[Tattersail_]

Yes, very good. everyone submit their orders today asap.

[Galactic Council]

I don't want to hit the SS/Tapper wall again. But some people are going to have to pass shortly.

[Tattersail_]

Galactic Council, on 09 October 2013 - 03:47 PM, said:

I don't want to hit the SS/Tapper wall again. But some people are going to have to pass shortly.

i have pm'd morgoth

[Tattersail_]

@Tapper if you did engage Twelve's 5 ships then that would give me a good chance of taking the centre off of Twelve. You're not going to win, but you could be instrumental to the fall of the Eridani Empire.

Operation Phase shield

This post has been edited by Ganoes Paran: 09 October 2013 - 04:04 PM

[Gnaw]

Ganoes Paran, on 09 October 2013 - 02:06 PM, said:

I have seven more actions

Move, move, Research, upgrade, upgrade, upgrade, keep Twelve guessing

What are you going to research? tractor beam does nothing for you except take 1 VP away from D'rek.

[Tattersail_]

Gnaw, on 09 October 2013 - 04:06 PM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 09 October 2013 - 02:06 PM, said:

I have seven more actions

Move, move, Research, upgrade, upgrade, upgrade, keep Twelve guessing

What are you going to research? tractor beam does nothing for you except take 1 VP away from D'rek.

Probably Phase shield

I need to combat Twelve's big computers

[D'rek]

Gnaw, on 09 October 2013 - 04:06 PM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 09 October 2013 - 02:06 PM, said:

I have seven more actions

Move, move, Research, upgrade, upgrade, upgrade, keep Twelve guessing

What are you going to research? tractor beam does nothing for you except take 1 VP away from D'rek.

How does it do that?

[Tattersail_]

Filling your research track.

[D'rek]

Ganoes Paran, on 09 October 2013 - 04:18 PM, said:

Filling your research track.

It certainly doesn't take away anything from me though, and there's plenty of other tech I could research. Not that I'm going to, because I don't have any discs left to spare!

[Imperial Historian]

I wouldn't get into a shield v computers match up tatts, it's no good twelve not hitting you if you don't hit him in return. His massive amounts of hull and initiative mean there is only one probable winner if you go that way. Have a play with the simulator, but I'm pretty sure your odds are going to be worse with shields.

[Tattersail_]

Imperial Historian, on 09 October 2013 - 04:19 PM, said:

I wouldn't get into a shield v computers match up tatts, it's no good twelve not hitting you if you don't hit him in return. His massive amounts of hull and initiative mean there is only one probable winner if you go that way. Have a play with the simulator, but I'm pretty sure your odds are going to be worse with shields.

I worked it out that with me dreads as they are now he would need two hits with an anti matter cannon, yet if I upgrade one improved hull to a phase shield then he would still need two hits with an anti matter cannon BUT his computers would be worse off. It doesn't matter if my dread has 5HP or 7HP does it?

[Tattersail_]

I will destroy his dread so easily enough, if Tapper pins those 5 ships then I am going against 4 starbases. With computers he would need a 5 or 6 to hit

[twelve]

Ganoes Paran, on 09 October 2013 - 04:25 PM, said:

I will destroy his dread so easily enough, if Tapper pins those 5 ships then I am going against 4 starbases. With computers he would need a 5 or 6 to hit

You do realize I have a few actions available to me as well right?

[cerveza_fiesta]

I have a sinking feeling that Tapper has his eyes on another prize and has no intention of helping you out. If his move against me was defensive, he could as easily have left forces in his own warp portal hex.

[Gnaw]

Ganoes Paran, on 09 October 2013 - 04:23 PM, said:

Imperial Historian, on 09 October 2013 - 04:19 PM, said:

I wouldn't get into a shield v computers match up tatts, it's no good twelve not hitting you if you don't hit him in return. His massive amounts of hull and initiative mean there is only one probable winner if you go that way. Have a play with the simulator, but I'm pretty sure your odds are going to be worse with shields.

I worked it out that with me dreads as they are now he would need two hits with an anti matter cannon, yet if I upgrade one improved hull to a phase shield then he would still need two hits with an anti matter cannon BUT his computers would be worse off. It doesn't matter if my dread has 5HP or 7HP does it?

You're forgetting the missiles. 1 pt of damage. Two hits brings each dread down to 4 armor. Then a single hit from the AM cannons do destroy you.

[Galactic Council]

Gnaw, on 09 October 2013 - 04:59 PM, said:

You're forgetting the missiles. 1 pt of damage. Two hits brings each dread down to 4 armor. Then a single hit from the AM cannons do destroy you.

Which brings up an announcement.

The default for Round 9 battles will be interactive. I roll the dice and wait for the player to assign the hits.

[Morgoth]

You'll have to wait a little for my orders, sometimes later tonight, but they will involve some kind of upgrade so if that doesn't impact anyone feel free to move on.

[D'rek]

I'm going to upgrade too, but precisely what might depend on what Morgy upgrades.

[twelve]

Okay so Solid go ahead and post your orders to lock in the two upgrade actions to be filled out in detail at later dates.

[Galactic Council]

Round 9
turns 1-4

Spoiler

Turn 1:

Spoiler

• Tapper: Research Sentient Hull, middle track, please.
• Change in VP: +2
• Twelve: Research Nanorobots.
• Change in VP: +1
• CF: RESEARCH artifact key for 12 science. 5 science in bank + 9 money => 6 science + 3 materials => 1 science. + 20 materials please (2x homeworlds, ancient orbital, zeta draconis)
• Khell: RESEARCH Wormhole Generator for 10 Science.
• Change in VP: +1
• GP: Move both dreads into GC
• Morgoth: Research - Positron Computers, trading in Three materials for 1 science.
• Change in VP: +1
• D'rek: DEVelop Artifact Link
• Change in VP: +X (x == 3 at the moment)
• SS: BUILDS 2 cruisers in Chi Draconus. Trade $3 for 1 materials.

VP

• Twelve - 39
• D'rek - 36
• CF - 31
• Khell - 23
• Tapper - 22
• Tatts - 21
• SS - 15
• Morg - 9

Turn 2:

Spoiler

• Tapper: Provisional: I will Build a dread in my home planet after SS's turn.
• Twelve: Provisionally research monoliths Tech mission complete.
• Change in VP: +2
• CF: Build 3 interceptors in Beta Sextantis
• Khell: MOVE Cruiser from Rho Indi to Zeta Herculis.
• GP: Reearch Shell World. Convert 21 money into 7 materials. Place in PSI Capricorni
• Change in VP: +5
• Morgoth: move - Dreadnaught to the abandoned system 202, Formaldaux
• D'rek: MOVe Cruiser from Mu Arae to Pollux
• SS: MOVES both cruisers from chi draconus into former homeworld

VP

• Twelve - 41
• D'rek - 36
• Tatts - 26
• CF - 31
• Khell - 23
• Tapper - 22
• SS - 15
• Morg - 9

Turn 3:

Spoiler

• Tapper: Build 2 fighters in homeworld (1 from mats, other by converting 9 science ).
• Twelve: Build
  • 2 cruisers in Zeta Herculi
  • one monolith in GC
  • Change in VP: +3
• CF: UPGRADE Starbase; missiles over hull & ion cannon
• Khell:

  Khellendros, on 02 October 2013 - 04:59 PM, said:

  

"The Cruisers SS Drowned Rat and SS Whale of a Time, currently stationed in Arcturus, shall MOVE. They shall fly through Pollux, where they shall update the systems from scout to fighter of the SS Fish out of Water, before splitting. The SS Drowned Rat shall carry on to Vega, to meet their main force of the Hegemon scum, while the SS Whale of a Time shall go to Psi Capricorni. Let us realise the fears of the Hegemon, and they shall know they have only themselves to blame for their impending doom!


• GP: influence remove disc from psi capricorni return 1 econ cube and 1 mat cube - income is now: $10, 0 sci, 2 mats
• Change in VP: -6
• Morgoth: influence to place a disc in 202
• Change in VP: +1
• D'rek: build a Starbase in Rigel and a Cruiser in Mu Arae. trade 4 science for 1 materials
• SS: BUILD an interceptor in chi Draconus. Flip colony ship cards for 3 materials

VP

• Twelve - 44
• D'rek - 36
• CF - 31
• Khell - 23
• Tapper - 22
• Tatts - 20
• SS - 15
• Morg - 10

Turn 4:

Spoiler

• Tapper: Move 1 cruiser and 1 fighter from homeplanet to Beta Sextansis (CF's lower bottom right wormhole world).
• Twelve: Build 2 cruisers in Zeta Hurculis 1 monolith in Zeta Hurculis (17$, 0S, 9M Upkeep -5)
• Change in VP: +3
• CF: Build Starbase in Beta Sextantis and one in 55 Cancri.
• Khell: MOVE Interceptor from Arcturus to Mu Herculis.
• GP: Build two interceptors in Aldebran. flipping all 3 colony ships
• Morgoth: move - Dreadnaught into hex 103
• D'rek: Move Cruiser in Mu Arae to Vega. Move Dreadnaught in Vega to Altair.

SS: UPGRADE interceptor with improved hull over ion turret and upgrade cruiser improved hull over computer

VP

• Twelve - 47
• D'rek - 36
• CF - 31
• Khell - 23
• Tapper - 22
• Tatts - 20
• SS - 15
• Morg - 10

Turn 5:

• Tapper: Upgrade 2x Hull to Sentient Hull on the Hull components of the Dreadnought blueprint.
• Twelve: Upgrade Interceptor and cruiser with tachyon drive over nuclear drive. (17$, 0s, 9m)
• CF: Move 2 interceptors from gamma valorum over to Pollux via the SE wormhole - ie up through Khell's territories. (U = -13. E = 0. S = 0. M = 1)
• Khell: BUILD 1 Cruiser in Arcturus. [0, 1, 2] Thank you. I was about to charge you 6 mats. Caught the error because you did that.
• GP: Move 2 interceptors to 001
• Morgoth: Upgrade ?
• D'rek: Upgrade ?
• SS:
• VP
  • Twelve - 47
  • D'rek - 36
  • CF - 31
  • Khell - 23
  • Tapper - 22
  • Tatts - 20
  • SS - 15
  • Morg - 10

Turn 6

• Tapper:
• Twelve:
• CF:
• Khell:
• GP:
• Morgoth:
• D'rek:
• SS:
• VP
  • Twelve - 47
  • D'rek - 36
  • CF - 31
  • Khell - 23
  • Tapper - 22
  • Tatts - 20
  • SS - 15
  • Morg - 10

This post has been edited by Galactic Council: 09 October 2013 - 07:51 PM