Kzinti orders in.

By Howard Bampton (Bampton) on Friday, January 20, 2017 - 10:15 am: Edit

14 hours ahead of schedule, the Snipes go hunting (and R32A found a way to get involved sooner).

By John Stiff (Tarkin22180) on Friday, January 20, 2017 - 07:32 pm: Edit

An Emperor from a Galaxy far far away is famous for "hunting Snipes"!

By Mike Incavo (Kavo) on Sunday, January 22, 2017 - 04:34 pm: Edit

New Turn is out, due date is 2-10-17


Openings still available, contact me if interested.

By Roy Steele (Emperor) on Sunday, January 22, 2017 - 08:11 pm: Edit

In Jindy's humble opinion ALL races should get rid of the red Hex's asap.

I am doing My share - grin

Jindy

By Roy Steele (Emperor) on Sunday, January 22, 2017 - 08:12 pm: Edit

Hey Mike: Ill play a second race ;)

By Kurt Byanski (Kurtski) on Sunday, January 22, 2017 - 09:04 pm: Edit

Red hexes? There are red hexes? Where? Anyone have ICRII they want to give me? I need more Survey Cruisers.

By Howard Bampton (Bampton) on Monday, January 23, 2017 - 12:55 am: Edit

Never a Red Fence where it is needed.

Now the Gorn decamp from T45. Bleep! Bleep! Bleep!

Buy hey, we did take out W49 so their economy is shrinking again (but they are now a minor empire, so there are all sorts of MM and EE bonuses in play).

By Charles "Lucky" Coleman (Mwmiyd) on Monday, January 23, 2017 - 04:24 pm: Edit

Leader of FRAX Faction,
You have cloaked ships within the Klingon Empire's Sovereign Territory. You are directed to depart our territory immediately, if you do not, your ships will be fired upon.

If you wish to contact the Klingon Empire to dispute and settle border issues, then our diplomats are standing by.

If you do not contact us for a diplomatic solution, any further incursions into the Klingon Empire's Sovereign territories will be treated as a hostile act and the Klingon Empire's Military will act accordingly.

-- end transmission --

By Howard Bampton (Bampton) on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 - 01:50 am: Edit

Major Empire Conflicts

Years ago the Gorns took T45 from the Romulans. A few years later, the Romulans attempted to retake it and failed. They seem to have liberated W49.

Portions of the UFP's Neutral Zone appear to no longer be 'Neutral'.

In what appears to be the second major power on major power conflict, T23 (what is it with "T" systems?) has been incorporated into the Lyran Star Empire


Galactic Economic Report

When will it stop!?! The Deltan Emporium has started making market trouble.

BEM (Bampton Economic Model) Projections

Incomes (excluding AW, CAN-3, and CAN-5) ranged from 141 for the Sharkhunters to 1908.9.

GGDP (Gross Galalactic Domestic Product) has hit a new high- 24146.

To date, more than 273137 EPs have been extracted from various sources.

Non-extinct Minor Empires have between 0.99% and 2.25% of the GGDPI (Gross Galactic Domestic Product since Inception). Major Empires range from 3.04% to 6.94%.

The over 6% club (random order): Kzinti, Lyrans, Hydrans, Klingons, and ISC.

The under 5% club: FRAX, Jindarian Confederation, Qari, Tholian, Jindarian Federation, Gorns, Romulans, Canadiens, and Triaxians (again, random order).

The Gorns are now marginly behind the Romulans.

The Minor Empires have been going through an long, slow decline- they once were 37.8% of the GGDPI and are now only 22.9%. The "hidden" economy was at least 17.6% of the GGDPI at one point. The GGDPI of the extinct empires peaked in Y157.1 at 6.19% and has been steadily declining to its current 3.65%. Presumably, this number will jump when the next minor empire is conquered.

GGDP assumes a number of less than perfect things:
a) a system is producing as soon as you own it on the map (a delay of a turn or two is more likely)
b) anything that looks like a trading pact, is
c) a trading pact is full the turn it is established
d) no MRRs
e) an empire is running their economy flat out- war until just before they hit economic exhaustion, then switching between peace and war to keep it there (note that 'a' causes a secondary error here)
allowances are made for minor/major empire TP and EE rates being different.

Note that the use of Minor Empires is for ones that are not (presumably) player empires- in other words they are NPCs.

An additional error in this model is that some empires would, knowing that they are about to get an 8th major system (or even an additional system), take a peace turn instead of a war one. [The 7->8 case is important because of EE recovery; the n->n+1 is because losing half a turn's income for n systems is better than half of n+1 at some future date.] Picking those up is iffy since sometimes the bump may not be predicted (or precarious enough that the short term gain is worth it).

By John Stiff (Tarkin22180) on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 - 07:59 pm: Edit

Hey Jindy!

The True Emperor is doing just that - getting rid of those red hexes. They spoil my view of the galaxy!

Now for the important question. What is so important at A34? That system is protected by massive red hexes.

Jindarian Confederation Emperor

By Kurt Byanski (Kurtski) on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 - 10:37 pm: Edit

I guess we will find out.

By John Coleman (Aligato) on Friday, February 03, 2017 - 09:55 am: Edit

Hydran Orders sent this date

By Howard Bampton (Bampton) on Friday, February 03, 2017 - 12:46 pm: Edit

A34 has one long lost shaker of salt?

By Kurt Byanski (Kurtski) on Friday, February 03, 2017 - 01:51 pm: Edit

To anyone poking around in wormholes...if you stumble into A34, it and all of the red hexes surrounding it are part of the Holdfast.

By Kurt Byanski (Kurtski) on Friday, February 03, 2017 - 02:10 pm: Edit

Clearing “Red” Hexes

Over the last week I have received information (or advice) from two players suggesting that I could use standard scouts to survey the “Red” hexes within Tholian Space. (There is a lot of red.) This would be incredibly useful, but seems inconsistent with the rules as I understand them.

The rules referencing the conversion of UnNav space into Unsurveyed space are provided below.

(A202.10) Navigating UnNav Space: To turn UnNav space into unsurveyed space, an SR must spend Segments 1-12 in an UnNav hex (Note that this is done continuously through a turn. It is not 12 consecutive segments over several turns). If the SR is not disrupted [see (B3.6)], then the hex becomes unsurveyed on Segment 1 of the next turn.

(A203.00) All movement in UnNav space is reduced to a maximum speed of 3. The squadron’s first movement of the turn must be into UnNav space or it may not enter. If a squadron bumps into UnNav space in mid-turn (or not on its first movement of the turn), it effectively performs a strategic stop.

I am posing the following questions to attempt to clarify this rule for a few of us.

Within this rule does the term SR refer to a true Survey Cruiser or does it refer to any Survey Vessel(s)?

If it refers to a true Survey Cruiser, are there any commonly acceptable replacements or alternatives for Survey Cruisers?

By Howard Bampton (Bampton) on Friday, February 03, 2017 - 02:59 pm: Edit

The rule's intent was for survey cruisers. The Tholians lack such a beast, so the GM would have to make an empire (or game, since several empires may lack SRs) specific ruling.

That may require an R&D project, a minor cost surcharge/alternate designation for an existing SC3 cruiser (not war cruiser), acquiring an SR from a 3rd party, or some other alternative.

By Kurt Byanski (Kurtski) on Friday, February 03, 2017 - 03:06 pm: Edit

The Tholians may or may not have a SR, but was just wondering if I missed something or if other folks have. Either way, it looked a good opportunity to get some clarification for the group and see if there were any creative thoughts out there for that might speed up the process without reducing future MRRs.

By Mike Incavo (Kavo) on Saturday, February 04, 2017 - 11:34 am: Edit

FELs or FESs

By Kurt Byanski (Kurtski) on Saturday, February 04, 2017 - 11:38 am: Edit

Do they help with MRR, Red Hex survey, or both?

By Howard Bampton (Bampton) on Saturday, February 04, 2017 - 01:08 pm: Edit

F-EL/F-ES may perform MRRs but see (E4.30) for limitations.

IMO, given their supply limitations and slower MRR rate, exploration freighters should NOT be able to operate in unnav space. Only a warship hull based SR should be able to do so.

By John Stiff (Tarkin22180) on Saturday, February 04, 2017 - 02:44 pm: Edit

Yet they are not precluded from operating in UNNAV Space. Best to have a supply freighter with them eh?

By Mike Incavo (Kavo) on Saturday, February 04, 2017 - 06:44 pm: Edit

IDK, it could be argued either way. The rules do not preclude them but at the same time the rules require a SR, not a SR substitute. The rules say the FEL/FES can work as lesser SRs when it comes to MRRs, but it does not say they act as a lesser SR in any other duties. Probably should be clarified.

By Mike Incavo (Kavo) on Saturday, February 04, 2017 - 06:46 pm: Edit

I have several openings available in U6. Anyone interested let me know.

Also Ray Smith has taken over the Furtangy in U6.

By Kurt Byanski (Kurtski) on Saturday, February 04, 2017 - 08:48 pm: Edit

Welcome to the game Mr. Smith.