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Destiny reveals:

Executive Order 1
Run Interference 5

Oof. Just as well Cain built in a major buffer. Cards played:

Consolidate Power 1
Consolidate Power 1
Executive Order 1
Executive Order 1
Executive Order 1
Executive Order 2
Declare Emergency 4
At Any Cost 5
Critical Situation 3
Run Interference 5

Tally: 16 - 8 = 8. Pass!

Cain saves the fleet's Morale by going on a sympathy hunger strike, Gandhi-style. A civvie-sacrificinig, airlocking Gandhi.

That concludes Gandhi's Cain's turn. Baltar's cards are going out. President Baltar, when you're ready, please post your move and action.

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End-of-turn summary:

Round 4.2 - Cain

Locations and Hands
Anders: Hangar Deck; 3 cards
Cain: Weapons Control; 2 cards
Baltar: President's Office; 0 cards
Boomer: Resurrection Ship; 2 cards
Cally: Main Batteries; 0 cards

Sectors
Sector 1: Empty
Sector 2: Empty
Sector 3: Empty
Sector 4: Empty
Sector 5: Empty
Sector 6: Empty

Resources
Fuel: 4
Food: 4
Morale: 8
Population: 6
Viper Reserves: 7
Damaged Vipers: 1
Raptors: 3
Boarding Party: 0

Other
Nukes: 2
Jump Track: 0 (Red)
Distance Travelled: 5
Galactica Damage: Engine Room, Pegasus CIC, Airlock

Big turn, that. Administrative note: Destiny's play into that check exhausted the Destiny Deck. I've rebuilt it.

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Tally: 16 - 8 = 8. Pass!

Whoa, right by the skin of our teeth!

high-fives Cain

The skies are empty, so I'm going to activate the President's Office and draw a Quorum card.

BSG

I'm in transit right now, so I'll send the first card when I get home. You can send me some COs for circumstances where you would definitely draw another card, or definitely play one.

BSG

Baltar has received his Quorum card, and elected to play one:

Inspirational Speech

Look, I hate to speak ill of an elected representative, fortunately he wasn't elected. I think he won a shampoo endorsement or something. Anyway, he's really not used to this kind of thing. Anyone want to help him out with a Strategic Plan? Everyone, please pass or play.

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Gaius, (may I call you Gaius?) Some speeches inspire, others just anger the populous. It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that I'm worried about how you come across. The words "weasel-faced" have crossed my ears. Allow me to look over your notes and I'm sure together we can come up with a Strategic Plan to boost our people's morale.

I play SP-3

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Whew. I've been waiting the whole frakking game to give a speech, but there was never a quiet moment. (That was the first Quorum Card I drew, and I was so excited! And then we kept having to deal with Cylons.)

Luckily, I have a very good speechwriter.

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President Baltar takes to the podium. He addresses the fleet.

"Hello ladies. Look at your man. Now back to me. Now back at your man. Now back at me. Sadly, he isn’t me. But if he stopped using month-old horse tallow and a timeshare scouring pad and switched to Old Floppy-Haired Genius he could smell like he’s me. Look down. Back up. Where are you? You’re on a battlestar with the President your man could smell like. What’s in your hand? Back at me. I have it. It’s a toaster with two tickets to that thing you love. Look again. The tickets are now baby recipes! Anything is possible when your man smells like Old Floppy-Haired Genius and not a farm animal."

"I’m on an ungodly pilot-raptor Cyborg hybrid."

Powerful stuff! Let's see how the fleet reacts:

Die roll: 4 + 2 = 6. Pass!

Morale increases by 1, and demand for Old Floppy-Haired Genius skyrockets! Which is unfortunate, as Old Floppy-Haired Genius is not so much an actual product as it is not an actual product. I'm afraid there's going to be trouble when they realise. President Baltar's Crisis is:

Riots
Admiral's Choice

Admiral Cain, when you're ready, please post your choice.

BSG

Die roll: 4 + 2 = 6. Pass!

Rock! Thanks for your help, Admiral! You really...spiced my speech up.

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I riotously demand, um, not to have to smell like Baltar!

Looks like it'd be easiest to drop that morale we just gained and food. I'd rather that than lose fuel and population, I think.