Scenario Name: April 2010 GOTM: Jihad
SMAC/ SMAX: SMAX
Author: bdanv (w/ art by Buster's Uncle)
Date of original posting: 3/31/10
Original host site: WPC
The psalmist writes in Psalm 24, “The Earth is the Lord’s and
everything in it, the world and all who live in it;” We are all part of
God’s creation and the Good News is that God is actively working to
redeem and reconcile all of creation. As a follower of God, I must take
an active role in my stewardship of God’s creation and in advocating for
the redemption and protection of this new Earth that God has blessed us
to be a part of.
Planet has spoken to me. In this Promised Land God has given us, there
is a special thing; the Planetmind is touched of His essence – a Holy
thing, worthy of our reverence.
In First Peter 4:10 We are told: “As every man hath received the gift,
even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the
manifold grace of God.” We have done as our Lord has commanded, and He
has smiled upon us, gifting our efforts at good stewardship with
prosperity. But with this prosperity comes a further duty.
I have studied and prayed upon this since we came together as the
Believers of Planet. Our creed is a simple one; we must care for Planet,
Mankind’s new home that God has given us a birthright. To do any less,
as Man did to Earth, defies God’s Holy Grace and would be punished, as
God did Man on Earth – with death. But to be good stewards without faith
denies God just as surely!
We are surrounded by the faithless, the blasphemous and the poor
stewards. This is an AFFRONT to our Heavenly Father! We, God’s chosen,
have a duty to set things right in this Promised Land – God’s new
incarnate being; we alone have the true faith and the backing of God. He
has anointed us – God has made the humble strong!
Were Deuteronomy 7:1-2 written today, it might read: “When the LORD thy
God shall bring thee into the world whither thou goest to possess it,
and hath cast out many factions before thee, the Gaians, and the Hive,
and the Spartans, and the Peacekeepers, and the Consciousness, and the
Drones, and the Data Angels, and the Pirates, eight nations greater and
mightier than thou; And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before
thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make
no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them”.
Our crusade against the unrighteous shall not falter; for our faith will
sustain us. God commands us that we issue forth and cut off the
generations of the wicked. NOW is the time! NOW shall we don the Armor
of Righteousness and blot that which is evil in his sight from this Holy
world!
Amen.
...
[2132: Peace Conference]
The xenchibi blooms were beautiful.
His staff had done an excellent job, Cha thought. When they’d urged him
to have a private dinner with Sister Miriam, he’d insisted on a relaxed
setting; he rarely had to deal with people on a one-on-one basis, and he
wanted to be as comfortable as possible. The burgundy colors of the
wall hangings were muted against the background of old wood. The
lighting was low. Mellow music was playing quietly in the background.
The master touch was the extraordinarily robust xenchibi centerpiece
crowning the feast laid out on the table. Xenchibi blooms were in common
enough use as a decoration among the People of Planet for intimate,
social settings – not least for the tranquil, sense-of-closeness effects
their spores fostered. Cha had noticed the soothing scent of the
impressive bouquet as he entered the room and immediately felt more
ready to face the woman already seated at the table... (read more)
[2149: Study]
It was an actual, physical, paper book – and it was massive. White,
leather-bound, faint traces of gold leaf remaining in places among the
floral pattern embossed around the border of the cover; it was obviously
an antique.
“HOLY BIBLE” the title read.
Jezebel Dawn kept running her fingers over it. This… was a treasure!
What an astounding sixteenth birthday present to receive from a
stranger. Long ago, Sister Miriam of the Believers had sent Jezebel a
datapad of the Bible for her 10th birthday; to her puzzlement, Father
had insisted that she write Miriam a thank-you note.. (read more)
[2153: Planet Dreams]
In the darkness, something goes >pop<, and you are lying on your
back on a hillside among the soft orange and purple tendrils of a vast
fungal forest. The sound of running water gurgles loudly in the vicinity
of your right ear, but you cannot identify the source. Panic rises
briefly in your throat as you realize you have no filter mask or oxygen
tank, dressed only in your worksuit, but breath comes easily and you
detect no signs of nitrogen narcosis. From somewhere, a voice seems to
whisper "earthJezebel," but perhaps it is only the breeze.. (read more)
DIRECTIONS
1) Download the zip file (at the bottom of this post) and place it into
your main game directory. usually this is: C:\Program Files\Firaxis
Games\Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
2) Unzip it there.
3) Start up SMAX, then select "Scenario", "Play Scenario", and then go
to the subdirectory "1004 Jihad" and choose the scenario.
4) Choose the difficulty level and the game will automatically load with the new faction - The Zealots.
OBJECTIVES
For GotM 1004 any square of Planet will count as objective and i will
accept any submission regardless of completing the scenario.
Whether you manage to conquer/subvert only one base or loose some of
the land you own at the start, you are eligible for the GotM contest.
There's no need to achieve a standard victory condition in order to be eligible for the GotM Competition.
In order to complete the scenario, you will have to reach 950 objectives (squares of territory).
That's almost the entire surface of the planet.
WARNING!
Raising/lowering terrain with the formers is disabled in this scenario! You can't acquire territory this way.
CHANGELOG
The main changes in gameplay are introduced by the traits of your faction - The Zealots.
The are some other minor tweaks, none of them worth mentioning. I will let you discover it all by yourself.
The tech tree remains untouched.
WARNING!
Don’t build an army of conventional units! They are useless because of their combat modifier.
Just go native! Natives are cool. Trust me!
SMAC/ SMAX: SMAX
Author: bdanv (w/ art by Buster's Uncle)
Date of original posting: 3/31/10
Original host site: WPC
The psalmist writes in Psalm 24, “The Earth is the Lord’s and
everything in it, the world and all who live in it;” We are all part of
God’s creation and the Good News is that God is actively working to
redeem and reconcile all of creation. As a follower of God, I must take
an active role in my stewardship of God’s creation and in advocating for
the redemption and protection of this new Earth that God has blessed us
to be a part of.
Planet has spoken to me. In this Promised Land God has given us, there
is a special thing; the Planetmind is touched of His essence – a Holy
thing, worthy of our reverence.
In First Peter 4:10 We are told: “As every man hath received the gift,
even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the
manifold grace of God.” We have done as our Lord has commanded, and He
has smiled upon us, gifting our efforts at good stewardship with
prosperity. But with this prosperity comes a further duty.
I have studied and prayed upon this since we came together as the
Believers of Planet. Our creed is a simple one; we must care for Planet,
Mankind’s new home that God has given us a birthright. To do any less,
as Man did to Earth, defies God’s Holy Grace and would be punished, as
God did Man on Earth – with death. But to be good stewards without faith
denies God just as surely!
We are surrounded by the faithless, the blasphemous and the poor
stewards. This is an AFFRONT to our Heavenly Father! We, God’s chosen,
have a duty to set things right in this Promised Land – God’s new
incarnate being; we alone have the true faith and the backing of God. He
has anointed us – God has made the humble strong!
Were Deuteronomy 7:1-2 written today, it might read: “When the LORD thy
God shall bring thee into the world whither thou goest to possess it,
and hath cast out many factions before thee, the Gaians, and the Hive,
and the Spartans, and the Peacekeepers, and the Consciousness, and the
Drones, and the Data Angels, and the Pirates, eight nations greater and
mightier than thou; And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before
thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make
no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them”.
Our crusade against the unrighteous shall not falter; for our faith will
sustain us. God commands us that we issue forth and cut off the
generations of the wicked. NOW is the time! NOW shall we don the Armor
of Righteousness and blot that which is evil in his sight from this Holy
world!
Amen.
...
[2132: Peace Conference]
The xenchibi blooms were beautiful.
His staff had done an excellent job, Cha thought. When they’d urged him
to have a private dinner with Sister Miriam, he’d insisted on a relaxed
setting; he rarely had to deal with people on a one-on-one basis, and he
wanted to be as comfortable as possible. The burgundy colors of the
wall hangings were muted against the background of old wood. The
lighting was low. Mellow music was playing quietly in the background.
The master touch was the extraordinarily robust xenchibi centerpiece
crowning the feast laid out on the table. Xenchibi blooms were in common
enough use as a decoration among the People of Planet for intimate,
social settings – not least for the tranquil, sense-of-closeness effects
their spores fostered. Cha had noticed the soothing scent of the
impressive bouquet as he entered the room and immediately felt more
ready to face the woman already seated at the table... (read more)
[2149: Study]
It was an actual, physical, paper book – and it was massive. White,
leather-bound, faint traces of gold leaf remaining in places among the
floral pattern embossed around the border of the cover; it was obviously
an antique.
“HOLY BIBLE” the title read.
Jezebel Dawn kept running her fingers over it. This… was a treasure!
What an astounding sixteenth birthday present to receive from a
stranger. Long ago, Sister Miriam of the Believers had sent Jezebel a
datapad of the Bible for her 10th birthday; to her puzzlement, Father
had insisted that she write Miriam a thank-you note.. (read more)
[2153: Planet Dreams]
In the darkness, something goes >pop<, and you are lying on your
back on a hillside among the soft orange and purple tendrils of a vast
fungal forest. The sound of running water gurgles loudly in the vicinity
of your right ear, but you cannot identify the source. Panic rises
briefly in your throat as you realize you have no filter mask or oxygen
tank, dressed only in your worksuit, but breath comes easily and you
detect no signs of nitrogen narcosis. From somewhere, a voice seems to
whisper "earthJezebel," but perhaps it is only the breeze.. (read more)
DIRECTIONS
1) Download the zip file (at the bottom of this post) and place it into
your main game directory. usually this is: C:\Program Files\Firaxis
Games\Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
2) Unzip it there.
3) Start up SMAX, then select "Scenario", "Play Scenario", and then go
to the subdirectory "1004 Jihad" and choose the scenario.
4) Choose the difficulty level and the game will automatically load with the new faction - The Zealots.
OBJECTIVES
For GotM 1004 any square of Planet will count as objective and i will
accept any submission regardless of completing the scenario.
Whether you manage to conquer/subvert only one base or loose some of
the land you own at the start, you are eligible for the GotM contest.
There's no need to achieve a standard victory condition in order to be eligible for the GotM Competition.
In order to complete the scenario, you will have to reach 950 objectives (squares of territory).
That's almost the entire surface of the planet.
WARNING!
Raising/lowering terrain with the formers is disabled in this scenario! You can't acquire territory this way.
CHANGELOG
The main changes in gameplay are introduced by the traits of your faction - The Zealots.
The are some other minor tweaks, none of them worth mentioning. I will let you discover it all by yourself.
The tech tree remains untouched.
WARNING!
Don’t build an army of conventional units! They are useless because of their combat modifier.
Just go native! Natives are cool. Trust me!