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BSG
Spoken like a gentleman, Mr President. In that case, for my action I will:
Play Purple-1 to scout the Crisis Deck.
Pass on interrupts.
(Concerning this scout, I intend to bury anything without a jump icon, unless it gives us something else good, like Legendary Discovery. Obviously, this includes attack cards. I'm inclined to keep any jump icons. Anyone else has ideas, I'm all ears.)
Edit: the scouting mission has a 75% chance of succeeding, which becomes 100% if someone plays an SP. With 4 raptors in reserve, I don't think we need to use an SP on it. We can save it for nukes and early jumps and such like. However, if someone does want to play an SP, we do draw 9 Tactics cards each cycle, so we likely won't be too short of them.
BSG
I'm on board with playing jump icon crises. When I was playing Boomer & I was a cylon I buried them.
BSG
While omnis is away from the thread, I'll put up the reminder: my scouting mission involves a die roll to determine whether it succeeds or we lose a raptor. As with any die roll, it may be modified by a Strategic Planning interrupt. Everyone who's drawn Purple so far (which I think is everyone except Chief Tyrol and Apollo) can post orders to play an SP or pass on interrupts. (Alternatively, you can send a CO to omnis.)
I've passed, which leaves Zarek, Helo and Tigh.
BSG
Tigh will pass on interrupts. As billytea says, it's early game, better to save for later. Not to mention Purple is commonly needed to help resolve crises, and SP is 3-5 points.
BSG
I know I'm a little out of it down here on Caprica, but I was waiting for Zarek. Do we not have to do that?
BSG
I was waiting for Zarek. Do we not have to do that?
Omnis is moderating this game, so it's his call, but in the games I ran, I didn't require interrupts in turn order. The game bogs down too much. (We still need to play into skill checks in order.)
BSG
In that case, since I can do so little this round, I'll play an SP interrupt.
BSG
Well, thank you for your support. With your SP, the scouting mission succeeds automatically. I'd like to dedicate this scouting mission to everyone's favourite ECO, Karl Agathon. Hey, maybe I'll pick up some signals from Caprica! Wouldn't that be a hoot? Maybe we could get you back to the fleet! We're a pirate ship now, did you hear?
Yarr!
I've been working on that. Oh! You could be first mate! Have you been hurt on Caprica, like have a hook for a hand or something? I mean I hope not, because ew, but it would be so cool to have a first mate with a hook. We're trying to convince Tigh to get an eyepatches, but he's not talking to me right now. I tried to hogtie him because I thought he'd been replaced by a Cylon. Turns out he was just hammered. Probably. I mean, maybe he is a Cylon, they look like us now, have you heard? So who can tell, really? They could be anyone, even the Admiral or the President. Me? Oh, I figured it'd be safer to get off Galactica for a bit. I'm on Colonial One right now, in the Press Room! No, really, all these journalists turned up just to listen to me! No, no, they're all here, why?
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Hey, you guys know that was all off the record, right? ...Guys?
BSG
Don't worry, Boomer. I'm sure that nice, strangely-familiar looking lady with the sandy hair and the Kiwi accent means it when she says she'll erase the tape.
BSG
I have no comment at this time.
