BNT Game 2!

Not just those sectors - I got bumped from Sector 3!

The same applies to any "Federation" sector - 0 thru 9

Someone sure was busy last night;

For someone who wants to let bygones be bygones and end the hostilities, you sure did flush alot of turns. My question is, if you spent over TEN attempts trying to scan me, why would you still trigger the EWD anyway?

Determined little guy, ain't he?

Indeed. All I did was take back my planet. He could've used those turns for something productive.

He's been an annoyance to several of us, it appears.

Perhaps we should create the anti-Bailey league, to work against the self-appointed prick who decides who does and does not get to move forward in the game. Or, he could just knock it the fuck off.

baileys scan and engines levels must be pretty shit, which is surprising if you plan to take an offensive position in the game.

I have level-16 engines, so that's expected. I think his crew blew up and killed a bunch of folks and then figured they'd have longer before they recover.

The irony is that by trying to keep us all down, Bailey has forced us to band together, making a stronger alliance than before.

Ezekiel 25:17 anyone?

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

Seriously, who are you guys trying to kid?
It's pretty clear how this game was gonna play out and we're trying to avoid that.
Probably not gonna succeed but trying can't hurt.

level 16's not that high, if i was on a rampage i'd have 'em at 20.

especially since this universe has some realspace oddities - i've got adjacent sectors it would cost me 2 turns to RS with level 17 engines - yet back at level 14 i could go between sector 0 and one in the 1400's for 1 turn

So Bailey is one of the Pharisees, then?

Bear in mind that Sector 0 is only 1 or 2 sectors "above" the 1400s on the map.

I will say that with 7 players in their alliance and another 3 on-deck it will be a one-sided galaxy unless everyone else joins into a second alliance. 7 players is about a 3rd of everyone, 10 is almost half.

The Colonial Fleet wouldn't have been nearly so strong if Bailey and his crew hadn't been flying around blowing up non-aligned ships. Strength in numbers.

Chewie has a point - an independent can only do so much to defend against aggressive players.

well, being an independant and seeing how the interstellar alliance are so eager to make friends, if anyones interested in knowing where a part of pylades empire is could always ask me

The ISA destroyed three of my worlds shortly after I started. I have now destroyed three of their worlds.

We're even unless they want to press the issue.

You and I should team up, interested?

How longs it take to get a password emailed!

well, just tested the SOFA on one of baileys planets, sadly it was a crap planet and undefended, so he's welcome to take it back.

only worry with the SOFA is the potential 400% damage from the planets beams

nah, i tend to be a bit of a flake at these games and lose interest.

give it a fortnight and i'll probably do a suicide run on someone

Drat, I am trying to be discerning in my alliance choices this time around while carefully keeping an eye on the 500# gorrilla in the corner...

Has interest been bumped up a lot this game?

No, its the same in the settings at least...

Hmm, ok. Must have underestimated how much I could make from planetary production. Will have to go and redo the calculations.

Regarding distances . . . relative position on the player map has NOTHING to do, inherently, with distance between two sectors:

PHP:

$insert = $db->Execute("INSERT INTO $dbtables[universe] (sector_id, sector_name, zone_id, port_type, port_organics, port_ore, port_goods, port_energy, beacon, angle1, angle2, distance) VALUES ('0', 'Sol', '1', 'special', '0', '0', '0', '0', 'Sol: Hub of the Universe', '0', '0', '0')");
    Table_Row("Creating Sol sector","Failed","Created");

      $update = $db->Execute("UPDATE $dbtables[universe] SET sector_id=0 WHERE sector_id=1");
    Table_Row("Converting Sol Sector Id to 0","False","True");

      $insert = $db->Execute("INSERT INTO $dbtables[universe] (sector_id, sector_name, zone_id, port_type, port_organics, port_ore, port_goods, port_energy, beacon, angle1, angle2, distance) VALUES ('1', 'Alpha Centauri', '1', 'energy',  '0', '0', '0', '0', 'Alpha Centauri: Gateway to the Galaxy', '0', '0', '1')");
    Table_Row("Creating Alpha Centauri in sector 1","Failed","Created");

//blah blah blah

        for($i=1; $i<=$loops; $i++)
        {
            $insert="INSERT INTO $dbtables[universe] (sector_id,zone_id,angle1,angle2,distance) VALUES ";
            for($j=$start; $j<$finish; $j++)
            {
                $distance=intval(rand(1,$universe_size));
                $angle1=rand(0,180);
                $angle2=rand(0,90);
                $insert.="(NULL,'1',$angle1,$angle2,$distance)";
                if($j<($finish-1)) $insert .= ", "; else $insert .= ";";
            }

PHP:

$start = $result2->fields;
  $result3 = $db->Execute("SELECT angle1,angle2,distance FROM $dbtables[universe] WHERE sector_id=$destination");
  $finish = $result3->fields;
  $sa1 = $start[angle1] * $deg;
  $sa2 = $start[angle2] * $deg;
  $fa1 = $finish[angle1] * $deg;
  $fa2 = $finish[angle2] * $deg;
  $x = ($start[distance] * sin($sa1) * cos($sa2)) - ($finish[distance] * sin($fa1) * cos($fa2));
  $y = ($start[distance] * sin($sa1) * sin($sa2)) - ($finish[distance] * sin($fa1) * sin($fa2));
  $z = ($start[distance] * cos($sa1)) - ($finish[distance] * cos($fa1));
  $distance = round(sqrt(mypw($x, 2) + mypw($y, 2) + mypw($z, 2)));
  $shipspeed = mypw($level_factor, $playerinfo[engines]);
  $triptime = round($distance / $shipspeed);

I have to say I am a little surprised how many of us already have 25 million colonists.