05-10-2011, 02:53 PM
G.A.P.H. Emergency Alert!
All citizens are advised, our home system is under attack. This is not a test. This is an actual emergency. If this had been an actual test, you would have heard a long annoying beep coming from your screen. Instead, we broadcast this footage from the bridge of the giant colonizer ship, SystemBus:
[cut to scene on starship bridge, flames and broken computer equipment everywhere, smoke pouring out of the elevator doors, captain's face bloody and fearful.] "AAAACK!!! GAAAAAHH!"
Those were the last words of the captain of SystemBus, an unarmed ship destroyed in an instant by the overwhelming firepower of the Darkseid fleet. That same fleet was thought to be targeting our defenseless out-system colony (OfflineCache), but instead it has jumped straight to our home system.
Our shipyards have just completed rushing out the largest warship we've ever built, the new FF frigate "Shockwave". It is being launched just as our military scientists have pushed out a series of equipment upgrades and weapon system enhancements. "Shockwave" joins our Escort class "FireWall" to form up a last ditch defense of our beloved home. In spite of the loss of ES Antivirus last year, the Consortium navy is now more powerful than ever. But most among the Consortium elite now believe that we are still many years behind Darkseid in critical technologies.
The Seidian ship "Granny Goodness" not only vaporized both "AntiVirus" and "SystemBus", but also attacked and savagely boarded the Tilkatian ship "Colony Prime", reaping untold material wealth while ejecting all surviving Tilkatians out into the vacuum of space. That same ship is now in our home system and has been joined by the enormous "Mantis", a hideous malevolent frigate-class behemoth bristling with the latest Seidian military tech.
While Consortium forces are now matched up with the invaders in terms of ship sizes, we are still far behind them in military capabilities. We advise all citizens that these Seidian ships will be every bit as savage and bloodthirsty as they were in our out-system colony. They are apparently bent on the destruction and pillage of all other life forms.
Please join us all in sending prayers to the desperate crew of our two brave warships. They will need all the help they can get.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
* * *
Okay! We are dead. We have a violent invader jumping us in our home system. We scrambled to up our military tech and build a frigate, only to find that THEY have a NEW frigate on our doorstep along with their unscathed escort. A one-on-one match is clearly in their favor. We are doomed.
For the benefit of other species, who might be listening. HEED THESE WARNINGS:
1. Darkseid does not respond to communication, and will apparently attack anything that moves.
2. Darkseid is undefeated in multiple combats, suggesting superior military tech.
3. Darkseid has fielded a frigate, so his Manufacturing tech is at least 20.
4. Darkseid has played us all for fools with his pretense at being hapless and confused by this game. He has projected large amounts of force-concentration and demonstrated high tech levels. He also mastered the art of "hijacking" the Tilkatian colonizer. He knows very well how to play this game, and is very comfortable with setting up his orders.
5. Darkseid has executed the classic "rush strategy" -- amass forces early and clobber the nearest neighbor fast. Any deficiencies in economic development can be more than made up for in the pillaging of entire homeworlds. His hijacking of a mere transport netted over 700 economic units. I have played this strategy many times in other games. The only way to stop him is to take advantage of his over-extension now, before he can consolidate power.
6. Darkseid has been playing us all like a fiddle, masterfully. Is he new at FH? I don't know. But he is certainly an experienced PBM gamer, and I have a strong suspicion that his game log was designed at least in part to lull his competitors into a false sense of security. And it worked. Bastard.
Orders are due tomorrow morning! What will the future hold? How will the other species react? What will the now-bloodied Tilkatians do? Have the friendly NeoHumans seen the threat? What do we make of this mysterious "Mold" gathering at the edge of our dim interstellar awareness? Time will tell...
All citizens are advised, our home system is under attack. This is not a test. This is an actual emergency. If this had been an actual test, you would have heard a long annoying beep coming from your screen. Instead, we broadcast this footage from the bridge of the giant colonizer ship, SystemBus:
[cut to scene on starship bridge, flames and broken computer equipment everywhere, smoke pouring out of the elevator doors, captain's face bloody and fearful.] "AAAACK!!! GAAAAAHH!"
Those were the last words of the captain of SystemBus, an unarmed ship destroyed in an instant by the overwhelming firepower of the Darkseid fleet. That same fleet was thought to be targeting our defenseless out-system colony (OfflineCache), but instead it has jumped straight to our home system.
Our shipyards have just completed rushing out the largest warship we've ever built, the new FF frigate "Shockwave". It is being launched just as our military scientists have pushed out a series of equipment upgrades and weapon system enhancements. "Shockwave" joins our Escort class "FireWall" to form up a last ditch defense of our beloved home. In spite of the loss of ES Antivirus last year, the Consortium navy is now more powerful than ever. But most among the Consortium elite now believe that we are still many years behind Darkseid in critical technologies.
The Seidian ship "Granny Goodness" not only vaporized both "AntiVirus" and "SystemBus", but also attacked and savagely boarded the Tilkatian ship "Colony Prime", reaping untold material wealth while ejecting all surviving Tilkatians out into the vacuum of space. That same ship is now in our home system and has been joined by the enormous "Mantis", a hideous malevolent frigate-class behemoth bristling with the latest Seidian military tech.
While Consortium forces are now matched up with the invaders in terms of ship sizes, we are still far behind them in military capabilities. We advise all citizens that these Seidian ships will be every bit as savage and bloodthirsty as they were in our out-system colony. They are apparently bent on the destruction and pillage of all other life forms.
Please join us all in sending prayers to the desperate crew of our two brave warships. They will need all the help they can get.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
* * *
Okay! We are dead. We have a violent invader jumping us in our home system. We scrambled to up our military tech and build a frigate, only to find that THEY have a NEW frigate on our doorstep along with their unscathed escort. A one-on-one match is clearly in their favor. We are doomed.
For the benefit of other species, who might be listening. HEED THESE WARNINGS:
1. Darkseid does not respond to communication, and will apparently attack anything that moves.
2. Darkseid is undefeated in multiple combats, suggesting superior military tech.
3. Darkseid has fielded a frigate, so his Manufacturing tech is at least 20.
4. Darkseid has played us all for fools with his pretense at being hapless and confused by this game. He has projected large amounts of force-concentration and demonstrated high tech levels. He also mastered the art of "hijacking" the Tilkatian colonizer. He knows very well how to play this game, and is very comfortable with setting up his orders.
5. Darkseid has executed the classic "rush strategy" -- amass forces early and clobber the nearest neighbor fast. Any deficiencies in economic development can be more than made up for in the pillaging of entire homeworlds. His hijacking of a mere transport netted over 700 economic units. I have played this strategy many times in other games. The only way to stop him is to take advantage of his over-extension now, before he can consolidate power.
6. Darkseid has been playing us all like a fiddle, masterfully. Is he new at FH? I don't know. But he is certainly an experienced PBM gamer, and I have a strong suspicion that his game log was designed at least in part to lull his competitors into a false sense of security. And it worked. Bastard.
Orders are due tomorrow morning! What will the future hold? How will the other species react? What will the now-bloodied Tilkatians do? Have the friendly NeoHumans seen the threat? What do we make of this mysterious "Mold" gathering at the edge of our dim interstellar awareness? Time will tell...