# Star Trek Ascendancy (recruitment) **URL:** \ **Category:** Play by Post\ **Created:** [8 September 2021 15:04 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156 "2021-09-08T15:04:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Delwayne](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/delwayne/32/24668_2.png) [@Delwayne](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Delwayne)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2022 19:29 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/361 "2022-01-31T19:29:47Z")
> [@RossM](#): > > Can you publicly communicate with unseen players? It would be preferred not to… because we’d like to play this as if… “no one knows who is out there?” LoL, I guess you could give out miscellaneous signals… the moderator could say something of “this was heard in this direction”… etc… ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2022 19:52 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/362 "2022-01-31T19:52:53Z")
Setup: pick two powers you definitely don’t want to play. Get a random power that isn’t one of those. No idea who your neighbours are. (If you had a list of powers you _did_ want to play, getting your second choice would tell you the first choice was out there somewhere.) Meet an alien ship: you learn which power, and each other’s shield levels. Have a battle/invasion: you learn weapon levels, and any advancements that get used. Hegemonise a world: you learn weapon levels. Trade agreement: you can see each other’s full maps and play areas. ---
**Author:** ![RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rossm/32/1021_2.png) [@RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RossM)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2022 19:55 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/363 "2022-01-31T19:55:30Z")
(In the above would you only learn of further weapon upgrades in subsequent battles?) ---
**Author:** ![Delwayne](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/delwayne/32/24668_2.png) [@Delwayne](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Delwayne)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2022 20:08 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/364 "2022-01-31T20:08:03Z")
Having a moderator/host enables us to do it a variety of ways! He’ll insure we’re playing within the rules. ---
**Author:** ![Assussanni](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/assussanni/32/11057_2.png) [@Assussanni](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Assussanni)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2022 20:43 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/365 "2022-01-31T20:43:46Z")
That sounds like an awesome idea. ---
**Author:** ![Delwayne](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/delwayne/32/24668_2.png) [@Delwayne](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Delwayne)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2022 21:10 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/366 "2022-01-31T21:10:52Z")
(as moderator) It was really funny to watch the game played out in Axis and Allies; There were time’s when either axis or allied player was totally afraid of a front line because they couldn’t “see” anything beyond the line (unless they sent a scout). Well, unbeknown them, there wasn’t an enemy anywhere nearby, and yet the line held because they either saw only one tank or just didn’t want to commit forces. Of course, If they had “satellite” image, the campaign would’ve been different. Gosh, this was like 20 years ago and we were all military (USAF). We used 3 board setups (curtains separated the areas), and about 3-4 players per side. That way it was the “group” who made the decisions. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2022 21:18 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/367 "2022-01-31T21:18:02Z")
I’ve done a similar thing with Harpoon: red side and blue side get their own rooms with their own maps where they plot their sensor data, and the referee team has the master map. ---
**Author:** ![Delwayne](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/delwayne/32/24668_2.png) [@Delwayne](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Delwayne)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2022 21:21 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/368 "2022-01-31T21:21:09Z")
I have a friend who loves that Harpoon game! ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2022 22:02 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/369 "2022-01-31T22:02:33Z")
Some play-by-email writeups that might amuse: [https://blog.firedrake.org/tags/harpoon/](https://blog.firedrake.org/tags/harpoon/) ---
**Author:** ![RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rossm/32/1021_2.png) [@RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RossM)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2022 22:16 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/370 "2022-01-31T22:16:43Z")
[![](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/3X/1/b/1b1df8eef45ebaadf33319f9adc4ba4824a31c4f.jpeg "Roger Roger - Airplane! (8/10) Movie CLIP (1980) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfDUkR3DOFw) ---
**Author:** ![Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/lordof1/32/5_2.png) [@Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Lordof1)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2022 23:08 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/371 "2022-01-31T23:08:27Z")
This definitely sounds fun (the game, not the air traffic control nightmare, which is so much fun @RogerBW and I did a podcast on it). ---
**Author:** ![RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rossm/32/1021_2.png) [@RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RossM)\ **Post date:** [1 February 2022 09:19 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/372 "2022-02-01T09:19:55Z")
(Subspace anomaly) Does entering warp add that number of additional warp tokens. Or only that number? I already get two. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [1 February 2022 09:27 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/373 "2022-02-01T09:27:44Z")
I have assumed it’s additional. (Technically you still start with the standard one token; warp boosts from advancements don’t generate tokens, they apply when you come out of warp.) ---
**Author:** ![RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rossm/32/1021_2.png) [@RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RossM)\ **Post date:** [1 February 2022 09:31 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/374 "2022-02-01T09:31:12Z")
(Looking at the language though, its an anomaly so sometimes it should be bad?) ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [1 February 2022 09:35 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/375 "2022-02-01T09:35:10Z")
Even if you didn’t get the standard 1, 2-4 would always be better. ---
**Author:** ![RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rossm/32/1021_2.png) [@RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RossM)\ **Post date:** [1 February 2022 09:38 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/376 "2022-02-01T09:38:16Z")
(This should all have been split probably.) ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [6 February 2022 22:25 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/377 "2022-02-06T22:25:03Z")
Hmm, my idea doesn’t work. Because “I hold the rival’s trade agreement, and can do a thing with their permission” is an exception to the general rule of “I have the only ships in the system”. So if Fed arrived and returned the TA, they’d fall foul of that general rule and still not be able to Hegemonise. I’ll add back a Fed Culture. I’ll move this over to Discussion after I’ve posted it. ---
**Author:** ![Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/lordof1/32/5_2.png) [@Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Lordof1)\ **Post date:** [6 February 2022 22:28 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/378 "2022-02-06T22:28:17Z")
So can you clarify for the ignorant Klingons what happened here? Doesn’t the Federation need another command if it didn’t happen? Sorry to be a pain but it rather affects what I do. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [6 February 2022 22:38 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/379 "2022-02-06T22:38:28Z")
Well, I think the Federation wouldn’t have sent the fleet there in the first place, so that’s at least three more commands… ---
**Author:** ![Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/lordof1/32/5_2.png) [@Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Lordof1)\ **Post date:** [6 February 2022 22:40 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156/380 "2022-02-06T22:40:04Z")
I guess I’ll have a wait. [Previous page](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156.md?page=18) [Next page](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/star-trek-ascendancy-recruitment/3156.md?page=20)