Stellaris Play & Learn
Chapter Twelve - More Science!
Soon the ISS Donog The Apogee announced it had finished building the Research Station in orbit around the moon called Odranka's Holding. Its crew was told to rest for a few days as the First Thinker decided where to send it next.
The Head of Thinking, Darmug, was also told by the Scientists on the homeworld that much of the Research Projects were still...well, researching. Geothermal Fracking was the nearest to being completed and that was still almost a planetary cycle away from finishing.
And the second Colony Ship was still being worked on.
But then Darmug, and the ISS Kodram, discovered something in the System of Zarim. A pattern of interference. It asked for permission to investigate and First Thinker agreed that it would be a good idea to figure how what the source of the interference was before the Science Ship continued its survey.
By now ISS Rukimar had finally arrived in the Dothon system where it was about to start constructing a Starbase. This would open the region to mining and researching.
As this was happening the ISS Linntyl was exploring Ulm and the ISS Kodram had yet to start its survey as it was still trying to understand the interference in Zarim.
Back on Nest the Council of Hive Thinkers have been debating how to help improve their civilization and came upon an idea.
They felt the best thing to do was to encourage Political Thought. In other words the populace would be ENCOURAGED to discuss political matters. Freedom, in other words, of political expression.
On Nest there was also a demand for more information on the aliens from a public who was becoming a tad restless with the, almost, total lack of data about the alien cultures.
So it was decided to hand over SOME data to the media. For example, the Uv-Xantt Forerunners were a Avian race who lived on a Ocean planet and had an Emperor named Meli Zu. And they were friendly enough to open their borders.
And the Avallonian Remnant were a Aquatic race who lived on a Continental planet and had a Empress named Ffistrell Morricum. And they were...shy.
The government held back the fact that the Remnant was militaristic and somewhat unwelcome. And that both alien civilizations looked at the Tandish Assembly as, well, barely worthy of even talking to. Both anicent alien societies refused to even trade ANYTHING with the Tandi.
The crumbs that were handed over to the media and news agencies barely seemed to please the public. They wanted more and the government had nothing to give them. What data they had left out was...well, depressing and would likely alarm the people.
For example there were hints that the Remnant may have powerful land forces. In other words they were good at invading planets. Which seemed weird for a Aquatic race.
Soon the ISS Ruthjara reported that it had finished building the station at Toiubos Ia and it was ordered to build one around the sun.
From Zarim came a report that Darmug and the crew of the ISS Kodram had compiled. Turns out they had found a song. Well, not just a song. Within it was a mathemnatical equation, which was not surprising as math and music were similar in some ways, that Darmug could not get out of their head. Like a ear worm caused by a song you just could not stop singing. But in this case a mind worm caused by math.
Sadly the singal seemed to come from a origin outside the galaxy. Which made hunting it down a issue that future generations would have to deal with.
At the same time the Starbase in Dothon had been finished. The ISS Rukimar than started builing a Research Station around Dothon itself.
This meant all the maps of the Empire had to be remade.
And so the people rejoiced as a new system became part of the Tandish Assembly. Also students groaned as they now had to learn even more stuff in their science and history classes.
