Delta V

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Hmmm, I am starting to think that Nex deserves a reward for pointing out the mistakes =P Although, if he finds an awesome planet then karma has given him a reward and I am off scot free =)

 

 

Anyway, done, any more mistakes.

I will read through Retech's race now and give him a check list(I think I might just give up and refer to you as her from now on, your mysteriousness paid off it seems =P)

 

 

Inbetween my midnight worries about Hegemony, and my days filled with simulations and rethinks for this, I have worked a little on the guide...So Screenies!

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[Nexaduro]

Haha, I'd love to help with the spoiler-less sections of that guide Archi. Text, not programming of course.

 

And... you actually think Retech is a she, or are you just referring to his many female characters?

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Nah, just when she constantly refered to herself as a gender neutral, then we found out it was a he, so my brain, being ever so useful, decided she was a she, after stubbornly refusing to accept that for ages.

 

Anyway, as of present, the only spoilerless sections are write ups of races, if you wanted to do that then that would be nice.

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EDIT: God Dammit forgot about atmosphere.

[Nexaduro]

Need help Grim? If Archi gives you planet specs I can find a planet for you.

 

Also I've decided that I might just create a giant personal handbook detailing every planet.

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It sounds easier than it is =P

If you succeed though I am happy to include it.

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Archi, before I write up the advantages and disadvantages I need some information about what psionic power is within this game.

 

Is it a physical energy force (like rays)

Does it always work (100%)

Can I emulate it through bionic means?

What can it do?

How can I stop it?

 

Someone mentioned four weapon types, I know two (phyiscal things, psionic) what are the others.

 

 

Archi, I would be willing to create sketches of the aliens for you to put in a hide tag next to the information page, if anyone wants one please give me a link to physical description.

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Is it a physical energy force (like rays)

Psionics exists as a third 'hand'. The 'hand' can change shape and such.

 

Does it always work (100%)

Think of it like a peice of material....It has certain attributes, if you exceed those limits then it will break.

Say you were using it as a protective shield and were hit by a Turbo Laser, unless you were an exceedingly powerful Psionic, and had been taking high doses of psionic boosters(and had had a good meal), it would absorb some of the energy, then break, letting you, or whoever you are protecting, get hit with the weakened beam.

 

Can I emulate it through bionic means?

If you can create machines capable of thinking, and give them a powersource to draw on, then yeah.

 

What can it do?

Psionics is the alternation of physical reality by using the power of the mind to take control of a small part of the universe and shape it.

Bewhere the Inverse Square Law though, and Volume.

Non-Science: The further you project and the larger the area, the more energy you use...and that adds up VERY quick.

Simple example:

For people planning to try to prove that you have enough power, everyone else can ignore this as it will be done fairly arbitraily:

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I=E*d(Intensity(Energy you need to put in every second)=Energy(which is Volume*modifer of what you are trying to do) times by distance)

Controlling a 5 Centimeter Sphere has a volume of 523 centimeters^2

Controlling a 20 Centimeter Sphere has a volume of 33,510 centimeters^2

So, with a modifer of 1(Scanning) a sphere of 4 Centimeter diameter and distance of 5 centimeters:

2,615=523*5

But at a distance of 20 centimeters

10,460=523*20

 

So 20 Centimeter Sphere at 20 Centimeters away:

670,200=33,510*20

 

 

If your race is not psionically inclined then you have average 2,000,000 energy per day, as long as you have three balanced meals.

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How can I stop it?

Bullets, Fire, Laser Beams...

There are also two resources you can use to dampen psionic ability.

You can research ways to supress psionic ability in certain areas.

 

But, as they say, fight fire with fire.

 

Someone mentioned four weapon types, I know two (phyiscal things, psionic) what are the others.

I imagine:

Lasers/Energy Weapons/Magic/Psionics

Projectile Weapons

Melee Weapons

Explosives

 

Personally I would split it down into 3 catagories:

Ranged(Guns, Bows and Cannons)

Close-Quarters(Swords, Batons, Fists)

Remote(Remote mines, tripwires, traps)

 

Then carry on spliting them down...

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Interesting. Sounds as though Edel would be interesting for my race to contend with. If I can find the Psionic-dampening mineral, though, it will likely deteriorate to a conventional-weaponry-based conflict or a close-combat mind vs. matter type series of duels.

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The four different types of weapons were used in the context of immunity, your three are for a completely different purpose. I would personally do it based on the type of weapon and how it would affect a person.

 

I would split it into five.

 

Kinetic

A physical object is defined as an object that does not rely on another force to exist (in any state), useful against nearly all races can be prevented with tougher skin, regeneration or psiokinetic shielding.

 

Electrical/waves/plasma

Forces that do rely on something to exist in a certain state but are [usually] uncontrollable

 

Heat

Weapons that use temperature to cause harm to people, these affect jelliform races (slugs, octopie, zygons) which either boil or freeze due to high liquid content. Examples of weapons include freeze rays. heat rays, lasers and most DEW's.

 

Psionic/Magic

Anything that uses a psiokinetic, psiopathic force. Affect weak minded races (imbeciles) and non psiopathic races. Examples include telephathy, telekenesis and other forms of 'magic'.

 

Dark Matter

Special forms of weaponry that are either researched or found, some can defy the laws of physics.

 

 

 

Nex it probably would be fun but I've decided agaisnt using psionic power for my race, I'll replace it with something more useful like...... Continued later!!!

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Oh right...Well, typically anything that will vapourise one species will vapourise another.

Exoskeletons may protect you more, but may crack or break or develop holes easier than an internal skeleton.

 

Shields are shields, unless something is researched to find a way through, or it is explained how you would bypass them (Faraday cage bullets for instance).

 

Armour is armour, material defines how bypassable it is.

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So, thinking about it, wouldn't that mean my race was strongly psionic? Especially the Ancients? That would account for the pseudophysical manipulation.

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Maybe an inherant power, one that is not really controlled/able. Would probably give you the strength to resist Psionics to a higher degree, but would mean, day to day, you had much less power to spend psionically.

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I have an explanation now! Female Lichtens are very strongly psionic (10% of the population), allowing them to easily manipulate male Lichtens (90% of the population). Other than that, societally I can think of no other reason.

 

Oh Archi, did you read through my race?

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Errrr... Maybe. 'Re'reading it now. :thumbup:

 

 

Ok, so your sexual dimorphaism has changed from ultra stupid males to psionically weak males and ultra smart females to psionically strong females....

I like it, it is more likely that women would develop a way to control men, rather than men evolve a way to be controlled.

[Retech]

Right. :thumbup:

[Nexaduro]

Perfect. You're handling this quite well, though I suggest trying to start relatively soon so as to avoid the interest fading too much.

 

Might as well get out a "press release" of my race in a bit. I've decided to nickname them "The Achilles." Partly as a joke considering their physical and, apparently, psionic resiliance. Of course, I wouldn't want to exactly give away my ideas to potential rivals, I'll let them find out those themselves... :twisted:

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It won't be starting for a while yet...There will always be people interested for as long as there are people in the tavern. However Napoleonic Hegemony is still running, and so splitting attention is gonna fold one or the other...or make them both rather weakly played.

Added to that I am still running simulations, trying to actually fix the pricing of stuff and making it complicated enough to be challanging, without being so complicated that people can't be bothered.

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Licht:

 

 

 

Humanoid Amphibians would not evolve from marine plant life...Be like Humans evolving from Tulips.

Sentient plant life would carry on after the Licht had evolved onwards...So either the Licht Genocided the Sentient Kelp or the Sentient Kelp is secretly the dominate power...

Crystal clear water would kill the kelp.

Even with crystal clear water, light would not manage to travel several thousand feet.

A plant evolving to eat other plants...Simple matter of 'Why?'

Plant skin...especially marine plant skin...would not be resistant to toxins...

Why would they need stomach acid...or throats...they are plants.

The quality of the skin poses no evolutionary benefits on a planet with crystal clear water...

A total lack of metal/chemical research for the major part of their evolution would have far greater impact than more expensive houses or a happiness penalty.

 

Why would the males compete? The sea is a huge area, you settle down for any length of time and you will be at a disadvantage over the roaming ones.

Why would the females be more intelligent than standard humans? They are in an environment with few natural enemies and lots of resources, being clever doesn't help them much...Being easily distracted with attractively placed kelp would help them because it would distract them from their tedious existance...So culturally they would be light years ahead.

 

 

Advantages:

Hazmat skin:

Pretty much the opposite...Licht would be at heavy disadvantage out of water, so resistances to fire, gas and chemicals would be greatly reduced. Physically they would be stronger, since they have no skeletal structure.

And biologically they would be weak because genetic faults in one of them would probably by present in all of them...It would mean they could recover from a biological disaster pretty fast(Virus kills 99% of the population, the other 1% reproduce rapidly with the immunity)...But if someone developed a virus, or one naturally occured, then the Licht would be hit hard.

 

Mindless Males:

There are outliers in every speices...So a male could be born and would be unsuspected by the females. More than that, realistically males would have very powerful subconscience minds, since most everything is instinctal...So the females being super intelligent would be like monkeys being controlled by scientists...Scientist can put them in cages, but can't actually control them.

 

Bio-ships:

Would need to be fed to regenerate, and would be a disadvantage, since all worlds produce materials for building ships.

 

Plant legacy:

Redundant

 

Kelp Architecture:

Ok, any planet which have a temperature average of 300 Kelvin or less has 50% cheaper buildings. However planets with an average temperature under 265 Kelvin cost trice as much to colonise(Need space heaters to heat the ice into water to produce kelp.)

 

Disadvantages:

Hazmat skin:

So you are saying that if they are injured there is the 95% chance they are dead?

 

Mindless males:

See monkey analogy.

Pheremones are a terrible idea in water due to dispersion.

 

Bio Ships:

Pretty major disadvantage, as stated.

 

Kelp Depedance:

I would say that planets with an average over 300 Kelvin cost twice as much to colonise, but after that are fine(since you will build a water filled dome and grow kelp).

However the capacity to harvest other resources is severly limited, so 50% of the speed and in 25% Industy.

 

 

 

All in all...Your race seems to have a lot more disadvantages...and considerably more severe disadvantages...than advantages.

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Archi, is it possible to have a race of 'space floaters'

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Probably, would mean you didn't colonise planets but developed migrant fleets.

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It would leave you a little bit safer from attacks.

 

I'm dislike the idea of nanobots attacking me, I don't mind if someone hits me with a club or fires a zapper ray at me but I am not having a weapon which I can't destroy with brute force; its just not fun. The zygons basically evolved intellegent but weak because they were just so slippy, they stayed as one clump of mass but nearly all the animals who attempted to eat them managed to get the zygon in its mouth before it slipping out onto the floor and rolling slowly away. Most of the predators (or jellivores) who tried to grab the zygons only managed to get the non oily ones and as natural selection states; the jelly ones prevail.

Intellegence adapted as a way of gaining a mate (they weren't asexual back then) and by luck intellegence was a little attractive. Soon small clans of zygons began to form resulting in battle tactics and inventions being required for survival, as all zygons are ugly the only attractive thing can be personality and intellegence.

 

Greasy mass

Nanoforms who pass through a zygon will fall apart due to oily composition and individual nanomites will not be able to function well.

[Retech]

Okay, it seems that my vision for a race would be better served if I made them into plant people. I'll write something up, probaly tonight.

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Rarrghh!!! Nom Nom Nom Nom!!! RARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!

Fear the triffids!!

 

To be honest, plants would be the easiest to play as, you'd just have to make them well adaptable and than just claim that your spores are now in every single planet; you gain victory by conquest!

[Seraphi]

I wonder what the chances of a computer occuring naturally are.

 

Very slim, I would imagine, but I still like the idea, and will probably base my machine race on that.