BSG
Well, here's a twist. Cottle likes Blue positive
so hard
that he interrupts Baltar's interrupt with his own Scientific Research 3! He's the current player, so he chooses which one stays. Doctor Baltar, you may retrieve your SR-4.
Cottle isn't finished. He adds an Investigative Committee 3. This check will now be open.
Everyone else passes on interrupts. The check begins!
Rebuild Trust:
9 YG(B)
Destiny:
2 cards
Leoben:
Preventative Policy 5, Repair 2
Baltar:
Hoshi:
(COs received)
Cain:
Helo:
(COs received)
Cottle:
(COs received)
Running tally: 7 + Destiny.
Baltar is next.
BSG(Doctor Demento)
You're not getting rid of SCIENCE that easy!
I play
SR-4, IC-3, CP-1.
BSG
I now have everyone's play:
Rebuild Trust:
9 YG(B)
Destiny:
2 cards
Leoben:
Preventative Policy 5, Repair 2
Baltar:
Consolidate Power 1, Investigative Committee 3, Scientific Research 4
Hoshi:
Personal Vices 3
Cain:
Executive Order 2
Helo:
Evasive Manoeuvre 1
Cottle:
Install Upgrades 0, Calculations 3
Running tally: 20 - 4 = 16 + Destiny.
Destiny couldn't be
that
negative, could it? Well, no, it couldn't. It reveals:
Consolidate Power 1
Protect the Fleet 0
Tally: 21 - 4 = 17. Pass!
The fleet survives to another day! ...But in fact, we're getting ahead of ourselves. Before we resolve the check, we have to resolve the skill check ability cards, of which there are three. The PtF-0 has no effect, not enough Red in the check. The IU-0 lets Cottle draw 2 Blue. But the PV-3 is the most interesting. All humans again draw 1 Treachery. The current player, Cottle, draws a mutiny card. This is his second; Cottle is sent to the Brig! He mus also discard one mutiny card.
Now we can get to the resolution, and Cottle is a lucky, lucky stiff. For the pass on this crisis card means that all players in the Brig may move to any location on Galactica. Since we resolve the skill check abilities first, Cottle is released immediately. Doc Cottle, when you're ready, please post where you'd like to move.
Finally, the raiders advance. A number of civvies are now threatened. That concludes Cottle's turn, but I'll need to send some cards out from the PV-3 and the IU-0. Bear with me while that happens.
This is one of those episodes where too much action was scripted and they had to shoehorn it all in and it just felt like we missed some important bit of character development, isn't it?
BSG (Cain)
Ha ha ha I knew I should have held back my meager contribution but I would have kicked myself if we missed it by 2 somehow.
Also oh my God the Brigging/Debrigging was amazing.
Leoben, if you can't XO me, protect the civvies so that Baltar can. If Baltar can't, pretty sure we're dead.
BSG (The Amazing Doc Cottle)
So where would it be best for me to land in Galactica?
This is one of those episodes where too much action was scripted and they had to shoehorn it all in and it just felt like we missed some important bit of character development, isn't it?
Right? You can tell it's late in the season.
BSG
Right? You can tell it's late in the season.
Hey! I'll have you know that we had this all planned from the outset. I mean, there were a couple of extra subplots we introduced in the midseason... and the network said we needed less intrigue and more space battles... we had to cope with Apollo leaving unexpectedly... Alright, it's a fair cop.
BSG (Toasty Hoshi)
I think the end credits music for this week's episode is some disco action, for the Humans. [link]
