; ; The Sword's Edge 3V3 Ver 1.1 ; SCENARIO DESCRIPTION ; ; The "Sword's Edge 3V3" is a team game variant of "The Sword's Edge," in turn an evolution of my earlier ; scenario "Imperium Galactica 3," which in turn was a remake of the original "Imperium Galactica" scenario ; by Brent Fairbanks. ; ; Team games create a space for a different kind of Anacreon game. Team work and coordination are important, ; diplomacy is less important, and action is more likely to take place early in the game because players aren't ; afraid of getting caught up in an early war of attrition (they're already in one!). ; ; The map is divided into two halves - with odd-numbered players on a team to the left and even-numbered ; players on a team to the right. A randomized barrier nebula with 10 independent SRMs and one independent ; disruptor divide the map, with a pocket of worlds in the center. A series of independent links connect ; the map, which creates a lot of opportunity for contact and conflict. ; ; The Sword's Edge 3V3 scenario features- ; ; - 7 dense pockets of worlds - in the same area as each player capital and one in the center of the Galaxy. ; Artificial Worlds are in the mix. ; ; - A network of 16 independent warp links to facilitate trade, exploration, or warfare. There is one near ; each capital and ten randomly placed. Players need to find the location of other warp links for these to be ; useful, of course. Players can decide to destroy or defend links in their own neighborhood or abroad. ; ; - 67 randomly-placed "goody" worlds including: ; - 6 independent outposts with varying properties ; - a world with massive trillum reserves ; - an infested, derelict command base ; - an active ambrosia farm ; - an orbital transport base around a gas giant ; - an Elite Infantry academy ; - an abandoned jumpspace disruptor ; - an ancient, isolated Fortress trapped behind SRMs ; - a besieged world of super-intelligent, ethereal creatures ; - a space junkyard ; - a world facing withdrawal from ambrosia ; - and many other worlds with extra ships in orbit, extra raw materials planet-side, ; valuable information and/or enhanced production. ; ; - A good bit of nebula including some dark and dense patches and a large map to explore. ; ; - 139 flavor text entries to add depth and atmosphere to the scenario. ; ; - An AI pirate empire, Kobalt, with power spread between 5 worlds randomly distributed throughout the map. ; ; ; All worlds are randomized for balance except for player capitals which will spawn toward the middle of ; a dense cluster of worlds to allow an initial grounds to expand their empires. ; ; Note that a handful of worlds in the scenario are designated "Terraforming" or "Outpost," These ; designations are old and used by the programmer at different point's in Anacreon's evolution. In all ; cases, I used the world designation as flavor and to prevent the world from producing. These worlds ; will have to be re-designated after you take them for them to be of real value to your empire. ; ; Finally, I've been unable to completely overcome a bug in which there is no room for a random world. ; 1 in 20 or so times the map is generated it will fail and you'll have to set up the game again. ; ; Have fun and please point out any bugs or possible enhancements to the scenario you can think of. ; Scenario author - Dave Newton - Dave_HN@yahoo.com ANACREON 20 "The Sword's Edge 3V3" 0 ; random scenario 1 6 50 267 3 100 0 4575 BEGINTEXT * Version 1.1 /\ O / |\ O / /\ \ * O / / \ \ * / / \ \ O O /_/ \_\ * O \ '` / * O ) || ( * | || | _____ __ | || | / ___/ ______ _________/ / ____ | || | O \__ \/| /| / / __ \/ ___/ __ / '/___/ | || | ___/ / |/ |/ / /_/ / / / /_/ / (_ ) | || | /____/|__/|__/\____/_/ \__,_/ /___/ | || | | || | * ______ __ | || | / ____/___/ /___ ____ o | || | / __/ / __ / __ `/ _ \ / | || | O \ / /___/ /_/ / /_/ / __/ /( | || | )\ /_____/\__,_/\__, /\___/ |`\_ | || | _/'| /____/ |`. `-._ | || | _,-' ,'| O ( ` . `-._ | _--_ | _,-' , ' ) * `-._ ` . `-./.__.\.-' , ' _,-' `-._ ` | / \ | ' _,-' A Scenario for 6 players `-._/ |_()_| \_,-' O Team Game 3vs.3 ___.-' ______ `-, '-----. |______| / By Dave Newton \ ______ / * Dave_HN@yahoo.com * |__\>__