Zeta 2 game starting!

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by alarikf:
Oh, but there is also one "gamey" thing that I want to disallow unless there is a great outcry:

"No multi moon training"!

I JUST heard about this a few weeks ago, and I think it is pretty gamey. As far as I understand it, it is the practice of playing many ships training facilities in a single sector, using moons and planets as the locations of the training facs. This has the practical effect of rapidly training ships in the sector, right? Much more rapidly than would otherwise (and realistically, IMHO) be possible....so, I';d like to disallow that for the Zeta quadrant game.

Comments?

thanks,

Alarik

For me it doesn't matter.
But it's one of those things that are too hard to control, so I usually allows it in my games.
But it's up to you, I'll play either way.

(I don't think multi-moon training is gamey, and as seen by an earlier thread here, neither does the majority of players.
There are several rationalitations as to why it could be realistic.

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[ February 22, 2004, 06:16: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

[Ruatha]

Zeta Knights Prelude (1-1)

In an ancient battle a tribe that was loosing the fight suddenly found a banner, a flag that had been dropped from the sky.
Seeing this as a divine sign, the battle turned and the tribe was victorious.
Some recent historians has claimed that the flag really was the torn cape of the enemy warchief, and seeing their warchiefs cape being raised as a banner by the tribe, the enemy soldiers belived the fight lost and fled.
Hovewer it may be with this, ever since, the tribe has been known as the Knights, following their banner in belief that there is a divine meaning with their existance.
The golden cross on the blue background, for the knights is a symbol of the search for their Purpose and their Reason.
What Purpose is there for the Knights existance, and what is the Reason for this Purpose?

The Knights conquered every other tribe on their planet, searching out every part of it for a clue to their Purpose and Reason, but found none.

Since the banner came to the Knights no battle had been lost, this had made the Knights reckless but fearless fighters. They never backed down from a fight, no matter how bad the situation looked. On their planet this became known and all enemies that saw a Knight fled before fighting.
But in the future this could prove fatal, so far though their tactic had been successful.

In modern days the Knights had turned their quest towards the sky, where once the banner had come from.
For several years the big radio telescopes had searched the sky for any hint of the Purpose or the Reason. They had learned a lot, but not of the Purpose or the Reason.

This day however that was about to change.....

[Ruatha]

Zeta knights Prelude (1-2)

The high convent was gathered, Knight Templar Ruatha was heading the discussions.
It mostly was about distribution of resources, some law changes that would make tax declarations easier, the question wheather heretic teachings should be allowed to be discussed in the schools and that kind of affairs.
Nothing exciting that would take that haunting yawn away from the delegats minds, but important enough that most would show up for the discussions.

Knight Templar Ruatha concluded the current discussion and started on the next;
- And so we have the usual report on the quest for the Purpose and the Reason.
All that have any leads, speak now!
As usual when this point in the day was reached a sad silence spread in the room and the delegats started looking at the floor... When suddenly another voice was heard.
All the delegats looked up in shock, for another one to speak before the Knight Templar had closed the point and moved on the the next was unheard of, shocking, heretic.. to interrupt this moment of contemplance for the Purpose and the Reason.
None could even in their most farfetched imagination belive that someone actually had a lead on the Purpose or the Reason!

-If it pleases the Convent, the Sky Search has perhaps found a lead on the purpose, but so far not of the reason.
The head Bishop of the Sky Search had raised and walked into the center of the floor. Becoming illuminated by the soft light seeking it's way through the windows far above in the basilica and resilient enough to traverse the dusty atmosphere in the room to finally strike upon the bishops purple robes as he continued speaking in the center of the dome.
-As we have stated in numerous published articles we have found objects in space called wormholes. Apart from constantly searching the sky we have been monitoring all known wormholes for 67 years now. And until today they have always been the same; emitting a weak fluctuating radio pulse frequancy, but nothing showing any signs of intelligence.
This have changed.
The impact this had upon the delegats could be seen, the dust particles in the air took a sudden leap towards the gathering as they made a deep collective inhale.
The Bishop continued:
The Last three days we have through the wormholes received signals from no less than three different alien species, and after heavy work we have been able to decipher and translate the signals for two of them.
And the main subject in most of the both races communications are the same.... they have a Purpose.
The delegats slowly raised in their benches and leaned towards the floor where the bishop stood, in order to hear better what he was saying, needless of course as the acustic properties of the dome made his voice carry to everyone there.

-They all speak of a quest, such as we do.
They search for an ancient artifact called the Sphere.
And these aliens aren't created here in our part of the universe! They have come here in search of their purpose, and both races seems convinced it's located here, close to us!
We in the Sky Search belive they have been sent here to guide us towards our Purpose.

Now the crowd was staring to chatter amongst themself and the Knight Templar Ruatha would have to call for silence before the discussion could continue.
And continue it did... food was brought in after some time and the discussion carried on for almost two consecutive days and nights before the delegats returned to their cells and fell into a long wanted deep sleep.
But decisions where made, and plans where set into motion...

The Knights where going to the Sky.

[Sabin]

My application has been sent in.

[AMF]

Yeah, I accepted your join Last night I think...
thanks,

alarik

Originally posted by Sabin:
My application has been sent in.

[Ed Kolis]

I'd like to create my .emp file but I'm still waiting on word whether it's cheating to take -50 to cunning since intel is turned off...

[Sabin]

EDIT: Accidental posting.

[ February 23, 2004, 01:38: Message edited by: Sabin ]

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
I'd like to create my .emp file but I'm still waiting on word whether it's cheating to take -50 to cunning since intel is turned off...

It doesn't say so anywhere in the rules, so I guess not.
I did it!

As a general rule when I host games I say that anything not stated in the rules is allowed, except outright cheating ofcourse; but tampering with datafiles and playing several empires simultaneusly is so obviously Banned that I usually don't even mention it.. perhaps I should?

[AMF]

Come on people...this game is like an SEIV Version of MOOII...sort of...at least in storyline....and we only need 5 more people to get it started!

Hop to it!

Thanks,

Alarik

[Ed Kolis]

High Regent Ch'rel of the Chozo Dominion
Personal diary, stardate 2439.7
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The Chozo are doomed.
The Space Pirates have finally defeated us.
Perhaps the Hunter can save the other races of this sector.
But the Chozo are no more.
The pirates have pillaged our sacred temples and stripped them of all our icons and relics.
Even the Hall of the Elders is defaced.
There are few of us surviving, with the Pestilence the pirates have released.
Many of our people have turned to corrupted Ghosts.
And then the news comes of the Great Void that will swallow the galaxy.
But wait!
There is a great Sphere foretold of in legend!
A sphere which is so great it swallows the light of the sun!
The Zeta Sphere!
Perhaps we Chozo can find a new home on the Zeta Sphere...
But it is so far away...
And the stars cannot guide us...