Star Trek Ascendancy game 2

[Assussanni]

Lovely. And with that trade deal in place and the Federation and Cardassians at peace, Command 5 is to move at impulse into Capella.

End of turn.

[Delwayne]

[ooc] we should shuffle the deck… that has been 3 or 4 rival ships in area cards so far?

[RogerBW]

Right, over to the Vulcans.

Build phase:

• 1 Research into Vulcan Monasteries
• 1 Production to build a ship at Vulcan

Command phase:
@RossM how would you feel about Kurl, or Bajor, being a link to the Vulcans?
@Assussanni, similarly about Capella?

While I’m waiting for a reply, ship at McAllister Nebula braves the hazard.

[system]

@RogerBW asked for a die roll:
Ship destroyed on a 6: d6: 5

[system]

@RogerBW asked for a die roll:
Research goes directly to Vulcan Monasteries.

• C2 ship in warp at Vulcan explores.
  Warp lane length d3+1: 2

[RogerBW]

System is Hupyria
Exploration is Where No One Has Gone Before

(Sorry, I should have said “explores from Vulcan”.)

Waiting for responses to enquiries.

[Assussanni]

@RogerBW I’d be happy with that.

[system]

@RogerBW asked for a die roll:

• C3-C4 one ship at Vulcan cycles in and out of warp:
  lane length d3+1: 2

[RogerBW]

Linked to Capella.
@Assussanni We have 1-production to offer for 2-production. (1-culture would perhaps need other valuable considerations.)

Final command: put ship at Vulcan into warp.

Awaiting trade confirmation, then recharge phase.

[RossM]

Happy with bajor for future reference

[Assussanni]

@RogerBW

1-culture would perhaps need other valuable considerations.

Considerations, such as?

I’d rather secure that cultural trade agreement if there is any chance of negotiating it, but I’m not actually sure what else I can offer.

If I remember correctly, I don’t think I’m allowed to offer anything concrete (e.g tokens, ships) besides the trade deal card?

[RogerBW]

I believe you’re correct.

“Other valuable considerations to be determined later”? Obviously it is our bounden duty to assist lesser inferior less-advanced species towards greater enlightenment.

[Assussanni]

Less advanced?! Clearly you haven’t seen our transwarp drive.

While 2 production for 1 culture and undefined future favours sounds suspicious-but-acceptable, I feel I should point out that you have also encountered the Cardassians (@Marx) at Capella. He could outbid me because he still has his 3 production trade agreement available.

If that is an option you are interested in exploring, then:

If your culture trade agreement is available

I’ll offer 2 production and undefined future cooperation for it.

If Marx successfully outbids me for the culture trade agreement

I’ll offer 2 production for your 1 production trade agreement.

If you don’t offer your culture trade agreement to either of us

I’ll offer 2 production for your 1 production trade agreement.

[Marx]

The Cardassian Union would also like to reach a trade deal with the Vulcans… your research, while primative compared to ours, is of great interest to our children as toys and perhaps in the “Puzzles and Curios” sections of our largest books-and-game distributors.

Culture? No, thank you, we have no interest in Vulcan “culture.”

(I will offer my 3-production for your Research agreement, but I’m not really interested in your Culture agreement)

Edit: curses, I see the noble Andorians already have your research agreement. I’ll take the other, not-Culture agreement you have available for my 1-production… I still don’t want the Vulcan Culture agreement.

[RogerBW]

OK, that’s sounding like:

Vulcan 1-production ⇄ Cardassian 1-production - hang on, are you taking that back from the Fed to give to me? @Marx
Vulcan 1-culture ⇄ Federation 2-production and ongoing cooperation @Assussanni

[Marx]

Gods damnit, I forgot I already gave it away (I was looking at the board state above and didn’t see that I had already used it because I have a memory like a gnat).

Never mind. I don’t want 1 resource badly enough for my 3.

It appears the Vulcan government has nothing to offer the Cardassian Union.

[RogerBW]

Round 2 Recharge Phase

• Victory check: 5 Ascendancy (not Vulcans), 3 Homeworlds (not Vulcans), Vulcan Agenda
• Nodes produce:
  • Vulcan: 1P 1R 1C
  • Cardassian: 1P 1R 1C
  • Federation: 1P 1R 1C
  • Romulan: 1P 1R 1C
  • Andorian: 1P 1R 1C
• Trade Agreements produce:
  • Vulcan: 2P 1R
  • Cardassian: 3P
  • Federation: 4P 1C
  • Romulan: 3P
  • Andorian: 2P 1R
• Resources from Advancements [none]
• Exhausted cards/tokens are reset
• Ships at warp get another Warp token
• Empty Phenomena get Research tokens

I’ve asked someone non-playing to help with turn order, but not had a response yet. I’ll ask someone else. Meanwhile, everyone except Romulans may bid for turn order card choice, in order: @RossM, Marx, Assussanni, RogerBW.

[RossM]

No bid please

@Marx

[Marx]

No bid from Cardassia.

[RossM]

@Assussanni ?