Galaxy Explorer Event From: Jan Olof Flink <stradh@acc.umu.se> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 12:24:07 +0000 In early 2003 there will be a special Galaxy Explorer event! It will be a PBEM version of the old "Master of Orion II" Computer-game, using the Galaxy Explorer game-engine as a base platform. Players are suposed to be familiar with Galaxy Explorer, or at least with some other game of the Galaxy Family (Original, Blind, NG) The game can be seen as a quite normal game of Galaxy Explorer, except for a few "minor" changes to the initial setup... These changes _will_ make the game _Very_ different to play, so although it will probably be fun and very challenging it will not count towards the hall of fame. (Sorry dudes) 1. To simulate the difference between the races, all players will start the game with 2 turns of production of their own choice. This also mean that there will be no StarForts around to indicate an idle player. The production must be specified to the Judge before Turn 0 is distributed, So you will not have the map available when deciding what to build. NOTE: This production will be built and ready when Turn 0 is sent out. So it is not the production for turn 1 and 2. 2. The homeplanet will not be fully populated, so there will be no colonists or full production available until turn 2. NOTE: The "free" two rounds of production are made at full production. 3. All races start with a set name, that may be changed by the player if he wants to. But there will be no Player_05 or such to encounter. 4. Although a highlandergame, trading between races will be possible, using asteroids to load / unload. 5. Global messages will never be turned on. 6. Space monsters will guard some of the good worlds out in the galaxy, and there will be one especially good planet (Orion) guarded by the ancient artefact-ship "The Guardian". 7. A hostile race from another dimension (The Antarans) sometimes emerge from hyperspace to attack porly defended colonies. (Such events occur in a VERY fair way) 8. Every 10 Turns there will be an election for president of the galaxy. The two largest races will be eligible for election. Every player get one vote / 1000 population and may choose to vote for either candidate or to abstain. The result as well as how the players voted will be broadcasted on the Galactic News Network. (Although not how many votes each player had) So it will be hard to hide your size close to electionday. This is a normal highlander game, but with this extra win-condition: If a player get two thirds of the votes for president he is declared winner and the game is over. NOTE: It is two thirds of the total number of votes, including the abstained. You may (and are supposed to) vote on yourself. 9. All important events, monsters slain and such, will be broadcasted by the Galactic News Net. To join the game, mail stradh@acc.umu.se with a subject-line containing: Galaxy and/or Orion. The mail itself should contain the following information: Your Name : Your email: A short description about previous experience with Galaxy: What you want to have produced and in what order, if order matters: (Any ship-designs should be complete with names. You may come in with changes on this all the way until I distribute Turn 0, but I require a first set of production orders to accept an request to join. ) What start time you would prefer: (6, 13 or 20 Jan 2003) What time of day you would prefer to receive turnreports: (10 - 14 GMT) Any questions regarding the game: ( The setup, the schedule or related stuff ) And No I'm not participating. And Yes I will create a judge-report since that will be the only way to keep track of the scenario More information about Galaxy Explorer can be found on the official Galaxy Explorer homepage: http://home.san.rr.com/explorer/ Or on (the more updated) Galaxy page of the Galaxy Explorer Code-maintainer: http://home.foni.net/~supalov/explorer/index.html Source distribution and a supported Turnviewer can be found at sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/explorer/ Regards /Jan-Olof Up