I was there for the entire event; I think parking was $32 total for four days using the nearby parking garage.
@Quickdraw: That's a set-up photo from our Sunday Narrative. Dan needed a 2000 point fleet, and even with using all the models he brought, was short by about 400 points. Fortunately, Bill had a primed but unpainted Xelocian Dreadnought. As for the Battlecruiser, I think Dan only brought one (maybe the other is on the painting bench) so to bump up the points, he used this rule:
Add Accompaniment option to single Marshall Class Battlecruiser: 0-1 Harpoon Torpedo Cruisers.
They didn't last very long, but dished out a lot of Torpedo damage first, and that Dreadnought was brutal. 2000 points is a very interesting level to play with, as you want to activate about three different things simultaneously each Activation. I remember once trying to figure out what to do, and realized I hadn't even touched my Battlecruisers, Destroyers, and Frigates hanging out in my table corner. I was too busy trying to premtively counter threats that I forgot about one of my own.
The wonderful tables are mostly due to Bill's efforts. He supplied the colorful and durable mats, purchased all of the terrain bits, and painted almost everything. My contribution was mostly drilling holes into a LOT of lava rocks, gluing maybe 1/3 - 1/2 of the debris bits together, and producing all of the terrain templates and table templates. The Scenarios were a joint effort.
