posted 03-05-99 01:51 PM ET            

1. Arbitrary Trade Sanction. (3/4 Vote)
The condemned party will receive no trade for 10 turns. Just like sanction of our day, soon everybody will be breaking the sanction do make some money. He will increase his dislike to anyone who vote for the measure, especially the sponsor.

Usage: General purpose.

2. Condemnation (3/4 Vote)
The condemned party will suffer increased drone activity and -1 support for 10 turns. This represents citizens not happy about their government for whatever alleged act being condemned. He will increase his dislike to anyone who vote for the measure, especially the sponsor. The governor can't veto a measure directed against him. If he's condemned, a gubernatorial election is called in which his candidacy is disqualified.

A trade sanction and condemnation can't happen to the same guy at the same time.

Usage:
Balance out the human advantage by giving the computer player a chance to kick out the human governor even without the enough population vote.
Cause unrest in enemy cities.

3. Ban Forms of Social Engineering (Simple Majority)
The faction currently have that form of social engineering is given of choice either to change it now for free or defied council order risking condemnation(See 2) and reputation losses. Basic (default) forms of social engineering can't be banned. Ban can be repealed in the future.

Usage: Easiest way to impose condemnation on somebody.

4. Non-conventional weapon disarmament (1/2)
The faction currently with PB's or units with Nerve Pods will either do as asked or faced trade sanctions (see 1) and reputation losses. If one of your pact partners, who has not surrendered to you, vote for the measure and you defied the order, the partnership will be down-graded to treaty. The vote here has no lasting effect. Once the initial hype is over, everybody is free to re-arm.

Usage:
Easist way to impose sanction on someone.
Find out who among your opponents currently process this weapons.
Break up enemy alliances.

posted 03-05-99 01:52 PM ET            

1. Organize Centaurian Games (simple majority)
Just like the Olympics. Impose a 5-turn cease fire on all fronts. Sponsor of the measure receive trade benefit from all factions, even those with whom he has no treaty, during the five turns. Sponsor can also dedicate a city to be the host city. The host city will be in golden age for the duration. No one can sponsor consecutive games. Faction who breaks the cease fire during the five year suffer additional reputation loss and riots at home.

Usage: Everybody needs some breathing room sometimes.

2. Planet Day (simple majority)
Sent planes to plant trees. Trees sprout up randomly on terrain which formers can plant trees. The sponsor can also take the chance to map all terrain and gain an temporary view into all cities. Deirdre likes everyone who vote for it, especially the sponsor.

3. Global Peace Initiative (3/4 Majority)
All truce and vendetta is upgraded to treaty.

Usage: Did anyone say Morgan? Did anyone say Economic Victory? Did anyone say "leave me alone I am building Transcendence"?

posted 03-05-99 02:13 PM ET         

Formation of Planet University (as opposed to University of Planet)

Allows all factions to obtain all tech already obtained by 3 or more factions. Could only be done once. Could also increase discovery of tech by sponsoring faction by some percentage (but then would need another option to dissolve PU).

Useage: Allow other factions who have fallen behind in tech development to catch up. UofP would obviously always vote against it.

Launch Planet Sattelite

Only possible after 1 (or 2or 3) factions have discovered advanced spaceflight (I think that is it). Creates ownership of sattelite that could be used for orbital insertions by each faction. Factions can launch planet busters at the Planet Satttelite to take it down (but this would obviously be an atrocity) or have another option to vote it down)

Usage: Again allow factions to "catch-up" in tech.

I'll write more if I think of others...

posted 03-05-99 02:27 PM ET            

Organize Fungus removal
Ramdomly remove some patches of fungus. Increase mindworm attack for a few turns.

Usage: Hmmm... So Lal build Xenofugus Dome...

posted 03-09-99 06:05 AM ET            

1)Ban forms of social engineering.
I think that 3/4 majority should be enough, because otherwise it might never be implemented. Actually it's kind of strange that this isn't included in the game already, since the factions all have a hatred of one or more specific social engineering choice(s). And it makes sense for them to use the council to get other factions to adjust their society to their own believes.
Certain factions share a dislike of some of the choices so that they can team up for the voting.

2)Non-conventional weapon disarmement.
This is a great way to force other factions in to more civil behaviour. I imagine that the Peacekeepers would go for this if they were powerful. On the other hand if Yang was powerful, this would never pass. It really adds to the atmosphere.

3)Global Peace Iniative.
There isn't an option in the game at this moment to reach that certain perhaps utopian stage of the so called global community. I'm not saying every game should end in peace, but it would be great if it was a possibility (as it still is today). This adds a new path which the factions can take, since this is a empire-building kind of game you should be able to go this way if yo want to.

posted 03-10-99 02:59 PM ET            

By the way, My favorite is still the Centaurian Games. For those who following the Olympics on this planet, you know how intensely political the game is - money, pride, show off, and the depriving of your opponent the ability to do so.

posted 03-10-99 04:47 PM ET            

1) Global Peace Initiative (3/4 Majority): I love this idea... Why? b/c this holds to the spirit of the game and might make for some interesting gameplay...

2) Centaurian Games (Simple Majority): I like this idea as well... with a few modifications... Every Factions should get some trade bonuses though the sponsor would get the most... I would make it a 2/3 to 3/4's majority due to its benefits and/or grant the right to anyone who does not to vote for the games to not participate in them... This would hurt their reputation, but not as much as if they were in the games and attacked someone...

3) Non-Conventional Weapons Disarmament (Simple Majority): Again good idea, but I would also have this act stop all production of in progress (Non-Conventional arms and units have their production start at zero after implimenting this act) That way someone can't hold back the poduction of a few planet busters "disarm" everyone else and then build a few the next turn... If you don't comply with this "disarming" then you automatically have santions brought against you and lose rep...

posted 03-10-99 04:59 PM ET            

Centauran Union (CU): Like a trade pact, except that factions can opt out for nationalist reasons, and factions can vote to exclude other factions, like Turkey...er...Yang.

Alpha Centauri Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA): Your southern neighbors send you their drones, while you send them your industrial production. Your northern neighbors complain about cultural imperialism and restrict your holovision programs.

Association of Sophisticated Alpha Centauri Nations (ASACN): Does very little for commerce, but everyone will want to join because they think that it will make them more popular (like Myanmar...er...Yang). CU members still won't have anything to do with them, though.

Centauri Trade Organization (CTO): Allows all of the factions to get together and acuse each other of protectionism. It's usually ignored.

Centauri World Bank (CWB): Provides loans to factions to help speed secret projects. Half of the loaned money gets siphoned away to accounts at another faction's base, however.

posted 03-10-99 09:02 PM ET         

World War
Every faction declares Vendetta's on every other faction at no cost to reputation unless they have pacts. Truces cannot be made for 20 turns. Only unconditional surrenders can be made.

posted 03-11-99 01:19 AM ET            

How about these ones as well:

1. Planet Environmental Summit
(3/4 majority)

We should aim to reduce global pollution. This would be reflected in a +1 planet bonus to all factions ( or reduced mindworm attacks, reduced eco damage in cities etc.)

2. Repeal changes made at Planet Environmental Summit
(3/4 majority)

Rescources will be consumed.....
Obviously undo whatever happened in no. 1.

posted 03-11-99 01:29 AM ET         

Atrocities don't count if the victim commited one on the same scale to you on the same turn. Kind of like repealing the charter, but not as drastic.

Pass Human Rights Agenda

One extra drone for anyone under Police State or Thought Control

Unite Against Nuclear Warfare

All pods in orbit are used to destroy all planet busters launched, regardless of who owns either.

Terraform Planet

Everyone gets an extra nutrient per square, mindworms don't come as often, plus some large amount of eco-damage

Investigate Earth (Would require some major spaceflight tech)

posted 03-11-99 04:07 PM ET            

To balance out your human rights measure, I propose this:

1) Planetary Stability initiative:

-morale for democracy and free market.

Althought I still think this is cover under the banned social engineering measure. Since a faction can defy that measure risking drones and sanction.

posted 03-11-99 06:46 PM ET            

"Propose to repeal trade sanctions"

Say you got more than 50 years of trade sanctions(or 5000+ in my case. Don't ask ), with this you can propose to get them all repealed. You would have to be really good for 20 years or so, if you want a chance at passing this at all...and if you used too many, it won't pass at all.

Just thought it would be interesting...

posted 03-15-99 02:56 PM ET            

Open all pods. The minerals to nearest city still works as usual. Mindworms will be released. Ownership of all unity rover and unity foil goto the owner of the nearest city. All cash will be divided evenly. Can only come up when somebody has the entire map (after sattelite prosumably). And can obviously be done only once.