Task Force 2 - Atlas: Comms

[jagged pagoda]

No?

[royal sequoia]

the Picket line has to stay up

[jagged pagoda]

It's a freighter, it can land on the planet.

[cerulean coral]

is it also a destroyer?

ah right

[royal sequoia]

the pearl is a tiny boi

[jagged pagoda]

Ye :D

[royal sequoia]

even tinier than me

[cerulean coral]

i see

[jagged pagoda]

But it packs a punch

[royal sequoia]

a bigger punch than me

[cerulean coral]

well, i think you should count the fighter and bomber as part of yout punch too

since you did add a second flight bay for that reason

[royal sequoia]

that's a lot of punch then

I wish I had more

[jagged pagoda]

We can also have an additional fighter/bomber, because the PL has a flight deck too

Alternatively, we swap that out for a VTOL bay.

[cerulean coral]

i could ask someone else for that if you want

[high pike]

Wait till y'all see the Aviary

[cerulean coral]

more flight decks?

[jagged pagoda]

Is it a carrier?

[jagged mulch]

Oh boy, yeah, that's a lot of flight decks

[high pike]

Yep

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, 7 flight decks

[scenic tulip]

You lads want a tour? Though I warn you, it's a lot of walking along those decks.

[jagged mulch]

With 4 fighters and 3 bombers

[cerulean coral]

sure

[jagged mulch]

I think I'll pass

[cerulean coral]

good to stretch my legs before getting into that cramped bomber again

[light crescent]

Dropods and cargo bay right? As Simm said: take what you want but with that i'd want to take you on board!

Cheese you here? Amazing! Welcome!

[jagged pagoda]

I've got too many repairs to do.

[royal sequoia]

ah yeah, each fighter or bomber needs it's own flightdeck right?

[cerulean coral]

if you want to deploy them at the same time i think so yeah

[scenic tulip]

Yes if attached to the orbital.

[royal sequoia]

yeah, each aerospace boy needs their own deck, not just to deploy, but simply to have assigned to the orbital

[jagged pagoda]

What do you plan on getting with your reqs?

[royal sequoia]

I've got you all the crew you could ever want while you were gone :p

[jagged pagoda]

https://tenor.com/view/im-doing-my-part-serious-stare-gif-11979677

[cerulean coral]

ah fair

[jagged pagoda]

cough @vestal ice cough

Check the pinned document for things

And this will get you up to speed :D

[jagged mulch]

Welcome to the crew Kona

[light crescent]

I can't put into words how glad I am to have you!

[jagged mulch]

Now we really have the watermelon party members together

[light crescent]

I'll fill whatever gaps we have. Looking at VTOL bay and maybe a cargo rn

[pliant fjord]

@light crescent Not sure which ship you want me on, but my PAI marines are yours to command. We've brought our own Heavy Drop Pods, so you don't need to buy them.

[high pike]

So did y'all figure out if/who regarding the normal Drop Pods? Or still working on it? (No time pressure or anything, we have 7+ days)

[jagged pagoda]

I think we've got normal DPs as well as HDPs, possibly with VTOLs too

[turbid kernel]

Any possibility you would trade one for a drop pod system?

[jagged pagoda]

Confirmation required.

[light crescent]

Awesome! Pretty sure the Picket line has space for you!

[jagged pagoda]

Cantaloupe is getting a DP

In the PL

[atomic comet]

Are flight decks what's used for HATs?

[turbid kernel]

You right ignore my message!!

[royal sequoia]

yup

ah shit

[jagged pagoda]

Yes, we've one spare on the PL (meant to reply to FailHouse XD)

[royal sequoia]

we need one more flight deck

we have two hats

[light crescent]

Someone else will most likely get some but if they don't I'll get it.

[atomic comet]

Shmo hasn't picked his upgrades or gotten on a ship

[turbid kernel]

Some one already got it, you're all good!

[jagged pagoda]

We have another ship? 👀

[jagged mulch]

No

[royal sequoia]

no, another crew :p

[jagged pagoda]

Ahhhh

I see

[light crescent]

3 ships right?

[royal sequoia]

things are going great, you're doing grand guys 🙂

3 ships is what we have

[jagged mulch]

Yep

Battlecruiser, destroyer and freighter

[royal sequoia]

is there anyone here that would feel confident taccoming?

[cerulean coral]

didn't we have one to many?

[royal sequoia]

sadly not

[cerulean coral]

you had 2, and then mini had one extra?

[atomic comet]

Can crew buy their orbital stuff from the shop after activating?

[royal sequoia]

well assuming leveller comes to me

[jagged pagoda]

Yes

[pliant fjord]

Happy to do it if nobody else does

[royal sequoia]

you sure?

[royal sequoia]

I don't think so

[atomic comet]

I can assist. (Secondary)

[cerulean coral]

who else then? Leveler and I are 2, what do you need a third one for?

[royal sequoia]

we have two hats

[jagged pagoda]

Failhouse and someone else.

[cerulean coral]

what is a hat

[jagged pagoda]

Heavy Air Transport

[pliant fjord]

I was unable to do so, but you can always deactivate, then buy stuff, the activate again

[jagged mulch]

something something transport

[cerulean coral]

ah irght

[royal sequoia]

a heavy air transport

big plane for big dropping energy

[vestal ice]

https://tenor.com/view/reunited-peaches-and-herb-and-it-feels-so-good-cause-we-understood-old-skool-gif-17279659

[royal sequoia]

I love hats

we have two, we can use them to drop a small battlegroup somewhere if they want to

[cerulean coral]

aha

[royal sequoia]

do you know what you'd like to do kona?

[jagged pagoda]

I think we should not use our HATs for BGs

[cerulean coral]

and then they can also have bomber and fighter support

[vestal ice]

Right Drœs light mech ready and waiting. No cargo too big and no skirmish too small

[jagged pagoda]

I think we should keep to our ODT plan for troops and leave it at that XD
Save as much LS as possible.

[pliant fjord]

100%, I've been GMing my own campaign locally.

[turbid kernel]

Hey we can use the Heavy Drop Pods with them!

[jagged pagoda]

You'll probably be sent to the Starport... possibly in place of @topaz rivet's infantry XD

[royal sequoia]

that is awesome then! I'm very glad

[jagged pagoda]

We can? Great!

[pliant fjord]

Sick, love me some synergy

[jagged pagoda]

Noble can still get sent off to war XD

[vestal ice]

Let me get back to you on that one. in a few business hours. (let me read and think XD)

[turbid kernel]

So, should I go get the ODT from blessed?

[pliant fjord]

singing off for a bit, PM me if you like with questions

[royal sequoia]

wait can light mechs be dropped off without upgrades?

that's awesome!

[turbid kernel]

Yeah the Heavy Drop Pod can drop a light mech, but how do we get them back from the ground?

[royal sequoia]

in a hat :p

[pliant fjord]

Heavy VTOL, or a HAT

[royal sequoia]

need an airport though

that sounds so cool, I can't wait

[turbid kernel]

But HAT needs an Air field and we don't have a HVTOL

[pliant fjord]

Or loaded up at a Spaceport in our Light Freighter. We still got one of those?

[jagged pagoda]

We can use the Starport after we capture it :p

[royal sequoia]

we can just loan the hvtol from someone

[jagged pagoda]

Yes, the Pearl

[royal sequoia]

it shouldn't be that hard to find

any ship can dock at a spaceport

[turbid kernel]

Yeah but I think they need to get Mech Bay to load them inthink

[royal sequoia]

so either way, we have options

[jagged pagoda]

Not if they're part of the TF I think

[royal sequoia]

if we help shovels build their airbase in crossroads, we can also pick things back up from there

[jagged pagoda]

I should seriously walk home -_-

[turbid kernel]

Only the cities have Space Ports, I think

[pliant fjord]

At a spaceport, Cargo Bays are all you need. You need a Mech Bay to deploy from any other landed site.

[jagged mulch]

Go walk home autopian

[pliant fjord]

(or to deploy through the mech doors in space)

[jagged mulch]

Don't make me tell you a third time

[jagged pagoda]

FINE

[jagged mulch]

Smh

[jagged pagoda]

XD

[high pike]

Ok. When it is official, you or whoever is getting them should ping @ dhonjoe @ redmizar and @ theyoger

[royal sequoia]

at this rate, we're becoming a very serious quick response force on the ground

all we lack now is the ability to pick our guys backup afterwards

[turbid kernel]

Okay, so let the ODT know we're good for them then?

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, got a medic, two infantry and a mech, not bad

[royal sequoia]

for everyone who's there and didn't do it yet, please add yourself to this docs 🙂 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hrejUl57PQz8Topn3FKS7rNhTnnSOzhJqsoLUuMrPng/edit?usp=sharing

[cerulean coral]

that is quite a crucial part

[jagged mulch]

Indeed

[vestal ice]

If its a one way trip then its a one way trip. We can keep comms open and pick me up once the job is done. Will i be able to meet up with any of the battlegroups on ground?

[high pike]

We have two HVTOLs in The Storm Blessed, so if we're at the same strategic point we could help.
Also, if you want to have a Light Mech as crew and actually have them bring their mech instead of just being a pilot running around in orbitals, you'll need a Mech Bay in which to store said mech.

[topaz rivet]

We just need to borrow a hvtol for the mech

[cerulean coral]

i think you could coordinate with them, but the main issue is that we can't leave without picking you up

[royal sequoia]

we'll just become a permanent fixture

but then it defeats the purpose of the quick response force

[cerulean coral]

yeah

[royal sequoia]

also the amount of stuff we need on the PL is climbing by the minute x)

[cerulean coral]

so we need some way to easily pick you back up and move on

[topaz rivet]

I would still like to be ready to deploy to Ziyal if it’s still in play when we arrive

[cerulean coral]

PL?

[royal sequoia]

picket line

our battlecruiser

[cerulean coral]

ah

[topaz rivet]

Never cross the picket line!

[royal sequoia]

you don't cross the picket line

[turbid kernel]

If that's true then do we need infantry barracks to have infantry join the crew?

[royal sequoia]

that would make more sense to me

[vestal ice]

then we use the mech as a one hit. if we can't get the equipment to recover

[royal sequoia]

we're not leaving anyone behind

we'll figure out a way to bring you back up

[cerulean coral]

that sounds very expensive

[jagged mulch]

Nobody is getting left behind

[topaz rivet]

I think we still want to be logi?

[high pike]

Negative. Only units which have vehicles of some description need a bay to bring them along in a TF

[royal sequoia]

interesting

[cerulean coral]

isn't it just, we need one more HVTOL?

[royal sequoia]

okay new calculations for the PL: two hangar bay, one heavy drop pod, one normal drop pod, one vtol bay, one mech bay, one hmg, three soupply? + three free soupply

[cerulean coral]

soup?

[vestal ice]

it's not behind, its cya l8r

[vestal ice]

soup?

[jagged mulch]

Who doesn't need soupply?

[royal sequoia]

soupply

I love soupply

[vestal ice]

we delivering and "manufactoring" soup now?

[royal sequoia]

our cargo holds are entirely filled with soup

that's what we do

it's the soupply

[turbid kernel]

Okay, so with that we're good to bring over the ODT?

[high pike]

Worst case scenario if y'all can't get one of us HVTOLs to pick up your Light Mech, they could abandon it and just take a regular VTOL back to the orbitals with the ODTs

[tropic solar]

Leftover soup?

[wary creek]

hello, looks like yall are going space logi. what BGs are yall supporting currently?

[jagged mulch]

God knows

[royal sequoia]

I would say so....

[turbid kernel]

We haven't decided. If you're from a BG let us know which and what size

[royal sequoia]

we ain't supporting shit!

[high pike]

So the Picket Line would have 6 LS. Nice

[wary creek]

lol, got a spare LS for us Shovelers?

[high pike]

That would also mean -3 hits (9 --> 6)

[royal sequoia]

nah that's old

no longer the case

[cerulean coral]

weren't we deploying a smaller battlegroup?

[royal sequoia]

that was before we had to choose between LS and holding units

each cargo hold can do either or

[cerulean coral]

ah right

[royal sequoia]

also, we need one LS for each two turns we function

[cerulean coral]

so no more battlegroup?

[royal sequoia]

also also, we'll need to soupply the airbase our dear shovel friends will build with our precious soupply

[wary creek]

yeeeessssss, feeeeedddd uuuusssss

[high pike]

Ah, you're right. Haven't looked at orbital equipment since before sign-ups opened

[royal sequoia]

if we hold 9 soupply, and both the base and us need 2/turn to function, that's... 9 turns on functionning

[wintry pawn]

I hear you have drop pods?

[royal sequoia]

after that we're cooked

[royal sequoia]

we plan on having drop pods, yes

[alpine condor]

So are there any heavy drop pods for my chonky PA infantry boys?

[royal sequoia]

yup

actually, there are

[light crescent]

Here is my plan for the first few turns, tell me if I missed something.

1. Drop all droptroops
2. get the shoveleers to the ground (by HAT presumably)
3. Shovel builds an airfield
4. Our HATs land, pick up the droptroops, return to the orbis
5. Profit. Everyone is on board, we can go wherever

Right?

[royal sequoia]

surprisingly

[alpine condor]

Holy shit

[royal sequoia]

something like that yeah! except I'm not sure we can afford to actually carry the shovelers to the ground

[alpine condor]

The chonks might actually touch the ground this campaign

[royal sequoia]

since it'd cost us big time

[topaz rivet]

We don’t have a in-TF means to pick up the Mech

[vestal ice]

would it be an idea to have this in the spread sheet?

[light crescent]

I won't worry about LS to much

[alpine condor]

Otherwise we could try to snipe existing space ports

[royal sequoia]

actually

[cerulean coral]

can we resupply somewhere?

[royal sequoia]

nope

actually, if shovels build an airbase, we can pick up everyone with hats

[turbid kernel]

Nope, whatever LS we bring is for the whole campaign

[stuck mountain]

want me to get a bay then? 😛

[royal sequoia]

hello ferdy :p sadly, that's not the issue

[cerulean coral]

9 weeks of functioning

[topaz rivet]

Even the Mech? Nice.

In other news, I need to read the rules again

[cerulean coral]

lets go

[royal sequoia]

yeah hats are amazing, they just need an airbase to pick things up

they can even paradrop infantry or medics or engies!

so we can literally drop all of our force

[noble owl]

Flying shovels will get us an airfield in crossroads as soon as they can

[royal sequoia]

I'm sure we can help with that

[topaz rivet]

That assumes the Crossroads are in play.

[wintry pawn]

Sign me up.

[royal sequoia]

although I'd only drop our troops if there's a need

[light crescent]

Supply can go two ways: 1. we can get more LS somewhere, everything is fine.
2. we can't have more than 30ish LS for the entire game. In that case we are fucked, noone deploys, we go home.

[wintry pawn]

I'm cool running security detail until then.

[alpine condor]

Well i call dibs on a heavy drop pod

[turbid kernel]

Google sheet is in the pinned messages. Welcome aboard, Hell Jumper

[royal sequoia]

we have two heavy drop troops and one mech, it can drop two per turn. someone will have to wait a turn :p

[alpine condor]

Well, mechs are stinky anyways

[royal sequoia]

everyone, remember to sign up in the docs pinned in there 🙂

[turbid kernel]

Maybe the mech? They have the most movement and can catch up to the fight and the PAI can cover each other

[royal sequoia]

I think so too

[vestal ice]

crunch crunch crunch sorry i didn't hear you

[royal sequoia]

I wish I could have bought something bigger T-T we have so many people to carry and so many things to do now

[turbid kernel]

It's all good, we're all learning how the new stuff works together lol

[novel oak]

hi

Im here now I guess?

[jagged mulch]

Hello

[topaz rivet]

Huzzah!

[jagged pagoda]

Yes you are >:)

[turbid kernel]

Hello! What unit are you playing as?

[wintry pawn]

Ready to put boot to shiny metal ass here.

[noble owl]

Medic it looks like

[jagged mulch]

Ah, a fellow medic

[turbid kernel]

Nice! The new troopers will love that lol

[novel oak]

Im the other medic

sooooooo

guess we have support capacity now

[light crescent]

Commie Cat? Funny! That's what I was called in the academy!

[royal sequoia]

are we getting three medics in this task force?

what is this, a hospital?

[jagged mulch]

It is now

[jagged pagoda]

No, I want another engi :p

[royal sequoia]

are we the red cross now

[light crescent]

For legal reasons: no.

But yes

[jagged pagoda]

Logi being the hospital kinda makes sense XD

[light crescent]

Ok how many drop troops do we have now? Two power armour units, one light mech and...?

[novel oak]

^

[jagged pagoda]

3 ODTs in waiting, and one infantry unit.

[topaz rivet]

👋

[royal sequoia]

the infantry can drop normally with the hat

they need an upgrade to be dropped

[jagged pagoda]

Ah, fair.

[topaz rivet]

If by normally you mean jumping out of a perfectly good airplane

[turbid kernel]

1 confirmed ODT joined, waiting to hear from the two others

[novel oak]

how much firepower does a logistical force need?

[jagged pagoda]

Yes.

[royal sequoia]

no :p

[jagged pagoda]

We are following the USA's doctrine of logistics 🤣

[royal sequoia]

we're becoming less and less logistical

[light crescent]

Ok so 2 pa, 3 odt, 1 lMech fit in one HAT so we can get the medics down in whatever empty seats we find and get them up in our second HAT!

[royal sequoia]

wat

[cerulean coral]

water

[jagged pagoda]

All that fits in a HAT apparently.

[vestal ice]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-gif-13062150862685254762

I have a Lazer

[royal sequoia]

no

[jagged pagoda]

I have the tools to fix all the things :D

[royal sequoia]

all that doesn't fit in a hat in fact x)

[topaz rivet]

Join the marines they said, you get to sit around and watch the crew they said. No one ever gets boarded they said.

[light crescent]

5 inf and 2 vehicles is what it was last campaign

[royal sequoia]

not anymore!

now it's five slots

hats go downgraded

[jagged pagoda]

You are actually back to your cushy job behind the Picket Line :D

[royal sequoia]

sadly?

[jagged pagoda]

;-;

[royal sequoia]

my big beautiful bois are now smol

[light crescent]

Oh no!

Well good thing Im not a HAT anymore...

[topaz rivet]

But you can drop supplies right into the trucks

[alpine condor]

having flashbacks from the og campaign rn

[royal sequoia]

precision work

[light crescent]

Ok but that means 2pa, 3odt, 1lm, 1inf and 3medics fit in two HATs?

[alpine condor]

"Oh i'll stay on the flagship for a turn to deploy where i'm needed"

Then the endurance proceeds to get boarded

Que me never actually setting foot on the planet for the entire first campaign

[wintry pawn]

If I had known the drop pod equipment would be in such short supply I would not have spent all my money on the Jump packs.

[novel oak]

if we’re just starting out do we have money?

bc Im not seeing any

[sage perch]

I think I added myself to the sheet correctly

[cerulean coral]

1 money

[royal sequoia]

I think the light mech counts as a vehicle, so takes two slots

[cerulean coral]

to buy your starting equipment

[royal sequoia]

we'd be short one slot

but we have one grumpy marine who doesn't want to leave anyways :p

[alpine condor]

We really don't have a single fighter or bomber, lol

[cerulean coral]

we do

[vestal ice]

overrated

[cerulean coral]

we have a fighter and a bomber

Leveller and I

[light crescent]

Perfect! So everyone else can get home on the same turn!

[alpine condor]

I see the bomber on the list

[royal sequoia]

Looking great my cheesy friend! Thanks for joining the team

[sage perch]

Could someone check my work on adding myself and Varsson to the sheet

[cerulean coral]

we are stationed on simms ship. Leveller didn't get to adding himself yet

[royal sequoia]

just did, all good

[royal sequoia]

speaking of which @jolly crypt add yourself to the sheet once you have time 🙂

[novel oak]

I also dont think theres space on any ship for me

[royal sequoia]

there's plenty of space

[turbid kernel]

Btw, the HAT can carry 2 vehicles and up to 6 FS (so a single inf squad)

[novel oak]

so crew capacity isnt player capacity?

[royal sequoia]

yes!

[novel oak]

ah ok I see

[royal sequoia]

Okay, you guys are awesome, keep organising and having fun, I really have to log off

[turbid kernel]

Later Simm

[royal sequoia]

just remember not to overpromise anything, we ain't transporting noone! :p

have a good night

[jagged pagoda]

You too :D

[turbid kernel]

Night

[vestal ice]

ciao

[jagged mulch]

Goodnight to you Simm

[light crescent]

Night Simm!

[merry summit]

How goes it?

[cerulean coral]

it goes well

[merry summit]

Good to hear

[cerulean coral]

one of our main organisers has gone to sleep, so it's rather quietfor now

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, but feel free to ask questions. Our Taskforce is shaping quite nicely. Only thing I wish we had was a HVTOL

[jagged pagoda]

We don't have the ship space for that XD

We need to focus more on logi as it is

[merry summit]

What orbital slots do we have available for a HAT and should I pick up a Flight Deck or Cargo Bay?

[jagged mulch]

A HVTOL would be great, but god we've got such little space

[cerulean coral]

yeah, but the shovels should build us an airport for our HAT's

[jagged mulch]

I think we need two more flight decks

[cerulean coral]

didn't we need just one more?

[red brook]

What are you guys looking for recruitment wise at the moment so I can adjust the recruitment poster

[jagged pagoda]

We don't have enough space for another HAT so a flight deck. But we need more Cargo Bays for more LS.

[jagged pagoda]

Ships XD

[merry summit]

Either way I can deactivate to purchase one

[jagged mulch]

Wait

Yeah

1 more

I'm blind

[cerulean coral]

captains, i suppose more crew is always welcome, but we are rather full at the moment

[merry summit]

I am slightly concerned for Armco as a whole in terms of LS availability

[cerulean coral]

i mean, you could take another cargo bay then

[turbid kernel]

Aren't we getting a VTOL bay? I thought they hold 2?

[jagged mulch]

Are we getting a VTOL bay?

Idk anymore

[merry summit]

Vtol bays are about to be twice as good

[jagged pagoda]

We are too. We are the only logi group.

[jagged pagoda]

I think we're getting one.

[topaz rivet]

And we’ve gotten less logi as people arrived

[merry summit]

How much LS do we carry atm?

[jagged pagoda]

We haven't got less... Well sort of...

Kinda

[cerulean coral]

i will try decipher the sheet

[jagged pagoda]

Only juust

6

LS

Atm

[jagged mulch]

7

[jagged pagoda]

Oh yes, 7.

My bad XD

[royal sequoia]

We shouldn't need anyone to buy ship modules though, we have lots of crew coming in

[jagged mulch]

Smh Simm, I thought you were going to sleep

[cerulean coral]

yeah

[topaz rivet]

Need more captains

[royal sequoia]

And Perrin is one of our hats for which we definitely need a second hangar

[cerulean coral]

we were bumbling like idiots too much

[royal sequoia]

I'm asleep promise :p

[jagged mulch]

Hmmm.... Right...

[merry summit]

I’ve got an extra rec laying around so I don’t mind buying a cargo bay or flight deck. Depends on if we want an extra HAT around or more supply. Could even swap over to crew and get an extra of anything we need

[jagged pagoda]

I think for logi purposes we want the extra HAT, so flight deck.

[jagged mulch]

Yeah

[merry summit]

Kk

[jagged mulch]

Considering we have two HATs

[merry summit]

Also just so I’m clear we can pull small supply from orbitals to do supply drops right?

[cerulean coral]

As simm just said, out current limiter is not amount of modules, but space to put those modules in the ships we have, so i dont think you need to spend that on anything

[turbid kernel]

I believe so. But the typical chain will be getting medium supplies to air bases and FOBs

[merry summit]

Idk why I had it in my head that aero needed to bring their own bags to deploy if they also acted as crew. Makes sense that they could just use one supplied by someone else

[jagged mulch]

Well we currently have 7 modules that can fit in the picket line I think

[novel oak]

didnt we just get a new ship from someone?

[merry summit]

Got 3 atm I believe

[jagged mulch]

It's a freighter, it doesn't exactly have much space

[jagged pagoda]

It's already full of modules

[turbid kernel]

A light freighter from Cheese yeah, not a lot of customization. Mainly gonna do fire support I think

[novel oak]

freighter>not much space

[novel oak]

that makes sense

[jagged pagoda]

For modules**

[cerulean coral]

Sorry, you have 3 what exactly?

[novel oak]

if I were to buy a ship(I cant afford one yet) what would give me a bunch of space?

[turbid kernel]

3 orbitals

[merry summit]

Orbitals in here

[jagged pagoda]

The bigger the ship, the more space for modules. Battleships give 14, battlecruisers give 10...

[cerulean coral]

A Destroyer would give you 4 slots, but you would need crew to crew it and supply those slots

[novel oak]

do I buy crew orrrrr?

[cerulean coral]

Ah fair, yeah that checks out

[jagged pagoda]

Players are your crew.

[cerulean coral]

No, crew is other players

[jagged pagoda]

You are currently crew.

[novel oak]

this is a fricking pyramid scheme

[cerulean coral]

You can choose the crew class to get 2 points to spend on hull upgrades

[jagged pagoda]

Technically, one crew member could go straight from crew member to captain of a freighter.

Without anything extra

[cerulean coral]

You would need 2 point though

[merry summit]

Didn’t really look at orbital costs til now. They’re surprisingly cheaper than I expected

[cerulean coral]

The upgrade to captain costs 2

[jagged pagoda]

Because it takes the two reqs you gain from being a crew member to refit into a captain, BUT you get a freighter with the package.

For free

So we could spam freighters.

[cerulean coral]

No, you don't gain 2 reqs as crew

[jagged pagoda]

Yes you do... ?

[cerulean coral]

You can take the equivalent of 2 reqs of upgrades with you

[jagged pagoda]

Ahhhh

[cerulean coral]

But you don't actually get those 2 to spend

[jagged pagoda]

Damn, shame...

[merry summit]

No crew does not upgrade to captain for free if you don’t take the free upgrades. There was a bug in the bot that made you go into debt by doing that

[turbid kernel]

No you get to choose two free upgrades that equals 2 RP

[jagged pagoda]

Okay, I misread

[merry summit]

I wish it was like that rn tbh lol

Coulda had my own freighter 😂

[jagged pagoda]

Agreed

[stuck mountain]

i thought that when i picked lol

although if i can use the crew for something else i may as well keep for now

[jagged pagoda]

You can always swap to something else, if your heart so desires :p

[merry summit]

So currently there’s 5 cs available on picket line and that’s pretty much it

[stuck mountain]

cs?

[turbid kernel]

Customization Slots

[merry summit]

On the sheet we have 5 slots available to customize

[turbid kernel]

The Captain still hasn't chosen their upgrades I believe so keep in mind that 2 may still get taken up.

[merry summit]

Fair enough. So 3 slots available

[jagged mulch]

Still 5 because the captain's ones are marked down as taken, even if they haven't been chosen

[turbid kernel]

No my bad, he's already marked his two. He just hasn't chosen what they are. 5 CS should be free

[merry summit]

The drop pods are an interesting choice for this TF tbh

[cerulean coral]

And I think we have a few crew that haven't registered yet

So I think we have enough free crew to fill those remaining 5 slots

[jagged mulch]

Well, we certainly have changed quite a bit from just focusing on logistics

We have 2 PAI I think, a mech and some ODT

[turbid kernel]

We still are lol, lots of LS but we have some hurt we can put on the ground too lol

[jagged mulch]

Yep

[merry summit]

ODT to clear out early LZs?

[jagged mulch]

We have quite a bit of logistics, though we're more than just logistics now

[turbid kernel]

2 PAI, 1-3 ODT, 1 infantry, 3 Medics, 2 HATs, 1 Light Mech, 1 Bomber, and 1 VTOL

[jagged mulch]

3 medics? I only see 2

[merry summit]

Next campaign I’m torn between picking up an orbital or going heavy gunship

[turbid kernel]

I thought Simm said 3 earlier. Might be wrong though

[jagged pagoda]

He joked that we'd have 3 medics soon

We only have 2

[jagged mulch]

I think the third medic was a lost medic from one of the BGs

[turbid kernel]

Up to you, I can see the draw either way. Any group would love a Gunship but I know I'm aiming for Orbital after this

[merry summit]

Honestly orbital is pulling stronger rn just cuz there’s a ton of flexibility there and we’re kinda hurting for all kinds of logistics. Backline supply and contested LZs especially

[jagged mulch]

Next campaign I'll probably just continue being a medic

[merry summit]

Never hurts to be a healer

[jagged pagoda]

I'll upgrade my engineer to a field engineer

[merry summit]

Airfield construction looks like it’s going to be a massive help

[jagged mulch]

I'll probably go medical corps, seems rather fun

[turbid kernel]

You all are welcome aboard my orbital next campaign lol. Planning on a battleship

[jagged pagoda]

My thoughts exactly

[merry summit]

One gun and a bunch of flight decks and LS? 👀

[novel oak]

perfect I’ll look into rotating into the ship business

[novel oak]

carrier time

[turbid kernel]

I already got the flight deck and Cargo Bay!

[stuck mountain]

• 1 orbital crew, not fixed tho

[light crescent]

Wait we have a VTOL? And you forgot the fighter

[jagged mulch]

Ah right, can't forget that we're gonna get leveller as a fighter

[jagged pagoda]

We have two VTOLs

[jagged mulch]

We do?

[jagged pagoda]

One VTOL bay gives two of them

[jagged mulch]

Whose gonna pilot them?

[jagged pagoda]

No idea

[light crescent]

No a bay has SPACE for two!

They don't come with it!

[jagged pagoda]

Ah

Close enough XD

[stuck mountain]

ill prob swap though as very unsure what orbital can do 😄

[merry summit]

I mean I could also swap to vtol and pick up the HVTOL refit if necessary

So glad HVTOL is cheap

[jagged pagoda]

VTOL

Become a VTOL pilot

[iron imp]

Hey tried a couple of days ago to join TF1, they were however full. Is it ok if I jump on here? (Bomber)

[jagged pagoda]

If that's a thing

[jagged pagoda]

😬 No idea 😅

[merry summit]

Not sure if we have space for aero assets as it is. unfortunately our orbitals are small

[jagged mulch]

Not sure, we'd have to talk about adding in a 5th flight deck

Yeah

[sage perch]

someone please deactivate a unit for me

[merry summit]

Gotcha

[iron imp]

I just noticed you guys had some free flight decks :p

[twin widget]

It would be great if we could magic up VTOLs whenever we needed them.

[sage perch]

wrong chat, meant to send that in comms

[merry summit]

Works with callsign now

[sage perch]

Ty

[merry summit]

Now to buy stuff while I’m deactivated lol

Got me a flight deck

[jagged pagoda]

We technically don't 😅
We're waiting for those that are filling them to get around to filling them

[merry summit]

Will I use it this campaign? Who knows lol

[iron imp]

fair enough

I'll look around some more

[jagged mulch]

Well, we do need an extra flight deck since we're currently one flight deck down

[merry summit]

now to try consolidating data from the TF/BG sheets to see where we're at in terms of LS and such

should I add my deck to picket line or wait til the captain comes back to ask

[jagged mulch]

I think just add it to the picket line, since we know we're gonna need it anyway

Well, I should be going now, goodnight to you all, see you in the morning

[fast cobalt]

so i heard you have some drop bays here?

[sturdy dew]

idem, we are from stormblessed. we can switch if you have space

[iron imp]

You guys want some orbital crew?

[turbid kernel]

Yes, and yes. ODT go ahead and sign on to the google doc and add your names to the Picket Line

[turbid kernel]

Hell yeah, what upgrades were you thinking?

[iron imp]

armory and something else

[turbid kernel]

Okay, you may want to wait until the ship captains ( @light crescent, @sage perch & @royal sequoia ) they may be able to giude you on what they may need for the other upgrade. But for now Armory does sound awesome! We also can do with more Cargo Bays as a Logi fleet but each ship might have an idea

[iron imp]

👍 I'll wait

[turbid kernel]

Feel free to add your name to the google sheet for now though and welcome aboard!

[sturdy dew]

im not actually sure where i should be signed in the Picket box, is that only for the crew?

[sage perch]

I don't need any more CS, but I do need marines

[turbid kernel]

We have Noblehunter, an infantry squad. They may be open to the idea?

[tired patio]

Hey Hey! So hows Atlas doing?

[turbid kernel]

Captain on Deck!

[merry summit]

Want more orbitals lol

But honestly looking pretty good

[turbid kernel]

We're doing good, having to make some tough calls for the sake of the supply chain but we're building a fleet that can keep our ground units supplied and throw some hurt on the ground if need be

[merry summit]

How’s your day been going?

[novel oak]

@royal sequoia hear me out, medbay

I dont wanna take up space we need though

[sturdy dew]

having 3 units of ODTs, does this mean we need 2 drop pod upgrades to deploy them all? or the DC 2 is per turn? 🤔

[turbid kernel]

Per turn

[sturdy dew]

so it will be great if we could get another ODT and another PAI

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, it would make the most of that 2nd wave. Or a 2nd light mech lol

[atomic comet]

For stuff like that though, do we want those in the taskforce or just in a BG we partner with?

[turbid kernel]

In the Task Force, otherwise they eat up our LS

[sturdy dew]

oh right the light mech can also drop with the heavy ones i forgot

[pliant fjord]

Welcome to the Heavy Marines!

Agree that PA should go first since Mech can catch up fast

or just send Mech with HATs

[plain dew]

Hello, I am a fighter, but curious what your guys plans are. I need a home to operate out of, and with the way the BG are setup, its a bit difficult for me to join a BG that isnt planning to stick to airfields... so having a hanger to call my own would be nice.

[sly pelican]

I’m looking to join a task force, what’s this one about?

[turbid kernel]

Hello! We have a lot of Flight decks already. I recommend just sitting and waiting until we hear back from captains @royal sequoia and @light crescent . They may be able to squeeze an extra flight deck but I'm not 100%

[sly pelican]

oh ok cool!

[turbid kernel]

Hey Egg, we're a logistics fleet with some drop troop capabilities. I believe we're planning on a VTOL bay upgrade and we definitely would love the more ability to pick up our guys after the drop!

[sly pelican]

Sounds good, i’ll think about it

[tiny whale]

Hey guys, I’m a new player with a HAT looking to hunker up somewhere - would this be a place or elsewhere?

[turbid kernel]

Hello @tiny whale ! You're in a similar as Reaper here. We have a few flight decks but we'll have to work with the Captains to see if we could squeeze another Flight Deck

[tiny whale]

Ah silly me not reading literally 3 messages up, haha - no worries I appreciate the response and I’ll sit tight!

[novel oak]

we’re a logistic force(technically)

but we have firepower

and we wont say no to a little more

[plain dew]

gimmie a hollar if you need a fighter to fill that deck.

[red brook]

According to yall's sheet you have 2 open flight bays, just fyi

[turbid kernel]

Yep! I know the HATs would love a fighter but I can't make that call by myself

[merry summit]

Idk if I did I right in the sheet by I brought a deck and plan on filling it out as well

[turbid kernel]

It's because a few pilots didn't fill the sheet. I'll double check though

[red brook]

I only see 2 HAT pilots on your sheet and 4 flight bays

(not trying to overstep, just trying to help)

[merry summit]

Ik we also have a bomber but idk if they’re planning on deploying

[turbid kernel]

Naw you're good Okay, Failhouse didn't sign up on the ship side. so we should have one spot open then

@atomic comet Make sure you sign up on the Crewing tab on the google doc

[red brook]

With mini having a possible additional VTOL bay would mean both could be here with yall

[turbid kernel]

Hey looks like we have an open flight deck if you're still interested. @red brook Egg joined Storm Blessed but if we can swing One more Flight Deck we can get one more HAT

[plain dew]

sure which ship is that?

[turbid kernel]

Your choice between the Battle Cruiser Picket Line or the Destroyer Triple S

[plain dew]

which captain has the better booze?

[merry summit]

My company supplies themselves with the bug free stuff. Premium upgrade ik

[turbid kernel]

lmao a true salty dog, huh? I've not sailed with either so I don't know but there a Hat in Picket and a Bomber in Triple S. Choose who you want to protect I guess lol

[plain dew]

sold to the man with the premium stock. @light crescent just to confirm with you, is it cool if i join your ship as a fighter?

[merry summit]

Oh I’m not the captain. Just a transport guy

[turbid kernel]

Welcome aboard! I feel safer already!

[plain dew]

yea, but your the transport guy on the ship to mooch off of

wait until after this job, when im flush with RQ, ill treat you back

[turbid kernel]

@atomic comet Nevermind, I added you to Triple S on the sheet

[atomic comet]

Thanks. I am still wrapping my head around the deployment management side of all this. Logistics definitely has the steepest up front learning curve in this game

[iron imp]

So, my crew has been equipped with armory and damage control team, anyone who wants it?

[pliant fjord]

Feel free to ask questions here! We've got a few veterans

[novel oak]

looks at my decision to start at logistics
eh I like a good challenge

(is cursing allowed here)

[atomic comet]

I vote yes. lol

[novel oak]

(I dont remember seeing it in the rules but tbh I largely skimmed them)

[atomic comet]

don't think I saw anything behavioral like that, but maybe I also skimmed?

[twin widget]

2. Don't be a jerk
   And
3. No obscene content

[novel oak]

I’ll take that as a no unless staff says otherwise

[river vector]

Hey guys just wanted to check what your supply looks like now and if anything has changed since I last checked in? I’m redoing my LS math now that we have had more orbitals

[midnight lotus]

hello i am also here to see if you have any pre-starport securement plans rn?

for my mapping endeavors

[novel oak]

I dont see us on the map

but that might be me not fully understanding how to read the map

[turbid kernel]

Hey, I believe the intent is to help secure Elim along with TF 1 and BG Storm Blessed

[royal sequoia]

Did I see... more fighters and hats wanting to join? x)

[turbid kernel]

Thank god you're here! Yeah we got a fighter and another HAT was interested in joining but we need another Flight deck for them I believe

We also have a new crewman who has armory and Damage control upgrades

Also, what's the current LS situation as well?

[royal sequoia]

we have 7 for now

[river vector]

Is that committed to anything?

[royal sequoia]

nope

well

us and the airfield shovels are building probably

that's 7 turns of soupply

[river vector]

So ground supply?

[royal sequoia]

yup

[river vector]

14 since it turns the base on for two turns

[royal sequoia]

but apparently a taskforce consumes one supply every two turns too

[river vector]

That’s great that makes our decision a lot easier

Only if you want it to

Victorum we have to do it to reload our guns

[royal sequoia]

What happens if we don't spend the large supply for ourselves?

[river vector]

Then you’re not in supply people couldn’t take small supply from your hangers

And you couldn’t reload your guns

[turbid kernel]

Luckily we only have two guns currently. Most of our force projection comes from drop troops

[royal sequoia]

hmm that is good to know

we can hold off on spending this supply until we have a need for it

one thing I was thinking about for resupplying purposes was hats pulling medium soupply from our bays to refill any fobs that need it

[turbid kernel]

Agreed, our primary role is supplying the FOBs and Airfields

Also, do we think we can swing another Flight Deck for that HAT?

[royal sequoia]

and dropping death and destruction on the group lol

[turbid kernel]

True, lightning strike from the sky lol

[royal sequoia]

So for now we have one figther, one bomber, and 2 hats?

and one other hat wanted to join?

I know we also have one other fighter who'd like to join

[turbid kernel]

Correct

[royal sequoia]

mkay

so two more flight decks

[turbid kernel]

Are we eating in to our planned LS though?

[royal sequoia]

we have 6 free modules: 2 flight decks, one orbital drop pods, one vtol bay, one mech bay, that leaves one extra cargo space T-T

we should find ourselves a second light mech to fill up that potential mech bay

[turbid kernel]

We need the mech bay, but no VTOL has signed on yet.

[royal sequoia]

vtol is our only way to get our mechs back though

or airfield and hat

actually that's not mech specific, we have the issue for all our infantry

[turbid kernel]

So, should we start targeting VTOL units for recruitment?

[royal sequoia]

or we don't vtol bay, and stick to areas with airbases

that's not the worst idea actually

[turbid kernel]

So we leave it as tentative. If a VTOL joins we get a bay if not then we get more Cargo

[royal sequoia]

yeah sounds good I think

there's no need to recruit anyone else

[signal stream]

Reading over the rules doc we don’t use 1 supply every 2 rounds, we can if we want to get a benefit.
“Using 1 Large Supply in an Orbital Taskforce marks the taskforce as “Supplied” for 2 rounds. When “Supplied” taskforce / HQ has the following effect.

• Logistical Units can Pull Small / Medium Supply
• Units can reload / rearm / repair from appropriate bays. (Mechs from Mech Bay, Aerospace from hangers..ect)
• Onboard orbital weapons can be reloaded.

[royal sequoia]

except for a light mech x)

[royal sequoia]

thank you! I still can't find it x) in which docs is this?

[signal stream]

Core Rules - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ccgnjyKU8Y0yzMTIAwMoYMQpPqsFvNLNIV3K3Rz-cBE/edit?tab=t.0
Under Cargo Supply by Size - "Supply Flow"

[turbid kernel]

Alright, I'll put out a call for LM and VTOL

[royal sequoia]

thanks! got it!

[signal stream]

Yeah all good, i'm still figuring out all the rules for this logistics stuff.

[royal sequoia]

I think we all are x)

but I think 7 or 8 turns of resoupplying should be enough

If my memory serves right, a game never lasted longer than 8 turns actually

[turbid kernel]

Hey if ODT and PAI want to join, is that fine? Wanted double check before putting the call out

[pliant fjord]

We also don't need to use LS on turn 1

[plain dew]

Hello, im your friendly fighter friend 👋

[royal sequoia]

yeah that is very true actually

[pliant fjord]

Any trucks/units who want to start the game supplied with as much supply/ammo as they want/able to be carrying

[royal sequoia]

good morning 🙂

[plain dew]

Do we get to join the first wave into the city with BG 3 and friends?

[royal sequoia]

actually, we absolutely haven't decided where we're going 😂

[signal stream]

We could burn 1 LS to boost our Taskforce speed by 1 for a turn, if we needed to get somewhere quickly (Source Cargo Bay equipment info)

[royal sequoia]

but we could either support the assault on the city or try to clear up the crossroads for quick airfield construction

[pliant fjord]

It does seem like LS is gonna be a hugely limiting factor

[turbid kernel]

We have enough base speed to get to Elim. I think we should help in the assault. Our troop can help a lot

[royal sequoia]

as long as we don't have vtols, our operations will be limited to zones with airports

[plain dew]

Fighters/bombers can rearm by flying up into high orbit

so we wouldnt need an airfield to rearm

[royal sequoia]

Indeed. But we'll need it to pick up our odts

[plain dew]

oh for redeployment

gotcha

[royal sequoia]

which we have a surprising amount of for a supply fleet

[turbid kernel]

We wouldn't be able to get to Crossroads until round 2 unless we burn LS

[pliant fjord]

PA/Mechs can deploy on a battle line while HATs deliver engis/medics/support to rear. Engis build Airfield, all units pull back to reup and repeat somewhere else.

Ideally, we'd spend no longer than the duration it takes to build the airfield

[royal sequoia]

exactly! that'd be the awesome thing

[turbid kernel]

Do we have an engineer capable of building an air field?

[royal sequoia]

there's one limitation though x) there's only one engie that can build airfields in the entire game

[plain dew]

the flying shovels have one, and they do plan to build an airfield at crossroads first

last i checked, they have 6 in their BG

[royal sequoia]

they will only build one at crossroads

airfields are massive

[turbid kernel]

We'll burn LS to ferry the shovels though

[royal sequoia]

even with 6 engies, it'll take them two turns to build

[plain dew]

rabbit has a few engineers too, if you pool all the resources, could be done in 1 turn. Need 8 total to do it in 1 go.

[royal sequoia]

we have one engie

[plain dew]

rabbit has one and wants to go to the airfield

at least one... they might have 4 actually 😂

they all mechs/LV, so they dont need medics much

[royal sequoia]

I guess that's a turn one build possibility

[pliant fjord]

Hell, maybe we should burn the LS to get there. And suggest the scouts check out that location

[turbid kernel]

Please remember we lose an LS for every 5 units of a BG that we ferry

[plain dew]

the problem is right now TF 3 doesnt have enough people to qualify as a TF

[royal sequoia]

I think shovels can actually carry themselves

[plain dew]

so right now, rabbit is stuck waiting for the NPC frieghts

[royal sequoia]

they can start all loaded up in planes

[royal sequoia]

ok that sucks. do we have any way to help?

[plain dew]

not if your trying to maintain the LS

[turbid kernel]

How? They don't have any orbitals. Do they have enough HATs and VTOLs

[plain dew]

rabbit has like... 38 people

back when i was with them, we were talking about splitting the BG into 2 separate battle groups.

[royal sequoia]

they have enough hats

[plain dew]

TF 3 right now can deploy 10 units, 6 at a time.

[pliant fjord]

Are we carrying Shovels?

[plain dew]

and thats an issue, because a BG requires 15 members 😂

so TF3 needs another ship before they can move forward

[royal sequoia]

if the situation is really dire, I could join them I guess :/ but I don't want to leave here

[signal stream]

Or they could join us and we merge taskforces?

[royal sequoia]

that's also an option

but they want to go explore space

[plain dew]

if you leave here, then TF2 wont have enough to be a TF 😂

[royal sequoia]

that's ok I didn't want to leave anyways

[plain dew]

thats the issue right now... we need LITERALLY any ship to make 3 TF work 🤣

well... the other issue is Tabby wants to go fast... so she only wants speed 3 😂 but if their TF fails to get members, im assuming they will just join here. If they join here, that makes deploying rabbit viable, but it shoots your LS in the foot.

[royal sequoia]

I think soupplying our ground forces is more vital than going to explore space, even though I am worried that we're leaving everything else in the system unsupervised

if rabbit actually splits up, it could be reasonable to carry like 20 of them

with the extra ls from fluffle

right now we're also strapped for ls

[runic dew]

I haven't looked since the message I'm linking 😅 How's this task force doing?

[royal sequoia]

expanding rapidly past what our ships can do! x)

[jagged mulch]

And a fighter

[royal sequoia]

good morning vivian 🙂

[plain dew]

Right now, they will stay together since they cant get enough together for the TF, but yea, if they split, it will be w.e they can fit to make a T1 deployment to help with the assault on the city, and then the rest is with the NPCs to follow up.

[runic dew]

It wouldn't be Armco if that didn't happen 😆

[pliant fjord]

Am checking in with Shovels, they're still planning to hit the crossroads for the airfield

[royal sequoia]

Actually are you the hero that made the bot flowchart? In which case thank you very much, it helped bring so many people up to speed

[runic dew]

:D Good to see that helped.

[pliant fjord]

How is Shovels deploying? can they deploy on HATs from NPC ships?

[royal sequoia]

I think a taskforce that's self carried in hats or vtols can deploy as they want

without needing npcs

don't ask me how that works x)

[runic dew]

VTOLs.

[plain dew]

yes, this is correct

[runic dew]

On a technicality if you get enough VTOLs, deployment is possible.

[royal sequoia]

like, are vtols and hats ftl capable?

[plain dew]

its because all flyers have Aerospace, which is allowed to fly thru space.

[runic dew]

Yes. ish

[royal sequoia]

ah

[runic dew]

They can fly from the gate to the planet. SHack confirmed that.

[pliant fjord]

thank jeebus, I'm glad we don't have to carry BGs around

[plain dew]

The issue is just.... they dont have the protection orbitals have when making land fall.

[supple lotus]

would you rather: full length nitro discord message explaining S.A.M. in the pins, or one easily repostable image
-# (very helpful thank you)

[runic dew]

😆

[pliant fjord]

if we want to try to recruit a second engineer, Shovels has 6 on roster, so we could theoretically complete the airfield in 1 turn together

[royal sequoia]

that'd be cool

[plain dew]

If rabbit splits, you can try stealing one of theirs

[runic dew]

It's probably easier to land with VTOLs than with orbitals. At least arty can't hit VTOLs. The main problem is space. If they find an enemy orbital...

[plain dew]

or if you do deploy some of rabbit, ill work to have 1 eng included

[royal sequoia]

in my opinion, shovels going it alone in crossroads is a lot more dangerous than a full combat battlegroup (blessed) dropping on a probably unoccupied city

[spring rover]

another ATLAS :P

[plain dew]

I thought they were going to stop at the city first, then go to the crossroads with the others.

[runic dew]

Wasn't Icarus the one that we deemed was suicidal in V3 but ended up with some of the least losses? Watch history repeat itself XD

[jagged mulch]

Good morning!

[spring rover]

well we have no thunderstruck so we should be okay

[royal sequoia]

naming your op after a storm is bad omen apparently x)

[spring rover]

or naming your landing points after sci-fi slaughters/tragedies; "point rain"

[plain dew]

also @royal sequoia by my count you are correct, Shovels can full deploy by themselves.

[supple lotus]

"this will never work out well, everyone is going to die" - 1 KIA - Task failed sucessfully?

[runic dew]

Yeah exactly, I now expect shovels to be a repeat.

[jagged mulch]

Full length nitro discord message :p

[supple lotus]

#meta-comm message, read away

[supple lotus]

Hopefully, we need the airfield capability they bring, and just generally their fortification power

[jagged mulch]

And I've finally read everything that happened, I was originally under the impression that not much happened since discord told me that there were only 12 new messages 😅

[jagged mulch]

I already have actually

[cloud jackal]

We are plan and set up in Crossroads with a air base (guy from flying shovel)

[royal sequoia]

If someone has the time and patience, could you find me the message with the third hat that wanted to join us?

[royal sequoia]

Are you planning to land there directly, or are you going through the city first?

[jagged mulch]

Alright

[supple lotus]

Do you know about when they asked to join (a day's worth of range would be nice)

[runic dew]

This one? #1382037040438181950 message

[jagged mulch]

.

[cloud jackal]

No idea yet we still waiting on more intel before we jump in

[royal sequoia]

Okay! thanks for the info

[royal sequoia]

thanks a lot 🙂

[jagged mulch]

No problem

[royal sequoia]

Ok, then I would say, without vtols, with the third hat, we could recruit one more mech and odt, for two full drop waves of our drop pods, and then being able to pick them all up in one fell swoop

with vtols, well, it's a mess anyways since it'd take even two vtols forever to bring everyone backup

so my opinion is, forego the vtols, save the vtol bay and take something else instead

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, sounds good

[novel oak]

what does hat stand for?

I assume its an acronym

[plain dew]

Heavy Air Transport

[jagged mulch]

So we'd need two more flights decks it seems as now we have two fighters

[royal sequoia]

Is that ok with everyone if we designate @pliant fjord as our TACCOM? It's a thankless task, he has to spend forever taking in our stupidly written orders to make a map representing them, so that shack may then work with it and process all orders easier

[plain dew]

(i was looking at them myself, i did not respect the cargo slots they pull, muh gawd)

[royal sequoia]

with @atomic comet as a second TACCOM, I think he also offered 🙂

and two taccoms seems to make sense

[novel oak]

ah ok

[pliant fjord]

If nothing else, I'm really good at looking at a checklist and pestering people that they're supposed to do things

[runic dew]

How does this work? How do you tac com a vessel with no interior? Just submit a list of actions?

[pliant fjord]

We'll have ground forces in play

[atomic comet]

And I'm good at learning and copy pasting pictures

[pliant fjord]

and the TF crews will also need to submit orders

[plain dew]

If you want to make the experience even more fun, Id love to learn how to taccom 😬 ill bug you extra hard and ask lots of questions.

[royal sequoia]

I'd have loved to do it, but somehow I feel like I'll already be busy

[pliant fjord]

sometimes that order will be "I stand in line for the Orbital Drop Pods"

[atomic comet]

I just want to be as in the meat of it cuz I can be, so that I can figure out how all this works and do my own stuff with it down the road. Plus it would be nice to be able to help out like you guys when the next campaign rolls around

[novel oak]

TACCOM sounds fun

might try learning it if yall arent too busy

(gotta learn the system first though)

[pliant fjord]

I'll make us a group chat so we can coordinate as needed

[royal sequoia]

And regarding our friend @tiny whale apologies for the ping, but I think we'd be very glad to have you on board 🙂 just need to clear it with our battlecruiser owner to get you a flight deck 🙂 which should be doable

[atomic comet]

Feel like the process will end up being pretty open, since everyone will be submitting things to the taccomms we will all learn

[royal sequoia]

hopefully yeah

[tiny whale]

Haha thank you I just popped my head in and reading the chat - it’s my pleasure to join y’all - I’ll keep sitting tight

[royal sequoia]

very nice then that's all settled

I can go be actually productive today x)

although, important note, I would say that if someone else really wanted to be taccom, or really hates someone being taccom for some reason, it's perfectly ok to mention it too. I'm sure we can work something out

[atomic comet]

Seconded. we are quite a few more than we were a few days ago

[turbid kernel]

Okay, so catching up. Shovels should be able to arrive early and fly themselves to the cross roads since they have enough HATs?

[royal sequoia]

but that will depend on the intel

so they're not confirming anything yet

if we figure out all of the bots are the crossroads x)

[turbid kernel]

Gotcha okay, I understand now

[royal sequoia]

Ho god, I just realised we have 4 crew and space for only two of them T-T

well we have for unlimited crew, but the fun of crew is bringing in your own modules, and we only have 4 module slots still

[novel oak]

I dont mind not bringing a module

gives me more time to plan

[royal sequoia]

Don't worry, medics can't bring one 🙂 It's only something crew or players who played previous campaigns can do

[atomic comet]

Yeah we got a big influx of crew today I think

[merry summit]

If only I’d had 3+ rec to spend for this campaign

[red brook]

technically they can if they buy med bay upgrade

[merry summit]

How many modules are there that are multi-crew friendly? Flight decks are good for 2 crew sorta (assuming the aero is also crew)

[red brook]

guns, since they need to be reloaded

[turbid kernel]

Anything that adds a "Primary action". For example, flight decks allow repair of Aerospace units. Guns can fire, med bay heals, sensors scan targets. I believe there's some base primary actions too but not 100%

[royal sequoia]

oh I would love some sensors

[merry summit]

Med bay and sensors can be used multiple times a round?

[turbid kernel]

If you have multiple sensors I think but not 100% on that either

[merry summit]

Oh if u have multiple then yes you can do that. Almost 99% sure on that

[plain dew]

i personally like the minefield

it just cost so much supply

but it can stop a flanking fleet

[royal sequoia]

Does someone know how much pay should have been handed out each campaign? Maybe I'm coping, but I've been on every campaign except the first one, and got 4 requisition in total, maybe something was forgotten? Or is it the expect number, and it's only this campaign that has amazing pay?

[plain dew]

yea this one max payout is 5

Capt said "this is the most we been paid yet" in the intro blurb

[turbid kernel]

Oh yeah, this pay is big. Most likely to get people in orbitals quickly. As for if you should have more, idk unfortunately. Some people had really high RP. You might need to check with Cheese or Dres

[plain dew]

wait you been in every campaign and only gotten 4 in total? Did you lose units?

[royal sequoia]

Nah, never died. Always played engies chilling in the back

And never spent anything due to indecision X)

[plain dew]

you are for sure missing some then... especially if you did any of the smaller campaigns.

[royal sequoia]

I almost died on Lussan. One hpninit

Nah didn't get in the smaller campaigns sadly

But all the shack dmed ones yes

[jagged mulch]

Fair enough

[merry summit]

@royal sequoia how much of the mini missions or orbital test did u do?

[royal sequoia]

None. Only the big ones I took part in.

And I also didn't play in the first big one

[merry summit]

You should have 4 rec plus the one rec Sam gives by default to purchase a unit I believe

[royal sequoia]

Ok so it all makes sense

[merry summit]

Whatcha eyin this time round?

[royal sequoia]

Thanks for checking 🙂

I already spent it all on that destroyer

It's all very expensive stuff

[merry summit]

Quite expensive indeed

[cerulean coral]

yeah same here, i want to also go orbital next campaign

[jagged mulch]

I should probably do something a bit more productive with my day rather than looking at these spreadsheets for hours

[royal sequoia]

Same 😆

If everyone goes orbital next campaign, maybe I'll go back to playing engies. Or whatever is really needed at the time. It's fun to fill in the gaps

[cerulean coral]

they certainly are

aswell as a fighter that hasn't singed on the sheet yet

[light crescent]

@rulesKnowers is there a way to store aerospace units other than flight decks?

I would be ok if it took us two rounds to deploy everyone if that means we can bring more planes

[turbid kernel]

I know I'm getting a battleship if I survive. If not, then a Battlecruiser lol

[royal sequoia]

Nope. I looked. Cargo bays are specifically not meant for that.

[jagged mulch]

I was considering it, but I'll probably end up going with medical corps + field hospital

[cerulean coral]

i mean, @royal sequoia, if you upgrade to a bigger ship, i would also not mind staying with you and just buying and upgrading more bombers

and i'll instead become your bomber wing

for next campaign if we succeed of-course

so from what i gathered, i need to pester @jolly crypt into registering on the sheet still, and we have lemonaiden as a third hat to add to the sheet, and then we will have all of our flying units accounted for?

I would also like to request a minor, more like RP think than anything else really. But would you, @atomic comet, mind switching over too a flightdeck mini's battlecruiser once that's avaliabe, so Leveller and I can be on the same ship?

[jagged mulch]

And as for what we use the rest of our space for, what we need is two more flights decks, a mech bay, drop pods and then the last two is just cargo I imagine

[ember python]

i hear yall looking for a mech?

[jagged mulch]

If two mechs can fit in a mech bay, then sure

They can fit two so welcome aboard I suppose

Had any luck with making your own btw? If not I could always give it a go

[stuck mountain]

Happy to swap to one of these

[jagged mulch]

Well we just got another light mech I think, and we've abandoned the VTOL idea in favour of more HAT

So what we'd need is one more HAT

[light crescent]

We don’t need anything!

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, that is true

[jolly crypt]

yeah im reading through simms tutorial rn

[royal sequoia]

Play what you want, remember! That's the most important part 🙂

[royal sequoia]

Yup! If you're happy being dropped from heavy drop pods :p

[jagged mulch]

Indeed

[royal sequoia]

We already have our third hat too, so there's no need of more hats atm

[jagged mulch]

Ah right

I forgot about them

[royal sequoia]

What we're strapped on is flight decks X)

[jagged mulch]

Whoops

[jagged mulch]

Yeah

We need two more of those

[turbid kernel]

Have a good night everyone. See you all in the morning

[jagged mulch]

Goodnight!

[royal sequoia]

Nighty night rocky 🙂

[jagged mulch]

But what about a fourth and fifth HAT :p

Anyway, seen as I have nothing productive to do, back to staring at spreadsheets

[royal sequoia]

Well, my current worry is that we have 4 available crew but only use for two of them.

Ferdy, Cantaloupe, Shmo, Legoman

[jagged mulch]

Yeah...

[royal sequoia]

I'm asking Rabbit if they still need people

[cerulean coral]

Or can we make 2 of those into engineers and then recruit some more engis and then build our own airports

[royal sequoia]

Nope, that costs extra requisition

I like the mindset though

[jagged mulch]

We clearly need artillery and then we add a massive fucking gun onto our battlecruiser

[royal sequoia]

Also important, you don't make people do stuff, it's likely that they want to play crew if they picked crew

[jagged mulch]

Yeah

[royal sequoia]

Supplying firepower :p

[signal stream]

I have a potential fix to the crew issue, I have 2 req spare so I could become a captain and get a free light freighter. Thus 2 CS opens up on the 'TripleS' which can be filled by another crew member.

[royal sequoia]

Hm! That's not a bad idea. Up to you if you'd like to fly a light freighter 🙂

You can even fly it alone

[signal stream]

Yeah could be fun

[royal sequoia]

With your cargo bay and flight deck, you can carry one fighter 😄

[signal stream]

I might wait a bit and see what the other crew want to do. They might want to transfer over to TF 3 but if they want to stay in Atlas I'm willing to become a captain

[royal sequoia]

Alright! That's very nice of you 🙂

I'm not even sure if Tf3 needs more crew

[light crescent]

I’d love to see a few more Orbis around here

[ember python]

honestly, I would relish the opportunity. hopefully my old rustbucket can handle the g-forces (don't worry, I'm sure she'll be fine).

[jagged mulch]

Dropping our mechs, PAI and ODT into the battlefield sounds like great fun

While I sit completely safe on the ship and definitely don't get sent down on the next HAT

[sturdy dew]

Goodmorning all

[jagged mulch]

Morning

[royal sequoia]

Morning

You one of our odts?

[sturdy dew]

Yep moved from stormblessed

[royal sequoia]

Welcome aboard then 🙂 sorry I'm not keeping track with all the moving around that's happening

[sturdy dew]

No problem and thank you

[royal sequoia]

The more I think about it, the more I don't think Vtols would bring us anything, it'd take an infinity of turns to pack all our troops back up after a drop

And it'd be awesome to be able to drop, pickup, go somewhere else, and drop again

Get maximum use of our deployment capability

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, while two HATs can get all of our troops back in a single swoop

If I did the maths right

[royal sequoia]

Three hats

Or I did the math wrong

[jagged mulch]

I'm confused

Do PAI count as vehicles for hats or not

It says infantry/vehicle mix

[royal sequoia]

I think PAi is infantry

But light mechs vehicle

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, if that's the case then 2

Unless I've forgotten someone

[royal sequoia]

Each hat can carry up to to five, light mechs count as 2

So:
Light mech*2: 4
Odt 3
Medics 2
Infantry 1
Engie 1

Right?

[jagged mulch]

Ah, you're counting the engineers, infantry and medics too

Right

I was only counting pai, ODT and mechs

[royal sequoia]

Ah in that case yeah

Now I feel like I'm forgetting someone

[jagged mulch]

Me too

[royal sequoia]

Because I counted 12 earlier today X) without the mech

[jagged mulch]

You missed the Pai out :p

[royal sequoia]

AAA ahhh

Thanks!

[stuck mountain]

any progress on working out whats needed?

[royal sequoia]

Then it's 13

[royal sequoia]

Yes, a mech bay and flight deck for sure

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, not sure if we want to send it all down though

[stuck mountain]

as a crew?

[royal sequoia]

You can't get them otherwise

[jagged mulch]

Well we have 4 flight decks right now

We have 3 hat

2 fighters

1 bomber

So we need two more flights decks

We have so many flights decks

[stuck mountain]

done

[royal sequoia]

But we also need that mech bay for our light mechs

[jagged mulch]

Yeah

[royal sequoia]

Basically a Carrier now

[stuck mountain]

i think?

[royal sequoia]

Yup it's done

[stuck mountain]

yeah done

[jagged mulch]

Yeah 😅

[royal sequoia]

Now you need to activate your unit ferdy

And then put yourslef on the docs 🙂