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Stellar Lightning posted 07-31-99 07:54 PM ET
I had the idea of thinking of custom fractions that sound a bit like the original fractions, but have completely different bonuses and goals. Here's what I came up with:
Enlightened Christians (... Believers)
"It is knowledge that will take us closer to God. Only by acquiring it we can show Him we respect his creation."
+1 Research, +1 Efficiency, -1 Morale, -1 Police

Students of the Planet (... University)
"A party ? WHERE ?"
-2 Research, -2 Police, +2 Growth, +2 Probe (those students _only_ cause trouble, y'know)
Terraformers (... Gaians)
"With a little effort, we can shape this world into a new earth."
-1 Planet, +2 Industry

Peacemakers (... Peacekeepers)
"You will be peaceful. OR ELSE."
+1 Support, +2 Morale, -1 IND, -1 ECO

Any other ideas ?
Lord Beselwick posted 07-31-99 08:45 PM ET
Red Commies (Morgans)
"Communism is the only way to go"
- 1 Economy
+ 2 Police
Communal Freedom (Hive)
"Freedom is man's only reward"
+ 2 Efficency
- 3 Police
- 1 Support
Spartan Industries (Spartans)
"Why fight when yu can pay others to do it for you"
+ 3 Economy
- 2 Support
+ 1 Industry
0 Morale
Big Mad Drongo posted 08-04-99 02:14 PM ET
That's FACTIONS, not FRACTIONS you know!
God of Lava Lamps posted 08-08-99 11:08 PM ET
Not such a bad idea. How bout we takes these ideas and shape them into playable factions? It'd make single player just that much more interesting
God of Lava Lamps posted 08-08-99 11:34 PM ET
Btw, Spartan Industries is way too powerful. It's basicly Super Morgan.
Stellar Lightning posted 08-09-99 07:31 AM ET
Here are some more I thought of:
Spartans:
(basically the same attitude as the standard
spartans)
-2 Police (Ever tried enforcing law on an armed mob ?)
-1 Growth (too many random shootings ...)
-1 Support (Weapons are expensive)
+2 Morale
+2 Science (ahh, all the new toys ...)
+1 Economy (don't just fire guns, sell them)

Morgan:
"Free market and competition are merely temporary solutions - until one corporation dominates the market."
+1 Police (strict corporate security)
+2 Morale (highly paid and motivated corporate army)
+1 Economy
-1 Support
-1 Planet
-1 Efficiency (lack of competition makes some departments sloppy ...)
Btw, don't take this thread completely serious ...
Lord Beselwick posted 08-22-99 10:48 PM ET
God of Lava Lamps -
I'm not trying to make it Super Morgan. Santiago s wealth right. So Spartan Industries is wealth driven.
And Morgan doesn't like Planned economics which is basically Communism, so now Morgan likes Planned. Get it ?
By the way I din't mean to make my quotes sound stupid.
Rakeesh posted 08-24-99 01:24 PM ET
Fixari/Microsoft/Sierra online conglomerate (Just added all the software companies I'm ticked off at right now together) AKA Morgan; Mark II
+2 econ (Swifty fellas swell at swindling!)
+2 Drones (Horrid QA department, coupled with a "Customer Dis-service line")
-1 police (Police bogged down with the evil Defragmentation bug, causing system crashes every five minutes or so)
+2 support (Awsome at working together to annoy the hell out of everyone by buying out the competition. AKA "Only game in town" Syndrome.)
+1 probe (Only game in town for OSes.. of course they'd have backdoors for themselves to get in!)
- research (More money devoted to litigation fees, less towards actually developing a product)
"I'm sorry, I'll have to patch you through to technical support. Which, by the way is a Long Distance number" - Sierra Customer Disservice Line
So, watcha think? I think my bloodpressure went up while I was writing this!
Schoop posted 08-24-99 03:25 PM ET
addition to Rakeesh's Morgan Mk II faction
-1 Efficiency: Monopolies are inherently inefficient, take a Microeconomics class to find out why.
Shadow1188 posted 08-25-99 01:36 PM ET
Spartan Federation (still survivilists, but in a different way)
"We will survive, no matter what the cost"
0 Morale
If brought to war, they will immediately beg for a submissive pact
+2 Efficiancy
+1 Probe
-3 support
Aahz2001 posted 08-27-99 09:56 AM ET
The Nerds:
-2 Growth (Lack of social life prevents procreation)
-1 Support (Keep designing stuff, but not knowing what to do with them)
-3 Morale (Runs at the first sign of danger)
+4 Science (Doh)
+1 Economy (All that internet purchsing...)
+3 Probe (LOVE the hacking...)
-1 Efficiency (Too much time writing pointless programs and bad jokegrams)
-1 Planet (Eh? What planet? Oh, there it is...)
The Hippies:
+3 Morale (Dude... we're invincible...)
-2 police (let loose dude...)
+3 Planet (Flower power)
+4 Growth (Constant sexual revolution)
-3 efficiency (too busy getting stoned)
-3 science (get in touch with yer primal feelings man...)
-1 economy (capitalism sucks dude....)
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Author	Topic: Perverting the fractions ...
Stellar Lightning	posted 07-31-99 07:54 PM ET I had the idea of thinking of custom fractions that sound a bit like the original fractions, but have completely different bonuses and goals. Here's what I came up with: Enlightened Christians (... Believers) "It is knowledge that will take us closer to God. Only by acquiring it we can show Him we respect his creation." +1 Research, +1 Efficiency, -1 Morale, -1 Police Students of the Planet (... University) "A party ? WHERE ?" -2 Research, -2 Police, +2 Growth, +2 Probe (those students _only_ cause trouble, y'know) Terraformers (... Gaians) "With a little effort, we can shape this world into a new earth." -1 Planet, +2 Industry Peacemakers (... Peacekeepers) "You will be peaceful. OR ELSE." +1 Support, +2 Morale, -1 IND, -1 ECO Any other ideas ?
Lord Beselwick	posted 07-31-99 08:45 PM ET Red Commies (Morgans) "Communism is the only way to go" - 1 Economy + 2 Police Communal Freedom (Hive) "Freedom is man's only reward" + 2 Efficency - 3 Police - 1 Support Spartan Industries (Spartans) "Why fight when yu can pay others to do it for you" + 3 Economy - 2 Support + 1 Industry 0 Morale
Big Mad Drongo	posted 08-04-99 02:14 PM ET That's FACTIONS, not FRACTIONS you know!
God of Lava Lamps	posted 08-08-99 11:08 PM ET Not such a bad idea. How bout we takes these ideas and shape them into playable factions? It'd make single player just that much more interesting
God of Lava Lamps	posted 08-08-99 11:34 PM ET Btw, Spartan Industries is way too powerful. It's basicly Super Morgan.
Stellar Lightning	posted 08-09-99 07:31 AM ET Here are some more I thought of: Spartans: (basically the same attitude as the standard spartans) -2 Police (Ever tried enforcing law on an armed mob ?) -1 Growth (too many random shootings ...) -1 Support (Weapons are expensive) +2 Morale +2 Science (ahh, all the new toys ...) +1 Economy (don't just fire guns, sell them) Morgan: "Free market and competition are merely temporary solutions - until one corporation dominates the market." +1 Police (strict corporate security) +2 Morale (highly paid and motivated corporate army) +1 Economy -1 Support -1 Planet -1 Efficiency (lack of competition makes some departments sloppy ...) Btw, don't take this thread completely serious ...
Lord Beselwick	posted 08-22-99 10:48 PM ET God of Lava Lamps - I'm not trying to make it Super Morgan. Santiago s wealth right. So Spartan Industries is wealth driven. And Morgan doesn't like Planned economics which is basically Communism, so now Morgan likes Planned. Get it ? By the way I din't mean to make my quotes sound stupid.
Rakeesh	posted 08-24-99 01:24 PM ET Fixari/Microsoft/Sierra online conglomerate (Just added all the software companies I'm ticked off at right now together) AKA Morgan; Mark II +2 econ (Swifty fellas swell at swindling!) +2 Drones (Horrid QA department, coupled with a "Customer Dis-service line") -1 police (Police bogged down with the evil Defragmentation bug, causing system crashes every five minutes or so) +2 support (Awsome at working together to annoy the hell out of everyone by buying out the competition. AKA "Only game in town" Syndrome.) +1 probe (Only game in town for OSes.. of course they'd have backdoors for themselves to get in!) - research (More money devoted to litigation fees, less towards actually developing a product) "I'm sorry, I'll have to patch you through to technical support. Which, by the way is a Long Distance number" - Sierra Customer Disservice Line So, watcha think? I think my bloodpressure went up while I was writing this!
Schoop	posted 08-24-99 03:25 PM ET addition to Rakeesh's Morgan Mk II faction -1 Efficiency: Monopolies are inherently inefficient, take a Microeconomics class to find out why.
Shadow1188	posted 08-25-99 01:36 PM ET Spartan Federation (still survivilists, but in a different way) "We will survive, no matter what the cost" 0 Morale If brought to war, they will immediately beg for a submissive pact +2 Efficiancy +1 Probe -3 support
Aahz2001	posted 08-27-99 09:56 AM ET The Nerds: -2 Growth (Lack of social life prevents procreation) -1 Support (Keep designing stuff, but not knowing what to do with them) -3 Morale (Runs at the first sign of danger) +4 Science (Doh) +1 Economy (All that internet purchsing...) +3 Probe (LOVE the hacking...) -1 Efficiency (Too much time writing pointless programs and bad jokegrams) -1 Planet (Eh? What planet? Oh, there it is...) The Hippies: +3 Morale (Dude... we're invincible...) -2 police (let loose dude...) +3 Planet (Flower power) +4 Growth (Constant sexual revolution) -3 efficiency (too busy getting stoned) -3 science (get in touch with yer primal feelings man...) -1 economy (capitalism sucks dude....)