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Congrats Imran!
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| NotLikeTea |
posted 11-09-98 07:14 PM ET  
To date, the most extensive use of any real person in a SMAC story. Congradulations! It is a real honour! (Wonder if I'll ever appear? |
| Calculus |
posted 11-09-98 07:37 PM ET
Yes, congratualations, Imran... Good luck in going back to Tech! Just a question, NotLikeTea, does your name have anything to do with a Douglas Adams novel? |
| Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey |
posted 11-09-98 08:24 PM ET
Wow Imran!! That was a lovely use of dialog, & playing Morgan in chess, I could only hope to do that with Santiago!!  One of the best stories ever, & Imran will be immortalized forever in the manual, like me TAS, the DG, etc. Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, |
| SnowFire |
posted 11-09-98 08:27 PM ET
Congradulations from here too. Why'd ya let Morgan split your rooks? You gotta pay more attention. And if he sacrificed his queen you can be assured that the only reason someone would do that is when victory is imminent and you're in big trouble. Yes, you will live forever now. Truly an excellent episode. |
| Apocalypse |
posted 11-09-98 08:32 PM ET
Congrats Imran. Oh well, I am not in the story yet. Hopefully I will be, soon. Hopefully Firaxis is saving me for the best part of the story Brother Will Moeller, |
| jsorense |
posted 11-09-98 08:41 PM ET
jsorense, absolutely green with envy: Yes, Imran Siddiqui, congratulations on your character in Episode 25. And a very big speaking role too. Maybe you'll need an agent soon. What actor do you want to play you in the SMAC movie? Sighhhh. Well, maybe with the added delay in the release of the Demo there will be a few more episodes so that some of the rest of us can share in the limelight. Sighhhhh.. |
| NotLikeTea |
posted 11-09-98 09:43 PM ET
To reply to an early question, yes, this nick is a Douglas Adams reference. Share and Enjoy! |
| Talon |
posted 11-09-98 09:53 PM ET
Imran- Does this mean you'll possibly become Morgan's right hand man? -Talon |
| Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey |
posted 11-09-98 10:06 PM ET
It's all coming back to me now!!! Imran was Morgans right hand man in the CoFH, but he killed him for selling the Spartans a viral bomb which destroyed the Believers(then Conclave). Imran will assasinate Morgan when they land on Chiron!! Looks like FIRAXIS saw your post in the CoFH & decided to continue it. Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, |
| Imran Siddiqui |
posted 11-10-98 12:56 AM ET
Thank you all. I am pleased to have such a big part in the story. What'll I do with Morgan? That is up to Firaxis now, isn't it? |
| SnowFire |
posted 11-10-98 01:08 AM ET
Whatever you want to! But we'll hold you responsible for it! So don't do something stupid and die like Kurn! You could also email Firaxis and make some "suggestions," of course. You'd probably have to sign a NDA though in order to see the story. |
| Shining1 |
posted 11-10-98 01:09 AM ET
Does anyone else think Irman has been set up for a long and touching death scene. I mean, the naievity (no offense to the REAL Imran) displayed by his character was kinda stunning. And what's with that chessboard? Any game that has a bishop shaped like Lara Croft (now THERE'S a way to get the punters back in church!) has got to be dodgy. The ideal chess set: |
| Shining1 |
posted 11-10-98 01:11 AM ET
Yes of course I'm just jealous. Congrats Imran - may you live longer than Garland! |
| Imran Siddiqui |
posted 11-10-98 01:13 AM ET
Snowfire, If I am set up for a long and touchy death scene, at least my character will have touched the hearts of my fellow SMACers (and he should die nobly, like YYYH did). I'm just enjoying the moment. I'm an actual speaking character!! I'm just below the faction leaders!!! |
| Imran Siddiqui |
posted 11-10-98 01:15 AM ET
Sorry that should be Shining1 not Snowfire, OK maybe its to Snowfire as well and all of you. Drinks for ALL!!! |
| Tom |
posted 11-10-98 01:47 AM ET
I never thought much of the story until now. Great episode! Reveals a lot about Morgan's person, intentions and about a faction in the making. Way to step up and be somebody Imran! PAX! |
| JB |
posted 11-10-98 02:50 AM ET
Personaly, I think he IS being set up for a death scene... |
| JB |
posted 11-10-98 02:52 AM ET
oops. I for got to congradulate Imran. |
| Kurn |
posted 11-10-98 03:05 AM ET
Congrats, Imran! I hope you join me in that plastic wrap that they put my body into! Man, I didnt think it would be so cold in the void of space! Hey, can you guys come back and give me a blanket? Hello? Blanket? Hey! |
| Arnelos |
posted 11-10-98 03:47 AM ET
As I put in another thread as well (this thread didn't exist yet), congrats Imran! Hopefully we will hear of the great deeds to come from Imran in the future (or the not-so-great deeds if his naive character is corrupted by Morgan). Concerning me: |
| Heckler |
posted 11-10-98 05:39 AM ET
Congrats Imran but you really let yourself get slaughtered, after playing him a few times (I assume you had played before) you should have been waiting for a change in strategy. Heckler |
| MikeH II |
posted 11-10-98 06:46 AM ET
Nice one Imran, better luck next time at the old chessboard. |
| Mortis |
posted 11-10-98 08:03 AM ET
He's not going to die! He's going to join Morgan, isn't if obvious. Morgan need a faction and Imran is the first person to join. Just look at how he talks to him near the end of the dialog. "Now your learning." Imran (the character) wonders if he could have been as rich as Morgan, and now he has that chance. Yes I too want to be in the story more than life its self. |
| MikeH II |
posted 11-10-98 08:09 AM ET
I think Mortis is right. Morgan won't want to lose a potential asset that quickly. I guess Morgan would be a bit cunning at chess so Imran must be fairly good to give him a game. |
| Mortis |
posted 11-10-98 08:12 AM ET
I haven't realy heard of a prisoner playong chess with is guard. Althought its a good piece of sci-fi, having the chess pieces as holograms. |
| MikeH II |
posted 11-10-98 08:21 AM ET
He said he wasn't a prisoner though. I think there is something significant in that episode which I have missed, I'm going to read it again. |
| BigER |
posted 11-10-98 10:47 AM ET
Hmmmmm....Maybe there is something to this Conservatism thing. Way to go Immy. The unity will forever be a part of the NIM because of you....sniff I feel a tear coming on. |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 11-10-98 11:26 AM ET
Congrats ... oh yeah .. here's $50 to get some chess lessons though !!! |
| Fluke |
posted 11-10-98 12:38 PM ET
Congrats Imran even if it seems that you have ended up in a landfill episode. Just to stray the tiniest little bit of topic; Who else have been in the story? I know Brenda has (think she has anyway - can't see many other reasons for Garland to wonder where he's heard the name before) as Ensign Holloway but who else? |
| MikeH II |
posted 11-10-98 12:44 PM ET
Thomas, The Director General, YYYH er there are a few dead people (sorry I can't remember you all.) Quite a few really. |
| Philippe Mipz Lepage |
posted 11-10-98 01:58 PM ET
What makes you think that Morgan is the only one of his faction on board? He insists on seeing Dr. Nambala (dont make me laugh...he's not sick at all). Isnt that obvious? Money can buy pratically everything (hmmm reminds me of a Master Card publicity campaign). And that includes putting Morgan's people in cryo. Somebody from Deirdre's team could pretty well be a secret member of Morgan's faction. Same thing with the engineers of Saratov. Or the security people of Yang. In fact, the only group that is unlikely to have secret members of Morgan's faction in his rank is the Spartans. Seems to me that Morgan is playing a political game much like he plays chess...bluff, lies, sweet talking and corruption. Slowly but surely he will get all he wants. |
| Imran Siddiqui |
posted 11-10-98 03:02 PM ET
Hmm, very interesting. It seems as Philippe is detailing a Morgan conspiracy. Could happen. The story is still a mystery. It seems that Santiago and Morgan are building/or have built up factions. I wonder what event will cause the others to court members, and join me in the story. |
| Fluke |
posted 11-10-98 04:13 PM ET
Oh come on! Don't tell me Deidre and Saratov hasn't defrosted a good base for their faction. Saratov's is probably the one most likely to "feed" the other factions until the rest of the crew thaws. |
| Philippe Mipz Lepage |
posted 11-10-98 04:54 PM ET
I wonder if Morgan has gotten a clone of the "Cigarette Smoking Man" in Cryo to assist him in his future dark conspiracies. Hahahaha. Morgan : Have you taken care of that peacekeeper investigator...Fox Mulder? [CSM taking a sip from his morley] |
| SnowFire |
posted 11-10-98 05:22 PM ET
Hehe, that would be cool. But his name is Cancerman, not CSM, despite what the "official" literature may say. Mulder called him Cancerman himself (though perhaps he should be referred to "the evil dude formerly known as Cancerman" after the episode that implied that he let Jeremiah Smith go in exchange for a cure for his cancer). And the "real" Cancerman actually doesn't smoke cigarettes, they use herbal versions. One time they accidently gave him the real stuff, and he instantly choked and gagged. |
| Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey |
posted 11-10-98 05:53 PM ET
I thought I didn't die!! I thought just Kurn did, & I had to save Santiago, or kill some tree-huggers or something along those lines. I better go read that episode again, maybe I missed something. Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, |
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