Law&Faith - TTT

[Misotu]

The demise of our good friends at the University is a blow to the Peacekeepers   

My mineral production is not sufficiently awesome to produce ecodamage   

[Kirov]

You remember that you need to force one fungal pop before you build tree farms, right? Otherwise the eco facilities don't raise the clean min limit? Yeah, just making sure here.

I didn't know you were close with Zakie. Poor, poor boy. I will have him in my prayers.

[Kirov]

An interesting tidbit I keep forgetting telling you - crawlers which are more expensive due to prototyping (like when you use pod instabuilds to get armoured crawlers) yield to Secret Projects only their basic amount, the one as if it wasn't prototyping. I never knew that.

[Misotu]

Dear Zak. He spent the whole game seething - and then finally signed a treaty a few turns ago. He will be *sorely* missed 

I did remember about the fungal pop and eco facilities - and I did know about the crawler thing too, although I hadn't thought about it in terms of using an instabuild for an armoured crawler before prototyping the armour. I've never tried for upgraded crawlers that way. It's a neat trick   

Changing my research priorities regularly is not having the desired effect. Not at all.

[Kirov]

Popboom spotted. One last base and Zak is a goner.

[Misotu]

The pop boom, yes. Well, better late than never is what we say   

[Kirov]

Happy 100th anniversary of our Planetfall! On this occasion, we complete the Xenoempathy Dome.

[Misotu]

Congratulations Brother! Although I can't say I'm wildly excited by your choice of Anniversary Gift, speaking frankly.

I have been praying for you lately Brother Kirov, and a thought occurs to me as I survey my teeny empire. All these fungal pops you experience, could it be that there is a Message there for you from a Higher Power? Could Planet, do you think, be pruning your branches?

I think you should perhaps get rid of some you don't need. After all, we don't want to repeat the mistakes of Earth, do we? I'm thinking Urban Sprawl here ...

[Kirov]

I'll reply tomorrow, tonight I was playing with my friends around.

[Misotu]

Well, I have a lot of suggestions to make for the painless reduction of your empire, so we should discuss this tomorrow.

Along with the Charter of course.

Last turn for me tonight, back for more punishment tomorrow 

[Kirov]

See you tomorrow!

[Misotu]

Zak is still holding on ...

[Kirov]

I'd like you to remember that the Planet, if indeed sentient, is a false god, for everything is but His creation. The Planet's defiance to our presence can easily be interpreted as hubris not unlike that of the Babel Tower's builders. In fact, whenever I see a fungal pop, I always ponder declaring an all-out war on the Planet by racking up a huge eco-damage and use empath units to kill, kill, kill native life. Oh sorry, I mean "prune her branches". God tells me it's a great idea but it can wait for now.

[Kirov]

Besides, Sister, what if the environmental turmoils here on the Planet have the same exact cause as the events of the so-called 'climate change' back on Earth? Namely, gay marriage?

[Misotu]

:smothered shouting off:  It pains me to differ from you Brother, but I have it on the authority of the Tip Top Sombre Reading Room Researcher here that there is absolutely *no* scientifically demonstrable link between global warming and gay marriage. Truly. I know it's hard to believe.

On the other hand, I am having strangely disturbing dreams concerning an unformed Planet mind, with much talk of "lopping" and "pruning". Also, the term "kirovdevil" has come up a few times. I have never encountered this before, and have no idea what it means.

At times, the Planet itself seems to speak to me, summoning me to take control of the Council by calling on the aid of all truly good and noble men. It seems to me that I have a Destiny ... and I know I can count on your aid here my Brother, noblest and goodest of all men.*

* Definitely. The aid bit anyway. We're not sure about "goodest". Or even "noblest", if you press us.