05-06-2011, 04:35 PM
ENTRY TWENTY-THREE
What is good in life? To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
Or, so it has been said.
As the Consortium player laments the loss of half his navy (yet another Consortium lie!), perhaps Ixnay will learn from the error of his ways. For one thing, a species centered around the concept of technology should know better than to not keep their AntiVirus protection up to date. And for another thing, the Consortium is not well served by mistaking Darkseid for a virus.
It wasn't so very long ago that Ixnay declared the conflict with Darkseid to be a phony war. Prior to that, he had declared Darkseid's scout to be the remnant of some ancient civilization, long since gone from the Consortium's star cluster.
More recently, he had declared Granny Goodness to be puny, and not much of a threat to Consortium interests.
With the arrival of two rather sizable transports in the contested sector, this turn, this star system has now become a target rich environment for Granny Goodness - the loss of either of which, individually, poses the potential for the loss of greater economic investment than the recently destroyed Consortium warship, AntiVirus.
The enemy will want revenge, of course. They always want revenge. It doesn't matter what the particular species is. All species always want revenge, it seems.
The Consortium, failing to understand its enemy, pays the price, accordingly, for basking in ignorance. Ignorance, of course, is the antitheses of an information-based society. And the Consortium's government wonders why many of the Consortium's citizens have criticized their government's handling of interstellar relations. Because the Consortium's government has proven itself to be utterly incompetent, that's why!
All propaganda and intentions aside, the evidence is clear - the Consortium fired first!
Combat log:
Battle orders were received for sector 31, 19, 30. The following species
are present:
SP Minions of Darkseid is mobilized and ready for combat.
SP Consortium is mobilized and ready for combat.
The battle begins in deep space, outside the range of planetary
defenses...
Units present:
SP Minions of Darkseid: ES Granny Goodness (A3,D)
SP Consortium: ES AntiVirus (A3,D)
Now doing round 1:
ES AntiVirus fires on ES Granny Goodness and misses!
ES Granny Goodness fires on ES AntiVirus and hits!
Now doing round 2:
ES AntiVirus fires on ES Granny Goodness and misses!
ES Granny Goodness fires on ES AntiVirus and hits!
ES AntiVirus was destroyed.
End of battle in sector 31, 19, 30.
The responsibility for the galactic conflagration that follows, then, lies properly at the Consortium's feet.
It was no mere coincidence that the large Tilkatan transport arrived in-sector in the very same disputed star system on the very same turn as the large Consortium transport. The Tilkatans' intention is crystal clear - to provide aid and comfort to the enemy.
As both the Consortium and the Tilkata now begin to transition to more of a proper war footing, in order to better deal with the threat posed by the alien species that faces them, these Minions of the entity known now as Darkseid, communication and coordination between those species will now take place at an accelerated rate.
None of which will, of course, help either of them next turn.
There is a lot about this game that I don't yet understand. I do understand, however, how to destroy the vessels of their respective star fleets.
While both species now make military preparations for full scale space warfare, and while both species now pray to their respective gods, neither of them have demonstrated themselves to be competent in the art of inter-species communication.
All evidence to date is that neither of these two space faring empires crave peace between themselves and Darkseid and his Minions. Accordingly, then, it comes as no real surprise that both empires stand at the brink of an abyss of conflict with Darkseid. Peace is not a priority of either empire, their internal and external propaganda notwithstanding.
Peace is not a concept taken seriously by either species. Neither is survival, apparently. Else, how does one explain the nearly non-existent effort that the two species, combined, have put into communicating effectively with the alien adversary that now looms large in their respective trains of thought?
After token efforts at communicating, failure ensues. How very unsurprising, when one pauses and takes time to reflect upon such meager efforts.
The Consortium plots and schemes to conquer outer-lying worlds, in order to plunder and rape them of their natural resources. They do so in order to ensure that their empire can deal with any potential military threats, over the long term.
The universe is large - incredibly large. But, the galaxy is relatively small, compared to the vast expanse of the entire universe.
Did the Consortium really and truly believe that its scheme to ravage worlds - to exploit them for ill-conceived Consortium gain, would go unnoticed by the powers that be scattered across the galactic rim?
The fate of the AntiVirus and its crew is a testimony to the failure of the Consortium government's thinking. That species' government has chosen to willfully, deliberately, and consciously ignore repeated warnings, and it was even so utterly foolish as to communicate a direct threat to Darkseid via the in-game communication system. And all of this was done in the interests of.....peace?? That seems rather unlikely, and quite illogical.
The Consortium's flaunting of its friendship with the Tilkatans does that species precious little good, looking at things from Darkseid's perspective. In earnest truth, why shouldn't Darkseid now target the Tilkatans for military retaliation?
Very soon, the combined Tilkatan and Consortium star fleets should arrive on scene to deal with the threat posed by Darkseid's war machine. Accordingly, the arrival of such is unlikely to catch Darkseid by surprise. Indeed, Darkseid may well be counting on it.
Of course, what do I know, though? The mechanics of this game largely remain a mystery to me. War, however, I am no stranger to.
What is good in life? To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
Or, so it has been said.
As the Consortium player laments the loss of half his navy (yet another Consortium lie!), perhaps Ixnay will learn from the error of his ways. For one thing, a species centered around the concept of technology should know better than to not keep their AntiVirus protection up to date. And for another thing, the Consortium is not well served by mistaking Darkseid for a virus.
It wasn't so very long ago that Ixnay declared the conflict with Darkseid to be a phony war. Prior to that, he had declared Darkseid's scout to be the remnant of some ancient civilization, long since gone from the Consortium's star cluster.
More recently, he had declared Granny Goodness to be puny, and not much of a threat to Consortium interests.
With the arrival of two rather sizable transports in the contested sector, this turn, this star system has now become a target rich environment for Granny Goodness - the loss of either of which, individually, poses the potential for the loss of greater economic investment than the recently destroyed Consortium warship, AntiVirus.
The enemy will want revenge, of course. They always want revenge. It doesn't matter what the particular species is. All species always want revenge, it seems.
The Consortium, failing to understand its enemy, pays the price, accordingly, for basking in ignorance. Ignorance, of course, is the antitheses of an information-based society. And the Consortium's government wonders why many of the Consortium's citizens have criticized their government's handling of interstellar relations. Because the Consortium's government has proven itself to be utterly incompetent, that's why!
All propaganda and intentions aside, the evidence is clear - the Consortium fired first!
Combat log:
Battle orders were received for sector 31, 19, 30. The following species
are present:
SP Minions of Darkseid is mobilized and ready for combat.
SP Consortium is mobilized and ready for combat.
The battle begins in deep space, outside the range of planetary
defenses...
Units present:
SP Minions of Darkseid: ES Granny Goodness (A3,D)
SP Consortium: ES AntiVirus (A3,D)
Now doing round 1:
ES AntiVirus fires on ES Granny Goodness and misses!
ES Granny Goodness fires on ES AntiVirus and hits!
Now doing round 2:
ES AntiVirus fires on ES Granny Goodness and misses!
ES Granny Goodness fires on ES AntiVirus and hits!
ES AntiVirus was destroyed.
End of battle in sector 31, 19, 30.
The responsibility for the galactic conflagration that follows, then, lies properly at the Consortium's feet.
It was no mere coincidence that the large Tilkatan transport arrived in-sector in the very same disputed star system on the very same turn as the large Consortium transport. The Tilkatans' intention is crystal clear - to provide aid and comfort to the enemy.
As both the Consortium and the Tilkata now begin to transition to more of a proper war footing, in order to better deal with the threat posed by the alien species that faces them, these Minions of the entity known now as Darkseid, communication and coordination between those species will now take place at an accelerated rate.
None of which will, of course, help either of them next turn.
There is a lot about this game that I don't yet understand. I do understand, however, how to destroy the vessels of their respective star fleets.
While both species now make military preparations for full scale space warfare, and while both species now pray to their respective gods, neither of them have demonstrated themselves to be competent in the art of inter-species communication.
All evidence to date is that neither of these two space faring empires crave peace between themselves and Darkseid and his Minions. Accordingly, then, it comes as no real surprise that both empires stand at the brink of an abyss of conflict with Darkseid. Peace is not a priority of either empire, their internal and external propaganda notwithstanding.
Peace is not a concept taken seriously by either species. Neither is survival, apparently. Else, how does one explain the nearly non-existent effort that the two species, combined, have put into communicating effectively with the alien adversary that now looms large in their respective trains of thought?
After token efforts at communicating, failure ensues. How very unsurprising, when one pauses and takes time to reflect upon such meager efforts.
The Consortium plots and schemes to conquer outer-lying worlds, in order to plunder and rape them of their natural resources. They do so in order to ensure that their empire can deal with any potential military threats, over the long term.
The universe is large - incredibly large. But, the galaxy is relatively small, compared to the vast expanse of the entire universe.
Did the Consortium really and truly believe that its scheme to ravage worlds - to exploit them for ill-conceived Consortium gain, would go unnoticed by the powers that be scattered across the galactic rim?
The fate of the AntiVirus and its crew is a testimony to the failure of the Consortium government's thinking. That species' government has chosen to willfully, deliberately, and consciously ignore repeated warnings, and it was even so utterly foolish as to communicate a direct threat to Darkseid via the in-game communication system. And all of this was done in the interests of.....peace?? That seems rather unlikely, and quite illogical.
The Consortium's flaunting of its friendship with the Tilkatans does that species precious little good, looking at things from Darkseid's perspective. In earnest truth, why shouldn't Darkseid now target the Tilkatans for military retaliation?
Very soon, the combined Tilkatan and Consortium star fleets should arrive on scene to deal with the threat posed by Darkseid's war machine. Accordingly, the arrival of such is unlikely to catch Darkseid by surprise. Indeed, Darkseid may well be counting on it.
Of course, what do I know, though? The mechanics of this game largely remain a mystery to me. War, however, I am no stranger to.