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- ; Sid Meier's ALPHA CENTAURI
- ;
- ; FACTION FILE: TEMPLATE
- ;
- ; Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
- ;
- ;
- ; Factions -- Names & personalities
- ;
- ; formal, desc, noun, masc/fem, sing/plural, name, gender, ai-fight, ai-power, ai-tech, ai-wealth, ai-growth
- ; title, characteristic, adjective
- ; SPECIAL RULES, parameters, ...
- ; SOCIAL PRIORITY, setting, result
- ;
- ; formal = Formal name of colony/group
- ; desc = Description of basic ideology
- ; noun = Plural noun
- ; masc/fem = Is faction's noun masculine or feminine
- ; sing/plural = Is faction's noun singular (Labyrinth) or plural (Gaians)
- ; name = Name of default leader
- ; gender = M or F (gender of leader)
- ; ai-fight = -1,0,1 (willingness to use force to achieve goals)
- ; ai-power = 1 or 0 (interest in power)
- ; ai-tech = 1 or 0 (interest in knowledge)
- ; ai-wealth = 1 or 0 (interest in wealth)
- ; ai-growth = 1 or 0 (interest in population growth)
- ;
- ; title = leader's title
- ; characteristic = leader's descriptive adjective
- ;
- ; adjective = adjectival form of faction name (e.g. Gaian)
- ; TRANSLATOR NOTE: for FRENCH versions, this should
- ; give all four forms (ms:fs:mp:fp):
- ; Gaian:Gaiane:Gaians:Gaianes (or whatever it would be)
- ; for GERMAN it should have all six forms.
- ;
- ; SPECIAL RULES = rule, parameter
- ;
- ; TECH = Free technology at start. Parameter
- ; is either a tech id (e.g. "Cen") to
- ; indicate a specific technology, or a
- ; number (e.g. 2) to indicate a number
- ; of player-selected technologies.
- ; MORALE = Morale modifier (if 0, indicates an
- ; exemption from negative modifiers from
- ; other sources).
- ; PSI = Percentage combat bonus for PSI Combat.
- ; FACILITY = Every new base gets this free facility.
- ; Param indicates facility (e.g. "4" is
- ; a Perimeter Defense) from the facilities
- ; list. Do NOT attempt to give satellites
- ; and secret projects this way.
- ; RESEARCH = Free research points per base per turn.
- ; DRONE = Extra drone at base (per "param"
- ; citizens, rounded down)
- ; TALENT = Extra talent at base (per "param"
- ; citizens, rounded up)
- ; ENERGY = Free energy reserves at start
- ; INTEREST = Energy reserves interest.
- ; Non-zero = constant percentage per turn (including negative)
- ; Zero = +1/base each turn
- ; COMMERCE = Increased commerce rate
- ; POPULATION = # to be added to population limit of
- ; each base for purposes of Habitation
- ; domes, etc.
- ; HURRY = Percentage change in costs of "Hurry"
- ; button on construction (e.g. 125 means
- ; 125% of normal cost, so 100 costs 125).
- ; UNIT = Extra free unit at start; param is
- ; index from units list (e.g. 0 equals
- ; Colonists, 1 Terraformers, 2 Scout
- ; Crawler)
- ; TECHCOST = Modifier % for tech research rate.
- ; (e.g. 125 means each discovery costs
- ; 125% the usual number of research
- ; points).
- ; SHARETECH = Gain any technology known to # other players
- ; TERRAFORM = Halves terraform raise/lower cost
- ; SOCIAL = Gives a modifier in the named social effect category
- ; ("SOCIAL, +EFFIC" raises the EFFIC rating by 1;
- ; "SOCIAL, --POLICE" lowers POLICE rating by 2);
- ; ROBUST = Halves the intensity of minus effects in the named
- ; social area ("ROBUST, EFFIC" halves minus efficiency
- ; effects in social model).
- ; IMMUNITY = Immunity from minus effects in the named social
- ; area. ("IMMUNITY, ENERGY" prevents minus energy
- ; effects in social model).
- ; IMPUNITY = Impunity :-) from minus effects from a particular
- ; social setting. "IMPUNITY, Police State" prevents
- ; all - effects from "Police State" setting.
- ; PENALTY = Opposite of impunity: doubles the negative effects
- ; of a particular setting.
- ; FUNGNUTRIENT= Modifier to NUTRIENT produced in fungus squares
- ; FUNGMINERALS= Modifier to MINERALS produced in fungus squares
- ; FUNGENERGY = Modifier to ENERGY produced in fungus squares
- ; COMMFREQ = Gets an extra comm frequency (another faction to
- ; talk to) at beginning of game. (Parameter is ignored)
- ; MINDCONTROL = Vehicles and bases immune to mind control
- ; FANATIC = +25% bonus on attack
- ; VOTES = Multiplier for governor votes
- ; FREEPROTO = Prototype cost reduced to zero for this faction
- ;
- ; SOCIAL PRIORITY:
- ; Drawn from the political table above (see #SOCIO), these entries
- ; must exactly match the SOCIO entries in spelling. These determine
- ; the leader's social priorities.
- ;
-
- ##
- ##SAMPLE SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATORS
- ##
- ## [Together we shall both] preserve Planet's native life [and ...]
- ## [My intent is] to guard, understand, and preserve Planet's native life
- ## [She is bent on] stamping out all legitimate human development of this planet
- ## [You seem bent on] stamping out all legitimate human development of this planet
- ## [I shall not stand here while you] cripple any and all efforts toward human progress on this world
- ## [She spends her time] dancing naked through the trees
- ## [You spend your time] dancing naked through the trees
- ## [I have been accused of] spouting tree-crazy prattle
- ## [Your] tree-crazy prattle [does not impress me]
- ## [Think how this could benefit your] environmental initiatives
- ## [I trust your] pagan rituals [are proceeding to your satisfaction]
- ## [It is customary to remit me a small] ecology tax [...]
- ## [...for the services my forces provide in] preserving and cataloguing Planet's native life
- ## [I shall instruct] my Environmental Police [to see that no such...]
- ## [You are in contravention of] the Planetary Ecology Code
- ##
- ## END OF SAMPLE SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATORS
- ##
-
- #GAIANS
- Gaia's Stepdaughters, The Green, Gaians, F, 2, Deirdre, F, -1, 0, 0, 0, 1,
- TECH, Ecology, SOCIAL, -MORALE, SOCIAL, -POLICE, SOCIAL, ++EFFIC, SOCIAL, +PLANET, FUNGNUTRIENT, 1
- Economics, Green, PLANET
- None, None, nil
- Gaian, Gaian,
- Lindly, Scott, Lindly's Rest
- Lady, beautiful, tree-crazy, ecologically sensitive, eco-daft,
- Nature Loony
- preserve Planet's native life
- to guard, understand, and preserve Planet's native life
- stamping out all legitimate human development of this planet
- stamping out all legitimate human development of this planet
- cripple any and all efforts toward human progress on this world
- dancing naked through the trees
- dancing naked through the trees
- spouting tree-crazy prattle
- tree-crazy prattle, M1
- environmental initiatives, M2
- pagan rituals, M2
- ecology tax, M1
- preserving and cataloguing Planet's native life
- my Environmental Police
- the Planetary Ecology Code
-
- #BASES
- Gaia's Landing
- Gaia's High Garden
- Forest Primeval
- Children of Earth
- Vale of Winds
- Mindworm Pass
- Blackroot Palace
- Greenhouse Gate
- Razorbeak Wood
- Last Rose of Summer
- Lucky Autumn
- Dreams of Green
- The Pines
- Velvetgrass Point
- Song of Planet
- Nessus Shining
- Silverbird Park
- Fallow Time
- Autumn Grove
- The Flowers Preach
- Resplendent Oak
- Lily of the Valley
- Virgin Soil
- Garden of Paradise
- Thorny Vineyard
- Chiron Preserve
- Memory of Earth
- #END
-
- #WATERBASES
- Garden of the Deep
- Deirdre's Fishery
- Water Garden
- Ocean Flower
- Falling Water
- Great Lagoon
- Sea Cradle
- Garden of Fishes
- #END
-
- #BLURB
- In the great commons at Gaia's Landing we have a tall and particularly
- beautiful stand of white pine, planted at the time of the first
- colonies. It represents our promise to the people, and to Planet
- itself, never to repeat the tragedy of Earth.
- ^
- ^ -- Lady Deirdre Skye,
- ^ "Planet Dreams"
-
- #DATALINKS1
- ^LEADER: {Deirdre Skye}
- ^BACKGROUND: {Free Scotland, Unity Xenobiologist}
- ^AGENDA: {Green Democracy}
- ^TECH: {Centauri Ecology}
- ^
-
- #DATALINKS2
- ^+1 PLANET: {Environmental safeguards; can capture mindworms}
- ^+2 EFFICIENCY: {Experience with life systems & recycling}
- ^-1 MORALE: {Pacifist tendencies}
- ^-1 POLICE: {Freedom loving}
- ^+1 Nutrients in fungus squares
-
- #FACTIONTRUCE
- #xs 440
- #caption $CAPTION7
- "This senseless destruction will surely cause irreparable harm
- to Planet's ecology. I urge we mend our differences and
- pledge Blood Truce."
-
- "It is as you say. This violence must end."
- "Hah! Your rocks and plants won't save you now, $NAME3!"
-
- #FACTIONTREATY
- #xs 440
- #caption $CAPTION7
- "I sense you are a friend of Planet, $TITLE0 $NAME1. I suggest
- we sign a Treaty of Friendship, that our peoples may live
- side by side in peace."
-
- "Agreed. Walk with Planet, $NAME3."
- "No. This 'Friend of Planet' stuff gives me the creeps."
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