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Posted by cal, 11:07, 1st August 2003:
 
much better than nation states:

leedswebdesign.net/bnt/

if you join, i'll invite you to join my alliance. if you can't figure anything out (it's badly documented) then i can help you out.

hopefully the person who made it is going to let me make some improvements.
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 11:16, 1st August 2003:
 
what a strange game...
Posted by cal, 11:24, 1st August 2003:
 
i'm looking at the rankings - how are you useing so many turns without gaining any points foggy? what are you doing?
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 11:30, 1st August 2003:
 
Just flying about the galaxy willie nillie...woooooo
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 11:44, 1st August 2003:
 
What the fuck is going on in this game??
Posted by beargod, 11:51, 1st August 2003:
 
Joined, confused what am I supposed to do?
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 11:54, 1st August 2003:
 
fly about buying and selling ..I think. But dont listen to me...I am crap.
Posted by cal, 12:13, 1st August 2003:
 
use the warps to travel about - not the "realspace" bit. using realspace takes hundreds of turns when you have a level 0 engine.

you trade from the "ore, goods, organics and energy" ports. you buy upgrades from the "special" ports. you can claim planets as your own and build colonies on them.
Posted by beargod, 12:16, 1st August 2003:
 
I claimed a planet, I landed on it, and left it

Kind of hoping it will fall over and a family of rats climb in, so I have something to eat :)
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 12:21, 1st August 2003:
 
I cant find any fuckin planets
Posted by beargod, 12:22, 1st August 2003:
 
use a long scan
Posted by ilovebeerme, 12:23, 1st August 2003:
 
this is odd
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 12:25, 1st August 2003:
 
Wooo. I have my first planet. Come on over and party.
Posted by beargod, 12:30, 1st August 2003:
 
he he he, I just placed a bounty on foggies head :)
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 12:34, 1st August 2003:
 
hoi!!!

Cal...what alliance??
Posted by beargod, 12:43, 1st August 2003:
 
Got 6 planets now :)
Posted by cal, 12:45, 1st August 2003:
 
my alliance is called "the federation of nice people"

i need to sen you all invites. they'll appear on the alliances page

bg: if you haven't built bases on your planets, then it's easy to come and steal them from you. and planets aren't much use without bases :)
Posted by cal, 12:47, 1st August 2003:
 
ok - sent invites to:

- Foggie
- MIGHTY VIC!
- Beerman
- friday
- beargod

go to the alliances page (left hand nav) to accept them. if you're not on the list above, tell me
Posted by beargod, 12:49, 1st August 2003:
 
Well I wasted all my money putting bounty on foggys head, so I can't buy goods and am completely lost now :)
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 12:49, 1st August 2003:
 
HA!
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 12:53, 1st August 2003:
 
how the hell do you make cash..I am making thousands but I need hundreds of thousands..help!!
Posted by beargod, 12:56, 1st August 2003:
 
How do I find my planets again :(
Posted by eatmypiano, 12:59, 1st August 2003:
 
Can I join your alliance? Will there be drinking?
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 12:59, 1st August 2003:
 
try to remember the number they are at..I wrote mine down :)

What are they called, if i see them i will let you know?
Posted by beargod, 13:02, 1st August 2003:
 
beargodopolis 1
beargodopolis 2
beargodopolis 3
beargodopolis 4
beargodopolis 5
beargodopolis 6
beargodopolis 7
beargodopolis 8

I was bored :)
Posted by cal, 13:06, 1st August 2003:
 
"how the hell do you make cash"

upgrade your ship's hull. the bigger the hull, the more cargo you can carry.
Posted by Victor Menendez, 13:07, 1st August 2003:
 
Bah, i attacked beerman and got killed :(
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 14:22, 1st August 2003:
 
havent found any BG.
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 14:31, 1st August 2003:
 
Damn! I have no moves left..how do i get more?
Posted by beargod, 14:54, 1st August 2003:
 
I discovered you can click planet above the main screen and you have a list of your planets
Posted by beargod, 15:18, 1st August 2003:
 
to get more moves you just need to wait :)
Posted by cal, 15:54, 1st August 2003:
 
exactly - you get more moves over time so use them wisely

although i don't think you get enough. i'm going to see if we can get that changed
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 16:13, 1st August 2003:
 
Annoying!! I have no moves..and shed loads of money on my ship
Posted by cal, 17:09, 1st August 2003:
 
how much is shed loads?
Posted by zxenor, 19:32, 1st August 2003:
 
wheeee, i wanna be in the federation...
i'm a nice person
Posted by Drago, 13:22, 2nd August 2003:
 
wooo, I'm ranked third :D

you got permission to start modding stuff cal?
Posted by mjt7420, 06:05, 7th August 2003:
 
What exactly does an alliance do? and the admin sent me something telling me to log into something... Oh yeah and I'm Virgil in the game.
Posted by beargod, 09:55, 7th August 2003:
 
I got bored of it
Posted by plindoe, 11:59, 7th August 2003:
 
how do you build a basE?
Posted by cal, 09:11, 8th August 2003:
 
i've invited virgil and zxenor to the alliance - just vist the alliances page to accept your invite
Posted by zxenor, 22:03, 8th August 2003:
 
too late, i'm already a donut member...
i figure it's for the best. they won't come and kill me now.