TW+2126+EoT+1

MIL: 2 1. My soldiers will simply train and work on my defenses. However while they do this they will also work with my espionage to make as much noise as possible, so that they appear to be a larger force than they actually are if anyone comes looking.  ECO: 2 1. + will go into building a small space station with the help of the technorapture. Essentially what I'm trying to do here is establish relations with Technorapture. So that they will trust me more and eventually I will have an easier time gaining access to the space factions. I figure this will be very useful since most of them seem the types to have high technology. So they'll probably have lots of interesting research to steal. I expect most people will be fairly suspicious of trade agreements and such right now, given what you said about them opening you up a little to espionage, but by getting on good terms with them now and not doing anything suspicious I hope that they will eventually lower their guard.  2. + will go into upgrading my own labs.  ESP: 7 1. ++ will go into obfuscating my stats. The main priority is to lower my apparent espionage level to average. If possible I also want to raise my apparent military level to average with the help of my noisy soldiers. That way my country will appear to be mostly average in terms of military and espionage. If they see my high technology that is ok. It will simply look like I traded my econ and reputation for high morale and technology.  2. +++++ will go into setting up outside information networks and an organization for my information broker. I may give him some of my own espionage, but I'll make my descision on that after I see how my EoT works out.  TEC: 6 1. + will go into setting up a genetic engineering division. I don't expect much with just a + invested, but I need a foundation for further work here.  <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">2. +++++ will go into researching psionics. The first of many eventual goals will be to figure out short range telepathy between two prepared agents. The objective here is to start doing away with physical or electronic dead drops that could expose my agents. I suppose eventually enough people might get psionics that I'll need to worry about shielding that as well, but for now it's likely going to make my agents considerably harder to detect. Of course I'll still need dead drops and contacts for larger pieces of information like schematics and stuff, but this should cut down on the routine contacts between agents. And the fewer contacts I have the less likely an agents are to be observed. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">MOR: 6 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">1. All of my morale will go into screening my population, all of it not just my espionage division, for the perfect candidate to be assigned as my information broker. I want someone who is a strong leader, is able to act independently, and yet is still completely loyal. Whoever it is will be working almost completely on their own, and will likely have to pretend to be the head of a criminal organization. So they need to be dedicated to this. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Kind of a metagame note here, but if this proves to be succesful then several years down the line I will probably bring this person back in to lead my country since they will have proved that they have the skills to handle that sort of thing. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">REP: 2 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">1. My diplomats will work with talking to the Andean Union and Brazil to establish a better relationship with my neighbors. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">

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MIL: 2 ECO: 2 ESP: 7 TEC: 6 MOR: 6 REP: 2

Your military trains relentlessly, frequently marching alongside decoys and balloon armies. Though this feels a little silly to many of your soldiers, they nonetheless perform with great aplomb and decorum. In an entirely unrelated note, the fictional “Colonel Popper” has become an unusually-common sight in officer mess halls.

The small orbital station comes online on schedule. Though its docking capacity is limited, it shows promise, especially with further expansion and development. Your investment into your labs draws the attention of several researchers who show interest, and hope for further funding increases.

Your efforts to conceal your nation’s espionage arm and enhance their military arm are divided, and with resources split between the two, can’t manage to hide more than 1 stat point each. Fortunately, as far as they can tell, no one seems to be looking anyways, and the deceit will likely pass unnoticed to any passing glance.

You lay a basic foundation for genetic engineering development, and the expansion of the Genetic Sciences building of the University of Buenos Aires is greeted cheerfully by its faculty.

Your operations in psionics, particularly telepathy, show progress, and it is believed that a breakthrough may be made in 1-1.5 years depending on rate of investment.

The Information Broker: 5 ESP, 6 MOR

Several promising individuals have been selected, and after a thorough winnowing, a single candidate has been selected. With significant training

[Information Broker created with 5 t.ESP, 1 MOR. Continuing investment will develop their permanent stats further. Feel free to come up with the fluff for the faction and/or individual if you wish, or else I can do so myself if you’re worried a similarity in writing style may lead players OOC to you or just don’t feel like it. The faction will not be made public until you wish to make them public.]

Your approaches to the Andean and Brazilian governments both appear to be somewhat successful. While the Andean government is more outwardly friendlier, the Brazilian consulate appears to be somewhat friendlier in spite of a grudging air.

[Roll summary]

Federation to Andean: 1 REP (1d8)=5

Federation to Brazil: 1 REP (1d8)=5