BATTLESTAR GALACTICA PLAY-BY-FORUM--SESSION 1

I am on the way to the USA!

I have left my next turn instructions with Zeus so assuming I did it correctly all should be ready to proceed. If not Ken, send me a message and I should be able to fix it by wednesday night US time.

END OF TURN:

Current player passes to OZJESTING (Helo Three).



HANDSIZE CHECK:

Helo Three - 1
Apollo - 5
Laura Roslin - 2
Admiral/President Tigh - 6
Starbuck - 8
Count Baltar - 4

Turn 5.1


Six came strolling in to where "Helo" Three had been enjoying the company of "Boomer." Or a replica thereof, at this point Helo hardly cared. Being a Cylon was goooood.

Six looked at him, rolled her eyes, and finally said, "Cavil wants us to mobilize. NOW. Some of our plans did not come to fruition and we are in danger of losing the fleet."

Helo chuckled, then looked at her again. "Don't mistake me for the other Threes," he said. "I do my job very well. I predict bad things for Galactica in the VERY near future."

Six smiled despite herself. "Be that as it may, it's time to move."











pre:
Fleet Status

Food 07/08
Fuel 05/08
Morale 04/10
Population 12/12
Distance 4


Vipers 2 Active, 3 in Reserve, 3 Damaged
Raptors 1 in Reserve, 3 Destroyed
Jump Prep 3/6 (No Jump)
Cylon Boarding: None




Galactica (0 Damage)
FTL Control
Weapons Control
Command -- DAMAGED
Communications occupied by DR_MABUSE (Starbuck)
Admiral’s Quarters
Research Lab
Hangar Deck -- DAMAGED
Armory occupied by KINGPUT (Admiral/President Saul Tigh)
Sickbay
Brig

Colonial One
Press Room occupied by DEATH AND TAXIS (Laura Roslin)
President’s Office
Administration



Cylon Locations
Caprica occupied by SOUTHERNMAN (Count Baltar)
Cylon Fleet
Human Fleet
Resurrection Ship occupied by OZJESTING (Helo Three)



SHELLHEAD (Apollo) is in FOXTROT sector



DRADIS








## OZJESTING (Helo Three) draws 1 Engineering!
## OZJESTING (Helo Three) draws 1 Piloting!






Action Queue:

==> OZJESTING (Helo Three) has actions queued, to be resolved shortly.

## OZJESTING (Helo Three) moves to Caprica!
## OZJESTING (Helo Three) activates Caprica to play Super Crisis Card!



SUPER CRISIS REVEALED!



MASSIVE ASSAULT


Instructions:

1. Activate: Heavy Raiders, Basestar(s) fire
2. Setup: 2 Basestars (1 Beta, 1 Charlie), 1 Heavy Raider (Charlie), 6 Raiders (4 Beta, 2 Charlie), 2 Vipers (1 Echo, 1 Foxtrot), and 4 Civilian Ships (2 Echo, 2 Foxtrot)
3. Special Rule: - Power Failure: Move the Fleet token 2 spaces towards the start of the Jump Preparation track.

#Shellhead flips the board

In all seriousness, we will need some serious luck to win this. I will do my best to hold off the hordes, but I can only cope with the situation on this side of the ship.

We need to repair Command, launch some Vipers and move civilian ships. And we can afford to do an early jump, as we haven't lost any population yet. Gaining Morale would be highly desirable as well.

1. Activate: Heavy Raiders, Basestar(s) fire



Heavy Raider in ALPHA moves to FOXTROT


Basestar Fires! ROLL: 7 = SUCCESS!


Galactica is rocked by sudden, unrelenting fire from the Basestar that jumped into their quadrant.


Damage Token Revealed: 1 Food


## FOOD decreases by 1 - Now at 06/08

## 1 Basestar deployed to CHARLIE
## 1 Heavy Raider deployed to CHARLIE
## 4 Raiders deployed to BETA
## 2 Raiders deployed to CHARLIE
##1 Viper deployed to FOXTROT
##1 Viper deployed to ECHO
##2 Civilian Ships deployed to FOXTROT
##2 Civilian Ships deployed to ECHO

## The Jump Token moves back 2 spaces! Now at 01/06 (No Jump)





Simultaneously, everything went to hell. Hard. And never looked back.

First, the enemy ships that had been lurking just out of range made their coordinated assault, as one. The Heavy Raider bore its collision course while heavy Basestar fire rocked Galactica's hull, taking out a portion of the ship where some of the food and water stores were. Water was jettisoning into space in a violent spray, contrasting with the explosions that were rocking the ship.

There was a pause, then Apollo knew that this had been a trap of the worst kind.

An entire legion of Cylon ships jumped into their sector, and where there had been black space suddenly there were screaming hordes of Raider ships.

The enemy was cutting crossing patterns around and near the fleet, and it became obvious they were herding the panicked ship captains into a nice firing arc where they could intercept them and shred them with quick, efficient passes.

The only bright side was that Apollo noticed that a few Vipers seemed to be able to scramble and join the fight. Whatever Tyrol was doing in there must be working, although very slowly. Apollo was pretty sure he owed the Chief a beer...should he make it out of this alive.


Meanwhile on the bridge, Felix Gaeta watched the comm as the jump coordinates that had been calculating suddenly began unspooling.

"What the frak?!" he exclaimed. They seemed to be acting on some sort of delayed or triggered command. Now with their hampered communications, and with the fleet in chaos, it would take much longer to recalculate and get the jump coordinates distributed to the other ship's captains.

Ken B. wrote:

## 1 Basestar deployed to CHARLIE
## 1 Heavy Raider deployed to CHARLIE
## 4 Raiders deployed to BETA
## 2 Raiders deployed to CHARLIE
##1 Viper deployed to FOXTROT
##1 Viper deployed to ECHO
##2 Civilian Ships deployed to FOXTROT
##2 Civilian Ships deployed to ECHO

FRAAAAAAAAKKKKKKK!!!!

Shellhead wrote:

#Shellhead flips the board

Ok, Apollo keep your cool, we're counting on you. You still have your special ability CAG. You may also have some Maximum Fire Power and Evasive maneuvering to help you win the day.

After your turn is Laura she might be able to XO you or Starbuck to move 4 of the civilian ships out of the way.

The killer is the jump is back 1. But if we can get luck and get some jump cards, we may make it out of here.

Now that the board is updated, I'm thinking it may be best for Apollo to fly to Delta sector to protect the 6 Civilian Ships.

Kara - I told you to wait nicely for us ... my children are now a bit angry.

Admiral-President - I think Apollo is having a software glitch, but nothing we can't fix over here.


This is when I hate playing the sympathiser - so many ships but not allowed to touch

Turn 5.2


Apollo clenched his teeth, wrapped his hands around the throttle, and steeled his nerves. He'd gotten out of worse jams than this one.

Offhand he was trying to think of what those were, but he was drawing a blank at the moment.








pre:
Fleet Status

Food 06/08
Fuel 05/08
Morale 04/10
Population 12/12
Distance 4


Vipers 4 Active, 1 in Reserve, 3 Damaged
Raptors 1 in Reserve, 3 Destroyed
Jump Prep 1/6 (No Jump)
Cylon Boarding: None




Galactica (0 Damage)
FTL Control
Weapons Control
Command -- DAMAGED
Communications occupied by DR_MABUSE (Starbuck)
Admiral’s Quarters
Research Lab
Hangar Deck -- DAMAGED
Armory occupied by KINGPUT (Admiral/President Saul Tigh)
Sickbay
Brig

Colonial One
Press Room occupied by DEATH AND TAXIS (Laura Roslin)
President’s Office
Administration



Cylon Locations
Caprica occupied by SOUTHERNMAN (Count Baltar) AND OZJESTING (Helo Three)
Cylon Fleet
Human Fleet
Resurrection Ship



SHELLHEAD (Apollo) is in FOXTROT sector



DRADIS








## SHELLHEAD (Apollo) draws 1 Tactics!
## SHELLHEAD (Apollo) draws 2 Piloting!
## SHELLHEAD (Apollo) draws 2 Leadership!






Action Queue:

==> SHELLHEAD (Apollo) has actions queued, to be resolved shortly.

## SHELLHEAD (Apollo) does not move.
## SHELLHEAD (Apollo) plays 3 - Maximum Firepower!



I will pause here. Does anyone wish to play any cards on any of these rolls?