Which Secret Project to go for first?

[MrWhereItsAt]

One of the proposed build queues involves an SP (albeit somewhere down the track a little). I guess to be prepared, we need to know which we are going for first, whether the SP forms part of the queue we decide upon now or comes later.

We currently have:

Biogenetics: - Human Genome Project - +1 Talent per base

We will have in 9-10 turns:

Centauri Ecology: The Weather Paradigm - increased terraforming by 50% and ability to build Boreholes and Condensors

Possible techs to get early on (but still some way off):

Industrial Base (one tech away): - Merchant Exchange - +1 Energy for each square at that base

Planetary Networks (two techs away): - Virtual World - Network Nodes act as Hologram Theatres (-2 Drones and +50% Psych)

Doctrine: Loyalty (three techs away): - Command Nexus - Command Centre in every base (quick unit healing, +2 Morale to ground units built here)

Options are the SPs themselves. There is a 6th option to write in for a later SP if you feel it is important.

Three day poll.

[Kassiopeia]

Weather Paradigm by a stretch, the saved former turns will number in hundreds. The HGP is not direly needed since as the PKs we get Talents on our own, and other SPs can be quite nicely covered with base facilities.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Certainly my feelings reflect yours here Kass.

At least as far as the HGP and WP go.

[Vlad Antlerkov]

WP.

Even if we don't use all the nifty terraform options the WP allows, the faster formers will be very nice.

[Archaic]

Why bother even polling the electorate with this one? Even the CCCP lefties couldn't possibily want anything but the WP. (And if they all start to yell for something else now, you know exactly what I'm going to yell at them.)

[MrWhereItsAt]

I fear Maniac.

For some wacko reason the idea has already been tabled to impeach me, Darkness' (of ALL people!) and Pandemoniak (I think).

The poll is easy to make, means I can rub something in the faces of any who claim I am somehow "despotic", and gives me a place to vent if I need it.


Oh, and +3 at the moment.

[Kassiopeia]

Archaic has a point, we probably could have written in the Constitution that the first SP should be the WP at least before MY 2xxx, and no one would've dared to protest it. I'll be genuinely surprised if there's a vote against the Paradigm.

[DeathByTheSword]

i dont want to nitpick over the constitution AGAIN! and it is not a big deal. But would you please put official in the subjectline nexttime!?

and WP ofcourse but HGP i want to if it is possible

[MrWhereItsAt]

Ah. Sorry DBTS - I was so wrapped up in making sure it met legal specifications (no bias in first post etc.) that I forgot.
'Scuse me.

So long as no-one claims this poll is invalid.

[Kassiopeia]

i dont want to nitpick over the constitution AGAIN! and it is not a big deal. But would you please put official in the subjectline nexttime!?

DBTS, good man, take a breath and relax. I was just speculating on the matter, not asking for an amendment to be made. I was just making a point, an example. You've done a good job and the Constitution is good as it is.
Edit: Oh, I made a mistake and thought you were raving about my little speculation. Sorry. But at least I got that base covered before you'd have a chance to mention it.

[Archaic]

Well, since we're only at Thinker, it should be possible to get *all* the early S........wait.........no.........we won't be able to because people don't seem to understand the necessity of building bases close together to maximise the ability of crawlers to rush build...Xx;

The reason to impeach Darkness BTW is well founded, and the one for Pandemoniak has ground too. I wasn't aware of one for you though.

[DeathByTheSword]

2x
@MWIA its nothing serious but it is easier if you have got much time and only came to vote on importent issues

@kass speculate all you want my dear sir you wont find me being insulted by who ever on this or an other forum. I believe is 'trancended' that

EDIT:

@Archaic yes constitutionly it is well founded

but give those guys a break and this is for everone the game just started. if would be pissed if the declared war or something like that later in the game. this was an unforute accid...no i am not even going to call it that so an minute thing was this so lets just all

[AdamTG02]

The Weather Paradigm has my support -- let us learn everything about our new homeworld.

[lucky22]

Originally posted by Archaic
Why bother even polling the electorate with this one? Even the CCCP lefties couldn't possibily want anything but the WP. (And if they all start to yell for something else now, you know exactly what I'm going to yell at them.)

Quit eating your snot and be civil, Archaic.

[Maniac]

I voted for the Humane Genome Project. So this poll wasn't useless. Thank you for organizing itl MrWhereItsAt.