The U.S.S. Opus may have announced in the SST that I'm running for President. This is true, but a certain supporter of Constitution, either acting on orders or his own initiative, has sent a lackey to pummell me for taking a Homeworld previously owned by him. Said Homeworld had a mere 23 influence on it, so I considered it to be for the taking. Assuming I escape from this intact, I'll still be attempting to gather votes to get on the ballot. If you wish to know my platform, email me at the address at the bottom and I'll send you a copy.
Since it seems to be becoming common practice, I'm going to start posting a log, once I'm finished going through some of my previous turnfiles. But first, a brief synopsis of the career of the Spelljammer from before I saved my turnfiles.
The Spelljammer first appeared in orbit over Betelgeuse sometime in the 400's (I can't remember the precise turn). As is common with newbies, I blundered about cluelessly doing stupid newbie things. Eventually, I realized I was getting nowhere in my current ship, so I hit the restart to try again.
I reappeared over Hydrae and proceeded with a bit more forethought. I managed to get somewhere when I got paired with a Goblin and got splattered.
For my third try, I reread the combat section more carefully so that sort of thing wouldn't happen again. Once more I was making some progress when I met up with a much bigger Snake. Possibly having a brief mental lapse, I forgot that I shouldn't have any officer actions while hiding. I got shot up pretty bad and was left with just a primitive warp and impulse. So off I scampered to Star #31 to rebuild my meager funds by doing some asteroid mining. After several turns, I was ready to rebuild.
Here's the log. If a turn is left blank, that means absolutely nothing happened. Pardon if the entries seem a little dry.
| Turn | |
| 547 | Acquired a pod from Flying Haddock. |
| 549 | Jumped to Merak. |
| 550 | Jumped to Indi. |
| 551 | Bought a load of Boardgames. Took stargate to Polaris. |
| 552 | Jumped to Star #54. |
| 553 | Jumped to Lalande. |
| 555 | Jumped to Castor. |
| 556 | Jumped to Scorpii. |
| 557 | Sold Boardgames for $430. Jumped to Castor. |
| 558 | Collected some Chocolate. Jumped to Barnard. |
| 559 | Scrapped and sold Chocolate. Bought Primitive fighter and sickbay. Jumped to Kruger. |
| 560 | Collected some Chocolate. Gained maintenance skills for sickbays and weapons. Jumped to Thuban. |
| 561 | Scrapped and sold Chocolate. |
| 562 | Bought a load of Steely Knives. Jumped to Kruger. |
| 563 | Science officer gains Enlightenment. Jumped to Castor. |
| 564 | Take a potshot at Spider 18. Neither side takes damage. Sold Steely Knives for $1040. Jumped to Lalande. |
| 565 | Being paired with BSL, hide in a cowardly manner in a gas giant, causing major damage. Bought a load of Dilithium. Jumped to Kruger. |
| 566 | Patch up ship. Jumped to Thuban. |
| 567 | Jumped to Rigel. |
| 568 | Bought Primitive life support. Jumped to Tauri. |
| 569 | Bought Primitive missile and Basic sensor. |
| 570 | Weaponry officer gains hacking skill. Jumped to Draconis. |
| 571 | Jumped to Kochab. |
| 572 | Jumped to Hydrae. |
| 573 | Engineering officer went to school. Sold Dilithium for $512. Jumped to Kapetyn. |
| 574 | Due to being paired with a far more powerful Monkey, go and hide in space. Bought a load of Euphoria. Jumped to Cygni. |
| 575 | Jumped to Deneb. |
| 576 | Joined in the Great Wolverine Denounce Campaign. Jumped to Mirfak. |
| 577 | Intimidated Hamster Homeworld, pulling in $1244. Sold Euphoria for $925. Jumped to Cygni. |
| 578 | Attack Bird 98, with neither side taking damage. Jumped to Lupi. |
| 579 | Jumped to Star #3. |
| 580 | Jumped to Star #60. |
| 582 | Weaponry officer gains Enlightenment. |
| 583 | Engineering officer gains hacking skill (the last to do so). Jumped to Star #30. |
| 584 | Attack Spider 114 with great success. |
| 585 | Medical officer gains Enlightenment and completes Moon Adventure 1. Treasure is a Primitive sensor. Sell off some of the more damaged loot. Jumped to Star #3. |
| 586 | Jumped to Lupi. |
| 587 | Medical officer gains life support repair skill. Bought a Primitive laser. Jumped to Deneb. |
| 588 | Took advantage of Pequod's generosity. Medical officer gains life support maintenance skill. Took stargate to Star #12. |
| 589 | Collected some Chocolate. Jumped to Alphard. |
| 590 | Wanderlust generously offers a Basic shield. Jumped to Star #21. |
| 591 | Jumped to Regulus. |
| 592 | Took stargate to Pollux. |
| 593 | Gained Squirrel colony vote. Sold Chocolate for $258. |
| 594 | Sold Chocolate for $248. Took stargate to Regulus. |
| 595 | Gained Weasel colony vote. Jumped to Star #21. |
| 596 | Jumped to Star #12. |
| 597 | Engineering officer completes Moon Adventure 2. Treasure is Basic sickbay. Took stargate to Deneb. |
| 598 | Engineering officer gains Enlightenment. Gained Worm colony vote. Bought an Advanced pod. Jumped to Cygni. |
| 599 | Attack Hamster 89, taking a couple of hits but emerging victorious. Gained Rabbit colony vote. Jumped to Star #11. |
| 600 | Weaponry officer completes Deep Space Adventure 1. Treasure is Basic impulse. Start giving Plague Bearer old unwanted modules. |
| 604 | Jumped to Draconis. |
| 605 | Bought a Basic warp drive. |
| 506 | Intimdated Beetle Homeworld, pulling in $375. Jumped to Tauri. |
| 607 | Jumped to Algol. |
| 608 | Shoot down Cat 67 with relative ease. Jumped to Mirfak. |
| 609 | Sold some of the more broken-down loot. Bought four lots of Eye Robots. Jumped to Deneb. |
| 610 | Gained vote of Dog colony. Bought a Basic shield. Took stargate to Star #12. |
| 611 | Jumped to Alphard. |
| 612 | Sold Eye Robots for $450. Jumed to Star #21. |
| 613 | Medical officer completes Near Space Adventure 1. Treasure is primitive laser. Jumped to Wolf. |
| 614 | Gained Weasel colony vote. Sold Eye Robots for $920. |
| 615 | Gained Troll colony vote. Sold Eye Robots for $850. |
| 616 | Attack Lizard 9, who gets away before significant damage can be taken. Gained other Troll colony vote. Sold Eye Robots for $790. Jumped to Star #7. |
| 617 | Jumped to Star #36. |
| 618 | Jumped to Star #22. |
| 619 | Jumped to Star #12. |
| 620 | Collected some Chocolate. Took stargate to Deneb. |
| 621 | Attack Otter 76, who gets away, but not before I shoot off a warp drive. Gained Dog colony vote. Scrapped Chocolate. Jumped to Cygni. |
| 622 | Shadow Wraith offers a Basic cloak. Sold Scrap. Bought four lots of Winegums. Jumped to Star #11. |
| 623 | Jumped to Kochab. |
| 624 | Get attacked by Wasp 87. Since I don't feel like fighting, I flee in a cowardly manner unscathed. Gained Lizard colony vote. Intimidated Wasp Homeworld, pulling in $156. Took stargate to Hamal. |
| 625 | Intimidated Ant Homeworld, pulling in $116. Took stargate to Sadir. |
| 626 | Gained Weasel colony vote. Sold Winegums for $380. |
| 627 | Gained Kangaroo colony vote. Sold Winegums for $350. |
| 628 | Increased influence with Kangaroo colony. Gained Rat colony vote. Sold Winegums for $320. |
| 629 | Flying Beak demands a Basic shield. Being heavily out-gunned, meekly comply like a complete wuss (though do receive Primitive shield for replacement). Engineering officer went to school. Increased influence at Kangaroo and Rat colonies. Sold Winegums for $285. Jumped to Ross. |
| 630 | Attack Squirrel 90, taking minor damage from the kamikaze attack. Intimidated Squirrel Homeworld, pulling in $303. Bought Basic life support. Jumped to Eridani. |
| 631 | Sold some of the more battered loot. Took stargate to Star #4. |
| 632 | Jumped to Procyon. |
| 633 | Gained Spider colony vote. Weaponry officer went to school. Bought four lots of Lists. Jumped to Star #62. |
| 634 | Took stargate to Cygni |
| 635 | Gained Ant colony vote. Jumped to Deneb. |
| 636 | Increased influence at Dog colony. Bought Mediocre shield. Took stargate to Star #12. |
| 637 | Jumped to Aldebaron |
| 638 | Gained votes of Fish and Elf colonies. Sold Lists for $370. |
| 639 | Increased influence at Fish and Elf colonies. Sold Lists for $298. |
| 640 | Sold Lists for $256. |
| 641 | Increased influence at Fish and Elf colonies. Sold Lists for $220. Jumped to Star #27. |
| 642 | Collected some Chocolate. Jumped to Diphda. |
| 643 | Collected some Chocolate. Gained Weasel colony vote. |
| 644 | Traded sensor artifact for Mediocre fighter. |
| 645 | Collected some Chocolate. |
| 646 | Collected some Chocolate. Captured Wasp Heavy. Jumped to Star #17. |
| 647 | Quickly dispatch Beetle 97. Prisoner interrogation failed. |
| 648 | Attack Dog 100, bagging a couple of modules before it escapes. Weaponry officer completes Ancient Civilization Adventure 2. Treasure is Mediocre warp drive. Sold off busted modules from previous combat. |
| 649 | Medical officer completes Moon Adventure 3. Treasure is Basic laser. Jumped to Alphard. |
| 650 | Medical officer went to school. Jumped to Regulus. |
| 651 | Science and Medical officers went to school. Sold Scrap for $42. Took stargate to Pollux. |
| 652 | Gained vote of Squirrel colony. Sold Chocolate for $246 as well as a Primitive pod. |
| 653 | Trade shield artifact for Mediocre fighter with Crazy Horse. Gained vote of Pixie colony and increased influence at Squirrel colony. Sold Chocolate for $222. |
| 654 | Received Mediocre sensor from Crazy Horse as other half of payment for artifact. Gained vote of Zebra colony. Increased influence at Pixie and Squirrel colonies. Sold Chocolate for $184. |
| 655 | Increased influence at Zebra, Pixie, and Squirrel colonies. Sold Chocolate for $146. Jumped to Star #53. |
| 656 | Jumped to Star #48. |
| 657 | Engineering officer completes Deep Space Adventure 1. Treasure is Basic cloak. Jumped to Star #34. |
| 658 | Weaponry officer completes Near Space Adventure 1. Treasure is Basic cloak. Jumped to Eridani. |
| 659 | Jumped to Ross. |
| 660 | Destroyed Squirrel 122 with ease. Gained vote of Bird colony. Sold Puddings for $265. |
| 661 | Escape Squirrel 90 without a scratch. Increased influence at Bird colony. Sold off debris from last battle. Jumped to Sadir. |
If you wish to, you can contact me. I typically only check my email once or twice a day, so don't expect an immediate response.