And there's the time skip!

So, here's how we'll be playing this. As Tanaka did, every nation who wants to (you can ignore it if you wish) can record a little description of themselves that all the other Colonies can see publicly. This is to replace all the individual 'first contact' situations we've been doing, allowing every Colony to officially know about each other, and have opinions of one another. So then we can get on with the trade and warfare and so on.

Also, if your colony (like mine!) had no navy before now, this would be a good time to say something about one getting started. Especially you, [@Irredeemable], since the ECU is bluntly threatening you now. Like straight-up :lol