RESULTS: It's not a good turn for the Harkonnen. A little aggression apparently just doesn't pay off in the face of concerted counter-offense. The Harkonnen lose Carthag, 11.5 vs. the Emperor's 14. Both factions came ready to fight, with even the winning Emperor sending nearly a third of the Imperial legions to the tanks. Unfortunately, it would appear that a shortage of cash may have been the only downfall of the floating fat man. Both leaders live to fight again. The Harkonnen must discard their Shield. I'll assume the Emperor will keep his cards unless he tells me otherwise. The tanks are starting to see some action, and we still have two battles to go.... Fremen: What order do you want to fight them in? ORDERS NEEDED: Harkonnen - Call Fenring traitor? Emperor - Call Feyd traitor? Discard any cards? Fremen - Order of your two battles, if you know it already? All - Conditional orders or card plays DUE DATE: September 4, 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-5 None None Carthag: Harkonnen 5.5 2 Feyd-6 None Shield Emperor 8 6 Fenring-6 Crysknife Shield 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 - 1 Carthag (sector 11) 4(3) Habbanya Ridge Sietch (sector 17) 9 Off-planet 6(2) 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 - 5 Off-planet 15 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