Nero

Did you see Russia?

Just timed it, going from Mac os x, to windows, to playing oblivion took 1:42 minutes. See? By that time I would've already been distracted by some other shiny object.

The drug induces a reaction in the body that produces chemicals similar to the ones that arctic fishes produce (a natural anti-freeze) that allows the body to withstand the extreme cold without triggering hypothermia or frostbite. It was developed on Haven, so you have access to the drug as well. It also would mean that planets with extremely cold environments that would have made them previously uninhabitable can now support human life.

Yeah I did, why shouldn't it be included? It's habitable land now.

This is the planet you found, right? The one my colonists are heading towards isn't going to be called New Russia hehe. Thanks :) I'm building my own though, since a lot of its early ships being built are going to center around FTL research, which could have unexpected (disastrous) results that could damage a space station. Germanian news: The 20 1-man ships have been completed, and 3 have been sent to test slingshoting around the sun to possibly reach hyperspace/speed. Latino's ship is coming along nicely, and should be ready in a year. Project Groundwork is complete, and has raised the GDP per capita of Germania's African territories by around $2000. The shipyard in Tunisia has also been completed, and is producing a steady stream of naval vessels, at around 4 per year. The new tanks (aka mobile heavy artillery) is also coming along nicely, and the first prototype has been tested. However, initial tests put the tanks max speed at around 6 mph, which is wholly unacceptable, so the design is being completely reworked. 25 more MAASs have been produced, and are stationed within Inner Germania. 10,000 troops have been sent to Iceland to reinforce the garrison there, and 25,000 more have been sent to Greenland, where they will under-go their extreme weather guerilla warfare training. 300,000 recruits have joined from accross Germania, bringing Germania's military strength to around 25,000,000. 3 million more troops have been moved to Africa-Germania to help stabilize the area and provide security from the lingering militant groups. A dedicated effort is being made to eradicate these groups, as they have proven themselves to be little more then petty thugs with only money and power in mind. All those in these groups will be publicly hanged, and their properties seized and sold. Around 200,000 Germania troops have been loaded onto assault ships, and are heading for a presently undisclosed location. DUN DUN DUNNN I'd like to remind everyone that the drug that changes human physiology to allow for colonization/survival in extremely cold environments has been completed, and is available to everyone to use. Antarctica could be colonized now, though it would have to be supplied from somewhere else for the time being. Germania has started a project on Haven to engineer a spray that when sprayed across farmland/arable land, would increase crop yield by almost 300%. This, combined with the tech that turns once arable land back into arable land, could solve world hunger and aid colonization efforts tremendously. Germania Total Land Size: 28,040, 390 (roughly) - 4th largest empire in human history GDP per Capita: $24,061 GDP Annually: $13.6 trillion Total Population: 762,005,491 [hide=updated map][/hide] Changes: Extended Germania's land claim in Antarctica, and moved the Germanian flag down there. Added the Philipines to Japan's territory (didn't feel like updating the map again to show this tommorow) Added a Germanian flag above the Canadian Arctic, to signify ownership of the isles.

The colonization of Alpha Centauri was a joint Brazil/Norway project, we each sent 500 people (and Japan sent 50 along as well). There has only been one trip made there so far, the rest of the population growth has been from birth. 400 of the Norwegians were female and the other 100 were male to best stimulate growth. The colonization of Mars also started with a joint colony, but there are autonomous regions now. Eh, Brazil/Norway then. You're practically one country though, since you guys do everything together (hehe) More news: Germania has started building its own space-shipyard, so that it doesn't have to rely on Russia's facilities. While Russia's is large enough to accomodate both nations, we don't want to encroach too far on their generosity :) Germania has also started Project Cleanup, with aims to clear the Earth's inner and outer atmosphere of as much derelict space junk possible. It has begun consrtuction on 3 ships specifically designed for this purpose. The ships will be crewed by a 3-man team. 1 pilot, 1 engineer, and 1 person who will go out to the space-junk and attach mini-plasma rockets to them, so that they can be set on a trajectory towards the sun. Any other nation that wants to help out is welcome to as well. Germania will start with cleaning up the objects in geo-sync orbit over Germanian lands, then move to international land. Don't shoot my planes down though. They don't have any actual weapons on them. The former Libyan armed forces have also been integrated into Germania's army, to the tune of around 100,000 new recruits. 500,000 recruits have also joined up from across Germanian lands, and are going through training now. Half of Germania's army now has the integrated brain chips, around 1,000,000 have Russian exosuits, and roughly 3,000,000 have had the biological agent applied that enhances human strength and bone durability.

If you're just idling in the parking lot, yes.

Duke Nukem vs Kratos

Russia is the only one that has plasma bombs. Though Brazil is researching them right now I think. Oh, and I forgot if I mentioned this before, but the extreme-weather colonization drug is finished, and has been shared with all countries that have research teams on Haven (sorry Burma :P). The directions on how to make the drug have been relayed to the ship I sent out to colonize the other planet, and some of their medical personnel have been woken from cryogenic sleep to manufacture enough of the drug to give to everyone on the ship (roughly 50,000 people I think it was). The ship has a built-in tech base and full medical lab, as well as all the necessary tools and supplies to get a colony started on another planet. Should reach the planet in 19 years now.

Hm. I'm going to amend my answer then. End of the world sex + blasting The Final Countdown.

in short: yes. Your drug already alters human life, making it much easier to alter yours than it would be to invent my own. Yours extends human life. Mine makes human life have quality simmiliar to a lightbulb, their life is shorter - but more flashy and youthful. They'll die at 65 yes, but their exterior will reach age 25 by the time their 13, and stay that way until they die. Interesting :-k Other news: Germania has begun retrofitting several of its fighter-interceptors to allow them to operate in space, albeit over much shorter distances. They'll be sealed completely airtight, with the ammunition supply being separate from the plane. AKA vipers from BSG... :D Germania has also decided that making 3 ships solely for transport of people would not guarantee the safety of our colonization effort, and so 1 of them has had its design slightly altered so that it can serve as an escort ship. This drops the carrying capacity from 75,000 to 40,000, but it guarantees that when the ships arrive at the new planet, they will be safe from any external threat. These new ships will also carry around a dozen of the retrofitted fighter-interceptors.

Hehe Not sure I understand that. Are you saying you're going to alter the drug to decrease human lifespan?

Sounds disturbingly similar to Equilibrium (minus the clone bit).

The basic run down? Okay, we're seeing the emergence of 3 (or 4) super-powers right now, sort of 1984-esque. Any war between them would inevitably end up in a stale-mate, due to the huge amounts of land they all possess. There's a big space-race also going on right now, with most smaller countries gobbling up plots of land on Mars for colonies, and Brazil having a planet all to themselves in Alpha Centauri, and Germania soon to have one all to themselves in a presently undisclosed part of the galaxy. Then we're seeing the rapid emergence of new tech - life expanding drugs, extreme weather colonization, artificial intelligence, plasma weaponry, laser weaponry, exosuits, walkers, etc etc. You can't just insta-conquer nations, especially if you've just joined the game; since you have next to no military and are spending most of your money getting up to present game-year tech (I think we're at 2041 or something). Just wait a few years, built up your military, and then try taking it.

Man wtf. Latino just gets everything given to him. [bleep] it, I'm taking part of Egypt. He begged for it lol. You can split it. What? Latino you're such a mooch hahaha I shall update the map. [hide=updated map][/hide] There. Latino gets Egypt. But mesa gets Libya.

I generally boot up a game on a spur of the moment decision. By the time I go and do all that I don't feel like playing the game anymore. Damnit, I want my youthful days when I could spend hours upon hours on a game back :(

Man wtf. Latino just gets everything given to him. [bleep] it, I'm taking part of Egypt.

I had one extremely weird one that I wrote down somewhere, but can't seem to find. It had something to do with a big tree, tall grass, snakes, a lion, and an old WW2 jeep.

Your map is at 1599 x 802 The one everyone else is using is at 2408 x 1208 I blame tinypic I guess. I am uploading them up at 2408 x 1208. :? Thanks for updating it. Yea np. Try imgur, since tinypic sucks. http://www.imgur.com No ads either, weee.

[hide=updated map][/hide] Changes: Moved Germania's flag in Africa to align with the other one (aesthetic) Added Burma and Cambodia to the map (did both so that it won't have to be updated again tommorow) Added New Guinea to Japan's territory Added Indonesia to Malaysia's territory Changed Japan's flag since the old one looked really blocky and bad. If there are border disputes over New Guinea, Japan and Malaysia have to resolve it between themselves. Let me know if there's anything I missed. Your map is at 1599 x 802 The one everyone else is using is at 2408 x 1208

Join me luke :mrgreen: (or iran i suggest iran ) Oi! I'm the evil empire here.

There's a big alliance floating around somewhere, Iran, Japan, Jerusalem and some others. You should PM one of them.

Err i dont know how to put this but a little while back i conquered indonesia #-o The map said it was free land. Tell you what... Give me indonesia and 20% of raw goods gathered are yours for 1 year. Or if not, I'll occupy another country. How bout this I conquer cambodia and burma for you?(free of charge i just want indonesia) WAIT A MINUTE. I remember what happened. You said you conquered Indonesia, then everyone was all like "Indonesia is like 17,000 islands, there's no way you could conquer that! And then you said fine. Sooo Indonesia is free. At least from my recollection of events.

Err i dont know how to put this but a little while back i conquered indonesia Um. Maybe you should have said something once out of the at least 50 times the map has been posted? To be honest, Malaysia is more likely of conquering them. Which is why I guaranteed their independence...