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**Kody** · June 19, 2004, 07:11

Contents
* Creator Moderator Narrator
* Pholus Lunar Outpost

Creator Moderator and Narrator
CMN stands for Creator Moderator and Narrator. The CMNs are around to act as neutral assistants in the game, helping with disputes and assisting in keeping the game interesting.

There are five CMNs in this game.[list=1][*]Buster created the map and set up the game.[*]Drogue is the primary moderator and performs tasks such as moderating the forums and handling disputes over game rules.[*]Method is the secondary moderator and is Drogue’s deputy.[*]Kody is the main narrator. He helps to guide roleplay and chronicles the events during the game.[*]Honghu is the second narrator. She helps ensure that forums remain active, guiding and contributing writing to the roleplay.[/list=1]

Unfortunately new players cannot directly join the CMNs as that requires majority approval from the rest of the participants of the game.

Pholus Lunar Outpost
Start Journal Mission Year 2101.06.26.

This is communications officer Kody of the starship Unity. The Unity has been destroyed in the attempt to get to Chiron. The majority of escape pods have made it to the surface, but a portion of the bridge crew has crashed landed on one of Chiron’s moon Pholus.

Method the pilot of the escape pod claimed technical problems with the navigational jets, I actually put it down to ineptitude as I think in the heat of the moment he mistook the moon for the planet.

There were only about 20 survivors that made it to our escape pod. Captain Buster is with us, but I do not know if he will survive. He has been shot and there is nobody with us that has the required medical training to help him. Of the other surviving officers there is first officer Drogue, Method who handled navigation and Honghu the ship counsellor.

I have searched the communication frequencies and have located signals emanating from seven different landing areas. It’s comforting to know that there are more survivors although we cannot spare the energy yet to send a signal.

While we have all the resources to start a new colony, we have too few people to make it viable. It is my hope that sometime in the future the others on the planet will be able to send a rescue mission so we can rejoin humanity. In the meantime construction of a dome is underway as we know it will be many years before help will come.

Fortunately for us we have located frozen water deposits under the rock and have a nearly unlimited supply of oxygen and water. The colony pod’s hydroponics is supplying us with more than enough food, as it was meant to handle a few thousand rather than 20 people. The one thing we are short on is energy as many of our solar panels shattered in the crash.

End Journal.

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The CMNs Introduction – by Kody

**jtsisyoda** · June 19, 2004, 13:38

Contents
* Morgans Rule
* Morgan Prospects

Morgans Rule
If you want to own Planet, in all senses of the word, then the Morganites are for you. We are a vibrant faction of enthusiastic and skillful people. Everyone is learning so much from each other that our heads are about to burst! Don't you want your head to burst from too much knowledge? C'mon, you know you do!

Morgan Prospects

A Review of the Morgan Industries Starting Position

Many people have asked me the question: What's so great about Morgan Industries? Other than it's inherit superiority to all other factions in every way, Morgan Industries has a great starting position!
Why, when we landed, we were in shock: The land itself is fertile, bursting with life and energy! The rainfall bore down on everything, except that land which we built our glorious base upon.
The river that we are near is blessed with fish, and foul abounds in every direction! The rain strengthens the trees and plants which produce bountiful harvests of fruits and vegetables to nourish us! The pigs run around already pre-cooked, and farms appear every day in this fertile valley!
Near us is Mount Drogue, a mountain 1000000m high which produces great energy every year! Already there are solar collectors pre-terraformed to give us billions of energy credits per year! Why, our scientists are certain that we are recieving only a fraction of what we could get due to limitations in technology!
Also near us is an area full of mineral deposits! Natural boreholes exist as far as the eye can see, and minerals stretch on forever, providing Morgan Industries with the tools it needs to create a great empire of wealth and abundance!
The citizens of Morgan Industries live in a life of great luxury, especially when you compare them to the other factions of Planet. Who would want to choose Sparta, a desolate faction who regularly go without great meats and wine and insteaed drink water and eat bread?! Or the Data Angels, forced to type at their computers all day when we here in Morgan Industries are having great fun with our slavepersons. Or, worst of all, the Gaians: Who have shunned wealth, who have let their own people fall into appaling poverty, all in the name of "protecting Planet"?!
Confronted with all this, the question is not "What's so great about Morgan Industries", it's "What's NOT so great about Morgan Industries"? The answer, of course, is nothing!
Why choose poverty and oppression when you can have freedom and wealth?

Join Morgan Industries today!

What can you do for us?

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The Morgan Introduction – by Yoda and friends

**Googlie** · June 26, 2004, 20:33

Sparta recruitment text

Contents
* Colonel's Log - 2101
* Colonel's Log - 2111
* Colonel's Log - 2121

* Breaking News

* How to Join Sparta

Colonel's Log
2101

All went well at first, we'd made it to the escape pod, but the Colonel had been shot with a flechette pistol during the altercation on the bridge. We'd put her in one of the cryosleep chambers and lugged it into the escape pod, and we nursed her carefully as we plummeted towards the alien planet of Chiron.

The landing was harsh, and it took its toll on our beloved Colonel. Her vital signs were indicating deep trauma and severe shock, so after a brief discussion, Lt- Colonel Maniac - he'd been Corazon Santiago's aide de camp and right hand officer - took command and instructed us to put the Colonel in stasis and activate the cryosleep chamber until such time as we developed the technology to fully rejuvenate her.

GeneralTacticus (well, he was actually a Captain, but affected that title so we good-humerously let him have it) felt that it might be some years before she could resume her duties, so we mustered our courage and prepared to face a possibly hostile planet without her guidance and wisdom.

Our officer ranks include, in addition to Lt-Colonel Maniac and GeneralTacticus, and me, Major Googlie, the following:

Major Skanky Burns
Major Jamski
Captain Andemagne
Captain ChairmanSlick
Captain DeathByTheSword
Lt. Commander Dissident
Captain Kassiopeia
Captain Master Zen
Captain Ogie Oglethorpe
Captain Snoddasmannen
Captain Zeiter
Captain Zero

We are survivors, and we will survive.

In the words of our leader, taken from the Spartan Battle Manual

Superior training and superior weaponry have, when taken together, a geometric effect on overall military strength. Well-trained, well-equipped troops can stand up to many more times their lesser brethren than linear arithmetic would seem to indicate.

For we are Spartans

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Colonel's Log
2111

Well, we have survived ten harsh years on this planet, without mishap. Our exploring has gone well, uncovering much fungus and some promising rivers, the longest of which we have aptly named Rio Grande

Our communications boffins some years ago intercepted transmissions that gave the co-ordinates for the Hive headquarters, so there is much speculation among the Junta command whether Sheng-Ji Yang will be friendly towards us or whether he will still harbor a grudge for our Colonel's deserting him during the Unity crisis. We shall see.

Opinion is divided among the Junta whether we should prepare for eventual war with yang, or whether we should try to court him as a valuable ally and confidante.

Meanwhile, is a tremendous burst of frenetic activity, the working drones - or helots as we refer to them - in Santiago Citadel, completed our second facility, a magnificent Command Center. All military training and wargaming preparedness was immediately moved to there, and it was put under the command of Major Jamski

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Colonel's Log
2121

Army Re-organization

With the opening of the new Training and Command center at Santiago Citadel, the Federation is adding to its armed forces at a significant rate. Consequently the Army has been re-organized along specialty and geographic lines.

1st Armored Division comprising the R-112 reconnaissance brigade and the Chiron Knights armored brigade
2nd Armored Division comprising the Rolling Thunder reconnaissance brigade and the Shinsengumi armored brigade
1st Infantry Division comprising Garrison Command and Special Forces

and
Sparta Engineering Corps, in a support role

Founding of Sparta Naval Command

With the launch of the SCC Invincible and the imminent launch of her sister foil, the Sparta navy has been formed under the command of Lt. Commander Dissident

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Breaking News

Lt Col Maniac has assumed acting command of the Spartan Air Force

The Spartans Introduction – by Major Googlie (Clerk to the Junta)

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How to join Sparta

Kody has provided links and an easy-to-follow guide to joining a faction here
Or, alternatively, send a Private message to Skanky Burns, our Quartermaster (and keeper of the Barracks Room and Mess Tent keys)

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**Enigma_Nova** · June 27, 2004, 12:13

Not officially endorsed by the Data Angels
Edited from Kody's original promo post. Kody uses too much passive voice.

Contents

* Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire
* Concept
* Gameplay
* The Data Angels

* Alpha Centauri Democracy Game
* What is it?
* Why join? - The Game
* Why join? - The People

* The Data Angels
* The Players
* Team Constitution
* How to join

Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire

Concept
=Continuing on from the CIV series, one victory condition of which was to send a spacecraft to Alpha Centauri,
=7 factions have arrived on an alien world.
They must fight off each other, and planet itself, in order to secure their vision and future for humanity.
=The factions are divided by ideology, with each ideology having its affects, and the resulting factions are widely different.

Gameplay
=There are an infinite number of factions which can be played -
14 come with the original games, but more can be made.
Regardless of this, only up to 7 are in any game at a time.
=The ideological differences create differences in these factions, which make them play differently.
There is much information to be found on the web about how to play these factions - a good place to start is the
SMAC Academy

=Players often play multiplayer games, called 'Play by e-mail' or PBEM - such as this one, where 2 or more parties strive to 0wn the living crap out of one-another.
This is done on many fronts: Diplomatic, Strategic, Tactical and Psychological.
=Watch an Open Information PBEM To get the details on how some of these play.
=Multiplayer is generally a much better experience than Single player, because you actually have a hope of losing!

The Data Angels
=Ideologically, the Data Angels are represented by Sinder Roze.
Sinder is a computer hacker, part anarchist, who believes in free information flow.
=As Hackers are represented by the PROBE rating, the Angels get a mighty boost to +2 PROBE, with a free Covert Ops in each base once it becomes availabe.
=Also, the Data Angels gain any tech discovered by (at least) 3 factions with which they are infiltrated.
=Their Anarchistic tendencies lead them to have -1 POLICE, which makes drone control a bit harder.
=Their starting techs are Information Networks and Planetary Networks - tributes to their computer specialty.

Alpha Centauri Democracy Game

What it is
Unlike ordinary PBEMS,
The ACDG features decisions made by more than one person - often a team of 6 to 18 members.
There are private fora in which to discuss these options, so your secrets are kept safe.
A player may enter only one team - and cannot switch mid-game. This preserves team secrets.

It cannot be considered a true democracy, since different teams have different organisational structures.
The Angels are not a democracy, because 1% of the population will never be ignored - regardless of what the 99% say.

You may play for whatever reason you desire, with whatever faction will have you.
You also devote as much or as little time and energy as you want.
But as always, the more time and energy you put in, the more you will get out.
The Data Angels aim to have you use this energy both happily and productively.

Why Join? - The Game
The Game is Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire.
The ACDG is a PBEM like any other - but is done on a massive scale.
You can play to learn, play to win, or play to kick some ass and show those ~~Gaians, Morgans and Spartans~~ other players who is the boss.

If you want to learn, we have Gameplay experts who can tell you how to play. Some with encouragement and showing you the way, others with discipline and criticism of your strategy.
Best, you can learn yourself as the game progresses and tactics unfold.
Keep your eyes open, and you can learn a great deal.

If you want to win, we are equipped with factions, all capable of winning. You can carry your skills in here and set them to work - most factions are glad to have another skilled player.
Why achieve against just one player, when you can take on the larger challenge of beating several at once?

Then there's the fun part - kicking serious ass.
Teammates at your side, faction under your influence - if your team is strong enough, Planet is yours for the taking.
The way to strengthen your team is to pour time and effort into it.
If you work hard enough, you get to prove your glory in knowing
that you did not kick one ass, you did not kick 3 asses,but you kicked upwards of 20 asses in one go. Marvellous.

Remember that there are 4 ways to play: Diplomatically, Strategically, Tactically and Psychologically.
The Data Angels support Learning, Achieving and 0wning with all 4 aspects of the game.

Why Join? - The People
Like it or not, you share this game with others.
Some like it a great deal - and make their point of playing this game interacting with others.
Far removed from the diplomatic wars that erupt, Socialising is a common and fun activity for most, if not all, of the players here.

Role-Playing is a common interaction. Players pretend to be a character in the game, and pretend to play that role.
Some RP in the past has involved prose fiction, recounts of past faction events, publishing newspaper articles and magazines,
and generally spamming for the glory of your faction.

Spam is another integral part of socialising.
Face it - the mods don't come here all that often, giving you a decent excuse to up your postcount.
There are numerous spam threads generated by people with similar interests.

Then, there is the normal interaction. Players tend to chat about anything and everything - so start a thread, drum up conversation, and see what you can enjoy about the people here.
Who knows - you make some new friends.

As usual, the Data Angels strive to make socialising a fun and rewarding experience, with many friendly players already inhabiting their ranks.

The Data Angels

The Players
AdamTG02
Enigma_Nova
FlameFlash
Foolish_icarus
GeoModder
Hercules
Johndmuller
Makahlua
Mart7x5
Shiny
Trithemius

The Constitution
Not yet finalised

How to Join
Kody has posted a summary of how to apply >here.
The Data Angels also have an offsite forum to apply to, >here.
Private Message our moderator, Hercules. He can authorise you.

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**Illuminatus** · June 28, 2004, 12:20

Contents
* In the begining
*Objectives of Gaian Team
*Government
*Roleplay
*Immigration
*Sample editions of Gaian Union

In the begining

As Deidre approached, she spoke worlds through commlink.
“Not for one man, one people, or one country, but for all of mankind.”
With this words she planted the flag in the ground. She remembered Captain Garland answering her question on which historic words shall be spoken in this occasion. There was a good chance that their pod was the only one to survive Planetfall. She thought about it for a moment and looked at the flag she has just planted in the ground.
Flag was stylised UN flag, chosen for this mission. Silence prevailed in circle of colonists surrounding her, as everyone watched at the symbol of unity, hope and survival, that wavered weakly on the wind of this alien world. This mission was perhaps the last hope of survival of humanity as a species, and yet it failed too. Humanity has carried strife among the stars.

There was some movement in the circle, as someone was apparently moving closer to the center. A colonist was carrying a new flag towards the center. Flag had green background, and a rectangular shape. As the colonist approached, the shape became clearer. It was a stylised symbol of a red roze, with a black outline, on a green background. Everyone asked themselves how could a new flag be completed so fast.
Colonist finally came to center. Deidre took the flag from his hands and repeated the words: “Not for one man, one people or one country, but for all of mankind and Gaia.”. Then she planted the newly assembled flag near the UN one. “We shall not allow tragedy of Earth repeat ever again.” Colonists watched for a moment, united in silence.

And that promise was not broken.

Objectives of Gaian Team

Our prime priority is to have fun. Our secondary priorities are: Winning the game in the way we choose to do so, and doing some excellent roleplay. We are look at this ACDG as way to explore new strategies, learn from others and increase our abilities. We also seek to get into role, using in character stories, newsletter(s), and all other forms of roleplay. We also look at this as a chance to teach other factions a bit about preserving environment.

Government

Gaian team is ruled in a democratic way. Lady Deidre is our supreme leader, but she has decided to abstain from day to day businesses, leaving Gaian Union to manage themselves. Several departments manage different aspects of the Gaian Union. Any willing member can easily join any of these. Each important matter is decided in polls in which majority of members has to express their opinion.
While Gaians actually lacks in ACDG experience compared to the other factions the members made up for this deficiency in other ways. Group of members has extensive PBEM experience. Large amounts of time are spent researching new ideas and precision in every single turn is paramount for success.
Consequently, a new member can contribute more as all ideas are considered important. Also a new member can learn more as when a new idea pans out it is explained in depth to the other members.

Roleplay

Gaians are a roleplaying faction. We do in character stories, participate in official roleplaying activities, make several newsletters, including Gaian Times and Voice of the Planet. Also
we maintain history of our faction, trying to write short stories for each event. Diplomacy is also roleplayed. It is important to mention that our roleplay does not strictly dictate gameplay. People are encouraged to participate, but not required to do so. Currently, most of members prefer roleplay more than gameplay.

Immigration

Why join? We are always looking for more members. If you like roleplay, we are definitely the right faction. If you wish to win, join us. If you are interested in gameplay, we have a core of experienced members, willing to cooperate. If you wish to learn, join and observe.

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Sample editions of Gaian Union

Here you can look at some of newspapers and ICS (In Character Stories we made):

Gaian Times Thread

Voice of the Planet: Early Years
Voice of the Planet: Alien Mysteries
Voice of the Planet: Celebrations and discoveries
Voice of the Planet: Report on Biosphere
Voice of the Planet: Exploration, colonisation and political turnmoil
Voice of the Planet: Enemy withinn
Castle of the Templar Brotherhood of Muir

Apply for: Membership
Recruitment Officer: Contact Illuminatus
Private Forum: Enter

Please PM Illuminatus to introduce yourself

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The Gaians Introduction – by Illuminatus

**Method** · June 30, 2004, 16:10

DO NOT SPAM IN THIS THREAD

I can't lock it, because people need to edit their posts. DO NOT POST REPLIES.

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For new members. The Alpha Centauri Democracy Game, an introduction

For new members. The Alpha Centauri Democracy Game, an introduction

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Sample editions of Gaian Union

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