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Reply to The Terran Federation I in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

... Well President Serak gets some bad news. 1 July 2226, ... Admiral Forrest came into my office not long ago fuming mad at the Senate. It seems all the various special interest commitees have been spending money on pet projests. That they will know next month what the true budget will be. ... It seems everything is messed up. We have two Colony Ships that were completed very quietly, and never launched. I was told red tape. Quietly though, The brass had a major part

Reply to The Terran Federation I in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Colony Ship 3 Log. 1 July 2226 ... After about nine weeks since launch, I was getting pretty bored. I'm glad Captain Lewis, I mean Commodore Lewis, found Lares. But we finally found ourselves a system, Patroklos (I guess they had to make the Russians happy.) ... Pat I is a Class 5, Aquatic ... Pat II is class 12, Toxic ... ever forward. Free Enterprise Log. Captain Mudd Reporting. 8 April 2226 <br

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Colony Ship 2 Log. 15 April 2226 ... We come across a new solar system, designated Umera (Who comes up with these names.) Anyway, the only thing of value are some asteroids we found. moving on. 1 May 2226 ... We come to a new system, designated Vanga, No planets. ... (Suplemental: I remember my Astronomy classes, Why can't we use those names?) 15 May 2226 ... We found Artemis Star ... We heard last week that our new sister ship Colon

Reply to The Terran Federation I in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

... President Thomas Serak was sitting in his presidential office evaluating his last four months in office. Thomas Serak, Personal Log. 1 April 2226 ... Things seemed to be going very smoothly. We now have a new extra solar colony. Which are starting to excite alot of people still scared from war. Unfortunately with colonies come great responsibilities. ... The Senate thought it was a good idea to set up new training centers. Anything to waste

Reply to The Terran Federation I in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

USS Bonaventure Log. 8 Mar. 2226 ... Well, we have been traveling through a lot of empty space. Until we made an interesting discovery. We ran across another ship dead in space. It was damaged but it was carrying an estimated 100 BC worth of artifacts and data. 1 April 2226 ... I'm really beginning to get curious abou this part of space. What the hell happened out here anyway. We stumbled across another ship drifting in space. I don't always go a

Reply to The Terran Federation I in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Free Enterprise Log. Commander Mudd reporting. 1 April 2226, ... You know this has been an interesting gig. All I have to do is get this to different parts of the asteroid fiend and set up mining bases. And the brass doesn't call too much. Well, I finally heard from Adm. Forrest. he says as soon as we finish with the base we are getting new engines. Because, after we get finished with the sol system, we get to go look for more asteroids. i hope the Bonave

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Colony Ship 2 Log. 8 Mar. 2226 ... Captain lewis reporting. Well, we launched without a hitch. I'm glad for the command, but please, a colony ship? Admiral Forrest said be glad. I suppose it could be worse. When I entered command school, I was trained for survey duty. Adm, Forrest says the circumstances aren't ideal, but I get to command and survey systems until we find a good planet. 15 Mar. 2226 ... Not much to report. 22 Mar. 2226<br/

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Colony Ship 1 Log. 8 Mar. 2226 ... Finally able to Move again. These new Ion Engins makes us as fast as the Bonaventure. I wonder if Archer will race me. 15 Mar. 2226 ... We reached a new system, designated Raphael. 22 Mar. 2226 ... While surveying Raphael, we hit paydirt. Raphael II is awesome. At first I wasn't so positive. It is a Class 7 after all. But the brass wants a complete survey, so I will humor them... ... While I was on the b

Reply to The Terran Federation I in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

ElWhopO, ... Thank you so much. It is my first attempt at an AAR.

Reply to The Terran Federation I in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Archer's log. 8 Feb. 2226 ... Picking up long range scans of a system nicknamed Romulus Star System. It has 2 plamets, Romulas and Remus. Both are unihabitable. 15 Feb. 2226 ... Finished scans of Romulas and leaving Niquist. 1 Mar. 2226 ... Excellent news. Received word that the new Ion Engines are ready to be tested. Colony Ship Log. 8 Feb. 2226 ... Reached system Freya. I guess I will have to spend a lot more time in this system. I r

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Archer's Log, 22 Jan. 2226, We entered the new system, it was given the designation Nyquist's Star. It was named after our Astrophysics officer. 1 Feb. 2226, After surveying Nyquist's Star, we found an interesting planet. It was a Class IV Toxic world. Poor Lt. Nyquist, after word reached home about the new world, but couldn't be colonized, detractors started calling it Niquil world because of the so called boring news. President's Log. 1 Feb

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Archer' log. 15 Jan. 2226, ... Well, we finally made it out of the system. As it turns out Earth is near the edge of a cluster, I call it a corner. So, after the previous encounter, we headed "east" and found another ship wreckage. ... Then our ships sensors finally picked up the outskirts of a new system. It is too early to tell if there is any good planets. Presidents Log. 15 Jan. 2226, The lab is built. Next is another lab, followed by 2

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Archer's Log, 1 Jan. 2226, ..... I can't begin to describe my feelings about being given command of the Bonaventure. It really is disappointing that this will be the only survey ship for awhile, but I have the best crew in the new United Nations Deep Space Probe Ageny or UNDSPA (which the initials sounds retarded.) I just call it Starfleet. 8 Jan. 2226, ..... Well as we are about to leave the Sol system we get a blip on our sensors. It turns out to have been t

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1 Jan. 2226, ... Serak looks over his reports ... Status Reports, * Earth * ... The the new Manufacturing center built on top of an excavated precursor site has yielded inpressive results. The next major project is to complete the new Science Lab the is being built near an ancient archiological site. (that should make the scientists happy, the senate choose it to be the next rush job.) * Ships * ** USS Free Enterprise sent to construct Mining Station 1

The Terran Federation I in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

..... A new dawn has sprang up all over Earth. Earth has finally recovered from the unification wars. Now, most of the governments have come together in New United Nations. It was a brillant move created by then super diplomat Thomas Serak, who later became its first President... ... Thomas Serak was looking over his status reports after spending almost a year creating the government. A lot had happened over the last year. Earth now had three ships, a Space Miner called the Free Enterpr

Reply to Saturn Shrunk? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

You are very correct Sir.

Reply to Custom Planets for Minor Races in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

yes, I figured out how it works and I was able to add 7 more systems except Saturn shrunk and I changed merc to Venus.

Saturn Shrunk? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Saturn Shrunk? I changed the properties of the Custom planets in the Mod folder. I changed Mercury to a toxic planet of Venus. I made Venus almost as big as Mars. but then Saturn shrunk in size. I'm confused.

Reply to Custom Planets for Minor Races in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Never Mind. I got the Klingon system to work.

Reply to Custom Planets for Minor Races in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

I suppose this works with custom opponents as well? If I create the klingons, I have to give their custom race file an ID between 0-11 or completely relace the orininal race file file by editing it? Then I have to use original race's system spot in CustomPlanets its new data?

DA confusing constructors? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Hello, I'm using latest release of DA. I was playing a game where the UP voted to increase the speed of constructors to 5. A turn or two later I see two constructors in my territory. the cursor said it was Dregin, but it was the wrong color. I clicked on then, and it said they belonged to the Romulans. Any ideas?

Reply to anyone cared enough to share the truth of heaven and hell in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

But the thing that Christianity has is hope of a better life after this hour or trial is over. Christianity always grows during times of persecution. Ironically, that is what is happening now. The most rapid growth is near the equator and southern hemisphere. This country is spoiled. The liberalse want to do whatever they want, but are often very intollerant of anyone or idea that would stop them from doing whatever they want. Ravi Zacharias told this story once about

Reply to anyone cared enough to share the truth of heaven and hell in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

... I find that it takes one on one witnessing and showing people what God has done for you works best... The Culture... Colorado High school recently had very liberal speakers telling kids it was okay to have sex and do illegal drugs "responsibly"? Why, because they will do it anyway? It has been mentioned that their is alot of illiteracy when it comes to belivers and the bible... very true. It is estimated that an average preacher has roughly 24 hrs in an en

Reply to anyone cared enough to share the truth of heaven and hell in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Hello All, First off there are thousands of pieces of ancient manuscripts for the New Testament. (over 5000) And they can track where variations from an overzealous scribe made a "mistake". Most of the mistakes are gramatical. Most modern translations are from the original languages. The NASB or ESV are considered the most literal word for word bibles. I applaud the effort, but the problem christians face when witnessing to non-belivers is the culture of "me first". It

Reply to DA crashes on start up. in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks Kyro, I figured the screen resolution was the culprit. I just wasn't sure where to fix it. It works now.