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Basic instructions: put all the files except the .pcx files in a scenario subdirectory; put the .pcx files in the main Alpha Centauri directory.
The situation: You, as Morgan, gathered your coterie first, composed of the best and brightest accountants, lawyers, merchants, brokers, and their ilk. You found a prime location to crash land upon, and promptly set up shop. Business is good, of course, but the addition of some dumb money would cause it to boom! Time to rip someone off! The sweetest form of victory would be economic, but any victory is victory.
Changes:
More potent artillery
Ships move significantly faster
3-Pulse and 8-Pulse armors cheaper (cost of 4 and 9 respectively)
Noncombat units can be AAA
Probes can be amphibious
Fundamentalist and Power boosted
AI boosted quite a bit
Mines don't lower nutrient production
And more!
Rules: No stealing the Ascent to Transcendence! That is, you may not build it if an AI possesses the Voice of Planet. If an AI builds the VoP, you can still conquer, gas, buster, or otherwise pry that SP out of their grasp, and then transcend. No peeking at the faction files before giving the scenario a few tries! Anything else legitimate in a PBEM is fine in this scenario - no cheating, but exploits like crawlers and crawler upgrades are fine.
Any problems with the scenario - post here and I'll look into them. Too easy? I can tweak it. Too hard? Play it again!
The situation: You, as Morgan, gathered your coterie first, composed of the best and brightest accountants, lawyers, merchants, brokers, and their ilk. You found a prime location to crash land upon, and promptly set up shop. Business is good, of course, but the addition of some dumb money would cause it to boom! Time to rip someone off! The sweetest form of victory would be economic, but any victory is victory.
Changes:
More potent artillery
Ships move significantly faster
3-Pulse and 8-Pulse armors cheaper (cost of 4 and 9 respectively)
Noncombat units can be AAA
Probes can be amphibious
Fundamentalist and Power boosted
AI boosted quite a bit
Mines don't lower nutrient production
And more!
Rules: No stealing the Ascent to Transcendence! That is, you may not build it if an AI possesses the Voice of Planet. If an AI builds the VoP, you can still conquer, gas, buster, or otherwise pry that SP out of their grasp, and then transcend. No peeking at the faction files before giving the scenario a few tries! Anything else legitimate in a PBEM is fine in this scenario - no cheating, but exploits like crawlers and crawler upgrades are fine.
Any problems with the scenario - post here and I'll look into them. Too easy? I can tweak it. Too hard? Play it again!
From there though, why things went downhill quickly...
Well, they are loaded, but later. Initially they give "scare" message. I always inserted faction files into root folder.
, then saved off the file both as a game and as a scenario - I just want to know which one to continue with when I pick up playing tonight - real fun scenario CT! 
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