Evil!

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For a time it looked like cooler heads would prevail. The intervention of Staff Sgt Adama, who left his sickbed to fly a personal mission to meet with the Quorum on Colonial One, ensured at least that the Colonies’ representatives were at least willing to listen. The promise of immediate elections to return the Presidency to civilian hands, and a plan drawn up by Dr Baltar to reduce the workload requirements to one citizen in twenty, created an opening to restore enough trust.

Most of the ships agreed to the revised plan; the only holdout was the Astral Queen, under the sway of the terrorist and former convict Tom Zarek. Some in the fleet were sympathetic to his claims to speak for the marginalised, but to most (and certainly to those in power), he remained a thug and murderer. Even the Quorum agreed to his arrest. Pradmiral Valerii drew up plans for a surgical strike against the Astral Queen.

It may never be known who fired the first shot. What is clear is that the stealth mission was compromised. The raptor pilot claimed to have detected an encrypted transmission from a viper under the command of Sgt Leoben as they attached to the hull. In any event, when the marines gained entry, they found the crew (many of them former prisoners like Zarek) both armed and barricaded. The mission became a standoff; and when shots started flying, it became a bloodbath. Sgt Leoben himself could not be questioned; five minutes into the encounter, he flew his viper into the Astral Queen’s fuel reserves.

Rumours spread through the Fleet like wildfire. It had been an execution mission; it was intended as an example to the rest of the Fleet. Galactica herself had opened fire on the Astral Queen. Zarek as a martyr achieved what he could not do in life. The Pradmiral had little choice by that stage; but the declaration of martial law and suspension of the Quorum was the final break between the Fleet and its sworn protectors. There was nothing Galactica could do to stop the rioting that now engulfed the Fleet.

There were survivors, of course. Even a couple of ships that remained serviceable. In the event, though, these losses were the final straw. Galactica would limp on to Kobol; but the human race had lost too much expertise, too much diversity; too much hope. The crew of Galactica was fated to be humanity’s epitaph.

Cards:

Yellow 2
Yellow 2
Green 1
Green 3
Green 3
Purple 1
Purple 2
Blue 2
Red 2
Red 3

Tally: 16 - 5 = 11. -1 Morale, -1 Population.

Game Over - Cylons Win!

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Here it is, the end-of-game summary:

Round 11.3 - Roslin

Locations and Hands
Boomer: Weapons Control; 2 cards
Adama: Sickbay; 0 cards
Roslin: Caprica; 3 cards
Baltar: Brig; 6 cards
Apollo: Caprica; 3 cards

Sectors
Sector 1: Empty
Sector 2: 1 Raider(s)
Sector 3: Empty
Sector 4: Civilians A B
Sector 5: Empty
Sector 6: Empty

Resources
Fuel: 1
Food: 3
Morale: 3
Population: 0
Viper Reserves: 3
Damaged Vipers: 5
Raptors: 2
Boarding Party: 0

Other
Nukes: 0
Jump Track: 3 (Blue)
Distance Travelled: 9
Galactica Damage: Armoury, Hangar Deck

Awwwwwww man! See, this is why I wanted a charcter with low chance of power. Sorry humans, I failed you.

o_a don't say that - I rarely gloat about games, and I would NEVER gloat about this one. It was a tough, delicate, intricate dance to reach that endgame - and the endgame was no forgone conclusion.

Humans have such a gigantic advantage in large card draws AND the potential to play numbers of cards; Cylons only get to play 1 card in a challenge, and draw few cards.

I THOUGHT we were going to win, but I was not ASSURED of it.

You guys played a hard, hard game. I enjoyed every second of it - including the reversals. In fact, I got in a small amount of trouble for telling my co-workers about the previous 24 hours' worth of activities - "Alex, less talk about the Buffistas, more work please!"

:)

BSG

Thank you, billytea, for both running the game and for giving the ending a little dramatic flair.

By all rights, the cylons should've won a long time ago. Omnis, you did a yeoman's work in getting us as close to victory as we came. Baltar and Boomer both, actually; you guys gutted it out and made them work for it.

Oh don't misunderstand, I had a blast!! And there were about 3 places I thought we were goners! There was a couple rounds I thought I was running around the ship twisting every dial like Dr Who, flying solo. The XO's kept me busy. It being my first go at this game, I wasn't sure what the heck to do. It was a thrill!!!

And yes, billytea, you ROCKED!!! Thank you for everything!! And big high-5's to my fellow players. It was a great match. Big kudos to Sean, for un-convincing me he was a cylon. I'm still kicking myself for that! And for Alex stepping in, and rocking!

I wanna do this again RIGHT NOW.

I have 3 separate groups of friends that want to play face-to-face RIGHT NOW.

So - when's the next round start?

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that was a great game

Great dramatic summary, BT.

Good game all.

Let me be the first to welcome our new Toaster Oven Masters.