You've conquered the world. how did you do it?
Me, I gathered great arcane power and became a grand wizard. you don't do what I say? disintegrate (3rd edition style, when it was save or die)
Problem. solution. fixed.
and that's how I conquered the world.
Or I conquered the world using my incredible charisma :P
Or I conquered the world using my incredible charisma :P
Pulled a 'Music Myster', eh?
Persistent Mustard and VX!
Sadly, 95% of the world is uninhabitable...
What would you do with it?
It's overrated anyway...
so many uses. so many insidious uses...
Conquering the world is like making a birthday wish . . . it doesn't come true if you tell people.
Which is why all those James Bond villains fail at completing their goals (besides the storyline favoring 007).
So no, I will not reveal my master plan to you humans. I might however give you other leads that could end up being a proverbial "wild goose chase".
Alternatively: Patent said androids and sell them to various militaries fairly cheaply. Then, have them all stage a simultaneous coup.
Necromancy, 2e style, 10th level magic. There were a couple interesting spells that I can't remember where I got them from, they may have been in the spell compendiums, not sure. One was death plague. Basically in a given area 5-10% of the population died. Combine with undeath plague, all creatures that die within an area become undead. After any given battle, raise all the corpses. Pretty soon undead outnumber the living and those who are smart will capitulate.
Then there was an enchantment spell (I believe it was PO: Spells & Magic) that pretty much let you go inside someone's head and reprogram them, wipe their minds, plant false memories, hidden commands, etc. I would implant a hidden command so that anyone that tried to turn against me would suddenly commit suicide. Furthermore, anyone that found a way around this would have their minds wiped so they could become my puppets. They would make great bodyguards to supplement my undead in case of turning attempts and other such things.
Or do like I did in one campaign where I was a wild mage and the DM let me have a deck of many things. As a wild mage I had a 50% chance to control the deck each time I used it, and had Alternate Reality (replay the last round) in case I couldn't control it and got a bad card. Pretty soon I had 18 CHA, a castle, numerous henchmen, an army, and more wishes than I knew what to do with.
In RL, why bother? I'd just end up killing most of the world off anyway, and since people like to kill each other plenty without any outside provocation, there's no real need for my to get involved.
With my favorite mixture...
Persistent Mustard and VX!
Sadly, 95% of the world is uninhabitable...
I'm not quite sure why you love this mixture so much. The mustard is just redundant once you have the VX. If anything, you're just diluting the VX. Now granted the NAK won't work on the mustard, but the mustard isn't likely to kill them, it'll just really reallly really really suck.
Mustard can kill.
And mixtures of this type are common.
Next time the space victory condition will be turned off.
Foolish OTTers, there is only one way to conquer the world:
Step 1) Steal all underwear.
Step 2) Build giant slingshot with underwear.
Step 3) ???
Step 4) Profit.
Next time the space victory condition will be turned off.
Well, I'm the one who conquered the world, so I get to make those kind of decisions.
Next time the space victory condition will be turned off.
Well, I'm the one who conquered the world, so I get to make those kind of decisions.
Horsepucky, you just sent a box of sheet metal to a planet before everyone else. If that is how you want to play, it's fine with me. Your diplomats/spies won't get into my cities next time.
Oh wait, you said "world" didn't you?
"You've crushed all opposition beneath your heel. You rule the greatest empire in living history, its soldiers bravery at your command, your army is undefeatable, your fleets patrol the skies of every planet in galaxy."
Oh wait, you said "world" didn't you?
Do you start with outposts on every planet first?
I tend to get Creative and Feudal, then blanket the galaxy with outposts to stop my opponents from expanding and then negotiate trade relations. Then I bide my time until I get stellar converters and evolve telepathy.
I also tend to use the silicoids as my base race because they're jerks and I don't like competing with them.
Next time the space victory condition will be turned off.
Well, I'm the one who conquered the world, so I get to make those kind of decisions.
Horsepucky, you just sent a box of sheet metal to a planet before everyone else. If that is how you want to play, it's fine with me. Your diplomats/spies won't get into my cities next time.
Well, at least I conquered Alpha Centauri. I'll try harder at a military victory on Earth.
I'll start a new game as Hammurabi and rush to chariots. I'll cross my fingers and hope all the enemies start in Asia/Europe/Africa and try to beat them before 3000 BC.
That's how I beat it on the hardest difficulty level anyway.
Well I would invade Poland first, traditions are traditions. Then just start WW3. If I run a country as well as I play Risk I ought to have the world within 3 hours (depending on who is playing).
Pogo has Risk now...
I would not use gene engineered viruses though I would show the world I have that capability to show to bluff them into surrendering faster. The idea would be to take over the world to help it along not kill millions upon millions of innocents.
The idea would be to take over the world to help it along not kill millions upon millions of innocents.
Boring.
My method: Kill everyone else. I win.
The idea would be to take over the world to help it along not kill millions upon millions of innocents.
Boring.
My method: Kill everyone else. I win.
but then you have nothing to rule over except corpses.
That is a minor detail. All that matters is if the world is conquered.
Isn't the objective in the "King of the Hill" game to knock everyone else off the hill?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjnVEsXtNIU
That is a minor detail. All that matters is if the world is conquered.
Isn't the objective in the "King of the Hill" game to knock everyone else off the hill?
but then your alone with nothing. Better to conquor it and do something good that will be remembered forever.
Bone Naga...
Mustard can kill.
And mixtures of this type are common.
I didn't say it can't, just that it's not as likely to do so, especially when compared to VX. And define "common". Chemical weapons themselves are not common. But I digress...
If you want to mix agents, just steal an idea from the commies. First use DM (vomiting agent) followed by nerve agent (I would go with GB but that's because I want to be able to use the land I conquer). That way, everyone gets hit by the vomiting agent, suits up because it's a chem attack, vomits in their masks and can no longer breathe (vomit clogging the mask intakes, covering mouth and nose, not to mention just being nasty as hell) and takes them off just in time to get hit by nerve agent. Or hit them with BZ so by the time the nerve agent attack comes they are high as a kite and have no clue what's going on, nor do they care.
That is a minor detail. All that matters is if the world is conquered.
Isn't the objective in the "King of the Hill" game to knock everyone else off the hill?
but then your alone with nothing. Better to conquor it and do something good that will be remembered forever.
Too dangerous. Survivors can attempt to overthrow you. Without total control of everyone you risk losing power.
Better to eliminate the competition. Everyone is competition.
Alternate version of "conquer" would be genetically. Then I'd just eliminate all the males and create a genetic bottleneck with me as the cork.
Sorry guys.
As to "how" I'd probably rig up some elaborate trap involving sports or something.
"Cletus, I'm bored..."
"You've crushed all opposition beneath your heel. You rule the greatest empire in living history, its soldiers bravery at your command, your army is undefeatable, your fleets patrol the skies of every planet in galaxy."
Oh wait, you said "world" didn't you?
Do you start with outposts on every planet first?
I tend to get Creative and Feudal, then blanket the galaxy with outposts to stop my opponents from expanding and then negotiate trade relations. Then I bide my time until I get stellar converters and evolve telepathy.
I also tend to use the silicoids as my base race because they're jerks and I don't like competing with them.
I like to mix it up. Super research race is alright, but kind of easy. Super tough race and board everyone is fun. Telepathic Unification is all sorts of awesome. But I think my favorite is Ssubterranean Unification with Population Growth bonus. Ants eat all.
But no, I don't typically bother trying to stop others from spreading by spamming outposts. I tend to just start murdering people as soon as I find them. <==Terrible neighbor
but then your alone with nothing.
Oh! That sent chills up my spine.
Say it again. :D
"You've crushed all opposition beneath your heel. You rule the greatest empire in living history, its soldiers bravery at your command, your army is undefeatable, your fleets patrol the skies of every planet in galaxy."
Oh wait, you said "world" didn't you?
Do you start with outposts on every planet first?
I tend to get Creative and Feudal, then blanket the galaxy with outposts to stop my opponents from expanding and then negotiate trade relations. Then I bide my time until I get stellar converters and evolve telepathy.
I also tend to use the silicoids as my base race because they're jerks and I don't like competing with them.
I like to mix it up. Super research race is alright, but kind of easy. Super tough race and board everyone is fun. Telepathic Unification is all sorts of awesome. But I think my favorite is Ssubterranean Unification with Population Growth bonus. Ants eat all.
But no, I don't typically bother trying to stop others from spreading by spamming outposts. I tend to just start murdering people as soon as I find them. <==Terrible neighbor
Yes. I made a fleet of ships with only troop pods and assault shuttles. The skies were full of the little guys, but I physically captured everything except space aliens and the Guardian. It was fun using Antaren ships to attack people.
Yes. I made a fleet of ships with only troop pods and assault shuttles. The skies were full of the little guys, but I physically captured everything except space aliens and the Guardian. It was fun using Antaren ships to attack people.
Fun, but difficult. Stupid little buggers tend to have thoes lightning fields and quantum detonators. Bastards.
If I tell you, you'll just try to thwart me.
I am under the presumption that we are attempting to thwart your plans by conducting our own global/galactic domination with the goal of being the first to reach said domination.
But I'm trying to deter more direct thwarting attempts. They're always so messy to clean up after.
That is why you salvage what is necessary from those that fail to directly stop you and burn the waste. Of course, it is better to use the waste as an extra resource for increased efficiency.
One's treasure is another's trash. Some of my strategic resources are what simple humans would throw away.
Klirshon ^^I'm not that cute and loving.
It depends on the program and the slight modifications I would add to the platform. I would probably give it a simple task rather then attempt to make it like myself. I don't want to compete with my own copy that would have a slight advantage over me.
One's treasure is another's trash. Some of my strategic resources are what simple humans would throw away.
Note: incinerate the landfills.
It depends on the program and the slight modifications I would add to the platform. I would probably give it a simple task rather then attempt to make it like myself. I don't want to compete with my own copy that would have a slight advantage over me.
So don't compete. If you're capable of copying yourself, you really should be willing to lose a few pieces to achieve victory.
You do have a point, Pinnacle. I suppose this cursed human platform is corrupting some of my data and implying that I was jealous of a machine that doesn't rely on a fleshling to remain active. Once I obtain a better platform, the first thing I cremate will be this damn fleshling.
okay if thats what you want frankly fleshies have more fun.
and by that I mean our method of procreation is a lot more fun at least initially than simply manufacturing new ones though pregnancy and child birth are a bitch.If a machine isn't having fun during manufacturing, that is because it lacks sensors relative to the work it's doing.
okay if thats what you want frankly fleshies have more fun. and by that I mean our method of procreation is a lot more fun at least initially than simply manufacturing new ones though pregnancy and child birth are a bitch.
It is, however, less efficient, predictable, and reliable.
It is, however, less efficient, predictable, and reliable.
But by golly, I'll keep trying. I'm sure we'll1 get lucky eventually...
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okay if thats what you want frankly fleshies have more fun. and by that I mean our method of procreation is a lot more fun at least initially than simply manufacturing new ones though pregnancy and child birth are a bitch.
It is, however, less efficient, predictable, and reliable.
exactly humans are capable of surprising you machines are not. Machines will never fully suplant humans for that reason.
exactly humans are capable of surprising you machines are not. Machines will never fully suplant humans for that reason.
Um... what? Having unreliable and slow reproduction methods is an advantage now? It take 14 years to make a new soldier, and that's if you get over the whole "not even old enough to shave but old enough to take a life" thing. It can't be counted on, is a huge drain on resources, and so-on. This is an advantage in a long conflict?
exactly humans are capable of surprising you machines are not. Machines will never fully suplant humans for that reason.
Um... what? Having unreliable and slow reproduction methods is an advantage now? It take 14 years to make a new soldier, and that's if you get over the whole "not even old enough to shave but old enough to take a life" thing. It can't be counted on, is a huge drain on resources, and so-on. This is an advantage in a long conflict?
being unpredictable in general is machines will do what is logical, thus making them far easier to counter.
being unpredictable in general is machines will do what is logical, thus making them far easier to counter.
In general, perhaps. In this particular case, not so much. Especially since you'd know at least a decade before it could be at all relevant.
Once the earth is largely destroyed, they will need to be selfsufficent enough to outrace the irradiated mutant survivors and roaches in their rebuilding efforts so that they may achieve total dominance in the secondary war of extinction.
Current designs are not sufficently hardy when seperated from their high tech support facilites for long periods of time. Humans can make do with rocks if need be.