Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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BSG
You're in the brig, so your loyalty card has no effect.
Which one was it?
Men and women of the fleet! It is my sad duty to report to you that we have had to arrest Kara Thrace, Galactica's finest pilot, and to me, like the son I never had, on suspicion of being a Cylon agent. I regret to inform you those suspicions have proven true. She was found this morning in her cell, plugged into a malfunctioning power socket with an LED display proclaiming "BATTERY EMPTY".
Starbuck served alongside us for years, leading our viper patrols and hazing the new pilots. I know you all, as I do, have fond memories of the time she spent among us. As your Admiral, I am telling you all to spit on those memories! Let them turn to bitter gall in your mouths! Let there be no pity in your hearts for her. We have been betrayed, and Galactica shall ring with the keening of the anguished and wretched. The new uniform for all Galactica's pilots shall be sackcloth and ashes. Colonial Day shall be renamed "Frak you, Starbuck, you were like the son I never had!" Day.
We've all suffered a great blow here, but the important thing to remember is that she should be excoriated for being a Cylon, and I should be promoted for finding her out. What have you got that's better than Admiral?
I've already had one email from omnis complaining about it.
Not complaining. Lamenting. That my game wasn't as speedy. Clearly I failed as a GM. Maybe I should have tried the naked thing that BT says he does. I suppose it's an advantage to living alone.
BSG
Administrative note: Raptors start at 4, so we should be down to 3, right?
Not complaining. Lamenting.
Lamenting is the word. There was lamentation afoot. You did a fine job; some groups are always going to be slower than others, be it due to more claims on their time or whatever.
Maybe I should have tried the naked thing that BT says he does. I suppose it's an advantage to living alone.
I have to say from my experience that the naked thing is more advantageous when you're not living alone.
Administrative note: Raptors start at 4, so we should be down to 3, right?
Yes, thank you. I did remove it from the board (so I would have caught that eventually), but I forgot to adjust the spreadsheet.
You did a fine job; some groups are always going to be slower than others, be it due to more claims on their time or whatever.
Exactly. We had a number of scheduling issues last time, with Drew working the cruise ship, DQ (or was it Laga?) moving, etc.
Which one was it?
-1 Morale
Finally, and most importantly, I am not naked.
BSG
Man, there sure is a metallic tang to the air this morning. Sorry to see you go, Kara. I take a moment to jut out my chin in a resolved sort of way. We must not grieve for the past, but move onward resolutely.
At the risk of being
too
obedient to the good Admiral, who I am assured has only our best interests at heart, despite the whole worrisome bit about the hips and the bitterness and the ashes, I'm going to go with his basic plan.
Baltar is actually shorter on cards than Helo, but it's a bit sooner to his turn, and Helo's right there in the Press Room, so he can take best advantage of getting us back shipshape cardwise.
Therefore I
move to Weapons Control
and take
action by playing my G1 to XO Helo.
Let's see what fate has in store for us.
BSG
Correction to Starbuck's discards: She had 9 cards and discarded a
B1, P1, P2, R1, R2,
and
R2
to get down to 3.
BSG
Awesome. I'll go ahead and
Activate the Press Room.
Twice, I guess, since I'm not moving.
Cross Kara Thrace of list of future wives. That whole hybrid baby plotline was ultimately disappointing.
Issue Press Release regarding Adm. Adama's Leaderhips: They Do Not Lie an authorized expose
BSG
Okay, this made me laugh and laugh, both parts of it.
BSG
Okay, I've sent Helo his politics cards. He is really making up for lost time isn't he?
And now it's Crisis-time. That's like Hammer-time, but without the dancing. Sorry, Admiral.
And you are facing
Mandatory Testing (13 YG).
Details to be sent shortly.
