(Newbie) Galactic Combat 3 - Story Thread

[Ruatha]

2402.1 The Swedish Nation - Peaceful harmonic days.

The foreign minister strolled in to Talman Ruatha's office
-"We have now secured all borders Ruatha.
We have beneficial treaties with all neighbours.
All is really great, still I'm bbb, bored beyond belief!
We really need to start exploring outside our borders!
When will I get those recon ships you've been promising me?
We need to act now before we are shut in and isolated!

-I know! We are doing the best we can.
We can't really send out any ships now. They would run out of supplies and never come back. I can't demand of the crews that they venture forth on a one way trip.
You'll have to be patient. We're researching new technology that will allow the ships to draw supplies from the energy generated by the stars they pass by. But it will still be almost a year before we can implement this into any ships.
But before the end of this year we will have started the construction of a new exploration fleet, if nothing unexpected happens.

Everyone is crying for ships, the defense ministry, the colonization department, the trade organization and the community services.
So know this, you are prioritized and you'll get your ships as soon as it's possible!


--I understand. It's just so frustrating to be stuck in this backwater of the galaxy. I want to know what's out there.
I'll try to be more patient though, but I'll hold you to that statement, before the year is up!

Ruatha put his head between his hands as the minister left.
All these problems, and he was supposed to fix em all!

[ May 10, 2003, 08:30: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

[Narrew]

Hi guys,

Just a OOC here, I will add something to the story behind my Race. But I notice something, and I cant believe that I didnt see it earlier, I am a Gas race and just noticed my one and only HW is Ice *ugh* how did that happen? haha. Dont get me wrong, I aint whinning (maybe a bit, but that is just me), just wondering how that happend.

Ok, back to working on my turn.

Narrew

[Ruatha]

Darned.
That happened to many before the restart.
We are using Fyrons QM with a good homeworld, so it shouldn't happen but it has.
But I specifically asked everyone to check their HW's after the restart, so you'd better not be whining!

Now you'll have to see it as a challange!

[Narrew]

yea, the sad thing is that I remember you asking us to check it, but I guess it took me a while to get around to it

The only reason I caught it, I was wondering what I could do to get more minerals then noticed that my HW only had 2000 mil pop on it and thought that was wierd for a gas planet then I see that it is an ICE *sobs*

I will kill you all, fear me!!!

[Ruatha]

Actually it shouldn't make any difference.
I belive everyone started with 2 billion people.
So if it got your atmosphere right (And if you've got 2 billion in pop you do) it shouldn't make any difference.
It's a medium sized ice instead of a medium sized gas, and they should both be able to support the same amount of people.

It can be a hassle to explain storywise though....

[Fyron]

Are you using the latest Version of FQM? Are you using a custom map, or a totally random one?

[Ruatha]

A random map with manually pre-set starting locations.
First some got wrong atmosphere and wrong size so all HW's were altered in the map editor to medium sized before the game was restarted.
Now I haven't heard anyone complain about the size or atmosphere, and I for one got the right type too.
It's standard FQM I don't remember the Version but i think it's the latest, I downloaded it from your sig about a month ago I think, I can check when I get home.

1 starting planet good conditions if I remember correctly.
I think it was dense paradise, but I'm not sure anymore.
I still have the map at home, I can't look at it as I'm playing in the game but I could send it to .you later

[ May 14, 2003, 09:35: Message edited by: Ruatha ]