Naval Clash - Second Thread

[GeoModder]

Ah yes, forgot to report this: while clicking the sunspot event line in the message box I dropped back to desktop. That's the cause of the reload message.

[Barinthus]

It's no problem, Rubin. Interesting timing eh? We'll see if Data Angels will be still there in 20 turns! heh.

[GeoModder]

Cou[static]ession Ye[static]79

Me[static]rs of t[static]cil, thi[static]etin[static] now is [static]banded unt[static]rther noti[static]...

[Sankis]

Chiron has survived its first year with no outside communications, and the sunspot's interference continues.

The Data Angels are up.

[Barinthus]

Chiron, M.Y. 2179

A patrol trooper stands among pink and pulsating xenofungus scanning the horizon. As his eyes went over the Western direction, they momentarily pause...

A security sentinel in a probe unit, seated at his station, is lost into the logical and structured yet chaotic world of the Net yet a voice is there in his consciousness reminding him...

A vicious drone with a great deal of anger and no hestiency in expressing them lumbered down a corridor. Bumping into some one who suddenly emerged from an intersecting corridor startled him which furied him. Seeing that the other person was one of those spoiled Talents did not help at all. He was about to become aggressive when a thought crossed his mind, calming him....

All of their thoughts went out to the West to the terrible threat about to emerge and swallow them all.

Some wonder will their pact brothers come to their aid?

With sunspots flaring severing their connections with the Council, they never felt so isolated. Certain high ranking officers voiced their concerns about Chairman Yang's pactmate which lies to their southwest. The Nautilus Pirates and Data Angels have had pretty much left each other alone despite their pacthood with the Human Hive and it was hoped that they will stay out of the conflict. Nevertheless they must stand guard and watch.

Everyone are uneasy but continues on their daily routinues. They must. For they all are Data Angels. One people, one faction. They only have each other to depend on now. If the West do arise and threaten them, they will face it together for they are the Angels.

Geo, your turn

[GeoModder]

The Parliament, Neptune Bottom - MY 2179

The Atlantean Government, chaired by Queen Elevea, was together in a closed meeting. Rumours went that conversation was quite turbulent.

'Your Highness, we simply cannot spare the production power for this "military upbuild" my colleague endorses', shouted the Minister of Economic Affairs.
'So what,' shot the Minister of Military Affairs back. 'They're our allies for as far as we can remember, then let us show to the rest of Planet what we mean by being "allied". It's not a matter of economy here, it's a matter of to honor our agreements!!
'But what about the resources necessary for our pending expansion then?', asked the Minister of Social Affairs. 'Must we simply sent them on land to take their chances at Yang's horrors? Or even worse to Lal's manipulations? For Planet's sake, our people deserve better then this! They're our first and utmost responsability!!'
And the Minister of External Affairs, wanting to put his say on the table as well interrupted with: 'How good does it do us sending aid when the Hive learns all about them the minute we sent them through their long-standing ally, the University. We cannot rely upon the flare situation to hide our efforts if necessary.'

There were quite a few other voices, debates went bitter and the assembled press, backed by the population at large, went unpatient with the undecision showed in these 'closed session' meetings.

After some days of furious gathering, a news bulletin was released by the Prime Minister:

'People of Atlantis, I come here today to announce dire times. The Government, backed by the Queen, has decided to fulfill ALL of it's responsabilities, internal and external alike, thrown to it at this crucial time for our nation. Your homes will be safe, your employment will be assured, and our agreements with our neighbours will be honored, not only by the letter but by the spirit as well.' The PM whiped his forehead with a nappie before continuing, the first time in all of his career someone saw him doing this. 'May fortune be with us on this endeavour, and continue to smile upon us as it did for the last two generations.'

The PM turned and disappeared. People were a bit confused since these sorts of announcements were usually made by the Queen herself. The press, nosing around, discovered that she had already left for New Atlantis, were also rumours came that the almost forgotten HQ section was being made ready for action again...

Edit: attachment removed.

[Rubin]

2180 to the Pirates.

Turn also available here: (Edit: File removed.)

[Sankis]

@!(*@(&*#*!$@^$
My computer gave me a Blue Screen -ATLEAST- 4 times when I tried to save the file So expect a bunch of reloads.

I was going to write up an RP post, but now i'm too frustrated.
Err.

.. Angels are up.

Oh...since we're in the middle of a sunspot I may as well ask this now. Whats the rules on sunspots? Must you treat all probe rules the same? (report for non-infiltration, etc). What about AI opponents, can they vendetta you for a failed probe even during a sunspot?

[Barinthus]

Eavesdropped Data Angels' transmissions, M.Y. 2180

[...]An al[...]lurk has at[...]Cod[...]it. Cau[...]ties many. Re[...] aid. We m[...]arn sea[...]ers somehow[...]er C[...] City[...]er heavy pro[...]aults [...]Hive[...]eams but[...]fences are hol[...]force[...]quested[...]diately[...]

Geo's up at the batting plate!

[GeoModder]

2180

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In attachment to Rubin.

[Rubin]

2181 to the Pirates.

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Turn also available here: (Edit: File removed.)

[Sankis]

I think my Installation may be corrupted or something, as I seem to get these odd errors i've never seen before. I'm going to run a virus scan, scandisk, then reinstall and hope it fixes all these crashes/errors.

After restarting my computer twice (crash during turn, then another crash while starting terranx), I managed to complete the turn and sent it.

[GeoModder]

Solar Flares?

[Barinthus]

You guys won't like hearing this...

Due to issues with my landlord, I'm moving to a new place tonight. The new landlord (who also lives there at the house) assured me that he has DSL which I can use. See how that goes - I will keep you guys posted.

[GeoModder]

Flares indeed.