I also see that everyone is quick for blood, I beg of you to stay your hand and grant this man mercy as well. While I am ashamed to admit it, I had also participated in this revelry and have gotten into fights with my brothers, everyone here had underestimated the passions involved and it is no wonder that some have lost control of themselves.

Proposal: As what must have been intended by the mother given the ratio between the two sexes at the start of our people. A man must be expected to have two female lovers dedicated to him. Therefore I propose the system of marriage which I had learned about from mother. Despite some variations, it would seem that all previous successful civilizations had implemented this system in some form and it would behoove us to do so as well, before any more crimes of passion happen again.

>>46004

You can give that look all you want, but I am not the one leaving my brother to die and then immediately try to kill another.

>>45812

"at the current rate of reproduction it would take us a multitude of years (70~ turns) before our populations water need outstrips the natural refilling of the oasis and even after that the natural reservoir will last us for hundreds more of years. So before we actually use more water than it refills we should focus on getting our infrastructure and construction capabilities up and running so that we can later actually afford to do all these projects. As it it is now as said the only income we have for our resources is my harvester that moves along out there in the desert. Our need for resources far outstrips our production at the moment and any construction that is not direly needed right now has to wait."

"Any water reclaimation more than not being needed won't even be ACTIVATED for several years (70~ turns). so building it would just be a monument to waste as it deteriorates."

"Do we know if this murderer was the one who instigated the fight? From what we've heard it would appear that the dead man was the one who instigated the fight and the other person merely defended himself. For why should the new lover seek out to slay the old one? We need to know more, For what example would we set if defending yourself gets you killed?"

"If it's truly estimated that the water reclaimation system will not use up any of our reources or energy then we could do that if we could not use the current resources the harvester is getting us to get both extractor and the lab up."

>>46008

You are aware I put the priority on resources yes? Stop being a pedant.

>>46012

We patently will not have the resources to make a lab and excavator this cycle. It'll take the entire cycle to get the excavator running, and it won't start producing until next cycle at the earliest.

p1: no

p2: no

1) can stand in for absent members.

2) Get that excavator up

3) water reclaimation if it doesn't cost anything

Event) I find it unlikely that the new boyfriend instigated the fight. therefore killing him for defending himself would be highly unethical and set a bad precedence. 2.

Proposal: same as before with the trees.

Setting up a small policing force tasked with investigating crime

change to event and 3.

instead of getting reclaimation up keep the man alive

>Planet Name: Arrakis

Population: 600 (M:F - 198:403) [+1]

>Current Inventory:

Food : 10199

Water Storage (Oasis) : 300,000/300,000

Construction Units: 1

[Rudimentary Huts - Provide solar protection during the day, though it is unbearably hot, the residual heat does keep the people comfortable during the chilling nights]

[Solar Plant - a set of solar panels providing [6] electricity to the colony]

[Excavator - Costs 5 Energy to Run, provides 3 Raw Materials Each turn these Materials can be Processed into a number of useful things using a refinery]

>Estimated Production:

Oasis: Water - > 3000

Auto-Harvester: Construction Unit -> 1

Shore Farms: Food -> 300

Solar Plant: Energy -> 6

Nuclear Reactor: Energy -> 0

>Estimated Consumption:

Population: Food -> 601

Population: Water -> 2704.5

Nanobot Swarm: Energy -> 3

Councillor Gifts:

[Nanobot Swarm] : At the cost of (-3) Energy can use Construction Units to create habitation and complete other small scale projects.

[Auto-Harvester] : Provides 1 Construction Unit per turn at no Cost.

[Xerophilic Augmentation] : Colonists can persist on -10% less water than the average… (Currently lowers water consumption by -300)

[Stillsuit: 100] : At the cost of (-.1) energy per colonist take them off the grid, up to 100 colonists. The creation of more still suits will cost 1 Construction Unit per ten suits.

[A.U.G.E.R] : Advanced goggles capable of seeing and observing a myriad of natural and unnatural phenomena.

[Guild Backing] : While communication was “discouraged” between the older settlements and the more fledgling planets by the Mother, the discouragement wasn’t always heeded. Trade agreements and negotiations with these parties will surely help your colony survive and prosper

[Nuclear Reactor] : Requires Fuel / A safe self contained reactor that provides clean energy and minimal waste products [When fueled produces 100 Energy]

>Proposal’s Passed: [Required two Councilors to Greenlight]

Creation of Weighted Council Positions: [Dismissed]

Expedition into the Sands: [Dismissed]

>Council Votes: [Requires a Majority of Current Voters to be codified in Law]

Induction of Brother Tarkus:

[Full Member] -

[Fill in Member] - IIII

[Reject his Seat] -

Work Order [Populace]:

[1]

[2] - I

[3] - III

[4]

[5] - I

Work Order [Nanobots]:

[1] -

[2] - II

[3]

[4] - I

Event:

[1] Save the Man - II

[2] Look inwards -

[3] Execute the Murderer - III

>Results:

1. Brother Tarkus shall be given a fill in position for any missing member of the council

2. The Populace shall build an excavator [Excavator - Costs 5 Energy to Run, provides 3 Raw Materials Each turn these Materials can be Processed into a number of useful things using a refinery] [Costed 5 Construction Units]

3. The Nanobots sit at a standstill as the vote is split 2 for Saving the man, 2 for the construction of an Excavator and 1 for the construction of a energy bank.

4. The man dies before you as the villagers bring forth the murderer, covered in bruises and clearly inebriated the man is hung outside the council tent as the women screams for mercy… [No crime shall be committed for some time to be exact till session 10)] none question the council decision but some wonder why the other man died as the new nano swarm sat idle.

>>46018

>Session 4 Proposals:

Brother Omegus’s Proposal: Council Member Rotation

Brother Malus’s Proposal: Improve the Settlement’s dwellings

Brother Eternum’s Propsal: Codified Intercourse [Marriage]

Brother Primus’s Proposal: Military Task Force

>Voting Session 5:

Work Order [Populace]:

1. Construction of Irrigation [Will increase food output at the cost of Water]

2. Construction of a Water Reclamation System [Will catch Evaporating water rising from the Oasis to allow for drinking]

3. Bioengineering Project: Part 1 - Construction of a Laboratory [Cost: 2 Construction Units]

4. Construction of a Energy-Bank:[Cost: 1 Construction Units] [Will store up to 100 energy]

Work Order [Nanoswarm]:

1. Bioengineering Project: Part 1 - Construction of a Laboratory [Cost: 2 Construction Units]

2. Construction of a Energy-Bank:[Cost: 1 Construction Units] [Will store up to 100 energy]

>Event: Communication

It has become clear that brother Epsilon’s contacts are attempting communication, a relay tower is needed in order to begin communications however?

1. Yes - Add [Communication relay] to the work orders list

2. No - It is to risky to allow others access to our fledgling colony

>>46022

Omegus: "I believe you are misunderstanding the situation. The man executed beat a man to death. We must let the populace know that there can be no mercy for murderers or attempted murderers, not this early in our settlement's history. As well, as you say the murdered man may have started it, and his punishment has been inaction. Investigation can occur when we have a specifically trained protective force, but we do not have that currently."

"Everyone just calm down for one moment, will you?" Tarkus says in a loud, but even voice, reaching for the button on his cannon. "two men lie dead, and I'd rather that's the full body count for now. Maybe you should work on some laws, so this doesn't happen again."

>>46022

>>46025

Primus, using our extremely valuable and rare resources to save a single citizen when our colony does not even have enough food to sustain itself - something those same resources can fix - is nothing short of shortsighted idiocy. I am growing tired of your blatant attempts at powergrubbing, first with a failed coalition and now with this populism. Therefore, my proposal for this turn is that any further attempts at inciting rebellion or anti-council sentiment, as determined by a majority vote, will be grounds for immediate dismissal from the council.

>>46020

My own proposal: Yes

Omegus' proposal: No

Malus' Proposal: Yes, but only if it doesn't cost construction units. Otherwise, no.

Eternum's Proposal: Yes

Primus' Proposal: Yes, but organize them specifically as a police force to enforce the Epsilon Accords. No formal military is necessary at the moment and we don't even have guns to arm them with.

Populace work order:

Water Reclamation System

Nanoswarm work order:

Excavator

Event:

Yes, obviously. We have an excess of food and a shortage of construction materials, getting trade up and running would solve many of our present issues.

>>46028

>>46035

Edit: Since we built an excavator last turn as our one successful work order, change the Nanoswarm work order to nothing for this turn. Maybe helping arm and organize our police force somehow if possible.

>>46035

(not sure if I've been torn apart by angry mob or not so tentative answer)

"The extremely valuable and rare resource you speak of was left unused doing nothing and would not have cost us anything at all to use. Instead the council voted to let him die and to kill a man who most likely just defended himself without even looking into the matter. what kind of example is this to set for the colony? 'you bother the council and we kill you no matter the circumstances?' What if someone hurts themselves and blames someone else? Will we just execute that person without any knowledge at all?"

>>46038

"The ones left idle because you hung up the vote for hours and didn't let us use them, yes. Those rare and valuable resources, Primus. You're quite observant, aren't you?"

Epsilon shakes his balding head in irritation, trussling his bright blue cloak around as he does so.

"It's an interesting stretch of the imagination to say that a murderer was 'challenging the council'. He was killed for the unplanned and unagreed murder of a fellow citizen, not for 'bothering the council'. And were to to pay attention to our proceedings, I have proposed a draft for a set of formalized laws, for which you yourself have already proposed an investigative unit to be attached to - with the specific intent of finding out the truth of such matters. Feel free to get yourself killed if you so desire, but keep Arrakis out of it. We have a peoples to support."

>>46040

I voted quite clearly after looking into the matter instead of immediately voting for people to die without understanding. Only one other person voted for life while three voted for death. The ones that left it this way are those on the side of death who choose not to save him."

>>45997

Watching Brother Malus strip off his clothes and drown himself in the oasis as the crowd watches, Alpharius returns with his fellow brothers to the council chambers for their annual meeting and voting session.

"I support the vote of Brother Eternum, it would help prevent occurrences such as this from happening in the future if the wrath of the mother was threatened upon adulterers. As for our populace and robots, they should be put to work on the water reclamation system and energy bank respectively. I do as well think that a relay tower would be a keen idea, but that we should prepare for the eventuality of hostile spacefarers before we invite people to our new home. "

>>45998

Proposal from brother Epsilon that I missed:* a proposal to codify the first laws of Arrakis, focusing around the introduction of a legal right to property and life as a foundational document known as the Epsilon Accords. The punishment for thievery of legally recognized land or property ought to be repayment, either in an object of similar worth or labor to be produced of equal value, while the punishment for murder, aside from the ambiguously-defined 'breach of honor' which permits a formal duel, ought be death.

>>46048

>Brother Malice murders several people

>Alpharius is a shitposter

>>46047

>>46018

Brother Omegus’s Proposal: Council Member Rotation -N

Brother Malus’s Proposal: Improve the Settlement’s dwellings -Y

Brother Eternum’s Propsal: Codified Intercourse [Marriage] -N

Brother Primus’s Proposal: Military Task Force -N

Pop- Water reclamation

Swarm - Energy bank

Event -N they'll want to take over as soon as they see how primitive we are.

>>46047

VOTE ON THIS

>>46050

Brother Omegus’s Proposal: Council Member Rotation

Amend vote to Y

>>46018

Brother Omegus’s Proposal: Council Member Rotation: Y

Brother Malus’s Proposal: Improve the Settlement’s dwellings: Y

Brother Eternum’s Propsal: Codified Intercourse [Marriage]: Y

Brother Primus’s Proposal: Military Task Force: Y

Work Order [Populace]: Construction of a Water Reclamation System [Will catch Evaporating water rising from the Oasis to allow for drinking]

Work Order [Nanoswarm]: Turn off the nanoswarm so that we may put the excavator to work.

>Event: Communication

1. Yes - Add [Communication relay] to the work orders list

Proposal: It is apparent that we are in great need of construction materials in order to keep up production. We should enlist the populace in this so that we may set up a refinery and get the nuclear reactor online to solve our power issues, as the excavator is idle unless we turn off the nanobots.