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The Planet Rising - May 2014 SMAX GotM scenario for the Pirates
In the year 2101, six factions left the damaged hull of UNS Unity and made Planetfall. Colonel Santiago, Lady Skye, Provost Zakharov, Brother Lal, Chairman Yang, and finally – you, Captain Svensgaard – led their people onto this alien world. The Gaians proved to be the luckiest and landed in a rich jungle, which helped them rapidly expand throughout the main continent. You remained in touch with Santiago, as you two had forged some rapport onboard Unity. However, the fate of the rest is still a mystery. It remains to be seen if they are dead or thrive in some secluded areas.
You found a safe bay at the base of a dormant volcano called the Mount of Planet. After a while, in order to contain the Gaian expansion, you decided to send colonists onto the mainland. After founding the Outpost and New Hope, you managed to establish mining operations on a range of hills, deeper in the continent. Things were going well for a while.
But then, something… happened. Nobody knows for sure what. Some say the Gaians awoke some kind of force among the ancient Ruins. Others, that the will of Planet itself manifested in a physical form. Perhaps the strangest rumors talk about a young boy who got lost in fungus and miraculously developed new powers. But whatever it was, it brought havoc to human settlements. Gaian bases, one by one, succumbed to hordes of mind worms, beyond doubt controlled by some wicked intellect. Gaian citizens were forced into submission, while Lady Skye herself, humiliated, swore obedience to her new master – self-proclaimed Prophet Cha Dawn, leader of the Cult of Planet. Now she is the head of a puppet government, a fraction of her former glory.
Soon, yours and Spartans’ bases were quickly conquered as well. Despite heroic sacrifices of your people, they simply could not stand against ferocious attacks of countless mind worms. As the Spartans faced complete obliteration, you used your transport ship to evacuate some of their colonists to a small island to the North East. Colonel Santiago refused to come onboard the ship, but was grateful enough to sign a pact of cooperation with you.
Shortly, waves of attackers reached the Outpost, your last settlement on the mainland. In order to evacuate the civilians, you have dispatched a transport to the base, loaded with your best soldiers, the Shock Platoon. They reinforced the garrison and saved so many people that you cannot possibly evacuate all of them. You need to choose whom to save…
Your mission is to evacuate, find some territory to settle and rebuild your power, and then to reclaim Chiron for humanity. You’ll be damned if you surrender to some disgusting bugs, even if it means fighting the Planet itself.
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It is 2106 and you play the Pirates. The main continent is overrun by the mind worms controlled by Cha Dawn. He is very powerful and remains a serious threat even when you leave the mainland, so consider yourself warned.
You start pacted with Santiago, but it is not a permanent pact, unlike the vendetta with Cha Dawn and Deirdre.
Your mission is first to survive, then to conquer Cha Dawn’s HQ. This is the only objective in the scenario.
You start with a battleship, 8-3-6, but you have no technology for the components. Do not play any tricks to pull reverse engineering on it (although I’m not aware of such a thing).
There is no Planetary Council. Nobody has the time for ballots and politics when the entire mission is compromised and the humanity itself is on the verge of extinction.
Raising and lowering terrain is impossible.
Other standard rules apply – no reverse engineering, crawler upgrade, bug abuse, etc.
Other settings:
large map
victory conditions: conquest only
Spoils of War and Do or Die off
Supply pods and random events on
Direct research, normal tech rate.
I provided this scenario in three different versions:
1) Light – for causal game, after evacuation you should get some peace for a while. Cha Dawn has no Projects and only a few IoDs.
2) Normal – quite a difficult version in itself. Cha Dawn has 2 Planet-related Projects and many units to keep you on your toes from the early turns.
3) Hard – look, some people just get off of pain and who are we to judge? Download this version if you’ve been naughty and deserve punishment. Cha Dawn has 5 Planet-related Projects and a horde of units to make your life miserable.
This is my first scenario, so feedback will be appreciated a lot!
Enjoy the game!
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One More Turn Episode 105: "Three for Three"
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One More Turn Episode 105: "Three for Three"
Hudson takes Riley to task, Caleb does the same and shifts the balance of power in his favour. The fifth episode of the dramedy podcast One More Turn (OMT) is now available. Entitled "Three for Three", it has a runtime of 07m27s. A story set in the near future, OMT features geeks deal with non-geeky problems. One can follow the show on Twitter and check out its YouTube channel for caption capability.
OMT features the voice talents of Civilization strategy-centric podcast PolyCast regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick and Stephanie "Makahlua" among others; Quick is also the dramedy's writer and creator. Its ongoing first season has thirteen episodes in total.
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ModCast Pilot 03: "Lot of Fun Was Had"
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ModCast Pilot 03: "Lot of Fun Was Had"
It's been more than six months since the forty-ninth episode of ModCast, "Spectacularly Unexpected", was published; it unexpectedly became the third and final episode of the show's fifth season. Work nears to realize a recording to start its sixth season for its fiftieth episode. In an effort to provide the Civ modding community a podcast instalment until that time, what is old is becoming new again with the release of the show's third pilot entitled "Lot of Fun Was Had" for the first time.
Featuring three of the four regular co-hosts Tony "GarretSidzaka" Kiehl, Kenneth "Impaler[WrG]" Ferland and Oscar "Elhoim" Velzi and a runtime of 45m37s, it was recorded in December 2007 in lead-up to its first episode the following month.
ModCast is a recurring audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game modding; sibling show PolyCast focuses on Civ strategy, RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution, SCivCast on Civ social gaming and TurnCast on Civ multiplay. The first MC pilot is unfortunately believed to be lost as no copy is known to still be in existence.... -
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One More Turn Episode 104: "Four Corners"
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One More Turn Episode 104: "Four Corners"
Riley expresses exasperation, Caleb and Gary exasperate each other... and Carson fumes. The fourth episode of the dramedy podcast One More Turn (OMT) is now available. Entitled "Four Corners", it has a runtime of 07m31s. A story set in the near future, OMT features geeks deal with non-geeky problems. One can follow the show on Twitter and check out its YouTube channel for caption capability.
OMT features the voice talents of Civilization strategy-centric podcast PolyCast regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick and Stephanie "Makahlua" among others; Quick is also the dramedy's writer and creator. Its ongoing first season has thirteen episodes in total.
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PolyCast Episode 197: "Ready for the Awesomeness"
Saying it is so. The one-hundred-and-ninety-seventh episode of PolyCast, "Ready for the Awesomeness", features regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, "Makahlua" and Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew with returning guest co-host Izzy "Izmir Stinger" Stinger and first-time guest co-host "adwcta". It carries a runtime of 59m59s.
Recording live before a listening audience every other Saturday, PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; listeners are encouraged to follow the show on Twitter, and check out the YouTube channel for caption capability. Sibling show RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution, ModCast on Civ modding, SCivCast on Civ social gaming and TurnCast on Civ multiplay. -
One More Turn Episode 103: "11,236"
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One More Turn Episode 103: "11,236"
Carson fronts Caleb about where's been and finds he doesn't like where the conversation is going. The third episode of the dramedy podcast One More Turn (OMT) is now available. Entitled "11,236", it has a runtime of 08m02s. A story set in the near future, OMT features geeks deal with non-geeky problems. One can follow the show on Twitter and check out its YouTube channel for caption capability.
OMT features the voice talents of Civilization strategy-centric podcast PolyCast regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick and Stephanie "Makahlua" among others; Quick is also the dramedy's writer and creator. Its ongoing first season has thirteen episodes in total.
The fourth episode of One More Turn is to be released on April 23rd, 2014.... -
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TurnCast Episode 46: "Take That Tone"
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TurnCast Episode 46: "Take That Tone"
Hear yourself. Regular players Daniel "DanQ" Quick, "Makahlua", Scott "AlphaShard" Dirk and "UberMarklar" are accompanied by fellow co-operative Civilization V multiplayer players in the forty-sixth episode TurnCast (TC) entitled "Take That Tone". Now netcasting with a runtime of 09m59s snippets include party fun, hurrying up, taking already, every go and no worry.
TurnCast is the third spin-off of the Civ strategy-centric PolyCast on which Quick and Makahlua serve as regular co-hosts; the modding-centric ModCast was the first, and the console-centric RevCast the second, such spin-off. The fourth spin-off, SCivCast, covers Civ on social media. -
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One More Turn Episode 102: "Best Before 1998"
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One More Turn Episode 102: "Best Before 1998"
Carson offers some blunt advice, but later tries the... subtle approach. The second episode of the dramedy podcast One More Turn (OMT) is now available. Entitled "Best Before 1998", it has a runtime of 07m54s. A story set in the near future, OMT features geeks deal with non-geeky problems. One can follow the show on Twitter and check out its YouTube channel for caption capability.
OMT features the voice talents of Civilization strategy-centric podcast PolyCast regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick and Stephanie "Makahlua" among others; Quick is also the dramedy's writer and creator. Its ongoing first season has thirteen episodes in total.
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PolyCast Episode 196: "Far to the Side"
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PolyCast Episode 196: "Far to the Side"
Looking that way. The one-hundred-and-ninety-sixth episode of PolyCast, "Far to the Side", features regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, "Makahlua" and "MadDjinn" with returning guest co-host Sal "Thorburne" Serio and first-time guest co-host Trevor "Talcove" Alcove. It carries a runtime of 59m59s.
Recording live before a listening audience every other Saturday, PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; listeners are encouraged to follow the show on Twitter, and check out the YouTube channel for caption capability. Sibling show RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution, ModCast on Civ modding, SCivCast on Civ social gaming and TurnCast on Civ multiplay. -
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One More Turn Episode 101: "First Names"
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One More Turn Episode 101: "First Names"
Three's company becomes a crowd when one finds themselves in between the other two. The first episode of the dramedy podcast One More Turn (OMT) is now available. Entitled "First Names", it has a runtime of 06m34s. A story set in the near future, OMT features geeks deal with non-geeky problems. One can follow the show on Twitter and check out its YouTube channel.
The premiere outing of the 13-episode first season features the voice talents of Scott "AlphaShard Dirk, Stephanie "Makahlua" and its writer and creator Daniel "DanQ" Quick. The latter two serve as regular co-hosts on the Civilization strategy-centric podcast PolyCast and Dirk is a recurring guest co-host. Quick also created the previously concluded real-time strategy and live-action blend machinima Age of Nations.
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In 2016 under the Civilized Communication banner, Civilization fans can look forward to the ongoing production of three podcasts. More Civ co-operative multiplay is to be had in the sixth season of TurnCast, further exploration of modding in the series on the eighth season of ModCast and greater Civ strategy conversations on the landmark tenth season of PolyCast. Episodes of the latter most are to continue to be recorded live every other Saturday starting at 12PM ET (North America), starting January 9th (timezone converter).
Meanwhile, efforts to restart the Civ social SCivCast to now focus on the recently released Civilization Online will be ongoing having begun at the end of last year. Elsewise, the dramedy series One More Turn is to record and release its fourth season, the thirteen episodes of which are currently being written. Before that the third season blooper reel and commentary is to be released by January's end.
Recurring updates on the above efforts are to be summarized in follow-up posts throughout the calendar year. Keep on Civ'in, laughing and living....January 2, 2016, 16:20 -
Winter welcome. The two-hundred-and-forty-forth episode of PolyCast, "Not Just a Lame Clip Show XVII", features regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, "Makahlua", Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew and "MadDjinn" with then first-time guest co-host Lotfi "ZTZaorish" Kerzabi in the seventeenth compilation of segments archived from previous episode recordings and not released previously. Its 59m59s runtime is extended coverage of a broad topic: the response to a detailed outline for designing a Civilization VI with an empire management design philosophy is just as comprehensive (recorded for Episode 237).
Recording live every other Saturday, PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; sibling show RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution, ModCast on Civ modding, SCivCast on Civ social gaming and TurnCast on Civ multiplay. Concluding PolyCast's ninth season, another compilation is to be published on January 9th as its Season 10 premiere... right after the live recording of its next episode.December 31, 2015, 17:26 -
The more things change, the more they stay the same until that moment that reverberates. The thirteenth and final episode of dramedy podcast One More Turn's (OMT) third season is now available. Entitled "Another Turn", it has a runtime of 08m10s. A story set in the near future, OMT features geeks deal with non-geeky problems. One can follow the show on Twitter and check out its YouTube channel for caption capability.
OMT features the voice talents of Civilization strategy-centric podcast PolyCast regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick and Stephanie "Makahlua" among others; Quick is also the show's writer and creator. Selections of American music and soundtrack composer Kevin MacLeod's work is included throughout the series. Next on the show's release schedule is its Season 3 Blooper Reel set for January 20th, 2016....December 30, 2015, 12:37 -
Answers aplenty. The 2015 PolyCast Christmas Special, "What Civ Is This?", is now available for netcasting. Join regular panelists Daniel "DanQ" Quick, "Makahlua", Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew and "MadDjinn" as they give their take on questions and comments received from members of the show's audience and otherwise in this hour-long plus (73m02s) production.
PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; its final episode of this, its ninth season, is number 244 set to be released in one week's time. Fellow sibling shows also in production presently are ModCast on Civ modding and TurnCast on Civ multiplay.December 24, 2015, 01:17 -
Segments inclusion preference? Favourite regular co-host? These are two of the five questions being asked of the 2015 ModCast (MC) audience as its seventh season has concluded.
To provide your input on/by January 02nd, 2016, follow the link below:
http://thepolycast.net/modcastsurvey
ModCast is the first spin-off of the Civ strategy-centric PolyCast; it has been renewed for a 6-episode eighth season in 2016.December 23, 2015, 11:47