1     2       3     4      5       6     7      8       9     10
   ______        ______        ______        ______        ______
  /Gurati\______/      \______/Gridox\______/      \______/      \______
A \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/  *** \
  /      \______/Quayat\______/      \______/      \______/Scorch\______/
B \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/      \
  /      \______/See-  \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/
C \______/      \_deen_/      \______/      \______/ Marx \______/      \
  /      \______/Pyreen\______/      \______/ Zen- \______/      \______/
D \______/Frost \______/      \______/      \_ceti_/      \______/      \
  /      \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/
E \______/Dalton\______/      \______/ Eden \______/Hell- \______/      \
  /      \______/      \______/Mercu-\______/      \__ish_/      \______/
F \______/Punah \______/      \_rium_/      \______/      \______/      \
  /      \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/
G \______/ Mox  \______/      \______/      \______/Aquara\______/      \
  /      \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/
H \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/      \
  /      \______/      \______/      \______/Bola- \______/      \______/
I \______/      \______/      \______/      \__vor_/      \______/      \
  /Kadesh\______/Para- \______/Compu-\______/      \______/      \______/
J \______/Yora- \_llax_/      \_tus__/Bazar-\______/      \______/ ***  \
         \__var_/      \______/      \_ium__/      \______/      \______/

...and so the mighty RNG has spoken. Players pick their homeworld position among the four corners - obviously the bottom right is interesting :)

The first player has chosen to play the Gurati, and placed his world in the top left corner.

The second player has chosen the Kadesh, and the lower left corner.

The game should start in a day or two.
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:06, Wed 19 Mar 2008.

Countess Kadesh has silently begun moving forces into neighboring sectors.  Quiet attempts to reconcile with the Colonial Council- a mighty force in the fringe worlds, have proven unsuccessful.  Little is known about the assassination attempt on Baron Gurati, because the assailant took cyanide rather than be captured.  He had a tattoo that suggested a stint in the Imperial Prisons.  There are also rumors that a droid mechanic with ties to the rebellion- one can tell by the shoddy metallic cuirass- failed to sabotage a jumpship carrying an important Gurati shipment.
[Private to GM:
Strategy.

1- INITIATIVE-
rolled 4.

1.5- Production
+5 Income

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
One Noble Recruited from the Imperial Aristocracy.  Lord Kirtiu Prad

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Recruit 2 Kadesh Priests (cost 10)

Solats Remaining: 7

4- MOVEMENT-
#1. Move jumpship (J1) with 2 house troops to J3 (Parallax).

#2.  Move allied jumpship (J1) 3 Warrior Priests to G2 (Mox).

#3.  Move allied jumpship (J1) with 1 Warrior Priests, 2 Imperial Death Squads to G2 (Mox).

#5.  Move allied Jumpship (J1) with 3 Rebels to G2 (Mox).

#6.  Non-allied Jumpship (J1) with 1 house troop to J2 (Yoravar).

#7.  Non-Allied Jumpship (J1) with Nuclear Arsenal goes to G2 (Mox)

///// More GM silliness: as you have only 5 jumpships and you moved 6 of them,
///// the nuke gets to stay home.

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Mox (G2) arsenal SAFE (b/c there's no one to attack)

///GM note: technically, it's the Mox arsenal now :)
// Thanks! Edited it.

6- BATTLE-
#1. Fleet (!1) conquers Yoravar, Parallax
#2. Fleet (!3) conquers Mox

Total conquests: +11 Income.

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-

See first paragraph.  ]


For current updates on locations, etc... see character description page.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:36, Fri 21 Mar 2008.

House Gurati, not so silently _{(cos subtle and silent are not Gurati's stronger points)} also begin to move troops out into the galaxy around them.

While, Borvio Gurati _{(the Barons brother)} opens tenuous connections with some of the galaxies Imperial Aristocracy, Castile Gurati _{(cousin to the the Baron)} remains on Jerstertia III to govern, and ensure that the homeworld economy does not fail during the upcoming, predicted crisis'.

While Colonial Rangers sweep out into the area's nearby the Gurati homeworlds, the Colonial Council seeks foothold in additional neighboring systems.

[Private to GM:
1- INITIATIVE-
rolled 3.
2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
rolled 5. No noble recruited
3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Colonial Rangers (cost 7)
Imperial Centurians (cost 3)
4- MOVEMENT-
1x Colonial Rangers  --> move to Quayat (3B)
JUMPSHIP ALPHA: Baron Gurati + 2x Antrhro Berserkers, 1x Imperial Centurians  --> move to Quayat (3B)
JUMPSHIP BETA:  Borveo Gurati + 3x Imperial Shock Troops  --> move to Seedeen (3C)
5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
none
6- BATTLE-
Jumpship Alpha and Rangers to take control of Quayat
Jumpship Beta take control of Seedeen
7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
1: Baron Gurati (3B): Diplomacy: Bazarium: rolled 6: Failed.
2: Borveo Gurati (3C): Intrigue: Imperial Aristocracy: rolled 3: Failed.
3: Castile gurati (1A): Govern Jerstertia III: rolled 1: Succeed: rolled +2, -3.

Treasury:
Start:  12
Recruit: cost 10
Govern: 5+2-3 = +4

End total (round 1): 6]

The Imperial Sages report:

The Houses have only just arrived in the sector. Both the Emperor and the TechoPope are ignorant to the situation. Some high ranking imperial officers are already taking sides. House Kadesh seems to have the advantage in placement and initial allies. The rich worlds of Mox, Parallax and Yoravar have already fallen under their influence, while House Gurati has to be content with the desert world of Quayat and the polluted hive world of Seedeen. However, the Gurati habit of leading from the field of battle (and subsequent visits of high ranked nobles to the newly acquired planets) might secure more loyalty from the desert warriors and imperial conscripts on those worlds. Also, one of the Emperor's Daughters has expressed interest in Gurati dealings.

The employment of 5th sector Rebels on the side of Imperial Secret police under the banner of House Kadesh might cause incidents in the future.



Political report - factions:

Gurati:
 Emporex (2 Imperial Centurions & Diplomacy =1)
 Colonial Council (1 Colonial Ranger & Diplomacy = 1)
 Discordian Heretics (4 Heretics)
 Imperial Army (3 Imperial Shock Troops)

Kadesh:
 Imperial Secret Police (2 Imperial Death squads and Assassination = 1)
 Imperial Navy (3 Jumpships)
 5th Sector Rebels (3 Rebels and Sabotage = 1)
 Imperial Aristocracy (Recruit Noble +1)

Starmap:

LOC NAME            TYPE         INCOME     UNITS
** Lortran         Homeworld       5       Psychic Veterans
A1 Gurati          Homeworld       5       Anthrosynth Berserkers, Cyborg-Commandos
 [Private to Baron Gurati: Starting treasury: 12
 Production: +8 +1 (govern bonus)
 Upkeep: -1
 Spent: -10 : Colonial Rangers (cost 7), Imperial Centurions (cost 3)
 New treasury: 10
 Units:
  1. Castile Gurati
  2. 3 House troops
  3. 1 Nuclear Arsenal
  4. 4 Discordian Heretics
  5. 2 Imperial Centurions
  6. 1 Colonial Rangers]
J1 Kadesh          Homeworld       5       Fanatics, Warrior Priests
 [Private to Countess Kadesh: Starting treasury: 13
 Production: +16
 Upkeep: -2
 Spent: -10 for 2 Kadesh priests
 New treasury: 17
 Units:
  1. Countess Varlia Kadesh
  2. Priest Captain Gerlien
  3. Priestess Captain Sayla
  4. Lord Kirtiu Prad
  5. Nuclear arsenal]
** Nitrix          Homeworld       5       Suicide Squads

G8 Aquara          Ocean           1       Sea Monsters- Defenders
J6 Bazarium        Commerce        3       Mercenaries & Jumpships
I7 Bolavor         Jungle          2       Jungle Fighters
J5 Computus        Machine         3       Robot Death Machines
E2 Dalton          Research        1       Transhuman Supersoldiers & Nukes
E6 Eden            Church          2       Solar Templars
D2 Frost           Ice             1       Ice Barbarians
A5 Griddox         Prison          1       Prison Soldiers
E8 Hellish         Radioactive     2       Subterranean Mutants & Nukes
C8 Marx            Clone           1       Clone Soldiers
F5 Mercurium       Mining          3       Nukes & Miners- Defenders
G2 Mox             Gem             4       Miners- Defenders
  Kadesh - 3 jumpships, 9 armies
[Private to Countess Kadesh:   K 3 jumpships (IN), 4 kadesh warrior priests, 2 Imperial Death Squads
, 3 Rebels]
J3 Parallax        Industrial      3       Nukes & Jumpships
  Kadesh - 1 jumpship, 2 armies
[Private to Countess Kadesh:   K 1 jumpship, 2 house troops]
F2 Punah           Pleasure        3       Amazonians
D3 Pyreen          Pacifist        1       Diplomacy
B3 Quayat          Desert          1       Desert Warriors
  Gurati - 1 jumpship, 4 Armies
[Private to Baron Gurati:   G Jumpship Alpha, Baron Gurati + 2x Antrhro Berserkers, 1x Imperial Centurions,
    1 Colonial Rangers ]
B9 Scorch          Volcanic        1       Nukes & Lava Projectors- Defenders
C3 Seedeen         Hive World      2       Imperial Conscripts
  Gurati - 1 jumpship, 3 armies
[Private to Baron Gurati:   G Jumpship beta, Borveo Gurati + 3x Imperial Shock Troops ]
J2 Yoravar         Shipyard        4       Jumpships (cost 4 each)
  Kadesh - 1 jumpship, 1 army
[Private to Countess Kadesh:   K 1 jumpship, 1 house troop]
D7 Zenceti         Alien Ruins     1       Psychic Natives- Defenders

      1     2       3     4      5       6     7      8       9     10
   ______        ______        ______        ______        ______
  /Gurati\______/      \______/Gridox\______/      \______/      \______
A \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/  *** \
  /      \______/Quayat\______/      \______/      \______/Scorch\______/
B \______/      \G_____/      \______/      \______/      \______/      \
  /      \______/See-  \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/
C \______/      \G_deen/      \______/      \______/ Marx \______/      \
  /      \______/Pyreen\______/      \______/ Zen- \______/      \______/
D \______/Frost \______/      \______/      \_ceti_/      \______/      \
  /      \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/
E \______/Dalton\______/      \______/ Eden \______/Hell- \______/      \
  /      \______/      \______/Mercu-\______/      \__ish_/      \______/
F \______/Punah \______/      \_rium_/      \______/      \______/      \
  /      \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/
G \______/ Mox  \______/      \______/      \______/Aquara\______/      \
  /      \K_____/      \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/
H \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/      \______/      \
  /      \______/      \______/      \______/Bola- \______/      \______/
I \______/      \______/      \______/      \__vor_/      \______/      \
  /Kadesh\______/Para- \______/Compu-\______/      \______/      \______/
J \______/Yora- \K_llax/      \_tus__/Bazar-\______/      \______/ ***  \
         \K_var_/      \______/      \_ium__/      \______/      \______/

This message was last edited by the GM at 11:08, Fri 21 Mar 2008.

[Private to GM: beginning:

Jerstertia III
Castile Gurati
3 x House Troops
4 x Discordian Heretics
2 x Imperial Centurions
1 x Nuclear Arsenal
1 x Colonial Rangers

Quayat
Baron Andorus Gurati
1 x Jumpships
1 x Colonial Rangers
2 x Anthrosynthetic Berserkers
1 x Imperial Centurions

Seedeen
Borveo Gurati
1 x Jumpships
3 x Imperial Shock Troops

Treasury
10 Solats



1- INITIATIVE-
rolled 3 (again)

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
rolled 4. No noble recruited

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Quayat  - Desert Warriors (cost 5)
Seedeen  - Imperial Conscripts (cost 1)

4- MOVEMENT-
1x Colonial Rangers: Quayat (3b)  --> move to Gridox (5A)

JUMPSHIP ALPHA: Baron Gurati + 2x Antrhro Berserkers, 1x Imperial Centurians: (3B)  --> move to Pyreen (3D)

JUMPSHIP BETA:  Borveo Gurati + 3x Imperial Shock Troops: Seedeen (3B)  --> move to Pyreen (3D)

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
none

6- BATTLE-
Jumpship Alpha and Jumpship Beta take control of Pyreen

Rangers to take control of Gridox

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
1: Baron Gurati (3B): Diplomacy: Bazarium: rolled 6: Failed.
2: Borveo Gurati (3C): Intrigue: Imperial Aristocracy: rolled 3: Failed.
3: Castile gurati (1A): Govern Jerstertia III: auto succeed: rolled +3, -4: min +1
Emporex Diplomacy: Bazarium: rolled 6: failed.
Colonial Council:  Bolavor:  rolled 6: failed.

//////GM note: nobles may not perform special actions if they move or fight.

Treasury:
Start:  10
Recruit: -6
Govern:  +6

End Treasury total (round 2): 10 ]

--- well, it is useful to make the moves private to me unless you want your plans to be rather plain...
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:41, Fri 21 Mar 2008.

PM.

[Private to GM:
Can you help me double-check the income math?  Last turn I started with 13.  I should have gotten +5 for homeworld and -2 upkeep for 18 units, unless nobles count?  So, 13+5-2 for production, or 16.  I spent 10.  This left me with 6.  This turn I should have 6+16-2=20?

////////////// the math is correct. income comes in th Gm phase of the turn. check rules redux

1- INITIATIVE-
After many rerolls, I got a 6.

quote:

11:24, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 6 using 1d6. Reroll again?.
11:23, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 3 using 1d6. Reroll tied initiative?.
11:23, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 3 using 1d6. Initiative: Round 2.

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
No nobles recruited.

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
At J1 Kadesh: 2 Warrior Priests (10)
At J2 Yoravar: 1 Jumpship (4)
At J3 Parallax: 1 Nuke (5)
At G2 Mox: 1 Miner (1)

4- MOVEMENT-
(1) (NEW) Jumpship at Yoravar (J2) to Parallax (J3), pick up (NEW) Nuke, then fly to J1 Homeworld.

////////////jumpships can do only one movement per turn, so the captain is a bit confused...

(2) All Mox (G2) forces except (NEW) miner move to Punah (F2)
EDIT: Let one of the 3 Jumpships from Mox (G2) carry a Warrior Priest to Mercurium (D5).
(3) Jumpship at Parallax (J3) takes 1 House Troop and occupies Computus (J5)
(4) (OLD) Jumpship at Yoravar flies EMPTY to J1 Homeworld

Conquests: Punah (+3), Computus (+3), Mercurium (+3) = +9

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Both nukes at Homeworld (J1) and SAFE.

6- BATTLE-
Should be no battles.  All worlds occupied, so diplomacy cannot conquer them.

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
All nobles: Intrigue: Colonial Council: Failure
* Sabotage (rebels): Jumpship at Seedeen C3: Failure
* Assassination... : Failure

EXPECTED INCOME: +25
EXPECTED UPKEEP: -3 (for 23 units... since 18 was -2)

]
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:29, Fri 21 Mar 2008.

The imperial sages report...

Mercurium's underground mining cities see limited bloodshed as fanatic Kadesh warrior-priests instill loyalty to their Countess at any price. The Countess' house troops are infinitely more subtle in dealings with the machine brain of Computus, and forge an alliance. On the pleasure world of Punah, amazons remain puzzled by imperial and rebel forces working side by side under the command of fanatical priests.

Elsewhere, the prison world of Gridox offers alleigance to the Gurati through Colonial ranger mediation. The pacifistic world of Pyreen with its lush forests and mirrorlike lakes sees a huge occupying force, and the defenseless inhabitants have no choice other than to surrender to the Baron's troops.

Quick gains by the Countess are to be blamed on continued support of the imperial Navy, as well as the concentration of strategic resources in the southwest corner of the quadrant.

Political report - factions:

Gurati:
 Emporex (2 Imperial Centurions & Diplomacy =1)
 Colonial Council (1 Colonial Ranger & Diplomacy = 1)
 Discordian Heretics (4 Heretics)
 Imperial Army (3 Imperial Shock Troops)

Kadesh:
 Imperial Secret Police (2 Imperial Death squads and Assassination = 1)
 Imperial Navy (3 Jumpships)
 5th Sector Rebels (3 Rebels and Sabotage = 1)
 Imperial Aristocracy (Recruit Noble +1)

Starmap:

LOC NAME            TYPE         INCOME     UNITS
** Lortran         Homeworld       5       Psychic Veterans
A1 Gurati          Homeworld       5       Anthrosynth Berserkers, Cyborg-Commandos
 [Private to Baron Gurati: Starting treasury: 10
 Production:  11+1 (govern bonus)
 Upkeep: -2
 Spent: -6
 New treasury: 14
 Units:
  1. Castile Gurati
  2. 3 House troops
  3. 1 Nuclear Arsenal
  4. 4 Discordian Heretics
  5. 2 Imperial Centurions]
J1 Kadesh          Homeworld       5       Fanatics, Warrior Priests
 [Private to Countess Kadesh: Starting treasury: 17
 Production: 25
 Upkeep: -3
 Spent: -20
 New treasury: 19
 Units:
  1. Countess Varlia Kadesh
  2. Priest Captain Gerlien
  3. Priestess Captain Sayla
  4. Lord Kirtiu Prad
  5. Nuclear arsenal
  6. 2 warrior priests
  7. 1 Jumpship]
** Nitrix          Homeworld       5       Suicide Squads

G8 Aquara          Ocean           1       Sea Monsters- Defenders
J6 Bazarium        Commerce        3       Mercenaries & Jumpships
I7 Bolavor         Jungle          2       Jungle Fighters
J5 Computus        Machine         3       Robot Death Machines
  Kadesh - 1 jumpship, 1 army
[Private to Countess Kadesh:   K 1 jumpship (IN), 1 house troops]
E2 Dalton          Research        1       Transhuman Supersoldiers & Nukes
E6 Eden            Church          2       Solar Templars
D2 Frost           Ice             1       Ice Barbarians
A5 Griddox         Prison          1       Prison Soldiers
  Gurati - 1 army
[Private to Baron Gurati:  G 1 Colonial Rangers]
E8 Hellish         Radioactive     2       Subterranean Mutants & Nukes
C8 Marx            Clone           1       Clone Soldiers
F5 Mercurium       Mining          3       Nukes & Miners- Defenders
  Kadesh - 1 jumpship, 3 armies
[Private to Countess Kadesh:   K 1 jumpship, 3 warrior priests    ]
G2 Mox             Gem             4       Miners- Defenders
  Kadesh - 1 army
[Private to Countess Kadesh:   K 1 miner]
J3 Parallax        Industrial      3       Nukes & Jumpships
  Kadesh - 2 armies
  [Private to Countess Kadesh: K 1 house troops, 1 nuclear arsenal]
F2 Punah           Pleasure        3       Amazonians
  Kadesh - 2 jumpships, 6 armies
  [Private to Countess Kadesh: K 2 jumpships (IN), 1 kadesh warrior priests, 2 Imperial Death Squads,
    3 Rebels]
D3 Pyreen          Pacifist        1       Diplomacy
  Gurati - 2 jumpships, 6 armies
  [Private to Baron Gurati: G Jumpship Alpha, Baron Gurati + 2x Antrhro Berserkers,
1x Imperial Centurions,Jumpship beta, Borveo Gurati + 3x Imperial Shock Troops  ]
B3 Quayat          Desert          1       Desert Warriors
  Gurati - 1 army
  [Private to Baron Gurati: G 1 desert wariors]
B9 Scorch          Volcanic        1       Nukes & Lava Projectors- Defenders
C3 Seedeen         Hive World      2       Imperial Conscripts
  Gurati - 1 army
  [Private to Baron Gurati: G  1 imperial conscripts ]
J2 Yoravar         Shipyard        4       Jumpships (cost 4 each)
  Kadesh - 1 jumpship, 1 army
 [Private to Countess Kadesh: K 1 jumpships, 1 house troop]
D7 Zenceti         Alien Ruins     1       Psychic Natives- Defenders

      1      2       3      4       5        6       7       8       9     10
   ______         _______        ________         _______         ______
  /Gurati\_______/       \______/Gridox  \_______/       \_______/      \______
A \______/       \_______/      \_G0/1___/       \_______/       \______/  *** \
  /      \_______/Quayat \______/        \_______/       \_______/Scorch\______/
B \______/       \_G0/1__/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_______/Seedeen\______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
C \______/       \_G0/1__/      \________/       \_______/ Marx  \______/      \
  /      \_______/Pyreen \______/        \_______/Zenceti\_______/      \______/
D \______/ Frost \_G2/6__/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
E \______/ Dalton\_______/      \________/ Eden  \_______/Hellish\______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/Mercurum\_______/       \_______/      \______/
F \______/ Punah \_______/      \_K1/3___/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_K2/6__/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
G \______/  Mox  \_______/      \________/       \_______/Aquara \______/      \
  /      \_K0/1__/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
H \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/        \_______/Bolavor\_______/      \______/
I \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /Kadesh\_______/Paralax\______/Computus\_______/       \_______/      \______/
J \______/Yoravar\_K0/2__/      \_K1/1___/Bazarum\_______/       \______/ ***  \
         \_K1/1__/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/

Code key:
1st letter - controlling House
1st number - # of Jumpships
2nd number - # of Armies

PM

[Private to GM:

A note on general strategy.  It is evident that I should have spent all my noble actions on procuring the first movement this term, given that Gurati have such an advantage in attacking.  I was caught up in the alternating turns and forget I might not go first!  Oh well, this fatal mistake may well cost me the game.

In battles, I think it is clear what units should die first.  I want to inflict as much damage on the enemy and to try to destroy the baron's ability to move.  Jumpships are not the same priority to me as they are to the Baron.  I can make more.

P.s. my vague writing is not an attempt to be passive-aggressive, but an attempt to cope with uncertainty!

1- INITIATIVE-
2.

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
Fail.

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Yoravar Jumpship (4)
1 x Priests at home (5)
1 x Fanatics at home (1)
1 x Amazon at Punah (5)
Damper field on Mox (2)

4- MOVEMENT-
1: Move ALL from Punah and Mercurium to PRYREEN (Attack) save ONE to garrison at Mercurium.

2: Reinforce Mox with units from homeworld.  Last turn's Yoravar jumpship should have taken a nuke from Parallax to the homeworld, so that should go as well with the two additional purchased priest and fanatic.

3: Risk leaving Computus EMPTY and take Bazarium with troops stationed there.


5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
As possible.

6- BATTLE-
How am I to know?

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
Try to gain initiative with four main nobles (+4 to INIT next turn).
Try to assassinate any leaders in enemy's Pryeen force (assassination)
Try to sabotage Pyreen force's jumpship (sabotage).

Both of those failed.

]
This message was last edited by the player at 13:15, Fri 28 Mar 2008.

PMing round 3 moves
[Private to GM:

beginning:
Jerstertia III
Castile Gurati
3 x House Troops
4 x Discordian Heretics
2 x Imperial Centurions
1 x Nuclear Arsenal
1 x Colonial Rangers

Quayat
1 x Desert Warriors

Seedeen
1 x Imperial Conscripts

Gridox
1 x Colonial Rangers

Pyreen
Jumpship Alpha:
Baron Andorus Gurati
1 x Jumpships
2 x Anthrosynthetic Berserkers
1 x Imperial Centurions

Jumpship Beta:
Borveo Gurati
1 x Jumpships
3 x Imperial Shock Troops

Treasury
10 Solats



1- INITIATIVE-
rolled 2

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
rolled 5. No noble recruited

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Quayat  - Desert Warriors (cost 5)
Seedeen  - Imperial Conscripts (cost 1)
Gridox - Prison Soldiers (cost 1)

4- MOVEMENT-
1x Colonial Rangers: Gridox (3b)  --> Marx (8C)

JUMPSHIP ALPHA: Baron Gurati + 2x Antrhro Berserkers, 1x Imperial Centurians: Pyreen (3B)  --> remain

JUMPSHIP BETA:  Borveo Gurati + 3x Imperial Shock Troops: Pyreen (3D)  --> remain

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
none

6- BATTLE-
Jumpship Alpha and Jumpship Beta take control of Pyreen

Rangers to take control of Marx

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
1: Baron Gurati (3B): Diplomacy: Bazarium: rolled 6: Failed.
2: Borveo Gurati (3C): Intrigue: Imperial Aristocracy: rolled 1: Success.
3: Castile Gurati (1A): Govern Jerstertia III: auto succeed: rolled +4, -1: = 8
Emporex Diplomacy: Bazarium: rolled 4: failed.
Colonial Council Diplomacy:  Bolavor:  rolled 1: Success.
Pyreen Diplomacy: Aquaria: rolled 1: Success

Treasury:
Start:  10
Recruit: -7
Govern: 8

End Treasury total (round 3): 11 ]
This message was last edited by the player at 12:35, Fri 28 Mar 2008.

In a surprise political move, the Imperial Aristicracy decided to support House Gurati rather than House Kadesh. Imperial sources are unsure yet why this was the case, but many suspect last month's visit by Borveo Gurati to the Imperial Palace to have precipitated the change of mind. As most know, Borveo Gurati is widely regarded as the prodigy of his House, and his latest exploits make him the favorite for succession.

Meanwhile, efforts of the Colonial Council convinced the jungle world of Bolavor to accept House Gurati as its protector. The warlike jungle fighters of Bolavor were seen jeering and gearing up to fight the numerically superior foe of their new patron.

Colonial Rangers, on the mission to a distant world, become stranded in the void of space as their orders took them too far into the unknown. A stroke of luck, however, allowed the elite soldiers to find a long abandoned space station floatin in the void of the skies like a forgotten jewel. They will soon have their stardrive repaired and be able to go on with their mission.

On the peaceful world of Pyreen, amidst ancient trees of the central temple, another agreement between House Gurati and a non-aligned world took place - Representatives from Aquaria pledged their assistance to House Gurati, in return for economic grants and military assistance should their planet be attacked. Aquaria is a world renowned for its beauty; however, the oceanic ecosystem was proved time and again to be extremely fragile.

Mere seconds after the treaty was signed, dozens of huge fireballs bloom on the face of the serene planet; firestorms ignited by nuclear explosions incinerated centuries old forests and ancient, beautiful castles. The Gurati forces hastily assumed a defensive stance and prepared for the numerically superior foe. Kadesh dropships left long, fiery trails as they descended, carrying destruction in their bowels...


Battle report: Pyreen

Kadesh:
2 jumpships (IN),
3 kadesh warrior priests (2) Kadesh; Psychic
2 Imperial Death Squads (1) +1 & First Strike When
3 Rebels (2) First Strike When Attacking
1 jumpship,
1 nuke

Gurati:

2 Jumpships
Baron Gurati
Borveo Gurati
2x Anthro Berserkers (2) +2 When Attacking
1x Imperial Centurions (1) +2 when Defending
3x Imperial Shock Troops(3) +1 When Attacking

round 0:
Gurati lose 1 anthrosynth berserkers to nuclear bombardment.

Round 1:

Psychic phase: Baron Gurati unleashes a Molecular Disruption effect (+3). The rest fail miserably.
First strike phase: Gurati suffer 1 hit (anthro Berserkers), Kadesh suffer 2 hits (Death squads).
Regular combat phase: Gurati loses 1 shock troops, Kadesh loses 2 warrior priests to preserve their first strike.

Round 2:

Psychic phase: Both Gurati Nobles manage Psionic Blasts. The Kadesh warrior priests are unable to call upon their psychic powers.
First strike phase: The Gurati suffer 2 hits, but the Kadesh troops suffer a withering 5!
The Gurati lose 2 imperial shock troops. The Kadesh side is obliterated, and the remaining Navy Jumpships leave the sector.

It seems that Luck was favoring the Baron this time around. Surveying the charred battlefield and smoldering, once beautiful forests, one can not but feel a deep sadness. Borveo's fame rises, as well, even if it was the Baron's command of tactics and psychic powers that clearly won the victory.



Political report - factions:

Gurati:
 Emporex (2 Imperial Centurions & Diplomacy =1)
 Colonial Council (1 Colonial Ranger & Diplomacy = 1)
 Discordian Heretics (4 Heretics)
 Imperial Army (3 Imperial Shock Troops)
 Imperial Aristocracy (Recruit Noble +1)

Kadesh:
 Imperial Secret Police (2 Imperial Death squads and Assassination = 1)
 Imperial Navy (3 Jumpships)
 5th Sector Rebels (3 Rebels and Sabotage = 1)

Starmap:

LOC NAME            TYPE         INCOME     UNITS
A0 Lortran         Homeworld       5       Psychic Veterans
A1 Gurati          Homeworld       5       Anthrosynth Berserkers, Cyborg-Commandos
 [Private to Baron Gurati: Starting treasury: 14
 Production:  12+3
 Upkeep: -2
 Spent: -7
 New treasury: 6
 Units:
  1. Castile Gurati
  2. 3 House troops
  3. 1 Nuclear Arsenal
  4. 4 Discordian Heretics
  5. 2 Imperial Centurions]
J1 Kadesh          Homeworld       5       Fanatics, Warrior Priests
 [Private to Countess Kadesh: Starting treasury: 19
 Production: 25
 Upkeep: -4
 Spent: -35
	mercurium: 1 nuke, 1 miner (7)
	punah: amazonians (5)
	mox: miners (2)
	yoravar: jumpship (4)
	Computus: robot death machines (7)
	Paralax: nuke (5)
	Home: Warrior priests (5)

 New treasury: 5
 Units:
  1. Countess Varlia Kadesh
  2. Priest Captain Gerlien
  3. Priestess Captain Sayla
  4. Lord Kirtiu Prad
  5. Nuclear arsenal]
J0 Nitrix          Homeworld       5       Suicide Squads

G8 Aquara          Ocean           1       Sea Monsters- Defenders
  Gurati - no military presence
J6 Bazarium        Commerce        3       Mercenaries & Jumpships
I7 Bolavor         Jungle          2       Jungle Fighters
  Gurati - no military presence
J5 Computus        Machine         3       Robot Death Machines
  Kadesh - 1 jumpship, 2 armies
[Private to Countess Kadesh:   K 1 jumpship (IN), 1 house troops, 1 RDM]
E2 Dalton          Research        1       Transhuman Supersoldiers & Nukes
E6 Eden            Church          2       Solar Templars
D2 Frost           Ice             1       Ice Barbarians
A5 Griddox         Prison          1       Prison Soldiers
  Gurati - 1 armies
[Private to Baron Gurati:  G 1 Prison Soldiers]
E8 Hellish         Radioactive     2       Subterranean Mutants & Nukes
C8 Marx            Clone           1       Clone Soldiers
F5 Mercurium       Mining          3       Nukes & Miners- Defenders
  Kadesh - 2 armies
[Private to Countess Kadesh:  1 Warrior priests , 1 miner]
G2 Mox             Gem             4       Miners- Defenders
  Kadesh - 1 jumpship, 5 armies
[Private to Countess Kadesh:   K 2 miners, 1 jumpship, 3 warrior priests]
J3 Parallax        Industrial      3       Nukes & Jumpships
  Kadesh - 1 jumpship, 3 armies
  [Private to Countess Kadesh: K 1 jumpship, 1 house troops, 2 nuclear arsenals]
F2 Punah           Pleasure        3       Amazonians
  Kadesh - 1 armies
  [Private to Countess Kadesh:  1 Amazonians]
D3 Pyreen          Pacifist        1       Diplomacy
  Gurati - 2 jumpships, 2 armies
  [Private to Baron Gurati: G Jumpship Alpha, Baron Gurati,
1x Imperial Centurions,Jumpship beta, Borveo Gurati + 1x Imperial Shock Troops  ]
B3 Quayat          Desert          1       Desert Warriors
  Gurati - 2 armies
  [Private to Baron Gurati: G 2 desert wariors]
B9 Scorch          Volcanic        1       Nukes & Lava Projectors- Defenders
C3 Seedeen         Hive World      2       Imperial Conscripts
  Gurati - 2 armies
  [Private to Baron Gurati: G  2 imperial conscripts ]
J2 Yoravar         Shipyard        4       Jumpships (cost 4 each)
  Kadesh - 1 jumpships, 1 army
 [Private to Countess Kadesh: K 2 jumpships, 1 house troop]
D7 Zenceti         Alien Ruins     1       Psychic Natives- Defenders



      1      2       3      4       5        6       7       8       9     10
   ______         _______        ________         _______         ______
  /Gurati\_______/       \______/Gridox  \_______/       \_______/      \______
A \______/       \_______/      \_G0/1___/       \_______/       \______/Lortran
  /      \_______/Quayat \______/        \_______/       \_______/Scorch\______/
B \______/       \_G0/2__/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_______/Seedeen\______/        \_______/  AS   \_______/      \______/
C \______/       \_G0/2__/      \________/       \__G0/1_/ Marx  \______/      \
  /      \_______/Pyreen \______/        \_______/Zenceti\_______/      \______/
D \______/ Frost \_G2/2__/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
E \______/ Dalton\_______/      \________/ Eden  \_______/Hellish\______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/Mercurum\_______/       \_______/      \______/
F \______/ Punah \_______/      \_K0/2___/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_K0/1__/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
G \______/  Mox  \_______/      \________/       \_______/Aquara \______/      \
  /      \_K1/4__/       \______/        \_______/       \_G_____/      \______/
H \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/        \_______/Bolavor\_______/      \______/
I \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_G_____/       \______/      \
  /Kadesh\_______/Paralax\______/Computus\_______/       \_______/      \______/
J \______/Yoravar\_K0/3__/      \_K1/1___/Bazarum\_______/       \______/Nitrix\
         \_K1/1__/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/

Code key:
1st letter - controlling House
1st number - # of Jumpships
2nd number - # of Armies

AS - abandoned spacestation

This message was last edited by the GM at 15:17, Fri 28 Mar 2008.

PM

[Private to GM: Orders:
note: starting money: 13 Solats
 15:26, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 13 using 3d6. solats.

1- INITIATIVE-
15:39, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. init.
2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
15:40, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 6 using 1d6. recruit noble. No nobles recruited
3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
2 Psychic Veterans at Lortran.  cost: 8
For future reference, I assume the 2 units at the homeworld include ships, nukes, house troops, etc?
4- MOVEMENT-
Move space guild jumpship from Lortran (A10) to Scortch (B9) loaded with:
   1 psychic veteran, 1 house troops, and 1 black market nuke
Move 2nd space guild jumpship from Lortran (A10) to Marx (C8) loaded with:
   1 psychic veteran, 1 house troops, and 1 black market nuke

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
A little confused on how this works.  My nuke a Lortran should shoot at any enemy jumpship that comes into the system.  If that uses it up, whether anyone comes in or not, then leave it SAFE.
Likewise, the two blackmarket nukes on the guild ships should fire at enemy jumpships if they encounter them (again, only if that doesn't use them up if they don't encounter anyone).  If they don't encounter anyone, unload them on each planet.
6- BATTLE-
Lortran group:
1. House Troops
2. Psychic Veterans (+nobles)
Lortran --> Scortch group:
1. House Troops
2. Psychic Veterans
Lortran --> Marx group:
1. House Troops
2. Psychic Veterans
7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
Duke Tycho (A10): Intrigue - Silex healers. rolled 1
  15:53, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. noble action 1.
Baron Marcos (A10): Assassination - Kadesh. rolled 4
  15:54, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. noble action 2.
Baroness Carly (A10): Sabotage - those guys at the abandoned station. rolled 6
  15:54, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 6 using 1d6. noble action 3.
Diplomacy by Church of Mankind - Hellish (E8). rolled 2
  15:53, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. Church of Mankind diplo. #2.
Diplomacy by Church of Mankind - Dalton(E2). rolled 4
  15:53, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. Church of Mankind diplo. #1.

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PM

[Private to GM:

1- INITIATIVE-
1d6+4 (from planning): 5

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
No recruits.  People are a bit wary about the Kadeshi ability to succeed.

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-

Homeworld (J1): 2 Fanatics (2 c)
Mercurium (F5): 1 Miner (1 c)
Mercurium (F5): 1 Damper Shield (2 c)

Total: 5 credits (all of income)

(P.s. thanks for letting me spend negative with all my confusing directions last round!)

4- MOVEMENT-
1: Transfer Computus' RDM and JS to Bazarium (conquer)
2: Transfer Parallax's JS and 2 nukes to Mox (reinforce)
3: Transfer 1 Yoravar JS to Mox without troops
4: Transfer 1 unused Mox JS to Mercurium without troops
5: Transfer 1 Yoravar JS to Kadesh Homeworld without troops

That should still leave everything occupied.

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
None.  2 nukes at Mox, 1 nuke at Kadesh.

6- BATTLE-
Conquer Bazarium +3 Income.

Total Income expected: +28/turn
Total Upkeep expected: -3 (for 23 units)


7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
FAILED: Use sabotage attempt on a Pyreen Jumpship
FAILED: Use assassination on Pyreen's Borveo (not the Baron though) on Pyreen

NA1: FAILED: Intrigue For Emporex
NA2: SUCCESS: Intrigue for Emporex (Priest Captain Gerlien)
NA3: SUCCESS: Intrigue for Imperial Army (Priestess Captain Sayla)
// Illegal to do 2 Intrigues- see my PM note.

NA4: FAILED: Intrigue for Colonial Council

They say that Sayla's lover was a general in the Imperial Army and she convinced him to stage a coup.  Wow... not the church's usual methods!  Are they getting desperate?

Priest Captain Gerlien convinced the Emporex that, since the Imperial Aristocracy shifted its stance, then they better move quickly to avoid the balance of power getting out of hand.  Apparently it worked, because the Emporex was nervous about the Gurati claiming the Imperial Aristocracy!

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This message was last edited by the player at 20:34, Fri 28 Mar 2008.

Reposting from Private Messages to Thread
[Private to The Void:
1 - INITIATIVE - 4
2 - RECRUIT NOBLES - No new Noble
3 - RECRUIT TROOPS - 3 Credits for another Suicide Squad on Nitrix
4 - MOVEMENT
-Nitrix-
a) Load 3 Suicide Squads onto the Pending Glory.  Load 2 Mercenaries & A Nuke onto the Red Dawn.  Load Noble Zibble onto the Pending Glory and attach him to a Suicide Squad.
b) Move both the Pending Glory and Red Dawn to Balavor.  Move Rimfire Pirates to Balavor.
5 - NUCLEAR EXCHANGE - Nuke on the Red Dawn is SAFE
6 - BATTLE - 1 Mercenaries (2), 2 Suicide Squad (2), 3 Rimfire Pirates (2), 4 Zibble Nitrix's Suicide Squad (1)
7 - NOBLE ACTIONS
Dekko Nitrix - Succeeds on an Assassination of Borveo Gurati
Karth Nitrix - Fails to Govern Nitrix.
Zibble Nitrix - Moved to Balavor and has no action
Unknown Nitrix - Fails to Intrigue Spacing Guild

The Mercenaries are not paid to Attack this turn.

Also, quick question, do the Surgeons give me an extra check for a Noble each turn, or do they just give me a 4th at the start?  Assuming an extra Noble

edit: I'm a dumbass.  In retrospect, it's quite obviously a second check.  Using the "Noble Actions" Roll, still no new Noble]
This message was last edited by the player at 21:13, Fri 28 Mar 2008.

PMing round 4 moves
[Private to GM:

beginning:
Jerstertia III
Castile Gurati
3 x House Troops
4 x Discordian Heretics
2 x Imperial Centurions
1 x Nuclear Arsenal
1 x Colonial Rangers
Note to GM: I purchased more Rangers in first turn, but I think you have overlooked them.

Quayat
2 x Desert Warriors

Seedeen
2 x Imperial Conscripts

Gridox
1 x Prison Conscripts

Pyreen
Jumpship Alpha
Jumpship Beta
Baron Andorus Gurati
Borveo Gurati
1 x Imperial Centurions
1 x Imperial Shock Troops

Lost in Space
1 x Colonial Rangers
Note to GM: Do I know why they got lost in space?  is this a random game mechanic?

Treasury
6 Solats ??
Note to GM: This always seems to be different to what I calculate.  One difference is ... What is Upkeep?  Did I miss reading about that somewhere.


1- INITIATIVE-
rolled 1

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
rolled 3 and 2. No noble recruited

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Quayat  - Desert Warriors (cost 5)
Seedeen  - Imperial Conscripts (cost 1)

4- MOVEMENT-
1x Colonial Rangers:   lost in space (??)--> Eden (6e)

JUMPSHIP ALPHA: Pyreen (3d) --> Jersteria III (1a)

JUMPSHIP BETA: Pyreen (3d) --> Jersteria III (1a)

1 x Colonial Rangers: Jerstertia III --> Pyreen (3d)

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
none

6- BATTLE-
initiate none

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
1: Baron Gurati (3B): Govern Pyreen: auto succeed: rolled +3: = 4 Solat
2: Borveo Gurati (3C): Intrigue: Surgeons of Silas: rolled 1: Success.
3: Castile Gurati (1A): Govern Jerstertia III: auto succeed: rolled +3: = 8 Solat
Emporex Diplomacy: Frost: rolled 4: failed.
Colonial Council Diplomacy:  Frost:  rolled 3: failed.
Pyreen Diplomacy: Frost: rolled 1: Success

Note to GM: I also claim Aquaria ... as per Diplomacy last turn.

Treasury:
I give up, for now, trying to calculate this!

End Treasury total (round 4): ?? ]

The imperial secret police reports:

Borveo Gurati, the House prodigy, expertly slipped from sight for part of this month. He is seen on the remote homeworld of Silex, where his agenda bore quick and ample fruit. Through unknown measures, he managed to secure the support of the Surgeons for his House, and thus the Surgeons shifted their aid to the house Gurati. Confidential sources say that the Surgeons were about to change their alleigance to the House Lortran earlier in the month; but vicious political manouvering and several dead spies later, house Gurati came out on top and snatched this victory from under Duke Tycho's paws.

On the scarred planet of Pyreen, new talks are held between the natives of Frost, and representatives of House Gurati. A consensus is reached quickly; the shock of being so close to frontlines of a conflict jarred the otherwise peaeful Frostians to action. The side so quick and eager to use nuclear weapons has been easily labelled as a vicious aggressor.

Elsewhere, Priest Captain Gerlien of House Kadesh managed to sway the oppinion of the Imperial Daughter concerned with these ten worlds. Without any explanation, she withdrew support for House Gurati and granted her Imperial Centurions to House Kadesh instead. This led to immediate large scale fighting on Pyreen and the Gurati homeworld itself.

Battle report: Gurati Homeworld
House Gurati:
1 noble, 3 house troops, 4 heretics, 1 lost, 1 nuke
vs.
House Kadesh allies (vanquished)
2 imperial centurions, 2 lost

Battle report: Pyreen
House Gurati:
1 noble, 1 imperial Shock troops
vs.
House Kadesh allies (vanquished)
1 Imperial Centurions, 1 lost

The Imperial Centurions remaining in Gurati service found themselves surrounded and annihilated in a matter of hours. What might hurt the Gurati more in the future is the loss of Emporex' diplomacy; also, the emperor's attention will most likely be favorable to House Kadesh.

Addendum:
The prior rumors have been confirmed. Borveo Gurati, the prodigy, has been found assassinated in the aftermath of the brief but bloody conflict on Pyreen. His body has been transported to the Gurati homestar; Gurati cities are ordered into darkness and wreathed in ritual black smoke. The Baron himself seemed aloof and untouchable as ever, even as two regiments' worth of conscripts streamed into the citadel, all young men and women eager to avenge the death of their liege. The source of assasination was kept a careful secret, but reliable sources point to the fact that Dekko Nitrix was on Pyreen on the exact day of Borveo's death; also, a private Nitrix jumpship was seen leaving the Pyreen system in great haste shortly thereafter.

The Imperial sages' report to the Emperor's Daughter:

There has been several significant army movements in the past month.

Bolavor changed hands yet again, this time to a strong fleet from the newly arrived Nitrix. The jungle natives are unsure how to react to the new rulership as of yet.

Bazarium was appropriated by the Kadesh using a force of robotic death machines. The very mention of these monstrosities is enough to instill fear into the hearts of any warrior, let alone the fat, cowardly merchants of that world.

The contingent of elite colonial rangers stranded in deep space last month managed to salvage enough equipment to continue on their course. The ancient spacestation, however, destabilized and was destroyed in the process. The Rangers themselves have reached Eden, and completed diplomatic negotiations with the Bishop. Next months might very well see the appearance of Solar Templars in Gurati ranks.

In the northeastern portion, the aging Duke Lortran shows that not all of his military skills have been lost. In a swift action, he secured both the volcanic world of scorch and the clone world of Marx. The Duke's reputation (and the threat of nuclear obliteration) made for swift conversion of both these worlds to Lortran rule.

• Location -Name
• A10 -Lortran- [Private to Duke Lortran: 3 nobles,2 psychic veterans, 1 house troops, 1 arsenal, 2 jumpships. Treasury: 15 solats ]
• A1 -Gurati- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 noble, 3 house troops, 3heretics, 1 nuke. Treasury: 20 solats ]
• J1 -Kadesh- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 4 nobles, 1 nuke, 1 fanatics, 1 damper, 1 jumpship. Treasury: 27 solats ]
• J10 -Nitrix- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 2 Nobles (Dekko, Karth, ), 3 House Troops, , 2 mercenaries. Treasury: 18 solats ]
• G8 -Aquara- [Private to Baron Gurati: 0 ]
• J6 -Bazarium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 jumpship (IN), 1 RDM ]
• I7 -Bolavor- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 1 noble (Zibble), 3 Nitrix Suicide Squads,  2 mercenaries, 1 Nuclear Arsenal,, 2 pirates, 2 Jumpships (The Red Dawn & Pending Glory specifically) ]
• J5 -Computus- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troops ]
• E2 -Dalton-
• E6 -Eden- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 Colonial Rangers ]
• D2 -Frost- [Private to Baron Gurati: 0 ]
• A5 -Griddox- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 Prison Soldiers] ]
• E8 -Hellish-
• C8 -Marx- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 jumpship, 1 house troop, 1 psychic veteran, 1 arsenal (BM) ]
• F5 -Mercurium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 Warrior priests , 2 miners, 1 jumpship ]
• G2 -Mox- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 2 miners, 2 jumpship, 3 warrior priests, 2 nuclear arsenals, ]
• J3 -Parallax- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troops ]
• F2 -Punah- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 Amazonians ]
• D3 -Pyreen- [Private to Baron Gurati: Baron Gurati, 1x Imperial Shock Troops ]
• B3 -Quayat- [Private to Baron Gurati: 2 desert wariors, 2 jumpships, 1 colonial rangers ]
• B9 -Scorch- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 jumpship, 1 house troop, 1 psychic veteran, 1 arsenal (BM) ]
• C3 -Seedeen- [Private to Baron Gurati: 2 imperial conscripts ]
• J2 -Yoravar- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troop ]
• D7 -Zenceti-

      1      2       3      4       5        6       7       8       9     10
   ______         _______        ________         _______         ______
  /Gurati\_______/       \______/Gridox  \_______/       \_______/      \______
A \_G0/7_/       \_______/      \_G0/1___/       \_______/       \______/Lortran
  /      \_______/Quayat \______/        \_______/       \_______/Scorch\_L2/4_/
B \______/       \_G2/3__/      \________/       \_______/       \_L1/3_/      \
  /      \_______/Seedeen\______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
C \______/       \_G0/2__/      \________/       \_______/ Marx  \______/      \
  /      \_______/Pyreen \______/        \_______/Zenceti\_L1/3__/      \______/
D \______/ Frost \_G0/1__/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \__G____/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
E \______/ Dalton\_______/      \________/ Eden  \_______/Hellish\______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/Mercurum\_G0/1__/       \_______/      \______/
F \______/ Punah \_______/      \_K1/3___/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_K0/1__/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
G \______/  Mox  \_______/      \________/       \_______/Aquara \______/      \
  /      \_K2/7__/       \______/        \_______/       \_G_____/      \______/
H \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/        \_______/Bolavor\_______/      \______/
I \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_N2/8__/       \______/      \
  /Kadesh\_______/Paralax\______/Computus\_______/       \_______/      \______/
J \_K1/3_/Yoravar\_K0/1__/      \_K0/1___/Bazarum\_______/       \______/Nitrix\
         \_K0/1__/       \______/        \__K1/1_/       \_______/      \______/

Code key:
1st letter - controlling House
1st number - # of Jumpships
2nd number - # of Armies

The imperial secret police reports:

Borveo Gurati, the House prodigy, expertly slipped from sight for part of this month. He is seen on the remote homeworld of Silex, where his agenda bore quick and ample fruit. Through unknown measures, he managed to secure the support of the Surgeons for his House, and thus the Surgeons shifted their aid to the house Gurati. Confidential sources say that the Surgeons were about to change their alleigance to the House Lortran earlier in the month; but vicious political manouvering and several dead spies later, house Gurati came out on top and snatched this victory from under Duke Tycho's paws.

On the scarred planet of Pyreen, new talks are held between the natives of Frost, and representatives of House Gurati. A consensus is reached quickly; the shock of being so close to frontlines of a conflict jarred the otherwise peaeful Frostians to action. The side so quick and eager to use nuclear weapons has been easily labelled as a vicious aggressor.

Elsewhere, Priest Captain Gerlien of House Kadesh managed to sway the oppinion of the Imperial Daughter concerned with these ten worlds. Without any explanation, she withdrew support for House Gurati and granted her Imperial Centurions to House Kadesh instead. This led to immediate large scale fighting on Pyreen and the Gurati homeworld itself.

Battle report: Gurati Homeworld
House Gurati:
1 noble, 3 house troops, 4 heretics, 1 lost, 1 nuke
vs.
House Kadesh allies (vanquished)
2 imperial centurions, 2 lost

Battle report: Pyreen
House Gurati:
1 noble, 1 imperial Shock troops
vs.
House Kadesh allies (vanquished)
1 Imperial Centurions, 1 lost

The Imperial Centurions remaining in Gurati service found themselves surrounded and annihilated in a matter of hours. What might hurt the Gurati more in the future is the loss of Emporex' diplomacy; also, the emperor's attention will most likely be favorable to House Kadesh.

Addendum:
The prior rumors have been confirmed. Borveo Gurati, the prodigy, has been found assassinated in the aftermath of the brief but bloody conflict on Pyreen. His body has been transported to the Gurati homestar; Gurati cities are ordered into darkness and wreathed in ritual black smoke. The Baron himself seemed aloof and untouchable as ever, even as two regiments' worth of conscripts streamed into the citadel, all young men and women eager to avenge the death of their liege. The source of assasination was kept a careful secret, but reliable sources point to the fact that Dekko Nitrix was on Pyreen on the exact day of Borveo's death; also, a private Nitrix jumpship was seen leaving the Pyreen system in great haste shortly thereafter.

The Imperial sages' report to the Emperor's Daughter:

There has been several significant army movements in the past month.

Bolavor changed hands yet again, this time to a strong fleet from the newly arrived Nitrix. The jungle natives are unsure how to react to the new rulership as of yet.

Bazarium was appropriated by the Kadesh using a force of robotic death machines. The very mention of these monstrosities is enough to instill fear into the hearts of any warrior, let alone the fat, cowardly merchants of that world.

The contingent of elite colonial rangers stranded in deep space last month managed to salvage enough equipment to continue on their course. The ancient spacestation, however, destabilized and was destroyed in the process. The Rangers themselves have reached Eden, and completed diplomatic negotiations with the Bishop. Next months might very well see the appearance of Solar Templars in Gurati ranks.

In the northeastern portion, the aging Duke Lortran shows that not all of his military skills have been lost. In a swift action, he secured both the volcanic world of scorch and the clone world of Marx. The Duke's reputation (and the threat of nuclear obliteration) made for swift conversion of both these worlds to Lortran rule.

• Location -Name
• A10 -Lortran- [Private to Duke Lortran: 3 nobles,2 psychic veterans, 1 house troops, 1 arsenal, 2 jumpships. Treasury: 15 solats ]
• A1 -Gurati- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 noble, 3 house troops, 3heretics, 1 nuke. Treasury: 20 solats ]
• J1 -Kadesh- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 4 nobles, 1 nuke, 1 fanatics, 1 damper, 1 jumpship. Treasury: 27 solats ]
• J10 -Nitrix- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 2 Nobles (Dekko, Karth, ), 3 House Troops, , 2 mercenaries. Treasury: 18 solats ]
• G8 -Aquara- [Private to Baron Gurati: 0 ]
• J6 -Bazarium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 jumpship (IN), 1 RDM ]
• I7 -Bolavor- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 1 noble (Zibble), 3 Nitrix Suicide Squads,  2 mercenaries, 1 Nuclear Arsenal,, 2 pirates, 2 Jumpships (The Red Dawn & Pending Glory specifically) ]
• J5 -Computus- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troops ]
• E2 -Dalton-
• E6 -Eden- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 Colonial Rangers ]
• D2 -Frost- [Private to Baron Gurati: 0 ]
• A5 -Griddox- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 Prison Soldiers] ]
• E8 -Hellish-
• C8 -Marx- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 jumpship, 1 house troop, 1 psychic veteran, 1 arsenal (BM) ]
• F5 -Mercurium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 Warrior priests , 2 miners, 1 jumpship ]
• G2 -Mox- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 2 miners, 2 jumpship, 3 warrior priests, 2 nuclear arsenals, ]
• J3 -Parallax- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troops ]
• F2 -Punah- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 Amazonians ]
• D3 -Pyreen- [Private to Baron Gurati: Baron Gurati, 1x Imperial Shock Troops ]
• B3 -Quayat- [Private to Baron Gurati: 2 desert wariors, 2 jumpships, 1 colonial rangers ]
• B9 -Scorch- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 jumpship, 1 house troop, 1 psychic veteran, 1 arsenal (BM) ]
• C3 -Seedeen- [Private to Baron Gurati: 2 imperial conscripts ]
• J2 -Yoravar- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troop ]
• D7 -Zenceti-

      1      2       3      4       5        6       7       8       9     10
   ______         _______        ________         _______         ______
  /Gurati\_______/       \______/Gridox  \_______/       \_______/      \______
A \_G0/7_/       \_______/      \_G0/1___/       \_______/       \______/Lortran
  /      \_______/Quayat \______/        \_______/       \_______/Scorch\_L2/4_/
B \______/       \_G2/3__/      \________/       \_______/       \_L1/3_/      \
  /      \_______/Seedeen\______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
C \______/       \_G0/2__/      \________/       \_______/ Marx  \______/      \
  /      \_______/Pyreen \______/        \_______/Zenceti\_L1/3__/      \______/
D \______/ Frost \_G0/1__/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \__G____/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
E \______/ Dalton\_______/      \________/ Eden  \_______/Hellish\______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/Mercurum\_G0/1__/       \_______/      \______/
F \______/ Punah \_______/      \_K1/3___/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_K0/1__/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
G \______/  Mox  \_______/      \________/       \_______/Aquara \______/      \
  /      \_K2/7__/       \______/        \_______/       \_G_____/      \______/
H \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/        \_______/Bolavor\_______/      \______/
I \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_N2/8__/       \______/      \
  /Kadesh\_______/Paralax\______/Computus\_______/       \_______/      \______/
J \_K1/3_/Yoravar\_K0/1__/      \_K0/1___/Bazarum\_______/       \______/Nitrix\
         \_K0/1__/       \______/        \__K1/1_/       \_______/      \______/

Code key:
1st letter - controlling House
1st number - # of Jumpships
2nd number - # of Armies

A PM!  Quick, like lightning!
[Private to The Void:
1 - INITIATIVE -
6
2 - RECRUIT NOBLES -
6 - No New Noble
3 - RECRUIT TROOPS -
Bolavor - 1 Jungle Fighters - 1 Solat
Nitrix - 1 Damper Field - 2 Solats
Nitrix - 1 Suicide Squad - 3 Solats
4 - MOVEMENT -
Rimspace Pirates (Bolavor --> Aquara)
Jumpship Pending Glory (Bolavor --> Aquara)
     -Mercenary 1, Mercenary 2, Suicide Squad 1
Jumpship Red Dawn (Bolavor --> Nitrix)
     -Empty
5 - NUCLEAR EXCHANGE -
Bolavor - ARMED - SPACE - Fire only upon Gurati or Lortran Jumpships in range (unlikely, but it sets a precedent)
6 - BATTLE -
2 Solats for Mercs 1 & 2 to Fight
1 Mercenaries (2), 2 Rimspace Pirates (2), 3 Suicide Squad
7 - NOBLE ACTIONS -
Imperial Beaurocracy - 4 (Failed) Strategic Planning
Dekko - 2 (Failed)
Zibble - 5 (Failed)
Karth - 1 (Success) Sabotage - The Lortran Jumpship on Marx ]
This message was last edited by the player at 03:10, Thu 03 Apr 2008.

PMing round 5 moves:  not so smooth as Nitrix
[Private to GM:

beginning:
Jerstertia III
Castile Gurati
3 x House Troops
3 x Discordian Heretics
1 x Nuclear Arsenal

Quayat
Jumpship Alpha
Jumpship Beta
2 x Desert Warriors
1 x Colonial Rangers

Eden
2 x Colonial Rangers

Seedeen
2 x Imperial Conscripts

Gridox
1 x Prison Conscripts

Pyreen
Baron Andorus Gurati
1 x Imperial Shock Troops


Treasury
20 Solats



1- INITIATIVE-
rolled 3

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
rolled 4, 5 and 4. No noble recruited
   (free + Aristocracy + Surgeons)

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Quayat  - Desert Warriors (cost 5)
Frost - Ice Barbarians(cost 3)
Jerstertia III - Colonial Rangers (cost 7)
Jerstertia III - House Troops (cost 2)

4- MOVEMENT-
JUMPSHIP ALPHA: Quayat (3b) --> Jersteria III (1a)

JUMPSHIP BETA, 2x Desert Warriors: Quayat (3b) --> Pyreen (3d)
1 x Colonial Rangers: Quayat (3b) --> Frost (2d)

1 x Colonial Rangers: Eden (6e) --> Pyreen (3d)

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
none

6- BATTLE-
initiate none

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
1: Baron Gurati (3B): Intrigue: Spacing Guild: rolled 1: Success
2: Castile Gurati (1A): Govern Jerstertia III: auto succeed: rolled +4: = 9 Solat
Colonial Council Diplomacy:  Frost:  rolled 6: failed.
Pyreen Diplomacy: Nitrix: rolled 2: failed
  question: can you talk possession of anothers home, if they have no troops there?


Treasury:
Govern Jerstertia = 9
Surgeons of Silas = 1

End Treasury total (round 5): ?? ]

Duke Tycho Lortran issues his orders.


[Private to GM: Orders:

1- INITIATIVE-
09:47, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 3 using 1d6. init.
2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
09:48, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. recruit noble.  1 noble recruited.
       I assume he shows up on my homeworld?  If not, I'll start him on Marx.
       Call this one Marquis Alex.
3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Lortran: 1x psychic vets, 1x damper shields.  total Cost 6.
Marx: 1x clones. cost 1.
Scortch: 1x lava projectors. cost 3.

4- MOVEMENT-
Move jumpship from Lortran (A10) to Marx (C8) loaded with:
  2x psychic vets, 1x house troops, and 1x noble (Baroness Carly)
Move space guild jumpship from  Scortch (B9) to Zenceti (D7) loaded with:
   1 psychic veteran, 1 house troops, and 1 black market nuke
Move 2nd space guild jumpship from Marx (C8) to Hellish (E8) loaded with:
   1 psychic veteran, 1 house troops, and 1 black market nuke

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Nukes at Lortran: Armed (jumpships)
Black Market Nukes (C8->E8): armed (jumpships)
Black Market Nukes (B9-D7): armed (jumpships)

6- BATTLE-
For battles occuring before my turn:
Lortran group:
1. house troops
2. Psychic Veterans (+nobles)

Scortch group:
1. house troops
2. psychic vets

Marx group:
1. house troops
2. psychic vets


For battles occuring after/during my turn:
Lortran group:
1. dampers
2. psychic vets (+nobles)

Scortch group:
1. lava projectors

Lortran --> Marx group:
1. clones (these will be waiting on Marx, not travelling to Marx)
2. house troops
3. 2x psychic vets (+noble)

Scortch --> Zenceti group:
1. House Troops
2. Psychic Veterans

Marx --> hellish group:
1. House Troops
2. Psychic Veterans

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-

09:49, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. Church of Mankind diplo. #1.  Dalton
09:49, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. Church of Mankind diplo. #2.  Frost
       Not that it matters, since the roll failed, but I was thinking of using my
       second diplomacy to try and take Nitrix, but wasn't sure if that was legal.
       If a player leaves their homeworld unoccupied, can it be diplomacied?
       Also, I assume if by the time it's my turn someone has an army on Dalton,
       the diplomacy automatically fails?

Duke Tycho (A10) - intrigue: colonial council
       09:53, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. noble action 1.
Baron Marcos (A10) - govern
       09:52, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. noble action 2.
Marquis Alex (A10 or C8 if he can start there) - sabotage colonial rangers
       09:52, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 6 using 1d6. noble action 3.
       I wasn't sure if newly arrived nobles got to do noble actions or not, so rolled
       in case they did.  Let me know for future reference if that's how it should work.
Baroness Carly (A10 -> C8)  gets no action, as she moved.
]

Countess Kadesh speaks to her generals.  She announces that she will be contemplating Gurati actions in Eden but will not yet respond until she hears more details from the Edenic bishop.  She also expresses that she is unilaterally engaging in a ceasefire with the Gurati for one month.  Still, those under Gurati oppression have not been forgotten and their rights to religious freedom will not be waived.

[Private to GM:
Test

1- INITIATIVE-
11:18, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 5 using 1d6. Initiative.

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
11:19, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 1 using 1d6. recruit.

Lady Selona Kadesh, a former lady-in-waiting to the Princess and a noble herself, has married into the Kadesh clan somewhat unexpectedly.  She has come to the sector to seek a new future.

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Kadesh: 2 fanatics (2)
Mox and Mercurium: 2 Miners (2)
Yoravar: 1 JS (4)
Computus: 1 RDM (7)
Bazarum and Paralax: 2 nukes (10)
Paralax: 1 damper shield (2)

Spent: 27
Saved: 00

4- MOVEMENT-
(1) Kadesh TO Paralax: 1 JS, 2 Fanatics, 1 noble (Priest Captain Gerlien), and 1 nuke
(2) Mox TO Paralax: 1 JS, 1 Priest, 1 nuke
(3) Mox TO Mercurum: 1 JS, 2 Priests, 1 nukes
(4) Mercurum to Mox: 1 JS (empty)
(5) Yoravar TO Kadesh: 1 JS
(6) Bazarum to Computus: 1 JS, 1 RDM, 1 nuke (leaves Bazarum empty)

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
All nukes ARMED to strike INC JUMPSHIPS

6- BATTLE-
Should be no battles.

INCOME: +28; UPKEEP: ?

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
Emporex Diplomacy (Dalton): Failure
Rebel Sabotage (Gurati Force on Pyreen): Fail
Death Assassination (Gurati Noble other than Baron Gurati): Fail

  1. Countess Varlia Kadesh
Diplomacy with Dalton: Success: Dalton has joined the Kadesh alliance?  Does this show a more peaceful change in tactics than the nuking of Pyreen?

  2. Priest Captain Gerlien (moved)

  3. Priestess Captain Sayla
Sabotage Forces in Eden: Failure

  4. Lord Kirtiu Prad
Strategic Planning +1

  5. Lady Selona Kadesh
Strategic Planning +1

TOTAL STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR NEXT TURN: +2
]

The imperial sages report:

Disaster strikes on the clone planet of Marx. A large conflagration in a Lortran-allied Spacing guild jumpship gutted the large vessel. The Duke will not be too pleased about losing such a valuable asset. A private Nitrix waverider jumpship has been seen leaving the planet in great haste.

Countess Kadesh visited the faraway world of Dalton herself; the high profiled visitor and the promise of huge research grants motivated the scientific caste administrating the planet to swear fealty to the Countess. The scientists don't seem to mind the brutal nuking of a peace loving planet... However, the Church of Mankind quickly saw to it that the scientific leaders saw the light of religious reason (the burning of several libraries was said to be just a coincidence). Dalton's ruling council quickly withdrew their offer and chose to side with the Church's ally, House Lortran.

Baron Gurati, on the other hand, turned his talents to acquiring allies for his house. The grief stricken old man easily swayed the heads of the Spacing Guild with a handful of Solats and a promise on trade monopolies on Gurati planets. The remaining Spacing guild jumpship on Scorch is prompltly blown out from the skies by an ever watchful arsenal crew.

Nitrix forces easily take the few islands on the water planet of Aquara. The former Aquaran patorn, Baron Gurati, was unable to provide any assistance, and the new military rule by house Nitrix is quick to wipe out any dissent among the few politically inclined Aquarans.

There seems to be much diplomacy going on over secret channels, and a fair bit of troop movement. Covert operations, however, are the main are of interest for the Houses in this time span.


The Imperial cartographer reports:

      1      2       3      4       5        6       7       8       9     10
   ______         _______        ________         _______         ______
  /Gurati\_______/       \______/Gridox  \_______/       \_______/      \______
A \_G1/9_/       \_______/      \_G0/1___/       \_______/       \______/Lortran
  /      \_______/Quayat \______/        \_______/       \_______/Scorch\_L1/3_/
B \______/       \_G0/1__/      \________/       \_______/       \_L0/3_/      \
  /      \_______/Seedeen\______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
C \______/       \_G0/2__/      \________/       \_______/ Marx  \______/      \
  /      \_______/Pyreen \______/        \_______/Zenceti\_L1/7__/      \______/
D \______/ Frost \_G1/4__/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \__G0/2_/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
E \______/ Dalton\_______/      \________/ Eden  \_______/Hellish\______/      \
  /      \__L____/       \______/Mercurum\_G_____/       \_______/      \______/
F \______/ Punah \_______/      \_K1/7___/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_K0/1__/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
G \______/  Mox  \_______/      \________/       \_______/Aquara \______/      \
  /      \_K1/3__/       \______/        \_______/       \_N1/5__/      \______/
H \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/        \_______/Bolavor\_______/      \______/
I \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_N0/4__/       \______/      \
  /Kadesh\_______/Paralax\______/Computus\_______/       \_______/      \______/
J \_K1/2_/Yoravar\_K2/7__/      \_K1/4___/Bazarum\_______/       \______/Nitrix\
         \_K0/1__/       \______/        \__K____/       \_______/      \_N1/6_/

Code key:
1st letter - controlling House
1st number - # of Jumpships
2nd number - # of Armies

• Location -Name
• A10 -Lortran- [Private to Duke Lortran: 3 nobles,1 psychic veterans,  1 arsenal, 1 jumpships, 1 damper. treasury:20 ]
• A1 -Gurati- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 noble, 4 house troops, 3heretics, 1 nuke, 1 colonial rangers, 1 jumpship. treasury: 20]
• J1 -Kadesh- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 4 nobles, 1 fanatics, 1 damper, 1 jumpship.treasury:27 ]
• J10 -Nitrix- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 2 Nobles (Dekko, Karth, ), 3 House Troops, , 2 mercenaries, 1 suicide squad, 1 damper field, 1 jumpship.treasury: 17]
• G8 -Aquara- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 1 jumpship, 2 mercenaries, 1 suicide squad , 2 rimspace pirates]
• J6 -Bazarium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 0 ]
• I7 -Bolavor- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 1 noble (Zibble), 2 Nitrix Suicide Squads, 1 Nuclear Arsenal, 1 jungle fighters ]
• J5 -Computus- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troops, 1 jumpship (IN), 2 RDMs, 1 nuke ]
• E2 -Dalton- [Private to Duke Lortran: 0 ]
• E6 -Eden- [Private to Baron Gurati: 0 ]
• D2 -Frost- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 ice barbarians, 1 colonial rangers ]
• A5 -Griddox- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 Prison Soldiers ]
• E8 -Hellish- #REF! #REF! ]
• C8 -Marx- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 jumpship, 1 noble, 2 house troops, 3 psychic veterans, 1 arsenal (BM), 1 clone soldiers ]
• F5 -Mercurium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 3 Warrior priests , 3 miners, 1 jumpship, 1 nuclear arsenals, ]
• G2 -Mox- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 3 miners, 1 jumpship ]
• J3 -Parallax- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 2 jumpships, 1 priest, 2 fanatics, 1 house troops, 3 nukes ]
• F2 -Punah- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 Amazonians ]
• D3 -Pyreen- [Private to Baron Gurati: Baron Gurati, 1x Imperial Shock Troops , 1 jumpship, 2x Desert  warriors, 1xcolonial rangers ]
• B3 -Quayat- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 desert wariors ]
• B9 -Scorch- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 house troop, 1 psychic veteran, 1 lava projector ]
• C3 -Seedeen- [Private to Baron Gurati: 2 imperial conscripts ]
• J2 -Yoravar- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troop, ]
• D7 -Zenceti- #REF! #REF! ]

This message was last edited by the GM at 10:18, Sat 12 Apr 2008.

Duke Lortran gives his orders.

[Private to GM: Orders:

1- INITIATIVE-
13:11, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. init.
2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
13:12, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. recruit noble.
3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Lortran: jump ship, house troops.  total Cost 8.
Marx: 1x clones. cost 1.
Scortch: 1x lava projectors. cost 3.
Dalton: 1x transhuman super solders. cost 5


4- MOVEMENT-
Move jumpship from Lortran (A10) to Marx (C8) loaded with:
 1 psychic vet, 1 aresenal, 1 damper
Move jumpship from Marx (C8) to Hellish (E8) loaded with:
 1 arsenal (BM), 2 psychic vets

Question--I'm assuming dampers work like shields for the ship that's carrying them?  Taking 1 hit before the ship does?  Is this correct, or do they only work on the ground (seems like if they only work on the ground, they cost as much as house troops, can't attack, and take a nuke just as well).



5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Nukes at Lortran-->Marx: Armed (jumpships)
Black Market Nukes (C8->E8): armed (jumpships)


6- BATTLE-
For battles occuring before my turn:
Lortran group:
1. damper
2. Psychic Veterans (+nobles)

Scortch group:
1. house troops
2. Lava projectors
3. psychic vets

Marx group:
1. clones
2. house troops
3. psychic vets (+noble)

For battles occuring after/during my turn:
Lortran group:
1. house troops (+nobles)

Scortch group:
1. house troops
2. Lava projectors
3. psychic vets

Marx group:
1. damper
2. clones
3. house troops
4. 2x psychic vets (+noble)

Marx --> hellish group:
1. Psychic Veterans

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
2 CoM diplo attempts at Zenceti:
13:30, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. Church of Mankind diplo. #2.
13:30, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 6 using 1d6. Church of Mankind diplo. #1 (d6 now).

Duke Tycho (A10) - assassination vs Nitrix
  13:37, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 3 using 1d6. noble action 1.
Baron Marcos (A10) - Intrigue--mercenary guild
  13:37, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. noble action 2.
Marquis Alex (A10) - sabotage (nitrix jump ship on aquaria)
  13:37, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 3 using 1d6. noble action 3.
Baroness Carly (C8) - sabotage (kedesh jump ship on Mercurium)
  13:37, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 6 using 1d6. noble action 4.
]

PMing round 6 moves

[Private to GM:

beginning:
Jerstertia III
Castile Gurati
4 x House Troops
3 x Discordian Heretics
1 x Nuclear Arsenal
1 x Colonial Ranger
Jumpship Alpha

Quayat
2 x Desert Warriors

Frost
1 x Colonial Rangers
1 x Ice Barbarians

Seedeen
2 x Imperial Conscripts

Gridox
1 x Prison Conscripts

Pyreen
Baron Andorus Gurati
Jumpship Beta
1 x Imperial Shock Troops
2 x Desert Warriors
1 x Colonial Rangers


Treasury
20 Solats



1- INITIATIVE-
rolled 6

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
rolled 6, 4 and 6. No noble recruited

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Jerstertia III - Colonial Rangers (cost 7)
Jerstertia III - House Troops (cost 2)
Frost - Ice Barbarians(cost 3)
Seedeen - Imperial Conscripts (cost 1)
Eden - Solar Templars (cost 7)

4- MOVEMENT-
JUMPSHIP ALPHA, 3x House Troops : Jersteria III (1a) --> Seedeen (3c)

JUMPSHIP BETA, Baron Gurati, 1x Desert Warriors, 1x Shock Troops: Pyreen (3d) --> Eden (6e)

1x Colonial Rangers: Pyreen (3d) --> Eden (6e)

GM: So after winning the Spacing Guild, I dont actually get any jumpships.  They just get destroyed, wherever they are, right?


5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
none

6- BATTLE-
initiate none

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
1: Baron Gurati (3B): Govern Pyreen: auto succeed: rolled +3: = 4 Solat
2: Castile Gurati (1A): Govern Jerstertia III: auto succeed: rolled +6: = 11 Solat

Colonial Council Diplomacy:  Bazarum:  rolled 3: failed.
Pyreen Diplomacy: Bazarum: rolled 1: <Success>



Treasury:
Govern Jerstertia = 11
Govern Pyreen = 4
Surgeons of Silas = 1
Spacing Guild = 1

End Treasury total (round 6): ?? ]

Behind closed doors, the Nitrix family schemes.  More Nobles will be needed if they are to control their new acquisitions, which required a superior understanding of psionic potential to what they currently possessed.  To that end, the army pushes it's way into what has been colorfully deemed the Mindbender Quadrant by the Nitrixians, home of subterranean mutants, alien ascetics, and the rival House Lortran, all potent psionic warriors.

[Private to The Void:
1- INITIATIVE-
Rolled 6
2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
Rolled 6. No noble recruited
3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Bolavor - 1 Jungle Fighter - 1 Solat
Aquaria - 1 Sea Monsters - 5 Solats
4- MOVEMENT-
Rimspace Pirates (Aquaria --> Hellish)
Rimspace Pirates (Aquaria --> Hellish)
Jumpship Pending Glory (Aquaria --> Hellish)
     -Mercenary, Suicide Squad
Jumpship Red Dawn (Nitrix --> Bolavor)
     - Damper Field, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad
5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Bolavor - Safe -
6- BATTLE-
If all goes well, there shouldn't be any Battle...
7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
Imperial Beaurocracy - 4 (Failed) Strategic Planning
Dekko Nitrix - 1 (Success) Sabotage Lortran Jumpship on Marx
Zibble Nitrix - 4 (Failed)
Karth Nitrix - 5 (Failed)

edit: Re-read the rules, Strategic Planning auto succeeds apparently.  Make my init +1 next turn]
This message was last edited by the player at 18:23, Sat 12 Apr 2008.

The Kadeshi show great reverence to the Technopope during a bi-annual celebration.  New technological gismozs are shown off, new alcohol is displayed and consumed, quite a number of ladies and gentlemen get married, and not a few people celebrate the lack of war in recent seasons by vomiting and passing out.  Will the peace long continue?

A veteran Kadeshi noble from abroad joins the cause, following his new wife from the Emporex- the lady-in-waiting Selona.  His main duty: managing the fleet and home economics.

Meanwhile, Kadesh warns that occupation of Dalton or Bazarum will result in severe diplomatic hostilities and economic sanctions.  Eden is left to be free and a military presence is not desired there, least the Kadeshi military must move from its current slumber to protect the holy land.

The Gurati are again the subject of a ceasefire pending a response to a discussion of surrender.  The Kadeshi forces are skeptical, however, and are pressing the Countess for renewed attacks.  She has not answered the popular call, yet, apparently somewhat worn out from her visit to Dalton... Some skeptical news reports suggest it is a government ploy to buy time, but they have not the common agreement of the masses.

As to Lortran and Nitrix, Kadeshi generals merely reiterate that they should avoid intruding on Kadeshi space least the growing number of nuclear arsenals deployed through the Kadeshi system be aimed at their spacecraft.  Should they require anything, their missives will be accepted.

[Private to Lord Nitrix: Sending that spacecraft now to Bolavar.  Please have no nukes aimed against it.  Also, it is free due to being late.]

[Private to GM:
CORRECTIONS: 1 noble (see below) on Paralax.  1 JS on Yoravar.  I think that's all.  Thanks! :)

1- INITIATIVE-
22:21, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 1 using 1d6. Init.

TOTAL INIT: 1+2 (Strategic Planning) = +3

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
22:22, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 1 using 1d6. Recruit.

Lord Yelvin Kadesh, the husband of Lady Selona, has now moved into the sector, from other Kadeshi holdings to help administer the growing fleet.

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-

1 JS (Yoravar): 4
1 JS (Bazarum): 6 (If possessed; otherwise save it)

2 Priests (Kadesh): 10
1 Miner (Mox): 1
1 Miner (Mercurum): 1
1 Amazon (Punah): 3


Spent: 25
Saved: 02

4- MOVEMENT-

1 JS from Mox THROUGH Punah (picks up 1 Amazon, leaving 1) and THEN occupies Dalton.
1 JS from Mercurum to Dalton (carries 2 priests)
1 JS from Kadesh TO Mox (carries 1 noble Priestess Captain Sayla,  2 warrior priest and 1 nuke)
1 JS from Yoravar to Kadesh (empty)
1 JS from Computus TO Bazarum (carries 1 House Troops)
1 JS from Bazarum (if built) TO Bolavar (gift to Nitrix) - make it appear as if Nitrix stole it
1 JS from Paralax to Computus (carries 1 noble, 2 fanatics, 1 nuke)
1 JS from Paralax to Mox (carries 2 nukes)


5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
All nukes ARMED to strike INC JUMPSHIPS

6- BATTLE-

New conquests: Dalton (+1)

Total Income: +29
Upkeep: (37 units) -4?
Saved: +2
Payment from Nitrix: 0?

Next turn's treasury: +27


7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
Emporex Diplomacy: EDEN: FAIL
Rebel Sabotage: Lortran JS at Marx: FAIL
Death Assassination: (use to cover up ship transfer to Nitrix; otherwise, if Gurati attack before my turn, then use against any Gurati noble except the baron)

  1. Countess Varlia Kadesh
Strategic Planning + 1
  2. Priest Captain Gerlien (Paralax)
Strategic Planning + 1
  3. Priestess Captain Sayla (moved to Mox)
  4. Lord Kirtiu Prad
Strategic Planning + 1
  5. Lady Selona Kadesh
Strategic Planning + 1
  6. Lord Yelvin Kadesh (new)
Diplomacy: Eden: FAIL

TOTAL STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR NEXT TURN: +4
]

The imperial sages report:

Spies inform us of a secret meeting of Kadesh nobles. Messages have been sent to every corner of their holdings, persumably in preparation of a lightning strike.

On the peaceful world of Aquara, a newly calmed sea monster goes berserk, smashing the floating platform a Nitrix jumpship was being refitted on. The enormous beast destabilized the sturdily built platform, making the ungainly ship wobble and nearly slide off and into the depths of the watery planet. Later on, Nitrix security found traces of an irritant in the water surrounding the platform. A private Lortran waverider was seen hastily escaping the planet not short after.

Even the Nitrix base planet is not immune from meddilng of other Houses. It is not clear what the Lortran envoy's business was there, however.

Baron Marcos of Houre Lortran used the distractions to court the leaders of the Mercenary guild. House Nitrix failed to provide proper profit for mercenary forces, and thus the offer was quickly welcomed and embraced.

The Nitrix, however, worked hard to get even with the Lortran. While blunt, cowardly and unrefined by other houses' standards, a miniature nuclear charge on the right place vaporized the Lortran jumpship on marx, along with a few thousand of Marx' inhabitants.

Unexpectedly (especially considering its neighboring Houses), Bazarium broke its alliance with house Kadesh. Radiation scarred diplomats from the peaceful world of Pyreen were the negotiators instrumental in drawing Bazarium under Gurati rule. It seems that the callous use of nuclear weapons will continue to haunt House Kadesh for a long time.


The imperial navigator reports:

The planned Lortran troop movements faltered because of Nitrix jumpship sabotage.

A newly built Kadesh jumpship escapes the takover of Bazarium and seeks refuge in the system of Bolavor. Its crew is interned and the ship taken over by Nitrix navigators.


The imperial strategist reports:

The Gurati rule over Bazarium proved extremely short as the Kadesh moved in with their Imperial Navy sponsored jumpship and dropped House Troops onto the trade planet. This also ends the independence aims of the trade council ; but reduced trade tariffs and trade subsidies quickly silenced any opposition among merchants.

On Dalton, the Kadesh force intent on capturing the planet runs into opposition... or at least it seems so. The transhuman supersoldiers guarding the world seem detached from the rest of humanity, and seem to be uncaring about the ongoing invasion. On the contrary, they offer to join the invading Kadesh force, an offer which the commander is more than eager to accept.

The nature of Lortran meddling becomes apparent - their ships contained supplies and funds for Mercenaries who chose to switch sides in this conflict.

Site 1: Nitrix homeworld

Nitrix: 2 nobles, 3 house troops
Lortran: 2 Mercenaries
Psychic phase: Psionic Blast for Dekko.
First strike: 5 dice for the Nitrix. (6,1,6,1,6. The RNG loves you.)
The combined might of house troops and the nobles' psi powers is enough to wipe out the traitorous Mercenaries.

Site 2: Aquaria

Nitrix: 1 sea monsters
Lortran: 1 Mercs
After a sickeningly long game of hide and seek, the supply base of the mercenaries is finally sunk by a decisive attack of tamed sea monsters. The few remaining mercs flee the planet in hired ships.

Site 3: Hellish

Nitrix: 1 jumpship, 2 Rimspace pirates, 1 Nitrix Suicide Squads
Lortran: 2 Mercenaries
Phase 1: Lortran suffers 1 hit, Nitrix suffers 3 hits
Confusing short range actions in the tunnels and domed cities of Hellish see vicious battles between hireling forces; even the bravery of the Suicide Squads is insufficient to stop the Mercenaries from taking over the planet in the name of House Lortran. It was only by a hair, though. The Jumpship sitting complacently on a landing pad was quickly destroyed as well.

• Location -Name
• A10 -Lortran- [Private to Duke Lortran: 3 nobles, 1 house troop, 1 damper funds:14 ]
• A1 -Gurati- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 noble, 2 house troops, 3heretics, 1 nuke, 2 colonial rangers funds:22 ]
• J1 -Kadesh- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 4 nobles, 1 fanatics, 1 damper, 1 jumpship funds:26 ]
• J10 -Nitrix- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 2 Nobles (Dekko, Karth, ), 3 House Troops, funds:18 ]
• G8 -Aquara- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 1 sea monster ]
• J6 -Bazarium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troops, 1 jumpship (IN), ]
• I7 -Bolavor- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 1 noble (Zibble), 2 Nitrix Suicide Squads, 1 Nuclear Arsenal, 2 jungle fighters,1 suicide squad, 1 damper field, 2 jumpship ]
• J5 -Computus- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 2 RDMs, 2 nukes, 1 jumpship, 2 fanatics ]
• E2 -Dalton- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 transhuman supersoldiers, 1 jumpship, 2 warrior priests ]
• E6 -Eden- [Private to Baron Gurati: Baron Gurati, 1x Imperial Shock Troops , 1 jumpship, 1 desert warriors, 1 colonial rangers, 1 solar templars ]
• D2 -Frost- [Private to Baron Gurati: 2 ice barbarians, 1 colonial rangers ]
• A5 -Griddox- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 Prison Soldiers ]
• E8 -Hellish- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 Mercenaries ]
• C8 -Marx- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 noble, 2 house troops, 3 psychic veterans, 1 arsenal (BM), 2 clone soldiers, 1 psychic veterans,  1 arsenal, 1 jumpships, 1 dampers, ]
• F5 -Mercurium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 Warrior priests , 4 miners, 1 nuclear arsenals, ]
• G2 -Mox- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 4 miners,2 jumpships, 2 warrior priests, 1 noble, no nukes since there were none at Kadesh, 2 nukes ]
• J3 -Parallax- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 priest, 1 house troops, 1 noble ]
• F2 -Punah- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 2 Amazonians, 1 jumpship ]
• D3 -Pyreen- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1x Desert  warriors, ]
• B3 -Quayat- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 desert wariors ]
• B9 -Scorch- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 house troop, 1 psychic veteran, 2 lava projectors ]
• C3 -Seedeen- [Private to Baron Gurati: 3 imperial conscripts, 3 house troops, 1 jumpship ]
• J2 -Yoravar- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troop ]
• D7 -Zenceti- #REF! #REF! ]

The imperial cartographer reports:

      1      2       3      4       5        6       7       8       9     10
   ______         _______        ________         _______         ______
  /Gurati\_______/       \______/Gridox  \_______/       \_______/      \______
A \_G0/8_/       \_______/      \_G0/1___/       \_______/       \______/Lortran
  /      \_______/Quayat \______/        \_______/       \_______/Scorch\_L0/2_/
B \______/       \_G0/1__/      \________/       \_______/       \_L0/4_/      \
  /      \_______/Seedeen\______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
C \______/       \_G1/6__/      \________/       \_______/ Marx  \______/      \
  /      \_______/Pyreen \______/        \_______/Zenceti\_L1/11_/      \______/
D \______/ Frost \_G0/1__/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \__G0/3_/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
E \______/ Dalton\_______/      \________/ Eden  \_______/Hellish\______/      \
  /      \_K1/3__/       \______/Mercurum\_G1/4__/       \_L0/1__/      \______/
F \______/ Punah \_______/      \_K0/6___/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_K1/2__/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
G \______/  Mox  \_______/      \________/       \_______/Aquara \______/      \
  /      \_K1/8__/       \______/        \_______/       \_N0/1__/      \______/
H \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/        \_______/Bolavor\_______/      \______/
I \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_N2/7__/       \______/      \
  /Kadesh\_______/Paralax\______/Computus\_______/       \_______/      \______/
J \_K1/2_/Yoravar\_K0/2__/      \_K1/6___/Bazarum\_______/       \______/Nitrix\
         \_K0/1__/       \______/        \__K1/1_/       \_______/      \_N0/3_/

Confident his border squabbles with house Nitrix have come to an end, Duke Lortran consolodates his holdings.

[Private to GM: Orders:
1- INITIATIVE-
16:08, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. init.
2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
16:09, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. recruit noble.  (no new nobles)
3- RECRUIT TROOPS-

Lortran: 2x house troops. cost 4
Marx: 1x clones. cost 1.
Scortch: 1x lava projectors. cost 3.
Hellish: subterranian mutants cost 4.


4- MOVEMENT-
Move jumpship from Marx (C8) to Hellish  loaded with:
1 damper, 2 psychic vet


5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Nukes Marx: safe
Black Market Nukes: armed (jumpships)


6- BATTLE-
For battles occuring before my turn:
Lortran group:
1. damper (I think this isn't actually there anymore, actually--went to Marx?)
2. house troops (+nobles)

Scortch group:
1. house troops
2. Lava projectors
3. psychic vets

Marx group:
1. clones
2. house troops
3. damper
4. psychic vets (+noble)


For battles occuring after/during my turn:
Lortran group:
1. house troops (+nobles)

Scortch group:
1. house troops
2. Lava projectors
3. psychic vets

Marx group:
1. clones
2. house troops
3. psychic vets (+noble)

Marx --> hellish group:
1. damper
2. psychic vets


7- NOBLE ACTIONS-


Duke Tycho (A10) - Intrigue--Spacing Guild
 16:24, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. noble action 1.
Baron Marcos (A10) - sabotage (yorvar army unit)
 16:24, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. noble action 2.
Marquis Alex (A10) - sabotage (yorvar army unit)
 16:25, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. noble action 3.
Baroness Carly (C8) -
 16:26, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 6 using 1d6. noble action 4.

CoM diplo attempt at Zenceti:
 16:27, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. Church of Mankind diplo. #1.
CoM diplo attempt at yoravar (just in case someone is better at sabotage than me!):
 16:28, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. Church of Mankind diplo. #2.
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This message was last edited by the player at 08:29, Thu 17 Apr 2008.

Countess Kadesh steps out onto a podium before a cheering crowd of followers.  She smiles at them fondly.  She seems quite fatigued, but her eyes shine with a resilience that only one who knows the beloved gospel of the Technopope could understand.  The endless criticism of the galactic community about her nuking Pyreen has worn her down, but it has not ended her belief in the justice of her cause.

"People of the new Era!  Citizens of Science!  As you know, we have been engaged in a struggle for life and death.  Although the Gurati have been given every opportunity to turn aside a deleterious war- in hopes that during our observation of the holidays they would have time to cool down, they have only sought to annoy us or blight us with fresh advances.  By infiltrating Bazarum, they have shown an uncanny willingness to appropriate our territory without consideration.  By invading holy Eden with a large force, they have filled the space-waves with cries for our aid from the Edeni clergy."

She does not mention that the clergy added a few words about that aid not including nuclear arsenals, nor does she note that they did not include the bishop's plea alongside theirs.

"Citizens!  We are poised on the edge of history.  Listen."  She finds that they are screaming loudly and she cannot be heard.  She holds up her hands, wishing the speech were already over.  It takes a while for the crowd to quit screaming and Lady Varlia smiles... hiding the effort it takes.

"I wish to applaud Duke Lortran's end to expansion.  We shall avoid entangled relations with him as long as he does the same with us.  We applaud the restraint Lord Dekko Nitrix has shown towards our space, especially when he might have seized Bazarum so recently.  This causes us to forgive the loss of a jumpship and to grant it as a gift of friendship."

She pauses and looks across the crowd, separated by bullet-proof glass and various energy fields.  Is this what life has become with the new threat of assassinations?  Did Lady Selona know what she was marrying into?  Probably... worse, she is a greater schemer than Varlia's family.  The Countess is not sure she doesn't regret recruiting her.

"We have decided that the Gurati must decide.  Time is out.  Baron Gurati, if you are listening, I ask that you decide to lay down arms for the sake of your people.  Pay us a reparation for occupying Bazarum and Eden, and... leave our system.  Leave Eden.  If you do not do this, then we shall advance until you are destroyed and the righteousness of our cause shall burn away your impure evil and grostesque machinations.  And the holy thunder shall strike down our enemies and roar of the jumpship shall blot out your vile counsels and there shall be no more mercy when you repent and beg on bended knee.  So let it be, O people of Kadesh!"

And she turned from the podium and went inside with slow, almost regal movements.  The careful observer might have noticed many of her hairs had begun turning white... Someone with a lens- prohibited- might have noticed she slumped slightly against a wall before turning completely inside...

[Private to GM:

1- INITIATIVE-
13:38, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 5 using 1d6. Initiative.

TOTAL = 5 + 4 (SP) = +9

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
Fail.  Total Nobles = 6

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-

2 Priests (kadesh) 10
1 JS (Yoravar) 04

1 Nuke (Dalton) 05
1 Amazon (Punah) 03
1 Miner (Mercurum)      01

Spent: 23
Saved: 03

4- MOVEMENT-

Dalton (2 Priests, 1 nuke) TO Frost
Punah (2 Amazons) TO Frost
Mox (1 Noble- #3, 2 Priests, 1 nuke) TO Frost *see note on nuke
Kadesh (1 JS, 1 noble- #6, 2 priests) TO Mox
Yoravar (1 JS: EMPTY) TO Kadesh
Bazarum (1 JS- IN: EMPTY) TO (EDIT: Paralax)
Mox (1 JS: EMPTY) TO Frost (NOTE: this ship is used to soak any nukes- this is Priestess Captain Sayla's bold tactic)

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
All nukes ARMED to strike INC JUMPSHIPS
Dalton ---> Frost Nuke (ATTACK)
Mox ---> Frost Nuke: Reserve for INC JS after conquest; use in battle if desperate!


6- BATTLE-
Attack on Frost: 3 JS, 2 Nukes (one immediately used), 4 priests, 2 amazons, 1 noble (#3)

IF WIN: Conquer Frost (+1)

Total Earnings: (+30)
Total Saved: +3
Total Upkeep: depends on how many units are lost
Total Balance: ??


7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
Emporex Diplomacy: FAIL
Rebel Sabotage: EDEN JS: FAIL
Death Assassination: Any Gurati Noble but the Baron: FAIL

  1. Countess Varlia Kadesh
Sabotage Eden JS: FAIL
  2. Priest Captain Gerlien (Paralax: Hold)
Sabotage Eden JS: FAIL
  3. Priestess Captain Sayla (Mox ---> Frost)
Moved
  4. Lord Kirtiu Prad
Strategic Planning + 1
  5. Lady Selona Kadesh
Strategic Planning + 1
  6. Lord Yelvin Kadesh (Kadesh--->Mox)
Moved

Total Strategic Planning: +2

]
This message was last edited by the player at 01:53, Tue 15 Apr 2008.

-=The Nitrix Homeworld=-

The hallway leading to to the War Room was a somber and inspiring visage, filled with the painted portraits of previous Lords...Dekko had not had his own painted yet.  It was traditional that one wait a full year before indulging their ego in such a way, any lesser amount of time and one was little more than a foot note, unworthy of a place in the hall.  Given the Nitrix tendency towards insurrection, assassination, and sabotage, the Hallway was not near as full as one might expect given the depth of intergalactic history.  Sprawled in the hallway were men in ash gray uniforms and matte black armor, a white sphere giving that black shape over the heart of each member of the House Guard, an eight pointed black star with four curved lines leading from the border to the center.

The door to the War Room was ajar, revealing it's polished black interior.  A table with a holographic display had been rudely upended and apparently used for cover.  Men lay dead on the floor here as well, their uniforms the colors of the vaunted Imperial Mercenary Guild, each man's face was flushed and swollen as if stung by thousand bees, and where their head lay against the floor a dull strata of indigo and green extended in a small radius.  Dekko himself stood upright in the chamber, his unarmored gray uniform adorned with a black cape held in place by a silver cord, a spiderweb like spray of scarlet and white crawled across the floor and ended at the feet of each Mercenary.  The chamber was made of Astori Crystal, an artificial mineral of no practical value at all, but highly sought after by the Nitrix for it's curious ability to register psionic phenomena in it's presence and display it in vivid displays like the one surrounding Dekko now. It found it's way into all the most important chambers of Nitrix officials, so that the unattuned could see the building psionic storm around a passionate commander that the psi-sensitives felt all too acutely.

Boots stormed down the hall, and Dekko relaxed as he felt the aura of Karth amongst those coming.  Relaxed, but kept his hand on the sidearm hidden underneath his cape...it never paid to trust a Nitrix too closely, a moment of weakness like this assault on the capital tempted them all with whispers of improving their own prominence.  Particularly the young ones, like Karth.

"Dekko!  Thank the Technopope you're alive, when we saw the men outside...!"  Karth started, comming to an abrupt stop as Dekko raised a hand from his side and closed it in a fist, signaling for silence.

"Old man Lortran is more canny than I gave him credit."  Dekko said, striding over to kick one of the dead Mercs in the chamber "It cost him not a Solat, but he has deprived us of all allies, save the gutless Imperial Beaurocracy.  Round up those Mercenaries still alive on Nitrix.  I want them "reassigned" to the Suicide Squads, and don't bother being subtle about it.  They'll be moving to The Front as soon as possible as an example to the Rimspace Pirates should those glorified brigands get any funny ideas in the wake of current events." wandering towards the holographic table, Dekko grabbed hold of the edges with both hands and put it upright again.

"And rescind the banishment of Faradi Nitrix.  I'm reinstating the Blacksun Corps, and there isn't a Nitrix alive better versed in the art of shadow warfare." Dekko finished, of course, Faradi's talent for running spy rings and finding assassins and saboteurs had been what had resulted in her exile in the first place.  Old man Gendel had become worried she might seek to depose him, and had sent her away to govern an unimportant dustball where storms blocked communication signals most days.  It was a risk, but by returning Faradi to the work she loved, and perhaps offering her a more stately world to call her own, she could be appeased.
[Private to The Void:
1- INITIATIVE-
Rolled 5 + 1 ( 6 )

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
Rolled 1 (Success)

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
3 Solats sent to Countess Kadesh in return for her aid
Bolavor - 1 Jungle Fighters - 1 Solat
Nitrix - 2 Suicide Squads - 6 Solat

4- MOVEMENT-
Jumpship Red Dawn (Bolavor --> Aquaria)
     - Zibble's Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad
Jumpship Shining Lady (Bolavor --> Nitrix)

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Bolavor - Safe -

6- BATTLE-
Aquaria - Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad, Sea Monster, Zibble's Suicide Squad

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
Imperial Beaurocracy - (Autosuccess) +1 Init next turn
Dekko Nitrix - 5 (Failed)
Zibble Nitrix - Moving
Karth Nitrix - 1 (Success) Sabotage the Lortran Jumpship on Marx
Faradi Nitrix - 5 (Failed)
(I goofed, forgot that a Noble doesn't get a Noble Action when moving.  Moved the rolls down)]
This message was last edited by the player at 18:45, Mon 14 Apr 2008.

Adjusting Orders To Better Suit The New Reality
[Private to The Void:
1- INITIATIVE-
Rolled 5 + 1 ( 6 )

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
Rolled 1 (Success)

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
3 Solats sent to Countess Kadesh in return for her aid
Bolavor - 1 Jungle Fighters - 1 Solat
Nitrix - 2 Suicide Squads - 6 Solat
Hellish - 1 Subterrainian Mutants - 4 Solats

4- MOVEMENT-
Jumpship Pending Glory (No Movement)
Jumpship Red Dawn (Bolavor --> Aquaria)
     - Zibble's Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad
Jumpship Shining Lady (Bolavor --> Nitrix)

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Bolavor - Safe -

6- BATTLE-
Aquaria - Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad, Sea Monster, Zibble's Suicide Squad

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
Imperial Beaurocracy - (Autosuccess) +1 Init next turn
Dekko Nitrix - 5 (Failed)
Zibble Nitrix - Moving
Karth Nitrix - 1 (Success) Sabotage the Lortran Jumpship on Marx
Faradi Nitrix - 5 (Failed)

I'm not certain if you want me to leave the Noble Actions unadjusted.  If allowed to change, Karth should Intrigue the Imperial Aristocracy from Gurati (giving mechanical oomph to both the new avenues of Psionic Research and the focus of Nitrixian covert ops in comming turns)]

PMing round 7 moves

[Private to GM:

beginning:
Jerstertia III
Castile Gurati
2 x House Troops
3 x Discordian Heretics
1 x Nuclear Arsenal
2 x Colonial Ranger

Eden
Baron Andorus Gurati
1 x Imperial Shocktroops
1 x Desert Warriors
1 x Colonial Rangers
1 x Solar Templars
Jumpship Beta

Frost
1 x Colonial Rangers
2 x Ice Barbarians

Gridox
1 x Prison Conscripts

Pyreen
1 x Desert Warriors

Quayat
1 x Desert Warriors

Seedeen
3 x Imperial Conscripts
3 x House Troops
Jumpship Alpha

Treasury
22 Solats



1- INITIATIVE-
rolled 1

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
rolled 3, 4 and 5. No noble recruited

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Jerstertia III - Jumpship (cost 6)
Quayat - Desert Warriors (cost 5)
Frost - Ice Barbarians(cost 3)
Seedeen - Imperial Conscripts (cost 1)
Eden - Solar Templars (cost 7)

4- MOVEMENT-
JUMPSHIP ALPHA, 3x House Troops: Seedeen (3c) --> Pyreen (3d)

JUMPSHIP BETA: Eden (6e) --> Pyreen (3d)

GM: So can a Jumpship move through enemy territory on route ... specifically, can Kadesh JS's move from Dalton, through Frost and Pyreen, to land on Seedeen (as their three space move); or must they go around the my territory?

2 x Colonial Rangers: Jerstertia III (1a) -->  Seedeen (3c)

GM: Can I use the Jumpship I purchase this round?  If so:

Jumpship GAMMA, 2 x Heretics, 1 x Nuke: Jersertia III (1a) --> Seedeen (3c)

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
none

6- BATTLE-
initiate none

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
1: Baron Gurati (3B): Govern Eden: auto succeed: rolled +2: = 4 Solat
2: Castile Gurati (1A): Govern Jerstertia III: auto succeed: rolled +2: = 7 Solat

Colonial Council Diplomacy:  Zenceti:  rolled 1: <Success>.
Pyreen Diplomacy: Zenceti: rolled 5: failure.

additional notes of Interest:
1/  Andorus Gurati stands down as Baron of the House.
     Castile Gurati named as head of House Gurati ... Baron Castile coronated on Jerstertia III.
2/  Baron Gurati's first decree:  he hands Zenceti over to the House of Lortran.
     He asks only that his fellow house accept it as a sign of good faith.



Treasury:
Govern Jerstertia = 7
Govern Eden = 4
Surgeons of Silas = 1
Spacing Guild = 1

End Treasury total (round 7): ?? ]
This message was last edited by the player at 06:39, Thu 17 Apr 2008.

The imperial sages report:

The Church of Mankind courts the peaceful but powerfully psychic natives on the alien world of Zenceti. Common ground is quickly found, and the Zenceti council agrees to come under the protection of wise Duke Lortran. They refuse to let their own fight off-world however.

However, the Lortran plans suffer a serious setpack when their jumpship on Marx has to be written off due to massive systems failiure. The ship had served well for years, but it seems the latest attack of rust worms on vital systems left it inoperable... curously, the rust worms were only found on the critical junction. The imperial spies find it conspicuous that Karth Nitrix was absent from his residence at the exact same time.

Lord Kirtiu Prad and Lady Selona Prad are seen on all planets controlled by House Kadesh this month. It seems they are concentrating their effort on providing a strategic advantage to the Countess' military movements.

The remaining Gurati nobles, the old Baron and his successor, Castile, show up on Eden and the Gurati homestar, making numerous public appearances and urging merchants to do business. A new time of prosperity arrives for Gurati subjects.

A sizeable amount of Solats changed hands today, as Lord Nitrix made a generous gift to the Countess. Speculations about the meaning of this are plentiful.


The imperial strategists report:

The long awaited move of the Countess has been made. A swarm of ships deposits their load on the barren wold of Frost. Posessing no intrinsic value other than its strategic position, the world is expected to fall quickly.

Frost:
Kadesh: 4 jumpships, 2 nuclear arsenals, 4 warrior priests (2,psi), 2 Amazonians (3), 1 noble (Priestess Captain Sayla)
Gurati:3 ice barbarians (3, fs), 1 colonial rangers (2)

Nuclear exchange phase: the Kadesh incinerate much of the small inhabited area of the world. The few volcanic peaks that provided heat for comfortable life are now but giant radioactive calderas. No defending units were destroyed, even if there were close calls.
round 1:
Psychic phase: two of the warrior priests unleash enormous molecular disruption effects that melt through icestorms as readily as through fortifications
First strike phase: Kadesh troops have a hard time adapting to the icestorms and rugged mountainious terrain. Popping up from unexpected places, the defending Ice barbarians manage to remove the two Amazonian regiments, leaving the dismembered beautiful women in the middle of an icy waste... A regiment of warrior priests that came to their rescue also was obliterated by unseen, higly adapted barbarians.
Combat phase: The Kadesh forces break into subterranean ice tunnels used by the barbarians. The offworld troops are led on a wild goose chase through the tunnels by the elite Colonial Rangers; much mining and ambushes later, no damage was done to either side. (OOC: someone lucked out big time  this round :))
round 2:
Psychic phase: Not one of the psi-heavy Kadesh units managed to call down ungodly fury. It must be the confining ice tunnes, the cold, the feeling of imminent death...
First strike phase: The barbarians tried to lure the Kadesh troops into the vincinity of a huge fusion reactor and blow that up. That worked... almost. One of the Warrior priests perished.
Combat phase: Again, the untouchable colonial rangers make sure the few remaining kadesh troops are left in the numbing cold wondering what exactly they are doing there... Priestess Captain Sayla had to resort to extreme measures of regaining order and discipline.
round 3:
Psychic phase: Probably spurred on by the ruthless Priestess, the remaining two regiments of Warrior priests manage to unleash a huge maelstrom of psi energy that burns hotter than anger.
First strike: Incredibly, despite the amount of destruction (leaving a few new molten lakes on Frost), there are no casualties.
Combat phase: Finally, a regiment of psychic priests manages to locate the tiny contingent of Colonial Rangers aiding the defense of Frost. The brave men are quickly exterminated - but the last one holds a smile, and a detonator that overloads their jumpships' engines and lets a hundred cubic kilometers of planet disappear... along with the unknown hero, and a regiment of warrior priests.
round 4:
Psychic phase: Shocked, desperate and alone, Priestess captain Sayla and her remaining regiment manage to tap into the psychic energy pool...
First strike phase: However, even those terrible energies are not enough to exterminate the ice barbarians. They do not emerge from hiding to attack the Priestess either, however, preferring to let Frost itself show the folly of invading an ice waste to the Kadesh....
round 5:
Psychic phase: The cold and isolation finally break the Kadeshi hold on psi energies. They find themselves abandoned, alone, and...
First strike: ...outnumbered. The Ice barbarians show up around them like ghosts, wielding cold monosteel blades and soundless ranged weapons. Priestess Captain Sayla was the last one to fall, her once beautiful body battered beyond recognition. She remains displayed on an altar of eternal ice next to Frost's spaceport for all to see.

Despite all odds, the Ice Barbarians managed to defend Frost from a superior and sophisticated opponent. Surely, the Countess should have provided even more nuclear arsenals to blanket Frost with nuclear fire... or perhaps the Kadesh can conquer only planets softened up by a bombardment? Be it as it may, the loss of so many regiments and a noble will be felt throughout Kadesh space.


The imperial cartographer reports:

      1      2       3      4       5        6       7       8       9     10
   ______         _______        ________         _______         ______
  /Gurati\_______/       \______/Gridox  \_______/       \_______/      \______
A \_G0/3_/       \_______/      \_G0/1___/       \_______/       \______/Lortran
  /      \_______/Quayat \______/        \_______/       \_______/Scorch\_L0/4_/
B \______/       \_G0/2__/      \________/       \_______/       \_L0/5_/      \
  /      \_______/Seedeen\______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
C \______/       \_G1/10_/      \________/       \_______/ Marx  \______/      \
  /      \_______/Pyreen \______/        \_______/Zenceti\_L0/12_/      \______/
D \______/ Frost \_G2/4__/      \________/       \__L____/       \______/      \
  /      \__G0/3_/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
E \______/ Dalton\_______/      \________/ Eden  \_______/Hellish\______/      \
  /      \_K0/3__/       \______/Mercurum\_G0/5__/       \_L1/2__/      \______/
F \______/ Punah \_______/      \_K0/7___/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_K0/1__/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
G \______/  Mox  \_______/      \________/       \_______/Aquara \______/      \
  /      \_K1/9__/       \______/        \_______/       \_N1/4__/      \______/
H \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/        \_______/Bolavor\_______/      \______/
I \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_N0/4__/       \______/      \
  /Kadesh\_______/Paralax\______/Computus\_______/       \_______/      \______/
J \_K1/2_/Yoravar\_K1/2__/      \_K1/6___/Bazarum\_______/       \______/Nitrix\
         \_K0/1__/       \______/        \__K0/1_/       \_______/      \_N1/5_/

• Location -Name
• A10 -Lortran- [Private to Duke Lortran: 3 nobles, 3 house troop, 1 damper funds:11 ]
• A1 -Gurati- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 noble, 2 house troops, 1 heretics funds:16 ]
• J1 -Kadesh- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 3 nobles, 1 fanatics, 1 damper, 1 jumpship funds:30 ]
• J10 -Nitrix- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 2 Nobles (Dekko, Karth, ), 3 House Troops, 2 suicide squads, 1 jumpship funds:13 ]
• G8 -Aquara- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 1 sea monster,1 noble (Zibble), 3 Nitrix Suicide Squads, 1 jumpship ]
• J6 -Bazarium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troops, ]
• I7 -Bolavor- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 1 Nuclear Arsenal, 2 jungle fighters, 1 damper field ]
• J5 -Computus- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 2 RDMs, 2 nukes, 1 jumpship, 2 fanatics ]
• E2 -Dalton- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 transhuman supersoldiers, ]
• E6 -Eden- [Private to Baron Gurati: Baron Gurati, 1x Imperial Shock Troops, 1 desert warriors, 1 colonial rangers, 2 solar templars ]
• D2 -Frost- [Private to Baron Gurati: 3 ice barbarians ]
• A5 -Griddox- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 Prison Soldiers ]
• E8 -Hellish- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 1 mutansts, 1 suicide squad, 1 jumpship ]
• C8 -Marx- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 noble, 2 house troops, 3 psychic veterans, 1 arsenal (BM), 3 clone soldiers, 1 psychic veterans,  1 arsenal, 1 dampers, ]
• F5 -Mercurium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 Warrior priests , 5 miners, 1 nuclear arsenals, ]
• G2 -Mox- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 4 miners, 2 warrior priests, 2 nobles, 1 nukes, 1 jumpship, 2 warrior priests ]
• J3 -Parallax- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 priest, 1 house troops, 1 noble,1 jumpship (IN), ]
• F2 -Punah- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 Amazonians, ]
• D3 -Pyreen- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1x Desert  warriors, 3 house troops, 2 jumpships ]
• B3 -Quayat- [Private to Baron Gurati: 2 desert wariors ]
• B9 -Scorch- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 house troop, 1 psychic veteran, 3 lava projectors ]
• C3 -Seedeen- [Private to Baron Gurati: 4 imperial conscripts, 2 colonial rangers, 3heretics, 1 nuke, jumpship (SG) ]
• J2 -Yoravar- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troop, ]
• D7 -Zenceti- [Private to Duke Lortran: 0 ]

This message was last edited by the GM at 07:39, Mon 21 Apr 2008.

From his black chair on Nitrix, Dekko studies the battle of Frost, trying to deduce if the Kadesh had had a poor showing, or if the Gurati's drill instructors had brought out a hidden potential in the barbarians of Frost.  Nodding to himself, he prepared his orders for the coming months.

[Private to The Void:
1- INITIATIVE-
Rolled 6 + 1 ( 7 )

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
Rolled 6 (Failure)

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Bolavor - Jungle Fighters - 1 Solats
Nitrix - House Troops, Suicide Squad - 5 Solats
Hellish - Subterranean Mutants - 4 Solats

4- MOVEMENT-
Jumpship Pending Glory
Jumpship Red Dawn
Jumpship Shining Lady (Nitrix --> Bolavor)
     - Faradi's Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Bolavor - Safe -

6- BATTLE-
Aquaria - Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad, Sea Monster, Zibble's Suicide Squad

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
Imperial Beaurocracy - (Autosuccess) +1 Init next turn
Dekko Nitrix - 1 (Success) Intrigue Imperial Aristocracy
Zibble Nitrix - 5 (Failed)
Karth Nitrix - 2 (Failed)
Faradi Nitrix - Moving]
This message was last edited by the player at 18:34, Fri 18 Apr 2008.

PM round 8 moves

[Private to GM:

beginning:
Jerstertia III
Baron Castile Gurati
2 x House Troops
1 x Discordian Heretics

Eden
Andorus Gurati
1 x Imperial Shocktroops
1 x Desert Warriors
1 x Colonial Rangers
2 x Solar Templars

Frost
3 x Ice Barbarians

Gridox
1 x Prison Conscripts

Pyreen
1 x Desert Warriors
3 x House Troops
Jumpship Alpha
Jumpship Beta

Quayat
2 x Desert Warriors

Seedeen
4 x Imperial Conscripts
3 x House Troops
2 x Colonial Rangers
3 x Heretics
1 x Nuke
Jumpship Gamma

Treasury
16 Solats



1- INITIATIVE-
rolled 6

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
rolled 5 and 5 _{free roll + S of Silex}. No noble recruited

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Quayat - Desert Warriors (cost 5)
Frost - Ice Barbarians(cost 3)
Seedeen - Imperial Conscripts (cost 1)
Eden - Solar Templars (cost 7)

4- MOVEMENT-
JUMPSHIP ALPHA, 3x House Troops: Pyreen (3d) --> Frost (4d)

JUMPSHIP BETA: Pyreen (3d) --> Seedeen (3c)

JUMPSHIP GAMMA, 2 x Heretics, 1 x Nuke: Seedeen (3c) --> Pyreen (3d)
   arm Nuke to attack any enemy jumpship that enters this system!

2 x Colonial Rangers: Seedeen (3c) --> Frost (4d)

GM: So can a Jumpship move through enemy territory on route ... specifically, can Kadesh JS's move from Dalton, through Frost and Pyreen, to land on Seedeen (as their three space move); or must they go around the my territory?


5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
none

6- BATTLE-
initiate none

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
1: Baron Gurati (1a): Govern Jerstertia III: auto succeed: rolled +3: = 8 Solat
2: Andorus Gurati: Intrigue: Imperial Navy: rolled 1: <Success>
3: Imperial Aristocracy: Govern Eden: auto succeed: rolled +3: = 5 Solat


Treasury:
Govern Jerstertia = 7
Govern Eden = 5
Surgeons of Silas = 1
Spacing Guild = 1

End Treasury total (round 8): ?? ]

Duke Lortran exercises the patience his followers know him for.


[Private to GM: Orders:
1- INITIATIVE-
19:09, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. init.
2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
19:09, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. recruit noble.
3- RECRUIT TROOPS-

Lortran: 2x house troops. cost 4
Marx: clone. cost 1
Scortch: lava projector. cost 3
Zenceti: psychic natives. cost 1.


4- MOVEMENT-
Unfortunately not possible!

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Nukes Marx: armed (jumpships)
Black Market Nukes Marx: armed (jumpships)


6- BATTLE-

Lortran group:
1. damper (I think this isn't actually there anymore, actually--went to Marx?)
2. house troops (+nobles)

Scortch group:
1. house troops
2. Lava projectors
3. psychic vets

Marx group:
1. clones
2. house troops
3. damper
4. psychic vets (+noble)

Zenceti group:
psychic natives



7- NOBLE ACTIONS-


Duke Tycho (A10) - Intrigue--Spacing Guild
  19:16, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. noble action 1.
Baron Marcos (A10) - sabotage (bazarium army unit)
  19:18, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 3 using 1d6. noble action 2.
Marquis Alex (A10) - govern
  19:19, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. noble action 3.
  (Oh, the irony!)
Baroness Carly (C8) - govern
  19:20, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. noble action 4.
  (GAH!!)


CoM diplo attempt at Bazarum (just in case):
  19:21, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. CoM attempt 1.
  (the dice roller loves me when it doesn't help!)
CoM diplo attempt at yoravar (again, just in case):
  19:22, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. CoM attempt 2.
]

There are no speeches, no celebrations, no mournings, no chatter, no diplomatic messages... nothing.  It is as if the life has gone out of the Kadesh house... and with the death of Sayla, bright and competent niece to the countess, perhaps it has.  The loss of 53 megacredits when no damage was done that was not immediately rebuilt has shaken the confidence of the Kadeshi.

THEY RESPOND TO NO COMMUNICATIONS.


Indeed, the Kadeshi move mechanically, as if from reflex, and even their embassies abroad cannot pierce the murky quiet which has settled upon the faction.  The Countess, it is rumored, is dead.  The Countess, it is rumored, threw herself upon Sayla's pyre and burned alive.  The Countess, it is rumored, has gone into an asylum.  The Countess, it is rumored, is mad and attacks any women who come into the palace.

Truly, the faction seems to be running smoothly through only the competence of its well-trained generals but the unifying force of magnetism that held it together is missing...  Will this last?

[Private to GM: It's taken me a long time to get over the absurd loss.  It's depressing to even look at the map, but the war must go on.

1- INITIATIVE-
+2 from SP.

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
14:55, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 1 using 1d6.
Sayla's sister, Sasha has joined the cause.  She has been quiet... so far.

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Priests x2: 10

Parallax: JS (6)
Yoravar: JS (4)

Dalton: Nuke (5)
Punah: Amazon (3)
Mox: Miner (1)
Mercurum: Miner (1)

Spent: 30
Saved: 00

4- MOVEMENT-

1: JS from Kadesh with 2 priets to Mox
2: JS from Paralax to Mox (empty)

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
All nukes ARMED to strike INC JUMPSHIPS

6- BATTLE-
Hopefully none.

Total Earnings: +30
Total Saved: 00
Total Upkeep: ?? (lost so many!)
+INCOME x 2: ??
Total Balance: ??


7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
Emporex Diplomacy: Use to counter any sabotaging/diplomacy gambits
Rebel Sabotage: sabotage Gurati unit on Pyreen:
Death Assassination: use to prevent being assassinated if pos

  1. Countess Varlia Kadesh
SP +1 (she's too tired to do otherwise)
  2. Priest Captain Gerlien (Paralax)
Intrigue: Space Guild: Fail
  3. Priestess Captain Sasha
Same: Fail
  4. Lord Kirtiu Prad
Same: Success
  5. Lady Selona Kadesh
INCOME (you roll)
  6. Lord Yelvin Kadesh (Mox)
INCOME (you roll)

The Dead: Priestess Captain Sayla, sister to Sasha, niece to Varlia.

TOTAL SP+1

]
This message was last edited by the player at 19:16, Wed 23 Apr 2008.

The imperial sages report:

In a rather surprising move, the representatives of the Imperial Aristocracy announced that their alleigance in the sector will shift to house Nitrix. Instrumental in forming the deal was Dekko Nitrix, the currently most exposed Nitrix.

The trend for shifting political alleigances seems to be sweeping throughout the vast Imperial organizations. The Imperial Navy, seemingly disappointed by the lack of Kadeshi success and their heavy-handed tactics, grants its aid to House Gurati.

The Lortran seem out of options and out of luck. With both their jumpships destroyed, they have to be content with the planets acquired so far.

There were many troop movements, but no conflicts were initiated, other than the loss of an Imperial Navy jumpship that got caught on the wrong side of the border.

All in all, a great slowdown in the tempo of operations. However, the kadesh seem to be preparing a huge offensive.

The imperial cartographer reports:

      1      2       3      4       5        6       7       8       9     10
   ______         _______        ________         _______         ______
  /Gurati\_______/       \______/Gridox  \_______/       \_______/      \______
A \_G0/3_/       \_______/      \_G0/1___/       \_______/       \______/Lortran
  /      \_______/Quayat \______/        \_______/       \_______/Scorch\_L0/6_/
B \______/       \_G0/3__/      \________/       \_______/       \_L0/6_/      \
  /      \_______/Seedeen\______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
C \______/       \_G1/6__/      \________/       \_______/ Marx  \______/      \
  /      \_______/Pyreen \______/        \_______/Zenceti\_L0/13_/      \______/
D \______/ Frost \_G1/4__/      \________/       \__L0/1_/       \______/      \
  /      \__G1/9_/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
E \______/ Dalton\_______/      \________/ Eden  \_______/Hellish\______/      \
  /      \_K0/2__/       \______/Mercurum\_G0/6__/       \_N1/3__/      \______/
F \______/ Punah \_______/      \_K0/7___/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_K0/2__/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
G \______/  Mox  \_______/      \________/       \_______/Aquara \______/      \
  /      \_K2/12_/       \______/        \_______/       \_N1/4__/      \______/
H \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/        \_______/Bolavor\_______/      \______/
I \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_N1/8__/       \______/      \
  /Kadesh\_______/Paralax\______/Computus\_______/       \_______/      \______/
J \_K1/2_/Yoravar\_K0/2__/      \_K1/6___/Bazarum\_______/       \______/Nitrix\
         \_K1/1__/       \______/        \__K0/1_/       \_______/      \_N0/4_/

• Location -Name
• A10 -Lortran- [Private to Duke Lortran: 3 nobles,5 house troop, 1 damper funds:16 ]
• A1 -Gurati- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 noble, 2 house troops, 1 heretics funds:21 ]
• J1 -Kadesh- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 3 nobles, 1 fanatics, 1 damper, 1 jumpship funds:34 ]
• J10 -Nitrix- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 2 Nobles (Dekko, Karth, ), 4 House Troops, funds:11 ]
• G8 -Aquara- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 1 sea monster,1 noble (Zibble), 3 Nitrix Suicide Squads, 1 jumpship ]
• J6 -Bazarium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troops, ]
• I7 -Bolavor- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 1 Nuclear Arsenal, 3 jungle fighters, 1 damper field, 3 suicide squads, 1 jumpship, 1 noble (Faradi) ]
• J5 -Computus- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 2 RDMs, 2 nukes, 1 jumpship, 2 fanatics ]
• E2 -Dalton- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 transhuman supersoldiers, 1 nuke ]
• E6 -Eden- [Private to Baron Gurati: Baron Gurati, 1x Imperial Shock Troops, 1 desert warriors, 1 colonial rangers, 3 solar templars ]
• D2 -Frost- [Private to Baron Gurati: 4 ice barbarians,3 house troops, 1 jumpship,2 colonial rangers ]
• A5 -Griddox- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 Prison Soldiers ]
• E8 -Hellish- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 2 mutansts, 1 suicide squad, 1 jumpship ]
• C8 -Marx- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 noble, 2 house troops, 3 psychic veterans, 1 arsenal (BM), 4 clone soldiers, 1 psychic veterans,  1 arsenal, 1 dampers, ]
• F5 -Mercurium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 Warrior priests , 5 miners, 1 nuclear arsenals, ]
• G2 -Mox- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 5 miners, 2 warrior priests, 2 nobles, 1 nukes, 1 jumpship, 2 warrior priests,1 jumpship, 2 warrior priests ]
• J3 -Parallax- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 priest, 1 house troops, 1 noble ]
• F2 -Punah- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 2 Amazonians, ]
• D3 -Pyreen- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1x Desert  warriors,2 heretics, 1 nuke, jumpship (SG) ]
• B3 -Quayat- [Private to Baron Gurati: 3 desert wariors ]
• B9 -Scorch- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 house troop, 1 psychic veteran, 4 lava projectors ]
• C3 -Seedeen- [Private to Baron Gurati: 5 imperial conscripts, 1 heretics, 1 jumpships ]
• J2 -Yoravar- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troop, 1 jumpship ]
• D7 -Zenceti- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 psychic natives ]

The Nitrix celebrate the pronouncement of the first Nitrix Lord, all across their holdings grand parades, feasts, and spectacles are held to remind the people of their pride and importance to the royal family.  Fruits and beasts from Bolavor are popular items at these feasts, and the new subjects are welcomed to participate and share their own forms of entertainment.  In the state house on the Nitrix Homeworld itself, the largest gala is held, as much to impress the Imperial Aristocracy as to lift the spirits of the people.

While excellent for Nitrixian morale, due to this week long revel, very little work is actually accomplished.

[Private to The Void:
1- INITIATIVE-
Rolled 5 + 1 ( 6 )

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
Rolled 3 (Failure)

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Aquaria - Sea Monsters - 5 Solats
Bolavor - Jungle Fighters - 1 Solats
Hellish - Subterranean Mutants - 4 Solats

4- MOVEMENT-
Jumpship Pending Glory
Jumpship Red Dawn
Jumpship Shining Lady (Bolavor --> Aquaria)
     - Damperfield, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Bolavor - Safe -

6- BATTLE-
Aquaria - Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad, Sea Monster, Zibble's Suicide Squad

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
Imperial Aristocracy - 2 (Failed)
Imperial Beaurocracy - (Autosuccess) +1 Init next turn
Dekko Nitrix - 2 (Failed)
Zibble Nitrix - 4 (Failed)
Karth Nitrix - 3 (Failed)
Faradi Nitrix - 6 (Failed)

Damn!  I was pretty much relying on Saboteurs to get to New Eden ahead of the army, then seek out and destroy any nuclear arsenals and Warrior Priests while I was at it.  Even had a nice little bit of fluff involving The Inquisition all prepped...well, now I get to gamble the bulk of my forces against a well protected Gurati world.  I hope this isn't the start of a trend with the RNG.]

Kadesh continues to keep quiet.  Embassies are instructed to suggest that the strong Gurati growth, especially on Eden, is indicative of trouble.  Kadeshi diplomats in their respective embassies suggest that there will be nothing but licking of wounds for the time being... or, as they put it, 'soul-searching'.

Diplomacy will resume next season and the Countess will be available for contacting once again.


[Private to GM:

I assume the 34 solats include the income noble actions from last round.

1- INITIATIVE-
SP: 1d6+1

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
Fail

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
2 x Priest (Kadesh) : 10
1 x JS (Yoravar): 4
1 x JS (Parallax): 6

1 x Amazon (Punah): 3
1 x Nuke (Bazarum): 5
1 x Miner (Mox): 1
1 x Miner (Mercurum): 1

Spent: 30
Saved: 04

4- MOVEMENT-

1 JS from Kadesh to Mox (w/ 2 Priests, 1 damper)
1 JS from Parallax to Mox (1 priest, 1 noble)
1 JS from Yoravar to Kadesh (empty)
1 JS from computus to Bazarum (empty)
1 JS from Mox to Mercurum (1 priest)
1 JS from Mox to Punah (1 nuke)



5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
ALL ARMED TO STRIKE INCOMING VESSELS

6- BATTLE-
Not by my initiation.

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
Emporex Diplomacy: Useless
Rebel Sabotage: Failed
Death Assassination: Failed

  1. Countess Varlia Kadesh
Intrigue: Spacing guild: 20:58, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 1 using 1d6.
(WON THE SPACING GUILD- Finally some luck!)
  2. Priest Captain Gerlien (Paralax ---> Mox)
SP: +1
  3. Priestess Captain Sasha
SP: +1
  4. Lord Kirtiu Prad
SP: +1
  5. Lady Selona Kadesh
IN: +1d6-1d6 (using today's rolls: 1)
  6. Lord Yelvin Kadesh (Mox)
IN: +1d6-1d6 (using today's rolls: 4)


The Dead: Priestess Captain Sayla, sister to Sasha, niece to Varlia.

Saved IN: 04
Expected: 30 + 1 (Spacing Guild)
Upkeep: -5? (40-some units; please check this!)
Noble Income: +5
Total: 35?

TOTAL STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR NEXT TURN: +3
]

PM round 9 moves

[Private to GM:

beginning:
Jerstertia III
Baron Castile Gurati
2 x House Troops
1 x Discordian Heretics

Eden
Andorus Gurati
1 x Imperial Shocktroops
1 x Desert Warriors
1 x Colonial Rangers
3 x Solar Templars

Frost
4 x Ice Barbarians
3 x House Troops
2 x Colonial Rangers
Jumpship ALPHA

Gridox
1 x Prison Conscripts

Pyreen
1 x Desert Warriors
2 x Discordian Heretics
1 x Nuke - armed against any enemy Jumpship entering this system
Jumpship GAMMA

Quayat
3 x Desert Warriors

Seedeen
5 x Imperial Conscripts
1 x Heretics
Jumpship BETA

Treasury
21 Solats



1- INITIATIVE-
GM rolls this

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
rolled 1 and 4 _{free roll + S of Silex}. ONE noble recruited:
    D'Silvia Gurati (cousin of the Baron, comes of age)

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Quayat - Desert Warriors (cost 5)
Frost - Ice Barbarians(cost 3)
Seedeen - Imperial Conscripts (cost 1)
Jerstertia III - Jumpship DELTA (cost 6)
Jerstertia III - Damper (cost 2)
    4 Solat unspent

4- MOVEMENT-
JUMPSHIP ALPHA: Frost (4d) --> Quayat (3b)

JUMPSHIP BETA: Seedeen (3c) --> Jerstertia (1a)

JUMPSHIP GAMMA: remain on Pyreen(3d)

JUMPSHIP DELTA: D'Silvia Gurati, 1 x Discordian, 1 x Dampner: Jerstertia III (1a) --> Seedeen (3c)

1 x Colonial Rangers: Frost (2d) --> Pyreen (3d)

GM: Last round, Kadesh had 4 Jumpships on the map.
I entised the Imperial Navy away from them, and thus (I beleive) they lost 3 of those Jumpships.
This round they have 5: suggesting that they built 4 in that round.
This could very well be correct.  But if its a mistake, I wanted to bring it to your attention.


5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
none

6- BATTLE-
initiate none

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
1: Baron Gurati (1a): Govern Jerstertia III: auto succeed: rolled +4: = 9 Solat
2: Andorus Gurati (6e): Govern Eden: auto succeed: rolled +4: = 6 Solat
3: D'Silvia Gurati (3c): Govern Seedeen: auto succeed: rolled +5: = 6 Solat


Treasury:
Govern Jerstertia = 9
Govern Eden = 6
Govern Seedeen = 6
Surgeons of Silas = 1
Spacing Guild = 1
]
This message was last edited by the player at 14:29, Wed 30 Apr 2008.

In his quite chambers on Lortran the Duke discuss the situation with his gray-clad advisors.
"M'lord.  The other houses' momentum has dropped.  The Kadesh are still sulking after their defeat on Frost, and the Nitrix are consolodating their forces.  We are less certain of Gurati's intentions, but we have reason to believe they are preparing for another major conflict with the Kadesh."
Duke Lortran takes in this information silently.  He nods, and turns to the next advisor.
"M'lord, without jumpships, we are unable to claim more territory.  Our enemies ply the jumplines, while we are stuck in our unproductive portion of space.  The situation is dire."

The Duke allows another of his characteristic long silences to pass before responding.  "You underestimate our position.  Even without jumpships, we have the church.  They can turn populations to our side as well as can an invading army."

The advisors all look down at their feet sheepishly.  At last one of them speaks.  "This is true, M'lord, but the bishops require unoccupied lands to spread their message, and much of space is locked under military command..."

The Duke nods.  "Yes, it is true that the church has brough us few new worlds of late.  We must re-initiate ties with the spacing guild.  We have many troops, but we need to transport them.  The guild cannot be trusted, but they can be bought.  Send an emisary to negotiate terms."

The advisors bow and turn to leave, then the Duke adds.  "And see if anything can be done on Bazarium.  The Kadesh's hold there is weak, and the people lack spiritual guidance.  Tell the bishops to focus their energies on converting the population there."



[Private to GM: Orders:
1- INITIATIVE-
11:37, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. init.
QUESTION--do we need to be doing init rolls anymore, or should we just leave that to you?

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
11:37, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. recruit noble.
3- RECRUIT TROOPS-

Lortran: house troops x2. cost 4
Marx: clone. cost 1
Scortch: nuke. cost 5
Zenceti: psychic natives. cost 1.


4- MOVEMENT-
Unfortunately not possible!

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Nukes Marx: armed (jumpships)
Black Market Nukes Marx: armed (jumpships)
Nukes Scortch: armed (jumpships)

6- BATTLE-

Lortran group:
1. damper
2. house troops (+nobles)

Scortch group:
1. house troops
2. Lava projectors
3. psychic vets

Marx group:
1. clones
2. house troops
3. damper
4. psychic vets (+noble)

Zenceti group:
1. psychic natives



7- NOBLE ACTIONS-


Duke Tycho (A10) - Intrigue--Spacing Guild
  11:42, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. noble action 1.
Baron Marcos (A10) - sabotage (bazarium army unit)
  11:46, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. noble action 2.
Marquis Alex (A10) - govern
  11:46, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. noble action 3.
Baroness Carly (C8) - govern
  11:47, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. noble action 4.

CoM diplo attempt at Bazarum:
  11:47, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. Church of Mankind diplo. #1.
CoM diplo attempt at Bazarium:
  11:47, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. Church of Mankind diplo. #2.
]

The imperial sages report:

D'Silvia Gurati, cousin of the Baron, comes of age. A lavish celebration is held on the Gurati basestar, and amidst much splendor she accepts her duty as a vassal of the Baron.

Local intelligence reports many failed sabotage activities on the world of Eden. The originator of the subversions is unknown, but Gurati security managed to stave off the massive effort, for now.

Meanwhile, on the bustling world of Bazarium, kadesh security is not nearly so fortunate. The regimental base of the House Troops that were garrisoning the industrial planet were flooded with toxins, and few troopers survived the assault. Marquis Alex of House Lortran is rumored to be an expert in exactly that kind of attack.

The head of House Kadesh was roused from her grief, and burts into action - following massive diplomatic efforts by her diplomatic staff, the Spacing Guild agreed to move its support to her House. This will no doubt be not too pleasing to their former allies, house Gurati. As a result, many Gurati regiments suddenly found themselves with no transportation. It seems, only house Kadesh is immune to transport problems, owing to its strategic positioning.

However, the alliance between the Kadesh and the Spacing Guild was to be short lived. The members of the Kadeshi diplomatic team were found dead of unknown causes, and even the Countess felt the icy closeness of death, as the Lortran used less than subtle methods of persuasion. The heads of the Spacing Guild, being the easily cowed merchants they are, promptly shifted their alleigance to house Lortran.

The Gurati nobles aid greatly in the development of their star systems. Solats flow from their holdings, and citizens rejoice at the newfound wealth and prosperity.


The imperial strategists report:

Many troop movements have been completed this month, however no decisive action was played. One might come yet in the form of a Kadesh assault on Gurati holdings, or a Lortran gambit on Eden.

The estimated current upkeep costs for the Houses: Nitrix, 2 Solats; Lortran, 3 Solats; Kadesh, 4 Solats; Gurati, 3 Solats.

• Location -Name
• A10 -Lortran- [Private to Duke Lortran: 3 nobles,7 house troop, 1 damper funds:21 ]
• A1 -Gurati- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 nobles, 2 house troops, funds:28 ]
• J1 -Kadesh- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 3 nobles, 1 fanatics, 1 jumpship funds:34 ]
• J10 -Nitrix- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 2 Nobles (Dekko, Karth, ), 4 House Troops, funds:9 ]
• G8 -Aquara- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 2 sea monster,1 noble (Zibble), 5 Nitrix Suicide Squads, 2 jumpships, 1 damper field ]
• J6 -Bazarium- [Private to Countess Kadesh:   1 jumpship,1 nuke ]
• I7 -Bolavor- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 1 Nuclear Arsenal,4 jungle fighters, 1 suicide squads,  1 noble (Faradi) ]
• J5 -Computus- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 2 RDMs, 2 nukes, 2 fanatics ]
• E2 -Dalton- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 transhuman supersoldiers, 1 nuke ]
• E6 -Eden- [Private to Baron Gurati: Baron Gurati, 1x Imperial Shock Troops, 1 desert warriors, 1 colonial rangers, 3 solar templars ]
• D2 -Frost- [Private to Baron Gurati: 5 ice barbarians,3 house troops, 1 colonial rangers ]
• A5 -Griddox- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 Prison Soldiers ]
• E8 -Hellish- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 3 mutansts, 1 suicide squad, 1 jumpship ]
• C8 -Marx- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 noble, 2 house troops, 4 psychic veterans, 1 arsenal (BM), 5 clone soldiers,  1 arsenal, 1 dampers, ]
• F5 -Mercurium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 2 Warrior priests , 6 miners, 1 nuclear arsenals, 1 jumpship ]
• G2 -Mox- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 6 miners, 8 warrior priests, 3 nobles, 1 damper, 2 jumpships, ]
• J3 -Parallax- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troops, ]
• F2 -Punah- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 3 Amazonians,1 nukes, 1 jumpship, ]
• D3 -Pyreen- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1x Desert  warriors,2 heretics, 1 nuke, 1 colonial rangers ]
• B3 -Quayat- [Private to Baron Gurati: 4 desert wariors,1 jumpship, ]
• B9 -Scorch- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 house troop, 1 psychic veteran, 4 lava projectors, 1 nuke ]
• C3 -Seedeen- [Private to Baron Gurati: 6 imperial conscripts, 2 heretics, 1 damper field, 1 jumpships (IN), 1 noble ]
• J2 -Yoravar- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troop, 1 jumpship ]
• D7 -Zenceti- [Private to Duke Lortran: 2 psychic natives ]

      1      2       3      4       5        6       7       8       9     10
   ______         _______        ________         _______         ______
  /Gurati\_______/       \______/Gridox  \_______/       \_______/      \______
A \_G0/2_/       \_______/      \_G0/1___/       \_______/       \______/Lortran
  /      \_______/Quayat \______/        \_______/       \_______/Scorch\_L0/8_/
B \______/       \_G1/4__/      \________/       \_______/       \_L0/7_/      \
  /      \_______/Seedeen\______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
C \______/       \_G1/9__/      \________/       \_______/ Marx  \______/      \
  /      \_______/Pyreen \______/        \_______/Zenceti\_L0/14_/      \______/
D \______/ Frost \_G0/4__/      \________/       \__L0/2_/       \______/      \
  /      \__G1/10/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
E \______/ Dalton\_______/      \________/ Eden  \_______/Hellish\______/      \
  /      \_K0/2__/       \______/Mercurum\_G0/6__/       \_N1/4__/      \______/
F \______/ Punah \_______/      \_K1/9___/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_K1/4__/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
G \______/  Mox  \_______/      \________/       \_______/Aquara \______/      \
  /      \_K2/15_/       \______/        \_______/       \_N2/8__/      \______/
H \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/        \_______/Bolavor\_______/      \______/
I \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_N0/6__/       \______/      \
  /Kadesh\_______/Paralax\______/Computus\_______/       \_______/      \______/
J \_K1/1_/Yoravar\_K0/1__/      \_K0/6___/Bazarum\_______/       \______/Nitrix\
         \_K1/1__/       \______/        \__K1/1_/       \_______/      \_N0/4_/

This message was last edited by the GM at 09:03, Fri 09 May 2008.

"M'lord, our negotiations with the spacing guild have been successful.  Their services are now at your disposal," the gray-clad advisor reported.  For a long moment, Duke Lortran did not respond, his attention focused on the stars in the night sky outside his window.  The advisor stepped back a step and joined the others near the far wall of the quiet room.

"This is good news," Duke Lortran said at last, turning to look at the group of councilors.  A smile spread accross his face.  "I told you our situation was not so dire."

Another advisor stepped forward, and spoke softly to the Duke.  "Our enemies gather forces near our borders.  The Gurati have entrenched themselves on Eden, while the Kadesh and Nitrix have gathered large forces within one jump.  Thanks to our deal with the spacing guild, the Gurati cannot reinforce Eden should either the Kadesh or the Nitrix move to invade.  It is impossible to say who will control the solar templars next month."

Duke Lortran takes in this news, his smile not fading.  "We cannot influence this fight at this point, so let us remain neutral, and congratulate the victor, whoever it turns out to be.  Consoldate our holdings, though.  The victor may not be content with one conquest.  Send Alex and Marcos to Marx.  They are young, and are eager to get off Lortran, I think. Though patience will surely be the key to victory here, we should not waste youthful ambition where we have it."  His eyes sparkle slightly as he grins at his advisors.

"Of course, M'lord.  I shall inform Marquis Alex, and Baron Marcos of your wishes immediately."


[Private to GM: Orders:
1- INITIATIVE-
13:57, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. init.

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
13:58, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. recruit noble.
3- RECRUIT TROOPS-

Lortran:  Spacing guild JS x2, house troops x1, damper x1. cost 16
Marx: clone. cost 1
Scortch: none
Zenceti: psychic natives. cost 1.

4- MOVEMENT-
Lortran --> Marx (using spacing guild ship 1):
damper, 2x house troops+noble (Marquis Alex)
Lortran --> Marx (using spacing guild ship 2):
damper, 2x house troops+noble (Baron Marcos)

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Nukes Marx: armed (jumpships)
Black Market Nukes Marx: armed (jumpships)
Nukes Scortch: armed (jumpships)

6- BATTLE-

Lortran group:
1. house troops (+noble)

Scortch group:
1. house troops
2. Lava projectors
3. psychic vets

Marx group:
1. clones
2. house troops
3. damper
4. psychic vets (+nobles)

Zenceti group:
1. psychic natives


7- NOBLE ACTIONS-

Duke Tycho (A10) - intrigue: surgens of silex
  14:13, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. noble action 1.
Baron Marcos (A10) - none/moving

Marquis Alex (A10) - none/moving

Baroness Carly (C8) - sabotage(bazarium)
  14:16, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. noble action 4.


CoM diplo attempt at Bazarium:
  14:17, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 3 using 1d6. Church of Mankind diplo. #1.
CoM diplo attempt at Bazarium:
  14:17, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. Church of Mankind diplo. #2.
]

PM round 10 moves

[Private to GM:

beginning:
Jerstertia III
Baron Castile Gurati
2 x House Troops

Eden
Andorus Gurati
1 x Imperial Shocktroops
1 x Desert Warriors
1 x Colonial Rangers
3 x Solar Templars

Frost
4 x Ice Barbarians
3 x House Troops
1 x Colonial Rangers
Jumpship GAMMA

Gridox
1 x Prison Conscripts

Pyreen
1 x Desert Warriors
2 x Discordian Heretics
1 x Colonial Ranger
1 x Nuke - armed against any enemy Jumpship entering this system

Quayat
4 x Desert Warriors
Jumpship ALPHA

Seedeen
D'Silvia Gurati
6 x Imperial Conscripts
2 x Heretics
1 x Damper Field
Jumpship's BETA
     Active Damper, to defend Seedeen against nuclear attacks.

Treasury
28 Solats



1- INITIATIVE-
GM rolls this

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
rolled 5 and 3 _{free roll + S of Silex}. No Nobles Recruited.

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Quayat - Desert Warriors (cost 5)
Frost - Ice Barbarians(cost 3)
Seedeen - Imperial Conscripts (cost 1)
Eden - Solar Templar (cost 7)
Griddox - Prison Soldiers (cost 1)
Jerstertia III - Damper (cost 2)
Jertertia III - Damper (cost 2)
      7 Solat unspent

4- MOVEMENT-
JUMPSHIP ALPHA, 3 x Desert Warriors : Quayat (3b) --> Pyreen (3d)

JUMPSHIP BETA: Seedeen (3c) --> Jerstertia III (1a)

JUMPSHIP GAMMA: Frost(3d) --> Seedeen (3c)

1 x Colonial Ranger: Pyreen (3d) --> Eden (6e)


5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
none

6- BATTLE-
initiate none

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
1: Baron Gurati (1a): Govern Jerstertia III: auto succeed: rolled +5: = 10 Solat
2: Andorus Gurati (6e): Govern Eden: auto succeed: rolled +3: = 5 Solat
3: D'Silvia Gurati (3c): Intrigue: Imperial Aristocracy: rolled 1:  SUCCESS.


Treasury:
Govern Jerstertia = 10
Govern Eden = 5
Surgeons of Silas = 1
    unspent = 7
]
This message was last edited by the player at 10:33, Fri 09 May 2008.

==Snap Shots==
Dekko Nitrix stands before a field of unmarked graves, expression unreadable as he stands at rigid attention.

Faradi Nitrix leans back in her well padded executive chair, sipping a sickly sweet Bolavor fermented fruit drink, looking at the lush and beautiful world she'd been reassigned, apparently content.

Zibble screams orders to a collected assembly of soldiers, the vast majority wearing the semi-gloss black armor and spikes of the Nitrix Suicide Squads.  The units arranged at the front of the assembly wear different uniforms than the rest, the dark navy blue of the Mercenary Guild.

Karth, in the company of a group of men who're trying hard not to look like soldiers, hands over a briefcase to and distinguished looking gentleman in a dark brown suit with a cybernetic left eye.

[Private to The Void:
1- INITIATIVE-
Rolled 1 + 1 (2)

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
Rolled 4 (Failure)

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Nitrix - House Troops, House Troops (4 Solats)
Bolavor - Jungle Fighters (1 Solat)

4- MOVEMENT-
Jumpship Pending Glory (Hellish --> Eden)
     - Subterranean Mutants, Subterranean Mutants, Subterranean Mutants
Jumpship Red Dawn (Aquaria --> Eden)
     - Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad, Zibble Nitrix
Jumpship Shining Lady (Aquaria --> Eden)
     - Damperfield, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Bolavor - Safe -

6- BATTLE-
Eden - Damperfield, Jumpship (Red Dawn), Jumpship (Pending Glory), Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad, Jumpship (Shining Lady), Subterranean Mutants, Subterranean Mutants, Zibble's Subterranean Mutants

(Hey, I may as well take advantage of the old rules while they're active, right?)

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
Imperial Aristocracy - 1 (Success) Intrigue Imperial Navy
Imperial Beaurocracy - (Autosuccess) +1 Init next turn
Dekko Nitrix - 2 (Failed)
Zibble Nitrix - Moving
Karth Nitrix - 1 (Success) Sabotage Griddox
Faradi Nitrix - 6 (Failed)]

The imperial sages report:

Duke Tycho apparently managed to court the Head Surgeon of Silex successfully. The ghoulish technological sect has agreed to help the Lortran for the time being, perhaps even with one of their "Reconstructed".

Disaster struck aboard a brand-new jumpship in orbit over Bazarium. The Kadesh crew could do nothing but evacuate the huge vessel as one by one system failed. The huge hulk remains in orbit around the commercial world. Bids from private salvage contractors are plentiful. The charismatic Baroness Carly of House Lortran has been sighted on the planet just hours before the incident.

The imperial Aristocracy, being (CENSORED BY THE SAGE OVERSEER) have decided to shift their alliance yet again,  perhaps inspired by the employment of Suicide squads by the Nitrix, their former allies. Be it as it may, the Gurati certainly seem like a more likely ally for the aging head of the association of noble houses.

On Griddox, a whole regiment of prison soldiers simply disappeared. Experts say that this is the handiwork of Karth Nitrix, who used an offworld group to offer a whole Gurati penal regiment sanctuary. The whereabouts of the missing prison soldiers have yet to be uncovered.

Still unaware about the Aristocracy's imminent change of alleigance, diplomats pulled strings and ropes to get the local representative of th Imperial Navy to side with the Nitrix. They succeeded admirably, the single Navy jumpship left on Seedeen being left unusable as the crew vanished into interstellar night on a courier.


The imperial tactician reports:

Finally, after quite some time, we have a fight on our hands. Long range recon reports Nitrix jumpships converging upon Eden, where the Baron himself holds the position.
Forces:
Nitrix: 3 jumpships (Pending Glory, Red Dawn, Shining Lady), Zibble Nitrix, 3 Subterranean Mutants (1p), 5 Suicide Squads(2s), 1 Damperfield
Gurati: Baron Gurati, 1 Imperial Shock Troops(3), 1 desert warriors(3), 2 colonial rangers (2), 4 solar templars (3p)

No side elected to use Nuclear weapons on the holy world of Eden.
Psychic phase: A whole maelstrom of psi energy is summoned on Eden, as nine units draw upon unnatural energies. The Nitrix are completely luckless, but the combines psi powers of the Baron and his Templars summon up a storm (+8 AD!)
First strike phase: Zibble's squad and the Imperial Stormtroopers led by the Baron square off. In a battle reminiscent of ancient times, small units clash while the rest of the armies are formed on the sidelines of the conflict. Nither come out on top; the Imperials are decimated by suicide bombs just as they land the killing blow.
Nitrix: 3 jumpships (Pending Glory, Red Dawn, Shining Lady), Zibble Nitrix, 3 Subterranean Mutants (1p), 4 Suicide Squads(2s), 1 Damperfield, (+2s) =11AD
Gurati: Baron Gurati, 1 desert warriors(3), 2 colonial rangers (2), 4 solar templars (3p)+5 psi=24AD
Regular combat phase: The seemingly vastly inferior Nitrix side manages to hold on to a tiny advantage; battles rage through holy forests surrounding the almost ritualistic first combat of this conflict. Losses amount to 2 regiments for each side, as unorthodox Nitrix tactics seem to surprise native Templars.
Nitrix: 3 jumpships (Pending Glory, Red Dawn, Shining Lady), Zibble Nitrix, 3 Subterranean Mutants (1p), 2 Suicide Squads(2s), 1 Damperfield, (+2s+4s).
Gurati: Baron Gurati, 2 colonial rangers (2), 3 solar templars (3p)

Round 2, psi phase: Unearthly powers resist the will of those who would bend them to their will this round; only the Baron with his huge experience manages to secure a minor effect to help in the battle.
Round 2, first strike: Again single units come to bear on eachother; the Baron and Zibble Nitrix, incinerating the countryside with their anger. This time the Baron comes out on top, sending Zibble into flight and destroying his unit.
Nitrix: 3 jumpships (Pending Glory, Red Dawn, Shining Lady), Zibble Nitrix, 3 Subterranean Mutants (1p), 1 Suicide Squads(2s), 1 Damperfield, (+2s). +6 suicide bonus=11 AD
Gurati: Baron Gurati, 2 colonial rangers (2), 3 solar templars (3p)=8AD
Round 2, regular combat phase: Lightning strikes from suicide squads, along with tactical level nuclear, biological and chemical warheads placed by volunteers wreak havoc with units defending Eden. Many fall, most of them specialist Rangers who valiantly try to disarm the suicide warheads. None of them succeed. In retaliation, the last of Nitrix suicide squads is eliminated, but this is a weak consolation.
Nitrix: 3 jumpships (Pending Glory, Red Dawn, Shining Lady), Zibble Nitrix, 3 Subterranean Mutants (1p), 1 Damperfield, (+4s).
Gurati: Baron Gurati, 3 solar templars (3p)

round 3, psi phase: Both sides, encouraged by the bloodshed and sheer will for survival, draw upon their last reserves to summon psychic fires. (+4/+6)
Round 3, first strike: In what has meanwhile become a ritual between the two, Zibble and the Baron face off on the charred remains of a forest. Sheer grit and determination allow the Nitrix noble to hold on, and in the clash of arms and psychic powers both manage to decimate the other's units.

Round 3: Dispersed units wander aimlessly through the charred remains of the majestic forests of Eden. Thick smoke and fog obscures their vision, and no side can get a hold on the other.

Nitrix: 3 jumpships (Pending Glory, Red Dawn, Shining Lady), Zibble Nitrix, 2 Subterranean Mutants (1p), 1 Damperfield,
Gurati: Baron Gurati, 3 solar templars (3p)

Round 4 psi: Nitrix mutants manage to call up an unprecedented psychic maelstrom that manifests as biting, icy wind cutting down everything in its path. Even the fearless Solar Templars seem cowed ...
Round 4 first strike: ...However, luck is again with the Baron. On the brink of defeat, he secures an unlikely access to the opponent's flank, and with his regiment of Solar Templars massacres the remaining Nitrix units in a great bloodbath.

The baron and three of his Solar Templar commanders were seen inspecting the charred, smoking remains of the invasion site. Fortunately much of Eden was left untouched by the fighting - but even so it will take decades, if not centuries to regrow the magnificent forests, rebuild the landscape and remove Nitrix biotoxins.

      1      2       3      4       5        6       7       8       9     10
   ______         _______        ________         _______         ______
  /Gurati\_______/       \______/Gridox  \_______/       \_______/      \______
A \_G0/3_/       \_______/      \_G0/1___/       \_______/       \______/Lortran
  /      \_______/Quayat \______/        \_______/       \_______/Scorch\_L0/5_/
B \______/       \_G0/2__/      \________/       \_______/       \_L0/7_/      \
  /      \_______/Seedeen\______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
C \______/       \_G1/10_/      \________/       \_______/ Marx  \______/      \
  /      \_______/Pyreen \______/        \_______/Zenceti\_L2/19_/      \______/
D \______/ Frost \_G1/7__/      \________/       \__L0/3_/       \______/      \
  /      \__G0/10/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
E \______/ Dalton\_______/      \________/ Eden  \_______/Hellish\______/      \
  /      \_K0/2__/       \______/Mercurum\_G0/3__/       \_N0/1__/      \______/
F \______/ Punah \_______/      \_K1/9___/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_K1/4__/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
G \______/  Mox  \_______/      \________/       \_______/Aquara \______/      \
  /      \_K2/15_/       \______/        \_______/       \_N0/2__/      \______/
H \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/        \_______/Bolavor\_______/      \______/
I \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_N0/7__/       \______/      \
  /Kadesh\_______/Paralax\______/Computus\_______/       \_______/      \______/
J \_K1/1_/Yoravar\_K0/1__/      \_K0/6___/Bazarum\_______/       \______/Nitrix\
         \_K1/1__/       \______/        \__K0/1_/       \_______/      \_N0/6_/

• Location -Name
• A10 -Lortran- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 nobles,4 house troop, funds:18 ]
• A1 -Gurati- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 nobles, 2 house troops, 2 dampers funds:30 ]
• J1 -Kadesh- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 3 nobles, 1 fanatics, 1 jumpship funds:64 ]
• J10 -Nitrix- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 2 Nobles (Dekko, Karth, ), 6 House Troops, funds:13 ]
• G8 -Aquara- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 2 sea monster, ]
• J6 -Bazarium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 nuke ]
• I7 -Bolavor- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 1 Nuclear Arsenal,5 jungle fighters, 1 suicide squads,  1 noble (Faradi) ]
• J5 -Computus- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 2 RDMs, 2 nukes, 2 fanatics ]
• E2 -Dalton- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 transhuman supersoldiers, 1 nuke ]
• E6 -Eden- [Private to Baron Gurati: Baron Gurati, 3 solar templars ]
• D2 -Frost- [Private to Baron Gurati: 6 ice barbarians,3 house troops, 1 colonial rangers ]
• A5 -Griddox- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 Prison Soldiers ]
• E8 -Hellish- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 1 suicide squad ]
• C8 -Marx- [Private to Duke Lortran: 3 noble, 4 house troops, 4 psychic veterans, 1 arsenal (BM),6 clone soldiers,  1 arsenal, 3 dampers, 2 jumpships -SG ]
• F5 -Mercurium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 2 Warrior priests , 6 miners, 1 nuclear arsenals, 1 jumpship ]
• G2 -Mox- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 6 miners, 8 warrior priests, 3 nobles, 1 damper, 2 jumpships, ]
• J3 -Parallax- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troops, ]
• F2 -Punah- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 3 Amazonians,1 nukes, 1 jumpship, ]
• D3 -Pyreen- [Private to Baron Gurati: 4x Desert  warriors,2 heretics, 1 nuke, 1 jumpship ]
• B3 -Quayat- [Private to Baron Gurati: 2 desert wariors ]
• B9 -Scorch- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 house troop, 1 psychic veteran, 4 lava projectors, 1 nuke ]
• C3 -Seedeen- [Private to Baron Gurati: 7 imperial conscripts, 2 heretics, 1 damper field,  1 noble, 1 jumpship ]
• J2 -Yoravar- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troop, 1 jumpship ]
• D7 -Zenceti- [Private to Duke Lortran: 3 psychic natives ]

This message was last edited by the GM at 09:37, Wed 14 May 2008.

The people of Lortran welcome the Duke's sister, Duchess Catherine, to their planet.  The firey noblewoman is said to be nearly as skilled a politician as Tycho, and she applies herself to house Lortran's goals with a vengence.  Meanwhile, the Duke continues to push his slow, patient plans, somewhat to the chargrin of his younger and more eager relatives on Marx.


[Private to GM: Orders:
1- INITIATIVE-
11:47, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. init.

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
11:48, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 6 using 1d6. recruit noble (surgeons).
11:48, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. recruit noble.
We'll call this one Duchess Catherine

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Lortran:  Spacing guild JS x1, psychic vets x2. cost 6+4+4=14
Marx: clone. cost 1
Scortch: none
Zenceti: psychic natives. cost 1.

4- MOVEMENT-
Lortran --> Marx:
2x psychic vets, 1x house troops

Marx --> Hellish (using spacing guild ship 1):
damper, psychic vets, clone soldiers

Marx --> Hellish (using spacing guild ship 2):
damper, psychic vets, clone soldiers

5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Nukes Marx: armed (jumpships)
Black Market Nukes Marx: armed (jumpships)
Nukes Scortch: armed (jumpships)

6- BATTLE-

Lortran group:
1. house troops (+noble)

Scortch group:
1. house troops
2. Lava projectors
3. psychic vets

Marx group:
1. clones
2. house troops
3. damper
4. psychic vets (+nobles)

Zenceti group:
1. psychic natives

Marx-->Hellish group
1. clones
2. dampers
3. psychic vets

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-

Duke Tycho (Lortran) - intrigue: Imperial Secret Police
 11:56, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 3 using 1d6. noble action 1.
Baron Marcos (Marx) - sabotage(bazarium)
 11:57, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. noble action 2.
Marquis Alex (Marx) - sabotage(bazarium)
 11:58, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. noble action 3.
Baroness Carly (Marx) - sabotage(bazarium)
 11:59, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 6 using 1d6. noble action 4.
Duchess Catherine (Lortran) - sabotage(bazarium)
 11:59, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. noble action 5.

CoM diplo attempt at Bazarium:
  12:00, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 3 using 1d6. Church of Mankind diplo. #1.
CoM diplo attempt at Bazarium:
  12:00, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. Church of Mankind diplo. #2.
]
This message was last edited by the player at 11:57, Wed 14 May 2008.

Damn ...   Am I the only one that is to be attacked this game?

death to 'Gurati the hated'!

[Private to GM:

beginning:
Jerstertia III
Baron Castile Gurati
2 x House Troops
2 x Dampers
Jumpship BETA
Beta was ordered to jump here last turn.  I'll assume it succeeded, unless you tell me otherwise, and that it has gone missing somewhere.

Eden
Andorus Gurati
3 x Solar Templars

Frost
6 x Ice Barbarians
3 x House Troops
1 x Colonial Rangers

Gridox
1 x Prison Conscripts
I ordered another unit of PC's trained here, last round.  Did this succeed?  if so, there should be 2 x PC's here.

Pyreen
4 x Desert Warriors
2 x Discordian Heretics
1 x Nuke - armed against any enemy Jumpship entering this system
Jumpship ALPHA

Quayat
2 x Desert Warriors

Seedeen
D'Silvia Gurati
7 x Imperial Conscripts
2 x Heretics
1 x Damper Field - armed to defend against Nukes.
Jumpship GAMMA

Treasury
30 Solats



1- INITIATIVE-
GM rolls this

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
rolled 5 and 5 _{free roll + Imp Arist}. No Nobles Recruited.

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Quayat - Desert Warriors (cost 5)
Frost - Ice Barbarians(cost 3)
Seedeen - Imperial Conscripts (cost 1)
Eden - Solar Templar (cost 7)
Griddox - Prison Soldiers (cost 1)
Jerstertia III - Cyborg Commandoes (cost 4)
Jertertia III - Cyborg Commandoes (cost 4)
      5 Solat unspent

4- MOVEMENT-
JUMPSHIP ALPHA:   Pyreen (3d) --> Quayat (3b)

JUMPSHIP BETA, 2 x Dampers, 1 x Cyborg Commandoes: Jerstertia III (1a)--> Quayat (3b)

JUMPSHIP GAMMA, D'Silvia Gurati, 2 x Imperial Conscripts : Seedeen (3c) --> Pyreen (3d)


5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
none

6- BATTLE-
initiate none

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
1: Baron Gurati (1a): Intrigue: Surgeons of Silex: rolled 1: SUCCESS.
2: Andorus Gurati (6e): Govern Eden: auto succeed: rolled +4: = 6 Solats
3: D'Silvia Gurati(3c): Govern Pyreen: auto succeed: rolled +4 = 5 Solats


Treasury:
Govern Eden = 6
Govern Pyreen = 5
    unspent = 5
]

It's not a grudge or anything, you just passed over the half-way line, and (frankly) we'd gone too long without some action.

[Private to The Void:
1- INITIATIVE-
+ 1

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
Rolled 4 (Failure)

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Bolavor - Jungle Fighters (1 Solat)
Hellish - Nuclear Arsenal (5 Solats)


4- MOVEMENT-


5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Bolavor - Safe -
Hellish - Armed - Space

6- BATTLE-


7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
Imperial Beaurocracy - (Autosuccess) +1 Init next turn
Dekko Nitrix - 5 (Failed)
Karth Nitrix - 2 (Failed)
Faradi Nitrix - 5 (Failed)]

 I know ... and it serves me right, I guess ... Lortran, your turn next, I guess.

As often has been the case of late, the Kadesh seem preoccupied with internal chaos.  It is said that the Countess had gone mad and refused to authorize any additional discretionary funding: "It killed her... it'll kill him... I warned him.  I warn you too, " was her cryptic response to generals.

Quite unpredictably, or perhaps after the wake of the great battle on Eden, she has revived.  A message to the Gurati was simple, unaggressive: "Stay away.  Leave Eden."

When she hears that her old enemy, the Baron is on Eden, it is sad that the look on her face was downright frightening.  "Forget the other Gurati.  I want him!" she is said to have exclaimed.

[Private to GM:

1- INITIATIVE-
1d6?

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
None Recruited

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-

1 Nuke (Dalton) 5
1 Amazon (Punah) 3
1 Miner (Mox) 1
1 Miner (Mercurum) 1
2 Priests (Kadesh) 10
1 JS (Yoravar) 4
1 JS (Paralax) 6
1 RDM (Computus) 7
1 JS (Bazarum) 6

Spent: 43
Saved: 21

4- MOVEMENT-

Paralax --> Bazarum (1 JS, 1 House Troop)
Mox --> Paralax (1 JS, 1 Priest)
Bazarum --> Bolavar (GIVE TO NITRIX)

Kadesh --> Mox (1 JS, 2 Priests, 1 Noble)
Yoravar --> Kadesh (1 JS)
Mox --> Dalton (1 JS, 3 Priests)
Punah --> Mercurum (1 JS, Empty)
Mercurum --> Punah (1 JS, 1 Priest)


5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
ALL ARMED TO STRIKE INCOMING VESSELS

6- BATTLE-
None Initiated.

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
Rebel Sabotage: Gridox: FAIL
Emporex Diplomacy: GRIDOX (after Varlia's move): FAIL
Death Assassination: Gurati Noble on Eden: 12:21, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 1 using 1d6. Assas: SUCCESS

Message to be sent: "Let this wash away the old enmity."

  1. Countess Varlia Kadesh
Sabotage Gridox: 12:25, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 1 using 1d6. Sabotage: YES
  2. Priest Captain Gerlien (Mox)
Income: +1
  3. Priestess Captain Sasha (---> Mox)
MOVED
  4. Lord Kirtiu Prad
SP+1
  5. Lady Selona Kadesh
Diplomacy: Gridox: Fail
  6. Lord Yelvin Kadesh (Mox)
Intrigue: Surgeons: FAIL

(Should be 3 at Mox now... Can you check your number?)

The Dead: Priestess Captain Sayla, sister to Sasha, niece to Varlia.

Saved IN: 21
Expected: 30
Upkeep: 56 UNITS
Noble Income: +1
Total: 46?

TOTAL STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR NEXT TURN: +1
]

The imperial sages report:

The winds of politics plow strong as ever. The shifting favor of the Emperor (or more exactly, the lack of a clear Imperial position on this conflict) results in the Imperial Secret Police siding with the Lortran, for now. Surely the enemies of the old leader of Lortran must be doubly suspicious now, for the Secret police has a certain kind of well earned reputation.

Baron Gurati himself visited Silex this month; it seems the ghoulish Surgeons have no shortage of suitors to attract their attentions. Be it as it may, the coffers of Solats and the impression the Gurati military left made sure the Surgeons accepted the invitation.

However, even as his personal dropship descended back on Eden the Baron's destiny appeared to be sealed. A large thermonuclear weapon was hidden on the outskirts of Eden's main temple. However, by an incredible stroke of luck, the allegiance of the Secret Police had changed mere days before, after the bomb had been prepared and planted. So the device lay there dormant, waiting for another chance to unleash its fury. The Baron and Eden's archbishop were both blissfully unaware of their luck.

On Griddox, a whole regiment of Prison soldiers was put out of action by poison and bacterial agents. Medical personnel estimate only one third to be able to make a recovery at all. The kinds of bioagents used were of typical Kadesh manufacture.

On Bazarium, the maintenance crew of a nuclear arsenal finds all the guidance circuits to be malfunctioning. The sabotage was subtle and well thought of - the warheads were not salvageable and thus the whole arsenal had to be sold for scrap. Duchess Catherine of Lortran was seen in the system shortly before the incident.

A Kadesh jumpship traverses the space between Bazarium and Bolavor. Another gift to the Nitrix from the Countess.

The imperial tactician reports:

After seeing the Nitrix mauled by the Gurati, Lortran decided to move in on the world of Hellish, using finally available jumpships.

Lortran:
2 jumpships, 2 damper fields, 2 psychic veterans, 2 clone soldiers
Nitrix:
1 suicide squad, 1 nuke

Nuclear exchange: The Nitrix crew reacts as ordered, forming a rain of nuclear missiles that close in on one of the two advancing jumpships. The swarm detonates, leaving bright flecks of nuclear fire hanging in the heavens. However, space is vast, and the skilled Guild pilots easily avoided the blast pattern. The two giant spaceships thunder down throungh the polluted atmosphere and crash through the domes of Hellish's capital city; Lortran soldiers stream out of the hatches, weapons already firing.

Round 1:
The single Nitrix unit offers embittered resistance to the Lortran. Outnumbered and outgunned, the suicide squad nevertheless inflicts a casualty on the enemy, removing a clone soldier unit from the attacking force.

Round 2:
Another clone unit is dispatched of easily by the Suicide squads - but the aftermath sees them drawn into a trap, the crossfire quickly mincing them to pieces. The suicide charges they wear go unused, as there is no more resistance by Nitrix forces on the planet.


The imperial strategist reports:

• Location -Name
• A10 -Lortran- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 nobles,3 house troop funds:13 ]
• A1 -Gurati- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 nobles, 2 house troops, 2 dampers, 2 commandos funds:20 ]
• J1 -Kadesh- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 2 nobles, 1 fanatics, 1 JS funds:40 ]
• J10 -Nitrix- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 2 Nobles (Dekko, Karth, ), 6 House Troops, funds:14 ]
• G8 -Aquara- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 2 sea monster, ]
• J6 -Bazarium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troops, 1 jumpship ]
• I7 -Bolavor- [Private to Lord Nitrix: 1 Nuclear Arsenal,6 jungle fighters, 1 suicide squads,  1 noble (Faradi), 1 jumpship ]
• J5 -Computus- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 3 RDMs, 2 nukes, 2 fanatics ]
• E2 -Dalton- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 transhuman supersoldiers, 2 nuke, 1 jumpship, 3 priests ]
• E6 -Eden- [Private to Baron Gurati: Baron Gurati, 4 solar templars ]
• D2 -Frost- [Private to Baron Gurati: 7 ice barbarians,3 house troops, 1 colonial rangers ]
• A5 -Griddox- [Private to Baron Gurati: 1 prison soldiers ]
• E8 -Hellish- [Private to Duke Lortran: 2 jumpships, 2 damper fields, 2 psychic veterans ]
• C8 -Marx- [Private to Duke Lortran: 3 noble, 5 house troops, 4 psychic veterans, 1 arsenal (BM),5 clone soldiers,  1 arsenal, 1 dampers, 1 jumpships ]
• F5 -Mercurium- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 Warrior priests , 7 miners, 1 nuclear arsenals, 1 jumpship ]
• G2 -Mox- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 7 miners,  4 nobles, 1 damper, 1 jumpships, ]
• J3 -Parallax- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 JS, 1 priests ]
• F2 -Punah- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 4 Amazonians,1 nukes, 1 priest, 1 JS ]
• D3 -Pyreen- [Private to Baron Gurati: 4x Desert  warriors,2 heretics, 1 nuke,  1 noble, 1 jumpship, 2 imperial conscripts ]
• B3 -Quayat- [Private to Baron Gurati: 2 desert wariors, 1 JS ]
• B9 -Scorch- [Private to Duke Lortran: 1 house troop, 1 psychic veteran, 4 lava projectors, 1 nuke ]
• C3 -Seedeen- [Private to Baron Gurati: 6 imperial conscripts, 2 heretics, 1 damper field, ]
• J2 -Yoravar- [Private to Countess Kadesh: 1 house troop, 1 jumpships ]
• D7 -Zenceti- [Private to Duke Lortran: 4 psychic natives ]

      1      2       3      4       5        6       7       8       9     10
   ______         _______        ________         _______         ______
  /Gurati\_______/       \______/Gridox  \_______/       \_______/      \______
A \_G0/6_/       \_______/      \_G0/1___/       \_______/       \______/Lortran
  /      \_______/Quayat \______/        \_______/       \_______/Scorch\_L0/3_/
B \______/       \_G1/2__/      \________/       \_______/       \_L0/7_/      \
  /      \_______/Seedeen\______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
C \______/       \_G0/9__/      \________/       \_______/ Marx  \______/      \
  /      \_______/Pyreen \______/        \_______/Zenceti\_L1/17_/      \______/
D \______/ Frost \_G1/9__/      \________/       \__L0/4_/       \______/      \
  /      \__G0/11/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
E \______/ Dalton\_______/      \________/ Eden  \_______/Hellish\______/      \
  /      \_K1/6__/       \______/Mercurum\_G0/4__/       \_L2/4__/      \______/
F \______/ Punah \_______/      \_K1/9___/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_K1/6__/       \______/        \_______/       \_______/      \______/
G \______/  Mox  \_______/      \________/       \_______/Aquara \______/      \
  /      \_K1/8__/       \______/        \_______/       \_N0/2__/      \______/
H \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_______/       \______/      \
  /      \_______/       \______/        \_______/Bolavor\_______/      \______/
I \______/       \_______/      \________/       \_N1/8__/       \______/      \
  /Kadesh\_______/Paralax\______/Computus\_______/       \_______/      \______/
J \_K1/1_/Yoravar\_K1/1__/      \_K0/7___/Bazarum\_______/       \______/Nitrix\
         \_K1/1__/       \______/        \__K1/1_/       \_______/      \_N0/6_/

A  gray-clad adviser rushes through the door to the Duke's quiet room, and whispers "M'lord, the duche--"

"Tycho!" shouts Duchess Catherine, storming in behind the adviser, and cutting off his quiet introduction.  "Eden, the cross-roads of this sector, was yours for the taking, and you went after Hellish?!  Some god-forsaken radioactive rock, when we could have grabbed the seat of the church, and control of the templars?!  Are you out of your mind?!  I did not come to this sector to rule over Hellish!"

Duke Lortran continues to stare out the window into the starry night, and allows the silence following his sister's shouting to hang in the air for a moment.

"Catherine," he says quietly, then turns to face her for the first time since her arrival.  "There is a reason we call this my quiet room.  If you wish to discuss my actions, I am more than happy to oblige, but please let us do so in a civilized manner."

The duchess throws her head back and laughs wildly, her eyes blazing.  "Quiet room!  Hah!  You have grown soft and weak in your old age, Tycho.  I should be running this House!  If I were, we would hold Eden now, and not some useless rock like Hellish!  Gods!  It's even called Hellish!  That should have been a clue to you!"

The duke lets out a long sigh.  "Sister, while I'm sure you would make a most capable head of House Lortran, fate has left it in my hands, and thus I will lead it as I see fit.  Hellish will bring us an income nearly equal to our other colony worlds combined.  And it serves as a nice buffer on our border with the Nitrix, who will be growing desperate for territory now.  More importantly, though, I have seen the baron overcome invasion forces twice now, when the odds were strongly against him.  I do not like the idea of attacking Eden while he is in control of the planet.  Let the Kadesh deal with him.  The Countess is hell-bent on destroying him, from what I hear from our new allies in the secret police."

The Duke pauses for a moment to glance out the window once more.  "Besides, we're not in a position to hold Eden at this point.  As you say, it is the crossroads of this sector, and all four houses have access to it.  Defending our border from the Nitrix is hard enough.  Adding both the Kadesh and the Gurati to the list would be foolish at this point."

The duchess sneers angrily at the duke.  "What of your precious Zenceti, Tycho?  The baron could attack it from Eden at any moment.  Why don't you worry about that border?"

The duke smiles a tired smile.  "The natives there are more than capable of defending themselves.  And more importantly, they cost us little to maintain.  If the Baron wants to waste solar templars taking Zenceti, he is welcome to try.  However, I imagine he has a better grasp of the economics involved than you do, dear sister."

"So, what then?  You have no intention of ever taking Eden?  You are content with your tiny corner of space?" the duchess asks.

"Of course not," answers the Duke.  "But the time has not yet come.  As I have said many times, patience will win this sector.  Patience, and calm.  Now, as we are in need of funds, please attend to your assigned task of increasing production here."

Catherine glares at her brother angrily for a moment.  "Oh, I shall, Tycho.  I shall wrench these peasants for all they are worth.  You shall see how much 'funding' I can raise, and compare it to those imbeciles on Marx.  I don't see why you even tolerate them."

The duke lets out another sigh.  "Marcos, Carly, and Alex do as they are told, at least.  And from Marx they cannot shout at me." He offers a weak smile towards the Duchess.

The duchess sneers a final sneer then stomps angrily out of the room.  The gray-clad adviser bows once to the duke, then follows Catherine out of the room.

The Duke sighs yet again, and chews his lip in thought.  A moment later, a voice crackles from the communicator on the Duke's wrist.  "Excellently done!  I don't think she had a clue!  I watched it all from here, and I don't think she noticed a thing.  And if Catherine didn't notice, I doubt anyone will."

"Indeed," answered the Duke, a smile returning to his face.  "Though, she was quite angry.  Do you think she might try to kill one of us, and take control of the house?"

"It is a distinct possibility, I am afraid.  That's part of why you're here, of course."

"And why you're not," answered the Duke wryly.

"True enough.  One of us may fall, but the other will go on, and the plan will continue."

The Duke nodded slightly, then spoke once more into the communicator at his wrist.  "She raises some valid points, however.  Our allies in the church press us harder each day to take Eden.  We will have to take it eventually."

"Eventually, yes.  But as you told her, now is not the time.  The church can wait.  They have done little for us of late, despite our continued efforts to open up Bazarium to their influence.  Let them wait along with Catherine until we are ready."

"Indeed.  What is our plan for the immediate future, then?"

"The spacing guild will eventually leave us, as the surgeons did.  We must make best use of them while we have them, just as we did with the surgeons, eh?  Place orders for more ships, and continue to reinforce our holdings.  Patience will win the day for us."

"Yes," replied the Duke.  "As you wish."

[Private to GM: Orders:
1- INITIATIVE-
16:18, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. init.

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
16:18, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. recruit noble.
Hot damn!  I keep getting lucky with that roll!  ICly, I have a rather cool idea for this one:  With the help of the temporary alliance with the surgeons of silex, the clone-masters of Marx were able to create a body double of the Duke (who is fearing assassination, hence his enlisting the help of the secret police).  This noble will be called "Duke Lortran (clone)," and rather than explicitly say there's another noble, I think the IC fluff should be that Duke Lortran is being seen in public a great deal lately, seemingly doubling his previous apperances, and working more than a man his age would seem capable of.


3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Lortran:  Spacing guild JS x3. cost 18
Marx: clone. cost 1
Scortch: none
Zenceti: psychic natives. cost 1.
Hellish: none

4- MOVEMENT-
Lortran --> Marx:
3x jumpships
EDIT:  IF it's okay (no one else has posted orders yet), I'd like to leave these jumpships on Lortran rather than move them to Marx.


Marx --> Hellish:
2x clones, 1x arsenal (in one jumpship)
*since new rules take effect this round, it doesn't matter if it's the BM nukes or the normal ones, right?  If it matters, send the BM nuke

Hellish --> Mrax:
2x Jumpships
2x dampers


5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
Nukes Marx: armed (jumpships)
Nukes Hellish: armed (jumpships)
Nukes Scortch: armed (jumpships)

6- BATTLE-

Lortran group:
1. house troops (+nobles x3)

Scortch group:
1. house troops
2. Lava projectors
3. psychic vets

Marx group:
1. clones
2. house troops
3. dampers
4. psychic vets (+nobles)

Zenceti group:
1. psychic natives

Hellish group:
1. psychic vets

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-

Duke Tycho (Lortran) - intrigue: Discordian heretics
 16:33, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 3 using 1d6. noble action 1.
Baron Marcos (Marx) - govern
 16:34, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. noble action 2.
Marquis Alex (Marx) - govern
 16:34, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. noble action 3.
Baroness Carly (Marx) - govern
 16:35, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. noble action 4.
Duchess Catherine (Lortran) - govern
 16:35, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. noble action 5.
Duke Tycho-clone (Lortran) - govern
 16:36, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. noble action 6.

CoM diplo attempt at Griddox:
 16:36, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. Church of Mankind diplo. #1.
CoM diplo attempt at Bazarium:
 16:36, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. Church of Mankind diplo. #2.

Imp. Secret Police Assassination attempt:
 16:37, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. Imp. Secret polic assassination.
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This message was last edited by the player at 17:02, Fri 23 May 2008.

Round 12 moves

[Private to GM:

beginning:
Jerstertia III
Baron Castile Gurati
2 x House Troops
2 x Dampers
2 x Cyborg Commandoes

Eden
Andorus Gurati
4 x Solar Templars

Frost
7 x Ice Barbarians
3 x House Troops
1 x Colonial Rangers

Gridox
1 x Prison Conscripts

Pyreen
D'Silvia Gurati
4 x Desert Warriors
2 x Discordian Heretics
2 x Imperial Conscripts
1 x Nuke - armed against any enemy Jumpship entering this system
Jumpship GAMMA

Quayat
2 x Desert Warriors
Jumpship ALPHA

Seedeen
6 x Imperial Conscripts
2 x Heretics
1 x Damper Field - armed to defend against Nukes.

Treasury
20 Solats



1- INITIATIVE-
GM rolls this

2- RECRUIT NOBLES-
rolled 1, 5 and 1 _{free roll + Imp Arist + S of Silex}. 2 Nobles Recruited:
Ephrates Gurati (nephew of the Baron)
Gratius Rephiliad (noble from the world of Frost)
    _{can I allocated Gratius as starting on his home world of Frost?}

3- RECRUIT TROOPS-
Quayat - Desert Warriors (cost 5)
Frost - Ice Barbarians(cost 3)
Seedeen - Imperial Conscripts (cost 1)
Eden - Solar Templar (cost 7)
Griddox - Prison Soldiers (cost 1)
      3 Solat unspent

4- MOVEMENT-
JUMPSHIP ALPHA:   Quayat (3b) --> Jerstertia III (1a)

JUMPSHIP GAMMA, D'Silvia Gurati, 1 x Heretic : Pyreen (3d) --> Eden (6e)

Colonial Rangers:  Frost (2d) --> Pyreen (3d)


5- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
none

6- BATTLE-
initiate none

7- NOBLE ACTIONS-
1: Baron Castille Gurati (1a): Govern Jertertia III: auto succeed: rolled +2: = 7 Solats
2: Andorus Gurati (6e): Intrigue: Spacing Guild: rolled 1: SUCCESS.
3: D'Silvia Gurati(3c): Sabotage: Kadesh Jumpship on Mercurum: rolled 1: SUCCESS.
4: Ephrates Gurati (1a): Govern Eden: auto succeed: rolled +5: = 7 Solats
5: Gratius Rephiliad (2d or 1a?): Assasinate Countess Kadesh: rolled 1: SUCCESS.

Treasury:
Govern Jerstertia III = 7
Govern Gridox = 7
Surgeons of Silex = 1
    unspent = 3
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This message was last edited by the player at 15:33, Tue 27 May 2008.