[D'rek]

MOVe - Interceptor from Delta Eridani to Phi Piscum

[D'rek]

I thought of something really crazy Gnaw and Tatts could do to attack my homeworld without Gnaw going bankrupt. I don't think it would actually be worth doing for them, but who knows. Given that Gnaw will have 4 mateirals next turn, I'm not too concerned if he does keep Delta Eridani.

[D'rek]

If everyone does No Reaction, Tapper and me's provisionals are to Pass, so we can proceed to combat phase if that is the case.


@Tapper:

Tapper, on 07 December 2013 - 07:50 AM, said:

Remove discs from Pulsar, 206, 102 in that order, should bring me to 10 upkeep.

I'm planning to grab Tau Librae next round. You should consider putting 102 higher in that order and letting me influence it next round for even more artifacts.

[D'rek]

No combat orders should be needed for any of my battles - they're all versus Gnaw's missile fighters where retreat would be silly.

[Gnaw]

Don't do anything in the next 20 or 30 minutes Tatts.

[Gnaw]

D, on 07 December 2013 - 09:21 PM, said:

I don't think your plan is going to work Gnaw, but by all means do the first few parts and see if the rest works out.

Biggest mistake you've made though is that this:

Gnaw, on 07 December 2013 - 11:38 AM, said:

CF moves his interceptor into Fomalhaut. <--- That's Morgoth's 104 protection. CF can bankrupt me if I get near him - all he has to do is break diplo. I lose the cube on the ambassador and I'm out of the game.

is flat out wrong, since you can move that cube to science or materials.

That's not a mistake. I am fully aware of that. You're missing the point. Once he starts bankrupting hexes, eventually those other tracks will fill up.


@Tatts Use the reaction to move your cruiser out of my homeworld. If Tapper does take the center we're going to need that hex beefed up anyways.


Reaction Move interceptor from 281 to GC. -25 upkeep

[Galactic Council]

Round 5 Action Phase

Turn 1

Spoiler

Tatts: Research positron computer -5 == 1 left (these notes are mostly for my use. They show what my board reflects.)

Gnaw the indecisive

• Research nanorobots -2 == 6 left
• $0, Sci 6, Ma 13

Twelve

• Research Tractorbeam cost 2 science. Put it on the top row -2 == 8 left
  (4$,8S,10M Upkeep -2)

IH

• Research starbases -3 == 0 left
• £3 S0 M11 Upkeep -2

Morgoth

• Research - positron computers and distortion shield(placed on top track). -11 == 2 left
• This leaves me at
• $ 2
• S 2
• M 11
• Upkeep - 7

CF Research antimatter cannons. -13 == 2 left


Tapper Research Antimatter Cannons. Flip as many colony ships (1 or 2) as required to pay for it. -9 == 0 no ships used

Khell - INFLUENCE Lambda Aurigae and Zeta Chamaeleontis. Colonise money and science planets on Lambda Aurigae.

D'rek - Provisional research advanced robotics -4 == 14 left

Turn 2

Spoiler

Tatts - Upgrade

• swap computer on cruiser for pos comp.
• upgrade dread with improved hull over drive

Gnaw research advanced robotics -5 == 1 left

Twelve- Research Tachyon Source -6 science == 2 left

IH Build dreadnought and cruiser, in the hex next to the hive world and the warp portal. -11 mats == 0 left

Morgoth Upgrade - Add Positron computer over electron computer on cruiser, and over electron computer on the starbase.

CF

My upkeep discs aren't right. My board shows AM cannons, but there is no disc on research. Thanks! fixed
RESEARCH - Advanced robotics. Convert 4 money to 2 science -$4 and -2 sci == $1 and 0 sci left

Tapper - Use Pulsar upgrade: put a 6-energy source on the fighter instead of its current 3.


Khell - MOVE Dreadnaught from Lambda Aurigae to Zeta Andromedae.

D'rek - Research Quantum Grid -14 sci == 2 left

Turn 3

Spoiler

Tatts Build Dread and cruiser in Iota Bootus hex 213. - 13 materials == 1 left

Gnaw Influence action

• influence delta eridani colonize sci
• move disc from mu cassiopeia to delta corvi return grey planet cube to mats
• colonize money in delta corvi
• flip colony ships face up
• -10 -7 upkeep $0, S 1, Ma13

Twelve Sent Today, 10:42 AM

• Upgrade Dreadnaught blueprint
• Place Tachyon source over default source
• Place plasma cannons over blank slot
• (4$, 2S, 10M Upkeep -5)

IH - "Let us crush those we are able now whilst we remain strong, MOVE the dreadnought from 101 to zeta chameleonis"

Morgoth - Upgrade – add fusion source and plasma cannon over both hulls on Starbase schematic.

CF - UPGRADE - Starbases. Source over single hull, AM cannon over ion cannon

• Directorate Economic Summary
• Upkeep -5
• Bank 1
• Science 0
• Materials 6
  

Tapper - upgrade fighter with Antimatter Cannon over Ion Cannon & with +2 computer over the other Ion Cannon, please

Khell - MOVE Dreadnaught to Sigma Sagitarii.

D'rek - Upgrade: Cover the top Ion Cannon of my Interceptor blueprint with Improved Hull. Place an Improved Hull in the empty slot of my Cruiser blueprint

Turn 4

Spoiler

Tatts - Upgrade Ion cannon over single hull on dread. Pos computer over computer

Gnaw - Build 3 interceptors. -9 mats == 4 left

• 2 in the warp portal (281) and 1 in 209.
• -10 upkeep. $0, Sc 1, M 4

Twelve - Influence

• Move the disk from 318 to 304 return 1 science 1 material 1 money
• Move disk from player board to 318
• deploy colony ship to 304 material slot
• deploy 2 colony ships to 318 settle adv material and grey as material
• Reset 2 colony ships
• Redeploy 1 to 318 and settle orbital with money
• Incomes should be 8 money, 6 science, 8 materials
• (4$, 2S, 10M Upkeep -10)

IH - Ok move dreadnought from hive to 108 and cruiser from twelves homeworld to vega

Morgoth - Pass 1st of round

CF - Pass 2nd of round

Tapper - Build 2 interceptors in 102. -6 mats == 5 left

Khell - INFLUENCE.

• Influence Sigma Sagitarii. Also remove disc from Lambda Serpentis, and place it on Zeta Andromedae.
• Return materials and science cubes back to research track.
• Flip two colony ships back up.
• -17

D'rek - Provisional - Build 2 interceptors in Beta Lyrae and 1 in Geminga -9 mats == 1 left

Turn 5

Spoiler

Tatts - Move cruiser and dread to destroy khell.

Gnaw - Move

• Int from Beta Corvi to IH's homeworld
• Int from Delta Eridani to Khell's homeworld

Twelve - Pass

IH - MOVE

• cruiser from 101 to 105 and
• cruiser from twelves ex-homeworld to 304.

Morgoth - no reaction

CF - BUILD -

• Orbital, populate with science. EDIT - woops...build in Procyon sector. Sorry bout that. -5 mats == 1 right
  
• Directorate Production Summary
• Money + 10
• Science + 18
• Materials + 6
• Directorate Economic Summary
• Upkeep -7
• Bank 1
• Science 0
• Materials 1

Tapper - provisionally build 2 more fighters, flipping a colony ship for mats -5 mats == 0 left

Khell

• Colonise money planet at Sigma Sagitarii. Colonise orbital in Zeta Chamaeleontis with money cube.
• BUILD 1 Interceptor in Zeta Andromedae. -3 mats == 2 wrongs don't make a right.
  

D'rek - Pulsar - MOV - Interceptor from Geminga to 51 Cygni

Turn 6

Spoiler

Tatts -

• Upgrade cruiser. Replace neuton drive with ion cannon.
• Replace improved hull with positron computer on dread. Then positron over ion cannon on dread.

Gnaw - Build -

• int in my homeworld -3 mats == 1 left
  
• -17 upkeep. $0, Sci 1, Ma 1.
  

Twelve - Pass

IH - Pass

Morgoth - react move - cruiser to 105

CF - I confirm pass unless i am attacked

Tapper - move 2 fighters to the Galactic Centre from 102 (3 remaining there)

Khell - MOVE

• Interceptor from Zeta Andromedae to Sigma Draconis.
• Colonise materials planet at Zeta Chamaeleontis.

D'rek - MOVe - Interceptor from Beta Lyrae to Aldebaran

Turn 7


Tatts = Pass -21 upkeep

Gnaw - MOVe - Interceptor from Aldebaran to Phi Piscium -21 upkeep

Twelve - Pass -10 upkeep

IH - Sorry im not reacting. Assume I'm not going to for immediate future. -7 upkeep

Morgoth - no reaction -17 upkeep

CF - I confirm pass unless i am attacked -7 upkeep

Tapper - Move 2 fighters to GCDS. Confirmed -13 upkeep

Khell

• INFLUENCE. Remove disc from Zeta Andromedae. Place it on Lambda Serpentis (warp portal hex). Flip two colony ships back up. -30 upkeep
  
• Colonise material and science planets.

D'rek - MOVe - Interceptor from Beta Lyrae to Delta Eridani and Interceptor from Lambda Tauri to Rigel. -7 upkeep


Turn 8


Tatts - Move cruiser in 307? Sigma Sagliatari to gnaws home world.

Gnaw - Pass

Twelve - no reaction

IH - no reaction

Morgoth - no reaction

CF - I confirm pass unless i am attacked

Tapper - Upgrade

• Computer on fighter to gauss shield.
• One Ion Cannon on a dread to Antimatter Cannon.

Khell - no more moves. heh. If we were playing the turn order via pass variant does that mean he'd be last? since he can't even pass?

D'rek - MOVe - Interceptor from Delta Eridani to Phi Piscum

Turn 9


Tatts - reaction?

Gnaw - Reaction Move interceptor from 281 to GC. -25 upkeep

Twelve - no reaction (assumed)

IH - reaction?

Morgoth - reaction?

CF - I confirm pass unless i am attacked

Tapper - Pass

Khell - no more moves.

D'rek - ?

[Tapper]

D, on 07 December 2013 - 09:30 PM, said:

If everyone does No Reaction, Tapper and me's provisionals are to Pass, so we can proceed to combat phase if that is the case.


@Tapper:

Tapper, on 07 December 2013 - 07:50 AM, said:

Remove discs from Pulsar, 206, 102 in that order, should bring me to 10 upkeep.

I'm planning to grab Tau Librae next round. You should consider putting 102 higher in that order and letting me influence it next round for even more artifacts.

I plan to influence them back next turn - I'll have discs a-plenty and I'll need some sort of cubed income, from somewhere.
Pulsar is the most desirable, but I'd still like to have a back-up location to build in case I lose the centre - which is not unimaginable.

[Gnaw]

Tatts: move the cruiser to 108

IH: dread to GCDS

Morgy: Pin Tapper's dread. (you can always retreat)

CF: move the interceptor.

If Tapper passes, his odds of taking the center are very poor. Which means he's -17 with 8 income and 2 ships to flip. That's 2 hexes bankrupted.

Even if he isn't bankrupted, we've set him back at least two more rounds.

[Gnaw]

Tapper, on 07 December 2013 - 11:14 PM, said:

in case I lose the centre - which is not unimaginable.

[Imperial Historian]

I'm going to wait until I hear Morgoths thoughts before I do anything.

[Tattersail_]

Same here.

[Imperial Historian]

Also gnaw, why are you moving an interceptor into the centre? And from the warp portal hex? Wouldn't you be better off moving your interceptor from your homeworld? Or the one in Drek's territory?

To somewhere not the centre? I can't see your interceptor helping much in the gc

[Gnaw]

I'm asking others to sacrifice resources to stop Tapper. In my opinion we (the collective we) have a shot to set Tapper back at least two more rounds. Khell is going to lose 2 ships. So that alliance will be in bad shape and possibly out of contention.

The cost is:

IH's dread for certain. Morgy's cruiser maybe. CF getting the traitor card. I've got D'rek pinned with two ships which I"m going to lose. But putting one into the center gives me 2 chances to knock off one of Tapper's interceptor. I think that's worth the loss.

I thought about moving the one from Khell's world to pin Tapper's interceptor next to the GC. But I don't think that Tapper will do another action so pinning that interceptor does nothing.

IH's dread and my worthless fighter in the GC. Morgy pinning Tapper's dread. CF one reaction away from attacking Tappers homeworld, costing Tapper an ambassador and opening up the chance of losing the homeworld besides? He'll pass.

And by moving the interceptor that was the only ship of anyone's capable of hitting 104, I give Morgy the safety factor of knowing that he can leave 104 to pin Tapper's dread with full assurance that no-one can take 104 away from him. And leaving a retreat route for him.

[Gnaw]

Tatts, no matter what Morgy and CF say I need your cruiser out of my homeworld. If you don't want to reaction move it please issue a retreat order for it. I can survive keeping that hex, but I'd really rather lose it.

[Morgoth]

Why do you need me to pin Tapper's dread? I doubt he'll bankrupt himself to move it.

[Imperial Historian]

I don't think we do, but personally I'm not very inclined to stop tapper, as I think it helps you more than us. If you commit to attacking tapper this turn I will attack the GC but otherwise I don't think I will.

[Tattersail_]

IH I will need to influence and colonize the hex if I move my cruiser in. Are you going to move your dread?

[Tapper]

I am flattered that I am deemed such a danger that you're willing to hand Morgoth and CF the centre on a platter after all these sacrifices, none of which is theirs, either.

[D'rek]

Gnaw, on 07 December 2013 - 11:03 PM, said:

Reaction Move interceptor from 281 to GC. -25 upkeep

I'm so happy!