[PvK]

JLS: Ok, thanks for the note. You're of course welcome any time there is a spot.

Ah, yes, thanks Alarik!

One of them chose the Chryslonites though, who have now entirely left or been absorbed. I wrote the player a list of the remaining choices, which I'll copy here, just because I have the text, and someone else might be interested in the current state:

The remaining choices are:

The Space Vikings, who were perhaps the most powerful empire until recently, when their economy collapsed under the expense of their extremely formidable but very expensive fleet, and raids from the Draconians and Human Confederation. They still have their homeworld and the one they captured from the Kobaians, and various colonies, outPosts, and a large fleet including perhaps 40 first-rate battlecruisers... which they can't afford to operate. But then, most nations don't _have_ 40 battlecruisers, so it's an intersting problem, and a tough one until you learn Proportions economics and design.

The Enlightened Plague also used to be strong and have widespread central possessions, but have had a lot more and longer chaos and abuse than the Vikings have. However I don't think they're actively threatened, so they are probably in a good position to form new alliances and rebuild.

The People's Empire of Night is perhaps a reasonable choice too. They're fairly small and not really at war, and the Last player said he didn't think he could do much with them due to economic weakness, but I think maybe that player mainly hadn't figured out what can be done and how to do it etc in Proportions.

If those don't sound wrecked enough, there is the really bare-bones choice of the Kobaians, who currently have next to nothing, but are perhaps in 10-20 turns about to get back their homeworld, unless the Vikings get a new and competant player soon, or something else goes wrong with the Draconian / Human Confederation liberation operation. (Edit: PS: The Kobaian shipset is not displayed on PBW. It is the stock Terran (human) shipset.)

PvK

[ July 25, 2004, 07:02: Message edited by: PvK ]