That was always going to be a Kobayashi Maru.
One Klingon ship and one Federation ship are destroyed. Tactical Manoeuvre to hop across the Eagle Nebula and start towards Earth. But I’d still need two more commands to engage the Federation ships at Earth: 1 to Impulse over there, 1 more to initiate combat. (Should have commissioned that last starbase last turn…) Well, I’ll do it now, just in case.
- C7 Commission Starbase at Kronos.
Romulan
Player: Marx
| Resource | Count |
|---|---|
| Ascendancy | 3 |
| Command | 8 |
| Production | 9 |
| Research | 6 |
| Culture | 3 |
- Romulan Cloaking Device
- Imperial Science Initiative
- Tal Diann Security Forces
- Continuing Committee
- Superior Targeting Arrays
- Cloaked Orbital Mines
- Tal Shiar Monitoring Posts 2/4
- Superior Shield Harmonics 2/4
- Orbital Defense Grid 1/4
Klingon
Player: RogerBW
| Resource | Count |
|---|---|
| Ascendancy | 4 |
| Command | 8 |
| Production | 3 |
| Research | 0 |
| Culture | 1 |
- Disruptor Technology
- Militarized Industry
- Forward Munition Depots
- Klingon High Council
- Mass Fire Tactics 2/4
- Standing Invasion Orders 1/4
Federation
Player: RossM
| Resource | Count |
|---|---|
| Ascendancy | 3 |
| Command | 8 |
| Production | 8 |
| Research | 0 |
| Culture | 10 |
- Universal Translator
- Long Range Sensor Arrays
- Planetary Defense Shield
- The Cochrane Institute
“command phase version 2”
Command phase, 7 commands available.
- free action, roll the three loose ships at Ardana into Fleet 1, bringing it to capacity.
- C1 put Fleet 1 into warp. (1 system + 2 warp bonuses would get it to Neutron Star.)
- C2-4 add 3 warp tokens to get it to (just short of) Izar.
- C5 bring it out of warp
- C6 initiate space battle against Federation ships at Izar.
Klingon forces: 10 ships, weapons 3+, shields 0.
Federation forces: 6 ships in Battle Group (can reroll 1s), 1 separate ship, and 1 starbase. Weapons 3+, shields 1.
@RogerBW asked for a die roll:
Klingon forces hit on 4+: pool 10d6: 2× 1, 2, 3, 2× 4, 5, 3× 6
Federation Battle Group hits on 3+ and can reroll 1s: pool 6d6: 4× 4, 5, 6
Federation lone ship and starbase hit on 3+ but can’t reroll 1s: pool 2d6: 3, 4
Klingons destroy 6 ships (no Culture yet, I have to not lose the battle). So there will be 1 ship + the starbase left. Federation Battle Group 2 disperses.
Federation destroys 8 ships. Klingon Fleet 1 has 2 ships left, and disperses.
@RossM Does the Federation wish to retreat?
No thank you.
Klingon forces hit on 4+: [poll 2d6]
Federation hits on 3+: [poll 2d6]
@RogerBW asked for a die roll:
Argh, can’t spell.
Klingon forces hit on 4+: pool 2d6: 3, 4
Federation hits on 3+: pool 2d6: 2× 1
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I prefer the first roll.
One Klingon hit, which finishes off the last Federation ship.
Klingons defeated 3+ ships and gain a Culture.
I could start an Invasion, but a Control Node without any Ships doesn’t block movement, and I’d be attacking with two dice against a target that can ignore one hit each round. So I won’t do that. Surviving ships make a Tactical Manoeuvre into the lane towards Earth.
- C7 I’ll commission that starbase, at Sigma Draconis.
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@RogerBW asked for a die roll:
No! Let’s try for Hegemony, leaving the ships in-system.
Klingons have Ascendancy 4:
d6+4: 10
vs
Ascendancy 3 + 5 structures = 8
which Klingons need to exceed.
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costing me a total of 2 Culture, which I have thanks to that space battle.
“Nice little starbase, Liza, what’ll we do wiv it?”
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Romulan
Player: Marx
| Resource | Count |
|---|---|
| Ascendancy | 3 |
| Command | 8 |
| Production | 9 |
| Research | 6 |
| Culture | 3 |
- Romulan Cloaking Device
- Imperial Science Initiative
- Tal Diann Security Forces
- Continuing Committee
- Superior Targeting Arrays
- Cloaked Orbital Mines
- Tal Shiar Monitoring Posts 2/4
- Superior Shield Harmonics 2/4
- Orbital Defense Grid 1/4
Klingon
Player: RogerBW
| Resource | Count |
|---|---|
| Ascendancy | 4 |
| Command | 8 |
| Production | 3 |
| Research | 0 |
| Culture | 0 |
- Disruptor Technology
- Militarized Industry
- Forward Munition Depots
- Klingon High Council
- Mass Fire Tactics 2/4
- Standing Invasion Orders 1/4
Federation
Player: RossM
| Resource | Count |
|---|---|
| Ascendancy | 3 |
| Command | 8 |
| Production | 8 |
| Research | 0 |
| Culture | 10 |
- Universal Translator
- Long Range Sensor Arrays
- Planetary Defense Shield
- The Cochrane Institute
And now, I think, it’s @Marx’s turn.
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(That is a total travesty. Although in keeping with
Star Trek Discovery lore?)
So a total travesty.
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@Marx asked for a die roll:
Friends and enemies, for all the marbles, I bring to you… the Romulan Rescue and Salvation Turn!
If I don’t hear applause soon, I have ordered all the Uhlans to fire into the crowd. There we go, much better.
Build Phase
- 2 Research on “Superior Shield Harmonics” and “Tal Shiar Listening Posts” (to bring them to 3/4)
- 4 Research to improve Weapons (4+)
- Disband Fleet 3 (“Mining Fleet”)
- Build 4 Ships at Hupyria and form Fleet 3 (Generic) with 9 total ships
- Build 2 more ships at Hupyria
- Build 2 ships at Romulus
- 1 Culture and 1 Ship at Argo to build a new Colony
- 1 Resource and 2 Culture to build a new Culture Node on Argo
Command Phase
- Free: Brave the Hazard with the Science Fleet
– Hazard is 5 plus Shields 1 means a ship dies a noble death on a 6:d6: 4
Excellent. Put that Research onto “Superior Shield Harmonics” to complete it. We’re gonna need that Warp speed…
- Command 1: Fleet 3 enters Warp at Hupyria
- Command 2: Fleet 2 enters Warp at Romulus
- Command 3: add a Warp Token to Romulus Fleet
- Command 4: Fleet 3 arrives outside Earth
- Command 5: Fleet 2 arrives outside Earth
- Command 6: War! We’re going to war! (Picard: “We’re centuries beyond that nonsense…”)
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@Marx asked for a die roll:
Okay. I have 18 Romulan Warbirds with First Strike (Overkill? Probably). They hit on 4+ but the Federation has Shield 1, so I hit on 5-6.
The Federation hits on 3+, but I have Shield 1, so Federation Fire will hit on 4-6. And a Starbase on the same numbers.
Let’s see if your superior Phaser technology will matter…
Romulan Fleet opens fire!
18d6: 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 6 + 6 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 2 = 49
@Marx asked for a die roll:
Wow. I count 3 hits, and I get 1 reroll due to Targeting Arrays…
d6: 3
You are awful at this.
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@Marx asked for a die roll:
Huh. Okay! The Federation actually gets to fire back… did not see that coming…
So, Federation fires back with 1 ship and the Starbase…
2d6: 5 + 4 = 9