The Chiron Chronicle 6: 2182

[DarkCloud]

OOC: This is started because MarkG has a 4 page, 150 post limit on topics.

[DarkCloud]

FROM: Colonel Daniel Jakhobs Howell
SUBJECT: Orders

The orders which I have received from High Command [these are not the orders Zakharov approved]
were to use the nerve gas pods on the Cyborg citizens in any city we capture from the
Cyborg armies along with using them on the Cyborg armies.

-Daniel

Thus:
Objective: Kill Cyborg Citizens and Army Members

FROM: Probe Leader Anastasius Koph-Powell
SUBJECT: Detonation of a Nuclear Device in the Cyborg Zone

The plan is this for our probe team, to detonate a nuclear device which I have acquired
from our Nautilus Pirates suppliers in the city of Alpha Prime or Tau Collective.
[not approved by Zakharov, he isnt an idiot]

This will effectively shatter Cyborg resistance and allow our forces to completely crush
their army.

-Anastasius

FROM: General Wilson Ffolk-Botha (Commander, Fifth Battlegroup)
TO: High Academican Zakharov

Our forces are to meet the devious Data Angels in a full frontal assault. However the
Blitzkrieg tactics proposed by Commadant Ryley-Moore II are under consideration. My
suggestion is dig the rovers into the ground, then when the angels are above us, we
come out of the dirt, run over their troopers and smash the army.

It is your decision upon which tactic which we are to use.

(5th Battle Group heads for Data Angels Lands)

[DarkCloud]

OOC: The War Part of Project Alpha is going to be executed by the following group from Rocky Crag-
(Attacks on Southern Data Angels)

FROM: General Lawrence Alistair Ewan-Greed (Commander, Rocky Crag Battlegroup)
TO: General Wilson Ffolk-Botha (Commander, Fifth Battlegroup)
CC: High Academican Zakharov

The plan will be carried out as we discussed; we shall hit the Angels from the south
and destroy them while General Ffolk-Botha diverts their attention to the main fields.

I must praise High Academican Zakharov for his genius in conceiving this plan.

[DarkCloud]

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[DarkCloud]

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[[LordLMP]]

OOC: CYBER!!! cult of war with nerve gas is illegal!, especially when they are tranced! and the Peacekeeper defenders are not Greens either!. I am serious, stop with the illegal moves and actions! Anyway, each square is 500km x 500km, no way in hoot the Cult of war units can kill an entire regiment in one shot in such a large area, covered with clusters of bunkers, in 8 hours!!! quite unrealistic! its not one single bunker per square you know!! will encourage lot more fighting for single squares, especially bunkers ones, not instantly conquering single squares, which could take a whole year or more to acquire!!
DARCLOUD!!! Don't you encourage that kind of nonsence either!!! I am serious, I will put a complete band on Nukes and nerve gas and pure evil!!!
Darkcloud, how the hoot did the people get to the hidden bases, situated within Cyborg territory, hmm? Cyborgs are not blind, or stupid. And has if they built themselves military force, especially with serious lack of resources due to the fact they can't let their populations to go out and gather resources, within Cyborg territory!!! the bases are mostly underground/inside mountain aswell, and they haven't been in contact with rest of the faction for decades!! University ain't very militaristic or seriously have enough of a good size military to take over a Data Angel base and oblalerate a Cyborg base!! Also, the Nautilus Battle Dragon units would be kicking arse, since they technicly the only Missile Launcher equip units in the battlezone, and ELITE units at that too. I kept situation into skirmish like conflicts for now. Oh and no blowed up cities on the Central continent, which is suppose to be lot more civilized than on the eastern continent!!! and no Insane people gets access to nuclear bombs, especially from rogues from a faction who has the second best probe teams/security on Planet, within a Cyborg base! they are not stupid/idiots. when i say no more nukes to cyber, it applies to everyone, including the other moderator, who suppose to show a good example! SMAC, you have the right as player to oppose Darkcloud's crazy ideas. 2nd Largest army, Univ? No I Don't think so. Spartans, Peacekeepers, Hive and believers have bigger armies than Univ. Univ MAY have a bit bigger army one on one with Data Angels or Cyborgs, but not both. and Univ units mostly into Impact weapons still i would think and rules are, they need to be in a base or simply base radious, away from battle, to be upgraded, except for Infantry which they be easily supplied new hardware on the field, not currently in a battlezone. we seem to have a problem has to where exactly the hidden bases are suppose to be and cannot send Antimind reinforcements within Cyborg territory!!!

things are getting quite out of hand, especially with the unrealism showing up. Stop with the nukes!!! and don't go overboard with nerve gas too!!! and SUPER soldiers!!! you know people, the ability is called Nerve gas PODS and base onf the graphics in the game, the weapons don't shoot the gas, just spread the gas from the gas pod hose. but Missile Launchers make good develiries thought, but still, watch it! Napalm is gas base too and the proper term would be Incendinary missiles/grenades/bombs and so on as that ain't gas base. anyway, no more instantly killing units!! , especially in few hours, in a area of 250 000 square kilometres Map Squares.... so would take sometime, like months for example, to realisticly clear them or enemy units, especially when they are in a series of bunkers!!!. would be very stupid if an entire unit stays bunched up together. And Darkcloud, can't go around and say to a player, oh, my pathetic unrealistic fool will blow up one of your bases. NO!!! no more nukes, blowing bases up until you get Orbital Spaceflight!!! even then, there will be tough on it. Humanity came to CHiron to not repeat the same mistakes of earth, by blwing itself up! I am sorry to be like this, but this game is suppose to be diplomacy, not a ALL out barbaric warfare!!
anyway, will state the rules of warfare in the rules thread.

I suggest we put a pause on the Central Continent until i get a updated gif map done. and be careful with the believers, as you may offend people. of course, same with the evil actions being done by spartans and so on....


To: Datatech Sinder Roze
From: Captain Ulrik Svensgaard

Of course Morgan Bank is yours and yes I had no right to suggest giving the base back to morgan. anyway, its only if he cooperates with the Chiron Alliance for the next 10 years or so. Morganites will go down under with their Free Market with the lack of trade, so see why not help them out. especially when it will benefit the Chiron Alliance economical wise if the morganites depends on our bases to trade with and via them.

By keeping the Morganites depend on us, they won't turn around to backstabing your faction or the rest of the alliance.

Captain Svensgaard

Upland Wastes

The Battle Dragons have raided some more sensors, mines and solar collectors north of Blast Rifle Crag and north of Fort Superioty. They avoided attacking civilians working upon them too. But they retreated back into the upland wastes as soon that they detected Spartans units coming. Colonel Rohrer as been receiving some complaints from various commanders of this constant raiding and the flee at the sign of Spartans. what kind of Elite units are they? So Rohrer had to reconsider her plans. She notices that the spartan blockade guardians units have spread along the south of the upland wastes, but more concentrative north of Janissary Rock. The spartans are not moving into the upland wastes after them either, where they don't have the advantage of sensor arrays. Afraid are they? Rohrer orders her units to place some Communication Pods at their locations to automaticly continue do their constant useless chatter and music like they are doing north of Janissary Rock. she then orders all of the Battle Dragon units toward the eastern coast where they will then move to engage the spartans unit(s) north of Blast Rifle Crag. The Probe Team that retreated to the upland wastes will sneak on the units spartan units north of Janissary Rock on a sabotage mission.


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Note: Believers ignoring Hive

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[Guardian]

[OOC: I won't repeat myself too much OOC'ly, so see Chiron Chronicle Discussion thread for my reaction to the attack by the Followers of War... LordLMP, I think napalm is more of a gel than a gas, actually. Not too sure of this though... At least you're certainly right about it not being the only incendiary weapon around... Anyway, enough OOC. ]


Planetneck, Hive side, just after midnight...

Private Komatsu was getting bored... Nothing much was happening here. The artillery was relentlessly pounding the Peacekeepers, who were mostly just sitting there taking it. Nothing had touched the Hive troops for the past 36 hours. Where was the huge army the Peacekeepers were supposed to have? Perhaps it was all a bluff? Nah... Chairman Yang seemed to take them seriously and he'd know. But... most of the Peacekeepers were probably further north fighting the Spartans. Perhaps if the Hive could mass enough forces here...

A series of flashing lights in the distance caused him to turn and look out to the sea...

What the hell??

The lights kept blinking for some time, as if... Damn! I think it's morse code!

Two minutes later, sergeant Sung came running up next to him. He was one of the few people in this unit who actually knew that ancient code of dots and lines, short and long blinks... The sergeant could immediately confirm that yes, this was indeed morse code. He then proceeded to "read" the message out loud...

KNOCK KNOCK
ANYBODY HOME

KNOCK KNOCK
PEACEKEEPING FORCES SAY HELLO

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
HAPPY NEW YEAR UNCLE YANG


The message was repeated a few more times, then the southern sky was lit up by the streaks of dozens of missiles being launched. The U.N. Navy had arrived...


[OOC: There are 6 U.N. Missile Foils now just south of Planetneck, and these have started bombarding the Hive artillery regiments. The Hive artillery units are spread out to mimimize damage from enemy return fire, so they won't all be blasted at once, but this also limits their ability to provide cover fire for each other. The 6 foils will try to take on one regiment at a time and really saturate that unit before switching their fire to the next artillery regiment, and then the next, and then the garrison / bunkers... The ships are also moving around at random in an effort to make themselves harder targets for any counter-battery fire missions.]

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[Clear Skies]

OOC: I'd like to oppose DarkCloud's initiatives. For a start, I feel he has control of too many factions - the University, Antimind and the Lord's Believers? Can't they all easily combine against the Cyborgs? I see a slight imbalance here, especially if he wants to completely odestroy one of my bases.
Also, what exactly have I done? In a lot of games I've had, the UoP & the Cyborgs have managed to coexist perfectly peacefully - I even had a Co-op Vic with Zakharov one time. Xenophobia is all very well, but surely I shouldn't be in line for all of this...
No, I can't afford to lose one of my bases. I even oppose the usage of ALL nuclear weapons. They haven't even been discovered yet - Orbital Spaceflight is a long way off (I hope!). I know the game is only loosely based on SMAC/X, but a self-destruct sequence only slightly damages enemy units and does nothing to the base at all in-game. A total base destruction is going a bit far, in my opinion.
I think my poor little Cyborgs are much-maligned. I don't see what we've done to deserve all this negative attention - it's not like we've been committing atrocities all over the place like the Spartans or polluting Planet like the Drones. All we want is to be able to pursue our research in peace, but if attacked we WILL fight, make no mistake.
A map would really help about now, but I also ought to stop pestering for one...ah well.

BIC: (back in context)
Dream to planetmind

From:Prime Function Aki Zeta-5

planetmind...
togetherness our only option...we must oppose the antimind...together we are strong...how can we help you...we seek harmony and unity, not strife, but strife against the evil must be right...



Cyborg Press Release!

Finally, a date has been set for Elaine Stuart-Lewison's integration into our Consciousness. In two weeks, she will receive her new symbiote, the Alpha Seven algorithm, into her consciousness, giving her undreamed-of abilities and making her one with us.

Also in news...
Indecision appears to be rife within the Spartan faction on the Eastern Bloc. Orders are being countermanded almost faster than they are issued. It is rumoured that one of Santiago's generals is to blame, and it is also said that he has been recalled to Sparta Command for...'processing'.

Data Angel defensive forces have arrived in Inspiration Point to bolster our defences there. Our hearts go out to Datatech Roze for this most gracious of gifts.


Private to Lady Deirdre of Gaia's Stepdaughters

Dear Lady Deirdre,
Greetings from your friend, Prime Function Aki Zeta-5 of the Cybernetic Consciousness. I trust your environmental initiatives are proceeding to your satisfaction.
In the interests of closer ties between our two nations, I offer you 100 energy credits to do with as you wish. I ask nothing in return. This is simply a gift to strengthen the ties of friendship between us.
I admire you greatly, Lady Deirdre. Your empathy with Planet never ceases to amaze me, and your tireless pursuit of environmental protection is to be lauded greatly.
Have you, too, entered this dreadful war against the Spartans?
Anyway, my friend, time is short. Prokhor Zakharov presses daily against my borders. Please, think of us.
Your friend in Planet,
Aki Zeta-5

[Argonaut]

OOC: I definetly have a problem with Darkclouds plans. How do you plan on hitting the Data Angels from two different directions when the border that is shared is very small between the two of us. From the map I've got, you'd have to march through the heart of Cyborg territory to get from Rocky Crag to my border. I'm pretty confident that my Pact Mate wouldn't allow that. As well, sure you might have a large army, but Data Angels certainly aren't a push over. I've been on an armament plan since the Chiron Chronicle started, especially when I was surrounded by a potentially hostile Morgan and University. With Morgan gone, I have one front to worry about, I think I know where the majority of my troops are going to be placed. It's great that you've worked out a story arch here, but not when it totally interferes with other players. This whole game seems to have gotten way out of hand with everybody arguing nitty gritty details, and who can do what. Unless some sort of clear method can be establish for resolving important things like combat, then quite frankly I'm out of here. It's just not fun any more

Angel's Herald

Angel's Airforce to Be Inaugurated!

The Ministry of Defense announced today that the first Data Angel penetrator group would be coming off the assembly lines soon. Based on the technology learned from the Nautalis Pirates, the missile penatrator prototype is already well underway, with all the resources at Data DeCentral and Roze Function being put towards it. Plans are to establish a full fledged air-force as soon as possible, while continuing to produce the weapons needed to support our army against the University.

[Natan]

Sergeant: Sir?
Officer: Yes sergeant?
Sergeant: We've spotted six peacekeeper missile foils south of the planetneck!
Officer: Radioman! Radio local command!


The Hive forces deployed at the planetneck are repositioning. The artillery are concealing themselves and returning fire against the foils with high explosives and the occasional nerve gas shell to kill hands on deck. Instead of using their own troops to spot for them, local rovers and garrissons are to spot for them and communicate what they have hit or not hit. This is to minimize exposure to enemy fire. The artillery are concealing themselves in pits, trenches, and valleys, in the hopes that the missile foils guns cannot elevate themselves enough to reach that angle. Additionally, other troops in the area are to create decoys with signal fires and mortars. On top of this, they are to patrol for mindworms or enemy invaders.

Meanwhile, my new troops are moving out from various bases, mostly in the jungle. I'm have to go now, so I'll post the exact locations saturday night.

[Clear Skies]

From: Prime Function Aki Zeta-5

To: Datatech Sinder Roze

My dear friend,
I am so pleased to hear that your first Missile Penetrators are almost complete. I, too, am building my own airforce, but in line with our pacifistic tendencies we have decided that the first unit should be one of Interceptors rather than Penetrators. Whilst these units are nowhere near as effective in ground assaults, they are unsurpassed in their ability to dogfight other aeroplanes. I am confident that with my Interceptors and your Penetrators we can first eliminate any University needlejets and then go on to claim victory in this war.

How is your research into Pre-Sentient Algorithms going? I have arranged for a secure channel to be left open to allow our scientists to communicate their ideas and quicken our research, if you are agreeable. Just think what wonders we could do together!

Well, my friend, I must go now. Many thanks for your bolstering of Inspiration Point.

Yours in peace and friendship,
Prime Function Aki Zeta-5


The Cybernetic Press

Ms Elaine Stuart-Lewison is almost ready for her induction ceremony. Elaine Alpha-Seven, as she will come to be called, has been spending her days and nights in preparation for her Connection, which will be personally supervised by our Prime Function.

Also in news...
The University are throwing ever more of their troops against Inspiration Point, but our defenders are holding out valiantly against their assaults. Inspiration Point will not fall!

To: Daniel Eta-4, Governor of Inspiration Point - Standard Encryption

From: Prime Function Aki Zeta-5

My governor,
You are doing a wonderful job. I commend you with all my heart.
We are dispatching two new battalions of Silksteel Sentinels - the new type, equipped with Electronic Counter Measures, to help you against the University's Rovers.
Aki Zeta-5 out.

[Natan]

From: Chairman Shen-ji Yang of the Hive
To: General Braddock

Contrary to popular opinion, my people desire peace. In the interest's of peace, we are willing to come to an agreement with you. These are the terms which the Central Committee has offered:

1) All hostilities will end, and a Peace Treaty will be signed.

2) All Hive forces will recieve amnesty for the use of nerve gas in the conflict, and no sanctions will be applied to the Hive.

3) The Hive will send formers to the peacekeeper side of the planetneck to rebuild the bunkers and to collect the dead, if general Braddock accepts our help.

4) The Hive will drop all demands for extradition of General Kane and his renegade forces.

[DarkCloud]

Perhaps I am going 'above the law with my position' however, this is how I see it:

-Isn't Rocky Crag bordering Data Angel land?
-The nerve gas pods have been on my itinerary since the beginning of the restart; no one has said anything...
-The University always had a fair amount of 4-4-2 units...
-The reasoning behind the destruction of the Cyborg base is so: the nuking and destruction of probe team creates a unified attack and the Cyborgs take a city or two.
-This is in the story's interest. Zakharov is going to 'disappear' like I said.
-The reasoning behind the force differentials is so: The other factions have been fighting for a while, Zakharov has not lost any units. Cyborgs and Angels have not either. Note: Zak has no sea or air units. Note: I have not 'resolved' any conflicts, they will be resolved by the forces.
-This attack is to make the story more compelling.
-It is not as if I think the Cyborgs won't retaliate?
-Rocky Crag is going to the cyborgs to help Daniel who is using nerve pods; nerve pods dont make him invincible, it just kills some units and makes everyone hate University.
-I never said the Unies had a larger army than the Cyborgs/Data Angels combined...
-I'm not going to do the update to my status I should have because you will not believe the nerve gas part of my story but my strengths are really not that good in the attacking forces:


Offensive Units
-1 'Disciplined' Pulse Particle Rover (Led by Daniel Jakhobs-Howell) *Nerve Gas Pods (To Tau Collective)
-1 'Commando' Probe Team (Lead by Anastasius Koph-Powell) *Nuclear Device (To Alpha Prime)

-4 Formers (3 in regular bases) (2 in hidden bases)
-3 'Formers' [1-1-1] (Scattered]
-2 'Subpar' Probe Team (1 in hidden bases) (1 in regular bases)
-8 Mindworm Boils [5-3-3]*In xenofungus [3-2-1]*Out of Xenofungus (controlled by University) (Scattered)
-6 Mindworm Pre-Boils [2-2-3]*In xenofungus [1-1-1]*Out of xenofungus (controlled by University) (Scattered)
-1 Pulse Particle Rover [4-4-2] (Patroling Seaside)
-2 'Disciplined' Particle Rovers [4-1-2] (Near University Base)
-2 'Veteran' Particle Rovers [4-1-2] (In University Heights)
-1 'Disciplined' Particle Rovers [4-1-2](In Outpost #1)
-1 'Green' Particle Rover [4-1-2] (In Outpost #1)
-2 'Green' Partical Rovers [4-1-2] (In Techopolis)
-1 'Green' Partical Rover [4-1-2] (In Data Angel No-Go Zone)
-1 'Disciplined' Particle [4-1-2] (In Cyborg No-Go Zone)

Commander of Armed Forces Elijah Joseph McDowell-Hammn (born 2013)

1st Battle Group (Under General Dis Laird-Kings) (In University Base)
-1 Missile Launcher [A6 D1 M1 v Air/Sea] (In University Base)
-2 Pulse Particle Rovers [4-4-2] (In University Base)
-2 'Veteran' Particle Rover [4-1-2] (In University Base)
-2 'Green' Laser Rovers [2-1-2] (In University Base)

*When Fighting Air/Sea, Land's Effectiveness is halved
StrengthLand 21-12-10 *Missile Launcher Ineffective Air/Sea 16-7-7
Power
-Offense 26 points (5 from movement)
-Defense 17 points (5 from movement)

5th Battle Group (Under General Wilson Ffolk-Botha) (Headed for Data Angels)
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-2 'Disciplined' Particle Rovers [4-1-2]
-1 'Green' Partical Rovers [4-1-2]
-2 'Disciplined; Laser Rovers [2-1-2]

Strength 16-5-10
Power
-Offense 21 points (5 from movement)
-Defense 10 points (5 from movement)

Rocky Crag Battle Group (Under General Lawrence Alistair Ewan-Greed) (Strike at South Cyborgs)
-3 'Disciplined' Particle Rovers [4-1-2] (In Memorial Caverns)
-1 'Green' Particle Rovers [4-1-2] (Near Rocky Crag)
-1 'Green' Scout Rover [1-1-2] (In Rocky Crag)


-Yes the antimind stuff... I probably shouldnt have posted that, I have no idea of its strength or where its units have been- Disregard that post.
-Note: I did say please voice your opinions and I have answered them... Hopefully well enough.
-I said nothing about super-soldiers,
-I might just kill most cyborgs in the city but will the Cyborgs and Angels not respond? This is to make Zakharov appear more unethical.

-Apologies

[DarkCloud]

-About the believers, the main idea is that both the Believers and the University are bigots and this guy- oh heck, since XWaste wont play the believers- I'll probably get hate emails if I go through with the story, I would like to but it most likely will offend someone who thinks I am anti-christian,jewish,buddhist,atheist,scientist, or any other religion...
*sigh*

[DarkCloud]

SMAC, I'm also in control of the Morganites
I took them out of the war didn't I?

-Oh, the reasons I have the University hating the Cyborgs are
1. Broke off
2. Humiliated Zakharov
3. Got him Imprisoned

-Zakharov has made overtures to the Antimind of an alliance; however I dont know how many units Anti has or its status, Chris has to tell me.
Anti is naturally against any pro-planetmind faction like the Cyborgs and Data Angels.

-Believers hate University (church v. science)

-Argonaut- I posted all of my plans now, and as you can see- it most likely will not be an easy strike for the University to keep what they take, if they are able to take it

what I posted were my opinions, not orders!

-Apologies for making them seem like orders for the story,