Task Force 2 - Atlas: Comms

[jagged mulch]

So we have 4 more things we can put in our battlecruiser

[stuck mountain]

whats differance between callsign and unit name?

[jagged mulch]

One will need to be a flight decks and another orbital drop pods, and I suppose we just use the other two slots for cargo bay?

[jagged mulch]

Callsign is the one with the 7 character limit

[stuck mountain]

cool done

[royal sequoia]

If our friend Thomas brings in another light freighter, that's another two free slots for stuff

[jagged mulch]

More flight decks

[royal sequoia]

Ha ferdy, you added yourself to the wrong ship. The TripleS is full as is, you're part of the Picket line

You don't cross the picket line

[sturdy dew]

I think we are still missing regular drop pods, right? 🤔

[jagged mulch]

Yes

But we have some crew who still have yet to get their things

So we'll have them soon hopefully

[tiny whale]

I forget myself too 😔

also I added myself to the sheet, unless that's a no-no I can delete it, figured cause of this note :)

[royal sequoia]

No it's great!

Thanks for adding yourself 🙂

[jagged mulch]

With the amount of hats, fighters, bombers and mechs we have, I imagine trying to see if we can get a second engineer couldn't hurt I suppose

[royal sequoia]

We would have space for them

Although the picket line is a clown car at this point

[jagged mulch]

We are the "logistics" tf

[royal sequoia]

I'm still worried about the legality of storing so much infantry on a ship with zero barracks

[light crescent]

Hej droppods count as logisticising!

[jagged mulch]

We could always ask in #meta-comm I suppose

[jagged pagoda]

We don’t need a mech bay if the mèches are in the TF

[jagged mulch]

We do need a mech bay

[jagged pagoda]

We do?

Damn

[jagged mulch]

Yes

How else do we store the mechs

[light crescent]

Can we call our ground troops "Sisyphus"?
Advantages:

1. he was punished by the gods like Atlas
2. they will go up and down, up and down forever
   Disadvantages: none

[jagged mulch]

I like your thinking

[light crescent]

Thank you

[stuck mountain]

Heracles - does all the work doesnt want a reward

[jagged mulch]

If only I had the 6 req required to become a combat medic and the thing that allows me to use the orbital drop bay too, then we could've had a medic drop alongside all our infantry

[jolly crypt]

the picket line has another flight deck now thanks to ferdy so could you, @atomic comet , move to it (especially since that ship has all the infantry) so I can be on simms destroyer?

[light crescent]

Hej we run an ethical dropshipping business!

[jagged pagoda]

Engis can get flamethrowers

And I’m all caught up

[sturdy dew]

I think barracks are only used to deploy on ground? If you have a flight deck/HAT you're using its DC? But im very confused about the orbital rules interactions.

[jagged pagoda]

Yes, but only at an airfield

[tiny whale]

Just checking, which orbital would my HAT go on? The Picket Line?

First time looking at these sheets and dont wanna step on any toes

[jagged pagoda]

Yes most likely

[cerulean coral]

yeah, the tripple S is already full

[tiny whale]

Thank you!

[light crescent]

The dock shows two free slots on the Picket line. Has someone not been put in yet?

[jolly crypt]

my fighter isnt on a ship, we need one more flight deck

[light crescent]

We will get that for you!

I meant 2 upgrade slots

[royal sequoia]

We still have three crew who didn't pick stuff

What upgrades are you getting mini? I think that would help the process along

If Thomas crews his own mini aircraft carrier, I could put the orbital drop pods on my ship to try to least split up a little the PL massive population

Take the ODTs (also I wouldn't say no to some boarding protection :p)

[jagged mulch]

If we do that I'll probably join you all on the destroyer seen as that's where the odt would be

[royal sequoia]

We have 27 people, up to four being on the two freighters. That leaves 23 players to split between a destroyer and a battle cruiser 😂

At least we don't have to worry about boardings I guess, anyone landing will find each wall is actually a deployable bed with a marine inside

@signal stream I think it's safe to say we could use another light freighter. You can be your own mini aircraft carrier with a fighter. Any additional modules will help immensely. Although it's not mandatory of course.

[signal stream]

Ok, I'll go get a light freighter. It's been fun being on your crew for all of 1 day.

[jagged pagoda]

Can’t believe the logistics fleet has ended up with its only personal, deployable army 😂

[royal sequoia]

I was glad to have you be my only crew. I hope it's okay for you to fly your own.

I know you'll miss the Triple's pool and bar :p

[cerulean coral]

"logistics"

[signal stream]

Yeah it was the best part

[cerulean coral]

we have a pool!?

[signal stream]

Anyways I'm a captain now, so this should be fun

[cerulean coral]

have you added your ship to the sheet?

[signal stream]

Doing it now

[royal sequoia]

Congratulations on the promotion!!

[signal stream]

Thanks, I couldn't have done it without you guys

[sturdy dew]

Given the situation i think we could also use 1/2 more engineers

[jagged mulch]

Definitely

[ember python]

I'm excited to zip around (or in my case, be zipped) delivering supplies, and ass whoopings via drop pod, where ever they may be needed. ATLAS: We're Gonna Carry That Weight.

[royal sequoia]

Can you carry soupply?

[jagged pagoda]

That’s included in every LS

Savour the flavour, eh @vestal ice ?

[ember python]

Not yet, damn mech-hands are expensive. But after this pay day? you betcha i'm gonna buy me some mech hands so i can pick stuff up and put it down.

I will do my damnest to help the effort though, with moral support, and also running intercept/interdict on any groundbound toasters that try to interfere with load/unload ops involving the TF's HATs.

[turbid kernel]

Morning all, we really just pulled an extra ship out of nowhere, huh? Lmao

[jagged pagoda]

Yep, TF3 must be jelly 😅

[royal sequoia]

We're not competing with them. In fact we probably need them to scout for us

[cerulean coral]

we have truly become the aggressive logistics we were always meant to be

[royal sequoia]

Watch everyone drop without scouting, in the middle of the enemy, and get destroyed

Then we're back to supply only X)

[sturdy dew]

Thats why scanner/sensors would be top notch on one of our ships 😏

[iron imp]

Hey, can I hop on one of the ships as crew?

[turbid kernel]

I could have sworn you did lol

[iron imp]

I never decided which

[jagged mulch]

I think we've got more than enough crew 😅

I think tf3 was in need of crew though last I remember

[iron imp]

sigh... off to search for space again

[turbid kernel]

Really recommend TF3 they're in desperate need

[royal sequoia]

I think Tf3 really needs it

We have @west junco and @worldly oar to finish filling things up

[turbid kernel]

We have enough to cover the modules yeah? We're just looking for an ODT and something else yeah?

[ember python]

i can't sleep, so instead i'm spreadsheetspotting, so if this makes no sense at all, I'm truly sorry--
so the standard drop pods can handle 2 ODT at a time. does this mean we want another ODT for more efficient... haha, lol. question answered.

[jagged mulch]

Am I missing one of the crew? I'm counting up the crew, I see two crew who haven't added modules

Wait, no

I'm being stupid

Ignore me

We have 4 open slots, I thought we still had 6😅

[royal sequoia]

We have 4 open slots

[turbid kernel]

4 CS yeah?

[royal sequoia]

Yup

And two crew that should be ready to fill them

I pinged them, we'll see when they answer

[turbid kernel]

What modules are still needed?

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, completely forgot Ferdy put some in

[royal sequoia]

What we still really really need is a flight deck and an orbital drop bay

That leaves us with two slots with freedom for nice things, or more cargo space

Maybe a scanner would be cool?

Or a gun for the PL 😆

[jagged mulch]

A scanner sounds like a good idea

[royal sequoia]

But ultimately it's up to the crews

[turbid kernel]

Has Mini selected his modules yet? I know he reserved 2 slots but never specified what they were

[royal sequoia]

Ahhh

[ember python]

if the TF can handle it an additional heavy drop pod system might not be a bad idea, as it would allow for a 2 turn disgorgement of all of the TF's drop assets, unless i've done mathed dumbly. though more cargo space is probably better

[royal sequoia]

Yes there's mini too!

We already have a heavy drop pod system, and would like a normal drop pod system. With that we can fire our odts in two turns

[jagged mulch]

We should clearly strap a massive cannon to the destroyer

[turbid kernel]

So we ask mini to get the drop pod and flight deck? And the rest is free game?

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, pretty much

[ember python]

unless i've read it wrongly, the heavy can drop 2 PAIs or 1 LM, yeah? so thats 3 rounds to fully deploy? i still think there are likely better things to get. scanner sounds good.

[turbid kernel]

2 PAI or 2 LM I believe but I'll double check

[pliant fjord]

A second heavy drop pod system would be redundant I think.
Round 1, drop LM, PA can paradrop from a HAT.
Round 2, drop 2nd LM.

[turbid kernel]

Oh it could be read either way. Gonna have to ask for clarification. One moment

[pliant fjord]

Scanner or cargo are good picks imo

[ember python]

oooh, PAI can paradrop, i missed that.

[royal sequoia]

But we did want to deploy them with heavy drop pods

I thought it was also two mechs at a time

That's a huge parachute they must have 😆

[pliant fjord]

It's definitely 1 mech at a time, I'm checking on the paradropping.

[royal sequoia]

It's boring in comparison to the drop pods though

(imo)

One mech a turn would be a little disappointing

If we can find two more power armor infantry we can justify a second heavy drop pod system

It's very reasonable trust me

[novel oak]

how does being logistics force work gamewise?

bc we have our own mini army but Im not sure on the supply aspect

[turbid kernel]

We float from base to base and resupply their FOBs and Airfields to keep them running. We also support them with our ground forces while in the area

[novel oak]

ah so thats why we have such a focus on HAT’s

[royal sequoia]

Being airfield dependent is a big limitation though keep that in mind

[sturdy dew]

Paradrop is also more risky if you're flying in contested areas. That said some sort of scanner could be very useful and it can be used every turn i think

[royal sequoia]

Either we don't drop our troops everywhere or we're stuck in relatively few spaces

[cerulean coral]

or we kidnapp some engineers

[royal sequoia]

I'm adding the scanner to the tobuy list

[royal sequoia]

Nah, hats don't even land on rough airfields

They need a refit for that

[grand dirge]

hi I’m thinking of, after successfully completing this mission and surviving, upgrading my guys to ODTs any tips on what should be prioritised when purchasing upgrades?

[sturdy dew]

My only tip is wait to buy stuff until Shack confirms the rules for the next mission. Upgrades has changed a lot since i got here

[turbid kernel]

We might want to reexamine the VTOL bay question. It might take forever to reload but it would open our operational capabilities immensely

[ember python]

as far as what Atlas is trying to do, the supply packs and/or pods would be really good. not only does your ODT hit the ground providing fire support, but also here's some of the supply you needed delivered upfront. but honestly, most of the options on offer seem good and cool, so, ultimately personal preference I guess?

[royal sequoia]

I guess that is true. That would open the option to dropping some infantry or mechs I guess

[turbid kernel]

There was a HVTOL looking for a home earlier. I can see if they still want to join.

[royal sequoia]

Erhm

Are orbital drop pods reloadable?

[ember python]

oh... oh... that could be an issue

[turbid kernel]

Nothing says they have to be taken again lol, I'm really hoping we don't have to spend an RP getting the same module over and over lol

[ember python]

i would assume so because they don't have a listed limit and/or ammo?

[royal sequoia]

I hope so too

[sturdy dew]

They should

[royal sequoia]

Okay

Pifou

I keep getting cardiac arrests thinking of worst case scenarios X)

[scenic tulip]

Yeah Drop Pods don't require ammo. Can deploy each turn

[royal sequoia]

Very good

At least that's covered

[cerulean coral]

any luck?

[royal sequoia]

IF VTOL bays have space for two

Then it's probably worth it

Even get two of them

[pliant fjord]

Can confirm, OD pods can be used ad infinitum, so can breaching pods.

[turbid kernel]

Sent the message but no reply, they could be busy. Their last message to everyone was that they didn't have to make the decision quickly. Seems like they might just sit on it

[novel oak]

how does getting back into drop pods work?

do we have ground to space shuttles?

[royal sequoia]

That's alright, there really is no rush

[royal sequoia]

Hats hats hats

[cerulean coral]

that's the HAT's

[ember python]

ideally the HATs can take us back up to space so we can drop some more

[cerulean coral]

or potentially HVTOL's

[novel oak]

damn the HATs do space too?

[cerulean coral]

they are aerospace yes

[royal sequoia]

Hats are amazing

[cerulean coral]

same with bombers and fighters

[royal sequoia]

They even protect against the sun I heard

[novel oak]

neat

[ember python]

yep, them aerospace flyguys have all the fun toys. they can go basically where ever they like, slip between atmo and orbit, and for HATs at least, carry a ton of whatever on the way

[pliant fjord]

Round 1: Loaded HATs paradrop all infantry to secure LZ, while engis build Airfield at crossroads. LMs use drop pods, since they can't paradrop.
Round 2: Hopefully Airfield will be done, HATs return to space to grab LS for Airfield. Ground forces fight enemy.
Round 3 or 4: Ground units return to Airfield for extraction, HATs return all.

[turbid kernel]

Yep, only down sides of HAT? Need airfield and made of paper

[pliant fjord]

at least, that's my understanding of the plan

yep, they get 1 hit, and have no armor

[royal sequoia]

Something like that. I'm not sure it'll be as perfect as intended but it could work.

[sturdy dew]

Round 0: orbital drop LM and odts to LZ and secure it
Round 1: HAT paradrop engis and medics
Round 2-3-4 as you wrote. PAI can paradrop or launch from orbit as they prefer

[royal sequoia]

Regarding the vtols, we don't need to recruit them necessarily, we can just lease them from other task forces

We're enough of a magic bus as is

[pliant fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/magic-school-bus-seatbelts-everyone-cartoon-ms-frizzle-school-bus-gif-14737835

[turbid kernel]

The issue is that we can't make the proper airfield for the HATs to land (unless our HATs have rugged upgrade) unless our engineer has the upgrade. Which last I heard only 1 guy in the Shovels has that upgrade

[royal sequoia]

Also, I wouldn't drop without intel :p

[royal sequoia]

I sense someone watched the same TV as I did 😄

[pliant fjord]

that scene where what's-his-face takes his helmet off while standing on the surface of pluto still haunts my dreams

[noble owl]

Shovels top priority is to establish an airfield in crossroads

[royal sequoia]

So our top priority is supporting shovel

[noble owl]

It’s probably a good idea. Most of us groups are going to be at crossroads anyways

[pliant fjord]

Yup, and it seems like our primary assets are the... 3 HATs to keep the base at Crossroads supplied

even as the campaign pushes into the cities, we will probably only leave Crossroads if we secure a hypothetical airfield within the city.

[royal sequoia]

3 hats is a lot of hats

[jagged mulch]

Clearly need more hats

[pliant fjord]

Unless HATs can land at spaceports

[royal sequoia]

If other positions need support or supply, we could think about going there if we have a VTOL bay

Don't spaceport also work as airports?

Seems a bit silly

[sturdy dew]

They should

[royal sequoia]

I'm sure these people have the infrastructure for plane travel somewhere

[pliant fjord]

They don't, official ruling was "Depends on the Spaceport"

[shadow sigil]

HATs can paradrop supplies to Logi still. They don’t need to land unless they want to drop off, vehicles or LS at an airfield. But they can just pull supplies from you and give out supplies at the airfield instead of suppling it.

[pliant fjord]

yup, we'd balance the need for a resupply with our ability to deploy and recover troops

Though if we have the spaceport, our Destroyer or Freighter can land there to deploy

[turbid kernel]

If HATs can paradrop large supplies that would be a good send. We're not much of a logistics fleet if we can't deliver supplies where they are needed.

[wary creek]

Us shovels also have 4 HATS and a HVTOL to keep ourselves supplied

At this point it is our intention to handle supply runs ourselves

We are worried about the HATs survivability though. Want to have them escorted if air is contested

Got 2 fighters for that but idk if that will be enough

[noble owl]

Multiple groups have fighter detachments and should be at crossroads if that is easier for you guys. From what little I know it’ll cost you LS to sortie your fighters in

[wary creek]

Yee, that is the conundrum. If we sorte with fighters and HATs, it's only worth it if we get many LS at one time

[noble owl]

Unfortunately it’s unlikely we can secure the mine south of crossroads for you guys as it only has an air connection. You could petition storm to head there and scout it or potentially secure an air lane for you guys

[turbid kernel]

We'll probably end up going to crossroads the most (as long as no enemy orbitals push us out). We have our own HATs and Fighters to support

[pliant fjord]

I know we've got "a couple guns" but are there ANY combat-focused orbitals in the fleet?

[magic parrot]

---- RP POST ----

Good Morning Captain

[pliant fjord]

There's worrying talk about Bot-ships

[sage perch]

technically the Pearl, it's a AC and a Cargo bay

[turbid kernel]

No we don't, we'll likely have to run if enemy orbitals show up

[novel oak]

isnt that the battlegroups job to fight off ships and whatnot?

[novel oak]

downsides of a logistical force

[noble owl]

I mean that’s why you have TF1 and TF3 though

[pliant fjord]

More interested in the other TFs

yea, how many guns are in TF1?

[noble owl]

Don’t know the specifics but a ton. Last I heard they should be able to handle pretty much anything up to a full orbital contingent with ease

[shadow sigil]

TF Victorum is a lot of guns

[pliant fjord]

excellent

[novel oak]

TF3 is alot of speed but Im not sure what TF1 is yet

[shadow sigil]

I also think TF 3 will fold into you guys. They don’t have enough crew.

[shadow sigil]

Combat high orbit combat

[novel oak]

ah so pure combat focus

[noble owl]

Yeah TF1 has their big battleship armed to the teeth and a few battle cruisers as well with moderate weapons focus

[pliant fjord]

if there are any bot-ships over Crossroads, we might not want to burn the LS to rush in to help Shovel

[turbid kernel]

Counted 8 guns and multiple bombers in TF1.

They have 1 battle ship and 3 Battlecruisers

[novel oak]

damn

thats some serious firepower

[shadow sigil]

We have 6 MBT cannons.
And a carrier ship.

[pliant fjord]

Also, adding a tab to our doc with Crew Duty rosters. When it comes time for orders, these would be your default action for the round "I operate this equipment"

[shadow sigil]

(Which you are not required to do)

[pliant fjord]

100%, just the default

Mostly for my sanity's sake, if you don't submit in time, we'd still know what you're doing

[novel oak]

fair

[shadow sigil]

You can’t do that.
If you don’t get orders in they don’t do anything.

[turbid kernel]

We're gonna need it. TF2 will have to run from any engagement with enemy orbitals

[pliant fjord]

Are there any players in the Task Force who aren't logged in the doc yet?

[shadow sigil]

Yep. Just come to us when possible

[novel oak]

the spreadsheet with the ships and whatnot right?

[pliant fjord]

yup

first tab is name, callsign, unit type

[novel oak]

alright I signed up

[shadow sigil]

I got to get back to work.
You’re free to ping me if you need to communicate with TF Victorum.
Cael and Kaelnova are the TACCOM so you can ask them questions too.

[turbid kernel]

Sounds like a plan, we have enough speed to keep ahead of the big boys and LS to burn if we really need to run

[novel oak]

did we ever get those sensors?

[turbid kernel]

Not yet, I think we're waiting but they are high on our shopping list. We have 4 CS to fill still

[novel oak]

k

[pliant fjord]

fair, prepare for Ixen-annoying-mode if I can't convince a sub-GM as I ping you three times for your orders

[royal sequoia]

We have two fighers, one bomber, one autocannon, one hmg for now

We should be able to handle light raiding from planes or something like that

[turbid kernel]

I'm wondering if we should get Breaching Pods. Send in the PAI and ODT we carry.

[novel oak]

imo we look at essentials and when those are said and done than we can consider things like breaching pods

[novel oak]

your our main TACCOM right?

still learning names round here

[royal sequoia]

breaching pods 😂 now that would be fun to witness

[turbid kernel]

It would be our greatest weapon. But they only work on 1 armor hulls and it's one squad at a time.

[pliant fjord]

One of two, Failhouse is the other

[novel oak]

k cool

[royal sequoia]

so what you're saying is we need two breaching pods :p

[turbid kernel]

As much as I love that, I don't think we have the CS lol.

[pliant fjord]

@royal sequoia I know it's probably unconfirmed, but did we ever settle on a most-likely pick for the last two slots on Picket?

[royal sequoia]

Nope

not that I know of at least

[novel oak]

crew slots or some other slot?

[pliant fjord]

Customization slots

[novel oak]

ah

[pliant fjord]

a lot has been pitched, like sensors or another flight deck

[novel oak]

I do want at least 1 sensor

[pliant fjord]

right now there's 6 aircraft and 5 flight decks

[novel oak]

I hate the idea of blind dropping

[novel oak]

oof

[royal sequoia]

Right now we have 6 free slots, the must haves are a flight deck and an orbital drop bay

[novel oak]

lemme guess

[royal sequoia]

and then 4 free slots

[novel oak]

flight deck is 2?

[royal sequoia]

no x)

luckily

[novel oak]

oh no were not in a conundrum

thank god

[royal sequoia]

no we have 6 free slots

Just need our crew to decide what they want

after that, we can split the aircraft and troops between our ships

and then we're good to go!

[novel oak]

k cool

[onyx saddle]

How’s the LS count and fleet construction coming along? Trying to catch up on everything this morning

[royal sequoia]

we're still at 7 ls

waiting on the crews to decide if they want more ls or fun modules

my hope is a little bit of both

[cerulean coral]

aren't we getting more from the extra light freighter?

[royal sequoia]

nope

[cerulean coral]

ah, it has 0 base

right

[royal sequoia]

yup

[onyx saddle]

Ooooh. What fun modules are on the table?

[royal sequoia]

scanners

breaching pods 👀

vtol bay

a weapon?

[pliant fjord]

Vtol bay may be too ambitious with the severe lack of VTOL players, but it'd be nice

we only get two more free ones right? everything else has to be brought in by crew?

[royal sequoia]

I don't think there's a lack of vtols per se, they're just all already in battlegroups

[royal sequoia]

we have 6 free ones, with 2 that we really need

so 4 free modules

1 or two more cargo bays we need for sure too

[turbid kernel]

We need the VTOL bays if BGs we help want to ferry our troops for us I believe

[royal sequoia]

yeah that's the idea

[supple lotus]

You can only ever deploy one unit at a time

[cerulean coral]

i can still be a bomber wing in the future, the deployment would just take time then

[novel oak]

idk how useful this is to us but better have as much info as possible

[pliant fjord]

which city is that?

[turbid kernel]

That's the Crossroads

[novel oak]

^

terrain map

[supple lotus]

Not clearly worded, my bad. As in, you may only have one active unit at any point, one unit in one campaign/mission

[turbid kernel]

A bomber wing of one is all lol

[cerulean coral]

aha

well who knows what i'll do with the 5 req points then

[jagged mulch]

You can spend them on a bunch of different upgrades for your bomber

[novel oak]

500kg time

helldiver o7

[jagged mulch]

It is actually 3x226.796kg time :p

[pliant fjord]

I wonder if aircraft can land on orbitals with flight decks while in Atmo

[novel oak]

I continue to be eternally disappointed I dont have my own emojis

[pliant fjord]

i.e. landed, or in Low orbit

[vestal ice]

Looks like somewhere you could get pinned down. In easily

[tired patio]

Hey team.

[pliant fjord]

Captain on deck!

[tired patio]

How goes Atlas? I hear your the fleet thats planned speed 2 and focused on support?

[pliant fjord]

that's the idea. initial plan is to assist the construction of the airfield at crossroads, with our deployables offering cover

[tired patio]

Well tenative plan is for the Endurance to join Atlas. As its a Cruiser

and basically sit in the back and tag along as a support ship.

[pliant fjord]

that's pretty much our M.O., so we'd welcome another!

[tired patio]

Current kit. Cargo Bay, Heavy Drop Pod System, Cruiser

Think you can add the Endurance to your roster?

[pliant fjord]

definitely, our PA will be happy for the extra pods

[turbid kernel]

That's some amazing news!

[royal sequoia]

It sounds great. Do we have to find crew for the Endurance?

[tired patio]

I also have 2 more req. If we need to expand what the Endruance can support. More Cargo ect.

Figured I'd wait and see what the crew ends up having.

I will work on it later.

let you know who signs on.

[royal sequoia]

Very nice, thank you

[pliant fjord]

So far, we've had demand for Sensors and another Flight Deck, but nothing confirmed yet

[tired patio]

Whos running Tac-Com for this group?

[pliant fjord]

plus VTOL bay, and an extra gun maybe

[tired patio]

Oh lol soprry Ixen.

[pliant fjord]

Me and @atomic comet are splitting the work

[tired patio]

literally in your name.

I will have the image assets out today or tomorrow for space based Tac-Coms.

[cerulean coral]

more ships for the logistics gods

[royal sequoia]

I have to say that changes a lot of things. Let's wait to see who Cap finds as crew and what modules they bring. We can try to adapt afterwards?

[jagged pagoda]

Nah, we're not logi anymore, we're jack of all trades XD

[novel oak]

we say were logistics

[jagged pagoda]

We can transports, fight, and do logi XD

[novel oak]

ignore the small private army

[jagged pagoda]

Yes, we're logi in spirit.

[onyx saddle]

logi in theory

[royal sequoia]

Something I really don't want to say as well, but that means that Atlas is really doing well in terms of ships, so if they're still lacking people for their operation, I should consider joining Task force 3.

[sturdy dew]

Very angry logi

[cerulean coral]

Your bomber and probably fighter will follow you wherever you go, captain

[sturdy dew]

Same for your marines i think

[royal sequoia]

Still waiting for mister cantaloupe to be there 🙂

[jagged pagoda]

:(

[cerulean coral]

it would also be really funny for you to help organise this TF so much, and then leave and help organise TF 3 as-well

[jagged pagoda]

Or we could just merge the two TFs into one

[royal sequoia]

nah that'd be a waste

[cerulean coral]

no, becuase they have seperate funtions

[royal sequoia]

tf3 should be fast scouts

[jagged mulch]

And I have FINALLY managed to finish a new spreadsheet

[vestal ice]

Logisticus is pleased

[pliant fjord]

Oh, that's much better, we should use that instead

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, took me about an hour, but now it does it all automatically

[ruby magnet]

Hullo. We're debating out early deploying in Storm. We're wondering; do y'all have the capability to escort us? Meaning fight off any Aerospace units en route to Elim City.
Or in general, what does your deployment look like?

Victorum is quite slow, and we'd possibly be delaying all the other BGs turns if we go with them, so we're looking at what options are out there

[pliant fjord]

our space combat capabilities are not stellar. we have a few aerospace, and two or three guns

[jagged pagoda]

We have plenty of rapid deployment troops though, courtesy of Storm Blessed XD

[cerulean coral]

how do we use it

[royal sequoia]

for now we have two fighters, one bomber, one hmg, one autocannon. Plus whatever the crew of the endurance might bring

[jagged mulch]

All you need to put in is your name and equipment

[jagged pagoda]

Add yourself to your ship as you have already done elsewhere and I think it'll do the maths for you :p

[jagged mulch]

Or a bit extra if you're a captain

[jagged mulch]

It will

[jagged pagoda]

I assume one needs to capitalise and spell their equipment correctly?

[cerulean coral]

did i do it right?

[jagged mulch]

Spell equipment correctly, yes

Capitalise, no

And yes

Capitalisation doesn't matter for excel it seems

[jagged pagoda]

Nice

Also Ferdy's callsign is too long

[vestal ice]

Link?

[jagged mulch]

It's in the same spreadsheet as everything else

So it's in the pins

[jagged pagoda]

Pins

It's the fourth sheet in the document

[royal sequoia]

there's so much more space on the new version for the logo 😄

[jagged mulch]

I do quite like using that space for it

[pliant fjord]

Logistics question:

Shack brought his own Heavy Drop Pods on the Endurance, would @stuck mountain be ok with switching over to crew it up?
The two Mechs @ember python @vestal ice would follow and deploy from there rather than the Picket

PAI would stay on the Picket and use my Heavy Drop pods

[jagged pagoda]

Sounds like a solid idea

[royal sequoia]

let's wait to see what crew shack finds

remember finding crew is not that easy

but he's very well known let's say, so I don't think he should struggle much on that front

[pliant fjord]

no kidding...

[vestal ice]

Drop down doesn’t have mech as option

[royal sequoia]

that's a bit callous of me to say, but we don't have infinite crew ourselves

[tiny rover]

Does this mean that you guys are going to need heavy VTOLs to return the light mechs to endurance?

[royal sequoia]

only infinite infantry it seems

[jagged mulch]

Now it does

[royal sequoia]

either that or an airport

[pliant fjord]

We don't have a VTOL dock yet, right now the plan is HATs

[jagged pagoda]

Yes

[pliant fjord]

infantry can serve as crew I think

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, what logistics fleet doesn't need it's own private army afterall?

[jagged pagoda]

Most armies have a logi corps. This logi corps has an army.

[novel oak]

to quote what someone else said

[tired patio]

any unit can be crew

[novel oak]

we deliver firepower

[plain dew]

Good morning everyone

[jagged mulch]

Good morning!

[jagged pagoda]

Morning

[tired patio]

Morning!

[jagged pagoda]

In case you missed it, we have a new ship, in the form of Shack's Endurance :D

[jagged mulch]

And we also have a second freighter now too, since one of our crew became a captain

[jagged pagoda]

Yes

So we now have 10 LS

[red brook]

Oh sick

[plain dew]

damnnn

[jagged mulch]

If we get a few more cargo bays, we might actually be in a position to transport a BG

[plain dew]

You guys can almost deploy rabbit 😉

(jokes dont do that, you lose the LS)

[jagged mulch]

Granted, a very small one, but we probably still could

[jagged pagoda]

Agreed XD

Someone needs to be logi

[plain dew]

shovels only needs to be resupplied every 4 rounds

but i have no idea how hungry the other BG will be...

[jagged pagoda]

However, the few aircraft and many rapid-deploy troops we have means we can assist in the inital assaults very well

[plain dew]

this is exactly the reason i joined here

[jagged pagoda]

And any other battles which need an extra boost of forces thereafter.

[plain dew]

you guys can help out in the initial, probably most important assault, and then just kinda help out while running logistics

[jagged pagoda]

Yep

@jagged mulch Do we know if Leveller is still going to be present?

[cerulean coral]

yes

he is with me and Simm

he just made his company

[jolly crypt]

yes

[pliant fjord]

Alright, my Crew-list is as complete as it can be without knowing the final picks.
Moved all ODTs and LMs to the Endurance, our Light Freighters are crewed, and the Picket will carry the PA and the majority of our Aerospace

[jagged pagoda]

Can you add yourself to the sheet then pwease? 👉 👈 :3

[pliant fjord]

TripleS has one HAT and one Bomber
Pioneer has one fighter
Picket has Two HATs and a fighter

[jagged mulch]

Though we still need 1 more flight deck somewhere

[cerulean coral]

tripple s should switch out that HAT for a fighter, with the hat being moved, atleast if failhouse agrees

[plain dew]

unless im missing something, you need a flight deck on picket

[jagged mulch]

TripleS can only support 1 plane

So either you or the HAT is gonna have to move

[cerulean coral]

no?

[royal sequoia]

It's coming it's coming

[plain dew]

Is Ferdy & Perrin the same person?

[cerulean coral]

oh now it can

[royal sequoia]

Be patient 😉

[cerulean coral]

one of the crew got moved

[pliant fjord]

spoke too soon, Ferdy's on Endurance, so we can move 1 plane

[jagged pagoda]

No, two different people XD

[plain dew]

ah okay, so someone needs to move off Picket

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, the crew who had the flight deck on the TripleS got promoted to a captain

[royal sequoia]

Also, although I know it's fun, I would recommend against moving people from ship to ship willy nilly. You need their approval, and some people just want to be on specific ships.

[plain dew]

surely captain has the best booze right 👀 that was my main requirement when picking ships.

[jagged pagoda]

Nope, PL can support three crafts

[royal sequoia]

But another flight deck is coming, do not worry

[jagged mulch]

Alright

[jolly crypt]

ive added my self to sign up sheet tab, tho idk what ship to put myself on for the crew tab cos im pretty sure none of them have a free flight deck last time i checked

[royal sequoia]

I will have a flight deck free for you soon, no stress

[jagged pagoda]

I believe Banana wanted you to be on the same ship as him, but that's for you to decide :p

[jolly crypt]

yeah I do too

[pliant fjord]

Alright, I'll pause the mania for now lol

[jolly crypt]

but there isnt space

[jagged pagoda]

Then that's settled XD

[jolly crypt]

ah dont worry im not stressing im sure youll handle it

[vestal ice]

Tell me where I am needed. (Hold my hand newbie style please)

[cerulean coral]

you are a mech pilot, right?

[royal sequoia]

For now we have no clue 🙂

[jagged pagoda]

I think you've been put on Shack's Endurance

Because it has HDPs

[pliant fjord]

We have two HDPs now, one on the Endurance, and one attached to me.

current proposal is to put the PA on the Picket (with me) and the mechs on the Endurance

[jagged mulch]

Yes, Ixen's one on the picket line is for our PAI, while Shack's one on the Endurance is for our mechs

[noble owl]

Just making sure you guys are aware of the vote in BG3 going on right now. They are deciding which TF to run at Elim with. Might want to consider certain bay options if that is the case

[jagged mulch]

Should helps us get all our PAI and mechs down faster

[jagged pagoda]

Wdym?

[jolly crypt]

ill put my unit in triple S for the time being so that people know where I want to be, ping me if you need me to swap to another ship

[royal sequoia]

Who's BG3

[royal sequoia]

Sounds great

[jagged mulch]

Storm

[plain dew]

Storm

[royal sequoia]

Ah

[turbid kernel]

If we go with them they're gonna need VTOL bays to repair and rearm at

[royal sequoia]

Are we even going to Elim?

[plain dew]

I assumed most people are to start

[royal sequoia]

I thought we were helping Shovels go to Crossroads

[plain dew]

we need a starport for the other 9 BG to deploy lol

[jagged mulch]

I believe the plan was to support the shovels go to crossroads

[noble owl]

Not even VTOL bays necessarily. They really just need an escort so you might want to consider some additional weaponry if they want to work with you

[plain dew]

they should be rolling with TF 1...

[jagged pagoda]

TF 1 is too slow according to BG3

[noble owl]

Well it’s a trade off between protection and speed…

[tropic solar]

Elim first and then Cross Roads was what I heard from the liaison

[noble owl]

Right now speed seems to be winning

[jagged pagoda]

Going alone?

[novel oak]

shame TF 3 is struggling

[jagged mulch]

We don't exactly have many weapons 😅
We've got an autocannon and a HMG I guess

[novel oak]

TF3 is speed

[royal sequoia]

I dislike taking such hasty and definitive decisions with such a lack of info

Like, I don't see the point

[noble owl]

Just wanted to make sure you guys were aware of what is happening over there because it affects you guys too

[plain dew]

well it doesnt if we dont go with them

😂

[cerulean coral]

also it hardly seems like a good idea to vote on which TF to go with, without asking if said TF's are going to the same place as them

[royal sequoia]

Both TF2 and Tf3 are not even done assembling yet

[royal sequoia]

Definitely, thank you for the info 🙂

[noble owl]

I wouldn’t blame you guys but I would tell them that🤣

[pliant fjord]

Helping crossroads with airfield is plan A.
If it's too hot, we'll hunker down behind TF1, and slow roll into the city for deployment

[novel oak]

wait is TF1 already assembled?

[red brook]

That has been my argument with them too, they want us to definitively state we are burning an LS for speed

[cerulean coral]

well they didn't bother to ask us where we were going

[red brook]

Yes, unless we get another orbi

Which is unlikely at this point

[noble owl]

True that

[plain dew]

Whats TF1 current plan T1?

[cerulean coral]

i think most of our TF was in agreement with going to crossroads to help the shovels

[red brook]

Basically our first priority is securing a star port for the BGs to land

[turbid kernel]

Obviously this is your choice but I can only speak for myself when I say: You're one of the most active Captains (not throwing shade, life gets busy for everyone) and losing you would be a real blow to the organizational leadership of the Taskforce. But we can also wait and see what we can do

[cerulean coral]

though we ofcourse haven't decided anything definitive

[royal sequoia]

I say ignore what is going on in other groups for now, focus on getting ourselves operational. Which only needs one thing: wait for our two remaining crew and our captain to take decisions. That only they can make

[tropic solar]

So question: is your plan to transport a Bg or to transport the necessary LS for ressuppling, sorties, etc?

I am a bit out of the loop right now

[cerulean coral]

on one hand that is true, but having an actually operational scouting TF is also really valuable in it's own right

[royal sequoia]

To transport the LS for now

[turbid kernel]

We have to go through Elim to get to the Crossroads unless we're going around to the mines to the south

[red brook]

There is still plenty of time to make that decision. It may be better if fluffle merges with you all but we will see

[atomic comet]

I'll get with Shmo today and get him on a ship with his upgrades

[cerulean coral]

ah, failhouse, welcome back

[royal sequoia]

It's no rush btw 🙂 I didn't mean to make it sound so

[plain dew]

IMO this should be fluffle... they just need to be up and running

[atomic comet]

I just don't want him to wait until the last minute. And now that we have a new ship that needs CS his decisions will matter

[plain dew]

if they get a freighter with a flight bay, i think they will be in business.

[tropic solar]

Ok I like that. Also I can very much understand your opinion on the hastiness of the plans. I am not even sure that cross roads will be the ideal place for an airfield

[cerulean coral]

yes that's what we were talking about, they need more orbitals to do that, so simm was thinking about perhaps switching over to them with his destroyer, since this TF got an extra cruiser

[red brook]

I did reach out to one of our crew who's upgrades (drop pods and heavy drop pods) aren't being used to see if they would be interested in swapping over to you guys

[jagged pagoda]

It would certainly be the ideal place for a major FOB at least.

[cerulean coral]

more crew is always welcome

though if i remember the last count, i think we had enough to supply our own hull modules

[tiny rover]

Fluffle, just got another orbital and they're still filling out the vehicle bays. It's starting to look like they're going to reach 15 by the end of the weekend

[jagged mulch]

If we have another drop pod and heavy drop pod then we can drop all of our PAI, ODT and Mechs in one turn

[cerulean coral]

in that case, @royal sequoia can probably stay with us

[jagged pagoda]

We could be the Winged Hussars, dropping from high orbit XD

[cerulean coral]

oh good lord

[jagged pagoda]

We'd be the Helldivers

[tropic solar]

It definitely has the benefit that except for DF every Bg can get there in one turn. I just don’t know if it will be the best place since we have only limited intel and I still need to wrap my head around with the stratL movement

[jagged mulch]

2 Mechs, 3 ODT and 2 PAI dropped directly into the battlefield

If only we had 1 more ODT

[tiny rover]

We do have cs that hasn't been applied because of limitations so if they did join we'd be able to give them a full ship

But that's still up to you guys

[cerulean coral]

well that's true, we do need to scout it ahead to see if we can safely set up there. But if TF3 becomes operational, that should help with scouting, no?

[jagged pagoda]

Strat movement is the slowest ship in the TF/BG defines the TF/BG's speed. That speed is (I think) how many strat-zones a TF/BG can move in one turn, around the planet's space.

[royal sequoia]

Now that shack's ship is in play, it gives a lot of breathing room

[cerulean coral]

what do you mean exactly? Simm's destoryer will already be full, we have more crew that hasn't put in their CS yet

[tiny rover]

Just making sure I wasn't aware

[cerulean coral]

ah, no problem

we still have a few more crew that haven't registered on the list, so that's why

[royal sequoia]

But we have an almost empty cruiser now

[pliant fjord]

There's no maximum crew, but there is a minimum requirement, hence the moving around

[royal sequoia]

Given our infantry count, I'm not worried about the minimum

[cerulean coral]

but you thought that shack would be able to fill that up himself, correct? (by bringing on more crew)

[royal sequoia]

Well

I have no clue

It's just speculation

[cerulean coral]

would he be happy with more crew?

[tiny rover]

Well definitely keep fluffle in mind if you guys have a shortage on CS

[noble owl]

Boy don’t we love some speculation around here😂

[cerulean coral]

i which case, we did get an offer

[royal sequoia]

Of course! We already sent a crew over to them 🙂

[topaz rivet]

So the current fleet plan is TF3 recon, TF1 Space Superiority, and TF2 utility?

[tropic solar]

I know the rules. It just feels like we are working on a whole lot of assumptions how easy it will be to get from one place to another. For example maybe it will be better to have the airfield on the same map as the major frontline.
I still voted Cross Roads I just don’t feel confident in my own assessment yet

[tiny rover]

He was very helpful, we only had 3FS so we really needed an armory

[cerulean coral]

TF2 "Logistics" ;p

[jagged pagoda]

I think we're also an orbital QRF

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, delivering firepower!

[royal sequoia]

We deliver everything

Everything

[jagged pagoda]

Pain, supplies, medics, engineers...

[pliant fjord]

Infantry to a location of your choosing within 1 round or your money back

[plain dew]

i think crossroads was chosen because of the lack of info. its a central point, and we have like 3 or 4 QRF BG, so having the base in the middle lets all those groups quickly move around and resupply quick.

[jagged mulch]

We have engineers, we have medics, we have mechs, we have PAI, we have infantry, we have bombers, we have hats, we have fighters

[cerulean coral]

soldiers, bombers, fighters, you name it, we deliver it within a business week

[topaz rivet]

If Ziyal is not overrun and it’s got a working space port, I see a lot of value in landing there

[noble owl]

Mass assumption at this point is that Ziyal is heavily under siege or lost already

[jagged pagoda]

Ziyal is where we think the bots will be landing though

[plain dew]

also most TF cant get there without burning LS

[cerulean coral]

Want real bang for your buck? Call up the Atlas crews, and with instant supplies you'll never be stuck!

[topaz rivet]

If we can contest it, it could cut off their forces on the rest of the planet

[jagged pagoda]

... They could just drop elsewhere...

[tropic solar]

It is natural chokepoint and will be essential to react to any hostile advance per air units. So yeah it has a high priority and will see a lot of traffic

[jagged pagoda]

I don't think they're as limited as we are

[cerulean coral]

also, @atomic comet, did you see my message earlier?

[atomic comet]

My current bias is toward getting people down who will build airfields for poor HATs like me

[atomic comet]

Maybe? Assume no because I'm not sure which message

[cerulean coral]

that would be the shovels

[cerulean coral]

if you would mind moving to a different ship, so that Leveller and I can both be on the tripple s

[plain dew]

I do agree with you about the timing of the airfield tho. IMO, we commit everything to secure a starport, since it lets the other 60% of our player base play the game. But after that first stop in Elim, i think going there is a great move.

[atomic comet]

Yeah I'm down for that.

[cerulean coral]

there should be enough flightdecks to go around

[atomic comet]

Feel free to remove me and I'll add to another ship in just a bit

[plain dew]

obviously down tho for whatever 😂

[jagged pagoda]

Sound logic

[cerulean coral]

thanks, it's mostly because Leveller and I want to operate together, so being on the same ship makes sense and makes sure we aren't split between high and low orbit at any point unless deliberately planned.

[jagged pagoda]

Though, there's a non-zero chance that the planet is almost fully occupied by the time we arrive, with only Elim remaining partially out of toaster claws.

[cerulean coral]

nah, there's no hurry, you can do that yourself when you have the time

otherwise our amount of HAT's gets messed up on the sheet

[topaz rivet]

Though we can’t fight forward without back up so it also depends on what everyone else is doing

[tropic solar]

Yeah I am confident we will be fine after we are finally planetside. I mean we have more than one Bg that focussed on QRF and that should help a lot to keep the bots in check

[plain dew]

i heard people say our info will be oudated by 3 weeks by the time we get there. If thats true, i would not be shocked if the entire system is overrun, and will have to fight through Field Nav 1 just to reach Elim. But again to me, even more important for the 3 TF and all the available BG that can deploy as an assault force to hit Elim.

[jagged pagoda]

Yes.

[cerulean coral]

could it maybe instead be 3 weeks outdated for the main force, meanwhile because the forward forces arrive a week earlier for them it would only be 2 weeks?

[noble owl]

I mean 2 weeks still isn’t anything worth really planning with😆

[cerulean coral]

that's fair

[plain dew]

yea think how fast we move

[midnight lotus]

ah ok thank you

[cerulean coral]

who knows, maybe the toasters burned through all their LS and can't move that quickly

[midnight lotus]

your on the right side "known forces" but i didn't know where you were going so you aren't on the main map part yet

[plain dew]

keep in mind, they dont operate like we do 😉 they arnt bound to TF/BG, and probably dont have LS.

if shovels are really commited to crossroads turn 1, then i think TF2/TF3 are really the only options who can run with them.

[cerulean coral]

smh my head, ruining my stupid joke with facts and logics

[midnight lotus]

and they can make LS

if they do use it

[noble owl]

I don’t think they are aiming for turn 1. They can build the airfield in one turn but I don’t think they are expecting to make it there immediately

[jagged pagoda]

Considering how far it is from Elim, it's probably best they don't make it turn 1

[plain dew]

its called alternative facts if they dont align with your agenda 😉

[jagged pagoda]

If TF3 are going to be scouting, then we can escort the Shovels, at normal speed, to the Crossroads, getting more intel along the way.

[stuck mountain]

Theferd? It's exactly 7

[jagged pagoda]

Oh, I thought Ferdsome was your callsign, because that's what you put on the signup sheet under callsign 😅

[stuck mountain]

Nah I don't mind

[royal sequoia]

Very gud

[stuck mountain]

Nah that's the unit name

[jagged pagoda]

Ahhhh... I see XD

[plain dew]

their ideal plan is deploy a ground recon force T1, and then go run around scouting space

[royal sequoia]

Ok, I'm trying to treat my addiction, I'm logging off for a few hours. Play nice everyone :p

[jagged pagoda]

Alrighty

[jagged mulch]

Fair enough

[jagged pagoda]

I should too XD

[jagged mulch]

Have fun

[jagged pagoda]

And I will... at half past.

[jagged mulch]

Nah

Now

[jagged pagoda]

Fair enough, not much is happening besides TF3 trying to get enough stuff XD

And us reorganising with the additional ship

Baiee 👋

[plain dew]

Have a goodnight folks

or day

[jagged mulch]

You too!

[turbid kernel]

This info might be old though. Don't put too much stock in it

[midnight lotus]

Ok

[plain dew]

future reference around deploying and picking things back up

[atomic comet]

Also need to get the new Crew sheet in line with our old Crew sheet. With all of the movement I'm not sure they match anymore

[jagged mulch]

They don't need to match

I think we'll mostly be ignoring the old one from now on

[atomic comet]

We should mark it as obsolete soon if so. The important part was tracking which ships had which modules

[pliant fjord]

We'd need all module-carrying crew to check in and select their vessel

Mostly also waiting to see if we get some more crew from Shack joining

[jagged pagoda]

We’ll see

[maiden belfry]

Hello Conko here currently in Victorum ive got a orbital drop pod system and and a heavy drop pod system if those are helpful upgrades for yall or need the crew for a ship I'm happy to move over, Victorum's got a pool of crew at the moment and all the ships can be staffed, happy to go wherever im needed most.

[jagged pagoda]

I’m not sure if we need more Drop Pods (of any kind), but I don’t know everything 😅

[pliant fjord]

We've got two Heavy Pods right now, but no regulars

[jagged pagoda]

No regulars?

[pliant fjord]

with a third, we could deploy our entire contingent of 2x PAI and 2x LMechs in one round

Nobody's declared that they've bought standard drop pods, it's just on the "someone will likely buy this later" list

[jagged pagoda]

So what they’re offering is what we need?

[sturdy dew]

if Shack stay with us we already can, he has heavy drops too

[pliant fjord]

yea, you ok crewing up on the Endurance for Captain Shack?

[jagged pagoda]

^^ ?

[pliant fjord]

Did Shack buy regular drop pods?

[maiden belfry]

Of course happy to go where im needed, nice to meet ya all

[sturdy dew]

no the heavy ones. EDIT: he has not them on the ship, a crew has them

[jagged pagoda]

Right

[pliant fjord]

oh? which crew is that? have they signed in on the doc?

[pliant fjord]

Welcome aboard!

[sturdy dew]

Firefox has the upgrade, and is listed on the Endurance

[jagged pagoda]

I think it is Shack

[jagged pagoda]

Oh, nvm 😆

[maiden belfry]

add myself to crewing aye?

[pliant fjord]

I do not see them on either of the "crewing" docs, just the duty roster, which is about stationing, not equipment owned

[sturdy dew]

i thought that was his upgrade sorry, it was indeed bought by Shack then

[pliant fjord]

all good, for Conko, your add-ons are perfect then!

[sturdy dew]

Endurance is now an orbital dropship 😂

[maiden belfry]

haha happy to help!

[pliant fjord]

What's your Callsign Conko?

[maiden belfry]

Oh Stout1 let me add that

[jagged pagoda]

Our private army grows larger!

[maiden belfry]

there we are, a pleasure once again

[pliant fjord]

Literally my dream ship. Ixen's PA will retire to captain one day, and bring sentient torpedos

aka drop pods and breaching pods

[maiden belfry]

that would be amazing

a ship full of mean and lean mercs catapulted into an enemy ship

[jagged mulch]

We do need them :p

[sturdy dew]

maybe im daydreaming, but given the 3 LS the ship has, i think you can do some serious shenanigans with it

[twin cypress]

Hey, are you guys interesten in some transportation? I've signed up and wanted to see if I can offer a VTOL to a Battle group that isnt Storm

[jagged pagoda]

I wasn’t sure :p

[pliant fjord]

That does put the Regular drop pods onto the Endurance, are the ODTs cool with that?
@sturdy dew @fast cobalt @Big Cheese (no tag?)

[jagged pagoda]

We’re a Task Force, so we’re in space, but I think we’re okay for transport (don’t quote me on that though 😅) :)

[shadow sigil]

@wintry pawn

[sturdy dew]

oh yeah as long the captain is fine with it. I'll say let's find another ODT

[pliant fjord]

We've been floating the idea of adding a VTOL bay, but it'll be up to the captains, so not sure yet

[maiden belfry]

what a cool thing this is

[jagged mulch]

We don't have a VTOL bay, but we are planning on adding one!

So you're welcome to join I suppose

[jagged pagoda]

Are we? Cool

I should stop answering questions because I seem to not know anything XD

[jagged mulch]

Originally we weren't, but then we were, and I think now we definitely are with the Endurance giving us a bit more room

[wintry pawn]

What's up?

[jagged pagoda]

Moving to the Endurance, if that’s okay?

[pliant fjord]

You cool crewing up the Endurance when you're not orbital dropping?

[wintry pawn]

Yeah that's fine.

What do I have to do?

[jagged pagoda]

Change where you’re crewing on the docs

[pliant fjord]

or just say yes, and I'll do it for you

[twin cypress]

So I then suppose i will enter Atlas?

[wintry pawn]

Please do.

[jagged mulch]

Yes, welcome aboard!

[twin cypress]

Thank you!

[jagged pagoda]

Welcome to the “Logistics” Task Force :D

[jagged mulch]

We should still have some crew who have some things yet to choose, so we should be able to get a VTOL bay for you

[maiden belfry]

welcome mate

[jagged pagoda]

Which means we can support two VTOLs

[jagged mulch]

Indeed

[twin cypress]

Thank you for having me join you

[jagged mulch]

Though we'll probably end up only having one

[jagged pagoda]

But I think we should limit ourselves to one in case there are drawbacks for having two 😅

[jagged mulch]

You're welcome, and welcome to "logistics"

[red brook]

I think that was just fluff

[jagged pagoda]

There’s only so much I can repair as the sole engineer

[jagged pagoda]

Hopefully

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, a second engineer would be nice

Though I doubt we'll be getting one

[jagged pagoda]

Probably not

Should be fine

[jagged mulch]

Though who knows, maybe we'll chance upon an engineer looking for somewhere

[maiden belfry]

still got a few days right? yeah fingers crossed

[twin cypress]

Oh boy i sure am excited to finally do something

[jagged pagoda]

Yes, there are other, more important things to do first

[pliant fjord]

Did you sign up on the google doc?

[jagged mulch]

Btw, remember to join on the doc that's in the pins

[pliant fjord]

lmao, we gotta stop saying the same thing at the same time

[maiden belfry]

great minds and all that

[jagged pagoda]

Or fools seldom differ ;p

[maiden belfry]

the singular brain cell is a genius because it cant know any better

[jagged pagoda]

True XD

[maiden belfry]

haha well maybe that's a bit arrogant, heheh

can i just say this is such an awesome visual

[jagged mulch]

I like to think that it's great minds :p

[jagged pagoda]

Not really, it’s like how I’m immortal until evidence contradicts.

[maiden belfry]

yeah!

[jagged pagoda]

Hopefully

[maiden belfry]

food time, pleasure to meet yall speak later

[pliant fjord]

My mind is great! Great at jumping to the wrong conclusions.

[jagged mulch]

Pleasure to meet you too

[jagged mulch]

Damn, same :p

[atomic comet]

Welcome to the party

[jagged pagoda]

We have so much alcohol because we have all the supplies

[pliant fjord]

I'm hopping off for a while, but feel free to ping me if you need me, I'll be around

[jagged mulch]

Damn, we have a lot of space now it seems

[jagged pagoda]

Yes

[jagged pagoda]

I worked we could have 20 LS, though now 18

[jagged mulch]

Added a list of what we need and what we want to the side of the sheet

[jagged pagoda]

Brilliant

[jagged mulch]

Might need one of the HATs to also move over the the Endurance since as Ferdy moved, not only did our mech bay get moved, but also a flight deck

[twin cypress]

So now I've put myself into the list

[turbid kernel]

Could we pin the list?

[merry summit]

Are we actually doing alright on LS now?

[jagged mulch]

It is pinned

It's in the document

[jagged mulch]

We currently have 10

So yeah, I'd say so

[merry summit]

Niiice

[turbid kernel]

Oh, I thought there was a brand new one and I had to sign up again

[jagged mulch]

The only new thing is the new crew tab in the document

So much nicer to use than our old one

[jagged pagoda]

Agreed

[merry summit]

Do we have any damage control stations?

[turbid kernel]

Nope, another would be nice module. I just don't know what we have left for CS

[red brook]

if your sheet marked as new is accurate you have 6 cs left for picket line, 2 for triple s, and 2 left for endurance

[jagged mulch]

It is accurate

And we need a VTOL bay and a flight deck, so that ends up giving us 8 CS empty

And I think we wanted second orbital pods and a scanner

So we've definitely got space for a damage control station

Assuming we have enough crew

[turbid kernel]

That's fantastic to hear. We may also want to consider arming ourselves more. Just in case

Wait, there's also scanners

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, might be a good idea to get some guns

Considering we only have a HMG and autocannon right now

[cerulean coral]

and fighters and bobmers for protection

[jagged mulch]

I suppose so

But can't hurt to add another gun or two to our ships

Since we still have about 6 CS left, assuming we can get enough crew to fill it up with things

[merry summit]

A repair arm and kit bays would be nice as well

[royal sequoia]

I like all the Christmas shopping, but don't forget we need all the ls we can get.

Ten is definitely a number though

But more is better

[jagged mulch]

Yeah

I'd probably say trying to get an extra 3 or 4 LS would be good

Atleast 2 more

[jagged pagoda]

I am an engineer, so I think I can repair ships from within, but I'm not entirely sure

[turbid kernel]

You can but you need a Repair kit still I believe

[jagged pagoda]

Rightio

And a Damage Control Team

[merry summit]

There’s only one of each in all of Armco atm and it’s in victorum

[jagged pagoda]

So perhaps we should get one as the logi team 😅

[merry summit]

So I guess we’re doing defense thru killing them faster than we can take damage 😬

[jagged pagoda]

We're also the second largest TF afaik

[merry summit]

A couple repair bays and an arm would be good

[jagged pagoda]

Yes

[royal sequoia]

What are they for?

[merry summit]

Fixing orbitals

[cerulean coral]

https://tenor.com/view/meet-the-engineer-hey-look-buddy-im-an-engineer-that-means-i-solve-problems-break-tv-gif-16844903

[merry summit]

https://tenor.com/view/fixed-gif-14953349

[jagged pagoda]

If it's good enough for the academy, it's good enough for me 😉

[royal sequoia]

I guess some repair capability would be cool

Repair arms or something

[turbid kernel]

Do we really need the arm? I guess it allows the other orbitals not to need the DC Team

[jagged pagoda]

If the PL can spare the CS, I think it (as our most defensive ship) should have the Repair arm :p

[jagged pagoda]

With how many ships we have, having one repair ship would be very helpful

[royal sequoia]

Arms can repair any ship, whereas the DC team can only repair their own, right?

So the arm is just a lot more flexible, and adapted to our task

DC team is for ships planning to be in prolonged firefights

Which we definitely don't want to do

[jagged pagoda]

Agreed, so we should add a repair arm if we can.

Then I can man that as the engineer :D

[turbid kernel]

So repair arm and Repair Kit Storage?

[merry summit]

Arms specifically only repair other ships, but so long as we’re not the ship needing it that’s probably best suited for our build

[jagged pagoda]

Probably

TF3 can rendezvous with us if they get engaged and we can repair them

Or TF1, but they've got their own repair options

But also if any of our ships get hit in low orbit

[turbid kernel]

My main worry is that we can't resupply the repair kits. Which means we can only repair another orbital twice

[merry summit]

just gotta keep an eye on the emergency situations

[royal sequoia]

wait

one repair kit repairs one (1) hit point?

and repair kit storage TWO?

I'm gonna be a negative nancy again, but that seem like a complete waste

you use up two cs for the ability to repair two hit points

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, it seems only worth it if you specialize a ship as a repair ship for a task force

[royal sequoia]

yeah

[ember python]

oh man, this is gonan be great. w/ the Endurance launching with us we have so much many more CS and LS

[merry summit]

depends on how much LS we would be willing to swap for orbital survivability

losing an orbital is an expensive endeavor

[shadow sigil]

2 CS for +3 hits.
DCT + Repair kit storage

[royal sequoia]

but only on your own orbital then

which is fine imo, if you're playing an orbital planning to get into fights

not worth it for a supply group

[merry summit]

a destroyer would be a 6 rec loss minimum

[royal sequoia]

loosing an orbital is very expensive, that's for sure

[turbid kernel]

If we had another cruiser (and enough crew) full of CS we could kit it out with arms and kits galore that would be amazing but just throwing it on doesn't seem to give as much as it'll cost

[atomic comet]

Hopefully Victorum handles any big space flights

[turbid kernel]

Yep, we support the front line but we aren't the front line

[jagged pagoda]

Agreed, good night, have fun :D

[fast cobalt]

so the 32nd will be aboard the endurance for the drop?

im just getting here so there is so much to catch up on right now

[pliant fjord]

Yes, if you're ok with that

[fast cobalt]

fine with me

[turbid kernel]

Excellent

[ember python]

i know we've been discussing scanner(s), but has any discussion happened around comms intercept? can we even parse bot comms?

[atomic comet]

We'd need a scanner for the comms intercept to work right?

[ember python]

i think so, yeah.

[pliant fjord]

they don't have to be on the same ship necessarily, but yea

[tired patio]

Sounds like things are moving right along here.

[pliant fjord]

For sure!

[tired patio]

I noticed my crew if filling out on the doc! NICE!

[pliant fjord]

We've been crewing you up, yea! Got a couple fleet crew with a bunch of upgrades

The Endurance is basically a super dropship

[tired patio]

Sweet! I'm happy to retrofit the bays into whatever we think we need. I will mostly be busy working coordination. So the endurance will be sticking with the TF and going with the group.

[pliant fjord]

hell yea sir

[tired patio]

and if we have crew with kit thats perfect.

[pliant fjord]

We picked up a VTOL and are looking at Sensors

[tired patio]

Sensors are nice High Orbit support.

[noble owl]

I expect you all to do some heavy Helldivers roleplaying

[tired patio]

Comms intercept as well if you double down. We can scan 1 target, then comms intercept and figure out what its next move will be.

But thats easy 2 slots. So.. no pressure.

Probably better to run more logi that such direct support.

[pliant fjord]

combine all that with the PAI on the Picket, we can drop a small army anywhere in 30 minutes or your money back

[tired patio]

🤷🏻

[tired patio]

Hows are Deployment Capablity looking?

[atomic comet]

I have a friend who's ship crew that I'll be getting his upgrades on here in the next hour or so. He'd probably go comms intercept

[tired patio]

We're looking chunky for drop pod capability on the endurance based on the doc! 😄

Oh heads up. Fleet Engineers managed to double our VTOL capabity per Bay.

Just don't let the Merc Board know we're totally not going by SOP.

[pliant fjord]

a second standard Drop Pod might be worth it, moreso if we can find one more ODT

[atomic comet]

Just gotta hope nobody shoots us right? Lol

[pliant fjord]

Total Unit capacity is:

6 Frontline Infantry
3 Support Infantry
2 LMs
3 Combat Aircraft
4 HATs

is our onboard DC

[tired patio]

If we're looking to deploy a battlegroup specifically. We should see what they will likely have and see how quickly we can deploy them to the field.

Do we have any ODT battlegroups?

[pliant fjord]

Redwall was pretty focused on it before I joined a TF

BG5

[tired patio]

I wonder how quickly we could fire them at the planet surface from the cargo bays.

[turbid kernel]

Redwall is huge, over 45 members last I saw. Obviously not all infantry though. Got to sacrifice a lot of LS to move them

[tired patio]

Sounding like.. if we secure the capital its going to get super busy on the ground with so many battlegroups deploying. Having a battlegroup farther afield dropable at a moments notice would be super useful.

[atomic comet]

I'm seeing very little drop troops overall

[turbid kernel]

If we bring a BG we might want to do Flying Shovels. Smaller and engineer focused. They plan to go straight to Crossroads and start digging in deep. The expected front line

[pliant fjord]

We've been pretty hesitant to sack the LS for a BG.

Flying Shovels is carrying themselves I think.

[atomic comet]

6ODTs across the whole campaign

[pliant fjord]

They have a fleet of HATs deploying from the Ring Gate

[tropic solar]

PAI can also orbital drop

[atomic comet]

I want to get them in since they promised airfields

[pliant fjord]

only in the heavy pods though

[atomic comet]

12 of them. So 18 orbital drop units overall

[pliant fjord]

yea, having more than one Drop Pod (regular) on a ship might not be optimal here

[tired patio]

Not shocking Drop Troopers are limited.

High cost in training ect.

[tropic solar]

True I thought more general the ability to drop and didn't consider the difference in equipment. Though then Light Mechs are also drop pod capable

[turbid kernel]

Issue is I don't see a way to get them there. If we burn an LS we can get there but we might be pushing into the center of a hostile planet without knowing what's already there.

[atomic comet]

Have we determined if we're trying to push in with the early group? I don't even know if we can

[pliant fjord]

Right, if we rush in ahead of our Fleet and there are enemy orbitals there, we're screwed

[atomic comet]

I presume we'd be second wave with people like Victorum and Fluffle out front

[alpine condor]

My PA infantry might actually get to touch grass this time, not just guard the endurance from boarding and then counter-board the enemy (not that that wasn’t a lot of fun)

[turbid kernel]

I think we can get to Elim without burning an LS. Our troops would be useful for Storm Blessed and we can secure the Starport

[tired patio]

Hopefully we are second wave.

[alpine condor]

I’m sure we could find a place where dropping a bunch of dudes right on top of the enemy could be useful

[tired patio]

having the option to drop a PA/ODT group would be a great option.

Big strength of Orbital Drop Pods is they can't be intercepted by AA.

To small, To Fast.

[atomic comet]

Mmmmmm I hate AA. It will literally be the death of me

[pliant fjord]

I think that's plan B, right? (regarding Elim/Crossroads question)

Plan A: Follow fleet to Elim until better intel.
If clear, proceed to Crossroads and support, if not,
Plan B: Stay at Elim and support Starport secure.

[noble owl]

I’m assuming at least TF3 or TF1 will be ahead of you guys in getting there so you’ll have plenty of intel

[tired patio]

since we are supply focused. How we doing on that front?

[turbid kernel]

Did TF3 get enough people though? TF1 doesn't want to burn the LS to rush Elim last I heard.

[pliant fjord]

currently 10 LS before final upgrads

[alpine condor]

10 supply currently, was it?

[noble owl]

I’m sure if they haven’t already that they will before we deploy. We are kind of counting on them for the Storm escort depending on how the vote goes😅

If they don’t meet the requirements then we lose Storm’s speedy escort to Elim as well as Rabbit’s transportation so we will be deploying probably one or two turns later

[atomic comet]

Oof and we really really want at least one group to rush in and get us Intel

[pliant fjord]

We could offer to donate one of our LS to TF1

if they'll go fast and first

[atomic comet]

Burn one to juice em up

[noble owl]

I do think TF3 will be fine by next week though so I’m not super worried about it yet

[pliant fjord]

is that not what being support is all about 😉

[turbid kernel]

I think they have to have the ability to house the extra LS. Not sure though

[alpine condor]

Yeah, plenty of time to shanghai some people

[turbid kernel]

Oh! But we can give it to them after they burn it as a replacement!

[pliant fjord]

exactly

gotta find a captain who's ok with that before I pitch it >.>

[alpine condor]

First one’s free?

[pliant fjord]

Here's 1 LS, please go tank bullets for us

[atomic comet]

Then you gotta pay

[alpine condor]

Starting the LS casino aboard the endurance

[shadow sigil]

I'm pretty sure we can accept that offer.

I'll ask the rest of victorum

[pliant fjord]

We're happy to give our bullets to the ships with the big guns

[alpine condor]

But only those with big guns

The bigger the better

[pliant fjord]

You know what they say about the Captain of a ship with a big gun, right?

absolutely nothing

[alpine condor]

I’d assume they also have equally big beards or elaborate moustaches

[turbid kernel]

The bigger the boom

[alpine condor]

Interesting how our “supply” fleet ended up with such a big combat element

A lot of mechs and power armour infantry for a bunch of cargo ships

[turbid kernel]

We're the richest in the fleet and got the toys to match

[pliant fjord]

It takes a lot of bullets and beans to feed an army

[ember python]

guns and butter

[alpine condor]

Sure hope we don’t mix those up during re-supply.

[atomic comet]

That's a very 40K kind of thing to have happen

[plain dew]

so far your idea is looking promising, most of them are okay to go fast if they dont have to pay for it 😂

[pliant fjord]

Haven't heard back from a captain yet, but most here have been OK with that too.

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, I want to hear from the captains too before bringing it up to Storm Blessed

[shadow sigil]

3 of our 4 captains have giving the all clear as long as you're sure it's okay

[plain dew]

yea they seemed shock you would part with a LS

🤣

i dont have any say in it, but i think its a good idea all around.

[shadow sigil]

Okay, we're having a poll about this, we'll know in 24 hrs

[turbid kernel]

We still need final permission from the captains but it'll be good to know TF1 is open to the idea

[shadow sigil]

Your captains I assume?