Which colony would you want to live in, /vst/?
The correct answer is none of them because they're all insane in their own unique ways.>GaiaIt's 'okay' if you're a hippie who just wants to farm or live in tune with nature, but for everyone else they operate on the basis of brownouts and rationing of all luxury goods. Ain't no fucking vidya under a green economy.>Hive1984, only North Koreans and CCP elites have fun here.>Universityr/atheism: the Faction>UNEverything wrong with the neoliberal west is exemplified by this faction with no upside.>SpartansOnly people that peaked during basic or prison will have fun here>BelieversI hope you really like hearing 'Jesus loves you' as if it is a profound and novel statement, because that's all this faction amounts to. Miriam is based, though.>MorganEverything wrong with modern corporatism is exemplified by this faction with no upside. In 1999 this was a parody of Microsoft, in 2024 this is the norm.
>>1750661I'd be more worried about the psychic worms and the planet being alive.
>>1750663That affects everyone, though. Except for Cult of Planet, but they're Jonestown.
>>1750657Expansion counts too?>>1750661>Miriam is based, though.She's technically only, because everyone else is too unhinged. Like she's the only one who asks "We can, but maybe we shouldn't," but she herself is kinda blind to the fact the planet wants to kill everyone and probably they're the last of the human race. Hence why some bit of radicalism is required.
>>1750661>>Believers>I hope you really like hearing 'Jesus loves you' as if it is a profound and novel statement, because that's all this faction amounts to. Miriam is based, though.Bruh, in one quote Miriam basically tells you that you are God experiencing the universe. Miriam is far more advanced than many real world theologians. It's her followers that are all Deus Vult fanatics.
>>1750661Also Dierdre is clearly the most insane as she regularly sics mind worms on civilians "and that's a good thing".
>>1750657Spartans or UN. I'm not going to explain, the benefits are obvious.
>>1750657Believers sounds like the only reasonable one. Even if you were the most atheistic man alive you'd still get to be in a relatively nice place. Like being an atheist in Utah or something like that. Maybe the Mormons there are a little forward about their religion but the place is clean and safe and orderly and the people are pleasant overall.
>>1750991lmao
>>1750976The thing about Miriam is that she's wise and thoughtful in her quotes, but the actual Miriam you interact with is a warmongering bitch. All the other leaders, even Yang, are peaceful and try to make trades and agreements when you meet them. Miriam from the start is rude, demands teach with no compensation and declares war if you turn her down a couple times
>>1750976As I said, Miriam is based but the average Believer is just your standard evangelicalist, whose understanding of theology is so shallow they may as well not believe in anything at all.
>>1751213Yang and Miriam share the same aggression.
>>1751228Miriam's problem is nobody follows her ideology, while Yang's ideology is police state that has plenty of sympathizers (in-game).
>>1750657I'd pick the Spartans if it was led by a man.A weak woman giving orders to men that could easily rape her...it's just downright heretical.
>>1751727typical ESL caveman post
>>1751730I haven't been in Europe for over 1600 years tho
>>1750661UN it is
>>1750657the one with wypipoim black btw
>>1750661>>University>r/atheism: the FactionOh no! That's just as bad as the North Koreans and Hyper-capitalists. Retard. They're obviously the most based and best faction to live in, but only if you're intelligent enough to be of use, which obviously you wouldn't be.
>>1751730not to defend albanians, but non anglo europeans are basically gods compared to (you)
>>1751823Wrong. University is atheism flavored Believers, only instead of being cautious with technology they think that restricting scientific progress on ethical grounds is unconscionable. You vill sign up for the experimental cancer treatment, you vill have no legal right to sue for damages when it fucks up your liver, you vill agree with whatever the scientific expert council says at all times.
>>1751939>they think that restricting scientific progress on ethical grounds is unconscionablHOLY giga based. And they're absolutely right. Scientific progress itself is a great moral good, as such nothing in the name of scientific progress can ever be "unethical", unless it threatens future progress. Very true and I agree fully. You just said yourself you need to "sign up", but you can simply experiment on prisoners or dissidents instead. You don't experiment on the random population since it'd be very hard to retrieve data that way and it would be disruptive to society, and as such, future progress.
>>1751959Enjoy all the consequences then!
>>1751968Comfort, pleasure, discovery, happiness and a longer or immortal life? I will, thanks!
>>1751987But that's not what you get. The University is the one faction that the game itself shits on constantly. Zakharov is shown to be a fool whose inventions result in:>an AI controlled city that murders people for vandalism>a wormhole that steals souls>"immortality" that leaves you as just a brain in a vat>a brain in the vat experiment that is too successful, and the one brain that knows he is such is terminatedAnd then he gets fucked in the ass by the Gaians, who send mindworms to eat his brain while she and her hippies become Gods.
>>1751959>>1751987>t r/atheism
>>1750661>>1750682>Its 2024>Miriam still filters retards who can't grasp that she's a parody of populists who make themselves look good by shitting on everyone else while being even more unhinged in the background
>>1751990Where do you get this from? Some retarded novels or something? Hardly "the game". What some idiotic writer forced into the story doesn't matter, what matters is the actual realistic ideas and how they would work in real life. In real life there are no soul sucking machines nor brain forms, hippies overdose at the age of 20 and scientific inventions vastly improve everyone's life.
>>1752280Pretty sure those are literal secret project texts.
>>1752299I've read most of them and I don't remember anything about Zakharov having RFK brain worms, just that he hates them. And anything can transcend, not just the Gaian hippie subhumans, Zakharov even narrates the The Voice of Planet cutscene
>>1750661Let me fix that for ya>Gaia>It's 'okay' if you're a hippie who likes worship Planet and like psychic worms up your ass with no recourse. >Hope you like recycling your own family for the Greater Good.>Hive>1984 final destination, you VILL EAT ZE BUGS, YOU VILL WORK TIL DEATH, chink edition.>University>Hope you like science because you and your family have been designated as guinea pigs in the upcoming bioweapon tests for safety purposes.>It's science I ain't gotta explain shit!>>UN>Everything wrong with the neoliberal west, no frontiers, unlimited immigration works; Hope you have a loicence for that m8!>"I love democracy!" - Lal after his 10 consecutive mandate.>Spartans>No retreat no surrender, 100% conscription rate! Also best mil tech evah, super soldier drugs for everyone and their kids to.The DoD would be proud if they could even mimic Santiago.>"I'm doing my part! " ~ "Service Guarantees Citizenship">>Believers>I hope you really like hearing 'Jesus loves you' but remember He hates bugs. Deus Vult!>Please report to the conclave to the lecture and mass hypnosis (+2 support)>Cleanse! Purge! KILL!>Morgan>Everything wrong with modern corporatism is exemplified by this faction with no upside. In 1999 this was a parody of Microsoft, in 2024 this is the norm.>Money can't buy any love, but it can buy your ass!>Human experimentation just like University; But at least you get paid.>Mercs are expensive and so is the housing market!
>>1750657>woman>mutt>tranny>arab>troon>irish angela merkel>niggerPure wokeslop. Do boomers really...
>>1752448Zaky is Russian and the captain of Unity was a white western male.
>>1750661>Did I meme this right, guys?
>>1752448>>mutthe's a chink?
>read https://paeantosmac.wordpress.com/first-time-here/>realize what a genius Reynolds was and want to pick up SMAC again>spend a few hours fumbling around and get filtered by the interface againC'est la vie.
>>1750657Clearly the UN so I can become the globohomo corpostate i despise
>>1750661>le capitalism is le badmorgan has the best vidya by far
>>1750657> Ain't no fucking vidya under a green economy.1: Oh no. /sarcasm. 2: Why?
>>1750657Hive.>inb4: Why?Because then I wouldn't be asked these stupid fucking questions.
>>1755434Story of my life. Tried to get into it multiple times but the UI always filters me
University.rjnv8
>>1758621>>1755434Best argument against all those "new bad, old good" faggots. God, that quality of life is unthinkable to play without now.
>>1758621game is playable with PRAX mod once you realize its civ2 with different skin, obviously you need to know how civ2 worked then UI kinda makes sense
