The imperial strategist reports:

The old Duke's units make the first serious move. In a quick action, his jumpships shimmer into existence over Parallax. It appears the old man is loathe to risk any of his precious relatives in this war.

Lortran attack
3 jumpships (Ardent, Guild Fluyt, Golden Hind)
9 units (2 Psychic Veterans, 2 Amazonians, Nuclear Arsenal, Damper Field, 2 House Troops)

Parralax defenders:
1 noble (Lord Corinus Dacklin)
5 units (2 Pilgrim Troupes, Warrior Priests, 2 Mercenaries)

* Nuclear exchange phase:
Lortran decides to start incinerating the industrial world of Parallax from orbit. Some damage on the industrial infrastructure of the planet is scored, along with an unit of the space pilgrims.

* Psi phase:
The Warrior priests unleash their inenr power, summoning a psionic blast. The Psychic veterans, unused to combat from the long period of peace, fail to thwart the psychic onslaught.

* First strike Phase:
The Lortran units disembark, right into the teeth of a furious Lord Dacklin, who leads an unit of Merceanries right into the landing zone. However, the teamwork of the invading troops is flawless, and there is no space for the lone unit to inflict heavier casualties on the attackers.

* Regular attack phase:
The Lortran units strike out towards the defenders. Barely visible psychic veterans fight alongside tall goddesses clad in reflective armor. Another unit of the Pilgrims takes the brunt of the attack, the pilgrims returning to their Source.
The counterattack is devastating to the Lortran, snuffing the lives of two house guard troops.

* Psi phase:
The Lortran noble finally summoned up enough Psi force to unleash the ultimate form of attack he mastered - but the fiendish Lortran psychic veterans formed a barrier that dissipated that attack into harmelss electrical arcs. The warrior priests had better luck, summoning an unopposed Molecular Disruption effect.

*First strike phase:
Lord Dacklin leads his Mercenaries into another firefight, this time against the Lortran flank. The attack slices straight through an unit of Psychic veterans, leaving dead and charred camo-suited soldiers in the wake of Dacklin's fury.

*Regular attack:
Lortran units finally pin down the elusive Kadesh defenders in narrow streets and in factory halls. Two units if Kadesh mercenaries perish, with the so recently victorious Lord Dacklin barely getting away with his life.
The Kadesh resistance all but falters at this point, with no casualties inflicted on the Lortran despite about equal firepower.

*Psi phase
The attmepts of the Kadesh to summon up a molecular disruption field is again thwarted by the single unit of remaining Psychic veterans.

*FS phase
Finally the Kadesh noble displays the leadership skills expected of him. Striding confidently over bleeding and dismemebered corpses of camo-clad vetearns and pitifully twisted and broken Amazonians, he leads his single remaining unit towards victory. There is but a single unit of Amazonians left to contest the planet...

*Regular attack phase
The Amazonians buckle under pressure, unable to finish off the noble-led unit of warior priests. They retreat towards the landing point, in a vain hope that organizing a last stand among the burnt buildings will save them. The charred, dull glint of their by now worn and damaged armor marking the attack point for the final assault of the Kadesh.

*Psi phase
The Kadesh manage to produce a middling psionic blast effect. This should be more than enough to wipe out the remaining oposition, however.

*First strike phase
The inevitable end for the Lortran invasion comes quickly. The few remaining Amazonians are taken by a surprise attack, stunned by the psionic blast; some commit suicide to avoid a fate worse than death. The rest are not as lucky, and many a Kadesh officer ended the day with a brainwashed Amazonian as the newest sex toy.

The jumpships retreat back into Lortran space. The failure of Lortran forces is a bitter one. Perhaps the Duke has lost his edge over the years.

Even though this strategist does not believe in TechnoFate, its strands shimmer all over Gurati space, and bring chaos into the predictable game the great Houses are playing. A member of the Gurati nobility deserts, going over to the Lortran. Lady Elleanora Gurati, in an unanticipaded move, took off from the Gurati stronghold in her private ship and arrived on Lortran bare days later, to offer her... services. A fellow named Stanton was instrumental in the flyover, providing gate codes and security passes. His origin, aims, or even his House remain unknown.

The Arms Dealers, ever a fickle bunch, for some reason again fall to the innuendos of a Gurati noble, and thus change their side in the war yet again.

At least this small victory remains to the Gurati, who are otherwise quite cramped and with few resources to call their own.

The Nitrix make a move towards Kadesh space as well. This might be a well construed deception, too.

  ________         ________        ____        ______         _______
A/Lortran \_______/        \______/    \______/Pyreen\_______/       \____
 \_L2/0___/       \________/      \____/ Fah  \_N1/0_/       \_______Nitrix
B/        \_______/Sanctuary______/    \_L10/2/      \_______/       \N7/0/
 \________/       \_L14/4__/      \____/      \______/       \_______/    \
C/ Hellish\_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/       \____/
 \__L2/1__/       \________/      \____/      \______/  Mox  \_______/    \
D/        \_______/        \______/    \______/      \_N6/1__/       \____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/    \
E/        \_______/ Punah  \______/    \______/      \_______/Yoravar\____/
 \________/       \__L4/3__/      \____/      \______/       \__N3/0_/    \
F/        \_______/        \______/    \______/Dalton\_______/       \____/
 \________/Paralax\________/      \____/Aquara\_N17/3/       \_______/    \
G/        \__K4/1_/        \______/    \_G1/0_/      \_______/ Frost \____/
 \________/       \________/Sedeen\____/      \______/       \__G5/0_/    \
H/Mercurum\_______/        \_K11/1/    \______/      \_______/       \____/
 \__K3/0__/ Marx  \________/Scorch\____/      \______/Bolavor\_______/    \
I/        \__K7/2_/        \_K4/0_/    \______/      \_G21/3_/       \____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
J/Kadesh  \_______/Computus\______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__K5/0__/Quayat \___K2/1_/      \____/      \______/Bazarum\_______/Gurati
          \__K1/0_/        \______/    \______/      \__G1/0_/       \G6/2 /

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
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
  11. Arms Dealers 1 Solat per 10 units in the game
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 02:49, Tue 23 Apr 2013.

The Jumpship arrived outside the barren system with no more fuss than any other jump, and made its way towards the third rock from that sun.
It was a barren world, in that it contained no wealth, no habitable worlds, and nothing of interest.  None of the Great, or minor, Houses had invested any resources into that space, including surveillance.

Which made it the perfect for this meeting.

"Fire up the Deflection coats, and bring the short-range sensors on line", ordered the captain.  He trusted his superiors, indeed, but it was the other Great House he was here to meet that he didn't trust.
But so long as the negotiation, and transfer of merchandise went successfully, and smoothly, they would be on their way back into Gurati space within two cycles.

[Private to GM:
                   {* requires a die roll}
2- PRODUCTION-
          9 Solats (Gurati Homeworld)
          7 Solats (Bazarum)
          4 Solats (Bolavor)
            1 Solat   (Frost)
            1 Solat   (Aquara)
        13 Solats (Arms Dealers: 137 units in game)
3- UPKEEP- pay 3 Solats for 39 units
4- * RECRUIT NOBLES- 5: unsuccessful
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- 
           {Gurati} 1x Church Inquisitor : 4 Solats
           {Gurati} 1x Imperial Death Squad : 4 Solats
           {Gurati} 2x Anthrosynthetic Berserkers : 10 Solats
           {Bazarum} 1x Jumpship 'Codex': 6 Solats
           {Frost} 1x Ice Barbarian : 3 Solats
          {Aquara} 1x Sea Monster: 5 Solats

6- MOVEMENT- 
        - 'Macarbre' jump from Gurati to Bolavor: with Damper, House Troops, House Troops
       - 'Brash' jump from Gurati to Bolavor: with Damper Field, House Troops, Church Inquisitors
        - 'Intellegosa' jump from Bolavor to Frost: with Church Inquisitor, Damper, Nuke
       - 'Santana' jump from Bolavor to Frost: with Rebels, Rebels, Church Inquisitor
       - 'Independant' jump from Bolavor to Frost: with Imperial Shock Troops, Imperial Shock Troops, Imperial Shock Troops
       - 'Codex' 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-
           please note: Drake Gurati travelled to Bolavor last turn
   - Sir Drake Gurati (on Bolavor) {Income: Bolavor}- auto success
   - Lady Delia Stanthorpe (on Bolavor) {Income: Bolavor}- auto success
   - Lord Tyson Gurati (on Bolavor) {Income: Bolavor}- auto success
   - 5th Sector Rebels {Sabotage: Nitrix Jumpship}- 6: unsuccessful
   - Black Market {Income: Bazarum}- auto success
   - Imperial Secret Police {Assassinate: Elleanora Gurati of the Lortran}- 1: success
   - Church of Man {Diplomacy}
10- PLANET CONTROL:  none
11- * Random Event Roll- 2

TREASURY:
Started turn with 0 Solats; 
 +35: Production
    - 3 : Upkeep (39 units)
 - 32:  Recruit Troops
= 0 Solats in treasury


18:45, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6. Recruit Noble: turn 6.
18:45, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 6 using 1d6. Rebels action: turn 6.
18:44, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 1 using 1d6. Secret Police action: turn 6.
18:43, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 2 using 1d6. Random Event .]

Duke Tycho Lortran studied the newly arrive Gurati noblewoman with narrowed eyes.  Can I trust this woman? he wondered.  Has she truly risked so much to flee her house, or is this all a ploy?  He ponders what to do silently for a few more moments before speaking.  "Welcome to Lortran,  Lady Elleanora.  I hope your journey here was no more unpleasant than necessary.  I am sure the Baron is none too happy with your departure.  Nor will he be pleased with me for welcoming you.  But such are the risks we must all take in these troubled times.  So again, I welcome you."

The Lady seems about to reply but the Duke raises a hand to stop her.  "You will forgive me if I say I cannot spare time to chat at the moment.  As you may have heard, this war is no longer just a cold one.  Our forces struck at Parallax, and were repelled.  There is much preparation to be done, as I am sure the Countess will not wait long to make her counterstrike.  I had expected your Baron to mass forces on Aquaria, keeping the Countess pinned on that flank.  But he's showing uncharacteristic restraint.  In my old age, I seem to be loosing the knack of judging people, it seems."

Not a knack I can afford to loose when a Gurati noblewoman arrives on my doorstep! Tycho thinks to himself.

"I regret your stay here on Lortran will be a short one.  I need you to travel to Sanctuary.  Baron Marcos will brief you on how you can best help us once are there."

Once again Lady Elleanora seems about to speak.  This time it is the firm grip of an Amazonian on her shoulder that interrupts her.  "Please, come this way.  M'lady," says the towering woman, as Duke Tycho turns his attention back to his maps.


[Private to GM:

Orders:

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

2- PRODUCTION (expected):
   funds at start of turn: 0

   lortran income: 9
   Hellish income: 9
   Sanctuary income: 4
   Fah income: 1
   Punah income; 3
   spacing guild income: 2 (24 total ships in game)

   subtotal: 0+9+9+4+1+3+2=28


3- UPKEEP (expected):
   Lortran: 2,0
   Hellish: 2,1
   Sanctuary: 14,4
   Fah:  10,2
   Punah: 4,3
   42 units => 4 upkeep

  subtotal remaining money: 28-4=24 solats


4- RECRUIT NOBLES-
   19:35, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 6 using 1d6. recruit noble round 6.

5- RECRUIT TROOPS-
   Lortran: 4x heretics (cost 4), Navy Jumpship Resilience (cost 5)
   Hellish: 1 nuke (cost 5)
   Sanctuary: none
   Punah: 1 Amazonian (cost 5)
   Fah:  none
   subtotal remaining money: 24-(4+5+5+5)=5

6- MOVEMENT-


   Lortran --> Sanctuary
    1x Jumpship (Resilience)
    w/ 3x heretics, Lady Elleanora Gurati

   Hellish --> Punah
    1x Jumpship (Royal Oak)
    w/ Duchess Catherine
    1x Subterrainian mutants
    1x nuke


   Sanctuary --> Punah
    3x Jumpships (Lidia, Audacious, Persistent )
    w/ 2x psychic vets, 1x damper, 1x house troops, 5x heretics
    (note, 2/3 of this was planned for last round, but got missed.  See the last rounds orders if you want to update the map before this, I'm not moving the ones that should be there anyway, so it shouldn't make much difference that they arrive this round rather than last)

   Sanctuary --> Fah
    1x Jumpships(Ambuscade)
    w/ 1x house troops, 1x damper, 1x heretics



7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-

   Hellish --> Sanctuary: safe

   Parallax --> Punah(retreating from last round): armed (ships)


8- BATTLE-
   none planned


9- NOBLE ACTIONS-
   -Duke Tycho (Lortran):  Intrigue (Surgeons of Silex)
    20:05, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. tycho intrigue, round 6.
   -Baron Marcos (Sanctuary):  Income (+2 income (due to mercantile consortium) ally) to Sanctuary, brings it up to 6)
   -Duchess Catherine (Hellish):  (in transit, Hellish -> sanctuary)
   -Baroness Carley (Punah): Income (+2 income (due to mercantaile consortium)
   - Lady Elleanora Gurati: transit to Sanctuary
   -strategic planning from Imp Bureaucracy (move forward 1 in init next round)

10- RANDOM EVENT
  20:03, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. random event roll.
]
This message was last edited by the player at 19:26, Tue 23 Apr 2013.

Lord Dacklin was the hero of the hour; though he wished he could enjoy the feeling more. He’d won a victory, but neither Paralax nor his troops were unscathed. Frankly, before this battle he’d but his trust in professional troops of the Mercenary Guild, and while they’d sold their lives dearly it was Harrion’s priests who had carried the day. In hindsight, he shouldn’t have been surprised; the mercenaries were good, but they were outnumbered by troops just as experienced as them, and they were only human; the Warrior Priests were psychics. His forces were still processing prisoners from the battle; unfortunately, they were still processing casualties, too. Several pilgrim ships had been wiped out in a Lortran nuclear strike on one of Parlax’s larger spaceports, and more had been killed on the ground. He’d heard their songs of mourning earlier that day. Irulan wouldn’t like that the Pilgrims were dying, but many more were likely to die before the war was over. The surviving Mercenaries seemed to have reacted less; they were mourning their comrades, but they’d known when they signed up that sector-wide war was going to be devastating. At least the survivors were collecting their bonuses. And they’d showed Lortran; the others would think twice before attacking again. Or would they? Interrogation of captured Lortran troopers hadn’t yielded any info on their future plans yet.

[Private to GM: 2- PRODUCTION- +30 Solats
3- UPKEEP- -4 Solats, -2 from mercenaries last turn
4- RECRUIT NOBLES- 01:45, Today: Secret Roll: Countess Kadesh rolled 4 using 1d6. Recruit Noble.
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- Robot Death Machines, Imperial Conscripts, Jumpship ‘Gerard Thom’, Pilgrim Troupe on Kadesh, Machine enhance 3x Imperial Conscripts on Sedeen, Machine Enhance Mercenary on ‘Joan of Arc’, Machine Enhance Pilgrim Troupe on Kadesh
6 Solats remaining
6- MOVEMENT- Jumpship 'Matilda of Cannossa' from Computus to Seeden with 2x Robot Death Machines aboard
High Priest Harrion Kadesh, 2x Warrior Priests, 3x Imperial Conscripts, 3x Robot Death Machines, Nuclear Arsenal, Pilgrim Troupe on Sedeen
Jumpship ‘Julius II’ from Paralax to Sedeen
Jumpship 'Zealous' from Marx to Sedeen, 2 Damper Fields, Warrior Priest, Lady Enalia Kadesh, Sir Willem Kalgari, Captain Caroline Kadesh aboard
Jumpship ‘Joan of Arc’ From Marx to Paralax, 1 Damper Field, 2 Mercenaries Aboard
3 Pilgrim Troupes from Scorch to Kadesh
Jumpship ‘Isabelle II’ orbiting Sedeen
Jumpship ‘Gerard Thom’ orbiting Paralax
2 Pilgrim Troupes from Sedeen to Paralax
Lord Corinus Dacklin, Warrior Priests, 3x Machine enhanced Clone Soldiers on Paralax
Pilgrim Troupe on Quayat
3 House troops, 1 Fanatic on Kadesh
Clone Soldiers on Marx
Imperial Conscripts on Computus
Lava Projectors, Nuclear Arsenal on Scorch
3x Miners on Mercurum
Pilgrim Troupe from Kadesh to Scorch
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]

The imperial sages report:

An interesting little snippet from an assassination came into our hands, and we include it here for your viewing pleasure. It was a dull season, after all.

Lady Elleanora Gurati sat on the newest jumpship of the Lortran, en route from Lortran to Sanctuary. It was a fine, sleek vessel, painted in the greens and blues of a Navy squadron. The young woman was less than pleased at the reception in her new house. To be honest, the strands of TechnoFate that led to this decision had been difficult to follow. But joining the Lortran seemed to be a decision that had to be made. After all, she had to escape from Castille's shadow somehow. She'll show them all. She'll make a name for herself, and conquer Gurati planets with ease using all the insider knowledge. Castille, the fool, will be brought before her in chains and tatters, and she shall savor that moment.

There was a slight prickling sensation on her arm, and she looked up at the unfamiliar attendant - a young girl of no more than fourteen. Faint telltale signs of retinal implants flashed in the young girl's irises. The ex-Gurati noble frowned. Only the Imperial secret police uses such implants... And they are an ally of the Gurati.

The rest of the recording shows the unfortunate noble in agony, the specially tailored nanotech neurotoxin quickly and irreversibly destroying all the neural synapses in her body. It took almost a minute before she finally died.

Apart from this action, the Gurati were content to amass their uints and improve their economy.

The Lortran also shuffled their growing armies, with no definitive attacking move planned. It seems the shock of a lost battle forced them into inactivity.

Kadesh plans this season amounted to little more too.

Prelate Longinus joins the Nitrix cause, after being expelled from the Church of Man for undiscloses offenses. Rumors have it that only the Nitrix woudl harbor him, considering the vile and unspeakable things he did in a neighboring sector.

The imperial cartographer reports:

  ________         ________        ____        ______         _______
A/Lortran \_______/        \______/    \______/Pyreen\_______/       \____
 \_L3/0___/       \________/      \____/ Fah  \_N1/0_/       \_______Nitrix\
B/        \_______/Sanctuary______/    \_L13/3/      \_______/       \N7/1_/
 \________/       \__L5/1__/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
C/ Hellish\_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__L3/1__/       \________/      \____/      \______/  Mox  \_______/     \
D/        \_______/        \______/    \______/      \_N3/1__/       \_____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
E/        \_______/ Punah  \______/    \______/      \_______/Yoravar\_____/
 \________/       \_L14/6__/      \____/      \______/       \__N3/0_/     \
F/        \_______/        \______/    \______/Dalton\_______/       \_____/
 \________/Paralax\________/      \____/Aquara\_N26/3/       \_______/     \
G/        \__K9/2_/        \______/    \_G2/0_/      \_______/ Frost \_____/
 \________/       \________/Sedeen\____/      \______/       \_G15/3_/     \
H/Mercurum\_______/        \_K15/4/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__K3/0__/ Marx  \________/Scorch\____/      \______/Bolavor\_______/     \
I/        \__K1/0_/        \_K3/0_/    \______/      \_G18/2_/       \_____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
J/Kadesh  \_______/Computus\______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__K7/0__/Quayat \___K1/0_/      \____/      \______/Bazarum\_______/Gurati
          \__K1/0_/        \______/    \______/      \__G1/0_/       \G4/1_/

The Imperial advisor reports:

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
  11. Arms Dealers 1 Solat per 10 units in the game
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

Gurati income: 25 solats.
Kadesh income: 30 solats.
Lortran income: 26 solats.
Nitrix income: 29 solats.
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:11, Sat 27 Apr 2013.

Castille Gurati watched the vid of Elleanora's death with grim mirth.

It broke his heart to have acted against family like that; but her betrayal could not be left unanswered.   Thankfully, Tyson had noted her absence almost immediately, and had begun tracking her private craft with swift efficiency.  And Drake had moved quickly to organize the Police.   The family had come together in response her Elle's decision.

As the footage wound to its end, he turned to the scribe to his left, "Take this down, and get it broadcast without delay ...".

Then, after a moment of consideration, he began his dictation, "Lord Tycho Lortran, with all due respects, we offer you condolences for loss ..."



[Private to GM:
                   {* requires a die roll}
2- PRODUCTION-
          9 Solats (Gurati Homeworld)
          7 Solats (Bazarum)
          7 Solats (Bolavor)
            1 Solat   (Frost)
            1 Solat   (Aquara)
        15 Solats (Arms Dealers: 158 units in game)
3- UPKEEP- pay 4 Solats for 46 units
4- * RECRUIT NOBLES- 5: unsuccessful
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- 
           {Gurati} 1x Church Inquisitor : 4 Solats
           {Gurati} 1x Imperial Death Squad : 4 Solats
           {Gurati} 1x Imperial Shock Troops : 6 Solats
           {Gurati} 1x Anthrosynthetic Berserkers : 5  Solats
           {Bazarum} 1x Jumpship 'Mithril': 6 Solats
           {Frost} 1x Ice Barbarian : 3 Solats
           {Aquara} 1x Sea Monster: 5 Solats
           {Bolavor} 1x Jungle Fighters: 1 Solats

6- MOVEMENT- 
        - 'Macarbre' jump from Bolavor to Aquara: with Drake Gurati, Damper, Church Inquisitor
       - 'Brash' jump from Bolavor to Aquara: with Imperial Death Squad, Imperial Death Squad, Nuke
       - 'Intellegosa' jump from Frost to Aquara: with Imperial Shock Troops, Imperial Shock Troops, Imperial Shock Troops
       - 'Santana' remain at Frost
       - 'Independant' remain at Frost 
       - 'Codex' jump from Gurati to Bolavor: with Anthrosynthetic Berserkers, Anthrosynthetic Berserkers, Church Inquisitors
       - 'Mithril' jump 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  {Travel to Aquara}- auto success
   - Lady Delia Stanthorpe (on Bolavor) {Income: Bolavor}- auto success
   - Lord Tyson Gurati (on Bolavor) {Income: Bolavor}- auto success
   - 5th Sector Rebels {Sabotage: Kadesh Jumpship}- 2: unsuccessful
   - Black Market {Income: Bazarum}- auto success
   - Imperial Secret Police {Assassinate: Kadesh noble}- 4: unsuccessful
   - Church of Man {Diplomacy}
10- PLANET CONTROL:  none
11- * Random Event Roll- 4

TREASURY:
Started turn with 0 Solats; 
+40: Production
    - 4 : Upkeep (46 units)
 - 34:  Recruit Troops
= 2 Solats in treasury

20:54, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6. Recruit Noble: turn seven.
20:54, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 2 using 1d6. Rebels action: turn seven.
20:53, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 4 using 1d6. Secret Police action: turn seven.
20:53, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 4 using 1d6. Random Event: turn seven.]

Duke Tycho looked over the papers on his desk.  The "condolences" from Baron Gurati caused him to frown deeply.  I had expected such a strike, but not so soon.  The Baron's spies are more dangerous than I realized.  I must keep a closer eye on him.

He then glanced to another letter, from a certain Count Hubert Donovan.  Tycho smiles sadly as he reads it over.  It would seem this Ellonora had an...admirer on Sanctuary.  Perhaps the baron's attack will bring me more than it managed to take away?  I can only pray that this fellow doesn't meet the same fate.

Finally, he turns to a third document, this one lacking any of the flowery prose of the others.  Copies of orders for troop movements and changes in command structures.  The duke nods silently.  Yes, this will be most satisfactory.



[Private to GM:
Orders:

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

2- PRODUCTION (expected):
   funds at start of turn: 5

   lortran income: 9
   Hellish income: 9
   Sanctuary income: 4 (6?)
   Fah income: 1
   Punah income; 3 (5?)
   spacing guild income: 2 (28 total ships in game)

   subtotal: 5+9+9+4+1+3+2=33
     (note, I think the two income noble actions on Punah and Sanctuary last round
      may have been missed.  If so, I'd have 4 more solats this turn.  But I'm less
      worried about those 4 solats than about making sure the income boost gets
      applied, so will run with 33 solats for this turn).


3- UPKEEP (expected):
   Lortran: 3,0
   Hellish: 3,1
   Sanctuary: 5,1
   Fah:  13,1
   Punah: 14,6
   47 units => 4 upkeep

  subtotal remaining money: 33-4=29 solats


4- RECRUIT NOBLES-
   09:25, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 6 using 1d6. recruit noble round 7.
   Sanctuary bonus roll:
   09:25, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. recruit noble round 7 (sanctuary).
   (Sweet!  I assume they start at Sanctuary?  Let's call him Count Hubert Donovan)

5- RECRUIT TROOPS-
   Lortran: Navy Jumpship Pride(cost 5), 2x psychic vets (cost 8), 1x heretics (cost 1)
   Hellish: 1 nuke (cost 5)
   Sanctuary: none
   Punah: 1 Amazonian (cost 5)
   Fah:  none
   subtotal remaining money: 29-(5+8+1+5+5)= 5

6- MOVEMENT-


   Lortran --> Sanctuary
    1x Jumpship (Pride)
    w/ 2x psychic Vets, 1x heretics

   Hellish --> Punah
    1x Jumpship (Royal Oak)
    w/ Duchess Catherine
    1x Subterrainian mutants
    1x nuke (x2?)
    (note, this flight was supposed to happen last round but got missed.  if it
     goes this round instead, I'll send along the newly-built nuke as well)

   Sanctuary --> Punah
    1x Jumpships (Resilience)
    w/ 2x heretics, 1x damper


   Fah --> Mox (ATTACK)
    3x Jumpships (Guild Jammer, Ambuscade, Zephyr)
    w/ : damper field, nuke, heretics
       : 2x psychic vets, damper field
       : 3x house troops


   Punah --> Parallax (ATTACK)
    4x jumpships (Lidia, Audacious, Persistent, Ardent
    w/ : damper field, amazonians, house troops
       : amazonians, 2x psychic vets
       : damper field, 2x heretics
       : 3x heretics




7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-

   Hellish --> Punah: armed (ships)

   Punah armed (ships)

   Fah --> Mox: (safe until planet won, then armed (ships)


8- BATTLE-
   planned at Mox
   planned at Parallax


9- NOBLE ACTIONS-
   -Duke Tycho (Lortran):  Intrigue (Imperial Army)
09:59, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. noble action--intrigue round 7.
   -Baron Marcos (Sanctuary):  Income (+2 income (due to mercantile consortium ally)       to Sanctuary, brings it up to 6 (or 8, since it should have been 6 last round)
   -Duchess Catherine (Hellish):  (in transit, Hellish -> sanctuary)
   -Baroness Carley (Punah): Govern (extra Amazonian on Punah, remaining solats: 0)
   -Count Hubert Donovan (Sanctuary): Income (+2 income due to mercantile consortium
    ally) to Sanctuary, to bring it up to 8 (or 9 since last around should have been
    6)
   -strategic planning from Imp Bureaucracy (move forward 1 in init next round)

10- RANDOM EVENT
   10:03, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 6 using 1d6. random event roll.
]
This message was last edited by the player at 09:17, Mon 29 Apr 2013.

Countess Irulan Kadesh prayed. There was nothing else left to do; the preparations were made, the weapons obtained, the jumpships moving. She had competent people commanding elite troops; indeed, more than human troops when the Brotherhood of Machines was taken into account. Everything she could do was done; at least until the battle, the future of her house was out of her hands now. She couldn't say she necessarily liked the feeling.
[Private to GM: 2- PRODUCTION- +32 Solats
3- UPKEEP- -4 Solats,
4- RECRUIT NOBLES- 04:27, Today: Secret Roll: Countess Kadesh rolled 3 using 1d6
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- Robot Death Machines, Imperial Conscripts, Machine Enhance Mercenary on ‘Gerard Thom’, Machine Enhance Pilgrim Troupe on Sedeen, Machine Enhance 2x Pilgrim Troupes on Paralax, Nuclear arsenal on Parlax, Cone soldiers on Marx, Pilgrim Troupe on Kadesh
6 Solats remaining
6- MOVEMENT- Jumpship 'Matilda of Cannossa' from Computus to Seeden with 2x Robot Death Machines, Damper field, High Priest Harrion Kadesh aboard
Machine enhanced Pilgrim Troupe from Sedeen to Punah
Jumpship ‘Julius II’ from Sedeen to Punah with Robot Death Machine, Warrior Priest, Machine enhanced Imperial Conscripts, Sir Willem Calgari onboard
Jumpship 'Zealous' from Sedeen to Punah, Robot Death Machine, Damper Field, Warrior Priest, Lady Enalia Kadesh, aboard
Jumpship ‘Isabelle II’ from Sedeen to Punah with Robot Death Machine, Warrior Priest, Machine enhanced Imperial Conscripts , Captain Caroline Kadesh onboard
Jumpship ‘Joan of Arc’ From Paralax to Punah, 1 Damper Field, Warrior Priests, machine enhanced mercenaries, Lord Corinus Dacklin Aboard
Jumpship ‘Gerard Thom’ from Paralax to Punah, with 2x Machine enhanced clones soldiers onboard, Machine enhanced mercenaries onboard
2 Machine enhanced Pilgrim Troupes from Paralax to Punah
Pilgrim Troupe from Scorch to Sedeen
1 Machine enhanced pilgrim troupe, 3 Pilgrim Troupes from Kadesh to Scorch
Imperial Conscripts, Machine enhanced Imperial conscripts, Nuclear Arsenal on Sedeen
Machine enhanced Clone soldiers on Parlax
Pilgrim Troupe on Quayat
3 House troops, 1 Fanatic on Kadesh
Clone Soldiers on Marx
Imperial Conscripts on Computus
Lava Projectors, Nuclear Arsenal on Scorch
3x Miners on Mercurum
7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE- Sedeen Nuclear Arsenal: SHIP, Scorch Nuclear Arsenal: SHIP, Paralax 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: Movement, Lord Corinus Dacklin: Movement
10- PLANET CONTROL- None
11- RANDOM EVENT ROLL- 04:27, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 6 using 2d6. Random event]

The Imperial Sages report:

There is much to report this season, as the season of blood starts.

Gurati amass a sizable army, ready to strike at their neighbors. No real offensive move is made, though.

Count Donovan, the newest noble to flock to the Lortran banner, is a tall man with hard eyes and an unsmiling face. He retreated a decade ago to Sanctuary during a moneylending scandal, and his involvement with a certain Gurati noble was well known.  A return to politics, howeever, opens up the possibility of old enemies coming back to cash in past debts.

---

Lortran jumpships materialize over Mox, quickly passing the arther surprised sentry stations and landing in the midst of its sparkling, grandiose city. Only the few miners left on the planet offered token resistance, and these were wiped out by the conquerors with no casualties whatsoever. The gain of Mox' mines will surely swell the Lortran coffers.

---

The second Lortran attack was directed againt the Kadesh. For all his age and wisdom, this seems a dubious move. Fighting a two front war is a sure way to ruin one's House.

Attackers:
Jumpships: Lidia, Audacious, Persistent, Ardent
Troops: 2 damper fields, 2 amazonians-3, house troops-1, 2 psychic vets-2, 5 heretics-1

Defenders:
Nobles: Lord Corinus Dacklin
Troops: 3 Clone Soldiers(ME)-2, Damper Field, Mercenaries (ME)-3, 2 Pilgrim Troupes-1, Mercenaries-2, Warrior Priests-2P

Nuclear exchange phase: No nuclear arsenals present

Psi phase: A Sisteria assistant to the Kadesh, a pretty blue-haired girl of barely nine years, collapses during psychic preparation, blood flowing from her ears, eyes and nostrils. Unnerved by such a bad omen, the first death of this conflict, only a minor effect is summonned up by the Kadesh Champion.

First strike phase (K:3+1): The sole Kadesh noble leads his warrior priests into the teeth of the dismounting army, in a reactment of the last conflict. A unit of Heretics perishes before knowing what hit them.

Regular combat phase (L:14 K:13): The Lortran troops do well, methodically wiping out the pilgrims along with the single unit of mercenaries and a group of cyber-enhanced clone soldiers. Gone are the set-piece attempts of the last invasion, with endless drawn out firefights. Now the Lortran rush in, taking care of business quickly and brutally. This tactic costs them dearly, however, as they lose four heretics and a house troop, leaving their core units unprotected.

Attackers:
Jumpships: Lidia, Audacious, Persistent, Ardent
Troops: 2 damper fields, 2 amazonians-3, 2 psychic vets-2

Defenders:
Nobles: Lord Corinus Dacklin
Troops: 2 Clone Soldiers(ME)-2, Damper Field, Mercenaries (ME)-3, Warrior Priests-2P

Psi phase: The Lortran Psychic veterans efficiently extinguish an attempt by Corinus to summon up destructive energies. Lightning flashes and the area is abthed in darkness as they clash.

First strike: the tactical advantage gained by the Kadesh is squandered by bad judgment. The weight of commanding the garrison in the face of a determined assault almost buckles Lord Dacklin's resolve.

Regular combat (L:10 K:7): It seems, all that is really left at this point to secure a Lortran win here is a noble to lead their troops. Alas, they have none, and it shows. In confused close quarters fighting in the tunnels beneath the capital, only one unit of Kadesh clone soldiers perishes. One unit of psychic veterans perishes in the fight, incinerated while held down by the already dead clones.

Attackers:
Jumpships: Lidia, Audacious, Persistent, Ardent
Troops: 2 damper fields, 2 amazonians-3, 1 psychic vets-2

Defenders:
Nobles: Lord Corinus Dacklin
Troops: 1 Clone Soldiers(ME)-2, Damper Field, Mercenaries (ME)-3, Warrior Priests-2P

Psychic phase: Only a minor effect as the result of the warrior priest's effort, a psionic blast. Could it be enough to shift the balance of power now?

First strike phase: Tracking down the waves of psychic interference, Lord Dacklin and his warrior priests track down the remaining unit of psychic veterans. The resulting battle is short and bloody, leaving dead Lortran everywhere.

Regular combat (L:6 K:5): Suddenly it seems amazonian soldiers are everywhere. Tall, beautiful women clad in anachronistic armour and wielding energy weapons simply walk all over the remaining defenders; those who don't submit are rent apart by energy whips and seeking arrows with thermite warheads. The lose half of their number in this last push - but the prize is theirs. The planet at their mercy, its noble defender in chains at their feet.

Now, they take revenge for the enslavement of their comrades.

Final result: Lortran win.
Surviving units:
Jumpships: Lidia, Audacious, Persistent, Ardent
Troops: Amazonians

---

The Lortran were active on the diplomatic plan as well. General Marcos was seen on the Lortran home planet, escorted by a honour guard of Amazonian princesses. Shortly after he retired from the public eyes, the announcement came that the Imperial Army would grant its support to House Lortran.

---

Kadesh moves as well. The Lortran attack against Parralax intercepted one flank of their effort that was directed against Punah. The other half of the invasion force arrives shortly after Lortran jumpships left.

Attackers:
Jumpships: Matilda of Canossa, Zealous, Julius II, Isabelle II
Nobles: Sir Willem Kalgari, Irulan Kadesh, Captain Caroline Kadesh,  High Priest Harrion Kadesh
Troops: 5 Robot Death Machines-3, 2 Damper Fields, 2 Imperial Conscripts (ME)-2, 3 Warrior Priests-2P

Defenders:
Jumpships: Guild Fluyt, Golden Hind, Resilience, Royal Oak
Nobles: Baroness Carley, Duchess Catherine
Troops: Damper Field, Amazonians-3, 2 Discordian Heretics-1, House Troops-2, 2 Nuclear Arsenals, Subterranean Mutants-1F

Nuclear attack phase: The defending nuclear arsenals flill the skies above the verdant planet with starfire. Much of this nuclear fury is absorbed by damper fields, but one ship is caught in a vortex of ardiation, killing all aboard instantly. Captain Caroline Kadesh is among the casualties.

Attackers:
Jumpships: Matilda of Canossa, Zealous, Julius II
Nobles: Sir Willem Kalgari, Irulan Kadesh, High Priest Harrion Kadesh
Troops: 4 Robot Death Machines-3, 1 Imperial Conscripts (ME)-2, 2 Warrior Priests-2P

Psi phase (K:5 L:2+2): The Kadesh, aided by their Sisteria allies, summon up huge psychic forces (Telekenetic Maelstrom, Molecular Disruption and Dimensional Rift, for a total of 9 AD!), while the Lortran struggle to organize defeneses. Only Duchess Catherine managed to put up a Psionic Blast (1 AD).

First strike (K:21 dice, lolwut? L: 8): The Lortran meet the overwhelming attack head-on. They even put up a hard fight, clustered around their nobles. Kadesh warrior priests and imperial conscripts perish in the withering crossfire of skillfully camouflaged defenders. But, their joy is short lives as shiny Death Machines led by the Kadesh nobles descend into the jungles, and turn verdant forest into charred wasteland. No defending unit survives this conflagration.

The fate of the Lortran prisoners remains unclear, and probably up to the present Kadesh nobles.

Result: Kadesh victory.
Remaining units: Jumpships: Matilda of Canossa, Zealous, Julius II
Nobles: Sir Willem Kalgari, Irulan Kadesh, High Priest Harrion Kadesh
Troops: 4 Robot Death Machines-3

---

The Nitrix manage to attract the attention of another noble as well. Lady Elsbeth Dawnspear is the scion of a small noble family, looking to expand her connections and influence. Evil tongues accuse her of consorting with the Silexian Surgeons, and go so afr as to accuse her of providing them with numerous test subjects from her fief.

---

Lord Nitrix makes a move as well. The approach he takes is alltogether different from the others, however. This is in part dictated by his available troops and planets. Nitrix jumpships appear over Sedeen, expecting heavy reistance.

Defenders:
Troops: Imperial conscripts, Pilgrim Troupe, Pilgrim torupe (ME), Imperial Conscripts (ME), Nuclear Arsenal

Attackers:
Jumpships: Harbinger, Devastation, Doombringer
Troops: 4 Pirates, 8 Nuclear Arsenals, 1 House Troops

Nuclear phase: both combatants pull the stops on their arsenals. The Nitrix choose to to turn the hive world into a nuclear inferno. A pirate jumpships perishes, caught too close to a blast, but the Nitrix force is otherwise unschated. Sedeen, on the other hand, is wiped clean of defending units, along with most other living organisms. It will cost a fortune to restore the planet to the semblance of something inhabitable. Consenquently, the nitrix choose not to claim it.

---

A lone, empty Nitrix jumpship appears in the skies above Mox and is promptly blotted out by a strike from the Lortren nuclear arsenal stationed there.

The Imperial cartographer reports:

  ________         ________        ____        ______         _______
A/Lortran \_______/        \______/    \______/Pyreen\_______/       \____
 \_L3/0___/       \________/      \____/ Fah  \_N1/0_/       \_______Nitrix\
B/        \_______/Sanctuary______/    \_L4/0_/      \_______/       \N10/2/
 \________/       \__L5/5__/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
C/ Hellish\_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__L2/0__/       \________/      \____/      \______/  Mox  \_______/     \
D/        \_______/        \______/    \______/      \_L9/3__/       \_____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
E/        \_______/ Punah  \______/    \______/      \_______/Yoravar\_____/
 \________/       \_K_4/3__/      \____/      \______/       \__N3/0_/     \
F/        \_______/        \______/    \______/Dalton\_______/       \_____/
 \________/Paralax\________/      \____/Aquara\_N15/0/       \_______/     \
G/        \__L1/4_/        \______/    \_G11/3/      \_______/ Frost \_____/
 \________/       \________/Sedeen\____/      \______/       \_G13/2_/     \
H/Mercurum\_______/        \__5/3_/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__K3/0__/ Marx  \________/Scorch\____/      \______/Bolavor\_______/     \
I/        \__K2/2_/        \_K6/0_/    \______/      \_G17/1_/       \_____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
J/Kadesh  \_______/Computus\______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__K4/0__/Quayat \___K2/0_/      \____/      \______/Bazarum\_______/Gurati
          \__K1/0_/        \______/    \______/      \__G1/0_/       \G5/1_/

The Imperial advisor reports:

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
  11. Arms Dealers 1 Solat per 10 units in the game
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
  10. Imperial Army 3 Imperial Shock Troops

Countess Kadesh was still stunned. Maybe a more experienced leader like Harrion or Duke Lortran would have seen the Nitrix attack coming, but it never occurred to her that they would so completely destroy Sedeen, a hive world that was one of the most densely populated worlds in the sector. Now, she had to scramble to protect her worlds from more nuclear attacks. But they'd prevail, they had to.
[Private to GM: 2- PRODUCTION- +26 Solats
3- UPKEEP- -2 Solats, -2 to pay mercenaries
4- RECRUIT NOBLES- 15:42, Today: Secret Roll: Countess Kadesh rolled 5 using 1d6. Recruit Noble.
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- Amazonians on Punah, Clone soldiers on Marx, 2x Pilgrim Troupe on Kadesh, Machine enhance 3 Clone soldiers on Marx, Nuclear Arsenal on Scorch, Miners on Mercurum, Machine enhance 2x Pilgrim troupes on Scorch, Robot Death Machines on Computus,
2 Solats remaining
6- MOVEMENT- Jumpship 'Matilda of Cannossa' from Punah to Hellish with 2x Robot Death Machines, High Priest Harrion Kadesh aboard
Jumpship ‘Julius II’ from Punah to Hellish with Robot Death Machine, Amazonians, Sir Willem Calgari onboard
Jumpship 'Zealous' from Punah to Sedeen, Robot Death Machine, Lady Enalia Kadesh, aboard
Jumpship ‘Joan of Arc’ From Marx to Paralax, 3x Machine enhanced Clone soldiers aboard
Jumpship ‘Gerard Thom’ from Marx to Computus
3 Machine enhanced pilgrim troupes, 1 Pilgrim Troupe from Scorch to Sedeen
Machine enhanced Pilgrim troupe on Punah.
Pilgrim Troupe from Kadesh to Marx
Pilgrim Troupe from Kadesh to Scorch
Pilgrim Troupe on Quayat
3 House troops, 1 Fanatic on Kadesh
Imperial Conscripts, 2x Robot Death Machines on Computus
Lava Projectors, 2x Nuclear Arsenals on Scorch
4x Miners on Mercurum
7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-, 2x Scorch Nuclear Arsenals: SHIP,
8- BATTLE- None
9- NOBLE ACTIONS- Lady Enalia Kadesh: Movement, Movement, Sir Willem Kalgari: Movement, Imperial Aristocracy: Intrigue to acquire Guranti’s arms dealers 16:44, Today: Secret Roll: Countess Kadesh rolled 3 using 1d6. Noble Action.
High Priest Harrion Kadesh: Movement,
10- PLANET CONTROL- Do not take control of Sedeen, take control of Hellish, Paralax
11- RANDOM EVENT ROLL- 16:45, Today: Secret Roll: Countess Kadesh rolled 7 using 2d6. Random event]
This message was last edited by the player at 21:04, Mon 06 May 2013.

So, Sedeen.

The troops there are obviously Nitrix.  But it's without a House marker ('N' 5/3) because Nitrix doesn't claim it, and Kadesh has obviously lost it??  (was the latter automatic, or did she have the choice?)


And if anyone claims it, do they HAVE to suffer a -22 Solats each round, or does the place simply generate 0 Solats, and requires 22 'Income' actions just to get it back to that '0' value?
This message was last edited by the player at 12:22, Tue 07 May 2013.

So much death, so much destruction.  The duke sadly shakes his head as he reads the reports.  Even an entire planet burned to ash.  Will there be anything left to rule once this conflict is over?  Tycho let out a pained sigh.

"Tell the troops to keep Lord Dacklin comfortable," he said to a waiting aid.  "There is no need for further bloodshed at this point.  Let us hope that the Countess extends the same consideration to Catherine and Carley.  Despite the bloodshed we have seen this cycle, we are not savages.  I will begin negotiations with the Countess over a prisoner exchange shortly.  Prepare my ship."

"Of course, m'lord," says the aid, bowing out of the room.

The baron is the driver's seat at this point.  He has shown an uncharacteristic amount of restraint so far.  By staying out of the fight until now, he's amassed a sizable force.  The question is, which way will he strike?  The duke frowned as the possibilities ran through his head.  I am getting far too old for this.



[Private to GM:
Orders:

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

2- PRODUCTION (expected):
   funds at start of turn: 0

   lortran income: 9
   Hellish income: 9
   Sanctuary income: 6
   Fah income: 1
   Parallax income: 4
   Mox income: 8
   spacing guild income: 2 (29 total ships in game)

   subtotal: 0+9+9+6+1+4+8+2=39



3- UPKEEP (expected):
   Lortran: 3,0
   Hellish: 2,0
   Sanctuary: 5,5
   Fah:  4,0
   Parallax: 1,4
   Mox:  9,3
   36 units => 3 upkeep

  subtotal remaining money: 39-3=36 solats


4- RECRUIT NOBLES-
   16:07, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. recruit noble round 8.
   Sanctuary bonus roll:
   16:08, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 6 using 1d6. recruit noble round 8 (sanctuary).


5- RECRUIT TROOPS-
   Lortran: 3x Imperial shock troops (cost 18), Navy Jumpship Fearless (cost 5)
   Hellish: nuke (cost 5)
   Sanctuary: none
   Fah:  none
   Mox: 1x miners (cost 3)
   Parallax: 1x nuke (cost 5)
   subtotal remaining money: 36-(18+5+5+3+5)= 0

6- MOVEMENT-


   Lortran --> Sanctuary
    1x Jumpship (Fearless)
    w/ 3x Imperial shock troops, Duke Lortran


   Sanctuary --> Lortran
    3x Jumpships (Resilience, Guild Fluyt, Golden Hind)
    all empty

   Mox --> Fah
    2x Jumpships (Ambuscade, Guild Jammer)
    both empty


   Parallax --> Punah (nuke strike)
    1x jumpships (Lidia)
    w/ 1 nuke
    note--if allowed, will retreat to Sanctuary afterwords



7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-

   Hellish:  armed (ships)

   Parallax --> Punah:  armed (ground troops)




8- BATTLE-
   Nuke strike planned at Punah



9- NOBLE ACTIONS-
   -Duke Tycho (Lortran-->Sanctuary):  moving
   -Baron Marcos (Sanctuary):  Intrigue (surgeons of silex)
    16:27, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. noble action--intrigue round 8.
   -Count Hubert Donovan (Sanctuary): Strategic planning
   -strategic planning from Imp Bureaucracy
   Note--this is 2 strategic plannings this round.  If possible, would like to
      decide during next turn whether to go early or late.  If I have to decide
      now, I'd like to go early

10- RANDOM EVENT
   16:29, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. random event roll.

11- Questions/Issues:
   1.  I think either one of my two income actions on Sanctuary got missed, or the
       effects of my allies weren't taken into account.  Even if the error from the
       previous round wasn't fixed (though it looks like it was, as Punah's income
       was increased), Sanctuary would still be boosted 4 income to 8 due to 2
       noble actions with +1 due to my allies.  My forces are spread very thin just
       now, so making sure I get credit for the allies bonus would really help!

   2.  Looks like the heretics didn't get their +1 and first strike bonus during
       the fight on parallax.  I sort of figured/hoped they would if the pilgrims
       were there.  Was that an errror, or are the Inquisitors the only church
       units that we'll be able to see in this particular game (since the planet
       that makes templars isn't in it this time around)?

   3.  Just as a heads up, my war academy ally will give any imperial shock troops
       I make +1 AD, which could quite possibly come up on Sanctuary this round,
       or in the near future.

   4.  The fight write-up said there was one amazonian unit left on Parallax, and
       the map seems to agree with this, but the table doesn't seem to list any
       units there.  Am going to assume the amazonians are there, but thought I'd
       point it out in case that messes up your spreadsheet at all.

   5.  Keep up the good work, I'm having a blast!  There's tons of rules and numbers
       to keep track of in this game, so please don't take my nitpicking as
       complaining.  ;)

]
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'So many innocent victims'  the House scribe thought, 'Murdered without a chance.  And a Hive Mind people, too'.
He wondered how it must have felt to those unaware of the nuclear attack, as they shared the fear, pain and confusion of those millions of miles away.
Did they feel the their skin peeling and burning away, without any recognizable cause?   Did they hear the screams of a thousand children on the other side of their planet?

A tear ran down his face.




[Private to GM:
Please Note: you forgot to transfer Drake to Aquara last turn. Also forgot to update Income for Bazarum (now 8) and Bolavor (now 9)

                   {* requires a die roll}
2- PRODUCTION-
          9 Solats (Gurati Homeworld)
          8 Solats (Bazarum)
          9 Solats (Bolavor)
            1 Solat   (Frost)
            1 Solat   (Aquara)
         12 Solats (Arms Dealers: 127 units in game)
3- UPKEEP- pay 5 Solats for 54 units
4- * RECRUIT NOBLES- 6: unsuccessful
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- 
           {Gurati} 1x Church Inquisitor : 4 Solats
           {Gurati} 1x Imperial Death Squad : 4 Solats
           {Gurati} 1x Anthrosynthetic Berserkers : 5  Solats
           {Gurati} 1x Cyborg Commandoes : 4 Solats
           {Bazarum} 1x Jumpship 'Spiral Dancer': 6 Solats
           {Frost} 1x Ice Barbarian : 3 Solats
           {Aquara} 1x Sea Monster: 5 Solats
           {Bolavor} 1x Jungle Fighters: 1 Solats

6- MOVEMENT- 
        - 'Macarbre' jump from Aquara to Dalton: with Drake Gurati,  Imperial Shock Troops, Damper Field. 
       - 'Brash' jump from Aquara to Dalton: with Imperial Death Squad, Imperial Death Squad, Nuke. 
       - 'Intellegosa' jump from Aquara to Dalton: with Imperial Shock Troops, Imperial Shock Troops, Church Inquisitor. 

       - 'Santana' jump from Frost to Dalton: with Cyborg Commandos, Cyborg Commandos, Church Inquisitor. 
       - 'Independant' jump from Frost to Dalton : with Rebels, Rebels, Church Inquisitor. 

       - 'Codex' jump from Bolavor to Dalton: with Tyson Gurati, Anthro-Barbarians, Cyborg Commandoes. 

       - 'Mithril' jump from Gurati to Bolavor: with Anthrosynthetic Berserkers, Imperial Shock Troops, Imperial Death Squad. 

      - 'Spiral Dancer' to jump from Bazarum to Gurati. 

7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-  Nuke (x1) at Dalton upon arrival
8- BATTLE- Dalton;
     ~~ Drake to lead Imperial Shock troops
     ~~ Tyson to lead  Antho-Burserkers

     ~~ Psychic activity = Drake and Tyson; 3x Church Inquisitors {Negate enemy psychic attack on 4+}.
     ~~ First Strike = Drake/IST (5AD), Tyson/ASB (5AD),  2x Imperial Death Squads (2AD), 3x Cyborg Commandoes (2AD),  2x Rebels (2AD; +1 if against Imperials). 
     ~~ Regular Strike = 2x Imperial Shock Troops (4AD), 3x Church Inquisitors (2AD). 

9- * NOBLE ACTIONS-
   - Sir Drake Gurati  {Travel to Dalton}- auto success
   - Lady Delia Stanthorpe (on Bolavor) {Intrigue: Imperial Navy}- 5: unsuccessful
   - Lord Tyson Gurati {Travel to Dalton}- auto success
   - 5th Sector Rebels {Sabotage: Lortran Jumpships nearest Gurati space}- 1: Successful
   - Black Market {Income: Bazarum}- auto success
   - Imperial Secret Police {Assassinate: Lortran noble}- 5: unsuccessful
   - Church of Man {Diplomacy}
10- PLANET CONTROL:  Dalton?
11- * Random Event Roll- 2

TREASURY:
Started turn with 2 Solats; 
+40: Production
    - 5 : Upkeep (54 units)
 - 32:  Recruit Troops
= 5 Solats in treasury


20:32, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 6 using 1d6. Recruit Noble: round 8.
20:32, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6. Lady Stanthorpe action: turn 8.
20:31, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 1 using 1d6. Rebels action: turn 8.
20:31, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6. Secret Police action: turn 8.
20:30, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 2 using 1d6. Random Events.]

(OOC: a thunderstorm above as I processed the turn. Computer crashed, map might have glitches. I went ahead and posted instead of redoing it tomorrow.)

The imperial sages report:

Duke Lortran himself visits Sanctuary. He and his small honor guard travel aboard the newest Lortran jumpship, a refitted Imperial cruiser. Scores upon scores of Imperial Shock Troopers stand in perfect formation as the old Duke walks comfortably to meet the seniors of Sanctuary.

Meanwhile, a lone Lortran jumpship winks into existence above Punah. It uses tactics quite unchaarcteristic for the noble Duke's side - nuclear ammunitions are disgorged from its belly, and the sip itself disappears into hyperspace before the nukes impact the planet below.

The effect on the defending troops is meager. One unit of pilgrims disapepars as nuclear warheads pierce into their landed ships and detonate them from within. The nuclear blasts damage Punah's fragile ecology further - where the Kadesh war machines had only incineraetd forests, the Lortran nukes pollute and destroy entire ecosystems. The damage isn't severe enough that it makes Punah unliavble - but is not a long way from doing so.

There is serious unrest amongst the Amazonian princesses on Lortran upon news of this move.

The Kadesh army barely had a dent put into it by the efforts of the Lortran and the Nitrix. A large number of their jumpships shuffles troops around.

As Kadesh forces come back into space above Sedeen, they are greeted by a Nitrix nuclear strike. Fortunately for the Kadesh princess, the Nitrix arsenals were all but expended on Sedeen, leaving only a few warheads to be used on her forces. A wispy, agile Pilgrim spaceship interposes itself, absorbing the nuclear fury that would have otherwise taken a Kadesh jumpship. With that, the Nitrix withdraw from the Sedeen.

Overconfidence proves to be the undoing of Kadesh forces. Two jumpships, packed with troops, make the passage from Punah to Hellish, jsut to be blotted out of the skies by a barrage of nuclear explosions. Nobles commanding Kadesh forces, Sir Willem Calgari and High Priest Julius Kadesh, perish on the spot.

It seems there is no god news for the Kadesh at all. Let us review the news of the attempted recapture of Parralax, by a single jumpship and a handful of cyberentically enhanced clone soldiers.

Defender:
Jumpships: Audacious, Ardent, Persistent
Units: Amazonians

Attacker:
Jumpships: Joan of Arc
Units: 3x Clone soldiers (machine enhanced)

Neither side has nuclear weapons deployed. The Kadesh jumpship lands unopposed. There are no psychic units.

The initial clash in the densely packed capital city is completely inconclusive. The Clone soldiers seem daunetd by the Amazonians' reputation. Amazonians, demoralized by the destruction of their home world by their feudal lord, seem to not perform to their highest potential.

It is only a matter of time before the numerical superiority of the clone soldiers wins over the skill of Amazonian warriors. Out of supplies, with no support and surrounded on all sides, the proud Amazonian warrior princesses are forced to surrender. Crews of Lortran jumpships, with no friendly star in jump range, make themselves and their ships scarce until a better time arrives. Perhaps life as independent traders will suit them better?

Thus, Parralax chanegs hands again.

The Nitrix move to retake their jewel planet. A lack of nuclear arsenals, or a simple desire to recapture the planet intact kept them from using their usual tactics.

Attackers:
Jumpships: Enola Gay, Pride of Nitrix
Nobles: Lady Elsbeth Dawnspear, Prelate Longinus
Units: Damper Field, 3x House Troops, 2x Suicide Squads, Colonial Rangers, Pirates

Defenders:
Jumpships: Zephyr
Units: Miners, 2x Psychic Veterans, 2x Damper Field, 3x House Troops, Discordian Heretics

Psi phase: The Prelate conjures up a most powerful attack just to have it shatter against the defenses the psychic veterans put up. The Lady Dawnspear has better luck with a minor efect (+1 AD)

First strike phase: The Nitrix nobles lead their black clad suicide squads into action. Unfortunately, all they manage to accomplish is secure a simple landing site. Lortran units are too elusive to be caught.

Regular combat phase: What follows is a brutal close range fight in the confines of Mox tunnels. This battle is bloodier than most. The miners and two units of Lortran house troops perish; the Nitrix fare worse, with both suicide squads and all house troops falling victim to deadly traps the defenders set.

Psi phase: The Nitrix nobles enjoy no success against the firm blocking power of the psychic veterans.

First strike phase: The remaining Nitrix troops, now accustommed to fighting in the confines of Mox' tunnels, wreak havoc amongst the defenders. Charges placed by suicide squads explode, burying unsuspecting house troopers. Colonial Rangers take out an unit of Heretics; Pirates tear into Psychic veterans, using their melee weapons to great effect.

Regular combat: The single remaining unit of Psychic veterans is unable to affect the result of  this slaughter. They choose to regroup and fortify in an abandoned gem mine.

Psi phase, FS and combat phases (amaaaazing rollss): Perhaps it's the brilliantly lit crystal corridors, the disorienting nature of the myriad reflections, or the Moxian Hyper Brandy - but no acsualties are suffered this turn.

Psi phase: The psychic veterans put up a strong defence against possible Nitrix powers.

First strike phase: The concentration needed for this makes them vulnerable for a moment, and the Colonial Rangers use the moment to break into the fortification. A short firefight later, the remaining veterans surrender.

Remaining units:
Jumpships: Enola Gay, Pride of Nitrix
Nobles: Lady Elsbeth Dawnspear, Prelate Longinus
Units: Damper Field, Colonial Rangers, Pirates
Mox changes hands.

The Gurati make a move against the Nitrix as well. A huge fleet converges on the research facilities on Dalton.

Defenders:
Nobles: Dame of Blades, Lord Nitrix, Ioannes Behcet, Daniel Vessus
Units: 2x Discordian Heretics, 11x Pirates, 6x Nuclear Arsenal

Attackers:
=Macarbre (#1)
+Sir Drake Gurati
-Imperial Shock Troops
-Damper field
=Brash (#2)
-Imperial Death Squad
-Imperial Death Squad
-Nuclear Arsenal
=Intellegosa (#3)
-Imperial Shock Troops
-Imperial Shock Troops
-Church Inquisitors
=Santana (#4)
-Cyborg Commandos
-Cyborg Commandos
-Church Inquisitor
=Independant (#5)
-Rebels
-Rebels
-Church Inquisitors
=Codex (#6)
+Lord Tyson Gurati
-Anthrosynthetic Berserkers
-Anthrosynthetic Berserkers

Nuclear warhead targeting rolls: (damper),1,6,4

The research facility had been churning out absurd amounts of nucelar weapons under the watchful eyes of Lord Nitrix himself. The invading fleet was greeted by a short, mocking audio message from the head of the House, before nuclear fire blanketed the skies. It's unlike anything the inhabitants of Dalton had seen before, and they were used to experimental weapons. The first barrage melted harmlessly from the Gurati damper field. The second group of nukes found their targets, however. The Macarbre, Codex and Santana disintegrated, killing all aboard. Leaderless, pressing on was all there was left for the remaining Gurati.

Defenders:
Nobles: Dame of Blades, Lord Nitrix, Ioannes Behcet, Daniel Vessus
Units: 2x Discordian Heretics(1), 11x Pirates(1)

Attackers:
Jumpships: Brash, Intellegosa, Independant
Units: 2x Imperial Death Squad (2f), 2x Imperial Shock Troops (4), 2x Church Inquisitors (2n), 2x Rebels (2f), Nuclear arsenal

Psi phase: The inquisitors are effective at blockign Nitrix nobles from using their arts.

First strike phase (N:8 G: 8): Imperial death squads and rebels fight side by side - an uneasy alliance against the Nitrix. They are met by Rimspace pirates, led by Nitrix nobles. It si an equal matchup, but the Nitrix side comes out on top. Two rebel units perish in the genetically engineered forests surounding Dalton's university capital.

Regular combat: (N:9 G:12) The rest of the Gurati units land. The sheer number of undisciplined pirates is no match for the precision and efficiency of imperial shock troops. Even so, with one unit of heretics dying stupidly in crossfire, pirates manage to claw down an higly decorated inquisitor and his retinue.

Psi phase: With the stranglehold of the Inquisition broken, the Nitrix draw deep from their sacrificial cups filled with psi-enhancing drugs. A Psionic Blast, Telekenetic Maelstrom, and eevn the dreaded Molecular Disruption Cloud loom over the invading force (+6AD)

First strike phase: (N:8+6 G:4) with the suport of the mighty psychic atatcks, the noble-led pirates easily swamp the remaining Death Squads. Once they are done, their atention turns to the weakest link in the remaining opposition, and the last of Church Inquisitors perish.

Regular combat: (N:8 G:8) Despite being heavily outnumbered, the Imperial shock troops are hardly outgunned. Still, they perish while taking down another band of heretics and their pirate drinking buddies.

Uneasy quiet settles over the research world.

<br>
The imperial cartographer reports:

  ________         ________        ____        ______         _______
A/Lortran \_______/        \______/    \______/Pyreen\_______/       \____
 \_L3/3___/       \________/      \____/ Fah  \_N0/0_/       \_______Nitrix\
B/        \_______/Sanctuary______/    \_L4/3_/      \_______/       \N_3/0/
 \________/       \__L8/4__/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
C/ Hellish\_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__L1/0__/       \________/      \____/      \______/  Mox  \_______/     \
D/        \_______/        \______/    \______/      \_N3/2__/       \_____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
E/        \_______/ Punah  \______/    \______/      \_______/Yoravar\_____/
 \________/       \_K_0/0__/      \____/      \______/       \__N3/0_/     \
F/        \_______/        \______/    \______/Dalton\_______/       \_____/
 \________/Paralax\________/      \____/Aquara\_N14/3/       \_______/     \
G/        \__K3/1_/        \______/    \_G4/0_/      \_______/ Frost \_____/
 \________/       \________/Sedeen\____/      \______/       \_G8/0__/     \
H/Mercurum\_______/        \__4/1_/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__K4/0__/ Marx  \________/Scorch\____/      \______/Bolavor\_______/     \
I/        \__K1/0_/        \_K3/0_/    \______/      \_G20/1_/       \_____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
J/Kadesh  \_______/Computus\______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__K5/0__/Quayat \___K3/1_/      \____/      \______/Bazarum\_______/Gurati
          \__K1/0_/        \______/    \______/      \__G1/0_/       \G6/1_/

The imperial treasurer presents his estimates.

Gurati income: 28 solats.
Kadesh income: 27 solats.
Lortran income: 27 solats.
Nitrix income: 26 solats.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:57, Fri 10 May 2013.

'The simple man knowth his family. He washes his family clean of the injustices about them, and protecteth them from the atrocities of others.
The simple man knowth contentment. He strives to bring peace unto his worlds, and calm the fears of others.
The simple man knowth Man'
          - Book of Elemental Souls: the Church of Man.

Castille stood in his personal chambers, before the tapastried manuscript piece.

Over a dozen of the House's very best troops, had died.
Most of the nobility gone with them: family who'd given their lives to forestall the Nitrix invasive forces upon their borders.
Most every Jumpships the House had built.

All gone: and barely a dint in the Nitrix forces.
It had all been for nothing.



[Private to GM:
                   {* requires a die roll}
2- PRODUCTION-
          9 Solats (Gurati Homeworld)
          9 Solats (Bazarum)
          9 Solats (Bolavor)
            1 Solat   (Frost)
            1 Solat   (Aquara)
         10 Solats (Arms Dealers: 102 units in game)
3- UPKEEP- pay 4 Solats for 41 units
4- * RECRUIT NOBLES- 3: unsuccessful
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- 
           {Gurati} 1x Church Inquisitor : 4 Solats
           {Gurati} 1x Imperial Death Squad : 4 Solats
           {Gurati} 1x Imperial Nuke :  5 Solats
           {Gurati} 1x Damper :  2 Solats
           {Bazarum} 1x Jumpship 'Repugnant': 6 Solats
           {Frost} 1x Ice Barbarian : 3 Solats
           {Aquara} 1x Sea Monster: 5 Solats
           {Bolavor} 1x Jungle Fighters: 1 Solats

6- MOVEMENT- 
      - 'Mithril' jump from Bolavor to Gurati
      - 'Spiral Dancer' to jump from Gurati: with Anthrosynthetic Berserkers, Cyborg Commandoes, Imperial Death Squad
      - 'Repugnant' jump from Bazarum to Gurati

7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE- none
8- BATTLE- none

9- * NOBLE ACTIONS-
   - Lady Delia Stanthorpe (on Bolavor) {Intrigue: Navy}- 4: unsuccessful
   - 5th Sector Rebels {Sabotage: Nitrix Jumpship}- 3: unsuccessful
   - Black Market {Income: Frost}- auto success
   - Imperial Secret Police {Assassinate: Lortran noble}- 3: unsuccessful
   - Church of Man {Diplomacy: Punah}- 1: successful
10- PLANET CONTROL:  
11- * Random Event Roll- 2

TREASURY:
Started turn with 5 Solats; 
+39: Production
    - 4 : Upkeep (41 units)
  - 30:  Recruit Troops
= 10 Solat in treasury


08:39, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 3 using 1d6. Recruit noble: turn 9.
08:38, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 4 using 1d6. Lady Stanthorpe action: turn 9.
08:38, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 3 using 1d6. Rebels action: turn 9.
08:37, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 3 using 1d6. Secret Police action: turn 9.
08:37, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 1 using 1d6. Church of Man action: turn 9.
08:36, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 2 using 1d6. Random Event.]

Duke Lortran stands before an assembly of lesser nobles on Sanctuary.  A buzz of conversation goes quiet as the old duke clears his throat.

"Lords and Ladies, by now I am sure you have heard of the attack on Punah, and are wondering I have become a Nitrix.  I assure you, this nuclear attack was a unique event.  With such agents of destruction on our very doorstep, I could not sit back and remain idle.  As it stands, we are very luck that the Countess' forces are not now occupying Hellish, and preparing to attack Lortran at this very moment.

The tools we have used to defeat the Kadesh forces on Punah have done great harm to this world which has been a valued and steadfast ally to House Lortran.  I deeply regret the situation that necessitated such devastation.  And I vow to the people of Punah, our friends and allies, that I shall rebuild that world even better than before.

Very soon I shall lead our forces to reclaim Punah from the remnants of the Countess' forces.  And once there I shall set to work rebuilding Punah.  We shall not only restore it's past glory, but also shall surpass it!  We shall make a memorial to those who died defending Punah, and repelling the Kadesh invaders.  It shall serve as a notice to the other houses, that House Lortran will reclaim what is taken from it, and will become stronger in the processes.  It will send the message that even though we destroy when we are forced to, it is what we build up that makes us house Lortran!"

[Private to GM:
Orders:

1- INITIATIVE-
  two spots earlier from 2 strategic plannings in last round

2- PRODUCTION (expected):
   funds at start of turn: 0

   lortran income: 9
   Hellish income: 9
   Sanctuary income: 8
   Fah income: 1
   spacing guild income: 2 (20 total ships in game)

   subtotal: 0+9+9+8+1+2=29



3- UPKEEP (expected):
   Lortran: 3,3
   Hellish: 1,0
   Sanctuary: 8,4
   Fah:  4,3

   26 units => 2 upkeep

  subtotal remaining money: 29-2=27 solats


4- RECRUIT NOBLES-
   11:33, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 5 using 1d6. recruit noble round 9.
   Sanctuary bonus roll:
   11:34, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 6 using 1d6. recruit noble round 9 - sanctuary.


5- RECRUIT TROOPS-
   Lortran: 3x Imperial shock troops (cost 18), 1x psychic vets (cost 4), 5x heretics (cost 5)
   Hellish: none
   Sanctuary: none
   Fah:  none

   subtotal remaining money: 27-(18+4+5)= 0

6- MOVEMENT-


   Lortran --> Sanctuary
    3x Jumpships (Resilience, Guild Fluyt, Golden Hind)
    w/ 3x Imperial shock troops, 1x psychic vets, 5x heretics


   Sanctuary --> Punah
    2x Jumpships (Pride, Fearless)
    Duke Tycho, Count Donovan
    2x Imperial Shock Troops, 2x Psychic veterans, 1x Discordian Heretics,

   Sanctuary --> Fah
    1x Jumpships (Royal Oak)
    w/ Baron Marcos, 1x Imperial shock troops, 2x heretics

   Fah --> Sanctuary
    2x Jumpships (Ambuscade, Guild Jammer)
    w/ both empty

7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-

   none


8- BATTLE-
   Will take over Punah, presumably without resistance.



9- NOBLE ACTIONS-
   -Duke Tycho (Sanctuary-->Punah):  moving
   -Baron Marcos (Sanctuary-->Fah):  moving
   -Count Hubert Donovan (Sanctuary-->Punah): moving
   -strategic planning from Imp Bureaucracy: move 1 spot earlier next turn

10- RANDOM EVENT
   11:50, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 20 using 1d20+6. random event roll.
   er...that doesn't seem right! let's try that again...
   11:50, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 3 using 1d6. random event roll.

11- Questions/Issues:

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This message was last edited by the player at 11:12, Sat 11 May 2013.

Even when the way forward was very dark, those the Faith could always find a path. "And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not." Harrion had taught her that; she would make sure he hadn't died in vain.

[Private to GM: 2- PRODUCTION- +27 Solats
3- UPKEEP- -2 Solats,
4- RECRUIT NOBLES- 00:26, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 6 using 1d6. Recruit Noble.
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- Amazonians on Punah, Clone soldiers on Marx, Robot Death Machines on Computus, Nuclear Arsenal on Sedeen, 3 Pilgrim Troupes on Kadesh
1 Solar remaining.
6- MOVEMENT- Jumpship 'Zealous' from Sedeen to Paralax, Robot Death Machine, Lady Enalia Kadesh, aboard
Jumpship ‘Joan of Arc’ From Marx to Paralax, 3x Machine enhanced Clone soldiers aboard
Jumpship ‘Gerard Thom’ from Computus to Sedeen, 3x Robot Death Machines aboard
3 Machine enhanced pilgrim troupes, 1 Pilgrim Troupe from Sedeen to Paralax
Pilgrim Troupe, Clone soldier on Marx
Pilgrim Troupe from Scorch to Sedeen
Pilgrim Troupe on Quayat
3 House troops, 1 Fanatic on Kadesh
Imperial Conscripts on Computus
Lava Projectors, 2x Nuclear Arsenals on Scorch
4x Miners on Mercurum
3 Pilgrim Troupes, Kadesh to Marx
7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-, 2x Scorch Nuclear Arsenals: SHIP, Sedeen Nuclear Arsenal FREE
8- BATTLE- None
9- NOBLE ACTIONS- Lady Enalia Kadesh: Movement,
Imperial Aristocracy: Recruit Noble
10- PLANET CONTROL-
11- RANDOM EVENT ROLL- 17:25, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 9 using 2d6. Random Event.]

Lortran jumpships appear above Punah. They land on the ravaged world with no opposition from the Kadesh. The reception the liberators receive is far less elaborate and pompous than One would expect, even with Duke Lortran himself leading the force. A somber tone, mourning the dead and lost, and the damage to the planet, these dominate the proceedings.

The diplomatic efforts of the Church come just a little bit too late. The presence of a Lortran garrison on Punah makes it impossible to annex the planet in that way.

A new noble joins the Nitrix. Roger de la Poer is the twelfth clone of the original Baron de la Poer, and carries the distinction with pride. Being an artificial being, her reasons, gives him all the possible advantages in this cruel arena that is politics.

The Nitrix answer to the Gurati attack takes the form that is to be expected of that House. A pair of jumpships, laden with nuclear weapons, wink into existence above Bolavor.

Attacker:
Jumpships: Devastation, Doombringer
Units: 5xNuclear Arsenal

Defender:
Nobles: Lady Delia Stanthorpe
Jumpships: Independant, Intelligosa, Brash, Spiral Dancer
Units: 7xJungle Fighters, 3xHouse Troops, 3xAnthrosynthetic Berserkers, 1xCyborg Commandoes, 2xImperial Death Squad, 1xImperial Shock Troops, 4xChurch Inquisitors, 2xDamper Field, 1xNucelar Arsenal
Other: Altar of Battle

(OOC: Gurati didn't declare the nuclear arsenal as armed in his orders. The rules specifically state such arsenals are considered SAFE. So, the Gurati nukes don't go off.)

Nuclear phase: The Gurati dampers offer considerable protection to the planet, but even the pair of them are overwhelmed by the concentrated assault. Nitrix nukes blow vast holes into the green foliage of the jungle planet. Firestorms erupt, ancients rainforests are erased, many species of animals and plants cease to exist. Two units of Imperial death squads and an unit of House Guards are unfortunate enough to be caught in the blast area, and perish immediately. The ecology of the planet is mostly destroyed, however. Radiation poisoning, nuclear winter, and mass extinctions of wildlife all follow the Nitrix raid.

Kadesh units reorganize, drawing more and more manpower to the front lines. With the recent losses, their productivity has started lagging behind the other houses. The advantage does not seem to be significant for now, however.

Gurati income: 7 solats.
Kadesh income: 26 solats.
Lortran income: 28 solats.
Nitrix income: 29 solats.

  ________         ________        ____        ______         _______
A/Lortran \_______/        \______/    \______/Pyreen\_______/       \____
 \_L3/0___/       \________/      \____/ Fah  \_N0/0_/       \_______Nitrix\
B/        \_______/Sanctuary______/    \_L7/2_/      \_______/       \N_3/1/
 \________/       \__L9/6__/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
C/ Hellish\_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__L1/0__/       \________/      \____/      \______/  Mox  \_______/     \
D/        \_______/        \______/    \______/      \_N6/0__/       \_____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
E/        \_______/ Punah  \______/    \______/      \_______/Yoravar\_____/
 \________/       \_L_5/2__/      \____/      \______/       \__N3/0_/     \
F/        \_______/        \______/    \______/Dalton\_______/       \_____/
 \________/Paralax\________/      \____/Aquara\_N14/4/       \_______/     \
G/        \__K8/2_/        \______/    \_G5/0_/      \_______/ Frost \_____/
 \________/       \________/Sedeen\____/      \______/       \_G8/0__/     \
H/Mercurum\_______/        \__3/1_/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__K4/0__/ Marx  \________/Scorch\____/      \______/Bolavor\_______/     \
I/        \__K6/0_/        \_K3/0_/    \______/      \_G19/4_/       \_____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
J/Kadesh  \_______/Computus\______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__K4/0__/Quayat \___K1/0_/      \____/      \______/Bazarum\_______/Gurati
          \__K1/0_/        \______/    \______/      \__G1/0_/       \G7/2_/

TURN TEN

[Private to GM:
                   {* requires a die roll}
2- PRODUCTION-
          9 Solats (Gurati Homeworld)
          9 Solats (Bazarum)
      -13 Solats (Bolavor)
          2 Solat   (Frost)
            1 Solat   (Aquara)
         12 Solats (Arms Dealers: 121 units in game)
3- UPKEEP- pay 4 Solats for 47units
4- * RECRUIT NOBLES- 
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- 
           {Gurati} 2x Imperial Nuke :  10 Solats
           {Frost} 1x Ice Barbarian : 3 Solats
           {Aquara} 1x Sea Monster: 5 Solats

6- MOVEMENT- 
      - 'Mithril' jump from Gurati to Bolavor
      - 'Repugnant' jump from Gurati to Bolavor: with Nuke, Damper Field

       - 'Independent' jump from Bolavor to Gurati: with Lady Stanthorpe, House Troops, Anthrosynthetic Berserkers
       - 'Intelligosa' jump from Bolavor to Gurati: with Anthrosynthetic Berserkers, Cyborg Commandoes, Imperial Shock Troops
       - 'Brash' jump from Bolavor to Gurati: with Anthrosynthetic Berserkers, Church Inquisitors, House Troops
       - 'Spiral Dancer' jump from Bolavor to Gurati: with Church Inquisitors, Church Inquisitors, Church Inquisitors

7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE
        - set Nuke on Bolavor to strike at any enemy ship that enters Bolavor. 
        - set Nuke on Frost to strike at any enemy ship that enters Frost. 
8- BATTLE- none

9- * NOBLE ACTIONS-
   - Lady Delia Stanthorpe {in transit}- auto success
   - 5th Sector Rebels {Sabotage: Nitrix Jumpship}- 5: unsuccessful
   - Black Market {Income: Frost}- auto success
   - Imperial Secret Police {Assassinate: Nitrix noble}- 5: unsuccessful
   - Church of Man {Diplomacy: }- 5: unsuccessful
10- PLANET CONTROL:  none
11- * Random Event Roll- 6

TREASURY:
Started turn with 10 Solats; 
+20: Production
   - 4 : Upkeep (47 units)
   - 18:  Recruit Troops
= 8 Solat in treasury


20:02, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 3 using 1d6 with rolls of 3. Recruit noble: turn 10.
20:02, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6 with rolls of 5. Rebels action: turn 10.
20:02, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6 with rolls of 5. Secret Police action: turn 10.
20:01, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6 with rolls of 5. Church of Man action: turn 10.
20:01, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 6 using 1d6 with rolls of 6. Random event.]
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Duke Lortran through construction area, squinting up at the pair of scaffolding-enshrouded statues being erected.  Their likeness to Baroness Carly and Duchess Catherine were questionable at best, but Count Donovan had counselled that monuments in the local style would better improve the strained relations with the Amazonians, and the Duke had (begrudgingly) agreed.  He cringed to think what the slender, business-like Catherine would think of the exaggerated curves and minimal 'armor' on display in her depiction as an Amazonian warrior-queen, but it would be a small price to pay if she were still alive.  And if it helped to regain the trust of the Amazonians, all the better.  He assumed that Baroness Carly, having spent far more time on the pleasure plant, would take the statues 'enhanced' depiction of her as the flattery it was intended to be, though he shuddered to think of what headlines the news feeds with come up with to go along with the images of the statues.  But again, the Duke knew that he would accept a thousand double entendres from the media if it meant Carly were merely a captive, rather than a corpse.

[Private to GM:
Orders:

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

2- PRODUCTION (expected):
   funds at start of turn: 0

   lortran income: 9
   Hellish income: 9
   Sanctuary income: 8
   Fah income: 1
   Punah income: 1
   spacing guild income: 2 (24 total ships in game)

   subtotal: 0+9+9+8+1+1+2 = 30



3- UPKEEP (expected):
   Lortran: 3,0
   Hellish: 1,0
   Sanctuary: 9,6
   Fah:  7,2
   Punah: 5,2

   35 units => 3 upkeep

  subtotal remaining money: 30-3 = 27 solats


4- RECRUIT NOBLES-
   19:49, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. recruit noble round 10.
   Sanctuary bonus roll:
   19:50, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 4 using 1d6. recruit noble round 10 (sanctuary).


5- RECRUIT TROOPS-
   Lortran: 2x dampers (cost 4), 1x guild ship Ambition (cost 5), 1x shock troops (cost 6), 2x heretics (cost 2)
   Hellish: nuke (cost 5)
   Sanctuary: none
   Fah:  none
   Punah: 1x amazonian (cost 5)

   subtotal remaining money: 27-(4+6+5+5+5+2)= 0

6- MOVEMENT-


   Lortran --> Sanctuary
    1x Jumpship (Ambition)
    w/ 2x dampers, 1x shock troops


   Sanctuary --> Punah
    2x Jumpships (Ambuscade, Guild Jammer
    2x Imperial Shock Troops, 1x Psychic veterans, 3x Discordian Heretics,

   Sanctuary --> Fah
    1x Jumpships (Golden Hind)
    w/ 1x Imperial shock troops, 2x heretics

   Sanctuary --> Lortran
    2x Jumpships (Resilience, Guild Fluyt)
    both empty


7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-

   nuke on Hellish: armed(ships)


8- BATTLE-
   none planned



9- NOBLE ACTIONS-
   -Duke Tycho (Punah):  Income (+2 income (due to ally), to bring Punah to 3 (see below)
   -Baron Marcos (Sanctuary-->Fah):  income (+2, to bring Fah income to 3)
   -Count Hubert Donovan (Punah): income (additional +2, to bring Punah total up to 5)
   -strategic planning from Imp Bureaucracy: move 1 spot earlier next turn

10- RANDOM EVENT
  20:06, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 1 using 1d6. random event roll.

11- Questions/Issues:
  Just note that there are a total of 3 income actions, all for +2 income due to mercantile consortium ally, and two of them are on Punah.

]

The warring nobles seemed to be tossing nuclear weapons with reckless abandon; Irulan wondered if anything would be left for the winner to claim when they were done.

[Private to GM: [Private to GM: 2- PRODUCTION- +26 Solats
3- UPKEEP- -3 Solats,
4- RECRUIT NOBLES- 03:15, Yesterday: Countess Kadesh rolled 1 using 1d6. Recruit Noble
Noble Recruited: Kelly Dacklin
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- Clone soldiers on Marx, Robot Death Machines on Computus, Jumpship “Harrion Kadesh” on Sedeen, Nuclear Arsenal on Scorch, Machine enhance 2x Pilgrim Troupes on Marx
4 Solats remaining.
6- MOVEMENT- 4x Robot Death Machines, 3x Machine Enhanced clone soldiers, Lady Enalia Kadesh on Paralax
Jumpship 'Zealous' from Paralax to Marx
Jumpship ‘Joan of Arc’ orbiting Paralax
Jumpship ‘Gerard Thom’ Orbiting Paralax
Jumpship “Harrion Kadesh” from Paralax to Scorch
2x Clone soldiers on Marx
Pilgrim Troupe on Sedeen
Pilgrim Troupe on Quayat
3 House troops, 1 Fanatic, Lady Kelly Dacklin on Kadesh
Imperial Conscripts, Robot Death Machines on Computus
Lava Projectors, 3x Nuclear Arsenals on Scorch
4x Miners on Mercurum
3 Machine enhanced pilgrim troupes, 1 Pilgrim Troupe from Sedeen to Paralax
2 Machine enhanced Pilgrim Troupe, 2 Pilgrim Troupes from Marx to Sedeen
7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-, 3x Scorch Nuclear Arsenals: SHIP, Sedeen Nuclear Arsenal FREE
8- BATTLE- None
9- NOBLE ACTIONS- Lady Enalia Kadesh: Income
Imperial Aristocracy: Strategic Planning +
Kelly Dacklin:  Strategic Planning +
10- PLANET CONTROL- Do not take control of Sedeen
11- RANDOM EVENT ROLL- 03:32, Yesterday: Countess Kadesh rolled 7 using 2d6. Random Event.]]

The Imperial sages report:

The Gurati shuffle their forces around in a puzzling manner. It seems the current House leader is playing it safe after burning his fingers on a gamble. However, as we all know, retreat comes just before the fall.

The Lortran spend time refitting the industry of their worlds. There is signifiacnt shuffling of their troops, but no definite move towards a new war.

The Kadesh manage to attract a new noble. Kelly Dacklin needs no great introduction to anyone familiar with the Great Houses. Nevertheless, the risk she takes in participating in the politics of this sector is substantial. Otherwise their troop movements seem uninspired.

A small scale nuclear blast erases Lady Delia Stanthorpe's residence on the Gurati homeworld, together with the said noble and a sizable part of her entourage. Even without sensor traces of Roger de la Poer's private jumpship the assassination had the unmistakable marks of a Nitrix operation. A young boy had been implanted with a tiny fusion device and sent to Lady Stanthorpe as a messenger - a rather typical Nitrix plot. With no nobles remaining to lead House Gurati, their future seems bleak.

The Imperial astrologer reports:

The twistings of Fate in the sector are unfathomable. A singualrity of probabilities is fast approaching.

The imperial treasurer reports:

An estimate of production for each of the Houses:
Gurati income: 8 solats.
Kadesh income: 26 solats.
Lortran income: 34 solats.
Nitrix income: 32 solats.


The imperial cartographer reports:

  ________         ________        ____        ______         _______
A/Lortran \_______/        \______/    \______/Pyreen\_______/       \____
 \_L5/2___/       \________/      \____/ Fah  \_N0/0_/       \_______Nitrix\
B/        \_______/Sanctuary______/    \_L10/3/      \_______/       \N_3/1/
 \________/       \__L3/2__/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
C/ Hellish\_______/        \______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__L2/0__/       \________/      \____/      \______/  Mox  \_______/     \
D/        \_______/        \______/    \______/      \_N12/1_/       \_____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
E/        \_______/ Punah  \______/    \______/      \_______/Yoravar\_____/
 \________/       \_L12/4__/      \____/      \______/       \__N3/0_/     \
F/        \_______/        \______/    \______/Dalton\_______/       \_____/
 \________/Paralax\________/      \____/Aquara\_N15/4/       \_______/     \
G/        \_K11/2_/        \______/    \_G6/0_/      \_______/ Frost \_____/
 \________/       \________/Sedeen\____/      \______/       \_G10/0_/     \
H/Mercurum\_______/        \__4/0_/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__K4/0__/ Marx  \________/Scorch\____/      \______/Bolavor\_______/     \
I/        \__K3/1_/        \_K4/1_/    \______/      \_G10/2_/       \_____/
 \________/       \________/      \____/      \______/       \_______/     \
J/Kadesh  \_______/Computus\______/    \______/      \_______/       \_____/
 \__K4/0__/Quayat \___K2/0_/      \____/      \______/Bazarum\_______/Gurati
          \__K1/0_/        \______/    \______/      \__G1/0_/       \G18/4/

Duke Lortran looks down on the festival raging through the city streets with a smile.  The celebration of the completion of the rebuilding of Punah had been going on for thirty hours so far, and showed no signs of slowing.  I do not know if they have fully forgiven the nuclear strike, he thinks, but they certainly seem to appreciate the efforts we have made to atone for it.  Let us hope that this can regain their loyalty...I will certainly need it before these wars are over.  He gazes down from his balcony as the citizens celebrate in the way only the inhabitants of a pleasure world can, and smiles wistfully.  ...oh to be a younger man on a night like this...

[Private to GM:
Orders:

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

2- PRODUCTION (expected):
   funds at start of turn: 0

   lortran income: 9
   Hellish income: 9
   Sanctuary income: 8
   Fah income: 3
   Punah income: 5
   spacing guild income: 2 (25 total ships in game)

   subtotal: 0+9+9+8+3+5+2 = 36



3- UPKEEP (expected):
   Lortran: 5,2
   Hellish: 2,0
   Sanctuary: 3,2
   Fah:  10,3
   Punah: 12,4

   43 units => 4 upkeep

  subtotal remaining money: 36-4 = 32 solats


4- RECRUIT NOBLES-
   10:56, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 3 using 1d6. recruit noble round 11.
   Sanctuary bonus roll:
   10:56, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 2 using 1d6. recruit noble round 11 (sanctuary).


5- RECRUIT TROOPS-
   Lortran: 2x dampers (cost 4), 1x guild ship Purse Strings (cost 5), 2x Imperial Shock troops (cost 12)
   Hellish: nuke (cost 5)
   Sanctuary: none
   Fah:  none
   Punah: 1x amazonian (cost 5)

   subtotal remaining money: 32-(4+5+12+5+5)= 1

6- MOVEMENT-


   Lortran --> Sanctuary
    2x Jumpships (Guild Fluyt, Purse Strings)
    w/ 2x dampers, 2x shock troops, 2x heretics

   Lortran --> Hellish
    1x Jumpship (Resilience)
    (empty)

   Sanctuary --> Fah
    1x Jumpships (Ambition)
    w/ 1x Imperial shock troops, 2x damper fields

   Sanctuary --> Lortran
    1x Jumpships (Lidia)
    empty

   Punah --> Sanctuary
    1x Jumpship (Pride)
    empty

   Fah --> Pyreen
    2x Jumpships (Royal Oak, Golden Hind)
    w/ 1x damper field, 1x Imperial shock troops, 1x house troops, 2x heretics


7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-

   nuke on Hellish: armed(ships)


8- BATTLE-
   Should capture Pyreen uncontested



9- NOBLE ACTIONS-
   -Duke Tycho (Punah):  Income (+2 income (due to ally), to bring Punah to 7 (see below)
   -Baron Marcos (Sanctuary-->Fah):  income (+2, to bring Fah income to 5)
   -Count Hubert Donovan (Punah): income (additional +2, to bring Punah total up to 9)
   -strategic planning from Imp Bureaucracy: move 1 spot earlier next turn

10- RANDOM EVENT
  11:21, Today: Secret Roll: Duke Lortran rolled 3 using 1d6. random event roll.

11- Questions/Issues:
  -Lots of movement, so careful not to over look any of them. :)
  -also, noticed that Zephyr (on Fah) is still set to 1 turn delay.  Not a problem this time, but am assuming that's due to a label being carried over from before, rather than still being delayed?
  -also, a total of 3 income actions (two on Punah, one on Fah), all aided by the commerce allies

]

Castile stood beside the grave.

Delia Stanton had been an amazing woman: strong and determined.

Perhaps the naysayers had been right when they critized Castile's rise to the House Throne.


[Private to GM:
                   {* requires a die roll}
2- PRODUCTION-
          9 Solats (Gurati Homeworld)
          9 Solats (Bazarum)
      -13 Solats (Bolavor)
          3 Solat   (Frost)
            1 Solat   (Aquara)
         14 Solats (Arms Dealers: 143 units in game)
3- UPKEEP- pay 5 Solats for 51 units
4- * RECRUIT NOBLES- 5: unsuccessful
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- 
           {Gurati} 2x Nukes :  10 Solats
           {Frost} 1x Ice Barbarian : 3 Solats
           {Aquara} 1x Sea Monster: 5 Solats

6- MOVEMENT- 
      - 'Mithril' jump from Bolavor to Frost: with Jungle Fighters, Jungle Fighters, Jungle Fighters
      - 'Repugnant' jump from Bolavor: with Jungle Fighters, Jungle Fighters, Jungle Fighters

       - 'Independent' jump from Gurati to Bolavor: with Nuke, Nuke
       - 'Intelligosa' jump from Gurati to Bolavor

       - 'Brash' remain at Gurati
       - 'Spiral Dancer' remain at Gurati

7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE
        - set Nukes on Bolavor to strike at any enemy ship that enters Bolavor. 
        - set Nukes on Frost to strike at any enemy ship that enters Frost. 
8- BATTLE- 

9- * NOBLE ACTIONS-
   - 5th Sector Rebels {Sabotage: Nitrix Jumpship}- 2: unsuccessful
   - Black Market {Income: Frost}- auto success
   - Imperial Secret Police {Assassinate: Nitrix noble}- 2: unsuccessful
   - Church of Man {Diplomacy: }- 3: unsuccessful
10- PLANET CONTROL:  none
11- * Random Event Roll- 5

TREASURY:
Started turn with 8 Solats; 
+23: Production
   - 5 : Upkeep (51 units)
   - 18:  Recruit Troops
= 8 Solat in treasury


20:45, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6. Recruit Noble: turn 11.
20:45, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 2 using 1d6. Rebels action: turn 11.
20:45, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 2 using 1d6. Secret Police action: turn 11.
20:44, Today: Secret Roll: Baron Gurati rolled 3 using 1d6. Church action: turn 11.
20:44, Today: Baron Gurati rolled 5 using 1d6. Random Event.]

The War was not over; she would not allow it to be over. It would continue until the Faith was victorious. Even if she was defeated now, the Crusade would rise again in eras to come. It's what she had to believe; it's what Harrion would have wanted.

[Private to GM: PRODUCTION- +26 Solats
3- UPKEEP- -3 Solats,
4- RECRUIT NOBLES- 15:45, Sun 14 July: Countess Kadesh rolled 1 using 1d6. Recruit Noble.
Noble Recruited: General Maximus of Sedeen
5- RECRUIT TROOPS- Clone soldiers on Marx, Robot Death Machines on Computus, Nuclear arsenal on Sedeen, Nuclear Arsenal on Scorch, Pilgrim Troupe on Kadesh, Machine enhance 3x Clone soldiers on Marx
3 Solats remaining.
6- MOVEMENT- 4x Robot Death Machines, 3x Machine Enhanced clone soldiers, 3 Machine enhanced pilgrim troupes, 2xNuclear arsenals, Lady Enalia Kadesh on Paralax
Jumpship 'Zealous' from Marx to Sedeen, 3x machine enhanced clone soldiers onboard
Jumpship ‘Joan of Arc’ from Paralax to Marx
Jumpship ‘Gerard Thom’ Orbiting Paralax
Jumpship “Harrion Kadesh” from Scorch to Sedeen, 3xNuclear Arsenals onboard
Pilgrim Troupe from Kadesh to Marx
Pilgrim Troupe on Quayat
3 House troops, 1 Fanatic, Lady Kelly Dacklin, General Maximus of Sedeen on Kadesh
Imperial Conscripts, 2x Robot Death Machines on Computus
Lava Projectors, nuclear arsenal on Scorch
4x Miners on Mercurum
2 Machine enhanced Pilgrim Troupe, 3 Pilgrim Troupes on Sedeen
1 Pilgrim Troupe from Paralax to Sedeen
7- NUCLEAR EXCHANGE-, Scorch Nuclear Arsenals: FREE, 3x Sedeen Nuclear Arsenal FREE, 2x Paralax Nuclear Arsenal FREE
8- BATTLE- None
9- NOBLE ACTIONS- Lady Enalia Kadesh: Income
Imperial Aristocracy: Recruit Noble
Kelly Dacklin:  14:59, Tue 16 July: Secret Roll: Countess Kadesh rolled 1 using 1d6. Kelly Dacklin: Assasinate Nitrix Noble.
General Maximus of Sedeen: Strategic Planning +
10- PLANET CONTROL- Do not take control of Sedeen
11- RANDOM EVENT ROLL- 02:24, Today: Countess Kadesh rolled 8 using 2d6. Random Event]