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[Jackrabbit]

And when you do, nothing can remain standing.

[IndonesiaWarMinister]

And when you do, nothing can remain standing.

Even the Planet?

[Jackrabbit]

And when you do, nothing can remain standing.

Even the Planet?

Except the bits you are currently occupying. But yes, basically.

[IndonesiaWarMinister]

And when you do, nothing can remain standing.

Even the Planet?

Except the bits you are currently occupying. But yes, basically.

Why can't we colonize other planets? AND KICK THE HELL OUT OF THE ALIENS GUYS.

[TheNewerMartianEmperor]

Not in this game. Interestingly enough, the expansion was originally about the return to earth.

[Rysith]

Ally. He's a nice guy, and won't betray you.

Really? He always seemed erratic to me: hugging me one moment and declaring vendetta the next. Maybe I just had Aggressive AI on and didn't realize it. Or I was using Police State.

And yes, I remember going to war with Lal for 80-odd years as the Gaians because I wouldn't pay him 50 energy credits to not attack one of my empty unity foils. The man can hold a grudge.

But, early war is bad for the University. Make peace with him, but don't bother keeping it if he starts getting uppity about sharing research or some such like that.

[Wimdit]

I am forced to concur with your assertion, Rysith.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Bah. I know just how to deal with this.


There, that should keep 'em happy. Ingrates never seem to realize that I control the food lever. Come to think of it, where did the food lever come from?


lok! a shp!


nooo its gone i ned 2 maek my own shps now


The citizens of the Majesty of Colours seem to think I spelled their base name wrong, and petitioned to have it changed. I had those responsible arrested on charges of seditious conduct and contradicting the Provost. I really like my new intelligence service.


Oh hello Lal how are you... uh...


Right. I knew it! I knew he'd try to kill me!


Because an outpost close to the border of a hostile state defended only by a Unity Rover is always a good idea.


How exactly do I know this?


Oh ho. This looks like a job for my Probe Team.


You've nowhere to hide, nowhere to run...
Crap. Lal's Probe Team defeated mine. Didn't get a screenshot of that.


I'll just have to postpone my plans for a Rec Commons...


And move the garrison into the team's way. Hoping that he doesn't have enough credits to capture it.


Another Probe Team at Boatmurdered? Well, what to do about that is obvious.


Had to rub it in my face, didn't you Oldbeard... You know, that battle was probably how the real Boatmurdered would have gone if the dwarves had armoured cars and machine guns. And the elephants were futuristic super-spies.


Don't know how I know this one either. What's worse is that I don't have Doctrine: Loyalty yet, so I can't start building it. Probably for the better, actually. I'm already using two of my five bases for projects.


Glargh I hate bases growing without my say-so.


Aha! My cunning plan succeeds.


Whoop, Peacekeeper Recon Rover. Looks like I'll have to expend some credits.




Modernization! For a science-focused faction, I'm a bit behind the times when it comes to my military.


From somewhere, a transmission...


Sigh. Well I can hardly afford a war on two fronts.


Right.


AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ahem. I grudgingly accept.



This technology allows us to build impact weapons, which are twice as powerful as our current lasers.


Damn. That was just bad luck: the odds were in my favour there.



Nevar. I can still win this.


Peacekeeping forces at Boatmurdered. Dwarves with laser cars now: they don't stand a chance.





As you see.


Oh you bastards.



More drastic measures than the food lever are called for. There hasn't been anything useful coming out of Oldbeard Rock to help the war effort, but Oldbeard insists he's almost done with whatever it is he's doing.


My science advisor came in to show me this. We're at war, you fool! Ethics are beneath us!



Maybe it was a mistake to send that recon rover out unsupported. I sure hope I damaged that Peacekeeper rover enough that it won't be able to catch mine.


Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPvK2p28Pho


Wow. Not bad, Oldbeard.



The Rock's starting to look pretty nice, as well.


Here's where we stand. That Peacekeeper force approaching Boatmurdered consists of three laser squads and a recon rover. There's also Spartan Impact Rovers running all over my territory, but I can't do anything about them yet. Also, the Weather Paradigm may seem like a pansy Secret Project, but there are few things more dwarfy than thermal boreholes: not only do they cause massive ecological damage, but they are also the sci-fi equivalent of magma forges. It also allows us to build mountains. And that's just too awesome to pass up.

[Archangel]

One of those pictures is doing weird things to my screen.

[Pandarsenic]

You mean they renamed Copperblazes. The Majesty of Colors is in the Ruins.

DO IT DAMN IT

Also, I like how Santiago immediately trades you the technology she boasted of.

Regarding the drone riots: Dude, THE build order for University, unless you go straight to military, is Defense Unit, Recycling Tanks, HOLOTHEATER SO YOU DON'T GET RIOTS IMMEDIATELY. Come on, are you trying to lose?

[Wimdit]

...Losing makes it more fun.

Anyway, I'm building the Virtual World and it's going to be finished in about ten turns. That should take care of the drones.

[IHateOutside]

Also, I like how Santiago immediately trades you the technology she boasted of.

Thats a pretty retarded thing to do. Any player of a strategy game, even the AI should know not to give away an advantage. Santiago should have just steamrolled you.

[Wimdit]

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The Peacekeepers prepare to assault Boatmurdered. Their formation is very nice and symmetrical, but what the hell is it supposed to do?


Make it easy for me to kill their vanguard before they attack, I suppose. How nice of them.


Wait what? Yay Santiago! I guess the protection money was worth it.


Oldbeard didn't like this one bit. I still have no idea how they managed to physically destroy the Tanks with a computer virus. Maybe I should have taken Oldbeard more seriously when he described his 'computerized booze bomb.'


All my bases, with the exception of Boatmurdered, are size 4 now. I'm only keeping them in line with excessive nerve stapling. Come on, Virtual World...


Ahahaha. Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJlPr2KHSFo


The technicians running it assure me that the 'Naked Guy in the Sky' program is very popular among the drones.



Now for another gratuitous use of time and resources to begin.


...Curses. That battle report down the bottom is just the Peacekeepers shelling Boatmurdered. They haven't let up for a long time, and I don't have the firepower to head out and face the remnants of the force that attacked it. I've got my recon rover doing field repairs out back, but it's going to take some time before it will be combat-ready.


A different ludicrously expensive project is called for.




Freedom! Got that Probe Team that took out Oldbeard's Tanks as well.


Ahahaha no. The Spartans are almost as powerful as me, and they have a much larger military.



Nothing short of complete surrender, Lal. I'm ruthless that way.




Time to remove the filthy Peacekeeper influence from Copperblazes. I thought that it was called something different, but the Chief Librarian assures me it was always called Copperblazes.


At last. There goes that bloody artillery.


Boom!


...Damn. The Believers are going to be a tough nut to crack, if it comes to that.



Old news.


Oh hell. I think Vendetta with her is going to be inevitable soon. But for now, I'll have to pay up.



Speaking of energy, inefficiency is crippling my economy. Creches make bases more efficient, apparently, so I'll build me one of them. Also, interesting fact: almost my entire military is supported from the Majesty of Colours.


Oldbeard has been working on getting revenge. A probe team of his infiltrated Lal's datalinks.


I like this doctrine.


Lal sure does have a lot of probe teams...


The brave soldiers of the Majesty of Colours have captured an enemy base! All hail the defenders of reason!

So, I'm winning the war, but Santiago is breathing down my neck an awful lot. At this stage I have a few options:

Regarding Lal: Make peace immediately, fight until he surrenders, or obliterate him entirely?
Regarding Santiago: Prepare to defend againt her, prepare to take the fight to her when she attacks, or keep paying protection money?
Also, now that I have Doctrine: Loyalty, I can implement a Police State. However, the inefficiency caused by that, combined with my Planned Economy, will slow my research enormously. I can also implement a democracy, which will make me more efficient, but the support penalty will leave me low on minerals for fightin' people.

Suggestions? Base names are always needed. That Peacekeeper base I just captured is just begging to have someone's name plastered all over it.

[Pandarsenic]

Aqizzarium for the new base.

Social Engineering: If you want support, honestly, do Green Police State.  But don't take one until you have the other.

Make Lal surrender, once he's our pact-bitch he'll be a nice collection of votes for us to become Planetary Governor.

Santiago: Stop paying the money; she shouldn't call Vendetta immediately, but if she does, you might be able to offer her a tech to shut up.

Try to get the Support distributed more evenly rather than being from The Majesty of Colors, with the max each base can handle being how many it makes.

[TheNewerMartianEmperor]

For the New Base, I suggest Toad Hall.

I'd pefer a democracy.

I'd rather see him obliterated, but better to have him swear loyalty.

Don't give her the satisfaction.

[Rysith]

Regarding Lal: Make peace immediately, fight until he surrenders, or obliterate him entirely?
Regarding Santiago: Prepare to defend againt her, prepare to take the fight to her when she attacks, or keep paying protection money?
Also, now that I have Doctrine: Loyalty, I can implement a Police State. However, the inefficiency caused by that, combined with my Planned Economy, will slow my research enormously. I can also implement a democracy, which will make me more efficient, but the support penalty will leave me low on minerals for fightin' people.

Suggestions? Base names are always needed. That Peacekeeper base I just captured is just begging to have someone's name plastered all over it.[/spoiler]

Lal: Force him to surrender. He's just going to come back and stab you later anyway, and you want as much of your continent as you can get.

Santiago: Spend all your money. Seriously, she will never demand money that you can't pay right then. Use it to rush-build infrastructure and stuff. Keep around 50 credits around to bribe her with, and it should be reasonably cheap to keep paying her not to attack you. If she starts demanding tech, go to war and rush for the cruiser hulls, since it looks like she's on another island. That will also give you a few turns before she can drop a significant force on you when you go to war.

I don't think you need either of the new social engineering options yet, since the virtual world should have basically solved your drone problems. If you can crush Lal before you need to crush Santiago, go democratic for the energy/research gains.