[Tattersail_]

Nano robots or neutron bombs. D'rek has the bombs, Morgoth doesn't need either I don' t think. Just looking at your production and situation neither of these suit you either. The only other thing you can afford is Gauss Shield, which will make your middle track further along and anything in that row cheaper in the future.

Okay, you cannot grab a tech unless you want Gauss Shield.

Just asking a question to others here, if Solid puts two Gauss shields on his cruiser would that mean neither ancient could ever hit him? Even if they rolled a six they'd only have a 5.

[Imperial Historian]

A 6 always hits. Personally if I was SS grabbing tech I'd be looking at grabbing starbases or neutron bombs (if only to keep it out of others hands). But I'd be doing everything I can to beat that double ancient this turn, if grabbing research this turn jeopardises doing that (which I think it does) I'd concentrate on taking the ancients out.

SS I think you could get more value out of your pulsars by building a cruiser with one, and upgrading with the other... then you need 2 moves (one for your 2 cruisers, and one for your interceptor) and at least one upgrade of your cruiser (hull and plasma cannon gives you the best odds i think) to have a decent chance at taking down those ancients... you should be able to that, but it might be tight to claim the new system also. Have a look at your economy and see whether you can do it. You might be able to by bankrupting your white planet system to recover some money , plus the money you get from the new system, or by flipping colony ships.

[Tattersail_]

Imperial Historian, on 06 June 2013 - 10:01 AM, said:

A 6 always hits. Personally if I was SS grabbing tech I'd be looking at grabbing starbases or neutron bombs (if only to keep it out of others hands). But I'd be doing everything I can to beat that double ancient this turn, if grabbing research this turn jeopardises doing that (which I think it does) I'd concentrate on taking the ancients out.

SS I think you could get more value out of your pulsars by building a cruiser with one, and upgrading with the other... then you need 2 moves (one for your 2 cruisers, and one for your interceptor) and at least one upgrade of your cruiser (hull and plasma cannon gives you the best odds i think) to have a decent chance at taking down those ancients... you should be able to that, but it might be tight to claim the new system also. Have a look at your economy and see whether you can do it. You might be able to by bankrupting your white planet system to recover some money , plus the money you get from the new system, or by flipping colony ships.

I have been running the odds and he has a good chance of both cruisers beating those double ancients.

DEF - W: 142 L: 858 R: 0 --- D-ancientship+D-ancientship

Defender lost 2
Attacker lost 1
With the interceptor.

DEF - W: 48 L: 952 R: 0 --

This post has been edited by Ganoes Paran: 06 June 2013 - 10:11 AM

[Tattersail_]

So IH is a genius. Two cruisers and an interceptor should do it for you.

[Morgoth]

Ganoes Paran, on 06 June 2013 - 07:50 AM, said:

Morgoth, on 06 June 2013 - 06:57 AM, said:

I'll explore then. I only have one option for a tier 3 explore I believe.

I don't think there are any left.

I thought there was one left? IF not I'll have to go for tech I guess (even with no improved hull), but I'll wait for our resident mod.

[Tattersail_]

Morgoth, on 06 June 2013 - 11:31 AM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 06 June 2013 - 07:50 AM, said:

Morgoth, on 06 June 2013 - 06:57 AM, said:

I'll explore then. I only have one option for a tier 3 explore I believe.

I don't think there are any left.

I thought there was one left? IF not I'll have to go for tech I guess (even with no improved hull), but I'll wait for our resident mod.

I think the Mod took it with his last move of last round, i'll check for you.

[Tattersail_]

No Morgoth, you have one left.

Galactic Council, on 03 June 2013 - 06:34 PM, said:

OK, for my provisional turn 7 (provided nobody makes a provisional that affects me) I will take one of the final 2 explores

@GNaw,

Ok with that orientation?

EDIT - south of Kappa Scorpii that is.

Result: Beta sextantis, which I will influence (albeit temporarily) for the disco tile. My discovery is an ancient orbital, which I will keep. Orientation as shown

beta sex - CF.png

Galactic Council, on 03 June 2013 - 07:04 PM, said:

OOooooh, be sooo afraid of my miniscule economy and 3 ships! Yar har me buckos!

@IH, what u talking about foo?. I only have 2 diplo tiles. 1 is promised to Khell and the other is sitting with Twelve. Way I see it, everything else is fair game.

...that wormhole is exactly the draw I wanted though, haha....

EDIT

next explore is our last by the way.

[Tattersail_]

D'rek's turn then yours Solid.

[cerveza_fiesta]

There is 1 left:

@Morgoth, you find Eta Cephi (303)

Having trouble with the file right now, so I will describe

• WH South and NW
• 1 grey planet
• discovery tile
• single ancient
• 2 victory points
• artifact

And I assume northwest of Beta Centauri for position; it doesn't look like you have another option.

[cerveza_fiesta]

Ah, the program just crashed or something. I was worried I wouldn't be able to post the start-of-turn-3 board update but now it appears to be working. I'll get the first few actions from everybody and post in a bit.

[Morgoth]

Well, that makes future choices quite simple.

[cerveza_fiesta]

Since there are no explores left and no way to conveniently connect to anything with Eta Cephi other than Beta Centauri (even with a wormhole generator), I'm just going to pick an orientation. Sound good? Wormholes SE and SW.

[cerveza_fiesta]

Morgoth, on 06 June 2013 - 11:47 AM, said:

Well, that makes future choices quite simple.

Yeap. Fairly obvious what you should be spending your efforts on right now.

[Morgoth]

cerveza_fiesta, on 06 June 2013 - 12:00 PM, said:

Morgoth, on 06 June 2013 - 11:47 AM, said:

Well, that makes future choices quite simple.

Yeap. Fairly obvious what you should be spending your efforts on right now.

Yeah. Destroying Khell. I assume you'll be aiding the Horde as we pillage his pitifull systems.

[Khellendros]

Morgoth, on 06 June 2013 - 12:25 PM, said:

cerveza_fiesta, on 06 June 2013 - 12:00 PM, said:

Morgoth, on 06 June 2013 - 11:47 AM, said:

Well, that makes future choices quite simple.

Yeap. Fairly obvious what you should be spending your efforts on right now.

Yeah. Destroying Khell. I assume you'll be aiding the Horde as we pillage his pitifull systems.

Hah, more fool you! I'll destroy my own enclaves long before you reach me! Hahahaha aaah. Sigh.

[D'rek]

I put in my action last night - researching Advanced Econ, so SS can go ahead.

[Tapper]

Research Fusion Source.

[Solidsnape]

Ok then. I'll have a go at those ancients this round.
So using Sineis pulsar system, Build one cruiser.

This post has been edited by Solidsnape: 06 June 2013 - 02:27 PM

[twelve]

Research Flux Missile put it on the middle track.

[Tattersail_]

twelve, on 06 June 2013 - 02:36 PM, said:

Research Flux Missile put it on the middle track.

I didn't know you could research those!!

what is difference between those and other missiles?

This post has been edited by Ganoes Paran: 06 June 2013 - 02:40 PM