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jpat · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject: Timing of tractor auction in EA

If there's a tractor auction in EA when one ship has tractored another, when does the auction take place? Specifically, does it take place before or after allocating the baseline speed? This seems important given that if my ship is caught in a tractor, I may choose to put tokens into an auction in EA or I may choose to try to move both our ships by putting tokens into a high(er) speed.

TJolley · Lieutenant Commander Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 284

Dunno..neither 5D6a (Tractor auctions) nor 1E1 (Energy Allocation ) say..good question. We usually play it after setting baseline speed..but that's just how we do it.

Scoutdad · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject:

We do just the opposite. We resolve tractor auctions first and then the power left over can be allocated as needed.
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jpat · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject:

TJolley · Lieutenant Commander Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 284

looks like an addition to rev 5 rulebook is in order after it is ruled on Smile

mjwest · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject:

Well, going by the list in (1E1), and the wording of (1D2), I think that choosing your baseline speed comes before anything else in energy allocation.
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jpat · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:23 pm Post subject:

TJolley · Lieutenant Commander Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 284

It can be argued that as the tractor is a carry-over from the previous turn, the tractor auction would take place before setting base-line speed as it would be superseding that step.

But again, we play it as set base-line speed in secret, then do the tractor auction.

Other folks do it the other way around.

mjwest · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject:

Well, (1E1) does list tractor activity, specifically tractor continuation, so I just lump them all together.
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pinecone · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:49 am Post subject:

And the Reference cards seems to be the most in-depth reference mateiral available.

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pinecone · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject:

Romulan border has the Reference Cards.

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