Turns of MABB

Googlie · October 27, 2001, 22:24

This is a SMAX game with 4 players and 3 AI factions.

Players, in turn order, are:

arborman - University of Planet
knowhow2 - Peacekeepers
Bella Hella - Cyborg Consciousness
Black Sunrise - Free Drones
AI - Hive, Believers and Pirates

Settings:

Thinker level
large world, 50% to 70% water, average everything else

Transcendence - ON
Conquest - ON
Diplomatic - ON
Economic - ON
Co-operative - OFF
Do or Die - OFF
Look First - ON
Tech Stagnation - OFF
Spoils of War - OFF
Blind Research - OFF
Intense Rivalry - OFF
No Unity Survey - ON
No Unity pod scattering - OFF
Bell Curve - ON
Time Warp - OFF
Iron man - OFF
Both randomizes - OFF

Gameplay rules:

> Communications - none till contact, obtain commlink, or build EG

> Total freedom in Design Workshop (upgrades anytime, during turn or on-field)

> Retro-engineering - OK, except for using the probe rover chassis before discovery of Doc. Mobility

> SE switches "quickies" forbidden - (obviously you can experiment to see what effect various SE choices have, but cannot change, play moves, then change back in the same turn just to gain the benefit of a temporary SE choice)

> Council notification - immediate broadcast to all players (Post in the thread and e-mail to all immediately by player who has called elections, citing candidates and votes. After each player's turn, post in the thread the running totals)

> Stockpiling in Build Queues OK at any time

> Crawlers Upgrade anytime - OK

> Probe actions: Must choose vendetta option when probing other players

> Using the AI - Cannot use the AI to bribe on coucil votes nor to demand withdrawal of units

> Demon boil mindworm creation - forbidden (setting multiple waypoints for a faction mindworm in fungus to generate a wild demon boil to kill or capture each turn)

> Infinite-range drop troops - forbidden before building the Space Elevator (i.e. bans the use of the right hand mouse click to make multiple 8-square moves in the same turn)

> Multiple reloads of the game are forbidded (without posting a convincing explanation to the other players) - guards against the obvious cheat of trying multiple times for a different result in pod popping or combat.

Good luck all

Googlie

Black Sunrise · October 28, 2001, 07:47

A new world.
A new chance for Freedom.
A clean start, without the money grubbing industrialists of old Earth.
My people! I will lead you to a land of true Equality! A land of plenty! A land without the tyrents who led us astray!
No longer will the sweat of our brow feed the money-hungry! Let us feed the truely hungry! Ourselves!
The voice of the People shall be heard!

arborman · October 28, 2001, 11:10

At last, we have arrived. I have sent out scouts to explore this strange and exciting new world. The opportunities for research are immense. Our work has begun, our destiny awaits.

Googlie · October 28, 2001, 12:03

e-mail problems

This match seems doomed.

arborman can send out e-mails, but can't receive (at least from me)

Master Devlin's account is showing as inactive (to arborman) - but I apparently got through with the password

Until this gets straightened out, can we use the Apolyton "attach file" feature to hang the game turn on and the "personal message" feature to advise of turns posted.

It does mean that players will need to visit the board fairly often.

(Bella Hella - your e-mail sends to Black Sunrise should be unaffected)

That's all I can think of to keep the game going

I'll keep trying to send to arborman - meanwhile can the others try sending him an e-mail to see if he can receive from you - particularly Black Sunrise?

I'll e-mail again to Master Devlin to see if it's just a router problem for arborman

Googlie

arborman · October 28, 2001, 12:35

My email should be working now, though it wasn't before. I'll check it out again though. However, my message to Master Devlin got bounced back. Just for now I'll post the turn here, and hopefully we can keep it going.

arborman · October 28, 2001, 13:12

Use nickistca@yahoo to contact me, as my main email is down and malfunctioning for some reason.

Bella Hella · October 29, 2001, 10:39

master devlin won't be participating. we need to find someone else to play the peacekeepers.

should we just start over or what?

wait, i'm the emotionless cyborgs....

knowhow2 · October 29, 2001, 10:52

I can replace Master Devlin.

my email: lawalan@hotmail.com

Bella Hella · October 29, 2001, 11:05

thanks !!!!

oops, hang on, i'm still the emotionless cyborgs.

Googlie · October 29, 2001, 12:44

Password for the PK's has been sent to knowhow2

Turn is hanging on the thread with arborman's post above

Thanks, K2

G.

knowhow2 · October 29, 2001, 13:46

turn 2101 to Bella Hella

"Brother Lal, I suggest we should move east."
"Why is that a good idea, commander Knowhow2?"
"With all do respect sir. There are ears listening."
"You're rigth, commander. Lets obtain silence. All units remain alert and silent. Now lets move!"

Bella Hella · October 29, 2001, 20:06

digilog of prime function bella hella
time index 2101.1029.1901

we have landed on planet. our scouts have efficiently fanned out to most effectively explore this uncharted land. we have found something of which our collective memory banks have no previous knowledge. i shall, however, not reveal it in this log due to the possibility of datalink infiltration. we look forward to increasing our knowledge through research and exploration. logic dictates that we shall soon have a better understanding of the land which stretches beyond our current scope.

the consciousness is content.

Black Sunrise · October 29, 2001, 21:08

"Sir, message sent out."

"Lets play it safe. Engrave this years events onto a tablet. Place the tablet here. Other people may find the tablet and know what has transpired with our people."

(Move emailed, and left here)

Black Sunrise · October 29, 2001, 21:12

On this, the year 2101, Our People founded our first city. Explorations revealed many things of great interest, and likely they will lead to us dominating the field of produced goods.
Also, we have already made a friend.
We wish luck to our neighbors, who may find this tablet.

(tablet lost in the sands of time)

arborman · October 29, 2001, 22:46

The tablet is unnecessary. The traditional mail system has worked. This is a new and hostile land, but we have had some success in our explorations. We have discovered some sort of alien construction, a tower of some sort. It had a most interesting effect on our scouts. We have resolved to send further scouts to see if the results can be replicated. Still no sign of the others.
Turn sent to k2

arborman · October 29, 2001, 22:47

My yahoo account is working, so we don't need to post the turns here. We could though, just for kicks.

Black Sunrise · October 29, 2001, 23:00

"Congratulations, First Communications Officer Drake. Putting the words 'dot com' at the end of arbormans com frequency seems to have had a positive effect on the transmission status. Rest assured, your brilliance shall not go unnoticed."

Googlie · October 29, 2001, 23:00

Be aware, though, that the more you attache the more the htread gets bogged down when loading (one of my other games we had to get the cleaner to go in and remove all the old attachments. You'll note that I edited my first post to remove the arborman attachment as it had already been played)

G.

knowhow2 · October 29, 2001, 23:26

turn 2102 to bella .......

,,,,,,

"Commander knowhow2, I demand to know whereabout of the commisioner!"

"Brother Lal is not avaible."

"The men are getting unsettle with all the changes you ordered the last year,sir."

"Brother Lal and I have agreed to change the factions name to 'know-it-alls'."

"Sir, I have to insist meeting the Commissioner."

"Alright. Follow me."

Bella Hella · October 30, 2001, 20:40

digilog of prime function bella hella
time index 2102.1030.1936

we have uncovered a unity rover, which should prove useful in our exploration. the unknown item we found has been successfully delivered to alpha prime. our scientists are studying it closely in order to reveal clues as to its purpose. a nearby river has been discovered and should aid us in our endeavors. while searching a unity pod, one of our scout patrols has encountered a mind worm boil. most unfortunate.

the consciousness is content.

Black Sunrise · October 30, 2001, 20:59

"Sir. The message on the monolith was decoded. It read:
UNABLE TO ALLOCATE DRAW BUFFER. PROGRAM TERMINATED"

"I wonder what the devil that means?"

"Sir, I have bad news. Apparently the Monolith broadcast a radio message. We think the other factions will receive it."

"Content?"

"Something about temporal experiments."

"Oh no. They will think we are violating the treaty. Pray they understand that such was not our intention at all."

"Worse news, Sir. The Monolith disintegrated, leaving behind nothing but some energy crystals we harvested."

"Today was a bad day for the Drones."

arborman · October 31, 2001, 00:55

Sir, the message was unclear.

What did you learn?

We think they had trouble with their transmitters or something, something about a temporal reload.

Probably just a mistake. We'll ignore it this time. Other reports?

The new colony reports they have established near that river we saw on the way in. One of the scouts had a near miss with some worms, but she is returning to base for repairs now.

Find out more about these worms, and warn the new base. Why do I have no military units yet! Our position is very vulnerable here, we must be prepared for anything.

I'm sorry, Provost, we will make arrangements to hurry production.

knowhow2 · October 31, 2001, 09:40

turn 2103

Bella Hella · October 31, 2001, 19:26

digilog of prime function bella hella
time index 2103.1031.1827

we continue to search for suitable base locations and have found more mineral resources. the scout patrol that encountered the mind worm boil was able to calmly dispose of it, thus eliminating the danger. such is the cyborg way.

the consciousness is content.

Black Sunrise · October 31, 2001, 21:16

Out of respect for our people, every unit is being sent to the monoliths, ancient relics representing Party Solidarity left behind by our alien friends.

arborman · October 31, 2001, 21:36

Report!

Nothing major this year sir. Our scouts have found some resources that the formers might like to exploit. We continue to look for new sites for colonies.

Good. If we're to survive once we make contact with any of the others, we must be established.

Yessir. Some more worms were spotted in the west. One of the scouts nearly died when it opened a pod. They are returning to base.

We need to increase our vigilance.

Research progresses well sir, a breakthrough could happen anytime.

Excellent

knowhow2 · November 1, 2001, 02:09

turn 2104 to BH

"The first breakthrough is near now."
"Excellent"

Bella Hella · November 2, 2001, 20:44

digilog of prime function bella hella
time index 2104.1101.1905

our unity rover continues to follow the path of the river. status reports indicate that they are moving quickly in a southwesternly direction. the same scout patrol that survived the initial worm attack has encountered a second, different form of native life. it appears to have the ability to launch projectiles. our unit has dubbed it a "spore launcher" and reports that a colony pod is in danger of the fungal projectiles. they prepare to attack.

the consciousness is confident.

explorer olaf delta-12 paused and gazed into the fungus. his cybernetically enhanced eyes zoomed in. there was a movement in the distance. being too far from home to meld with the conciousness, he spoke into a commlink.

"explorer one to headquarters."

"yes, explorer one."

"i am detecting movement to the south. it is a fungal spore launcher, another native life form. a colony pod approximately one mile to the west is in the path of this life form. please advise."

without hestitation, the flat, female voice spoke, "we are ordering the colony pod to move north until the threat is eliminated. are you in any immediate danger?"

"negative. shall i terminate the life form?"

"yes, explorer one. investigate and terminate, if necessary."

"affirmative. explorer one out."

olaf delta-12 began to move toward the fungal spore launcher mechanically. no fear washed over him. no sense of panic seized his heart.

when he heard a sudden noise, he paused and turned in the direction of the sound, zooming in until he saw a tiny bug similar to a cricket of earth sitting a piece of fungus 5 miles in the distance. as he watched, the bug hopped away. it was not logical that this insect would be a threat to the consciousness. he made the decision to continue moving toward the spore launcher.

all of this took him 0.000371 seconds.

Black Sunrise · November 2, 2001, 21:51

A Unity Foil. Excellent. With a better view of the happenings here on Planet, we will quickly surpass our Capitalistic neighbors.

arborman · November 2, 2001, 22:27

Nothing to report sir.

Very well.

Turn to Peacekeepers.