Top Gun School of Aerial Warfare

[Paddy]

Welcome to a modern land of heavy warfare.

We have a standard sized map, accelerated production and conquest victory

a few modifications have been addded to the game through the editor :evilgrin: :lol: :evilgrin: :lol: :evilgrin:

Also each player gets a starter pack consisting of...

- a metropolis of 20 pop and 130 culture
- also 2 cities of 7 pop and 10 culture
- and 2 towns of 3 pop and 10 culture
- all with some good basic infrastructure - including airports
- all tiles in the zone have rail and irrigation, mountains and hills mined

also included in the starter pack...

- 10 settlers
- 10 workers
- 10 tanks
- 10 fighters
- 5 bombers
- 2 armies
- some goody huts
- some barbarians
- a few more barbarians
- traces of once fine civilizations
- and a few more barbarians :evilgrin:
- it would not let me plant barbarian airports loaded with stealth fighters :(
- a for those civs that share the same land mass a few obstacles between each other ;)

and for Maverick and his mates...

- 10 jet fighters

and for all great Rio's... somewhere to land when out and about :)

- 2 carriers

and their escorts...

- 4 destroyers



Paddy - Australia

Chrisius - England

Bongo - Germany

Beta - Aztec




let the party begin :cool:


I feel the need - the need for speed

[bongo]

10-4

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk " Come in Red Leader!" Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk " Come in Red leader!" Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk "Where the Hell BOOM!!!!!!!!!!! Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.........................................................................................

[Paddy]

ok this should see us playing well

please note that the 1st post has been updated

ok, :hmmm: well I got up a bit early and had some fun with the editor

I have stopped tweaking here

it is certainly hoped that you all enjoy this game

I know I will :D

so kick those tyres and light those fires....

[Beta]

Ready to Rock n' Roll!!

[Paddy]

ok we be away

now this game starts week 1, 1900ad and progresses along at different rates of weeks... :lol:

so I have set the save up as:

Top Gun, to Chris, Week 1, 1900AD.SAV


hope that helps

onto Chris

[ChrisiusMaximus]

and onto Bongo chocks away old chap :D

[bongo]

Not here :hmmm:


Going to have a cup of tea, then check my other account.

[bongo]

:lol: Some setup :D

Chrisius, please use this email :)
tomruned IDONTWANTNOFU**INGSPAM broadpark NOMEANSNO no

[Paddy]

well it should save a few turns in planting that town ** **** *************** ;)



edit: opps

[bongo]

To Beta :D

[Paddy]

wonder what Lord Beta will think of all this :hmmm:

and have yee all looked at the armies yet? :lol:

[Paddy]

oh Lord Beta has gone awol :(

[bongo]

I noticed you increased their capacity :D

[Paddy]

indeed

5 units is better than 3 ;)

could not resist having a bit of fun with the editor :lol:

[Beta]

:eek: as in ....

Yowzer!

Great start Paddy. :lol:

Sorry guys. I was away for the weekend - and got back last evening. I had a pile of saves to work through - and when I got to this one - I realized it was not a 5 minute affair, as is the case with many early games.

Playing now - well - studying it actually - and will forward it on shortly.

[Beta]

Lock'n load, gentlemen.

Save to Paddy.

(This reminds me of one of those old jokes - How many elephants can you fit into a VW Beetle?)

[bongo]

5 Minutes?!?! More like 50... :p

Can't wait to see how the barbs treat my poor units :scared:

[Beta]

Originally posted by bongo
5 Minutes?!?! More like 50... :p

Can't wait to see how the barbs treat my poor units :scared:

I wonder what an armor-piecing tank round would do to an elephant.....:hmmm:

[Paddy]

:lol: should see what an elephant does to settlers



week 51 to Lord Chrisius

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Turn 2 sent to Bongo tio your old addy, could you send me an email from your preffered addy so I can add it to my address book :)

[bongo]

Recieved several hours ago. Won't be playing until later so I thought this was an appropriate moment to post some 'nice' pics :lol:

As some of you already know, I work in an IT-department. One of the benefits is unlimited access to faulty computer equipment. Normally we just destroy/throw away old and failed HDs but this time I seized some of them for a morning of clean mindless fun :D

The following pics show what a harddisk looks like after I put 15 rounds of .22LR ammunition into it.



The first pic is of my desk after I dismantled the HD...lots of little pieces...

[bongo]

The top cover, from the outside. Note how the cover actually stopped many bullets :eek:

[bongo]

The top cover, the inside this time.

Note how one of the bumps were made from the inside out after I shot at the 'back' of the drive.

[bongo]

The bottom of the disk. I removed the circutry after the shooting. Only shot 5 rounds from this side, my favourite is clearly the one that destroyed the 'warranty void if label removed' label :lol:

Much of the grey stuff is lead residue from the bullets that hit the engine housing, which appearantly is the toughest spot on the drive.

[bongo]

At last the platter and engine. No need to worry about head crashes anymore :p

[bongo]

At last, a close up of the platter and 3 impacts. The right ones suffered direct hits as the top cover ruptured when the bullets hit close to the engine. The left crater was never touched by lead, but the cover stretched upon impact and damaged the platter nonetheless.

[bongo]

To Beta

[Paddy]

ouch - Beta seems to have fallen out of his cockpit...

hope he has a parachute

[Beta]

:relief:

I did have a parachute. Took a few days for Search and Rescue to find me. But I am strapped in and flying again. :D

To Paddy.

[Beta]

Bongo - :lol: :lol: :lol: Priceless stuff. You should post it in O/T as a separate thread and see what comes of it.

Now - I want you to know -

I was only joking about the armor-piercing shell and the elephant.

OK? :lol:

[bongo]

OT ...meeeeh..I don't know...I've been working hard to stay out of that place :D

[Paddy]

Bongo and the OT

sounds like a heavy metal band ;)

:band:


sorry for the delays :) the spice will flow

week 49, 1901 to Air Marshal Chrisius

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Back over to Bongo :)

[bongo]

Back from hunting, will play later today :cool:

[Paddy]

oh - did you bag a large group of hard disks :D

hope they are all over the legal size ;)

[bongo]

Nothing under the legal size, in fact, nothing at all :(

Well, one of the other guys shot a bird. And we got enough fish for several dinners :)

Save to beta last night.

[Paddy]

pm'd Beta to see if he has the save or not :)


edit: ok my bad, Beta was listed as on leave opps

sorry mate :)

[bongo]

Where exactly is that listing?
( I may want to us it myself..)

[Paddy]

in the absences thread

topped in this forum :D

[bongo]

Really? Gotta have a look then. Is anoyone using it btw? (apart from beta)

[bongo]

Lot's of noise there :) , last time I checked(loong time ago) the thread was dead.


Thinking of it, I may simply change my sig next time I'm away :idea:

[Paddy]

both will work :D

[Beta]

Sorry for the delay folks. I have the save, but have not been able to get to it. I will this evening.

[Paddy]

cheers mate :D

I thought the game may be so bad you all did not want to play :lol:

rock on ;)

[Beta]

Originally posted by Paddy the Scot
cheers mate :D

I thought the game may be so bad you all did not want to play :lol:

rock on ;)

Not at all Paddy. But it does take longer to play than moving your two warriors, one scout, and one worker. :D

[Beta]

Save to Paddy.

[Paddy]

Originally posted by Beta


Not at all Paddy. But it does take longer to play than moving your two warriors, one scout, and one worker. :D

:lol: well indeed

that got a good laugh from me, and some strange looks from the people in the office :D

way too many games seem to be in the ancient years

tis good to have one that is modern

[Beta]

Originally posted by Paddy the Scot


tis good to have one that is modern

Indeed. It has been so long since I have played a game into the modern era, I have to re-learn what all the units and techs and stuff are about. :)

But as you would say - "T'is all good."

[Paddy]

onto Chrisius

[ChrisiusMaximus]

woo hoo back to bongo :ana:

[bongo]

To beta

[Beta]

woo hoo too to Paddy:ana: :ana:

[Paddy]

and onto Chrisius :)

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Back to Bongo :ana: :ana: :D

[bongo]

To Beta again :)

This game is Huuuge :dizzy:

[Beta]

Paddied. :ana: :ana: :ana:

[Paddy]

Chrismassed :D

[1889]

Pardon me gents. I doubt I'm the only one following this game. An inspired idea Paddy.


...but...um, could you guys start killing each other now. :doitnow!:

[Paddy]

:lol: is that right old chap :D

[ChrisiusMaximus]

You aint seen the map, too many mad elephants running around to start killing each other :D

back to bongo :)

[bongo]

To Beta

[Beta]

1889 - this is a peaceful game. :)

To Paddy.

[Paddy]

:lol:

to Chrisius

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Back over to Bongo :)

[bongo]

To b..wait not yet. Very busy weekend now, will play sunday or monday :(

We are baptizing the little one tomorrow, lots of relatives are coming over for the night :)

[bongo]

to Beta

[Paddy]

Originally posted by bongo
To b..wait not yet. Very busy weekend now, will play sunday or monday :(

We are baptizing the little one tomorrow, lots of relatives are coming over for the night :)

cheers mate

hope you all had a GRAND weekend :D

[Beta]

To Paddy.

[Paddy]

and onto Chrisius

[ChrisiusMaximus]

> Bongo :)

[Addled Platypus]

Could I harrass someone for a screen shot?

This is a awesome idea!

[Paddy]

a pleasure

also for some others that my NSA would rather these foriegn Governments did not see - please pm us your email address :)

[bongo]

To Beta,.

Paddy is very secretive about his map, wonder what he is hiding from us ;)

[Paddy]

ahhh well then you post yours here then old chap :D


:hippie:

I will just sit back and have a loooooooooooooooooooooong smoke while we wait

:hippie: :D :hippie:

[Beta]

Save to Paddy.

bongo - Aussies are like that.

[Paddy]

:lol: oath mate :D

onto Chrisius


oh and looking forward to Bongo posting some screenies soon ;)

[ChrisiusMaximus]

turn sent to Bongo :)

[bongo]

to beta

[Beta]

to Paddy.

[Paddy]

1908 to Christhoper

[ChrisiusMaximus]

> bongo :)

[bongo]

to beta

[Beta]

To Paddy.

[Paddy]

onto Chrisius

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Week 33 1909 to Bongo :)

[bongo]

to Beta

[Beta]

to General Paddy.

[Paddy]

and onto Lord Chrisius 1910

[ChrisiusMaximus]

week 31 1910 to Bongo :)

[bongo]

to beta a short while ago :cool:

[Beta]

to Paddy

[Paddy]

and onto Chrisius

[ChrisiusMaximus]

1911 back to Bongo :)

[bongo]

Going away for the weekend so this save won't be played until monday.

[Beta]

Rec'd this aft (my time) and onto Paddy.

[Paddy]

and again the Spice flows :lol:

onto Sky Marshall Chrisius

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Woo Hoo back to Bongo :)

[bongo]

to beta :)

[Beta]

to Paddy.

[Paddy]

week 25

1913 to Chrisius

[ChrisiusMaximus]

> Bongo of the German folk :)

[bongo]

to beta

[Beta]

to Paddy

[Paddy]

1914 to Chrisius

[ChrisiusMaximus]

> Bongo of germania :)

[bongo]

To Beta

[Beta]

to King of Oz.

[Paddy]

1915 to Chrisius

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Back to Bongo :)

[bongo]

to beta

[Beta]

To Paddy, with my apologies for the delay gents.

[Paddy]

Lord Beta, it is all good


1916 to Chrisius

Happy Australia Day :)

[ChrisiusMaximus]

onwards to Bongo )

[bongo]

to beta

[Beta]

To paddy. And again - my apologies. The week got busy with demo game stuff, and this got buried. I will pick up my pace.

[Paddy]

hahaha I so so now what you mean :D

1917 to Chrisius

[ChrisiusMaximus]

On to bongo :)

[bongo]

onwards

[Beta]

to Paddy.

[Paddy]

1918 to Chrisius

[ChrisiusMaximus]

And over to the people of Germany and there Chancellor Bongo :)

[Beta]

Rec'd from Bongo and on to Paddy.

[Paddy]

1919 to Chrisius

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Over to the Germanic peoples :)

[bongo]

to beta

[Beta]

and 1920 to Paddy.

[Paddy]

1920 to Chris

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Over to Bongo :)

[bongo]

sorry bout the delay folks, been rather busy the last week, reconstructing the house and stuff.

To beta, hope I've got the right adress :hmmm:

[Beta]

Yup. Got it.

Very peaceful game we have going here. :)

To PM Paddy of Australia.

[Paddy]

hehe

1921 to Chris

[Beta]

This game is slow for a four person game. But that is OK as it gives my pilots time to train.

Here they are at rest and refuel - and ready to go at a moment's notice .....

[Beta]

Watch your six when this game gets going again ....

"Roger that. Delta flight is outbound and hot."

[Paddy]

* meanwhile, at a remote facility, the operators of the Australian Task Force 97 continued to monitor the Aztec flight operations

"Commander, I have a fresh burst being decrypted at the moment."

Originally posted by Beta
Watch your six when this **me gets ***ng aga** ....

"Roger that. Delta flight is outb**nd and hot."

The senior officer looked over the few scant words "Good work Hammond, good work indeed."

[ChrisiusMaximus]

I need a resend folks i seem to have mislaid this one :D

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Ok thanks for the resend paddy, Ive played the turn and sending to bongo today.

This is a nice game we have set up here maybe we should speed it up a little to at least one round per week, though it has been delayed quite a bit by me lately :D

It is a big game and you really need to concentrate on every turn :)

[Beta]

Chris - agreed. One week per turn would be a good target. Speaking of targets....

[bongo]

Whopsidesiy :eek:

Is that a .50? I remember learning to pick one of those apart when in the force. One lesson to be exact, don't remember much of it now but I think I still know how to change barrels :)

Got the save but as chris said, lot's of stuff to do so no playing tonight.

[Paddy]

:b: good value lads

[Beta]

Let's keep this formation tight gentlemen....

[Beta]

:D

BTW - one thing I do not recall us discussing is the use of nuclear weapons. How about we continue without nukes - tactical and ICBM's - thus making it more of a game of strategy and tactics - and leading to greater use of the modern weapons we have our disposal.

The question is - do I load this puppy - or re-arm with more conventional armaments.

[ChrisiusMaximus]

yes id agree to an arms limitation treaty, nukes are so messy :D

[bongo]

wuzzies :p

:lol:

[Paddy]

so are we playing this game sometime soon :D

[bongo]

to beta (I hope)

[Beta]

Yep - 1922 to you Paddy

[Beta]

Ok - I gotta ask. What's wrong with the leaders in this game. I can't build an army with them. Any ideas??? Anyone else have this problem?

[bongo]

Only MGLs can build armies...

[Beta]

OK - then what can you do with these ones. I recall trying to do a rush-build, but no luck.

[bongo]

You're not referring to your king unit are you?

[Beta]

I guess they are. I saw the princess there, and assumed they are leaders. So are we playing with mass regicide rules as well??

[Paddy]

The Princess unit is just that a Princess. Good luck getting her to do anything :lol:

Top Gun, to Chris, 1922 AD

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Onwards to the german Chancellor.

Bongo of the germans we have sent you several communiques of recent years, as yet we still await a reply !!

We understand if the German state is overly busy and has no time to meet with us but a simple response that a detailed response will be forthcoming would do much to settle the English folk.

We await your timely reply and hope that relations between our two people can continue along the path of peace :)

[bongo]

onwards

[Beta]

To Paddy.

My humble apologies for the delay gentlemen. Been a busy few weeks, and just getting caught up. I am dumping a few other pbems to make more time. This one I will keep. :) And hopefully play quicker.

[Paddy]

it all good mate :b:

we have a 2 week vacation now as Chrisius is away with his family for a summer holiday :D

Top Gun, to Chris, 1923 AD

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Onwards to Chancellor Bongo :)

[bongo]

Save recieved but not played...

The reconstruction of my house has entered a very intense period. Basically, the carpenters are almost done placing wood panels on the outside. These panels has to be painted first and they have been kind enough to leave the scaffolding in place a couple of days longer so I can paint them. Saves me a lot of time and effort *not* having to paint while hanging in a ladder... Of course, this eats into my civvin big-time. So if you think I have been somewhat less attentive lately there's the explanation.

[Rubychaser]

As a lurker, hurry up :lol:
Also as a lurker, take ya time, looking forward to the battle reports :evil:

[Beta]

Paint on Bongo! Paint on! :b:

[ChrisiusMaximus]

BUMP Bongo :)

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Is this game dead then ???

[Paddy]

ouch - that would be a shame :(

[bongo]

not dead, only sleeping ;)

It is one of two games that are so heavy they can't be played during commercial breaks :p


hope to catch up with this one soon. My new computer room is still at least 4 weeks away though :(

[Beta]

We await its return. In the meantime, Aztec pilots train for the inevitable....

[Beta]

Bongo - is the new computer getting closer....?? :)

If not, maybe we can ship you one via Aztec military air freight.

[Paddy]

hahahaha

[Beta]

Bongo - would this delivery be better... hey - anything to get this game started again...just thinking of civ here...:cute:

[Beta]

Ok - we need another military pic to cool us all down ....:lol:

[Beta]

Aztec Air Cav - all set to rock and roll....

[bongo]

Yeah, a new comp would be fine. :(

Actually, I pulled my comp out of the basement and set it up yesterday, today, after installing all updates etc the HD crashed. Fcuk, BIG FCUK, BIG BIG BIG FCUK :mad:

I don't think I will lose *data* as I made backups of most things important before packing it away, but reinstalling will be a pain in the ass, as always :(

[bongo]

Turned out the disk is not completely dead, if I leave it off for a while it starts up OK and runs for maybe 10-15 minutes.

Hoping for a thermal solution I moved the disk to the windowpost and opened the window and the cold air(around freezing point here) was able to keep it running for a full hour :)

Still need to get a replacement though, think I should call dell later, the disk should be well inside the warranty period...

[Paddy]

and the game???

[bongo]

umm, the dog ate my civ3 cd?

[Paddy]

:lol:

well was a interesting game... many an hour setting it all up....

thanks for the time played :)