RogerBW
January 24, 2022, 2:46pm
#1
Link to canonical rules:
STA chat thread:
They said it couldn’t be done!
(Actually they assumed I had enough sense to notice that for myself.)
But here in principle we have a workable map in Inkscape:
[g998]
“Workable” in the sense that the warp lanes have triangles attached at the ends (you can see black slanting lines at the corners), the points of which can auto-snap to the hidden square at the centre of each system tile. And I think that may be the most technically challenging bit to do.
There’s more prep work to do, but in pri…
Players: @Canadian_Errant @Delwayne @RossM @Lordof1 @Assussanni - please make sure you’re “watching” this thread.
My intention this game is to experiment with the Borg: I’ll set up without them, but whenever a player first controls six resource nodes (of any type), I’ll shuffle the Borg exploration cards and system discs into the decks. (If this seems like a truly terrible idea, now’s a good time to object.)
RogerBW
January 24, 2022, 2:55pm
#2
Random player order:
@Delwayne
RossM
Canadian_Errant
Lordof1
Assussanni
As last time, I’ll go down the order asking for faction picks, then back up again asking for homeworld locations in the starting pentagon. (Assussanni gets no effective choice because they will have no neighbours at that point, and when we get back to Delwayne there will only be one spot left.)
Feel free to use the PM thread to tell me your picks in advance.
Factions available: Andorian, Cardassian, Federation, Ferengi, Klingon, Romulan, Vulcan
RogerBW
January 24, 2022, 2:58pm
#3
Delwayne: Andorian. RossM?
RossM
January 24, 2022, 3:14pm
#4
Are we standard start or humble beginnings?
RogerBW
January 24, 2022, 5:56pm
#7
@Canadian_Errant : Cardassian, Ferengi, Klingon, Romulan, Vulcan.
RogerBW
January 25, 2022, 6:20am
#9
Lordof1 picks Klingon. @Assussanni : Cardassian, Ferengi, Romulan?
RogerBW
January 25, 2022, 10:14am
#11
@Lordof1 , where should your homeworld be? Then Canadian_Errant and RossM.
Lordof1
January 25, 2022, 11:38am
#12
Rargh! We claim C for the mighty Klingon Empire!
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RossM
January 25, 2022, 8:08pm
#15
Hmm. Next to the Klingons or next to the Klingons?
D please
RogerBW
January 25, 2022, 9:08pm
#17
First player is @Delwayne with card 3.
system
January 25, 2022, 11:34pm
#18
@RogerBW asked for a die roll:
Commands 1 and 2:
Space lane: d3+1: 4
System: Lytasia (PRO-4)
Exploration: Peaceful Meditation (take 1 Culture or destroy a ship of yours here for 3 Production.)
take the culture.
commands 3 & 4, in and out of warp to another system (from home)
system
January 26, 2022, 10:25am
#20
@RogerBW asked for a die roll:
Space lane: d3+1: 3
System: Magna Roma (PP-3)
Exploration: Iconian Probe (H5; if any ships survive take 2 Research.)
Ship lost on a 5+: d6: 6