Would you goddamn commies be interested in trading Saturn and Soyuz in return for Juno and Atlas? Dammit.
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I’ll hold for any trading, but the TTS save is up to date with three initial advancements each.
(Open to offers for Atlas and Re-Entry, not trading Shuttle.)
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@lalunaverde genunine offer, the Russians dont have much to offer but I would be interested in trading with the Chinese.
I forgot to respond: yes 
Strategy? Absolutely… very deep. 
OK, done the advancement swap. (It’s not clear to me just what can still be done this way and what needs a Joint Venture, though I think anything that involves money has to be a JV.)
If anyone has any sudden desires to trade or do more in 1956, speak up now. Otherwise:
Year 1957 begins
No change to map or mission board; see here. Everyone is back to ¤30.
Lordof1/NASA
RogerBW//ОКБ-1
yashima/ISAS
lalunaverde/SAC
RossM/CNES
Random turn order will be:
- ISAS,Japan,white,@yashima
- CNES,France,grey,RossM
- ОКБ-1,USSR,red,RogerBW
- NASA,USA,blue,Lordof1
- SAC,China,yellow,lalunaverde
I think the trade between Japan and France is missing?
Or am I misreading the board?
No, I missed that one - will sort it now.
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I had to relearn a few rules…
and I set up the game on my spare table and just spent a few hours staring at it all. I hope that this somehow… you know… works. If I am making wrong assumptions please correct me
In any case, here is my plan:
- Buy Saturn Rocket for 15
- Buy Probe for 2
- Buy 3 Junos for 3
Assemble Spacecraft
- Stage 1: 1 Saturn
- Stage 2: 1 Juno
- Stage 3: 1 Juno
- Payload: 1 Probe
Planned Trip:
- Earth Orbit → 8
- Lunar Flyby → 1
- Earth Orbit → 1
- Earth Re-entry with the Probe
According to my calculations this should at least work with thrust and payloads. I am probably wrong. I haven‘t played in a long long while.
Also: What could go wrong?
My setup:
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Envious of the space mat!
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OK, I think the mission plan works:
| manoeuvre | difficulty | imass | tneeded | use | tgiven | omass |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E → EO | 8 | 23 | 184 | Saturn | 200 | 3 |
| EO → LFB | 1 | 3 | 3 | Juno | 4 | 2 |
| LFB → EO | 1 | 2 | 2 | Juno | 4 | 1 |
| EO → E | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 |
imass = inward mass
tneeded = thrust needed
tgiven = thrust given
omass = outward mass
I can’t get at the outcome cards yet but I’ll sort it in a few hours.
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First outcome (from Saturn) is…
a Major Failure. Spacecraft is destroyed on the pad.
You have ¤10 and one Juno. You may pay ¤5 to remove that Major Failure.
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I’ll pay. ah wellthere was some hybris involved in the mission plan but the 4 spacebucks were worth trying 
let me think what i can do with 5. do i need to know right now? I’d be open to a shared research endeavor?
I’d be happy to go halves on a Joint Venture. (And you can keep the remaining cash for a later turn this year if you like.)
All players: I think, looking at the Stations rules, that those tech exchanges in turn 1 shouldn’t have been possible without a JV in play. I won’t retroactively cancel them, but let’s all bear that in mind.
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recalculating
Okay I need to reread on joint venture rules… we’ve always played fast and lose here with tech trading.
edit And I am done for now. I’ll do something with the 5 spacebucks later.
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OK, on to @RossM. (I have a variant plan for spending 5 on the JV or not.)
Build a Saturn, build 5 Juno’s.
Stick 5 Juno’s on top of the Saturn. Fire the Saturn to Earth orbit.
Pay off the Saturn outcome.
Any cash left buy 5 more Junos.
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Saturn outcome is a success, so no money left for more Junos.
ОКБ-1 1957.1
| action | cost | left |
|---|---|---|
| Buy Shuttle | 10 | 20 |
| Buy Large Fuel Tank | 6 | 14 |
Shuttle is named Лидия Литвяк (Lydia Litvyak, designated LL)
Combine shuttle LL and large fuel tank
Manoeuvre shuttle LL to Sub-Orbital Space
Total vehicle mass is 4+6 = 10, difficulty 3 needs 30 thrust, shuttle provides 75 thrust.
Shuttle outcome is a success. Pay ¤10 to remove that. ¤4 remaining.
I’ll keep that ¤4 back to contribute to a possible joint venture.
@Lordof1, your turn.
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Okey doke, let’s show y’all how it’s done. One Atlas, one Soyuz, two juno. Junos on the atlas and launch the atlas/ Juno and Soyuz (on its own). If both successful I’ll fire the HR guy and pay off the Atlas. Otherwise pay off both.
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