Beyond Alpha Centauri::::::::Discussion Thread 8 - Page 11

Lonestar · July 21, 2003, 20:46

IN THE YEAR 2525

In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find...

In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
Everything you think, do, or say
Is in the pill you took today

In the year 4545
Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to do
Nobody's gonna look at you

In the year 5555
Your arms are hanging limp at your sides
Your legs not nothing to do
Some machine is doing that for you

In the year 6565
Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long black tube

In the year 7510
If God's a-comin' he ought to make it by then
Maybe he'll look around himself and say
Guess it's time for the Judgement day

In the year 8510
God's gonna shake his mighty head
He'll either say ``I'm pleased where man has been
Or tear it down and start again

In the year 9595
I'm kinda wondering if man's gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing...

Now it's been 10,000 years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what he never knew
Now man's reign is through
But through the eternal night
The twinkling of starlight
So very far away
Maybe it's only yesterday...

Mr. President · July 22, 2003, 02:53

That's cute! What is it? A song?

Lonestar · July 22, 2003, 09:42

It's a damn dirty war protest song from the '60's.

Sprayber · July 23, 2003, 21:15

Who is handleing the Terran forces? Or is everyone just picking them apart bit by bit. Reason I ask is that I'm working on a post and Kessel is about to order the two Spartan Fleets to reclaim the takent planets in the Corporate sector. Since the earth goverment is in chaos Sparta will seize the systems taken.

Mr. President · July 24, 2003, 02:13

Hmm. Good question. The Earth government is basically out of it. The Believers and the University are trading shots in the sector and on the planet, and I think Sovereign and Silence have been writing for whatever Earthmen happened to get in the way of their particular chosen faction.

Sovereign · July 30, 2003, 04:34

Hi guys!

Sorry I'm out of comission the past few months.

I've been doing a lot of travelling, since its my summer break. I went to Alaska and I did plenty of outdoors stuff there. Camping, canoeing, fishing, etc.

I just got back last week, and I'm trying to get back on my feet.

What did I miss?

Onto the BAC world.....

The Earth government is supposed to join in the GHE and UA "axis" alliance, so I'm planning on having the Earth government and its territories join the alliance.

I guess I'll take up the Earth faction, since Kass left.

IIRC, HistoryGuy decided to volunteer for taking up the PK's since no one else seems to be interested in writing for them. I forgot who, Franky or President, decided to take up the Gaians as well?

I'm not sure where Earth's 2 big colonies, Wolf and Ross are? Sparta is welcome to the Corporate Sector, as long as Earth gets to keep Wolf and Ross, so Earth can still be a viable "faction" in the BAC world.

PM me if you have any other ideas, Sprayber.

I need some time to think how to pick up where I left off, in the Earth "liberation" and the GHE story arc.

President

do you think it'd be a good idea if you write about Sorenson and Gary's arrival at Berrik, and compare notes with my archaelogists there? IMHO, you'd be better at this than me, since you have a better idea where this story arc is supposed to go. If you could do a post or something about this, I'll have a better idea where to pick that story arc up from the UA's perpsective.

Whew... a lot of writing for discussion eh?

Laters!

Mr. President · July 30, 2003, 19:46

Alaska, eh? Never been there. Did you see any caribou? Everyone thinks Alaska is swarming with caribou.

I really should write a post with Sorensen and Gary travelling. I will as soon as I can. I'm back in school with a research project hanging over my head, alongside volunteer teaching at an elementary school (Teaching is surprisingly fun! I might take it up a little more

), so I will definitely jam it in when I can.

Lonestar · July 31, 2003, 20:25

Soveriegn, I got my boy captured on Earth, you want to take it from there?

Mr. President · August 24, 2003, 05:37

Well, well, well. Guess who it falls to to resurrect the story after months?

I'm only kidding, of course. The post is not great. But it's a post. And that's a start.

Sovereign · September 16, 2003, 12:29

Heh. I signed onto the forums today and guess what?

The Alpha Centauri Fiction forum was totally empty (No posts within the 10 days). It felt funny, but at the same time, it's motivating me to think harder what to write, and to get my slow butt moving.

President, a nitpick. The University faction now calls itself the University Alliance, after the rash of terrorist attacks, the growing menace from the Protectorate of Man, and full citizenship to the "non-humans" in the University empire.

So from now on, the UCS (Commonwealth) tag is no longer used. Instead, the UA tag will be used. Sorry about that.

I'm back at school and I'm in the computer lab a lot of the time (my last year now, senior). I'll have a lot more time and opporunity to sit down and write up posts for BAC and several other fan-fics that I'm writing.

I know I said I'd write a while ago, but seeing this forum dead and me having a lot of time in the computer lab will motivate me to do some writing.

Laters.

Mr. President · September 16, 2003, 19:49

Quote:

President, a nitpick. The University faction now calls itself the University Alliance, after the rash of terrorist attacks, the growing menace from the Protectorate of Man, and full citizenship to the "non-humans" in the University empire.

My bad. I'll fix that.

Welcome back.

Sovereign · September 23, 2003, 11:30

Hmmm... This has made me think hard.

Where did everybody else go? I remember a while ago, BAC went through a slow phase, but there was at least some discussions and joking in the "Discussion thread".

So far for the last month or so, it's just you and me. Where's Lonestar, HistoryGuy, Silence, etc? Did they give up, and move to greener pastures?

I hate to say or consider this.... but...

Should we try and keep writing for BAC, or let it go due to virtually all of the other authors non-action, even on those discussion boards the past month or so?

OR Should we try to soldier on, and maybe the others will notice BAC is still going, then come back? Please let me know what you think, President.

Alinestra Covelia · September 23, 2003, 13:31

Wait... so Crimson Sunrise is Mr. President?

Mr. President · September 23, 2003, 19:35

Yes, I am. Changed my name a week or two ago.

Mr. President · September 23, 2003, 19:42

Quote:

Originally posted by Sovereign
Hmmm... This has made me think hard.

Where did everybody else go? I remember a while ago, BAC went through a slow phase, but there was at least some discussions and joking in the "Discussion thread".

So far for the last month or so, it's just you and me. Where's Lonestar, HistoryGuy, Silence, etc? Did they give up, and move to greener pastures?

I honestly don't know.

Frankychan said he was going to be away for a couple of weeks (as I recall). That was more than a month ago. GeneralTacticus I've seen many a time in the AC-Democracy Game. The rest I don't know.

Quote:

I hate to say or consider this.... but...

Should we try and keep writing for BAC, or let it go due to virtually all of the other authors non-action, even on those discussion boards the past month or so?

OR Should we try to soldier on, and maybe the others will notice BAC is still going, then come back? Please let me know what you think, President.

Well, I think we should keep writing for as long or as short a time as we want to. So if you have anything you want to post to the story, you should.

AC-Fiction isn't totally dead. If Alinestra Covelia could post in this thread, that suggests that there's at least, oh, five other people lurking but not posting.

Alinestra Covelia · September 23, 2003, 21:02

Alinestra Covelia is indeed lurking and trying to finalize ideas for her next piece of SMAC fan fiction.

But #%&$ing work and real life always seem to get in the way!

GeneralTacticus · September 23, 2003, 21:26

Quote:

Originally posted by Sovereign
Hmmm... This has made me think hard.

Where did everybody else go? I remember a while ago, BAC went through a slow phase, but there was at least some discussions and joking in the "Discussion thread".

So far for the last month or so, it's just you and me. Where's Lonestar, HistoryGuy, Silence, etc? Did they give up, and move to greener pastures?

I hate to say or consider this.... but...

Should we try and keep writing for BAC, or let it go due to virtually all of the other authors non-action, even on those discussion boards the past month or so?

OR Should we try to soldier on, and maybe the others will notice BAC is still going, then come back? Please let me know what you think, President.

Well, I haven't been posting mainly because the story arcs that I was involved in seem to have gone kaput... I'm still active, but there isn't a whole lot for me to post here.

Lonestar · September 26, 2003, 20:47

Quote:

Originally posted by Sovereign

So far for the last month or so, it's just you and me. Where's Lonestar, HistoryGuy, Silence, etc? Did they give up, and move to greener pastures?

As the guys in OT know, Lonestar has been working from 0400-1900 every damn day for the past two weeks. I got this weekend off and then we're going to sea, weeee!!!!!!

By the way, I had a Protectorate agent fall into UA handfs on Earth (near Area 51, what the Protectorate calls "Groomlake" because it had records of what was inside when the Endeavor left)

I think I might put something up tonight.

Lonestar · September 26, 2003, 21:40

Posted. Was trying to figure out a way to kill Ian, so I just had him die off-panel. Hope it wasn't too pretentious.

There's a Holonet message for just about everyone here, so read it and tell me on this thread (Or as a official response) "Yea or nay". And if "Yea", Head of State or Representative. Then I'll rung past you guys a rough draft of the memorial ceremony.

Mr. President · September 27, 2003, 02:38

I think President Adams from the Drones should go. Firaxis never had too much to do with the Protectorate; however, I'll say that their representatives can't make it because of the peace conference. (Remember that?

)

Nice ending on that post, by the way.

Silence · October 28, 2003, 22:28

I kept on having I browser die on me and then college restarted and then I accidently forgot I had a war going on here.

Sorry about that.

Edit: got rid of the stupid third person reference that I put in for some reason....

Sovereign · October 29, 2003, 22:13

Hi guys!

Tomorrow, I have about 2 or 3 hours of free time at the computer lab, so definitely expect a post tomorrow.

Cross my heart or die.

Sovereign · October 30, 2003, 13:59

Doobie Doobie Doo!

POSTED!

This time I went for an historical excerpt, summarizing what has happened in the Sol system, and its conclusion.

The next time I post, I'll try to address several issues, like Agent Stone, the Temple sub-plot, and a couple of new twists.

Lonestar · November 1, 2003, 12:22

Did you read my part with the suicide Bomber?

Sovereign · November 1, 2003, 22:11

Yeah, I thoight it was a slam bang.

I think I'll try to work on my next post, but I can't make promises that it will be done soon.

But yes, I do plan on addressing issues with the Protectorate in my next post, especially Agent Stone and the bombing.

By the way, that cat in your picture looks hella funny. Did he / she paint his / her left paw? I see polished claws lol

Lonestar · November 2, 2003, 01:27

That's Slick Willy (a.k.a. "Thudmonster"). He's my cat, although another person I know is using it as his avatar on another board.

Sovereign · November 4, 2003, 05:16

Nice name

What kind of cat is he? He looks like he's a big cat, at least 2 feet long?

Lonestar · November 6, 2003, 00:26

He's a Ragdoll. His Breed tends to be big.

History Guy · November 8, 2003, 16:18

Well, chaps, the fact is I have been doing next to nothing at Poly for a few months now.

However, I would like to continue BAC. I'd like to make Morgan a bit more dispicable in some ways, and I'd like to actually continue all of the plots I started, but the fact is that it has been so long that I really am not sure what all is going on here...

Also, Democracy Games aside, the only thing I've been doing is writing a new story for the Civ3 Stories Forum. I'm trying my hand at satire. King Arthur returns from Avalon and gets arrested for not having a visa.

Mr. President · November 10, 2003, 20:09

Sounds like good reading!