Civilization: Beyond Omniverse

[Rubick]

It's Turn 2, and the state of the game has been set: Let's take a look, shall we?

(sidenote: the resolution will be better in future uploads, just wanted to get started already)



Ah, Rubick's glorious capital city of Le Coeur. Take a good long look, it'll be gone in one more turn :poop:



Here we have the Eastern Powers, Kakashi's Hidden Empire (Konohagakure) and Gilg (Babylon) in the northern area, with Okor's Infection (Infector Prime) and Demetri's Freefall (The Void) to the south. This is a particularly interesting setup: both of the game's major espionage powers are in the same area. Meanwhile, Gilgamesh has it in the research department due to his own unique trait, while Vector Okor will soon be spawning zergs to overwhelm whoever pisses him off first. I'd say it's a tossup: if Okor's aggressive enough, he might claim an early victory here, but at the same time the other three major powers might attempt to crush him should he become too ambitious.

Let's move on to the next area:



Here are the Southern Powers, to the west of the Void (I guess Demetri also counts as a player in this sphere of influence, but Okor's Infection's a bit more attention grabbing). To the Northwest, the Dreamer-Mind (Dreamer Prime) and Empress Trixie (Coruscant) are close together, while Princess Guu (Guu's Landing) possesses a safer position, Ambrosia being tucked in the southernmost region of the map. Dreamer may find it a bit hard to grow at first due to his penalties to food and production, but his ability to assimilate the population of razed cities into his own, as well as his bonus to science, culture, and unit combat strength, might give him the edge here. However, Trixie is equally strong and aggressive, getting a culture bonus whenever her armies defeat a unit, and getting a small bonus to production early game with free autoplants in her cities. Without doubt, a war between these two powers is brewing. Meanwhile, Guu will probably set up a defensive, harmony-oriented empire to the south. It'll be very difficult to take her down, with her defense and tile yield bonuses in miasma, combined with a prime starting position, will aid her tremendously in setting up a strong power. Given enough time, she can make a decently strong military to offset her relative weakness in this area.



Finally, the Northwestern Powers, to the northwest and possibly including Dreamer-Mind's capital. Here we have Adam Gaite's ChronoKingdom (Chronopolis), And Jade Harley's Eastern Capital. Using her cunning, she's already tricked us into thinking she'll settle in the East...only to settle in the West. Meanwhile, in a similar fashion to Guu, Adam Gaite has a strong defensive position in the northernmost corner of the map. With a bonus to wonder construction, Adam can make full use of this position to gain the edge in the bonuses wonders can give a sponsor. However, Harley can create a strong harmony-based army that might threaten Adam's existence, or even Dreamer-mind's. One thing's for certain: this land will not go uncontested.

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Now that we've got that out of the way, let's actually meet our sponsors.



This is Jade. Believe it or not, this is the closest a mod sponsor will come to looking like the character she's representing. And she's truly wearing her Sunday best to this diplomatic negotiation. I'm sure she'll do fine out on the battlefield in this getup.

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Guu's looking....a bit older, and a bit more brunette...but eh, it's close enough. It's probably the alien atmosphere playing tricks on us.

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Gilg's sister is as fantastic as ever.

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Damn Demetri, u lookin fierce tho.

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Dreamer has revealed to us his...rather her, true form! Dream on dudette. But please, put a handle on that paranormal activity shit going on near your bioscan, it's creeping me out.

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Okor's just plain sexy scary here. I think your infection went a LIL too far on yourself dawg.

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I think we can safely say that Trixie hasn't exactly aged well.

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Little known fact: when Kakashi's not mindfucking other ninjas, he moonlights as the disembodied head from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. He looks a bit more intense here though...must've overdone the makeup.

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Adam got so sp00ked that he sent the Grand Ambassador Nothing to take negotiations in his stead. (Given how everyone else looks, i don't blame him ._.)



And there you have it. Tune in at an undetermined time for Episode 1: Map Revealed! Hearts Broken!