04-07-2004 22:17									#1
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And this thread is to encourage roleplay within our faction.

Lady Deirdre wants you in roleplay


What to do for roleplay? Join In-Character Stories (sign up here).
Be a member of Debating Team (signup also here, details in Pholus Lunar Broadcast #2). Write for Voice of the Planet.

The very least thing you can do, is to put into your sig that you are member of Gaian Union (eg Lord in Gaian Union, along with any titles you may have) plus on of your in-character quotes or Deidre quotes (non-classic ones, or fictional ones are encouraged). You can see my example of it in this very post.

List of non-classic Deirdre quotes (gonna be updated soon):

In the end, our devotion to Planet is driven by faith. While the other factions prosper by carelessly devouring the wealth of Planet, we stand firm in our belief that Planet has moral significance of its own. They gain strength from plunder. We gain strength from the beauty and value of the thing we serve. --Lady Deirdre Skye, "Arguments in Council"



In ancient times the members of our own family and tribe were human, but all else was a dangerous Other. Our entire history can be considered a process of pushing this boundary back, toward a point at which nothing that thinks can be said to be alien to us.
-- Lady Deirdre Skye, Arguments in Council

---following is being made up by me


Other factions are blind when it comes to see the obvious: the one who adapts best to the environment shall win the battle. Military potential of the native lifeforms we have encountered is fantastic. What can you do against an army that can hide itself in the wilderness, use planet-spanning network of roads inaccessible by ordinary means, an army that no wall or armor can stop, an army that is capable of healing and supporting itself, an army that disregards any technology parity? --Lord Darris, captain in Gaian Defense Forces, Annual Report to Council of Lords


Not for one man, one people or one nation, but for all of mankind and Gaia. --Lady Deirdre Skye, Planetfall

Last edited by Illuminatus on 05-07-2004 at 01:56

	05-07-2004 01:48									#2
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Not to nitpick (OK - I will anyway), but Our Fearless Leader’s name is Deirdre.

I would like to offer the services of a few mindworm characters I developed back in the Spartan Chronicles. They were a blast to write for, and they may find a place in the ACDG 3 role-playing.

Bios:

"Ehm" (pronounced as it is spelled) was a mindworm built in Morganite biology labs. Somehow they managed to keep it alive, but it was never really healthy or happy until the Gaians liberated him (in SC it was a bribe by Morgan). It speaks and thinks like a very smart child, and is very small (about the size of a basketball). Ehm likes to be with people and is comfortable in human cities and vehicles. Being stuck between worlds it is a good intermediary between Planet and humans.

“Fluffy” is a former feral mindworm, and likely the first or second ever captured by the Gaians. He is very picky about the humans he associates with and only communicates with one or two humans at any one time. His mode of communication is decidedly non-human, being more a direct transmission of emotion than speech. He can be playful, in an annoying sort of way, with those he likes, but is a deadly enemy. As with most former feral mindworms he does not like human cities and prefers to be in xenofungus, where he will happily hunt feral mindworm or those persons his Gaian friends name as enemies.

	05-07-2004 01:55									#3
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quote: Originally posted by Hydro Not to nitpick (OK - I will anyway), but Our Fearless Leader’s name is Deirdre.

Be free to correct me, I often make typo's . BTW, welcome back.

	05-07-2004 02:26									#4
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Obs, are you sure we want our titles in our signatures? I thought you were pointing out that we might want to keep that hidden. With the new titles though, it would take lucky guesses to figure out our roles. I want to put my new title in my sig, but maybe we should think about that?

Hydro: I love Ehm.

	05-07-2004 02:29									#5
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Well do as you wish, they will guess anyway (looking at who submits turns and at post count reports). At least put a quote or such in your sig . Evil Spartans must not beat us

	16-07-2004 21:43									#7
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I'm a little unclear on this concept. Is this a formalized debating format with Propositions, plans, rebuttals, and closing arguments? Or is this more informal, like my painful and pointless 'debates' with EN or the friendly discussions on the ACDG boards from recent weeks? Or, is this internal?

Could someone explain?

	16-07-2004 22:33									#8
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http://apolyton.net/forums/showthre...&threadid=97064 A sample debate. There are formal debating teams with Propositions, rebuttals etc. Team usually prepares for debate. We and other faction get a subject, time to prepare, and then we start arguing debating. It was semi-informal in last ACDG, but I think in this one it will be taken to more serious level (also, we know who our opponent will be - Morgans). Debate in Voice of Planet thread between you and Spartans is an excellent example, but take notice that other factions will probably prepare.

	17-07-2004 05:16									#9
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Interesting example (Hive-Uni/Drones on nerve stapling), but it seems rather thin on argumentation and long on characterization/role playing. The 'winner' seemed to be the best role player, too.

Or, is that the point?

	17-07-2004 07:29									#10
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It depends on what the topic is really.

There's not really much to argue on nerve stapling since it's a techonology that is not well defined. When I think of debates I see two kinds, silly ones or serious ones. The teams voted for the silly debates last time.

	21-07-2004 01:06									#11
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I see interfactional debate as a form of roleplay. So yes the debating subjects would definitely be related to SMAC/X and the debates would be on the ground of the ideology of your own faction.

	21-07-2004 01:15									#12
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Lily was just hatched when she was captured. She loves exploring and has had many dangerous encounters while she grows up to a demon boil. The best trick of hers is to rose up above ones head and rotate a couple circles before she drops down. Scienctists believes Lily proves that mutations of mindworms may be possible that would enable them to fly.

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	21-07-2004 20:54									#14
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A sample of In-Character stories (IC story) by Laurentius .
Since it now seems that there at least two of us interested, I will join in with my own one. Others are invited to participate if they wish to do so.

	22-07-2004 07:26									#15
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Should this be interactive, with other storylines being at least acknowledged and coordinated with current storylines? Laurentius’ story is fun, but will be rather challenging to integrate with subsequent threads.


How about severely twisting/bending/breaking the ‘rules’ of SMAC/X? Is this common in ACDG fiction and/or roleplaying? (I know that some SMAC/X rules were bent broken in the long past Spartan Chronicles (I was in the losing purist faction, but eventually came around); changes were done in a deliberate manner, though).

Hydro

	22-07-2004 13:44									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Hydro Should this be interactive, with other storylines being at least acknowledged and coordinated with current storylines? Laurentius’ story is fun, but will be rather challenging to integrate with subsequent threads.

That is the point exactly. Currently, there is only his storyline, but I hope there will be more (I am still working on mine). Several storylines interacting with others.

	22-07-2004 18:38									#17
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It might be good if several people are working for the same story. This way one person would not have too heavy of a burdon to carry the story on, and likely it will result a more continuous story, even if some of the people later become inactive or busy.