Posts from Actaea

Air and Glass
"Develop a technologically literate populace that doesn't care that much"

Reports indicate that several neighbouring nations are engaged in major weapons programs in contravention of international law and treaty, focusing public discourse on Arkondia's foreign policy—specifically, its position on preemptive strikes.

I will report this.

In short, culture +1, health -1.
I don't recommend it.

With some regret for myself, I note that Rex Ventorum is starting to lose its appeal for me in terms of gameplay on NationStates. I have practically completely equalized the income (as planned by Lucius during his coup), eliminated obesity, and am still among the top in industry, defense forces, and economy; in terms of culture, after a decline, I rose to second place right after Arca, so only things like mortality and environment remain – this will take time, and there is little interesting about it. In general, primarily for a similar reason, I staged that coup back then – playing as a corporation that abuses the population/develops industry and the army quickly bored me. Of course, I will continue to develop FRRV as intended, but now I want something else.
Therefore, I created a new Kalmykian nation! In general, it's a mix of Chinese, Indian, and Arab cultures; I won't write anything more about it now – I'll do it with a longer post, but I'll have to postpone it until the country undergoes certain changes in terms of its indicators. And since we're at it, I'll share how I make flags. It's a very simple method, but maybe someone will find it useful.
Using this country as an example:
1. Created an empty image 319x213 (I don't know why, but I've been using these parameters for a very long time; most likely my flag on Kraustorm was scaled like that, and I decided that this is the "correct" size).
2. Made three smaller images (213/3=319x73).
3. Found (I am not an artist at all and would rather do a triple somersault than draw something decent) online a graphic symbol of something (in this case, I was looking for a lotus flower), reduced it, and placed it in the center.
Here it is:

4. And now I’ll tell you how I choose colors)))
It's a bit lazy for me to take them from my head or move sliders for half an hour, so I came up with a fun method.
Here is a photo.

I take an eyedropper (probably called a pipette in Russian, I don't know) and use it to go through the image in search of suitable colors, then reduce/increase saturation and fill all this emptiness with color.
In the end, it turns out like this:

That is, as I already said, the method is very simple, but requires very little time, and the result is quite good.

in short, culture +1, health -1
I don't recommend it

I chose this option recently.
there seems to be not health -1, but only lifespan -1
and you're scaring people :p

Added 7 minutes later

4. Now I'll tell you how I choose colors)))
...
I take an eyedropper (most likely a pipette in the Russian version, I don't know) and move it around the image in search of suitable colors

If I need to, I choose like this:
I take List of colors (compact)
or (more often) I look at specific lists of "Shades of..." — here here here.

In my opinion, this is a more in-depth approach. The result might be of higher quality, but personally, I find it easier to do things intuitively and "by eye."

and he was also demoted.

I liked Revnya's tutorial on flags! And the color scheme is decent. In a good, finished photograph, the colors are already coordinated, so it's unlikely to turn out terribly.

Bhatia relocated from The West Pacific to Actaea.

Батя пришёл! :smile10:

Starting conditions for characters
Squad status
Olivia Blankenship
Veilin Sairos
Aydin "Koryaga" Jabrail oglu Dzheydonhov
Jonathan Schrier
Irshad al-Askalani
Silas Trace
Madeleine Rose
Franka Cheslok
First mission: Burhan
Equipment

Jonathan
VHI DFA-B1 (2000 PAP)
VHI ED (1500 PAP)
Body armor (600 PAP)
Combat knife (100 PAP)
VHI R-5 (explosive) x3 (900 PAP)
VHI GL-HF (4500 PAP)
Total: 9600 PAP

Irshad
Combat knife (100 PAP)
VHI Brevis (3000 PAP)
Body armor (600 PAP)
Grenades: fragmentation (4 pcs), flashbang, smoke (1200 PAP)
Total: 4900 PAP

Veilin
VHI Celer-10 (2000 PAP)
Body armor (600 PAP)
Combat knife (100 PAP)
Smoke grenade (200 PAP)
Total: 2900 PAP

Franka
SJ & EFMC Figaro (12000 PAP)
Combat knife (100 PAP)
Two flashbang and two smoke grenades (800 PAP)
Body armor (600 PAP)
Interpreter services (2000 PAP)
PDA (x2) (4000 PAP)
Signal interception device (x2) (1600 PAP)
Movement tracking/eavesdropping device (x2) (500 PAP)
Total: 21650 PAP

Aydin
VHI SG-12 (2000 PAP)
Combat knife (100 PAP)
Smoke grenades x2, fragmentation x3 (1000 PAP)
Body armor (600 PAP)
Total: 3700 PAP

Madeleine
VHI Neco (4000 PAP)
Body armor (600 PAP)
Grenade launcher rounds - explosive x2, incendiary, electromagnetic pulse (400 PAP)
Total: 5000 PAP

Olivia Blankenship
VHI Celer-10 (2000 PAP)
First aid kit (x2) [5/5] (2000 PAP)
Total: 4000 PAP

Is everything correct? I didn't quite understand the part about the "Plesen" faction. Clarifications regarding equipment: weapons are rated individually within their category; one unit of a tracking/eavesdropping device is installed in a specific location, and therefore, one unit only works in one location. Frank, like Silas before him, can choose one additional language.

Is everything correct? I didn't quite understand about the "Plesen".

The coolest sniper rifle (7500), a weak pistol (450), a crossbow (2000), and a staff (1050).

Like Silas, Franca can also choose one additional language.

I think I already wrote in a private message that I'm taking the "Burhankh".

And I added it. It was written by Franke.

A gang of rough-riders has been policing towns along Arkondia's border, rounding up illegal aliens and "escorting" them back home.

These are likely people from Fortress.