Posted by: Beersatron
« on: February 27, 2009, 03:40:26 PM »Do you have a map of the current known Galaxy and their links? Would be interesting to see along side the map of the Earth and the other tabular information.
Posted by: Erik L
« on: February 27, 2009, 12:26:08 PM »Quote from: "Kurt"
Quote from: "IanD"QuoteUmmm...you mean the star names?Yes, I think there is a list in Space Empires V if I can extract it, but if yours is ready to go........
Regards
Ian
No, I don't have a list, sorry. I'm matching the star systems that Aurora generates with actual star names for actual systems of the same type. The ones I can't find in reality are the ones that end up with Aurora names.
Kurt
It's not in the proper format... but here is a list of the stars in a 50LY globe around earth.
Posted by: Kurt
« on: February 27, 2009, 09:31:37 AM »Quote from: "IanD"
QuoteUmmm...you mean the star names?Yes, I think there is a list in Space Empires V if I can extract it, but if yours is ready to go........
Regards
Ian
No, I don't have a list, sorry. I'm matching the star systems that Aurora generates with actual star names for actual systems of the same type. The ones I can't find in reality are the ones that end up with Aurora names.
Kurt
Posted by: IanD
« on: February 27, 2009, 02:31:55 AM »Quote
Ummm...you mean the star names?Yes, I think there is a list in Space Empires V if I can extract it, but if yours is ready to go........
Regards
Ian
Posted by: Kurt
« on: February 26, 2009, 08:14:14 PM »Quote from: "IanD"
Kurt – have you developed an astronomical theme? If so any chance of Steve incorporating it into v4.0?
Regards
Ian
PS when do we get the next instalment?
Ummm...you mean the star names?
As for the next installment, I'm working on it, but work has been interferring. I've finished fighting out a major battle, though, and once I think through the aftermath the rest of the year should go fairly quickly.
Kurt
Posted by: IanD
« on: February 26, 2009, 09:39:49 AM »Kurt – have you developed an astronomical theme? If so any chance of Steve incorporating it into v4.0?
Regards
Ian
PS when do we get the next instalment?
Regards
Ian
PS when do we get the next instalment?
Posted by: Exsellsior
« on: February 11, 2009, 09:23:54 PM »Penetrate other systems?
To heck with the number of Divisions, missiles & Spacecraft - how's the cyberwar state of play? Looks like a whole new front has just opened up.
One that Aurora dosen't cover. You sure like giving yourself interesting problems.
To heck with the number of Divisions, missiles & Spacecraft - how's the cyberwar state of play? Looks like a whole new front has just opened up.
One that Aurora dosen't cover. You sure like giving yourself interesting problems.
Posted by: Kurt
« on: February 11, 2009, 04:44:19 PM »Quote from: "TrueZuluwiz"
One can only imagine the havoc that would ensue were those computers to be destroyed. Or worse, if someone were to succeed in entering the sanctum and trying to reprogram them.
Havoc indeed. Of course, my biggest problem with stories/shows with this plot line is that if I were the evil computer/hive-mind/whatever, the first thing I would do is build multiple nodes and backup stations to take the load and ensure survival should the primary node be compromised or destroyed. I think we can assume that this has been done in this case. Of course, corruption of programming and/or data is certainly possible, as are outside attempts to penetrate the network, or attempts by the network to penetrate other systems.
Kurt
Posted by: TrueZuluwiz
« on: February 11, 2009, 04:08:52 PM »One can only imagine the havoc that would ensue were those computers to be destroyed. Or worse, if someone were to succeed in entering the sanctum and trying to reprogram them.
Posted by: Erik L
« on: February 11, 2009, 04:03:29 PM »We are Borg. You will be assimilated Comrade.
Posted by: cjblack
« on: February 10, 2009, 11:31:05 PM »Sounds more like the early stages of a Starfire-esque J'Rill transformation to me.
Posted by: Kurt
« on: February 10, 2009, 05:47:51 PM »Quote from: "dammrebel"
Very interesting, have you ever read the Weber/Ringo "March up country" series? In those books people had "toots" implanted in there heads which operated similar (but not exactly) to the way you describe the Russkis. In the books there was the risk that they could be hacked (not easily to be sure) and the person could be taken over (called a tombie) and controlled. This was used to assassinate, etc.
Is something like that possible in the implant scenario you've developed?
I've read the series and I enjoyed it. The Soviet situation wasn't taken directly from that, or any other single source, it was more an amalgam of things I've read as it was a subject that interested me.
Kurt
Posted by: Kurt
« on: February 10, 2009, 05:45:33 PM »Quote from: "Exsellsior"
With a choice of 2 ships, the Novarans choose the jump capable ship for first comtact?
That could have turned out badly. Lucky for them it didn't.
(EDIT) Ah, I misread it - the jump capable one did stay back. Well, carry on.
Strains of "The Terminator" theme begin to emerge from the Soviet Union.
<G> So far the results for the Russians have been very good. Certainly the best of the possible results I thought of before I took them down this path. Whether or not that remains true is an entirely different question.
The Novarans recently had a minor problem, that could potentially turn into a much bigger problem. One of their two jump-capable survey ships suffered a maintenance failure on their jump drive, which they were then unable to repair because the ship doesn't carry enough spares for the jump drive. So the entire survey group is stuck in the system they are surveying. Not that big of a deal. Until I realized that the Novarans currently only have two jump ships in their entire fleet, both jump-capable survey ships, and both assigned to survey other systems. That means that the home system has no idea that one of their survey fleets is in trouble, and won't until it doesn't show up. When that is going to be is debateable, because they don't work to a regular schedule, they just go until they run short on fuel or supplies. Even when the home system realizes there is a problem they won't be able to do anything about it until the other jump-capable ship returns.
I guess this qualifies as a fairly large oops.
Kurt
Kurt
Posted by: Kurt
« on: February 10, 2009, 02:40:31 PM »Quote from: "Erik Luken"
Quote from: "Kurt"Quote from: "adradjool"Very Interesting, especially with the developments within the USSR. Just a curiousity, but wouldn't the zombie-like nature of the Soviet citizens result in a decrease in population growth?
Adam.
It would, if they were zombies, rather than just woefully misunderstood. In a purple sort of way, of course.
Kurt
How are you simulating this in the game?
I'm still working on that. I haven't really finalized exactly what is happening to the Russians. For now, the initial transformation granted them several tech levels in most of the economic areas, which represents a higher level of social efficiency gained from their vast social experiment. In addition, they gained an additional 10% construction factories that represent civilian construction nationalized and increased efficiencies, and most of their mines were converted to automated mines, to represent their new affinity to automation <G>.
As for the future effects, no one is sure. The other nations still haven't decided what is going on, and whether the Soviets are very insane or very sane, but functioning at a different level.
Kurt
Posted by: Hawkeye
« on: February 10, 2009, 02:34:20 PM »Hm, with the guys who build the computer system gone (not that they realy understood the system in the first place), do I smell a Cylon/Terminator scenario brewing up in Russia?
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