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    Paul "Tikkifriend" ran this game on Friday afternoon.




    "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..................."

    <<Monty Python 'British Officer'>> STOP IT, this is getting silly!




    Alright, then......................




    Colonial Scouts have stumbled across a Cylon listening Post on a small moon just beyond an asteroid belt.
    'Galactica' has dispatched Vipers to destroy it, so that the Rag-Tag Colonial Fleet can pass by undetected.
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    The moon looks quiet enough...........
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    The Vipers rush in, before the Cylons can mount a defence..............
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    ..........but they are already here! Is there a Cylon loose in the Colonial Fleet?
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    The Vipers attack regardless
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    The flanking Vipers turn outward, to screen the central pair in their approach to the moon
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    and one is separated from the other three and attacked by a Heavy Raider and a Scarred Raider
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    The hotshot pilots get distracted from their mission, and engage the Cylon Raiders
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    Having broken up the attacking formation, the Cylons set to work methodically taking down their human opponents
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    all except for the one hideously disfigured Raider, who slips away into the asteroid field, on a mission of his own!


    The Cylons exploit their positional advantage
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    The Heavy Raider destroys one Viper, as Cylon "Helmut" purues Lt. "Deadly M".........
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    ..........and his targeting is frighteningly accurate!
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    "Deadly M" is now just, well, dead.............but so is "Helmut"'s wingman, destroyed by Lt."Hawkhurst". The remaining humans call in the two "Alert" Vipers to assist.
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    The scarred Raider reaches his objective - and takes a selfie!
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    Mission accomplished, he returns to the fray.
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    Lt. "Hawkhurst" overshoots "Helmut", and the Vipers return to the mission objective, firing on the base on the moon.
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    All vessels now converge on the moon - with the "Alert" Vipers behind him, Cylon "Helmut" performs an FTL jump, to try to get behind them instead...............
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    ...........but his damaged Raider reappears on the wrong facing, and he moves across the engine trails of his intended victims.
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    The remaining Vipers, in desperation, declare ramming attacks against the base on the moon!
    Paul, the GM, says "you'll hit on anything but double one" - guess what happened next!
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    The Heavy Raider rams and destroys another Viper, and the game is over - the base is badly damaged, but it survives.
    One Raider lost, against 5 Vipers..........CYLON VICTORY!
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    The 'Galactica' will have to find another route to Earth.
    Last edited by Flying Helmut; 10-14-2019 at 16:41.
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Nice one Tim. I like your moon too.

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    Thanks, Gary!

    And thanks for the Rep!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Nice Game!

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    Great AAR and a horrible result for the Colonials.

    Me fighting the heavy raider... failing.
    Voilŕ le soleil d'Austerlitz!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Future Pilot View Post
    Nice Game!
    Glad you enjoyed the write-up, Daniel.

    Thanks for the Rep!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marechallannes View Post
    Great AAR and a horrible result for the Colonials.

    Me fighting the heavy raider... failing.
    Aaaah, that was you!
    It wasn't my game, so I only recorded the pilots who I engaged in my little corner of space.

    Thanks for the Rep!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!



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