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   | The Olympia Times                               times@olympia.rt.com |
   | August 8, 1992                                                  v5n2 |
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   | Turn 33  107 Players                                                 |
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		Turn 34 orders due:  Friday, August 14, 1992
		Turn 35 orders due:  Friday, August 21, 1992

		   Orders are due 6:00pm EDT, 22:00 GMT.

         Questions, comments, bug reports, to play:  olympia@rt.com


If you just want to add orders to one unit, you must still
specify your player character's entity section.  For example,
suppose player [501] wanted to add an order for unit [1058]:

	entity 501

	entity 1058
	  work

The empty "entity 501" section won't affect any orders queued
for 501, but is required before you can add orders to 1058.


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Time spent using a skill now counts towards study.
For instance, a horse-catcher who spends 20 days catching
horses will learn as much as a unit which spends 5 days
studying horse catching.

Units ASSISTing another unit in a task will also gain skill
levels, if they have some knowledge of the relevant skills.

In the case of a parent/subskill pair, the parent skill will
also increase, although half as much as the subskill.
(Recall that the worker output formula gives 2/3 of the output
to the subskill, and 1/3 to the parent).

Currently one does not get better at combat by being in battles,
but this will be added soon.  The experience bonus gained will
be proportional to your opponent's size; you can't become
a master fighter by always picking on units smaller than yourself.





 Hello all..
             I was wondering if anyone out there knows who
currently controls the Imperial palace [3000] at Cnossa [204]?
Perhaps it's about time that Olympia had an Emperor? I believe
that enough long-term characters exist,and enough stability
(the wanted list seems to be decreasing) for an Emperor to be
viable.Who would be eligable? Possibly either;
  a) Those who possess sufficient land (ie:undisputed ownership
of say,8 or greater land areas,
 b) Those who already wield military power (ie:>200 men?)
The eligible candidates (perhaps screened by the guild masters)
could then have their respective histories examined in public
(Fnar,fnar) and an emeror chosen.
What powers/benifits might an emeror have?
 i) An annual tithe from all controlled characters of say,100gps,
this money to be used for civic projects/defense of the realm
(ie:Dr.Pain type characters)/exploration.Money could be paid via:
a taxman stationed at certain markets (or all of them default=work)
anytime during the year.Failure to pay would result in nothing more
stringent than say loss of membership/privaliges in the empirium.
(This would mean of course they would have the same rights as independant
units ie:none.ie:certain death at the hands of all those potential
psycho's out there.)
 ii) The privilages of POWER!
To balance the emperor,a Senate could be formed from eminant landowners,
military leaders and Guild leaders - with the power to overthrow any
of the emperors descisions following a 2/3rd majority (and of course
the emperor himself).
What benifits would being a member of the Imperium confer?
 a) A person to turn to in time of alien invasion (cf:the bunch of
Orcs (no.130),savages (no.~20) and Trolls (no.2) that I bumped into
last month alone...within a hopefully short time Imperial troops
would be around to kick some ass!
 b) The ability to petition the Emperor for monies for construction/
exploration...a final court for territorial disputes and accusations etc.
 If you think this idea is okay let me know,and we'll try and get
something organised (I don't qualify for Imperial Candidate under
any of my current stipulations,so I'm not out for power here).If you
don't think the time is right for this kind of element in the game
(ie:you think it's too restrictive on personal freedom,too complicated,
or not worth the hassle - also let me know...but don't forget we're
making this world as we go along (or someone is :)) and we could
always TRY an emperor for size..,..)

 I just thought I'd mention it.
                   Silk Hobarth Esq.
                   Imperial Citizen.
                  (gmorley@rpms.ac.uk)





I am pleased to anounce the upcoming marriage of one Niron Randomire,
son of Fangor Randomire and Greta Randomire to Kristina Bordshire 
fair daughter of Horg and Beth.  The wedding will be held on the 16th
day of next month.  Everyone is welcome to attend.

      Thorgon of Drucartan, Best man





Greetings Fellow Travelers:
     With the resource belt tightening in the land we know as
Olympia, it is becoming more apparent there is a large gap between
the haves and have nots. Rocko, Prenola, Bastrestric, Delf and
others are attempting to deal with the emergency by setting up
protectorates or area in which only their chosen units are free to
work in their professions. 
     So what of the poor unwashed? Are we doomed to be poor forever
because a few exceedingly greedy individuals are using all
available resources simply to maintain their hordes? Hordes which
have no function beyond making money for their masters.
     Men are the key to controlling this land. How do you oppose
the masters of the land?  How do you persuade units bigger and
richer than you are? Can you fight someone who outnumbers you ten
to one? These are questions I raise for both the masters and the
paupers such as I. Do not be fooled by this period of peace. The
peasants are restless. Please contact me in support OR opposition.
                  In your service,
                Sarogin Bellewood [843]





Southland Police Report
=======================

This report now covers the happenings in Chardia, Camaris and Habyn. The rest of
the Southland will be included shortly.  If you have any questions, additions
etc., please contact John Smith[823].

No fighting occured in these areas last month.

This report is a reqular feature in the Times, and always ends with the most
up to date wanted list.

                               WANTED
                               ======
		Nobody. Peace reigns in the Southlands

				The Town Councils of the Southlands





   * * *  The Dragaeran Trading Company Perpetually Hammers You With  * * *

		The Olympia turn checker!

	It needs 7.0's and 7.5's for a gold medal!

	This marvel of the midevil age reads in turn commands, checks
syntax, and prints out an english version of the commands for easy 
checking.  No longer will you buy 5 of 6 instead of 6 of 5.  It also
does reasonability checks (ie. you can't buy Osswid, and you can't 
terrorize a rug).

	Binaries for Next, Vax, Sparc, Decstation and Sun3 machines running
UNIX are available from shrimp.cs.washington.edu in pub/olympia.  Source code
is NOT available, so don't ask.

Comments/questions/bug reports to hauck@cs.washington.edu.

Note: For bug reports, please include the line that triggered the bug, and
      the output the checker gave.

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		The lore archive!

	Finally open to the general public, the lore archive is the combined
results of hordes of newbies studying away at their books.  With about 2/3 of
the written lore in our files, we're now making it available to you.

	The deal - for any piece of lore you send in which isn't in our
archive, we'll send you two pieces of your choices.  Also, for every two
subskill numbers you send in that we don't have, we'll send you one piece of
lore (if you prefer, two subskill numbers from us for each new subskill 
number you send me).

	Send a SASE to hauck@cs.washington.edu with the lore/subskill #'s.
I'll send back a menu of choices if you've sent something new.