STGOD: A Dead Art?

Academia Nut · Post by **Academia Nut** » 2007-06-13 01:06am

Bomb... cities... gotcha. I think the guys I'm thinking up will also be into the whole experimentation on captured population thing, although more out of naive curiousity and a casual disregard for others than any malice. The sort of people that are really easy to propagandize against but infuriatingly sweet in the diplomatic rooms.

Also, has any other thought been given as to whether or not we want to include some sort of industrial summary in our OOBs?

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2007-06-13 01:06am

I am ready to unleash terror ships full of techno-mage cyborgs.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2007-06-13 01:19am

Spyder wrote:If we wanted to make it really roleplay heavy but still keep structure, what we could do is have everyone start with a hundred points and have the official declarations being something along the lines of "My fleet has 60 points in heavy capital ships, 20 in cruisers, 20 in small escorts." Then in an individual engagement you say "I have put 30 points worth of heavy capital ships to this engagement" then whatever shows up, regardless of quantity, counts for half your heavy capital fleet.

Simple, easy to vet, allows the oobophiles (I mean that with the greatest affection) to go into as much detail as they want while making life easier for those that just want to jump right in.

I like this idea, and I like this idea a lot. Keeping it basic like that allows us to work out pretty effectively how power is distributed, and will let us know whether someone is "outnumbered" or not in combat.

Cincinnatus · Post by **Cincinnatus** » 2007-06-13 01:30am

My last final is tomorrow, so I'm game for this. I always felt bad that we never got a chance to play the Steam and Steel game.

Starglider · Post by **Starglider** » 2007-06-13 01:30am

I'm tempted to postpone my complicated original idea for the next one (when it's better developed and I've had some practice) and just play the gatekeepers and/or the Pan'ur'i.

EDIT: That or the all-powerful ALIEN SPACEBATS so beloved of alt-history fans.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2007-06-13 01:43am

I will be entering with the Seventh Polish Republic, it's network of interstellar colonies, and it's client states in the Miedzymorze Federation.

Why is the Sikh symbol part of the Polish flag? Well, I suppose I'll have to get to that eventually.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2007-06-13 02:03am

The vak shall join this merry venture, seek for the path to becoming alive and throw carnivals and broker information!

Hawkwings · Post by **Hawkwings** » 2007-06-13 02:09am

Well, assuming we are going about trektech or slightly higher, I have a concept that should be interesting. Suffice to say that I'm gonna go with massive shielding and active defense instead of flying bricks. It'll be fun!

Covenant · Post by **Covenant** » 2007-06-13 03:49am

Any sorts of limitations besides tech level? Are these human powers we have to play? I've got an idea I think is clever and I'd like to figure out what to do with it and how far I can go.

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2007-06-13 03:51am

The Tarêküroi Fyaboķu (Tareikuroi Fyabokhu for those not blessed with unicode) <<?[Unified/United ?[Republican/Cooperative/Conglomerated] [States//Hives//??Keiretsu]]>> stand ready. (Make your own Acronym)

Er, as much as the individual can stand, since they don't have legs.

<<//conciliatory Rest assured/Report back/Accept that we/hive/group have no plans/orders to conquer/resettlle/eliminate/exterminate and ?[enslave] you like other ?[expansionist] ?[powers/hives/kingdoms] would do so. You/your race have no place/caste/job in the hive/home. (Inside/within the hive's//the queen's//home's stomach/nexus/digestion, we/hive/group cannot promise/predict. [size=0]//jestmark //threatmark)[/size]>>

Covenant · Post by **Covenant** » 2007-06-13 03:56am

Could someone hit me with a PM, or post here, about what makes a good, survivable catalyst nation? I PM'd nitram about the machines but haven't gotten a reply, and would like to hear some ideas for how to play one of those types without getting massacred. It'd be fun, as a relatively new player, to help move things along.

Adrian Laguna · Post by **Adrian Laguna** » 2007-06-13 04:44am

Spyder wrote:Also I think we should have a ban on 'good guy' powers for the first couple of months. Expansionistic Imperialist Arseholes only thank you, reform later if you must.

I think if a player wants to be a "good guy" power we should allow it, after all it'd be somewhat monotonous if everyone is seeking to make an Empire out of blood, preferably their enemy's.

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2007-06-13 05:00am

Since we are playing with a smaller Area and a Lower Tech level, I believe I will enter with the "UISC" The Union of Inter-Steller Civilizations.

Comprised of 6 different Alien races whose planets formed in a tiny pocket of space only 30 Light years square.

Starglider · Post by **Starglider** » 2007-06-13 05:13am

Crossroads Inc. wrote:Comprised of 6 different Alien races whose planets formed in a tiny pocket of space only 30 Light years square.

Some rough quantification on planets/population would be nice. An order of magnitude of human-equivalent population to shoot for, or major planets/minor planets/outposts kind of thing.

rhoenix · Post by **rhoenix** » 2007-06-13 05:33am

I'll play a..."balanced" faction.

Any suggestions on point totals to start with? 100, was it?

Covenant · Post by **Covenant** » 2007-06-13 05:36am

rhoenix wrote:I'll play a..."balanced" faction.

Any suggestions on point totals to start with? 100, was it?

Are there rules available so we can tell what these points mean?

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2007-06-13 08:57am

How about 1500 points per nation, with 20 points representing an average capital ship, 10 an average cruiser, and 2 an average escort? Nation-size, how bout an average of 10 major worlds, population 50 billion in total being average?

-edit- I'd sort of like Earth to be one of the planets in our game-universe, and I was wondering if any other human powers would want to share the place as a capital. It would certainly be interesting to have the capitals or major industry from more than one nation crammed onto the little blue ball...

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2007-06-13 09:06am

Thirdfain wrote:How about 1500 points per nation, with 20 points representing an average capital ship, 10 an average cruiser, and 2 an average escort? Nation-size, how bout an average of 10 major worlds, population 50 billion in total being average?

-edit- I'd sort of like Earth to be one of the planets in our game-universe, and I was wondering if any other human powers would want to share the place as a capital. It would certainly be interesting to have the capitals or major industry from more than one nation crammed onto the little blue ball...

Hm, sounds ok.
And, just for the sheer fun of it, I'd be willing to share with you

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2007-06-13 09:10am

Sweet! Dibs on Europe east of Germany and West of Russia- but I get Ukraine and Belarus

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2007-06-13 09:14am

Thirdfain wrote:Sweet! Dibs on Europe east of Germany and West of Russia- but I get Ukraine and Belarus

I just thought about being a re-emerged Chinese Empire (possibly mashed with Japan), with most of Asia, western Russia, and Australia/NZ.
Want to split up the rest?

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2007-06-13 09:16am

The Dense Matter Coalition is quite prepared to enter the fray.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2007-06-13 09:36am

Dahak wrote:
Thirdfain wrote:Sweet! Dibs on Europe east of Germany and West of Russia- but I get Ukraine and Belarus
I just thought about being a re-emerged Chinese Empire (possibly mashed with Japan), with most of Asia, western Russia, and Australia/NZ.
Want to split up the rest?

Sweet! Let's wait to see if any other Terrestrial powers show up, though, before we occupy the whole damn thing

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2007-06-13 09:41am

Thirdfain wrote:
Dahak wrote:
Thirdfain wrote:Sweet! Dibs on Europe east of Germany and West of Russia- but I get Ukraine and Belarus
I just thought about being a re-emerged Chinese Empire (possibly mashed with Japan), with most of Asia, western Russia, and Australia/NZ.
Want to split up the rest?
Sweet! Let's wait to see if any other Terrestrial powers show up, though, before we occupy the whole damn thing

I think 3 is the highest possible number for it... Otherwise it'll be too earth-centric I think.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2007-06-13 09:42am

STGOD1 had like 6 Earth powers, and there was plenty of conflict away from the Home System. It was kind of cool... but I get what you are saying. However, it seems like most of the other nations put together at this point will nt be terrestrial, which suggests we will have enough diversity in the end.

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2007-06-13 09:56am

Thirdfain wrote:STGOD1 had like 6 Earth powers, and there was plenty of conflict away from the Home System. It was kind of cool... but I get what you are saying. However, it seems like most of the other nations put together at this point will nt be terrestrial, which suggests we will have enough diversity in the end.

Are we going to do an OoB thread? The Unified Conglomerate Hive Confederation is ready to post.