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[:) Smiley]

Good thing I got up early enough today.

[Jamski]

I have prebuild orders from :

Trokair
Smiley
General Ludd
Duke o'York

I'm waiting for :

Urban Ranger
Skanky Burns
Spaced Cowboy
Ljcvetko

I also need base names from Ludd, or he'll get stuck with Ludd 1, Ludd 2 etc...

No stress with the orders, we're not running a hard schedule here. Read the rules through, workout what's a worthwile strat, think about it and PM me in the next 24 hours or so.

Who will be the next Galactic Overlord^tm?

-Jam

[DrSpike]

Start this when I'm not around why don't you.

Hehe, room for one more?

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Can I still join?

[Jamski]

Ok... let's be fair. If you can get your prebuild orders and base names to me before the 4 that I'm still waiting on, you get the places. First come, first served, and if we're having to wait on someone now, we'll be waiting on the during the game.

There are 4 slots free still.

Go for it boys

-Jam

[DrSpike]

Did you edit the rules changes into the first post? I'm about to check them now.

[Jamski]

Ok, I've created one more slot, but I don't have any more colours that look different

-Jam

[Jamski]

Spikie - some of them, not all of them.

And I've managed to add the "horriblepink" team. Everyone can play!

Sign-up really IS closed now.

-Jam

[Spaced Cowboy]

Still have some questions boss.

Your use of the word "pre-build" confuses. Is this just the first turn, or is there some subset of orders that are not allowed.

You show "attack" as a special order. If I choose something else (like train spy), do my ships still defend? Hence I will always need an order of battle, correct?

Can I send in separate orders of battle for the attacking and defending fleets?

[Spaced Cowboy]

Hey wait, I'm waiting on sending in my orders, due to rules clarification.

I'll send in my city names.

[Jamski]

Ok, prebuild is your use of the 20 starting BPs before the first round begins.

Your ships will always defend, so long as you have a standing order of battle, unless you put up the shield (then your ships will hide behind it) or they are off attacking someone else.

You can send OoB for attacking and defending fleets, yes. Whatever orders you give you will always need a current OoB, in case you are attacked, your captains need to have their orders and tactics ready.

-Jam

[DrSpike]

Jamski this hasn't really all sunk in yet, but I am sure you wont mind if I make some initial comments in my capacity as forum game balance nazi.

1) Shields need a buff. I think they need to do some damage to the attacker

2) Attacking needs a buff in general. Though this is a warlike group attacking leads to carnage on both sides, with the only reward being destroying 1 base for one opponent, whilst the others are chuckling in their bases. Bases being captured when you win a fight makes it much more reasonable.

[Jamski]

Hmm...

We can make Base Shields do damage to the attacking fleet... hmm... how does *picks a number out the air* 6 hits sound? Weakest ships first as usual, of course.

As for attacking needing a buff... "realistically" speaking the defenders would have the advantage of defending a built up millitary base... but for the sake of balance I left bases unarmed....

I have it!

When you attack or defend you must specify which base you wish to attack. The defender must distribute his forces between his bases when he sends orders. This gives the attacker the advantage of force concentration.

Hmm... now its too hard to protect your bases... so let's make every base add +3 Lasers, +3 Fighters and +3 Torpedoes to any fleet defending it.

And to encourage attackers, let's make ALL bases captured if the defending fleet is eliminated, contibuting +2 BPs

Any objections, or shall I add all the new rules in?

-Jam

[Theben]

Not that I'm playing, but I think bases should be destroyed, and uncapturable.

[Jamski]

Rule Changes and clarifications:

• 1.) A base now costs 16 BPs to build.
  
• 2.) Fleets to be kept secret.
  
• 3.) A victorious attack captures one of the opponent's bases. A victorious attack that elimininates all the of the defender's ships captures all his bases. Captured bases provide only 2 BPs per turn. The victorious attacker has the option of destroying the base completly.
  
• 4.) A defending fleet that loses (i.e takes more hits than the attacking fleet) without being totally eliminated saves its home base from capture. However, that base provides no BPs in the following turn due to collateral damage.
  
• 5.) Attacking any of an opponent's bases when he has Shields Up results in 6 hits of damage to your fleet, distributed as combat damage, GM to randomly decide if unclear, as usual.
  
• 6.) Attacking fleets must either be sent to attack one particular base. The defender must say which bases his ships are stationed at when sending orders.
  
• 7.) A base provides +3 Lasers, +3 Fighters and +3 Torpedoes to any fleet defending it.
  
• 8.) If two (or more) non-allied players attack a third player at the same time, the battle will first be resolved by the player who sent their orders most recently. In this way faster posters may have to face weaker defences. It is possible for the defender to lose more than one battle in a turn this way, and therefore more than one base. Should a later attacker find that the last base was already captured, the fleet returns home, to report that the enemy was already defeated. That's the punishment for faster posters.
  Allied players must decide between themselves who gains the conquered base.
  
• 9.) A cap of 6 home bases to be imposed on all players, in addition to any bases captured.
  

-Jam