Welcome to Conquest of Sol version 1.0 BETA

Created by Gamerphate ie Matt Easley 2009

(Preface)

The idea behind this scenario map is that you play either the
humans/terrans or the ancient Anunnaki.  According the Sumerian 
artifacts that are thousands of years old, the Anunnaki came to Earth.  
Their home planet, named Nibiru, has an atmosphere that is 
infused with gold partials.  Over time they dissipate, and the
Anunnaki must gather more to replenish their home world.  If you
look at our solar system and consider it spread out left to right,
the orbit of Nibiru's axis would be up and down or perpendicular to
Earth's.  Thousands of years ago, Nibiru passed by the Earth, and the
Anunnaki found there to be large deposits of gold.  Despite their size
and power, they grew weary and tired of laboring in the fields toiling
to gather this precious resource.  The found primitive wildlife on the 
planet, and used genetic manipulation methods to modify one of the 
ape like animals. 

There were some complications and failures at first.  But eventually they
formed a prime strain that they replicated across into different areas of 
the planet.  Each of the Anunnaki held great power and influence upon
these creations of theirs.  They would gather the large quantities of gold
as offering to their perceived gods.  However, each of the Anunnaki
ended up forming their own types of traditions and rituals until several
different version of religion were created.  Unfortunately, this created
much apprehension and distrust of the other cultures.  

Much happened during the time Nibiru was within range of Earth.  However,
the time came when the Anunnaki had finally gather more than enough gold
from the planet.  And Nibiru was quickly gathering in distance from the 
Earth, after swinging past it and bouncing back into its return orbit.  
planet Nibiru was once again on its multi-century journey back to the
other arm of its path.  

However, Nibiru is once again reaching within range of the Earth.  And
the Anunnaki are eager to reap more gold and resources from the Earth.
They knew through the cultural upsets they left thousands of years ago
that through the gradual advancement of technology, the Earth would
have vast gather piles of resources that had been horded by the
mega elite and governments since the dawns of their existence.  


Word from the Author

I will likely hash out more background information in the following
feleases.  But I wanted to set the tone of the idea behind the map.
The solar system is laid out very similar to our own real life Sol
system. There were some modifications made to reduce some of extreme 
distance ratios of the furthest planets into our system.  This was 
partly done to balance the map up a bit to make the map more fun 
to play, and less preciously exact.  The layout is the Terrans start
out on Earth (of course), with the moon orbiting it (asteroid model).
All the planets are laid out in order, including the feature that 
just past Mars is the asteroid belt.  There is a ring that exists 
around the Inner planets to represent how the Earth would not have 
seen Nibiru Approaching until it got within range to the 
inner solar system.  

Planet Nibiru in this map has access to a lane to the asteroid belt so 
they could manually travel to the inner planets.  However, it is
Also linked to Pluto.  And being that Pluto is so far out there, it
is closer to Nibiru in this map to give the Anunnaki some planets
to try to grab in the early phases.  Also, Nibiru happens to have
moon as well again for balance, to give them a different edge.  
Also, Pluto has an asteroid and ice planet that are to again help
the Anunnaki have a balanced start, and represent ice shard
type asteroids that orbit Pluto.  The idea would be that they Anunnaki 
would want to Grab all those planets, and then likely work the gas 
planets and All their moons for resources, while the humans push 
into them as well Until they meet up in the middle.  The space lanes 
are setup to have Strategic value on certain hubs.  I did add a 
pirate base just To represent rebel factions that don't like the 
idea of the expansive colonies invading into their space.  

Final Words

This is Beta 1.0.  I need feedback so I know where I can further
tweak this map to make it more enjoyable and interesting to play.
I have played a good ways into at as the Terrans and it has 
been fun so far, but I made some modifications that I mentioned
above to give the Anunnaki a more fair start.  Also, I added quite
A few moons to the planets, but if you think I missed a specific
well known or larger size moon that really should be added, please
ket me know!  I even debate on adding every single moon that the
Gas planets each had but it look at the amount of stuff already
and thought it might be enough for balance.  But again, I want
feed back, that is why this is a beta map.  I need to know what
you have found from playing the map or if you like the direction
it has taken.  Also let me know if the Wormholes work for you
or if I need to tweak them a little bit, again all feedback is
welcome to help make this map the best it can be.

Lastly, I had debated on researching what would be needed to make
a full blown mod to accomidate all the technologies and aspects
of ancient Sumerian Culture, Anunaki Legend and Lore, and other
Planet-X concepts.  Questions, Comments, Offers to help mod  =D
can be sent to pctechokc@hotmail.com

Thanks again for your time, and enjoy the map!

