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The righteous need not cower before the drumbeat of human progress. Though the song of yesterday fades into the challenge of tomorrow, God still watches and judges us. Evil lurks in the datalinks as it lurked in the streets of yesteryear. But it was never the streets that were evil.
-- Sister Miriam Godwinson, "The Blessed Struggle"
Sister Miriam paused to reflect upon the lifetime of events that had led her to these convictions. In her duties as the U.N. Honorary Psych Chaplain for Re-integration Forces sent to countries decimated in the Crusader Wars, she had been confronted time and again by whole peoples and societies destroyed by the fabled Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In the societies ravaged by War, it had been the new weaponry, spurred by recent technological breakthroughs, that had caused untold, and in some cases unexpectedly prolonged, damage in the areas they were used. In other societies it had been Diseases, in one generation so easily contained by the “miracle drugs” of science, yet only a few generations later wreaking an untold havoc amongst those the drugs were no longer effective against. In still others it was the natural disasters, often occurring because the arrogance of man had proclaimed that the “levies were safe”, or that the “super skyscrapers were impervious to earthquakes”, or that “drought is no longer a problem in this desert”. Untold times the proclamations had been made, only to be proven wrong in stark and tragic consequences for those who had believed these false prophets. Time and again in her capacity as Psych Chaplain Miriam had been there to assist the survivors of the worst follies of men, and to point them down the path of the One True Way. Some saw this as preying upon the weak and needful. Miriam knew in her heart of hearts that these accusers had never walked down the same war-shattered streets, never seen the starving orphans, nor comforted those ravaged by the diseases to which science now had no answer. No, it was not she who prayed upon the weak, but rather it had been Science that had led people astray by promises that couldn’t be kept!
Drawing strength from these inner reflections and experiences Miriam returned to the present and the circumstances to which she and her followers now found themselves in: marooned on a strange alien planet with only the barest of necessities to survive, all contact with Earth lost, and faced with the realization that somewhere out there on this planet there were other Factions, some who would no doubt be openly hostile to her. However, considering how quickly the Unity had been destroyed, it was highly likely that most everyone else was in as bad a shape as her True Believers were. This would be to her advantage, as there would be those who would eagerly accept salvation from her Missionary Units that from her previous experience she planned on employing. And if there were those that resisted converting to the One True Way? Well, Miriam had experience in dealing with these matters as well…..
Miriam looked over the initial reports as to her current circumstances: her followers had successfully landed on planet 4 Unity Formers, 4 Scouts, 4 Colony Pods, and a Transport Foil, all neatly landed in a beautiful bay that would, with a little cultivation, prove to be an Eden to her people.
The final report though filled her with a sense of unease to which she couldn’t quite attach a reason to: her communications group indicated that the Unity had survived planetfall as well (or at least part of it), as the Unity’s beacon was broadcasting its current position, and it wasn’t far off. Finally, after much meditation and prayer on the thought Miriam arrived at a conclusion: the Unity was just another example of how Science had led people astray, and then let them down. Yes, Miriam thought to herself, just another reason not to trust Science and all of its false promises. Miriam vowed to herself she would keep this in mind in the coming years....
Welcome to the January SMAX SP Challenge! In this edition you will be playing as the Believers. All victory conditions have been enabled.
Setup as follows:
1. In your SMACX Scenarios folder create a subfolder labeled "January Challenge".
2. Unzip the contents of the attached zip file into this folder.
3. Start SMAX, select "Play Scenario", and select the scenario included in the folder.
4. Once the game has started and to ensure that the game is working properly hit F1 (Datalinks) and verify that Robotic Assembly Plants are now available with Industrial Automation. If it is, then enjoy!
Please post your results/ observations/ comments into this thread.
And remember, when all else fails, praying can’t hurt...
D
-- Sister Miriam Godwinson, "The Blessed Struggle"
Sister Miriam paused to reflect upon the lifetime of events that had led her to these convictions. In her duties as the U.N. Honorary Psych Chaplain for Re-integration Forces sent to countries decimated in the Crusader Wars, she had been confronted time and again by whole peoples and societies destroyed by the fabled Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In the societies ravaged by War, it had been the new weaponry, spurred by recent technological breakthroughs, that had caused untold, and in some cases unexpectedly prolonged, damage in the areas they were used. In other societies it had been Diseases, in one generation so easily contained by the “miracle drugs” of science, yet only a few generations later wreaking an untold havoc amongst those the drugs were no longer effective against. In still others it was the natural disasters, often occurring because the arrogance of man had proclaimed that the “levies were safe”, or that the “super skyscrapers were impervious to earthquakes”, or that “drought is no longer a problem in this desert”. Untold times the proclamations had been made, only to be proven wrong in stark and tragic consequences for those who had believed these false prophets. Time and again in her capacity as Psych Chaplain Miriam had been there to assist the survivors of the worst follies of men, and to point them down the path of the One True Way. Some saw this as preying upon the weak and needful. Miriam knew in her heart of hearts that these accusers had never walked down the same war-shattered streets, never seen the starving orphans, nor comforted those ravaged by the diseases to which science now had no answer. No, it was not she who prayed upon the weak, but rather it had been Science that had led people astray by promises that couldn’t be kept!
Drawing strength from these inner reflections and experiences Miriam returned to the present and the circumstances to which she and her followers now found themselves in: marooned on a strange alien planet with only the barest of necessities to survive, all contact with Earth lost, and faced with the realization that somewhere out there on this planet there were other Factions, some who would no doubt be openly hostile to her. However, considering how quickly the Unity had been destroyed, it was highly likely that most everyone else was in as bad a shape as her True Believers were. This would be to her advantage, as there would be those who would eagerly accept salvation from her Missionary Units that from her previous experience she planned on employing. And if there were those that resisted converting to the One True Way? Well, Miriam had experience in dealing with these matters as well…..
Miriam looked over the initial reports as to her current circumstances: her followers had successfully landed on planet 4 Unity Formers, 4 Scouts, 4 Colony Pods, and a Transport Foil, all neatly landed in a beautiful bay that would, with a little cultivation, prove to be an Eden to her people.
The final report though filled her with a sense of unease to which she couldn’t quite attach a reason to: her communications group indicated that the Unity had survived planetfall as well (or at least part of it), as the Unity’s beacon was broadcasting its current position, and it wasn’t far off. Finally, after much meditation and prayer on the thought Miriam arrived at a conclusion: the Unity was just another example of how Science had led people astray, and then let them down. Yes, Miriam thought to herself, just another reason not to trust Science and all of its false promises. Miriam vowed to herself she would keep this in mind in the coming years....
Welcome to the January SMAX SP Challenge! In this edition you will be playing as the Believers. All victory conditions have been enabled.
Setup as follows:
1. In your SMACX Scenarios folder create a subfolder labeled "January Challenge".
2. Unzip the contents of the attached zip file into this folder.
3. Start SMAX, select "Play Scenario", and select the scenario included in the folder.
4. Once the game has started and to ensure that the game is working properly hit F1 (Datalinks) and verify that Robotic Assembly Plants are now available with Industrial Automation. If it is, then enjoy!
Please post your results/ observations/ comments into this thread.
And remember, when all else fails, praying can’t hurt...
D
will definately give this a shot in a week or 2 when most of my exams are done
I was even more surprised when I had the choice out of 8 techs. I chose the one I was currently researching (cent ecol) and switched research to ind. auto (finish in 2141). Morgan has 1 scout outside the base, but I guess I'll be able to deal with it.
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and about a million spartan jets and rovers away ) its insane the amount of troops they pour out 
im also 2v1ing morgan and aki in the north and took a few bases of them. they are heavily damaged and both at war with hive( courtesy of my probes) im also equal to sparta in pop\powergraph since 2150ish. of course i have all techs as i captured PDL which was in fort superiority from sparta(and of course univ has techshare1 i see 
). i have the MCC and am building cruisers to transport reinforcements to sparta land
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