Old thread on this topic: http://zero-k.info/Forum/Thread/1789The last Planetwars ended with ceasefire. Dynasty and Machines both did well enough and survive prettymuch intact. The fiction will change to reflect the fact that Cybernetics are no longer rebels, they're almost as strong as the old Ascended, poised to sweep down on the galaxy with their programs of enforced cyberneticization, while the Empire is just another power at the edges of the galaxy rather than the galactic oppressor it was after PW8. I personally am leaving Empire for Machines, which will help balance a little. Liberated Humanity get wiped out. They only owned 5 planets. They also only have 3 players in the top 50. This is the same fate as happened to the old Unaligned (which essentially had the same players). So we can't just rebrand this faction and expect it to survive. If any strong clan wants to bud off from their faction, take it over, and decide the fiction of this new faction, then there is an open spot. Jasper was talking about budding off into a new faction last round, so we'll see if he still wants to do that. I'd also like to hear from the most powerful clans and players of each faction, if they'd like to shift the focus of their factions fiction this round. 1UP, KR and GBC for Dynasty, Valhalla and Cybermen for Cybernetics, Rick, burp, Blackdutchie and Godde for Empire (they also have to figure out who their new emperor is), etc.
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"Never give up... never surrender." --- Cmdr. Peter Quincy Taggart Liberated Humanity is alive!
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I'd say replace the baselines with some really wacky biotech shit. Not just bio-engineered humans, but the complete biomechanoid giger-kit together with biomech starships and oh those little eggs, see those? Then blame them for chickens. Bonus level: allow them to use chickens as a superweapon in some way (a custom mission or a capturable tech). If baselines want to stick to their liberated humanity banner, maybe some of the Dynasty can extremize in this way :P
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Would probably join whatever faction has green as designated colour. you can imagine how rusty i am. Is there anywhere i can read about the planned rules of the next PW? I mean, i didnt even participate in the last one, but i believe it still had many problems. Plus, it seems the player base has actually grown (i might be wrong here), so you might have to account for this. If you are not planning to increase the total number of planets (and i dont think thats a good idea anyway), try to think of a way for people with no planets or clans to have mor fun things to do.
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How many factions are we having this round? I had been think about a hyper AI leaded faction. However, it was bland. An interesting faction could be a paranoid hyper AI with a god / messiah complex. Lesser AI's and uploads would play the roles of angles, while humans would act as the minions. This faction could take over the remnants of LH and forge a great nation.
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>LKRSPW I havent ready anything except the news for the last like year. Just give me the link.
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Really in the case of 1uP, I will let the winds cast us wherever it goes. While it looks like Maackey has returned to us agian, and that may turn tides, it still is only the two of us activly, and thus the driving forces of Dynasty are going to be KR, GBC, and HoZa. On that note, I would say in their position has not changed. They are still gathering the technology from among the universe in hopes of finding the keys to create the superior humanoid, but such things were stalled due to the standoffs with the Empire, and the embroiled conflict that occured within. One that is still is fresh on some of the Dynastys minds.
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I think we can safely say that GBC more or less carry Dynasty. With that in mind, please align our faction toward gruff, informal but honorable conduct
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We'll probably go with the 5 factions if we can find a clan willing to fill out the 5th. Maybe even if we don't, we'll just leave it as a garbage faction (Sorry guys). Gruff honourable but informal conduct? Really not sure what that means. Are you space pirates? You're a galaxy-spanning dynasty of genetically engineered superhumans who helped build both the first and second empires and barely survived the purges of the Ascended which almost wiped out biological humans. Though, as I recall, GBC used to be ascended, so figure that one out (That's OK I'm joining the Free Machines after saving humanity from them 2 seasons ago). This is (Basically) the story so far: http://code.google.com/p/zero-k/wiki/PlanetWarsStory(Note: I didn't write the bits about General Saktoth being amazing... I think that was KR).
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I WANT A TROLL FACTION 
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Ha Ha your right so far the story seems to be mostly about Saktoth.
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YOGGIBEAR!! Where have you been?? Look!! My shiny clan icon is green!!
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Yeah I'm thinking of removing that (Believe it or not I already did remove some of the gushing praise for Emperor Saktoth I! There was more!). Though actually it says a lot more about how Valhalla basically kicked everyone's arses (Which is fair becuase they did). Also feel free to add your own exploits battles and adventures to the PW history, the last round is really missing the whole Machine/Dynasty war and their problems with cybernetics taking their worlds in the rear.
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Err.. LH took planets in Dynasty's rear, Cyborgs didn't.
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Yea, LH's sneak attack was more of an issue, as was Rick's wall of a planet he built and the conflicts with Empire that came out of that.
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We tried to take planets in the rear of LH and Machines. We where suppose be allied with Dynasty but they were just a disorganized rabble. Still we had 3 to 5 of Dynasty's planets as well, mostly because they where hopeless disorganized.
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Yea, that was true. We were a mess, which wasn't helped by that my computer was maligned at the time such that it meant that really my only actually part to much of PW but playing with the markets.
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It's funny how Jasper says borgs were allied with Dynasty, 'cause they weren't. We'd never ally with beings that rely on mechanical body parts - disabled scum. Problem was not organization, but lack of players. After all Dynasty was the smallest faction for the whole round.
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Total players doesn't mean much, the whole 200 rarely play. What matters is active players in the higher elo's, which you have and had plenty of. But yeah, Dynasty could never agree on who to ally with, if they did one of their members would break it. Cyber took planets EVERYWHERE. In the back of everyones territory. And they made enemies with everyone because of it, Free Machines were fighting them non-stop the whole time! I dunno what LH did, I thought you only had pirate on the west of the Imperial territories and between machines and dynasty, I didn't think they even had a border with Dynasty.
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