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Necronic, Yes, the Domestic spending bar is in a way more important, than the individual foci for a planet. Which to all newbs, remember that you CAN focus an individual planet, it can make a HUGE difference in either production or research if ya need something done quickly in that particular locale. But my point being is that you really need to use them in conjuction, much like Purge and CaptainCutlass were alluding to earlier with the short burts the AI were showing. There are times w

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Don't worry its not the end...yet...I'm far too creative to let that happen haha.

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President Greyson looked out from his window in the Executive Manor to the gray sky that was foreshadowing a day of drizzle ahead. The report in front of him was not good. New Hamburg was the latest in a series of Commonwealth holdings to fall to the Drengin Empire and it also effectively split the Commonwealth, or more so what was left of it, in half. Earth and the reconqered Mars held steadfast onto the Sol System while over two sectors away, a string of three stars held the remaining Commo

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Addendum: This is the first time I *didn't* colonize Mars; i dont know why i did it, i always just build three labs on it (since its not really good at pumping out ships fast enough, i'd rather have some kind of benefit overall) but for some reason, i was sure i could find a "better" world in a quick matter of time...won't be doing that again

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Thanks, but a few hours of gameplay later...well, I DID make out into the void beyond Yor/Drengin space, which is good. What's bad is that the travel time, even with the much poured into impulse engines, basically spelled my doom. By the time I could start colonizing elsewhere, the other races were definitely off to a MUCH better start than I was. For example, at the United Planets meeting I was the smallest faction (of four: me, the Drengin, Yor, and Torians (who had been very kind to me, but

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Hmmm....between last night and this afternoon, played for a few more hours, and well...I discovered who my neighbors were...I was blocked in by the two races I upped the aggression level on significantly. That in and of itself, wasn't really a concern to me, I wanted a good, give me your best shot kinda game. WHAT is an issue is when Mars is the CLOSEST habitable world to Drengi, and thus, their logical first colony. What is MORE of an issue is when, since I am in the SW corner of the map, th

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OK, so not quite what I wanted for the screenshot; but I'm having issues in getting Imageshack to show it proper size here. Ideas?

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Part III: Aftermath “Greyson! Greyson! Greyson!” shouted the exuberant crowd that were packed into Trafalgar Square. Commonwealth Secretary of State, Tyler Greyson, looked to his beloved wife Elizabeth, and his two daughters, Isabella and Julianna, who were off to the side of the platform, with a soft smile on his face and a look of hopeful determination in his eyes. Tyler had decided upon running for President in the two minutes before the Flare hit, when President Baruk proved that

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i know what you mean, its easy to get involved in good story telling (lol, im not being egotistical at all haha) My only request is that ALL readers try to maintain as few critiques of *each other* as possible, as I would like this post to be either 1) the story, AAR itself or 2) comments ABOUT the story If a reader makes a post that I feel is inappropriate I will politely contact them and ask them to refrain from posting such comments again. Repeated action will be directed to

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also more importantly, it helps fuel my creative juices....(hint hint)

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You will all learn quickly that I will always try to put the best spin on even the most negative person, though...if *I* was Brad in his post about the GalCiv Universe, I KNOW even my patience would have been heavily tried.

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thanks neilo, however, i *believe* he was pointing out a valid point (though minor) and also was using humor, that is, if *I* were to have found that my underlings were stupid enough to have left an alien probe intact and it later send out messages, well, first i'd get a sledge hammer and bust up that probe, and then, i'd take that same sledge hammer and crack open a few heads, with the hope that they may in the future, refrain from such stupid actions <img src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T

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The probe tapped in on its own accord, by all accounts after the ending of the original Arcean transmission the probe was completely and utterly dead. It was left however, intact (to which now hindsight proves to be 20/20), and thus was activated when the radiation waves from the first flare hit Earth. Its advanced communication network was able to hack into the Net and send back various data for, the intended target, the Arceans. However, the increased flare activity scrambled the outgoing tr

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Ditto! And as someone that just spent the past few hours working on my AAR, its tiring but rewarding work isnt it LOL Cant wait til the next installation

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Part II: A History 2117-2225 The crash of the Arcean probe made abundantly clear to the people of Earth (and Luna) of what IS out there, instead of what COULD be out there. After many failed attempts at salvaging the probe’s communication network, scientists at the Aristotle Research Center were able to establish and maintain a link with the Arceans themselves. Although we could not directly communicate with them, as the probe’s communication network was data transmission only, and n

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your most welcome, I have really enjoyed reading "Upon A Sea of Stars" and have also noticed some of your other posts throughout the Forum. In my notes, the original Commonwealth is called the Commonwealth of States, for the various world nations. It was only after the proposal by the Chinese Premier to expand throughout the solar system did it become the Commonwealth of *Terran* States.....after writing last night, there were a few minor additions and changes I would have made, but not

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yup pretty much on both, though we have created fusion to date, too bad it just takes WAY more energy to *make* it than it produces, but that would all be "solved" with quantum technologies, but thats another story LOL OK OK i'm gonna be late to work if I keep writing hahaha

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Danielost, yeah, I do realize that, we also do have molecular transportation but it only works for particles and even then not always. I should say a viable form of fusion power for private and commercial usage. Thanks for the early comments, the intro to the main story will come tonight

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I played my first few turns earlier this evening and had the notebook sitting right next to me haha. Gonna work out that stuff tomorrow when I get home from work to have it posted tomorrow night. I know there are definitely a few AARs out there, but I hope I can bring some enjoyment to those that read this. Thanks!!!

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Credit must be given to Aurilias for inspiring me to take on playing and writing an AAR which I never have done before (actually, I don't think I have even POSTED before on here haha). Anyhow, I hope to present my own vision of a what united Earth would be capable of, and do, in the GalCiv universe, without trampling on or rehashing over used story and plot points. Also thanks to Brad and all the development team for making a game that I've enjoyed tinkering with so much. GAME

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Just a thought, but take what you've said here in and compare it to real life. A great example would be Europe during Hitler's rise to power, giving him Poland didn't make him a closer ally, instead it only furthured his militaristic goals. The AI on the higher levels is pretty good, doing something like that to the Drengin may only make them want to take you out more, and that probably isn't your goal. I haven't played 1.3 enough to say for sure the effects of diplomacy being random o