Thanks Ken!

To ask another (sorry)...

33% of our points can be from our secondary race. Is this calculated before or AFTER we pay for our homeworld starbase's BPV? In other words, do we get (2000*.33) for our minor race, or is it ([2000-600=1400]*.33)?

By Ken Burnside (Ken_Burnside) on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 04:23 pm: Edit

Dale, it's the former. And your Starbase counts for qualifying for your major race's 67%.

All bases must be of the major race.

Rules update is put in place.

It fixes the year in service issue, and cleans up some of the sidebar examples.

It makes the Paravian starbase a variant of the Gorn starbase rather than the Lyran

It explicitly states that your starting starbase counts as a unit of your primary race for the purposes of determining your percentages of primary and secondary races.

By Dale McKee (Brigman) on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 09:04 pm: Edit

Thanks Ken!

Our picks are in.

By Ken Burnside (Ken_Burnside) on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 10:03 pm: Edit

I have picks in from:

Fred Kreller
Roger Rardain'
Dale McKee/Jeremy Gray

Still waiting for them from:

Robert Grey
Francois Lemay
Michael Baima

By Robert Grey (Tugger) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 12:24 am: Edit

Picks in

By Ken Burnside (Ken_Burnside) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 12:26 am: Edit

I have picks in from:

Fred Kreller
Roger Rardain
Dale McKee/Jeremy Gray
Robert Grey
Michael Baima

Still waiting for them from:

Francois Lemay

By Dale McKee (Brigman) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 01:30 am: Edit

Come on Frank!

By Ken Burnside (Ken_Burnside) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 02:05 am: Edit

Errata:

Drone users adjacent to a zone with a base get one additional reload's worth of drones at the end of each strategic turn.

Drone users adjacent to a zone with a friendly resource center get two reloads worth of drones at the end of each strategic turn.

By Francois Lemay (Princeton) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 07:07 am: Edit

Picks are in.

Sorry for being tardy.


Cheers
Frank

By Ken Burnside (Ken_Burnside) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 10:57 am: Edit

Here are everyone's primary races, in order of home sector selection:

Krellex/Fred: Gorn
Sky_Captain/Roger: Klingon
Purple_Daddy/Dale&Jeremy: Hydran
mbaima: Mike Baima: Federation
Tugger/Robert: ISC
princeton/Frank: Romulan

There are 6 starting areas on the map. Going from the left edge one and clockwise around from there, each of you pick one, in order.

They are, in position order:

Left
Upper Left
Upper Right
Right
Lower Right
Lower Left

Fred, you turned in your picks first, you get first choice. Everyone else, please pick in order. If you can get them to me by Sunday night, I'll update the maps.

Secondary empires are due next Tuesday. You can, to save time, email them to me anytime before then.

By Francois Lemay (Princeton) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 11:49 am: Edit

My Pick for starting position is done already.
Come on guys, get the lead out eh !



Cheers
Frank

By Francois Lemay (Princeton) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 11:50 am: Edit

hmm, my 'devilish grin' is missing from the above.

By Fred J. Kreller (Kreller1) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 01:38 pm: Edit

I'll take Left for $500, Ken.

By Ken Burnside (Ken_Burnside) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 03:06 pm: Edit

Map symbols:

The pentagons are resource centers
The seven pointed stars with the arrow pointed up are pushstars (as referenced in the rules)
The polygons with a key symbol marked A through D are the waypoints needed to end the game. They're all in the Inner Ring zones in light blue.
The hexagons made of 6 small triangles like a camera shutter are warp points

The diamonds are an ion storm. The ones in a circle have a 1 in 6 chance of rotating one space clockwise each turn.
The clumps of ovals are asteroids; the clumps with lots of ovals are heavy asteroid fields
The gas giants are gas giants
The 8 pointed rayed star with straight lines is a variable pulsar
The 9 pointed star with curved lines and a black center is a black hole

The blue hexagons are the 6 starting home sector.
The black hexagon is impassable. The ring of blue zones in the middle is the inner ring where the Waypoints are.

By Ken Burnside (Ken_Burnside) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 03:29 pm: Edit

Roger, your map position pick is up next.

By Roger Rardain (Sky_Captain) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 04:21 pm: Edit

I'll take the Upper Right.

By Francois Lemay (Princeton) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 04:33 pm: Edit

My spot is still open !

By Dale McKee (Brigman) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 04:40 pm: Edit

We'll take Lower Left.

By Benoit Rheaume (Bneus) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 06:36 pm: Edit

Looks fun guys Good Luck, keep forum updated of cool battles.

By Fred J. Kreller (Kreller1) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 06:45 pm: Edit

Dale & Jeremy: Don't get too comfy over there :-P

By Dale McKee (Brigman) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 07:14 pm: Edit

Oh we won't, don't worry. :D

By Ken Burnside (Ken_Burnside) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 07:28 pm: Edit

I am placing Mike Baima since he's busy.

He's taking Right.

Robert Grey, you're up.

By Francois Lemay (Princeton) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 08:11 pm: Edit

My spot is still open.
Cool !

By Francois Lemay (Princeton) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 08:13 pm: Edit

Question re making contact.
Can we make contact now with our neighbours or do we need to meet them out in space ?

Cheers
Frank

By Robert Grey (Tugger) on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 09:24 pm: Edit

Upper Left.

Away we go!