It would not be at the level of an Adept, perhaps, but a year of lightsaber training is still a year of training. It would be the same amount of training undertaken as Advanced Blazing Chains and it builds upon something Ciaran is very good at whereas Advanced Blazing Chains does not.
Two things. IIRC, turns got cut to a quarter per turn, since so much happens so quickly during the war. Also, the opposite side of that same argument holds true as well. We're already very good with a lightsaber, so it stands to reason that diminishing returns set in eventually. Better to be good at two tricks than great at one.
Not what I meant. Whereas the effectiveness of a turn's worth of Form V would be multiplied by Matukai mastery and our custom lightsaber, the effectiveness of a turn's worth of Blazing Chains would be multiplied by nothing. We have no abilities or special weapons which make Blazing Chains better than it otherwise would be.
Well on previous turns we only had two personal actions so we just gained a 3rd this turn. Also we are getting at least one additional hero, maybe a second if we do very well on the Baobab so that can reduce the need for using our personal attention next time.
None of those three appear on the front page.
I'm assuming that second one makes them more likely to survive (useful given the upcoming Foundry assault). But what does 'access' give us? Can we do anything with it? Materials analysis, mass production... would it provide better rewards for the 'Commando Gear' Learning Action?
So, uh... should we be worried?
That'd be Diplomacy.
Kinda. We will have a special weapon once we build that dedicated lava-crystal blaster (it's a Lore action this turn, assigning our agents to figure it out, that unlocks the Personal Action next turn).
That's #4 and #5. Sorry @Panory, I plan to double-up on Blazing Chain + Lava Blaster next turn, but for now... I'll go ahead and make the change.
Well we know how to make phantoms, we know how to make droids, and we have force-sensitive cybernetics. I think we've already started. The Cheriss Sair Frame action could unlock further insights.
My first thought was to see if we could clone a Force-sensitive body for him to occupy. Though that gets to the problem of Force-sensitive clones (i.e., they go insane), which leads to the solution that Palpatine stumbled across (surround the cloning chamber with ysalamiri...). Which ties rather nicely into the action that's being completed this turn.
...Uh, any idea why I have a sense of impending doom?
I don't think it works that way...?
And this is why:...Uh, any idea why I have a sense of impending doom?
Yeah, something tells me we don't want to poke this mystery box just yet. If ever.
Here is that one:
The Forcesaber in itself isn't much, but the concept -- using the Force as a source of power? The potential is staggering. As with the ysalamiri, this is one that we'd want to double-up on to minimize the action 'lock'. Definitely not something for this turn, probably not something to pick up in the near future, but still an interesting option.
We can sometimes get the Force Sect training by doing them as personal actions for Lore so that helps. As it is I would prefer picking up an additional free action so we can move that to whatever needs it the most.
Pretty sure we'll be picking up at least one of these, possibly both, as soon as the Chu'unthor finishes its repairs.
Perhaps it might be wise to swap this out with something else? We could learn a new force power or rush the personal shield technology to help us if something goes wrong. If something goes wrong, Piloting 101 may be our only real shot at getting away. Whatever action we replace it with, it'll be one thing to cross of the list and that'll be good for us in the long term.
Best case scenario is Dooku having realized he's being used and wanting to collaborate against Sidious. Unlikely, but very worth the risk if it's even a possibility. Besides, maybe I'm just being sentimental, but he did save Ciaran's life before. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt just this once for old time's sake.
Are you talking about the Lorrdians with their 'kinetic communication' (body language cold reading/lie detection), or something else?
Part of me agrees with you. We're spending two actions (plus Thrawn) on an action with questionable value. At the same time... it's an obvious QM 'mystery box', and there was never really any doubt that we wouldn't pick it.
Sure. Let's hire them and one for ourselves.
