1901

Ah, ok. So I guess I should replace the red disks on the politics screen with the UN and NASA disks from the VP screen, then return your (Shmizu’s) marker from the 4th future star (on the politics screen). Then I should take my turn. Which I’m probably going to have to do tomorrow morning at this point.

p.s. This module needs some work :P

1902

Yeah, just choose whichever track you think is best and put the markers in this order (from 1st to 4th): UN, NASA, UN, empty.

I still haven’t had more than a cursory glance at the 3rd edition module, but sadly that one seemed even more obtuse. Maybe I’m wrong, though.

1903

ESA takes income, switches rocket to V thruster and flies out of the Saturn system.

Rolling for event.

1904

Budget cuts!

ESA discards MET Steamer Robonaut
NASA has only one available card to discard: Dense Plasma H-B Focus Fusion GW Thruster
UN has only one available card to discard: Islamic Refugees

Shmizu and PRC have to discard a hand card.

1905

Islamic Refugees were free marketed and were not supposed to be in my hand.

1906

Malcolm provides immunity for Shimizu.

1907

Yeah, Islamic refugees were free marketed. However then UN should have the freighter in its hand? I’ve lost track…

btw, I think sharaleo might not have realized he has to choose a card?

1908

PRC discards Brayton Turbine (generator).

1909

Yeah, the freighter can be discarded.

1910

I think you can take the turn, Grunden, all that’s left is to discard PRC’s card. (and mine and ESA’s in case they are not yet discarded)

1911

Yeah, all you need to do is discard PRC’s card.

1912

Turn 52

UN Crew prospects and industrializes Titania for a net gain of 1WT. Claim and Factory come from abandoned Luna M site

Rocket returns to ‘S’ site and ISRU refuels

Robot income gained

Over to NASA

1913

[B]NASA claims the V venture paying 5WT. Uses one of the three V claims to put on the Venture place.

Then NASA pays FINAO and afterburns rocket. Moves towards Sedna and coasts.

3 income ops (one engineering, one Finance and one Science) for net 4WT.[/B]

Over to PRC

BTW, Shimizu, your future claim was very unexpected for me. Thankfully all I needed is this extra turn before you claimed it so I can reach my destination… But had you been able to really claim it before it would have been disastrous.

This game is extremely complex to be able to see what everybody is doing…

1914

Yeah, it’s very hard to completely keep track of everything everybody is doing. I gave up a while back. I definitely understand why Calandale found it so hard to do his all factions solo game.

1915

Bump.

1916

[B]PRC converts rocket tanks to fungible fuel disks stored at Luna.

PRC re-configures rocket with GW thruster.

Crew perform ISRU refuel and RRMU pay 1 WT to do the same. 4 S tanks added to rocket.
[/B]
Shimizu up!

1917

Sorry was away all weekend and was not expecting zero access to internet!

1918

A radiator and the robonaut are moved from rocket stack to Bernal. Survivalists, Malcolm and Pantrophists sell Lyman Alpha Trap, JTEC H2 Thermoelectric, and In-Core Thermionic for a total of 9 WTs. Crew sells Electroforming refinery for 4 WTs. Freighter moves towards Ersatz Bernal. Rocket afterburns and moves to the Jupiter-Sol-Jupiter slingshot. With a thrust of 12, radiation is not a concern, but a total of 12 WTs are paid for 3 FNAO, leaving just the die roll at the end. 1! Rocket stack decommissions to my hand. :´(

4ft future still up for grabs.

Over to ESA!

1919

/facepalm

1920

I get 1WT for those FINAOs…

And facepalm indeed… This game won’t end, will it???