Colonising the solar frontier - Setup and Background (The Final Frontier replay)

Introduction

This is the setup for the solo four power The Final Frontier replay. Th is the pre-game setup as per the rules.  The next post will introduce the game with some background narrative.

The four powers

1. Player 1 APA Asia-Pacific Association
2. Player 2 NU Northern Union
3. Player 3 ONEP Organisation of Nations for Economic Prosperity
4. Player 4 TAC The Americas Co-operative

Setup

I am going to go with something similar used in “To theStars!” and each power will be a siloed spend for the pre-game 10 BPs (build points).

Pre-game investment

1. Player 1 – APA. 5 turn lead.
2. Player 2 – NU. Buy only units: 2 x Mine, 1 x Colony-2, 2 x DST (Deep Space Transport).
3. Player 3 – ONEP. +2 NIL increase for a starting NIL of 3.
4. Player 4 – TAC. +50GDP for a starting GDP of 150.

Starting Positions and player order

APA. GDP 100. NIL: 1. Units: none.  5 turns before any other power.

NU. GDP 100. NIL 1. Units: 2 x Mine, 1 x Colony-2, 2 x DST.

ONEP. GDP 100. NIL 3. Units: none.

TAC. GDP 150. NIL 1. Units: none.

Power plans

These are here to help me with the initial turn moves, build and colonisation goals for the different poswers.

APA: The APA has 5 turns of movement and build points.  Mars is the key planet in the inner system and so the APA initial focus is developing on Mars.

NU: With ships ready to go the NU can diversify and will focus on Mars and the Asteroids with a goal of expanding further with increased NIL.

ONEP:  A NIL 3 means they are the only power able to go beyond the asteroids.  They will focus on the Jovian system.

TAC: A GNP base of 150 means they will produce more build points.  This means they can chance investing more initially for a long term payoff.  Therefore they will aim to develop Mercury and the Moon that require significant investments to be operational.