SE4 by Committee

[Suicide Junkie]

PvK:
If I'm going to keep track of the stats manually, I'd be doing it in notepad, and if I'm doing it in notepad, its not hard to do it in the datafiles too

Plus your Generals can have an effect on ground combat, and the location information is tracked automatically.

I think I will run a few turns initially. Mainly to build all of the avatars, but I could throw in some orbital spaceyards too.
I want to do as few turns as possible before the committee is in full force.

Dan C:
Some of that may happen here, though the communication will still be instantaneous. Going through a committee to reallocate resources will provide that fog of war
Optionally, I can also not report information that should be lost, such as ships lost in minefields or black holes.

PS:
Regarding the voting system:
If only one Minister holds clear control over an issue, they recieve a 25% vote block, requiring a 2/3rds senate majority to be vetoed.
If two Ministers apply to a decision, the Primary minister will receive a 20% vote block, and the secondary Minister will receive a 10% vote block, requiring a 72% senate majority to veto two ministers in agreement.

An example of the second would be the Naming minister wanting to rename "Geo's Backwater Resort". As the local Governor being directly affected, Geo would be the majority minister with a 20% block. The naming minister is clearly involved, and so would be the secondary with a 10% block.

[ December 17, 2002, 19:54: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]