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Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue

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billytea - Nov 08, 2013 3:15:18 am PST #21177 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

BSG

Alas, here comes Sleeper Phase, and now we're frakked.

Oh, right! Off to prepare some Sleeper treats. Fun!


Laga - Nov 08, 2013 4:25:38 am PST #21178 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

BSG (Leoben)

All of it? I'm slipping.

Just the part about getting rid of treachery.


billytea - Nov 08, 2013 2:53:07 pm PST #21179 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

BSG

Let's wrap things up. Hoshi does use the QT-0, to take the CP-2 into his hand. Check fails! But Hoshi plugs the gap by playing a DE-3. Check passes! No effect!

Next, we add some ships to the board, but no one cares because the fleet jumps! Hoshi has chosen, and your destination is:

Deep Space

And with that, we enter the Sleeper Phase! New loyalties (and for Leoben, motives) are on their way out.

Finally, Hoshi still has 13 cards at turn end. He discards the following:

Declare Emergency 3
Critical Situation 3
A Better Machine 3

That concludes Hoshi's turn. Apollo has opted for 1Y/1G for his variable draw. Apollo, when you're ready, please post your move and action.


billytea - Nov 08, 2013 2:53:55 pm PST #21180 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

BSG

End-of-turn summary:

Round 3.3 - Hoshi

Locations and Hands
Leoben: Main Batteries; 6 cards, 1 miracle token, 0 mutiny cards
Baltar: Research Lab; 6 cards, 2 miracle tokens, 0 mutiny cards
Hoshi: Communications; 10 cards, 1 miracle token, 0 mutiny cards
Apollo: Quorum Chamber; 4 cards, 1 miracle token, 1 mutiny card
Helo: Research Lab; 6 cards, 1 miracle token, 0 mutiny cards
Cottle: Command; 8 cards, 0 miracle tokens, 0 mutiny cards

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

Resources
Fuel: 4
Food: 6
Morale: 7
Population: 9

Viper Reserves: 8
Damaged Vipers: 0
Raptors: 3
Assault Raptors: 2
Boarding Party: 0

Other
Nukes: 2
Jump Track: 0 (Red)
Distance Travelled: 5
Galactica Damage: 0


Polter-Cow - Nov 08, 2013 4:26:09 pm PST #21181 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

BSG (Apollo)

Now that we've likely got ANOTHER Cylon in the crew, I can't even fully trust Cottle anymore! I will use this time of peace to relieve myself of some Mutiny.

At some point, I'll get to have fun with the Quorum again. Some point.


billytea - Nov 08, 2013 4:41:42 pm PST #21182 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

BSG

Administrative note: Apollo's card draw exhausted the Leadership deck. I've reshuffled the discards.

Apollo's mutiny card is:

Betrayal of Trust

Well, that sounds like fun! Apollo receives two Treachery and the top card of the destination deck. Cards going out now.

Administrative note: Apollo's Treachery draw exhausted the Treachery deck. I've reshuffled the discards.


billytea - Nov 08, 2013 5:07:56 pm PST #21183 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

BSG

First things first, Apollo leaves that destination on top.

Next, I've been reminded (again by Apollo) that I forgot to resolve Hoshi's check's Recklessness (oops). I'll do so now. It will still be timed as at Hoshi's crisis card, i.e. before the fleet jumps. The top Treachery card is:

Dradis Contact 0

We have a result! We resolve this card, placing another two raiders in front of Galactica (but since this is before the jump, no one cares), and we also turn over the second Treachery and resolve it. That is:

A Better Machine 3

Lovely. Destiny gets another two Treachery cards, and now contains 22 cards.

Apollo's really been hitting the treachery and betrayal theme this turn, what? Let's see if we can't continue that streak with his crisis card. Oh, look at that, we can. Apollo's crisis card is:

Assassination Plot
President's Choice

President Apollo, when you're ready, please post your choice.


Polter-Cow - Nov 08, 2013 5:20:38 pm PST #21184 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

BSG (Apollo)

If Hoshi wasn't a Cylon before, he could be one now! How can I turn down a free execution??

I mean, I could be wrong, but I could also be right. But I could also be wrong.

This is the second time I've had the option to execute the Admiral. I feel like the game is telling me something.

Would anyone else like to weigh in? We're off to a rollicking start with Sleeper Phase!


omnis_audis - Nov 08, 2013 5:39:28 pm PST #21185 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

BSG (Adm. Louis Hoshi)

I would prefer to *NOT* be executed. I know, shocking, right?


Polter-Cow - Nov 08, 2013 6:03:33 pm PST #21186 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

BSG (Apollo)

Your objection has been noted.

I'm going to feel like such a fool if you turn out to have been a Cylon from the start and I pass on executing you twice.