Tonight is my first Table Top Game on Skype for 3 weeks now. I have to work in the morning, at 6AM.

SOOOOO

That means that while your cycle submission for 16th is due tonight, I likely will not get it back to you till Wednesday LATE (especially with the massive exploration I have seen being done).

This means that after tonight, our next due date will be next Tuesday. With so much happening this cycle I think that the extra time might be needed.

ALSO, this will help me to get all the mapping done and get things right the first time. I have been rushing to get results in and it shows :-P
This message was last updated by the player at 07:41, Mon 07 Nov 2011.

Let me be very blunt:

There is no alternate win option which will either end the game or get your race into the Hall of Fame.

You can Solo win with 50 planets or Federation win with 90 planets, currently, just like it indicates in the Galaxy Thread.

There is a technology tree that lets you reduce the # of planets needed to win by 1 per level of the technology. That means that the smallest number of planets currently needed (should somebody have all 6 levels of the technology) would be 44 for a solo and 84 for a Federation win.

There are no other technologies and will be no other technologies that reduce the # of planets needed. Nor will there be a technology that reduces the % of planets needed.


Thank you,
Admin
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:22, Mon 24 Oct 2011.

Unique Object/Items can not be shared, period.

One race can own/benefit from any given item at any given time. Some UO's can be given/traded after they have been researched because they are objects, but still that unique object is what grants that bonus/benefit. Other UO's disappear upon use and can't be researched again.

Whichever race researches the Book of Jakar, that is the only race that can ever benefit from it. Once researched it can no longer be traded, ever, and the book fades into the essence of the galaxy and that races people.

PS: A Federation is not a race and Federations can not directly benefit from Unique Objects. UO's that directly effect a 'side' of battle can effect Federation troops should it be present as part of a combined task force with the race that owns or is enhanced by the UO.
This message was last edited by the GM at 08:48, Wed 26 Oct 2011.

This was deleted or never copied over from G2 or G3 rules, but has been the mode of operation regardless. It will be added in the H section.

Espionage agents, since they perform a wide variety of tasks, can only be converted to a higher espionage grade 1 unit per cycle.

EX:  If you have E4 grade, you can elevate 3 espionage e1 units a turn.  1 to e2, 1 to e3 and 1 to e4.  Technologies researched can allow more espionage units to be able to be elevated per turn.


There is a basic upgrade technology for it:

The More the Merrier, Lv1, Standard
And additional Espionage Unit can be trained up per grade.
lv2 can upgrade 2 E1's to E2, 2 E2's to E3, 2 E3's to E4.
lv3 3 of each.
lv4 4 of each
lv5 5 of each.
lv6 - Unlimited, but you have to pay 1 luxury per unit upgraded.

G4 Espionage Updates:

Information is Power I, Lv2, Standard
Requires: E2 Espionage Grade
The following listed Espionage Actions have a 5% greater chance of success.
Spying
Privaledged info
Wire Taps
Store House Bribes
Misinformation

Knowledge is Power II
+5% greater chance of success
Information is Power III
+5% greater chance of success
Information is Power IV
+5% greater chance of success
Information is Power V
+5% greater chance of success

Power is Control I, Lv3, Standard
Requires: E3 Espionage Grade, Information is Power I
The below listed Espionage Actions receive a 5% greater chance of success.
Interference
Military Coup
Stealing R & D
Theft
Space Piracy
Power is Control II
+5% greater chance of success
Power is Control III
+5% greater chance of success
Power is Control IV
+5% greater chance of success


I See You I, lv2, Standard
Requires: E2 Espionage Grade
This technology increases the effectiveness of the Counter Espionage Action by 5%.

I See You II
+5% to the base Counter Espionage Action.
I See You III
+5% to the base Counter Espionage Action.
I See You IV
+5% to the base Counter Espionage Action.
I See You V
+5% to the base Counter Espionage Action.



Reach Out and Touch Someone I, Lv3, Standard
Requires: E3, Information is Power I
The Assassination Espionage Action is 5% more successful.

Reach Out and Touch Someone II
+5% more successful.
Reach Out and Touch Someone III
+5% more successful.
Reach Out and Touch Someone IV
+5% more successful.

This is an announcement for all involved and everybody in the game.

It is assumed that your Leader(s) that are subject to Assassination and other problems concerning location are on your Home World unless specifically stated in the Additional Information section of your Cycle Submission Sheet.

I will be adding rules that were not needed in the Ring System. There is the Q.1 Section and some other things in Aqua in the H Section of the rules that have been added. In addition I have made an extra entry into the Submission Sheet, in RED in the Additional Information section.

I, Thanos_Infinity, and the majority of other players are less than pleased with the level of argument in the OOC:. I have come up with a solution to this. It is called the VENT Thread. If you vent/argue/bitch/whine/moan in the OOC about the game, circumstances in the game, or rules of the game then you will loose access to the OOC.

If you have a HELPFUL suggestion for the game, you may make it in the suggestions thread and the GM(s) will entertain them, but not discuss them.

If you have a question that is not covered in the Rules, Game System, or Approved R&D Thread then you can use the Q&A Thread to ask such question that might need a public response. It is the GM's job to answer such questions, not other players.

Abusing any of the threads with vent/argue/bitch/whine/moan will loose you access to that thread.

Appeals will be ignored. The GM for the next game MAY lift the ban.

Scheduling for the Holidays

Cycle Submission Sheets Due:

Saturday the 19th of November by NOON.
Tuesday the 22nd 10PM
Saturday the 26th by NOON.
Tuesday the 29th by 10PM

When is the next cycle due? I don't know because I will be looking for a job in Texas come the 3rd of December. That Tuesday is completely out. That Friday the 9th is a likely possibility and the Tuesday the 13th is the other possibility or both. My apartment has to be packed, cleaned, and moved by the 20th of December.....and my wife is teaching school and working in the evenings on her at home business.


What am I saying....things will be hectic after the 29th Nov until after the 25th of December.

ALSO

I finally came up with a good name for Cannibalism...other than you know, Cannibalism.

Battlefield Salvage (Cannibalism/Bio-regeneration)
Through the use of this technology military units from your own forces that have been destroyed can be brought back to operational status after your forces win a battle. For each level of this technology you can piece together 1 unit per 10 destroyed units. This technology is compatible with other technologies that utilize one's destroyed military units, but no combination of which can cause you to regain more units than what you lost.
Battlefield Salvage Vi
Prerequisite Technologies: All other Cannibalism techs
Through the use of this technology a military unit can advance a military grade under the following conditions.
1) It defeats and enemy unit in battle.
2) It survives said battle without the use of Cannibalism.
3) There was at least one loss, on the owners side, for each unit upgraded. This lost unit does not count for Battlefield Salvage or other purposes.
-A unit can only be propelled one level higher in MG than the racial Military Grade Technology normally supports. This is an effective means of improving lower level Mercenary Units to not just your full military grade, but 1 higher.
-This technology doesn't work without all other Cannibalism levels already in possession by the using player.

I will no longer be sending you PINGs on your Interdiction or Vortex Fields as neither suggests that you get to know when that happens, even though I was thinking of them that way. If you have ships stationed in the appropriate locations then I, of course, will be required to tell you something showed up.

Said military units need to specifically be located on your Defense Sheet so that I can cross check against them for interaction.

Thank you for your understanding,
Admin

There are many of you that have not sent me lists of your official approved technologies.

Those that have sent me lists, please bump those individual PM's back at me. Those that have not you need to get those lists.

Cycle 26 will not be processes without those lists.


Why am I doing this?
Because the GM's for Game 5 need to review all of the technologies before the game gets reset, even if they only get them a single cycle before the G4 is over. Once reviewed they can post the G5 Approved R&D List, which will likely remove, alter, or negate certain techs that I have approved. Certainly with the smaller galaxies the length a standard Hyper Drive jump will take us will be shorted. There are a lot of technologies that rely on Hyper Drive level or range which will need to be updated. In all, this is so that everybody can start on the same page for game 5 and be fair to the Lurkers who have been waiting patiently.

Tuesday the 29th by 10PM Submission deadline has been extended to

Wednesday at Noon. ANYTHING that is later than that will be considered a dead turn as I leave on a plane the next day and can't do anything else.

In reply to Thanos Infinity COGM (msg #12):

Cycle 27 will be due Wednesday Dec 7th at Noon.

Honor and Respect to those that died this day.

In reply to Thanos Infinity COGM (msg #13):

Cycle 27 is finished and out.

Cycle 28 is due on Tuesday 10pm.

Cycle 28 comes to a close and military forces race across the galaxy. The bulk of the P4 military might end up easily defeating the forces holding 29-57, freeing that home world. However, the following is sent out to the entire galaxy.

A message is transmitted across all civilian and government frequencies in the Galaxy, powerful enough to preempt any other broadcast.  It is sent to every receiving device that can detect audio, video, or text transmissions.  The sources are many and galaxy-wide, ensuring that every government official and citizen in the galaxy will hear, read, or watch this message.

  Tawa, Great Monk of the Strigidae Community stands upon a pirch in an artificially shaped cavern.  His feather-painting has restored the aging avian to a color of vibrant ebony with silver markings.  Standing behind him are Laida, Tarwo, and Glaidia in decorative feather painting.  Looking fiercely at viewers from the viewscreen, Tawa spoke in words that were translated and captioned for the listener or reader into every language.

  "People of the Galaxy.  The Strigidae have long stood by while imperialistic warlords and oppressive dictators have stolen resources from their own people to fund campaigns of theft and death.  Too long have petty disagreements between self-aggrandizing fools resulted in the deaths of innocents for the sole purpose of growing the coffers of illegitimate governments.  The Strigidae Community will no longer allow it.  We can no longer stand seeing the peoples of the Galaxy oppressed, pillaged, and robbed by governments with no right to exist.  Now is the time to end it."

  "The Strigidae Community have proven for decades to the peoples of this Galaxy that true freedom of individuals is possible!  There is no longer a need for individuals' wages to be stolen to fund massive governments and their selfish goals.  There is no longer a need in this time of advancement and enlightenment for innocent lives to be lost to rectify imagined insults between people who wrongly believe themselves to be more important than any other in their race.  The need to kow tow to the boot-licking beaurocrats is over."

  "Even now, there are hundreds of automated ships led by dozens of volunteers among the Strigidae Huntsmen to liberate the peoples of thirty-two worlds who have too long struggled under the oppressive yolk of the worst offender in galactic history...P³.  These ships are arriving not to fight, but to liberate the peoples of the subject planets.  They will then act with all necessary force but no more to dismantle the false regime of P³ and liberate the people who live at each of these planets.  We expect resistance, but all who take part in this effort agree that the freedom of all people is worth the risk of our very lives."

  "I speak now to the citizens and slaves who live in worlds oppressed by P³.  We are coming.  When we arrive, I beg you to do as you feel is right and defend yourselves from your oppressors.  I have little doubt that many of the member 'states' will try to further lock you down with martial law and further taxation.  If you truly desire freedom, now is the time to act!  Call out in one voice to the governments that have long stolen your livelihoods and your lives!  Let them know that their services are no longer needed!  The people of this Galaxy can take care of themselves!"

  "Now, I speak to the cowards that hide behind the youths of their people, steal their people's livelihoods, and lord it over others as though you have some right to do so.  This is your chance to do the honorable thing.  Repudiate P³ as the false, warmongering monster of an organization that it has become.  There is still time to free your people.  Step down from your plush thrones and stand with your people as one of them.  Even now, the leadership of the Veron Peacekeepers have sent volunteer troops with all of the ships which P³ has not yet stolen from them to join us in this effort.  You too may join this movement towards true freedom, peace, and prosperity for all.  There is still time."

  "Those of you who choose to resist freedom, know this.  You will not be given a chance to spend the lives of your youths in some ineffective counter-strike against the Strigidae Community.  Beyond the thousands of defensive units poised over each of our colonies, we have readied an ancient artifact of ages past which we recovered near Aves.  In moments, as soon as the liberation forces arrive at their destinations, it will be activated and will prevent all hyperspace activity, Warp Gate travel, and Worm Hole opening for an entire cycle.  This should provide your people plenty of opportunity to help our volunteers overthrow P³ and inform the false governments of their wishes.  Liberty is truly inevitable.  Equality will be spread.  No race will ever again feel the threat of P3 forces demanding they allow themselves to be oppressed again."

  "The false Paramorphium government will be dismantled.  The Synth Overmind will permit individualism.  The Mingviri clans will be made equal.  The Corsa will be allowed equal treatment for all patients and scientists.  The 'Clave and Veron will be freed from the oppressive P3 government to continue theiir individual goals.  And the Seraphim will no longer be stripped of their free will by their All-Father.  This day marks the beginning of a new Galactic Community!!!"

The Strigidae attack the following worlds defeating all opposing forces except for the valiant effort at the Synth Home World:
55-56  Shield Roll Held
46-12  Shield Roll Failed Subjugation Started
03-28  Shield Roll Held
01-48  Shield Roll Failed Subjugation Started
07-05 Subjugation Started
01-11 Subjugation Started
11-15 Subjugation Started
05-16 Subjugation Started
48-59  Shield Roll Seraphim Failed Subjugation Started
34-14  Shield Roll Seraphim Held
53-44  Shield Roll Seraphim Failed Subjugation Started
52-44  Shield Roll Seraphim Failed Subjugation Started
47-45  Shield Roll Seraphim Failed Subjugation Started
26-28  Shield Roll Seraphim Held
11-26   Shield Roll Synth Failed Subjugation Started
02-27   Shield Roll Synth Failed Subjugation Started
10-23   Shield Roll Synth Held
08-15   Shield Roll Synth Failed Subjugation Started
02-22   Shield Roll Synth Failed Subjugation Started
02-24   Shield Roll Synth Held
01-30 Strigidae forces LOST
44-41   Shield Roll Synth FailedSubjugation Started
57-11 Subjugation Started
56-18 Subjugation Started
59-37 Subjugation Started
37-07 Shield Roll Failed Subjugation Started
32-03 Shield Roll Failed Subjugation Started
10-57 Ming Shield Check Failed Subjugation Started
11-59 Ming Shield Check Held
02-58 Ming Shield Check Held
18-56 Ming Shield Check Failed Subjugation Started
57-36 Ming Shield Check Failed Subjugation Started


At the end of cycle 28 the Strigidae use the ancient and forgotten Zari Space Rotation Device which wrenches the attachment between normal space, hyper space, and the underpinnings of universe at large.

The military generals and admirals of the galaxy work at a fevered pace during cycle 29 to answer the intense and widespread aggression of the Strigidae and their bid for power. All their plans are coordinated perfectly, 10,000 ships are set in motion, but when they attempt to activate their hyper drives or a warp gate.....nothing happens. Some attempt to use secret Worm Holes to get to their destinations only to find that they are not open. All known FTL methods of travel have been shut off and every natural and artificial worm hole is no longer connected to normal space.

Twenty-Four planets fall to the Strigidae on cycle 29, bringing them to a total of 55 planets and 4 planets worth of influence. In addition, the Aether convert a planet into Energy on the 29th cycle.



Congratulations to the Strigidae on their WIN  with 55+4 Planets out of 100.

The three GM's for Game 5 have decided that January 3rd, will be the start date for game 5.

Until then, we will be

 - Deleting homeworld threads for Game 4.  (Will happen sometime this weekend, so copy and paste anything you want to keep before then.)
 - Adding favorite posts from Game 5 to the Favorite read section.
 - Updating and clarifying the System rules and posting the rules for game 5.
 - Posting the three maps (blank) for all to see.
 - Changing each players cast tag, to the name of the race they will be playing in game 5.
 - Accepting racial concepts and answering questions.  (Please wait one full week before submitting a PM to us about character creation, so Thanos will not be tempted to look at your ideas :P  Questions though can be submitted now.)
 - Putting up a complete list of approved technologies for all to view.