Movement Step: Remain in Command. Action Step: Play Leadership 1 to give William Adama (Rend) Executive Orders.
Executive Orders: Move to Weapons Control and play Tactics 2 to Launch a Scout.
Scouting: 1 < 3, A Raptor is Destroyed.
Once again, a scouting Raptor is sent out, and once again, it does not return.
Crisis Step: Cylon Screenings
Lee "Apollo" Adama (Darian) must choose:
A) Skill Check [9] Politics + Leadership
Pass: No Effect.
Fail: -1 Morale, and Lee "Apollo" Adama (Darian) looks at 1 random Loyalty Card belonging to President Tom Zarek (DevoutlyApathetic) or Admiral William Adama (Rend). OR Each player discards 2 Skill Cards.
William Adama (Rend) must choose:
A) Skill Check [9] Politics + Leadership
Pass: No Effect.
Fail: -1 Morale, and William Adama (Rend) looks at 1 random Loyalty Card belonging to President Tom Zarek (DevoutlyApathetic) or Admiral William Adama (Rend).
Is that really supposed to be that way? Are you sure the Adama's didn't get mixed?
Cylon Screenings
9 Politics, Leadership Current Player Chooses
Pass No Effect
Fail -1 morale and the current player looks at 1 random Loyalty Card belonging to the President or Admiral OR
Each player discards 2 skill cards (activate raiders)
Hmm... that makes it more interesting. I'd still be inclined to go with option B, though. We've got a lot of cards; intentionally failing and taking the morale hit just to look at a loyalty card when we're about to hit sleeper phase anyway...
Though we could make sure the Admiral isn't a toaster, and we've got a while before his turn comes back up, so plenty of time to get him into the brig.
You can look at my loyalty card all you want, but the sleeper phase is coming up. I can tell you I'm not a cylon, and I'd be right, but as a human playing for the humans, we'd be wasting a morale, seeing as it is just as likely I will be later as it is that I am now.
Does that make sense? I assert we're too late in the first phase to check initial loyalties.
Yea, if we weren't looking the sleeper phase in the face I'd be more inclined to fail the check intentionally. Between that and us spending morale willy-nilly I don't think we should throw it.
However I think odds are we could probably pass the check with less than 10 cards played in total. I believe I have some to help out with but I'd have to go digging through PMs to be certain how much.
Even if we don't want to look at any loyalty cards, it might be cheaper for us to go with option A anyway. Two cards each comes to 10 cards; with the average card worth 2.1, we can get a pass on this with only about 6 average cards, or fewer better-than-average. But that would mean spending good cards, as opposed to throwing away trash.
I'm sleepy; I'll post a decision in the morning, after the others have a chance to chime in with recommendations if they so choose.
edit: Sign of sleepiness: I took so long to write that that DA already made my point better.
MaddocI'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother?Registered Userregular
edited February 2009
While I might be being a bit optimistic, I suspect that we don't have any toasters lurking about quite yet anyways.
If we want to go for it, I can help a good deal. If we don't, I stocked up on cards in my last turn so it wouldn't hurt me terribly to discard regardless.
Lee "Apollo" Adama (Darian) must choose:
A) Skill Check [9] Politics + Leadership
Pass: No Effect.
Fail: -1 Morale, and Lee "Apollo" Adama (Darian) looks at 1 random Loyalty Card belonging to President Tom Zarek (DevoutlyApathetic) or Admiral William Adama (Rend). OR Each player discards 2 Skill Cards.
The question of screening the leadership of being Cylons is skirted around with everyone's efforts.
After Crisis: Activate Raiders
No Basestars or Raiders to Activate. Turn 18: Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (abotkin)
Characters: Admiral William Adama (Rend) - Weapons Control, 6 cards in hand.
Lee "Apollo" Adama (Darian) - Command, 8 cards in hand.
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (abotkin) - Hangar Deck, 3 cards in hand.
Gaius Baltar (Maddoc) - Press Room, 7 cards in hand. President Tom Zarek (DevoutlyApathetic) - President's Office, 2 cards in hand.
Receive Skills Step: abotkin draws 2 Tactics, 2 Piloting, and 1 Engineering card. Movement Step: Move to Armory. Action Step: Play Engineering 2 to repair Armory location.
Kara Thrace continues to work hard in bringing Galactica to full operation by helping with the repair of the ship's Armory.
Crisis Step: Forced Water Mining
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (abotkin) must choose:
A) Skill Check [17] Politics + Leadership + Tactics + Engineering
Pass: +1 Food.
Fail: -1 Population, -1 Morale. OR +1 Food, -1 Morale, and each player discards 1 random Skill Card.
After Crisis: Activate Raiders, Advance Jump Preparation
Thoughts from everyone? I can contribute a moderate amount myself if needed, but it's really not that much. Everyone should be able to pitch in something though, since only piloting is a negative.
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (abotkin) must choose:
A) Skill Check [17] Politics + Leadership + Tactics + Engineering
Pass: +1 Food.
Fail: -1 Population, -1 Morale. OR +1 Food, -1 Morale, and each player discards 1 random Skill Card.
Might be worth a committee here, just so we don't worry about overshooting/getting messed up by the destiny deck. If anyone has one they can play, that is.
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (abotkin) must choose:
A) Skill Check [17] Politics + Leadership + Tactics + Engineering
Pass: +1 Food.
Fail: -1 Population, -1 Morale. OR +1 Food, -1 Morale, and each player discards 1 random Skill Card.
abotkin has chosen to go for the skill check.
Maddoc has played Politics 3 to set up an Investigative Committee.
Your turn is farther than mine, save your cards. We three get to redraw them very quickly here.
Rend on
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MaddocI'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother?Registered Userregular
edited February 2009
My thoughts exactly.
With my turn up next, and very possibly another press conference in my near future while things are quiet, burning a couple extra cards is no big deal.
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (abotkin) must choose:
A) Skill Check [17] Politics + Leadership + Tactics + Engineering Pass: +1 Food.
Fail: -1 Population, -1 Morale. OR +1 Food, -1 Morale, and each player discards 1 random Skill Card.
abotkin has chosen to go for the skill check.
Maddoc has played Politics 3 to set up an Investigative Committee.
With the oversight of a committee, a nearby icy planet is swiftly and efficiently mined, replenishing the fleet's water supply.
After Crisis: Activate Raiders, Advance Jump Preparation
No Raiders or Basestars to activate.
Jump Preparation advances to Level 3 - Jump still not Available. Turn 19: Gaius Baltar (Maddoc)
Receive Skills Step: Maddoc draws 2 Politics, 1 Leadership, and 1 Engineering card.
Characters: Admiral William Adama (Rend) - Weapons Control, 5 cards in hand.
Lee "Apollo" Adama (Darian) - Command, 8 cards in hand.
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (abotkin) - Armory, 7 cards in hand.
Gaius Baltar (Maddoc) - Press Room, 8 cards in hand. President Tom Zarek (DevoutlyApathetic) - President's Office, 1 card in hand.
Posts
(joking. )
Movement Step: Remain in Command.
Action Step: Play Leadership 1 to give William Adama (Rend) Executive Orders.
Executive Orders: Move to Weapons Control and play Tactics 2 to Launch a Scout.
Scouting: 1 < 3, A Raptor is Destroyed.
Once again, a scouting Raptor is sent out, and once again, it does not return.
Crisis Step: Cylon Screenings
Lee "Apollo" Adama (Darian) must choose:
A) Skill Check [9] Politics + Leadership
Pass: No Effect.
Fail: -1 Morale, and Lee "Apollo" Adama (Darian) looks at 1 random Loyalty Card belonging to President Tom Zarek (DevoutlyApathetic) or Admiral William Adama (Rend).
OR
Each player discards 2 Skill Cards.
After Crisis: Activate Raiders
Ok, anyone with recommendation?
Is that really supposed to be that way? Are you sure the Adama's didn't get mixed?
3DS: 0963-0539-4405
Lee.
*tear*
Cylon Screenings
9 Politics, Leadership
Current Player Chooses
Pass No Effect
Fail -1 morale and the current player looks at 1 random Loyalty Card belonging to the President or Admiral
OR
Each player discards 2 skill cards
(activate raiders)
Hmm... that makes it more interesting. I'd still be inclined to go with option B, though. We've got a lot of cards; intentionally failing and taking the morale hit just to look at a loyalty card when we're about to hit sleeper phase anyway...
Though we could make sure the Admiral isn't a toaster, and we've got a while before his turn comes back up, so plenty of time to get him into the brig.
Decisions decisions. What say you all?
Does that make sense? I assert we're too late in the first phase to check initial loyalties.
However I think odds are we could probably pass the check with less than 10 cards played in total. I believe I have some to help out with but I'd have to go digging through PMs to be certain how much.
I'm sleepy; I'll post a decision in the morning, after the others have a chance to chime in with recommendations if they so choose.
edit: Sign of sleepiness: I took so long to write that that DA already made my point better.
If we want to go for it, I can help a good deal. If we don't, I stocked up on cards in my last turn so it wouldn't hurt me terribly to discard regardless.
Discarding Piloting 1 and Piloting 3
Discard:
Politics 1
Leadership 3
3DS: 0963-0539-4405
Crisis Step: Cylon Screenings
Lee "Apollo" Adama (Darian) must choose:
A) Skill Check [9] Politics + Leadership
Pass: No Effect.
Fail: -1 Morale, and Lee "Apollo" Adama (Darian) looks at 1 random Loyalty Card belonging to President Tom Zarek (DevoutlyApathetic) or Admiral William Adama (Rend).
OR
Each player discards 2 Skill Cards.
The question of screening the leadership of being Cylons is skirted around with everyone's efforts.
After Crisis: Activate Raiders
No Basestars or Raiders to Activate.
Turn 18: Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (abotkin)
Current Situation:
Jump Marker: Level 2 - Jump Unavailable.
Distance Covered: 3
Galactica: Admiral's Quarters and Armory damaged, no boarding parties.
Nuke Tokens: None remain.
Quorum Cards: 1 in hand.
Ship Reserves: 6 Vipers and 2 Raptors available. 2 Vipers damaged.
Characters:
Admiral William Adama (Rend) - Weapons Control, 6 cards in hand.
Lee "Apollo" Adama (Darian) - Command, 8 cards in hand.
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (abotkin) - Hangar Deck, 3 cards in hand.
Gaius Baltar (Maddoc) - Press Room, 7 cards in hand.
President Tom Zarek (DevoutlyApathetic) - President's Office, 2 cards in hand.
Space:
All clear.
3DS: 0963-0539-4405
Receive Skills Step: abotkin draws 2 Tactics, 2 Piloting, and 1 Engineering card.
Movement Step: Move to Armory.
Action Step: Play Engineering 2 to repair Armory location.
Kara Thrace continues to work hard in bringing Galactica to full operation by helping with the repair of the ship's Armory.
Crisis Step: Forced Water Mining
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (abotkin) must choose:
A) Skill Check [17] Politics + Leadership + Tactics + Engineering
Pass: +1 Food.
Fail: -1 Population, -1 Morale.
OR
+1 Food, -1 Morale, and each player discards 1 random Skill Card.
After Crisis: Activate Raiders, Advance Jump Preparation
3DS: 0963-0539-4405
3DS: 0963-0539-4405
Crisis Step: Forced Water Mining
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (abotkin) must choose:
A) Skill Check [17] Politics + Leadership + Tactics + Engineering
Pass: +1 Food.
Fail: -1 Population, -1 Morale.
OR
+1 Food, -1 Morale, and each player discards 1 random Skill Card.
abotkin has chosen to go for the skill check.
Skill Card Contributions
Destiny Deck: 2
Maddoc: ???
DevoutlyApathetic: ???
Rend: ???
Darian: ???
abotkin: ???
After Crisis: Activate Raiders, Advance Jump Preparation
[EDIT] Also, cylon disruptors would screw the crap out of us with this, since we need the fuel and can't afford much in the way of morale loss.
3DS: 0963-0539-4405
Playing Politics 3 - Investigative Committee
Glad I got that in before anyone made any contributions. I'll wait on my own contributions until I see what the Destiny deck handed us.
Crisis Step: Forced Water Mining
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (abotkin) must choose:
A) Skill Check [17] Politics + Leadership + Tactics + Engineering
Pass: +1 Food.
Fail: -1 Population, -1 Morale.
OR
+1 Food, -1 Morale, and each player discards 1 random Skill Card.
abotkin has chosen to go for the skill check.
Maddoc has played Politics 3 to set up an Investigative Committee.
Skill Card Contributions
Destiny Deck: 2 - Piloting 1 and Engineering 4
Maddoc: 2 - Politics 4 and Engineering 2
DevoutlyApathetic: 1 - Politics 5
Rend: ???
Darian: ???
abotkin: ???
Total Strength: 14
After Crisis: Activate Raiders, Advance Jump Preparation
Skill Card contributions in turn and in bold cyan, please.
Contributing Politics 5.
Contributing Leadership 3 to boost us to 17, and complete our check.
With my turn up next, and very possibly another press conference in my near future while things are quiet, burning a couple extra cards is no big deal.
3DS: 0963-0539-4405
Crisis Step: Forced Water Mining
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (abotkin) must choose:
A) Skill Check [17] Politics + Leadership + Tactics + Engineering
Pass: +1 Food.
Fail: -1 Population, -1 Morale.
OR
+1 Food, -1 Morale, and each player discards 1 random Skill Card.
abotkin has chosen to go for the skill check.
Maddoc has played Politics 3 to set up an Investigative Committee.
Skill Card Contributions
Destiny Deck: 2 - Piloting 1 and Engineering 4
Maddoc: 2 - Politics 4 and Engineering 2
DevoutlyApathetic: 1 - Politics 5
Rend: 1 - Leadership 3
Darian: 0
abotkin: 0
Total Strength: 17 - Pass: +1 Food.
With the oversight of a committee, a nearby icy planet is swiftly and efficiently mined, replenishing the fleet's water supply.
After Crisis: Activate Raiders, Advance Jump Preparation
No Raiders or Basestars to activate.
Jump Preparation advances to Level 3 - Jump still not Available.
Turn 19: Gaius Baltar (Maddoc)
Receive Skills Step: Maddoc draws 2 Politics, 1 Leadership, and 1 Engineering card.
Current Situation:
Jump Marker: Level 3 - Jump Unavailable.
Distance Covered: 3
Galactica: Admiral's Quarters damaged, no boarding parties.
Nuke Tokens: None remain.
Quorum Cards: 1 in hand.
Ship Reserves: 6 Vipers and 2 Raptors available. 2 Vipers damaged.
Characters:
Admiral William Adama (Rend) - Weapons Control, 5 cards in hand.
Lee "Apollo" Adama (Darian) - Command, 8 cards in hand.
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (abotkin) - Armory, 7 cards in hand.
Gaius Baltar (Maddoc) - Press Room, 8 cards in hand.
President Tom Zarek (DevoutlyApathetic) - President's Office, 1 card in hand.
Space:
All clear.