Spiralus PBW discussion thread.

BeeDee10 · #1 August 11th, 2001, 09:03 AM

The Irha-Nrr are descending as far into raving paranoia as they are capable of. Our only neighbours are the Yvelom and the Dragons, the two biggest empires in the game, and the Rage Collective, an insane perVersion of everything we hold dear. I have no idea whether the Dragons or the Yvelom are the lesser of two evils, or both, or neither, and the Dragons are refusing to give me comm channels to the "outside world" so that I could have some way of finding out for myself.

The only thing that's stopping me from just blowing _everyone_ up right now and sorting out the mess afterward is the fact that I lack the military power to do it. At the moment all I can do is focus on the Rage and hope to figure things out in time to make wise decisions if and when the balloon goes up.

Phoenix-D · #2 August 11th, 2001, 06:53 PM

I'm just huddling in my little corner, trying to figure out a way to get the @%^ Clan back in a way the Dragons won't interfere with

Phoenix-D

Rollo · #3 August 13th, 2001, 01:27 AM

A few turns ago the Space Vikings made contact with another race. Being the friendly guy that I am, I proposed a treaty of trade and research right away and wrote some nice role playing text: "Greetings from the Space Vikings... (blahblahblah)". Two turns later I got the answer:"Now is not the time for alliances." I thought that was pretty rude. At least that player could have written some more personal text. So I checked out who it was, only to find out it was one of the AI races... (Duh !)

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Note to myself:"The AI doesn't really care what you write in Messages..."

Rollo

Phoenix-D · #4 August 13th, 2001, 06:14 PM

Well, on the bad side, Dragon just broke a treaty worth 40k credits per turn, which put me in dept 10k per turn.

The good news (?) is he blew away my fleet at the same time, so I'm not running negative.

Did I mention my entire fleet was being retrofitted at the time?

Phoenix-D

Phoenix-D · #5 August 14th, 2001, 06:00 AM

OK, I am SERIOUSLY embarrased.

Despite having a much, much larger tech base, the Dragons didn't have phased shields when they attacked. I did, and we were both uisng PPB Vs. If I hadn't refitted my entire fleet at the same time, I would have tore him to bits!

Phoenix-D

Dragonlord · #6 August 14th, 2001, 08:22 AM

Yes I was surprised I survived that battle so well ! My ships in that fleet were outdated of course, they had been sitting in that system for 6 months while I tried to sort out the diplomacy. I assume I had the luck that I attacked just as he was refitting his shields !

Meanwhile, hell is breaking loose. 4 AI races suddenly decided to declare war on me, for a moment I though I went MEE but I don't think so because 2 other AI's are still trading with me. Perhaps some treachary from a human whom I gave the AI comm channels in good faith and then persuaded them to attack me?

Hmm, I must investigate...will keep you all posted.

BeeDee10 · #7 August 14th, 2001, 08:36 AM

If so, the human player isn't _me_. I still barely have any contact at all with the outside world at this point, let alone influence.