SDN Worlds 4 Commentary Thread V

[Shroom Man 777]

I need to buzz everyone with a recon gunskimmer.

[Simon_Jester]

I need to buzz everyone with a recon gunskimmer.

Fuck yeah!

[Steve]

Okay, so far I've had Karmic ask me to put an Anglian protectorate-colony near his space, Rogue and Klavo have signed off on one near them and the Argenti, and Beowulf has agreed to Shroom's idea of one near Tianguo, though he insisted on the name "Macau" over "Hong Kong". Also think there'll be one near the Sassanids to supplement the upcoming story I'm doing with Thanas.

That leaves the question of who else is open to having your very own Anglian outpost nearby that you can use to facilitate interaction with me, whether it be trade, diplomacy, politics, or trying to pull an Argentina on me.

[Darkevilme]

Chamarrans are willing. Dunno what we'll use it for yet but i suppose it could be useful later down the line for storyness.

[Beowulf]

Tianguonese are being paranoid as hell and placing extremely low value on their own lives for the simple and obvious reason that they remembered to save their game.

What bugs me is that they're placing such low value on their equipment: the mere fact that one of their probeships has been spotted is enough for them to scuttle the thing.

Been spotted, and is faced with a significantly adverse force correlation. Hasn't been scuttled yet though. Just had all the classified info destroyed. Now, if a capture attempt is actually made, the small craft will get scuttled. Also, the equipment is (by design) low value enough that destruction of it will not pose a significant problem.

[PeZook]

I will repeat my offer. There could be a small protectorate in Wild Space that ran to the Anglians when Collectors showed up. It seemed like good idea at the time, preserving them from K-Zone power plays and granting security from this strange new foe!

They can have lots of cattle mutilation incidents and spend their time chasing UFOs around!

[fgalkin]

I think this is a good moment to end the C-6 storyline on a high note. If anyone else wants to come and make contact, just assume that you were redirected to our diplomatic station. If you were around and want to do an epilogue thingy you're of course welcome to do it (and I will do our own reactions to it shortly).

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[Force Lord]

Okay, so far I've had Karmic ask me to put an Anglian protectorate-colony near his space, Rogue and Klavo have signed off on one near them and the Argenti, and Beowulf has agreed to Shroom's idea of one near Tianguo, though he insisted on the name "Macau" over "Hong Kong". Also think there'll be one near the Sassanids to supplement the upcoming story I'm doing with Thanas.

That leaves the question of who else is open to having your very own Anglian outpost nearby that you can use to facilitate interaction with me, whether it be trade, diplomacy, politics, or trying to pull an Argentina on me.

How about a colony/protectorate near the Centrality?

[Steve]

Okay, so far I've had Karmic ask me to put an Anglian protectorate-colony near his space, Rogue and Klavo have signed off on one near them and the Argenti, and Beowulf has agreed to Shroom's idea of one near Tianguo, though he insisted on the name "Macau" over "Hong Kong". Also think there'll be one near the Sassanids to supplement the upcoming story I'm doing with Thanas.

That leaves the question of who else is open to having your very own Anglian outpost nearby that you can use to facilitate interaction with me, whether it be trade, diplomacy, politics, or trying to pull an Argentina on me.

How about a colony/protectorate near the Centrality?

Was considering it. My general idea is a string of two or three along the "north" end of the map the the one Karmic asked me to have, and a second string of ones along the "south end" of the map.

[fgalkin]

If there is another Anglian colony near the Centrality, I'd prefer that it was on the right side of it, near Ranoidea. With the one next to the Knights, I (and the Central Alliance) are almost entirely boxed in as it is, as there is only one blank space (G8) that we can use to access the galaxy at large.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[Shroom Man 777]

I hope the Anglian colony near the Sassanids aren't also too near Bragule. Bragule's neighbors are already interesting enough as it is.

BTW, Force Lord, you have the awesomest guests for the CENINTERN!

[Simon_Jester]

Logical place to put it would be BB-30 or so, with the full might of the Persian Empire (and a band of shoals) between you and them.

If there is another Anglian colony near the Centrality, I'd prefer that it was on the right side of it, near Ranoidea. With the one next to the Knights, I (and the Central Alliance) are almost entirely boxed in as it is, as there is only one blank space (G8) that we can use to access the galaxy at large.

This is a very valid concern, and I think fgalkin's request is perfectly fair.

That said, it's worth remembering that the existence of one X-occupied star system in a sector does not mean that the entire sector is X-controlled, X-claimed, or X-patrolled. Given the placement of the Anglian colonies, they'd risk antagonizing a lot of nations by asserting a right to patrol the surrounding sector and stop neutral shipping.

[fgalkin]

True, but on the other hand, they WOULD be in position to intercept shipping, especially if we're sending a fleet of warships through their sector.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[Kartr_Kana]

Um FL you are not listed as a recipient on any of the messages concerning MEH as far as I can tell. Rogue listed, Steve, Simon, Beowulf, Fin, Klavo, Ryan, Shinn and myself as recipients. Hiigara has sent notes to the other recipients of Rogue's message, but nothing to anyone else about it. You'll understand if I'm a little confused as to your latest diplomatic note.

[Force Lord]

Um FL you are not listed as a recipient on any of the messages concerning MEH as far as I can tell. Rogue listed, Steve, Simon, Beowulf, Fin, Klavo, Ryan, Shinn and myself as recipients. Hiigara has sent notes to the other recipients of Rogue's message, but nothing to anyone else about it. You'll understand if I'm a little confused as to your latest diplomatic note.

I assumed you learned about my meeting with the MEH's Leader and thus are curious to find out what we did.

[Kartr_Kana]

Ah, well us finding out about a secret high level meeting between your leadership and "her" would be quite a security breach wouldn't it? Also in my opinion its a little discourteous to simply assume that another nation found out about something you did and sent messages asking about it. Personally I would've have preferred that you PM'd me about it so I could've either given you reasons for not caring, or have written up a quick note asking you why you met with "her". Don't know how anyone else feels about it, but that's my stance.

[Force Lord]

Well, the MEH did say to the Interstellar Union about the visit to the Centrality:

Hello, there!
Who the fuck are you, and what can we do for ya?
Sincerely,
The Representative from Nova Miratia to the Elected Assembly of the Interstellar Union of Worlds, Emorroth Kelechtia

To:Emorroth Kelechtia, Representative of Nova Miratia
From: Saint #264 of The MEH

Thanks for noticing us! We're new on the block, and would like to be allies with the other empire near the Orks.
Maybe set up a galactic purge of the Ork worlds, maybe just have a base of operations or shared defenses in your territory and ours. We will send an ambassador.

Additionally, since we were looking to run some experiments on/take the DNA of a few hundred psychers/espers/magicians/ect..., and we have a fleet going to The Centrality to pick up some cargo, we would like to know:

Do you have any sentenced to death, imprisoned as enemies of the state, or held to a low regard that you would sell to us?

Please respond before our ambassadors and transports get to The Centrality, you know how expensive time is.

Bolded relevant part. Even then that was before CN decided to send his Leader instead. I assumed that, since the MEH's messages had been intercepted before, the one about the MEH Leader's visit had been intercepted as well, and so the worried parties knew what was going to happen. Now that I think about it, I realized that I've probably rushed my posts before thinking about the larger picture. It seems I have some editing to do.

[RogueIce]

Bolded relevant part. Even then that was before CN decided to send his Leader instead. I assumed that, since the MEH's messages had been intercepted before, the one about the MEH Leader's visit had been intercepted as well, and so the worried parties knew what was going to happen. Now that I think about it, I realized that I've probably rushed my posts before thinking about the larger picture. It seems I have some editing to do.

Well, for me I likely would only look into it with discrete inquiries at best, rather than through public comm channels. As doing the latter would tend to imply I have more of an interest in the MEH than is currently the case, at least so far as the public at large is aware.

Something like our embassy staff asking whatever contacts they have in your government about it, on the QT.

[Kartr_Kana]

I stopped "intercepting" CNs posts after those first two, IC reason improved security on his encryptions or something like that. OOC reason I just stopped giving a fuck about his "diplomacy".

I wouldn't say its a problem of not looking at the bigger picture, more a problem of assuming. Makes an ass out of you and me after all.

[Force Lord]

Yeah, well, I probably have to find out the best way to modify my posts, but I lack ideas right now.

[Kartr_Kana]

Maybe rather than have them directly ask you what you're doing with MEH, simply have your SIGINT analysts note an increase in message traffic. HUMINT can find out that several nations have had Warp Gate connections with Shinra, something that isn't usual. Things like that, then they can try and figure out what all the activity means, and paranoid as they are they start to worry that someone has noticed them talking to MEH. Of course the first rule is don't admit anything so rather than mentioning they've been talking to MEH they innocently ask "hey we've noticed a lot of activity recently, whats up?".

Doing that gives us a chance to decide whether or not we should respond and if we do how much we're willing to tell you. Yet we're not forced into anything by fiat acompli.

[fgalkin]

Aw...didn't get invited to the Inhumanist League

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[Force Lord]

Maybe rather than have them directly ask you what you're doing with MEH, simply have your SIGINT analysts note an increase in message traffic. HUMINT can find out that several nations have had Warp Gate connections with Shinra, something that isn't usual. Things like that, then they can try and figure out what all the activity means, and paranoid as they are they start to worry that someone has noticed them talking to MEH. Of course the first rule is don't admit anything so rather than mentioning they've been talking to MEH they innocently ask "hey we've noticed a lot of activity recently, whats up?".

Doing that gives us a chance to decide whether or not we should respond and if we do how much we're willing to tell you. Yet we're not forced into anything by fiat acompli.

So major editing? I'll see what I can do.

[Steve]

And that is what it likes when CEID asks nicely.

Couldn't think of anything else that would fit in that post save to follow-up on the newlyweds. And, really, given the recent X-13 storyline I did, don't you think I've exhausted my allotment of lesbian snogging for the month?

[Akhlut]

And that is what it likes when CEID asks nicely.

Couldn't think of anything else that would fit in that post save to follow-up on the newlyweds. And, really, given the recent X-13 storyline I did, don't you think I've exhausted my allotment of lesbian snogging for the month?

There is no such thing as too much lesbians, Steve.