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Gothic III - Comments Thread
Steve Walmsley:
Please add any comments in this thread.
nuclearslurpee:
The subforum name says "conventional", yet the posting of a comment thread without any updates to comment on says "unconventional". Which is to be believed?? ???
:P Looking forward to this one, Steve!
vorpal+5:
The fiction was a bit on the short side, but definitely good. I particularly appreciated the cliffhanger near the end.
Steve Walmsley:
Added the first section. I am going to do shorter updates on this one, but hopefully more often.
nuclearslurpee:
--- Quote from: Steve Walmsley on April 19, 2024, 08:28:26 AM ---Added the first section. I am going to do shorter updates on this one, but hopefully more often.
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I am going to do shorter comments on this one, but hopefully more often. :P
--- Quote from: Steve Walmsley on April 19, 2024, 08:27:20 AM ---In 2032, Earth was attacked without warning by an alien armada, which bombarded the surface from orbit. The aliens were apparently only interested in devastating the planet as there was no follow-up invasion.
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It was probably for the best, really.
--- Quote ---The Emperor decreed that the Imperium would become a star-faring civilization, dedicated to building a military force capable of seeking out and destroying the aliens that had almost wiped out humanity, along with all other potential threats.
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Waaaaagh!!!
--- Quote ---humanity would venture forth to conquer the stars.
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WAAAAAAAGH!!!!!
--- Quote ---• All spoilers active except Rakhas.
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...waaaagh?
--- Quote ---Consequently, a new small craft design, the jump-capable Aquila class scout, was developed and six were constructed,
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Eventually, six jump points were discovered in Sol and probed by the Aquilas.
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What a convenient coincidence that is in no way related to narrative foreknowledge on the part of the author! :P
--- Quote ---The geological survey proved disappointing, with nothing of note except the ruins of an alien city on Alpha Centauri-B V, most likely another victim of the same aliens that attacked Terra two thousand years earlier.
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I don't know what it is, but Alpha Centauri in my games almost always seems to be pretty much barren, which is rather disappointing for such a famous and nearly always colonizable system. Occasionally I'll have some luck with a gas giant or asteroid belt but it's fairly rare.
--- Quote ---Beyond jump points four and five were Barnard’s Star and Andromeda, neither of which held anything of interest.
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That's Andromeda, the star. Not to be confused with:
* Andromeda, the constellation
* Andromeda, the galaxy
* Andromeda, the Greek mythological figureThe scout crews were really confused when they transited a jump point and found that last one just floating in space.
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