My own private Idaho-- a PBW newbie game

[Quikngruvn]

So far the consensus is three good planets with a low-tech start. No new empire files in almost 48 hours-- I'll send a nag e-mail before I start booting players.

Atrocities, right this second the game is full (six players), but I can also open another slot. Watch this space for updates.

Quikngruvn (itching for a fight... er, diplomatic exchange)

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"That which does not kill you will make you stronger." -- Nietzsche

[Quikngruvn]

The game is afoot! (Actually, it's a computer program, but that's not important right now.)

Atrocities, I cannot tell a lie, but I lied. The small spiral quadrant churned out twenty-six systems, 30% of which should be uninhabitable at the start (black holes, nebulae, and asteroid belts), leaving maybe eighteen systems with planets. Six players is tight already, and seven would be a frigging can of sardines! No hard feelings?

(Someone please make another PBW newbie game for Atrocities to join before he bLasts me into space dust!)

Quikngruvn

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"That which does not kill you will make you stronger." -- Nietzsche

[Rollo]

+++ Bulletin from Space Viking headquarters +++ :

We have made contact with an alien species called the Eternian Commonwealth. They seem to have strange mimicking powers. Our border patrol was aproached by a space craft that looked exactly like one of ours. When the vessel was close it opened fire immediately. Our crew was confused and had only little time to react, but managed to defeat the intruder. Examination of the remains of the ship showed that it exactly mimics one of ours and even bears the same coat of arms. Whether this is some ploy to discredit the Space Vikings is unknown at this time...

+++ To all Galactic Races +++ :

The Space Vikings use ship class names of Scandinavian origin and will from now on also a bear a special "(SV)" label to avoid confusion. So, if you see something like "Alesund (SV) class" that is probably one of our ships. Also take extreme care of seemingly friendly vessels that look like your own, as we do not know, if the Eternians can mimic other races all well. We try to make diplomatic contact with them and keep you posted.

+++ Space Vikings out +++

[This message has been edited by Rollo (edited 25 July 2001).]

[Quikngruvn]

The Lord Protector appreciates this information from the gracious Space Vikings, and will be on the lookout for other mimics.

P.S. Was anyone else able to see the systems connected to their homeworld system right from turn 1? The Lord Protector rather wonders how that happened....

Quikngruvn

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"That which does not kill you will make you stronger." -- Nietzsche

[Suicide Junkie]

If this is a 3-planet start, as indicated by previous Posts, then you get some free maps automatically.

SE4 assumes that since you have colonized other worlds already, you would have done a little exploring too.

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[Quikngruvn]

quote:

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Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
If this is a 3-planet start, as indicated by previous Posts, then you get some free maps automatically.

SE4 assumes that since you have colonized other worlds already, you would have done a little exploring too.

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It is, so that makes sense. (Does it go out further for five or ten planet starts?)

Quikngruvn



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"That which does not kill you will make you stronger." -- Nietzsche

[capnq]

I've noticed one very silly thing in multi-planet starts: the systems that you've explored and/or colonized won't necessarily be connected to each other by explored warp lines.

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Cap'n Q

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"