Cosmic Encounter - PBP: Deep Space Water

HYPERSPACE GATE
Offense: 2
Defense: ReacotC(3)

Tourist invites Yin-yang and Voyager.
Who does the Reactor invite?

((Note: clearly next game i should include the Foreign Aid variant, where you can use cards as bribes to get invited))

Everybody's invited! Come one, come all!

Order of acceptance:

1. Voyager (any)
2. Yin-yang (any)
3. Laser (defense only)

Dude CB I hear ya, this is the first action I've seen in like 3 weeks.
(But for real having both the Reactor and Yin-Yang as almost essential allies makes the rest of us pretty peripheral)

Sending 2 from B, 1 from C to assist my good buddy the Tourist.

1 from A, 2 from B to Reactor. 1 from C, 2 from E to Tourist.

And if I'm allowed, two will go from my colony in Voyager, one to each side.

It's going to be an all out "party".

We'll send two ships to join the defense, from planets D and E.

HYPERSPACE GATE
Offense: 2 + Ally: 3,4 = 9
Defense: ReactorC(3)+Ally:4,2 = 9

Time for PLANNING phase!

Can you confirm that yin-yang can send 8 ships into an encounter?

They are separate alliances, so they can do so, and i have resolved it thus.
What Gatr was asking was about launching ships from foreign colonies though, i thought (which is also confirmed).

Tourist plays: 11
Reactor plays: 14

HYPERSPACE GATE
Offense: 2 + Ally: 3,4 + 11 = 20
Defense: ReactorC(3)+Ally:4,2 + 14 = 23

Any objections?

I will play +5 Reinforcements

Tourist plays: 11 + 5
Reactor plays: 14

HYPERSPACE GATE
Offense: 2 + Ally: 3,4 + 11 + 5 = 25
Defense: ReactorC(3)+Ally:4,2 + 14 = 23

The stakes.... are getting higher....

I play +3 Reinforcements.

Well I have another idea but it won't really benefit my friends very much.
Anyone else want to chip in? Otherwise I'll just go to plan B.

VOYAGER SHIPS DEPLOY LIZARD CANNONS
ENGAGE +2 REINFORCEMENTS

Tourist plays: 11 + 5 + voyager 2 * 2
Reactor plays: 14 + 3

HYPERSPACE GATE
Offense: 2 + Ally: 3,4 + 11 + 5 + 4 = 29
Defense: ReactorC(3)+Ally:4,2 + 14 +3 = 26

If no other reinforcements happen, or trickery, this is the final score.

Final result: the Laser ships go to the warp, the Tourist, Voyager and Yin-yangs ships land.
Yin-yang flashes their super flare: where will your four ships on the defense return to?
Due to there being 4 Yin-yang ships on the offense, reactor may keep 0,1,2 or 3 ships on their planet. How many there will be?

Fun fact: after this encounter, every single reinforcement cards will be in the discard pile. Beware...

put 1 ship on each of my home colony planets

edit: and repeat this action for the offense's ships..

I mean, we COULD get up and go to the warp, but we just got comfortable in our spots so we're just gonna all three of us stay here.

Current game state:

Granolaman, the Voyager
Hand: 14
Foreign colony count: 2
A: 4
B: 3
C: 3
D: 1

Gatr, the Yin-yang
Hand: 4
Foreign colony count: 2
A: 2
B: 2
C: 2,1
D: 1,1
E: 2

Coldblooded, the Laser
Hand: 5
Foreign colony count: 2
A: 3
B: 3
C: 3
D: 2,2
E: 2,1

Robust Laser, the Reactor
Hand: 6
Foreign colony count: 2
A: 4
B: 1,3
C: 3,4,3,2
D: 3
E: 3

Cards on the reactor sheet:
Laser flare

Jacquerel, the Tourist
Hand: 8
Foreign colony count: 3
A: 2
B: 2
C: 3
D: 1,2
E: 2


Cruise Liner: Blue system; 1

HYPERSPACE GATE

THE WARP:
6,7,5,2,3
VoyagerE:

Cosmic Deck: 27 cards
Cosmic Discard: 28 cards

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Spoiler
Reinforcement+2,
Reinforcement+3,
14,
Reinforcement+5,
11,
Host flare
04
Negotiate
Negotiate
Negotiate
Negotiate
Negotiate
Reinforcement+2
Reinforcement+3
06
14
04
01
40
Negotiate
00
05
23
10
12
13
Aristocrat Flare

Destiny Deck: 7 cards
Destiny Discard: 13 card

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Spoiler
Special(fewest ship in warp)
Green(hazard)
Wild
Green
Special(most foreign)
Purple(hazard)
Purple
Green
Orange
Blue
Special(Most cards)
Red
Purple

Will tourist have a second encounter? (encounter #11)

Don't mind if I do.

It is time for some Regroupin'.

I will regroup a ship to B, not symmetrical because one ship is a different colour but it will have to suffice.

Shouldn't the Yin-Yang flare be on Reactor's sheet? I'm making sure because I don't want to be blindsided by an auto-win condition. I'm not even really sure how it works.

The yin-yang flare is in your hand. Flares don't get discarded after use unless stated on the card (aristocrat and host stated so), so the Reactor couldn't grab it.

Reactor still has the Laser flare on their sheet.

A ship returns...

Destiny is drawn: Orange!

But before that, it is time for cruiseshipping.