My Space Fleet is Invincible! — Let's Play Twilight Imperium Third Edition

Exhausting Rarron and Lirta IV for 6 influence to purchase 3 Command Counters. 1 will go into Fleet Supply and the other 2 will go into the Command Pool.

Activating secondary.

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 3
Strategic Allocation: 1
Fleet Supply: 5 (+1)

CONSUMABLES
Action Cards: 2
Trade Goods: 1

PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
Arc Prime – 4/0
Wren Terra – 2/1
Qucen'n - 1/2
Primor -- 2/1 (Ground Troop Refresh)
Rarron -- 0/3 (Green Tech Spec)
Hope's End -- 3/0 (Shock Troopers)
Lirta IV -- 2/3 (Green Tech Spec)
Bereg -- 3/1 (Red Tech Spec)

I'll exhaust Mecatol Rex for 6 influence to buy 3 CCs, adding 1 to Command Pool and 2 to Strategy Allocation.

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 2
Strategy Allocation: 3
Fleet Supply: 5
Activations: 1
Total in play: 11/16

PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
Jord – 4/2
Lazar – 1/0
Sakulag – 2/1
Thibah – 1/1
Mecatol Rex — 1/6

You can take PDS fire after the movement step of the activation sequence when A.) another player has activated a system within firing range of your PDS units, or B.) you have activated a system within firing range of your PDS units. Firing always happens after movement is complete, never while ships are en route or leaving a system or anything like that.

I'll take that one hit to the Dreadnought.

That there's a red one. The color balance on the tile images I have is a little off in places.

We will activate the Secondary (thanks brain-jars!). We exhaust Meer and Arinam for 6 influence and 3 CC's, and place 1 in Command and 2 in Strategy.

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 2
Strategy Allocation: 2
Fleet Supply: 4
Activations: 0
Total in play: 8/16


PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
Darien – 2/4
Arinam - 1/2, Blue Tech Specialty
Meer - 0/4
Centauri - 1/3
Gral - 1/1, Blue Tech Specialty
Tar'Mann - 1/1
Usis - 2/2
Velnor - 2/0, Red Tech Specialty
Sumerian - 2/2, Trade Goods
Arcturus - 1/1

Tapping Loki and Perimeter for 2 CCs, and putting them both in Command Pool.

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 4
Strategy Allocation: 0
Fleet Supply: 4

PLANETS
Quinarra – 3/1
Tren’lak – 1/0
Ashtroth 2/0
Abbadon 1/0 (red tech specialty)
Loki 1/2
Perimeter 2/2
Abyz 3/0
Fria 2/0 (Blue tech specialty)
Vefut II 2/0 (red tech specialty)

Passing on the secondary.

That's everyone. SilentSnake is up.

It's Diplomacy time!



The Mindnet will use Peaceful Annexation to take control of Wellon.

PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
[0.0.0.] – 5/0
Mellon – 0/2
Zohbat – 3/1, Blue tech specialty
Rigel I – 0/1
Rigel II – 1/2
Rigel III – 1/1, Blue tech specialty
Quann – 2/1, Green tech specialty
Wellon - 1/2

Time for Secondaries if you can or want to.

passing

I have no ready influence, so I pass.

I pass.

Googleshng, remember when we were just passing through Mirage on our way to parts unknown? We quite liked the area, and are thinking of purchasing some speculation properties there!

Spending a SA Counter, and exhausting Centauri for 3 Influence.

CONSUMABLES
Action Cards: 6
Political Cards: 1
Trade Goods: 2

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 2
Strategy Allocation: 1
Fleet Supply: 4
Activations: 0
Total in play: 7/16


PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
Darien – 2/4
Arinam - 1/2, Blue Tech Specialty
Meer - 0/4
Centauri - 1/3
Gral - 1/1, Blue Tech Specialty
Tar'Mann - 1/1
Usis - 2/2
Velnor - 2/0, Red Tech Specialty
Sumerian - 2/2, Trade Goods
Arcturus - 1/1
Mirage - 1/2, Fighters

This doesn't break our Trade agreement, since this was a Peaceful Annexation. We just really liked the property, and would like an interstellar highway up to the Capitol, in case we ever want to petition the guardians there.

Er... are you allowed to use that on planets people already own? Thought it was unclaimed only?

They only need to be empty (no units on), not neutral.

Oh yeah. That does just say empty planet. Which means, if I were so inclined, I could either snatch Wellon right back, or grab either Usis or Velnor there, Mirage being off the table since Sev technically comes up after I do here... and that tech I just picked up means I'd get anything I grabbed unexhausted, right?

From the fine print on the expansion rules, page 14:

"A player may not annex a planet that another player annexed this turn, and no player may annex Mecatol Rex."

So, table order isn't a factor, at least for the single debate planets. It only matters if the planet was empty and not yours at the beginning. So, Usis/Velnor is up for grabs, between you and Egarwaen. You come up first in the table order, so you get first pick if Egarwaen chooses to grab one too.

Sarc, please correct me if this interpretation is incorrect. It doesn't actually talk about the table order under the Diplomacy II rules, but I inferred since we used it on other things.

You've got it right. Table order would matter if there were a conflict between two players trying to annex the same planet — for example, if Egarwaen and Googleshng were both trying to annex Lisis (in that case, the player with earlier table order, Googleshng (moving clockwise from SilentSnake), would take priority for the planet he wants, and Egarwaen would have to pick the other planet), but Googleshng can't re-annex the worlds he just lost, at least not this round. He does receive any planet he annexes refreshed, as per Nano Technology.

I'm going to pass on this secondary.

Grr, Lisis / Usis, I was just looking at the planets in my copy of the game and noticed that. I'll update all of my info later.

All right. You're up once Googleshng has made his annexation choice, if any.

Well, it's darn tempting to give Sev some pre-emptive payback there, which would leave my currently available and long-term resource count the same, but I think for now I'm better off with the conservative option of making sure I can actually do what I was originally planning on my next turn. Thus, pass and icy icy stare.

Google, we're still cool! I didn't attack you this turn, we're just so persuasive that everyone wants to have their genetic code rewritten to become one of us.

We have also been eying the real estate up on Thibah, but unfortunately there is someone living there at the moment. No matter, I'm sure we can resolve this peacefully. If not peacefully, then maybe with little bloodshed (on our part).

Placing one Command Pool CC in Thibah, and moving my one Dreadnought up from Sumerian/Arcturus. This breaks our lucrative Trade Contract, unfortunately.

Trade Contracts
Yin 1 to Googleshng in exchange for Jol-Nar 1
Yin 1 to Nobody

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 1
Strategy Allocation: 1
Fleet Supply: 4
Activations: 1
Total in play: 7/16

Battling time! I get one free hit from my Assault Cannon, which I'll put below in spoilers in case Sarc wants to play a card. I choose not to at this time.

7. A hit, didn't even have a chance.

What say ye?

Playing no cards; my Cruiser is destroyed. Bah! Should have made the trade deal with `Hrist. Or even Googleshng.

Speaking of `Hrist, she's up!

I'll exhaust Bereg and Qucen'n for four resources. With that and 1 trade good, I'll build another Dreadnought at Hope's End.

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 1
Strategic Allocation: 1
Fleet Supply: 5 (+1)

CONSUMABLES
Action Cards: 2
Trade Goods: 0

PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
Arc Prime – 4/0
Wren Terra – 2/1
Qucen'n - 1/2
Primor -- 2/1 (Ground Troop Refresh)
Rarron -- 0/3 (Green Tech Spec)
Hope's End -- 3/0 (Shock Troopers)
Lirta IV -- 2/3 (Green Tech Spec)
Bereg -- 3/1 (Red Tech Spec)
Lodor -- 3/1

UNITS (Deployed/Total)
Arc Prime/Wren Terra -- Space Dockx2, Dreadnoughtx2, Carrierx2, Fightersx4, 3x Ground Forces
Qucen'n -- Ground Forcesx1,
Rarron -- Ground Forcesx1
Primor -- Ground Troopx2
Hope's End -- Dreadnoughtx3, Fightersx3, Destroyerx1, Space Dockx1, 1x Ground Trooper, 2x Shock Troopers
Lirta IV: N/A
Bereg: N/A
Lodor: Dreadnoughtx1, Carrierx2, Cruiserx1, Fightersx8, Ground Troopsx2

TECHNOLOGIES OWNED
Hylar V Assault Laser
Antimass Deflectors
XRD Transporters – +1 Carrier movement
Enviro Compensators
Stasis Capsules
Micro Technology
Cybernetics

TRADE CONTRACTS
Mindnet 1 (+1)
Muaat 2 (+1)

VICTORY POINTS: 2

Lucas still has all his info, in case someone else wanted to pick up the Mentak, so I'll just be handling straight dice rolls for his ships. I've been using this dice roller.

Both Cruisers get to take free potshots before the battle starts. The results are:

1, 9

So that's 1 hit for you to assign before the regular battle begins.

I'll be back later to do the regular battle rolls as needed; gotta make dinner now!

Defending Lodor are a Dreadnought and 2 Cruisers. The Cruisers get +1 to their attack rolls with the Hylar V Assault Laser.

Dreadnought x1: 8
Cruisers x2: 3, 1

So that's 1 hit total for the first round. Pretty weak, Mentak!

Assign 1 hit to a fighter to destroy it (now at 7x fighters -- Leaving Ground Trooper + Shock Troops at Hope's End and bringing one extra fighter so it doesn't die)

Lodor: Dreadnoughtx1, Carrierx2, Cruiserx1, Fightersx8, Ground Troopsx2

Round 1 rolls

Dreadnought: 1
Cruiser: 3 (+1 from Hylar)
Carriersx2: 4, 5
Fightersx7: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 9 (+1 from Cybernetics)

Fighters save me. Assign three hits.

Remove 1 fighter from the Space Vampires.

Lodor: Dreadnoughtx1, Carrierx2, Cruiserx1, Fightersx6, Ground Troopsx2

Both Cruisers are destroyed and the Dreadnought is damaged.

Round 2 attack roll:

Dreadnought (damaged) x1: 4

That's a miss.

Round 2

Lodor: Dreadnoughtx1, Carrierx2, Cruiserx1, Fightersx6, Ground Troopsx2

Dreadnought: 9
Cruiser: 3 (+1)
Carrierx2: 8, 6
Fighterx6: 1, 8, 1, 7, 2, 4 (+1)

Goodbye enemy Dreadnought.

Can I bombard the enemy troops?

Only if invading (War Suns can bombard without invading, but Dreadnoughts can't), and if you invade and win you'll destroy the Space Dock, and if you do that you can't blockade it.

Lots going on lately.

Let's have a map!