STGOD 4 Game Thread

lazerus · Post by **lazerus** » 2004-05-02 10:59pm

frigidmagi wrote:Laz said:
"Frantic, between re-occuping the Sparta system and supplying the 3 new planets we aquired while in exile our cargo fleet has been pushed to the limit......still, it was better then the time I left earth."
"You mean that wasn't the first time you did something so... unwise?"

"Lets see.........as I recall it was the year of the vulture. We had mined out the last of this planet naquida and so were planning to leave. The humans had mixed reactions, last time I was on this planet, 5000 devoted followers had undergone a pilgramge to the temple and were begging me not to leave............of course, Ra was being chased by an agnry lynch mob, so I guess it evens out."

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-05-02 11:00pm

Thirdfain wrote:
"Only for a short time period, and it was actually to protect them and our troops when we landed. We would rather compel them to have warm fuzzy feelings about us for a week than have to kill hundreds of thousands in order to land and get the military infastructure going"
"Ah. Choice-theft. A crime punishable by death by the Giudice. Curious, isn't it? A most foolish method of taking the world. It seems that your spells didn't have as fine an effect as you imagined."

"It was only a temporary measure. Not the best of situations, but it was certainly better for both parties, at least from our point of view, to land peacefully. The initial landing is the deadliest time for both sides in an y invasion"

lazerus · Post by **lazerus** » 2004-05-02 11:01pm

Straha wrote:
lazerus wrote:
Thirdfain wrote: "I suspect, bondman, that we'll see a great deal more of it as time passes. This is a time of expansion, a turning point unlike any seen since the Genocide Wars. Powers are coming out of the masonry, and some are intent on building empires." With that, he eyed the Arcane and Nashtar ambassadors.
"And when empires form, the weak band together to defend themselves forming new empires. Then their are alliances and the fragile system runs faster and faster towards.......the next genocide war."
She grins.
"Same thing happened during this planets First World War, looks like human nature never changes."
A dignified alien walked forward.

"Not if we can help it. We live on Earth, we can see its pains, and we saw the galaxy's pains like no other. Monacora learns quickly from its mistakes, we will ensure that the same mistakes made before the Genocide Wars are never made again. I, by the way, am the Prime Minister of Monacora, a pleasure to make your aquantinces."

"Pleased to meet you, i'm Anuket."

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-05-02 11:02pm

Thridfain said:

"Ah. Choice-theft. A crime punishable by death by the Giudice. Curious, isn't it? A most foolish method of taking the world. It seems that your spells didn't have as fine an effect as you imagined."

"I find it strange that the rebels were so well equiped. But then we found the answer to that didn't we. It seems quite clear to me that the revolt was started and supplied from the outside. Tell me, what does your law say about meddling?"

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-05-02 11:02pm

lazerus wrote:
Straha wrote:
lazerus wrote: "And when empires form, the weak band together to defend themselves forming new empires. Then their are alliances and the fragile system runs faster and faster towards.......the next genocide war."
She grins.
"Same thing happened during this planets First World War, looks like human nature never changes."
A dignified alien walked forward.

"Not if we can help it. We live on Earth, we can see its pains, and we saw the galaxy's pains like no other. Monacora learns quickly from its mistakes, we will ensure that the same mistakes made before the Genocide Wars are never made again. I, by the way, am the Prime Minister of Monacora, a pleasure to make your aquantinces."
"Pleased to meet you, i'm Anuket."

"Francis Traebon, a pleasure I'm sure..."

lazerus · Post by **lazerus** » 2004-05-02 11:02pm

frigidmagi wrote:Thridfain said:
"Ah. Choice-theft. A crime punishable by death by the Giudice. Curious, isn't it? A most foolish method of taking the world. It seems that your spells didn't have as fine an effect as you imagined."
"I find it strange that the rebels were so well equiped. But then we found the answer to that didn't we. It seems quite clear to me that the revolt was started and supplied from the outside. Tell me, what does your law say about meddling?"

"For the record, while we did do all that other stuff, we really didn't do that perticular thing."

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-05-02 11:03pm

"Elanie" Artimus said with a broad smile that would make any woman who was not a heartless bitch(the type he REALLY liked) swoon.
"There is the most lovely waltz playing and an empty floor. It would be a shame to leave empty like that. I suppose I am trying to say... may I have pleasure of this dance?" He said while kissing her hand in courtly fashion.
"This talk of politics bores me"

lazerus · Post by **lazerus** » 2004-05-02 11:04pm

Straha wrote:
lazerus wrote:
Straha wrote: A dignified alien walked forward.

"Not if we can help it. We live on Earth, we can see its pains, and we saw the galaxy's pains like no other. Monacora learns quickly from its mistakes, we will ensure that the same mistakes made before the Genocide Wars are never made again. I, by the way, am the Prime Minister of Monacora, a pleasure to make your aquantinces."
"Pleased to meet you, i'm Anuket."
"Francis Traebon, a pleasure I'm sure..."

"You'll excuse me if I don't share your optimistic view of human nature, over the last 7000 years i've seen people make the same stupid mistakes over and over again.:

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2004-05-02 11:05pm

Grand Ball

“Sounds like things are getting interesting, Jon.”

“You really shouldn’t be eavesdropping, Thomas.”

“It’s only eavesdropping if they’re not trying to be heard.”

“Ah, yes. How unfortunate for them that they forgot about the possibility of augmentations, right?” Jon shook his head at his colleague and took a sip from his drink.

“Of course,” Thomas winked to Jon, a subdued smirk playing across his lips.

“You are entirely too eager. You’re acting like a twenty year old, fresh out of uni. We’re the new folks here. Have to wait for the right moment. Ease our way into things. Everything being as volatile as it is now, bouncing around like a schoolchild could give the wrong impression.”

“So would moping in the corner nursing a drink.”

“I’m not moping, I’m surveying the situation. You want to start an international incident, go right ahead. I’ll be hear to clean up your scorched remains.”

“That hurts, Jon. Really. I thought you had a better opinion of me than that,” Thomas smirked again, and Jon silently wondered if it wasn’t too late to get into a shouting match with Radim after all.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-05-02 11:05pm

frigidmagi wrote:Thridfain said:
"Ah. Choice-theft. A crime punishable by death by the Giudice. Curious, isn't it? A most foolish method of taking the world. It seems that your spells didn't have as fine an effect as you imagined."
"I find it strange that the rebels were so well equiped. But then we found the answer to that didn't we. It seems quite clear to me that the revolt was started and supplied from the outside. Tell me, what does your law say about meddling?"

"The weapons were purchased anonymously from unliscenced sellers, we cannot trace them. They are also generic, these same weapons can be produced by eny nation with the tech level of 21st century earth"

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-05-02 11:07pm

Laz said:

"For the record, while we did do all that other stuff, we really didn't do that perticular thing."

"Tell you what. I'll pretend to believe you. The Ousters will pretend that the Arcanes are their best friends and President Major will pretend that we're all family here. Then we'll leave behind the politics, which won't matter since we're all good friends and enjoy the party. How's that?"

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-05-02 11:07pm

lazerus wrote: "You'll excuse me if I don't share your optimistic view of human nature, over the last 7000 years i've seen people make the same stupid mistakes over and over again.:

"You are excused. I assure you though, we of Monacora are not all human. Especially after we became the refugee nation during the Genocide war. We are not prone to making the same mistakes over and over and over again. And I assure you, the princes are quite set on making sure that no other nation screws up the galaxy as much as some have."

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-05-02 11:07pm

Elanie wasn't a Mata Hari, but she did as ettiquite required.

"But of course. The pleasure would be mine."
She grinned inside. She was going to be waltzing with a man who she had spent half of her life learning how to kill, who worked for a power she found despicable. Politics was a strange beast, indeed.

"I find it strange that the rebels were so well equiped. But then we found the answer to that didn't we. It seems quite clear to me that the revolt was started and supplied from the outside. Tell me, what does your law say about meddling?"

"Really? Our reports, and all the evidence, showed the rebels are being quite poorly equipped- some third-rate offworld guns, stolen weapons, and home-made bombs. As for meddling, I think it's frankly beneath us. The Hajr takes what it needs."

lazerus · Post by **lazerus** » 2004-05-02 11:07pm

frigidmagi wrote:Laz said:
"For the record, while we did do all that other stuff, we really didn't do that perticular thing."
"Tell you what. I'll pretend to believe you. The Ousters will pretend that the Arcanes are their best friends and President Major will pretend that we're all family here. Then we'll leave behind the politics, which won't matter since we're all good friends and enjoy the party. How's that?"

"I'll drink to that." *drinks*

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-05-02 11:10pm

Thridfain said:

"Really? Our reports, and all the evidence, showed the rebels are being quite poorly equipped- some third-rate offworld guns, stolen weapons, and home-made bombs. As for meddling, I think it's frankly beneath us. The Hajr takes what it needs."

"Not quite considering all the weapons my army gathered, but we're all pretending to be friends without quarrel for the moment. So why Don't you tell me more about the Hajr? For some reason, information about you is sparse on the ground. Do you really all live in deep space? And whats this about genetic engineering and you?"

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-05-02 11:11pm

Thirdfain wrote:
"Only for a short time period, and it was actually to protect them and our troops when we landed. We would rather compel them to have warm fuzzy feelings about us for a week than have to kill hundreds of thousands in order to land and get the military infastructure going"
"Ah. Choice-theft. A crime punishable by death by the Giudice. Curious, isn't it? A most foolish method of taking the world. It seems that your spells didn't have as fine an effect as you imagined."

"Might I point out that killing them would remove all their choices for all time to come, rather than influencing their choices for a couple days at most? It is the lesser crime."

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-05-02 11:14pm

"But of course. The pleasure would be mine."

"Thank you my lady"

He thought to himself
She didnt swoon at my smile! My kind of woman!

The music was absolutly wonderful. And so was her touch. He really needed to get out more. All night working, while he was hellishly attractive he literally didnt have time to get laid and hadent for a century.

lazerus · Post by **lazerus** » 2004-05-02 11:14pm

A third goa'ould represntitive arrives, he's wearing loose-black, clothes. Somthing you would expect at a less formal gathering. He's also wearning a metal headbad that has barely noticible micro-circutry in it. The arcane telepath reads him has a blank spot. He walks straight up to the Arcane represtivie talking to Anuket.

"Hello."

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-05-02 11:15pm

frigidmagi wrote:Laz said:
"For the record, while we did do all that other stuff, we really didn't do that perticular thing."
"Tell you what. I'll pretend to believe you. The Ousters will pretend that the Arcanes are their best friends and President Major will pretend that we're all family here. Then we'll leave behind the politics, which won't matter since we're all good friends and enjoy the party. How's that?"

"That would be wonderful"

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-05-02 11:16pm

"Not quite considering all the weapons my army gathered, but we're all pretending to be friends without quarrel for the moment. So why Don't you tell me more about the Hajr? For some reason, information about you is sparse on the ground. Do you really all live in deep space? And whats this about genetic engineering and you?"

"The Unbound fill the greatest niche- as your Floaters live in the Void, do we. We inhabit the asteroid belts and Oort clouds, building our clusters at L points or over empty worlds. We filll the blackness of space with our teeming life. It is the duty of the Hajr to pave the way for the Diaspora, to prepare systems for their conversion into habitats. We are the pinnacle of evolution, the self-made lifeform that follows nature's call. Our people live free- they live or die as they please, Bondman Major. As is everyone's right- to choose to die fighting is a far lesser evil than to be mind-raped into empty acceptence."

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-05-02 11:17pm

lazerus wrote:A third goa'ould represntitive arrives, he's wearing loose-black, clothes. Somthing you would expect at a less formal gathering. He's also wearning a metal headbad that has barely noticible micro-circutry in it. The arcane telepath reads him has a blank spot. He walks straight up to the Arcane represtivie talking to Anuket.

"Hello."

A quick illusion was silent and still cast, invisible to all others ion the room

"Cant you see I am dancing with this most wonderful of women?"

lazerus · Post by **lazerus** » 2004-05-02 11:21pm

Alyrium Denryle wrote:
lazerus wrote:A third goa'ould represntitive arrives, he's wearing loose-black, clothes. Somthing you would expect at a less formal gathering. He's also wearning a metal headbad that has barely noticible micro-circutry in it. The arcane telepath reads him has a blank spot. He walks straight up to the Arcane represtivie talking to Anuket.

"Hello."
A quick illusion was silent and still cast, invisible to all others ion the room

"Cant you see I am dancing with this most wonderful of women?"

*eyebrow raised*

"Sorry to interupt your date......." *pulls Artimus over* "But this is important."

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-05-02 11:24pm

"If you will pardon me my lady... someone is being very rude. I will be back with you in but one moment. I apologize"

he went off to the side
"What is it? I should kill you for your lack of manners"

lazerus · Post by **lazerus** » 2004-05-02 11:26pm

Alyrium Denryle wrote:"If you will pardon me my lady... someone is being very rude. I will be back with you in but one moment. I apologize"

he went off to the side
"What is it? I should kill you for your lack of manners"

"Has it really been that long since you had a girl? I'll set you up with a goddes of love if it's that imporant."
You can't tell if he's joking or not.
"I'm Jar'lath, and I think I can give you somthing that will let your build an empire larger then your even imangined."

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-05-02 11:29pm

"talk to Karsus, he is the head of state"

He turns, and takes up Elanie's hand and kisses her hand in traditional courtly fashion. The waltz had changed to something a little faster, an old Irish jig, one which he had some skill at dancing.