January 2012 Lost Eden GOTM: Stranger In A Strange World (SMAC)

[ben sisko]

The January 2012 GotM is called "Lost Eden GOTM: Stranger in a Strange
World"" and it's a SMAC scenario (no need for the expansion pack -
SMAX). You'll step into the shoes of the innocent military genius
Brother-General Tristan who fights against the intolerant original AC
preacher-lady, Miriam. Hmm.. you've always wanted to teach her a
lesson, haven't you? .. Now is the time!

YOUR MISSION:
Brother-General Tristan, you need to capture New Jerusalem to end the
conflict.
However, you should reduce civilian losses as much as possible.
Each population unit in an original Believer base (whether you
captured it or not) counts towards the score of this Game of the
Month.

STANDINGS FOR THE January 2012 GotM COMPETITION:
The standings will be calculated using the following criteria (in this
exact order):
- difficulty level;
- number of turns needed to reach the objective;
- total population of the Believers (the more, the better).

Meaning:
The games played on lesser difficulty level won't be able to beat a
superior level.
On the same difficulty level, the scenario completed in less turns
will outweigh the others.
If the objective was reached in the same number of turns, the total
population of the Believers will be the tie-breaker.

2012 GotM COMPETITION
The three best results will receive points for the 2012 GotM
Competition:
The best result will bring you a 'Gold victory' :1st: and 4 points in
the 2012 Game of the Month Competition as well as a special badge
visible in your profile and your post bits.
The second best result will bring you a 'Silver victory' :2nd: and 2
points in the 2012 Game of the Month Competition.
The third best result will bring you a 'Bronze victory' :3rd: and 1
point in the 2012 Game of the Month Competition.

PRIZES:
The winners of the 2012 GotM Competition will receive prizes
consisting of downloadable games from www.gog.com.

All gog.com prizes are courtesy of www.alphacentauri2.info.

DIRECTIONS
1) Download the zip file (at the bottom of this post) and place it
into your main game directory. usually this is: C:/Program Files/
Firaxis Games/Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri/
2) Unzip it there. Confirm overwrite if asked (ONLY FOR WINDOWS
USERS)!
3) Start up SMAC, then select "Scenario", "Play Scenario", and then go
to the subdirectory "LEGotM" and choose the scenario.

Download link for Librarian difficulty level:
http://alphacentauri2.info/downloads/?sa=downfile&id=29

Download link for Transcend difficulty level:
http://alphacentauri2.info/downloads/?sa=downfile&id=30

GOOD LUCK!

*Important: for everything concerning submissions, AARs, prizes please
use this thread: http://alphacentauri2.info/command-nexus/january-2012-lost-eden-gotm-stranger-in-a-strange-world-(smac)/
or use this email address: submissions [ @ ] alphacentauri2 [ . ] info

*Kind of important: please use the [ spoiler ] [ /spoiler ] tags if
you want to talk about strategies. some players want to give it a try
before reading the others' experiences.

*For the full Lost Eden mod, and discussion of same, see this thread:
http://alphacentauri2.info/the-theory-of-everything/lost-eden-moddingsuggestionscommentscharmanders-thread/.

*The most important: if seeing an anatomically correct Poke'mon with
no britches on will ruin your day, best not to download this - if your
curiosity gets the better of you, you were warned.