1 Jan. 2226,

... Serak looks over his reports ...

Status Reports,

* Earth *
... The the new Manufacturing center built on top of an excavated precursor site has yielded inpressive results. The next major project is to complete the new Science Lab the is being built near an ancient archiological site. (that should make the scientists happy, the senate choose it to be the next rush job.)

* Ships *
** USS Free Enterprise sent to construct Mining Station
** the Colony Ship (can't find a good name for it.) is being sent towards Alpha Centauri.
** The Bonaventure is on its way outside to solar system. (P.S. the inability to build another Bonaventure class still irks me.)

* Shipyard *
** build lots of colony ships!!!
** new ship estimated in 9 weeks

* Econony *
** Taxes: 49%, Revenue: 39BC
** Spending: 90% of capacity, 44 bc
** Spying 1 BC
Net Income: -5 BC

Approval: 77%

* Research *
Some of Archers notes were found. Allowing the Engine program procede to reaquire stage II.

Archer' log.

15 Jan. 2226,

... Well, we finally made it out of the system. As it turns out Earth is near the edge of a cluster, I call it a corner. So, after the previous encounter, we headed "east" and found another ship wreckage.

... Then our ships sensors finally picked up the outskirts of a new system. It is too early to tell if there is any good planets.

Presidents Log.

15 Jan. 2226,

The lab is built. Next is another lab, followed by 2 market centers.

The shock is starting was starting to where off until Archer found another wreck. Speculation continues.

Keep going, pleeze! I'm all ears ... (well, not really. I did get stuffed in a paper bag as a child tho  ) You have at least one Fan!

ElWhopO,

... Thank you so much. It is my first attempt at an AAR.

Colony Ship 2 Log.

8 Mar. 2226

... Captain lewis reporting. Well, we launched without a hitch. I'm glad for the command, but please, a colony ship? Admiral Forrest said be glad. I suppose it could be worse. When I entered command school, I was trained for survey duty. Adm, Forrest says the circumstances aren't ideal, but I get to command and survey systems until we find a good planet.

15 Mar. 2226

... Not much to report.

22 Mar. 2226

... We are heading in the general direction of the first Colony ship. I've desided to vere off course a little. call it a hunch. And what do you know I find a system.

... Now the brass is keeping a catalogue of stars, for their upcoming cartography department. They designated this star, get this, Gounaroplous. Huh? I told Adm. Forrest surely he was kidding. He said, unfortuneately no. It is named after to head of the Astronomy dept. in Greece. (I will call it G Star.)

1 April 2226

... April fools day.

... I thought it was joke when I heard Captain McGee finally found something. Good for him. Hopefully I will find something quick.

... Wow. Captain McGee got promoted. With my luck I wont be so lucky.

... Sensors picked up a planet in G Star, G3 Class 4, Toxic. Moving on.

USS Bonaventure Log.

8 Mar. 2226

... Well, we have been traveling through a lot of empty space. Until we made an interesting discovery. We ran across another ship dead in space. It was damaged but it was carrying an estimated 100 BC worth of artifacts and data.

1 April 2226

... I'm really beginning to get curious abou this part of space. What the hell happened out here anyway. We stumbled across another ship drifting in space. I don't always go along on away missions but I desided to go on this one.

... And wow what a ship. I'm hoping they get that universal translator thing working soon but I won't hold my breath. My guess based on the marking is that this is some sort of Royal Escort. Can't read the logs so, I'm have to send them back.

... It is a very nice vessel. I was amazed that the cargo hold was still intact. I would estimate it's value at 500 bc. I still can't tell how old it is.

... President Thomas Serak was sitting in his presidential office evaluating his last four months in office.

Thomas Serak, Personal Log.

1 April 2226

... Things seemed to be going very smoothly. We now have a new extra solar colony. Which are starting to excite alot of people still scared from war. Unfortunately with colonies come great responsibilities.

... The Senate thought it was a good idea to set up new training centers. Anything to waste money. But I have to admit we have no choice. But the fight still continues over whether to train people here or on the new colonies.

... Another problem with colonies are the huge drain on the budget. We just hope a solution can be reached before the colonies become self sufficient. We really don't need separatists ruining things.

... Except for some grumbling UNDSPA is doing a great job. But those derelic ships Archer has found are disturbing. So a think tank has been formed. The idea is to prepare for the notion that we are not alone as seen on Andoria. It took too long to communicate those people. So, we need a Universal translator.

... Another issue being discussed is how much should be put into weapons development. The military wants armed survey ships and complain that our state of the art balistic missile just don't work well. they are too slow and take too long to hit the target. With so many things needing to be developed, weary is the head that holds the crown.

* Progress Reports *

1 April 2226

Tax Rate..... 49% ..... Revenue ..... 52 BC
Spending..... 90% ..... Spending ... -84 BC
Espionage .......................... - 1 BC
Net ................................ -32 BC

Approval Rating ..... 76%

Personal Log Supplimental

... Progress reports look good. While I'm told the treasury is strong. I still haven't seen the reports. I'm being stonewalled.

Colony Ship 3 Log.

1 July 2226

... After about nine weeks since launch, I was getting pretty bored. I'm glad Captain Lewis, I mean Commodore Lewis, found Lares. But we finally found ourselves a system, Patroklos (I guess they had to make the Russians happy.)

... Pat I is a Class 5, Aquatic
... Pat II is class 12, Toxic

... ever forward.

Free Enterprise Log.

Captain Mudd Reporting.

8 April 2226

... We finally finished Mining Base 2. Advanced Asteroid surveys believe we can get one more base built. I have to admire those crews ... they deserve every penny of their hazard pay.

22 April 2226

... Well our orders have come through. After we get done with Mining Base 3, procede to the Umers system.

Bonaventure Log.

Captain Log.

8 May 2226

... After spending many weeks finding only a couple of interesting things, we found anouther abandoned ship. Brass says it was worth 250 BC.

Captain's Personal Log.

15 June 2226

... Well another Captain got promoted to Commodore. I'm not sure How I feel about it. Admiral Forrest says don't worry about it. I am in Starfleet. Commodores McGee and Lewis are in Colonization. The future is very bright for me. I say, Uh-Huh.

... President Sarek gets more reports,

8 July 2226

... Admiral of the Fleet Forrest came into the office to make his report.

... "Admiral Forrest, I do hope you have good news this week."

... "Well yes sir I do. The Free enterprise has made it to Umera. Archer reports that he is passing through Gandalf, but it doesn't seem to have any useful planets. R&D says it should have the basics down on Galactic Warfare for the simulators. "

... "And Commodore McGee said the new plans for the Auxilery Survey ships are ready. He doesn't like to call them cruisers. But said the shipyard will have the first one finished in 17 weeks."

... "seventeen weeks." *whistles* "Well, I guess that can't be helped. What do you plan to call the new class?", asked the president.

... "I'll try to get the ship quicker, but I wont hold my breath. A good PR move would be to let the school kids deside."

... "Excellant, Good job, Forrest."

Captain Archer's Personal Log Suplimental.

22 July 2226

... Space is an interesting place. It is many fully of boring routine with the occasional spurt of excitement. I've had a couple of weeks to think about the Aux Survey Ship. The press I hear had a field with its initials. Poor Commodore McGee. I'm not sure he will ever get out of the doghouse.

... From what I understand, they had a smaller design planned but the mass of a second Ion engine was too much. So, they were forced to try the Freighter hull. It isn't ideal. if it gets into trouble it isn't very sturdy. But it does the job with speed and sensors.

8 July 2226

President Serak sits at his desk with Adm Forrest and the Econ Secretary.

... "Well gentlemen, I finally got a little better report info...

* Tax: 498%, Revenue: 63 BC
* Spending 90%, for -140 Bc
* Spying: 1BC
*net -76 BC

*Approval is a healthy 76%

* Population: 9.935 B

* Treasury: 3257 BC

... "How is the Navy?"

... "We're doing fine. The red tape has loosened. And Colony and transport Dept. says things couldn't be smoother. Although I think the pace has caught many of them off guard."

... "Thank you Adm. How about Economics?"

... "Mr. President I do apologize for my department lack of info until now. But careful analysis over the last 7 months has shown a treasury deficite of nearly 1750 bc. we're holding but it needs monitoring.

... "Excuse me Mr. President." Adm. Forrest cut in. "Captain Archer has picked up signs of a huge planet that might be useful. requests C&T check it out."

It reads preety good ... you want an honest opinion? I was a little put off by the spacing, but that's ok. The inserting of information that might be useful for others while playing their games is an attraction. lot's of reading required to sift it out, IMHO. Longer posts/fewer total might be something to think about.

Some aar's also insert screenshots to illustrate a particular event, right from the game play. I dunno if an image host is required for that but I think so. It would be something interesting to do, anyway, while your creativity percolates along.

Keep it coming! I'm reading it if no one else is.   

* 6 Months Later, 1 Jan 2227 *

... It has been a busy year indeed. and the president looks over his reports with his staff and Adm. Forrest.
... "Well, gentlemen, this has been an amazing year. We have placed 5 colonies with five more on the way."
... Economic Secrety Gates was adressed next. "Gates how are the econ numbers?"
... Fearing the question, Bill took a deep breath. "Well, they look like this..."

* Yearly Ending Report *
* Tax: 49%, Revenue: 118 BC
* Spe: 90%, Spending: -208 BC
* Espionage: -1 Bc
* Tourism: +2 BC
*Net: - 85 Bc/ week

* Approval 76%
* Pop: 13.225 b
* treasury: 762 BC

... "Sir we can't keep up this pace."
... "What do you suggest?"
... Bill thought it over. "Let's suspend the colonization program until get results from the last five colony ships. and balance the budget for another quarter. Let's focus earth's social production so we can get the Manufactioning capital done. I estimate will be done in 8 weeks."
... "How much revenue we have left?"
... "About 2 BC/week."
... "Make it so."

... "Admiral Forrest report."
... "Fleet stands at one Survey Cruiser, two Aux. Survey Ships, and five colony ships. I guess we are taking Earth's shipyard offline. Andoria has switched to building a updated Constructor."
... "Anything else Admiral?"
... "Since Captain Archer made First contact with the Orions a few weeks back, it has made a lot of people very nervous. Some would like to build some defense craft."

... "Science Secretary Hawkins, do we have the technology?"
... "bearly. We have basic Space weapon tech with a Defender design. Unfortuneately we just don't have the resources. besides with our farflung colonies, it would just be too slow moving them around. So in the meantime we are looking into studying Diplomatic Relations."

*Break*
Tech progression as follows: New Engine propulsion, Ion Engines, Xeno Labs, Stellar Cartography, Universal Translators, Galactic Warfare, Space militarization, Xeno Biology, Planetary Improvements, Xeno Economics, Advanced Computing, Basic Miniturization, Xeno Industrial, Space Weapons, working Diplomatic Relations

... "Okay, how is Bevora V doing?"
... Hawkins replied, "Well, just great. it seems the the nickname Terra has stuck. It is Class 26 with a precursor Library on it and some cultural ruins on it. I suggest when practical that we make it the Technological center."