Beyond Alpha Centauri::::::::Discussion Thread 8

[Lonestar]

IN THE YEAR 2525

In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find...

In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
Everything you think, do, or say
Is in the pill you took today

In the year 4545
Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to do
Nobody's gonna look at you

In the year 5555
Your arms are hanging limp at your sides
Your legs not nothing to do
Some machine is doing that for you

In the year 6565
Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long black tube

In the year 7510
If God's a-comin' he ought to make it by then
Maybe he'll look around himself and say
Guess it's time for the Judgement day

In the year 8510
God's gonna shake his mighty head
He'll either say ``I'm pleased where man has been
Or tear it down and start again

In the year 9595
I'm kinda wondering if man's gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing...

Now it's been 10,000 years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what he never knew
Now man's reign is through
But through the eternal night
The twinkling of starlight
So very far away
Maybe it's only yesterday...

[Mr. President]

That's cute! What is it? A song?

[Lonestar]

It's a damn dirty war protest song from the '60's.

[Sprayber]

Who is handleing the Terran forces? Or is everyone just picking them apart bit by bit. Reason I ask is that I'm working on a post and Kessel is about to order the two Spartan Fleets to reclaim the takent planets in the Corporate sector. Since the earth goverment is in chaos Sparta will seize the systems taken.

[Mr. President]

Hmm. Good question. The Earth government is basically out of it. The Believers and the University are trading shots in the sector and on the planet, and I think Sovereign and Silence have been writing for whatever Earthmen happened to get in the way of their particular chosen faction.

[Sovereign]

Hi guys!

Sorry I'm out of comission the past few months.

I've been doing a lot of travelling, since its my summer break. I went to Alaska and I did plenty of outdoors stuff there. Camping, canoeing, fishing, etc.

I just got back last week, and I'm trying to get back on my feet.

What did I miss?


Onto the BAC world.....

The Earth government is supposed to join in the GHE and UA "axis" alliance, so I'm planning on having the Earth government and its territories join the alliance.

I guess I'll take up the Earth faction, since Kass left.

IIRC, HistoryGuy decided to volunteer for taking up the PK's since no one else seems to be interested in writing for them. I forgot who, Franky or President, decided to take up the Gaians as well?

I'm not sure where Earth's 2 big colonies, Wolf and Ross are? Sparta is welcome to the Corporate Sector, as long as Earth gets to keep Wolf and Ross, so Earth can still be a viable "faction" in the BAC world.

PM me if you have any other ideas, Sprayber.

I need some time to think how to pick up where I left off, in the Earth "liberation" and the GHE story arc.

President

do you think it'd be a good idea if you write about Sorenson and Gary's arrival at Berrik, and compare notes with my archaelogists there? IMHO, you'd be better at this than me, since you have a better idea where this story arc is supposed to go. If you could do a post or something about this, I'll have a better idea where to pick that story arc up from the UA's perpsective.


Whew... a lot of writing for discussion eh?


Laters!

[Mr. President]

Alaska, eh? Never been there. Did you see any caribou? Everyone thinks Alaska is swarming with caribou.

I really should write a post with Sorensen and Gary travelling. I will as soon as I can. I'm back in school with a research project hanging over my head, alongside volunteer teaching at an elementary school (Teaching is surprisingly fun! I might take it up a little more ), so I will definitely jam it in when I can.

[Lonestar]

Soveriegn, I got my boy captured on Earth, you want to take it from there?

[Mr. President]

Well, well, well. Guess who it falls to to resurrect the story after months?



I'm only kidding, of course. The post is not great. But it's a post. And that's a start.

[Sovereign]

Heh. I signed onto the forums today and guess what?

The Alpha Centauri Fiction forum was totally empty (No posts within the 10 days). It felt funny, but at the same time, it's motivating me to think harder what to write, and to get my slow butt moving.


President, a nitpick. The University faction now calls itself the University Alliance, after the rash of terrorist attacks, the growing menace from the Protectorate of Man, and full citizenship to the "non-humans" in the University empire.

So from now on, the UCS (Commonwealth) tag is no longer used. Instead, the UA tag will be used. Sorry about that.


I'm back at school and I'm in the computer lab a lot of the time (my last year now, senior). I'll have a lot more time and opporunity to sit down and write up posts for BAC and several other fan-fics that I'm writing.

I know I said I'd write a while ago, but seeing this forum dead and me having a lot of time in the computer lab will motivate me to do some writing.


Laters.

[Mr. President]

President, a nitpick. The University faction now calls itself the University Alliance, after the rash of terrorist attacks, the growing menace from the Protectorate of Man, and full citizenship to the "non-humans" in the University empire.

My bad. I'll fix that.

Welcome back.

[Sovereign]

Hmmm... This has made me think hard.

Where did everybody else go? I remember a while ago, BAC went through a slow phase, but there was at least some discussions and joking in the "Discussion thread".

So far for the last month or so, it's just you and me. Where's Lonestar, HistoryGuy, Silence, etc? Did they give up, and move to greener pastures?


I hate to say or consider this.... but...

Should we try and keep writing for BAC, or let it go due to virtually all of the other authors non-action, even on those discussion boards the past month or so?

OR Should we try to soldier on, and maybe the others will notice BAC is still going, then come back? Please let me know what you think, President.

[Alinestra Covelia]

Wait... so Crimson Sunrise is Mr. President?

[Mr. President]

Yes, I am. Changed my name a week or two ago.

[Mr. President]

Originally posted by Sovereign
Hmmm... This has made me think hard.

Where did everybody else go? I remember a while ago, BAC went through a slow phase, but there was at least some discussions and joking in the "Discussion thread".

So far for the last month or so, it's just you and me. Where's Lonestar, HistoryGuy, Silence, etc? Did they give up, and move to greener pastures?

I honestly don't know. Frankychan said he was going to be away for a couple of weeks (as I recall). That was more than a month ago. GeneralTacticus I've seen many a time in the AC-Democracy Game. The rest I don't know.

I hate to say or consider this.... but...

Should we try and keep writing for BAC, or let it go due to virtually all of the other authors non-action, even on those discussion boards the past month or so?

OR Should we try to soldier on, and maybe the others will notice BAC is still going, then come back? Please let me know what you think, President.

Well, I think we should keep writing for as long or as short a time as we want to. So if you have anything you want to post to the story, you should.

AC-Fiction isn't totally dead. If Alinestra Covelia could post in this thread, that suggests that there's at least, oh, five other people lurking but not posting.