Battlestar Galactica Game Thread

[Lady Door]

We can't lose all of our people. Damnit.


##Choose -1 Morale, plus that stuff about a bunch of ships

[Yakumo]

Turn 27 - Current Board

Admiral Adama decides to throw the Galactica into danger to protect the rest of the fleet.  Several more ships, both friend and foe, are now engaged in the battle.

Lady Door chose -1 Morale and adding raiders/civilian ships to the board.  After the crisis, Raiders activate and move, and Jump Prep is increased.


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Fleet Status

Distance Traveled: 6

Food       04/08      Vipers         1 Active, 6 in Reserve, 1 Damaged
Fuel       03/08      Raptors        1 in Reserve
Morale     04/10      Jump Prep      4/5 (Can risk 3 Population)
Population 07/12      Cylon Boarding None

Galactica  (1 Damage)
FTL Control
Weapons Control
Command
Communications
Admiral’s Quarters(DAMAGED, CANNOT BE ACTIVATED)
Research Lab
Hangar Deck
Armory - Occupied by Chief Tyrol(AndrewRogue)
Sickbay
Brig

Colonial One
Press Room
President’s Office - Occupied by President Baltar(Nitori)
Administration

Space - Occupied by Admiral Apollo(Lady Door)

Cylon Locations
Caprica - Occupied by Starbuck(Sir Alex) and Helo(Stelas)
Cylon Fleet
Human Fleet
Resurrection Ship
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Turn Order(current player in bold, skill card hand size in parentheses, play order with checks starts with the player after the current player)

Nitori - President Gaius Baltar(10)
Stelas - Karl "Helo" Agathon(4)
Lady Door - Admiral Lee "Apollo" Adama(6)
Sir Alex - Kara "Starbuck" Thrace(5)
AndrewRogue - "Chief" Galen Tyrol(7)

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Action Queue

==> Stelas: Choose Draw
    Steals: Move/Action

[Stelas]

Ah, whoops, sorry. Jetlag and returning to work all at once. (there was no way my workplace was going to give me more than a solid month off)

[Stelas]

Activate Caprica for normal crises

[Stelas]

No, wait, don't do that. Draw Engineering, Tactics and then I'll see.

[Stelas]

Activate Caprica for normal crises.

[Stelas]

I don't think it's enough of a party yet.


1: Activate Basestars
2: Setup: 1 Basestar(won't be placed, component limit), 1 Heavy Raider, 7 Raiders, 2 Vipers, and 3 Civilian Ships

[Yakumo]

Turn 28 - Current Board

Alarms blare as even more Cylon ships approach the fleet's location.  The Galactica has only just finished it's own FTL calcluations and there's no guarantee that the civilian ships are ready to jump.  Admiral Adama must decide whether to take that risk or hope they can protect the fleet long enough for everyone to jump safely...

The Basestar attack rolls were both 1.  No damage to Galactica.  7 Raiders, 1 Heavy Raider, 3 Civilian Ships, and 2 Vipers are added to the game board.


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Fleet Status

Distance Traveled: 6

Food       04/08      Vipers         3 Active, 4 in Reserve, 1 Damaged
Fuel       03/08      Raptors        1 in Reserve
Morale     04/10      Jump Prep      4/5 (Can risk 3 Population)
Population 07/12      Cylon Boarding None

Galactica  (1 Damage)
FTL Control
Weapons Control
Command
Communications
Admiral’s Quarters(DAMAGED, CANNOT BE ACTIVATED)
Research Lab
Hangar Deck
Armory - Occupied by Chief Tyrol(AndrewRogue)
Sickbay
Brig

Colonial One
Press Room
President’s Office - Occupied by President Baltar(Nitori)
Administration

Space - Occupied by Admiral Apollo(Lady Door)

Cylon Locations
Caprica - Occupied by Starbuck(Sir Alex) and Helo(Stelas)
Cylon Fleet
Human Fleet
Resurrection Ship
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Turn Order(current player in bold, skill card hand size in parentheses, play order with checks starts with the player after the current player)

Nitori - President Gaius Baltar(10)
Stelas - Karl "Helo" Agathon(6)
Lady Door - Admiral Lee "Apollo" Adama(9+2 variable)
Sir Alex - Kara "Starbuck" Thrace(5)
AndrewRogue - "Chief" Galen Tyrol(7)

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Action Queue

==> Lady Door: Choose Variable Draw
    Lady Door: Move/Action

[Lady Door]

Well, damnit, no good options here.

##Draw 2 Politics

##Move to FTL Control
##Attempt to jump

Better to risk the population. I don't have any useful cards here, but if someone does, now would be a good time to mention it.

[Yakumo]

Since it had been over 24 hours since the jump action was declared and nobody mentioned playing anything, I made the roll.  The d8 roll for the jump was 8, no population is lost.  Destinations are being sent to the Admiral. 

[Lady Door]

By the way, I chose to discard a Piloting 1-Evasive Maneuvers in order to get from my Viper to inside Galactica so I could trigger the jump.

[Yakumo]

Turn 28 - Current Board

The FTL jump is made mostly without incident, but the jump landed in an asteroid field and one of the civilian ships jumps directly into an asteroid, destroying it instantly with all aboard lost.

Lady Door chose Asteroid Field as the destination.  Distance 3.  Lose 2 Fuel.  Then draw 1 Civilian ship and destroy it, losing the resources on the back.  The civilian ship had 1 Population.

Admiral Adama finds himself wondering just what exactly President Baltar has been up to, hiding out on Colonial One for the entire voyage.  After all, who has been handling the jumps and keeping the civilians safe?  Certainly not Baltar.  The thought of just relieving Baltar of his position crosses his mind...


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Crisis: Declare Martial Law



Admiral Chooses

-1 Morale, and the Admiral receives the President title.

OR

-1 Population, and the Admiral discards 2 Skill Cards.


After Crisis: Basestars Activate(no effect), no Jump Prep



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Fleet Status

Distance Traveled: 9(Next jump wins!)

Food       04/08      Vipers         0 Active, 7 in Reserve, 1 Damaged
Fuel       01/08      Raptors        1 in Reserve
Morale     04/10      Jump Prep      1/5 (Cannot Jump)
Population 06/12      Cylon Boarding None

Galactica  (1 Damage)
FTL Control - Occupied by Admiral Apollo(Lady Door)
Weapons Control
Command
Communications
Admiral’s Quarters(DAMAGED, CANNOT BE ACTIVATED)
Research Lab
Hangar Deck
Armory - Occupied by Chief Tyrol(AndrewRogue)
Sickbay
Brig

Colonial One
Press Room
President’s Office - Occupied by President Baltar(Nitori)
Administration

Space

Cylon Locations
Caprica - Occupied by Starbuck(Sir Alex) and Helo(Stelas)
Cylon Fleet
Human Fleet
Resurrection Ship
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Turn Order(current player in bold, skill card hand size in parentheses, play order with checks starts with the player after the current player)

Nitori - President Gaius Baltar(10)
Stelas - Karl "Helo" Agathon(6)
Lady Door - Admiral Lee "Apollo" Adama(10)
Sir Alex - Kara "Starbuck" Thrace(5)
AndrewRogue - "Chief" Galen Tyrol(7)

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Action Queue

==> Lady Door: Choose Crisis Result

[Lady Door]

Time to survive. Any thoughts from the peanut gallery?

[Ranmilia]

Pick -1 Fuel!

[AndrewRogue]

My inclination is to say the morale? I believe we still have to deal with population loss on the last jump, so we need a bit of room to shield it. But mmm. Nitori has been being a decent president.

Do you have any useful quorum in the forseeable future, prezzy?

[Lady Door]

For what it's worth, I'm okay with the downside to the -1 Pop. I just don't want to lose anymore population. We're screwed if we bottom out in any of the categories, though, right? So hell if I know what our "safest" option is. Especially since this crisis won't even advance our jump prep.

Mmph.

Waiting a little bit longer to hear from others, then I'll post a decision.

[Nitori]

Given my quorum hand we'll be able to live longer losing morale than population

[Lady Door]

What happens when I get promoted to President?

[Yakumo]

Basically, you get the title and the Quorum cards that Nitori has, and you start making the decisions on crisis cards that say President's Choice.

[Lady Door]

Okiedokie then. Not like we have a whole lot of options here...

##CHOOSE -1 Morale

[Yakumo]

Turn 29 - Current Board

Admiral Adama decides that Martial Law is indeed necessary, and assumes the duties of the President along with the Admiral's duties.  The civilian population of the fleet does not agree with this development, but aside from some minor grumbling there are no immediate problems from them.

Sir Alex has preloaded drawing Piloting and Politics, and activating Caprica for crisis cards.

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Fleet Status

Distance Traveled: 9(Next jump wins!)

Food       04/08      Vipers         0 Active, 7 in Reserve, 1 Damaged
Fuel       01/08      Raptors        1 in Reserve
Morale     03/10      Jump Prep      1/5 (Cannot Jump)
Population 06/12      Cylon Boarding None

Galactica  (1 Damage)
FTL Control - Occupied by President/Admiral Apollo(Lady Door)
Weapons Control
Command
Communications
Admiral’s Quarters(DAMAGED, CANNOT BE ACTIVATED)
Research Lab
Hangar Deck
Armory - Occupied by Chief Tyrol(AndrewRogue)
Sickbay
Brig

Colonial One
Press Room
President’s Office - Occupied by Gaius Baltar(Nitori)
Administration

Space

Cylon Locations
Caprica - Occupied by Starbuck(Sir Alex) and Helo(Stelas)
Cylon Fleet
Human Fleet
Resurrection Ship
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Turn Order(current player in bold, skill card hand size in parentheses, play order with checks starts with the player after the current player)

Nitori - President Gaius Baltar(10)
Stelas - Karl "Helo" Agathon(6)
Lady Door - Admiral Lee "Apollo" Adama(10)
Sir Alex - Kara "Starbuck" Thrace(7)
AndrewRogue - "Chief" Galen Tyrol(7)

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Action Queue

==> Sir Alex: Choose Crisis Card to activate

[Ranmilia]

Cylon Tracking Device

Tactics/Piloting/Engineering check, Target=10

Pass: No Effect

Fail: Destroy 1 Raptor and place 1 Basestar in front of Galactica and 2 Civilian Ships behind it.

Ugh, no attacks.  Oh well, this one.  How much do you want that last Raptor???

##Play 1

[AndrewRogue]

##Play: 0

[Nitori]

Play 0

[Stelas]

Play 0.