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BSG
What happens if they jump before I get on Galactica ? Am I stranded on Caprica FOREVER? Apollo's really angry about the arrow-grabbing thing, so I am itching to get off this rock.
Hey, you're the Admiral, it's your choice where they wind up next. I'm confident you'll find them.
(I chose Helo because I thought his Weakness wasn't so bad. But it's actually really annoying feeling so helpless!
Helo has an odd weakness. It's pretty debilitating, but unlike most other crew members' weaknesses, it has a time limit. Once you get back to Galactica you're weakness-free. (Unless you get executed and have to choose another character.)
One consequence of Helo's weakness is that he's far more popular as first pick than last. In the Pegasus gamees on boardgamegeek, he's equal first in popularity as the first pick (with Baltar and Caprica Six); however, over all the later picks, he's comfortably the least popular choice.
I could be out in space shooting things. Wait, can I pilot a Viper even though I'm not officially a Pilot? I assume so since I can draw Piloting.)
You can indeed pilot a viper. You draw less Piloting than the dedicated pilots, so you're maybe not quite as effective, but rules-wise there's no impediment.
BSG
Hey, you're the Admiral, it's your choice where they wind up next.
Is there a card where we all end up at Pizza Hut? I choose that one.
You can indeed pilot a viper.
Can
anyone
pilot a Viper, just by going to the Hangar Deck? Like if there were Raiders in Sector 5, could, like, ELLEN jump in a Viper and shoot them down?
BSG
Is there a card where we all end up at Pizza Hut? I choose that one.
Icy Moon gives +1 Food, so I guess you could at least aim for frozen pizza.
Can anyone pilot a Viper, just by going to the Hangar Deck? Like if there were Raiders in Sector 5, could, like, ELLEN jump in a Viper and shoot them down?
No, just characters with Piloting in their card draw. So, Pilots and you.
BSG
Like if there were Raiders in Sector 5, could, like, ELLEN jump in a Viper and shoot them down?
Are you implying, you NOTORIOUSLY ABSENT COMMANDER (what was Bill THINKING?) that I am incapable of flying a Viper? I can fly anything. I probably have. Before you were born.
Saul? Saul, put down that bottle and PUNCH HIM for me.
BSG
I can fly anything.
Tell that to the Grand Lord of Kobol up there.
Saul? Saul, put down that bottle and PUNCH HIM for me.
Saul, you should know that I have befriended the local wildlife and they will fight to the death on my behalf, accompanied by stirring James Horner music.
BSG
Saul, you should know that I have befriended the local wildlife and they will fight to the death on my behalf, accompanied by stirring James Horner music.
Bear McCreary is crying right now, you heartless bastard. Saul, FIRE HIM. Saul? SAUL? Gods, passed out again.
BSG
Saul? Saul, put down that bottle and PUNCH HIM for me.
This is fantastic. It's like Ellen Tigh is keeping a trained bear as a bodyguard. A constantly sobbing bear in clown makeup.
BSG
Oh, can Boomer be my bodyguard? She's good with a gun. How's that chest looking, Ellen? Unusually bullet-free.
BSG
How's that chest looking, Ellen? Unusually bullet-free.
It is - lovely of you to notice, Commander.
BSG
Mrs. Tigh, you have just interpreted my threat of violence as a come-on. I don't know what that says about you.
Or rather, I know what that says about you, and I would prefer not to think about it.
