Gecko

[Kassiopeia]

I posted it again, and it was only one hour after. And usually you are here about three to five hours after the posting time of this message

[Avenoct]

Kassiopiea is the first correct guess for the quote! That was fast. I'll have to keep them difficult from now on with all these well read minds on Apolyton

-Smack

[SmartFart]

MY-2107...to Smack.

[Kassiopeia]

Hey Smack!

Where on New Sargasso is the game?
I'll check this again three hours after the posting of this. Thanks for the creds, how rich are you?

[SmartFart]

Please,send me future files at emperoratrix@lycos.com

Thx.

SF

[Avenoct]

Doh, sorry Kass, I dropped the ball this time...I've been working on my new game (version of Smac) called Aldebaran. Check the prerelease notes in the Creation Threads if you like. Let's see, it's 4 AM in Finland, so it probably doesn't matter if I wait just an hour before posting the turn to you? soon soon 2108-kass.

-Smack

[Kassiopeia]

2108 -> Vytae

Smack: Good maths, 4 AM is most correct. You have been busy lately, you naturally drop the ball if your hands are both tied! Do you know of the origins of world "Aldebaran"? Methinks it's from Celtic mythology.
BTW, that plot idea of yours... I've written a scifi-novel from last September (That's right, September 2000). It's running on version two or three now, v. 2 was 220 A4's long
What I mean is, in that novel the founding idea is that a spacecraft lands on Earth and so on, but the "aliens" are actually other humans from another part of the galaxy.

[Avenoct]

Kass, you a smart cookie! I'd like to read it, okies? Yeah, without giving anything away I can say that's pretty much the idea...with near-light speed travel it's easy for people that leave years after you to arrive before you, and even more possible that they could have aged and developed hundreds of years more than you. Of course, actual evolution into a new species would be a really really long time in all likelihood (developing Reproductive Isolating Mechanisms). Not sure about 'Aldebaran', but a star-mythology search did turn up some things that supported my using the name over 'Deneb', which I also liked. I don't believe Aldebaran is a likely planet-supporting system, but I havn't even checked that yet! I'm not looking for realism really, just fun.

-Smack

P.S. If you'd like to do some of the writing for the game Kass, I'd be honored...write me at the email in my profile. -S

[H0bbes]

Aldebaran is by far the brightest star of the constellation Taurus. The ancient name, from Arabic, means "the Follower," as the star seems to follow the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters star cluster, across the sky.

Hobbes.

[Avenoct]

Ah Hobbes, now you see why it's a good name for a sequel.

-Smack

[SmartFart]

2108...back to Smack.

Are we allowed to contact each other before we actually met?
Or did you find my unit and backed off so I cannot see it on my screen?

[Avenoct]

Not sure, but somehow--a pod perhaps? I had your comlink, and someone elses, so I sent a friendly hello

Turn coming round to Kass soon.

[SmartFart]

In MP games you always have comlinks from all human players on very start.

For the sake of reality,I vote for no cooperation until our units meet but I'll go with anything what majority decides.

Opinions?


SF

[Kassiopeia]

Turn 2109 to Vytae.

Originally posted by Smack
...Kass, you a smart cookie! I'd like to read it, okies?

*Blushes* Thanks, but there's a slight problem, unless you can come up with A) a good translation program B) the ability to read Finnish... My English doesn't strecth that long...
PS. I'm sending you an email after this.

PSS. Now I know why no one uses the Believer herald as an avatar! It looks like Kenny from South Park

[Avenoct]

Well, I wasn't Planning of going out and learning Finnish right away. Maybe you could give me a plot overview and a sample of the writing in English? I'm blatently trolling for ideas and styles for Aldebaran. While writing is my first love, I have no illusions that I'm any good at it. Basically, Aldebaran just heads in what I feel is the obvious direction for a sequel. In that sense, I'm not trying to be cute or creative, but I would like a coherence to the overall 'feel' of the game.

-Smack