[B]NASA wins the auction, trades with shimizu, shuffles decks…
The cult leader does an income op for 1WT.
UN gets its 1WT for the claim.
[/B]
Over to PRC!
Grunden
1682
Still too early for a Post-Mortem, but thinking about how the faction powers worked out this game:
- UN’s income from claims and factories is insanely useful in a 5 player game… might not be as powerful in a 3 player. Cycler is a great bonus.
- NASA’s launch bonus doesn’t provide as much total, but it’s all front-loaded to the early game where it’s the most useful.
- ESAs thrust boost isn’t that hot now that solar sails got nerfed. I hope they do something more in 3E
- Shimizu’s power is still useful, but I think Nikolaj didn’t have enough cash early on to make as much use of it to be a free-market machine. I think the idea is to grab desirable patents for cheap and hold them ransom. Have to watch out for Anti-Trust though (I could’ve hit him several times, but I needed my ops for other things).
- PRCs faction power is a controversial as it ever has been. I didn’t know about water theft as a free action though… very situational. Best Bernal power though IMHO.
Nikolaj
1683
I pretty much agree with that. I think Shimizu is probably much more powerful with fewer players where he’s more likely to get unopposed research ops. In this game there was always somebody who could bid against me, so I mostly ended up paying about the same as everybody else. It is nice to always be able to bid, though, and the deal I just made with Juan wasn’t bad either.
Regarding ESA, I think (but can’t quite remember) that push factories are more useful in 3rd ed., so that’s a nice bernal privilege. Also, solar beams have been reworked, iirc, so I think they’ll be a strong faction.
[B]PRC ET Prods DD Fusion Inertial at unitas and places into rocket stack as primary thruster.
Rocket moves Vista DT and Mo/Li heat pipe to new Outpost stack at Unitas.
RRMU factory refuels conventional thruster rocket and adds 8 tanks of fuel.
Rocket launches with accell 5, burns north, pivots and burns towards Centaur. 4 burns for 2 steps.
Inspiration performed on freighter deck - Inflatable Solar Heated revealed.[/B]
Over to Shimizu
Hey, NASA forgot to move that won auction card into his hand - it is still sitting in the bid space on the patent board. Nikolaj, can you handle that for him?
In fact, all of PRC’s faction powers are free actions. Also the fact they can use others’ labs is a potentially huuuuge bonus. But you kind of need to be ruthless - both in actively looking for opportunities to exploit and to in turn execute. Kind of goes against my nature! :) But damn does the lack of ‘free’ early game income keep you skint in the early game.
Pretty much agree. the reason I don’t have an Ersatz Bernal is that I didn’t think it would pay off, and even if it did the 10WT expanse would have set me back a couple of turns. Although the PRC felonies (claim jumping and water theft specially) being free actions makes them more useful than I though.
Grunden
1688
Also starting in power I think is pretty nice UN advantage as well. It takes two successful bids to completely wrest power… and that assumes the UN player lets themselves have too little money during the blue phase.
Nikolaj
1689
Sure, but I have company tonight and I’m knee deep in cooking, so it’ll have to wait until tomorrow. :)
Pro-tip - I think you’re doing it wrong…
:D
Grunden
1691
Depends on what you’re cooking. :)
Nikolaj
1692
[B]Giving NASA his cards and doing the swap. The new top radiator and reactor are the Ether Charged Dust and the Mini-Mag RF Paul Trap.
Rocket moves to next Hohmann intersection. Crew performs recruit op on Heavy Water Survivalists, and bids 0. Since no one else is elligible to bid, it’s an automatic win. New top card is Islamic Refugees. Convicts pay 1 WT to ET produce the Buckeyball C60 Photovoltaic at Bernal. Pantrophists perform an income op for 1 WT.[/B]
Over to ESA!
JoshL
1693
ESA ET produces Amat Catalyst Fission-Fusion GW Thruster at Enceladus.
I’m converting my water rocket to an M isotope rocket. I had 1 tank of water remaining in my rocket, so I turned it into an outposted WT. I have no idea if that’s right. I’ll probably never use that WT for anything though.
Rolling for event.
JoshL
1694
No event. UN up for year 44.
Grunden
1695
Turn 44
UN Crew prospects Sycorax: 5… then 1. Success! Gains 1WT.
Frankenstein Navigators pay 1WT to ISRU refuel rocket for 3WT of S Isotope fuel
Babbage Halbonauts pay 2WT to launch Generator, Refinery and Robonaut to HEO. 4WT paid in launch costs.
1WT of robot income earned
Over to NASA. Too bad Pluto isn’t actually a planet.
I’m out. Can somebody do my turn for me?. It’s moving to the other TNO science site next to my rocket (Charon? ), doing an automatic prospect, leaving a factory there (adjust VP!) And then free market the reactor and do an income op for a net 4WT.
I’m out till tomorrow night. Can somebody do my turn for me?
Nothing complicated, just move the rocket to the other science site next to it, do an automatic prospect op and take the Mars claim (since I’m out of disks) place one of my mobile factories on the site and adjust VP tracks. And then free market the reactor and do an income op for a net 4WT…
[B]PRC Crew raygun prospects Comet Holmes over two hazards:
Size 1 - Roll=3 - Fail!
Rocket moves towards Centaur pivoting to move adjacent. 4 burns for 2 steps.
RRMU performs income op for net 1 WT.[/B]
Shimizu!
Nikolaj
1700
[B]Rocket moves to Bernal at Ceres family. Convicts ET produce radiator at Bernal for 1 WT. Pantrophists pay 1 WT to research Kuck Mosquito, which comes with a Mini-Mag RF Paul Trap.
Shimizu bids 0[/B]
