RESULTS: BG did send an advisor with the Guild to Sietch Tabr, but I forgot to report it earlier. The Atreides looks at the Baron's weapon of choice for the Arrakeen battle and finds out that it is .... nothing! The Harkonnen must be recovering from a prolonged drug binge, because it appears it's just a lone guy riding a kulon. Oh wait, there *are* a few other guys with him, but they forgot their guns. There are a whole lot more Atreides, a whole lot better supplied, with Thufir Hawat, a leader of great renown, to boot. That pretty much says it all -- The Atreides, fully prepared for the worst the evil Harkonnen could do, win handily. But at what cost?? Harkonnen discards Cheap Hero and Kulon. No leaders are killed. (Assuming there isn't a traitor called...) By the way, the Atreides now have their Kwisatz Haderach. On to the Harkonnen/Emperor battle in Carthag.... No prescience or other funny stuff. Just send your battle orders. ORDERS NEEDED: Harkonnen - Call Thufir traitor? Harkonnen - Carthag battle orders Emperor - Carthag battle orders Fremen - Order of your two battles, if you know it already? All - Conditional orders or card plays DUE DATE: September 2, 1999 =============================================================================== TURN: 2 STORM: Rock Outcroppings (sector 13) SPICE: South Mesa (sector 5) - 6 The Great Flat (sector 15) - 10 ALLIANCES: None CARD BIDDING: Card #1 - H:2 F:- B:3 G:- E:x A:- H:- -> B:3 Card #2 - F:2 B:- G:- E:x A:3 H:- F:4 A:- -> F:4 Card #3 - B:1 G:2 E:x A:- H:3 F:- B:- G:- -> H:3 Card #4 - G:3 E:x A:- H:4 F:- B:- G:- -> H:4 (Karama used) Card #5 - E:x A:- H:2 F:- B:- G:- -> H:2 REVIVAL: Atreides - 2 free + 1 paid MOVEMENT: Harkonnen - No shipment; Move 5 tokens from Carthag to Arrakeen Fremen - No shipment; Move 6 tokens from Funeral Plain to The Great Flat Bene Gesserit - Ship 1 token to Arrakeen; Move 2 tokens from Arrakeen to Imperial Basin Guild - Ship 4 tokens to Sietch Tabr (with advisor); Move 2 tokens from Tuek's Sietch to False Wall South Emperor - Ship 7 tokens (including 2 Sardaukar) to Carthag (with advisor); No movement Atreides - Ship 5 tokens to Arrakeen (with advisor); Move 6 tokens from Arrakeen to Imperial Basin COMBAT: Faction Dial Spice Leader Weapon Defense ---------------------------------------------------------------- Arrakeen: Harkonnen 2 0 Cheap Hero None Kulon Atreides 7 7 Thufir None None Carthag: Harkonnen Emperor Sietch Tabr: Fremen Guild False Wall South: Fremen Guild SPICE COLLECTION: TOKEN LOCATIONS: Atreides - 3 Arrakeen (sector 10) 6 Imperial Basin (sector 10) 3 Off-planet 8 Tanks Bene Gesserit - 1(c) Arrakeen (sector 10) 2(c) Carthag (sector 11) 1(c) Habbanya Ridge Sietch (sector 17) 2(c) Imperial Basin (sector 10) 1 Polar Sink 2(c) Sietch Tabr (sector 14) 2 South Mesa (sector 5) 9 Off-planet 0 Tanks Emperor - 7(2) Carthag (sector 11) 4(3) Habbanya Ridge Sietch (sector 17) 9 Off-planet 0 Tanks Fremen - 7(1) Sietch Tabr (sector 14) 4 False Wall South (sector 4) 6(1) The Great Flat (sector 15) 3(1) Far side of planet 0 Tanks Guild - 2 False Wall South (sector 4) 5 Polar Sink 4 Sietch Tabr (sector 14) 3 Tuek's Sietch (sector 5) 6 Off-planet 0 Tanks Harkonnen - 10 Carthag (sector 11) 5 Off-planet 5 Tanks LEADER STATUS: Atreides - OK Lady Jessica (5) OK Thufir Hawat (5) OK Gurney Halleck (4) OK Duncan Idaho (2) OK Dr. Wellington Yueh (1) OK Kwisatz Haderach (+2) [7/7] Bene Gesserit - OK Alia (5) OK Lady Margot Fenring (5) OK Princess Irulan (5) OK Rev. Mother Ramallo (5) OK Wanna Marcus (5) Emperor - OK Count Hasimir Fenring (6) OK Captain Aramsham (5) OK Burseg (3) OK Caid (3) OK Bashar (2) Fremen - OK Stilgar (7) OK Chani (6) OK Otheym (5) OK Shadout Mapes (3) OK Jamis (2) Guild - OK Staban Tuek (5) OK Esmar Tuek (3) OK Master Bewt (3) OK Soo Soo Sook (2) OK Guild Representative (1) Harkonnen - OK Feyd-Rautha (6) OK Beast Rabban (4) OK Piter DeVries (3) OK Captain Iakin Nefud (2) OK Umman Kudu (1) PLAYERS: Atreides - Sherlockazulu ***** Bene Gesserit - Dandelot ***** Emperor - Sorvan ***** Harkonnen - LoveTXmen ***** Fremen - JonathanMcC ***** ***** Guild - CcollinsIII ***** ***** GM - tempus42 ***** ***** PLAYER DOTS: Cielago South (sector 2) - Bene Gesserit Tuek's Sietch (sector 5) - Guild Gara Kulon (sector 8) - Emperor Carthag (sector 11) - Atreides Sietch Tabr (sector 14) - Harkonnen Habbanya Ridge Sietch (sector 17) - Fremen