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Googlie
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Commanding Officer, CRYPTEIA
Apr 1999
time: 21:15
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This is a SMAX game with 4 players and 3 AI factions.
Players, in turn order, are:
arborman - University of Planet
knowhow2 - Peacekeepers
Bella Hella - Cyborg Consciousness
Black Sunrise - Free Drones
AI - Hive, Believers and Pirates
Settings:
Thinker level
large world, 50% to 70% water, average everything else
Transcendence - ON
Conquest - ON
Diplomatic - ON
Economic - ON
Co-operative - OFF
Do or Die - OFF
Look First - ON
Tech Stagnation - OFF
Spoils of War - OFF
Blind Research - OFF
Intense Rivalry - OFF
No Unity Survey - ON
No Unity pod scattering - OFF
Bell Curve - ON
Time Warp - OFF
Iron man - OFF
Both randomizes - OFF
Gameplay rules:
> Communications - none till contact, obtain commlink, or build EG
> Total freedom in Design Workshop (upgrades anytime, during turn or on-field)
> Retro-engineering - OK, except for using the probe rover chassis before discovery of Doc. Mobility
> SE switches "quickies" forbidden - (obviously you can experiment to see what effect various SE choices have, but cannot change, play moves, then change back in the same turn just to gain the benefit of a temporary SE choice)
> Council notification - immediate broadcast to all players (Post in the thread and e-mail to all immediately by player who has called elections, citing candidates and votes. After each player's turn, post in the thread the running totals)
> Stockpiling in Build Queues OK at any time
> Crawlers Upgrade anytime - OK
> Probe actions: Must choose vendetta option when probing other players
> Using the AI - Cannot use the AI to bribe on coucil votes nor to demand withdrawal of units
> Demon boil mindworm creation - forbidden (setting multiple waypoints for a faction mindworm in fungus to generate a wild demon boil to kill or capture each turn)
> Infinite-range drop troops - forbidden before building the Space Elevator (i.e. bans the use of the right hand mouse click to make multiple 8-square moves in the same turn)
> Multiple reloads of the game are forbidded (without posting a convincing explanation to the other players) - guards against the obvious cheat of trying multiple times for a different result in pod popping or combat.
Good luck all
Googlie
Last edited by Googlie on 29-10-2001 at 21:47
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arborman
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Canada
Oct 2001
time: 00:15
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At last, we have arrived. I have sent out scouts to explore this strange and exciting new world. The opportunities for research are immense. Our work has begun, our destiny awaits.
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arborman
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Canada
Oct 2001
time: 00:15
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My email should be working now, though it wasn't before. I'll check it out again though. However, my message to Master Devlin got bounced back. Just for now I'll post the turn here, and hopefully we can keep it going.
Last edited by arborman on 30-10-2001 at 09:47
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arborman
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Canada
Oct 2001
time: 00:15
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Use nickistca@yahoo to contact me, as my main email is down and malfunctioning for some reason.
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Black Sunrise
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Buffalo, New York, USA
Aug 2000
time: 05:15
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On this, the year 2101, Our People founded our first city. Explorations revealed many things of great interest, and likely they will lead to us dominating the field of produced goods.
Also, we have already made a friend.
We wish luck to our neighbors, who may find this tablet.
(tablet lost in the sands of time)
Last edited by Black Sunrise on 30-10-2001 at 08:05
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arborman
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Canada
Oct 2001
time: 00:15
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The tablet is unnecessary. The traditional mail system has worked. This is a new and hostile land, but we have had some success in our explorations. We have discovered some sort of alien construction, a tower of some sort. It had a most interesting effect on our scouts. We have resolved to send further scouts to see if the results can be replicated. Still no sign of the others.
Turn sent to k2
Last edited by arborman on 19-11-2001 at 06:52
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arborman
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Canada
Oct 2001
time: 00:15
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Sir, the message was unclear.
What did you learn?
We think they had trouble with their transmitters or something, something about a temporal reload.
Probably just a mistake. We'll ignore it this time. Other reports?
The new colony reports they have established near that river we saw on the way in. One of the scouts had a near miss with some worms, but she is returning to base for repairs now.
Find out more about these worms, and warn the new base. Why do I have no military units yet! Our position is very vulnerable here, we must be prepared for anything.
I'm sorry, Provost, we will make arrangements to hurry production.
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arborman
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Canada
Oct 2001
time: 00:15
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Report!
Nothing major this year sir. Our scouts have found some resources that the formers might like to exploit. We continue to look for new sites for colonies.
Good. If we're to survive once we make contact with any of the others, we must be established.
Yessir. Some more worms were spotted in the west. One of the scouts nearly died when it opened a pod. They are returning to base.
We need to increase our vigilance.
Research progresses well sir, a breakthrough could happen anytime.
Excellent
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Bella Hella
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philly suburbs
Oct 2001
time: 00:15
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digilog of prime function bella hella
time index 2104.1101.1905
our unity rover continues to follow the path of the river. status reports indicate that they are moving quickly in a southwesternly direction. the same scout patrol that survived the initial worm attack has encountered a second, different form of native life. it appears to have the ability to launch projectiles. our unit has dubbed it a "spore launcher" and reports that a colony pod is in danger of the fungal projectiles. they prepare to attack.
the consciousness is confident.
explorer olaf delta-12 paused and gazed into the fungus. his cybernetically enhanced eyes zoomed in. there was a movement in the distance. being too far from home to meld with the conciousness, he spoke into a commlink.
"explorer one to headquarters."
"yes, explorer one."
"i am detecting movement to the south. it is a fungal spore launcher, another native life form. a colony pod approximately one mile to the west is in the path of this life form. please advise."
without hestitation, the flat, female voice spoke, "we are ordering the colony pod to move north until the threat is eliminated. are you in any immediate danger?"
"negative. shall i terminate the life form?"
"yes, explorer one. investigate and terminate, if necessary."
"affirmative. explorer one out."
olaf delta-12 began to move toward the fungal spore launcher mechanically. no fear washed over him. no sense of panic seized his heart.
when he heard a sudden noise, he paused and turned in the direction of the sound, zooming in until he saw a tiny bug similar to a cricket of earth sitting a piece of fungus 5 miles in the distance. as he watched, the bug hopped away. it was not logical that this insect would be a threat to the consciousness. he made the decision to continue moving toward the spore launcher.
all of this took him 0.000371 seconds.
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arborman
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Canada
Oct 2001
time: 00:15
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Nothing to report sir.
Very well.
Turn to Peacekeepers.
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