Year: 907
Research programs in progress: MEC (2/10), Avatar (1/10)
Territorial control: Temple 19, TOL 0, Omega 0
Underground bases: Temple 0, TOL 9, Omega 1
Teams under control: Temple ?32?, TOL 27, Omega 3
The Omega has 4 cabals at their disposal, minus those who have to maintain the system itself or its infrastructure, bringing the total down to 3. This year, they improve their sensor network to the point of being able to tell in advance whether an elite missionary is going to be deployed or redeployed. At least, that's the idea; they would have to see if it works or not.
The two cabals working on MEC research make good progress! Quinn now looks considerably more human, her face has been rebuilt and she can now pass as human through most cursory interaction, although she's still not much of a sight in a bikini (Unless one is into that sort of thing, which as it turns out, a good half of the Tree of Life group are).
The new sensor system seems to be working. The knowledge gleaned about the Omega's own internal workings will help should they decide to transfer to a unified body.
The members of the cabal that had been captured are a little annoyed at the extra surveillance, but since one of the "prove that you haven't been converted" tests requires attending an underground rave party and failing a breathalyzer test, they're not TOO annoyed.
For now, the team who was working on the Omega's subsystems is instructed to instead changing the production orders for the Osaze base. Time to swap my personal upgrade team to changing production orders. Aside from that, thinks carry on as they have from previous turns. The sysadmins continue their vigil. Lately, they have discovered a cache of roleplaying games, and are converting them into ASCII format for sharing on the various bulletin board systems.
The Lifetree cabal and their support staff continue working with, and on, Quinn. Her life support system (undeath support system?) now lets her go a few days without recharging, so they borrow a RV for a day trip to the Pyramids. They now have fairly tacky neon crosses installed on top, but have survived the global earthquake and are otherwise being maintained. As it stands, it's the tallest structure most of your crew have Sphinx, unfortunately, is gone, although you can still buy little statuettes of it. Quinn has regained her mobility and looks almost human again, save for the support system access panel on her back. This has disappointed the Lifetree members who preferred the mechanical look, on the other hand they're generating a lot of "concept art" for various limb attachments when the covers are off. She takes it in good humor.
During the Feast of Tabernacles, Temple clerics and scribes record the histories of the past year, with emphasis on meritorious deeds. This year, they record Raymie's efforts in Asia.
Not much happened this year, Mischlitt thought. Nobody got hurt. That's not going to be the case very often from now on...
