Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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BSG
Okay, Mr. President, sir. If you don't feel you can XO Boomer for turn-related reasons, you could XO me and I could move to the Hangar Deck and launch to be a human shield wreak havoc on the Cylon forces. I think I could launch right into Sector 6 where the party is, right?
That would mean that Boomer would not be sprung by her turn and would not get her full complement of cards, so that's something you'll need to take into consideration.
BSG
I have considered my options, especially the fact that we as a group are down a lot of cards. I could get myself a couple more cards, but I think, for the good of the team, it's more important that Boomer gets all of hers, so I'm going to live on the edge. I'm a wiiiiiiild and crazy President, you guys: I
XO-2 Boomer
to get back in the skies.
If you betray my trust, Boomer, I will eat your baby.
BSG
President Baltar, I commend you for your willingness to think outside the box and put your faith in me. A faith that has allowed me to heal surprisingly fast and get off the morphine drip. A faith to move battlestars, truly.
A faith, to be blunt, that has been horribly misplaced.
I
play Consolidate Power -2 to draw two Treachery
and for my second action I throw off the shackles of oppressive humanity and flee the Sickbay for FTL Control where I blaze away madly, taking out countless unnamed extras. Fear me, puny humans! Rule my kills count towards Galactica's total, will you? Eat coherent light energy!
If only I knew how this FTL thing worked so I could disable it! But I can do enough damage that you won't be able to jump for a long while, my pretties. Extend some hospitality to your friendly neighborhood Raiders.
Eta: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
BSG
I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT! Okay, I probably should have mentioned my suspicions to someone other than the gamemaster, and now that I think about it I sure shouldn't have wasted all those pretty red cards on a failed attempt to keep her healthy.
Curse you, Boomer and your sudden but inevitable betrayal! "This scouting stuff is *hard*" indeed, huh? Ms. attacky with all your attacking. Harumph.
BSG
It was hard! Trying to pick a crisis that would be bad but not so bad that you would all immediately know I was working against you is really difficult.
Mine remains an evil laugh.
BSG
Ouch! Well played, you treacherous toaster, you.
edit: I literally just jumped out of my chair and paced around crying, "NO! no no no no no no!" for a good minute.
BSG
Ouch. This is gonna hurt.
BSG
Such Treachery! With, apparently, the promise of more Treachery to come. I had no idea, did you? The cost in unnamed extras is truly staggering!
I'm in transit right now, so I'll finish all the wetworks later. In the meantime, I can tell you that Boomer's reveal power sets the jump track back two spaces. This takes you back to the start. Once Boomer receives her Treachery, she will also need to discard a card. On the plus side, Baltar still gets a Crisis. Revealing on an XO is just so gosh-darn
efficient!
Oh, and the final item: I'm sorry, Mr President, but you made the promise and now you have to eat a baby. You wouldn't go back on your word, would you? The chefs will be along shortly to discuss your options, you don't need to eat it raw and wriggling, after all. I mean, we're not
savages!
BSG
Seriously. We are in for it.
I have to laugh at how you edited to add your evil laugh. What good is it to reveal as a Cylon if you can't laugh your evil laugh?
BSG
The Evil Laugh is an important part of Cylon Undercover Training. There are many copies, but only one evil laugh.
That was my official reveal. I can only assume that one of those unnamed extras got off a lucky shot and I will be waking up on the Resurrection Ship.