Nice going, gents.
Never had that experience in WZ. Look forward to the mettle testing of my grace under the fire of those numbers. 
Perhaps attaining a state of "unsentimental composure", a phrase used to describe Flaubert's art in "Madam Bovary", often refered to as a "perfect" work of fiction. Though I know it only in translation, I can relate to those appraisals. 
And, in the context of Cam 4 GP, we could say, an opportunity for perfecting poise within a gauntlet of awesome might. 
Um.. no, just no.Goth Zagog-Thou wrote: I must hand it to the Dev Team. Upwards of 2,200 units on the map at once, and the game engine did its' best to cope without whining about it. I wish it would have, in this case.
contra principia negantem non est disputandum Must admit, an interesting LOD strategy for the antedelluvian WZ engine. It's an unintended number of units and needs to be fixed. Relocating as much as possible, including populations, to northern most latitude regions will become more pressing globally throughout the 21st century for several dire reasons, so NASDA's choice for situating those facilities makes sense from that perspective as well. Within a mountain enclave I would presume.Goth Zagog-Thou wrote:.......
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The timeframe is two years after Cam 3. NEXUS fled to Alaska, seeking the Advanced NASDA Research Technologies that were being developed. Alaska is the perfect location for that work. Geographic isolation, easy to defend, easy to hide if something goes wrong. The Project got wind of the development program which was why they went looking for those old facilities.
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The story begins at Nexus Prime, the place that NEXUS fled to after being defeated by The Project. Here we have one of Dr.Reed's Alphas, T-4001. T-4001 was originally an Engineer and a NASDA Officer named Lawrence Gibbs who helped Project Nexus get off the ground before the Collapse. After Dr. Reed betrayed humanity, Lieutenant Gibbs confronted him as he floated in the immersion tank -- and paid the price. Lt. Gibbs was assimilated (much like what happened to the people whom eventually became The Collective) and became a slave to Dr. Reeds' will. In fact, Lt. Gibbs was the first to suffer this fate. Lieutenant Gibbs was sent north to construct Nexus Prime as NEXUS gathered more allies in the lower 48 states -- the New Paradigm and The Collective, as well as smaller groups who had survived the Collapse and the wars that followed. In fact, NEXUS was responsible for instigating many of those conflicts. The locals in the area of Nexus Prime likewise had banded together for survival. At first, NEXUS promised them peace and unity, and they would be part of the New World that would rise from the ashes of destruction, better and stronger than the humans of before. Experiments were performed upon these people to test enhancements to mental and physical abilities, to resist disease and the semi-radioactive environment that much of the world was now engulfed in. They were to build a better world. What was not known until it was too late -- NEXUS was preparing them to be drones. Their free will would be overridden by technology, and while they could think and feel mostly of their own accord, they could not physically act of their own will. T-4001, as a slave of NEXUS, witnessed all of this firsthand and could do nothing to prevent it. All he could do was follow orders. In his dreams, he is a Liberator. One who frees all of the slaves of NEXUS and forces Dr. Reed to answer for his crimes. That dream, sadly, is not reality. Someday ... And then the day comes. What would be a routine sweep-and-clear of one of the outlying Survivor Camps turns out to be the event that sets it all in motion. After being overwhelmed and captured, T-4001 is probed, examined, and eventually disconnected from the system thanks to a piece of technology that these Rebels have been working on. Lieutenant Gibbs is free again. He returns to Nexus Prime and discovers that all is not well. The activation of the Limiter has caused all manner of malfunctions to anything connected to the system. Lieutenant Gibbs can [b] perceive[/b] the breakdown of order but is controlled by the system no longer. He confronts Dr. Reed (still floating in his immersion tank) and demands that the system be shut down. NEXUS then turns on Lt. Gibbs, driving him and a contingent of the base personnel away lest they be destroyed. Lieutenant Gibbs needs assistance if Dr. Reed is to face justice and if NEXUS is to be dismantled. After a couple of encounters attempting to free more and more drones from the system, it becomes clear that the Survivors in the area, while resourceful and inventive, are no match for NEXUS. Lieutenant Gibbs decides to contact The Project -- the only force capable of dealing with NEXUS on the scale necessary to defeat it once and for all. And who does The Project send? The Lieutenant's brother, Tactical Sergeant Reginald Gibbs, and an entire Project Team -- enough to establish a base of operations and gain a strong foothold in the region. The brothers have a reunion and set about ridding the world of NEXUS. The end result is a spectacular battle at Nexus Prime. Once conquered, all hardware still connected to the system must remain under control until the technology can be dismantled and otherwise nullified. The Project has a new ally (The Cooperative), and the world is a much brighter place with Dr. Reed (who is in REALLY bad shape after spending almost 17 years in an immersion tank) on trial for crimes against humanity and attempted genocide.
I just meant that the game would be basically unplayable with 2200 units...no need for screenshots, I provided some in that other thread.Goth Zagog-Thou wrote: Roundabout 2,200 units on the entirety of the map. I can take a screenshot, if you'd like, for proof. It's pretty gnarly.
contra principia negantem non est disputandum Can you imagine if Physicists, Engineers, etc, took criticism personally? Yikes .. If talented, we'd end up with a flock of Reed types flying off deep end all over the planet, pre-collapse. Post apocalypse, they'd serve competing hegemons, I'd imagine.....
Can you imagine if Physicists, Engineers, etc, took criticism personally ? Yikes ..
