Session Start: Thu Jan 30 00:00:00 2003 Session Ident: #D&D [00:00:44] * NinjaDebugger is now known as SleepDebugger [18:16:43] The planet of Aranal was the first planet to make contact with life on another planet... [18:16:45] The only one that even comes close to that bad is Windows ME. [18:16:49] What's that say? [18:17:22] "You greedy bastard, everyone hates you. You were thrown into this world unprepared. Nobody wants to admit they even talked to you." [18:17:36] It was populated entirely by gnomes, who were able to work in peace, uninterrupted by the meddling of other races. There used to be some dwarves there, but they died out millenia before the rise of the Forongorn Confederation [18:17:37] Hee [18:17:39] * Yu-Mei (stdwrs15@ACA0489A.ipt.aol.com) has joined #D&D [18:17:40] * Demota was Palm OS. ;_; [18:17:42] Re. [18:18:05] I ended up Apple DOS 3.1 [18:18:30] ...whu? [18:18:35] Other races were able to colonize some planets within their own solar system, with the use of magic or tech alone, but the Gnomes of Aranal were the first to create Starcasters to achieve faster than light speed travel [18:19:13] Go Gnomes! [18:19:14] Starcasters work by casting long-distance teleports repeatedly until they get to their destination, as far as I can tell. [18:20:15] They made contact with another planet, and were surprised to see not only gnomes there, but humans, elves, and dwarves, who they recognized from ancient ruins. [18:21:01] Positive relations were established, and starcaster technology was offered freely to Irunal. [18:21:45] However, the people of Irunal didn't go through the long periods of debate and consideration of the ramifications of this machinery [18:21:49] * Yonjuuni takes the test. "I'm OS X. Cool. Though that means my instructor at college has a burning hatred for me. [18:22:36] They decided to explore this one thing in the sky that was called the Dark Zone, which was the subject of many rumors and myths. [18:22:44] Gnomes rock. [18:22:56] Where is this test? [18:23:09] Despite the protests of the Forongorn Confederation, ship after sihp was sent in for decades, not a single one coming out [18:23:18] http://bbspot.com/News/2003/01/os_quiz.php [18:23:49] Then one day, a ship did come out. But it wasn't launched from either of those two planets. [18:24:43] * Zegon runs off to make dinner. [18:24:45] * Zegon is now known as Zegone [18:24:56] It pretty much laid waste and did a TON of damage, before it was destroyed. Then more ships were sent out from the Dark Zone, filled with horrific beings that would tear away at your mind and enslave people. [18:25:33] The devestation was immesurable when the fighting finally stopped. And a valuble lesson was learned. [18:25:49] DON'T GIVE FASTER THAN LIGHT TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY TO PEOPLE WHO AREN'T READY FOR IT, DUMBASSES. [18:27:24] * NinjaDebugger is now known as MechDebugger [18:27:55] But, that was probably tens of thousands of years ago. Ancient history. [18:28:37] Besides, what are the odds that another attack would be launched from the Dark Zone after this long? ^_^ [18:28:40] * Demota is now known as DeMenchi [18:29:14] Very, very high. [18:30:07] Dem: Did you forget your tag? [18:30:20] Heh. [18:30:48] Anyway, your more immediate concerns is with that red dragon ruling the galaxy. :P [18:33:27] Right. Pay no attention to the Ilithid behind the inky darkness. ^_~ [18:37:39] * Jukor (joshua@adsl-156-58-251.asm.bellsouth.net) has joined #d&d [18:37:59] * DeMenchi is now known as Demota [18:38:12] I'm Apple DOS 3.1 [18:38:15] Whoo! [18:38:55] I'm Palm OS. [18:38:59] I'm Palm too [18:39:11] Following the war, an immediate ban was placed on travel to the Dark Zone [18:39:45] It's been lifted a few times, but every time it was put back into place when it became clear that no good could come of going there [18:40:53] But they have lasertag there! [18:41:02] * SleepyMina is now known as Minaku [18:41:06] * Demota puts Yon in the Dark Zone to have his brain sucked out [18:41:23] * Yonjuuni shoots the brainsuckers, and gets 1000 points! [18:42:05] Anyway, further travel was made, and contact was made with further planet [18:42:08] +s [18:43:07] Eventually, an interplanetary governmetn was formed called the Star League, based upon the now venerable Forongorn Confederation [18:44:49] Things pretty much went back to normal. While this was happening, our attention shifts to the dragon. [18:45:01] Dragons are powerful, wealthy, rare creatures. They also don't like being bothered [18:45:59] As cities crept along the countryside on countless planets, dragons started moving away from their old homes, to find new places to live [18:46:35] Eventually, as things continued to grow, they were faced with a choice. Join civilization, or be destroyed by it. [18:46:55] Most chose to join. [18:47:33] Gifted with enormous talent, they quickly climbed the social ladder, and owned the hugest corporations and held high positions of public office [18:48:18] Resentment against the dragons for their success grew, and anti-dragon laws were passed restricting what they could do. [18:49:07] This didn't go over well with them. A gold dragon named Khelorn decided to create a group called Qesemet, or "The Golden Kingdom" [18:49:33] Any dragons who wished to could join, and just about every metallic did. [18:50:30] A Blue Dragon named Lazalius didn't like this, so he created his own group called Asamet, or "Iron Kingdom" [18:51:12] United, the dragons became even more powerful, and were often secretly controlling corporations and government figureheads. [18:51:24] So, uh, game IS tonight, right? [18:51:27] Their sizes grew and grew and grew, and tensions between them rose. [18:51:30] I thought it was. [18:51:32] * Demota prods Mand [18:51:57] In theory, yes, game tonight. [18:52:22] o_O [18:52:26] I'm Windows XP/ [18:52:27] . [18:53:03] By this time, the Star League was greatly weakened, and to this day, it's barely anything much but a rubber stamp [18:53:17] I'M WINDOWS XP! [18:53:50] Finally, something happened. A Qesemet patrol ship ran into an Asamet craft in an area that was supposed to be neutral. [18:54:03] The patrol ship asked the Asamet ship to turn away. [18:54:04] Yes, now the Successor States are gaining power... [18:54:14] Asamet ship responded by turning the patrol ship into molten slag. [18:54:33] The leaders of the Star League are making plans to make an exodus to uncharted reaches of space. ^.~ [18:54:39] And thus, the Dragon War begun [18:54:58] Anyway, yeah. Loads of fighting for centurues, massive devestation, yadda yadda yadda [18:55:19] ( a.k.a. the Succession Wars. ^.^ ) [18:55:37] No one cares that I'm Windows XP? [18:55:52] Mina: You mean you're pretty but really rotten underneath? ^_~ [18:56:00] Not really. [18:56:03] The fighting finally ended when the planet of Krynn exploded. [18:56:06] .... uh, Krellis. [18:56:11] YOU EXPLODED KRYNN!? [18:56:16] @_@ [18:56:23] Sweet! No more kender! [18:56:42] It was the home to the rare yellow dragons, who wanted to remain neutral in the conflict [18:56:52] Nearly all of them were killed off. [18:57:52] The devastation was so huge that the area is still incredibly dangerous, 5000 years later. It was destroyed by a secret weapon of some kind, which is still classified. [18:57:55] I said 22, didn't I? [18:58:16] One theory was that some sort of antimatter bomb was set off. [18:58:20] D'you people have some sort of objection to me eating dinner? [18:58:23] No [18:58:32] Because that's what I was doing. [18:58:41] * Minaku wasn't complaining. [18:58:45] * Minaku needs to do bio homework. [18:58:53] ... ¬¬ [18:59:04] Does anyone know how many RNA sequences can be encoded in 12 residues? [18:59:49] Another guess is that it was some sort of magical explosive device that combined energy from the Positive Energy Plane and the Negative Energy Plane. This is further supported by the fact that the space where Krellis once was changes wildly. At one point being more dense than a black hole, then returning to vacuum the next second [18:59:49] Billions and billions. [19:00:16] Whatever the cause, the Dragons agreed that it was time to stop beating each other up [19:00:26] And that's how the Dragon Empire came to be Session Close: Fri Jan 31 00:00:00 2003