Binary Down - Game 4

[Nevill]

Hi guys. This is a turn tracking thread for our next game since our Cyborg player asked to upload the turns here.

Here goes.

If I need to add some info, go ahead and tell me, because I am not used to these.

[Buster's Uncle]

What's the turn order?  Who's playing?

[Nevill]

The main topic is here:
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=18228.msg100356

The players and the turn order are:
  (MercantileInterest),  ,  ,  ,  (Pierce Ji-Yang),  (Nevill),  .

Since we have an e-mail system set up for the rest of us, this thread might end up with only me posting turns.

[Nevill]

Turn 2103.

[Nevill]

Turn 2104.

[Nevill]

Turn 2105

[Nevill]

Turn 2106

[Nevill]

Turn 2107.

[Nevill]

2108

[MercantileInterest]

Let's hijack this thread for our next game. Rules are as follows:

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A player may not:
1. Reload the game multiple times or load the game into the scenario editor
2. Conduct diplomacy prior to having met in-game
3. Use colony pods to increase a base beyond its maximum population limit
4. Use build queue manipulation or other exploits to hurry production at reduced costs, or build something that could not directly be built
5. Take advantage of the stockpile energy bug by adding it after units in build queues
6. Upgrade crawlers to more expensive designs before adding them to secret projects
7. Connect multiple artifacts to the same network node (supposedly possible if you rename the city)
8. Set the home of a unit to the base of a pacted AI faction
9. Start a terraforming task in one square, cancel it, move to a different square and then finish it there (in case of combat terraforming)
10. Perform an act of aggression against a player and complete pending negotiations in the same turn
11. Reverse engineer custom units to gain undiscovered abilities, weapons, armor, etc.

Reverse-engineering is allowed (i.e. capturing a unit and making new units from it in the workshop, even though you lack the tech).

As for probe teams, PBEM games are bugged in that the person using the team gets to decide how the faction should react upon discovery. For this reason, exposed probe team actions must always result in the harshest reply (dissolve pact/treaty).

Finally, Planetary Council information must be fully shared with all players upon request (the game doesn't properly show how the factions voted to all players, only the result).

We have four human players, all using sea factions. The Hive and both Progenitors will serve as AI factions. All three have received an additional 25% defensive bonus and an immunity to bribery.

Storywise, the Progenitors appeared in Planet's skies with an apocalyptic fury which only the Hive could withstand. The remaining human survivors were forced to take to the seas.

[Nevill]

@Maeldun

Turn 2101.

If you could PM me your e-mail for the purposes of this game, it would be much appreciated.

[Maeldun]

Hello,

I appear to have been successful in setting up the game and starting up my first turn. The Bree seem pretty interesting. Good luck to everyone. Hopefully I won't get destroyed in the first 50 turns.

[MercantileInterest]

File

[Maeldun]

Well, this is embarrassing - I forgot my password.

I played my first turn quite late yesterday night and I remembered being tired and wanting to use a different password to differentiate this game from the previous one for some reason - seemed like a good idea at the time. After several failed attempts I realized I ended up using my old password after all...

Sorry. You'll probably get notified when you load the save.

[Maeldun]

New Turn.