SDN Worlds 4 Commentary Thread V

[PeZook]

As such, it is not subject to electronic or other intercept.

What about clobbering the ambassador on the head and stealing the note? That would intercept it!

[Chaotic Neutral]

Well, I'm probably gonna get slaughtered in a few months, but at the very least, I'm going to destroy enough Haruhiist and Imperium ships to thaw the war in the Koprulu Zone.

The coalition had better be prepared, too. 5000 x 8 is still less than my fleet even without system defenses.

I just hope I can make allies with someone to avoid all this.

[RogueIce]

As such, it is not subject to electronic or other intercept.

What about clobbering the ambassador on the head and stealing the note? That would intercept it!

Diplomatic couriers are immune to such. Given that it would be a huge international incident and all.

Also: technobabble so there.

[PeZook]

Well, I'm probably gonna get slaughtered in a few months, but at the very least, I'm going to destroy enough Haruhiist and Imperium ships to thaw the war in the Koprulu Zone.

The coalition had better be prepared, too. 5000 x 8 is still less than my fleet even without system defenses.

I just hope I can make allies with someone to avoid all this.

You could do a smoke & mirrors PR campaign in order to convince people you've really, truly changed your ways and will never do that again you promise.

Except more convincingly 'coz nobody's gonna believe it if you say it like that

Diplomatic couriers are immune to such. Given that it would be a huge international incident and all.

Also: technobabble so there.

You could just say (quite truthfully) that one has to know what the ambassador is carrying to do that

Plus, bodyguards.

[Ezekiel]

What about clobbering the ambassador on the head and stealing the note? That would intercept it!

Why, that sounds terribly Orky. Perhaps...too Orky.

PeZook is a greenskin agent! Inform the IBGV!

[Simon_Jester]

Update posted, a sort of epilogue to C6.

You don't see Umerian stealth ships engaging in this kind of buffoonery! Hopefully, you don't see them at all...

[Ezekiel]

Buffoonery is the surest way of spotting a buffoon. Just be sure to use the right size of elephant gun when you gun one down for its' smooth, reason-repellent pelt.

[Simon_Jester]

[reads CN's wiki update]

[puts on modhat]

No. You are not allowed to have system defense units that can move from system to system, allowing you to put your freebie defenses wherever you want to meet an attack. Any that try to move to a new system via warp gate will suffer a Critical Existence Failure and vanish into the ether, never to be seen again.

You are ESPECIALLY not allowed to have 200$ system defense units that can move from system to system via warp gate.

As punishment, I declare that your system defenses are fixed to individual planets, not just to systems.

This is a balance issue. Most people have their system defenses spread across five stars in a sector. You claim to be able to concentrate them all in one system, giving you unusual ability to repel attack on a given system. But since you're being an ass, I'm going to cancel that out. So each of your planets must stand alone with respect to its defensive resources, just as each of someone else's star systems must.

If you do not shortly publish a breakdown of your system defense point allocation planet by planet, I will do it for you.

EDIT: Never mind. Actually, you get your breakdown of system defense planet by planet right now. Each system's defenses are split evenly among all its planets. There, nice and simple.

[fgalkin]

Update posted, a sort of epilogue to C6.

You don't see Umerian stealth ships engaging in this kind of buffoonery! Hopefully, you don't see them at all...

It might not be the end yet! There is still a Monolith coming! And the inevitable aftermath of the Kittie sneak attack.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[Shroom Man 777]

If only CN were half as great as Nah Oslo, people would be singing songs in praise of him.

[KlavoHunter]

CN, why don't you spend less time wanking your wiki and go blow up some zogging Orkz? You'll get into less trouble that way.

[Shinn Langley Soryu]

Well, I'm probably gonna get slaughtered in a few months, but at the very least, I'm going to destroy enough Haruhiist and Imperium ships to thaw the war in the Koprulu Zone.

The coalition had better be prepared, too. 5000 x 8 is still less than my fleet even without system defenses.

I just hope I can make allies with someone to avoid all this.

Thanks to your own haphazard upgrade program, your fleet will be suffering from equipment failures at very inopportune moments. Between that and the fact that battles in this game are just as reliant on story quality (something you seem to be highly deficient in) as they are on plain numbers, it won't be as lopsided as you think it will be.

[Tanasinn]

Appreciated that summary there, Simon_Jester. I had...kinda lost track of what the hell was going on.

[Simon_Jester]

Well, that was *part* of my goal, yes.

I had quite a bit of help from Comrade Fgalkin in getting that straight; it wasn't easy.

[pins Hero of the Technocracy, Third Class on Fgalkin for his sterling intelligence analysis work]

EDIT: What are people's thoughts about my putting together a few Zebes scenes that don't advance the plot in a linear fashion, but help get us caught up on some of what's been happening on the Boskonian side of the line? I can promise more Nugak...

[DarthShady]

Yes! I think Fulcrum's been trying to get some Bragulan contacts who'll act as intermediaries for a meeting (also hoping that his threatening the Karlack won't make things bad). We should write something together. There's secret alliancing to do!

Indeed. Drop me a PM and we'll get started.

Also: May the King rest in pieces. Nice one Shroom.

[Force Lord]

Should I start up the OBS's machinations in the Former Outlander Commissions? Or is it too soon?

[Shroom Man 777]

Go for it! Now! Let's have a good old-fashioned proxy war.

[Kartr_Kana]

Well, I'm probably gonna get slaughtered in a few months, but at the very least, I'm going to destroy enough Haruhiist and Imperium ships to thaw the war in the Koprulu Zone.

The coalition had better be prepared, too. 5000 x 8 is still less than my fleet even without system defenses...

5000*8? Buahahaha way to underestimate your enemies CN! Who says we're only sending 5000pts each? For that matter who says there's only 8 nations coming after you?

Should I start up the OBS's machinations in the Former Outlander Commissions? Or is it too soon?

I'd say to soon to really start doing a lot with it, but probably a good time to start the early stages of something.

[Akhlut]

Well, I'm probably gonna get slaughtered in a few months, but at the very least, I'm going to destroy enough Haruhiist and Imperium ships to thaw the war in the Koprulu Zone.

The coalition had better be prepared, too. 5000 x 8 is still less than my fleet even without system defenses.

I just hope I can make allies with someone to avoid all this.

I think you burned all your bridges by OOC having your hand surgically grafted to your crotch while IC being an idiot who openly asks to conduct potentially horrific experiments on sentient beings and wishing to commit genocide on another sentient species. I mean, sweet zombie Jesus on a pogo stick, you've been 'playing' since November, I think, yet you've given us pretty much no memorable characters and, as far as I can tell, no plot, while fgalkin has only been active for just under a month and has given us characters and has been actively engaging the galaxy at large. For fuck's sake, stop wanking your fucking ships and marines and actually do something interesting and maybe you won't have a fucking armada coming to scour your presence from the galaxy.

[fgalkin]

I just hope I can make allies with someone to avoid all this.

Pst....There is an embassy sitting in your capital awaiting a response, you know.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[Darkevilme]

I just hope I can make allies with someone to avoid all this.

Pst....There is an embassy sitting in your capital awaiting a response, you know.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

I want to emphasize this reminder, do this right or at least not totally fucked up and you could have an entire star nation not actively plotting your demise. Considering your current position and track record this would be an actually noteworthy achievement.

[DarthShady]

Should I start up the OBS's machinations in the Former Outlander Commissions? Or is it too soon?

Thats rather close...

[fgalkin]

There is no such thing as "too soon" due to the wonders of Unreal Time.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[fgalkin]

To all those ready to exchange ambassadors with the Lost- I have not forgotten about you and will take care of it as soon as the C-6 storyline is done.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[Mayabird]

The sad thing is that no one will know Dash's true bravery.

But I hope no one minds if I try to make the awesomer story the 'official' one, regardless of truth. And also that Dash did end up with a plutonium medal somehow. Maybe something like the scene Fulcrum claims happened did happened. Maybe Fulcrum just mugged Jack Turdner at some point later*. We'll never know!

Speaking of, are those things actually plutonium? Should they really be keeping that in his medical pod? Eh, maybe they put some coating on it so it won't slow down his recovery.


*Of course he didn't. He'd be way too visible and Fulcrum has gotten too well known at that point. Also he is a very busy bird. That's why there are minions assistants, after all.