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Noelle Weiss, Commissioner and Widower posted:Thank you all for your kind words. It feels like Oriole and I had nowhere near enough time together, and yet here I am, stepping into her shoes and taking her council seat. I would like to think I brought her a measure of happiness and comfort in the time we shared, in the wake of her long previous marriage to Thomas, of blessed memory. I would hope that I leave the state of law and order on our capital suitably acceptable, and I pledge the selfsame diligence I applied to that task to my new duties. Forgive my brevity, I trust you understand given recent events.
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nweismuller posted:Teaser: update title. "Side Effects May Include Sweating, Chills, Muscle Aches, and Homicidal Insanity". That goes hard 
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Checking on something with Mariko's player before processing images. I'll try to get all that done sooner than last time.
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As a very minor bonus, the visual representation by which the AI Polly chooses to represent itself: E: Well, I'm an idiot, I already shared this. Ah well, let my idiocy be recorded for posterity. nweismuller fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Aug 25, 2023 |
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Aug 25, 2023 23:01
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nweismuller posted:As a very minor bonus, the visual representation by which the AI Polly chooses to represent itself: Will Polly's self -image evolve?
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Xlorp posted:Will Polly's self -image evolve? It's not planned to. Unlike us humans, she's not going to die of age, and she remains forever young at heart.
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nweismuller posted:It's not planned to. Unlike us humans, she's not going to die of age, and she remains forever young at heart. Kinda heartwarming tbh 
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nweismuller posted:It's not planned to. Unlike us humans, she's not going to die of age, and she remains forever young at heart. Does she have any pathway to become heir and eventual forever ruler of the guild?
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inflatablefish posted:Does she have any pathway to become heir and eventual forever ruler of the guild? Polly isn't actually a noble in the game mechanics, she's just an empire modifier. The image was just whipped up for funsies.
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Ah, that makes sense. I was wondering if it was like the Crusader Kings horse people thing.
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EclecticTastes posted:Polly isn't actually a noble in the game mechanics, she's just an empire modifier. The image was just whipped up for funsies. As the attentive might be able to tell by the three gold stripes behind her image, the image was created by starting a new game and customising the starting ruler to look as I wanted.
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inflatablefish posted:Ah, that makes sense. I was wondering if it was like the Crusader Kings horse people thing. To be fair, the succession rules are also such that I don't think there's a path for anyone who wasn't born into the family to inherit. Given that Polly doesn't have any house of origin beyond House Weiss, it's possible that if she were a noble, she could inherit if literally the entire current line of succession were dead, which implies a situation where Polly's rule would likely fall drastically short of "eternal".
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Computer update failed due to graphics card non-functionality. Stuck with my old computer for now, but this means I'll have a decent chance to process images tomorrow. E: The way succession laws work, the only way a hypothetical noble-equivalent Polly could become the ruler of House Weiss would be for us to specifically designate her as heir, which would be a major crime against our current heir and massively harm reputation for so doing. And presumably a noble-equivalent Polly would have an 'AI' trait that would itself penalise her reputation, given the general attitude towards AI in the colonies, which isn't exactly the most trusting. That said, it *would* be possible. Assuming she were modelled as a noble, rather than a House modifier. (And presuming the AI trait doesn't hard-disqualify her from being designated as heir.) nweismuller fucked around with this message at 09:45 on Aug 27, 2023 |
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If Romeo's and Oriole's posters want to claim replacement characters, we have a bunch of existing characters in place, as well as these newly adult (and in one case newly married in) House members: Alex Weiss (nee Alex Pruitt), Liberty Weiss's wife, a former member of a minor House from Taygeta. Forgiving and Individualistic, and a decidedly inexperienced project manager for Administration.  Anna Weiss, Thomas and Oriole's youngest daughter. Charming, Brave, Honorable, and Intelligent, a young prodigy in Military and very highly regarded by all who know her. Not yet to the abilities of Geraldine or Carmen, but nobody has any doubt she'll eventually become one of the finest military leaders of the colonies.  Jayne Weiss, Noelle and Bella's second son and Anna's husband. Brave and Tribal, he has been assigned to Security, where he has yet to develop his full skills. E: I'll work on uploading the rest of the images soon. Image organisation is nearly complete. nweismuller fucked around with this message at 01:37 on Aug 31, 2023 |
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nweismuller posted:
I'll grab Alex, so I can run her and Liberty as a husband-wife pair. Mostly because I just had a flash of inspiration for a few storylines for them. Plus, Ilario is at risk of shedding his mortal coil soon.
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Is there some way we can stem this epidemic of Honorable characters? I'd hate to go the whole LP without assassinating anyone.
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EclecticTastes posted:Is there some way we can stem this epidemic of Honorable characters? I'd hate to go the whole LP without assassinating anyone. But I like being full of Honorable characters!
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nweismuller posted:
I'd like to act as Anna, if you please. Oriole passed so suddenly and this can be my continuity.
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Xlorp posted:I'd like to act as Anna, if you please. Oriole passed so suddenly and this can be my continuity. All right, Xlorp gets Anna and Revil gets Alex.
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nweismuller posted:But I like being full of Honorable characters! 
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All right, images are sorted and uploaded, I'll see about writing sometime soon. Once the update hits, we're going to need to discuss a major commitment, which will need to tie up one of our competent Administration people for quite some time. And Military will no doubt have new concerns to share once they go over the latest Military report...
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   I'm not expecting a full on "well we tried begging and bribing, time for beatings  " or anything, but I suspect the galaxy's about to get a mite uncomfortable for some folks.
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Man, been gone for a bit and a lot has happened! My boy finally inherited from his sister! Shame about Thomas and Oriole though.
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dervinosdoom posted:Man, been gone for a bit and a lot has happened! My boy finally inherited from his sister! Shame about Thomas and Oriole though. Glad to have you back. Feel free to pick up an unclaimed character if you'd like. E: If it matters, Romeo changed the inheritance order for Ross 128 so that his youngest daughter Lucy is next in line for the Colonial Directorship of the colony, making her Romeo's heir-apparent. nweismuller fucked around with this message at 08:34 on Sep 7, 2023 |
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Melissa Enders, House Weiss Diplomacy officer working in propaganda, in internal report posted:It's worth reviewing our overall propaganda strategy here to make sure we have a coherent message that's convincing and supportable. Obviously we celebrate any positive achievements of the House and of the Guild; that goes without saying, but we really should have an overarching message that says what House Weiss is to the general commoner population. As I see it, there's three messages we could be conveying, and we really should choose which we focus on.
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Diplomacy Director, Mariko Weiss posted:As much as I applaud our leader's efforts, and see the value in our technology department's tireless efforts in returning us to our past grandeur, I think option 2 is the clear path forward.
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Keir Weiss posted:I'd argue, from my perspective, that House Weiss's greatness and majesty isn't necessarily strictly dependent on our current Director-General. We are still ruling the largest state and the largest league and have the enthusiastic support of vast numbers of Houses. Play up our imperial pomp to emphasise the greatness of the House, and we have a firm foundation to work upon. We can frankly outshine any of our competitors. For that matter, even leaving aside overall propaganda tactics, hosting a feast to impress our neighboring rulers might not be the worst thing, soon. It could help build some bridges and would certainly be good for House prestige.
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Ilario Weiss posted:I cannot deny the prosperity that House Weiss has brought to Vega and to all of our vassals. It's true that the Weiss League is by far the largest in modern history, and that where the Director-General rules, prosperity follows, and much of that can be attributed to the hard work of both our former and current Executive Directors. Nonetheless, that is just money. There will always be more or less of it. There will be good times and bad. But the secrets of the past that we have unlocked are something far different from anything else. A series of military defeats can dethrone us from those positions of being the largest and richest league, as can wise management and growth of other leagues. That cannot be said for all that we have done to restore the past glory of humanity. The ring habitat is proof of that, but the greatest proof will be when we terraform a planet. Not since the Collapse has humanity lived freely in a planet, outside of a habitation module, that goal is what is truly great about House Weiss. Liberty Weiss private message to Ilario Weiss posted:Dearest Uncle,
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Anna Weiss posted:That's a lot of words there, and I'm glad I'm not in the Diplomatic Corps to have to digest such thin gruel daily.
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Noelle Weiss posted:We should be cautious when it comes to claiming universal prosperity, in places that look to Vega with envy. Regional tweaks for disparate audiences, not one size fits all.
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Sorry for delays, dealing with a lot of stress from various sources, not least some very unpleasantly tight finances right now. Hopefully I'll manage to get the focus to write back soon.
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Well, crap. it looks like Steam didn't cloud my saves for Star Dynasties, and my long-overdue computer upgrade has come through. I am so sorry about this. I'll look into seeing if I can recover the saves from my old hard drive, but no guarantees.
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That is terrible. Good luck pulling the saves.
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Assuming I won't be able to pull the saves, I'm thinking what I should do next. Maybe I should check if Steam clouded the saves for nuMoO... E: And that would be a great big 'no'. Argh again. nweismuller fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Oct 6, 2023 |
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Guh! Sorry. Gotta say I loved this and all your 4x ones and worldbuilding
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We got a freakin' 'historical' docudrama about a family. And periods of conquest purchased as cheaply as possible for the joint empowerment of all.
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Excerpt from recovered surveillance camera audio, council chamber corridor 37-B; Subect: Malachi Weiss posted:...So I just press this button to delete unwanted confes- I mean, audio? No trace that a technician could possibly recover? Here's hoping that you can recover the save from your old HDD, but if not, I suppose it's appropriate that we were defeated by the only thing capable of doing so: the total destruction of the universe.
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Wow, that sucks  I hope you can recover, this is an incredible LP. And we were reasonably close to getting a potentially terraformable planet...
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May be a week or two until I can recover saves. In the meantime...Interstellar Authority internal report, late 22nd century posted:... resources being increasingly strained by covering separatist movements in extra-Solar colonies. Despite dependence upon Earth and upon League resources for colonial support, the rise of colonial movements opposed to the taxation and administration schemes by League nations is escalating. Although the star fleet maintained by the League remains the first disincentive to outright secession, nonetheless it is not sufficient to interdict acts of sabotage and terror, nor to avoid mass underruns in tax collections in noncompliant populations. It remains the responsibility of the Interstellar Authority to enforce League policy and control across the colonies, which necessitates effective investigation and neutralisation of anti-authority groups in order to maintain the peace thus far... NovaCorp secured files, League military contracts, late 22nd century posted:PROJECT FENRIS - not for dissemination Vega Today, late 22nd century posted:... yesterday's bombing of the NovaCorp Vega Research Hospital is now believed to have been the work of Free the Stars, a separatist organisation that claimed responsibility in a statement... Public announcement, Vega, 2199 posted:In the current state of emergency and by the authority of Colonel Gerald Goodman, the colony of Vega is, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, now in a state of martial law. Colonial Governor James Eaton has been ordered to stand down from his position and Interstellar Authority troops are moving to ensure order. All citizens are ordered to COMPLY IMMEDIATELY with all instructions by Interstellar Authority officers. Interstellar Authority officers have been granted authority to take all measures up to and including deadly force to ensure compliance. A rationing regime... Public announcement, mid-23rd century posted:In recognition of their wise rule over Vega and colonies surrounding, and in the name of Archon Aisha Khalil, let it hereby be known that the honor of the title of kingship shall be the property in perpetuity of the line of Frederick Goodman, passing to his lawful heirs, that the League of Colonies and the peace it has established might endure... E: I thought a few snippets of historical context might be interesting, and curious if anybody has any thoughts about these snippets. E: I accidentally offset dates by a century. Now fixed. nweismuller fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Oct 14, 2023 |
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