SmokaDustbowl posted:

the spartans are gearing up for war, and I'm pretty sure they have the most bases, so take that into account

SmokaDustbowl posted:

in maybe 2 turns I'll have a base near where glorgnole's was destroyed. it's too late to stop my colony pod and it's too protected anyway lol

I owe the spartans a favour for that, so I suppose I'll pump out some troop transport ships until they get some sort of air power. can you load another faction's troops into your transport?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFEHN30hq30

Glorgnole posted:

this is some super inadvisable poo poo lol

Luigi Thirty posted:

I wish my third base wasn’t destroyed once which set me way back from where I should be

Sagebrush posted:

another casualty of teenage masturbation

Sagebrush posted:

another casualty of teenage masturbation

Sagebrush posted:

another casualty of teenage masturbation

anthonypants (imprisoned) posted:

I definitely don't have the most bases, glorgnole does. glorgnole also got the biggest population, which is a huge factor in like, everything
(I didn't count before I checked the thread so idk where I rank population-wise)
afaik air power is still a looooooooooong way off, and at this rate glorgnole's probably the first to get there
also, glorgnole is correct re: opsec. don't volunteer information about where and when your bases are gonna be even if you're not explicitly in vendetta with anyone else

"alphacentauri2.info forums poster Yitzi posted:

TECHS: Techs you've discovered already (including trading/pods/artifacts, but not the ones you started with). However, there's one variable that is added, and another that's subtracted; I'm not sure what they are, as I haven't found where they happen, but I think they're just discovered techs that are counted differently by the program (I think the one that's added is techs previously discovered this turn). Minimum of 1, maximum of 4999.
MOSTTECHS: Highest number of techs discovered by anyone. The same variable as before is added, but the one that was subtracted isn't here.
DIFF: This is 1 on citizen difficulty, 2 on specialist, 3 on talent or librarian, 4 on thinker, 5 on transcend.

The formula is then:
1. Find (DIFF*4)+8. AIs instead use 29-(DIFF*3). Apply to this a minimum of 12-TECHS, and a maximum of 12+TECHS.
2. Take TECHS, and subtract TURNS/8 (or TURNS/12 with tech stagnation), to a minimum of 0 and a maximum equal to the result of step 1 (or 1.5 times the result of step 1 with tech stagnation).
3. Add the result of step 2 to the result of step 1.
4. Take MOSTTECHS-TECHS and divide by 5, rounding up. Subtract this from the result of step 3, but no more than 30% the result of step 3 (rounding normally) plus 1. AIs instead divide by a number dependent on difficulty, ranging from 3 on Transcend to 8 on Citizen, and the maximum percentage ranges from 0% plus 1 on citizen to 50% plus 1 on transcend.
5. Take TECHS, and add 1 for factions with a natural penalty to research, or subtract 1 for factions with a natural bonus to research. Apply a minimum of 1. Multiply this by the result of step 4.
6. Modify by WORLDSIZE and faction and alpha(x).txt tech cost modifiers, and add 50% with tech stagnation.

SmokaDustbowl posted:

yeah, why?

Glorgnole posted:

i'd meant the whole "collaborating with the local warmonger" thing but anthonypants has a point about opsec as well

Sagebrush posted:

another casualty of teenage masturbation

Schadenboner posted:

Captain Foo posted:

don't use that emote, dipshit

forums poster anthonypants (jailed, low-energy) posted:

dierdre has 18 population what the gently caress

spartans: 10
pirates: 9
hive: 9
drones: 8
university: 7
believers: 5

yo what the gently caress

Glorgnole posted:

i think this is the current state of planetary diplomacy


(blue's pact, green's treaty, red's VENDETTA)

SmokaDustbowl posted:

switch my green arrow to the hive with a green arrow to drones

SmokaDustbowl posted:

switch my green arrow to the hive with a green arrow to drones

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

wow looks like the spartans sure are a contentious people

anthonypants (still jailed) posted:

important update to the thread: there is no formal treaty/pact/truce between the spartans and the drones

also the spartans and the hive are technically in a truce per the game, and not a vendetta as per the chart, but we all know from their forums posts and their twitter tweets that they're champing at the bit to go to war, so this is really a minor point

p.s. spartan impact foil says hi

Luigi Thirty posted:

my SMAC install broke I’ll get it up asap

Glorgnole posted:

Luigi Thirty posted:

Gah my bad it was in my inbox

raminasi posted:

does anyone even have nerve gas yet

Colonel Anthonypants posted:

yeah, a few of us have nerve gas. some of us even have probe teams but who'd use underhanded and immoral methods like that. not your pal, santiago.

speaking of underhanded and immoral it looks like someone conveniently forgot to mention their term as planetary governor was up this year. I wonder why that is. maybe someone thinks they're gonna be dictator for life? the good news is that Your Friend, Colonel Corazón Santiago, stands for free, and fair, and honest, and democratic elections.