Atlantis 3.0: Times 64 From: Geoff Dunbar <gdunbar@atlantis.prankster.com> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000 Subject: Atlantis 3.0: Times 64 Atlantis 3.0 Times April, 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Email admin30@prankster.com with game issues. Visit http://www.prankster.com (or email atlantis@prankster.com) for information or to join. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi Atlanteans, Hip hip Hurray! This is a happy day! There has been a long time since Uncle declared us War and tell us that they will crush us before one year. Now, after one year and half, they just began to have troops near our coast. Let's congratulate them for the effort. Here are some of their troops I've encounter in the ocean, I just hope they really are coming to Eden 5 and wish to welcome them... Les Rodeurs, 70s proud member. ocean (51,91) in Atlantis Ocean. ------------------------------------------------------------ The weather was clear last month; it will be clear next month. Wages: $0. Wanted: none. For Sale: none. Products: 28 fish [FISH]. Exits: North : desert (51,89) in Valga. Northeast : desert (52,90) in Valga. Southeast : desert (52,92) in Valga. South : ocean (51,93) in Atlantis Ocean. Southwest : ocean (50,92) in Atlantis Ocean. Northwest : jungle (50,90) in Durness, contains Burscough [city]. + Ship [713] : Longboat. * Sailors (35779), Les Rodeurs (72), avoiding, behind, 2 sea elves [SELF], 690 silver [SILV]. Skills: sailing [SAIL] 3 (180). + Ship [577] : Galleon. - Sailors (32327), 5 sea elves [SELF]. - Unit (27900), The Chosen of Cthulhu (40), 60 leaders [LEAD], 128 plate armor [PARM], 60 mithril swords [MSWO]. - Unit (11635), leader [LEAD]. - Unit (34525), leader [LEAD], crossbow [XBOW]. + Ship [399] : Balloon. - Sailors (27636), 2 leaders [LEAD], 2 crossbows [XBOW]. - Reavers (28382), 50 orcs [ORC], 50 swords [SWOR], 50 plate armor [PARM]. + Ship [510] : Balloon. - Sailors (29466), 2 leaders [LEAD], 2 crossbows [XBOW]. - Reavers (14378), The Black Reavers (99), behind, 50 nomads [NOMA], 50 crossbows [XBOW]. - Unit (15572), 5 leaders [LEAD], 5 mithril swords [MSWO], 5 mithril armor [MARM]. + Floating Fortress [318] : Armored Galleon. - Master Sailors (17618), 4 leaders [LEAD], 4 crossbows [XBOW]. - Tag_along (15842), Bravura Manege (142), avoiding, behind, wood elf [WELF]. - Unit (11013), 9 leaders [LEAD], 9 mithril swords [MSWO], 7 mithril armor [MARM]. - Unit (31917), 89 leaders [LEAD], 89 mithril swords [MSWO], 89 mithril armor [MARM]. - Unit (38114), leader [LEAD], runesword [RUNE]. - Unit (41303), 40 leaders [LEAD], 40 mithril swords [MSWO], 40 mithril armor [MARM]. - Michael (21329), Hitchers in the Heart of Gold (309), behind, leader [LEAD]. + Ship [655] : Galleon. - Unit (34529), The Chosen of Cthulhu (40), avoiding, behind, 5 sea elves [SELF]. - TWANG! (31920), The Chosen of Cthulhu (40), behind, 150 nomads [NOMA], 150 crossbows [XBOW]. + Ship [552] : Galleon. - Sailors (30686), The Chosen of Cthulhu (40), avoiding, behind, 5 sea elves [SELF]. - Unit (8873), leader [LEAD]. - Unit (27908), leader [LEAD], mithril sword [MSWO]. - Unit (27144), 10 leaders [LEAD], 10 mithril swords [MSWO], 10 mithril armor [MARM], 10 winged horses [WING]. - Dragon Slayers (10447), 58 orcs [ORC], 58 swords [SWOR], 58 plate armor [PARM]. + Ship [840] : Galleon. - Sailors (27919), The Chosen of Cthulhu (40), avoiding, behind, 5 sea elves [SELF], 10 crossbows [XBOW]. - Unit (25517), leader [LEAD], winged horse [WING]. - Unit (37456), 50 nomads [NOMA], 50 crossbows [XBOW]. - Death Knights (15176), The Chosen of Cthulhu (40), 6 leaders [LEAD], 3 mithril swords [MSWO], 6 mithril armor [MARM], 6 winged horses [WING], 3 runeswords [RUNE]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATLANTIS ENQUIRER -------------------- This week: Pinpa romps with Brother Sailors, exclusive photo liftout. Page 3 Girl - Joan of Arc looking hotter than ever. Aliens Drained My Blood - Bubble survivor tells. Pythagorus in bizarre triangle love. Tell-all Isocelese says 'Hypotenuse a square root' Don't Look to Mouth Gift, Horse! Lady Mara's horse Paparazzi has denied accepting a very special gift from Nursie. An anonymous source in the stables had reported that a brightly wrapped box containing a five gallon bottle of scotch and a map of tunnels in the local underworld was delivered to his stall by special messenger. Lady Mara was unavailable for comment, but a spokesman for her faction said "Paparazzi is a gelding anyway, so he wouldn't have the balls to try to throw me." MIA SLAVE HELL Hanoi is demanding the return of 7 MIAs found working as slave labourers in a Helsicke Workfare programme. Investigations are continuing and more MIAs are expected to be found imprisoned in sweatshops and restaurants somewhere in the city. Unconfirmed rumours say that rogue action man Ram Bo-Minh is assembling a team of highly skilled misfits for a daring rescue mission. "We are ready to go as soon as corrupt government officials forbid it because it may interfere with agreement over impending commercial contracts." he is quoted as saying. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Our visistor has left Gilles, and they never even said hello. Maybe they wanted to get back to sea, they might have had somewhere that they wanted to be. This is quite possible Gilles. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Expansion plans shall resume for the DDT. Now that we have purged our homeland from the evil UF, our fleet is ready to strike the infidels knows as Priests of Muldoon, whom have landed several ships on our shores in the past, in the vain attempt of seizing land out from under us. Several turns ago Captain Black's longboats landed south of a city called Derwent and dug into the mountains waiting for the right time to move. That time came a few months ago. The Captain took his men out of hiding, and ran a diversionary attack on some of the PoM's production units. This attack would be a failure, however, it succeeded in it's purpose. He managed to draw the main line of defense out of Derwent. Captain Black has made the ultimate sacrifice and by doing so, will allow the main DDT fleet to land on the shores of Derwent and take control, while their main defenses are otherwise occupied. When these "Defenders of the Realm" return home, they will find their city flying the black and red standard of the DDT. A tower has been erected at Black's landing site near Derwent. This tower shall be known from here on as Black's Tower. His noble sacrifice shall be long remembered. General Tigh Grey Wolf Clan (78) weldon@sdd.hp.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Clan Myhkul (347): The Clan Myhkul wishes that thank those who have offered to assist in the training of the Clan Mages. While that training is underway, the Clan is looking for open space for the People of the Clan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Chosen of Cthulhu (40): Oswald, master of Cthulhu assassin's, sat in the common room of the inn 'Aunties Kitchen' studying the monthly assassin reports and scratching his head. Rastlin, a minor weather mage, floats in on a magic carpet. "Hey, Oswald, did you free up the shafts to the 70s territory?" Oswald nods still concentrating on the report. "Yeah, yeah, no problem." "What? You have another problem?" "I can't decide which unit to target for assassination. Here what do you think?" - NEGOCIANT (12441), The Black Moon (71), high elf [HELF], 151 horses [HORS], 177 caviar [CAVI]. - Transporteur (19398), The Black Moon (71), plainsman [PLAI], 218 horses [HORS], 50 stone [STON], 40 swords [SWOR]. - Transporteur (21730), The Black Moon (71), avoiding, behind, 74 horses [HORS], viking [VIKI], 60 crossbows [XBOW], 20 furs [FUR], 16 yew [YEW]. + Haazeel Tower [1] : Tower. - Haazeel Thorn (8534), The Black Moon (71), behind, leader [LEAD], 3 horses [HORS], 2 imps [IMP], 632 swords [SWOR], 27 plate armor [PARM], 2 mithril swords [MSWO], 10 mithril armor [MARM]; A quand la prochaine ?. "Thats easy," Rastlin declares, "Go for the mage with the imps." "But what if that mage has one of those new fangled amulets? Besides if the mage is killed the two imps will keep two thirds of the spoils. I hate that. Then that assassin will have to drop the swords or kill somone with horses just to carry all those the swords. Its all so unprofessional. And what does 'A quand la prochaine ?' mean any way?" "Oswald, you think too much. Just order the assassination." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alhaam's sleep was shattered early one morning by a fist banging on his bedroom door. "Come quickly master! There is a sergeant of the watch at the gate and he insists on seeing you now." "He does, does he? Let's see how demanding he is without his stripes." Pulling on some clothes he went down to the courtyard to find something to hit. "What is it boy? This better be important or you'll be a eunuch in the harem." Despite the cool morning air, sweat ran down the sergeant's face. "We have a viking detained at the guard house, sir. He says he has come to Durness to enter your service." "Is that a crime? You wake me up at this ungeoffly hour for that?" "He was disturbing the peace, sir." "Peace! We have a war raging around us and you arrest one viking for disturbing the peace!" "Well, there's more than one, sir. They assaulted several citizens in the harbour, sir" "Citizens you say. I wager that the scum which inhabit the harbour at this hour have never been graced with the title of citizen. Citizen implies they pay taxes." One of Alhaam's scribes coughed politely and looked down at his sandals. "Well, yes. Let's get this sorted out." Alhaam called for his horse and bodyguards and together they rode to the watch house. Along the way a curious deep groove in the road joined their path. This groove seemed to lead straight to the watch house. In fact it lead to a longboat, which virtually blocked the road in front of the watch house. Alhaam suspected he knew who had arrived in Durness. He leaped off his horse, ran around the longboat into the watch house and soon his hope was confirmed. Sven Svenson had arrived! It turned out that some very stupid and very inept pickpocket had tried to lift a pouch from one of Sven's crew. After a brief battle between the viking sailors and the local lowlife the vikings felt that their ship was not safe and dragged it onto the pier and to the watch house, where the guards had persuaded them they could keep it in safety. Alhaam bailed them out and invited them to the caravanserai. In the following weeks Sven's crew departed and the war around Durness seemed to wind down. The UNCLE grunts had finally crushed the forces of the Supreme Empire of Persecution. It wasn't quite business as usual - some mopping up operations still remained but the superior training and experience of the UNCLE knights in this field was sure to clinch the war. One strange outcome of the war was the strange emergence of a new cult. As if the UNCLE troops did not have enough to concern them, they had started to worship some strange dark god. Alhaam immediately ordered his traders to stock up on cheap incense and old goats (the sacrificial type). Religion is often good for business since people who buy some strange story of a tentacled god being reborn will buy anything. In fact House al-Kazzam flourished during this period. To Alhaams delight Sven Svenson proved to have the same brand of initiative as his father. Several UNCLE foot soldiers had decided to settle down in the deserted farmlands around Durness. Sven immediately set out to sell them some obsolete farm equipment, arthritic plow horses, mouldering seed grain and menopausal cows. from "The History of House al-Kazzam" by Sven Kazzamsen, one of the original vikings recruited by the House. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BioPhreaks (172): The Clone Lord Sevrin let out a sigh of relief as he sat down beneath = the shade of an ironwood tree. His muscles ached from the exertion of = so much farming, but seeing the lazy waves in the sea of grain that = stood before him relaxed him to the core. He knew that over a hundred = of his fellow clones toiled within the mutant-wheat fields, but he = couldn't see a single one of them under the ten foot tall stalks. =20 Sevrin allowed a wide grin to possess his face. The vision had become = reality. He had taken the war-torn clan of the BioPhreaks from their = violent leader and had successfully transformed them into the most = productive and peaceful trade faction on the continent. All without a = single drop of blood spilled. No longer were the breeding vats used to = produce vile monstrosities born for battle, but rather, more bountiful = grains and heartier livestock. He tried to drift off to sleep, but the = aching muscles in his arms wouldn't allow him more than a daydream daze. In his half-sleep, Sevrin's eyes turned upward to watch the clouds form = familiar shapes. He could see galleons sailing, wagons carrying loads = of trade goods, piles of silver stacked high, horses slowly growing = wings and flying about. Oddly, the winged horse shaped cloud shrank and = solidified, becoming smaller, faster, more agile. Now at the = proportions of an actual winged horse, he saw the cloud circle the sky = as if searching for some land-bound target. A sixth sense told Sevrin = that horse was searching for him. And it had found him. The winged horse immediately began a power dive = in his direction, and Sevrin shivered beneath the ironwood tree, knowing = he was vulnerable and that there was no cover from the giant steed. The = horse grew larger and larger as it descended with eyes of fire and = muscles of steel. As it came closer, Sevrin noticed a rider upon the = winged monster, a rider of pitiless countenance with a skin of mithril. = A rider who wore Sevrin's own face. It was Johnny Clone, shouting "revenge" from the heavens. Sevrin reflexively reached out for his hunting crossbow, but knew that = he had no chance as the displaced lord and avenger was to be instantly = upon him. All he could see was the burning silver eyes of Johnny clone = as he closed the distance between them. Then Johnny said, "Pardon me, sire, but I have news." The Mage Krenshai, seeing his lord come out of a fitful sleep, repeated = his greeting. "Lord Sevrin, I have urgent news." Sevrin's eyes shot open and before Krenshai had time to so much as = blink, a crossbow bolt flew past his head, nicking his left ear. The Mage ducked and grabbed the side of his head, cursing in an arcane = tongue. "Okay, okay, I'll join faction zero!" He shouted, and withdrew = before Sevrin had the time to collect his wits and say a word. Yet Krenshai's page lingered, remaining a member of the BioPhreaks. The = Lord Clone found the young nomad's attention and beckoned him closer. = Frightened, the young minion slowly acquiesced. Sevrin stood up, arms and legs aching. "Boy," he said, "what was that = all about?" "Sire? It was about your orders, sire." "My orders? Krenshai came to ask me about his Earth Lore duties?" "Sire, no, sire, Krenshai came to ask about his retirement." "What are you talking about, lad?" "Your orders, sire. Here, on this parchment." The young nomad held up = a scrap of paper. Sevrin Clone took the document. It read: 'New Faction orders, = effective immediately, moving magic to war. One wizard must retire.' The boy spoke up, "Master Krenshai wanted to know if he should forget = his arcane knowledge or give himself over to the oblivion of faction = zero, Sire." Sevrin reflexively crushed the paper, surprised at this token violent = act, but knowing that he would need some violent streak to retain his = rule. The dream was a prophecy. Johnny Clone was coming back, and he = had already started taxing. He would have to muster an attack force, and soon. "Boy," Sevrin asked, "is there anything nomads are good at aside from = Ranching. I mean, what do you do in a fight?" The lad brightened, "Sire, we have a pretty good knack for the = crossbow." Sevrin considered the tactical application of his favorite hunting = weapon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have given up on Glenanane. I am withdrawing from the underground. The Black Hawk Society ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It would appear quite a number of the population have become complacent. This predominant apathy will more likely draw my forces in to war than outward aggression. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eggman's Men (223): Well, it looks like there are at least *some* people out there who still read the Times. I received the amazing number of 7 (seven!) replies to my survey... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chronicles of The Tribe No one has been there but us. That's why it is called "The Unnamed". Very few time ago it was "The Unmanned". Paulo, Parrot-Man of The Tribe (123) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Die, guards, die! Hey, what's up with the 70s/Uncle war? Haven't heard much lately. Has anyone ever sat down and figured out how much territory the major alliances control as a percentage of the total map? Is it true that GALE is experiencing another civil war due to spies, or is that one just another rumor? As time passes, I find myself missing the word "spleen." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Battles during turn: GALE Revenge Squad (25221) attacks Dragon Guards (4321) in jungle (50,90) in Durness! Attackers: GALE Revenge Squad (25221), 1200 vikings [VIKI], 1200 mithril swords [MSWO], 1200 horses [HORS], combat 3. GALE Archery (32455), 500 leaders [LEAD], 500 horses [HORS], 500 longbows [LBOW], longbow 5, riding 3; Watch your eyes. Lucifer (1896), behind, leader [LEAD], 2 balrogs [BALR], double bow [DBOW], winged horse [WING], staff of fire [STAF], longbow 5; Go to hell, Nameless!. Gabriel (1901), behind, leader [LEAD], double bow [DBOW], winged horse [WING], crossbow 5, riding 2; Protecting the good guys. Rafael (5194), behind, leader [LEAD], double bow [DBOW], longbow 5; Another guardian angel. GALE Archery (37021), behind, 120 leaders [LEAD], 120 horses [HORS], 120 double bows [DBOW], longbow 5, riding 2. GALE Chief of Operations (4220), behind, leader [LEAD], winged horse [WING], mithril sword [MSWO], mithril armor [MARM], double bow [DBOW], combat 5, tactics 5, riding 5, longbow 5; In charge of sanitation. The Wall (7106), behind, leader [LEAD]; Forcing the arrows to drop dead. Wild Windspinner (7107), behind, leader [LEAD], staff of lightning [STAL], winged horse [WING], double bow [DBOW], riding 4, longbow 2; There's no cars to hide in.. too bad for you!. Cool Windspinner (6888), behind, leader [LEAD], staff of lightning [STAL], winged horse [WING], double bow [DBOW], riding 2, longbow 1; Smashing nameless with his surfing board. Dark Windspinner (10120), behind, leader [LEAD], staff of lightning [STAL], winged horse [WING], double bow [DBOW], riding 1, longbow 4; Dark powers are here to torment you. Evil Windspinner (7459), behind, leader [LEAD], winged horse [WING], double bow [DBOW], riding 2, crossbow 2; Evil powers are upon you!. <~1500 misc archery troops snipped> Defenders: Dragon Guards (4321), 64 nomads [NOMA], 53 swords [SWOR], combat 2. <8 nameless mages & >5000 misc troops snipped> Round 1: Gabriel (1901) casts energy shield. Rafael (5194) casts clear skies. The Wall (7106) casts force shield. Athos (5435) casts force shield. Dark Windspinner (10120) unleashes a might lightning strike, killing 144. Lucifer (1896) blasts the enemy with hellfire, killing 220. Lucifer (1896) blasts the enemy with hellfire, killing 195. Lucifer (1896) shoots a fireball, killing 24. Scour (4193) blasts the enemy with hellfire, but it is deflected! Scour (4193) unleashes a might lightning strike, but it is deflected! Wild Windspinner (7107) unleashes a might lightning strike, killing 189. Chaos of Water (7334) unleashed a mighty lightning strike, but it is deflected! Chaos of Fire (4980) unleashed a mighty lightning strike, but it is deflected! Chaos of Earth (7335) unleashed a mighty lightning strike, but it is deflected! Evil Windspinner (7459) summons a wild tornado, killing 144. Chaos of Water (7334) unleashed a mighty lightning strike, but it is deflected! Cool Windspinner (6888) unleashes a might lightning strike, killing 128. Yandros, Lords of Chaos in Life and Death (9889) unleashed a mighty lightning strike, but it is deflected! Dream Walker (4972) unleashed a mighty lightning strike, but it is deflected! GALE Revenge Squad (25521) loses 104. Dragon Guards (4321) loses 2621. Dragon Guards (4321) is routed! GALE Revenge Squad (25521) gets a free round of attacks! Gabriel (1901) casts energy shield. Rafael (5194) casts clear skies. The Wall (7106) casts force shield. Wild Windspinner (7107) unleashes a might lightning strike, killing 199. Evil Windspinner (7459) summons a wild tornado, killing 166. Dark Windspinner (10120) unleashes a might lightning strike, killing 121. Lucifer (1896) blasts the enemy with hellfire, killing 186. Lucifer (1896) blasts the enemy with hellfire, killing 241. Lucifer (1896) shoots a fireball, killing 18. Cool Windspinner (6888) unleashes a might lightning strike, killing 21. Dragon Guards (4321) loses 2831. Total Casualties: GALE Revenge Squad (25521) loses 104. Damaged units: 25521. Dragon Guards (4321) loses 5452. Damaged units: Quite a bunch.... Spoils: 121532 silv [SILV], 4 STAL, 9 CLOA, _LOTS_ of bows/swor/armor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Haazeel : Master !!! Master !!! Gorgor : Yes I know, I know.... H: How do you already know that ! Do you know that Chtulu is already here! G: Yes I know that they have started their plan a little bit t too early han they have to do. But did you make what I told you last month ? H: Of course yes Master ! G: So why are you so worried ? H: They are so close ! G: So what ? We are also close to them, aren't we ? H: Yes but... G: There is no 'but' and no doubt. They are far from their Territory and Mark or Chtulu or whatever his name is, should smell and taste the barbecue party ! H: But they are not alone ! Master, look at the Times... G: Hummmm....let's see....AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH ! It's a joke ! More people come to the BBQ party ! AH AH AH ! H: (My master seems crazy) G: Haazeel you know I can read in your mind ! I'm not crazy hummmm not at all, at least !!! It will be fun !!! Just prepare the City....where are the Read Tactician mages ? H: They will arrive in few turn, Master, but it's a secret ! G: Oh well ! They must know where they are going to ! It's fine to play games with assassins, but now with the new power of the amulets of true seeing, the game is over ! They want to play the Big Game...hummm...ok let's play ! H: But Master they are strong ! G: Yes I know they are and they think we are weak ! It will be fun. Anyway UNCLE never met me yet, right? H: Right ! G: So they don't know which strength I can bring. H: For sure ! G: If their spies can hear me: Chtulu and other factions of > UNCLE, you're approaching the EDEN 5 territory. Welcome and die ! You're not going any futher ! CAN YOU HEAR ME ? H: Yes Master ! G: Not you ! stupid idiot ! Continue your work and prepare the War ! H: I will do it as you like Master. G: AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH keuf keuf keuf ! I have to stop smoking ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Glass Chompers (65): Dragons to the left of me... Dragons to the right of me... Dragons above me... Dragons below me... Now if they would just stop running away from me! I've been really, really busy at work the last couple of months so haven't been able to update my page the way I would like. But now that the big inspection is over with I should be able to catch up somewhat. Come visit me at: http://www.kraby.pair.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A cautionary tale.... month 1 A: several failed assasination and stealing attempts B: extermination force mobilized month 2 A: more assasination and stealing attempts a failed attack against those already present a hex pillaged B: extermination troops arrive month 3 B: splat! ... I take a dim view of people landing on my coast and sending their men out to assasinate, steal from and kill my men. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anyone else getting bored with A3? Geoff, how about starting up A4? :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Who's winning out of 70's, UNCLE, and Nameless? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Up