Maeldun's First Stand

[Misotu]

So here is your first turn   

Settings are:

Huge map
Average everything
Transcend difficulty
Technology stagnation
Blind research
No random events
All victory conditions are on

Best of luck and ask anything you like. This is a learning game, so it's fine    and I am not out to get you.

Honest   

You can choose your starting location. The world map is not visible.

[Maeldun]

First Unity pod, I take a bit of a risk and trigger xenofungal bloom, of course.

Off to great start already.

[Misotu]

And ... yes! My colony pod hits the sea. So just the six turns back in the other direction then ....   

Don't forget to rename my turn "Gaian" rather than "Spartan". Otherwise things get confusing 

[Maeldun]

Right, makes sense.

No major disasters this turn.

[Misotu]

Xenofungus outside your HQ should be enough disaster for a while! Back to you.

You'll see from the commlink that we can actually contact each other, but the convention for MP is that we don't contact using the commlink until we actually meet in the game ...

[Maeldun]

Actually, I went for another pod with a colony pod (hey, can't be bad 2 times in a row, right?) and it was actually infested with mindworms of course.

Fortunately I survived.

[Misotu]

Gulp.  You are braver than me! I'm very poor at escorting my colony pods mind you ...

[Maeldun]

Next.

[Misotu]

And back to you ...

[Maeldun]

At this rate I might actually get a base down next turn.

[Misotu]

I won't    But for a couple of turns I thought I was on the teeniest island imaginable ...   

[Maeldun]

Next.

[Misotu]

Onwards ...

[Maeldun]

Turn 8.

[Misotu]

Second base down ... but I think I *am* on a tiny island. Gulp.