DarthTex

Day 200, current status: Sesswenna sector: The uprising missions to Chandrila were constantly failing. Eventually I found out that General Grammel is command. I have therefore transferred the guerillas to Caprionril. Uvena has come under sabotage attack; so far a KDY battery and a Gen Core have been destroyed. There’s nothing left but mines & refineries. I expect an assault to come eventually. Corellian sector: I have a surplus of 14 refineries (compared to mines) and have been scrapping the (extra) refineries on Drall as required (Drall is all refineries except for 2 CY’s & a SY). Currently I have 4 CY’s & 4 SY’s (with another SY under construction). There are 2 Gen Cores, 6 X-wings & a corvette for defense (another corvette is under construction). Garm Bel Iblis and Sarin Virgilio and enroute for command positions. After the corvette is complete I’ll probably build some Neb-B’s for raiding purposes. Fakir sector: I’ve sent a corvette (with no command personnel) to raid/harass the systems in this sector. First stop was Halowan. There were no star fighter defenses and only 2 Imp Army troops. The first bombardment went flawlessly & I destroyed 1 troop. The second volley hit a mine instead. All Imperial systems got a boost in loyalty. The third (and last) volley hit another mine, and three neutral systems went Imperial. I gave up and moved on to Berchest. It had no defenses at all, so I moved on to Obroa-skai. I got in system and was having a serious debate about bombarding the 2 Imp Army troops. Soon a Vic ISD showed up. I took out his 1 Tie fighter before fleeing to Orto with minor shield damage. Sluis sector: Leia has brought loyalty on Orto up to 100% and now she’s recruiting. Jan Dodonna has brought Bpfassh loyalty to 100% and I’ve sent him to Firro. Bpfassh now has 5 CY’s and is building more SY’s for Orto (now at 5 with #6 under construction). I have a lot of characters in this sector: Han, Chewbacca, Luke, Orrimaarko, Mazer Rackus, Mawshiye, Afyon, Snunb and Jiriss. They’ve been doing lots of spy/sabotage missions. The main targets have been Tie fighters, Imp Army troops and facilities. Umgul has definitely been a tough nut to crack. Intelligence shows over a dozen troops (mostly Imperial Army & some Stormtroopers) on their way. I haven’t been able to destroy but a couple of Tie fighters. I’ve sent Han & Chewbacca to spy for more up-to-date info. The damaged corvette from Fakir sector is now repaired and an escort carrier (from Dolomar sector – info coming up shortly) is also in for minor repairs. Leia has been failing at further recruiting on Orto, so she’s now recruiting with Luke on Bpfassh. Damn, Chewbacca has been captured on Umgul! I’ve combined the escort carrier and corvette into a single fleet with Admiral Jiriss, General Afyon & Commander Snunb. I’ve loaded up six brand new X-wings, and Han is going along for a ride to Umgul to break Chewie out. Leia & Luke have recruited Lando, so he can do R&D right here on Bpfassh. My fleet has arrived over Umgul to 2 Tie fighters in defense. They go down fighting (and rather quickly). Only 3 Stormtroopers show as present for the garrison, all other troops in transit are going somewhere else now. I’ve bombarded the garrison and got all 3 troops. Ooooww! Umgul has changed sides to the Alliance & Chewie is free! All the neutral systems have joined the Alliance, and the 2 remaining Imperial systems just went neutral! There is an Imperial fleet (1 Vic ISD, 1 dreadnaught & 1 carrack) over Kothlis, and they run away to safer Imperial territory. Which is a good thing as they could have “hitâ€

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Scathane wrote: NOT too specific like the Executor SSD, but just an SSD should be OK. I was thinking of a quark (a sub-atomic particle). Guess #21 was anti-matter, guess #25 was a neutrino, and he nailed it on guess #29.

My guess would be a corrupted model (texture problem?). If you had more than one custom model in the battle, then you'll either have to "check" all the models that were custom in the battle or put each model into a "battle" individually to see if the problem re-occurs. Good Luck.

A major network is planning another "Survivor" show this winter. In response, Texas is planning "Survivor, Texas Style." The contestants will start in Dallas, travel through Waco, Austin, San Antonio, over to Houston, and down to Brownsville. They will proceed up to Del Rio, on to El Paso, then to Midland/Odessa, Sweetwater, Lubbock, and Amarillo. From there, they proceed to Abilene, and on to Ft. Worth and back to Dallas. Each will be driving a pink Volvo with a bumper sticker that reads, "I'm gay, I voted for Al Gore, and I'm here to confiscate your guns." The first one to make it back to Dallas alive wins.

That's why I give myself extra "limitations" to help flavor the game . For example: http://www.swrebellion.com/forums/postt3121.html or http://www.swrebellion.com/forums/posts2505-0.html (post about halfway down).

In a crowded city at a busy bus stop, a beautiful young woman who was waiting for a bus was wearing a tight mini skirt. When the bus stopped and it was her turn to get on, she became aware that her skirt was too tight to allow her leg to come up to the height of the first step on the bus. Embarrassed, and with a quick smile to the bus driver, she reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little, thinking that this would give her enough slack to raise her leg. Again, she tried to make the step only to discover she still couldn’t. A little more embarrassed she once again reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little more, and for the second time attempted the step, and once again, much to her chagrin, she could not raise her leg. With an embarrassed smile to the driver, she again reached behind to unzip a little more and again was unable to make it. About this time, a large Texan, who was standing behind her picked her up by the waist and placed her gently on the step of the bus. She went ballistic and turned to the would-be-Samaritan and yelled, “How dare you touch my body! I don’t know you!â€

Fascinating! I think I'll have to go dig up my old ST encyclopedia book from the attic. If you have any quandries or problems are you going to ask (the peanut gallery) for suggestions? Keep up the good work, I like where this is going.

Five Story Hotel A group of girlfriends are on vacation when they see a 5-story hotel with a sign that reads: "For Women Only". Since they are without their boyfriends and husbands, they decide to go in. The bouncer, a very attractive guy, explains to them how it works. "We have 5 floors. Go up floor by floor, and once you find what you are looking for, you can stay there. It's easy to decide since each floor has a sign telling you what's inside. But, once you go up to a floor, you can’t come back down." So they start going up and on the first floor the sign reads: "All the men on this floor are short and plain." The friends laugh and without hesitation move on to the next floor. The sign on the second floor reads: "All the men here are short and handsome." Still, this isn't good enough, so the friends continue on up. They reach the third floor and the sign reads: "All the men here are tall and plain." They still want to do better, and so, knowing there are still two floors left, they continued on up. On the fourth floor, the sign is perfect: "All the men here are tall and handsome." The women get all excited and are going in when they realize that there is still one floor left. Wondering what they are missing, they head on up to the fifth floor. There they find a sign that reads: "There are no men here. This floor was built only to prove that there is no way to please a woman."

A Dutchman, a Frenchman, and an American are in Saudi Arabia, sharing a smuggled crate of booze when Saudi police rush in and arrest them. The mere possession of alcohol is a severe offense in Saudi Arabia, so for the terrible crime of actually being caught consuming the booze, they are all sentenced to death. However, after many months and with the help of very good lawyers, they are able to successfully appeal their sentences down to life imprisonment. By a stroke of luck, it was a Saudi national holiday the day their trial finished, and the extremely benevolent Sheik decided they could be released after receiving just 20 lashes each of the whip. As they were preparing for their punishment, the Sheik announced: "It's my first wife's birthday today, and she has asked me to allow each of you one wish before your whipping." The Dutchman was first in line, he thought for a while and then said: "Please tie a pillow to my back." This was done, but the pillow only lasted 10 lashes before the whip went through. When the punishment was done he had to be carried away bleeding and crying with pain. The Frenchman was next up. After watching the Dutchman in horror he said smugly: "Please fix two pillows to my back." But even two pillows could only take 15 lashes before the whip went through again and the Frenchman was soon led away whimpering loudly. The American was the last one up, but before he could say anything, the Sheik turned to him and said: "You are from a most beautiful part of the world and your culture is one of the finest in the world. For this, you may have two wishes!" "Thank you, your Most Royal and Merciful highness", the American replied. "In recognition of your kindness, my first wish is that you give me not 20, but 100 lashes." "Not only are you an honorable, handsome and powerful man, you are also very brave". The Sheik said with an admiring look on his face. "If 100 lashes is what you desire, so be it. "And your second wish, what is it to be?" the Sheik asked. The American replied: "Tie the Frenchman to my back."

Check this out, it's hilarious http://www.sithsense.com/flash.htm So, how did you do?

Someone sent me the redneck Jedi stuff a couple of years ago. I stumbled across it (found it again) looking for a joke to post. Texan Soldier A large group of Taliban soldiers are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a sand dune, "One Texan soldier is better than ten Taliban soldiers!" The Taliban commander quickly sends 10 of his best soldiers Over the dune whereupon a gun battle breaks out and continues for a few minutes, then silence. The voice then calls out, "One Texan soldier is better than one hundred Taliban soldiers!" Furious, the Taliban commander sends his next best 100 troops over the dune and instantly a huge gunfight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again silence. The Texan voice calls out again, "One Texan soldier is better than one thousand Taliban soldiers!" The enraged Taliban Commander musters one thousand fighters And sends them across the dune. Cannon, rocket, and machine gun fire ring out as a huge battle is fought. Then silence. Eventually one wounded Taliban fighter crawls back over the dune and with his dying words tells his commander, "Don't send any more men, it's a trap. There is two of them!!"

You might be a redneck Jedi Knight if... 1.) Your Jedi robe is a camouflage color. 2.) You use your lightsaber to open a non-twist-off bottle of Bud. 3.) There is a blaster rack in the back of your landspeeder. 4.) You use your lightsaber to pick your teeth. 5.) At least one section of your X-Wing is Bondo colored. 6.) You have bantha horns on the front of your landspeeder. 7.) You can't describe the taste of an Ewok without using the word chicken. 8.) You can find no grammatical errors in the way Yoda talks. 9.) You think that Stormtroopers are just KKK members with really good sheets. 10.) A peaceful meditation is one without gas. 11.) You can levitate yourself using a force from within, but not THE force. 12.) Your master/mentor ever said "Hey, pull my finger..." 13.) Your X-wing is up on blocks in your front yard. 14.) You lost a hand during a lightsaber fight because you had to spit. 15.) The worst part of spending time on Dagobah is the dadgum skeeters. 16.) Wookies are offended by your B.O. 17.) You have ever used the force to get yourself another beer so you didn't have to wait for a commercial. 18.) You use your lightsaber to clean fish. 19.) Your father said to you, "Shoot, son come on over t' the dark side... it'll be a hoot." 20.) You use your R-2 unit's self-defense electro-shock thingy to get the barbecue grill to light. 21.) The moonshine still you built on Endor is hidden so well even the Ewoks can't find it. 22.) You have a stuffed womp rat over your fireplace. 23.) You have ever used the force in conjunction with fishing or bowling. 24.) You think the symbol for the Rebel Alliance should be the Confederate flag. 25.) More than half the droids you own don't function. 26.) The number of blasters you own exceeds your I.Q. 27.) You wonder why Luke and Leia never got married. 28.) You used a carbon-freezing chamber to store the 78 Wampas you shot while on vacation on Hoth. 29.) Your moonshine is really made on the moon. 30.) You don't like wearing a Jedi robe because it prevents access to the dip stored in your back pocket. 31.) Sandpeople back down from your mama. 32.) You've ever used Jedi mind control to talk your way out of a speeding ticket or DUI. 33.) You've ever strangled someone with the force because they laughed at your accent. 34.) You built an outhouse over the Sarlaac. 35.) You've ever argued with a Jawa over scavenging rights to a broken droid. 36.) A Wookie has told you that you need to shave. 37.) You have ever wrecked a landspeeder while lighting a cigarette with your lightsaber. 38.) You don't think the Ewoks are primitive. 39.) You think an AT-AT looks like a giant cow. 40.) You don't think Jabba's pig guards have a hygiene problem. 41.) You consider your lightsaber the ultimate bug zapper. 42.) The Rancor monster refused to eat you. 43.) You discover that your greatest enemy is, in fact, your father, who also happens to be your brother...

DarthTofu wrote: dinochick wrote: Don't be sorry. Take all of your aggressions out on Tofu; that's what he's here for

This is an assumption on my part, but in early December there was a post by an "ElizabethLestrad". Now this could just be a "character" name chosen for a special reason (and I'm again assuming it was), but I'm going to assume "ElizabethLestrad" is female. ElizabethLestrad could you verify this for us (female #6?)?

Rebel Uprising! I'm starting a new game (standard game, hard, large galaxy) as the Rebel Alliance. And to make it more challenging I'm using the following guidelines: 1) No RebEd changes. 2) Diplomats can only work on systems in the outer rim sectors, with the following exception: any Alliance controlled system in the inner core can have diplomats bring loyalty up to 100%. After the outer core neutral systems have been swayed, core systems are fair game (the Imperials should have these taken over by then, hopefully). 3) No Imperial core systems will be assaulted until the entire outer rim is colonized (any Imperial systems in the outer rim are fair game). 4) No sabotage of Imperial mines or refineries. All other units and facilities are fair game, with exception to capital ships (unless they are blockading or bombarding an Alliance system). 5) No Imperial characters are to be actively targeted for capture, with the following exceptions: a) Palpy or Darth Vader, b) they are on a mission on an Alliance system, c) characters not in the Imperial military (i.e. Menndo, Niles Ferrier, etc), d) characters with R&D abilities are NOT to be captured (missions can be disrupted, but I'll try to avoid this), e) NO Imperial diplomats will be targeted for capture. Hopefully, this will give the Imperials plenty of time to build up their forces and a good infrastructure for a long and drawn out battle. It will make it difficult for me without the material wealth of the core systems to create my own infrastructure. I’m going to try my best to fortify what core systems I control and conduct hit-n-run raids throughout the core sectors. So when the game started, this is what I had to start with: Sesswenna sector: 5 Imperial, 1 Alliance and 4 Neutral systems. - Uvena Corellian sector: 1 Imperial, 1 Alliance and 8 Neutral systems. - Drall Fakir sector: 5 Imperial, 0 Alliance and 5 Neutral systems. Sluis sector: 3 Imperial, 2 Alliance and 5 Neutral systems. - Orto - Bpfassh Farfin sector: 4 Imperial, 4 Alliance and 2 Neutral systems. - Wistril - Firro - Phraetiss - Charmath Dolomar sector: 6 Imperial, 1 Alliance and 3 Neutral systems. - Caprionril Ships: 1 Escort carrier, 2 corvettes & 3 medium transports. Construction yards: 7 (2 on Drall). Training Facilities: 1 Shipyards: 2 The Alliance headquarters is currently located on the Chazwa system in the Orus sector. OptionsHTML is ONBBCode is ONSmilies are ON The first order of business will be for the construction yards (CY) to create more CY’s where possible. My one train facility (TF) will produce Bothan spies and eventually infiltrators. The ship yards (SY) will start off producing some X?wings (for defense), then corvettes (for raids & exploration) and maybe more transports (if troops are available for them). A big challenge will be the lack of TF’s for troops and SY’s for ships. My CY’s are going to be plenty busy! I have three single CY’s in the Farfin sector I only have one squad of guerillas on Uvena in the Sesswenna sector. I sent them to Chandrila on an uprising mission (this system is militarily under Imperial control and I have the chance of starting an uprising). Uvena has mines and refineries only and I don’t expect it to be under my control in the long term. Drall in the Corellian sector has 2 CY’s and a SY. The CY’s are building a Gen Core and the SY is producing X-wings. After the Gen Core is complete I’ll build another SY. In the Sluis sector Bpfassh has a CY and is building three more. Orto has a SY producing a corvette. I’ve sent Han, Leia, Luke, Chewbacca, Wedge and Jan Dodonna to Orto. Wedge will do R&D, Leia & Jan Dodonna will do diplomacy, while Han, Chewbacca & Luke do spy/sabotage missions. When the diplomacy missions are complete Han will become a glorified taxi driver and take the diplomats to the next sector. I have three single CY’s in the Farfin sector. The CY on Wistril is building 2 TF’s on Firro, and the CY on Charmath is doing the same. The CY on Phraetiss is building 3 more CY’s. I’ve sent Bren Derlin to Caprionril in the Dolomar sector. Caprionril has no facilities but has a Gen Core & LNR battery plus two defensive troops. As there are 6 Imperial systems in this sector, this will be my base of operations (hopefully a thorn in the Imperial hide). I sent a transport will Page to the neutral system Kamparas. Page will do some spy/sabotage missions as Phorliss, Wor Tandell and Ketaris are under Imperial military control. I’m sending the transport to the Mayagil sector for colonization.

DarthTofu wrote: Then please "turn off" your e-mail notifications carrieofthewest wrote: Ask away. (*** looking over both shoulders, and whispers ***) "Beware! Take whatever Tofu tells you with a grain of salt, a very large grain of salt"

The "phishers" copy everything they possibly can from the original website to make their e-mail look legit. Some of the links go to the actual website (i.e. help, etc), but it's just that "one" link where they want you to click that's dangerous. Even if you click the fake link, the address bar shows what you think it should say, only the IP address is what gives them away. And not to many people know their banks IP address, I know I don't. The banks or any financial institution will NOT ask for any confidential info over the phone or by e-mail. The safest thing to remember is: if you have any doubts about a link in an e-mail, manually type the address in to your web browser and ask the "help desk" about its validity (this defeats the hidden IP address end-around that gets the phishers their money). It's always safer to ask questions first then address the problem, than creating a problem for yourself. Keep vilgilant people! I also got the Nigerian scam, the payoff was "diamonds" in a safety deposit box to be shipped to me.

Sounds like a scam to me If you do give them an e-mail address, create a new one that you won't have a problem deleting, just in case.

Grand_Admiral_Thrawn wrote: I would definitely call that a "no win situation". If playing as the Rebels, you blew up Coruscant so I couldn't win, I would quit the game. What's the point if you don't have a chance to win? Even if the odds were a million to one to put a proton torpedoe into an exhaust shaft a meter square, it was still "a chance" Also, for the Empire I bet loyalty would go straight down the crapper

Grand_Admiral_Thrawn wrote: Aaack! It seems I've developed a reputation as a "red neck" poster I will strive to be a "kinder & gentler" Tex in 2006 (*** mumbles *** "It's all Tofu's fault anyway") Yes, definitely get involved and don't hesitate to ask questions. I like answering questions or seeing the answers from others. It expands the boundaries of knowledge and stimulates the mind for ideas for other scenarios.

Why are you using "save target as"? Just click on the link that says "Download this file Now!". Your computer should prompt you to "Open/Save/Cancel/More Info" the action. When you click on "Save" you will be given the opportunity to save the file where you want.

Happy Boxing Day! (to those that celebrate it. Hopefully you don't have to "punch" anybody out . Maybe it's a gag where you "box" your drunk buddies and ship them somewhere via FedEx, DHL, UPS, etc )

Well, welcome to the world of a sucky AI. It doesn't matter which side you pick (Imperial or Rebel), the AI sucks still the same. When ships (or fleets for that matter) start disappearing, either they're on foolish errands or have been scrapped (low maintenace probably from taking over the resources of the AI). In order to find a Jedi, you have to have them "visit" Darth Vader. If he is helping recruit, then your chances increase significantly as he will find out immediately, but if Palpy does all of your recruiting then you either "have" to send them to Darth Vader, or wait until they cross paths (which may never happen in a game). As for the traitor, same thing applies, Darth Vader has to actually go on missions with them (which is pretty low odds as you'll have to do multiple missions with every character), and then you don't know exactly when someone will go traitor (it could be multiple people, or different people at different times). I would say that most of the other "big battles" you have read about in the forums are usually from RebEd modified games, although it can be done with the "virgin version", it's just alot harder to get it accomplished. Use RebEd to "enhance" the Rebels abit (experiment, but don't go overboard), and maybe they'll give you a run for your money. Keep us posted

BadSamaritan wrote: Not exactly ; hope things get better for you BS. As we say in Texas "when the horse throws you off, you have to get back on again". I'm sure next time you'll be more cautious. Good Luck in 2006! The story is great, keep up the good work!