Agreed. As has been posited, picking up is part of the movement step, you can’t pick up from a blockaded system, and you can’t pick up after a Space Battle.
Mentak play Equipment Sabotage on Quann. If no sabotage, Nekro next.
Assuming no sabotage of Mentaks sabotagery(probably not a word but it amuses me).
Nekro 2/6/3 2/5/3. Activate Lodor. Build 4 GF, 1 MU and 1 DD. Pay with Heraclor, Saudor, and Perimeter.
2/6/2 2/5/3
Arborec will be next. If no sabotage of Mentak’s AC that is. Which by the way we will not be sabotaging.
Arborec activate warfare. Place high alert token on semlore
Warfare secondaries open.
Cc 2/5/6. Tap 2/6/4
Naluu next
Naalu Sabotage Equipment Sabotage with Agent Sabotage.
Mentak for a new action.
Ok then, gotta kick the Naalu out the old-fashioned way. Activate Rigels.
Move from Sumerian DN and Carrier with 2 FT, GF, MU (control marker needed on Arcturus).
Move from HS Cruiser and DD with 1 GF.
Fire PDS. My casualties to Sustain and FT.
Naalu to decide on retreat. If so, bombard and land all for invasion combat. If not, pre-combat and fight.
I will wait on results of PDS fire.
Rigel PDS fire
Mentak 5@6 : 8,10,5,10,1 - 3hits
Naalu 2@6 : 1,8 - 1hit
Waiting on further instructions.
Lose Fighter and both Cruisers.
Carrier executes tactical retreat to Quann.
1.5.2 0tg 6ac 3pc
(The map currently shows 3CC in Strategy, but there should have only been 2 after Diplomacy secondary.)
Naalu decline Warfare secondary.
Will wait until results of invasion before making next move.
N’orr going to do warfare secondary
2/6/3 1/4/3
move Merc and carrier to lazar system
1/6/3 1/4/3
Nekro declines warfare secondary.
Rigel Invasion
Precombat
Mentak DN bombard 1@5 : 4
Round 1
Mentak
1mu 2@6 : 8,10 - 2hits
2gf 2@8 : 1,3
Naalu
4gf 4@8 : 3,3,9,1 - 1hit
Mentak to assign 1 hit to ships and 1 to ground forces. Any instructions? Sorry for dragging out the combat, there do exist cards that could be played and I wasn’t told to roll it out.
@Nekro - you seem to have forgotten about sarween tools for your build… I left Hercalor unspent - do you want to modify the build?
@N’orr - fighters stay with flagship I assume?
I have no further instructions for the combat.
Sustain on MU, then lose GFs first. Roll the rest of it out!
Ah the joys of Sarween Tools how I have missed you. Please refund me Heraclor. My thanks.
Rigel Invasion
Round 2
Mentak
1mu 2@6 : 1,1
2gf 2@8 : 3,8 - 1hit
Naalu
2gf 2@8 : 6,4
Round 3
Mentak
1mu 2@6 : 7,9 - 2hits
2gf 2@8 : 2,3
Naalu
1gf 1@8 : 4
Naalu up.
Well, that could have gone better.
Activate Bureaucracy.
Place CC in Strategy.
Mentak uses 2ndary (unless of course the PO is CC related!)
i know its my turn, but i’m waiting for objectives to be revealed.