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Micha
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Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany
Oct 2002
time: 06:21
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Nation: Ainar Confederation
Capital City: Ayur (Habdome beneath the Sea)
In favor of: Aquatic life, clean industries, loyality, family, arts
Against: Police state, egoism
Cities: Habdomes beneath water surface; Because of the efficiency rules for dome construction, most cities are large in size and densely populated. Nonetheless, the Ainar architecture is of great beauty, representing the soft curves and wideness of the oceans.
Industry: There are two main industries: Energy harvesting and constructions. Maintaining fully enclosed habitats requires large amounts of energy, while the population pressure is a constant strain on the few cities, so there´s a large demand for new housing.
Military: Automated submarine vessels. There´s a small police force in the habdomes, but since it´s hard to flee from there anyway and good relations are essential in the "cans" (as the citizens call their domes) there´s little crime at all.
Government: The cities form widely independent political entities, while they are secured by a network of friendship and alliance treaties. Each city will send a representative in the case of a great Assembly, which can be called by any city anytime. This will then hold counsil and act as a single government for the Ainar nation.
Heritage: The first settlers built their "biospheres" on the few land they could find. They were exposed to the harsh climate of the planet and thus in constant danger. Soon there have been projects to settle the vast oceans instead, for their water offers protection from storms while the infrastructure would still be the same (since the athmosphere isn´t breathable anyway). Cultures still detectable include a mix of European and Oceanian peoples. Though basically every nation of old earth is somehow present in the gene pool.
Small background:
Living in overpopulated habitats deep beneath the sea, there´s little room for quarrels or hatred. The Ainar are opposed to cultural or genetical homogenization. Thus there is a wide variety of customs, festivals, clothing and arts of all kinds, providing distraction from the everyday life.
While there is no "money" in the classical sense, the Ainar depend on the help of each and every citizen. Whether this is in research, construction, farming, teaching, cleaning or entertaining is up to oneself, but each citizen does contribute to the society as a whole (and firmly believes in that neccessity).
After the missiles hit, communications with the other colonists on "Dignity" were cut off. The Habdomes haven´t been hit directly, but many of the power plants have been damaged or destroyed. This brought the time of darkness, as all available energy was needed to maintain life support, while lighting, electronic entertainment and communications had to be abandoned. As a direct result the Ainar have developed a rich culture and many stories, accustical instruments have been reintroduced and family life has grown in value. Now the energy production is slowly being brought up to the old levels, using "aternate" sources such as tidal power plants or storm collectors.
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Gamecube64
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of Persia
Apr 2004
time: 23:21
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Nation G: The Empire of Zelnick
Capital: Zelnickapolis
In favor of: the emperor, clean energy, unified government, manufacturing, planes and shuttles.
opposed to: Pullution, dirty industries, extremely destructive weapons.
Cities: many small sized cities scattered around, Zelnickapolis is quite large.
Industry: Clean energy and manufacturing are the biggest industries. Geothermal, wind, solar, and nuclear are all used to some extent. Although the people of the empire hate pollution, they don't mind launching their nuclear waste into space once it starts piling up. Manufacturing is largely robotics, planes both military and commercial, and shuttles for waste launches.
Military: Mostly airforce, minial army, next to non-existant navy.
Government: Emperor, the successor is hand-picked by the current emperor. Although the empire alows quite abit of freedom and free trade, it reserves the right to seize any property without compensation. Emperor approved legal counsels deal with local problems.
Heritage: Valour was originally united under one nation, however when the missiles came communications were broken up. A young visionary, Zelnick, led the people of the empire successfully for many years, and made the reunitation of Valour an important mission. Since Zelnick there have been two other emperors and each has made progress in swallowing up more of Valour for the glory of the empire.
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appleciders
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Well, I said Uhtunht was tidelocked- that means the same face of my moon faces your planet all the time. I didn't say you were tidelocked as well, although it's not implausible that you could be. Pluto and Charon are in real life, I think.
Likewise if anyone wants me to generate detailed gravitational forces, diameters, and escape velocities that are mathematically correct, not just random numbers, I can do that too.
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appleciders
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Yeah, a rocky moon doesn't give you much to work with map-wise. Smack some more craters into the surface if you want. I can generate those planetary stats anytime you feel like we've got enough players. I'll also look into figuring out how to calculate orbital periods for each planet.
Another thing I'd had in mind (and don't feel obligated to work this in, you've been overworked as is) is a map showing the Veritas system with the relative position of planets. Since each planet would have a different year, they'd end up in different places relative to each other, and thereby create different situations for spacecraft. That would make our "borders" constantly variable, since we'd be threatened by one player one turn, and a totally different one the next turn.
You could also show that by just putting a list of planets that are in favorable position for a cheap, quick orbit to each other, and change it each turn.
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General Ludd
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Minion of the Dominion
Aug 2001
time: 05:21
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I don't know, I can't think of what the best way to represent that would be. I could just draw it like I did the maps, but it would have to be on a two dimensional plane. I could also make a simplistic 3d model of it, but that would probably be a bit more difficult to understand or update regularily.
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appleciders
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Star systems and their planets tend to be in 2-D planes, or at least so close that you can't tell the difference at any scale you could draw it, so 2-D is ok.
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foolish_icarus
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the thievery continues
Nov 2002
time: 21:21
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no no no, this is all very good.
but, ah, you might want to send in orders. If no one is sending orders because you're not comfortable with the stat system, general orders are fine, but I need something.
Ludd, "slush" would mean a mixture of liquids and solids, like water (or whatever substance) that is cold enough to freeze, but because of pressure or solutes is still in a semi liquid form. Or a sea with frozen crystals at the top layer, or icebergs, i.e. somewhere between an ice cap or glacier and a liquid ocean.
ALSO,
Ludd, I linked to your maps in the opening posts. appleciders, I can do the same with your planetary facts if you like.
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General Ludd
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Minion of the Dominion
Aug 2001
time: 05:21
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Have you made the information for the NPCs yet? Anyways, if people want to tell me where their colonies are located on their planets (and likewise for the NPCs), I can mark it on the maps, so that we can get a sense of where people are relative to one another.
I would also like to make a refinement on my earlier "cities" description. I would like to have only one huge subterranean city to start with that has numerous access points to the surface (which is used primarily for greenhouse farming), and I'll stick with the name Asgard Federation.
I have one other question before going on to my orders; what is the time span of each turn?
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appleciders
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3 points to launch survey satellites into a pole-to-pole orbit around Uhtunht. These should be used to look for good places to set up nuclear reactors to melt the polar CO2 ice caps, and to generally give more information about Uhtunht, especially about resource deposits.
3 points to build one nuclear reactor at the location identified as the best one to melt polar ice. (If a nuclear reactor would cost way more than 3 points, just draw up plans and start buying supplies. If it would cost slightly more than 3 points, begin construction on it.)
3 points to send a series of unmanned survey probes and satellites to Zheehok.
3 points to increase military modernity.
1 point to improve the tunnel farms of the poor.
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appleciders
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Planetary stats:
Veritas III: Dignity
Diameter: 11750
Gravity: .97 standard gravity
Escape Velocity: 10.6 km/s
Veritas IV: Valour
Diameter: 13950
Gravity: 1.06 standard gravity
Escape Velocity: 12.0 km/s
Veritas V: Honor
Diameter: 16050
Gravity: 1.21 standard gravity
Escape Velocity: 13.8 km/s
Foolish, do you want some atmospheric data, like I did for Uhtunht? I'm leaving orbital periods out intentionally, so that you can just move the planets however much is convenient for your modly needs, and not have to calculate anything. I will generate more data for uninhabited planets and moons later.
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Micha
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Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany
Oct 2002
time: 06:21
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The Ainar Confederation
The primes (regents) of Ayur, Sidon and Charade (the most important colonies of the Ainar) have come together to decide about the next year´s budgets. At first they reviewed the development of the the three major habdomes during the last five years.
Energy production, while sufficient for survival, is still too lacking to provide leeway for special projects. But there are plans. Many plans. This planet is lashed by dreadful storms many times more powerful than what is recorded in ancient books from earth. Even medium-sized turbines would provide enormous quantities of wind power. The only problem is the lack of a solid basis for those turbines...
Then, the large tidal range allows for great efficiencies in running tidal power plants. Again, those would have to be close to the coastline and thus away from most of the habitats.
Next in line is hydrogen power. A planet with almost 90% of its surface covered by water and the need for oxygen is an ideal environment for those constructions... The problem here is the scarce know-how about the specifications of such buildings.
So it was decided to put much effort into the development of fully operational hydrogen power plants. The energy needed to decompose the water shall be taken from floating wind turbines on the ocean´s surface. This will be the main focus of spending and construction for the next years, starting off with a budget of 25 credits.
Another neccessity is the population pressure. Food, energy and room is guaranteed for every citizen, putting an enormous strain on the economy. Fortunately the Ainar culture has adapted to several neccessities of a life under water, so most children leave their home dome at the age of sixteen to seek their fortune in other places. This way the gene pool is constantly mixed, preventing inbreeding and building up resistance to most known diseases. Another point is the free choice of the home dome, allowing for a strong feeling of loyality to the colony (which keeps morale at reasonable levels).
We need to build more habdomes, and we will do so soon. But at first the energy cap has to be lifted, so only 10 credits will be spent on expansionist measures. One focus shall be the expansion of existing colonies into the ground, adding more working room for life support and farming while freeing up the upper levels for more living space.
The rest of the ressources shall be used for exploration. We need more natural ressources, especially those that can be harvested with little energy consumption. Small teams of "scientists" (people interested in geology and mechanical engineering) are sent to several promising directions to search the seas for mineral deposits, geothermal activity sites and good places for future colonies.
Miscallaneous
The Ainar don´t call their major moon "Vweetkut", since their language (an artificial one invented to not prefer any culture) doesn´t fit well with that name. Instead, its name is Royaume, while the smaller one is known as Shanee.
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foolish_icarus
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the thievery continues
Nov 2002
time: 21:21
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Update 1: AD 2497
Asgard Federation
The engineers of Asgard blasted out new space to make room for the Mechanical Engineering School, which will train more skilled technicians and inventors and offers a few hi-tech labs for researchers to work in. Funds and labor were requisitioned from other spending sectors in order to keep up with the project’s tight schedule, which caused shortages and decreases of quality in several areas, especially transportation and durable goods. Most citizens are taking this very well, viewing the shortages as temporary sacrifices for an effort which will easily pay itself off. Due to the generous funds made available, the college was actually completed and equipped well ahead of schedule. It has room for more facilities, but presently the level of technical expertise is not high enough to equip it with all the advanced stuff it could theoretically support, a problem the college itself will begin to alleviate. (35 was more funds than are needed for a single college at this point; when your applied technology rating increases enough you may choose to upgrade it further, or allow it to upgrade itself at its own pace.) In addition, investment in heavy manufacturing and mining firms has risen, bolstering the economy despite the small drop in living standards.
Zelnick Empire
The Emperor has paid off a significant portion of the empire’s debt, both through raiding the treasury and increasing taxes tremendously. Although the empire maintains control for now, citizens are almost unanimously opposed to this action, and in private conversation many grumble about “robbing the poor to give to the rich”. Perhaps just as disturbing, this display of state power has reduced business and investor confidence quite a lot, which, combined with the reduced spending power of the citizenry, has stopped all growth in the economy and threatens to drag it down further unless immediate remedial action is taken.
Republic of Uhtuhnt
Satellite survey mission successfully begins mapping Uhtuhnt for surface feature and sub-surface resources. However, most of the funds for the Zheehok survey mission were diverted to the Uhtuhnt satellite flybys, so scientists are for the time being limited to planning for the next moon survey mission.
Supplies and logistical support were laid in for the polar nuclear reactor, and construction has begun. Scientists suggest that the ice melting project would prove most efficient and effective if the nuclear reactor were used to fine tune the process, and the bulk of the work were done by orbital reflective mirrors. They do warn that any such efforts, if intended to produce moon-wide results, will require significant long term resources.
The brave fighting men and women of the Republic of Uhtuhnt had their fighting vigor effectively increased when the government, with funds matched by a local philanthropist as well as several big name advertising departments, provided their troops with new, more comfortable (and reasonably stylish) pressurized boots.
The gov’t also distributed aid to some tunnel farmers in the form of more up-to-date vacuum crop seeds.
Ainar Confederation
Wind turbines and hydrogen refining offer more energy to the habitats, and with the amount of labor needed for their construction and maintenance, no able bodied adult goes without work, and many gain technical experience from the construction efforts.
Expansion of existing colonies has been somewhat more slow, as extensive measures have to be taken to ensure present and future safety of the expansions.
Scientists tasked with analyzing Dignity’s natural and location resources theorize that the planet probably has extensive hydrocarbon deposits. While only a few have yet been mapped out and even those are not yet fully tapped, these deposits could theoretically provide an even cheaper and more efficient source of energy to the hydrogen refineries than water.
Meet the NPC’s!
See their descriptions on the front page, stats in the spreadsheet, then come back here to read about how your rivals are doing…
The Hymbaline Marches and the UFS of Journey are having an active border dispute. What started as a disagreement over the details of a fishing contract escalated into a bizarre series of attempted hits, duels, and embargoes, eventually drawing an entire clan and corporation into violent conflict, and it got worse from there. Now it isn’t an all out war yet, but patrol boats are regularly firing on each other. The bad news for all involved…The disputed area is a stretch of sea and small islands right on the corner of the three powers, so the combatant boats regularly cross Ainar territory, ruining kelp farms. There have even been incidents of civilian boats being boarded and seized. Journey forces typically return the boat to a friendly port and apologize when this happens. When Hymbaliners accidentally seize a neutral craft, they typically return the boat to a friendly port…minus anything of value on the ship, and send the owners a witty and noncommittal IOU.
In the Pueblo Union, things get worse. The Highland republic has attempted to push their businesses into Pueblo and take advantage of shortages to reap outrageous profits, but the local cartels are fighting back with embargoes, quarantines, and in some cases violence. This is not helping the locals.
The Hanabor factions continue to kill each other. Military units have secured key locations in order to better execute their war…some of these key positions are within Asgard resource gathering territory. The presence of military fanatics is making some workers nervous, but nothing bad has come of it yet.
done!
Additional Note: applecider’s planetary data have been added to the spreadsheet; left-most column, at the bottom.
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30-06-2005 13:42
deduct 3 points from the living standard and 2 points from espionage this turn, while resources and attention is funneled into building the new school.
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