Turn report 2277-2282

[GeneralTacticus]

Main Events:

1) We developed Advanced Spaceflight, Industrial Nanorobotics, and Biomachinery, and got Photon/Wave Mechanics from an Alien Artefact.

2) We launched 17 (!) energy sats into orbit, which caused our income to rise to more than 1250 ECs.

3) We built the Theory of everything in Concordia, leaving it's labs production at over 300 per turn.

4) We used choppers to destroy abotu two thirds of Yang's air force on the gorund in The Leader's Horde.

5) We completed a massive energy park in northern Solaris, which should allow us to crawl huge amounts of energy.

6) TKG's land-raising project was completed in Aurillion.

7) We built a number of Robotic Assembly Plants, including one in DEM, which brings us to:

8) We experienced a massive fungal blom outside DEM, which produced about 11 mindworms, an IoD, and a Locust of Chiron. Fortunately, we were able to kill the worms, and the Locust did no damage; unfortunately, we lost an empath chopper trying to kill the Locust.

9) We experienced a number of attacks on our seabases and units; Yang lost a number of skimships attacking UN Aquaxenobanana (after causing some damage himself, sadly), and destroyed two formers building the energy park, while Miriam destroyed one unit at Circular Quay with a Missile Cruiser, which is still there.

EDIT:
10) We also experienced another energy market crash, which put a bit of a crimp in our spending habits.

[GeneralTacticus]

[09:46] (GT^Commish> -BEGIN CHAT-
[09:46] * Maniac suddenly becomes silent.
[09:47] (Evangelion-Freak> Hm, yes, I think E2 is a bit busy right now
[09:48] (Evangelion-Freak> They do get a few thousands of dollars of paypal donations every year, so
they shouldn
[09:48] (Evangelion-Freak> t have money trouble
[09:48] (Maniac> I just got in.
[09:48] (Evangelion-Freak> Search for "Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri"
[09:49] (Maniac> Will do.
[09:49] (Maniac> nice explanations.
[09:50] (Evangelion-Freak> E2 is Everything
[09:50] (Maniac> Everything?
[09:50] (Maniac> I'll look up Kassiopeia.
[09:50] (Maniac> No results!!!!
[09:51] (Maniac> Except you're a user.
[09:51] (Maniac> Or at least someone with that name.
[09:52] (Maniac> Ma"ni*ac (?), a. [F. maniaque. See Mania.]
[09:52] (Maniac> Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; affected with mania; mad.
[09:52] (Maniac> I have a disordered intellect.
[09:53] (Evangelion-Freak> Hm, yes, I'm a user at E2, however, I think I've lost me password
[09:53] (Evangelion-Freak> (and the email addy Kassiopeia is registered to is kinda gone)
[09:53] (Maniac> For 9.9 months already apparently.
[09:55] (GT^Commish> Did Cedayon say to basically rush everything that was over ten mins?
[09:55] (Maniac> Not all I suppose/hope.
[09:57] (GT^Commish> Ok, well, should we rush the Empath Chopper in UNPD for 68 ECs?
[09:58] (Maniac> If that will prevent minerals from getting lost due to lack of overflow to the next
item: sure.
[09:58] (GT^Commish> Ok then.
[09:59] (Maniac> Oh btw, he didn't give one clear direction about rushes. Just a whole bunch of hurry
requests in all his different posts in the orders thread.
[09:59] (Maniac> In any case, I just wanted to remind the Commissioner to make clear the way of the
energy satts. Specifically:
[09:59] (Maniac> -if something is before an energy satt in the queue, please arrange (with rushing
cash if it's more convienient) for that to finish with 10 mins over.
[09:59] (Maniac> -if a satt is over 10 mins and will not be completed by next turn with normal
industry, rush it so that it will be completed by next turn (possibly with 10 mins over, if it would
help). This is not a suggestion, this is an order
[10:00] (Maniac> Though that is quite clear.
[10:00] (GT^Commish> Can I rush the ZG Centauri PReserve for 56 ECs?
[10:00] (Maniac> Rush every facility above 10 mins I'd say.
[10:11] (GT^Commish> Okay, Herc wants to build a Trance skimship in Cyclops for exploring the western
ocean, but this may induce Drone problems there. What should we do about this?
[10:12] (Maniac> let me check the orders
[10:13] (Maniac> A "trance skimship" can mean anything anyway.
[10:13] (GT^Commish> So we could build a trawler and give it armour and Trance?
[10:13] (Maniac> Or does he mean 13-4t-4*2??
[10:13] (GT^Commish> He didn't say.
[10:14] (Maniac> Another solution is:
[10:14] (Maniac> The DIA isn't here, so we, the Commish and AT take over his duty as "acting in case
of an emergency". And as replacing DIAs we have the right to veto the build order.
[10:14] (Maniac>
[10:15] (Maniac> What do you think, GT? Is it legal, Kass?
[10:15] (Evangelion-Freak> hmmm
[10:15] * Maniac slaps Evangelion-Freak around a bit with a large trout
[10:15] (Evangelion-Freak> ey
[10:15] (Maniac> Ah you're here.
[10:15] (Maniac>
[10:15] (Evangelion-Freak>
[10:15] (Evangelion-Freak> now, now...
[10:16] (GT^Commish> Well, the Sea of Mnesimache doesn't seem to ahev any pods left in it anyway, so
we ahrdly need the ship.
[10:16] (GT^Commish> * hardly
[10:16] (Evangelion-Freak> An AT can stand for DIA if needed, AFAIK, and thus the AT will have the
powers of the DIA
[10:17] (Maniac> Well actually the constitution doesn't say that, I discovered during the Yang
war/peace save file debate.
[10:17] (Evangelion-Freak> Hmm. What does it say?
[10:17] (Maniac> Just that I, just like the Commish, can act in case of an emergency. I can only take
over offices when the previous officials have resigned or are impeached.
[10:18] (Evangelion-Freak> Hmmm. If the DIA has given orders, then this situation is hardly an
emergency? (What exactly is the situation)
[10:18] (Evangelion-Freak> *situation?
[10:18] (Maniac> Herc has given an order we don't like.
[10:19] (Evangelion-Freak> Aha. Well, you can hardly call that an emergency :P
[10:19] (Maniac> Darn.
[10:19] (GT^Commish> Well, it will probably prevent any possibility of a GA in Cyclops.
[10:19] (GT^Commish> Which could be construed as an emergency.
[10:20] (Maniac> Perhaps a new amendment is in order, clarifying the duties of ATs.
[10:20] (Evangelion-Freak> If the AT can go and override an order just like that...
[10:20] (Maniac> yeah I know.
[10:20] (Maniac> That's the problem if no officials turns up in the chat.
[10:21] (Evangelion-Freak> You can do as you like, but I won't guarantee someone won't want to impeach
you.
[10:21] (Maniac> If they come, the AT has no power whatsoever;
[10:21] (Evangelion-Freak> Well yes, the DIA not showing up is a sort of emergency
[10:21] (GT^Commish> Well, we can always say we quickpolled it.
[10:21] (Evangelion-Freak> True, true
[10:21] (GT^Commish> Given that both Maniac and I want the order overridden.
[10:21] (Evangelion-Freak> Remember that this is getting logged...
[10:22] (Maniac> 1 = override herc' order. 2 = keep it 3 = write-in 4 = abstain ??
[10:22] * GT^Commish 1
[10:22] * Maniac 1
[10:22] * Evangelion-Freak 4
[10:22] (Maniac> That's that I guess.
[10:23] * Evangelion-Freak returns to multi-tasking *
[10:23] (Maniac> Anyway, if someone did't like this quickpoll, he should've come to the turnchat.
*shrugs*
[10:24] (Evangelion-Freak> true... an official always sort of leaves it "up to you" if s/he doesn't
show up
[10:25] (Maniac> Indeed. my conscience is silenced.
[10:26] * Evangelion-Freak taps his fingers and waits for the soundtrack of Ghost in the Shell: Stand
Alone Complex to download *
[10:26] * Evangelion-Freak whinges about getting a new Computer *
[10:27] (Maniac> whinges -> whines?
[10:27] * Maniac fears for his knowledge of English.
[10:27] (Evangelion-Freak> yes, I think "whinges" is some sort of British version of "whines"
[10:28] (GT^Commish> They're both applicable.
[10:28] (Evangelion-Freak> or, inversely, "whines" is American for "whinges"
[10:28] (Evangelion-Freak> yes
[10:28] (Maniac> Ah I see. And how do you pronounce "to whinge"? Like "wing"?
[10:28] (Maniac> or "wine"?
[10:29] (Evangelion-Freak> I think you spell the "ng" as you do in "evangelical"
[10:29] (Evangelion-Freak> (and the "ng" in (Neon Genesis) "Evangelion" is spelled like in "wing")
[10:30] (Maniac> That makes it clear. Thanks.
[10:30] (Evangelion-Freak> ah yes. You spell the ng in "whinge" like in "angel"
[10:30] (Evangelion-Freak> I'll look it up though, not sure
[10:31] (Maniac> Odd. I don't pronounce the 'ng' in angel the same as in evangelical.
[10:31] (Maniac> That's always the problem with English: the way it is written doesn't tell you at all
how it is pronounced.
[10:31] (Evangelion-Freak> the "ng" in "Angel" is what I was after... you might pronounce
"evangelical" like I spell "Evangelion", since you don't have English as your native language
[10:31] (Evangelion-Freak> s/spell/pronounce/;
[10:33] (Maniac> Well actually I pronounce the 'ng' in angel as 'ngj', while I pronounce the 'ng' in
'evangelical' as 'ngk', with the 'k' being like the g of the French garçon.
[10:33] (Maniac> But then again I probably suck at speaking English.
[10:33] (Evangelion-Freak> Yes, that's what I thought... however, Oxford Dictionary says the "ng" in
'angel' and 'evangelical' is the same
[10:34] (Evangelion-Freak> " Yes, that's what I thought... h" was not referring to "But then again I
probably suck at speaking English. "
[10:34] (Maniac> lol
[10:39] (Maniac> The off-topic babe thread has fallen to page 5; can you believe it!!!
[10:39] (Evangelion-Freak> War is hell
[10:39] (Maniac> Indeed.
[10:39] (Maniac> It makes people forget the real iùmportant things in life.
[10:39] (Evangelion-Freak> Amen
[10:40] (Maniac> I bumped it.
[10:43] (Evangelion-Freak> Meh, why can't we post anime females :'(
[10:43] (GT^Commish> Because there's meant to be another thread to post them in.
[10:44] (Evangelion-Freak> Meh. It'd never survive, not with all those war threads.
[10:44] (Maniac> You can always try.
[10:45] (Evangelion-Freak> I'm a bit too squeamish when it comes to starting threads on the OTF
[10:45] (Maniac> Are you afraid of Mingapulco?
[10:45] (Evangelion-Freak> Nah, just the trolls and genuine ignorants
[10:46] (Evangelion-Freak> Besides, someone might post a pic of Rei. Rei is not a babe
[10:46] (Maniac> Then call it "The Anime Honourable Ladies Thread".
[10:47] (Evangelion-Freak> Bah.
[10:50] * Method has joined #smacdg
[10:50] (Evangelion-Freak> hey
[10:50] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Method
[10:50] (Method> good day
[10:50] * Method sets mode: +o GT^Commish
[10:50] (Evangelion-Freak> I'm autovoiced?
[10:50] (Method>
[10:51] (Method> i don't recall doing that
[10:51] (GT^Commish> ey TKG.

[GeneralTacticus]

[10:51] * Method sets mode: -v Evangelion-Freak
[10:51] * ChanServ sets mode: +v Evangelion-Freak
[10:51] * Evangelion-Freak has left #smacdg
[10:51] * Evangelion-Freak has joined #smacdg
[10:51] * ChanServ sets mode: +v Evangelion-Freak
[10:51] (Method> it would seem.
[10:51] * Method shrugs
[10:51] * Evangelion-Freak shrugs also
[10:51] * GT^Commish sets mode: -v Evangelion-Freak
[10:51] * ChanServ sets mode: +v Evangelion-Freak
[10:51] (GT^Commish> Odd.
[10:51] (Evangelion-Freak> heh
[10:51] (Evangelion-Freak> ChanServ counters any op commands if it so wishes...
[10:51] (Method> i must've done that, i just don't remember it.
[10:52] (Evangelion-Freak> Method would need to do it I reckon
[10:52] * Method sets mode: -v Evangelion-Freak
[10:52] (Method> there
[10:52] (Evangelion-Freak> ah, good
[10:53] * Evangelion-Freak has left #smacdg
[10:53] * Evangelion-Freak has joined #smacdg
[10:53] (Evangelion-Freak> had to try :cute:
[10:53] * Method sets mode: -o Method
[10:53] * Method has left #smacdg
[10:53] * Method has joined #smacdg
[10:53] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Method
[10:53] (Method> cool.
[10:53] (Method> :dance:
[10:53] (Evangelion-Freak> :dance:
[10:54] (Evangelion-Freak> 22:22:42 * Now talking in #suomithreadi
[10:54] (Evangelion-Freak> 22:22:42 * ChanServ sets mode: +o Evangelion-Freak
[10:54] * Method sets mode: +ps
[10:54] (Evangelion-Freak> :dance:
[10:54] (Method> :P
[10:54] * Method is banned
[10:54] (Evangelion-Freak> :dance:
[10:54] (Method> your doing, i suppose?
[10:54] (Evangelion-Freak> naturally
[10:54] (Method> could've been Mr. Belin.
[10:54] (Method> instead, t'was Mr. Helin.
[10:55] (GT^Commish> Just flamed the mindworms outside DEM.
[10:55] (GT^Commish> Got 40 ECs.
[10:55] (Method> :evildance:
[10:55] (Method> rush some Aur stuff for me?
[10:55] (Method> (what turn are we at?)
[10:55] (Maniac> still the first I think
[10:55] (Method> :wall:
[10:55] (Evangelion-Freak> If one types /mode #suomithreadi b , he can observe that all bans have been
set by me
[10:56] (GT^Commish> TKG, there's nothing to rush. Everything will be done next turn anyway.
[10:56] (Method> how does it take almost 2 hours to do 1 turn?
[10:56] (GT^Commish> Well, for starters we began late.
[10:56] (Evangelion-Freak> we discussed philosophers :cute:
[10:56] (GT^Commish> But mainly because of all the former orders.
[10:56] (Method> if it's still first turn, i know that. i assumed we were past 2277.
[10:56] (Method> ah..
[10:56] (Maniac> That's why I don't intend to play more than four tursn if I become Commish.
[10:57] (Maniac> but three or so the wednesday
[10:57] * Method awaits completion of Operation Freshwater Mountain
[10:57] (Maniac> No longer Mount Pizza?
[10:57] (Maniac> "Pizza Pile"
[10:57] (Evangelion-Freak> What a ghastly name
[10:57] (Method> eugh, whatever. i forgot what i had called it earlier :cute:
[10:58] (Method> my main plan is to rename some ocean TKSea ;)
[10:58] (Maniac> Isn't Pizza Pile better? :) An alliteration.
[10:58] (Evangelion-Freak> Illiteration, I'd say ;P
[10:58] (Method> though...cedayon thought i might be accused of horrendously bad humour while on duty
[10:59] (Maniac> Btw, while we're busy about pizzas, could I ask to change the name for the 13-4-6*2
AAARadar model to something else than ACS "Pizz" Mk2 ?
[10:59] (Maniac> ->Pizza
[11:00] (Method> :P
[11:00] (Maniac> It's because New Suze is building such a unit too.
[11:00] (Method> yes.
[11:00] (Method> yes, fine.
[11:00] (Method> i'm just wondering what happened to the ACS Pizza Mk I
[11:00] (Method> *cough*
[11:00] (Maniac> Yeah me too...
[11:00] (Evangelion-Freak> Hm, I think I'll download the next save and start planning my career as an
(strike>evil scientist(/strike> director of science
[11:00] (Maniac> I didn''t get an answer in the command centre
[11:01] (Maniac> Kass: the next turnchat of the 29th will still be done by the current government
[11:01] (Evangelion-Freak> I know
[11:01] (Maniac> Ok :)
[11:02] (Maniac> Elections will starts the 26th
[11:02] (Evangelion-Freak> Can't be too prepared, however :) I haven't downloaded a save for over 100
MYs
[11:02] (Method> who's *!*@67.69.109.45 (banned on #suomithreadi)
[11:02] (Evangelion-Freak> ColdWizard I think
[11:02] (Method> nope
[11:03] (Method> he's *!*@64.241.23.245
[11:03] (Evangelion-Freak> hmmmm
[11:03] (Evangelion-Freak> some pesky foreigner, in any case ;)
[11:03] (Maniac> Hmm, when I type /mode #suomitreadi I don't get a list of banned people.
[11:03] (Evangelion-Freak> /mode #suomithreadi b
* Retrieving #smacdg info...
[11:03] (Method> foreigner... :P
[11:04] * GT^Commish changes topic to 'ACDG Turnchat Channel: Chat in Progress'
[11:04] (Maniac> I'm European too. :cute:
[11:04] (Method> psst: maniac. *.be addresses aren't banned. now's your chance!
[11:04] (Maniac> Now you have mentioned that, my chance is gone. :wall: ;)
[11:05] (Evangelion-Freak> /kick #suomithreadi Maniac non-Finn :cute:
[11:05] (Method> not only is my IP banned, but so are .ca addresses, so even if my ISP stops being
AWFUL, i still can't get in.
[11:05] (Evangelion-Freak> yup
[11:06] (Evangelion-Freak> I think we even had everyone named "Method*" banned for a while
[11:06] (Maniac> If I understand it, you can still enter with a random hotmail addy.
[11:06] (Evangelion-Freak> No, you can't.
[11:06] (Method> note, it's done that twice before. when my DNS was working a while ago i tried to
take the opportunity to sneak in the back door. no luck
[11:06] (Evangelion-Freak> your ISP DNS has nothing to do with email addresses.
[11:07] (Maniac> I won't pretend I'll understand anything of that. :dizzy:
[11:07] (Method> it's nick!email@address i think...
[11:07] (Evangelion-Freak> you see, your ISP gives you a special host address to chat with
[11:07] (Evangelion-Freak> like in my case, it's Evangelion-Freak!antti@adsl-137a.baana.phpoy.fi ,
IIRC. That's not an email address, obviously.
[11:08] (Maniac> Ah I see.
[11:08] (Maniac> baana -> banana ??
[11:08] (Method> some finn thing
[11:08] (Evangelion-Freak> no, think of "Autobahn"
[11:08] (Maniac> ah
[11:08] (GT^Commish> :madban:
[11:08] (Evangelion-Freak> :madban:?
[11:08] (GT^Commish> :wall:
[11:09] (Method> common to all mänttä-ians
[11:09] (Maniac> :eek:
[11:09] (Evangelion-Freak> :wall:?
[11:09] (Method> :wall:?
[11:09] (Evangelion-Freak> :eek:!
[11:09] (Method> :scared:
[11:09] (Maniac> Are we all gonna die!?!
[11:09] (Evangelion-Freak> :scared:...
[11:09] (Method> yes!
[11:09] (Method> eventually!
[11:09] * Evangelion-Freak slaps Method around a bit with a large trout *
[11:09] (Evangelion-Freak> :P
[11:09] (GT^Commish> Lucky gave orders to raise land near Capricorn, and I did so, but this left a sea
former stranded in Metropolis.
[11:09] (Method> :p
[11:09] (Evangelion-Freak> :\
[11:09] (Method> :eek:
[11:09] (Maniac> sea former?
[11:09] (GT^Commish> So, now what?
[11:09] (GT^Commish> Yes.
[11:09] (Method> disband it for its mins, i guess
[11:09] (Evangelion-Freak> oh fark
[11:10] (Method> it can't move at all?
[11:10] (GT^Commish> Have to do that next turn.
[11:10] (GT^Commish> No, it can't.
[11:10] (Maniac> He made a sea base land? :shame:
[11:10] (GT^Commish> No, he took away a port.
[11:10] (Evangelion-Freak> Is that even possible?
[11:10] (Evangelion-Freak> (@ Maniac)
[11:10] (GT^Commish> Yes, it is.
[11:10] (Maniac> Err, yes that's what I meant. :cute:
[11:10] (Maniac> Of course.
[11:10] (Evangelion-Freak> I see
[11:11] (Maniac> I had it once the AI raised land near my Pirate HQ, making it a land base. :madban:
[11:11] (Method> i've had an earthquake strand a boat before. you can at least use it for artillery
:cute:
[11:11] (Method> but with a former....
[11:11] (GT^Commish> :rant:
[11:11] (Evangelion-Freak> :shame:
[11:11] (GT^Commish> We'll have to disband it next turn.
[11:12] * Evangelion-Freak has quit IRC (Quit: My computer gets a deserved reb00t, brb)
[11:12] (Maniac> A shame we can't give naval units drop pods.
[11:12] (GT^Commish> Yes.
[11:13] (GT^Commish> It is a rather silly idea, though.
[11:13] (Maniac> That would make sense IMHO in some far future
[11:13] (Method> civ2 message: "ships cannot airlift, silly"
[11:13] (GT^Commish> Imagine battleships parachuting out of the sky...
[11:13] (Maniac> Drop some hovercrafts from some air plane...
[11:13] (GT^Commish> We do have gravships.
[11:13] (Maniac> Not battleships, but inflatable hovercrafts.
[11:13] (Maniac> Those can't be dropped either AFAIK.
[11:14] (GT^Commish> I know.
[11:14] (GT^Commish> But they ca fly.
[11:14] (GT^Commish> * can
[11:14] (Method> what's our next research? bio-mac?
[11:14] (Maniac> If it's available.
[11:14] (GT^Commish> Yep.
[11:14] (Method> curses!-ish
[11:15] (GT^Commish> Why?
[11:15] (GT^Commish> You want the Nano Factory.
[11:15] (GT^Commish> ?
[11:15] (Method> i want robotic assembly plants. NOW ;)
[11:15] (Method> that and digital sentience
[11:16] (Method> actually, i was thinking of the living refinery, but i don't really care.
[11:16] (GT^Commish> We'll be able to build that next turn...
[11:16] (Method> nano fac, living ref, cloning vats...
[11:16] (Maniac> Btw guys a quick question now Kass isn't here. Would I be able to join #suomithreadi
via university??
[11:16] * Method shrugs
[11:16] (Method> possibly. whatwould the address be?
[11:17] (Maniac> Not a clue. :cute:
[11:17] (Method> it would be .be i assume
[11:17] (GT^Commish> Do you want this bit struck from the log? :cute:
[11:17] (Maniac> I'll have to try Tuesday.
[11:17] (Maniac> Good plan. ;):b:
[11:17] (Maniac> AFAIK .be isn't banned yet.
[11:17] (Method> no, not yet.
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[11:18] (Method> so yes, but why would you want to?
[11:18] (Method> *cough*
[11:18] (Maniac> Well because the unit won't just be built in UNPD. :)
[11:18] (Maniac> So we need another name.
[11:18] (Method> i agree.
[11:18] (GT^Commish> :hmmm:
[11:18] (Maniac> Any suggestions?
[11:18] (GT^Commish> WIA class cruiser?
[11:19] (Method> :D
[11:19] (Method> perhaps
[11:19] (Evangelion-Freak> :b:
[11:19] (Method> TKG's Yacht, i liked.
[11:19] (Maniac> "WhereItsAt" Class cruiser
[11:19] (Method> cedayon always has such good suggestions :D
[11:19] (Method> ACS "WhereItsAt"
[11:19] (Maniac> class
[11:19] (Method> wait, no.
[11:19] (Method> yeah, that wouldn't work.
[11:20] (Maniac> So it should have a playername worked into it?
[11:20] (Method> make it MWIA's.
[11:20] (Method> i'll always have TKSea :cute:
[11:20] * Method schemes
[11:21] (Maniac> Mind Worm Industrial Annihilator Class

[GeneralTacticus]

[11:22] (GT^Commish>
[11:22] (GT^Commish> 2277 compelte.
[11:22] (GT^Commish> * complete
[11:23] (Method> :triplerelief:
[11:23] (GT^Commish>
[11:23] (GT^Commish> Mindworms ate the CP heading for the Ruins.
[11:24] (Method> oh well.
[11:24] (Maniac> Darn. Poor people.
[11:24] (Maniac> And bad for the energy park
[11:24] (GT^Commish> Saves us the trouble of administering the base, I guess.
[11:24] (Method> oh, that's true isn't it.
[11:24] (GT^Commish>
[11:24] (GT^Commish> We just got Advanced Spaceflight.
[11:24] (Maniac> But we need a base up north, even if it's just a specialist base, for the echelon
mirrors.
[11:25] (Method> :superdance:
[11:25] * Method plots a :superdance: smilie
[11:25] (GT^Commish>
[11:25] (Evangelion-Freak> afk, shower
[11:25] (GT^Commish> Biomachinery is unavailable.
[11:26] (Maniac> At this time of the night a shower.
[11:26] (GT^Commish> Industrial Nanorobotics, here we come.
[11:26] (Method> indus Nano!
[11:26] (Method> digital sentience will soon be mine
[11:26] (GT^Commish> btw, our income just rose by about 60 ECs.
[11:28] (Maniac> Woohoo! Our GDP rises some 7% each year. Old Earth would be jealous.
[11:28] (GT^Commish> Or 40, actually.
[11:28] (Maniac> Make that 5%
[11:28] (GT^Commish> TA went into stockpile energy.
[11:28] (GT^Commish> However, we can expect some VERY nive growth when our energy sats come online

[11:28] (GT^Commish> * nice
[11:29] (Method> yay for energy sats!
[11:33] (Method> :superdance: completed http://www3.sympatico.ca/peter_green/danceparty.gif
[11:34] (GT^Commish> TKG: Stage I of your evil alnd-raising plan is now complete.
[11:34] (GT^Commish> * land
[11:34] (Method> even the Xan section?
[11:34] (GT^Commish> Yes.
[11:34] (GT^Commish> Just the first stage, mind.
[11:34] (Method> begin the foresting
[11:35] (Method> now, to spread the evil of industry to Twin Sea...
[11:36] (Maniac> I speeded up tree farm & hybrid forest construction, so that should give the new
governor more flexibility.
[11:36] (Method> splendid
[11:39] (GT^Commish> Does anyone have any objection to my creating a couple of new rivers in Centralis?
[11:40] (Maniac> not really
[11:40] (Method> just as long as i still have enough formers
[11:40] (Method> seriously, go ahead.
[11:40] (GT^Commish>
[11:40] (Maniac> Though it would be appreciated if you also helped out with the energy park. ))
[11:40] (GT^Commish> Bah.
[11:41] (GT^Commish> I intend to build my own energy park.
[11:41] (Maniac> ?????????
[11:41] (Maniac> Where????
[11:41] (GT^Commish> South of TA.
[11:41] (GT^Commish> I've been planning it for ages.
[11:41] (Method> you know...the gulf of Tacticus.
[11:41] (Method> which i intend to turn into Mount TKG
[11:41] (Maniac> I thought Centralian supply speeders would also crawl energy in Solaris.
[11:42] (Method> and put a few solar collectors on
[11:42] (GT^Commish> Maniac: of course they will.
[11:42] (GT^Commish> It just won't be the only place.
[11:42] (Method>
[11:42] (Method> what about twin sea?
[11:42] (Maniac> But isn't that a waste?
[11:42] (Method> you can't have *both* energy parks
[11:42] (Maniac> Making it at two places.
[11:42] (GT^Commish> Why would it be a waste?
[11:43] (Maniac> making one big instead of two little gives more energy due to the accumulating effect
of echelon mirrors. Also for S of TA you'd need to raise some land, which wastes money and
terraforming time.
[11:44] (Method> so we'll have to make the solarian one bigger.
[11:44] * GT^Commish shrugs.
[11:44] (Method> would you mind...if circular quay became a land base?
[11:44] * GT^Commish ponders.
[11:44] (GT^Commish> Not really.
[11:44] (Maniac> I hope governors recognize the positive effect of some super energy bases, and don't
just care about the good of their own region...
[11:45] (Method> well what if we make several super energy bases?
[11:45] (Maniac> (Easy for me to say now I don't plan to become governor of JV again )
[11:45] (Maniac> We already have two: one for labs and one for economy/cash.
[11:46] (Maniac> And there can only be one base with the base-related SPs.
[11:46] (Method> and one for psych: UNPD (by the way, i am aware that psych makes no difference to the
good of the faction )
[11:46] (Maniac> Any other super city would be wasting energy.
[11:47] (Method> well how big do you plan to make the solaris one?
[11:47] (Maniac> *I*? I'm a mere AT. It's up to the governors & DIA.
[11:48] (Method> if only as big as the picture in the IA office...
[11:48] (Method> oh, right
[11:48] (Method> i just thought you had been planning that for a while
[11:48] (Maniac> That can be expanded if we build a base north to expand our territory
[11:48] (Maniac> Two bases north would theoretically allow us to build solars and echelons up to the
northern fungal shores of our continent.
[11:49] (Method> it'll have to be, i think
[11:49] (Method> but i think the game'll be over by the time we have a chance to even start crawling
from there.
[11:49] (Method> or at least near being over
[11:49] (Maniac> Depends on how many formers we put on the project.
[11:50] (Maniac> What'd you think? Will the game be over by the end of next month?
[11:50] (Method> i still have my evil in Aur to do, and i have a bazillion boreholes planned for Twin
Sea
[11:50] (Method> maybe
[11:51] (Method> if we go for a diplomatic, it could be over by the end of this month.
[11:51] (Maniac> true
[11:51] (Maniac> If we invade the Hive or build the cloning vats at leasy
[11:51] (Maniac> But AFAIK MWIA hasn't given orders to liberate Hive bases.
[11:52] (GT^Commish> He says he intends to do that later.
[11:52] (Method> isn't that expected? i mean, that is generally what one does in a war.
[11:52] (Maniac> He only has ten years or so to fulfill his intentions.
[11:53] (Method> later? i think we have sufficient machines of peace ATM
[11:53] (Maniac> Before the next goverment
[11:53] (Method> then again...
[11:53] (Method> BTW, shards: are we going to upgrade our military?
[11:53] (Maniac> wait for nano fac, says Cedayon.
[11:53] (Method> good plan. i should do that instead of living refinery
[11:54] (Method> build lots of crawlers!
[11:54] (GT^Commish> The Nano Fac will be available in 2 years.
[11:54] (Maniac> Btw, Method, when exactly will your ban be over?
[11:54] (Method> next saturday
[11:54] (Maniac> ah ok
[11:55] (Method> IOW, no elections for me. i was planning to ask mark to let me out of the Hive for 1
day just to vote, but then i realised he probably wouldn't do it.
[11:55] (Method> whining about one's ban is not helpful to one's cause, afterall.
[11:56] (Maniac> Most likely not, yes.
[11:56] (GT^Commish> you may be pleased to know that progress is already being made on the northern
energy park.
[11:56] (Maniac> So undemocratic: not the entire population is allowed to vote.
[11:56] (Maniac>
[11:56] (Method> why, oh why did i promise to make a directory for the ctpdg?
[11:57] (GT^Commish> We have two echelon mirrors online, with a third under construction.
[11:57] (Maniac> What are the Twin maritime formers doing right now?
[11:57] (Method> maybe they'll forget...
[11:57] (Maniac> Don't do it.
[11:57] (Maniac> The smac needs your attention more.
[11:57] (Method> too late, i'm already a justice :P
[11:57] (GT^Commish> One of the Twin Sea sea formers is clearing fungus, the other one just built a
tidal harness.
[11:58] (Maniac> And the Twin Maritime (adjective of Twin Sea) land formers?
[11:59] (GT^Commish> They'ce completed the magtube entwork, and are being sent north to build the
energy park.
[11:59] (Maniac>
[11:59] (Method> what's voltaire doing anyways? will he be available for the rest of his term?
[12:00] (Maniac> And just to be sure: have you already designed the ACS MWIA Class Cruiser and put it
inthe queues?
[12:00] (Maniac> He won't be running for anything.
[12:00] (Method> if you're taking over...
[12:00] (Maniac> Too much work for school.
[12:00] * Method slips Maniac his borehole plan for Twin Sea
[12:00] (Maniac> ah this term
[12:01] (Maniac> Sure Method, just sent me a PM with a plan, and I'll poll it if Voltaire hasn't
posted yet before Tuesday or Wednesday.
[12:02] (Method> such evil. New Suez will soon skyrocket ahead of DEM in mineral standings
[12:02] (GT^Commish> 3rd Echelon Mirror complete.
[12:02] (Maniac> Method: I doubt it. There isn't much room for boreholes on the New Suez isthmus.
[12:02] (Method> or so it would seem
[12:03] (Method> think mor evilly
[12:03] (GT^Commish> So, you're planning to raise that as well, i take it?
[12:03] (GT^Commish>
[12:03] (Maniac> Hey come one, you just *can't* raise terrain.
[12:03] (Method> no
[12:03] (Maniac> That would kill off our canal.
[12:03] (Method> i can see 4 spots that don't involve raising land
[12:03] (Maniac> Build boreholes in the air?
[12:04] (Method> GT: check out...
[12:04] (Method> 22,92
[12:04] (Method> 25,93
[12:04] (Method> 23,95
[12:04] (Method> 26,96
[12:04] (GT^Commish>
[12:04] (Method> the last one is in transcend academy's radius too
[12:04] (GT^Commish> Just opened a pod and found enough mins to complete UNPA's Aquaformers.
[12:05] (Maniac> UNPA?
[12:05] (Maniac> Peac
[12:05] (Maniac> Anchorage
[12:05] (Maniac> Got it.
[12:05] (Method> peace anch. yes
[12:05] (Method> hmm
[12:05] (Method> oh, UNPA's all the way over /there/?
[12:11] (GT^Commish> 2278 complete.
[12:11] (GT^Commish>
[12:11] (GT^Commish> Industrial collapse at TA.
[12:11] (GT^Commish> -1 mineral per square for the next ten years.
[12:12] (GT^Commish> Our infiltrator reports that the Gaians have lost Autumn Grove to the Spartans.
[12:13] (GT^Commish> More mindworms have landed near DEM.
[12:13] (Method>

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[12:13] (GT^Commish> And there's a Hive skimship outside UNAXB.
[12:13] (Method> i vote we blow it up
[12:14] (GT^Commish> Okay, going after the worms outside DEM first.
[12:14] (GT^Commish> Odds of victory: 7 to 5 in our faovur.
[12:14] (GT^Commish> * favour
[12:14] (Maniac> is that with empath??
[12:14] (GT^Commish> Yes.
[12:14] (Maniac> wow
[12:14] (Method> still damaged, i guess?
[12:14] (GT^Commish> Yes.
[12:15] (Method> what if we waited?
[12:15] (Method> is there anything it can destroy?
[12:15] (Maniac> can't we bring another south with our magtubes?
[12:15] (Maniac> I presume we have multiple empath units
[12:15] (Maniac> Weren't there some being built in New Tass btw?
[12:15] (GT^Commish> We could bring one in, but it wouldn't make much difference.
[12:15] (Maniac> oh ok
[12:15] (GT^Commish>
[12:16] (GT^Commish> But we could use a chopper.
[12:16] (Method> don't i have...
[12:16] (Method> yes, that
[12:16] (Method> several in UNPD i thought.
[12:16] (Maniac> what difference does that make with the odds?
[12:16] (GT^Commish> Dunno.
[12:16] (GT^Commish> If I brought one in to check, we'd basically have to attack.
[12:17] (Maniac> Air-to-land is 3 to 2, just like land-to-land IIRC.
[12:17] (GT^Commish> Anyway, while we're considering that, I just vapourised the Hive ship with a
chopper.
[12:17] (Maniac>
[12:17] (Method> splendid.
[12:18] (GT^Commish> And I think we have a great opportunity to cause some major damage to Yang's air
force.
[12:18] (Maniac>
[12:18] (GT^Commish> They're sitting in TLH with only a few garrison units.
[12:19] (Maniac>
[12:19] (GT^Commish> If we can dispose of the probe team there and then the Aerospace Complex, it will
be a cakewalk.
[12:19] (GT^Commish> And the odds of our beating their probe team are 2 to 1.
[12:20] (GT^Commish> So, shall we go ahead with it?
[12:20] (Maniac> 2
[12:20] (Method> 1?
[12:20] (Method> 1
[12:20] (Maniac> Do you want to sabotage the aerospace comlplex?
[12:20] (GT^Commish> Yes.
[12:20] (Method> we have to kill their probe first.
[12:20] (GT^Commish> Precisely.
[12:21] (Maniac> Oh ok. I guess our probe teams don't have anything better to do anyway.
[12:21] (Maniac> We do have a aerocomplex in UNAXB no?
[12:21] (GT^Commish> Ok, their probe is dead (just).
[12:21] (GT^Commish> And we don't acutally have one in UNAXB.
[12:22] (GT^Commish> But we do in UNSG.
[12:22] (Maniac> Ok, confused them.
[12:22] (GT^Commish> Ok, going ahead with sabotage.
[12:22] (GT^Commish>
[12:22] (GT^Commish> We succeeded, but the team was lot
[12:22] (GT^Commish> * lost.
[12:23] (Method> i'm running out of colours for boreholes on this map...
[12:23] (Method> i mean
[12:23] (Method>
[12:23] (GT^Commish> Ah well, we will avenge them
[12:23] (Method> i'll have to use squares now instead of circlues
[12:23] (Method> *cicles
[12:23] (Maniac> Just number them.
[12:23] (Maniac> A number in the square.
[12:23] (Method> quite a bit too late for that....
[12:23] (Maniac> Then i'll poll with numbers
[12:24] (GT^Commish> Ok, the two garrison regiments in TLH are dead.
[12:24] (Maniac> Aren't the squares big enouh to write numbers in it?
[12:24] (GT^Commish> Along with one of the jets :Evil:
[12:24] (Method> i'll see what i can do
[12:24] (GT^Commish> Make that 2.
[12:24] (GT^Commish> 3
[12:24] (GT^Commish> 4
[12:24] (GT^Commish> 5
[12:25] (GT^Commish> 6
[12:25] (GT^Commish> 7
[12:25] (GT^Commish> 8
[12:25] (GT^Commish> 9
[12:25] (GT^Commish> 10
[12:25] (Method> wow
[12:25] (GT^Commish> 11
[12:26] (GT^Commish> 12
[12:26] (GT^Commish> And that's the lot.
[12:26] (GT^Commish> It was a turkey shoot.
[12:26] (Method> white the airforce yang has
[12:26] (Method> had
[12:26] (GT^Commish> The only units left in the base are a pair of formers.
[12:26] (Evangelion-Freak> Whoa... a massacre...
[12:26] (Method> can we land there?
[12:26] (GT^Commish> No.
[12:26] (GT^Commish> No ladn troops.
[12:26] (GT^Commish> * land
[12:26] (GT^Commish> Or marines.
[12:27] (GT^Commish> Anyway, the formers are dead now, too.
[12:27] (Method> what are the commanders in Egregion thinking? we need infantry there
[12:28] (Method> wow 24 boreholes i can fit in there....
[12:29] (GT^Commish> Now killed an artillery regiment that was on it's way to TLH.
[12:29] (GT^Commish> And I'm preparing to shoot down a jet that's flying past.
[12:29] (Maniac> How much turns does it cost to build a borehole with super ability and the weather
paradigm? Eight right?
[12:29] (Method> 8 yes.
[12:29] (Maniac> 8x24=192
[12:29] (GT^Commish> *BOOM*
[12:29] (GT^Commish> Another Hive ejt gone.
[12:29] (Maniac> Two turns with all formers should be sufficient.
[12:29] (GT^Commish> * jet
[12:30] (GT^Commish> Yang just lost two thirds of his air force in a single turn.
[12:32] (GT^Commish> And annihilated the garrison of Paradise Swarming with a single chopper
[12:32] (GT^Commish> I did, that is.
[12:33] (Method> #24 is very sneaky
[12:34] (Maniac>
[12:34] (Maniac> Does it fall off the picture, so people can't see what they are voting for?
[12:34] (GT^Commish> Yang is no doubt regretting the day he ever met us...
[12:34] (Method> not *that* sneaky
[12:34] (Maniac> Is it on Morgan's territory, anticipating the day we conquer him?
[12:35] (Method> sneakier.
[12:35] (GT^Commish>
[12:35] (GT^Commish> We jsut got another AA out of a pod up north.
[12:35] (Method> i fully expect it to be voted down, but whatever...
[12:35] (GT^Commish> * just
[12:35] (Method> ooh, :dancey:
[12:35] (Method> :superdance:
[12:35] (Maniac> Errm, it's on the sea, anticipating another future poll on land raising?
[12:35] (Evangelion-Freak> :superdance:
[12:35] (Maniac> Aha, it's in Akirian borders, of course!
[12:36] (Method> you'll see
[12:36] (Maniac>
[12:36] (Method> http://www3.sympatico.ca/peter_green/2Cboreholes.gif
[12:36] (Maniac> Btw, TKG, do you still have those pictures with the regional borders?
[12:36] (Method> not since january.
[12:37] (Method> or whenever we made solaris.
[12:37] (GT^Commish> You will be pleased to know that the two westernmost rows of the nergy park are
now done.
[12:37] (Maniac> Yes I expect it to be voted down as well.
[12:38] (Method> it *technically* is in heaven's gate radius
[12:38] (Method> maybe it'll get votes from people who blindly vote for all of them
[12:38] (Maniac> But not in the regional borders AFAIK.
[12:38] (Method> yeah, i know
[12:38] (Method> :sulk:
[12:39] (Method> most of these will never need to be done
[12:39] (Method> namely UNRC's
[12:39] (Maniac> Even now a Heaven's Fate worker is working an Akirian square.
[12:39] (Method> shh!
[12:39] (Maniac> Why not?
[12:39] (Maniac> UNRC
[12:39] (Method> too small
[12:39] (GT^Commish> Are you two actually paying any attention to my reports?
[12:39] (Method> yes
[12:39] (GT^Commish> God.
[12:39] (Maniac> Yes With hybrid forests it could grow fast.
[12:39] (GT^Commish> * Good
[12:39] (Method> you're talking about killing the hive and energy parks
[12:40] (Method> er, not *killing* the energy parks
[12:40] (Method> i hope so.
[12:42] (Maniac> Method: i'll send a PM to Voltaire asking if he will still do the orders for next
week, or whether I should do it. I'll also show him your borehole plan.
[12:42] (Method>
[12:43] (Method> meanwhile, 3 more boreholes for Aurillion.
[12:43] (Method> ...to be polled.
[12:43] (Method> people will be so overcome by borehole polls they'll just have to submit to them!
bwhahahahahah!
[12:43] (Maniac> Archaic is on-line right now did you know?
[12:44] (Maniac> I see him as one of my "buddies".
[12:44] (Method> hmph
[12:44] (Maniac> Bah! Bad governor. :q
[12:44] (Maniac>
[12:44] (Method> hmm, people who have me on their buddy list grew to 4, it would seem. :superdance:
[12:45] (Maniac> I have only three, of which one didn't post in months.
[12:45] (Evangelion-Freak> I'm on the buddy list of 15 people the last time I checked
[12:45] (Maniac>
[12:46] (Evangelion-Freak>
[12:46] (Method> on a totally unrelated matter, is D starting the PBEM today?
[12:46] (Maniac> I think so.
[12:46] (Method> i have 5 people, yet only 4 people have me. i feel so rejected
[12:46] (Maniac> I have 55.
[12:47] (Maniac> All smacdg members.
[12:47] (Method>
[12:47] (Maniac>
[12:47] (Evangelion-Freak> The following people have you on their buddy list (24 in total)
[12:47] (Method> no wonder you were able to do those mass PMs
[12:47] (Evangelion-Freak> O_o
[12:47] (Evangelion-Freak> Twenty-four?!
[12:47] (Method> i have regular-four
[12:48] (Method> i still have skanky's avatar-changing hack-ish thing on my notepad from when you
couldn't change avatars on MSIE
[12:48] (Method> so it was skanky's fault all along. no wonder he knew how to fix it!
[12:49] (GT^Commish> Okay, finalyl got aorund to flaming the worms near DEM, and as it turned out
there were some empath rovers in NT, so it posed no problem.
[12:49] (GT^Commish> * finally
[12:51] (Method> http://www3.sympatico.ca/peter_green/skankyavatar.gif look at that. neat-o (don't
tell markos)
[12:53] (GT^Commish> TKG: Stage two fo your evil land-raising plan is now in progress.
[12:53] (GT^Commish> * of
[12:53] (Method> and the forests?
[12:53] (GT^Commish> All done for stage I.
[12:53] (Method> the land is actually counter-productive without the forests
[12:53] (Method> ah, good work
[12:53] (GT^Commish> I know.
[12:54] (GT^Commish> Amazing what you can do with a magtube network and a bunch of super formers
[12:54] (Method> make sure to leave those 3 tiles empty so you don't waste former time
[12:54] (Method> actually....
[12:54] (Method> build roads in the 3 tiles i mentioned, just not forests.
[12:54] (GT^Commish> huh?
[12:54] (Method> i have 3 tiles set aside for boreholes on the new land
[12:54] (GT^Commish> Ah.
[12:55] (Method> 1 for each base
[12:55] (GT^Commish> None of it's been touched yet.
[12:55] (Method> ok.
[12:55] (Maniac> PM sent.
[12:56] (GT^Commish> And btw, has there always been a trawler on 15,95?
[12:56] (GT^Commish> I get the feeling we may have beached one of our trawlers.
[12:56] (Method> i didn't order one to go there
[12:56] (Maniac> near what base is that?
[12:56] (Method> i thought i reminded you to move it
[12:56] (Method>
[12:57] (Method> " move any trawlers herc/maniac/whoever may have around..*hem* operation "Mount
Pizza""
[12:58] (Evangelion-Freak> Added TKG and Maniac to my buddy list
[12:58] (Maniac> Thanks.
[12:58] (Method> bringing your total to...?
[12:58] (Maniac> 4
[12:59] (Evangelion-Freak> I don't know how many I have on it... 24 people have me on theirs
[12:59] (Evangelion-Freak> oh, you asked Maniac
[12:59] (Method> i just use it for quick PMs and to see who's online. though i havn't PMed DBTS since
the days of P4...
[12:59] (Method> no, well..whatever.
[13:01] (GT^Commish> 2279 complete.
[13:02] (GT^Commish> Oh f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck,
[13:02] (GT^Commish> f*ck.
[13:02] (Method> oh f*ck?
[13:02] (Evangelion-Freak>
[13:02] (Method> + several f*ck's?
[13:02] (Method> :scaredance:
[13:02] (GT^Commish> A Hive misisle skimship just attacked UNAXB, and killed the garrison.
[13:02] (GT^Commish> And also killed one of the choppers nearby.
[13:02] (Evangelion-Freak> Uhhhh oh
[13:02] (Method> i have a solution.
[13:03] (GT^Commish> Yes.
[13:03] (Evangelion-Freak> UH OH
[13:03] (GT^Commish> Blow them both to atoms.
[13:03] (Method> sink the damn thing
[13:03] (GT^Commish> Yup.
[13:03] (Method> ....that and capture their port bases
[13:03] (Method> and rush another garrison
[13:03] (GT^Commish> That's a bit more long-term.
[13:03] (GT^Commish> Anyway, on to the next thing...
[13:03] (GT^Commish> We now have Industrial Nanorobotics

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[13:03] (Method> how did it do that? with our naval yard an everything?
[13:03] * GT^Commish has no idea.
[13:04] (Method> BTW: how many crawlers do i have stockiled now?
[13:04] (Method> *stockpiled
[13:04] (GT^Commish> Enough, I'd say.
[13:04] (Method> so....5?
[13:04] (Method> of those 0-2-3*2 trance's?
[13:04] (GT^Commish> At least.
[13:04] (Method> that was fast.
[13:05] (Maniac> Why did you give them a fusion reactor btw?
[13:05] (GT^Commish> Cedayon had them rushed.
[13:05] (GT^Commish> Huh?
[13:05] (Method> oh, uhm
[13:05] (Method> dunno. wanted to make them a round figure
[13:05] (Method> they're 100 mins i think
[13:05] (Maniac> ah ok
[13:05] (Maniac>
[13:05] (GT^Commish>
[13:05] (GT^Commish> You're talking about Aurillino, aren't you?
[13:05] (Method> uh oh.
[13:06] (GT^Commish> Jedinica has more than enough.
[13:06] (GT^Commish> And that's what I was talking about.
[13:06] (Maniac> More than enough what?
[13:06] (GT^Commish> I'll check Aurillion.
[13:06] (Method> oh.
[13:06] (GT^Commish> Crawlers.
[13:06] (Maniac> Ah ok
[13:06] (Maniac> Why did Jedinica need those crawlers again??
[13:06] (Method> projects i guess
[13:06] (GT^Commish> ToE.
[13:07] (Maniac> Ah yes. True too.
[13:07] (Method> old cedayon wants to help out his Centralian Aurillian and Twin Sian friends
[13:07] (Method> for the cloning vats living refinery and nano factory
[13:07] (GT^Commish> btw, our income just skyrocketed now that we have some energy sats.
[13:07] (Method> how much now?
[13:07] (GT^Commish> It's at 994.
[13:07] (Method> how mnay sats?
[13:07] (GT^Commish> 3.
[13:07] (GT^Commish> With mroe to come
[13:08] (GT^Commish> * more
[13:08] (GT^Commish> Anyway, TKG, building projects in DEM hasn't been approved yet, has it?
[13:08] (Method> not yet
[13:08] (Method> we just *assume* that
[13:08] (GT^Commish> And would you like a Robotic Assmebly Plant there?
[13:08] (Method> yes, very much so
[13:09] (Method> in fact...
[13:09] (Method> let me see
[13:09] (GT^Commish> In queue.
[13:09] (GT^Commish> To built next.
[13:09] (Method> what's the Q now?
[13:09] (Method> how many turns on current project?
[13:09] (GT^Commish> 1.
[13:09] (Method> so nothing else in the Q?
[13:09] (GT^Commish> Hovertank crawler (current), RAP, HTC, HTC.
[13:09] (GT^Commish> I can remove the last two if you like.
[13:10] (Method> leave them for now
[13:10] (Method> how are Xan and ZG doing?
[13:10] (Method> and UNPD i guess.
[13:11] (GT^Commish> *BOOM*
[13:11] (GT^Commish> The two Hive ships attacking UNAXB are no more.
[13:13] (GT^Commish> *BOOM*
[13:13] (GT^Commish> Just eliminate a probe team that was the sole garrison of TLH.
[13:13] (GT^Commish> * eliminated
[13:14] (GT^Commish> And also destroyed the garrison of Paradise Swarming for a second time.
[13:14] (GT^Commish> Getting an elite chopper in the process.
[13:14] (GT^Commish> And it would seem that Uang is having a lot of problems with Drone Riots, too.
[13:15] (GT^Commish> * Yang
[13:15] (Method> good for him
[13:15] (Method> probably all the rec commonses and holo theatres he has to scrap due to energy
shortage
[13:16] (GT^Commish> Anyway, TKG: the bases oyu asked about are doing nicely, and I've inserted RAPs
into their ques to be built next.
[13:16] (GT^Commish> * you
[13:16] (Method> hm.
[13:16] (Method> that's fine, as long as we have enough crawlers in JedVri
[13:17] (GT^Commish> We're going to shatter the 1000 mark for income next turn.
[13:21] (GT^Commish> TKG: Stage II or your evil land-raising plan is almost complete.
[13:21] (GT^Commish> * of
[13:21] (Method> splendid
[13:22] (GT^Commish> Just finished a third row of the energy park, btw.
[13:22] (GT^Commish> I can ahrdly imagine the amount of energy that thing's going to produce.
[13:23] (GT^Commish> * hardly
[13:23] (Maniac>
[13:23] (Method> should be 11 on each solar collector and 5 on each mirror IIRC
[13:23] (GT^Commish> Now preparing to cash in that AA we found
[13:24] (Maniac> 8 on 0-1000 level
[13:24] (Maniac> 9 on river
[13:24] (Method> didn't raise it yet?
[13:24] (Method> digital sentience?
[13:24] (Maniac> That would cost too much right now as there isn't a base nearby.
[13:24] (GT^Commish> Photon/Wave Mechanics.
[13:24] (Method>
[13:24] (Method> oh well
[13:25] (GT^Commish> You know, we're only a few techs off from Quantum Mechanics.
[13:25] (GT^Commish>
[13:26] (Method> digital sentience
[13:27] (GT^Commish> f*ck.
[13:27] (Method> *sigh*
[13:28] (GT^Commish> Just tried to use an empath rover against a mindworm boil that was threatening
the enrgy park, and it got killed.
[13:28] (GT^Commish> Luckily, we have another one nearby.
[13:28] (GT^Commish> Goodbye, worm.
[13:30] * Method sets mode: +n
[13:34] -> [GT^Commish] PING
[13:35] (Maniac> Guys, I'm leaving you.
[13:35] (Maniac> See ya.
[13:35] * Maniac has left #smacdg
[13:35] (GT^Commish> cya
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[13:37] * The-Gingerbread-Man has left #smacdg
[13:38] (GT^Commish> 2280 complete.
[13:39] (GT^Commish> Energy market crash reduces our energy reserves to 1343.
[13:39] (GT^Commish>
[13:39] (Method> should've spent more
[13:39] (GT^Commish> Another Hive impact ship appeared and destroyed one of our interceptors in UNAXB.
[13:39] (Method> how? still no garrison?
[13:40] (GT^Commish> I rushed it, but ti hadn't appeared yet.
[13:40] (GT^Commish> * it
[13:40] (GT^Commish> Anyway, we now have the ToE.
[13:40] (Method> oh, good.
[13:40] (Method> i thought we did that last time
[13:40] (Method> how much on the tech/turn?
[13:40] (Method> still 2?
[13:41] (GT^Commish> 3.
[13:41] (GT^Commish> We're short by about 300 lab points.
[13:41] (Method>
[13:41] (GT^Commish> btw, NA has temporarily become the highest-producing base we have
[13:42] (GT^Commish> It just got a RAP.
[13:42] (Method> stealing boreholes?
[13:42] (Method> oh.
[13:42] (Method> :P
[13:42] (GT^Commish> Nor rushing DEM's.
[13:42] (GT^Commish> * now
[13:42] (GT^Commish> And our income has now passed 1000.
[13:43] (Method> ok
[13:43] (Method> dance
[13:43] (Method>
[13:44] (GT^Commish> Yang is now only three turns away from being bankrupt again
[13:45] (Method> yay
[13:45] (Method>
[13:45] (GT^Commish> Unfortunately we can't pull off another turkey shoot on him, because his troops
are wisely staying out of range
[13:50] (GT^Commish> TKG: Your evil land-raising plan is now complete.
[13:50] (Method> splendid.
[13:50] (Method> may the evil of industry haunt drogue's dreams
[13:51] (Method> Akiria: so evil, it's almost finnish
[13:51] (GT^Commish> Now, how exactly did you intend to turn the Gulf of Tacticus into TKG Mountain?
[13:51] (Method> lots of formers?
[13:52] (GT^Commish> You'll have to submit some actual orders.
[13:52] (GT^Commish> So it'll wait until next chat
[13:52] (Method> fine
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[13:54] * Method slaps NuclearisWinterius around a bit with a large trout
[13:54] * NuclearisWinterius was kicked by Method (Method)
[13:55] (GT^Commish>
[13:55] (GT^Commish> The energy park is almost finished.
[13:55] (Method> goody.
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[14:07] * Method pokes Tacticus
[14:07] (Method> update?
[14:07] (GT^Commish> 2281 complete.
[14:07] (GT^Commish>
[14:07] (GT^Commish> A hive Impact Rover appeared out of the fungus up north and destroyed one of our
former teams.
[14:08] (GT^Commish> And it seems we also have a pop near DEM.
[14:08] (Method> i suggest you kill it
[14:08] (Method> no surprises. how much ED?
[14:08] (GT^Commish> And it's unleashed all hell.
[14:08] (GT^Commish> I don't know, I can't see.
[14:08] (GT^Commish> We have Biomachinery, btw.
[14:08] (Method> ok
[14:08] (GT^Commish> Homo Superior was next, wasn't it?
[14:08] (Method> i think
[14:09] (Method> Science poll indicates clear preference for Biomachinery/Homo Superior route. Next
favorite Industrial Nano, then 3rd place for Centaur Psi, unless anyone has any objections.
[14:09] (Method> -Jam
[14:09] (GT^Commish> Yep.
[14:09] (GT^Commish> Well, this should help pay for that Enrgy Market Crash
[14:09] (GT^Commish> * energy
[14:10] (Method> now we have to empath-unit the hell out of the worms
[14:10] (GT^Commish> That shouldn't be hard.
[14:10] (GT^Commish> Success!
[14:10] (GT^Commish> (with the land ones, anyway).
[14:10] (GT^Commish> 440 ECs recovered.
[14:10] (GT^Commish>
[14:11] (GT^Commish> I tried to attack a Locust that was flying offshore with an empath chopper, and
it kicked our @$$!
[14:11] (Method> sure it did. 1:1
[14:11] (GT^Commish> When it comes onto land, we can attack with ground units, can't we?
[14:12] (GT^Commish> btw, DEM BADLY needs to curb it's ED.
[14:12] (GT^Commish> It's at 100.
[14:12] (Method> i guess so
[14:12] (Method> take a worker off a borehole and work an ocean tile
[14:12] (Method> or make an engineer
[14:12] (Method> or something
[14:13] (GT^Commish> I've pulled workers off two boreholes, and that took care of matters
[14:13] (Method> ok
[14:13] (Method> what are they working now?
[14:13] (GT^Commish> They're engineers.
[14:14] (Method> ok
[14:16] (GT^Commish> Okay, the energy park is basically complete.
[14:16] (GT^Commish> Time to start sending up the crawlers.
[14:16] (Method> ok
[14:17] (GT^Commish> Our income just passed 1100, btw.
[14:21] (GT^Commish>
[14:21] (Method> cool. i just found out that DanQ lives not more than 20 mintues away from me
[14:21] (GT^Commish> Yang has now moved another squadron of jets into TLH.
[14:21] (Method> ?
[14:21] (Method> splendid
[14:21] (GT^Commish> Time for another turkey shoot.
[14:22] (GT^Commish>
[14:22] (GT^Commish> He's got AAA tracking units.
[14:22] (Method> i wish we were playing SMAX
[14:22] (GT^Commish> Fortunately, we still killed his garrison.
[14:22] (Method> we could use WAVE on him
[14:22] (GT^Commish> Unfortunately, we wouldn't have that now anyway.
[14:23] (GT^Commish> Anyway, I just destroyed his jet.
[14:23] (GT^Commish> Time for the other units.
[14:23] (GT^Commish> *BOMM*
[14:23] (GT^Commish> *BOOM*
[14:24] (GT^Commish> Yang is now researching Presentient Algorithms, just so that you know.
[14:24] (Method> poor him
[14:24] (GT^Commish> And he's heading for bankruptcy even faster than before.
[14:26] (GT^Commish> And I've no used an interceptor to destroy yet another of his jets on the gorund
at Great Clustering.
[14:26] (Method> cool
[14:27] (GT^Commish> Also used a chopper to kill two mroe Hive formers.
[14:27] (GT^Commish> * more
[14:27] (GT^Commish> This is just sad.
[14:27] (Method> ...for him
[14:27] (Method> bwahahaha
[14:28] (GT^Commish> Also bagged a Hive garrison moving between bases, though he was a bit more
troublesome.
[14:28] (GT^Commish> His military is shrinking *VERY* fast.
[14:29] (Method> excellent
[14:31] (GT^Commish> I think we will have pretty much fulfilled Cedayon's plans for energy sats next
turn.
[14:31] (GT^Commish> We'll have 17.
[14:31] (Method> good
[14:31] (Method> nothing but good news i'm hearing
[14:32] * Method plots to overthrow DanQ's...house
[14:36] (GT^Commish> OH crap.
[14:36] (GT^Commish> There are more Hive troops threatening the energy park.
[14:36] (Method> so much for [22:17:51] (Method> nothing but good news i'm hearing
[14:36] (GT^Commish> IT's basically impossible to prevent them from getting at least one former.
[14:37] (GT^Commish> But let's look on the bright side.
[14:37] (Method> build more sensors
[14:37] (GT^Commish> Three more of Yang's valuable units to kill.
[14:37] (GT^Commish> And I would build mroe sensors, if there was room in our territory.
[14:38] (GT^Commish> They won't work toehrwise.
[14:38] (GT^Commish> * otherwise
[14:38] (Method> true
[14:42] (Method> i'm done. gotta get up relatively early tomorrow.
[14:43] (Method> later
[14:43] * Method has left #smacdg
[14:43] (GT^Commish> 2282 complete (for anyone who's listening)
[14:45] (GT^Commish> Crap.
[14:45] * GT^Commish slaps Evangelion-Freak around a bit with a large trout
[14:45] (GT^Commish> A Believer Misisle Cruiser just attacked Circular Quay and sank the ship that was
guarding it.
[14:51] (GT^Commish> Okay, I think this is about enough.
[14:51] (GT^Commish> -END CHAT-

[Cedayon]

A major event you forgot to mention (but is in the log): we had *another* energy crash ... we've got reserves in the 1700s still, though, and with our 1250+ income (up 50%+ from pre-turnchat levels, I'd say that's pretty awesome)... we'll do fine, just won't be able to go quite as rush-wild as I was anticipating (ie being able to simply rush everything over 10 mins every single turn, relegating industry to the task of reducing the cost).

Great work overall, though that nut bonus square next to Terminal Dogma *STILL* hasn't been condensor farmed... do you not understand it would produce *10* nuts that way?

Oh, and I wanted to extend special thanks for so effectively implementing my energy satt and energy park orders... we're already reaping the rewards of the former, and the latter will (hopefully) shine in the next chat. The extensive use of our airforce was also brilliant: turkey shoot or no, Yang has been massively crippled in his ability to hurt us... if we maintain this level of operational success it won't be long before he drops right off the threat radar.

Anyway,

[GeneralTacticus]

A major event you forgot to mention (but is in the log): we had *another* energy crash

I've added it to the first post now.

Great work overall, though that nut bonus square next to Terminal Dogma *STILL* hasn't been condensor farmed... do you not understand it would produce *10* nuts that way?

Sorry I was a bit preoccupied with building the energy park.

[Cedayon]

Yea, I guess that sorta did overshadow the rest of our former ops

And thanks for getting all the JV-built choppers properly rehomed, I don't see any more of those drones around, though I think NA is suffering from one due to a noodle.

[GeneralTacticus]

I had a bit of trouble with that; I had to move a lot of choppers back to Egregion to be rehomed, as I kept on accidentally clicking 'go to nearest airbase', which for some reason rehomes them to the base in question as well.

[MrWhereItsAt]

ARGH. Sorry for not being in the chat or able to post updated orders beforehand. My Internet had some issue, that couldn't get fixed until Monday (it was Sunday my time). After retrying, it finally came up again sometime late today.



I have to read the log sometime (not now, need to do some rapid posting to catch up on ALL my repsonsiblities), then figure out just how bad/good some of those major events were. Thanks for starting the assault before waiting for my prompt, I am all caught up in overpreparing, much as we needed to do for the Civ3 game. We should have attacked as soon as the Hive airforce was vulnerable, and I am glad that was done.

[GeneralTacticus]

Don't worry - I had similar problems with my iunternet, and it's sitll much slower than usual. I wonder if the war had anythign to do with this - given that a lot more people are probably using the internet, this wouldn't surprise me...

[lucky22]

[11:09] (GT^Commish> Lucky gave orders to raise land near Capricorn, and I did so, but this left a sea
former stranded in Metropolis.
[11:09] (Method>
[11:09] (Evangelion-Freak> :\
[11:09] (Method>
[11:09] (Maniac> sea former?
[11:09] (GT^Commish> So, now what?
[11:09] (GT^Commish> Yes.
[11:09] (Method> disband it for its mins, i guess
[11:09] (Evangelion-Freak> oh fark
[11:10] (Method> it can't move at all?
[11:10] (GT^Commish> Have to do that next turn.
[11:10] (GT^Commish> No, it can't.
[11:10] (Maniac> He made a sea base land?
[11:10] (GT^Commish> No, he took away a port.
[11:10] (Evangelion-Freak> Is that even possible?
[11:10] (Evangelion-Freak> (@ Maniac)
[11:10] (GT^Commish> Yes, it is.
[11:10] (Maniac> Err, yes that's what I meant.
[11:10] (Maniac> Of course.
[11:10] (Evangelion-Freak> I see
[11:11] (Maniac> I had it once the AI raised land near my Pirate HQ, making it a land base.
[11:11] (Method> i've had an earthquake strand a boat before. you can at least use it for artillery

[11:11] (Method> but with a former....
[11:11] (GT^Commish>
[11:11] (Evangelion-Freak>
[11:11] (GT^Commish> We'll have to disband it next turn.

D'oh!! I'll double check my orders against my copy of the save- this strikes me as a poorly coordinated/mis-played version of my orders!! The land to be raised was supposed to be to the south-east of CAPRICORN!! My orders have a mis-print... that raise was supposed to be from (26,60)!! Did I even have formers at (22,60)? Did you actually move a former to follow out the typo-ed order?? ARRRGGHHH!!! FEEL free to THINK a little!!! Did you just have the former with no orders in a square with coordinates near the non-sensically ordered terraformation sit there and do nothing, moving a terraformer to do the non-sense orders?? ARRGGGH!!

[Maniac]

Best to prevent that is state your former orders differently. How about doing like I did for JV in the past? Make a list of coordinates with written besides those the terraformations you want there. When I was Commissioner, those were easied to follow without making any mistakes (I think).

[lucky22]

In this particular case the typo [ (22.60) ] was there in place of just such a proper indication. I can only think the aquaformer at Metropolis (which had its own clear orders) was used to perform the incorrect operation. I will review your format for the next set of orders, but nothing can save us from unthinking execution of typos. Egregious, and all parties are responsible.

[Cedayon]

Lucky, perhaps you should consider the sheer volume of all the orders the commissioner has to carry out, particularly in former operations (it's so bad that GT wants us to disband some formers). The execution of a typo is regrettable, but it's also somewhat inevitable that mistakes will be made.

[lucky22]

I'm just venting frustration. I appreciate the Commisioner's burden absolutely: I'm a large-scale- builder-type player in single-player mode myself.

[GeneralTacticus]

Did you just have the former with no orders in a square with coordinates near the non-sensically ordered terraformation sit there and do nothing, moving a terraformer to do the non-sense orders?? ARRGGGH!!

No, I sent the formers to carry out your orders without much regard for where the formers actually came from. IT amkes everything so much easier.

[Cedayon]

Yea, it's helpful if you can just order what you want done, rather than which formers you want doing it... I've noticed that it's somewhat difficult to predict which of my former orders will actually get done, but I could put priorities if I really needed to.