posted 04-15-99 04:49 PM ET
Histories of the Morganic Non-War(Transcend level, random normal size planet, blind research)
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Press release: Morgan Industries, 2101
CEO Morgan is pleased to announce incorporation of Morgan Industries, the first publicly held corporation on Alpha Centauri. Revenues in the first year are anticipated to reach 3 energy credits.
Upon the recommendation of CEO Morgan and the board of directors, stockholders approved a corporate charter that includes the following elements:
1) It is the goal of Morgan Industries to achieve total Alpha Centauri energy market domination.
2) Morgan Industries believes that war is wasteful but that the maintenance of an unsurpassed military organization is vital to the business interests of the corporation and can be a very useful negotiating tool.
3) Achieving the goals of market domination and a strong military requires a solid infrastructure that is best accomplished through rapid population growth.
CEO Morgan said: "Recognizing the importance of growth, we have committed the total productivity of our first base to building 5 colony pods exclusively over the next 40 years. Furthermore, each new base will be ordered to place a new colony pod into their build queue as soon as possible. We will continue that strategy until we have at least 25 bases on-line."
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Excerpt from The Histories of the Morganic Non-War
"Morgan Industries was fortunate to have achieved planetfall on one of the two large continents on Alpha Centauri. They were soon to discover, however, that they shared the continent with the Believers and the Peacekeepers. Morgan established his first base on the western tip of that continent, Lal on the eastern tip and the Believers in the south central arid portion. The presence of the Monsoon Jungle -- rich with resources -- near the center of the continent would soon prove to be a point of contention for the three factions.
"The next largest continent, separated by narrow straits on both the east and west of the Morgan continent was shared by the Gaians, University of Planet and the Hive. The Spartans held a position on a small continent just to the north of that second continent. At that point in time, 50% of Planet's surface was covered with water.