Excellent, you all pass my little test, yes that was it. 
Nerds in Space
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pigswill
fly (one day)
Blimey, you're so clever. What a fiendish test that was, indeed so, very much. Meanwhile in a distant corner of a not very distant galaxy......
I reckon we should build our first prototype Faser (after completing our shuttle of course).
Maybe if we got really stoned we could build a more advanced Faser.
Whosit
Entropic Knight
No, no. We should build a prototype lightsaber. Just, minus the light . . . .
Bugger that, I think a Death Star is in order.
pigswill
fly (one day)
No, definitely a faser:
Spoiler :
Whosit
Entropic Knight
Heh, I was wondering about that. I didn't think that's how "phaser" was spelled in Star Trek. I'm still not exactly sure what you mean, but more food = good, I guess.
pigswill
fly (one day)
Captain Luke 'call me Skywalker' Picard strode onto the bridge [1] brandishing a prototype photon torpedo [2]. "This little light of mine" he sang, " I want to make it shine. Make it shine. Make it shine". He looked directly at Scotus, "and that's an order".
"Och aye cap'n" came the laconic reply.
"That's aye aye, Misterus".
"Beggin' your pardon Cap'n, I was splitting silicates when you were nothing but a gleam in the script-writers eye".
Scotus turned to his assistant.
"The foot stone connects to the ankle stone
The ankle stone connects to the shin stone
The shin stone connects to the knee stone
The knee stone connects to the thigh stone".
The rickety pile of boulders toppled over.
"Och, that's nae guid", grumbled Scotus.
Notes.
[1] In the early days of the Federation the bridge was a log across the village pond.
[2] In the early days of the Federation the prototype photon torpedo was a napalm-soaked rag wrapped around the end of a stick.
"Och aye cap'n" came the laconic reply.
"That's aye aye, Misterus".
"Beggin' your pardon Cap'n, I was splitting silicates when you were nothing but a gleam in the script-writers eye".
Scotus turned to his assistant.
"The foot stone connects to the ankle stone
The ankle stone connects to the shin stone
The shin stone connects to the knee stone
The knee stone connects to the thigh stone".
The rickety pile of boulders toppled over.
"Och, that's nae guid", grumbled Scotus.
Notes.
[1] In the early days of the Federation the bridge was a log across the village pond.
[2] In the early days of the Federation the prototype photon torpedo was a napalm-soaked rag wrapped around the end of a stick.
Spoiler :
[Sulu]Save spotted captain, shall I engage it?[/Sulu]
[Kirk]Warp 3, Mr. Sulu, and stop looking at me that way.[/Kirk]
Exploration appears to be the name of the game here, boldly going where no Roman has gone before, and all that.
Whosit
Entropic Knight
My only suggestion is to keep an eye on the capital's population, and to switch the netted clam to an un-netted one the turn before it would grow into unhappiness. We shouldn't lose any commerce that way, and I don't see any particular benefit to growing into unhappiness right now, unless you expect to whip it away shortly?
What size is the map, anyway? That seems like a long time for Bronze Working, though I'm certainly no expert on tech times.
Maybe you could also name the Galley "Zig" so I can make stupid "Move Zig for Great Exploration" jokes.
What size is the map, anyway? That seems like a long time for Bronze Working, though I'm certainly no expert on tech times.
Maybe you could also name the Galley "Zig" so I can make stupid "Move Zig for Great Exploration" jokes.
If we move from the netted clam to the unetted crab it will stagnate the population until we can increase the happy limit.
A religion seems the best for this, probably CoL is the earliest option, so maybe tech Pottery and Writing (build library employ scientists) after BW then Myst --> Poly --> Priest.
A religion seems the best for this, probably CoL is the earliest option, so maybe tech Pottery and Writing (build library employ scientists) after BW then Myst --> Poly --> Priest.
pigswill
fly (one day)
On the other hand at pop 6 we work the same five tiles and have a red shirt. Red shirts are whip fodder (and worth 45 hammers, for free).
Whosit
Entropic Knight
Ahh, red shirts. What problem can't you solve by sacrificing them? We'd definitely want to 2-pop whip something, then, or we're no better off than before. If our scouting Galley finds a nice spot, I suppose we could whip our citizens into a Settler and establish a new colonial settlement on another planet. I mean, island.
On the other other hand, no point having an unhappy citizen before we have BW and something to actually whip. 
Just sucks up 2 food for nothing.
Just sucks up 2 food for nothing.
[Kirk] What is this floating thingy we're on, and where is my ship?[/Kirk]*
[Spock] This is a galley, Captain.
[K] Galley? Oh, you mean Galileo, my shuttlecraft. How fast does this thing move, again?
Two tiles every twenty-five years, at the moment.
[K] That doesn't sound fast. What's a tile?
It's a square on the map, See?
[K] And just how big would a square on the map be?
Well, our city takes up exactly one tile, so one might logically conclude that a tile is about 5 miles square**
[K] So, your saying we going about 3 inches per hour? My grandmother goes faster than that in her walker!
Perhaps you would like to get out and push, Captain?
[K] So what are we exploring for?
We're building an away team a landing party the Galileo Seven, consisting of me, Scotty, McCoy, Boma, Latimer, Gaetano, and yeoman Mears. We're looking for a good place to send us.***
[K] Latimer, Gaeano? I don't recognize them.****
I wouldn't trouble yourself remembering their names, Captain.
[K] Ooh, look at that copper on that tile northwest of our shuttlecraft.
You can't see that yet, Captain.
[K] Oh. Which one of us is the logical one, again?
The shuttle crew is in Rome, ready to go, Captain. Well, except me, but that will get complicated if I try to explain it.
[K] Let's go pick them up and bring them somewhere then!
Well, that will take about 150 years; I recommend building the Columbus, seeing as it's the only other identified Enterprise shuttlecraft in TOS.
[K]Make it so, then Ok.
Time passes
[K] Status report!
The Galileo Seven are in place on Taurus II. We're thinking of making a new city there!
Oh, and we've explored some more, and I see your next mortal enemy in our future.
[OOC]
The Galileo has a turn left, so you can meet the owner of the green border if you so choose. The worker is still sleeping, because I forgot to wake it and start chopping the forest. I wanted to do Great Lighthouse / phallic symbol / spaceship jokes, but I couldn't come up with anything. I did revolt us into slavery. The settler is in what I think is the best place for settling, with seafood and gold. I also built a workboat, currently exploring to the northwest. There is a sign, marking my exploration frustration, of the very first spot I located that actually had food and a hill. It doesn't mean anything really, and can be deleted.[/ooc]
* You know what, I'm not going to keep closing these tags; if the internet breaks, send me the bill.
** logically speaking, using good old American illogical units, however.
*** Send us? Not wrong, strictly speaking, I guess.
**** The misspelling was unintentional, but works well in context.
[Spock] This is a galley, Captain.
[K] Galley? Oh, you mean Galileo, my shuttlecraft. How fast does this thing move, again?
[K] That doesn't sound fast. What's a tile?
[K] And just how big would a square on the map be?
[K] So, your saying we going about 3 inches per hour? My grandmother goes faster than that in her walker!
[K] So what are we exploring for?
[K] Latimer, Gaeano? I don't recognize them.****
[K] Ooh, look at that copper on that tile northwest of our shuttlecraft.
[K] Oh. Which one of us is the logical one, again?
[K] Let's go pick them up and bring them somewhere then!
[K]
Time passes
[K] Status report!
[OOC]
The Galileo has a turn left, so you can meet the owner of the green border if you so choose. The worker is still sleeping, because I forgot to wake it and start chopping the forest. I wanted to do Great Lighthouse / phallic symbol / spaceship jokes, but I couldn't come up with anything. I did revolt us into slavery. The settler is in what I think is the best place for settling, with seafood and gold. I also built a workboat, currently exploring to the northwest. There is a sign, marking my exploration frustration, of the very first spot I located that actually had food and a hill. It doesn't mean anything really, and can be deleted.[/ooc]
* You know what, I'm not going to keep closing these tags; if the internet breaks, send me the bill.
** logically speaking, using good old American illogical units, however.
*** Send us? Not wrong, strictly speaking, I guess.
**** The misspelling was unintentional, but works well in context.
Maybe we sould just research Iron Working and send the storm troopers to victim #1 (Saladin???).
Getting the worker over to the second city and hooking up the gold will allow us to grow 1 as well. We can settle on the spices as well and have fish available.
Getting the worker over to the second city and hooking up the gold will allow us to grow 1 as well. We can settle on the spices as well and have fish available.
Whosit
Entropic Knight
Oooh, oooh, I'm up. Well, I'll play in like an hour, I guess. I like the idea of Stormtroopers, but I guess we'll have to figure out how to make round things roll first.
I think the Settler spot is fine, though it'll be ages before we can get those fish. We're not Creative here. The best bet is to, what, work a grassland tile and hopefully grow and whip a monument?
No other bright ideas, but I'm sure I won't sink the ship.
I think the Settler spot is fine, though it'll be ages before we can get those fish. We're not Creative here. The best bet is to, what, work a grassland tile and hopefully grow and whip a monument?
No other bright ideas, but I'm sure I won't sink the ship.
Whipping a monument a size 2 seems the best action. If we don't have The Wheel, might be best for next tech (Pottery would be good as well as we're going to whip a bit I feel).
Whosit
Entropic Knight
Let's get Imperial.
Lieutenant: "Sir, we have begun the revolt to slavery. We should have all the dissidents rounded up soon and send to labor camps."
Grand Moff: "Excellent. This will surely help the construction of our secret weapon. This so-called "Super FASER."
Galileo has made contact with Saladin of "Arabia" and he worships somebody he calls "the Buddha." Such primitive nonsense. Technology is the only god! You aren't harboring any rebellious thoughts, are you Saladin?
Now, for our new colony. Let's see. Fish, and some production potential down the road. Yes, send our new slaves to Mon Calamari. It will begin working on a Lighthouse because we do not yet have Mysticism for the monument!
In the year 1750, we learn that someone has built a Great Wall. Fools. What good will a wall do them when our TIE Fighters are strafing their fields?
As construction of the Super FASER moves into its final stagse, a Black Cloaked Figure approaches the foreman.
Foreman: My lord! To what do I owe the pleasure?
Lord Vader: You may dispense with the pleasantries. I am here to put you back on schedule.
Foreman: I assure you, my men are working as fast as they can. The Super FASER will be completed on schedule.
Lord Vader: Perhaps I can find new ways to motivate them. The Emperor is most displeased with your apparent lack of progress.
Foreman: But I need more men!
Lord Vader: Perhaps you can tell him that when he arrives.
Foreman: The Emperor is coming here?!
Lord Vader: That is correct, foreman, and the Emperor does not share your optimistic appraisal of the situation, foreman.
Foreman: We shall redouble our efforts!
Lord Vader: See that you do, foreman. Spare no expense, and no lives, to complete the FASER.
In the frenzy of work that followed, fully half the population of Rome died in order to complete the Super FASER in time to suit the Emperor.
*Yes. With 5 turns left, I did 3-pop whip the Great Lighthouse just to be in character.*
(Um, by the way. We were supposed to get 2 more trade routes in each city, right? I'm not seeing them. Is there a bug with TGL?)
We have learned to make round things. And flat things for the round things to roll on. We'll be in space in no time.
Also, of some minor concern, brigands have taken to the seas in watercraft strikingly similar to our own primitive shuttles. Caution is advised.
The situation:
We finished the Great Lighthouse, but we are not getting the extra trade routes. I played a test game on a similar map and got the same results. Is this some kind of bug? Or am I missing something?
Pirates have entered Roman territory and are going to tear up our fishing nets. There's not an awful lot we can do right now. I was bringing the Columbus back, but it's still too far away to assist. It has move left, though.
Lieutenant: "Sir, we have begun the revolt to slavery. We should have all the dissidents rounded up soon and send to labor camps."
Grand Moff: "Excellent. This will surely help the construction of our secret weapon. This so-called "Super FASER."
Galileo has made contact with Saladin of "Arabia" and he worships somebody he calls "the Buddha." Such primitive nonsense. Technology is the only god! You aren't harboring any rebellious thoughts, are you Saladin?
Now, for our new colony. Let's see. Fish, and some production potential down the road. Yes, send our new slaves to Mon Calamari. It will begin working on a Lighthouse because we do not yet have Mysticism for the monument!
In the year 1750, we learn that someone has built a Great Wall. Fools. What good will a wall do them when our TIE Fighters are strafing their fields?
As construction of the Super FASER moves into its final stagse, a Black Cloaked Figure approaches the foreman.
Foreman: My lord! To what do I owe the pleasure?
Lord Vader: You may dispense with the pleasantries. I am here to put you back on schedule.
Foreman: I assure you, my men are working as fast as they can. The Super FASER will be completed on schedule.
Lord Vader: Perhaps I can find new ways to motivate them. The Emperor is most displeased with your apparent lack of progress.
Foreman: But I need more men!
Lord Vader: Perhaps you can tell him that when he arrives.
Foreman: The Emperor is coming here?!
Lord Vader: That is correct, foreman, and the Emperor does not share your optimistic appraisal of the situation, foreman.
Foreman: We shall redouble our efforts!
Lord Vader: See that you do, foreman. Spare no expense, and no lives, to complete the FASER.
In the frenzy of work that followed, fully half the population of Rome died in order to complete the Super FASER in time to suit the Emperor.
Spoiler size :
*Yes. With 5 turns left, I did 3-pop whip the Great Lighthouse just to be in character.*
(Um, by the way. We were supposed to get 2 more trade routes in each city, right? I'm not seeing them. Is there a bug with TGL?)
We have learned to make round things. And flat things for the round things to roll on. We'll be in space in no time.
Also, of some minor concern, brigands have taken to the seas in watercraft strikingly similar to our own primitive shuttles. Caution is advised.
The situation:
We finished the Great Lighthouse, but we are not getting the extra trade routes. I played a test game on a similar map and got the same results. Is this some kind of bug? Or am I missing something?
Pirates have entered Roman territory and are going to tear up our fishing nets. There's not an awful lot we can do right now. I was bringing the Columbus back, but it's still too far away to assist. It has move left, though.
I assume its because we only have 1-2 actually trade routes available to us (our 2nd city and Saladin's). When we actually build more cities it should kick in.
