You are the newly appointed duke of the Collace sub-sector, what are you going to plan for the next ten years development of your subsector?
Consolidation and build out.
A big concern would be linking up the Express Network between Glisten and Five Sisters subsectors.
- Wonstar/Five Sisters
- Inchin/District 268 (would need to upgrade the starport from type D to type B and build a scout base)
- Tarsus/District 268
- Collace/District 268
- Mertactor/District 268
As for the "Trexalon Rivalry" problem, make it clear that as the Duke of Collace you are not going to make it a policy to "pressure" Trexalon into joining the 3I. If they want to remain independent, they can remain outside the 3I just fine.
Begin the process for "annexing" Tarsus, Judice, Motmos, Tarkine, Dallia, Elixabeth and Talchek into the Duchy of Collace (all client states).
Political and Diplomatic:
1. Arguing for Flammarion, Caladbolg, Gunn and Caliburn to be included in the Duchy
I'll disagree on Flammarion/Sword Worlds.
Flammarion is "too close" to Iderati/Five Sisters for it to make sense to transfer Flammarion to a Duchy of Collace.
3 parsecs to Iderati vs 9 parsecs to Collace.
No.
Transferring Caladbolg, Gunn and Caliburn in the Sword Worlds subsector into a Duchy of Collace ... doesn't really make sense though. The lines of communication are simply "too long" between Collace and Caladbolg, relative to other options.
Caladbolg is J3+4 on the Express Network from Iderati/Five Sisters.
Caladbolg is J4+3+3 on the Express Network from Lunion/Lunion.
Caladbolg is 11J1 from Collace on the Spinward Main, with no direct Express Network link between the two.
Therefore, the Caladbolg, Gunn and Caliburn segment of the Bowman Arm is better managed from either Iderati or Lunion.
Political and Diplomatic:
2. Arguing for Mertactor and Mille Falcs to be transferred from the Duchy of Glisten
Agreed.
Political and Diplomatic:
5. Arguing for a suitably large allocation from the Imperial budget for necessary infrastructure improvements
Communications and Trade:
3. Facilitating the creation of shipyards at the new class A starports
Getting Collace to upgrade to a type A starport and adding a IN base (which seems to be necessary for subsector capitals) would go a LONG WAY to cementing the necessary infrastructure for Collace to become quite the subsector capital. The kind of soft power that could be projected by Collace through a fleet of merchant ships built at their own shipyard would be considerable.