[Tattersail_]

Tapper, on 14 October 2013 - 09:01 PM, said:

I will pass regardless of what happens. Might have instructions for combat but those will have to wait until tomorrow, I am afraid :-(

Ganoes Paran, on 14 October 2013 - 09:38 PM, said:

#10

upgrade dread phase shield over computer. phase shield over improved hull on dread

Solidsnape, on 14 October 2013 - 09:55 PM, said:

Pass. No reaction.

Khellendros, on 14 October 2013 - 11:20 PM, said:

I have no combat instructions, other than remember I have Point Defense - though I don't think it actually makes a difference in any of my battles.

Solidsnape, on 15 October 2013 - 01:28 AM, said:

Return to materials please.

Ganoes Paran, on 15 October 2013 - 07:53 AM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 14 October 2013 - 09:38 PM, said:

#10

upgrade dread phase shield over computer. phase shield over improved hull on dread

#11 Phase shield over computer on cruiser, phase shield over hull on cruiser.

Tapper, on 15 October 2013 - 08:11 AM, said:

No combat orders (all are pretty straightforward).

Order of colonization:
223, Zeta Chameleontis, 381.

Orbital Cube in Delta Corvi (wormhole next to homeworld) to be placed on science.

cerveza_fiesta, on 15 October 2013 - 12:08 PM, said:

please continue to pass for me until the end of the round. I can't see getting set up any better than I am now really.

Ganoes Paran, on 15 October 2013 - 01:07 PM, said:

Khellendros, on 15 October 2013 - 01:03 PM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 15 October 2013 - 07:53 AM, said:

#11 Phase shield over computer on cruiser, phase shield over hull on cruiser.

Tatts, I was just checking out your chances in the simulator, and it said this was an illegal build. And indeed, with two phase shields you're using up 7 power, but your fusion source only has 6.

Thank you Khell.

#11 Phase shield over computer on cruiser, phase shield over computer on interceptor

D, on 15 October 2013 - 01:35 PM, said:

I'm debating a reaction too. Can we get a full board update? There's a lot of factors.

twelve, on 15 October 2013 - 04:11 PM, said:

You are clearly suiciding and you still have disks to counter what I do to counter you. So as soon as I do a reaction you will just put missiles and computers back on your interceptors and take out my interceptors or maybe get lucky and take out my Dread. So if I keep things the way they are I still feel good enough that during my missile round I can take out at least three of your interceptors but then you and I would still be tied up with the number of ships we have as my interceptors will be worthless the remainder of the battle.

So How do I see things play out during the engagement rounds....

Most likely I'll land 2 antimatter cannon blasts So I'll take down one of your dreads. I think that will leave you 4 ships.
Odds are 50-50 that you land two hits and take out my Dread.
Then it's trade a hit for hit from here on out.

I'll focus on your dread and get a hit

WCS you land two hits and I'm down to three starbases

I should land a hit and take out your Dread...

This battle isn't going to be as much of a landslide win as I hoped.

A few lucky shots early enough in the battle and I could be in some serious trouble.

Maybe I should do the upgrade to my starbases to add either another Antimatter cannon or another computer....

But if I do an upgraged or move for that matter I won't be able to reclaim my homeworld.

I guess I need to be content that I have liberated my homeworld and I can totally bankrupt Capella.

Okay so

#11 React

Remove one conifold field from starbase replace with Antimatter Cannon

[Tattersail_]

So possibly D'rek may want to react.

Then my big surprise for Twelve.

[cerveza_fiesta]

Still no reaction. Kill this round already!!!

Joking, take your time.


not really. Kill it.

joking of course.

about the joking part.

[Solidsnape]

No reactions.

[twelve]

Well I can't do any more reactions else I will have to bankrupt a hex that has a monolith in it.

[Khellendros]

twelve, on 15 October 2013 - 04:48 PM, said:

Well I can't do any more reactions else I will have to bankrupt a hex that has a monolith in it.

But twelve, you have such a huge lead. Surely getting rid of one teeny tiny monolith won't be so bad. Doooo eeeeettt.

[D'rek]

Ganoes Paran, on 15 October 2013 - 04:30 PM, said:

So possibly D'rek may want to react.

Then my big surprise for Twelve.

I think I do, but I'm really lost as to what's what anymore and would really like to just have an up-to-date board to be sure.

[Tattersail_]

Gnaw is MIA . will keep checking before I go to bed

[Galactic Council]

D, on 15 October 2013 - 05:10 PM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 15 October 2013 - 04:30 PM, said:

So possibly D'rek may want to react.

Then my big surprise for Twelve.

I think I do, but I'm really lost as to what's what anymore and would really like to just have an up-to-date board to be sure.

Incoming as soon as I figure out who did what when.

[Galactic Council]

Ganoes Paran, on 15 October 2013 - 03:46 PM, said:

twelve, on 15 October 2013 - 03:32 PM, said:

No reaction

It worked!

No, it didn't.

[Tattersail_]

ssorry Gnaw for all my posts. I know most people had passed and you were waiting on me.

[Galactic Council]

Here's what I've got:

Tapper - passed on turn 9. confirmed no reactions for rest of action phase

Twelve - provisional pass turn 10

CF - passed turn 9. confirmed no reactions for rest of action phase

Khell - passed turn 8 has not said anything about reactions, so Khell is on turn 9

Tatts - actions through turn 11, passing on turn 12. All provisional.

Morgoth - passed turn 6. reaction turn 7. no reactions since. I'm assuming none forthcoming.

D'rek - passed turn 8. wants to do a reaction but wants a new board first

SS- passed turn 6. confirmed no reactions for rest of action phase

[Galactic Council]

Ganoes Paran, on 15 October 2013 - 05:55 PM, said:

ssorry Gnaw for all my posts. I know most people had passed and you were waiting on me.

nothing to apoligize for. that summary helped. and adding the turn # to your actions.

[Galactic Council]

@D'rek, interesting tidbit on the Official FAQ over at boardgamegeek. You can colonize planets during a pass turn. It isn't an action, so isn't affected by a "pass" status.

[Galactic Council]

Round 9

turns 1-6

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:

Spoiler

• 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]
• GP: Move 2 interceptors to 001
• Morgoth: Upgrade Dreadnaught - Remove gauss shield, add positron computer ( $ -4 + 8, m-1, S-0)
• D'rek: Upgrade
  • replace a cruiser plasma cannon with a gluon computer,
  • the dreadnought electron computer to gluon computer and remove one dreadnought plasma cannon.
  • colonize the two money slots in Mu Arae
• SS: MOVES interceptor from chi Draconus to 55 homeworld and cruiser from pulsar system into gamma Valorum.
• VP
  • Twelve - 50
  • D'rek - 36
  • CF - 31
  • Khell - 23
  • Tapper - 22
  • Tatts - 20
  • SS - 15
  • Morg - 10

Turn 6

Spoiler

• Tapper: Move Activation 2 dreads and 4 interceptors to Zeta Chameleontis (lower left wormhole).
• Twelve: Build 3 Interceptors in the Galactic Center (17$, 0S, 0M, -10 Upkeep)
• CF: Move 2 interceptors from Beta Sextantis to Pollux. (upkeep -17 Money Bank 0 Money production = 21 Science = 0 Materials = 1)
• Khell: MOVE Cruiser SS Revenge is a Dish Best Served Soggy from Arcturus to Epsilon Eridani.
• GP: Provisional Move two interceptors into GC
• Morgoth: Pass
• D'rek: Pass
• SS: Pass
• VP
  • Twelve - 47
  • D'rek - 36
  • CF - 31
  • Khell - 23
  • Tapper - 22
  • Tatts - 20
  • SS - 15
  • Morg - 10

Turn 7

• Tapper: Move 2 dreads and 2 fighters to 311.
• Twelve: research ancient monument $13 4$,0s,0m upkeep-13 I think
• Change in VP: +3
• CF: Move 1 interceptor in b. Sextantis to 55 cancri and 3 interceptors in pollux to shellworld.
• Khell: UPGRADE Cruisers: Remove Fusion Drive and Plasma Missiles. Insert Antimatter Cannon
• GP: Move 2 cruisers into GC
• Morgoth (reaction): Upgrade - I'm going to trade an improved hull for a +1 computer
• D'rek (reaction): none
• SS (reaction): none. confirmed no reactions for rest of action phase
• VP
  • Twelve - 50
  • D'rek - 36
  • CF - 31
  • Khell - 23
  • Tapper - 22
  • Tatts - 20
  • SS - 15
  • Morg - 10

Turn 8

• Tapper: Move everything in 311 to 223. diplomatic relations with SS broken. Remove the cube to the Science track
• Change in VP: -1
• Twelve: Upgrade:
  
  • Remove flux missile part on blank slot on Interceptor
  • Remove flux missile part on default Hull slot on Dreadnaught
  • Add zero point source over nuclear source on interceptor blueprint
  • Add gluon computers over blank slot on interceptor blueprint
  • (4$, 0S, 0M, Upkeep -17)
• CF: Upgrade starbase w missiles over hull
• Khell: Pass
• GP: Research Phase Shield. 6 science.
• Morgoth (reaction): none
• D'rek (reaction): none
• SS (reaction): none
• Change in VP: -1 cube returned to material track
• VP
  • Twelve - 50
  • D'rek - 36
  • CF - 31
  • Khell - 23
  • Tapper - 21
  • Tatts - 20
  • SS - 14
  • Morg - 10

turn 9:

• Tapper: Pass
• Twelve: Move:
  • Dreadnaught in Zeta Hurculis to Epsilon Eridani
  • Cruiser in Zeta Hurculis to Delta Corvi
  • (4$, 0S, 0M Upkeep -21)
• CF: provisional Pass
• Khell (reaction): Khell is here
• GP: upgrade interceptor anti matter cannon over missiles regular drive over tachyon
• Morgoth (reaction): none assumed no reactions for rest of action phase
• D'rek (reaction): none
• SS (reaction): none confirmed no reactions for rest of action phase
• VP
  • Twelve - 50
  • D'rek - 36
  • CF - 31
  • Khell - 23
  • Tapper - 21
  • Tatts - 20
  • SS - 14
  • Morg - 10

turn 10:

• Tapper (reaction): none confirmed no reactions for rest of action phase
• Twelve: provisional Pass
• CF (reaction): Pass through end of Action phase
• Khell (reaction):
• GP: upgrade dread phase shield over computer. phase shield over improved hull on dread
• Morgoth (reaction): assumed no reactions for rest of action phase
• D'rek (reaction): D'rek is here
• SS (reaction): none confirmed no reactions for rest of action phase
• VP
  • Twelve - 50
  • D'rek - 36
  • CF - 31
  • Khell - 23
  • Tapper - 21
  • Tatts - 20
  • SS - 14
  • Morg - 10

Turn 11

• Khell
• Twelve: no reaction
• Tatts: Upgrade Phase shield over computer on cruiser, phase shield over computer on interceptor .
• D'rek:

I need confirmations/orders/etc for anything in red

This post has been edited by Galactic Council: 15 October 2013 - 06:31 PM

[twelve]

Gnaw,

My reaction is in response to Tatts putting the phase shield on his interceptor so I guess my move is for action #12.

Edit:

Since Tatts hasn't responded to this reaction I'm retracting it. I realized it would screw up my masterplan of taking two new hexes.

I'm going to gamble with what I have.

Consider that confirmed.

This post has been edited by twelve: 15 October 2013 - 06:23 PM

[Galactic Council]

Galactic Council, on 15 October 2013 - 06:16 PM, said:

• GP: upgrade interceptor anti matter cannon over missiles regular drive over tachyon remove tachyon drive from interceptor.

That's only a single upgrade Tatts. Is that intentional?

[Galactic Council]

twelve, on 15 October 2013 - 06:19 PM, said:

Gnaw,

My reaction is in response to Tatts putting the phase shield on his interceptor so I guess my move is for action #12.

Okey. As far as I'm concerned we're on turn 9 and waiting on Khell, so you haven't even officially passed yet.

[twelve]

twelve, on 15 October 2013 - 06:19 PM, said:

Gnaw,

My reaction is in response to Tatts putting the phase shield on his interceptor so I guess my move is for action #12.

Edit:

Since Tatts hasn't responded to this reaction I'm retracting it. I realized it would screw up my masterplan of taking two new hexes.

I'm going to gamble with what I have.

Consider that confirmed.

Galactic Council, on 15 October 2013 - 06:22 PM, said:

twelve, on 15 October 2013 - 06:19 PM, said:

Gnaw,

My reaction is in response to Tatts putting the phase shield on his interceptor so I guess my move is for action #12.

Okey. As far as I'm concerned we're on turn 9 and waiting on Khell, so you haven't even officially passed yet.

Had a bit of a cross post with my edit.

I'm retracting my reaction entirely. I'm going to roll with what I've got.

[Tattersail_]

I confirm my actions. I was really hoping twelve kept two antimatter cannons on his starbases . what a chicken

turn 12 pass