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warg posted 08-25-99 12:38 AM ET
I just found an e-mail to me titled "AlphaNews - Alien Crossfire".
It gave some rough info on the four other new human factions. Here's an exert:
Seven new fations offer entirely new stategies for exploration, discovery, empire-building, and conquest. A new sea-faring Pirate faction provides new navial advantages. The Probe Team faction spiecializes in espionage and spying. A Cybernetic faction provides radical scientific advantages and the working-class Drones have formed their own powerful faction as well. Native life-forms and the powers of nature form the the backbone of the extreme Ecological faction while the two alien factions add mystery, wonder and suprise to the human strugle.
Did anyone else get this e-mail?
NotLikeTea posted 08-25-99 07:10 AM ET
I got it... little curious, though.
We know of the Cybernetics already. The Piratical faction sounds interesting, and the Probe faction sounds about right (I made one of these myself)
But what of the other two? The faction of drones is an interesting situation. This faction cannot land, but must split off another faction. This seems to be the general direction of the story so far... how will it be implemented, without the landing pods?
As for the extreme Ecological faction, how will they differ from the Gaians?
Zakharov_54 posted 08-25-99 12:30 PM ET
I, too, received such an email. What I was wondering was what sort of choice might be made (ie +2Probe, -1Research, etc.)? Anybody have any ideas?
NoviceCEO posted 08-25-99 04:19 PM ET
I think the question would be who sent that email and is that information trustable? And oh yes, I haven't received it.
Novice
The other unreveled faction may be the Caretakes, the Ursupers enemies.
Zakharov_54 posted 08-27-99 11:31 AM ET
The source is very trustworthy because it comes from the Alpha Centauri web site (www.alphacentauri.com).
Schoop posted 08-27-99 03:15 PM ET
I think each of the new factions will get one of the special abilities that already exist within the SMAC code.
We already know that the Cyborgs don't take any penalty for using "Planned" economics. This is the IMPUNITY setting that you can use on the faction text file.
I bet the Probe faction will have SHARETECH (mimics the Planetary Datalinks, i.e. Sharetech 2 gives you tech known to 2 other players).
Some Psi bonus for the Eco faction (PSI 25 gives you a 25% bonus in Psi Combat)
Possibly cheaper for Drones to rush-produce something. (HURRY 75 allows for 75% normal cost of rush-produce)
any other guesses??
NotLikeTea posted 08-27-99 05:07 PM ET
I thought each faction would bet one bonus NOT already possible in the current SMAC code.
Major difference
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Author	Topic: Info on the 4 other new human factions
warg	posted 08-25-99 12:38 AM ET I just found an e-mail to me titled "AlphaNews - Alien Crossfire". It gave some rough info on the four other new human factions. Here's an exert: Seven new fations offer entirely new stategies for exploration, discovery, empire-building, and conquest. A new sea-faring Pirate faction provides new navial advantages. The Probe Team faction spiecializes in espionage and spying. A Cybernetic faction provides radical scientific advantages and the working-class Drones have formed their own powerful faction as well. Native life-forms and the powers of nature form the the backbone of the extreme Ecological faction while the two alien factions add mystery, wonder and suprise to the human strugle. Did anyone else get this e-mail?
NotLikeTea	posted 08-25-99 07:10 AM ET I got it... little curious, though. We know of the Cybernetics already. The Piratical faction sounds interesting, and the Probe faction sounds about right (I made one of these myself) But what of the other two? The faction of drones is an interesting situation. This faction cannot land, but must split off another faction. This seems to be the general direction of the story so far... how will it be implemented, without the landing pods? As for the extreme Ecological faction, how will they differ from the Gaians?
Zakharov_54	posted 08-25-99 12:30 PM ET I, too, received such an email. What I was wondering was what sort of choice might be made (ie +2Probe, -1Research, etc.)? Anybody have any ideas?
NoviceCEO	posted 08-25-99 04:19 PM ET I think the question would be who sent that email and is that information trustable? And oh yes, I haven't received it. Novice The other unreveled faction may be the Caretakes, the Ursupers enemies.
Zakharov_54	posted 08-27-99 11:31 AM ET The source is very trustworthy because it comes from the Alpha Centauri web site (www.alphacentauri.com).
Schoop	posted 08-27-99 03:15 PM ET I think each of the new factions will get one of the special abilities that already exist within the SMAC code. We already know that the Cyborgs don't take any penalty for using "Planned" economics. This is the IMPUNITY setting that you can use on the faction text file. I bet the Probe faction will have SHARETECH (mimics the Planetary Datalinks, i.e. Sharetech 2 gives you tech known to 2 other players). Some Psi bonus for the Eco faction (PSI 25 gives you a 25% bonus in Psi Combat) Possibly cheaper for Drones to rush-produce something. (HURRY 75 allows for 75% normal cost of rush-produce) any other guesses??
NotLikeTea	posted 08-27-99 05:07 PM ET I thought each faction would bet one bonus NOT already possible in the current SMAC code. Major difference