[twelve]

I will

Influence

Just to flip over the two colonly ships. Please colonize my last two planets I have available. I thought it was going to be the materials and grey planet but from the map it will be the Advanced money and place a science cube on the grey planet.

[twelve]

So Tats you want to PM CF now that it's his turn?

[Tattersail_]

Yep I have done so.

[D'rek]

I don't see IH reading the thread anymore, so per his instructions I will have him influence 382 and take the discovery, which is an Ancient Orbital


(note that the Magellan bonus does not apply to Ancient Orbital or Ancient Warp Portal discoveries - you can keep them for 2 VP, but if placed on the board you don't get an extra 1VP, only the points they are worth on the board (if you own them at the end))

This post has been edited by D'rek: 30 January 2013 - 02:54 PM

[D'rek]

twelve, on 30 January 2013 - 02:30 PM, said:

So Tats you want to PM CF now that it's his turn?

CF left a provisional in. I'll be off for the next hour or so - if he doesn't drop in by the time I get back I'll do the provisional.

[D'rek]

Boards are updated.

and Twelve, any thoughts on an alliance of Warp Portal owners?

[cerveza_fiesta]

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BEGIN TRANSMISSION - GALACTIC TIME INDEX 2013-01-30
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THE MECHANEMA COLLECTIVE HAS DISMANTLED THE DECIDEDLY "ORGANIC" COMMUNICATIONS ANDROID THAT IT HAS EMPLOYED FOR INTERSTELLAR COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE LAST TWO GALACTIC TIME UNITS. MEMORY REQUIREMENTS IN ITS EMOTION SUBROUTINES EXCEEDED ALLOCATION AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT A RETURN TO A LOGIC-BASED COMMUNICATIONS ANDROID WAS...WELL...LOGICAL.

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@MODULATOR

SET TWO INTERCEPTOR NAV COMPUTERS IN LAMBDA-AURIGAE PARSEC FOR ZETA-HERCULIS PARSEC.
ENGAGE INTERCEPTOR CONFORMAL DRIVES
TARGET ANCIENT VESSEL.


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@TWELVE


THE MECHANEMA COLLECTIVE INQUIRES AS TO THE TERRAN UNION'S THOUGHTS ON THE THREAT POSED BY THE VORTEX ALLIANCE. THE COLLECTIVE ALSO REALIZES ITS WEAK NEGOTIATING POSITION. GIVEN THAT THE STELLAR COORDINATES OF ITS INFLUENCED SYSTEMS ACT AS BUFFER BETWEEN YOUR INFLUENCED SYSTEMS AND THOSE OF THE ALLIANCE. THE COLLECTIVE ASKS NOT THAT YOU FORGE AN ALLIANCE AT THIS GALACTIC TIME INDEX NECESSARILY, BUT THAT THE TERRAN UNION CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITIES AND BENEFITS OF UNIFIED DEFENSE IN THE CRUCIAL TIER 1 PARSECS BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE TO DO SO.

KNOW THAT THE TERRAN UNION'S OPINION ON THE MATTER SHALL DO NOTHING TO JEOPARDIZE EXISTING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR CIVILIZATIONS.


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This post has been edited by cerveza_fiesta: 30 January 2013 - 03:36 PM

[D'rek]

@CF - so move 2 Interceptors at the ancient, got it.

EM's turn, and he needs to decide how to orient 302 from his last turn.

[Imperial Historian]

Place the hypergrid source on my dread (over the power source).

I assume I have to spend a cube to colonise ancient orbitals as per usual?

Hmmmmmmmmmm, would probably be worth using if it gets me an extra explore and another discovery tile, but I don't think we have many discovery tiles left (though I don't know the new tiles...)

Take it as victory points, and let's see what happens.

[twelve]

D, on 30 January 2013 - 03:01 PM, said:

Boards are updated.

and Twelve, any thoughts on an alliance of Warp Portal owners?

I had thought about a possible alliance with you but with IH as well.... That would take a switching of gears in my train of thought. Right now I'm taking a sit back and watch approach to what is going on with the alliances. The next two rounds will more or less make up my mind as to where I want to go.

[D'rek]

Imperial Historian, on 30 January 2013 - 03:56 PM, said:

Place the hypergrid source on my dread (over the power source).

I assume I have to spend a cube to colonise ancient orbitals as per usual?

Hmmmmmmmmmm, would probably be worth using if it gets me an extra explore and another discovery tile, but I don't think we have many discovery tiles left (though I don't know the new tiles...)

Take it as victory points, and let's see what happens.

If the discovery tiles run out, we just shuffle all the discarded ones back into a new pile (or in online-game terms, we make a new list of the discarded ones).

There's still quite few left, though. The current pile is:

Spoiler

Ancient Tech
Ancient Cruiser
Ancient Cruiser
+5 Science
+5 Science
+8 Money
+8 Money
+6 Materials
Axion Computer
Shard Hull
Ion Disrupter
Warp Portal
+3 Money | +2 Science | +2 Materials
Jump Drive
Morph Shield
Muon Source

twelve, on 30 January 2013 - 03:57 PM, said:

D, on 30 January 2013 - 03:01 PM, said:

Boards are updated.

and Twelve, any thoughts on an alliance of Warp Portal owners?

I had thought about a possible alliance with you but with IH as well.... That would take a switching of gears in my train of thought. Right now I'm taking a sit back and watch approach to what is going on with the alliances. The next two rounds will more or less make up my mind as to where I want to go.

Makes sense. I do like the idea of being able to really use the Warp Portals for profit though - ie IH could jump through and attack Tattersail if he wanted to get reputation without breaking any diplomatic relations.

[twelve]

Dear machines,

We of the Terran Union though very organic in nature see the logic in having you as a buffer between the people of the Union and the Orion Hegemony and their superior vessals and have no desire to remove that buffer and create another enemy with your people. If we engage in a formal alliance with another people I don't see a reason to change the nature of our relationship. May we continue to engage in peaceful diplomatic relations for the forseeable future.

Representitive Twelve
Terran Union
Eta Cassiopeiae

[twelve]

D, on 30 January 2013 - 04:03 PM, said:

D, on 30 January 2013 - 03:01 PM, said:

Boards are updated.

and Twelve, any thoughts on an alliance of Warp Portal owners?

Quote

I had thought about a possible alliance with you but with IH as well.... That would take a switching of gears in my train of thought. Right now I'm taking a sit back and watch approach to what is going on with the alliances. The next two rounds will more or less make up my mind as to where I want to go.

Makes sense. I do like the idea of being able to really use the Warp Portals for profit though - ie IH could jump through and attack Tattersail if he wanted to get reputation without breaking any diplomatic relations.

So that gives IH a chance to attack Tats but what benefit do we get out of the warp portals? IH's is in his backyard as is mine and yours is in IH's front yard. I see almost all the benefit going to IH and not much towards you and me. I guess if Tats attacks either you or I then one the ohter and IH can quickly bring in reinforcements to fight but I feel confident I can fend off any such attack on my own and would like the reputation tiles for myself if you know what I mean.

[twelve]

Okay I used the Adjudicator's powers to delete that last post. I hope that wasn't a missuse of it's powers as it was requested.


Edit: For those that didn't see it someone posted in their mafia alt so asked for the post to be deleted.

This post has been edited by twelve: 30 January 2013 - 04:29 PM

[EmperorMagus]

Move my dreadNought to the new ancient tile.

Orient it 120 degrees to right.

[twelve]

Yo Khell, Monkey ball man,

So you gonna explore once more? You need to find one more money or science planet for your shrine network.

[Khellendros]

P-P-P-PASS.

[twelve]

Khellendros, on 30 January 2013 - 06:20 PM, said:

P-P-P-PASS.

Which direction are you wanting it to go?

[cerveza_fiesta]

I am going to be offline again for a bit. My provisional next action is another MOVE of 2 interceptors from to zeta herculis.

[Imperial Historian]

I presume Tats, drek, me, Khel rather than tats twelve CF Em Khell?

I'm going to explore NE from the tile south of my wormhole.