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[Seraphi]

I think I'll do that really late tonight/morning, so that way people don't post before I can, since it takes 45 seconds between posts.

Worst case scenario, you contact a mod and get the posts hidden, really.

Also, has the map already been created?

 

Don't we have like four new players joining in the new thread?

I remember Wongtong was one of them, but I forget the rest.

[Jehosaphat]

Acceleration Engine: 9/18

Electric Shield: 9/20

New Hope Space Station: 9/27

TONSIL: 2/10

 

Next section of New Hope has gone up, containing supplies and the living quarters for the astronauts.

I decide to put $100,000,000 more per year into the shield project, causing it to have a shorter deadline.

 

Other than that, Iceland's been pretty dull.

 

Oh, and relating to this contract for the paradise planet - I have no spaceships (unless there were some in what Dusty left me), so my only piece of space tech right now is the New Hope station. So I don't really see a reason for me to need to sign a colonization treaty.

[Grim_]

i have a question....what country is hex? i wana bomb it. good way to showcase my new weaponry too

 

the military stronghold/base project for the northern newzealand is going along nicely, and we have finished removing all civilians to other russian territory, and we are beginning to make plans for the locations of individual facilities on the island. thise should take another 3-5 years to finalise before we begin construction

I would like to propose a treaty. It would be called the blast hex's planet out of existence pact. In essence we would both send ships in I would send in the praetorian which is 2/3 the size of the pax brittanica and is armed with fusion nukes ( only fission nukes are illegal) and you would send in your ship(s) armed with your new weaponry. We would proceed to scorch the surface of his planet to exterminate all life.

[Jehosaphat]

i have a question....what country is hex? i wana bomb it. good way to showcase my new weaponry too

 

the military stronghold/base project for the northern newzealand is going along nicely, and we have finished removing all civilians to other russian territory, and we are beginning to make plans for the locations of individual facilities on the island. thise should take another 3-5 years to finalise before we begin construction

I would like to propose a treaty. It would be called the blast hex's planet out of existence pact. In essence we would both send ships in I would send in the praetorian which is 2/3 the size of the pax brittanica and is armed with fusion nukes ( only fission nukes are illegal) and you would send in your ship(s) armed with your new weaponry. We would proceed to scorch the surface of his planet to exterminate all life.

Once I manufacture some unique weaponry, I'll sign it. Send in New Hope! (And you better believe that station's gonna be my headquarters in the space thread. Also believe that I'm going to be adding stuff on after it's built....)

[walka92]

Dyson sphere is now complete, and we can start on FTL travel. SInce the whole world is researching it, it would be done by tommorow?

We can assume that research started as soon as the sphere was large enough to power a small warp drive, so that would have been about 10 days ago.

 

Cataclysm II 3/4

Exeos VII and VIII are produced.

Shipyard in Sega-Res 2/4

 

I'm going to go and make that list of systems now.

i havent been researching FTL as such....but how much would it cost me to buy the FTL designs/technology? and how much faster is it?

[The Dark Lord]

and how much faster is it?

 

It's 50 times the speed of light.

[Jehosaphat]

Yes, how much would the FTL tech cost, seeing as how I haven't researched it at all?

[The Dark Lord]

Yes, how much would the FTL tech cost, seeing as how I haven't researched it at all?

 

I think people are just doing it.

[Jehosaphat]

Yes, how much would the FTL tech cost, seeing as how I haven't researched it at all?

 

I think people are just doing it.

So everyone "magically" acquired FTL tech by abducting each others' research notes?

[RpgGamer]

hmmm. YOu seem to have already put a flaw in the treaty. How are we going to handle joint rulerships? Giving you a double plot would be too much, but not doing so would kind of screw Dungeonal up...

 

how bout Dungeonal gets the land plot next to you, but you don't have access to it?

But then, you would have land that you couldn't do anything in...

 

maybe you should just get a double plot, considering you are a joint kingdom. Dungeonal should make more decisions though, he's practically not playing anymore.

 

Sorry that I threw a monkey wrench into your treaty.

 

Maybe we could have plots based on the land area of our empires on Earth.

 

Whatever works though.

 

Giving land rations in proportion to Earthly lands is exactly what I don't want. I'm going for equal distribution. No person should recieve more resource income from this planet than any other person.

 

Trying to give land in ratio to owned land would only lead to conflict over area disputes and the like.

 

Oh, and Hex:

 

I applaud your originality, but for your own benefit I suggest you not have a bacterial race. It just isn't worth fighting for.

 

 

List of signers:

RpgGamer

Serephurus

Grimdeath

Penguin

Mrmegakirby

Hextriplet

Dungeonal

Trol

-

still pending:

Latinoking

Dusty

Doomsavenger

Rocco

Frakir Staer

Walka92

Mather

Mage_Man

Paul

-

Denied:

Ross

PieisEaten

 

*New potential amendment: by not signing this contract you are agreeing that you are not entitled to a land plot on the paradise planet. If you were not listed, PM me ASAP or you may unintentionally be left out of it entirely.

[Grim_]

Yes, how much would the FTL tech cost, seeing as how I haven't researched it at all?

 

I think people are just doing it.

So everyone "magically" acquired FTL tech by abducting each others' research notes?

no you were doing it you just didnt realize it :thumbup:

[Jehosaphat]

Yes, how much would the FTL tech cost, seeing as how I haven't researched it at all?

 

I think people are just doing it.

So everyone "magically" acquired FTL tech by abducting each others' research notes?

no you were doing it you just didnt realize it :thumbup:

So THAT'S where that $15 trillion budget deficit came from... JK, of course.

I say that my ninjas just took your notes, made copies of them, then returned them before your scientists had their morning coffee.

[Grim_]

Yes, how much would the FTL tech cost, seeing as how I haven't researched it at all?

 

I think people are just doing it.

So everyone "magically" acquired FTL tech by abducting each others' research notes?

no you were doing it you just didnt realize it :thumbup:

So THAT'S where that $15 trillion budget deficit came from... JK, of course.

I say that my ninjas just took your notes, made copies of them, then returned them before your scientists had their morning coffee.

Curse my science departments lack of a coffee pot!

[Jehosaphat]

^ This is what happens when we stay up too late.

[ThurinEthir]

So. It's October 10th, at least where I am.

In real life, this is the national holiday of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Woohoo.

In light of this, if you guys don't mind, I'd like to make this year (game time) a bit of a superfluous year. That's probably the wrong word to describe it. But basically, production and stuff like that is increased by a small bit. Not like 500%, just a tad more than normal.

Of course, this also means my space ship is done! Launch was awesome.

I'm sending it towards Omninife (did I get the name right?), though I haven't decided on a planet yet. I believe the system is about 15 LY away, so assuming that my ship goes at 1 LY/Y (is that like...1 Light? :P ), that'll take 15 years (or 15 days, in real life). Or does FTL mean much faster?

However. During the launch, some sort of chemical was released into the air. I've only really launched on space shuttle before, so my astronauts weren't very good at doing this, so I suppose they must have mixed up some strange substances. This hasn't seemed to have any effect on the space ship, but the great mass of people gathered to watch the launch, as well as thousands, if not millions, others, have been "infected" with this chemical, and apparently some of their characteristics have been altered.

(Yes. This is my ridiculously cliched and stupid way of changing my race.)

So how were their characteristics altered? All my people are still retaining a good portion of their human aspects, but some have begun to turn a bit...dwarfish, while others have become a bit...elvish. (OH GOD YES I'M RIPPING OF LOTR WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM ME)

I've done my best to come up with pros and cons for both. If you feel that either race is too powerful, simply give me some ideas to weaken them ("realistic" ideas, please), and I'll take them into consideration. I guess this isn't really official yet, since I have the feeling that I need approval from some people first.

Anyway. Dwarfish people, or dwarves, as I'll refer to them. These people were mainly those who were living among the mountains in Nepal, Bhutan and Taiwan, and through years of experience, and the added effects of this strange chemical, they've gained some tolerance for living underground. (with limits, of course) They also are generally very skilled in metalwork and building, being able to construct great projects. On the other hand, they are slightly dimmer than your average man, and have a shorter life span. (What is the average life span for humans right now? I'd guess at least 100)

For elfish people, or elves. They are wise and well learned in the art of healing. They have very keen eyesight, and live a few years more than the average human. However, they are weaker physically. And that's the only downside I could think of, so I really need some ideas - it'd be awesome if you could throw some out there. (If no one does, I guess I can go ahead with this overpowered race :thumbup: )

The majority of my people are still your normal humans, while I'd say about a quarter are dwarves, and 5-10% are elves.

I hope I didn't forget anything.

[Grim_]

So. It's October 10th, at least where I am.

In real life, this is the national holiday of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Woohoo.

In light of this, if you guys don't mind, I'd like to make this year (game time) a bit of a superfluous year. That's probably the wrong word to describe it. But basically, production and stuff like that is increased by a small bit. Not like 500%, just a tad more than normal.

Of course, this also means my space ship is done! Launch was awesome.

I'm sending it towards Omninife (did I get the name right?), though I haven't decided on a planet yet. I believe the system is about 15 LY away, so assuming that my ship goes at 1 LY/Y (is that like...1 Light? :P ), that'll take 15 years (or 15 days, in real life). Or does FTL mean much faster?

However. During the launch, some sort of chemical was released into the air. I've only really launched on space shuttle before, so my astronauts weren't very good at doing this, so I suppose they must have mixed up some strange substances. This hasn't seemed to have any effect on the space ship, but the great mass of people gathered to watch the launch, as well as thousands, if not millions, others, have been "infected" with this chemical, and apparently some of their characteristics have been altered.

(Yes. This is my ridiculously cliched and stupid way of changing my race.)

So how were their characteristics altered? All my people are still retaining a good portion of their human aspects, but some have begun to turn a bit...dwarfish, while others have become a bit...elvish. (OH GOD YES I'M RIPPING OF LOTR WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM ME)

I've done my best to come up with pros and cons for both. If you feel that either race is too powerful, simply give me some ideas to weaken them ("realistic" ideas, please), and I'll take them into consideration. I guess this isn't really official yet, since I have the feeling that I need approval from some people first.

Anyway. Dwarfish people, or dwarves, as I'll refer to them. These people were mainly those who were living among the mountains in Nepal, Bhutan and Taiwan, and through years of experience, and the added effects of this strange chemical, they've gained some tolerance for living underground. (with limits, of course) They also are generally very skilled in metalwork and building, being able to construct great projects. On the other hand, they are slightly dimmer than your average man, and have a shorter life span. (What is the average life span for humans right now? I'd guess at least 100)

For elfish people, or elves. They are wise and well learned in the art of healing. They have very keen eyesight, and live a few years more than the average human. However, they are weaker physically. And that's the only downside I could think of, so I really need some ideas - it'd be awesome if you could throw some out there. (If no one does, I guess I can go ahead with this overpowered race :thumbup: )

The majority of my people are still your normal humans, while I'd say about a quarter are dwarves, and 5-10% are elves.

I hope I didn't forget anything.

Congradulations! you now have a space ship would you care to join the BlastHex'sPlanetintoSmithereens club (or the BHPS for short)? The club benefits include the ability to destroy hex (very satisfying) as well as a fun activity of destroying all life on his planet! *I am not really responsible for genocide if I follow through right?

[ThurinEthir]

Congradulations! you now have a space ship would you care to join the BlastHex'sPlanetintoSmithereens club (or the BHPS for short)? The club benefits include the ability to destroy hex (very satisfying) as well as a fun activity of destroying all life on his planet! *I am not really responsible for genocide if I follow through right?

Lolwut.

You know, I don't think I ever pulled my ninjas out of Chad. I have no clue where they are now, though I hope they haven't done anything since Dusty got it back.

It's really lame how we can't have really tiny font on this new forum. This will have to suffice:

Cooooooooool sure =D

[RpgGamer]

How the hell do exhaust fumes turn you into an elf?

Rediculous sci-fi aside...

Welcome to the space race. And I imagine the human life span hasn't alterred much, because even though Dusty's people live to be like 120, mine only live to be 65. So it evens out.

[Jehosaphat]

Wait, so if it's not too overpowered, we can change our race through a catastrophic accident?

 

Time to do a bit of sabotage on that magnetic motor experiment.... :twisted:

[Wisp]

I think we decided that in order to get ftl if you weren't part of the bubble project, you'd need to spend about 1 trillion researching it over a minimum of 5 years.

 

Ok, no more changing races if you're already on earth, unless you spend a lot of time on it, like trol did. That includes you penguin, so either do some genetic research,or start a new civilization in the new thread.

[Jehosaphat]

I think we decided that in order to get ftl if you weren't part of the bubble project, you'd need to spend about 1 trillion researching it over a minimum of 5 years.

 

Ok, no more changing races if you're already on earth, unless you spend a lot of time on it, like trol did. That includes you penguin, so either do some genetic research,or start a new civilization in the new thread.

....OHHHHHHHH crap.

 

My budget is in the billions. And that's just my RESERVES! How will I ever be able to afford that?

 

Hmm..... I think I'll stick with just shifting my station's orbit once it's done so that it has an orbit around the Sun instead of trying for FTL. Just move it somewhere in the asteroid belt or something.

 

EDIT: So even if a hugely catastrophic DNA-altering disaster occurs (such as what might happen if someone uses an EMP on my shield once it's done), nothing will happen?

[RpgGamer]

I think we decided that in order to get ftl if you weren't part of the bubble project, you'd need to spend about 1 trillion researching it over a minimum of 5 years.

 

Ok, no more changing races if you're already on earth, unless you spend a lot of time on it, like trol did. That includes you penguin, so either do some genetic research,or start a new civilization in the new thread.

 

wtf?

 

When was that agreed upon?

Sere wants you on IRC now.

 

FTL travel should just be a standard. It's not like it's a real advantage to any one player. It's beneficial to all. Maybe a down payment, but research isn't really necesary is it? And the down payment would definiatly not be 1 tril. That's like...a long time of saving for some of us.

[ThurinEthir]

Ok, no more changing races if you're already on earth, unless you spend a lot of time on it, like trol did. That includes you penguin, so either do some genetic research,or start a new civilization in the new thread.

Why? Most of the people who've already changed their race have spent basically no time on it. It seems kind of unfair that simply because I waited for this occasion to change that I shouldn't be able to, while they can.

If I decide to wait until the new thread, will I be able to keep my territory? I think the new thread is coming tomorrow or something, so if I can, I guess that's fine...

 

Edit: It's not even a major change. They all still look more or less like humans, and their basic attributes are those of humans. I can reduce some of the effects - probably even remove all but one or two - if you want me to.

And I know you're the main "neutral" superpower, so you're probably best fit to make decisions like these, and no offence intended, but I find it kind of ridiculous how you can come up with rules pertaining to the entire thread by yourself. Without anyone else's approval. (or has someone else approved? I don't remember this being brought up before...)

[The Dark Lord]

I think we decided that in order to get ftl if you weren't part of the bubble project, you'd need to spend about 1 trillion researching it over a minimum of 5 years.

 

 

I don't really think that's necessary, to be honest. The FTL thing was basically something that most people ignored the costs of during research, and it only serves to make the game play less drawn out (i.e you wouldn't have to take 20 days in order to do a single action, etc.). For something that serves only to defy the laws of physics in order to make gameplay possible, I think everyone should be able to get it.

[Nero]

I'll think about the new contract.

 

My titan is almost built.

Exactly what is this titan you speak of?

Credit goes to Eve Online.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw0d6bCgIV0

 

So it's just an electrical field that doesn't really do anything?

 

Btw: I think I've spent a total of around 20 trillion researching FTL, starting research with Ross well before the dyson bubble or whatever it is, in addition to helping build the dyson sphere and providing some of the materials needed to do so. When FTL is finished, I'll give it freely to everyone. If Ross or Doom have a problem with that, well...war? Hm.

 

Oh! And you guys were saying I was bullying people. Go look at Grim's last 5 posts or so. It's like he thinks having fusion nukes makes him invincible. Hehe.

 

Research progresses. Midgard pop at 20.6 million. Exponential growth and all that, including the medical advances.

 

Pertaining to the treaty & the "paradise" planet. The paradise planet doesn't have money trees or gold bushes, guys. All it is is an extremely stable planet, which means next to no natural disasters, and it's the perfect climate for human colonization. That's it. So, I don't really care what happens with it. Besides, do you really think people are going to follow the treaty Rpg? I doubt it. Once a map for the planet comes out, everyones going to want a bigger piece of the cake.

So, it's a no sign for me. I could just send the colonists over there from the earth like planet, though. They'd get there before anyone else could (excluding the people who have colonists on the planet already, obv). Yukyuk.

 

Doom, can you PM me the time when you're going to do the new thread? It'd be awesome if everyone had a post on the 1st page, to give a brief overview of their empire, race, tech, etc.