________         ________        ____        ______         _______
A/Lortran \_______/        \______/    \______/Pyreen\_______/       \____
 \________/       \________/      \____/ Fah  \______/       \_______Nitrix
B/        \_______/Sanctuar\______/    \______/      \_______/       \____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/    \
C/ Hellish\_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/       \____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/  Mox  \_______/    \
D/        \_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/       \____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/    \
E/        \_______/ Punah  \______/    \______/      \_______/Yoravar\____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/    \
F/        \_______/        \______/    \______/Dalton\_______/       \____/
 \________/Paralax\________/      \____/Aquara\______/       \_______/    \
G/        \_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/ Frost \____/
 \________/       \________/Sedeen\____/      \______/       \_______/    \
H/Mercurum\_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/       \____/
 \________/ Marx  \________/Scorch\____/      \______/Bolavor\_______/    \
I/        \_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/       \____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
J/Kadesh  \_______/Computus\______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \________/Quayat \________/      \____/      \______/Bazarum\_______/Gurati
          \_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/

As usual, the RNG works hard to screw players over.

There is an Altar of Battle on Frost. it is an ancient relic containing the remains of two long dead nobles. The owning player can move it to another planet as if it was an unit. It provides Ice barbarians with the same bonus as if they were on Frost.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:24, Thu 28 Mar 2013.

ROUND ONE:  FIGHT!

[Private to GM:

TURN ONE
     {* requires a die roll}
2- PRODUCTION- collect 5 Solats (Gurati Homeworld)
3- UPKEEP- pay 2 Solats for 19 units
4- * RECRUIT NOBLES- 1 {Lord Tyson Gurati}
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- none

6- MOVEMENT- 
        - 'Macarbre' jump to Bazarum with: 3x Rebels
        - 'Intellegosa' jump to Bolavor with: 1x Imp Shock Troops & 2x Cyborg Commandoes
7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE- none
8- BATTLE- attack both Bazarum and Bolavor with view to possession. 

9- * NOBLE ACTIONS-
   - Sir Drake Gurati {Diplomacy: Frost}- 1
   - Lady Elleanora Gurati {Income: Gurati Homeworld}- 6
   - Lady Delia Stanthorpe {Sabotage: Kadesh Jumpship}- 5
   - Lord Tyson Gurati {Sabotage: Kadesh jumpship} - 4
   - 5th Sector Rebels {Sabotage}- 5
   - Black Market {Income}- 2
   - Imperial Secret Police {Assasinate}- 2
   - Church of Man {Diplomacy}- 5
10- PLANET CONTROL: hopefully Frost, Bazarum and Bolavor
11- * Random Event Roll- 6

TREASURY:
Started turn with 5 Solats; 
   +5: Production
    -2 : Upkeep
= 8 Solats in treasury

12:16, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 1 using 1d6. Recruit Noble.
12:12, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 1 using 1d6. Sir Drake action: turn 1.
12:11, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 6 using 1d6. Lady Elleanora action: turn 1.
12:10, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6. Lady Delia action: turn 1.
12:10, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6. Rebels action: turn 1.
12:09, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 2 using 1d6. Black Market action: turn 1.
12:09, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 2 using 1d6. Secret Police action: turn 1.
12:08, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6. Church of Man action.
12:07, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 6 using 1d6. Random Event Roll: turn 1.]
This message was last edited by the player at 12:14, Thu 28 Mar 2013.

Irulan Kadesh let out a sigh, glancing over the holographic displays of her troops. It was a small enough force to fight for the destiny of her people. Only those who were tied to her by blood were prepared to go to war, her people and the Stellar Pilgrims. That, and the Mercenaries that formed a third of her whole force, loyal only if she could keep paying. But her homeworld was ideally placed, and with the warrior-faith of Kadesh on her side, she could not lose. The plan she and her cousin Lady Enalia had created ought to provide a strong beginning.

[Private to GM: 2- PRODUCTION- +5 Solats
3- UPKEEP- -1 Solat
4- RECRUIT NOBLES- 5 and 3, so no noble.
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- Warrior Priest and Fanatic
8 Solats remaining
6- MOVEMENT- Jumpship 'Matilda of Cannossa' to Scorch, with High Priest Harrion Kadesh, 2 Warrior Priests, Nuclear Arsenal
Jumpship 'Zealous' to Mercurum, with Lord Corinus Dacklin, Warrior Priests, 2 Mercenaries
Pilgrim Troupe to Computus
Pilgrim Troupe to Marx
Pilgrim Troupe to Quayat
2 Mercenaries, 3 House troops, 1 Fanatic on Kadesh
7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE- Jumpship 'Matilda of Canossa' Nuclear Arsenal: SHIP
8- BATTLE- None
9- NOBLE ACTIONS- Lady Enalia Kadesh: Strategic Planning +turn order.
10- PLANET CONTROL- Barring unforeseen situations, House Kadesh should gain control over Mercurum, Computus, Marx, Quayat and Scorch.
11- RANDOM EVENT ROLL- 2+1]
This message was last edited by the player at 03:01, Thu 28 Mar 2013.

(A little bit to chew on while our friend the Duke Lortran churns out his orders for turn 1)

The Imperial Sage reports: The twenty factions allowed access to the newly opened quadrant by Emperor's neverending mercy have announced their initial alleigances. As usual, it is expected that these change quickly as soon as fighting in the sector starts. Noteworthy is the concentration of jumpship capability in the Duke's hands, and the large amount of ground units possessed by the Gurati.


Kadesh:
   1. Mercenary Guild 4 Mercenaries
   2. Sisteria +1 to psychic attack rolls
   3. Brotherhood of Machines Pay cost of unit again to have it gain +1 AD, once
   4. Stellar Pilgrims 3 Pilgrim Troupes & Random event roll +1d6
   5. Imperial Aristocracy Noble Action or Recruit Noble
Gurati:
   6. 5th Sector Rebels 3 Rebels & Sabotage
   7. Church of Mankind Diplomacy & 2 Church Inquisitors
   8. Black Market 2 Nuclear Arsenals & Income
   9. Imperial Secret Police 2 Imperial Death Squads & Assassination
  10. Imperial Army 3 Imperial Shock Troops
Nitrix:
  11. Arms Dealers 1 Solat per 10 units in the game
  12. Surgeons of Silex Recruit Noble & Income
  13. Rimspace Pirates 2 Pirates
  14. Colonial Council 1 Colonial Ranger & Diplomacy
  15. Discordian Heretics 4 Heretics
Lortran:
  16. Imperial War Academy All Imperial units function at +1 AD
  17. Mercantile Consortium Income actions raise Solats by +2 instead +1
  18. Imperial Navy 3 Jumpships
  19. Spacing Guild 2 Jumpships & 1 Solat per 10 jumpships in game
  20. Imperial Bureaucracy Strategic Planning

Duke Tycho Lortran strolled through his garden, quietly enjoying a brief moment of downtime between meetings with the Imperial Generals from the War Academy and the Admiral of the Imperial Navy.  The morning had seen an interminable discussion of minute details in the latest trade agreements with the mercantile consortium, and the evening would bring an audience with members of the Imperial Bureaucracy.

The old man sighed as he pondered a blossom.  Such endless meetings are the price for peace, I suppose, he thought to himself.  Still tiresome as these imperials can be, I will take this monotony over what we had in the old days.

He wandered through the garden slowly, breathing in the smells, and trying to forget the scheduled meetings when a young page hurried up to him and bowed.  "Forgive me m'lord, but I've been sent to tell you that we have detected movements in Gurati space.  Countess Kadesh is mobilizing forces as well.  The council sent to me tell you there will be a meeting in half an hour's time."

Duke Lortran took a slow, deep breath, eyes closed and frowning.  "And so it begins again," he muttered to himself more than to the page.  "Tell the council I will be with them shortly.  Tell them to have a full report waiting for me when I arrive.  And tell them to send for Baron Marcos and Duchess Catherine as well."

"As you wish, M'lord," replied the page, bowing and hurrying off as quickly as he had come.

Duke Lortran continued to wander through the garden, lost in thought.  "The fools.  They probably don't even remember the last wars, beyond the tales their parents have told them.  Will we learn, someday?  I lost enough family fighting over the last sector.  I don't wish to lose anymore."

[Private to GM:
Orders:

1- INITIATIVE-

   13:47, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. initiative round 1.

2- PRODUCTION (expected):
   fund at start of turn: 7
      13:33, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 7 using 3d6. starting solats.

   lortran income: 5
   spacing guild income: 1 (13 total ships in game?)

   subtotal: 7+5+1=13

3- UPKEEP (expected): 1
   3 house troops
   2 house jumpships
   2 psychic vets
   1 nuke
   5 allied jumpships
  ----
   13 units => 1 upkeep

  subtotal remaining money: 13-1=12 solats


4- RECRUIT NOBLES-
   13:56, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. recruit nobles round 1.


5- RECRUIT TROOPS-
   Lortran: 1 house troops (cost 2), 1 psychic vets (cost 4)

   subtotal remaining money: 12-6=6

6- MOVEMENT-
   Lortran --> Hellish
    1 (house) Jumpship
    w/ 1 house troop

   Lortran --> Sanctuary
    1 (house) Jumpship
    w/ 2 psychic vets + 1 house troop

   Lortran --> Sanctuary
    1 Spacing Guild Jumpship
    w/ 1 psychic vet
    1 Imp. Navy Jumpship
    w/ 1 house troops + 1 psychic vet


7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
   Nukes Lortran: armed (jumpships)


8- BATTLE-
   house troops capture Hellish
   Psychic Veterans & house troops capture Sanctuary


9- NOBLE ACTIONS-
   -Duke Tycho (Lortran): income on Lotran (+2 income w/ merc. consortium)
   -Baron Marcos (Lortran): income on Lortran (+2 income w/ merc. consortium)
   -Duchess Catherine (Lortran): income on Lotranr (+2 income w/ merc. consortium)
   ==> total of +6 income for Lortran
   strategic planning from Imp Bureaucracy (add +1 to roll to go first next round)

10- RANDOM EVENT
14:28, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 12 using 1d20. random event roll.
14:28, Today: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. erk...lets try that again..


]
This message was last edited by the player at 22:17, Thu 28 Mar 2013.

(please doublecheck the figures. It'll take a few turns for me to get accustommed to the new program :) Private lines should be visible to the appropriate player. beneath the planet names in the map, the letter is owner, then grund units and finally jumpships.)

The Imperial Truthsayer reports:

The contest in this sector has goen live, as predicted. Even the most pacifistic nobles have begun mobilizing. In addition, numerous minor houses and offshots are waiting for an opportunity to interfere in this sector. Prognosis: large scale violence, imperial intervention necessary... soon-ish. The breeding programme might benefit from this conflict.

The Imperial navigator reports:

The four noble houses started maneuvering in earnest. Territorial gains have been large, mostly because there was no opposition. The largest gains were made by the Countess Kadesh, numbering five new worlds. Baron Gurati acquired three new worlds - one of those, Frost, through simple diplomacy. It seems the young Gurati leader has learned from the Duke. At the other corner of the quadrant, the Duke Lortran himself is much less fortunate, and an awkward initial wormhole placement to his home star leaves him with only two systems to add to his fief. Finally, Nitrix aded only one system, albeit the Gem rich world of Mox.

The Imperial strategist reports:

There have been no battles this season. Probable flashpoints include Punah, Fah, and the Aquara-Yoravar line.

  ________         ________        ____        ______         _______
A/Lortran \_______/        \______/    \______/Pyreen\_______/       \____
 \_L2/3___/       \________/      \____/ Fah  \______/       \_______Nitrix
B/        \_______/Sanctuary______/    \______/      \_______/       \N5/0/
 \________/       \__L7/3__/      \____/      \______/       \_______/    \
C/ Hellish\_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/       \____/
 \__L1/1__/       \________/      \____/      \______/  Mox  \_______/    \
D/        \_______/        \______/    \______/      \_N9/2__/       \____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/    \
E/        \_______/ Punah  \______/    \______/      \_______/Yoravar\____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/    \
F/        \_______/        \______/    \______/Dalton\_______/       \____/
 \________/Paralax\________/      \____/Aquara\______/       \_______/    \
G/        \_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/ Frost \____/
 \________/       \________/Sedeen\____/      \______/       \__G0/0_/    \
H/Mercurum\_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/       \____/
 \__K3/1__/ Marx  \________/Scorch\____/      \______/Bolavor\_______/    \
I/        \__K1/0_/        \_K3/1_/    \______/      \__G3/1_/       \____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
J/Kadesh  \_______/Computus\______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__K6/0__/Quayat \___K1/0_/      \____/      \______/Bazarum\_______/Gurati
          \__K1/0_/        \______/    \______/      \__G3/1_/       \G12/0/

Kadesh:
   1. Mercenary Guild 4 Mercenaries
   2. Sisteria +1 to psychic attack rolls
   3. Brotherhood of Machines Pay cost of unit again to have it gain +1 AD, once
   4. Stellar Pilgrims 3 Pilgrim Troupes & Random event roll +1d6
   5. Imperial Aristocracy Noble Action or Recruit Noble
Gurati:
   6. 5th Sector Rebels 3 Rebels & Sabotage
   7. Church of Mankind Diplomacy & 2 Church Inquisitors
   8. Black Market 2 Nuclear Arsenals & Income
   9. Imperial Secret Police 2 Imperial Death Squads & Assassination
  10. Imperial Army 3 Imperial Shock Troops
Nitrix:
  11. Arms Dealers 1 Solat per 10 units in the game
  12. Surgeons of Silex Recruit Noble & Income
  13. Rimspace Pirates 2 Pirates
  14. Colonial Council 1 Colonial Ranger & Diplomacy
  15. Discordian Heretics 4 Heretics
Lortran:
  16. Imperial War Academy All Imperial units function at +1 AD
  17. Mercantile Consortium Income actions raise Solats by +2 instead +1
  18. Imperial Navy 3 Jumpships
  19. Spacing Guild 2 Jumpships & 1 Solat per 10 jumpships in game
  20. Imperial Bureaucracy Strategic Planning
This message was last edited by the GM at 06:59, Sat 30 Mar 2013.

Duke Lortran sits at an antique table in his quiet room, studying a vid display screen filed with financial data, charts, and maps.  A young woman enters. Her long, straight red hair falls down her back, and her posture is perfect, though she seems somewhat tense.

"You sent for me, Duke Tycho?"

Duke Lortran looks up from the vid display, and smiles at the young woman for a few moments silently before speaking.  So different from her mother, he thinks, More controlled, a deeper thinker...But Catherine's fire is still there.

"Yes, Catherine, thank you for coming."  How like her mother to name her daughter Catherine as well.  "As you know, the wars have started again.  And as you know all too well, that puts all of us in danger, whether we take part or not."

"My mother was assassinated during the last wars, Tycho.  You need not remind me of the dangers," the young Catherine replied calmly, without malice.

Tycho studied her for another long moment.  "Yes.  In that case, I am hoping that you will apply your skill to the cause.  You will be a target regardless, and I am hoping that some of your mother's passion for this grim work was passed on."  He offered a weak smile, as if to indicate he was only half-serious about this last comment.

"I was still quite young when my mother died, as you well know, Tycho.  She had not seen fit to teach me the ways of conquest by that point.  What I know of politics, governance, and war, I have learned without her to guide me."  Her tone was dispassionate, not challenging, but Tycho sense the slightest hint of...something familiar there nonetheless.  Her blood runs colder than her mothers, but there is still a prideful streak there he thought.  The question is whether we can put that to productive use, or whether it will be her downfall.

The Duke nodded with a slight smile.  He let another long moment of silence pass before speaking again.  "Yes, I've been informed of your impressive education.  You will be a valuable asset to our House in this conflict.  Your mother and I did not always see eye to eye, to put it mildly, but I have a feeling you and I might work better together.  You have more patience than she ever did, I can see that much.  But the war will not be an exercise in a school book.  Our lives our at stake, as well as those of all who live on our worlds.  There will be little room for error.  Baron Marcos survived the last wars, and I've asked him to give you some pointers.  He's not one to waste words, so listen close to him.  He says little, but what he does say tends to carry a great deal of importance."

"And what shall be my assignment, Duke Tycho?"

"For the moment, we lack the worlds to provide material for the conflict, so we must improve the output of the worlds we do control to make up for this deficiency.  The countess has wasted no time expanding her region of control, and we cannot afford to have her in backyard before we have had a chance to prepare.  See what you can do with the economy on Hellish for now."

"Of course, Duke Tycho.  Is that all?"  She seemed to Tycho not to be impatient, but at the same time, eager to get on with her duties rather than chat with her ancient relative.

"Yes, Catherine, that is all.  Thank you."



[Private to GM:
Orders:

1- INITIATIVE-

   not sure if I've misunderstood the initiative rule.  I think in the old version it was a d6 modified by strategic planning.  New rules seem to do away with the rolling.  Have rolled just in case, other wise, I guess I just move forward one spot due to my strategic planning (by allies) in last round?
   18:41, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6+1. init round 2(?).

2- PRODUCTION (expected):
   fund at start of turn: 6


   lortran income: 9
   Hellish income: 2
   Sanctuary income: 0
   spacing guild income: 1 (15 total ships in game)

   subtotal: 6+9+2+0=17

3- UPKEEP (expected): 1
   Lortran: 2,3
   Hellish: 1,1
   Sanctuary 7,3
   17 units => 1 upkeep

  subtotal remaining money: 17-1=16 solats


4- RECRUIT NOBLES-
   18:47, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 3 using 1d6. recruit noble round 2.


5- RECRUIT TROOPS-
   Lortran: 1 house troops (cost 2), 1 damper field (cost 2)
   Hellish: 1 nuke (cost 5)
   Sanctuary: none
   subtotal remaining money: 16-(2+2+5)=7

6- MOVEMENT-
   Hellish -> Punah
    1 Jumpship (Royal Oak)
    w/ 1 house troop + 1 nuke (just built)

   Lortran --> Sanctuary
    1 Jumpship (Guild Jammer)
    w/ 2 house troop (1 just built) and 1 damper field (just built)

   Sanctuary --> Punah
    1 Jumpship (Golden Hind)
    w/ 1x house troops, 1x pychic vets
    1 Jumpship (Guild Fluyt)
    w/ 1x house troops, 1x pychic vets

   Sanctuary --> Fah
    1 Jumpship (Ardent)
    w/ 1x house troops, 2x psychic vets


7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
   Nukes Lortran: armed (jumpships)

   Nuke Hellish (new, in transit to Punah): safe.  Once on Punah, armed (jumpships)


8- BATTLE-
   house troops and vets capture punah
   house troops and vets either capture Fah, or fight for it if Nitrix arrive first.


9- NOBLE ACTIONS-
   -Duke Tycho (Lortran): income on Hellish (+2 income w/ merc. consortium)
   -Baron Marcos (Lortran): income on Hellish (+2 income w/ merc. consortium)
   -Duchess Catherine (Lortran): income on Hellish (+2 income w/ merc. consortium)
   ==> total of +6 income for Hellish, to go up to a total of 8
   strategic planning from Imp Bureaucracy (move forward 1 in init next round)

10- RANDOM EVENT
   19:00, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 6 using 1d6. random event roll.
]
This message was last edited by the player at 19:26, Fri 29 Mar 2013.

ROUND TWO

Elleanora sat patiently through the debriefing.  A model of her noble upbringing, the rage at the futile delinquency of her minions never reached her smiling, warm charming face ... it remained deep within, burning white.
They had failed her again; while those impudent, uncouth rebels that the House insisted on harboring had achieved her victory instead.
There was no consolation that the sabotage had been achieved, one way or the other; all that mattered to Elleanora Gurati was her own need to succeed, her own need to prove superior, and her own need to take the throne from her upstart cousin, Castille Gurati.

[Private to GM:
                   {* requires a die roll}
2- PRODUCTION-
          6 Solats (Gurati Homeworld), 
          3 Solats (Bazarum)
          2 Solats (Bolavor)
            1 Solat   (Frost)
3- UPKEEP- pay 2 Solats for 20 units
4- * RECRUIT NOBLES- nope
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- 
           {Gurati} 1x Church Inquisitor : 4 Solats
           {Frost} 1x Ice Barbarian : 3 Solats
          {Bolavor} 1x Jungle Fighter: 1 Solat
          {Bazarum} 1x Jumpship 'Santana' : 6 Solats

6- MOVEMENT- 
        - 'Macarbre' jump from Bazarum to Bolavor with: 2x Rebels
        - 'Intellegosa' jump from Bolavor to Frost with: 1x Imp Shock Troops & 2x Cyborg Commandoes
       - 'Santana' jump from Bazarum to Gurati
7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE- none
8- BATTLE- none, I suspect

9- * NOBLE ACTIONS-
   - Sir Drake Gurati {Intrigue} nope
   - Lady Elleanora Gurati {Sabotage} nope
   - Lady Delia Stanthorpe {Sabotage} nope
   - Lord Tyson Gurati {Sabotage} nope
   - 5th Sector Rebels {Sabotage: Nitrix Jumpship}- YES: preferable one headed for Yoravar, if there is one. 
   - Black Market {Income}- auto success
   - Imperial Secret Police {Assasinate}- nope
   - Church of Man {Diplomacy}- nope
10- PLANET CONTROL: Frost
11- * Random Event Roll- 2

TREASURY:
Started turn with 8 Solats; 
   +12: Production
    - 2 : Upkeep
    -14:  Recruit Troops
= 4 Solats in treasury


06:21, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 4 using 1d6. Recruit Noble: turn 2.
06:21, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 2 using 1d6. Drake action: turn 2.
06:20, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 4 using 1d6. Elleanora action: turn 2.
06:20, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 3 using 1d6. Delia action: turn 2.
06:20, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 2 using 1d6. Tyson action: turn 2.
06:19, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 1 using 1d6. Rebels action: turn 2.
06:19, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 6 using 1d6. Black Market action: turn 2.
06:19, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 3 using 1d6. Secret Police action: turn 2.
06:18, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 4 using 1d6. Church of Man action: turn 2.
06:18, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 2 using 1d6. Random Event.]

I think Scorch should be 3/1.  Unless Kadesh has three Jumpships there, with just one unit.
Also: I believe each House World generates 5 Solats each: you have varying amounts listen in your table.
This message was last edited by the player at 09:58, Sat 30 Mar 2013.

Irulan Kadesh smiled at the message in from Harrion. “The Crusade advances!” her brother had sent. Her older brother had always been a better fighter than her, a better administrator and even more zealous; he would have been Count now, if he hadn’t given it up to serve Kadesh’s faith with all his heart. Perhaps that was for the best, though. There were other Houses attempting to control this sector; her brother would have dared them all and fought them head on, confident in his faith to bring him victory no matter what the odds. Irulan recognized that this situation called for subtlety.
Her cause had advanced, just as Harrion said. Five planets had joined her, making Kadesh the largest power in the system. Her House had long desired the valuable mines of Mercurium, though the fiery world of Scorch was less of a prize. The people of Kadesh had long felt a kinship to the tough Desert warriors of Quayat, but the robotic death machines of Computus and the Clone soldiers of Marx were seriously unsettling allies. But she’d need all the help she could get. The robotic war machines should at least please her allies in the Brotherhood of Machines.

[Private to GM: 2- PRODUCTION- +14 Solats
3- UPKEEP- -1 Solat
4- RECRUIT NOBLES- 1. Noble Recruited: Captain Caroline Kadesh
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- Clone Soldiers, Robot Death Machines, Lava Projectors, Miners, 2x Pilgrim Troupes
1 Solat remaining
6- MOVEMENT- Jumpship 'Matilda of Cannossa' from Scorch to Sedeen, with High Priest Harrion Kadesh, 2 Warrior Priests, Nuclear Arsenal aboard
Jumpship 'Zealous' from Mercurum to Paralax, with Lord Corinus Dacklin, Warrior Priests, 2 Mercenaries aboard
Pilgrim Troupe from Computus to Sedeen
Pilgrim Troupe from Marx to Sedeen
Pilgrim Troupe from Quayat to Scorch
Pilgrim Troupe from Kadesh to Quayat
Pilgrim Troupe from Kadesh to Scorch
2 Mercenaries, 3 House troops, 1 Fanatic on Kadesh
Clone Soldiers on Marx
Robot Death Machines on Computus
Lava Projectors on Scorch
Miners on Mercurum
7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE- Sedeen Nuclear Arsenal: SHIP
8- BATTLE- None
9- NOBLE ACTIONS- Lady Enalia Kadesh: Income, Imperial Aristocracy: Income
10- PLANET CONTROL- Barring unforeseen situations, House Kadesh should gain control over Sedeen and Paralax
11- RANDOM EVENT ROLL- 6]
This message was last edited by the player at 08:15, Sun 31 Mar 2013.

The Imperial taskmaster reports:

Noble lords and lady, it is imperative that you designate the target of your "income" noble actions in your orders. Else, they will have no effect.

The imperial sages report:

Duke Lortran's House troops throw a spontaneous party for their commandrs before retiring to the red quarters of Punah's small cities after this pleasure world sided with Lortran.

The Duke's troops sent to Fah are not nearly as lucky. Sure enough, the planet is pleasant and hospitable. But there are no Amazonians, only a feelnig that the planet itself watches you.

Lortran nobles make a well orchestrated effort to build up the economy of Hellish. The Mercantile Consortium's connections are key to these fruitful efforts, and soon enough massive drilling rigs and mineral extractors swim ni the radioactive molten seas, churning out component for nuclear warheads and weapons by the crate. The leaders of the Consortium were seen rubbing their hands, a snakelike satisafction on their faces.

The Nitrix jumpship "Indomitable" suffered a major systems malfunction while in orbit over Mox. There were sloppily hidden signs of saboatge t obe found, leading to the Kadesh. Experienced observers pointed out that that evidence was too neatly planted and too easily found, and instead suspected the 5th sector Rebels.

Captain Caroline Kadesh joins the nobles on Kadesh. It remains to be seen what influence a new noble will have on the most numerous side's operations.

Ioannes Behcet, a minor noble in a Nitrix offshot house, entered service with his patron in this quadrant this season. he has yet to form any sort of reputation amongst the other nobles. Sarcastic voices point out the connection between the recent visit of the Surgeons of Silex to the Nitrix homeworld, and the fact that there is no house minor called Behcet registered in the galaxy.

The Colonial Rangers make peaceful contact with the elders of Pyreen. The verdant, peaceful world offers facilities for all the sides to come to an understanding. Other gains by the Nitrix include the shipyards of Yoravar and the research station of Dalton.

Aquara remains the only unclaimed world in the sector.

  ________         ________        ____        ______         _______
A/Lortran \_______/        \______/    \______/Pyreen\_______/       \____
 \_L1/2___/       \________/      \____/ Fah  \_N1/0_/       \_______Nitrix
B/        \_______/Sanctuary______/    \_L2/1_/      \_______/       \N5/0/
 \________/       \__L6/2__/      \____/      \______/       \_______/    \
C/ Hellish\_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/       \____/
 \__L1/0__/       \________/      \____/      \______/  Mox  \_______/    \
D/        \_______/        \______/    \______/      \_N6/0__/       \____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/    \
E/        \_______/ Punah  \______/    \______/      \_______/Yoravar\____/
 \________/       \__L2/2__/      \____/      \______/       \__N3/1_/    \
F/        \_______/        \______/    \______/Dalton\_______/       \____/
 \________/Paralax\________/      \____/Aquara\_N2/0_/       \_______/    \
G/        \__K3/1_/        \______/    \______/      \_______/ Frost \____/
 \________/       \________/Sedeen\____/      \______/       \__G4/1_/    \
H/Mercurum\_______/        \_K5/1_/    \______/      \_______/       \____/
 \__K1/0__/ Marx  \________/Scorch\____/      \______/Bolavor\_______/    \
I/        \__K1/0_/        \_K3/0_/    \______/      \__G3/1_/       \____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
J/Kadesh  \_______/Computus\______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__K6/0__/Quayat \___K1/0_/      \____/      \______/Bazarum\_______/Gurati
          \__K1/0_/        \______/    \______/      \__G1/0_/       \G13/1/

This message was last edited by the GM at 05:38, Tue 02 Apr 2013.

"I SAID, 'KILL THEM'", he screamed; enraged that this imputent Master Sargeant might even ordain to think, let alone follow orders.

So, they were citizens!  So, they had done nothing wrong. What did it matter, their deaths would serve as an example: a warning to those who might decide to harbor spies in the future.

"The children first!".

"Yes sir" came the answer ... along with the screams, and sweet sweet sound of Charged Thudgun fire.

[Private to GM:
                   {* requires a die roll}
2- PRODUCTION-
          7 Solats (Gurati Homeworld)
          3 Solats (Bazarum)
          2 Solats (Bolavor)
            1 Solat   (Frost)
3- UPKEEP- pay 3 Solats for 24 units
4- * RECRUIT NOBLES- nope
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- 
           {Gurati} 1x Church Inquisitor : 4 Solats
           {Frost} 1x Ice Barbarian : 3 Solats
          {Bolavor} 1x Jungle Fighter: 1 Solat
          {Bazarum} 1x Jumpship 'Brash' : 6 Solats

6- MOVEMENT- 
        - 'Macarbre' jump from Bolavor to Gurati with: no troops
        - 'Intellegosa' jump from Frost to Bolavor with: 1x Imp Shock Troops & Frost Shrine. 
       - 'Santana' jump from Gurati to Bolavor with: Tyson Gurati & 2x Nukes
       - 'Brash' jump from Bazarum to Gurati. 

7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-  I guess we'll have to see, eh!
8- BATTLE- I guess we'll have to see, eh!

9- * NOBLE ACTIONS-
   - Sir Drake Gurati {Govern: Gurati}- no
   - Lady Elleanora Gurati {Sabotage: Kadesh Jumpship}- no
   - Lady Delia Stanthorpe {Sabotage: Lortran Jumpship}- no
   - Lord Tyson Gurati {Travelling to Bolavor}
   - 5th Sector Rebels {Sabotage: Nitrix Jumpship}- no
   - Black Market {Income: Bazarum}- auto success
   - Imperial Secret Police {Assasinate: Kadesh noble}- no
   - Church of Man {Diplomacy: Aquila}- no
10- PLANET CONTROL: none
11- * Random Event Roll- 2

TREASURY:
Started turn with 4 Solats; 
   +13: Production
    - 3 : Upkeep
    -14:  Recruit Troops
= 6 Solats in treasury

08:46, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 2 using 1d6 with rolls of 2. Recruit Noble: turn 3.
08:46, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6 with rolls of 5. Drake Gurati action: turn 3.
08:45, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6 with rolls of 5. Elleanora Gurati action: turn 3.
08:45, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 3 using 1d6 with rolls of 3. Delia Stanthorpe action: turn 3.
08:44, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 2 using 1d6 with rolls of 2. Rebels action: turn 3.
08:44, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6 with rolls of 5. Black Market action: turn 3.
08:43, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 6 using 1d6 with rolls of 6. Secret Police action: turn 3.
08:43, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 2 using 1d6 with rolls of 2. Church of Man action: turn 3.
08:43, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 2 using 1d6 with rolls of 2. Random Events roll: turn 3.]
This message was last edited by the player at 06:43, Tue 02 Apr 2013.

"You can hold your snickering.  I'm flattered that you still think me young enough to be driven by such urges, but sadly my interests in Punah are purely strategic," Duke Tycho says with a smile to his grey-clad advisers.  "The Kadesh expansion can be halted there without spreading our forces too thin.  If we can convince the Countess that the easier pickings lie in the direction of Gurati space, we'll buy ourselves a bit of time."  Some of the advisers nod silently. "And of course having troops with high morale defending our borders never hurt, either," the duke adds with a grin.  "I'll Send Baroness Carley there.  I'll need someone with a bit of youth there if I'm to gain the respect of the locals."

"I am sure the Punanites will adore you, m'lord, but what of our other border?  Fah gives little by way of resources or population, and invites a Nitrix strike."

"Yes, there is little of value there, which hopefully Nitrix will see as well.  But at very least Nitrix cannot get to Sanctuary without first attacking Fah.  Again we can buy ourselves some time if we can present a front the Nitrix will not strike.  Let the others bloody themselves on Aquaria and Dalton, and perhaps once the dust settles we'll be in a position to respond."

[Private to GM:
Orders:

(Note--had to update these since I had messed up the noble actions rule)

1- INITIATIVE-
  one spot earlier from allied strategic planning in last round

2- PRODUCTION (expected):
   fund at start of turn: 7


   lortran income: 9
   Hellish income: 8
   Sanctuary income: 0
   Fah income: 1
   Punah income; 3
   spacing guild income: 1 (13 total ships in game)

   subtotal: 7+9+8+0+1+3=28

3- UPKEEP (expected): 2 (see post in diplomatic thread re: numbers here)
   Lortran: 1,2
   Hellish: 0,0
   Sanctuary: 3,1
   Fah:  3,1
   Punah: 6,3
   20 units => 2 upkeep

  subtotal remaining money: 28-2=26 solats


4- RECRUIT NOBLES-
   09:00, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. recruit noble round 3.
   Heh...seems like we're all getting our new blood at about the same time!  We'll call this one:  Baroness Carley

5- RECRUIT TROOPS-
   Lortran: 1 house troops (cost 2), 1 damper field (cost 2)
   Hellish: 1 nuke (cost 5)
   Sanctuary: none
   Punah: 1 Amazonian (cost 5)
   Fah:  none
   subtotal remaining money: 26-(2+2+5+5)=12

6- MOVEMENT-

   Lortran --> Sanctuary
    1x Jumpships (Ambuscade)
    w/ 1 house troops (just built), 1 damper (just built), 1 nuke,
    Baroness Carley, Baron Marcos

   Lortran --> Hellish
    1x Jumpships (Audacious)
    w/ Duchess Catherine

   Sanctuary --> Fah
    1x Jumpships (Guild Jammer)
    w/ 2x house troops, 1 damper

   Fah --> Sanctuary
    1x Jumpships (Ardent)

   Punah --> Sanctuary
    1x Jumpships (Royal Oak)
    w/ 1x Amazonians (just built)


7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-
   Nuke enroute from Lortran to Sanctuary: safe.

   Nuke Hellish (just built): safe.

   Nuke Punah: armed (jumpships)



8- BATTLE-
   none planned.


9- NOBLE ACTIONS-
   Duke Tycho:  Intrigue (Discordian heretics)
    14:22, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. noble action--intrigue round 3.
    Hot damn, the 1's want to play this round, it seems!
  (others moving this turn)
   strategic planning from Imp Bureaucracy (move forward 1 in init next round)

10- RANDOM EVENT
   09:15, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. random event roll.
   Gah!  Hate to see the 1's wasted on that roll! ;)
]
This message was last edited by the player at 13:30, Tue 02 Apr 2013.

In other times, Irulan might have been more than content to govern her eight-planet domain in peace. But these were not ordinary times, and the cause of the Kadesh no ordinary conflict. Of course, not everyone agreed. The Imperial Conscripts recruited from Sedeen had been little inspired by Harrion’s sermons. Still, they’d fight all the same, they had no choice. But she did, and she wondered sometimes whether she was the right woman for the job, or if she should have taken the place of her little sister Caroline, who had become a Stellar Pilgrim their her mother and commanded one of the small pilgrim jumpships. Well, now was not the time for doubts, but the time for action.

[Private to GM: 2- PRODUCTION- +22 Solats
3- UPKEEP- -2 Solat
4- RECRUIT NOBLES- 6, so no noble recruited
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- Clone Soldiers, Robot Death Machines, Imperial Conscripts, Jumpship ‘Joan of Arc’, Nuclear Arsenal on Scorch
1 Solat remaining
6- MOVEMENT- Jumpship 'Matilda of Cannossa' from Sedeen to Computus with Imperial Conscripts aboard
High Priest Harrion Kadesh, 2 Warrior Priests, Nuclear Arsenal, Pilgrim Troupe on Sedeen
Jumpship 'Zealous' from Paralax, to Marx
Jumpship ‘Joan of Arc’ From Paralax to Marx
 Lord Corinus Dacklin, Warrior Priests, 2 Mercenaries on Paralax
Pilgrim Troupe from Sedeen to Paralax
Pilgrim Troupe from Scorch to Paralax
Pilgrim Troupe on Quayat
2 Mercenaries, 3 House troops, 1 Fanatic on Kadesh
2x Clone Soldiers on Marx
2x Robot Death Machines on Computus
Lava Projectors, Pilgrim Troupe, Nuclear Arsenal on Scorch
Miners on Mercurum
7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE- Sedeen Nuclear Arsenal: SHIP, Scorch Nuclear Arsenal: SHIP
8- BATTLE- None
9- NOBLE ACTIONS- Lady Enalia Kadesh: Income (Kadesh), Captain Caroline Kadesh: Income (Kadesh) Imperial Aristocracy: Intrigue to acquire Nitrix’s Arms dealers
High Priest Harrion Kadesh: Income (Sedeen), Lord Corinus Dacklin: Income (Paralax)
10- PLANET CONTROL- None
11- RANDOM EVENT ROLL- 5]

The imperial strategist reports:

Noble lords and lady, please remember that leaving a world with no ground units whatsoever makes it vulnerable to takeover by simple diplomacy.

The imperial sages report:

Another noble has joined the Lortran effort in the quadrant. Baroness Carley assumed her duties on the icy haven of Sanctuary. The exiled nobles from various noble houses residing there in their vast icy palaces greeted her with suspicion.

There are many movements of Lortran troops, but no decisive action towards either neughbor. It seems the Duke is biding his time, patient as always. Chances are, he will have his hand forced soon.

While he might not want to enter a military conflict, the Duke nevertheless managed to sweet-talk the Discordian Heretics away from the Nitrix and into his web of alliances. It remains to be seen what kind of addition their organizatino will make to the Lortran cause.

The Gurati also make plenty of strategic movement, repositioning their defensive nuclear arsenals and units. The Altar of Battle from Frost leaves its homeworld for the first time in centuries.

The Kadesh, meanwhile, entrench. On the diplomatic front, they use the power of the imperial aristocracy to lure the Arms Dealers from the Nitrix. Surely this shady organization must see the benefits of siding with the side bringing the most revenue to them.

The Nitrix have no luck in love or war. Their numerous attempts at diplomacy and intrigue all fail misearbly.

Aquaria remains the only world yet unclaimed.

  ________         ________        ____        ______         _______
A/Lortran \_______/        \______/    \______/Pyreen\_______/       \____
 \_L0/0___/       \________/      \____/ Fah  \_N1/0_/       \_______Nitrix
B/        \_______/Sanctuary______/    \_L3/1_/      \_______/       \N5/0/
 \________/       \__L7/3__/      \____/      \______/       \_______/    \
C/ Hellish\_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/       \____/
 \__L5/2__/       \________/      \____/      \______/  Mox  \_______/    \
D/        \_______/        \______/    \______/      \_N10/1_/       \____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/    \
E/        \_______/ Punah  \______/    \______/      \_______/Yoravar\____/
 \________/       \__L2/1__/      \____/      \______/       \__N3/0_/    \
F/        \_______/        \______/    \______/Dalton\_______/       \____/
 \________/Paralax\________/      \____/Aquara\_N3/1_/       \_______/    \
G/        \__K5/0_/        \______/    \______/      \_______/ Frost \____/
 \________/       \________/Sedeen\____/      \______/       \__G4/0_/    \
H/Mercurum\_______/        \_K4/0_/    \______/      \_______/       \____/
 \__K1/0__/ Marx  \________/Scorch\____/      \______/Bolavor\_______/    \
I/        \__K2/2_/        \_K3/0_/    \______/      \__G7/2_/       \____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
J/Kadesh  \_______/Computus\______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__K6/0__/Quayat \___K3/1_/      \____/      \______/Bazarum\_______/Gurati
          \__K1/0_/        \______/    \______/      \__G1/0_/       \G12/2/

Kadesh:
   1. Mercenary Guild 4 Mercenaries
   2. Sisteria +1 to psychic attack rolls
   3. Brotherhood of Machines Pay cost of unit again to have it gain +1 AD, once
   4. Stellar Pilgrims 3 Pilgrim Troupes & Random event roll +1d6
   5. Imperial Aristocracy Noble Action or Recruit Noble
  11. Arms Dealers 1 Solat per 10 units in the game
Gurati:
   6. 5th Sector Rebels 3 Rebels & Sabotage
   7. Church of Mankind Diplomacy & 2 Church Inquisitors
   8. Black Market 2 Nuclear Arsenals & Income
   9. Imperial Secret Police 2 Imperial Death Squads & Assassination
  10. Imperial Army 3 Imperial Shock Troops
Nitrix:
  12. Surgeons of Silex Recruit Noble & Income
  13. Rimspace Pirates 2 Pirates
  14. Colonial Council 1 Colonial Ranger & Diplomacy
Lortran:
  15. Discordian Heretics 4 Heretics
  16. Imperial War Academy All Imperial units function at +1 AD
  17. Mercantile Consortium Income actions raise Solats by +2 instead +1
  18. Imperial Navy 3 Jumpships
  19. Spacing Guild 2 Jumpships & 1 Solat per 10 jumpships in game
  20. Imperial Bureaucracy Strategic Planning
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:41, Mon 08 Apr 2013.

Duke Tycho Lortran sips contemplatively at his tea in his quiet room.  He studies the star map, and trying to predict the point where the fighting will start.  Aquaria?  Dalton?  Yoravar?  Perhaps even Frost?  Or Punah if the Countess is feeling reckless.  No matter, our troops there can hold if she does.  But there will be chaos on her other border soon, and that might force her to turn our direction.  And there is always Fah, if the Nitrix run from the Gurati.  But running has never been the Nitrix way.  The duke frowns and lets out a sigh.  How many will be lost on Aquaria?  It seems it will be the cross roads of this conflict.  It's seas will run red with the blood of all four great houses before this is over.


[Private to GM:
Orders:

1- INITIATIVE-
  one spot earlier from allied strategic planning in last round

2- PRODUCTION (expected):
   fund at start of turn: 12


   lortran income: 9
   Hellish income: 8
   Sanctuary income: 0
   Fah income: 1
   Punah income; 3
   spacing guild income: 1 (14? total ships in game)

   subtotal: 12+9+8+0+1+3=33

3- UPKEEP (expected): 2 (see post in diplomatic thread re: numbers here)
   Lortran: 0,0
   Hellish: 1,1
   Sanctuary: 4,3
   Fah:  5,1
   Punah: 6,2
   23 units => 2 upkeep

  subtotal remaining money: 33-2=31 solats


4- RECRUIT NOBLES-
   08:51, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. recruit noble round 4.

5- RECRUIT TROOPS-
   Lortran: 2x spacing guild ships (Lidia, Zephyr)(cost 10), 7x Discordian heretics (cost 7), 1x damper (cost 2), 1x house troops (cost 2)
   Hellish: 1 subterrainean mutants (cost 4)
   Sanctuary: none
   Punah: 1 Amazonian (cost 5)
   Fah:  none
   subtotal remaining money: 31-(10+7+2+2+4+5)=3

6- MOVEMENT-

   Lortran --> Sanctuary
    2x Jumpships (Lidia, Zephyr)
     w/ 5x discordian heretics, 1x damper

   Hellish --> Sanctuary
    1x Jumpships (Audacious)
    w/ 1x nuke

   Sanctuary --> Punah
    1x Jumpships (Ardent)
    w/ Nuke, damper, 1x house troops,Baroness Carley

   Sanctuary --> Lortran
    2x Jumpships (Royal Oak, Ambuscade)
    w/ 1x Amazonian

   Punah --> Sanctuary
    1x Jumpships (Royal Oak)
    w/ 1x Amazonians (just built)

  For error checking purposes, here is where I expect everyone to be after all this, assuming there are no fights to complicate things:
   Lortran:  2x discordian heretics, 1x house troops, 1x Amazonian, Duke Tycho Royal Oak, Ambuscade

   Hellish:  Duchess Catherine, 1x mutants

   Sanctuary:  Lidia, Audacious, Zephyr, 5x discordian heretics, 1x damper, nuke, Baron Marcos

   Fah:  3x house troops, 2x psychic Vets, 1x damper, Jammer

   Punah:  4x house troops, 2x psychic vets, 1x damper, 1x amazonian, 2x nukes, Baroness Carley, Ardent, Foyt, Golden Hind


7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-

   Nukes on Punah:  armed (ships)

   Sanctuary: safe


8- BATTLE-
   none planned.


9- NOBLE ACTIONS-
   -Duke Tycho (Lortran):  Intrigue (Surgeons of Silex)
       09:22, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. tycho intrigue, round 4.
   -Baron Marcos (Sanctuary):  Income (+2 income (due to mercantile consortium) ally) to Sanctuary, brings it up to 2)
   -Duchess Catherine (Hellish):  Income (+2 (but only goes up 1 to max of 9))
   -Baroness Carley (moved from Sanctuary to Punah): moved
   -strategic planning from Imp Bureaucracy (move forward 1 in init next round)

10- RANDOM EVENT
   09:23, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. random event roll.
]
This message was last edited by the player at 14:52, Tue 09 Apr 2013.

Damned double post
This message was last edited by the player at 20:14, Sat 13 Apr 2013.

The green, lush fields were home to a million species of insects, mammals, reptiles, birds and more: all beautiful in their own way.  It was a biosphere of balanced perfection.

The nuke hit it all with strategic precision.



[Private to GM:
                   {* requires a die roll}
2- PRODUCTION-
          8 Solats (Gurati Homeworld)
          4 Solats (Bazarum)
          2 Solats (Bolavor)
            1 Solat   (Frost)
3- UPKEEP- pay 3 Solats for 28 units
4- * RECRUIT NOBLES- 5: no
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- 
           {Gurati} 1x Church Inquisitor : 4 Solats
           {Gurati} 2x Damper Fields : 4 Solats
           {Frost} 1x Ice Barbarian : 3 Solats
          {Bolavor} 1x Jungle Fighter: 1 Solat
          {Bazarum} 1x Jumpship 'Independant' : 6 Solats

6- MOVEMENT- 
        - 'Macarbre' jump from Gurati to Bolavor with: 3x Church Inquisitors 
       - 'Brash' jump from Gurati to Bolavor: with Lady Stanthorpe, Nuke, Church Inquisitor
        - 'Intellegosa' jump from Bolavor to Gurati
       - 'Santana' jump from Bolavor to Gurati
       - 'Independant' jump from Bazarum to Gurati

7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-  I guess we'll have to see, eh!
8- BATTLE- I guess we'll have to see, eh!

9- * NOBLE ACTIONS-
   - Sir Drake Gurati {Income: Gurati}- auto success
   - Lady Elleanora Gurati {Intrigue: }- 2: no
   - Lady Delia Stanthorpe {travel to Bolavor}
   - Lord Tyson Gurati (Bolavor) {Income: Bolavor}- auto success
   - 5th Sector Rebels {Sabotage: Nitrix Jumpship}-5: no
   - Black Market {Income: Bazarum}- auto success
   - Imperial Secret Police {Assasinate: Kadesh noble}- 6: no
   - Church of Man {Diplomacy: Aquara}- success
10- PLANET CONTROL: 
11- * Random Event Roll- 1

TREASURY:
Started turn with 6 Solats; 
   +15: Production
    - 3 : Upkeep
    -18:  Recruit Troops
= 0 Solats in treasury

08:58, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6. Recruit Noble: turn four.
08:58, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 2 using 1d6. Elleanora Gurati action: turn four.
08:57, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6. Rebels action: turn 4.
08:57, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 6 using 1d6. Secret Police action: turn 4.
08:56, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 1 using 1d6. Church of Man action: turn four.
08:56, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 1 using 1d6. Random Event.]

The defection of the Arms Dealers had brought much needed funds to Irulan's cause. It was too bad she couldn't buy control of the sector, the other nobles wouldn't be bribed into giving up. But then, would I give up my cause for money? No, soldiers would decide this, and weapons... and the arms dealers would help there, too.

[Private to GM: 2- PRODUCTION- +33 Solats (I think the Arms dealers bring in +9, but I may have the count wrong.
3- UPKEEP- -2 Solat
4- RECRUIT NOBLES- 16:57, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 1 using 1d6. Recruit Noble New Noble: Sir Willem Kalgari
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- Clone Soldiers, Robot Death Machines, Imperial Conscripts, Jumpship ‘Julius II’, Miners on Mercurum, 2x Damper fields on Kadesh, Pilgrim Troupe on Kadesh
8 Solats remaining
6- MOVEMENT- Jumpship 'Matilda of Cannossa' from Computus to Sedeen with 3x Robot Death Machines aboard
High Priest Harrion Kadesh, 2 Warrior Priests, Imperial Conscripts, Nuclear Arsenal, Pilgrim Troupe on Sedeen
Jumpship ‘Julius II’ from Paralax to Marx
Jumpship 'Zealous' from Marx to Kadesh
Jumpship ‘Joan of Arc’ From Marx to Kadesh
Pilgrim Torupe from Kadesh to Scorch
Lord Corinus Dacklin, Warrior Priests, 2 Mercenaries, 2 Pilgrim Troupes on Paralax
Pilgrim Troupe on Quayat
2 Mercenaries, 3 House troops, 1 Fanatic, 2 Damper Fields on Kadesh
3x Clone Soldiers on Marx
Imperial Conscripts on Computus
Lava Projectors, Pilgrim Troupe, Nuclear Arsenal on Scorch
2x Miners on Mercurum
7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE- Sedeen Nuclear Arsenal: SHIP, Scorch Nuclear Arsenal: SHIP
8- BATTLE- None
9- NOBLE ACTIONS- Lady Enalia Kadesh: Income (Kadesh), Captain Caroline Kadesh: Income (Kadesh) Imperial Aristocracy: Intrigue to acquire Lortran’s Discordian Heretics
High Priest Harrion Kadesh: Income (Sedeen), Lord Corinus Dacklin: Income (Paralax)
10- PLANET CONTROL- None
11- RANDOM EVENT ROLL- 10]

The Imperial taskmaster reminds:

Noble Lords and Lady, do remember that you can make more than one sabotage attempt per turn.

The Imperial Sage reports:

It has been a very quiet season. So quiet, in fact, that most observers expect the situation in this sector to degenerate into a furius orgy of nuclear fire and backstabbing within two seasons. Bets are already well underway, with whole planets being bid on the outcome. Many favor the currently strongest faction, but others point out that Lortran is the only house still headed by a noble of an advanced age.

In other news, a special contingent of Amazonians arrive at Lortran; those troops are mainly composed of younger daughters of Punah's noble families. They are promptly inaugurated as guardians of the Duke's palace. Any witty remarks are best hidden from the well armed and quite beeautiful warrior princesses.

The Church, long steeped in arts of diplomacy and overture, manages to secure the support of Aquaria's leadership for the Gurati. Thus the last yet unclaimed world has aligned itself in the sector. It remains to be seen how things go from here.

Sir Willem Kalgari, a lesser noble of no great distinction, pledged his support in this sector to house Kadesh.

The imperial Seer reports:

The strands of TechnoFate coalesce in this quadrant. The next season will surely see an extraodinary event take place.

The imperial treasurer reports:

Estimated income for this turn:
Gurati income: 20 solats.
Kadesh income: 29 solats.
Lortran income: 24 solats.
Nitrix income: 25 solats.

  ________         ________        ____        ______         _______
A/Lortran \_______/        \______/    \______/Pyreen\_______/       \____
 \_L4/2___/       \________/      \____/ Fah  \_N1/0_/       \_______Nitrix
B/        \_______/Sanctuary______/    \_L7/1_/      \_______/       \N5/0/
 \________/       \_L11/3__/      \____/      \______/       \_______/    \
C/ Hellish\_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/       \____/
 \__L1/0__/       \________/      \____/      \______/  Mox  \_______/    \
D/        \_______/        \______/    \______/      \_N13/3_/       \____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/    \
E/        \_______/ Punah  \______/    \______/      \_______/Yoravar\____/
 \________/       \__L9/3__/      \____/      \______/       \__N3/0_/    \
F/        \_______/        \______/    \______/Dalton\_______/       \____/
 \________/Paralax\________/      \____/Aquara\_N4/0_/       \_______/    \
G/        \__K5/0_/        \______/    \_G0/0_/      \_______/ Frost \____/
 \________/       \________/Sedeen\____/      \______/       \__G5/0_/    \
H/Mercurum\_______/        \_K8/1_/    \______/      \_______/       \____/
 \__K2/0__/ Marx  \________/Scorch\____/      \______/Bolavor\_______/    \
I/        \__K3/1_/        \_K4/0_/    \______/      \_G13/2_/       \____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
J/Kadesh  \_______/Computus\______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__K8/2__/Quayat \___K1/0_/      \____/      \______/Bazarum\_______/Gurati
          \__K1/0_/        \______/    \______/      \__G1/0_/       \G10/3/

Kadesh:
   1. Mercenary Guild 4 Mercenaries
   2. Sisteria +1 to psychic attack rolls
   3. Brotherhood of Machines Pay cost of unit again to have it gain +1 AD, once
   4. Stellar Pilgrims 3 Pilgrim Troupes & Random event roll +1d6
   5. Imperial Aristocracy Noble Action or Recruit Noble
  11. Arms Dealers 1 Solat per 10 units in the game
Gurati:
   6. 5th Sector Rebels 3 Rebels & Sabotage
   7. Church of Mankind Diplomacy & 2 Church Inquisitors
   8. Black Market 2 Nuclear Arsenals & Income
   9. Imperial Secret Police 2 Imperial Death Squads & Assassination
  10. Imperial Army 3 Imperial Shock Troops
Nitrix:
  12. Surgeons of Silex Recruit Noble & Income
  13. Rimspace Pirates 2 Pirates
  14. Colonial Council 1 Colonial Ranger & Diplomacy
Lortran:
  15. Discordian Heretics 4 Heretics
  16. Imperial War Academy All Imperial units function at +1 AD
  17. Mercantile Consortium Income actions raise Solats by +2 instead +1
  18. Imperial Navy 3 Jumpships
  19. Spacing Guild 2 Jumpships & 1 Solat per 10 jumpships in game
  20. Imperial Bureaucracy Strategic Planning
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:57, Wed 17 Apr 2013.

Duke Tycho let out a rare sigh of impatience as the Discordian priest continued his diatribe.  "Yes, yes, I realize the urgency of your mission, and your...past disagreements with the pilgrims.  And I assure you that in due time you will have your chance to carry out your 'debates', but such movements take time.  Rushing forward into confrontation without a plan for holding any worlds we gain would be suicidal.  While your former allies may have favored such tactics, House Lortran prides itself on keeping it's troops alive.  There is a reason our most respected units are made up of veterans from former conflicts."

The Discordian forces a smile and a slight bow, but struggling to remain calm.  "Of course, Duke Tycho, it is as you say.  But we will not sit by passively while the church send their minions after us, chasing us across the sector, and making their absurd arguments based on ridiculous beliefs!"

As the heretic's voice rises, two well-muscled women appear behind him, each placing a firm hand on the man's shoulders.  "The Duke is a busy man," one says softly, "and we're afraid we'll need to escort you out, so that the Duke is not delayed for his next appointment."  Though the tone is more than friendly, the look they both give the man suggests arguing would be a very bad idea.

Tycho smiles as the towering women move the heretic towards the exit.  It may have been a mistake to bring them so far from the front lines, the old man thinks to himself, but they are serving an important role here, and doing so perfectly.  Those heretics are eager for combat, and the fools shall have it soon enough.  I don't like to send any man into danger, but I feel less guilt when at least it is what they crave.  I would prefer an army of these Amazonians to one full of the Discordians.  But would I be able to send such lovely creatures into battle?  No, the discordians have their place, it would seem.


[Private to GM:
Orders:

1- INITIATIVE-
  one spot earlier from allied strategic planning in last round

2- PRODUCTION (expected):
   funds at start of turn: 3


   lortran income: 9
   Hellish income: 9
   Sanctuary income: 2
   Fah income: 1
   Punah income; 3
   spacing guild income: 2 (21 total ships in game)

   subtotal: 3+9+9+2+1+3+2=29

3- UPKEEP (expected):
   Lortran: 4,2
   Hellish: 1,0
   Sanctuary: 11,3
   Fah:  7,1
   Punah: 9,3
   41 units => 4 upkeep

  subtotal remaining money: 29-4=25 solats


4- RECRUIT NOBLES-
   16:12, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 6 using 1d6. recruit noble round 5.

5- RECRUIT TROOPS-
   Lortran: 2x damper (cost 4), 2x heretics (cost 2), 1x Navy Jumpship Persistent (cost 5)
   Hellish: 1 subterrainean mutants (cost 4)
   Sanctuary: none
   Punah: 1 Amazonian (cost 5)
   Fah:  none
   subtotal remaining money: 25-(4+2+5+4+5)=5

6- MOVEMENT-

   Lortran --> Hellish
    1x Jumpship (Royal Oak)

   Lortran --> Sanctuary
    2x Jumpship (Ambuscade, Persistent)
    w/ 2x dampers, 1x house troops, 3x heretics

   Sanctuary --> Fah
    1x Jumpship (Zephyr)
    w/ 1x house troops, 1x nuke, 1x heretics

   Sanctuary --> Punah
    2x Jumpships (Lidia, Audacious)
    w/ 2x psychic vets, 1x damper, 1x house troops, 2x heretics

   Punah --> Parallax (ATTACK)
    3x Jumpships:
    Ardent
     w/ 1x psychic vets, 1x amazonians, 1x nuke
    Foyt
     w/ 1x psychic vets, 1x amazonians, 1x damper
    Golden Hind)
     w/ 2x house troops, 1x nuke


  For error checking purposes, here is where I expect everyone to be after all this, assuming there are no fights to complicate things:
   Lortran: Duke Lortran, 1x heretics, 1x amazonians

   Hellish:  Duchess Catherine, 2x mutants, Royal Oak

   Sanctuary:   Baron Marcos, 2x dampers, 1x house troops, 5x heretics, Ambuscade, Persistent

   Fah:  4x house troops, 2x psychic Vets, 1x damper, 1x nuke, 1x heretics, Jammer, Zephyr

   Punah:  Baroness Carley, 2x house troops, 2x psychic vets, 1x damper, 2x heretics, Lidia, Audacious
   (also another amazonian arriving in the noble action phase)

   Arriving in Parallax: 2x psychic vets, 2x amazonians, 2x nukes, 2x house troops, 1x damper, Ardent , Foyt, Golden Hind


7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-

   Punah --> Parallax:  1 will fire on ground troops upon arrival, the other will remain safe until after combat, at which point it will become armed (ships)

   Sanctuary --> Fah: armed (ships)


8- BATTLE-
   Planned at Parallax


9- NOBLE ACTIONS-
   -Duke Tycho (Lortran):  Intrigue (Surgeons of Silex)
    16:47, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. tycho intrigue, round 5.
   -Baron Marcos (Sanctuary):  Income (+2 income (due to mercantile consortium) ally) to Sanctuary, brings it up to 4)
   -Duchess Catherine (Hellish):  Sabotage (jumpship on Sedeen)
   16:49, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 3 using 1d6. catherine sabotage, round 5.
   -Baroness Carley (Punah): Govern (add another amazonian to Punah, remaining Solats: 0)
   -strategic planning from Imp Bureaucracy (move forward 1 in init next round)

10- RANDOM EVENT
  16:49, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. random event roll.
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This message was last edited by the player at 16:17, Tue 16 Apr 2013.

Stanton didn't like the man; he was arrogant, and likely to do something that would get them all revealed and killed.
Spying on the royal family was dangerous, and with their Psionic abilities, a simple thought could give you away.

But he was here, and willing to assist; and in these dangerous times, Stanton knew, any ally was better than none.

Strange bedfellows.



[Private to GM:
                   {* requires a die roll}
2- PRODUCTION-
          9 Solats (Gurati Homeworld)
          6 Solats (Bazarum)
          3 Solats (Bolavor)
            1 Solat   (Frost)
            1 Solat   (Aquara)
3- UPKEEP- pay 3 Solats for 34 units
4- * RECRUIT NOBLES- 6: no
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- 
           {Gurati} 1x Church Inquisitor : 4 Solats
           {Gurati} 2x Damper Fields : 4 Solats
           {Frost} 1x Ice Barbarian : 3 Solats
          {Aquara} 1x Sea Monster: 5 Solats
          {Bolavor} 1x Jungle Fighter: 1 Solat

6- MOVEMENT- 
        - 'Macarbre' jump from Bolavor to Gurati
       - 'Brash' jump from Bolavor to Gurati
        - 'Intellegosa' jump from Gurati: with Elleanora Gurati, Damper Field, Imperial Shock Troops
       - 'Santana' jump from Gurati: with Drake Gurati, Damper Field, Imperial Shock Troops
       - 'Independant' jump from Gurati: with Imperial Death Squad, Imperial Death Squad, Church Inquisitors

7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-  I guess we'll have to see, eh!
8- BATTLE- I guess we'll have to see, eh!

9- * NOBLE ACTIONS-
   - Sir Drake Gurati {Travelling}
   - Lady Elleanora Gurati {Travelling}
   - Lady Delia Stanthorpe (on Bolavor) {Intrigue: Arms Dealers}- 1: success
   - Lord Tyson Gurati (on Bolavor) {Income: Bolavor}- auto success
   - 5th Sector Rebels {Sabotage: Nitrix Jumpship}- 6: no
   - Black Market {Income: Bazarum}- auto success
   - Imperial Secret Police {Assasinate: Kadesh noble}- 5: no
   - Church of Man {Diplomacy}
10- PLANET CONTROL:  none
11- * Random Event Roll- 4

TREASURY:
Started turn with 0 Solats; 
 +20: Production
    - 3 : Upkeep (34 units)
    - 17:  Recruit Troops
= 0 Solats in treasury

11:56, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 6 using 1d6. Recruit noble: turn 5.
12:11, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 1 using 1d6. Delia Action: turn 5.
11:55, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 6 using 1d6. Rebels action: turn 5.
11:55, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 4 using 1d6. Secret Police action: turn 5.
11:54, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 4 using 1d6. Random Event: turn 5.]

Irulan had been surprised by the relative calm of the sector during these troubled times. But, sadly, she had no doubt it wouldn’t last. It was too bad; she rather enjoyed the peace and prosperity of these times. But crusades wait for no woman, and the issues of the day were larger than her.
[Private to GM: 2- PRODUCTION- +39 Solats (I think the Arms dealers bring in +10, but I may have the count wrong.
3- UPKEEP- -3 Solats
4- RECRUIT NOBLES- 15:28, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 2 using 1d6. Recruit Noble.
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- Clone Soldiers, Robot Death Machines, Imperial Conscripts, Jumpship ‘Isabelle II’, Miners on Mercurum, Warrior Priest, Damper fields on Kadesh, 3 Pilgrim Troupes on Kadesh, Machine enhance 3x Clone soldiers
7 Solats remaining
6- MOVEMENT- Jumpship 'Matilda of Cannossa' from Sedeen to Computus
High Priest Harrion Kadesh, 2x Warrior Priests, 2x Imperial Conscripts, 3x Robot Death Machines, Nuclear Arsenal, Pilgrim Troupe on Sedeen
Jumpship ‘Julius II’ from Marx to Paralax, 3x Machine enhanced Clone Soldiers aboard
Jumpship 'Zealous' from Kadesh to Marx, 2 Damper Fields, Warrior Priest, Lady Enalia Kadesh, Sir Willem Kalgari aboard
Jumpship ‘Joan of Arc’ From Kadesh to Marx, 1 Damper Field, 2 Mercenaries Aboard, Captain Caroline Kadesh aboard
3 Pilgrim Troupes from Kadesh to Scorch
Jumpship ‘Isabelle II’ from Parlax to Sedeen
2 Pilgrim Troupes from Scorch to Sedeen
Lord Corinus Dacklin, Warrior Priests, 2 Mercenaries, 2 Pilgrim Troupes on Paralax
Pilgrim Troupe on Quayat
3 House troops, 1 Fanatic on Kadesh
Clone Soldiers on Marx
Imperial Conscripts, Robot Death Machines on Computus
Lava Projectors,  Nuclear Arsenal on Scorch
3x Miners on Mercurum
7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE- Sedeen Nuclear Arsenal: SHIP, Scorch Nuclear Arsenal: SHIP
8- BATTLE- None
9- NOBLE ACTIONS- Lady Enalia Kadesh: Movement, Captain Caroline Kadesh: Movement, Sir Willem Kalgari: Movement, Imperial Aristocracy: Intrigue to acquire Lortran’s Discordian Heretics
High Priest Harrion Kadesh: Income (Sedeen), Lord Corinus Dacklin: Income (Paralax)
10- PLANET CONTROL- None
11- RANDOM EVENT ROLL- 8]