Solitaire HF4A, Module 4 — Second Cycle

Previously …. in which our hero babysat a Trillionaire … in Space! T2.1 — After thinking about it, I decide to stop at the Nysa Family Lagrange point so that I can prospect both Hertha and Chaucer. (That doesn’t make it right, though. Probably it costs me a turn, but on the off chance I get Chaucer when I miss Hertha, I’m way ahead). Unsurprisingly, I bust both sites. Fig 2.1 — Patents at the Start of Year, being kinda ‘meh’ T2.2 — It’s anarchy time. Is it anarchy time? I decide no and lobby for Regime Change, because those patents pictured above aren’t doing it for me. (Is Dumbo the worst card in the game?1) . This brings me to 0 Aqua. The rocket lands on Hertha (picking up the Ceres Glory chit) and refuels. Fig 2.2 — Newer Patents T2.3 — In looking over the rocket and pathing I finally notice my prior Dry Mass Calculation was wrong, which means I should have spent 6 Aq for fuel (not 5) to get to Hertha (see FN on T1.12 in the prior article). Which means I couldn’t have paid for…