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; Sid Meier's ALPHA CENTAURI
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; FACTION FILE: Manifold Custodians
; Alternate to Manifold Caretakers
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; Copyright (c) 1999 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
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; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
;

#CUSTODY
The Manifold Custodians, The Conservator, Custodians, F, 2, S'Laree, F, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 
  ALIEN, 0, DEFENSE, 125, SOCIAL, +PLANET, TECH, Biogen, TECH, InfNet, TECH, Ecology, FACILITY, 3
  Economics, Planned, PLANET
  nil, nil, nil
  Custodian, Custod.
  Hackjob, Peter, Hackjob Hovel
  Guardian, insightful, reactionary, unyielding, horrific, 
  Walking Atrocity
  preserve the sanctity of the Manifold
  to keep the Usurper plague from defiling Planet
  wiping Planet clean of our kind
  wiping Planet clean of our kind
  turn Planet into one big Mind Worm preserve
  picking fights with anyone who opposes her vision of a pure Planet
  picking fights with anyone who opposes your vision of a pure Planet
  'species cleansing' in the name of the sanctity of the Manifold
  alarmist singsong, M1
  grand experiment, M1
  'grand experiment', M1
  energy modulation obligation, M1
  Manifold sanctity preservation
  my Harmonic Acolytes
  the Tau Ceti Accord of 31.5

#BASES
Wisdom : Manifold
Fungus Garden
Sentry Outpost
Adamant Carapace
Fence : Security
Learning Curve
Crop : Planting
Thought : Response
Plangent Park
Sonorous Citidel
Echo Gate
Song : Enhance
Votary Odeum
Tympanic Alarm
Ghostly Guardians
Canyon : Echo
Spectral City
L'Saa Settlement
Human : Cacophony
Respectulum
Acolyte Oratory
Nessus : Rising
Tau Ceti Monument
Ballad Bluff
Chorus : Chanting
Aria Sanctum
Conservator Auditorium
Mindworm : Hatching
L'Hothath Lookout
Concert Defense
Planet : Accord
Zealot Focus
Chime Tower
Manifold : Serene
Rain : Sprinkle
Sentry's Path
Holding the Line
Leaf : Rustling
Harmony Order
Melodic Marsh
Instrument : Silence
Grid 524
Ancient Wisdom
Acumen Hospital
Energy Node
Grass : Bending
Wraith Wards
Shadow Barracks
Weed : Expansion
#END

#WATERBASES
Resounding Sound
Wind : Silence
Gale : Howling
Dirge Docks
Crecendo
Weather : Fair
Subtle Surf
Water : Upwelling
Razorfish Wharf
Sonar Shipyards
Aquatic Aria
Tidal Conduit
Water : Salty
Sealurk : Sinking
Sunken Monolith
Port Custodia
Blue Harmony
Abyssal Melody
Espial Point
Mind : Wave
Sound : Reverb
Serenety
Reflection Isle
Kelp : Spread
Sage Fathoms
Undercurrent
Hidden Cove
Deep Oratory
Sea Rest
Ocean : Empty
#END

#BLURB
Tau Ceti Flowering: Horrors visited upon neighboring systems must never be repeated. 
Therefore: if it means the end of our evolution as a species, so be it.
^
^       -- Caretaker Harnaa S'Laree
^          "Sacrifice : Life"

#DATALINKS1
^LEADER: {Caretaker Harnaa S'Laree}
^BACKGROUND: {<Unknown>}
^AGENDA: {Prevent Transcendence}
^TECH: {Progenitor Psych, Centauri Ecology, Field Modulation, Information Networks, Biogenetics}
^

#DATALINKS2
^+25% Defensive combat: {Can sense and manipulate "Resonance" fields}
^+1 PLANET: {Understand workings of Planet, the Sixth Manifold}
^Free RECYCLING TANKS at every base
^"Energy Grid" at each base: {Increased infrastructure generates additional energy}
^Make Planetfall with a Mk I Battle Ogre and extra Colony Pod
^All prototyped combat units have 2-square sighting radius ("Resonance" sensitivity)
^Can direct research efforts (rediscovering technology & infrastructure)
^Possess a physical scan of Planet's surface

#FACTIONTRUCE
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"Pointless skirmishing: distracts from true menace: hated Usurpers. Blood Truce: requested and required immediately."

"We don't want to stand in your way, $NAME3. Blood Truce : accepted."
"YOU are the true menace here, $NAME3. This war shall continue!"

#FACTIONTREATY
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"Although ultimate goal : return Planet to native state : in interim, our cultures can co-operate. Treaty of Friendship : sign please?"

"We don't plan to move anytime soon, $NAME3. But we can probably work together for the short term."
"Why hasten our own demise by working with your kind? Sorry, but we can't sign your Treaty."


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