To the Big Five (and you know who you are...)
To keep things moving, here's the plan re: starting the game (also giving time for that one Last victim to volunteer...)
1) Get
The BALANCE Mod if you don't already have it. The Default Strategies Mod from Fyron's USM will also be used, but not until the game actually "begins".
2) Make your race's Main and Race pics. If you don't/can't make one, I'll make a race/main for you based on your empire file, and send it to you for approval. Also indicate if you want a shipset OTHER THAN the stock Terrans.
3) Make your race's empire file - 2000 points, rock/oxygen, no racial abilites or techs that are not "human". A little background on your faction would also be helpful (more on that below).
4) E-mail me the EMP file and pics. I'll set up the shipsets and post them to PBW for you. Then I'll set up the game in PBW for you to join.
Background - I'm trying to keep it as "generic" as possible, but the basic outline is that a human world inhabiting an isolated star cluster sent out 5 (or 6
) colony ships after astronomically surveying their surroundings. These ships colonized the most desirable worlds in the cluster, and formed the core of the competing factions. At the time, travel and communications were primitive, so they had a chance to "develop" with a certain degree of freedom, but they still owed allegiance to the Empire back on homeworld (think feudalism). Now, communications and travel are much faster, and there is a power struggle between the regional governments and Homeworld (think transition from feudalism to modern nation-state). A particularly power-hungry (and also inept) Emperor has recently attempted to consolidate power - and got removed in a spectacular fashion (watch for upcoming story thread). This leaves the players to fight out who will run the show, and the game begins...
EDIT - The BALANCE Mod, NOT THE PROPORTIONS MOD. (Smacks forehead repeatedly...)
[ April 29, 2004, 11:18: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]