BSG

Good god, do y'all sleep?

(Smile)

I support jumping.

BSG

I support jumping.

Jumping instead of drawing an extra destination card?

I was thinking of assigning Helo as mission specialist so we could jump next turn but I realize you'd have to discard to move to Galactica. If you can XO Tigh it might be better if he's the specialist since he'd get his full card draw on his turn, too.

(iow, I'm in favor of assigning a specialist, but I will xo Tigh now with a request to move to FTL and jump us if that's the consensus)

BSG

I think the card just assigns who picks when we do jump, so it doesn't really have to do with whose turn it is. That is, you draw cards and then assign the Specialist card to someone for whether we jump in one, two, three, or more turns. It just means that the Admiral doesn't pick two as usual.

That being said, I really am torn as to what is better.

1) If we jump now, we have a slim chance of being able to jump again before the cylon turns, but that would assume drawing only jump icons (hence the "slim" chance given that jump icons are maybe slightly more than 50% of the deck). But we'd likely lose 1 pop.

2) Waiting means a better chance to go the distance we need and also means that it's likely either we'll jump automatically, or more stuff will get dumped on the board and we can ditch that too. It also means you draw extra cards, which is nice.

Note: I can XO Tigh to FTL on my turn. So, even if we wait and don't get a jump icon on your turn, we certainly could do that on my turn.

I guess flight instinct is telling me to jump, but the smart money might be on waiting.

BSG

I'm leaning towards assigning Tigh as mission specialist but I'm waiting for input from Chief.

BSG

I'm getting a little gun-shy here. I'm having sudden visions of us jumping early, losing one pop and then only being able to jump 1 distance.

I say play the specialist card this turn and let Helo XO Tigh on his turn.

BSG

I'm getting a little gun-shy here. I'm having sudden visions of us jumping early, losing one pop and then only being able to jump 1 distance.

This is my fear as well. Plus, we may ending up jumping anyway if we get the right card.

Right now, I think we need to focus on accumulating cards and passing what we can.

I'm leaning towards assigning Tigh as mission specialist but I'm waiting for input from Chief.

So, yeah.

BSG

I stay where I'm at and draw a quorum card. Next I play Assign Mission Specialist... I just re-read my notes and it says instead of Admiral. So (after drawing two yellow cards) I shout down the hall, "Helo! I have a job for you!"

BSG

Ready and willing, Mr. President, sir!

BSG

(sotto voce) I think the Admiral's been drinking again. You mind choosing our next jump destination?

ion, Mom & Dad are demanding my attention. (the nerve! I come for a visit and they won't let me stay in the guest room on the computer the whole time!) I hate to run away when the game seems to be rolling. I'll be back as soon as I can.