StarNES: Updates Without Number (Epoch I)

[hbar]

Alright, I missed a few updates and 7 pages eek of posts. What's a kudos?

hbar: 69GC¤ (20+14+35) 1 Kudos

Star "Xanadu", 0614 (20¤)
Wormhole from 0614 - 1413 (30¤)
Xanadu I and II, one medium Gas Giant and one small Terrestrial (10 + 5¤)

One small asteroid field around Ender (4¤)

 

[nutranurse]

Oh, you might have missed that. Kudos are my way of apologizing for going ahead without you. At 2 kudos you get a free comet.

 

[Tambien]

hbar, what made you think of Xanadu?

 

[Tecknojock]

You should add that planets withing 1-2 hexes of a star that goes hypernova (create a black hole) lose a habitability level due to the gamma ray burst associated with it. A relativly close one of those would likely wipe out all life on Earth.

 

[spaceman98]

Is the system name "Triplet"?

The Triplet

 

[nutranurse]

You should add that planets withing 1-2 hexes of a star that goes hypernova (create a black hole) lose a habitability level due to the gamma ray burst associated with it. A relativly close one of those would likely wipe out all life on Earth.

Nah, see, the hexes are an indistinct distance away for reasons like this. It allows me to say that blackholes are close enough to potentially ruin hexes around them, but at the same time shield neighboring systems from gamma rays and the like. Though in the spirit of destruction I may make a hypernova have a 25% chance to glass/harm planets alongside the 50% chance for black holes to eat up planets.

The galaxy is fast becoming a dangerous place.

 

[Tecknojock]

Thats everybody but Haseri.

lets give him a Kudos.

 

[thomas.berubeg]

Agreed

 

[nutranurse]

Alright, update impending.

 

[hbar]

Oh, you might have missed that. Kudos are my way of apologizing for going ahead without you. At 2 kudos you get a free comet.

Wow, that's the first time I've seen a bonus for late orders.

hbar, what made you think of Xanadu?

William Randolf Hearst, filtered through the view of an American classic. If a civilization arises there, they will be called the Rosebud.

 

[theDright]

Wow, that's the first time I've seen a bonus for late orders.

William Randolf Hearst, filtered through the view of an American classic. If a civilization arises there, they will be called the Rosebud.

They weren't late, they just weren't early enough

 

[Gem Hound]

Wow, that's the first time I've seen a bonus for late orders.

Facepalm. A Free comet isn't a bonus. He flings it at one of your systems for absolutely free! Comets can do damage. Espeacially super comets cause by supernovas. You don't want a super comet smacking into one of your planets -> Two balls of rock the same size smacking into eachother *whistles*

 

[thomas.berubeg]

Nope, I think Hbar gets a free comet to toss into space.

 

[nutranurse]

Facepalm. A Free comet isn't a bonus. He flings it at one of your systems for absolutely free! Comets can do damage. Espeacially super comets cause by supernovas. You don't want a super comet smacking into one of your planets -> Two balls of rock the same size smacking into eachother *whistles*

Nope, I think Hbar gets a free comet to toss into space.

Yep, it's as thomas.berubeg says: you exchange 2 kudos to get a free comet you can fling at some system of your choosing. This is because this NES moves rapidly and I want to be an equal opportunity employer for the position of galactic destroyer. No NESer left behind!

But I'll add it to the rules to make this all clear.

 

[Terrance888]

Although we should send comets at late players! Actually late players!

 

[Double A]

I agree completely.

 

[nutranurse]

Update V: This Galaxy Needs Cleaning

As stars and planets filled the galaxy's interstellar nursery incandescent clouds of dust and gases crept into existence and occluded the bright light of many a shining star. Around the stars of Falia, Madarak, and Chrystosen a great, shining nebula formed with the emergence of one last cloud (2009), while nearby other nebulae-lings took shape (1605)(1805)(2307). Far from the fertile Madarak-Chrystosen region, near the Megapantheon-Lacuna-Barmile triangle a great nebula (1116)(1214)(1315)(1314) separated the three sisters. But the galaxy plodded on regardless of the machinations of the space dust accumulating in all its corners.

During this dateless era several new stars were born, many of them remarkable in their own right. First came Murmur-Shepard (2108), a binary star near Madarak and Chrysoten that seemed to prove that this region was blessed with good fortune. Though Murmur-Shepard quickly gave birth to small, stillborn twins—one hot, the other cold—its third child was a green oasis in space's vast and desolate black sea. Not long after Tinotaur (1212) was born, bringing with it a massive prime jovian crowned by nine small moons. Yet another set of twin stars, called Schlock-Targon (1402), came into existence, and in their mighty wake scorched their small child-planet. Genishia (0419) became the galaxy's first red star as its dim, red light peaked out of the galactic darkness, illuminating a gas giant in the process. The third binary star, Palanitra (2215), was born straddled by a ring of asteroids, and Palanitra's birth was followed by Tragis' (0402), a distant binary star orbited by a small, red world. However, the additions of three more binary systems was overshadowed by the creation of a triple-star system simply called The Triplet (1120), which lived up to its name when it brought forth three planets—though due to the volatile orbits of these planets two saw their atmospheres turned stale and barely functional, while the third was simply flung too-far and became a cold wasteland. The Triplet was not the last star to be born during this era, that honor went to Xanadu (0614), a quiet, little system that became home to a frigid world, unremarkable gas giant, and a wormhole (0614-1413) leading to empty space.

Within the existing systems little of note occurred. Falia (1707) seemed to have a case of indigestion that resulted in three jovian worlds; Nin Frauling's (0420) Gaian oasis was joined by a dingy, brown baby brother and was shielded by an asteroid field; Creatorus (1918) hustled and bustled, but could only show two more red worlds and a gas giant for all its activity; two large asteroid fields developed simultaneously in the neighboring systems of Varynx (2209) and Kraton-Kamulon (2309), and the binary star system was joined by two desolate worlds, one made of flames, the other bitter and cold; Taman (1711) hung a large string of asteroids around it neck; and lastly Ender (0616) did the same, albeit preferring a necklace of a smaller fashion.

Cosmic Background Star-Map


Black Background Star-Map


Star-Map Legend

Spoiler :

Player GC¤:
thomas.berubeg: 39GC¤ (20+19)
Terrance888: 26GC¤ (20+6)
Double A: 32GC¤ (20+12)
Tecknojock: 39GC¤ (20+13+6)
Gem Hound: 37GC¤ (20+14+3)
nutranurse: 50GC¤ (20+14+16) Yay me!
Blaze Injun: 22GC¤ (20+2+)
theDright: 24GC¤ (20+4)
TerrisH: 58GC¤ (20+16+22)
Eltain: 41GC¤ (20+19+2)
General Olaf: 32GC¤ (20+11+1)
mayor: 32GC¤ (20+12)
SouthernKing: 34GC¤ (20+13+1)
Tambien: 50GC¤ (20+4+26)
spaceman98: 39GC¤ (20+12+7) 1 Kudos
hbar: 27GC¤ (20+7) 1 Kudos
Haseri: 87GC¤ (20+20+47+) 1 Kudos

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Rule Changes/Additions

Kudos
Whenever I skip over a player as a result of my impatience/having the majority of orders in the skipped player will receive 1 Kudos. Once 2 Kudos are gained that player gets to hurl a comet for free at someone in exchange for the 2 Kudos.


Creation of Brown Dwarfs
When a comet or planet strikes a Large Gas Giant there is a 1-5 (for comets) and 1-20 (for planets) chance of thermal activity ramping up in the Large Gas Giant, causing it to become a Brown Dwarf. When a Brown Dwarf is formed within a system there is a 1-5 chance for catastrophic changes; 6-15 chance for major-bad changes; 16-35 chance for minor-bad changes; 36-65 chance for no changes; 66-85 chance for minor-good changes; 86-95 chance for major good changes; 96-100 chance for wonderful changes.

Cause A Red Giant to Supernova/Become A White Dwarf
When a Star goes Supernova there is a 1-5 chance it will become a Black Hole and a 6-100 chance it will become a Neutron Star. When Neutron Stars are formed there is a 1-25 chance the Neutron Star is a Pulsar and 26-100 chance the Neutron Star is just a Neutron Star. When Neutron Stars form (both Pulsar & Non-Pulsar) a Nebula is ejected from the system into a random neighboring hex. When a Black Hole results from a Supernova there is a 1-25 chance that neighboring systems experience gamma ray bursts and lose 1 habitat level on applicable planets. When Black Holes form from Supernova a Nebula is ejected from the system into a random neighboring hex.

Neutron Stars & Pulsars
Neutron Stars form when Red Giants go Supernova. They have 2 slots to create a new interstellar object in. Pulsars form from Neutron Stars and also have 2 slots to create a new interstellar object.


Map Changes

+Nebulae are now purplish
+Added Uninhabitable Cold Terrestrial Planets to Map Legend
+Added Red Stars to Map Legend
+Added Blue Stars to Map Legend

 

[nutranurse]

Also remember you all now have 1 guess for this turn to guess my favorite map element for 25GC¤. An extra 25GC¤ will be thrown in if you guess why.

 

[thomas.berubeg]

Hey, Nutranurse, any thoughts on Rogue stars? stars treated the same way as your rogue planets.

And, Damn, I've rolled REALLY well every turn. Hope that lucks rolls over for your other Nes.

 

[nutranurse]

Rogue Stars...? Care to elaborate?