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[Cyber]

LordLMP- I would like to see the Spartans to be more advanced in war tech, but backwatered in other tech areas.After all, one of Santiagos opinions are, the military to have good technology and a good training.

Lord, I´ll put my trust in you, placing the 5 new Spartan bases, just not too near the Drones and not south of the northern end of the Great Dunes.And please put at least two bases on the coast, so I could have enough bases to support the to-be-built Spartan fleet.
Amen


[This message has been edited by Cyber (edited January 25, 2001).]

[DarkCloud]

Well Argo, you don't have to edit- let's say Aki won and Roze never won... how about that... I just wanted an active writer's faction to win...

LMP- I appreciate the work, but how about letting those just be 'suggestions' and we go by the 'points' system...

I'll do my history update tommorrow... (hopefully) I dont have much time now, in the middle of Feb I will have more time...

About the Trade Alliance, I thought It was originally between
Data Angels, Morgan, University
then the Cyborgs etc. came and the war began... perhaps I am mistaken...

[Argonaut]

Trade Alliance was originally proposed after the PK's announced their arrival to the Data Angels via Planetmind, and had been consequently introduced to others. At that point, University was not on good terms with either Data Angels or Cyborgs and war broke out. The University was never part of the Trade Alliance. I'm positive. It's in the posts.

[[LordLMP]]

Fine... the Planetary Council started in 2160...
ok? no?
election every 10 years, okay? no? if so, then we would have the third election i 2180, where people can vote. for the one who is elected, should have plenty of votes, meany lots of pop/bases. but won't have this only the two biggest in votes can be candidates.

As for techs, well just judge how advance an faction is base on weapon, chassis, reactor, armor, secret project, facilities and special abilities techs bring. Easier that way. ok? no?

not all bases haves to be shown in status, only the important/ones mentioned in story maybe? don't people to worry to much in stats and so on. i already started updating the map and will be done for thursday. will also list all bases and their coordinates, aswell as for the crossfire landmarks.

everybody okay with my pirate summary, especially with relations to other active factions?

As for the history, can always simply do a summary like wise like i did to show what your faction has been up to. easier i think, especially if you don't have lots of time for it. will do the overall history summary since 2120, then would be easier to play with and modify. all non-player factions should still be attractive enough for some new player to take, not a faction being conquered and countlessly attacked.

am i to bossy?/steping on people feets?

-LordLMP

[Clear Skies]

Are the Cybernetic Consciousness free at the moment? If they are (and if someone can give me a quick run-down of the situation and tell me where to find a copy of the map this time - catastrophic **** -up last time i tried this!) I'd be happy to take Aki over.
It'd really tie in with my own writing too. My story (First Speaker - new part will be completed very soon) is seen mostly from the point of view of Aki Zeta-5, and I've been doing a lot of work on the Cybernetic Consciousness. They're my favourite faction, and above anything I love diplomacy. It's my favourite part of the game.
A couple of things - do the Consciousness have empathic powers in this as well? Do they have the benefits of contact with the Planetmind? When do the aliens land, and who is writing that bit?
OK, I think I've covered everything. Just one more thing - who's in contact with whom? Since there's a Planetary Council underway I'm guessing everyone has everyone else's commlink frequency, but just in case...

Oh, one more thing I forgot - if the Consciousness aren't free I'd be just as happy to take the Gaians back again - Deirdre has any number of possibilities for development.
Thanks.

[This message has been edited by SMAC Fanatic (edited January 26, 2001).]

[Christantine The Great]

SMAC Fanatic, anyone that I contact can contact me back so Aki can contact me.

EDIT: Oops, just read the summary and it answered my question.
[This message has been edited by Christantine The Great (edited January 26, 2001).]

[Desert Journeyman]

Hey. I've been 'lurking' for quite a while now, and some of this fanfiction is absolutely amazing. I'm very interested in joining one of these stories. If anybody could lend a hand or send me some information concerning one or more of the ongoing storylines, that would be most helpful. My thanks in advance.

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"These men are extremely well-disciplined, and they have a history of engaging in such activities that will serve us well. They will appear spontaneous and ideologically motivated. These men carry their own cover and will not be tracable to us."

- G. Gordon Liddy on his special teams prior to Watergate

[DarkCloud]

LMP- your pirate summary is all right with me...

Okay then, we have had 2 planetary elections and a 3rd is coming up...

I have to disagree with you on the techs however, I think my point system is better, Lets Vote.

SMAC-
The cyborgs are 'technically free' XWaste may or may not come back, he said he didn't know when he would return; but if he does, you can just split the duty (if you want)

Everyone is in contact with everyone but the Cult, Believers and Hive are withdrawn. The University is attempting to be withdrawn.

Desert
-I would be glad if you joined our sotries... the info on "The Chiron Chronicle" is provided in the "Summaries", or if you have time you can read the stories.
-The first thing you would do is pick a faction to play that has not yet been picked.
-If you have specific questions, feel free to ask me or LMP (the other GM)

Welcome

[Blake]

I'd be willing to take up a faction, I havn't tried any role playing of this type before, but I know SMAX inside out, forgive me if I suck

What factions are still available? And is anyone active on the Gaian/Cult/Believer continent? I'd quite like to play Planet Cult, I could make up the history/current status for him, and I'm sure a cultist IOD and some worms could make trouble for spartans

[Cyber]

DarkCloud- ok, I vote for your system, but in one condition.You could give more points.I mean, the Spartans have 15 points for 57 years which just too a small amount.More like 25-30 would be better.

BTW, this is getting a little frustrated, playing alone.From the factions that the Spartans have met, only the peacekeepers were player controlled and they moved away.The Spartans now seem to be surrounded by AI factions.

And all you joining players, welcome.The Spartans will be delighted to genocide you all. Naah, just joking .

Blake- factions available are:
Gaians, Cult, Believers, Cyborgs(depends on Xwaste),Peacekeepers, Hive and Free Drones.
Get yourself a faction and get rolling .

[Blake]

Okay, I'll take control of the Planet Cult, I have some ideas, firstly the little brat Cha Dawn has actually grown up (shock and horror) and started longlivity treatment at about the age of 25, but continued interaction with xenofungus has left him a bit... warped. And his voice is still a bit high pitched.

The Planet Cult in the first 74 years on planet has researched extensivly into genetics and the workings of centauri lifeforms, to this end I think the following tech would be the "core" of cult research.

Centauri Ecology E1
Social pysch B1
Biogenetics D1
Ethical Calculus E2
Secrets of the Brain D2
Centauri Empathy E3
Gene Splicing E3
Ecological Engineering E4
Centauri Meditation E5
..and other techs which seem fairly default, probably traded/stolen rather than researched:
Information Networks
Planetary Networks
Doctrine: Mobility
Applied Physics
Industrial Base
High E chemistry

From SMAX and the Chrion Chronicle the *potential* allies of Cha Dawn would be planetmind (obviously), anti-mind (possibly), Dee, Lal (friend of planetmind), Sven (running Green, friend of planetmind), Roze (friend of planetmind). Zak (possibly an alliance of convinence)

The factions the Cult should want to eradicate to make planet a better place are:
Santigo (beat up Lal, disrespect planet)
Domai (industry focus)
Yang (no-one does like him)
Morgan (when running FM anyway)
Miriam (that "promised land" thing)

The SE settings:
Fundie, Green

History could be something along the lines of:

Looting the Unity wreck (netting a Unity Scout chopper and some information), meet up with Miriams fanatics in the process of doing the same.

More recruitment from gaians and beleievers

A war with Miriam, (clash of religious faiths...), which resulted in bloodshed but no attacks on bases. Resolved with an uneasy blood truce.

Trade with Gaians, both techtrade and commerce.

Build up of a hidden army of mind worms, spore launchers, IOD's and an extra special suprise, sea lurks!, these would all be hiding and training/recruiting in fungus, this native army swears total allegience to Cha Dawn's Psi talents and not the planetmind.

Contact would be minimal other than Gaians and Believers. Other factions know of Cha Dawn but do not know much about him.

Any ships that have gone near cha dawns territory tend to go missing, and those which have returned have spoken of horrendous sea lurks lurking in the fungus.

Some of Cha Dawns native forces are scattered in spartan and hive territory, not enough to be used as any significant attack force, rather posing as wild worms while gathering information. The other large continent is largely un infiltrated by Cha Dawn, as it would seem to have less wilderness and better security, as well as the protection of planetmind.


Short term agenda would be to teach the Spartans some respect for mind worms, with a team of mind worms and psi talents being transported by IOD's to the eastern side of spartan territory, with the task of destruction and looting, esp for weapon tech.

Any thoughts or comments, particullary concerning tech?

Is there any information (ie city names) for Cha Dawns territory - or is it all up to me to make up?

And I may also be able to control the Hive, atleast in terms of there war with Spartans, save Cyber playing both sides of the battle... and Yang and Cha Dawn should have little potential for an alliance.

[Cyber]

Blake- good ideas and a good start.About the bases, I don´t think anybody has given them names yet, so it should be your duty.
Remember, that almost all of Spartan controlled areas have been cleansed out of native life(Spartan History 2123-2180) and are full of sensor arrays, so that leaves a very small area for any mindworms to hide.That also gives the Spartans bonuses, though not psychic, but terrain and morale.

An alliance between Cha Dawn and Yang is a intriguing idea,together they might even have a chance a against Sparta .Again, remember if Yang starts to march towards Sparta Command, they have to go through the Free Drones. Diabolic ideas for writing .

Okey, people, lets get this game finally started.LordLMP, Darkcloud, could you give me an estimate when might that happen?


[This message has been edited by Cyber (edited January 27, 2001).]

[DarkCloud]

It will start as soon as everyone has written their updates; and if you can you should write up your Faction Administartion stuff in the thread...

Glad to have you aboard Blake, it seems we are getting more publicity now!

I suppose your techs are all right, but you might have to cut out that one E5 one... too much tech power; LMP do you think he should?

I think planetmind likes the Cult but technically fears their fanatscism.

Good write up Blake!

I always thought that the Cult and Hive might team up against the industrial Free Drones.

This is hopefully going to turn into a diverse story... Either me or LMP will start an official restart thread tommorrow or within 3 days.

Current Players
Christantine- Planetmind
Argonaut- Data Angels
Dark Cloud- University
Cyber- Spartans

Interested
Desert Journeyman-?
SMAC Fanatic- Cyborgs
Blake- Cult of Planet

Missing
XWaste- Cyborgs

[Desert Journeyman]

I've looked over what's avaliable, and I've basically concluded that the Hive may pique my interest. Before I assume control however, I'll need to discuss something with the Mods. If they could contact me over ICQ or via Email, that would be great.

Also - might it be possible to collaborate with another player? The Spartans also looking promising. And are the Morganites avaliable?
[This message has been edited by Desert Journeyman (edited January 27, 2001).]

[DarkCloud]

What's your email?