commments on "The Spartan Chronicles" (vol. 3)

[Hydro]

senatus,

Great Clustering revolted against Yang (with a little help from mindworm attacks on socially stabilizing infrastructure and discontent from genejack facilities) and went to Domai. There may be a Believer resistance there, but they opted for Domai, presumably due to his sympathy for worker’s rights and religious freedom. They may be getting restive, though, if their needs aren’t being met.

I think that Yang reneged on his ‘deal’ to give Leader’s Horde back to the Believers, so the resistance should still be very active there, especially now that the Spartans are so near.

VulturesRow,

You can control what you view on the screen by changing the font. From the internet screen Go to View, then Font, and select a smaller font until it all fits on the screen. I had to fiddle a bit to get it to fit on my laptop screen. Hope this works for you!

Hydro

[LightSniper]

Well, i just wanted to ask u guys a couple a questions.

First, are all the hive sea bases still up for grabs... in other words... have any of them been taken... i don't think so... and the 6month map shows none. Basically i want to use the multifaction unit on some attacks or something. Maybe bloody them up.

Second, Google,Hydro,or Edge, you guys seem to write alot from the leader's perspectives and diplomacy wise.... if you can, just throw a thing or two about my unit.

I think there going to be known as Alpha Squad.

....oh yea... i was just wondering... has anyone actually ever captured a live alien? ...maybe i may want to attempt it.

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[Hydro]

Lightsniper,

There are/were three Hive sea bases. A Hive base, now called Zanzibar (formerly Deep Community), was coopted by the Spartans shortly after Plex Anthill (the first Spartan conquest). There are two other Hive sea bases, and they are both still controlled by the Hive. One is Sea Hive, the new Hive HQ, and it is located in the center of the little inland sea on Yang's continent. It will be very hard to get to. The second is Sea Collective, and is south of Yang's continent.

As far as the leaders go, why don't you write for them? That way you'll get what you want!

Oh, and I don't think an alien has been captured. Or if they have the human factions aren't telling! I know that if I were the leader of a human faction I would really want to know more about the nasty aliens...

Hydro

[LightSniper]

thks for the help Hydro...

i usually don't like writing for leaders... i had my experience enough with crossfire tales.... and i learned that i was not a good leader writer. But maybe ill attempt it.

as for the alien thing.... alpha squad might say hello.

[VulturesRow]

Thanks for the advice but I already tried that and it didnt work Are these posted somewhere else where they are a little more readable

Chris

[edgecrusher]

ummm, normaly, i'd say yes, but i've got plans for archon. "edgecrusher" is more of a title than a person. looking back i beleive sarah is next on line to become edgecrusher. do what you will with her... in fact i've been thinking about what she's been doing lately... but right now archon is in a fungal tower somewhere, communing with planet. he's got a specific goal in mind right about now.

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i've become impossible
holding on to when
when everything seemed to matter more
the two of us
all used and beaten up
watching fate as it flows down the path we
have chose

[Hydro]

Argonaut and Googlie,

Smooth, very smooth! Wonderful tie in, and switch in perspective.

I am constantly amazed at the great writing for SC. If not for that it would have gotten stale long ago…

Hydro

P.S. - What would I do if a beautiful cyborg propositioned me? I am reminded of Data from the Next generation. Tasha to Data: Are you fully…functional? Data to Tasha Yar: I am programmed in multiple pleasuring techniques. Tasha's response: Perfect!

[Googlie]

It's good to be back



G.

[LightSniper]

Hydro...that brang back sad memories of better times...

Google..Argon, as Hydro said... that was very smooth... impressive piece of writing there. You got to love Miles coming back into the story... more memories... what a sad day...

LightSniper

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[senatus]

So... I do want to ask, "where are we going from here"? There are many inactive threads in the Spartan Chronicles; either dropped, or from writers long gone. Is there an overall vision? I presume that with a title like "Spartan Chronicles", the multithread story will eventually chronicle the rise and victory (or fall) of Sparta. But there are a lot of threads that seem... well, I'm just not sure where they (and therefore we) are going. Not a criticism, but more of a question on my part, where should I be aiming to help take the greater story in the context of my own little thread?

[LightSniper]

Well.... if we answered that question.... that would ruin the fun of this wierd project we have undertaken .

lol...actually i have no clue... hydro or google have never actually commented on it.

[Googlie]

And to be honest, neither do we.

Almost a year ago (July 9th) Kinji started us off with his opening "stage setter' of a post, and we all just leapt in and took it from there, and it grew, evolving to where it is now.

Logically Sparta will win by:

Military conquest
SupremeRuler (if that's not the same thing)
Sole Transcendance
Co-operative Victory

But as to how, or when, who knows?

If we want to prolong it, and get a "Harry Turtledove In the Balance" kind of story, there is a Usurper Battlecruiser lurking the other side of a wormhole that can very quikly tilt the balance in Marr's favor if summoned.

In the past we have swapped e-mails about how we see the plotline going, and apart from some short term collaboration (e.g. the attack on Plex Anthill) we've never really achieved much by was of consensus.

That, IMHO, is what makes the writing fun - the unpredictibility.

That's my 2c worth, anyway.

Googlie

[Hydro]

Googlie is correct - we have traded e-mails for general coordination. For instance, there was a big round of e-mails when it was clear that the Spartan blitz had taken Yang below critical mass and that his defeat was inevitable (and soon in coming). At that point it was decided to bring in the aliens, and make them powerful enough to do nasty things to everyone. This also was a new venue for a little literary creativity.

There are a boatload of incomplete threads out there (some of them are mine). However, there are only a few of what I consider major unresolved threads. The biggest of these is when/if the Caretakers are going to arrive. If they are going to show up they should do so soon…

And who says the Spartans are going to win? Here are some other possible endings:
* Marr exterminates or reduces the humans to powerlessness and transcends
* The Caretakers phone home (**end of the human race**)
* Everyone is so broken by the titanic battle that the story never ends!

Hydro

P.S. Turtledove’s books are a good read, especially if you are a history buff

[LightSniper]

Hopefully you could follow what i was trying to say in my last post... alot of things happened, and im not very talented in writing things which happen in my mind so fast.

Appreciate any comments... oh yes... im a bad speller/grammer ... so don't even bring that up

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[The_Progenitors]

Invader LightSniper,

Your failure to acquire Progenitor Conqueror: imminent. Feelings: very small false sorrow. Meat animal Invader human's fate: extinction.

Conqueror Marr