But for the Grace of God comments

[Rand Al'Tor]

Feel free to comment here.

[Mr. President]

I always figured there must have been at least a few Jews and Muslims and suchlike on the Unity.

[Illuminatus]

Nice work. Please keep it coming. (You've also been nominated by an older member for the story contest.)

[Rand Al'Tor]

Thank you. COnsidering my pace, and the scope of my intentions, I don't think I'll be able to finish my work within the time limits though. (Eventhough I don't intend to go into detail over EVERY little thing. But I wanted to explore the first contacts the colonists have with the world, where everything is new and strange, rather than a world where people are somewhat used to mindworms ands such. Oooh, I'm so looking forward to the first Mindworm Boils)

[Hydro]

Glad to see you've started BFTGOG (nice acronym, eh?) again! I always love seeing and feeling how others see the characters in the SMAC pantheon.

Hydro

[Rand Al'Tor]

Glad to be back at it as well. I'm starting to get attached to Miriam, though I try to avoid 'whitewashing' her. She's a fundie cookie all right, but I try make her a human fundie cookie.

I look forward to the first meetings with other factions. Whoever it is, there'll be emotions flaring. (one thing that Firaxis can't help, but I always felt was a bit... odd. You meet someone you might know pretty well after being apart for decades, and you're all business. Of course SMAC is a TBS not a roleplaying game, but I'll be working that differently.)

Also note that if I can't defend things happening IC-ly, they won't happen. So no switching secret projects halfway. No spending toomuch energy reserves. No building,selling and rebuilding green buildings to get polution limit up, and SE choice changes are a major overhauls of society that can only be done so many times in a certain time.

[Kaboth]

I love your story Rand. Is there anyway I can subscribe to the thread so that I'm emailed when its updated. I don't check Apolyton very often.

[Rand Al'Tor]

Getting this up a bit so people know where to post their comments.