Day: 23/01/2018

Fortunes for the Bold: Part 1

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Current AAR project: Stellaris 1.9 with assorted mods
Here follows the state of the Vrinn Consortium at the beginning of the 2220 CE elections for Chairman, which resulted in the re-election of Chairwoman Vikal Taras (born 2165) to her second 20-year term.

The Vrinn Consortium

Ethoi: Pacifist Materialist Xenophile
Authority: Oligarchic
Government: Trade League
Civics: Corporate Dominion, Mining Guilds

Planets

Jara (Jenisha I): Vrinn homeworld and capital of the Consortium
Type: Tropical
Size: 18
Population: 12.2118 POPs (approximately 12 billion Vrinn)
Economy: +17 energy, +10 minerals, +3 unity, +2 Physics, +7 Society, +6 Engineering,
+2 food per month
Industries: Agriculture, finance, light and heavy industry, research and development, education, energy, culture

Malh Toledurk (Rijin III)
Type: Tropical
Size: 23
Capital: Enterprise
Colonized: 2206.6.13-2208.7.1
Population: 3.6925 POPs (approximately 615,500 Vrinn)
Economy: -0.4 energy, +2 unity, +2 food per month
Industries: Agriculture, culture and tourism

Vi Talas (Bisanavi II)
Type: Ocean
Size: 25
Capital: Vikal’s Landing
Colonized: 2210.3.16
Population: 2.9601 POPs (approximately 194,000 Vrinn)
Economy: +0.6 energy, 1 food per month
Industries: Agriculture

Valk Goram (Bivham II)
Type: Desert
Size: 22
Capital: Endeavor
Colonized: 2217.12.22 – 2219.8.1
Population: 1.1242 POPs (approximately 15,000 Vrinn)
Economy: 1 energy and -1 food per month
Industries: None of significance

Winter Winds

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The title for this post comes from the Mumford and Sons song, though considering my recent YouTube music consumption, a song from Hudson Taylor would also be appropriate, and arguably more so considering my ex-girlfriend introduced me to Hudson Taylor a few months ago.

I’m not sure how to begin. As I wrote in my last post, I’ve thought about writing about my relationship that ended just over a month ago, but after explaining the title I chose for this post I realized that I wasn’t sure what to say. It’s tempting to relate the title to the weather, which has been quite variable lately (bitterly cold, snowed and near 0°F early last week, warmed up to near 60°F this weekend, rained yesterday, around 35°F and windy today and some snow this evening), but I’ll try to resist the urge to digress too much. Continue reading →