Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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BSG (Lady MacTigh)
Well, well, well. Today is a good day I think to be Admiral!
I use my OPG to seize the Admiralty.
What am I doing in Communications?
I move to Admiral's Quarters.
Ah, this is better. Oooh, a big Battlestar, all for me! Two of them! Well, I think we've stayed here long enough. Coexisting isn't really working out.
I order the jump.
Goodbye, humans. It's been real fun not playing ICs and never having my loyalty checked. Boomer, have fun with all the executions!
BSG(Boomergasted)
Oh, Mama. It's the best present for a growing girl EVER.
BSG
The final jump has been ordered! Galactica jumps away from New Caprica, with Battle Queen Ellen Tigh at its helm! And with that, the game ends. All civilian ships remaining on New Caprica are destroyed; all human players still planetside are executed. Gaeta, Tory and Adama are all human; their loss sees Morale fall by 3. Meanwhile, the civilian ships contained the following:
Civilian ship C: 1 Population, 1 Morale
Civilian ship D: 2 Population
Civilian ship E: 1 Population
Civilian ship F: 1 Population
Civilian ship G: 1 Population
Civilian ship H: 1 Population, 1 Fuel
Civilian ship I: 2 Population
Civilian ship J: 1 Population
Civilian ship K: 0 Population
Total loss: 10 Population, 1 Fuel and 1 Morale. Fuel falls to 2; Morale to 1. Population... Per the game rules, no resource may fall below 0, so that's where Population comes to rest. However, if it were permitted, the dial would read -9.
End-of-game summary to follow.
BSG
End-of-game summary:
Round 11.2 - Ellen
Locations and Hands
Boomer: Cylon Fleet; 3 cards
Ellen: Admiral's Quarters; 12 cards
Gaeta: Shipyard; 5 cards
Tory: Shipyard; 4 cards
Adama: Shipyard; 5 cards
Sectors
Sector 1: Empty
Sector 2: 1 Basestar, 1 Heavy Raider
Sector 3: 1 Basestar, 1 Heavy Raider
Sector 4: 1 Raider
Sector 5: 7 Raiders
Sector 6: Empty
Resources
Fuel: 2
Food: 6
Morale: 1
Population: 0
Viper Reserves: 3
Damaged Vipers: 3
Raptors: 2
Boarding Party: 0
Other
Nukes: 0
Jump Track: 0 (Red)
Distance Travelled: 8 (New Caprica)
Galactica Damage: Airlock, Main Batteries, Engine Room
Locked Civvies: 0
Prepped Civvies: 0
Occupation Forces: 2 (BC)
Cylons win!
BSG
I'm assuming you figured out fairly quick that Ellen's OPG gives her a Win The Game Button for the Cylons at New Caprica, hence the deep-cover thing.
BSG
Oh yeah, I saw that opportunity from the beginning, so when I turned during Sleeper, the plan was a go. So many times I was tempted to blow my cover and Reveal, but I thought this ending would be so glorious. (It would have been more glorious if Team Human hadn't been on its last legs anyway.)
Of note, Gaeta could have pulled this too, and I considered throwing suspicion on him, but everyone was SO CONVINCED we only had one Cylon it was to my advantage not to break that illusion.
BSG
everyone was SO CONVINCED we only had one Cylon
*I* certainly was.....
BSG (dead!Gaeta)
Woes! We even sprung you from the sickroom! Yeah, I was snowed.
We were dead anyway. And I contributed pretty mightily to that with my miserable use of interrupts there at the end, and lack of effective use of cards I did have.
Yeah, both of us (Ellen and Gaeta) chose our characters from the beginning with the intent to seize a problematic Admiralty should the need/opportunity arise. So it honestly would have been a disaster to have either of us as unrevealed Cylons at the end. And had Tory been a Cylon, she would also have been really tough to beat. Or the Admiral could have been a Cylon, who could also have pulled this move at the end.
Let's just say, mistakes were made, but our doom was probably written in the stars regardless.
Wow, Ellen even had this random observer fooled.
I do have to say, I wonder how the humans can win with New Caprica. It just seems really, really difficult. Especially since having the Admiral being a Cylon easily becomes an instant loss. (And has been pointed out, at least two characters have the ability to steal the title.)
BSG
I do have to say, I wonder how the humans can win with New Caprica. It just seems really, really difficult. Especially since having the Admiral being a Cylon easily becomes an instant loss. (And has been pointed out, at least two characters have the ability to steal the title.)
As it happens, I have records of 46 New Caprica games played on boardgamegeek. The humans have won 22 of them, almost half - and slightly more frequently than they win base games. I'll have some comments to add once everyone's had a chance to chime in.