(02-07-2018, 08:42 AM)Gardarik Wrote: Despite Core facility orbiting Nauru, our expedition made it safe to Lagrange-one point of Nauru and commenced launching probes. The analysis showed weak tectonic activity and pretty regular microflora for a world with derelict structures of alien origin. There is also a small colony of unknown allegiance and an unfinished docking ring. Our research team believes, that the surface installation belongs to the Core and that heavy protection by the Core ‘Yaren’ base and a battleship-type in orbit indicate Core’s ongoing undercover operation to terraform Nauru. Since the planet yielded no particular valuable data of possible application in ‘Tselina’ project, we decided to employ nuclear bombs aboard our VHF to destabilise the tectonic situation on Nauru in order to undermine Core operation that is detrimental to our plans on setting foot in Omicrons.

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Nauru is being terraformed by the Core (likely) and most probably indicates their plans on further expansion in Omicron Delta. The planet remains vulnerable to targeted bombing of seismo-active areas should the confrontation become necessary. Except for derelict alien structures, Nauru poses no interest to the People of the Coalition.

• The Core's Nauru operation isn't secretive. They've been colonising the planet for about 10 years now. It's been frequently advertised it as the centrepiece of Imperium Omicronis, and why their influence is so dominant in Omicron Delta, as it's the core (badum tst) focus of their Omicron campaign.
  
• The Planet is/has not undergoing/undergone the process of terraforming.
  
• The Coalition/SCRA/SCEC wouldn't get anywhere near close enough to deploy probes without getting shot out of the sky by the Battleship Bellona and it's accompanying Battlegroup.
  
• Keeping the above in mind, you would not be able to deploy "nuclear bombs" against the planet. Even regardless of the previous point, this is powergaming.
  

(02-07-2018, 01:22 PM)Gardarik Wrote: 3. "Planet" Nauru is 9,145 km in diameter according to the lore. Reality speaking, a base of 210 population like Yaren + 1 battleship 592 men strong can not in principle cover the whole space around the planet, especially in the gravitational well and shadow of 31,000km diameter Tuvalu, that should hinder scanning, especially due to rich Iridium in the lithosphere of Nauru that prevents waves passing the planet itself. Besides, launching probe can be carried out from afar via curve-trajectory using the gravitational pool of Tuvalu and without being detected without our being close enough, it is just the game sizes and the purpose of screenshots that drove us that close. In addition to all of the above, Vaska was put on guard to report on Core activities RP-wise, so at any rate we could have carried out what we have done (and this is taking samples only) anyway.

Quote:The Planet is/has not undergoing/undergone the process of terraforming.

Quote:Planet Nauru is a warm, mostly dry desert world. Initially, it had large concentrations of hydrogen sulphide prevalent in the air precisely at 0.0051 ppm. Whilst it made breathing the air slightly intolerable and would be akin to breathing in rotten eggs, it presented no health risk to humans. Eventually, through a hefty colonisation effort The Core in cooperation with the Canaan Zoner group were able to diffuse most of the hydrogen sulphide in the air. Nowadays patches of Planet resemble a more Mediterranean climate - however this is only in the areas The Core has graced, and most of the world remains a desert.

(02-07-2018, 02:27 PM)Gardarik Wrote: Changing atmosphere is also terraforming. Anyway, it is just to draw attention to, nothing serious