Welcome Functions, one and all, to the wonderful world of the CyCon

[Illuminatus]

Hurray for Archaic!

[Drogue]

Has been done. Archaic is now authorised.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by GeoModder


So, now we have a puppet faction?

Are you the one now who authorizes access to PUT private forum?

How quickly can the Drones find out about this unification, eg. how quickly will he realize he is actually fighting against the CyCon as well, without technically being at war with the CyCon? Good joke that, talking about hidden diplomaty.

Well, if you post about it in 3D, he's pretty sure to know

[Maniac]

And also since Archaic has no time for it, the CyCon turnplayer will also play the PUT turn I assume, so that will be be noticed soon anyway.

[GeoModder]

Ok, no way to hide it for a day extra or so.
Thus, the PUT turn is now played and sended to CyCon? Yes?
No changes can be done anymore.
Can't keep track of when turns have to be sended

[Maniac]

No no, we're still in the PUT turn. You can download the current midturn in the turn report thread.

[GeoModder]

Back to the topic of this thread:

Huuurraaaaah for Archaic and Lynch, welcome.

/me applauses

[Drogue]

Welcome to all new members. Sorry I have been a little lax with posting here this last week. I have kept my mod duties up, but have had a bit of an emotional week.

Maniac: We could have a different PUT player, if needs be? I presume we share all tech and maps now?

[Impaler[WrG]]

Dose this mean we we dont need to bother posting a save on the turn tracking thread for Uni as we would be sending it to ourselves. Also how will our time limit be affected?? Do we now have 96 hours to play both turns or 48 hours to play each?

[Lynch]

Could anyone give me a brief description of some current events? Thank you.

[Maniac]

I think Drogue usually sends some PM with the recent events to new members. I don't know what's written in that PM though, so you'd better ask him.

[Drogue]

Sorry, forgot that bit! Will try and find it. I might just post it here, for ease

[Drogue]

Actually, so much has changed with the PUT thing, that I'm only just getting up to date with. If someone else could do a summary it would be much appreciated

[Maniac]

Ok, but could you please post the summary you used earlier, so we can start from that text and edit it where necessary?

[Drogue]

This is what was sent to obstructor when he joined. I don't have any later ones, since I ran out of room and deleted them, but Marazin has received one too.

Story so far:

Basically, we met PEACE (Pirates) early on, and traded with them, but this soured. We went to war with them in 2150, and have taken their capital and some major bases already (it is 2154 IIRC). We out tech them and out muscle them, so we are pretty assured of victory.
The Hive are the most powerful faction, but have some internal problems. We have a lot of diplomacy with them (we are pacted) but we are not sure of their intentions.
The Drones are pacted with the Hive, and they basically act as one faction ATM. They are Planetary Governor, and are the second most powerful faction. They share an island with the Hive (we have our own)
PUT (university) are doing well, but are opposed to the Drones/Hive alliance. We will Pact them soon, as we are trying to make an alliance that can beat Hive/Drones if they do turn against us.

When we have finished of PEACE (expected in about 2160) we will lead the tech race (just, all factions are very close). All factions are very well developed for the time period (most factions look more like 2180-2200 in size and techs, than 2154 factions).

As for the make up of the CyCon. Towards the end of every month, we hold nominations. We have four positions:
Prime Function, who plays the turn.
Second Function, who fills in for other officials.
Internal Affairs Function, who gives the orders for formers/crawlers/builds and bases.
External Affairs Function, who handles diplomacy and military units.
All terms start on the 1st of each month, and last for that month. ATM I am Prime Function, Maniac is External Affairs Function, Impaler[WRG] is Internal Affairs Function and we are without a Second Function. Other members who contribute are MrWhereItsAt (long time DGer) Laurentius and DeathByTheSword. All major decisions (diplomacy, SE settings, etc) are polled, all decisions are open to discussions.

This is all a little daunting I'm sure, but feel free to ask any questions you wish, either in the "Welcome" thread, or by PM. And feel free to contribute to any discussion. We are very open about our policies. Also, since we are the CyCon, we don't have the "emotional foibles" that stop us from misleading other factions. Thus, while 3D is mostly true, a lot of it is to explain and cover our true meanings.

I hope you enjoy your stay.

- Prime Function Drogue Beta-8