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Maniac
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Gent, Belgium
Jul 1999
time: 06:32
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Nope, all the probes of CPU all have 1 movement point, and thus none 2 MPs. 
Anyway, the turn is with buster now, so I felt I should send at least something back to buster in reply to his latest message. This is it:
quote:
Hi buster,
Glad to hear no invasion has started. 
I hope to hear more from you soon after you've discussed with your team mates.
Greetings,
Mani Alpha-3 |
Btw, should I in a next message also say something like "I hope that, besides not engaging in direct acts of war, you will also refrain from indirect acts of war such as sending infiltration information or military technology to our enemies."
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Maniac
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Gent, Belgium
Jul 1999
time: 06:32
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Okay, though I already sent him a PM under the name Maniac, under my "true" identity of cyborg, he still sent me the following mail, apparently thinking I'm a pirate. Either buster is:
a) an absent-minded and unobservant fellow whose intelligence I start to doubt, or
b) someone who's playing really strange games with us. But I don't see at all what advantage he could get out of this.
The mail:
Sorry just realised I never answered you.
At this point we are busy getting built up.
The plane was just to clear out some probe defense so we could steal some
techs we needed.
At this point our resources are tied up mainly in keeping the pop boom
running - getting tree farms etc. built.and keeoping drone riots in check.
Diplomatic maneuvering is happening and we are course watching for any
millitary build up starting within uni and watching out for probeships and
such so I guess you could call it war but it is low intensity and we
realistically it will probably stay so for a while yet. Once we get fusion
units get significantly cheaper and if we can get a wiundow of say 10 turns
where we have fusion and they don't we should be able to mass ebnough units
and hit them before they have an effective response. I reckon we can be
there in about 25 turns or so.
Until then it is only if troop movements or production goes to a threatening
level that we will consider changing plans. Time is on our side so with
patience we will get there.
I know this is not much comfort to you in the current situation but if you
manage to get in reach we will do whatever we can to keep you alive
including sending planes or choppers for your defense.
Any news on the tech trade. I have sent you all the techs CC/Put has this
turn including DAP which uni is now getting. They are pre-accepted as I
thought you would want them fast. I expect you will respond by sending the
ones we requested (progen psych, nonlin math, dov initiative & adaptive
econ). I believe Hive informed you on this already.. CC is building PEG -
pity but that was to be expected they will still be usefull.
Good luck .
regards
buster
Notice btw "I believe Hive informed you on this already..". Either he's trying to set us up against each other, or the Hive is obviously lying about their cooperation with PEACE. I guess we could notice when we get the PUT turn, whether they have signed a pact with PUT, and whether they have received techs from PEACE.
Btw, do you guys think telling PEACE that the Hive sent us infiltration info on them could still prevent tech trades between those two? In other words, is it worth sending the message with our current knowledge?
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GeoModder
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The most erratic Overlord!
Jan 2004
time: 06:32
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quote:
Originally posted by Maniac by PM of Buster
Any news on the tech trade. I have sent you all the techs CC/Put has this
turn including DAP which uni is now getting. They are pre-accepted as I
thought you would want them fast. I expect you will respond by sending the
ones we requested (progen psych, nonlin math, dov initiative & adaptive
econ). I believe Hive informed you on this already.. CC is building PEG -
pity but that was to be expected they will still be usefull.
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I don't recall Buster asking on you as PEACE-Maniac about the techs mentioned above. Does this mean he has contact with the real pirates as well, and has found out his mistake, or is he sending PM's to all pirates as a matter of case? I'm just assuming that he thought you're his best contact now among PEACE.
This can be an indication that he has seen his mistake and actively tries to exploit it in luring us.
quote:
Originally posted by Maniac by PM of BusterBtw, do you guys think telling PEACE that the Hive sent us infiltration info on them could still prevent tech trades between those two? In other words, is it worth sending the message with our current knowledge? |
Ah, I thought we informed PEACE about that already? Well, in case you're not the only 'pirate' were Buster has contact with and this tech deal is about to happen, send it through! Btw, if ithis deal is pre-accepted, doesn't that mean that PEACE can accept those techs and not giving anything back in return?
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Maniac
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Gent, Belgium
Jul 1999
time: 06:32
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How about sending something like this to buster? IMO we have nothing to lose anymore, so it's worth the try.
Hello buster,
It is becoming more and more obvious that the CPU has no chance at all anymore to win this game. Therefore I recently started a thread in the CyCon private forum to ask what should be our goals for the remainder of this ACDG. This came out of it:
1> Survive as long as possible.
Just for the heck of it.
2> Focus more on roleplay.
That way the game could at least remain somewhat fun for us - being slaughtered for the next few months won't be.
3> Hurt the Hive as much as we can.
We haven't been able to cooperate with you as much as we would have liked to, but at least you haven't been lying to us from the moment we met. The Hive has. And as you may have noticed in the ACDG general forum, they're now busy inventing fictitious reasons to attack us in the near future. Therefore, though we realize we ourselves can't win anymore, we'd still like to try and deny the Hive victory in this game. As a consequence I was wondering if you wouldn't be interested in a solo victory? Surely that must be more appealing than a two-way-draw with the Hive? It could be done by us uniting behind you as Supreme Leader, or some other way - I'm certain something can be found if you're interested. We'd both gain by this. You win the game with a solo victory, and we still get satisfaction from repaying the Hive for the crimes they did to us.
I hope to hear from you soon about this,
Someone (perhaps better not me - who knows he's pissed off at me because he gave me some info while he thought I was a pirate)
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07-02-2004 18:23
All our units would be more or less sitting ducks.
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