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; Sid Meier's ALPHA CENTAURI
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; FACTION FILE: Strangers
;
; Created April 2001 by Sysiyö using the ACEditor.
; Graphics: base images modified from original SMAC graphics. Diplomacy
; images and diplomacy landskape from the movie Dark City. Faction logo
; by Sysiyö, based on the movie.
; (C) 2001 Sysiyö. All reproduction, downloads and changes fully allowed.
; For any suggestions, E-mail me at sysiyo@teenagewildlife.com
;
; Based on Alex Proyas' 1998 S-F movie, Dark City.
; for more factions visit [www.networknode.org]
;
; Version 1.1
#STRA
Strangers, The Tuners, Strangers, M, 2, Mr. Book, M, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0,
TECH, Psych, SOCIAL, +++INDUSTRY, SOCIAL, +POLICE, SOCIAL, --EFFIC, SOCIAL, -SUPPORT, DRONE, 3, VOTES, 1/2, MINDCONTROL, 0
Values, Knowledge, RESEARCH
Politics, Democratic, nil
Stranger, Strang.
Mr. Hand, Schreber, Hand City
Leader, old, dying, tuning, lifeless,
Memory-wiping Corpse
search for the human soul
find the human soul
turning us all into guinea pigs for his "search for the human soul"
turning us all into guinea pigs for your "search for the human soul"
use innocent humans as guinea pigs
tuning his palace into grotesque forms
tuning your palace into grotesque forms
wiping memories of my subjects
tuning abilities, M2
search for the human soul, M1
studies on humans, M2
energy amount, M1
making sure your citizens retain their memories
Mr. Hand
the Law
#BASES
Dark City
Avenue M
Green Line
Blue Line
The Subways
Avenue F
Bank of Memories
Square Z
The Automat
The Labyrinth
Avenue A
Dark Base
Base F
Square H
Avenue B
Avenue W
Hall Q
Tuning Chambers
Red Line
Maze Quarters
#END
#WATERBASES
Shell Beach
Dark Beach
Port E
The Machinery
Moisture
Dark Ship
#END
#BLURB
First there was darkness. Then came the Strangers. They were a
race as old as time itself. They had mastered the ultimate ability:
To alter physical reality by will alone. But they were dying.
They left their world, seeking a cure for their mortality. Their
endless journey brought them to a small, blue world. [Our] world.
^
^ -- Daniel P. Schreber
^ "Dark City", datalinks
#DATALINKS1
^LEADER: {Mr. Book}
^BACKGROUND: {<Unknown>}
^AGENDA: {To find the human soul}
^TECH: {Social Psych}
^
#DATALINKS2
^+3 INDUSTRY: {May "tune" anything into existence}
^+1 POLICE: {May simply wipe memories of insurgent humans}
^-2 EFFICIENCY: {Maintaining control of large groups is hard}
^-1 SUPPORT: {Maintaining control of a human army takes a lot of resources}
^Extra DRONE in every 3 citizens: {Humans tend to revolt against Strangers}
^Immunity to Mind Control
^50% votes in Planetary Council: {May vote on behalf of their human citizens}
#FACTIONTRUCE
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"$NAME1, though we could tune your bases out of existence,
I am willing to save your lives, for this Vendetta interferes
badly with my search for the human soul. I urge you to sign
this Blood Truce, yes."
"As long as your tuners do not try to wipe my memory, I'm willing to sign your Truce, $NAME3."
"Your search will soon be over, for you will find our soul in your DEATH, $NAME3!"
#FACTIONTREATY
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"$TITLE0 $NAME1, our studies would be greatly enchanged if we
could monitor an untuned human society. This could be best achieved
under a Treaty of Friendship between our factions, yes?"
"I am willing to help you in your studies, $NAME3. I also hope that we could commence trade between our factions."
"I fear letting your... people to study my society would greatly weaken their minds and create unnecessary risks. Thus I must decline."
#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"$TITLE0 $NAME1, we are not interested in your kind, yes. Thus I feel
this Vendetta serves no purpose in my search. You will sing a Blood
Truce to end it, yes?"
"Progenitor willing: find other targets. Truce: Agreed."
"Stranger: has too much power. Such threat: to be eliminated."
#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"There is no reason for our races not to sign a Treaty of Friendship, yes,
since both of us just want to mind our own businesses. I have no
interest in your race and you have no interest in mine."
"$NAME3: correct. Treaty: secure one front and: leave room for other targets."
"$NAME3's tuning abilities: to be under continuous surveillance. Treaty: create unwanted feeling: of peace. Answer: no."
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