Distant Worlds - Play by Policy [1/3] Ep000 - Setup & Overview
85An alternative way to play! The idea is to play the entire game via the Policy Screen and Ship Designer only (essentially playing the role of advisor and ship engineer) while the rest of the empire does its own thing. By adjusting policies we can influence and prioritize many things in the empire.
A FEW BASIC RULES:
1) Most of the game will be automated Except for Characters and Ship Designs. I must play via the Policy Screen. (We are allowed a one-time manual retrofit for the initial ship designs the game starts with).
2) I cannot touch Diplomacy. This is for the AI only. This should make things super interesting! However, there will be the odd "End this War?" popup screen which I will need to answer one way or the other. I will always answer "Yes - End this war" unless we become evil (See rule #4) in which case we will ALWAYS fight on.
3) I am allowed manual control of ONE SHIP ONLY. This is needed as the AI never prioritizes ruins or beacons. They need to be investigated manually. Plus we may just want to observe the odd event/battle that might be interesting so we can use this ship for that. Otherwise this ship will be patrolling HomeWorld manually.
4) If found, I MUST immediately switch to the first Super Governments we find - either Way of Ancients or Way of Darkness. This will impact how we roleplay the rest of the game as good or evil. Otherwise, we keep the government we start with and will side with Good.
STORY:
Many thousands of years ago, a great war swept across the Galaxy. Ancient powers located at opposite ends of the Galaxy swept through and destroyed almost all life in their quest to bring their own version of order to the universe. An unknown event suddenly ended the war but it was too late to save anything. The Galaxy, after centuries of war, was once again still and quiet while many races fought for simple survival.
Not all was lost. Mere embers of life started appearing again on Distant Worlds as the races began expanding their numbers and technology to once again become space faring.
Is there anyone else out there? Are the ancient threats still lurking or were they wiped out like the rest of the races? Time to reach to the stars and find out!
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Game Settings:
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Galaxy: Spiral
Stars: 1400
Size 15x15
Expansion: Starting
Aggression: Normal
Difficulty: Normal (No scaling near victory)
Research: Expensive (240k)
Space Creatures: Many
Pirates: Very Many, Normal, Nearby (No Respawn)
Colony Prevalence: Normal
Independent Alien Life: Rare
Colony Influeunce Range: 106%
Enforce Colonization Range Limit: 1.55 Sectors
Race: Ikkuro
Empire Name: (Blank) To be renamed in Episode 3
Galaxy Starting Location: Core
Home System: Excellent (All races start in Excellent)
Size: Starting
Tech Level: Normal
Corruption: Normal
Government: Monarchy
Other Empires: 30 (includes Mechanoids, Shakturi)
Races = 12 Aggressive / 11 Passive / 4 Random / 2 Super Races(Level 4 tech start)
Independent Colonies allowed to become Full Empires
Victory Conditions: 100% of 100%/100%/100%
No Orginal, Shadows or Return of the Shakturi storylines
Tech Trading Allowed
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