Sunday, August 25th, 2002
Format: Multi-Player Scenario (Scenario)
The name was chosen to signify the return of Chancellor Bockers, but would take a new yet appropriate meaning by the end of the day. This was going to be a three player game again using the rules of 8 missions/40 seed cards/200 points to win. The spaceline was a bit different, instead of having a 'Y' shape, we just played on one massive line. It was to be interesting.
Bockers was playing Klingon, what a shock. Razor had refined and beefed up his Hirogen and Vidiian deck for this style of game. Bear in mind the last game played before this tournament involved Razor cleaning my clock 100 - 0 with that deck. I had built a Cardassian and Dominion deck, but began to realize that it was close to the same thing involved in the bad side of that 100 - 0 score. So on the morning of the tourny I built myself a brand new Borg deck. It had been some time.
The game began interesting as always. Bockers was doing well dispite not having any idea what various cards did. Within a short amount of time, Razor had snared his Horga'hn to give him double turns. He can certainly rack up the points when he has that. I finaly assimilate a planet to put myself on the map and move on to another one. Razor was trying to clean out one of his missions and hit Cytherians, forcing him to fly down the spaceline. At the end, he decided to attempt the mission. Before he could call it off, the pain began. He hit a dilemma he could never pass, had a Horta killing someone each turn, and was quarantined on the planet. He was not a happy camper. Kudos to Bockers for that excellent placement.
So things were looking up for Bockers and I. Razor tackled the mission that had sent him down the spaceline in the first place, and found a Borg Ship. I promtly slapped a Retask down for some added firepower. Since I was stuck on the prior Objective and this mission was now cleaned out, I decided to head for it. That was an error in judgement. Razor quickly finished a mission and then flew over to my cubes. If he could destroy something, he'd win. If he couldn't, everyone would die.
He had the Guramba.
After 5 years, at the site of Benji's Borg Cube tearing apart at the seams, the trophy had returned to the original owner.
While I must say I have enjoyed being its permanent home, Razor certainly deserved it. In addition to the trophy, I passed on my can of Whoop Ass I had opened on him at the last Holiday Tournament. This may very well be a shift of power in the FLF, for Razor is now on a tear being +300 differential in his last games. Congratulations Razor, from the bottom of our tubules and bat'leths, we salute you.
-Preceeding Summary by Fleet Admiral Benji, SCFA
Well, it certainly was an interesting turn of events, wasn't it? The deck I was using has probably sustained the highest number of casualties in the games it has been in, largely due to those bad burritos, but it seems to come through in the clutch. Some folks even died a couple times thanks to Regenerate.
The finishing move for the day comes from a deck idea I've had for a while but have never been able to use: The Swarm of Ships. Basically, use ships with little or no staffing, lots of personnel able to initiate battles, and gang up on an oppoent to destroy a ship (or outpost) in one move. Since it was about the only way I could get the 45 points I needed to win before Benji's cube shredded my fleet like so much paper, I loaded a bunch of Hunting Vessels, Vidiian Scouts and Interceptors, and the key to it all, The Think Tank's Ship, and made for the cube at full speed. The resluts were truly messy. I knew one way or another it was a suicide move, but if I could get the bonus, it would all pan out. With about 8 or 9 ships firing together, there was more than enough to put a picture window on the side of that cube and give Benji's drones a nice view of open space.
Messy, but effective, my first tournament win in five years. Too bad none of my personnel were alive to see it with me. Oh well, good job to my fellow officers for beating the crap out of my deck at every turn. It wasn't a clean victory, and that's the way I like it. Looking forward to the next time, and even more carnage!
-Preceeding Summary by Fleet Admiral Razor
to the outpost.