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Post by Officer Genious on Jul 8, 2017 8:23:48 GMT -5
Zenrin:
True survivors always win.
Space favors the strong
Only the strongest survive.
Alta Mesa:
All you need in space is the best ship, and we got that in spades.
Our ships are superior!
A poor ship means a poor spacer.
Moklumnue:
Javat thinks they can trade. They can't.
Negotiation and trade are the real powers in space.
Only a fool settles!
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Post by fallen on Jul 8, 2017 12:07:41 GMT -5
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Post by Officer Genious on Jul 8, 2017 14:03:58 GMT -5
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Post by Brutus Aurelius on Jul 8, 2017 21:35:27 GMT -5
Cadar:
To prepare for peace means to prepare for war
Give me a target lock
Javat:
Be certain before you begin to dig
De Valtos:
It can always be sold
Wealth is happiness
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Post by fallen on Jul 8, 2017 22:34:19 GMT -5
Lovely! +1 More great lines for the story characters. |
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Post by poryg on Jul 11, 2017 4:50:47 GMT -5
Officer Genious actually, negotiation and trade is not enough. You also need great intrigue to make sure others are always in a squabble with each other and therefore they don't give you any troubles. This way you can spare lots of money on military ship maintenance, which you can use to boost your own economy. This is one important lesson the Crippling difficulty in Galactic civilizations taught me. Although we Cadar say that every negotiation goes much smoother when you've got 9mm of diplomacy with you And Stronghold crusader taught me how to create very powerful economies even in places with zero resources. So while the AI completely dies off in this task, my empire thrives.
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Post by poryg on Jul 11, 2017 4:54:29 GMT -5
Javat: Dig in!
Javat's national anthem:
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Post by Officer Genious on Jul 11, 2017 8:29:06 GMT -5
Officer Genious actually, negotiation and trade is not enough. You also need great intrigue to make sure others are always in a squabble with each other and therefore they don't give you any troubles. This way you can spare lots of money on military ship maintenance, which you can use to boost your own economy. This is one important lesson the Crippling difficulty in Galactic civilizations taught me. Although we Cadar say that every negotiation goes much smoother when you've got 9mm of diplomacy with you And Stronghold crusader taught me how to create very powerful economies even in places with zero resources. So while the AI completely dies off in this task, my empire thrives. I don't. Think Moklumnue would agree. And there are a few examples where sanctions really changed how things came out. It doesn't work today as there are enough powers that will circumvent group sanctions to benefit themselves, but the idea itself isn't completely wrong. Choking sales means choking an economy which means less capability for high-tech wars. Mind you it doesn't always work, but the reasoning isn't unsound. |
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Post by poryg on Jul 11, 2017 9:37:10 GMT -5
The reasoning isn't unsound, but don't forget it goes both ways. Huge trade incomes mean more money to maintain military force and if that goes away, then the military force decreases. But if you declare trade embargoes on a highly militaristic country, but you're the only enemy of his, then he doesn't need to be worried about it, because while his military won't be just as powerful, it still more powerful than yours. So you either need allies or need them to have enemies. This is, btw, why countries won't ever demilitarise their army. Because if they did, then someone who wouldn't do it would overpower them easily.
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Post by fallen on Jul 11, 2017 9:43:47 GMT -5
It is less easy for me to pick useful sayings out of paragraphs  Loved the time when we were just tossing out quip.s |
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Post by grävling on Jul 11, 2017 13:10:59 GMT -5
Violence is so soothing.
Those who spend all their time planning never accomplish anything. Those who never plan accomplish the wrong things. (often said, challenge-response between 2 members, and sometimes the order is reversed, i.e. Just remember -- those who never plan accomplish the wrong things. Yeah, but those who spend _all_ their time planning never accomplish anything!)
It's all very well to be clever. But the real benefits accrue to those who are wise.
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Post by athios on Jul 11, 2017 14:51:27 GMT -5
grävling - I like your #2 and #3 Rychart: The hidden hands behind every political conflict in the sector. Rychart: Staying out of the crosshairs by shining spotlights on the other Factions.
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Post by fallen on Jul 11, 2017 15:00:57 GMT -5
grävling - I love the addition of call and response quotes. Those are really awesome to have in the set. athios - very nice "We are ... "
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Post by grävling on Jul 11, 2017 16:09:34 GMT -5
Some captains delude themselves into believing they are free, when in fact they have just been kept on a long leash.
Courage is the paramount virtue, for without courage you will not have the opportunity to practice any of the others.
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Post by fallen on Jul 11, 2017 16:28:40 GMT -5
Some captains delude themselves into believing they are free, when in fact they have just been kept on a long leash. Courage is the paramount virtue, for without courage you will not have the opportunity to practice any of the others. Lovely. I've got story characters in mind for both of these quotes! |
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