I recently introduced an old friend to SMAC by buying him a copy of Classic, and later giving a copy of Vel's most excellent Guide. He sent me an e-mail a while later stating that he hated me for infecting him with SMAC, and that he had lots of questions (hence, the Guide). I suggested that we could do a PBEM so that he could see some of the things I was doing, and ask questions along the way. It evolved fairly quickly into role playing, with each e-mail highlighting the events of the year, trials, tribulations, and frustrations.
The game is on DD's HMOP. Charles, playing PKs, is on the Isle of Deianira. I, as Gaians, am on the eastern coast of the center continent. We starting our role-playing about turn 2110, and I thought I'd share them with you.
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CONVERSATIONS
Gaia's Landing, MY 2110
Dear Commissioner Charles,
MY2110 has been uneventful, which is a nice change. My terraformer crews are working on a forest between our two colonies, and then they'll finish the road to link them together. Our first new colony should be up and running soon, and I'd like to speed them on their way with a good road system! Our explores haven't found too much of note. The rover team is exploring out west, and so far has found some good territory for new colonies. Fluffy went against orders and popped a pod out to the east along the sea. It was very strange, since as soon as he did a bunch of Unity farm mechs came out and made a bunch of farmland! That will be perfect for a colony site, once we have gotten down there.
I hope all is well with you and yours.
Dee
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UN Headquarters, MY 2112
Lady Skye,
I want to thank you again on demonstrating both in deed and spirit the cooperation and unity that the United Nations Charter holds dearly. Your sharing of technology will be of great use in expanding our holdings in this brave new world. We have not had any contact with any of the other Unity explorers and that fills me with great dread. I am sure as the years go by the other "factions", as my general assembly has taken to calling, will only grow more inflexible and entrenched in their ideology making it harder for us to forge a new world.
As this year closes we have established a new base and our scouts have discovered an alien obelisk that has brought additional resources to the expansion of the colony. However, our headquarters completed construction on a second colony pod but due to a lack of personal we cannot supply it sufficient manpower so for now it sits. We have also had bad luck when it comes to the alien life forms of this planet. Fungus fields have "bloomed" at an extraordinary rate creating much work ahead for our terraformers. We still posses an alien artifact but our scientist can not come to a decision as to best use its powers so for now, like our colony pod, it waits in storage. I know of your desire to live in "harmony" with our new planet but the constant attacks by the mind worms on our scouts are taking their toll. Several of our scouts have had terrible encounters with these creatures that have left them sapped of strength. Perhaps your scientists can offer us some technology or training so as to bypass these creatures and not force us to destroy them.
Peace and freedom,
Charles R. Dix IX
Supreme General Secretary of the Greater United Nations Assembly
The game is on DD's HMOP. Charles, playing PKs, is on the Isle of Deianira. I, as Gaians, am on the eastern coast of the center continent. We starting our role-playing about turn 2110, and I thought I'd share them with you.
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CONVERSATIONS
Gaia's Landing, MY 2110
Dear Commissioner Charles,
MY2110 has been uneventful, which is a nice change. My terraformer crews are working on a forest between our two colonies, and then they'll finish the road to link them together. Our first new colony should be up and running soon, and I'd like to speed them on their way with a good road system! Our explores haven't found too much of note. The rover team is exploring out west, and so far has found some good territory for new colonies. Fluffy went against orders and popped a pod out to the east along the sea. It was very strange, since as soon as he did a bunch of Unity farm mechs came out and made a bunch of farmland! That will be perfect for a colony site, once we have gotten down there.
I hope all is well with you and yours.
Dee
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UN Headquarters, MY 2112
Lady Skye,
I want to thank you again on demonstrating both in deed and spirit the cooperation and unity that the United Nations Charter holds dearly. Your sharing of technology will be of great use in expanding our holdings in this brave new world. We have not had any contact with any of the other Unity explorers and that fills me with great dread. I am sure as the years go by the other "factions", as my general assembly has taken to calling, will only grow more inflexible and entrenched in their ideology making it harder for us to forge a new world.
As this year closes we have established a new base and our scouts have discovered an alien obelisk that has brought additional resources to the expansion of the colony. However, our headquarters completed construction on a second colony pod but due to a lack of personal we cannot supply it sufficient manpower so for now it sits. We have also had bad luck when it comes to the alien life forms of this planet. Fungus fields have "bloomed" at an extraordinary rate creating much work ahead for our terraformers. We still posses an alien artifact but our scientist can not come to a decision as to best use its powers so for now, like our colony pod, it waits in storage. I know of your desire to live in "harmony" with our new planet but the constant attacks by the mind worms on our scouts are taking their toll. Several of our scouts have had terrible encounters with these creatures that have left them sapped of strength. Perhaps your scientists can offer us some technology or training so as to bypass these creatures and not force us to destroy them.
Peace and freedom,
Charles R. Dix IX
Supreme General Secretary of the Greater United Nations Assembly
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