Zeta 2 game starting! - Page 9

Sabin · #81 March 4th, 2004, 04:09 PM

Sabin was still jittery from the shock that another race was encountered, especially so soon. Too soon, for his liking. He knew if the Escort MK.I was not finished by the end of the month, the Space Empire may very well be destroyed. However, his intentions were not for war.

He and his staff considered the options, and sent a brief message of peace. Hopefully, the creatures they were trying to work with would accept the offer...Or his race may very well be doomed from the start.

Ruatha · #82 March 4th, 2004, 08:36 PM

Zeta Knights First Encounter (3-1) Stardate 2400.4

Knight Captain Alta of the "Searcher" was faicng the hardest task in his life.
He had as ordered traversed the warp point, and exited alive and well. No damage to the ship.
But to his surprise the scanner displays highlighted the instant they came out through the warp point.
At first it was thought they was malfunctioning due to the transition but very quickly it becam appearant that they where working quite wll.

There where aliens in this system.
The Zeta Knights scientists had counted more than 200 systems in this part of the universe, if there where aliens in all of them there would be more than 200 species to meet, the thought was stunning.

But now Knight Captain Alta had more immediate problems, what to do?
He had the recording from Knight Templar Ruatha that they where supposed to send out to any aliens encountered, but no one had expected that encounter to happen this soon!
Should he send the message? It would take a month to reach the aliens and another month for their answer to reach him.
He couldn't communicate with the homeplanet through the wormhole and get an answer back in reasonable time either.
Should he waste two months while the aliens constructed weapons and fell upon him? He was the only thing standing between them and the Home planet!
There was no sign of any capital ship in the system.
The "Searcher" was a powerful ship; it had several anit proton beams of the latest class, able to deliver 20 gigawatts of power 4 sectors away. It had armour for defence and point defence cannons to shield against anything getting to close to her.
If Alta decided to he copuld propably glass that planet and then take out the remaining smaller colonies without much resistance.... but then he would have to act now.. in two months it might be too late!

"-Take us closer to that main planet", he said to his second in command and retired to his quarter to ponder the issue further before making this decision.
A decision that might mean life or death for all the Knights, the responsibility weighted heavily upon his shoulders.

Sabin · #83 March 5th, 2004, 12:19 AM

Sabin and his staff sent another message of peace in response to the Zeta Knight's communications:

"We accept your offer. In helping you find Reason and Purpose, we may find a Savior from the calamity that pursues both of our races."

He knew what was to follow this communication if it suceeded: Many meetings with this strange race and many cultural schisms. Hopefully, their respective peoples would not wish to go to war.

The planets of the Space Empire were already producing the next Escort MK.I, though it was only half-way through the construction phase. Sabin authorised for at least two vessels to guard each planet.

Another emergency measure was taken in light of the recent events. This particular one was to send a colonization ship into another system, hopefully away from hostile forces and into a preferable system.

Baron Grazic · #84 March 5th, 2004, 01:08 AM

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Originally posted by Sabin:
... and into a preferable system.

You mean such systems exists in this galaxy?

We have been in 3 systems so far, and have found only 2 non-breatherable Tiny Worlds that we can colonise. At this rate the EEEvil EEEmpirEEE will be out of all resources before we find another planet to colonise.

Sabin · #85 March 5th, 2004, 01:24 AM

Well, the Space Empire hopes there is such a thing.

[ March 05, 2004, 01:32: Message edited by: Sabin ]

AMF · #86 March 5th, 2004, 02:36 AM

OOC:

Hm. That's trange. Right next door you say? All players were supposed to be evenly distributed, so I don't think that shoul have happened...

Quote:

Originally posted by Joachim:

quote:
Originally posted by Ruatha:
/OOC/
Darned.
The first system I enter has alien presence.
Statisticly this means there are over 200 players in this game!!!
I have a frigate with armour, point defence and level 3 weapons, he seems to have nothing!
Should I glass him or not?
Direct contact isn't allowed, can't talk by mail.

I'll write up a story later and decide what to do, but I'm a bit disappointed at the proximity of players!

If it is me lets be friends! Someone else - kill 'em!

AMF · #87 March 5th, 2004, 02:40 AM

OOC:

Well, the "in-game comms" idea is a House Rule, and un-enforceable at that, so I would suggest you do what you feel is right in this regard...But I am very perplexed by if they were placed in a system RIGHT next to you. That is definitely weird. Can we talk more about this offline (to protect the guilty) so I can try to figure this out?

thanks,

Alarik

Quote:

Originally posted by alarikf:
OOC:

Hm. That's trange. Right next door you say? All players were supposed to be evenly distributed, so I don't think that shoul have happened...

quote:
Originally posted by Joachim:

quote:
Originally posted by Ruatha:
/OOC/
Darned.
The first system I enter has alien presence.
Statisticly this means there are over 200 players in this game!!!
I have a frigate with armour, point defence and level 3 weapons, he seems to have nothing!
Should I glass him or not?
Direct contact isn't allowed, can't talk by mail.

I'll write up a story later and decide what to do, but I'm a bit disappointed at the proximity of players!

If it is me lets be friends! Someone else - kill 'em!

AMF · #88 March 5th, 2004, 05:05 AM

Well, I remember that when I made the map I made sure that there were at least an average number of systems with planets...it's not a "sparse" quadrant...maybe you just got unlucky?

Quote:

Originally posted by Baron Grazic:

quote:
Originally posted by Sabin:
... and into a preferable system.

You mean such systems exists in this galaxy?
We have been in 3 systems so far, and have found only 2 non-breatherable Tiny Worlds that we can colonise. At this rate the EEEvil EEEmpirEEE will be out of all resources before we find another planet to colonise.

Sabin · #89 March 7th, 2004, 04:10 AM

Stardate 2400.07
Sabin was pleased to find that the Zeta Knights were willing to give the Kokomas to the Space Empire, in return for rights to have control over the Improbable system. He and his council made a request however, that the map of this system to be sent so no accidents may occur.

Perhaps he and the council should have also asked for maps of other systems that have been explored so far, but the time to ask has already passed.

In any case, it was a priority that the technology department is to be improved, it seemed that research was going too slowly. It would soon cost the Space Empire in the technological race if new engines and computer technology.

Ed Kolis · #90 March 8th, 2004, 12:47 AM

Personal log of High Regent Ch'rel of the Chozo Dominion
Stardate 2400.8

There are Fledglings in this quadrant.
Or are they other Wise Ones from some other quadrant who have also detected the disaster befalling the galaxy?
We will extend our wing in friendship; how will they respond?
Will they try to attack?
That would be foolish.
The Chozo have suffered much and know well how to defend themselves.
Or will they take the wise course and befriend us?
We await their reply.