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Round 13 Actions
The Ndoda
Umkhonto Malyat Elunxwemeni

Ruler Stats:
Diplomacy - 7
Military - 3
Economy - 9
Philosophy - 1
Intrigue - 2

Actions:

1. Diplomacy - Press Claim on D20 (2/2) - Success! (16)

At long last, Umkhonto Malyat succeeds in closing the negotiations begun by Umkhonto Ukiphosa so many years ago. Decades of hard work and accumulating resources have convinced the Spider Sentinels to allow the Ndoda access and cede to the sovereignty of a galactic power capable of not only maintaining the Sentinels, but with time, repairing the ruins and restoring the planet as a monument to the past and a beacon for the future.

2. Diplomacy - Press Claim on E19 (1/2) - Success! (13)

Pledges of resources to build the Fluffy Cats' cities and maintain their regional sovereignty has swayed Neko Jr. into agreeing to join the Ndoda's hodgepodge collection of allied regions.

3. Economy - Buyout TP3 in E23 (Broadcasting Equipment) - Success! (16)
4. Diplomacy - Press Claim on E23 - Great Success! (18)
5. Military - Send 6 units to Wrath's EG raid with the following technologies: Enhanced Microplating, War Beasts, Lyraen Elemental Implants, Capital Ship Hulls, Energy Distribution
6. Economy - Spend E5 - Upgrade quality of Q23 Scrap Metal to Extracted Ores (Precious Metal Category)

Dice Rolls

Non-Actions:
Resist all unauthorized buyouts and conversions
Authorize all conversions by the Droccen

News and Rumors:

Ruler Stats Post Round 13 Actions:
Diplomacy - 8
Military - 3
Economy - 10
Philosophy - 1
Intrigue - 2

New Leader Next Round? No

Spoiler: Techs, TacDocs, and TPs

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Technologies:
Enhanced Microplating:

+1 to Battle Rolls (Required: Hard Metal) - ACTIVE

HEAT Engines Mk 2:

+1 to Battle Rolls (Required: Fuel) - ACTIVE

War Beasts:

+1 to Battle Rolls (Required: Fauna) - ACTIVE

Lyraen Elemental Implants:

+1 to Battle Rolls (Required: Arcana) - ACTIVE

Capital Ship Hulls:

-1 to Combat Losses (Doubles unit tonnage) (Required: Hard Metal) - ACTIVE

Energy Distribution:

-1 to Distance Loss Rolls (Required: Electronics) - ACTIVE

Trade League:

If a player owns two or more TPs in a region that is adjacent to one of their own regions, they gain a Claim on that region (Required: Electronics) - ACTIVE

Resident Spies:

Treat one secret action per turn as if its ZoI was centered on the capital of a Stellar Power you have an Embassy with. The target must be Close, Adjacent, or within the Capital region (Required: Broadcasting Tech or Spies (Resource), One or More Embassies) - ACTIVE

Galactic Currency Mint:

+1 to Buyouts (Required: A Precious Metal and 1 other resource)

Long-Range Advertising Campaigns:

Reduces ZOI by one step for defending against buyouts (Required: Broadcasting Tech) - ACTIVE

Government Support Markets:

+2 to Stabilizing if controlling a TP in a region (Required: Galactic Currency Mints and Skilled Labor)

Tactical Doctrine:
Electric Net - For every two Ndoda units present in a combat, gain a +1 bonus to combat rolls, up to +5

Cultural Identity:
Empath Agents - 2d8 to Stabilizations and resisting Unrest in the Capital

Units:
Unit Cap - 11
Current Units: 8

Regions:
E21 - Kwiziko (Capital)
D24 - Theseon
D22 - Wonderland
F22 - Kraikr
F24 - Nicea
G23 - Tuxie
D20 - The Beacon
E23 - Azeride

Trade Posts:
C15-3-GMO Giga Shrimp - Fauna
C19-2-Rainbow Carrots - Drug + Flora
C23-2-Voidstone - Fuel
D18-2-Quantum Mechanical Doctors - Skilled Labor
D20-1,2,3- Iridium - Hard Metal?
D22-2-Dream Eating Pills - Drug
E17-1-Mining Drones - Electronics
E19-1,2-Fluffidium - Uncategorized
E21-1- Entabeni Cloth- Textiles
E27-2- Durasteel- Hard Metal
F20-2-Bilithium - Uncategorized
F22-2,3-Operatic Frogs - Fauna
F24-2-Quasar Peppers - Crops and Spices
G21-1 – Singing Fly Traps - Flora
G25-1-Entertainment - Electronics + Skilled Beings
E23-3-Broadcasting Tech - Broadcasting Tech
K5-3- Harmonized Dark Matter - Arcana