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OK, command token correction:
- Klingon: 5 + 3 starbases + 1 command-advancement = 9
- Federation: 5 + 1 starbase + 0 command-advancements = 6
- Romulan: 5 + 3 starbases + 1 command-advancement = 9
And turn order will be
- Klingon
- Federation
- Romulan
Klingon turn:
- 5 culture to take Ascendancy to 5
- Cancel trade agreement with Romulans (no automatic free passage through each other’s fleets)
Build phase:
- free ship at each Culture Node
- 6 research to upgrade shields to 1
- 3 production for 3 ships at Kronos
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Command phase:
- C1 fleet 2 drops out of warp where it started, at Kronos
- C2-4 the five ships at Terra Nova form (generic) fleet 1, warp, dewarp at Kronos
- C5-6 fleet 3 warps, dewarps at Kronos
- free: 6 ships at Kronos fill holes in fleet structure
- C7-8 one ship at Deneb V warps, dewarps at Sigma Draconis
- C9 commission starbase #3 at Kronos (finally!)
I think that’s all I can do. 22 ships at Kronos, plus a starbase, plus a lot of tripwires valiant defenders to slow you down getting there.
Romulan
Player: Marx
| Resource | Count |
|---|---|
| Ascendancy | 3 |
| Command | 9 |
| Production | 12 |
| Research | 4 |
| Culture | 4 |
- Romulan Cloaking Device
- Imperial Science Initiative
- Tal Diann Security Forces
- Continuing Committee
- Superior Targeting Arrays
- Cloaked Orbital Mines
- Superior Shield Harmonics
- Tal Shiar Monitoring Posts 3/4
- Orbital Defense Grid 1/4
- Tal Shiar 1/4
- Romulan Disruptors 1/3
Klingon
Player: RogerBW
| Resource | Count |
|---|---|
| Ascendancy | 5 |
| Command | 9 |
| Production | 0 |
| 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 | 5 |
| Command | 6 |
| Production | 2 |
| Research | 1 |
| Culture | 3 |
- Universal Translator
- Long Range Sensor Arrays
- Planetary Defense Shield
- The Cochrane Institute
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(Battle fleet please at starbase)
OK, that takes 6 of the 9 ships there to make Fleet 2. Fleet 1 is still there at full strength as Science Fleet 1; you could burn another of your 6 last-turn commands to reconfigure that into being Battle Group 1 and add two more ships, leaving one solo.
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Burn two commands to leave the battle fleet right next to the minyan nebula. Then another 2 to reach Hupyria.
Then burn another to attack the romulans
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I look forward to telling Romulan children cautionary tales and epic poetry about the glorious, brave, and futile conflict to come.
(And a reminder about the Cloaked Orbital Mines… I assume they trigger now, but it may not be until you brush aside my defenses and get into the system itself)
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I think they trigger now. So feel free to roll!
I am actually at work, so I am only tangentially aware of numbers. You do the roll, or get Roger, I trust ya. Explosions on a 6.
I’ll allow @RogerBW the honour. 6d6 please
OK, making sure I’ve got the right idea: are you reconstituting the 4-ship Science Fleet 1 into a 6-ship Battle Group 1 with a command from last turn?
Hmm.
Getting a single fleet from Indri VII to near-Hupyria takes you three commands (1 to enter warp, 1 to add a warp token, 1 to come out of warp 4 away from Indri including your 2 warp bonuses). So I think you can only do this with a single 6-ship fleet, not both (C1-3 to get a fleet there, C4 to attack). Is that right or have I missed something?
Yep. Just the one 6 ship fleet.
@RogerBW asked for a die roll:
OK then.
Cloaked orbital mines kill on a 6: pool 6d6: 1, 2, 2× 3, 5, 6
@RogerBW asked for a die roll:
Hmm. “Enter a System you Control”. Actually I think that would happen after the battle, when the ships actually enter the system disc.
OK, so we have Fed Battle Group 1 (6 ships) with the ability to re-roll 1s, weapons hit on 3+, shields 1.
Versus Romulan 2 ships plus starbase (3 dice), reroll 1s, ignore first casualty, weapons 4+, shields 1.
Federation looking for 4+, can reroll 1s: pool 6d6: 2, 3, 2× 4, 2× 6
Romulans looking for 5+, can reroll 1s: pool 6d6: 2, 4× 3, 5
@RogerBW asked for a die roll:
Oops, that’s pool 3d6: 1, 3, 6 for the Romulans.
So Fed gets 4 hits; Romulans can ignore 1 but they still lose their ships. They do one damage to the Feds, who now have a 5-ship Battle Group. Fed has two options for the Tactical Move: into Hupyria (facing the Orbital Mines). then perhaps hegemonise with command #5, or through the system not facing the mines and go on to something else (e.g. move 3 Impulse to attack Ardana).
@Marx asked for a die roll:
Technically, I get 1 reroll on that shot.
Blow up a Fed ship on a 4+: d6: 2
Won’t make a big difference, but every shot counts!
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See? No difference.
Moving right along!
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(5+ I think: weapons 4 vs shields 1. But as you say.)
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