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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6151853" data-attributes="member: 8835">We played last night for my birthday party.&nbsp; 3 games/I got to be captain again. I seem to be doing alright at it, we won, and nobody was mad.This was with a different group of people, and it was a bit interesting at times.&nbsp; Our first run, we were somehow getting damaged before we even left Deep Space 1.&nbsp; The engineer had a fun time sending Daryls (he named the guys who repair things Daryl) to all the areas.Once our mysterious damage was resolved (pretty sure it was asteroids). we got under way.We had to make 2 trips to DS2, as we took heavy fire, killed 2/4 of the ships and retreated to DS1 for repairs.&nbsp; Then we returned to DS2 and took out the remaining 2 cruisers with a Nuke.&nbsp; Sadly, DS2 didn't survive.We used a Light Cruiser for the first mission.&nbsp; Then we upgraded to the missile boat (think BSG).&nbsp; Things were easier...The crew was a bit more flustered than my last command.&nbsp; My wife ran helm, and Science getting wrong headings.&nbsp; I almost suspect a network glitch with one of the stations getting wrong data as it's not hard to read a number of the screen and it's not hard to turn the ship until its pointed at that number.On the third mission, my wife switched to Comms, and actually liked it better, saying it was less hectic.Everybody had fun.&nbsp; I still think Comms and Science are the step-children of the game, but they may be good for the more casual players who want to participate, but aren't &quot;into video games&quot; as much.Last year we ran v1.60.&nbsp; This year was 1.70.&nbsp; I was going to try running the Star Trek mods (skins, names), but those files didn't transfer over when I copied it to the other PCs with a USB stick.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6151853, member: 8835"] We played last night for my birthday party. 3 games/ I got to be captain again. I seem to be doing alright at it, we won, and nobody was mad. This was with a different group of people, and it was a bit interesting at times. Our first run, we were somehow getting damaged before we even left Deep Space 1. The engineer had a fun time sending Daryls (he named the guys who repair things Daryl) to all the areas. Once our mysterious damage was resolved (pretty sure it was asteroids). we got under way. We had to make 2 trips to DS2, as we took heavy fire, killed 2/4 of the ships and retreated to DS1 for repairs. Then we returned to DS2 and took out the remaining 2 cruisers with a Nuke. Sadly, DS2 didn't survive. We used a Light Cruiser for the first mission. Then we upgraded to the missile boat (think BSG). Things were easier... The crew was a bit more flustered than my last command. My wife ran helm, and Science getting wrong headings. I almost suspect a network glitch with one of the stations getting wrong data as it's not hard to read a number of the screen and it's not hard to turn the ship until its pointed at that number. On the third mission, my wife switched to Comms, and actually liked it better, saying it was less hectic. Everybody had fun. I still think Comms and Science are the step-children of the game, but they may be good for the more casual players who want to participate, but aren't "into video games" as much. Last year we ran v1.60. This year was 1.70. I was going to try running the Star Trek mods (skins, names), but those files didn't transfer over when I copied it to the other PCs with a USB stick. [/QUOTE]

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