Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC)

[Jamski]

BTW, regarding elections. Both AI factions will vote Miriam. The human factions that don't want us to win will vote for her too. We need at least 3 people to vote for us (apart from ourselves.)

-Jam

[Snowflake]

Dear Jamski, Miriam will not be a candidate for this election.

[Micha]

Jamski Jamski Jamski....

[Snowflake]

This does achieve the purpose of confusing them the infiltrators.

Or perhaps if Jamski really care that much we could try call another election, say, the champion colony pod producer. The two candidates would then be her and us.

[Jamski]

WE NEED MORE PODS DAMMIT! I CANNOT BELEIVE YOU FOOLS BUILT THEM BACK INTO OUR BASES!

We need more bases and MORE INDUSTRY not tech. Then we can pump units AND CRUSH THE DRONES! They have a chance of beating us to governor, so they must be REDUCED by a few bases.

FOOLS!

-Jam

[Octavian X]

*Octavian points to a pact document.

Then, it should be settled. In simple terms:

We ask the Drones and Cycon to vote for us, telling them something about an evil plot to crush Uni and PEACE.

We ask PEACE to vote for us, telling them something about an evil plan to crush Cycon and Uni. Maybe.

That, or my english classes have finally just made me go insane.

[Octavian X]

Message to Pirates. Humor and RP seeem to get to these people....

Hercules and Flubber:

Hello! I appear here in a leaky boat (all they could afford, apparently...) on behalf of the Hive to request for Peace's vote for the Hive in the currently underway Planetary election. We've not much to offer, unfortunately, execpt several barrels of xenorum, as well as this nice Hiveran Parrot (Parrot: Squack! Comrade Polly want a cracker! Squack! Workers of the world, unite! Squack!).

Please, friend Pirates, consider our request fairly.

~Vice Chairman of Foreign Relations Octavian X

[Googlie]

Originally posted by Kody
Googlie,

Also in your opinion, has the hive done unusually well diplomatically, or just the other factions have done unusually poorly?

On a scale of 1:10 (with ten the highest) I'd rate:

Hive 10
Drones 8
CyCon 7
PEACE 4
PUT 1

I tried to call in some IOU's for the PUT from some "heavyweights", but when they saw a saved PUT turn they declined!! Even I didn't understand Archaic's strategy

PEACE would have been higher had jdm continued as playmaker - or even Flubber, but I think Maka has made a couple of rookie mistakes that cost them

The Drones, under Buster, are of course doing OK, but like the PUT, there's absolutely no RolePlaying at all, which IMO detracts from them somewhat.

G.

[Enigma_Nova]

Octavian: What happens if Cycon / Peace contact each-other and find out they're being played off against each-other?

The simplest thing to do would be to offer our 'goodwill and friendship' in exchange for votes.
Chat to Cycon, Chat to Uni, Chat to Peace. Chances are the drones will vote for themselves.
Ask them whether they'd vote for the Glorious Hive on goodwill, and if they don't, "have a proposition".

If they try to get some tech from us, ask "What are the drones offering", confirm response with drones and exceed by a little.

If anyone tries to lie to us it's time for a vendetta smushin'.

[Snowflake]

I wouldn't even do that. I sent Hercule an email the day when we submited the turn and said: "Btw we are calling the governor election. What stance would PEACE have?"

I also chatted Drogue and informed him about the election. I said we would be appreciate if they vote for us. I said we are contacting peace and drones and they may vote for us but even if everybody abstain we believe we'd be ok.

[Octavian X]

Enigma, as I understand the situation, at least Buster of the Drones has stated his support. Again, as I understand it, CC and Peace are fighting, or are preparing to do so, so I'm not concerned about the scenario you presented.

[Kody]

I tried to call in some IOU's for the PUT from some "heavyweights", but when they saw a saved PUT turn they declined!! Even I didn't understand Archaic's strategy

I thought Minute Mirage was doing the strategy for the university for the last couple of turns???

From the university infiltration and analysing Archaic's posts, I believe Archaic is following his strategy for fast transcend in single player. I think he was depending on the fact that the university naturally has a tech advantage, and believed he would be the first faction to MMI. Then he would roll over everyone else with high tech units.

I think it would have been better for the university to have waited until after environmental economics to change to planned. Also they should have switched some of those mineral crawlers to food as hardly any of his bases are growing.

I think the university is doing an early pop boom to get extra tech, as the fact that other factions are keeping up with the university techwise is probably frightening them.

However, booming in planned it's not really working because he not maintaining the food, or building enough children's creches.

I tried a experiment to see what would have happened if he was willing to golden age boom. It's rather difficult, even more difficult than it currently is for the hive. Also it is impossible golden aging from odd sizes if you have all drones in your bases, and if you try to use doctors that is the case.

Anyway I think his strategy was similar to that of his single player fast transcend. However, he's having trouble compensating for the faster development of human players.

PEACE would have been higher had jdm continued as playmaker - or even Flubber, but I think Maka has made a couple of rookie mistakes that cost them

I can confirm that. Lots of rookie mistakes, although the turns are played better than some of the recent hive turns.

[Vev]

Ohhh, when do people start dying? I gathered no actual interfaction battle had been conducted yet?

[Micha]

It seems we´ll have to put up a fight if we want anything exciting to happen

[Snowflake]

Originally posted by Vev
Ohhh, when do people start dying? I gathered no actual interfaction battle had been conducted yet?

You don't have to wait for too long.