CDIA Databrief 5.5.127
Data Compiled From Ongoing Observations Post Tidebreak Translocation To MHC-R3 System By Neopian Assets And Materials And Sympathizers, Observations Ongoing Since YC125 By DED Covert Assets And DERAIL Forward Observation Teams
PREFACE: Since The End Of Neopian Residency In Eugales And Subsequent Shift To MHC-R3, And Widescale Entrenchment And Infrastructure Expansions Outside Of Normal Jurisdictional Grasps, As Well As The Tenacity Of Previous Yet More Limited Defenses, Future Direct Siege Confrontation Attempts Are Ill-advised And Should Be Avoided. As The Sub-Department Underwriter For These Briefs Has No Department Level Policy Control, Consider The Above As Recommendation And Not Broad Advisement
Megastructure Advancements And Defensive Outlook
As of Mid-YC125, The United Neopian Federation has Invested Significant Sums of ISK and materials into MHC-R3, representing a mass acceleration of development of fortified megastructures first conceptualized and broadly seen during the Eugales Conflict Sieges.Many the structures that managed to survive the Eugales era have been reinforced and expanded significantly, including, but not limited to, Planetary Orbital Ring Network Systems, Moon Orbital Ring Systems, Planetary Habitats, Deep Material Mining Systems, Shipyard Facilities, and Research Centers. Included In this Brief will be a short list of particularly notable megastructures.
MHC-R3 III(Lan-Korat) Ring Frame And Manufacturing Centers - A Partial Orbital Ring in Orbit of Planet III in MHC-R3. The Planet III Ring Frame is potentially the most vulnerable point in the MHC-R3 Megaproject but it’s destruction would pose a significant ecological damage risk to the temperate planet below and could be spun against any departments participating in such an action even more than previous actions. The Ring Frame has significant Hyperprint Manufacturing Facilities capable of domestic good and starship grade production and seems to largely be administrated by Outside Contractors such as Taayusaka Eskeitan and Others. The presence of these Outside Contractors poses additional threat liability for potential removal attempts.
MHC-R3 IV Magmatic Refinery Complex - Not a Singular Surface Structure and instead a massive network of surface and subsurface megaboring, collection, and reprocessing plants across the volcanic world, the Magmatic Refiner Complex is a largely automated affair seeming to be administrated by the Belligerent and Illegal Unrestricted Warmind ‘Rose Eagle’ with limited oversight from human and human-derivative workers. The resultant output of refined metallics, transplutonics, silicates, and crystalline minerals seems to be one of many major material streams for the local system projects and seems likely part of how quickly the expansions have progressed. A similar complex seems to exist on MHC-R3 V.
MHC-R3 VI(Windflare) Orbital Ring Complex - While Planetary Orbital Rings are not unheard of in the cluster, the planet VI Orbital Ring in MHC-R3 represents a significant step beyond the more contemporary examples of surface to orbit interface infrastructure. While most contemporary examples are fairly minimalist, only incorporating as much material as is necessary to function, remain stable, and provide services to the steady stream of incoming and outgoing traffic, the immense and ‘complete’ structure fully administrated by the Neopians, Illegal Unrestricted AI, and their Outside Contractor Associates, this represents the most heavily fortified location in the local volume of MHC-R3. Technically impressive, much of the Ring remains unoccupied by biological life and maintained at minimal but survivable atmospheric pressures. The Ring in itself has been demonstrated to be able to produce supercapital equivalent vessels with a steady production of the so-called Gwennan class Corporate Warbarges favored by some groups within freelance and renegade warclone entities such as the Bosena Accords/Round Table Assembly who have ingratiated themselves with the Neopians and AI, as well as other smaller hulls and strikecraft in notable bulk. Further still the shield hardening, armor plate, weapons batteries, and more represent significant risk to potential engagements against the structure itself. Additional security service support from sympathetic groups such as Phoenix Naval Systems and others increases potential engagement risk and liability. The equivalent material value projection for the Orbital Ring in it’s current state is estimated to be on the order of 11 Trillion ISK if one were to purchase comparable materials of construction from currently active Capsuleer Markets such as Jita 4-4’s substantial capsuleer listings. While it’s destruction would be potentially crippling to Neopian activities in the Cluster, the cost to achieve such, even with enticing vigilante capsuleers with bounties to do so, is likely untenable.
The Planet VI Ring seems to house at least one Instance of the AVALON Warclone Construct and other Bosena Accords Round Table Assembly Accorded Neutral Territories.
Additional Considerations - Broadly, the Neopian presence in MHC-R3 presents a conundrum without an easy solution. Having already shown their resilience against two departments of CONCORD and hired mercenary support during Eugales, and a willingness to utilize significant precursor derived technologies for mass relocation when sufficiently threatened, the chances of successful eviction by CONCORD Departments is slim below the line of acceptability. Engagement Posture should be focused on disabling outgrowths beyond MHC-R3 and the Neopian Home Systems in Anoikis, and broad containment of technological sharing from Neopian Sources, the latter of which should be of lower priority to dealing with Outgrowth, as, to quote an old Vherokior saying, ‘That Nanka is Already Out of the Bottle’, the Departments may draw their own conclusions from the broad overviews and suppositions herein.
Post Script: See Observation Documents MHC-R3 YC126-YC127 for additional information about less significant megastructures and planetary developments, MHC-R3 Datalog BG-346 Spectrum for information about Unrestricted Warmind Capabilities, and Document Non-Organic Sapience Log MHC-R3 for a comprehensive but incomplete list of known Illegal Unrestricted AIs in the Employ of the Neopians and their Associates. Additionally see Gwennan Class Tear Down Log for a detailed technical report of the capabilities of the prototype Gwennan hull that was, unexpectedly, delivered willingly to SARO Red Troop Commander Oveg Drust from the planet VI slipyards.