The Ghosts Amongst Us turn tracking thread - Page 15

Mr. Harley · February 17, 2005, 18:57

2173 - Morgan.

Fosse · February 17, 2005, 20:48

Guys,
Hotmail has been giving me LOADS of problems in the last few days (as Shawn can attest, at least

)

It's having errors, not attaching files, refusing to download, being too busy, and generally just a PIA.

I'd like to transfer as much of my PBEM to kylebenanderson AT gmail DOT com from now on.

Thanks!

Net Warrior · February 19, 2005, 12:33

2173 to PK (at the new address

)

Fosse · February 19, 2005, 14:44

turn to Gaians.

Chaos Theory · February 19, 2005, 19:16

2174 -> shawnmmcc

1 reload due to forgetting about the Design Workshop lockup bug.

Mr. Harley · February 20, 2005, 06:18

2174 to Morgan.

Net Warrior · February 20, 2005, 18:43

2174 to PK

Fosse · February 20, 2005, 22:38

2175 to Gaians

Chaos Theory · February 21, 2005, 17:29

2175 -> shawnmmcc

After decades-long study of objects of unknown origin, Gaian scientists have pieced together the foundations of language. We shall once again be able to build the Tower of Babel!

Chaos Theory · February 21, 2005, 17:35

I can't seem to get the email through, so here's the turn:

Mr. Harley · February 22, 2005, 16:29

2175 - Net Warrior

I've been finessed - reference the F5 screen. Very, very nice.

In case you hadn't noticed with my first set of Post Fusion artifact connecting, after five shots I couldn't even get Retroviral Engineering - which was available. I thought Morgan would get Cloning Vats for sure, so I played transport handoff and rushed some others I hadn't been planning to turn in. It's played hob with getting some other items back home - look at my Drone problems at Birr, three of those mindworms were supposed to be home before I went free market - but I decided the cost was worth it. I've figured out mostly how you guys did it from my turn notes - sweet.

Net Warrior · February 23, 2005, 00:05

Mr. Harley · February 23, 2005, 04:06

BTW - in case you didn't know - you must use the XP patch to pop-boom as Morgan (or Yang). Otherwise the Golden Age won't give you +2 Growth.

Net Warrior · February 23, 2005, 07:22

Hmmm....mentioning pop-booming are you

? I was thinking that the vats might just get me back in the game and then poof, they were gone

. Well played Uni! And oh yeah, I'm fully patched

.

Mr. Harley · February 23, 2005, 12:45

It essentially forced me to try running 10% of my economy to psych. When I went green and started one of my two independent rovers North I met a cluster of worms, and there were four of them stacked happy as a bug in a rug coming at me. I had the kill the remaining six. The only problem is that the ones I captured were already inside my boundaries, so they are not independent. Of course if they had gotten into my territory unharmed (I was NOT fully garrisoned at the time)...

I had taken them north into the fungus to pop pods and build in size. But the transports that were supposed to bring them back ended up rushing artifacts back. The resulting pacifism drones were unhandlable at Birr with four mindworms out of territory when I went FM. I had almost no remaining crawlers because I had used them for building some stuff. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise, since it appears that all the engineers I could run at 10% psych versus Empaths and/or Thinkers with no psych cost me two research points and actually gave me more energy - that caught me by surprise. I do take a slight hit in minerals, but the Engineers more than make up for that. Serendipity.

Net Warrior · February 23, 2005, 21:22

2175 to PK

Fosse · February 25, 2005, 11:43

Sorry to be holding this up. This week is a tremendously busy one - with 18 hour days squeezing me. I should have the turn played and sent before I go to bed tonight (or early tomorrow morning).

Fosse · February 26, 2005, 13:39

Turn to Chaos Theory

Chaos Theory · February 26, 2005, 17:25

2176 -> shawnmmcc

Chairman Yang convenes the Planetary Council!
Agenda: Repeal Global Trade Pact

Yang: Yea
Santiago: Yea
Miriam: Nay
Deirdre: Abstain

Mr. Harley · February 28, 2005, 21:43

2176 - Morgan. Repeal Global Trade Pact - vetoed.

Net Warrior · March 1, 2005, 21:19

(2176 to PK)

Yang: Yea
Santiago: Yea
Miriam: Nay
Deirdre: Abstain
Morgan: Nay
Zakharov: Nay
Lal: ?

Fosse · March 2, 2005, 10:46

2177 to Gaia.

Yang: Yea
Santiago: Yea
Miriam: Nay
Deirdre: Abstain
Morgan: Nay
Zakharov: Nay
Lal: Nay

Chaos Theory · March 2, 2005, 15:28

2177 -> shawnmmcc

Mr. Harley · March 4, 2005, 14:13

Global Trade Pact is left in force in a victory for Democracy! Turn to Morgan.

to the tune of "The Little White Duck"

There's a little green Tranceport, sittin' in the water.
A little green Tranceport, doin' what it oughter.
It waited for an upgrade and then,
It launched some planet busters and it said I'm bad,
It's a little green Tranceport, doing what it oughn't
Splash, splash, splash.

I've been taking care of my two year old as we play - that and sleep deprivation give one very strange thoughts.

Net Warrior · March 6, 2005, 13:04

2177 to PK

*****NETFLASH!*****
Sparta have taken control of the Gaian base, Mu Sector, using mind control.

Fosse · March 6, 2005, 14:22

2128 to Dee

Chaos Theory · March 7, 2005, 01:41

2178 -> shawnmmcc

Mr. Harley · March 9, 2005, 02:49

2178 - Morgan

A teensey weensey Robot crawled up the anchor-line
A teensey weensey Robot crawled up the anchor-line
He wandered back down laying carbon nano-tubes
And the Space Elevator was in operation soon.

I forgot this last turn - a volcano appeared off the Santiago's coast line. In case anybody is interested. Did it show up in each person's turn? I would like to know for a communications thread I started a month ago.

And guess what - Miriam has started a Fission Planet Buster. I wonder what that is for?

Net Warrior · March 9, 2005, 07:07

I didn't get any messages at all last turn.

Mr. Harley · March 10, 2005, 09:52

I didn't get a message - but as the turn started it panned to the new volcano off of Santiago's coastline. Now I did, for one turn, have a base doing a little over 40 points of ecodamage, so it may have happened in "my" turn. That's what I need to find out. Did anybody else get a quit pan to the volcano erupting?