[cerveza_fiesta]

Exiles vs Ancients in Lambda Serpentis


1x Ancient cruiser defending - 2 init
1x Exiles Dreadnought - 1 init

Missile round

• No missiles fired on either side

Cannon round 1

• Ancients fire 2x ion cannon - [6,1] +1 = [6,2] 1 HITS
• Exiles dreadnought fires 2x ion cannon [3,3]+2=[5,5] NO HITS

==Exiles dreadnought sustains 1 damage


Cannon round 2

• Ancients fire 2x ion cannon - [5,4] +1 = [6,5] 1 HITS
• Exiles dreadnought fires 2x ion cannon [4,1]+2=[6,1] 1 HIT (Corrected; used to say 0 hits)

==Ancient ship sustains 1 damage
==Exiles dreadnought sustains 1 damage

COMBAT PAUSED

Morgoth, given the possibiilty of losing your dreadnought, are you interested in retreating or will you resolve the 3rd round?

ANSWER: Morgoth decides to do another round of cannon combat


Cannon round 3

• Ancients fire 2x ion cannon - [2,2] +1 = [3,3] 0 HITS
• Exiles dreadnought fires 2x ion cannon [1,1]+2=[6,1] 0 HITS

Cannon round 4 (since result is unchanged, assume morgoth wants to proceed)

• Ancients fire 2x ion cannon - [5,5] +1 = [6,6] 2 HITS

==Exiles dreadnought destroyed


==The Exiles captain, confident of an easy victory at the outset stares in disbelief as system status indicators on the engineering monitor blink yellow, then red one after the other. He barely has time to sound the general evacuation alarm before an ion bolt punches through the bridge's armor plating, exposing the command crew to the harsh vacuum of space. The remaining crew is able to reach escape pods and safely eject from the foundering wreckage of the dreadnought. They will live to fight another day. Their captain and their ship unfortunately will not.

This post has been edited by cerveza_fiesta: 04 June 2013 - 12:02 PM

[cerveza_fiesta]

Ok, might screw this one up, but here it goes.

Orion vs Ancients in Lambda Fornacis


3x Ancient ship defending - 2 init
1x Orion Dreadnought - 2 init
1x Orion Cruiser - 3 init

Missile round

• No missiles fired on either side

Cannon round 1

• Orion cruiser fires 1x ion cannon [4] + 1 = [5] NO HIT
• Ancient 1 fires 2x ion cannon - [6,6] +1 -1 = [6,6] 2 HITS
• Ancient 2 fires 2x ion cannon - [6,3] +1 -1 = [6,3] 1 HITS
• Ancient 3 fires 2x ion cannon - [5,2] +1 -1 = [5,2] NO HITS
• Orion dreadnought fires 2x ion cannon [3,1]+1=[4,2] NO HITS

==Orion dreadnought sustains 3 damage

Cannon round 2

• Orion cruiser fires 1x ion cannon [5] + 1 = [6] 1 HIT
• Ancient 1 fires 2x ion cannon - [1,2] +1 -1 = [1,2] NO HITS
• Ancient 2 fires 2x ion cannon - [1,4] +1 -1 = [1,4] NO HITS
• Ancient 3 fires 2x ion cannon - [5,4] +1 -1 = [5,4] NO HITS
• Orion dreadnought fires 2x ion cannon [6,1]+1=[6,2] 1 HIT

==1x Ancient ship 1 destroyed


Cannon round 3

• Orion cruiser fires 1x ion cannon [2] + 1 = [3] NO HIT
• Ancient 2 fires 2x ion cannon - [6,6] +1 -1 = [6,6] 2 HITS
• Ancient 3 fires 2x ion cannon - [6,1] +1 -1 = [6,1] 1 HITS
• Orion dreadnought retreats

==Ancient ship sustains 1 damage
==Seeing his ship coming apart around him, the dreadnought captain orders a hasty retreat. Only 2 ancient ships remain, one heavily damaged. The cruiser is ordered to stay and attempt to dispatch the remaining ancients.


Cannon round 4

• Orion cruiser fires 1x ion cannon [4] + 1 = [5] NO HIT
• Ancient 2 fires 2x ion cannon - [6,2] +1 -1 = [6,2] 1 HITS
• Ancient 3 fires 2x ion cannon - [2,5] +1 -1 = [2,5] 0 HITS

==EDITED: Orion dreadnought is shot in the tailpipe while retreating and is destroyed, the crew and captain eject from the wreckage of the disabled ship safely.


Cannon round 5

• Orion cruiser fires 1x ion cannon [6] + 1 = [6] 1 HIT
• Ancient 3 fires 2x ion cannon - [2,5] +1 -1 = [2,5] 0 HITS

==Ancient ship 2 destroyed



Cannon round 6

• Orion cruiser fires 1x ion cannon [4] + 1 = [5] 0 HIT
• Ancient 3 fires 2x ion cannon - [3,5] +1 -1 = [3,5] 0 HITS

Cannon round 7

• Orion cruiser fires 1x ion cannon [5] + 1 = [6] 1 HIT
• Ancient 3 fires 2x ion cannon - [2,2] +1 -1 = [2,2] 0 HITS

==Ancient ship 3 sustains 1 damage



Cannon round 8

• Orion cruiser fires 1x ion cannon [6] + 1 = [6] 1 HIT

==Ancient ship 3 destroyed


==The orion cruiser captain, waves his hand in dismissal at the pathetic combat abilities of the ancients, and smiles (as only an orion can) thinking of the public humiliation the craven dreadnought captain will surely receive upon their return to Rigel. The cruiser captain will surely be placed at the helm of his own dreadnought after this! He directs salvage crews to pick up survivors of the dreadnought.

This post has been edited by cerveza_fiesta: 04 June 2013 - 12:08 PM

[cerveza_fiesta]

Mechanema vs Ancients in Nu Ophiuchi


1x Ancient cruiser defending - 2 init
3x Mechanema interceptors - 3 init

Missile round

• No missiles fired on either side

Cannon round 1

• Mechanema cruiser 1 fires ion cannon - [6] +3 = [6] 1 HITS
• Mechanema cruiser 2 fires ion cannon - [2] +3 = [5] 0 HITS
• Mechanema cruiser 3 fires ion cannon - [2] +3 = [5] 0 HITS
• Ancient ship fires 2x ion cannon [4,2]+1=[5,2] 0 HITS

==Ancient ship sustains 1 damage


Cannon round 1

• Mechanema cruiser 1 fires ion cannon - [6] +3 = [6] 1 HITS
• Mechanema cruiser 2 fires ion cannon - [1] +3 = [1] 0 HITS
• Mechanema cruiser 3 fires ion cannon - [2] +3 = [5] 0 HITS

==Ancient ship destroyed
==Mechanema captain states in monotone: 0000101110011000010011001100000001010001010000111111101010000101

[D'rek]

ohthankgod

[D'rek]

Commander Gfklpq is hereby immediately promoted to Commodore.

Commodore Lzxtpiu is dishonourably discharged, flogged, and shall henceforth serve as my personal ottoman.

[cerveza_fiesta]

Rho Indi vs Ancients in Lambda Serpentis


2x Ancient cruiser defending - 2 init
1x Rho Indi Cruiser attacking - 3 init
2x Rho Indi interceptor attacking - 4 init

Missile round

• No missiles fired on either side

Cannon round 1

• Rho Indi Cruiser fires plasma cannon - [1] +1 = [1] 0 HITS
• Rho Indi Interceptor 1 fires plasma cannon - [5] +1 = [6] 2 HITS (1 ancient destroyed)
• Rho Indi Interceptor 2 fires plasma cannon - [1] +1 = [1] 0 HITS
• Ancient cruiser fires 2 ion cannons - [3,4] +1 -1 = [3,4] 0 HITS

==1 Ancient ship destroyed


Cannon round 1

• Rho Indi Cruiser fires plasma cannon - [6] +1 = [1] 2 HITS (1 ancient destroyed)
• Rho Indi Interceptor 1 fires plasma cannon - [3] +1 = [4] 0 HITS
• Rho Indi Interceptor 2 fires plasma cannon - [3] +1 = [4] 0 HITS

==1 Ancient ship destroyed


==The Rho Indi captains quietly return to their quarters after combat, which seeds great confusion among their crew, who expect a merry celebration over a shared keg of space-grog. Unbeknownst to their crews, the captains are playing a trick, and emerge soon after *each* with a keg of space grog to share.


the next day is spent swabbing vomit off the decks and out through the airlocks

[D'rek]

Commodore Gfklpq returns to Mu Herculis for his new command, leaving Sub-Commander Mrglt in command of the 1st Cruiser Fleet. All Ancient outposts and mining operations are rooted out, bringing the sector under Orion control (I place an influence disc). Regal Ambassador Wbrbwp departs from Gfklpq's flagship via shuttle, heading to Eta Geminorum where he will establish an embassy in the Exiles capital.

It is not yet certain what the primary benefits of this partnership will be - Wbrbwp awaits word of what treasures will be discovered in the Ancient ruins in Lambda Fornacis before finalizing the mercantile contracts with the Exiles. (I'll wait to see the discovery tile before deciding what cube to put on the ambassador tile).

Messengers also set out to Aldebaran, to discuss whether terms of peace are possible with the Sentinels of Magellan or not.

[cerveza_fiesta]

Just realized all through that I put "HITS" instead of "DAMAGE" Not that it really mattered for simple ancient combat with ion cannons (mostly); I was tallying damage, which is the important thing in this case. In the future I'll distinguish between hits and damage, since players might want to split hits between enemy ships.

Since we're waiting on word from Morgoth on what to do with his dread, maybe you can answer me this riddle:

Who gets first dibs on the discovery draws? Do we go in turn order from last round? GP, Morgoth, D'rek, Tapper, Me? That's assuming those players influence their hard-won tiles (I plan to).

It's not really much of a riddle and the answer is probably in the rules but I'll be darned if I can find it.

[D'rek]

cerveza_fiesta, on 04 June 2013 - 01:41 AM, said:

Who gets first dibs on the discovery draws? Do we go in turn order from last round? GP, Morgoth, D'rek, Tapper, Me? That's assuming those players influence their hard-won tiles (I plan to).

It's not really much of a riddle and the answer is probably in the rules but I'll be darned if I can find it.

The technical rule is:

You resolve all battles in descending order of hex number

then

Players can influence empty hexes where they have ships, in descending order of hex number. Discovery tiles would be resolved as you put the discs down.

This post has been edited by D'rek: 04 June 2013 - 01:45 AM

[cerveza_fiesta]

Ah, I see that now in an obscure reference on the very last page of the core rules.

So combat hexes this round were:

• 320 Nu Ophiuchi - Mechanema vs. Ancients
• 305 Lambda Serpentis - Exiles vs. Ancients
• 301 Zeta Draconis - Rho Indi vs. Ancients
• 212 Lambda Fornacis - Orion vs. Ancients
• 204 Vega - Magellan vs. Ancients
• 105 Zeta Herculis - Eridani vs. Ancients

So I will await orders from you all. Please update on page 1. We also need word from Morgoth before I process any post-combat instructions.

Rho indi => influences zeta draconis, awaits result of disco tile draw.

[twelve]

Question on retreats. Doesn't it take a full round of combat to officially retreat? Ie round two you order the retreat. round three you actually retreat and can still be destroyed by enemy ships that shoot before you that next round?

I'm asking because if that is the case then wouldn't the ancients have taken out d'rek's dread even though it was retreating? Or do the ancients only target ships that are actively engaged in combat? I don't have access to the rules on my phone else I would look it up.

As for my hex influence and colonize the money and science slots and populate the diplomacy tile with money if tapper still desires to exchange ambassadors.

[D'rek]

twelve, on 04 June 2013 - 02:21 AM, said:

Question on retreats. Doesn't it take a full round of combat to officially retreat? Ie round two you order the retreat. round three you actually retreat and can still be destroyed by enemy ships that shoot before you that next round?

I'm asking because if that is the case then wouldn't the ancients have taken out d'rek's dread even though it was retreating? Or do the ancients only target ships that are actively engaged in combat? I don't have access to the rules on my phone else I would look it up.

As for my hex influence and colonize the money and science slots and populate the diplomacy tile with money if tapper still desires to exchange ambassadors.

I didn't actually read my combat resolution, I just saw that I won and panted in relief I will go see

[D'rek]

twelve is right, my dreadnaught is deeead.

[twelve]

Damn CF you rolling loaded dice. there's what? five double sixes rolled during all rounds of combat. Poor D'rek was on the wrong end of most of them.

[twelve]

cerveza_fiesta, on 04 June 2013 - 01:52 AM, said:

Ah, I see that now in an obscure reference on the very last page of the core rules.

So combat hexes this round were:

• 320 Nu Ophiuchi - Mechanema vs. Ancients
• 305 Lambda Serpentis - Exiles vs. Ancients
• 301 Zeta Draconis - Rho Indi vs. Ancients
• 212 Lambda Fornacis - Orion vs. Ancients
• 204 Vega - Magellan vs. Ancients
• 105 Zeta Herculis - Eridani vs. Ancients

So I will await orders from you all. Please update on page 1. We also need word from Morgoth before I process any post-combat instructions.

Rho indi => influences zeta draconis, awaits result of disco tile draw.

Don't forget about solidsnape conquering that empty hex as well.

[Tapper]

Claim the system, colonize both planets (1 science, 1 money), exchange ambassadors with Twelve (1 materials).

Wait for the shown disco tile before a decision on that is made.

[Tattersail_]

Influence to grab discovery.

[Morgoth]

If your thing is correct I rolled 1 hit. Also; Jesus Christ!

I will have to try for another round.

[Tattersail_]

Exchange diplo with Drek. Are you amenable?

[Solidsnape]

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Also it looks like SS's board has too many actions on it. The build action for his cruiser was done through the pulsar not as a normal build action.

Is this right?