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G.R.O.S.S. communication thread.

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G.R.O.S.S. communication thread.

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Cringe in fear do gooders. The G.R.O.S.S. (Get Rid Of Slimy alienS) empire is now formed. In less than an hour we have jumped 95 other Pacifist Doo Gooder victim empires and lept into 40th out of 135 ranked.

We are an evil empire bent on controlling everything and showing all the other empires out there who's boss. US. Are you listening Euro-"Oh lets let everyone be a senator and give em a vote doo gooder democracy alliance?" We come for you.

For a limited time, (untill I decide otherwise) 5 Pure Evil games, (or just impressing me with your game evilness) submitted will get you a Senatorship. Later, being the evil empire pyramid scheme we are, it will take 10. Of course, being the evil empire we are, that gives you no benefits, no pay, but all the alien carnage you crave most.

Now we do realize that sometimes, you just have to fake being good. You sometimes just have to infiltrate that pacifist party. We understand. But we aren't a kinder gentler empire and don't let their pacifism go to your head. And just sometimes, you gotta let the Aliens live (where else would you find slaves for the heavy metal lava mines?)

In the future, we shall update each other in the empire via this thread, brag of our conquests, drink blood wine, and generally just poke fun (creatively and humorously) at those players whom we find to be too goody goodyish.

Our mottos.

G.R.O.S.S. Where being good is merely a temporary strategy.

Just win baby.

Here's your ration of skin you do gooder wimp Drengin slime. Now get back to work

EBZeroMatrix you have been made a senator.

I repeat. Cringe in fear, we come for you.





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Reply #1852 from Stardock Forums Top
Pontius: I can see I will have to crack the top 25 to get any game recognition. Poor Gerakken and me are the lost boys when it comes to actually playing Galciv!Oh, and keep the stories coming! This will probably be considered in years to come as the Golden Age of Galciv with all of the authors out there.
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Humph. I see you didn't nominate any of the 12 days of G.R.O.S.S. xmas I gave to bluesteel... ;p

And no you don't need to crack the top 25. The weekend reports are top 25 all boards the midweek are top 100 on select boards.
Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #1854 from Stardock Forums Top
Oh and irrespective of the zero percent bug, I still used to get game crashes. So there's probably more at work here than just that. Frogboy said the next one when it is released for general consumption will be a heck of alot more stable.
Reply #1855 from Stardock Forums Top
Just posted a 11 K tough, medium game. Am now in the Top 10 for medium boards, if I continue to rise I'm post my strategy for middling players on medium maps. ;) I think I'm got a system to get 10-11 k without having to milk...

Happy Raiding,
Cypher
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Reply #1856 from Stardock Forums Top
I know this has probably been answered a million times but how do you get to the planet details screen
Reply #1857 from Stardock Forums Top
note: this is from memory so I could be WAY off.

After you double click a planet from the right hand list, you'll have the planet construction screen up. Down to the bottom left is a button that says "details". Um... somewhere on the left... I think. Is it there, DarthBob?
Reply #1859 from Stardock Forums Top
(Gerakken still in Morale Officer mode:)

Raider Kit, somber thoughts are not allowed in this pirate's fleet! Somber is boring, somber is defeat. We know no defeat! (Gerakken fills 10 shot glasses on the table in front of him.) Now sit and give me 10! Carry on, raider! Dismissed.
Reply #1860 from Stardock Forums Top
A story for EBZ: A space version of walking the plank.

Cypher Pax was exhausted. He had though upgrading the Military Design Computers to accommodate designing the non-conventional weapons of Wild Wombat and Killa Koala had been difficult. However, the rush installation of space ship solariums has worse. Mrs. Pax had him install a solarium with a gazebo and all it had become the rage amoung the pirate wives. Now, many of the pirate vessels contained small solariums with gazebos.

His work on EBZ’s ship had been different. Instead of the a solarium, EBZ had him install a solarium with no garden or gazebo and a sliding sunroof that acted as an airlock.

Cypher Pax had a sick feeling when he say Altarians being shuffled into the solarium from the brig of EBZ’s ship. The door shut behind them, Cypher had never noticed that the door to the solarium was actually an airlock. The solarium must have originally been a small cargo bay.

A shuttle floated into view of solarium. EBZ’s voice came over the intercom.
‘This ships here to take you all home. You’ve been parolled.’
Some Altarians cheered, some wept, others hugged each other.

EBZ continued, ‘All you have to do is board the shuttle.’
The cheering stopped as the sun roof started to retract, letting in both the vacuum of space and unfiltered light from the system’s star.

Cypher had to look away as the cleaning nano bots sucked up Altarian parts. Once clean-up had commenced, the contents were put into a box along with a holovid of the proceeding and some wookie porn.

EBZ signed the package,
'Netromancer, Here are some of those holovids you like so much. – EBZ' and handed it to a courier to take to the shuttle.

Cypher Pax felt sick. He hoped this was one trend that won’t catch on...

Disclaimers:
1. No actual Altarians were harmed in the making of this story.
2. Gazebos are actually impractical for space ships and not the style at all.
3. Solariums are dangerous to install on combat vessels. GROSS is not legally responsible for thos who choose to install them if the ship decompresses.
4. GROSS does not actually endorse lending people holovids, or anything else you want returned. It can ruin a friendship.
5. All wookies in the (ahem) movie were of at least 100 years of age.

~SDC~
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Reply #1862 from Stardock Forums Top
The Meta Backstory of G.R.O.S.S.

I thought this would be decently cool. What do ya all think?



Central Library Data File: The G.R.O.S.S. empire.

Get Rid of Slimy alienS was founded in the aftermath of the fall of the old United States Star empire to the first Altarian Cleansing. Records are spotty as the United States moved it's capital to California as well as all records only to see them fall into the sea in "The Big one" of 2153. Ironically, the prediction of Gray Davis, Removed from office in 2003 by a recall vote came true. "You will rue this day in exactly 150 years if you vote me out" he said. Again not much is known. But it is known that both of the founders IE Pontius and EBZ served with distinction aboard the U.S.S. Farragut which was destroyed just after her captain shouted "Damn the Torpedo's full speed ahead!!!" It is also a well known fact that Pontius and EB then with a shuttle craft, overtook the crew of an Altarian Survey ship using only a Rapier and a Cutlass and cristenned her the Altarian Doom. And Altarian Doom it was. Lured by distress calls, Altarian Ship after Altarian ship was destroyed. These two scored some of the Few victories against the Altarians in a war that went dreadfully for the U.S and eventually, led to the demise of that empire.

It was then Pontius formed his philosophy that mankind must be united globally against the alien menace. The only way to do it. Piracy and terror. The Two Daring Pilots thus formed Get Rid of Slimy Aliens and renamed the survey ship what it is today.

Pontius, used the Altarians captured with the first doom to make delicacies for other aliens to fund the early empire. Ironically, he is the less ruthless of the two, as EBZeroMatrix usually just spaced any Altarians he saw while Pontius the "entrepreneur's" back was turned. But no one could blame them as they, and not many others unfortunately, lived through the first Altarian Cleansing out on the Rim. In the beginning, G.R.O.S.S. boldy stated that the European Empire would fall as would Apolyton. Both eventually did. All Regional empires are obsolete he proclaimed. And he made good on that as well. G.R.O.S.S. was thus formed and all "sissy" empires were to beware as well as the aliens. Some early entries into the empire were Coffee the lazy, and Svalin. Gerakken the spy master came soon after and G.R.O.S.S. started taking territory after territory from its rivals. But this is a misnomer since G.R.O.S.S. doesn't have an empire per say, with planets and governors and administrators, and all the bureaucratic red tape, but more like an area of dependent sympathetic planets who help the cause, hide the pirates, and otherwise help this band of briggands however they can under the table and where ships of no empire are safe. It is marked in Green on the meta map. Any ship entering such area is subject to intercept and having all cargo seized. Most, never make it back out. One thing is certain, this bunch of Pirates is ruthless indeed and not to be triffled with.


Stories of other G.R.O.S.S. deeds have already been written. hehe.




Reply #1863 from Stardock Forums Top
Excellent backstory, Pontius! I especially liked the part about EBZ spacing the Altarians! LOL
Reply #1864 from Stardock Forums Top
Your Wednesday top 100 board reports!!! On time!!! for once.
Main board.
2. EbZeroMatrix
3. Staffa
4. Pontius Bruin Pilot
5. Jaws
10. Wild Wombat
15. Hurley
16. Ice Mole
31. Kit warrior
50. Sixtoes
53. Cypher Pax
65. Stealth Frequency
87. Landrew
95. HERE HE IS, THE ONE THE ONLY!!!!! KILLLAAAAAAAAAA KOALLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. (because he just was itchin to get his name up in lights)

Phew, had to do em tonight in case he fell off the top 100.

Reply #1865 from Stardock Forums Top
Evil Board
1. EBZeroMatrix
2. Staffa
3. Ice Mole
6. Wild Wombat
7. Jaws
9. Kit Warrior
11. Pontius Bruin Pilot.
19. Sixtoes
27. Landrew
28. Cypher Pax
31. HE'S A KILLA, HE'S A KILLA OUR KILLA KOALA
35. Stealth Frequency
48. Black Smoke.
68. Craig Wilson
72. The Quack
76. Darth Bob
87. Svalin
97. AJM 37

Wooohooo!!! WTG gang

Reply #1866 from Stardock Forums Top
Yaaaaaaaa. Gosh I am at 95 now (8:44:53 PM)? Last week or so Wombie and I were pretty close. Oh the ignominy of the whole thing. I think the Metaverse is divisive and not inclusive.
Reply #1867 from Stardock Forums Top
Raider Kit, somber thoughts are not allowed in this pirate's fleet! Somber is boring, somber is defeat. We know no defeat! (Gerakken fills 10 shot glasses on the table in front of him.) Now sit and give me 10! Carry on, raider! Dismissed.
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But what if Kit is somber because he has turned into an alcoholic since becoming a pirate?
Reply #1871 from Stardock Forums Top
Cool and I got post #1874, so that means.....hmmm....maybe thats a number....perhaps thats how many Altarian bastards I have killed so far (in billions :) ). That number is UNACCEPTABLE!.....that pisses me off!!!

>:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

MORE NEEDS TO DIE! I WILL KILL THEM ALL!!!

Have a good day everyone! :)
Reply #1873 from Stardock Forums Top
Kit - snap OUT OF IT! You are a GROSS writing LEGEND without doubt. Love the GROSS backstory too...flavour to the whole EBZ - Altarian thing, made yummier by Cypher's story.Killa - you know you are more skilled at this game than me - by a country mile. This 'pity' stuff is just you fishing for a back rub - and if it keeps up, you'll get one, by crikey....