Turn report 2277-2282

[GeneralTacticus]

[11:22] (GT^Commish>
[11:22] (GT^Commish> 2277 compelte.
[11:22] (GT^Commish> * complete
[11:23] (Method> :triplerelief:
[11:23] (GT^Commish>
[11:23] (GT^Commish> Mindworms ate the CP heading for the Ruins.
[11:24] (Method> oh well.
[11:24] (Maniac> Darn. Poor people.
[11:24] (Maniac> And bad for the energy park
[11:24] (GT^Commish> Saves us the trouble of administering the base, I guess.
[11:24] (Method> oh, that's true isn't it.
[11:24] (GT^Commish>
[11:24] (GT^Commish> We just got Advanced Spaceflight.
[11:24] (Maniac> But we need a base up north, even if it's just a specialist base, for the echelon
mirrors.
[11:25] (Method> :superdance:
[11:25] * Method plots a :superdance: smilie
[11:25] (GT^Commish>
[11:25] (Evangelion-Freak> afk, shower
[11:25] (GT^Commish> Biomachinery is unavailable.
[11:26] (Maniac> At this time of the night a shower.
[11:26] (GT^Commish> Industrial Nanorobotics, here we come.
[11:26] (Method> indus Nano!
[11:26] (Method> digital sentience will soon be mine
[11:26] (GT^Commish> btw, our income just rose by about 60 ECs.
[11:28] (Maniac> Woohoo! Our GDP rises some 7% each year. Old Earth would be jealous.
[11:28] (GT^Commish> Or 40, actually.
[11:28] (Maniac> Make that 5%
[11:28] (GT^Commish> TA went into stockpile energy.
[11:28] (GT^Commish> However, we can expect some VERY nive growth when our energy sats come online

[11:28] (GT^Commish> * nice
[11:29] (Method> yay for energy sats!
[11:33] (Method> :superdance: completed http://www3.sympatico.ca/peter_green/danceparty.gif
[11:34] (GT^Commish> TKG: Stage I of your evil alnd-raising plan is now complete.
[11:34] (GT^Commish> * land
[11:34] (Method> even the Xan section?
[11:34] (GT^Commish> Yes.
[11:34] (GT^Commish> Just the first stage, mind.
[11:34] (Method> begin the foresting
[11:35] (Method> now, to spread the evil of industry to Twin Sea...
[11:36] (Maniac> I speeded up tree farm & hybrid forest construction, so that should give the new
governor more flexibility.
[11:36] (Method> splendid
[11:39] (GT^Commish> Does anyone have any objection to my creating a couple of new rivers in Centralis?
[11:40] (Maniac> not really
[11:40] (Method> just as long as i still have enough formers
[11:40] (Method> seriously, go ahead.
[11:40] (GT^Commish>
[11:40] (Maniac> Though it would be appreciated if you also helped out with the energy park. ))
[11:40] (GT^Commish> Bah.
[11:41] (GT^Commish> I intend to build my own energy park.
[11:41] (Maniac> ?????????
[11:41] (Maniac> Where????
[11:41] (GT^Commish> South of TA.
[11:41] (GT^Commish> I've been planning it for ages.
[11:41] (Method> you know...the gulf of Tacticus.
[11:41] (Method> which i intend to turn into Mount TKG
[11:41] (Maniac> I thought Centralian supply speeders would also crawl energy in Solaris.
[11:42] (Method> and put a few solar collectors on
[11:42] (GT^Commish> Maniac: of course they will.
[11:42] (GT^Commish> It just won't be the only place.
[11:42] (Method>
[11:42] (Method> what about twin sea?
[11:42] (Maniac> But isn't that a waste?
[11:42] (Method> you can't have *both* energy parks
[11:42] (Maniac> Making it at two places.
[11:42] (GT^Commish> Why would it be a waste?
[11:43] (Maniac> making one big instead of two little gives more energy due to the accumulating effect
of echelon mirrors. Also for S of TA you'd need to raise some land, which wastes money and
terraforming time.
[11:44] (Method> so we'll have to make the solarian one bigger.
[11:44] * GT^Commish shrugs.
[11:44] (Method> would you mind...if circular quay became a land base?
[11:44] * GT^Commish ponders.
[11:44] (GT^Commish> Not really.
[11:44] (Maniac> I hope governors recognize the positive effect of some super energy bases, and don't
just care about the good of their own region...
[11:45] (Method> well what if we make several super energy bases?
[11:45] (Maniac> (Easy for me to say now I don't plan to become governor of JV again )
[11:45] (Maniac> We already have two: one for labs and one for economy/cash.
[11:46] (Maniac> And there can only be one base with the base-related SPs.
[11:46] (Method> and one for psych: UNPD (by the way, i am aware that psych makes no difference to the
good of the faction )
[11:46] (Maniac> Any other super city would be wasting energy.
[11:47] (Method> well how big do you plan to make the solaris one?
[11:47] (Maniac> *I*? I'm a mere AT. It's up to the governors & DIA.
[11:48] (Method> if only as big as the picture in the IA office...
[11:48] (Method> oh, right
[11:48] (Method> i just thought you had been planning that for a while
[11:48] (Maniac> That can be expanded if we build a base north to expand our territory
[11:48] (Maniac> Two bases north would theoretically allow us to build solars and echelons up to the
northern fungal shores of our continent.
[11:49] (Method> it'll have to be, i think
[11:49] (Method> but i think the game'll be over by the time we have a chance to even start crawling
from there.
[11:49] (Method> or at least near being over
[11:49] (Maniac> Depends on how many formers we put on the project.
[11:50] (Maniac> What'd you think? Will the game be over by the end of next month?
[11:50] (Method> i still have my evil in Aur to do, and i have a bazillion boreholes planned for Twin
Sea
[11:50] (Method> maybe
[11:51] (Method> if we go for a diplomatic, it could be over by the end of this month.
[11:51] (Maniac> true
[11:51] (Maniac> If we invade the Hive or build the cloning vats at leasy
[11:51] (Maniac> But AFAIK MWIA hasn't given orders to liberate Hive bases.
[11:52] (GT^Commish> He says he intends to do that later.
[11:52] (Method> isn't that expected? i mean, that is generally what one does in a war.
[11:52] (Maniac> He only has ten years or so to fulfill his intentions.
[11:53] (Method> later? i think we have sufficient machines of peace ATM
[11:53] (Maniac> Before the next goverment
[11:53] (Method> then again...
[11:53] (Method> BTW, shards: are we going to upgrade our military?
[11:53] (Maniac> wait for nano fac, says Cedayon.
[11:53] (Method> good plan. i should do that instead of living refinery
[11:54] (Method> build lots of crawlers!
[11:54] (GT^Commish> The Nano Fac will be available in 2 years.
[11:54] (Maniac> Btw, Method, when exactly will your ban be over?
[11:54] (Method> next saturday
[11:54] (Maniac> ah ok
[11:55] (Method> IOW, no elections for me. i was planning to ask mark to let me out of the Hive for 1
day just to vote, but then i realised he probably wouldn't do it.
[11:55] (Method> whining about one's ban is not helpful to one's cause, afterall.
[11:56] (Maniac> Most likely not, yes.
[11:56] (GT^Commish> you may be pleased to know that progress is already being made on the northern
energy park.
[11:56] (Maniac> So undemocratic: not the entire population is allowed to vote.
[11:56] (Maniac>
[11:56] (Method> why, oh why did i promise to make a directory for the ctpdg?
[11:57] (GT^Commish> We have two echelon mirrors online, with a third under construction.
[11:57] (Maniac> What are the Twin maritime formers doing right now?
[11:57] (Method> maybe they'll forget...
[11:57] (Maniac> Don't do it.
[11:57] (Maniac> The smac needs your attention more.
[11:57] (Method> too late, i'm already a justice :P
[11:57] (GT^Commish> One of the Twin Sea sea formers is clearing fungus, the other one just built a
tidal harness.
[11:58] (Maniac> And the Twin Maritime (adjective of Twin Sea) land formers?
[11:59] (GT^Commish> They'ce completed the magtube entwork, and are being sent north to build the
energy park.
[11:59] (Maniac>
[11:59] (Method> what's voltaire doing anyways? will he be available for the rest of his term?
[12:00] (Maniac> And just to be sure: have you already designed the ACS MWIA Class Cruiser and put it
inthe queues?
[12:00] (Maniac> He won't be running for anything.
[12:00] (Method> if you're taking over...
[12:00] (Maniac> Too much work for school.
[12:00] * Method slips Maniac his borehole plan for Twin Sea
[12:00] (Maniac> ah this term
[12:01] (Maniac> Sure Method, just sent me a PM with a plan, and I'll poll it if Voltaire hasn't
posted yet before Tuesday or Wednesday.
[12:02] (Method> such evil. New Suez will soon skyrocket ahead of DEM in mineral standings
[12:02] (GT^Commish> 3rd Echelon Mirror complete.
[12:02] (Maniac> Method: I doubt it. There isn't much room for boreholes on the New Suez isthmus.
[12:02] (Method> or so it would seem
[12:03] (Method> think mor evilly
[12:03] (GT^Commish> So, you're planning to raise that as well, i take it?
[12:03] (GT^Commish>
[12:03] (Maniac> Hey come one, you just *can't* raise terrain.
[12:03] (Method> no
[12:03] (Maniac> That would kill off our canal.
[12:03] (Method> i can see 4 spots that don't involve raising land
[12:03] (Maniac> Build boreholes in the air?
[12:04] (Method> GT: check out...
[12:04] (Method> 22,92
[12:04] (Method> 25,93
[12:04] (Method> 23,95
[12:04] (Method> 26,96
[12:04] (GT^Commish>
[12:04] (Method> the last one is in transcend academy's radius too
[12:04] (GT^Commish> Just opened a pod and found enough mins to complete UNPA's Aquaformers.
[12:05] (Maniac> UNPA?
[12:05] (Maniac> Peac
[12:05] (Maniac> Anchorage
[12:05] (Maniac> Got it.
[12:05] (Method> peace anch. yes
[12:05] (Method> hmm
[12:05] (Method> oh, UNPA's all the way over /there/?
[12:11] (GT^Commish> 2278 complete.
[12:11] (GT^Commish>
[12:11] (GT^Commish> Industrial collapse at TA.
[12:11] (GT^Commish> -1 mineral per square for the next ten years.
[12:12] (GT^Commish> Our infiltrator reports that the Gaians have lost Autumn Grove to the Spartans.
[12:13] (GT^Commish> More mindworms have landed near DEM.
[12:13] (Method>

[GeneralTacticus]

[10:51] * Method sets mode: -v Evangelion-Freak
[10:51] * ChanServ sets mode: +v Evangelion-Freak
[10:51] * Evangelion-Freak has left #smacdg
[10:51] * Evangelion-Freak has joined #smacdg
[10:51] * ChanServ sets mode: +v Evangelion-Freak
[10:51] (Method> it would seem.
[10:51] * Method shrugs
[10:51] * Evangelion-Freak shrugs also
[10:51] * GT^Commish sets mode: -v Evangelion-Freak
[10:51] * ChanServ sets mode: +v Evangelion-Freak
[10:51] (GT^Commish> Odd.
[10:51] (Evangelion-Freak> heh
[10:51] (Evangelion-Freak> ChanServ counters any op commands if it so wishes...
[10:51] (Method> i must've done that, i just don't remember it.
[10:52] (Evangelion-Freak> Method would need to do it I reckon
[10:52] * Method sets mode: -v Evangelion-Freak
[10:52] (Method> there
[10:52] (Evangelion-Freak> ah, good
[10:53] * Evangelion-Freak has left #smacdg
[10:53] * Evangelion-Freak has joined #smacdg
[10:53] (Evangelion-Freak> had to try
[10:53] * Method sets mode: -o Method
[10:53] * Method has left #smacdg
[10:53] * Method has joined #smacdg
[10:53] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Method
[10:53] (Method> cool.
[10:53] (Method>
[10:53] (Evangelion-Freak>
[10:54] (Evangelion-Freak> 22:22:42 * Now talking in #suomithreadi
[10:54] (Evangelion-Freak> 22:22:42 * ChanServ sets mode: +o Evangelion-Freak
[10:54] * Method sets mode: +ps
[10:54] (Evangelion-Freak>
[10:54] (Method> :P
[10:54] * Method is banned
[10:54] (Evangelion-Freak>
[10:54] (Method> your doing, i suppose?
[10:54] (Evangelion-Freak> naturally
[10:54] (Method> could've been Mr. Belin.
[10:54] (Method> instead, t'was Mr. Helin.
[10:55] (GT^Commish> Just flamed the mindworms outside DEM.
[10:55] (GT^Commish> Got 40 ECs.
[10:55] (Method> :evildance:
[10:55] (Method> rush some Aur stuff for me?
[10:55] (Method> (what turn are we at?)
[10:55] (Maniac> still the first I think
[10:55] (Method>
[10:55] (Evangelion-Freak> If one types /mode #suomithreadi b , he can observe that all bans have been
set by me
[10:56] (GT^Commish> TKG, there's nothing to rush. Everything will be done next turn anyway.
[10:56] (Method> how does it take almost 2 hours to do 1 turn?
[10:56] (GT^Commish> Well, for starters we began late.
[10:56] (Evangelion-Freak> we discussed philosophers
[10:56] (GT^Commish> But mainly because of all the former orders.
[10:56] (Method> if it's still first turn, i know that. i assumed we were past 2277.
[10:56] (Method> ah..
[10:56] (Maniac> That's why I don't intend to play more than four tursn if I become Commish.
[10:57] (Maniac> but three or so the wednesday
[10:57] * Method awaits completion of Operation Freshwater Mountain
[10:57] (Maniac> No longer Mount Pizza?
[10:57] (Maniac> "Pizza Pile"
[10:57] (Evangelion-Freak> What a ghastly name
[10:57] (Method> eugh, whatever. i forgot what i had called it earlier
[10:58] (Method> my main plan is to rename some ocean TKSea
[10:58] (Maniac> Isn't Pizza Pile better? An alliteration.
[10:58] (Evangelion-Freak> Illiteration, I'd say ;P
[10:58] (Method> though...cedayon thought i might be accused of horrendously bad humour while on duty
[10:59] (Maniac> Btw, while we're busy about pizzas, could I ask to change the name for the 13-4-6*2
AAARadar model to something else than ACS "Pizz" Mk2 ?
[10:59] (Maniac> ->Pizza
[11:00] (Method> :P
[11:00] (Maniac> It's because New Suze is building such a unit too.
[11:00] (Method> yes.
[11:00] (Method> yes, fine.
[11:00] (Method> i'm just wondering what happened to the ACS Pizza Mk I
[11:00] (Method> *cough*
[11:00] (Maniac> Yeah me too...
[11:00] (Evangelion-Freak> Hm, I think I'll download the next save and start planning my career as an
(strike>evil scientist(/strike> director of science
[11:00] (Maniac> I didn''t get an answer in the command centre
[11:01] (Maniac> Kass: the next turnchat of the 29th will still be done by the current government
[11:01] (Evangelion-Freak> I know
[11:01] (Maniac> Ok
[11:02] (Maniac> Elections will starts the 26th
[11:02] (Evangelion-Freak> Can't be too prepared, however I haven't downloaded a save for over 100
MYs
[11:02] (Method> who's *!*@67.69.109.45 (banned on #suomithreadi)
[11:02] (Evangelion-Freak> ColdWizard I think
[11:02] (Method> nope
[11:03] (Method> he's *!*@64.241.23.245
[11:03] (Evangelion-Freak> hmmmm
[11:03] (Evangelion-Freak> some pesky foreigner, in any case
[11:03] (Maniac> Hmm, when I type /mode #suomitreadi I don't get a list of banned people.
[11:03] (Evangelion-Freak> /mode #suomithreadi b
* Retrieving #smacdg info...
[11:03] (Method> foreigner... :P
[11:04] * GT^Commish changes topic to 'ACDG Turnchat Channel: Chat in Progress'
[11:04] (Maniac> I'm European too.
[11:04] (Method> psst: maniac. *.be addresses aren't banned. now's your chance!
[11:04] (Maniac> Now you have mentioned that, my chance is gone.
[11:05] (Evangelion-Freak> /kick #suomithreadi Maniac non-Finn
[11:05] (Method> not only is my IP banned, but so are .ca addresses, so even if my ISP stops being
AWFUL, i still can't get in.
[11:05] (Evangelion-Freak> yup
[11:06] (Evangelion-Freak> I think we even had everyone named "Method*" banned for a while
[11:06] (Maniac> If I understand it, you can still enter with a random hotmail addy.
[11:06] (Evangelion-Freak> No, you can't.
[11:06] (Method> note, it's done that twice before. when my DNS was working a while ago i tried to
take the opportunity to sneak in the back door. no luck
[11:06] (Evangelion-Freak> your ISP DNS has nothing to do with email addresses.
[11:07] (Maniac> I won't pretend I'll understand anything of that.
[11:07] (Method> it's nick!email@address i think...
[11:07] (Evangelion-Freak> you see, your ISP gives you a special host address to chat with
[11:07] (Evangelion-Freak> like in my case, it's Evangelion-Freak!antti@adsl-137a.baana.phpoy.fi ,
IIRC. That's not an email address, obviously.
[11:08] (Maniac> Ah I see.
[11:08] (Maniac> baana -> banana ??
[11:08] (Method> some finn thing
[11:08] (Evangelion-Freak> no, think of "Autobahn"
[11:08] (Maniac> ah
[11:08] (GT^Commish>
[11:08] (Evangelion-Freak> ?
[11:08] (GT^Commish>
[11:09] (Method> common to all mänttä-ians
[11:09] (Maniac>
[11:09] (Evangelion-Freak> ?
[11:09] (Method> ?
[11:09] (Evangelion-Freak> !
[11:09] (Method>
[11:09] (Maniac> Are we all gonna die!?!
[11:09] (Evangelion-Freak> ...
[11:09] (Method> yes!
[11:09] (Method> eventually!
[11:09] * Evangelion-Freak slaps Method around a bit with a large trout *
[11:09] (Evangelion-Freak> :P
[11:09] (GT^Commish> Lucky gave orders to raise land near Capricorn, and I did so, but this left a sea
former stranded in Metropolis.
[11:09] (Method>
[11:09] (Evangelion-Freak> :\
[11:09] (Method>
[11:09] (Maniac> sea former?
[11:09] (GT^Commish> So, now what?
[11:09] (GT^Commish> Yes.
[11:09] (Method> disband it for its mins, i guess
[11:09] (Evangelion-Freak> oh fark
[11:10] (Method> it can't move at all?
[11:10] (GT^Commish> Have to do that next turn.
[11:10] (GT^Commish> No, it can't.
[11:10] (Maniac> He made a sea base land?
[11:10] (GT^Commish> No, he took away a port.
[11:10] (Evangelion-Freak> Is that even possible?
[11:10] (Evangelion-Freak> (@ Maniac)
[11:10] (GT^Commish> Yes, it is.
[11:10] (Maniac> Err, yes that's what I meant.
[11:10] (Maniac> Of course.
[11:10] (Evangelion-Freak> I see
[11:11] (Maniac> I had it once the AI raised land near my Pirate HQ, making it a land base.
[11:11] (Method> i've had an earthquake strand a boat before. you can at least use it for artillery

[11:11] (Method> but with a former....
[11:11] (GT^Commish>
[11:11] (Evangelion-Freak>
[11:11] (GT^Commish> We'll have to disband it next turn.
[11:12] * Evangelion-Freak has quit IRC (Quit: My computer gets a deserved reb00t, brb)
[11:12] (Maniac> A shame we can't give naval units drop pods.
[11:12] (GT^Commish> Yes.
[11:13] (GT^Commish> It is a rather silly idea, though.
[11:13] (Maniac> That would make sense IMHO in some far future
[11:13] (Method> civ2 message: "ships cannot airlift, silly"
[11:13] (GT^Commish> Imagine battleships parachuting out of the sky...
[11:13] (Maniac> Drop some hovercrafts from some air plane...
[11:13] (GT^Commish> We do have gravships.
[11:13] (Maniac> Not battleships, but inflatable hovercrafts.
[11:13] (Maniac> Those can't be dropped either AFAIK.
[11:14] (GT^Commish> I know.
[11:14] (GT^Commish> But they ca fly.
[11:14] (GT^Commish> * can
[11:14] (Method> what's our next research? bio-mac?
[11:14] (Maniac> If it's available.
[11:14] (GT^Commish> Yep.
[11:14] (Method> curses!-ish
[11:15] (GT^Commish> Why?
[11:15] (GT^Commish> You want the Nano Factory.
[11:15] (GT^Commish> ?
[11:15] (Method> i want robotic assembly plants. NOW
[11:15] (Method> that and digital sentience
[11:16] (Method> actually, i was thinking of the living refinery, but i don't really care.
[11:16] (GT^Commish> We'll be able to build that next turn...
[11:16] (Method> nano fac, living ref, cloning vats...
[11:16] (Maniac> Btw guys a quick question now Kass isn't here. Would I be able to join #suomithreadi
via university??
[11:16] * Method shrugs
[11:16] (Method> possibly. whatwould the address be?
[11:17] (Maniac> Not a clue.
[11:17] (Method> it would be .be i assume
[11:17] (GT^Commish> Do you want this bit struck from the log?
[11:17] (Maniac> I'll have to try Tuesday.
[11:17] (Maniac> Good plan.
[11:17] (Maniac> AFAIK .be isn't banned yet.
[11:17] (Method> no, not yet.
[11:18] * Evangelion-Freak has joined #smacdg
[11:18] (Method> so yes, but why would you want to?
[11:18] (Method> *cough*
[11:18] (Maniac> Well because the unit won't just be built in UNPD.
[11:18] (Maniac> So we need another name.
[11:18] (Method> i agree.
[11:18] (GT^Commish>
[11:18] (Maniac> Any suggestions?
[11:18] (GT^Commish> WIA class cruiser?
[11:19] (Method>
[11:19] (Method> perhaps
[11:19] (Evangelion-Freak>
[11:19] (Method> TKG's Yacht, i liked.
[11:19] (Maniac> "WhereItsAt" Class cruiser
[11:19] (Method> cedayon always has such good suggestions
[11:19] (Method> ACS "WhereItsAt"
[11:19] (Maniac> class
[11:19] (Method> wait, no.
[11:19] (Method> yeah, that wouldn't work.
[11:20] (Maniac> So it should have a playername worked into it?
[11:20] (Method> make it MWIA's.
[11:20] (Method> i'll always have TKSea
[11:20] * Method schemes
[11:21] (Maniac> Mind Worm Industrial Annihilator Class

[GeneralTacticus]

[09:46] (GT^Commish> -BEGIN CHAT-
[09:46] * Maniac suddenly becomes silent.
[09:47] (Evangelion-Freak> Hm, yes, I think E2 is a bit busy right now
[09:48] (Evangelion-Freak> They do get a few thousands of dollars of paypal donations every year, so
they shouldn
[09:48] (Evangelion-Freak> t have money trouble
[09:48] (Maniac> I just got in.
[09:48] (Evangelion-Freak> Search for "Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri"
[09:49] (Maniac> Will do.
[09:49] (Maniac> nice explanations.
[09:50] (Evangelion-Freak> E2 is Everything
[09:50] (Maniac> Everything?
[09:50] (Maniac> I'll look up Kassiopeia.
[09:50] (Maniac> No results!!!!
[09:51] (Maniac> Except you're a user.
[09:51] (Maniac> Or at least someone with that name.
[09:52] (Maniac> Ma"ni*ac (?), a. [F. maniaque. See Mania.]
[09:52] (Maniac> Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; affected with mania; mad.
[09:52] (Maniac> I have a disordered intellect.
[09:53] (Evangelion-Freak> Hm, yes, I'm a user at E2, however, I think I've lost me password
[09:53] (Evangelion-Freak> (and the email addy Kassiopeia is registered to is kinda gone)
[09:53] (Maniac> For 9.9 months already apparently.
[09:55] (GT^Commish> Did Cedayon say to basically rush everything that was over ten mins?
[09:55] (Maniac> Not all I suppose/hope.
[09:57] (GT^Commish> Ok, well, should we rush the Empath Chopper in UNPD for 68 ECs?
[09:58] (Maniac> If that will prevent minerals from getting lost due to lack of overflow to the next
item: sure.
[09:58] (GT^Commish> Ok then.
[09:59] (Maniac> Oh btw, he didn't give one clear direction about rushes. Just a whole bunch of hurry
requests in all his different posts in the orders thread.
[09:59] (Maniac> In any case, I just wanted to remind the Commissioner to make clear the way of the
energy satts. Specifically:
[09:59] (Maniac> -if something is before an energy satt in the queue, please arrange (with rushing
cash if it's more convienient) for that to finish with 10 mins over.
[09:59] (Maniac> -if a satt is over 10 mins and will not be completed by next turn with normal
industry, rush it so that it will be completed by next turn (possibly with 10 mins over, if it would
help). This is not a suggestion, this is an order
[10:00] (Maniac> Though that is quite clear.
[10:00] (GT^Commish> Can I rush the ZG Centauri PReserve for 56 ECs?
[10:00] (Maniac> Rush every facility above 10 mins I'd say.
[10:11] (GT^Commish> Okay, Herc wants to build a Trance skimship in Cyclops for exploring the western
ocean, but this may induce Drone problems there. What should we do about this?
[10:12] (Maniac> let me check the orders
[10:13] (Maniac> A "trance skimship" can mean anything anyway.
[10:13] (GT^Commish> So we could build a trawler and give it armour and Trance?
[10:13] (Maniac> Or does he mean 13-4t-4*2??
[10:13] (GT^Commish> He didn't say.
[10:14] (Maniac> Another solution is:
[10:14] (Maniac> The DIA isn't here, so we, the Commish and AT take over his duty as "acting in case
of an emergency". And as replacing DIAs we have the right to veto the build order.
[10:14] (Maniac>
[10:15] (Maniac> What do you think, GT? Is it legal, Kass?
[10:15] (Evangelion-Freak> hmmm
[10:15] * Maniac slaps Evangelion-Freak around a bit with a large trout
[10:15] (Evangelion-Freak> ey
[10:15] (Maniac> Ah you're here.
[10:15] (Maniac>
[10:15] (Evangelion-Freak>
[10:15] (Evangelion-Freak> now, now...
[10:16] (GT^Commish> Well, the Sea of Mnesimache doesn't seem to ahev any pods left in it anyway, so
we ahrdly need the ship.
[10:16] (GT^Commish> * hardly
[10:16] (Evangelion-Freak> An AT can stand for DIA if needed, AFAIK, and thus the AT will have the
powers of the DIA
[10:17] (Maniac> Well actually the constitution doesn't say that, I discovered during the Yang
war/peace save file debate.
[10:17] (Evangelion-Freak> Hmm. What does it say?
[10:17] (Maniac> Just that I, just like the Commish, can act in case of an emergency. I can only take
over offices when the previous officials have resigned or are impeached.
[10:18] (Evangelion-Freak> Hmmm. If the DIA has given orders, then this situation is hardly an
emergency? (What exactly is the situation)
[10:18] (Evangelion-Freak> *situation?
[10:18] (Maniac> Herc has given an order we don't like.
[10:19] (Evangelion-Freak> Aha. Well, you can hardly call that an emergency :P
[10:19] (Maniac> Darn.
[10:19] (GT^Commish> Well, it will probably prevent any possibility of a GA in Cyclops.
[10:19] (GT^Commish> Which could be construed as an emergency.
[10:20] (Maniac> Perhaps a new amendment is in order, clarifying the duties of ATs.
[10:20] (Evangelion-Freak> If the AT can go and override an order just like that...
[10:20] (Maniac> yeah I know.
[10:20] (Maniac> That's the problem if no officials turns up in the chat.
[10:21] (Evangelion-Freak> You can do as you like, but I won't guarantee someone won't want to impeach
you.
[10:21] (Maniac> If they come, the AT has no power whatsoever;
[10:21] (Evangelion-Freak> Well yes, the DIA not showing up is a sort of emergency
[10:21] (GT^Commish> Well, we can always say we quickpolled it.
[10:21] (Evangelion-Freak> True, true
[10:21] (GT^Commish> Given that both Maniac and I want the order overridden.
[10:21] (Evangelion-Freak> Remember that this is getting logged...
[10:22] (Maniac> 1 = override herc' order. 2 = keep it 3 = write-in 4 = abstain ??
[10:22] * GT^Commish 1
[10:22] * Maniac 1
[10:22] * Evangelion-Freak 4
[10:22] (Maniac> That's that I guess.
[10:23] * Evangelion-Freak returns to multi-tasking *
[10:23] (Maniac> Anyway, if someone did't like this quickpoll, he should've come to the turnchat.
*shrugs*
[10:24] (Evangelion-Freak> true... an official always sort of leaves it "up to you" if s/he doesn't
show up
[10:25] (Maniac> Indeed. my conscience is silenced.
[10:26] * Evangelion-Freak taps his fingers and waits for the soundtrack of Ghost in the Shell: Stand
Alone Complex to download *
[10:26] * Evangelion-Freak whinges about getting a new Computer *
[10:27] (Maniac> whinges -> whines?
[10:27] * Maniac fears for his knowledge of English.
[10:27] (Evangelion-Freak> yes, I think "whinges" is some sort of British version of "whines"
[10:28] (GT^Commish> They're both applicable.
[10:28] (Evangelion-Freak> or, inversely, "whines" is American for "whinges"
[10:28] (Evangelion-Freak> yes
[10:28] (Maniac> Ah I see. And how do you pronounce "to whinge"? Like "wing"?
[10:28] (Maniac> or "wine"?
[10:29] (Evangelion-Freak> I think you spell the "ng" as you do in "evangelical"
[10:29] (Evangelion-Freak> (and the "ng" in (Neon Genesis) "Evangelion" is spelled like in "wing")
[10:30] (Maniac> That makes it clear. Thanks.
[10:30] (Evangelion-Freak> ah yes. You spell the ng in "whinge" like in "angel"
[10:30] (Evangelion-Freak> I'll look it up though, not sure
[10:31] (Maniac> Odd. I don't pronounce the 'ng' in angel the same as in evangelical.
[10:31] (Maniac> That's always the problem with English: the way it is written doesn't tell you at all
how it is pronounced.
[10:31] (Evangelion-Freak> the "ng" in "Angel" is what I was after... you might pronounce
"evangelical" like I spell "Evangelion", since you don't have English as your native language
[10:31] (Evangelion-Freak> s/spell/pronounce/;
[10:33] (Maniac> Well actually I pronounce the 'ng' in angel as 'ngj', while I pronounce the 'ng' in
'evangelical' as 'ngk', with the 'k' being like the g of the French garçon.
[10:33] (Maniac> But then again I probably suck at speaking English.
[10:33] (Evangelion-Freak> Yes, that's what I thought... however, Oxford Dictionary says the "ng" in
'angel' and 'evangelical' is the same
[10:34] (Evangelion-Freak> " Yes, that's what I thought... h" was not referring to "But then again I
probably suck at speaking English. "
[10:34] (Maniac> lol
[10:39] (Maniac> The off-topic babe thread has fallen to page 5; can you believe it!!!
[10:39] (Evangelion-Freak> War is hell
[10:39] (Maniac> Indeed.
[10:39] (Maniac> It makes people forget the real iùmportant things in life.
[10:39] (Evangelion-Freak> Amen
[10:40] (Maniac> I bumped it.
[10:43] (Evangelion-Freak> Meh, why can't we post anime females :'(
[10:43] (GT^Commish> Because there's meant to be another thread to post them in.
[10:44] (Evangelion-Freak> Meh. It'd never survive, not with all those war threads.
[10:44] (Maniac> You can always try.
[10:45] (Evangelion-Freak> I'm a bit too squeamish when it comes to starting threads on the OTF
[10:45] (Maniac> Are you afraid of Mingapulco?
[10:45] (Evangelion-Freak> Nah, just the trolls and genuine ignorants
[10:46] (Evangelion-Freak> Besides, someone might post a pic of Rei. Rei is not a babe
[10:46] (Maniac> Then call it "The Anime Honourable Ladies Thread".
[10:47] (Evangelion-Freak> Bah.
[10:50] * Method has joined #smacdg
[10:50] (Evangelion-Freak> hey
[10:50] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Method
[10:50] (Method> good day
[10:50] * Method sets mode: +o GT^Commish
[10:50] (Evangelion-Freak> I'm autovoiced?
[10:50] (Method>
[10:51] (Method> i don't recall doing that
[10:51] (GT^Commish> ey TKG.

[GeneralTacticus]

Main Events:

1) We developed Advanced Spaceflight, Industrial Nanorobotics, and Biomachinery, and got Photon/Wave Mechanics from an Alien Artefact.

2) We launched 17 (!) energy sats into orbit, which caused our income to rise to more than 1250 ECs.

3) We built the Theory of everything in Concordia, leaving it's labs production at over 300 per turn.

4) We used choppers to destroy abotu two thirds of Yang's air force on the gorund in The Leader's Horde.

5) We completed a massive energy park in northern Solaris, which should allow us to crawl huge amounts of energy.

6) TKG's land-raising project was completed in Aurillion.

7) We built a number of Robotic Assembly Plants, including one in DEM, which brings us to:

8) We experienced a massive fungal blom outside DEM, which produced about 11 mindworms, an IoD, and a Locust of Chiron. Fortunately, we were able to kill the worms, and the Locust did no damage; unfortunately, we lost an empath chopper trying to kill the Locust.

9) We experienced a number of attacks on our seabases and units; Yang lost a number of skimships attacking UN Aquaxenobanana (after causing some damage himself, sadly), and destroyed two formers building the energy park, while Miriam destroyed one unit at Circular Quay with a Missile Cruiser, which is still there.

EDIT:
10) We also experienced another energy market crash, which put a bit of a crimp in our spending habits.