Battlefield Earth - Turn Reporting Thread

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Mongoose
..convinced myself you were going to steal Adaptive Economics from MArr and rush the PEG.

The thought did occurr to me several turns ago but I figured that would tick you off more than the project is worth to me. So my probes went exploring instead of directly at Marr. Your question did make me take a closer look at Marr and I see he now has 3 techs I do not. So some probes have been redirected since he does appear to be a worthwhile target.

Originally posted by Mongoose
I got so wrapped up in that train of thought that I pulled a crawler into Denver so I could rush the project next turn. Space barred the movement, THEN remembered that I didn't yet have AE either and couldn't both get it next turn AND upgrade the crawler. *sigh* Two minerals lost...maybe a turn with them.

Ah since you need both cash and tech to both get AE and have enough cash for the upgrade. Don't fret, I decided a bunch of turns ago that it was not worth it to even try to grab the PEG from you.

[Flubber]

Is the turn with archaic ?? Is he away??

[Mongoose]

I have not yet seen 2176. Archaic hasn't been too prompt in turning, of late.

[Flubber]

Oh well

perhaps real life stuff is getting in the way. Archaic was very fast for a long time .

[Mongoose]

Q can't play again 'til late tonight, anyway. He's out on the road.

[Flubber]

-- of my 11 current games, I have people away for multiple days in about 4 and unexplained long delays in 2 more-- getting a turn every day or every other day in this one is better than most . . . qantaga and I are in a couple of duels as well. So I am averaging about 1-2 turns per day

But I think that it is all to be expected . . .Real life stuff is totally understandable -- delays of several days from an otherwise reliable player is acceptable and also understood-- the only stuff that irritates me is delays from misfires where people don't check in or games where people just always seem to take 3 days to turn the thing around

[Mongoose]

Complete agreement. Check out Alien Waterworld, for example. I'm oh so close to withdrawing, so I can open up a 'slot' on my card.

[Flubber]

condolences-- I looked through it a little-- In that game you have played for 19 fewer days and are 50 years ( 200 game turns) behind the BE pace.

BE has been pretty good compared to that situation . . . in fact BE has been pretty good period

[Archaic]

Sorry for the delay again. Turn to Mongoose.

This will probably happen again a few times in the next month or so. We're coming up on the end of semester, and every week literally has at least one piece of major assessment to complete.

[Mongoose]

2176 sent to Q.

An error free turn! At least mechanically, that is. Grand strategic errors are always possible, and usually only visible in the bright light of hindsight,

[Flubber]

2176 on to archaic


The people of Great Clustering welcome the university sailors to their town . Although the visit was unscheduled, the Hive nation is always prepared to offer hospitality and shore leave to citizens of friendly nations.

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At the dock

" yes, it is great to have some visitors . . . it should help the economy of the town, but the only thing is . . . . they don't seem to be willing to pay the daily docking fee to the harbour authority"

" ahh, visitors are so infrequent and these just aren't some guys out on a private yatch. They are representatives from another nation, another navy."

" You are right, but I will have to seek higher approval beofre I can order the waiver of any user fees."

[Archaic]

Turn to Mongoose.

[Mongoose]

2177 sent to Q.

[Flubber]

on to archaic

[Archaic]

And to Mongoose again.