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wedgekree: Feb 20, 2013

We come in peace (shoot to kill)

# ? Jun 15, 2019 10:12

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 02:55

FredMSloniker: Jan 2, 2008; Why, yes, I do like Kirby games.

MaskedHuzzah posted:

Okay, this one's starting interesting. We can still handle this!

1. Use McCoy to clear the die out of Sickbay.
2. Exchange Science Station and Medical Station for Corbomite Maneuver. Use it to dodge the Bird of Prey next turn, and it has the added bonus of freeing up some slots for more development cards.
3. Use the awe-inspiring powers of Scotty and Sulu combined to complete the Travel objective.
4. Use Kirk to convert the Medical die to Science.
5. Use the two Science dice to clear Part 1 of the Romulan Bird of Prey event.
6. Bank the remaining Command die - we'll need it for next turn.
7. Apply the Security die to the Raiders event, because we'll need to get rid of that too and this way it can't reroll to more threat.

Steps two happens last (during the Cleanup Phase), but that doesn't invalidate anything. The next Development Card we draw is:

Electrified Hull Plating (Technology card. The Repair Hull action repairs two Hull. Costs three Engineering to claim.)

On the next turn, the Mission Event hits, and we draw an Event Card:

Love Interest (Immediately move one active Crew Die to Quarters. If all Crew Dice are in Quarters, move one to Sickbay. Then discard this event.)

At this point, we'd have to decide whether to move the Command Die at a station or the Security Die on Raiders to Quarters. Either way, we get to reroll it, so I flip a coin and send the Command Die back.

We take three damage from Raiders and Romulan Bird of Prey combined, then roll the Crew Dice:

Klingon Battlecruiser (Shipboard event. As a Mission Event, take two damage. Costs three Security to clear.)

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WELP

(Under the circumstances, your plan can include 'have kept the Command Die instead of the Security Die'.)

__________________ __ \ \_________________|)____.---'--`---.____ \ || \----.________.----/ | || / / `--' | __||____/ /_ | |___ \ / `--------' /

MISSION STATUS

It is year three of the U.S.S. Enterprise's five-year mission (on hard difficulty.)

Wear and tear effects:

Repair Hull action costs an additional Engineering.
Raise/Lower Shields action costs an additional Science.

Shipboard crew assignments:

Threat Level (Scanners): 0/4
Security: 1/3
Engineering: 0 (+1)/3
Medical: 1 (+1)/3
Science: 1/3
Command: 0 (+1)/2
Quarters: 6/10
Sickbay: 0/10

Shields: 1/5
Hull: 7/7
Dilithium Crystal Reserve: 7/8

Active Mission Card: Top Secret Diplomatic Mission.
Mission Event: Draw an Event Card.
Mission Stages:

Travel: Pay two Engineering.
Influence: Pay two Command.
Event: Draw an Event Card.
Influence: Pay two Command.
Development: Draw one Development Card.

Active Event Cards:

Raiders (Shipboard event. As a Mission Event, take one damage. Costs two Security to clear. Progress: 1/2.)
Romulan Bird of Prey (Shipboard event. As a Mission Event, take two damage. Costs two Science, then (on a later turn) two Security, to clear. Progress: Science stage complete.)
Klingon Battlecruiser (Shipboard event. As a Mission Event, take two damage. Costs three Security to clear.)

Active Development Cards:

Lieutenant Sulu (Personnel card. Away Team expansion. Travel actions cost one less Engineering and may be performed even if another card says they they may not. Cost one Command, one Science, and two Engineering to claim.)
James T. Kirk (Personnel card. One bonus Command each turn. Cost five Command to claim.)
Reassigned (Tactics card. You may reroll one Crew Die, other than a Threat result, during Roll Call. Cost two Command to claim.)
Vulcan Nerve Pinch (Tactics card. Away Team expansion. The Combat action costs one less Security. If Mr. Spock is in play, the Combat action costs no Security. Cost one Security and one Science to claim.)
Montgomery Scott (Personnel card. One bonus Engineering each turn. Cost five Engineering to claim.)
Medical Tricorder (Technology card. You may add two bonus Medical to one Challenge; if you do, discard Medical Tricorder. Cost two Medical to claim.)
Dr. Leonard McCoy (Personnel card. One bonus Medical each turn. Cost five Medical to claim.)
Corbomite Maneuver (Tactics card. You may prevent damage from any one source. If you do, discard Corbomite Maneuver. Cost one Command to claim.)

Available Development Cards (the Offer):

Engineering Kit (Technology card. You may add two bonus Engineering to one Challenge; if you do, discard Engineering Kit. Costs two Engineering to claim.)
Rousing Speech (Tactics card. You may reroll one Threat Die during Roll Call; if you do, discard Rousing Speech. Costs one Command to claim.)
Electrified Hull Plating (Technology card. The Repair Hull action repairs two Hull. Costs three Engineering to claim.)

# ? Jun 15, 2019 20:44

Friend Commuter: Nov 3, 2009; SO CLEVER I WANT TO FUCK MY OWN BRAIN.; Smellrose

Welp indeed.

Use Kirk to command the Medical die into Science.
Use the two Science dice to Raise Shields.
Use the Security die to finish off the Raider.

# ? Jun 15, 2019 21:04

MaskedHuzzah: Mar 26, 2009; Come now! Look me in the eye and tell me - isn't this the face of a guy you can trust?; Lipstick Apathy

Egads! The Klingons, Romulans, and Raiders are all learning how to work together!
I think we've rolled more threat these first two years than we have the entire previous game.
1. Use the Security die to clear the Raiders event.
2. Use the Command die to change the Medical die to Science.
3. Use the two Science dice to Raise Shields.

# ? Jun 16, 2019 12:53

FredMSloniker: Jan 2, 2008; Why, yes, I do like Kirby games.

Friend Commuter posted:

Welp indeed.

Use Kirk to command the Medical die into Science.
Use the two Science dice to Raise Shields.
Use the Security die to finish off the Raider.

Okay! Next turn means a new Event Card.

Hull Breach (Shipboard event. As a Mission Event, take two hull damage. Costs two Engineering to clear.)

Wow. This... I swear I shuffled the cards. You do have Corbomite Manuever, so you can discard that to block the damage from any one of our attackers. It's not looking good for the Enterprise, though...

__________________ __ \ \_________________|)____.---'--`---.____ \ || \----.________.----/ | || / / `--' | __||____/ /_ | |___ ## \ / `--------' /

MISSION STATUS

It is year three of the U.S.S. Enterprise's five-year mission (on hard difficulty.)

Wear and tear effects:

Repair Hull action costs an additional Engineering.
Raise/Lower Shields action costs an additional Science.

Shipboard crew assignments:

Threat Level (Scanners): 2/4
Security: 1/3
Engineering: 3 (+1)/3
Medical: 2 (+1)/3
Science: 1/3
Command: 1 (+1)/2
Quarters: 0/10
Sickbay: 0/10

Shields: 1/5
Hull: 5/7
Dilithium Crystal Reserve: 6/8

Active Mission Card: Top Secret Diplomatic Mission.
Mission Event: Draw an Event Card.
Mission Stages:

Travel: Pay two Engineering.
Influence: Pay two Command.
Event: Draw an Event Card.
Influence: Pay two Command.
Development: Draw one Development Card.

Active Event Cards:

Romulan Bird of Prey (Shipboard event. As a Mission Event, take two damage. Costs two Science, then (on a later turn) two Security, to clear. Progress: Science stage complete.)
Klingon Battlecruiser (Shipboard event. As a Mission Event, take two damage. Costs three Security to clear.)
Hull Breach (Shipboard event. As a Mission Event, take two hull damage. Costs two Engineering to clear.)

Active Development Cards:

Lieutenant Sulu (Personnel card. Away Team expansion. Travel actions cost one less Engineering and may be performed even if another card says they they may not. Cost one Command, one Science, and two Engineering to claim.)
James T. Kirk (Personnel card. One bonus Command each turn. Cost five Command to claim.)
Reassigned (Tactics card. You may reroll one Crew Die, other than a Threat result, during Roll Call. Cost two Command to claim.)
Vulcan Nerve Pinch (Tactics card. Away Team expansion. The Combat action costs one less Security. If Mr. Spock is in play, the Combat action costs no Security. Cost one Security and one Science to claim.)
Montgomery Scott (Personnel card. One bonus Engineering each turn. Cost five Engineering to claim.)
Medical Tricorder (Technology card. You may add two bonus Medical to one Challenge; if you do, discard Medical Tricorder. Cost two Medical to claim.)
Dr. Leonard McCoy (Personnel card. One bonus Medical each turn. Cost five Medical to claim.)
Corbomite Maneuver (Tactics card. You may prevent damage from any one source. If you do, discard Corbomite Maneuver. Cost one Command to claim.)

Available Development Cards (the Offer):

Engineering Kit (Technology card. You may add two bonus Engineering to one Challenge; if you do, discard Engineering Kit. Costs two Engineering to claim.)
Rousing Speech (Tactics card. You may reroll one Threat Die during Roll Call; if you do, discard Rousing Speech. Costs one Command to claim.)
Electrified Hull Plating (Technology card. The Repair Hull action repairs two Hull. Costs three Engineering to claim.)

# ? Jun 16, 2019 17:36

nweismuller: Oct 11, 2012; They say that he who dies with the most Opil wins.

I am winning.

Use the Corbomite Maneuver to evade the hull breach. We can use two Engineering as one Security, so use the two Engineering and one Security we have to blow the Romulan out of the notional water. Use two Medical and one Science to raise shields. Use two Engineering to claim Engineering Kit, mostly to cycle developments in search of Better Things, but we can use the Engineering Kit to clear the Hull Breach next turn. Use our two Command to progress with the actual mission.

# ? Jun 16, 2019 19:52

Technowolf: Nov 4, 2009

Use Kirk and the Command die to change 2 Engineering dice into 2 Security dice. Use the 3 Security dice to deal with the Klingons. Use the other Engineering die and Scotty to take care of the Hull Breach. Use the Science die and 2 Medical die to raise Shields. Use Corbomite Maneuver to evade damage from the Romulans.

# ? Jun 16, 2019 21:25

inflatablefish: Oct 24, 2010

Use Corbomite Maneuver to avoid the Hull Breach damage we've just taken.
Convert 2 Engineering into 1 Security; Spend 2 Security to finish off the Romulan. Diplomatically.
Spend 1 Engineering plus Scotty to fix the Hull Breach.
Spend 1 Command plus Kirk to complete the Influence task.
Convert 2 Medical into 1 Science; Spend 2 Science to re-raise shields.

# ? Jun 17, 2019 00:51

MaskedHuzzah: Mar 26, 2009; Come now! Look me in the eye and tell me - isn't this the face of a guy you can trust?; Lipstick Apathy

Okay, now that we're past rolling quite so many threats, we might be able to do this yet!
1. Use the Cobromite Maneuver to dodge the damage from Hull Breach if possible. If that's not a legal use, dodge the Battlecruiser.
2. Use Kirk and the Command die to clear the Influence objective.
3. Convert 2 Engineering to 1 Security die.
4. Use 2 Security dice to clear the Romulan Bird of Prey event.
5. Use Montgomery Scott and the other Engineering die to clear the Hull Breach event.
6. Convert two Medical dice to a Science die.
7. Use two Science dice to raise shields.

This leaves us with two Threat (which admittedly isn't great), but gets two events and an objective completed. We can see if we want to take an additional event next turn.

# ? Jun 17, 2019 14:36

FredMSloniker: Jan 2, 2008; Why, yes, I do like Kirby games.

Technowolf posted:

Use Kirk and the Command die to change 2 Engineering dice into 2 Security dice. Use the 3 Security dice to deal with the Klingons. Use the other Engineering die and Scotty to take care of the Hull Breach. Use the Science die and 2 Medical die to raise Shields. Use Corbomite Maneuver to evade damage from the Romulans.

Since you're raising shields this turn, the shield damage from the Romulans doesn't matter, so I'm going to do as other folks suggested and apply Corbomite Maneuver to the hull damage instead. Let's see what the next Event Card is...

Klingon Battlecruiser (Shipboard event. As a Mission Event, take two damage. Costs three Security to clear.)

I thought we just left this party! The shields take another pounding, but hold for now. Then we roll the dice...

...and, thankfully, don't get more Threat. So what now?

__________________ __ \ \_________________|)____.---'--`---.____ \ || \----.________.----/ | || / / `--' | __||____/ /_ | |___ \ / `--------' /

MISSION STATUS

It is year three of the U.S.S. Enterprise's five-year mission (on hard difficulty.)

Wear and tear effects:

Repair Hull action costs an additional Engineering.
Raise/Lower Shields action costs an additional Science.

Shipboard crew assignments:

Threat Level (Scanners): 2/4
Security: 1/3
Engineering: 3 (+1)/3
Medical: 1 (+1)/3
Science: 1/3
Command: 2 (+1)/2
Quarters: 0/10
Sickbay: 0/10

Shields: 1/5
Hull: 7/7
Dilithium Crystal Reserve: 5/8

Active Mission Card: Top Secret Diplomatic Mission.
Mission Event: Draw an Event Card.
Mission Stages:

Travel: Pay two Engineering.
Influence: Pay two Command.
Event: Draw an Event Card.
Influence: Pay two Command.
Development: Draw one Development Card.

Active Event Cards:

Romulan Bird of Prey (Shipboard event. As a Mission Event, take two damage. Costs two Science, then (on a later turn) two Security, to clear. Progress: Science stage complete.)
Klingon Battlecruiser (Shipboard event. As a Mission Event, take two damage. Costs three Security to clear.)

Active Development Cards:

Lieutenant Sulu (Personnel card. Away Team expansion. Travel actions cost one less Engineering and may be performed even if another card says they they may not. Cost one Command, one Science, and two Engineering to claim.)
James T. Kirk (Personnel card. One bonus Command each turn. Cost five Command to claim.)
Reassigned (Tactics card. You may reroll one Crew Die, other than a Threat result, during Roll Call. Cost two Command to claim.)
Vulcan Nerve Pinch (Tactics card. Away Team expansion. The Combat action costs one less Security. If Mr. Spock is in play, the Combat action costs no Security. Cost one Security and one Science to claim.)
Montgomery Scott (Personnel card. One bonus Engineering each turn. Cost five Engineering to claim.)
Medical Tricorder (Technology card. You may add two bonus Medical to one Challenge; if you do, discard Medical Tricorder. Cost two Medical to claim.)
Dr. Leonard McCoy (Personnel card. One bonus Medical each turn. Cost five Medical to claim.)

Available Development Cards (the Offer):

Engineering Kit (Technology card. You may add two bonus Engineering to one Challenge; if you do, discard Engineering Kit. Costs two Engineering to claim.)
Rousing Speech (Tactics card. You may reroll one Threat Die during Roll Call; if you do, discard Rousing Speech. Costs one Command to claim.)
Electrified Hull Plating (Technology card. The Repair Hull action repairs two Hull. Costs three Engineering to claim.)

Oh, and a warning: we only have one more turn left than we need to finish this Mission Card.

# ? Jun 17, 2019 17:24

inflatablefish: Oct 24, 2010

Spend 2 Command to complete the Influence task.
Convert 2 Engineering to 1 Security; Spend 2 Security to kill the Romulan.
Spend Kirk to change 1 Medical into 1 Science; Spend 2 Science to re-raise shields.
Save 1 Engineering for next turn.

# ? Jun 17, 2019 18:16

MaskedHuzzah: Mar 26, 2009; Come now! Look me in the eye and tell me - isn't this the face of a guy you can trust?; Lipstick Apathy

Gah! We need to get on these objectives!
1. Use Kirk and one Command die to complete the Influence objective.
2. Use the remaining Command die to change the Medical die to Science.
3. Use two Science dice to raise shields.
4. Convert two Engineering dice to a Security die.
5. Use two Security dice to clear the Romulan Bird of Prey event.
6. Commit the final Engineering die to Electrified Hull Plating.

# ? Jun 18, 2019 12:05

FredMSloniker: Jan 2, 2008; Why, yes, I do like Kirby games.

inflatablefish posted:

Spend 2 Command to complete the Influence task.
Convert 2 Engineering to 1 Security; Spend 2 Security to kill the Romulan.
Spend Kirk to change 1 Medical into 1 Science; Spend 2 Science to re-raise shields.
Save 1 Engineering for next turn.

Done. Next Event Card!

Klingon Battlecruiser (Shipboard event. As a Mission Event, take two damage. Costs three Security to clear.)

...again, I swear I shuffled the deck. We take four damage to the shields - again - and roll the Crew Dice.

At least we got plenty of Security... one more than we can keep, in fact. We could use Reassigned, but we're at three Threat right now, so there's the potential to push it over the edge. In addition, in order to complete the current Mission Stage, we have to draw an Event Card.

Therefore! If you want to use Reassigned, and another Threat Die comes up, the rest of your plan will be ignored and I'll ask folks for further input. (You can, of course, say what you want to do if it comes up as anything else.) Furthermore, if you want to complete the Mission Stage, only tell me what, if anything, you want to do before doing so; we can figure out how to deal with the card once we see what it is.

Good luck!

__________________ __ \ \_________________|)____.---'--`---.____ \ || \----.________.----/ | || / / `--' | __||____/ /_ | |___ \ / `--------' /

MISSION STATUS

It is year three of the U.S.S. Enterprise's five-year mission (on hard difficulty.)

Wear and tear effects:

Repair Hull action costs an additional Engineering.
Raise/Lower Shields action costs an additional Science.

Shipboard crew assignments:

Threat Level (Scanners): 3/4
Security: 4/3
Engineering: 2 (+1)/3
Medical: 0 (+1)/3
Science: 0/3
Command: 1 (+1)/2
Quarters: 0/10
Sickbay: 0/10

Shields: 1/5
Hull: 7/7
Dilithium Crystal Reserve: 4/8

Active Mission Card: Top Secret Diplomatic Mission.
Mission Event: Draw an Event Card.
Mission Stages:

Travel: Pay two Engineering.
Influence: Pay two Command.
Event: Draw an Event Card.
Influence: Pay two Command.
Development: Draw one Development Card.

Active Event Cards:

Klingon Battlecruiser (Shipboard event. As a Mission Event, take two damage. Costs three Security to clear.)
Klingon Battlecruiser (Shipboard event. As a Mission Event, take two damage. Costs three Security to clear.)

Active Development Cards:

Lieutenant Sulu (Personnel card. Away Team expansion. Travel actions cost one less Engineering and may be performed even if another card says they they may not. Cost one Command, one Science, and two Engineering to claim.)
James T. Kirk (Personnel card. One bonus Command each turn. Cost five Command to claim.)
Reassigned (Tactics card. You may reroll one Crew Die, other than a Threat result, during Roll Call. Cost two Command to claim.)
Vulcan Nerve Pinch (Tactics card. Away Team expansion. The Combat action costs one less Security. If Mr. Spock is in play, the Combat action costs no Security. Cost one Security and one Science to claim.)
Montgomery Scott (Personnel card. One bonus Engineering each turn. Cost five Engineering to claim.)
Medical Tricorder (Technology card. You may add two bonus Medical to one Challenge; if you do, discard Medical Tricorder. Cost two Medical to claim.)
Dr. Leonard McCoy (Personnel card. One bonus Medical each turn. Cost five Medical to claim.)

Available Development Cards (the Offer):

Engineering Kit (Technology card. You may add two bonus Engineering to one Challenge; if you do, discard Engineering Kit. Costs two Engineering to claim.)
Rousing Speech (Tactics card. You may reroll one Threat Die during Roll Call; if you do, discard Rousing Speech. Costs one Command to claim.)
Electrified Hull Plating (Technology card. The Repair Hull action repairs two Hull. Costs three Engineering to claim.)

# ? Jun 18, 2019 22:31

Technowolf: Nov 4, 2009

Let the extra security return to quarters. Use 3 Security to chase off one of the Klingon ships. Use Kirk and the Command die to change the 2 Engineering die into 2 Security so we can clear sensors. Advance the mission.

Technowolf fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Jun 19, 2019

# ? Jun 19, 2019 01:19

nweismuller: Oct 11, 2012; They say that he who dies with the most Opil wins.

I am winning.

As Technowolf said, but instead of using both Command to change Engineering into Security, change only one Engineering into Security, then use two Engineering as Security, as one can do with Engineering. Then Clear Sensors with both Security, and use the leftover Command to claim Rousing Speech.

# ? Jun 19, 2019 02:41

MaskedHuzzah: Mar 26, 2009; Come now! Look me in the eye and tell me - isn't this the face of a guy you can trust?; Lipstick Apathy

No need to reroll the surplus security - don't want the risk at this time. I think we can afford to take a bit of hull damage right now since we have Scotty and can pick up Electrified Hull Plating soon. Hard is some serious business - having a great time with it so far!
1. Use three Security Dice to clear a Klingon Battlecruiser.
2. Use Kirk to convert an Engineering to Security.
3. Use the Command die to convert an Engineering to Security.
4. Use both Security dice to clear threat.
5. Complete the Event objective and hope we it's not too bad.

# ? Jun 19, 2019 12:39

FredMSloniker: Jan 2, 2008; Why, yes, I do like Kirby games.

nweismuller posted:

As Technowolf said, but instead of using both Command to change Engineering into Security, change only one Engineering into Security, then use two Engineering as Security, as one can do with Engineering.

Hm. My first impulse was to say no, because we have two actual Engineering Dice and one virtual Engineering Die (thanks to Scotty). Orders, the rules explicitly say, can't affect virtual Crew Dice, and neither can virtual Crew Dice be locked in. And if you want to lock a die result in that was formed by treating multiple Crew Dice as a single Crew Die, you have to lock all of the affected Crew Dice in; if you turn three Crew Dice into (say) an Engineering Die and want to leave it at an Engineering Station, you stack all three Crew Dice on that station.

However. The rules do not say that you can't use Scotty's virtual Engineering Die and an actual Engineering Die as a Security Die, provided of course that you don't leave it locked in. Therefore, in the immortal words of Mills Lane, I'll allow it!

(Seriously, these rules could use a pass from someone who's good at making rules error-free.)

Or, rather, I would allow it. Instead, the dice chose: