Nomads GotM - deadline December 20th

[sisko]

The November 2012 Game of the Month - Nomads - was built around a custom faction made by Torvald Normann (Cytroll) with art by Robin Pirez and BUncle, who added his personal touch for the new leader portrait. Your mission, as the leader of this faction, is to fight your way to a Conquest Victory. Estimated time of play: +4 hours, depending on your skill level.

(click on the image for the GotM page)

[sisko]

Background
After the tragic death of Ahto Ilmar, ex-Colonial Marines Officer of Unity and leader of the Nomad faction since Planetfall, you, Steinar Vog, as his second-in-command and newly-appointed Companion, finally have the means to achieve your goals.
The scenario starts in MY.2181 and your faction is a well-established one. The Nomads have built the Virtual World and explored part of the world map while building some infrastructure. Contact was made with the Morganites and the Nomads have started conducting business together with them. Everything was in place for a long prosperous peace period, but this is set to change shortly.

Your mission:
All you will have to do is let yourself be driven by your nomadic inner nature. Steinar, invading the lands of the other six factions is what you were secretly aiming to do for so long. This is your moment! The time has arrived!
Reaching a Conquest Victory is the only way to finish this scenario. Still, this must be done in a pure nomad way: you are not allowed to build additional colony pods. If you need more bases, you will have to conquer them...

Directions:
1) Download the zip file and place it into your main game directory. Usually this is: C:/Program Files/Firaxis Games/Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
2) Unzip it there.
3) Start up SMAC (not SMAX), then select "Scenario", "Play Scenario", and then go to the subdirectory "1211NomadsGotM" and choose the scenario.
4) The game will automatically load with the Nomads faction.

Restrictions:
No additional bases can be built (you're starting with 5 bases). Even though you have the possibility to build colony pods, doing so will invalidate your submission.

*Notes:
You can check at any time the objectives using the '=' key.
The scenario ends when you get the 'Mission completed' popup. Please save before taking the last base!
Don't forget to inform us on the moves needed to complete the mission (if any).
The rules of the 2012 GotM Competition can be found here: http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?spage=gotm

Download link
Transcend difficulty level: http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;sa=downfile&id=106

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[sisko]

The transcend difficulty level of the scenario is now available here: http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;sa=downfile&id=106 (direct download link).
Librarian and maybe Citizen (if requested) are on the way.

Good luck everybody!

[lorddragonhat]

Having a blast so far... turn 15 app now, proving to be a hard bone to chew.  Maybe i had underestimated some factors in the game.

[t_ras]

I't is not as hard as I thought it would be, but it certainly not easy (at least not for me).
What it sure ly is, is a fun scenario.

[t_ras]

Ok, my whole continent is mine now, I cqan go to slip and continue in a couple of days.
Very simple tactic - use force, if it doesnt work -> try again = have hordes of cheap units banging on the gates of the enemy city, no matter how many of them are killed, till the gates collaps.

[Buster's Uncle]

It appears to have kept you up pretty late, which is a good sign, I think.

[Earthmichael]

Has anyone completed the challege yet?  I would like to get an idea of how long it takes doing it directly.

I am currently trying the approach of getting Needlejets first, but this means not attacking for at least 30 turns.  So I want to see if that will put me way behind the more direct approach.

[t_ras]

Well, I couldnt wait (Uni was being too agressive for my taste) I played for about 3 hours and though only one facion was erradicated, there is actualy only me in one continent and miriam in the other left. The res just have a couple of iseland each.

[Mylochka]

Here's a banner splash for Nomads.  (Hope I'm posting this in the right place)

[t_ras]

Good one!

[t_ras]

Ho Miriam,Miriam...

[sisko]

Here's a banner splash for Nomads.  (Hope I'm posting this in the right place)

great work, Mylochka!

Ho Miriam,Miriam...

what do you mean?

[t_ras]

We have some relationship issues. Hard divorce, you know, who get to keep the bases and such...

[ariete]

ah BU ... so it had already doin a gipsy faction, nice the bases too