BSG

Cottle plays 1 card. Cards played:

All Hands on Deck 0
At Any Cost 4
Bait 0
Bait 0
Dradis Contact 0
Violent Outbursts 4

Tally: 8 - 4 = 4. Fail. The AHoD adds 4 points to the check, but it's still not enough. the last remaining viper is damaged; both assault raptors are destroyed.

Next, the Treachery in the check activates. The DC-0 adds 2 raiders to Sector 1, the B-0 adds 1 civilian ship to Sector 4 and the VO-4 adds Doc Cottle to Sickbay.

Small mercies: the basestar activation has no effect, and the jump track advances. That concludes Cottle's turn. Leoben has opted to draw 2 Yellow and 1 Blue. Leoben, when you're ready, please post your move and action.

BSG

End-of-turn summary:

Round 5.6 - Cottle

Locations and Hands
Leoben: Communications; 5 cards, 1 miracle token, 0 mutiny cards
Baltar: FTL Control; 0 cards, 2 miracle tokens, 1 mutiny card
Hoshi: Cylon Fleet; 1 card, 0 miracle tokens, 0 mutiny cards
Cain: Pegasus CIC; 4 cards, 1 miracle token, 0 mutiny cards
Helo: Resurrection Ship; 4 cards, 0 miracle tokens, 0 mutiny cards
Cottle: Sickbay; 6 cards, 0 miracle tokens, 1 mutiny card

Main Board Sectors
Sector 1: 2 Raiders
Sector 2: 2 Raiders
Sector 3: Empty
Sector 4: Civilians A B C
Sector 5: Empty
Sector 6: Empty

Resources
Fuel: 5
Food: 5
Morale: 5
Population: 2

Viper Reserves: 0
Damaged Vipers: 7
Raptors: 2
Assault Raptors: 0
Boarding Party: 0

Other
Nukes: 1
Jump Track: 2 (Red)
Distance Travelled: 6
Galactica Damage: Admiral's Quarters, Hangar Deck

BSG (Toasty Hoshi)

Yee Gads. The Humans don't have a lot of defenses now. Yikes.

Awesome!

BSG (Leoben)

Can I launch Raptors or do I have to be a pilot for that?

BSG

Can I launch Raptors or do I have to be a pilot for that?

Neither. Raptors do scouting missions, not protection. (Unless they're converted to assault raptors.)

Given this answer, I have COs from Leoben: Move to the Hangar Deck and play a Repair 1 to fix 2 vipers.

Well, now the raptor pilots are feeling all kinds of neglected. Fortunately, I think we can come up with something else for them to do. Leoben's crisis card is:

Scouting for Water
Current Player's Choice

Leoben, when you're ready, please post your choice.

BSG (Cain)

Yeeeeah, we should take the Food hit.

I'm at a loss as to how to survive this cycle. Baltar, if you can take Leoben's miracle token, I can try to XO you to raise Pop, but that's not a guarantee. The other option is to move a couple civvies to Sector 5. The other option is to launch one Viper to Sector 5 and move it to Sector 4 so they have some protection. It only takes two more Raider activations to kill us, and we have two Cylons waiting to kill us.

BSG (Toasty Hoshi)

Yeeeeah, we should take the Food hit.

At this point, with Brother Loeben, I suppose it all comes down to what his personal victory needs, and not what the humans need. Such a wild card, that one. Never know what he will do.

Oh look. Raider activation. t glee

Do we get to choose which direction our flying brothers go, since the folks in sector 1 are equidistant from the civilian ships? If we do, I vote sector 6. Surround those ships! I suspect there is a pesky rule that says they can only circle around the drain in one direction.

BSG (Cain)

Indeed, Raiders are trained to go clockwise.

BSG (Toasty Hoshi)

Indeed, Raiders are trained to go clockwise.

Hmm. Can we get a couple from the northern hemisphere? That maybe go counter-clockwise?

t /nerd

BSG (Leoben)

yeah option 2 does seem to be the safer bet but with things so close to the end I feel I should pause a moment to let the rest of the humans weigh in.