Home Port of the Spelljammer

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
Entry
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.

Here are some of the rankings Spelljammer is in.

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.