[Newbie PBW] Master of Orion 3

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Newbie game on PBW: Master of Orion 3

"You are Overlord of your domain. The planets populace worship you as a god. Crime has been eliminated, work is plentiful, disease is unheard of and money is no longer needed in your utopia. Suddenly the skys around your planet grow dark, storms light up the sky and the earth trembles. Your people grow afraid and look to you to solve the problem. A screaming like no other fills the planet, seeming to be everywhere at once, it almost makes you believe the tales of the banshee wail of 'Bhritny Spirs' the Death Goddess. Your scientists work feverishly to understand the screaming, if indeed it is a communication from above or below. Then as sudden as it started it stops, the night sky clears and you see strange stars and constellations above you. The universe is no longer a friendly place. Your scientists have your answer.

"I come from Beyond! You have been selected to do battle in this realm with others of your kind. Beings of this small dimension. Survive and wonders of your wildest dreams shall be yours, or fail and your names shall be as dust to the solar winds. Out there also is the planet of the Ancients : Orion. A marvellous world of metal and machinery. This may be the key to your victory. Go now, time grows short"

Your people tremble but are stout of heart. This world and its wonders will be yours and your enemies shall be trampled beneath the feet of your armies!

OK this is a basic SE4 Gold 1.84+TDM Modpack 3.30 game. 10 Players plus some modpack AI's of the very annoying kind. There is a SPHEREWORLD out there somewhere (Orion!), as is a Ringworld hidden as well. The universe is not as you know it, systems may not behave as they usually do. You have been warned. Alliances and roleplay are welcomed, winner shall be determined by the virtue of surviving everyone else. The Sphereworld is not a requirement for winning, just a help/hinderance along the way.

The Sphereworld is ROCK/OXY but the map will be of 'equal' other planets.

Starting resources:100000
Starting planets: 1
Home planet value: Good
Score display: Own
Technology level: Low
Racial points: 2000
Quadrant type: Special
Quadrant size: Special
Event frequency: Low
Event severity: High
Technology cost:Medium
Victory conditions: Last man standing or Majority Vote.
Maximum units: 20000
Maximum ships: 20000
Computer players: Special
Computer difficulty: MEDIUM
Computer player bonus: NONE
Neutral empires: NO
Other game settings: INTEL ALLOWED

PLEASE NOTE WHICH SHIPSET YOU ARE USING, DUPE'S WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. TURNS WILL BE 48HRS, THOSE WHO MISS 4 TURNS IN A ROW WITHOUT DUE NOTICE WILL BE KICKED, AS WILL ANYONE WHO 'CHEATS' (PRE-GAME ALLIANCES ETC.)

SURRENDER IS DISALLOWED.
NO TRADE ARE ALLOWED WITH THE AI'S.
TECH TRADES BETWEEN PLAYERS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

I will create the map, admin the game but will not play it. This is a newbie game, so the AI are medium difficulty and NO BONUS. I do not expect them to be a problem after middle game. All players are invited to write down their race's description, and stick to it.

This game was first created and run by Deathstalker under the 'Return to Orion' name. It was huge fun (despite the beating we endured ), so with the MOO3 disaster, it is a good time to show all MOO3 refugees which sort of game MOO3 should have been. Kudos to Deathstalker for the original idea....



Last, should a player need any help/information just leave a message in the Master of Orion 3 PBW forum, I will get on to it.