PraetorFenix

Hmmmm... Interesting point, garion. But the world [I]did[/I] end with the fall of Rome: as a matter of fact, it ended with the fall of Shinar! A single mistake in human (or any other creature's, should there be any other creatures) history dooms the entirety thereof. If absolute cause and effect exist, which they must, or else the Universe would unravel, then our present conversation is the direct result of what happened immediately post the Big Bang! And Helioforge, I personally do

Nuclear power, anyone...?

Well, as I said, I do not venture to say whether it was a cause or an effect, but it is, at the least, another symptom...

[quote]I have to admit, this post has gotten pretty interesting. I can't help but agree with the majority regarding the fate of the nation due to ECONOMIC collapse. I do however find fault in the "moral argument". As a matter of fact I find it damn near insulting that every time someone brings up the state of our nation "moral decay" is the first thing to fly out of some peoples mouths. Truth is the majority of those people are older citizens who view the past through rose colored glasses. Sex o

Hmmm... It is indeed interesting to note that "moral decay" arrives in a civilization just before its fall: Akkadia in the fifteenth, Greece in the fifth, Rome in the second A.D., the Church in the fifteenth, France in the Seventeenth... America in the 20th...?

Yeah, a story makes any game much more interesting, and this game has a very good setup for an intriguing story-line...

Artifacts can be quite useful. There is of course, the faster phase jump artifact which, while handy isn't worth the money. On the other hand, the "Manifest Dominion" can be extremely useful and worth every penny, especially when playing as the Advent, with their focus on culture. And there are artifacts that upgrade weapons, shields, antimatter, etc. Though mainly I wait to explore planets until I have a full economy put together so I have so many credits and so much metal/crystal,

Vasari are too desperate to surrender... They are fighting for their lives, not their culture or religion... And the TEC, I think, would be too noble to surrender, but that is just my opinion... As far as boarding enemy ships goes, I think it would be a great feature except for the story-line inconsistencies it could create: the Vasari demonstrate a capability to take a single sample of any technology, and without understanding how it works in any way to replicate it perfectly

I generally play Vasari and by far prefer getting the Vulkoras, as its phase missile swarm devastates militias and pirates, and it remains useful later in the game as a bombardment ship.

Thank you for the help. I will try that.

My copy of the game refuses to install, and also refuses to give any reason: when it begins the installation process, after I have selected the directory and so on, it simply says, "Error" and closes. Nothing else whatever. Does anyone know how this might be solved. I have checked my drivers, my system's hardware, software compatibility, and installed it from the administrator account, so it would be none of the usual things...

My copy of the game refuses to install, and also refuses to give any reason: when it begins the installation process, after I have selected the directory and so on, it simply says, "Error" and closes. Nothing else whatever. Does anyone know how this might be solved. I have checked my drivers, my system's hardware, software compatibility, and installed it from the administrator account, so it would be none of the usual things...