The Scientific Axis

Lemmy · August 18, 2002, 13:06

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The TSA Manifesto
written by Haon, 18 aug 2002

The Scientific Axis

“Knowledge is power, guard it well”

Ever since planetfall many Political parties have formed, and each party has promised that scientific research would be important.

But how important?

*The Capital Party is concerned about there pockets being full.

*Centauri Communalism Citizen's Party(CCCP) are to busy with the revolution to deal with research.

*Centauri Democrats (CD) are going to keep democracy, but what about science?

*Exploration And Discovery Party (EDP), why is science not a priority?

*Fundamentalist Faction (FF):”Religion without Science is Blind”-Albert Einstein

*The Hawk Party : How will we conquer our enemies with primitive weapons?

*Liberal Social Democrats (LSD) And just how far will thay go to gain tech?

*Poly Party For Progress And Prosperity (P4) : They should have one S for Science.

The Scientific Axis has recognised that in this hostile world only the best, newest, and the most advanced will keep us dominant, if we are to show the other factions in peace time that we are a force to be reckoned with! We are not warmongers but we must be able to unleash our chaos guns when the enemy has mere particle impacters, we must out wit out opponents foils with cruisers, we must be able to say we have Planet Busters for DETERRENT. My friends, this is going to be a violent world, if we stand by and pray that no one will touch us, we are fooled.

And science is not only good for our military, but the civilian will be greatly benefited, shouldn’t everyone deserve a chance to be able to watch the latest installment of Recon Rover Rick? If we cant even make holo theaters then what? If we cant develop the tech to build research hospitals, then what will we do when the Prometheus Epidemic hits? And When Planet’s mindworms start taking our children what will we say to their parents, that we cant even build a centauri preserve just because we dont have the tech!

My friends, if we are to survive then Technology is the answer!

So how do we plan to go about it?

The Scientific Axis does not have a set political agenda, we will support who we know will put science high on the agenda, if that means the ACE then we will support the ACE, if it means the CDC, we will support them, we support whoever we think will do there best to fullfill the promise of tech at any cost.

We support using our Probe Teams to get tech our opponents have, more so if they are our enemies! How would you like it if the Hive started bringing there needljets upon us before we can retaliate?
We support limited war if we can gain tech from a stolen base.

And we do not want to rule out atrocities! People have said we are immoral, but we ask you this, just how can atrocities be used to gain tech? On there own, you cant, but if we must nerve gas a base to get at the tech before they overpower us, then so be it.

You can tell we are passionate, and so are YOU! Admit it, you know we need the tech to survivie, you can tell we will always keep that as our objective, you know that unlike parties with many names and titles, we have one clear and set goal.

We do not want to go around looking for trouble, we go around looking for knowledge.

Members-
Lemmy (founder)

and many more soon....

This part will be updated regularly

To disband, or not to disband...

Haon · August 18, 2002, 19:45

FAQ about the TSA

Q. Why do you support atrcitites.

A. We support atrocities as a last resort to gain tech that we desperately need, no more.

Q. Our Commisar is a fundementalist, doesnt that worry you.

A. Crisler believes in expansion which will certainely help us gain tech.

Q.What SE choices to you support.

A. It will be a difficult balance to strike, Democracy obviously for politics, we can go anywhere with planned, and values depending on our situaiton can be anything from Knowledge to Power. We are an adaptable faction which is our main strengtt because we only have one goal.

Q. Where do I sign?

A.:-) Under this post.

Zakharov VII · August 18, 2002, 22:08

No mention of Free Market...?

Z

Method · August 18, 2002, 22:17

you speak of conquering to acquire technology: the ability to steal tech by conquest will not be enabled

Haon · August 19, 2002, 01:26

Thankyou for clarifying, that only means we will not need to take as many extreme acitons. And yes Zharkov VII we supoort the free market economy and we know it will certainely help in boosting research tremendously (I always play as university so I know) at the start we may be a bit unstable to handel it, but we want it in the long run.

AdamTG02 · August 19, 2002, 03:12

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*Exploration And Discovery Party (EDP), why is science not a priority?

Science is one of the two major priorities of the EDP, the other being exploration. When we arrive on Planet, we will have an opportunity to discover not only lands on which no human foot has ever trod, but also frontiers of the mind, new technologies and techniques as well as greater understanding. This is vital to the EDP.

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We feel exploration and expansion must be a priority as soon as we arrive on Planet. This to ensure the survival of our faction, and lay a solid base for future research.

The above is exactly why the EDP favors exploration as the number-one priority early on. With the data gleaned from exploration, discovery will follow. Our emphasis on finding other factions, base sites, and colony pods should not be confused with a disinterest in acquiring knowledge.

As it stands, there are three parties which emphasize science in their charters: the EDP (Explore/Discover), the P4 (Discover/Build), and TDC (Discover/Conquer). It'll be interesting to see how this develops.

Zakharov VII · August 19, 2002, 03:22

I have to admit...University's no longer my favorite faction, I rather like the Peacekeepers.

Free Market's easy (at least, much easier) with them...especially on Thinker, we can get to size 3 without problems. I've never been one for exploration, using just the Independant Scout and whatever Independant Rovers I can dig up.

In fact, if I had my way, I'd forget all this Secrets rubbish and go straight for Industrial Economics (after Centauri Ecology, of course

). Waste of time, spending two tech cycles to hopefully get 3 techs (and what if we're not first? Then what?, all of which I don't find particularly useful while expanding (unless we take Industrial Base as the freebie). Why not spend those 2 cycles getting to Free Market?? We'd probably be able to get Information Networks and Planetary Networks just as the Secrets line (taking Industrial Base) gets to Free Market, and we'd be richer (more Colony Pod hurrying!) and one step away from Wealth (and Crawlers). I really couldn't care for Morale and Democracy just doesn't seem worth the Ethical Calculus trip while expanding. Recreation Commons aren't needed until after expansion, so there goes them. We can head towards Democracy once we're comfortable in our Free Market/Wealth with plenty of bases.

I do play at Transcend so I (hopefully) know what I'm talking about...

Z

Archaic · August 19, 2002, 03:28

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Originally posted by Zakharov VII In fact, if I had my way, I'd forget all this Secrets rubbish and go straight for Industrial Economics (after Centauri Ecology, of course

). Waste of time, spending two tech cycles to hopefully get 3 techs (and what if we're not first? Then what?, all of which I don't find particularly useful while expanding (unless we take Industrial Base as the freebie). Why not spend those 2 cycles getting to Free Market?? We'd probably be able to get Information Networks and Planetary Networks just as the Secrets line (taking Industrial Base) gets to Free Market, and we'd be richer (more Colony Pod hurrying!) and one step away from Wealth (and Crawlers). I really couldn't care for Morale and Democracy just doesn't seem worth the Ethical Calculus trip while expanding. Recreation Commons aren't needed until after expansion, so there goes them. We can head towards Democracy once we're comfortable in our Free Market/Wealth with plenty of bases.

You're not the only one who thinks that way. While I tend to go Planned with Uni for the first little while (That +2 Research nicely buffers the Research hit of -2 Efficiency), with the Peacekeepers an early Free Market could set us well on our way research wise.

Zakharov VII · August 19, 2002, 03:45

Well, having read through the speeches and questions/answers once more, I can safely say that on the matter of Director of Social Engineering, I agree with TSA.

I'm a little worried, however, that these important SE decisions won't be an issue during the first term...

You can count me as a supporter of the ideals represented by TSA, though I don't wish to be an actual member. It just so happens that I agree with some of your decisions meant to realize these dreams.

Z

PS - I actually voted before seeing your response, Archaic

Archaic · August 19, 2002, 04:03

Arigato. ^^ I'm going to need as many votes as I can get to balance out the CDC's left wing pressure.

Given that we're not the University, it may be that we won't be able to get anywhere in tech enough to make important SE decisions, but if not, we will in the 2nd term, and it'll be a damn sight easier to get back in if I'm already there. On the off chance we actually get those decisions in the first term, then it's better to have someone in there who'll make the right decisions, just in case.

Lemmy · August 19, 2002, 05:17

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Q. Why do you support atrcitites.

A. We support atrocities as a last resort to gain tech that we desperately need, no more.

and off course if our survival depends on them.
I don't want to commit myself by saying we would only use them in this or that situation, other problems may arise we haven't thought of.

While the EDP and TSA have some common goals, i feel we have quite different views on how to reach them.

Nubclear · August 19, 2002, 05:23

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Originally posted by Archaic
Arigato. ^^ I'm going to need as many votes as I can get to balance out the CDC's left wing pressure.

How...political

Anyway, Lemmy, please respond. Did you not get my message????

Lemmy · August 19, 2002, 05:39

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Anyway, Lemmy, please respond. Did you not get my message????

sheesj...impatient reporters, i just sent my reply

Vlad Antlerkov · August 19, 2002, 07:10

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Originally posted by TKG
you speak of conquering to acquire technology: the ability to steal tech by conquest will not be enabled

Bugger it all.

Make love (and new techs), not war!

Lemmy · August 19, 2002, 07:20

well, we still got the probe teams

Vlad Antlerkov · August 19, 2002, 07:22

In that case, we're all set.

Haon · August 19, 2002, 18:37

Intrestted in joining Vlad Antlerkov?

Vlad Antlerkov · August 19, 2002, 18:57

I'd rather retain my status as an independent member of the Expansionist coalition for now.

I'll consider joining later, though. Maybe after I leave office. Consider me a Scientific Axis "affiliate" for now.

Method · August 24, 2002, 22:50

a great party lemmy. if i wasn't already in a party, i'd join this one

(i know what you're going to say, but i'm quite happy where i am

)

Archaic · August 26, 2002, 18:44

Lemmy, can you do a quick check of who affiliated with your party has/hasn't voted? The elections are still waiting on a *lot* of people so it seems.

Lemmy · August 27, 2002, 04:02

ok, Haon, did you vote yet?

Archaic · August 27, 2002, 04:53

Um....I meant if you could ask them through PM's. ^^;

Haon · August 27, 2002, 06:01

VOted yesterday Lemmy, been a bit busy recently because "The Frontier" anouther forum collapsed but I voted!

Haon · August 31, 2002, 04:45

We are about to start, May i remind all our members and "supporters" to start getting places in our Non-Government Organisations so that we may start using our policies.

Lemmy · September 8, 2002, 11:30

so, any pressing matters the members want to discuss?
Not much on research going on right now, no other faction met eiher...i guess this is just a slow time for the TSA...

oh, and before i forget, BUMP

Haon · September 9, 2002, 08:41

Well there is not much going on, no real need to push for research (cuase right now we are in "we need bare basics mode") once we gain a stand we can start pressing our policies.

Drogue · October 30, 2002, 11:52

Great party... I'm new but can i join?

A couple of questions?
reading Haon's earlier post (the FAQ) does the party support Power? I no your flexible but surely knowledge is the way to go for research? And what do you believe in reseaching?

Cheers guys

Thud · October 30, 2002, 18:20

I would like to join, and thank you for... not... voting for me

Lemmy · October 30, 2002, 18:24

What!? NOW people show interest!!

And i was just planning on disbanding the party, since Hoan hasn't been active for a long time now.