Turns of ACT059 game in Apolyton PBEM Tournament

[smhfan86]

ic. well, just can't wait to get this show on the road again. good luck on your pw guessing.

[xeno7667]

I am out and without SMAX machine available until 27-july. Sorry for upgoming delay.

[Googlie]

2142 to smhfan86

The numerous reload messages were all trying to guess the password. I got it today from TC

In breaking news from Gaia's Landing, a leadership referendum has resulted in the ousting of the Chief Druid and his replacement by Runeskeeper Googlie.

In a message intended for external audiences, Runeskeeper Googlie issued this statement:

To all our friends on Chiron:

Our change in government will not result in a change of status with our many allies. We will honour all Treaties and Pacts, and will endeavour to work with those faction leaders we are in vendetta with to change that staus to Truce, if not to Treaty or Pact

And in an internal message, a copy of which was smuggled out by traders, he declared:

To all Gaia's Stepdaughters:

Insofar as I have been elected Supreme Druid, with the honourific "Runeskeeper", and the runeskeeping sect now controls our faction, we shall henceforth be known as "Druids of Chiron"

I am apalled at the state of our faction - bases have been left defenseless to the ravages of the native wildlife - scouts are rampaging all over Chiron, causing untold grief to my fellow faction leaders and we lag behind in technology and infrastructure.

Sacrifices are in order (and I do not mean to our Gods - I mean those of a personal nature - foregoing the comforts and pleasures for a while as we rebuild and resettle)

We have one great advantage - empathy with the native wildlife. We shall nurture and foster that.

Remember - the Mindworm is your friend.

Runeskeeper Googlie

End of message

[smhfan86]

42 to Darsnan.

Welcome Googlie, I hearby acknowledge the new leadership of your people.

Considering the delay in taking office, I trust that you have only contacted those that have contacted your former ruler, or are already in an agreement with?

Chairman SMH

[Googlie]

That is correct

[Darsnan]

on to xeno

[xeno7667]

2143 to Googlie

[Googlie]

2143 to smhfan86

[smhfan86]

43 to darsnan

[Darsnan]

to xeno

[xeno7667]

2144 to Googlie

[Googlie]

2144 to smhfan86

[smhfan86]

44 to darsnan

Zack called an election to elect a governor: It's between Zack and Darsnan.

Zack: 11 votes
SMH: for Zack, 9 votes
Lal: abstained.
Morgan: abstained.

[Darsnan]

Votes are as follows:

Zak: 20 (Zak and smhfan86)
Colonel Darsnan: 11

Outstanding votes:

Runemaster Googlie: 4
Brother Xeno: 9
CEO Morgan: 9
Commissioner Lal: 8

Originally posted by smhfan86
Zack called an election to elect a governor: It's between Zack and Darsnan.

To All who love Freedom!

Well, according to the Vidscreen Announcer on Planet TV why it is actually Chairman smhfan86 who has called this election! It also appears as though the election is a foregone conclusion in favor of Provost Zakarov, as all attempts to persuade CEO Morgan to even discuss the election were rebuffed (i.e. when I hailed him and tried to bring up the "election screen" option, it wasn't there). More .... We would bring these voting anomolies up with the Peace Keepers, however our low opinion of their bureaucratic ways as well as Commissioner Lal's current state of affairs leaves little doubt that this endevour would be of little value. We instead appeal to those factions in time zones which have not voted yet to view the situation with untainted eyes: would Provost Zakarov, who has never held a leadership position in anything other than an academic environment, really attempt to seize the Governorship from the ailing Peace Keepers, or is this really a more subtle approach by Chairman smhfan86 to step in as "savior" once Zakarov founders in office!?! I ask of you, free citizens of Planet, to either seek the protective shelter of the Spartan cloak if you are weak, or to stand beside us and oppose this affront to our freedoms if you are able! Long live Freedom!

Turn to xeno

[smhfan86]

What is Darsnan babbling about this time?

If I wanted to call the election, I would have waited until I had the second most votes and attempt to elect myself planetary governor.

Fact is, Darsnan could do far more damage with the infiltration on every faction than Zack ever could. After all, rumor has it, that Zack is nothing more than a machine, only interested in his academic research.

Darsnan, on the other hand, could prove most dangerous if his militaristic tendencies were combined with absolute knowledge on every faction.

p.s. The fact that Darsnan could not contact Morgan to bribe him is of no surprise, as Morgan and Lal had already abstained.

So Darsnan's claims of sabotage are only of his own imagination.