Star Trek Ascendancy game 6

[Carletto80]

good to know…

Build:

• put a Research on ISI project (cost: 1R; gain: 1C)
• build Culture node on Capella (cost: 2C, 1P)
• replace research node with Culture node on Hupyria (cost: 2C, 1P)
• build ships on Romulus with remaining production (14 ships, if I count correctly)

Command:

1. Launching Tal Diann Security Forces project
2. Launching Romulan Distruptors project
3. Launching Continuing Committee project
4. Launching Orbital Defense Grid project
   (I’m positive that each project starts with a research already on it)
5. Ship on Romulus enters warp

[RogerBW]

• Victory check: 5 Ascendancy (not Vulcans), 3 Homeworlds (not Vulcans), Vulcan Agenda
• Nodes produce:
  • Federation (RossM): 6P 3R 3C
  • Ferengi (Canadian_Errant): 7P 3R 1C
  • Klingon (Lordof1): 5P 3R 3C
  • Romulan (Carletto80): 6P 4R 4C
  • Vulcan (Delwayne): 2P 6R 1C
• Trade Agreements produce:
  • Federation (RossM) 3P 1R +3P Ferengi
  • Ferengi (Canadian_Errant) 3P
  • Klingon (Lordof1) 6P +1P Ferengi
  • Romulan (Carletto80) 4P 1C
  • Vulcan (Delwayne) 4P +1P Ferengi
• Resources from Advancements
  • Federation (RossM)
    • Orbital Laboratories 1R
  • Ferengi (Canadian_Errant)
    • Ferengi Commerce Authority 5P
• Maintenance
  • Exhausted cards/tokens are reset
  • Ships at warp get another Warp token
  • Empty Phenomena get Research tokens

[Robot_Maria]

[RogerBW]

Round 8

turn order bidding

• @RossM (Federation)
• Delwayne (Vulcan)
• Canadian_Errant (Ferengi)
• Lordof1 (Klingon)
• Carletto80 (Romulan)

Valid bids: 0+

[Lordof1]

Wait, research starts with a research on it? Is that a Romulan thing or in general? Have we been playing like this so far?

Edit: sorry, I’ve seen the tech now, understood.

[Carletto80]

The Romulan Imperial Science Academy is highly efficient

[RossM]

3 production?

[RogerBW]

Vulcans bid 4p.

• RossM (Federation) bids 3
• Delwayne (Vulcan) bids 4
• @Canadian_Errant (Ferengi)
• Lordof1 (Klingon)
• Carletto80 (Romulan)

Valid bids: 0, 1, 2, 5+

[Canadian_Errant]

I’ll bid 2 production.

[Lordof1]

5 production from the Klingons.

[RogerBW]

• RossM (Federation) bids 3
• Delwayne (Vulcan) bids 4
• Canadian_Errant (Ferengi) bids 2
• Lordof1 (Klingon) bids 5
• @Carletto80 (Romulan)

Valid bids: 0, 1, 6+

[Carletto80]

I’ll bid 6P

[Carletto80]

I’m having serious rendering issues with the latest firefox update…

…must be a sort of sabotage from the humans

[RossM]

We can’t even pronounce the word…

How does Kirk say "sabotage"?

[Carletto80]

they all sound pretty similar to me, as I’m not a native english speaker

[RogerBW]

Apologies, missed Carletto’s bid in overnight messages; turn order card selection in progress.

[RogerBW]

Card 1: Vulcan (@Delwayne)

[system]

@RogerBW asked for a die roll:
Vulcan build phase:

• spend a research on each project (-2r) [completes Kir’Shara Writings of Surak]
• upgrade weapons
• build 8 starships on Vulcan
• Remove Trade agreement to Romulans. Message to Romulans: “It is just a precautionary measure.”

Command phase:

• C1. move ship at Hupyria via impulse towards RuraPenthe
• C2. Fleet 1, come out of warp in Ferenginar and drop off an Ambassador.
• C3 & C4. Fleet 2 and 3 will brave hazards to try and get research tokens.
  • Fleet 2, hazard 3, shields 1, ships are lost on double 4+
    • pool 2d6: 2× 1
    • pool 2d6: 3, 6
    • pool 2d6: 2× 5
    • pool 2d6: 2, 4
    • pool 2d6: 2, 5
    • pool 2d6: 2× 1
  • Fleet 3, hazard 5, shields 1 have no effect, ships are lost on 5+
    • pool 3d6: 3, 4, 6
• C5 put ship at Ohniaka in to warp.

[RogerBW]

One ship lost from each fleet. Fleet 3 disperses.

[Robot_Maria]