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Spartan Sergeant posted 08-11-99 02:20 PM ET
Would AC have solar eclipses, and if so, how'd the various factions react to them ?
Here's my theories:
Gaians - would fall down/dance and worship
Spartans - would attack during it
Morgans - sell Eclipse Glasses beforehand
Hivers - would be superstitious about it
University - would study it in detail
Believers - would cower in fear (Act O' God!)
Peacekeepers - dunno
anyone else ideas/input ?

MikeH II posted 08-12-99 04:11 AM ET
It's unlikely either of their moons would be the right size and distance to provide the sort of eclipse we see where the moon's disk just covers the sun leaving the corona showing.
yin26 posted 08-12-99 04:43 AM ET
Lal would use it as cover for a "peace-keeping" sneak attack. Don't kid yourself.
MikeH II posted 08-12-99 05:01 AM ET
Firaxis, every 30 years the screen goes totally black for a couple of minutes.
That's the eclipse feature.
MoSe posted 08-13-99 06:12 AM ET
Lal wouldn't attacke before having conviced all of the necessity of a Global Truce during the Eclipse. THEN will he attack.
Hehe. Zach would buy the whole stock of glasses!
And the Hive... Yang would show to his subjects the power of the thought control he can exert on them: he can make everyone think that the sun goes black!

Yin - I'm beginning now to barely recover the position you left me in with Miriam in Micje's challenge!
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Author	Topic: Alpha Centauri & eclipses
Spartan Sergeant	posted 08-11-99 02:20 PM ET Would AC have solar eclipses, and if so, how'd the various factions react to them ? Here's my theories: Gaians - would fall down/dance and worship Spartans - would attack during it Morgans - sell Eclipse Glasses beforehand Hivers - would be superstitious about it University - would study it in detail Believers - would cower in fear (Act O' God!) Peacekeepers - dunno anyone else ideas/input ?
MikeH II	posted 08-12-99 04:11 AM ET It's unlikely either of their moons would be the right size and distance to provide the sort of eclipse we see where the moon's disk just covers the sun leaving the corona showing.
yin26	posted 08-12-99 04:43 AM ET Lal would use it as cover for a "peace-keeping" sneak attack. Don't kid yourself.
MikeH II	posted 08-12-99 05:01 AM ET Firaxis, every 30 years the screen goes totally black for a couple of minutes. That's the eclipse feature.
MoSe	posted 08-13-99 06:12 AM ET Lal wouldn't attacke before having conviced all of the necessity of a Global Truce during the Eclipse. THEN will he attack. Hehe. Zach would buy the whole stock of glasses! And the Hive... Yang would show to his subjects the power of the thought control he can exert on them: he can make everyone think that the sun goes black! Yin - I'm beginning now to barely recover the position you left me in with Miriam in Micje's challenge!