Colony Leader Guidebook

The Planet, Gallius IV 2 The Deadlock over Gallius IV 3 The Compact of Gallius IV 6 Race Descriptions 7 ChCh-T 7 Cyth 9 Humans 12 Maug 14 Re’Lu 17 Tarth 20 Uva Mosk 22 Skirineen 25 Tolnans 27 Technologies 28 Resource Technologies 28 Colony Enhancements 32 Military Technologies 38 Buildings 44 Military Units 62 Combat 62 Defense Units 63 Attack Units 65 Credits 80 Greetings, colony leaders! Soon you will engage several rival colonies on the surface of Gallius IV. I realize that the events of the past few weeks are bewildering, many of you have never run a colony before. Do not worry. All of your colonies should thrive in your more than capable hands (and claws). Through a special provision of the Compact of Gallius IV, I, Oolan, may provide you all with this portfolio of information. Most of it was gleaned from the files I have in my shipboard data sys- tem. The technology, military, and building information is all accurate. However, I have kept the details about the races brief, as the complete history of each culture would fill many volumes! Instead, I have selected only the information that will aid in your strategic planning. I have also included a brief synopsis that explains how we got into this horrible deadlock. It is up to you to end the stalemate and stop this brewing galactic war. If the Compact is unable to resolve our problems there could be a war as huge as any of our past major conflicts. Please accept my apologies for tossing this together so quickly. Since the Compact was signed I have been frantically trying to make this as accurate as I can. I find myself in the unexpected position of being your consultant; originally I came here only to help survey Gallius IV! I hope you will find my meager assistance satisfactory. The planet awaits! -- Oolan, Gallius IV Observer THE PLANET, GALLIUS IV Discovered just a short time ago, Gallius IV has drawn all the known space faring races into a battle over it. Located in a remote solar system inside the sensor-shadowed eddies of the Omicron Nebula, this planet is one of the richest and most mysterious worlds ever known. Hospitable planets have certainly become rare in our rapidly shrinking universe. Gallius IV would never have been located without the help of a broken runestone, the pieces of which are in the hands of both the devious Cyth and the telepathic Re'Lu. The runestone seems to have been carved by a race that has disappeared, possibly conquered by the Skirineen centuries ago. Because of their recent defeat by the combined forces of the seven galactic races, the Ski…