BSG

Hold on, I thought I had 3 cards. All-seeing all-knowing GM?

I have you with two cards. Send me your list and I'll reconcile.

Everyone passes on interrupts:

Fire 3: 2. Miss.
Fire 4: 3. Miss.

For Starbuck's second action, she shoots one last time:

Fire 5: 3. Miss.

Time for the Cylons to retaliate. While Buff diving, I came across this quote from Matt the Bruins Fan:

I theoretically love the idea of a film about ace pilots in the Great War, but from the look of the trailer, with planes flying through exploding zeppelins and all, I'm afraid they're going to feature Manfred von Richthofen as a famous German ace before America even officially entered the war, and have James Franco's non-Australian character be the one who kills him against all odds after a heroic hours-long dogfight. By jumping into his plane in midair and punching him to death.

I mention this so you have the appropriate visual as to how Starbuck's crisis card could be:

Centurion Assault
Skill Check (9 PR)

Possible interrupts: IC, SR, Reckless. Everyone, please pass or play.

BSG (Starbuck)

With card counts so low, and the result not too serious, I'm willing to go to sick bay if folks want to tank it. If we want to go for it, I can help a little.

BSG (Doc)

I can't help. Sorry, Starbuck.

I kinda want to see the Centurion leaping into her viper, though. Is that wrong?

BSG (Roslin)

I can't help at all. I'm cool with a TANK.

BSG

I kinda want to see the Centurion leaping into her viper, though. Is that wrong?

If that's wrong, then wrongness has lost all meaning.

We have two people who can't help, and two votes to TANK. If the Admiral votes to TANK as well then we'll go straight to resolving it.

n NSG (Adama)

Whoa Starbuck! look out behind, er, above you!

TANK

BSG

The check, she is tanked. Destiny reveals:

Executive Order 1
Calculations 3

Tally: 0 - 4 = -4. Yeah, you weren't getting any favours from that direction. Starbuck lands in Sickbay. One raptor is destroyed, presumably because that's what the Centurion used to beat her.

Nature abhors a vacuum, so I figure that its stance when watching Battlestar Galactica is more or less summed up by Munch's The Scream. It may also explain why the basestar reacts to Starbuck's disappearance by launching three more raiders. That concludes Starbuck's turn. Roslin's cards are going out. President Roslin, when you're ready, please post your move and action.

BSG

End-of-turn summary:

Round 2.4 - Starbuck

Locations and Hands
Roslin: President's Office; 3 cards, 3 trauma
Cottle: Pegasus CIC; 2 cards, 3 trauma
Adama: Command; 2 cards, 2 trauma
Starbuck: Sickbay; 6 cards, 3 trauma

NPCs
Weapons Control: Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza
Main Batteries: Kendra Shaw
Armoury: Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo

Main Board Sectors
Sector 1: 1 Basestar, 3 Raiders, 1 Heavy Raider
Sector 2: Empty
Sector 3: Empty
Sector 4: Civilians A B
Sector 5: 1 RSV
Sector 6: 1 RSV

Resources
Fuel: 7
Food: 4
Morale: 6
Population: 10

Viper Reserves: 6
Damaged Vipers: 0
Raptors: 3
Boarding Party: 0

Other
Nukes: 2
Jump Track: 4 (Blue)
Distance Travelled: 0
Galactica Damage: 0

BSG (Roslin)

All right, I've got an unbelievably shitty hand, but I'll make the best of it: let's drop this PP-3 and protect Food on this frakking turn and then discard CP-1 and StP-2 to activate the President's Office and get some Resources up.

BSG (Roslin)

Friends! Capricans! Spacemen! Lend me your earpieces! The ship is under attack, you're all hungry, the Admiral was recently executed, and our only pilot is recovering from grave injuries sustained in battle.

But, you know, it gets better and stuff.

How's that for an Inspirational Speech ?