Forum: AC Stories

I'm working on two sets of seven factions on this thread, and I've also written some flawed and uncorrected fanfiction on the side to introduce the new characters and whatnot. But before that, I think I'm going to write the profiles of the faction leaders, as well as flesh out my version of pre-launch Earth. The story is about the Federated Countries Ship Sovereignty, an Earth craft that was, like Unity, crash-built. My spin on Earth was that there was a war between opposing national...

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Well, this is the place I've set aside for comments on my piece of fiction "Joe". As of 19th July 2000, only the starting episode has been posted, so I understand the comments will probably be a bit sparse as yet. Hopefully it'll get a bit more momentum as time goes by and more episodes go up. ------------------ Machines: outthinkable YES outfightable NO. Men: outfightable YES outthinkable NO. Allie Cove: outfallable INEVITABLY Homepage http://www.enixine.dabsol.co.uk...

<center><h3>User Support Service</h3></center> <center><h3>Frequently Asked Questions</h3></center> <h3> *What are Chiron Archives? </h3> With the advent of aquisition of amazing technology about networks of information, technological future of our faction indeed seems bright. But before we start connecting computers on a faction-wide scale, we will need to test it. Several talents have recently been petitioning to create an institution that would preserve and archive relevant works...

I made an account here, because I believe that some of these fanfiction stories would do well on this website, possibly having a larger audience, and being more accessible. I can't think of anything else to say, but so far it sounds like an advertisement. I'm going to go read some of these fanfictions now, from here.

Hi all, I found this squirreled away and don’t recall if I ever posted it to Apolyton. So I reworked and added to it. Enjoy! Hydro *~*~*~* Ask Fluffy

Wrong Forum. Sorry. Mod, please delete the post at your convenience. Very sorry.

I’ll skip the part about the splitting of the factions aboard the Unity read Centauri Arrival for all that. Just one change, there are 11 landing pods and Roze and Aki have their own pods and so does Svensgaard. Not only that, I’ve decided to change Chiron’s biodiversity a bit. Mind Worms, IoDs, Locusts, Fungal Towers and spore launchers stay but I’ve added many new ‘additions’ in the story. ALPHA CENTAURI- THE EARLY DAYS Yang stared out of the viewing port of his landing pod. Where the...

Yang walked along the gang walk as he intently watched the Unity’s security personnel going about their last exercise drills before the launch. Yang’s cold emotionless eyes were locked on one functionary in particular. He had shoulder length red hair and somehow was going through the exercises without breaking a single sweat. Something about him put Yang ill at ease. “I must keep an eye on that one”, he thought. That soldier seemed to have a somewhat commanding air even though he seemed no...

ALPHA CENTAURI PART-1 THE HARBRINGERS OF DOOM Somewhere in the Drakensburg Mountains South Africa 21:00 hours 2060 Sergeant Delorean cursed himself for the umpteenth time. “Why the hell did I get stuck in this mess?” he asked himself. Delorean was the captain of a small group of soldiers of the UN stationed in a research facility in the remote Drakensburg mountain range in South Africa. They were not told exactly what they were guarding but Delorean privately believed it was whatever...

There always seems to be room for new points of view in good ‘ol SMAX. Here is one I’ve been experimenting with. This short story was partially inspired by the Arthur C. Clarke’s short story Report on Planet 3, which I read a long time ago. Hydro *~*~*~* Report to the Privy Council As the august members of the Privy Council are aware, the Second Interstellar Fleet left Earth in Third Empire (TE) year 185. Their mission, granted to them by the Imperator of the Third Empire of Man...

Yeah, not just game movies, but a box office one. Probably won't happen, but we can fantasise about it. And include the SMAX factions too. And have twelve people in the council, and 2 Progenitors. ;) No, I don't want it to follow the novels, either. There should be a huge visual effect on all the aspects. The PSI terror, the reinforcement with the Dream Twister and Neural Amp, for example. The sheer demonlike Hive, or something. And actually using CG effects that are useful. The Drone...

Haven't seen any new fiction on here in a while. This combined with the fact that i've always seen Lal being viewed as good or at least not evil led me to write this. As already implied, this is not gonna be your average Lal fiction... Teacher: Children, please be quiet and return to your seats, for all of you I have a treat. A story of how the Commissioner found his way... All the children: Yay! Teacher: Long ago, back at Planetfall, the only leader we knew of was Pravin Lal. He...

I have just completed re-working the fudge interactive history rules system for an Alpha Centauri game, with society/faction and action templates, and now currently in the process of creating a high resolution Chiron map on Photoshop with different layers categories for different type of maps. Since I am doing all this, all inspired from the Poli Sci United Nations course I am taking in University, thought I put a feeler out there to possible start another Chiron Chronicles type...

The Spartan kids get all the best toys at Christmas. Santiago Claus stuffs the stockings of both naughty and nice with the same goodies and treats -- but for the naughty kids, she pulls the pins first. All the Gaian boys and girls ever hear is, "You'll shoot your eye out, kid." At least the toys Zakharov's little ones get have some Spartan potential -- even a "neutered" chemistry set isn't immune to a little tweaking from certain common household chemicals. And nothing beats gaining...

Foreword: I am reminded with each new edition of this work how much technology changes on Planet. Sometimes entire sets of technology that were revolutionary upon me entering a gene therapy tank are archaic upon emerging. By the time of the distribution of the 32nd edition of this text a working rover only exists in antique collections and parade detachments. Most kids are getting chances to wreck their parents or garrison commanders hovering vehicles and ornithopters. Even natural aged...

PBEM 15: A Strange New World Masterbuilder and I have embarked on one of our storytelling PBEMs after a fairly long hiatus. This time we are trying out the SMAniac Mod with a water world theme. For those who haven’t tried it, the SMAniac Mod reworks most of the tech tree, revises much of the technology itself, limits some of the overpowered exploits, and tries to make more strategies workable. Masterbuilder and I are hopeful this – and the Water World setting – will present new challenges...

"It's the end of the line for me." Kauffman thought, as he sat down before the interrogator, who with the lights dim and Kauffman tied down and blindfolded spat on him. He was being charged with attempting to blow up Headquarters and he knew very well that he was guilty. He had made almost no mistake. The plan was almost flawless. From the obtaining of explosives from a renegade Knight to the organizing of a group of people willing to do the job, to the place ment of the bombs. But the one...

A few comments. PBEM 15 is moving right along. Sorry for the delay in posting. First, the SMAniaC mod is GREAT FUN since it allows so many new strategies (pure GREEN is now viable), tweaks the tech tree to make each line valuable (no dead ends), moves around the SPs a bit, re-orders the tech tree, changes the SMAC and SMAX factions a bit, and has a whole new SE. In many ways it is a new game. Second, many of the old exploits don't work anymore. Pop booming is a bit more difficult, as...

Cuz I kinda want to. Am I allowed to do so?

Oohhhh! I have to admit I like the image of Santiago on a leash...**ahem**. Oh. I was commenting on the shory. Nicely done! Do I foresee a series of short stories that will (hopefully) outline the backstory and future for our erstwhile Pact Sisters? Or are you going to torture us? Hmmmm? Hydro

DISCLAIMER: I don't own these characters, I'm not making a profit, blahblahblah. NOTE: This is another short scene ripped out of context from my still unwritten Deirdre/Santiago Saga. I hope you enjoy anyway. * * * * * Politics

I hesitated for quite some time about posting this short little almost-story here for a couple of reasons. For one thing, it's not particularly good, there isn't even much of a plot. I'd like to say it's a character study of some kind, but that's not entirely true either. It's more of a prologue to a story that hasn't been written yet, and may in fact never get written. It's also been written with people who hardly know Alpha Centauri in mind, so a lot of redundant facts get rehashed. And...

This story was going to be the prologue for the SP Game of the same name. Its set in the 26th century at the end of the Third Human-Progenitor war, where the Humans and Progs are battling over an unknown planet on the fringe of both their empires. There they accidently awaken a race of berserker robots, known as "Eaters", and it becomes a fight for survival where the Human and Progenitors must put aside their mutual atrocity-soaked pasts and band together if they are to survive. Many thanx...

Excellent! An original storyline, and a tie in to Earth. Good characterization, too. Please, keep it up! Hydro

Part One Texas, 2105, A.D. The blistering summer sun bore down on the crowd assembled at the Texas A&M aerospace reserch facility. Even the heat was not enough to prevent a great cheer from the crowd as the extensively modified Kistler-12 rocket took off, putting the first human into space in nearly 40 yrs. Wiping the sweat from his eyes, Laurence Tarwater, head of Internal Security for his excellancy, Lord Protector Ian McDiarmid I of the Terren Empire, turned and grinned at Dr....

Reading some old fics; I felt inspired; and decided to put some new fiction in this old forum. Decided writing Miriam. Now, I don't intend to write her as pure evil, nor do I plan to make her too 'nice'. However, it should be noted that Miriam's views are her, and not my own. (for starters, I'm not religious) Hope you like it, and Iùll probably end up making this a 'describe the game' thing, as Iùve read some very good ones from Hydro The horrible sound of the crash faded, its echoes...

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I haven’t tried a full-length SMAX story before. All of my single author works have been short stories and have always admired the works by luminaries like Alinestra Covelia, Googlie, Raging Mouse, and of course vaunted Vel. So I’m going to give it a try. This idea germinated while I was thinking up a MP theme which then mutated into a SMAX scenario. After a few days I realized it might make a compelling stand-alone story. The time reference jumps a bit, so please bear with me. I’ll try to post...

It's a short story. Not realy proofread. just something I thought up as I planned placement of colony pods. Feel free to comment, critisize, complain, and compliment

It's strange how a single image can gestate into a short story... Hydro *~*~*~*~ Gaian Star I was looking up when I saw my favorite star, my Gaian Star, flare brilliantly. I often will take a moment in the depths of the night to look up at the quiet sky. It gives me sense of peace to know that wherever I am stationed I can look up and see the wonder and beauty of the thousands of visible motes that are suns and even galaxies. On some days I even find Sol and offer our lost home a...

Ok couldn't find anywhere where anyone made comments on the winning story by hydro so I thought I would post some. First GREAT STUFF!! Very interesting and plausible. Going to have to see if I can find the Clarke story at some point. I love the description of the obelisk ring and the space elevator. I kept trying to figure out which of the cites each place was but the only one I could place for sure was the hive and gaians. Which game ending happened or did any of them happen? I almost...

OOC: Yeah, so a LOT of asterisks. But I feel it's warranted here. So it was Mick's birthday, and the bunch of us had gathered at the rec for some partying. Pretty damn late in the evening, and we'd get hell the following morning at the munition plant when we'd all be hungover, but screw that... Rec con's basically a big gym. Got your basketball court, punching bags, a ring if you feel like a few bouts and hot and cold baths for afterwards. We mostly used the ring for some skins...

(I thought this was way too good to just let it lay idle for so long, so I decided I'd start it off. If it's still too soon, no problem, I'll jsut let this be then and wait for the proper things to happen then) I am Father Gerald Maverlon. On this datadisc do I write the story of my travels to the lands of the Hive, to spread the word of God, and hurry the downfall of Yang's vile empire. I hope my story will serve as a guide to later generations, and that they may look upon these...

Is there anyone out there? Though I can't complain since I disappeared for so long myself. I played the game the other day and it got my mind going over ideas for stories. Hydro's story was very interesting take on AC and it made me wish I had kept at my stories from way back. Is there anyone out there intersted in a cooperative story for AC? It wouldn't have to be as involved as earlier incarnations and perhaps take a different route. My idea was to start a sort of historical...

Introduction This will be a little collection of tales, one for each faction, inspired by the blurbs of SMAC/X's techs, facility and secrect projects. The intent of these histories is to give the word at the normal citizen: they are not great commanders or particulary important Talents, they are simply common people that live "under an alien sky". I hope you will enjoy these tales. If you have any comments, suggestions or remarks, please post separatly. The Planetary Archives Chapter...

Part 1 Dorian saw the sunrise, the 1st sun rise, the 2nd sun of Planet would be up to, but not for a while. For now though, Dorian just enjoyed the first one, turning the darkness around him slowly, yet somewhat delicately into a sight of color and life. The green and orange fields of the nutrient farms were first, followed by the many rows of blue tinted solar panels fields up in the hills behind him. Off in the distance, the Xenofungus’s crimson brilliance was revealed, with the early...