All I can say is wow! You've put a great deal of effort and thought into this and it certainly does show. Bravo and well done I look forward to seeing more.
Thank you
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Thank you as well
You have written the best "future history" of a communist state I have ever read. I read Marx&Engels, Lenin, Trotzki and alot of other "Communist" literature out of historic interest.
I don't know if its the best (I noticed a few mistakes when I read through it yesterday, some things that didn't make sense and what not) but I really appreciate the thoughts. I really, really enjoy writing things like these as they let me pull all of my subjects together - Literature, Philosophy and History all rolled up into one fictional package.
Amateur, you had some really intriguing ideas for fielding a non-currency based goods system. I liked reading through your essay very much.
*THIS* is what I have in mind when I write the (yet unreleased) profile for my "Independent Colonies" (Zion, Sanctuary) and Terani Colonies.
Outstanding!
Looking forward to what you come up with
. The good system, I soon realised, did effectively create a currency - but I though it fitting with the nature of the state if the people were always told that there was no such thing as money. Glad you liked it
Your idea of a spreading disease making it necessary to venture to new worlds quickly is interesting and new, unlike the usual "Third world war" with nukes that devastate Earth.
I'll be honest, that was what I had planned originally. But then I realised a few things. Firstly, I wanted the period of isolation and resource wars across Earth - any nation powerful enough to put the seeds of a civilization into space would have to have been a prime target for the nukes plus there would be no real reason to leave - for the entire surface to be irradiated/devastated then too many people would be wiped out to make leaving Earth either possible or desirable.
Secondly, nukes are always used - they've turned into a cliche. And then I though that what if it wasn't a nuke, which left we with the whole natural disaster/global warming part or some sort of virus. The good thing about a virus is that there are ways to extend the time to some extent, quarantine and so forth can help keep it away from the general population.
BTW: That the USSR and the USA do not use nukes to fight their global war is also described in a very good Tom Clancy novel (after "Hunt for Red October" one of his best novels IMO) - "Red Storm Rising".
Quote: :„Nobody wants to fight a nuclear war, least of all the people in the military. The whole point of having conventional forces is to be able to fight and win a war without having to blow the world up.“ - Tom Clancy
You could get some ideas for writing a profile for the US side if you like.
That's exactly what I thought - most militaries (in my opinion) exist primarily for the purpose of defence; and it's not a very defensive tactic to bombard someone with nuclear radiation until they glow like a Christmas tree. It's like in a game of civilization - even when nukes are available, it's cheaper and safer to either make peace or conquer with land forces; anything else just does far too much damage.
Now then, I have decided to do this mod as a little piece by piece construct. Two nations (looking to be the RUSSR and whatever USA counterpart I can think of) will come first, followed by expansion packs (which I shall now call DownLoadable Content (DLC) to sound all modern
) of one race. No idea what the limit is in Homeworld 2, but that's my target.
After that, who knows - either another engine or maybe, dare I say it, branching into different genres!
). I've a very limited knowledge of aerodynamics and physics, and as such didn't see the need for a tail.
