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    Greetings Illuminatus of the Gaians!

    My attention has been pointed to your authority by one of your subjects on the subject of joining your society. If you are not already aware, I will be visiting Chiron to study humans and their societal behavior. Conversations have taken place between myself and various inhabitants of Chiron. It may be necessary to check the commlink logs for yourself to attain a better understanding of my intentions. In order to ensure that my stay on Chiron will be a pleasant and prosperous one, a few queries must be made.

    Please note that my queries are asked in a general sense. The answers do not have to reflect that of the current status of your society. No inferences about any sensitive or confidential data will be made based on your answers. They are merely designed to instill confidence in my decision. You may confer with anyone in your faction or include answers from anyone in your faction, so long as it is representative of the people in your faction. You may even share this message in your faction's private channels.

    Query #1: Occupying my time in a safe, useful, and gratifying manner is the priority. What position would I assume if I were to join your ranks?

    Query #2: How would my research be furthered?

    Query #3: What is perceived of me in context to all of my recent transmissions?

    Query #4: Has my presence been discussed amongst your people? Is my presence welcome amongst your people?

    Query #5: How active are you and your people in your government?

    Your reactions to the following situations will help determine if your agenda matches mine:

    Order these secret projects in order of importance -

    Human Genome Project
    Hunter Seeker Algorithm
    Planetary Transit System
    Telepathic Matrix
    Weather Paradigm

    Typcially, what is the first base facility constructed in a new outpost?

    Typcially, what technology is sought within the first 50 years of planetfall?

    If one of the following products of technology was attainable, which would be sacrificed?

    Terraformers
    Needlejets
    Social Engineering
    Commlinks

    If you had to make a soccer team out of the leaders of each faction, who would be the goalie and who would you have play forward?

    Your haste with these queries will be appreciated. My airship departs for Chiron soon.

    -* Chairman Chang signing out *-
    Am I the only one whom CC awfuly reminds of a certain person? Anyway, what do you think we should do? I don't think I'll waste any time at this.
    SMAC/X FAQ | Chiron Archives
    The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. --G.B.Shaw

  • #2
    Ok, I understand different "life" forms must be understood but...
    For Planet's sake, who on Chiron is this guy? I really don't get why is he asking all that stuff, and for what reason...
    Bah, I say we wait to see his next "appearance"
    Icewind signing out...***buzz***
    "Too much ambition is a sin...only if you fail"
    Yoritomo Kumiko

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    • #3
      huh? is this guy a member of ACDG? if he's trying to get himself recruited onto a team, his methods seem a bit silly. we should reply to him in Progenitor language:

      us : Gaians : rational : sane : Chang : not : method of spam : most silly : Chang : erradication : imminent

      ok ok so my progenitor lingo could use some work (I just got the expansion package last week)

      and technically I shouldn't use this until we get the Tech for Progenitor Psyc.
      -freshman

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      • #4
        He is.... EN. An eccentric. A very unpopular ruthless one. Or at least sounds like it to me. He's very enigmatic.

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        • #5
          We have new active members I see. I'll may ask mods for IP check of the guy instead of answer.
          SMAC/X FAQ | Chiron Archives
          The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. --G.B.Shaw

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          • #6
            He's asking for too much information should he decline to join our team.
            "Cutlery confused Stalin"
            -BBC news

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            • #7
              Gaian ways: not understandable for you. IP check: requested.
              Per wishes, here is the answer he got.
              SMAC/X FAQ | Chiron Archives
              The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. --G.B.Shaw

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              • #8
                Ming says he is not a DL from EN, so this is out. So he seems to be a player with a great sense for roleplay. However we can't answer his questions regardless of this. So this is the answer we propose:
                Gaian ways: not for the unworthy. Gaian ways: secrets within secrets, words within words. Others: know not truth of Gaian ways. To learn: one must accept the path of the Planet. What can you provide to Gaian Union?
                SMAC/X FAQ | Chiron Archives
                The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. --G.B.Shaw

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                • #9
                  He IS EN as Illu said, I think IP check cant prove it - he may have changed his ISP!

                  Answer is good, however quite laconian..

                  We dont want him anyway - not the best person to deal with..
                  -- What history has taught us is that people do not learn from history.
                  -- Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

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                  • #10
                    It doesn't matter if he's EN or not, we're not answering his questions. I don't see any reason to deny him joining the Gaians, should he want to, especially since the forums will be opened at the end of the game (and the CMNs are watching) - no team would openly discuss any contraband data a rogue Gaian might provide. Besides, if I were EN, I would betray the Morganites, since they have the most to lose.
                    "Cutlery confused Stalin"
                    -BBC news

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                    • #11
                      I must admit that information can be gained by other means, not only forums, therefore betrayal is still possible.

                      I would also like to remind why EN was banned from DA team - he used to delete registry key describing reload presence at SMAC/X, so he could reload turn how much times he wanted..
                      -- What history has taught us is that people do not learn from history.
                      -- Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

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                      • #12
                        As far as I know EN cant change his ISP. If he could he would have done so ages ago. But there always the possibility though...
                        Que l’Univers n’est qu’un défaut dans la pureté de Non-être.

                        - Paul Valery

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                        • #13
                          Rather than answering his questions directly, whomever he is, I'd extend a vague invitation to join. I doubt he's an EN dl, and new blood can't hurt us that much.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by binTravkin
                            I would also like to remind why EN was banned from DA team - he used to delete registry key describing reload presence at SMAC/X, so he could reload turn how much times he wanted..
                            Chang wouldn't be playing the turn for a while, even if he wants to, so that's not an issue.
                            "Cutlery confused Stalin"
                            -BBC news

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                            • #15
                              On ICQ he was "hoping to hear" from the Spartans and Morganites because he likes their factions better - and prefers a "more active" group.

                              This whole discussion might be mute.

                              Also, he has never played MP before, as is obvious with my Head to Head with him. (unless he's really really really good at role playing )
                              -freshman

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