Rise of the Remorhaz Society

sachmo · #1 September 22nd, 2002, 05:22 PM

I'm glad you are enjoying it!

If anyone had any question/suggestions/comments, please let me know!

Hotfoot · #2 September 26th, 2002, 03:16 AM

I didn't want to say anything until I was finished catching up, only having found this thread a few days ago. Now that I'm on the same page as everyone else, I shall now share my thoughts concerning the story.

Sachmo, I am very impressed by what you have written so far. While game logs in general are enjoyable reading, the level of detail and personality that you produce is wonderful. I'll admit, reading this story got my juices flowing again, both for SEIV and for writing. Well, more like just got them flowing faster, but I'm sure you get the idea.

I also would like to say that I very much like your handling of the passage of time inside of the game turn and combat turn. It really gives me a good feel of the long-term scale of the game. Given the detail that you go into, however, I can only imagine the amount of time it takes you to play each turn.

This is not all about praise, however. You've also made me fall behind on my workload, however, as I have not only am I suffering from a severe case of the "Just one more turn" syndrome, but also a "Just one more installment" bug. I am holding you directly responsible for this and demand compensation*!

I'll send my people to talk to your people.

*and by compensation, I mean "Pie". Or more installments of your story. It's all good.

geoschmo · #3 September 27th, 2002, 01:59 AM

I have a suggestion. As a veteran of the first Remorhaz ground invasion, and four other drops since, isn't it about time that Private Renton earned a promotion? What did he do, sleep with the Captains wife or something?

Great story Sachmo. Very engrossing.

Geoschmo

sachmo · #4 September 26th, 2002, 04:05 PM

Hotfoot- Thanks very much! I'm so glad you are enjoying it! It does take a while to complete a turn, and sometimes I find myself wondering how it will all end up. However, the writing is so much fun, I can't skip ahead! Also, if it's pie you demand for your time, head on over to Phongs and I will eat a piece with you!

Geo- the problem with Renton is that while I would love to promote him...no one is dying! I haven't been able to find a reason to promote him yet.

If he were in the 2nd Brigade, which is poised to drop on the Rage homeworld, he might soon find a truckload of spots open.

Hotfoot · #5 September 26th, 2002, 04:08 PM

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Originally posted by geoschmo:
I have a suggestion. As a veteran of the first Remorhaz ground invasion, and four other drops since, isn't it about time that Private Renton earned a promotion? What did he do, sleep with the Captains wife or something?

How many slots have opened up in the chain of command? Judging from the current mortality rates of the marines, not many. Maybe once we see some nastier ground battles with more losses on the Remorhaz side, I can see this happening. As it is, everyone who survived the combat drops would be in the same boat as Renton.

Of course, maybe if he just went from Private to Private First Class, or something, that might work.

geoschmo · #6 September 26th, 2002, 04:57 PM

So, write in some deaths. How hard is that? Even in a relativly peaceful invasion some sniper is going to get a lucky shot off or some guy will step on a landmine going off to take a leak. Even if you don't lose any troop units in the invasion, every troop unit doesn't corelate to one marine does it? I figured your troop unit was the drop ship with a platoon or whatever. So the platoon survives, but a couple guys die. A couple of JAFR's come in. The Captain gets promoted to Colonel, the Lieutenant goes to Captian, everybody moves up till the music stops playing.

The unit goes on and on, but the guys in the unit change slightly from battle to battle.

Geoschmo

sachmo · #7 September 26th, 2002, 06:20 PM

I've thought about that, Geo. Just a couple of Space Marine casualties, with no vehicle losses. We shall see what happens, as 1st Brigade is going planet hopping again, and soon.

Also- You are right about the unit scale in the Remorhaz universe. One unit (Blazer) carrys a platoon (20) Space Marines. To date, they have lost exactly one Blazer.