;
; Sid Meier's ALPHA CENTAURI
;
; FACTION FILE: Tryslmaistan Alchemists
;               Based on characters and concepts from UNICORN JELLY
;               (www.unicornjelly.com), by Jennifer Diane Reitz.
;
;               Custom faction file by Rednaxela, 2002.
;
;               To use, put the three pcx files and this text file in the
;               Alpha Centauri directory.  Then load in place of one of the
;               standard factions at the player select screen (faction name
;               ALCHEMY), or else edit alpha.txt to make this one of the
;               default factions.
;
; Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
;
; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
;

#ALCHEMY
The Tryslmaistan Alchemists, The Alchemist, Alchemists, M, 2, Makineri, M,  0,  1, 1, 0, 0,
  TECH, Psych, SOCIAL, +PROBE, SOCIAL, -EFFIC, SOCIAL, --ECONOMY, SOCIAL, ++RESEARCH, SOCIAL, +PLANET
  Values, Knowledge, RESEARCH
  Politics, Fundamentalism, nil
  Alchemist, Alch.,
  Noori, Waismulo, Noori Lab
  Doctor, ingenious, diabolical, industrious, unscrupulous,
  Arch-Conspirator
  advance the knowledge and application of the hard sciences
  to advance the knowledge and application of the hard sciences
  ruling this planet through technological terror
  ruling this planet through technological terror
  grind the world under the heel of your mechanized boot
  devising bizarre war machines and even more bizarre schemes for world domination
  devising bizarre war machines and even more bizarre schemes for world domination
  tampering in God's domain
  tampering in God's domain, M1
  technological development, M1
  unholy tinkering, M1
  grant, M1
  advancing the state of human technological mastery
  my Elite Bellwalker Squadrons
  Alchemist Faction Directives

#BASES
Big Gear Lab
Little Gear Lab
Clockworks Lab
Sparking Lab
New Gyranfryl Lab
New Ponsbury Lab
Viscosity Lab
Physics Lab
Transmission Lab
Camshaft Lab
Tensile Lab
Ductile Lab
High Energy Lab
Fuel Sources Lab
Gravity Lab
Data Retrieval Lab
Informatics Lab
Mecha Lab
Bellwalker Lab
Crystalline Lab
Culinary Lab
Metallurgy Lab
Carpentry Lab
Haberdashery Lab
Synthetics Lab
Assembly Lab
Optics Lab
Ultrasonics Lab
Interocitor Lab
High Tension Lab
Volatility Lab
#END

#WATERBASES
New Flame Island Lab
New Port Kasru Lab
Buoyancy Lab
Whitecaps Lab
Hydrodynamics Lab
Anticorrosives Lab
Sealant Lab
#END

#BLURB
As we stood on the other side of the coruscating curtain of energy, I knew
that our day had come.  With the tragic crumbling of our worldplate had
also come the crumbling of a millenia-old tradition of mental bondage.  No
more would senseless customs hold back the reach of the mind.
^
^        -- Dr. Daeus Ekins Makineri,
^           "Worldgate Logs"

#DATALINKS1
^LEADER: {Dr. Daeus Ekins Makineri}
^BACKGROUND: {Tryslmaistan Gryrnu, Union Activist and Cultural Binder}
^AGENDA: {Advance of Technology}
^TECH: {Social Psych}
^

#DATALINKS2
^+1 PROBE:  {300,000 years of subtle infighting have taught them a thing or two}
^-1 EFFICIENCY:  {Stifling bureaucracy and internal conspiracies take their toll}
^-2 ECONOMY: {Most economic resources diverted to research}
^+2 RESEARCH:  {Technologists by trade}
^+1 PLANET:  {Accustomed to working with, rather than against, a harsh environment}
^{May not use Fundamentalist politics in Social Engineering.}

#FACTIONTRUCE
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"$NAME1, this conflict is of no further value to either of us.  Let's do the
sensible thing and sign a Blood Truce."

"I concur with your assessment.  The war ends here."
"I'm not done with you yet, $NAME3."

#FACTIONTREATY
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"$TITLE0 $NAME1, peaceful collaboration is a great boon to technological
advancement.  It makes sense for us to sign a Treaty of Friendship."

"Eminently logical, my dear $TITLE4 $NAME3."
"I have heard disturbing stories of what happens to your 'friends,' $NAME3.  No deal."


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