While We Wait: Boredom Strikes Back
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~ Ascendancy of Talitha Report- Day Two ~
Raku Awaiting His Next Delicious Holy Beverage
Raku Awaiting His Next Delicious Holy Beverage
Raku, Sub-Oligarch 12 of the Talithan Ascendancy, rested atop the chair in the center of his Command Temple, which resembled a human chair somewhat less than it resembled a metallic jacket tree.
"BLAGO!"
"Yes, my master?"
"Open the log, it is time to record the day's events and successes."
"Aye sir!"
Raku slurped on a Slaguccino for a moment, then began.
"We're Ascendantly Gigantic Now!"
"Excellent!"
"But so is everyone else."
"Ah."
"The Talithan economy is growing strongly, but our fleets are running into other civilizations- Windess in the North and Thlayli in the South, limiting our expansion options. This much was expected."
"Indeed, and there's plenty of expansion space in-"
"SILENCE! It shall be I, Raku, who speaks the report. Your range of responses is to be limited to affirmations."
"Yes sir."
"Yes, so our economic development is up as we develop all of our new, rich worlds, but we're holding off in investing in industry for the time being, to enrich us for development at a later point. Now, at last, we come to what was to be the crowning achievement of the day- our grand tech-brokerage scheme."
"And how did that go?"
"... only... slightly less well than anticipated. It turns out that the costs for the transmission of six technologies to the far corners of the galaxy, plus the construction of another fleet for expansion into the rim of our cluster, have entirely consumed our income for this year. So there's not going to be much in the way of economic growth this quarter."
"Oh dear."
"Well, on the plus side, that's the only really bad thing that happened today."
Blago shifted to a fearful shade of orange as he looked at his interface.
"What is it?"
"Er, there may be a slight addition to that bad news."
"And what might that be?"
"We just accidentally suicided 15 Ascendant fleets into Rijl al Awwa. Thlayli's probably going to be pretty pissed about that."
There was a brief moment of silence, broken only by a cursing Raku.
"Well isn't that just Mother-Ascending Brilliant. Argh, I'm going to need another Slaguccino after this."
"Another? But what about the budget?"
"Ascend it. To the Slagoplexicon!"
Luckymoose
The World is Mine
Her Imperial Empire shall not lose this war!
Here we go!
My just-started INES III: Storm Tapestry is a near future state NES. It’ll be an interesting experiment for two reasons.
1) Its ‘N’ doesn’t really apply. I plan to end updates after eight or possibly nine turns. Since I have a decent track record with running games, joining now will get you in on the ground floor of a clear-cut bounded NES.
2) Orders each turn are limited to 1 PM. I’ve noticed that players don’t all have the same amount of time to put into the game, and I’m hoping to compensate for that.
There is no secret corollary to #2. I’m not trying to reduce my workload for the NES. Indeed, I have a lot of free time coming up, so count this post as personal encouragement to join up. Honestly, I’m hoping for no NPCs, because that’s a different dynamic than this forum’s used to.
My just-started INES III: Storm Tapestry is a near future state NES. It’ll be an interesting experiment for two reasons.
1) Its ‘N’ doesn’t really apply. I plan to end updates after eight or possibly nine turns. Since I have a decent track record with running games, joining now will get you in on the ground floor of a clear-cut bounded NES.
2) Orders each turn are limited to 1 PM. I’ve noticed that players don’t all have the same amount of time to put into the game, and I’m hoping to compensate for that.
There is no secret corollary to #2. I’m not trying to reduce my workload for the NES. Indeed, I have a lot of free time coming up, so count this post as personal encouragement to join up. Honestly, I’m hoping for no NPCs, because that’s a different dynamic than this forum’s used to.
.
Luckymoose
The World is Mine
~Her Imperial Empire~
A well dressed admiral rushed into the meditation room of the white dressed princess.
“Forgive my interruption your highness.”
Her magnificently large and brown eyes glazed over as she blinked.
“I am not amused, Zeguridianalof.”
Shaking he replied, “This causes us great discomfort as well.”
“Hrrmph! What must a fair lady do to get peace around here Zeguridianalof?”
“Conquer the galaxy, madame.”
“It was rhetorical. I know good and well what it takes.”
“Sorry -”
“You best be! I am far too compassionate in comparison to my forebearers. You'd have been their afternoon snack. Poor fool you are.” Sighing deeply as she stood from her seat, great in size and elegance she was a commanded figure. “What troubles do you bring to my ear?”
“The Autarchy, ma'am, is increasingly penetrating our outer colonies. They have amassed a fleet greater than ours.”
“What do the oracles say of this?”
“Ask again later, I'm afraid.”
“Typical.”
“Fear not princess! We have greater weapons technology and many ships on the way. Our economic lagging is not a total loss.”
“I told you to get on that economic mumbo-jumbo already!”
He cowers. “Yes! But you wanted more science!”
“I do enjoy science. Alas, confusing your monarch is a felony punishable by death.”
“I would never intentionally confuse you or make you contradict yourself princess. I merely think it is advisable to retaliate immediately.”
“No. Let these fiends come. I have a place at my tea table for them to sit and be cordial. This will work out and pass us by.”
“Right. I'll inform the armed forces.”
“Be on with yourself!”
~ Ascendancy of Talitha Report- Days Three and Four ~
Raku Plotting Perfidious Backstabbery
Raku Plotting Perfidious Backstabbery
Raku, Sub-Oligarch 12 of the Talithan Ascendancy, relaxed on his palanquin. About him, a variety of Talithans lounged about the Temple, engaging in animated theological discussion and slurping their holy Slaguccinos.
"Blago!"
"Yes Master?"
"Fetch me another!"
"Yes, Ascendant One. Venti?"
"Venti."
Raku returned his attention to his interface. It had been overall a very good day. The previous day, he had initiated a large scale transition from economic to industrial development, and worked out a series of tacit border agreements with his neighbours. This day, he at last began to apply the benefits of this increased fleet production- namely, by breaking the majority of the agreements made with his neighbours.
Blago returned, now bearing a burbling, slushy beverage.
"So, do you want to hear the news today?"
"Of course sir."
"I invaded two people at once."
"Ascended Excrement!"
"They're pretty pissed."
"I... can imagine."
"My 'Mudkips' reference during the declaration of war might have had something to do with that."
"Perhaps."
"And Kentharu was similarly irked by the implication that my invading army was merely a group of heavily-armed Talithan debt collectors."
"I can imagine."
"So, overall, I think we can safely pronounce this day seized?"
"This day perhaps. But tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow, we shall nurse the hangover of revenge for today's events."
"That's an awful metaphor."
"I know."
Thlayli
Le Pétit Prince
Iggy happens to enjoy [censored] a [censored] while his [censored] watches.
Disgusting yeah. Probably illegal, even in Canada.
Disgusting yeah. Probably illegal, even in Canada.
Thlayli
Le Pétit Prince
Says the guy who refuses to play. 
~ Ascendancy of Talitha Report- Days Three and Four ~
Raku The Restless.
Raku The Restless.
Raku, Sub-Oligarch 12 of the Talithan Ascendancy, slithered restlessly from end to end of his command temple. Fatigue was weathering his features, his eyes glowing a pale shade of blue. Gone was the singular assistant, Blago- now a whole team of Talithans was gathered, ensconced within the pleasant, bittersweet aroma of the superstructure. Orders were input. Fleets were sent to their deaths. Raku watched on, with cold determination.
This war had cost much. His allies were thinned badly, mostly by his own tentacle. Guilt haunted his restless hours of dormancy. With a sluggish gesture, he reached out to seize his log, and began to record the day's events.
Development continues, with a heavy focus on Science.
Back and forth warfare with Thlayli, pushing advance but plagued by harassment, partisans and an incoming superfleet.
One way warfare with Kentharu, whose defenses have evidently been sapped by warfare with Yukon and Windess. Luckymoose and I are but Jackals upon the already-defeated corpse of his empire.
Thlayli
Le Pétit Prince
~The Eternal Autarchy of Fomalhaut~
The cluster of pictodrones buzzed around the Second-Proxy Fleet-Prince of the Eternal Autarch, clicking as they took three-dimensional stills of his magnificently symmetrical visage. Behind him was a bombed out industrial landscape, already swarming with construction robots repairing the damage incurred by systematic orbital bombardment of enemy command and control structures.
"To what do you attribute your string of successful raids on the ex-Talithan worlds of the Aludra Sector, Fleet-Prince?" asked one drone in a robotic tone.
"Mobility and firepower." He snuffled in impatience; press conferences were annoying but unavoidable. Especially after they had become automated.
"And your next move?"
"Elsewhere."
"Can you explain the meaning of these countless factories producing some type of device called a Slaguccino?"
"We believe that it is an experimental Ascendancy bioweapon."
In days, the Fleet-Prince's battle group Will of the Autarch had cut a swath of destruction across southern Ascendancy space, destroying garrisons and economic facilities before moving on to the next world in coordination with other fleets. The Talithani had recaptured many of the worlds but they were clearly destabilized.
Light-years away, in his perfect shining chamber of pure diamond atop the planet's highest mountain range, the immortal ruler of Fomalhaut and countless other worlds watched the video feed. He ushered telepathic messages through the quantum communicators to his Proxy Fleet-Princes, all surgically 'enhanced' with the proper equipment to receive direct orders from the Autarch into their very minds.
He clacked to himself.
"In fire, a pyre, your future, as all
Commander, expander, your fate is to fall"
He was pleased.
carmen510
Deity
I seem to recall that someone had created a list for all alternate history scenarios that were posted in the Alternate History threads, but I can't seem to find that post. Does have a link to it/know where to find it?
Kraznaya
Princeps
Seems so. It's all so repetitive. Crush my enemies or die trying, see them driven before me or go down in a blaze of orgasmic devastation, and hear the lamentations of their women etc... etc... etc.... so tiresome.
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