posted 05-20-99 01:02 AM ET 
Here's a new faction I thought up. It's based on a Guild from an RPS (role-playing story) I've been involved in, but if I used it in standard SMAC I'd probably edit it to remove the reference to magic. (It's intended for a scenario.)
#GUILD
Guild of the Magicians of the Eternal Flame, The Capitalist, Guild, M, 1, Leydonna, F, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0,
TECH, IndEcon, SOCIAL, +ECON, SOCIAL, --GROWTH, SOCIAL, -SUPPORT, COMMERCE, TALENT, 6
Values, Wealth, ECON
Values, Military, nil
Guild, Guild,
Darwin, Rysastra, Darwin's Vision
Guildmaster, intelligent, ambitious, resourceful, scheming,
Power-Mad Maniac
manipulate world events for the benefit of our factions
for my Guild to dominate the planet's enchantment industry
achieving monopolistic control over the entire planet
achieving monopolistic control over the entire planet
grab every drop of the world's wealth for yourself
spinning her convoluted web of intrigue
spinning your convoluted web of intrigue
conspiracies and manipulations
diabolical scheming, M1
commercial initiatives, M2
schemes, M2
service charge, M1
advancing the frontiers of mystical knowledge
Guild Security
Guild Law
#BASES
Guild Headquarters
Brightsand
Waveshore
Stonetree
Windmount
Ahren
Evergreen
Mentira
Naxet
Crescentia
Ilaam
Cira
Toren
Duskca
Wyvernloch
Shinkyo
Harlequin
College Town
Vereen
Fernal
True North
Ether Tower
Ghoryad
Ravisk
Zeelund
Skenic
Freehaven
#END
#WATERBASES
Thalassa
Guild Fishery
Leydonna's Garden
Ocean Guildhouse
Shadow Isle
Isle of Shinbi
Floating Guildhouse
Undersea World
#END
#BLURB
The first goal of any leader is always the same thing: power. The
foolish look for this only in troop concentrations, but the wise know
that true power rests on wealth, knowledge, and skill. The one who
has the resources to control the world, controls the world.
^
^ -- Guildmaster Leydonna S'cluu,
^ "The Philosophy of Opportunism"
#DATALINKS1
^LEADER: {Guildmaster Leydonna S'cluu}
^BACKGROUND: {Brightsand, Magicians' Guildmaster}
^AGENDA: {Guild Capitalism, accumulation of wealth and power}
^TECH: {Industrial Economics}
^
#DATALINKS2
^+1 ECONOMY: {Mercantilist guild structure}
^-2 GROWTH: {Little emphasis on population growth}
^-1 SUPPORT: {Support merchant, rather than fighters}
^increased income from commerce {shrewd traders}
^One extra Talent for every six citizens {recruits only the best}
#FACTIONTRUCE
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"This war wastes money and resources on both sides. Whatever abstract
gains might be found cannot compare to the human cost. Can't you see
that peace is in each of our best interests?"
"It is as you say. I shall sign a Blood Truce immediately."
"My interest is only in victory."
#FACTIONTREATY
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"A market left untapped may soon disappear. We should begin trading
now, before the opportunity vanishes. Shall we agree to a Treaty of
Friendship, that we both might profit?"
"Agreed. Let us reap the bounty of peace."
"No. You'd just as soon plot my downfall as trade with me."
So do you think it's balanced? Like it? Hate it? I originally had the agenda set to Free Market, but then i thought that they wouldn't care if there was regulation, since that often helps large companies, but a wealthy trading partner is alays desirable. What do you think?
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