Absolon, story, new pbem starting november From: Flemming Pedersen <flp@vip.cybercity.dk> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000 --------------95F074908433E83831B36D24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Introduction If you are looking for a power game with politics, diplomacy, warfare, star exploration, empire building and perhaps an alien or two, then you have come to the right place. Welcome to the world of Absolon. Absolon the story This is the story of the fall of the 2 last big empires in the world, the Caolant and the Sanuzi. Back in 2061 when the big breakthrough in physics came with the invention of the first warp-drive, the inventor Marcus Conner said 'Technology can heal the world, if the world wants to be healed'. History has shown that Conner was right, but it did take a lot of effort before the healing came. The first expedition to the nearest system 'Noy' was very hard to finance, nobody really believed in the possibilities of a colonization of another world. It was only when it became known that Conner had asked the Sanuzi empire for help, that the government of Caolant came through. So it was financed and the expedition went quite well. There were some initial problem with the basic rocket systems. Some rumours say that it was sabotaged by the infamous terrorist group the 'Tarantello', but that is just rumours and has never been proven. Later, on the trip itself, a mutany, started by a Sanuzi spy, was almost successful had it not been for some heroic actions by members of the Chaos League, also an infamous terrorist group. This was proberbly also the turning point for the group and why they are not that 'wanted' today as they once were. The colonization ship survived the trip and the first colonized planet became a reality. Another factor that contributed to the success of the first colonization, was the discovery of the Zoldium construction mineral on Noy. With an increased efficiency of 50%, it soon became a major trade comodity for the new Noy citizens and many new Noy families have become quite welthy exporting this mineral to the homeworld. Even today Zoldium is of major importance to construction corporations throughout the homeworld and is imported in a very large scale. This financial success also led to increased interest in financing the next expedition and that interest escalated so fast that even the government wanted in. Rumours of the big corporation financing the senators soon surfaced and that really rocked the government in it's foundation. Having 90% of the senators taking bribes is not good for a government. That was when the evil Sanuzi empire played their final card. That was the time when the Sanuzi started the world war. It was a short, but terrible war. More than 35% of the total population was annihilated and both the Caolant and Sanuzi government fell, or actually was blown away. That didn't stop the war however. Several years of anarchy and fighting amongst the powerfull families followed and it was only when a young and brave man of the Halando family succeeded in making peace with several of the most powerful families, that the war ended. It took several years to negotiate the form of the new combined empire. Everybody wanted a democracy, but also to honor the brave Halando family, who had stopped the war. A compromise was made, democracy won, but so did the young Halando, as he was appointed the honourable position of Emperor of the new Constitutional Empire. The new emperor position never had any real power on paper, but the Halando family gained a lot of prestige in the years that followed and the Halando name is still today synonymous with absolute power. One of the things that the young Halando insisted on establishing, was a government controlled space agency, which took form as the Ministry of Exploration and Colonization. Since then the MEC has been responsible for 2 successful colonizations, Wewa 2 and Jui 3 and the MEC research centers for numerous new technologies in cooperation with many big corporations, under the skillful leadership Connors grandson Gary G. Connor. Inventions like the Garrant Reflector Shields and the Easters Space Navigation Computer System comes from such cooperations, but the Connor team have also been able to come up with ideas of their own, like the Warp Core Concealment chamber and the design of the entire engine room. Today both Wewa and Jui have been successfully been colonized and an unmanned expedition to Tatue is being planned and the hope of finding new fertile land is overwelming. The Jui expedition gave the new fuel alloy Mancium, which have improved the chances of further expedition tremendously, only the future will show us where. Fate of Absolon This is the early times of space exploration and colonization. The Empire is more powerful than ever before and the time has come to conquer the stars. You will play a major part in creating the future for the empire as you become the head of one of the new families that has risen to power lately. You will decide your goals and try to get there using politics, big business and military force when needed. Getting the organization together, building your business empire, become popular with the population of Absolon and so forth. You might even lead a spaceexploration mission yourself and perhaps even pay for it. It is expected that the first private corporation will launch their space missions within the first 20 years of play, perhaps even before. Perhaps someday, you will own your own planet. You will have to face many dangers during your years of rule. Exactly what they are, you will of course NOT know beforehand, but nevertheless you will have to prepare yourself for whatever comes and do prepare for the worst! The Fate of the Empire is not entirely in your own hands. There will be several other players trying to do their part as well as several NPC families who also wants total power. Who these families are, you might discover during your turns. I will promise you however, that you should prepare yourself for a very, shall we say, active and alive Empire. �You can learn more about Absolon on the homepage http://users.cybercity.dk/~dko1339/home.html Yours truly Flemming --------------95F074908433E83831B36D24 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> <B><FONT SIZE=+1>Introduction</FONT></B> <BR>If you are looking for a power game with politics, diplomacy, warfare, star exploration, empire building and perhaps an alien or two, then you have come to the right place. Welcome to the world of Absolon. <P><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Absolon the story</FONT></B> <BR>This is the story of the fall of the 2 last big empires in the world, the Caolant and the Sanuzi. <P>Back in 2061 when the big breakthrough in physics came with the invention of the first warp-drive, the inventor Marcus Conner said 'Technology can heal the world, if the world wants to be healed'. History has shown that Conner was right, but it did take a lot of effort before the healing came. <P>The first expedition to the nearest system 'Noy' was very hard to finance, nobody really believed in the possibilities of a colonization of another world. It was only when it became known that Conner had asked the Sanuzi empire for help, that the government of Caolant came through. <P>So it was financed and the expedition went quite well. There were some initial problem with the basic rocket systems. Some rumours say that it was sabotaged by the infamous terrorist group the 'Tarantello', but that is just rumours and has never been proven. Later, on the trip itself, a mutany, started by a Sanuzi spy, was almost successful had it not been for some heroic actions by members of the Chaos League, also an infamous terrorist group. This was proberbly also the turning point for the group and why they are not that 'wanted' today as they once were. <BR> <BR>The colonization ship survived the trip and the first colonized planet became a reality. Another factor that contributed to the success of the first colonization, was the discovery of the Zoldium construction mineral on Noy. With an increased efficiency of 50%, it soon became a major trade comodity for the new Noy citizens and many new Noy families have become quite welthy exporting this mineral to the homeworld. Even today Zoldium is of major importance to construction corporations throughout the homeworld and is imported in a very large scale. <P>This financial success also led to increased interest in financing the next expedition and that interest escalated so fast that even the government wanted in. Rumours of the big corporation financing the senators soon surfaced and that really rocked the government in it's foundation. Having 90% of the senators taking bribes is not good for a government. That was when the evil Sanuzi empire played their final card. That was the time when the Sanuzi started the world war. <P>It was a short, but terrible war. More than 35% of the total population was annihilated and both the Caolant and Sanuzi government fell, or actually was blown away. That didn't stop the war however. Several years of anarchy and fighting amongst the powerfull families followed and it was only when a young and brave man of the Halando family succeeded in making peace with several of the most powerful families, that the war ended. <P>It took several years to negotiate the form of the new combined empire. Everybody wanted a democracy, but also to honor the brave Halando family, who had stopped the war. A compromise was made, democracy won, but so did the young Halando, as he was appointed the honourable position of Emperor of the new Constitutional Empire. <BR> <BR>The new emperor position never had any real power on paper, but the Halando family gained a lot of prestige in the years that followed and the Halando name is still today synonymous with absolute power. One of the things that the young Halando insisted on establishing, was a government controlled space agency, which took form as the Ministry of Exploration and Colonization. <P>Since then the MEC has been responsible for 2 successful colonizations, Wewa 2 and Jui 3 and the MEC research centers for numerous new technologies in cooperation with many big corporations, under the skillful leadership Connors grandson Gary G. Connor. Inventions like the Garrant Reflector Shields and the Easters Space Navigation Computer System comes from such cooperations, but the Connor team have also been able to come up with ideas of their own, like the Warp Core Concealment chamber and the design of the entire engine room. <P>Today both Wewa and Jui have been successfully been colonized and an unmanned expedition to Tatue is being planned and the hope of finding new fertile land is overwelming. The Jui expedition gave the new fuel alloy Mancium, which have improved the chances of further expedition tremendously, only the future will show us where. <P>Fate of Absolon <BR>This is the early times of space exploration and colonization. The Empire is more powerful than ever before and the time has come to conquer the stars. You will play a major part in creating the future for the empire as you become the head of one of the new families that has risen to power lately. <P>You will decide your goals and try to get there using politics, big business and military force when needed. Getting the organization together, building your business empire, become popular with the population of Absolon and so forth. You might even lead a spaceexploration mission yourself and perhaps even pay for it. It is expected that the first private corporation will launch their space missions within the first 20 years of play, perhaps even before. Perhaps someday, you will own your own planet. <BR> <BR>You will have to face many dangers during your years of rule. Exactly what they are, you will of course NOT know beforehand, but nevertheless you will have to prepare yourself for whatever comes and do prepare for the worst! <P>The Fate of the Empire is not entirely in your own hands. There will be several other players trying to do their part as well as several NPC families who also wants total power. Who these families are, you might discover during your turns. I will promise you however, that you should prepare yourself for a very, shall we say, active and alive Empire. <P>¨You can learn more about Absolon on the homepage <BR><A HREF="http://users.cybercity.dk/~dko1339/home.html">http://users.cybercity.dk/~dko1339/home.html</A> <P>Yours truly <BR>Flemming</HTML> --------------95F074908433E83831B36D24-- Up