Task Force 2 - Atlas: Comms

[pliant fjord]

so yea, the fighters definitely count

[plain dew]

Its less that, and more that our fleet footprint is larger than what we can safely cover.

[pliant fjord]

you also have speed 7, which means you can choose when and where to engage better than any orbital

[plain dew]

4 ships without guns, 2 with, a VTOL (which im confused if they can be used in space, ive heard both ways), and then the 3 fighters.

[pliant fjord]

it's not necessarily the coverage I'm worried about, but your DPS

if we're up against LRMs, we'll rethink, but we'll probably want you on offense most of the time

[plain dew]

yea, id certainly prefer that, because that means we are dictating engagements, which means we can keep the orbitals safe. Aggressive defense. But if we get ambushed by a sortie of fighters, we might be in trouble.

[pliant fjord]

yea, that would indeed be bad

[plain dew]

both the autocannon & HMG have firing arcs to consider too

ideally for full security, id probably vote to split the fighters and have a pentagon shape of weapons around the other 4 ships, but then we risk losing a fighter during the initial engagement, and that is really bad for us.

[pliant fjord]

agreed

[plain dew]

but again... if its just fighters.... the bigger orbitals can tank them a round or 2

so probably fine

[pliant fjord]

I think SOP for more than 5 incoming enemy fighters is recall all air, and call for help from a BG or nearby TF

[plain dew]

yea, its certainly different if we have BG with AA capabilities nearby.

i missed pickets HMG is rear facing, so they have to be at the back of our column.

welp, maybe will collect another fighter. 4 fighters is a big break point for us, we can split them into pairs of 2, and that solves alot of issues.

[pliant fjord]

still a few days to go

[high pike]

In case this wasn't clarified, VTOLs can always use their guns in space, and against orbitals. It's just other aerospace (including other VTOLs) which they cannot target. Hence Storm being concerned for a few fighters at the gate, since we wouldn't be able to do anything against them, either by speed or attacks

[pliant fjord]

Everyone scooch together for a photo!

First one to find the typo gets ice-cream

[plain dew]

gotcha

[novel oak]

you mispelt valkrye

shit no

nvm

no Im right

valkrye is mispelt

[pliant fjord]

oh, no crap

[novel oak]

than I have no clue

[pliant fjord]

there was a second one

[novel oak]

lmao

double ice cream

[pliant fjord]

lmao, you get icecream too

but there's one more

[novel oak]

yay

[pliant fjord]

Our newest Captain was labeled "Ctp. SENTNL"

Which is like... Catpee? instead of Captain?

In any case, it's fixed

[novel oak]

I promise I did not pee anywhere here that you can prove

[pliant fjord]

Something Something Poop deck

[fast cobalt]

sorry dave was looking away. he always messes up something

[shy wind]

Hello, as I said in the other channel, I'm provisionally putting my name in here depending on what ends up happening with BG13

[turbid kernel]

Awesome! We'll keep you as a provisional member until the future is sorted out. If you do end up joining you'll probably be assigned to the hospital ship Sentinel as their dedicated VTOL if that's alright?

[ember python]

It would be nice if the 212th hit their mins, but if not, we have bay space for you, and oodles of stuff for you to bring places.

[sturdy dew]

Morning atlas

[fast cobalt]

[jolly verge]

[jagged pagoda]

Morning, what's cracking?

[light crescent]

The TrippleS left? We are so screwed! How are we supposed do do anything without Simm?

[abstract thunder]

Could I pretty please be named from Cpt. Banksia to Cpt. Nick?

[royal sequoia]

I will never be really far my friend, don't worry. I'll keep helping out here. Also you got a brand new medical corvette, which is really cool

[still rock]

@abstract thunder Crew member Billiam "Payload" reporting for duty

[abstract thunder]

Another lamb to the slaughter Pleasure to have you

[sturdy dew]

Welcome

[alpine condor]

Even in my absence, the death cult grows

Brings a tear to my eye

[pliant fjord]

The map icon is based on your callsign, which is how you get paid. (But you'll likely never leave the ship, so it should be fine).

If you want, you can always /deactivate your unit and /activate again to change your callsign.

[pliant fjord]

Welcome! Be sure to check out the doc (the first two tabs at least), and hit me up with any questions you may have!

[pliant fjord]

@solid hare Your dream came true. We've got Breaching pods now.

[turbid kernel]

Who got them?

[pliant fjord]

Flying Hippo. Gonna be on the Banksia.

And another gun too

Forward HMG

So our fighters will be happier too

[turbid kernel]

Hell yeah, that's awesome.

it will definitly make dealing with that frigate a little easier if worse case scenario happens

[stuck mountain]

the Triple S is always in your heart

(and discord too since there are so many active s3 members)

[solid hare]

https://tenor.com/view/wh40k-space-marine-gif-2789758811080158372

Yea Brother!!

I'm just imagining how a bad day it'll be when the frigate gets boarded by 2 - 3 squads of PAI

Not for the PAI, just... everything else

[pliant fjord]

yea we got enough marines to take a ship

[solid hare]

So... all in favor of taking over the bot's frigate in one move?

[halcyon ridge]

I was actually about to suggest doing that. I say if the frigate is going to be a problem we just turn it into a problem for the bots

[solid hare]

Seems we are on the same wavelength, the frigate's already a problem... so might as well flip the scrilt

[halcyon ridge]

Can any infantry unit load into breach pods or only ODTs?

[solid hare]

Good question... PAI require heavy drop pods...

But I don't know of the same requirement are for these breach pods

[jagged mulch]

It says infantry, so any sort of infantry I think?

[halcyon ridge]

We do have half of ARMCO’s active drop pod trained forces so even if it requires that training I still think it’s worth it

[jagged mulch]

Might be good to ask in #meta-comm

[solid hare]

Probably, might not even take much of our infantry away to take the frigate, I imagine

[jagged mulch]

Since PAI is a mix between infantry and vehicle

[pliant fjord]

Any Infantry can use Breaching Pods

[solid hare]

'Walking tanks'

[pliant fjord]

Including Medics and Engineers (and Fleet Crew if your ship has an Armory?)

Engis auto-succeed on the door breach action

(but really you just need to roll a 2 on a D6, so it's not like its hard)

Fluffle and Storm are gonna be hitting the Frigate before we get there, but if it's still alive when we arrive, we can offer to breach it.

[solid hare]

If we really want to maybe we can coordinate with fluffle and storm for a breach action?

[pliant fjord]

Even if it's not pilotable (it's a bot ship that none of us have been in before), the intel we could get could be valuable

[solid hare]

Soften it up but not knocking it out of the sky?

[solid hare]

Good point

[pliant fjord]

It's gonna be hard to do that intentionally. I think the best we can hope for is an "if it's still alive" plan.

[halcyon ridge]

Do we know what all its armed with? I think we know for sure it’s got at least one pod launcher

[solid hare]

I mean we have done coordinated efforts between battlegroups and task forces before... but good point, it is a more immediate threat for them for sure, so it could be a lot to ask for them to hold off on engaging it

[pliant fjord]

It's more like... the attacking force is attacking with 17 VTOLs, each of which has a 50% chance of doing a hit, so we can't exactly stop before it gets destroyed.

It'll be a matter of chance either way

[halcyon ridge]

I need to check in with Sky before promising anything but if Fluffle and Storm can silence the heavy guns and early breachers can disable engines, I’m happy to use forced breaching as a way to deploy a second wave and med station for the breach team

[olive cliff]

I'm down lol

[pliant fjord]

With a successful scan, our breachers should be able to breach directly into the engine room

-# Synergy!

[turbid kernel]

I think we classify as pirates now

[olive cliff]

I don't see an issue with this

[solid hare]

Yo ho all together breach the hostile ship, yo ho warriors and champions, never shall we die!

https://tenor.com/view/space-marine-warhammer-40k-lock-n-load-let's-do-this-i'm-ready-gif-4235699421724163907

[pliant fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/halo3-arbiter-trade-one-villain-gif-5500957637815345417

[atomic comet]

@pliant fjord Do you have a preferred method for people to submit their orders? PM? in this channel?

[pliant fjord]

There will be a dedicated chat created for it

likely called "Task Force 2 - Atlas: Orders"

@gritty cliff Could we pin the above information announcement in this channel?

[pliant fjord]

We also won't need any orders submitted this Sunday, but we should choose a formation.

[solid hare]

I'm guessing ship formation? Which ship would be our flagship?

[pliant fjord]

The Endurance is Captain Shack's ship, so we should put a flag on that one, but none of our ships are overwhelmingly strong. The Banksia is the tankiest, and the Picket Line was first, if that matters.

[turbid kernel]

Typically a flagship is simply where the highest ranking member of the fleet is. The ship would raise the admiral's (typically an admiral) flag. Hence, "Flagship". So it doesn't have to be the biggest or strongest ship if we follow naval traditions.

[solid hare]

I'd say have endurance int he back, and center at that rate, wall or sphere would be good, delta would also be a good option

[solid hare]

The more you know, cool

[pliant fjord]

There is no official hierarchy, (it's discouraged to maximize player agency).

So any flagship pick is purely for RP

[solid hare]

Of course

It just helps with formations as well as a reference point

[turbid kernel]

Then I guess by veterancy it would be the Picket Line for being the first ship

[pliant fjord]

I'll make a Poll

[shadow sigil]

From TF Victorum you should pick the Black pearl 😆
No voting from me though

[solid hare]

Lol

[pliant fjord]

They do have our biggest gun, so it's not an absurd reasoning

[light crescent]

I’d rather have it in my taskforce tho…

[high pike]

Our taskforce

-# *well, your taskforce

[turbid kernel]

@sage perch was looking for you I think

[plain dew]

I'd vote which ever ship carries the BG is the flag ship so we keep them nice and safe, would be a bummer if we lost a BG on the way down lol.

[light crescent]

Yes, our taskforce. I am saying „my taskforce“ like „my school“ or something. I don’t own it, it’s still mine (and yours and everyone else’s)

[halcyon ridge]

It’s a minor thing but my ship’s name is “Rapid Sentinel” SENTNL is just what I came up with for a callsign to fit 7 characters or less

[stuck mountain]

I mean technically I'm part of triple S but still here does that count 😛

[shadow sigil]

One Ship doesn't need to carry the whole BG.
It can be split.
Plus you don't need to declare you have them until your deploying them. (Which is instantly via starport.)

[pliant fjord]

Yea, the exact locations of units that aren't explicitly working as crew aren't important.

If you're ODT aboard the Endurance, you can use the Drop Pods on Banksia without having to spend movement/actions/coordination to transfer over there first.

Same for Breaching pods and flight decks

[shadow sigil]

I think if you're a TF member that might not be the case.
But I'm not sure on that.

[pliant fjord]

This is the rule I was referencing.
I think it only applies to actions involving Deployment

Hmm. Maybe it only applies to BGs

We're crewed up appropriately anyway I think.

[turbid kernel]

The BGs are using our bays to deploy, it would be weird if we couldn't do the same. As long as you could explain how the units got there then I don't see the issue (both ships have a flight deck for example.)

[pliant fjord]

Yea, I think some "non-combat, non-atmo inter-ship shuttles" would be around to handle that

[pliant fjord]

Confirmed. Any unit aboard any ship can use the deployment capabilities on any ship.

For example:
INF aboard the Banksia can embark onto a VTOL docked with Picket Line.

LMs aboard Endurance can use the Heavy Drop Pods on Banksia to Orbital Drop.

[solid hare]

Oh really? Interesting

[olive cliff]

it's probably been mentioned already but i'm missing it, when are first orders due?

[royal sequoia]

that is very good to know, thanks 🙂

[pliant fjord]

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Most likely next Wednesday

Sunday all rosters are locked in

[olive cliff]

wonderful thank you!

[turbid kernel]

So, what's everyone playing on the radio when we free Elim City?

[merry summit]

the song everyone knows, sweet caroline

[pliant fjord]

BA BA BAAA

[jolly verge]

due to the alliance with the defense forces of the european federation: Beethoven 9th Sinfony 4th Movement

[pliant fjord]

Freude schöner götterfunken!

[sage perch]

Ride of the Valkyries, that or Tchaikovsky's

[jagged mulch]

Good question... Hmm...

You know what, I'm gonna go with Big Iron

[jolly verge]

3th symphony of Beethoven matches too

[sage perch]

1812 is the best battle song

[jolly verge]

thats not wrong <3

I can recommend Rossini Guillaume Tell too especially if you are some kind of cav

[pliant fjord]

#meta-comm message

[sage perch]

We will sync our guns to the Cannonade

[pliant fjord]

Lumaran National Anthem "My Belly is a Table"

[light crescent]

May I suggest: shooting up droids to the Starwars main theme

[olive cliff]

Im partial to "Vode An" myself

[jagged mulch]

Or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UwfoNvZMAU

[plain dew]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jly9qp40rfw&list=RDJly9qp40rfw&start_radio=1

great for the ODT

the vibration from the speakers could scramble the bots internal wiring

[pliant fjord]

When we get a chance to breach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE

[novel oak]

if you want I can float the idea of us moving to disable over kill

so we can try to capture it

[novel oak]

I’ll float the idea but no promises

[pliant fjord]

100%, no heroes. Don't lose your guys for a chance of intel.

[halcyon ridge]

Definitely don’t go for it if it looks like a suicide run but I’ll happily get in position to support trying to claim the ship

[novel oak]

yall are speed 2 right?

[plain dew]

Oh, we also need to remember those scary missiles from the east...

If those are LRM, maybe one of the orbitals could help take them out

[topaz rivet]

I wonder if they’re coming from the cross roads or the nav point due east of Elim

[pliant fjord]

Good idea, we'll have our HMGs crewed up to stop 'em before they hit Elim, or us.

[plain dew]

Only point defense can take them out right?

[pliant fjord]

Or Fighters, allegedly, still unconfirmed on that front.

[plain dew]

Interesting

[solid hare]

I think I may want a PAI grouping that's all shields and swords, and maybe jump pack and let them be quite litteral angels of death

[pliant fjord]

Hell yes

If we gotta board, you and me are going first.

[solid hare]

You got it brother!

[pliant fjord]

Assuming we still got two VTOLs, we can bring @jagged pagoda if he's insane enough.

[solid hare]

Lol

'You call that a helldive... this is a helldive' proceeds to ride an enemy cruiser into a large bot stronghold 'Tallyho Boys!'

[pliant fjord]

Crash enemy cruiser into the bot stronghold

[solid hare]

Very honey I'm home moment

[solid hare]

So um... I may have entered into a rabbit hole... I'm making custom chapter lore for the firebreathers...

[pliant fjord]

Put a link in the doc if you're willing to share! Always grab that muse whenever motivation strikes

[river vector]

How you guys feeling prepping for drop day?

[pliant fjord]

Excited and nervous.

It's not like we basically lose the planet if we lose the starport >.>

[river vector]

Well not quite but pretty close

No pressure😁

[pliant fjord]

Some of the haulers at the mining rock can land anywhere right?

[river vector]

I think they all have landing gear they’re just pretty weak

[pliant fjord]

We won't lose the port. We're pouring everything into it

[solid hare]

Thanks, it's still work in progress, but codex is being built... with help, but I'm pleased with it, ai can show some lore bits and pics though

[plain dew]

has the plan changed from each TF entering at their respective speed? Cause if not honestly... im not too worried about us. My guess is TF3 & BG3 will have most things cleaned up, and will more or less have the starport by the time we get there. Just a matter of how many casualties occurred...

[river vector]

Nothing as changed at this point I know of

[topaz rivet]

I think that’s the most likely option

[turbid kernel]

Yeah I'm more worried about TF3/BG3 and TF1. Fighters at the gate and a possible orbital in the area (their carrier) and TF1 has to hold the line for orbital reinforcements while Elim is liberated.

[plain dew]

If there is something TF1 cant handle we are in big trouble 🤣

[halcyon ridge]

Have you looked at their roster of fleet killers? If all else fails with the frigate their BB can just snap it in half 😂

[plain dew]

Oh yea, thats what im saying, if theres something that they are struggling with, we are toast. The combined mighat of TF2/TF3 should be able to fight off one or two orbitals easy enough, but both of our fleets are certainly more geared towards utility and logistics.

[shadow sigil]

TF1 problem is Speed. We can't chase something down on the tactical or strategic map.
But if something lets us close. They're going to die.

[pliant fjord]

Yea, the slow crawl towards their base on the moon (presumably)

It should put their fleets on the defensive instead of coming for us over the planet

Iron Hammer just picked up a 3rd tank

[plain dew]

thats a good thing right? Or bad cause they are getting close to the deployment cap?

[pliant fjord]

They just hit 20 with the tank

I'm personally open to upping the cap, but I don't think the TF is.

[shadow sigil]

They have at least 1 unit that said they'd move if they break the cap by 1.

[pliant fjord]

Yup, the ODT.

Pathfinders has a lot of IFVs, but no tanks

[shadow sigil]

I think pathfinders wasn't letting tanks join

[topaz rivet]

Yep. Pick a target they have to defend and smash them against it

[plain dew]

ooo scanner buff

[pliant fjord]

sick, we've got two!

In case you missed the poll, we're voting on which ship to be named the Flagship:
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[wide quiver]

Is there a list for transport?

[plain dew]

theres the google doc with the fleets ships on there if that is what you are asking?

[wide quiver]

I'm asking out of four ships I wanna make sure I'm on the Union. Or atleast I think thats what minimasterminds ship is called.

[plain dew]

His ship name is Picket Line, his callsign is Union

You are on there now as infantry

[ember python]

Don't Cross the Picket Line!

[pliant fjord]

Is our motto written down somewhere I missed?

We could add it to the doc somewhere

[merry summit]

I feel like I should rename one of my units to “line in the sand”

Just so I can have my guys do drawings of it 😂

[royal sequoia]

Good morning Atlas 🙂

[turbid kernel]

Morning, Simm

[jagged mulch]

Morning!

[turbid kernel]

Morning, Vivian

[royal sequoia]

How goes it in the realm of planet carrying entities

[jagged mulch]

I dunno how Atlas is doing right now, though iron hammers is doing pretty well, we've got combat engineers and 3 MBTs which is quite nice and gambling

[royal sequoia]

That's quite a lot of tanks X)

And combat engineers are good

[novel oak]

they’ve spend a bunch of time prepping in case we fail to take out the frigate

[royal sequoia]

Tsk tsk

[novel oak]

plus the idea I floated earlier of us disabling it so they can board it

[royal sequoia]

That's a nice idea

[novel oak]

it heavily comes down to luck

but if we can it’d be useful

[jagged mulch]

Prepping? Who needs that? Iron hammers have been spending half their time using the ARMCOmon lootbox program I made yesterday 😅

[novel oak]

. . .

The only credit I will give is its hard to prep considering the 0 intel they have

[jagged mulch]

Blame this guy

[jagged pagoda]

I am indeed insane enough ^^

[jagged pagoda]

Nah I blame you ;p

[sturdy dew]

Ohhhh thats good. Morning atlas

[humble urchin]

Hellooooooooo

Iron Hammer is currently at 20 peeps.
If we get to 22 and the 212th Logi isn't able to be formed, we will unfortunally not be transportable
Let's see where it goes 👀

(if we're at 21, sven will join atlas to make us 20 and transportable)

[round dawn]

Wait I hadn't said I'd definitely do that yet

[humble urchin]

...I thought you did tho ?

You in advance talked about it and said you'd be okay ? Or did I not understand ?

Well, then 21 is bust

Not a problem

[ember python]

we'll see how it shakes out.

[humble urchin]

ye.

[round dawn]

No I might, its an option

Just not set in stone

[humble urchin]

Alright

[ember python]

there is still a bit of time to mull it over. we'll get it figured either way.

[humble urchin]

It's a problem for you if the situation does happen pretty much 🤣

[humble urchin]

We're also at 3 MBTs

[abstract thunder]

I am potentially getting another crew

Ongoing negotiations

[ember python]

oh thats interesting. i might have wrangled a friend of mine to join up, and he's interested in crewing also. if both go through, we could potentially fill all the CS on our ships

[abstract thunder]

I honestly want more guns because I am scared of that frigate

[ember python]

another gun or two would give us more operational flexibility in the field, that's for sure

[royal sequoia]

So much crew, that's amazing

Well done guys, Atlas is looking amazing

Don't forget, you'll be the backbone of all Armco operations 🙂

[humble urchin]

You're looking amazing !

[light crescent]

May I have that for the Red Press? 👉👈

[light crescent]

Would be funny if all orbitals where named something with line...

[lone shuttle]

What is the red press?

[light crescent]

Our Newspaper!

You can read it here

And you are very welcome to contribute to next week's issue!

[lone shuttle]

I’ll keep that in mind. Do you take unit lore or rp segments? Or updates from the field?

[light crescent]

We take pretty much everything!

[round dawn]

Well i'll take the spot on the drop pod ship (the endurance👀) as i promised, not part of you for now so ig just slap some ''just visiting'' badges on my guys lol

[pliant fjord]

It'd be nice to have a backup for Cantaloupe who is still AWOL, and ignoring my messages.

[solid hare]

I can get you some snippits, you looking for battlefield stories or looking foranything in particular? I also have images

[pliant fjord]

Hey! Did your Req issue get resolved?

[humble urchin]

looks at Atlas

Uh, is that you guys and thus, us aswell ?

If we get transported

[pliant fjord]

We're speed 2

[humble urchin]

OH

okay

good news

wew.

[pliant fjord]

We'll be second in, right after TF 3 Fluffle, and BG 3/13 Storm

[humble urchin]

I mean, technically bad news cuz you guys arent speed 3 big sad, but good news in the way that that gives us time for planning 🤣

[shadow sigil]

Rememeber not to declare a BG in storage until you're at the destination to unload them.

[humble urchin]

I'll be real, I have absolutely no idea how that works

I'll figure that out when it's decided we are or aren't transported 😅

[high pike]

So Atlas will have first orders due on <t:1750888800:F>, if I have it right

[pliant fjord]

Most likely, yes

[high pike]

And y'all with your Speed 2 can go:

Lussan Gate --> Nav Field 1 --> West Elim City [--> Central Elim City (if you spend 1 LS)]

[pliant fjord]

Do we know which section the Spaceport is?

[topaz rivet]

Central

[pliant fjord]

ugh

More polling!

[topaz rivet]

Though I can see both sides of orbitals needing to speed three speed to cross a city

[high pike]

-# no decision by fiat?

[pliant fjord]

-# when my plan is the only plan pitched, it usually gets ok'd

[high pike]

Btw, do y'all have an emoji? (Storm's is ⚡)

[pliant fjord]

I kinda like 🌐

but nothing official

[humble urchin]

Ay, it was atlas' emoji aswell back then I think

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, we'll have to decide if we want to use the extra LS to get to the spaceport in the same turn. And I agree with 🌐

We also need to decide our deployment priority, our forces or BG if we can't launch pods and dock in the same turn

[high pike]

You should be able to do both

[topaz rivet]

Depends on if we’re stuck in Elim West when we start deploying

[turbid kernel]

Hopefully, I just wanted confirmation. I'm assuming the captain just steers her in and it auto docks (like the landing gear) or another crew has to use an action to dock.

[topaz rivet]

I wish there was a way to ping everyone who follows this thread

[pliant fjord]

Not without getting banned

unless...

[tired patio]

Because intel suggests we will have hostile forces outside the gate. It will make us much slower on the strategic map. We need to reach the edge to transfer

[high pike]

Yeah, an @thread ping type would be nice. You could then have separate permissions for it vs @ everyone and @ here

[tired patio]

Could be nice to have the extra speed to push towards the edge away from the gate if thats what we want. Make room for 3rd wave.

So Victorum can clear the gate if its got even mroe hostiles than we expect?

Unless Fluffle can clear house

[pliant fjord]

I'm hoping Fluffle's fighters will be able to keep them busy

[topaz rivet]

I have a feeling this is going to chomp on Stormblessed’s plan

[high pike]

Oh, Shack, while you're here. Since Storm Blessed is going BG 3 & 13 should we have two orders channels or just one?

[tired patio]

Well thankfully we will have way more intel once fluffle arrives.

[pliant fjord]

Can't wait to scrap all the plans and make new ones lol

[high pike]

Yeah, Fluffle has a light carrier in DD TripleS

[tired patio]

Can I just say. Looking at the formation in the doc is VERY COOL.

[pliant fjord]

We've picked up a Medical Corvette since you last checked in, and got a few extra crew, with a couple more pending

[tired patio]

Nice!

[pliant fjord]

And another HMG, hoping to be able to shoot down some of those missiles bombarding Elim

[topaz rivet]

And, of course, your ship is totally fine. Nothing happened to it at all

[pliant fjord]

Can fighters screen those too, or did I imagine that?

[topaz rivet]

Back pay will be run again for anyone who joined up since Tuesday morning (eastern)

[light crescent]

Amazing! Please do!

[light crescent]

Yes! I have a second cargo bay now! (Adding it to the doc later

[topaz rivet]

I am strongly tempted to write about how the laziest marine unit ended up dirtside after jumping out a perfectly good airplane

[light crescent]

Yes please!

[pliant fjord]

Is done 🙂

[solid hare]

DM or anywhere you want them in particular?

[light crescent]

Thanks Ixen!

[light crescent]

DM is perfect

[meager raven]

Hello, was wondering if you had a free space open and if so wanting to have a Crew with Heavy DPS and Cargo Space.

[pliant fjord]

We do still have space!

what kind of DPS?

[light crescent]

Drop pod system?

[turbid kernel]

they have heavy drop pods i think

[pliant fjord]

ah that makes sense

[light crescent]

Love to see more Cargo bays!

[topaz rivet]

There seems to be space on the Banksia

[meager raven]

Yes

[pliant fjord]

We've got 3 HDPs, and enough marines to fill them. An extra would help with deploying Iron Hammer's BG!

[humble urchin]

NEEEEEEEEWS

NEEEWS FROM IRON HAMMER !

We're 21.

[meager raven]

That sounds good! I was gonna ask if you'd want it to be more of a filler to help get other BGs units down.

[humble urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-cute-uwu-cat-teary-eyes-gif-17321485

[turbid kernel]

We have 2 light mechs so we should also have enough for all our heavy drop forces in a single turn

[turbid kernel]

Was Sven still planning on transferring at 21 or was he still thinkng about it?

[humble urchin]

Hesitant.

Basically, I thought he wanted to do so for sure, then he said in here "nonono, I said I'm thinking about it"

His choice.

[gleaming jacinth]

Pathfinder is at 20, btw, and last I recall, you guys were still considering whether to take us or Iron.

[humble urchin]

• we might get a 22nd, it depends what Volverbot (A guy I've awoken from the ol' Iron Hammer) wants to do and wants to join (I will not force him to join Iron Hammer)

[topaz rivet]

And we just got another cargo bay, how fortunate

[round dawn]

Shit I'm on mobile

[humble urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/huh-cat-huh-m4rtin-huh-huh-meme-what-cat-gif-5834484041415217257

[round dawn]

One sec

[turbid kernel]

Well there's been talk about burning an extra LS and yes we did just get one but the decsion isn't final. people are still voting

[humble urchin]

Ah, alright.

[meager raven]

Well I believe I had activated my Crew unit so I'll get my name down on the list. Any guns in particular you'd like an extra pair of hands to keep reloaded? Figure after dropping pods some guns would loved to be constantly reloaded.

[humble urchin]

Oh, VexSing.

Got your stuff fixed by Cheese ?

[topaz rivet]

Exactly

[pliant fjord]

The vote is currently in favor of expanding the 20 unit cap (we got an extra cargo hold, and might get another)

[meager raven]

Yeah, things got fixed up by LtCmdr Cheese.

[topaz rivet]

One last CS! Unless another orbital shows up

[round dawn]

was not expecting this so early

[pliant fjord]

Check out the crew roster Tab*, Since you're Fleet Crew, you'd have priority over military units on any Bay that requires Primary Actions

[round dawn]

oh was just about to ask abt that

[humble urchin]

We might not even need you to switch over if Atlas does want to say "yeah, 25 is alright" instead of the 20 limit

now I feel sorry for Pathfinders

[round dawn]

nvm then?..?

[humble urchin]

I guess ? it's still up to a vote

Stuff will get solved in 24 hours anyways, hopefully.

CaptainShack
OP
— 17:30
We dont mechanically consider BG's inside a Taskforce till they declare they are spending the Large Supply.
Which I don't recommend you guys do till your ready to deploy.
Its our way of not having an entire BG get wipped if a TF goes down.
Since a BG in cargo bays can't actually effect a battle.

[pliant fjord]

Check back tomorrow when the vote is done, though I'm anticipating a Yes to expanding, it's not final yet.

[humble urchin]

Okay wow that is insanely good, so we just pop inside the taskforce when need be ? That's brilliant.

[turbid kernel]

Did we ever make the poll to decide between Pathfinders and Iron Hammers? I want to give a fair shot to both. Pathfinders were willing to cap at 20 explicitly to have transport capability. I would feel bad not recognizing that willingness

[humble urchin]

Thoughts and prayers to Pathfinders. =w=

[humble urchin]

There was wasn't there ?

Unless you guys wanna run it again.

[turbid kernel]

I think there was, but I can't remember. I'll look now

[round dawn]

back to my phone i go then

[pliant fjord]

I think so. The major factor was that Iron Hammer was going to help secure Elim (and has the MBTs to deal with Bots), but Pathfinder was going to run straight for the Civilians in the Hill Mine.

Which is awesome, but also leaves us and Storm alone to handle the city

[turbid kernel]

Fair, as long as consideration was given, that's all that I can ask. Congrats to Iron Hammer!

[jagged mulch]

I mean, not to be biased or anything, though I do feel like it might be a better idea to send in Iron Hammers first since we have more in terms of combat forces

[humble urchin]

wait no arent pathfinders going to the crossroads aswell ? 🤔

[royal sequoia]

Sadge, I was rooting for pathfinder. The potential of saving more civilians did seem like an ok tradeoff for added risk

I'll have to try to push Fluffle to go there instead

[humble urchin]

Thanks

[pliant fjord]

If their plan changed since I checked last, I'm not sure.

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, I do want us to go to Hill Mine right after securing Elim, though that's gonna have to be something to talk with Iron Hammers about

[topaz rivet]

Maybe Fuffle will get lucky and an all cargo destroyer will appear :p

[pliant fjord]

My current theory-crafting-plan that nobody's approved is to bring TF2 to the Hill Mine as well. We can Sortie our HATs and Fighters to deliver the LS needed for the crossroads Airfield

[jagged mulch]

Though pathfinder going straight for Hill mine is probably just suicide

[humble urchin]

shuffles some papers

[royal sequoia]

We don't know what's there. I'm hoping it's just a light enemy force

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, though sending pathfinder there could be good since they have special forces so they could probably take a look at what's there before engaging, then we can react accordingly

[humble urchin]

waves some paper around
OKAY, I GOT THE PATHFINDERS PLANS

T'was on their sheet.

[jagged mulch]

Though not such a great idea while we're still trying to secure Elim imo

Elim should be a priority so we can get all the BGs on the ground

[ember python]

For me, Starport is the priority, then Hill Mine civs, then Crossroads Airfield construction

[turbid kernel]

I'm actually for this idea, with our drop forces we could possibly liberate the people and be out quickly, problem would be we would need Storm for the VTOLs needed to get everyone off the ground quick

[jagged mulch]

Same here

[pliant fjord]

Agreed

[topaz rivet]

Depending on the situation at Crossroads and L-H, we may be able to do the rescue and get to Crossroads with the LS before shovels needs it

[pliant fjord]

And this is ALL depending on how fast we take Elim

[royal sequoia]

And on how fast you get to Elim

[topaz rivet]

Truth. Though being able to envelope the attackers from space port, drop pods and paradrops makes me pretty confident about our chances. Especially with Iron Hammer as the first wave

[ember python]

yeah, a lot of where we ride will depend on whats happening in situ

[royal sequoia]

I think Fluffle and Storm clearing out the gate and the frigate is almost a must for any speed and surprise advantage we would hope to retain

[gleaming jacinth]

We're still going Neryl depending on how the situation is at Elim. If we can break out of Elim and the BGs have the situation under control, we'll do it. Else, we'll focus on fighting in Elim and building up first level fortification and hand that off once the other BGs have the situation under control.

[topaz rivet]

I’m hoping we get coms from the scout team once we have people in system

[gleaming jacinth]

Main priority for us is that we'll try and follow up on some basic fortifications if we have the ability to do so, just so that the other BGs can build on that if they get immediately assaulted the moment they switched tiles.

[pliant fjord]

For now, feel free to put your UN, Call Sign, and gear into the sign-up doc (pinned), and pick a ship with open space (Banksia or Picket Line)

[gleaming jacinth]

But ya, we're probably fine with hopping on the transport. Then we'll see how we'll break out of Elim.

[pliant fjord]

Wonderful. I think this is gonna go well either way.

[meager raven]

Already done, was gonna ask if Banksia could need the Crew seeing the PAI that are there.

[pliant fjord]

We've got enough HDPs to drop our full crew right now, but we could try to recruit another Light Mech to fill it up

Or two more PAI

[ember python]

that would be great

[pliant fjord]

There are so many LM players, I bet we could find one quick

[ember python]

as for the BG thing, i don't mind spending the additional LS, but if we don't have to, then maybe we shouldn't.

[pliant fjord]

agreed, it's a matter of how important the tanks are gonna be, which we should know as we get more intel

If the bots have vehicles, I don't wanna drop without knowing some armor is coming

[ember python]

Yeah, i'm thinking the same way. if Elim is crawling w/ toaster heavy vehicles, I'd like to have the beef that Iron Hammer brings. Otherwise, getting Pathfinders a headstart on their mission is cheaper on LS and good for their operational profile.

[topaz rivet]

Especially if Iron Hammer wants to punch to the crossroads and we want to divert to the mine

[royal sequoia]

The recon intel mentioned the Elim enemy forces were an advanced force that was dropped from pods, so I'm hoping no heavy stuff

[pliant fjord]

Agreed

[jagged mulch]

Watch it all be power armour infantry

[olive cliff]

Idk if its been mentioned but could theoretically apply an additional role to those people but 🤷‍♂️

[topaz rivet]

That would be a lot of overhead, I think

[pliant fjord]

It's been pitched, but not approved

We can PIN important comments and edit them as we go with links and updates, so a good habit for people with lives is to check the PINs when you hop in.

[turbid kernel]

We also would want a BG that can hold the starport in the case that Atlas is forced to retreat for some unforseeable event. Hammer can hold ground better imo

[humble urchin]

3 medics, 5 infantry and 3 mbts ftw

[olive cliff]

Haha yea that really would be but its the only current method im aware of that could work

[jagged mulch]

I do hope we get one more engineer

[topaz rivet]

If we don’t carry them, the BGs will show up the turn after we get there

[humble urchin]

1 is plenty enough, 2 would be nice, but 1 just means we'll have to rely on our fwiends more for repairs, that's okay.

As long we still have 1 to help thats better then 0, a minimum of self-sufficiency is good

[ember python]

if we can take the starport long enough to get the automated freighters down, the starport will be choking on defenders.

[jagged mulch]

Yeah

[pliant fjord]

It'll be two turns, since they move Speed 1, and we move speed 2(3)

[jagged mulch]

Though atleast we have 3 medics, so we've got so much healing for our infantry

[humble urchin]

(i'd argue too much)

[turbid kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/virtual-insanity-gif-1489225195979366584

You know, if one wants to stay onboard to help our boys on the ground...

[humble urchin]

hahaha

you wiesel ! 🤣

[pliant fjord]

We have a Medical Corvette now too

And a VTOL for them to deploy and do hospital rescues

Any Medic want their OWN SHIP?

[royal sequoia]

Go picket line

Mini is our fleet admiral

[turbid kernel]

alright, it's decided. NO ONE CROSSES THE PICKET LINE!!

[royal sequoia]

You don't cross the picket line

[pliant fjord]

Congrats to Admiral @light crescent , The Picket Line was declared our Flag Ship.

[sturdy dew]

@tropic crag sorry for the ping, i don't know if you found another Battlegroup, but this is probably the last call if you want to join our drop team

[novel oak]

do you want to pay more for same day shipping

[novel oak]

honored to act as guinea pigs

[pliant fjord]

Yup, that was the joke XD

[turbid kernel]

Saw this in another comm channel and it reminded me of the recurring issue we had on New Braven OP so I'll post it here and will try to remember to post it again every time before orders are due but for all new players in Atlas: When submitting orders, if you or the taccom find something wrong with your submitted orders YOU CAN NOT EDIT TO CORRECT YOUR ORDERS. You must RESUBMIT YOUR CORRECTED ORDERS AS NEW ORDERS AND DELETE YOUR OLD INCORRECT ORDERS. It's a headache for the taccom enough without having to recheck everyone's orders for edits. Please look out for your shipmates that make playing this fun game possible!

[pliant fjord]

This is correct! These rules are also included on the Document with a template for you to use!

[pliant fjord]

Don't forget to vote in the polls regarding our Large Supply!
Our Total LS is 19 now!

#1382037040438181950 message

[tropic crag]

Your good, but I've already joined Redwall

[round dawn]

Out of curiosity what are your guys' plan after elim is secured?

[pliant fjord]

There's a few floating around

[royal sequoia]

Generally, helping Shovels build the airfield.

[pliant fjord]

One was to head to Hill Mine and support the civilian evacuation (since we'd be in Sortie range to deliver the LS to the airfield)

But helping Shovels build the airfield is a priority for sure.

[royal sequoia]

yeah they just need one LS to get it going

[pliant fjord]

So it might be Crossroads. It'll depend on how hot the areas are, and which ones need support

[round dawn]

Got it

[plain dew]

Oh boy there's been some happenings today 😂

[pliant fjord]

hellzyea

[plain dew]

Darn, no new mission Intel tho.

[pliant fjord]

check the pinned doc for a new poll

got some new crew

[plain dew]

Yea I voted already

I voted for fun (spending the LS) 😂

[pliant fjord]

can't take it with you, right?

[plain dew]

I think with the additional Corvette and mini taking the final cargo we are still covered

[pliant fjord]

agreed

[plain dew]

Did I read this right? Pathfinders doesn't have enough to be a BG? Or am I making that up

[jagged mulch]

Logistics doesn't

I think pathfinder has enough

[pliant fjord]

Pathfinders has 20 units, but no Tanks

[plain dew]

I see, so they would have to be in the NPC wave

Oh and the starport is 3 movement away from the gate? That's why we need to burn the LS?

[pliant fjord]

yup

Elim is divided into 3 sections now

We can make it to West Elim, but the Starport is in Central

I'll see if I can draw up a new map tonight (6ish hours) if we don't get one before then

[plain dew]

Exciting stuff! I'll be looking forward to the first round results.

[topaz rivet]

What’s the order going to look like for us passengers when we go through the gate? I assume just hold if we can’t make it to Elim.

[pliant fjord]

There's equipment on board the ships, if we don't have enough crew to operate it all other units are welcome to use it

otherwise, you can do an RP post (hold would be correct)

[jagged mulch]

Alright, so iron hammers are considered dropping into Cell'Dar rather than Elim and we want to ask if that would be something be that'd reasonably possible

[jagged pagoda]

What's cracking?

[turbid kernel]

I can't speak for everyone but we have no idea what between us and Cell'Dar. And the rest of the operation is really needing us to secure the Starport at Elim. But that's my personal reservation on going to Cell'Dar.

[turbid kernel]

We got more crew and have an extra Heavy Drop Pod system. If you know any mech pilots or PAI that really want to drop let them know. Still looking out for medics, VTOL, and Aerospace assets.

[jagged pagoda]

I don't know any more people that aren't already in here, or are Vivian/Simm.

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, you do have a point, though I do trust in storm's and whoever else is at elim's ability to take it, and due to it being a mine, it may help to cripple their forces a bit, and who knows, maybe there's something in Cell'Dar mine we don't know about that'd make it useful to take

We just want to figure out if getting there is feasible before voting on what we want to do

[pliant fjord]

Maybe after Elim, but without Elim, we are seriously limited in our ability to deploy the other Battlegroups. If we beeline it there and we're outnumbered, there are no reinforcements coming.

[topaz rivet]

If we’re lucky, whether or not we need to fully deploy in Elim before we have to deploy

[jagged mulch]

Well, not got anything set in stone yet, just trying to figure out things that we could feasibly do, the only reason why it's being considered is because I'm recklessly suicidal and would probably be better fit for storm 😅

Hell, I even opened up the idea saying "This is inconceivably stupid"

[runic tusk]

We've been furiously disscussing this for like 20 minutes in Iron Hammer lol

[jagged mulch]

It's more likely we go crossroads, try to go around Ziyal and then into Cell'Dar mine

[topaz rivet]

The issue with Cell’Dar is that we can’t efficiently go to both Elim and there. We seem to have solid consensus for going to Elim first and even if we get an all clear on Elim from the first wave, it might be difficult to change our minds in the time we have

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, that's fair

[topaz rivet]

And if there isn’t an airfield, we can’t deploy you

Unless you want to see how a MBT can bounce?

[runic tusk]

We can theoretically very slowly deploy with our HVTOL, without an airfield

[jagged mulch]

1 MBT at a time

[topaz rivet]

And the IFV

[jagged mulch]

Yeah

[turbid kernel]

Repacking Hammer up after securing Elim for the other BGs and taking you to Cell'Dar might be a good idea if you're willing to risk being cut off from the main force. You are correct. Taking that money from them could be huge. But if it is, they will throw everything at you and they won't be restricted by the mountains like we are.

[wide quiver]

Anyone wanna do an interview with my war journalist? I'm looking to open the campaign on one of the ships.

[turbid kernel]

I'm always down to interview with Diana Keys! Flight Deck Chief of the Picket Line reporting.

[plain dew]

IMO i think its possible, but i worry that locking TF2 to the mines for 3 turns to fully deploy you all will cause issues.

We also need to get to crossroads asap to help make sure theres enough troops on the ground to secure it so that shovels can start setting up shop.

Once crossroads is secure, i think that opens up a lot more options for how people move around. All the other BG will be moving thru there anyways.

I think we have 3? or more trying to push to the western city.

[runic tusk]

yeah thats what we're currently trying to figure out is what our plan after Elim is

[topaz rivet]

Depends on where the enemy is

[runic tusk]

yep

[turbid kernel]

Let's also not forget that even the large BGs going for Ziyal will likely arrive the same time as Shovels and end up in the Crossroads at the same time as Shovels.

[plain dew]

cant shovels fly themselves?

i havnt checked in on them in a while so i have no clue lol

[turbid kernel]

I don't know what shovels has. I'll check plus they may plan to go with everyone else

[turbid kernel]

So, I'm also noticing that a few BGs have air units but only one has a proper airfield. We might have to come to them as a mobile airfield and resupply them or else they're gonna have a lot of empty fighters lol

[smoky saddle]

😜 one of the selling points I've been trying with the 212th.

If those units are actually attaching to the 212th, then they could rearm/resupply at the Crossroads airfield without their current BGs having to pull back. Also gives y'all a few less directions to be pulled. lol

[turbid kernel]

Hence, why I've been pushing for the 212th to get to 15. It would make our job so much easier. Only bringing it up now just in case.

[topaz rivet]

I’m hoping there are also existing airfields that we can secure

[ember python]

fighters who didn't think about how they would resupply are a tertiary priority as far as i'm concerned. when we can help, great. but, there is going to be more important work to get done.

[turbid kernel]

Agreed, but we are still their only option. For the sake of the operation we should but they are in the back of the line.

[topaz rivet]

I haven't fully mathed it out but we might have trouble efficiently reloading when everyone is deployed

[plain dew]

our guns or planes?

[topaz rivet]

Planes. I think everyone with a gun also has the crew to go with it

[turbid kernel]

We'll just have to stagger it out. But if you do the math please share so we can see how off we are

[topaz rivet]

Ships (assume Captain pilots but they can do other things)
Picket Line: 3 crew

• 2 flight decks
• 1 VTOL bay
• 3 other systems
  Endurance: 2 crew
• 1 flight deck
• 1 other system
  Pearl: 1 crew
• 1 weapon
  Pioneer: 0 crew
• 1 flight deck
  Banksia: 2 crew (1 not confirmed)
• 4 other systems
  Rapid Sentinel: 1 crew
• 1 VTOL bay
• 1 Flight Deck
• Other

So if we don't do anything else, we can have someone on hand to reload up to nine vehicles (assuming two planes per bay)

Assuming crew can be juggled relatively easily

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, also the pilots themselves can also use the repair/rearm themselves once onboard

[halcyon ridge]

Does launching/landing craft take an action for crew or just speed from the craft? If flight decks and VTOL bays are automated enough to not need direct input from crew for takeoff and landing we then have the option if action economy starts to require it of having pilots handle rearm/repair when necessary

[turbid kernel]

No action needed from the crew. The only action the crew would take is repair/rearm. I believe landing does take movement from the unit landing but not 100% on that

[topaz rivet]

With crew on hand, they can land and rearm on one turn and take off the next turn

[halcyon ridge]

Would they not be able to do the same without crew? My understanding is that landing only takes speed where rearm takes the action so if they have the speed to land they can then action to rearm the craft and be ready to launch next round

[ember python]

we are likely to have a fair number of empty flight decks that can be used for rearmament, etc.

[topaz rivet]

Maybe? I wasn’t fully paying attention

[merry summit]

I believe there was something about it being more efficient if crew did the rearm/repair, but I’m not entirely sure if that ended up getting implemented or not. As far as I know currently it just takes a primary action from either party.

So like you can shoot and land, but require a crew to rearm/repair, or you can be armed/repair by crew, launch and fire.

[topaz rivet]

That makes sense

[turbid kernel]

Once again not 100% myself. It could be that orders happen simultaneously that you can't put an order for a future action that you couldn't do at the start of the turn. Since the unit isn't crew at the start of the turn they may not be able to repair/rearm as crew since they won't be crew until after they land. Once again, this is me speculating

[merry summit]

I don’t think you’d be able to specify which unit in particular you rearm/repair if they land at your flight deck but a simple trigger like that should be fine

I think I’m remembering what the non-crew limitation was now. I think they could take an action to rearm or repair

[high pike]

Non-crew can't use a Flight Deck's/VTOL Bay's Primary Action: Rearm & Repair. So if non-Atlas aerospace land at Atlas, they'll need an Atlas crew (though not necessarily a Fleet Crew unit) to Rearm and Repair them. Otherwise, the aerospace pilot can use their primary to just rearm on their own.

[merry summit]

Ah gotcha. That’s how they decided to implement that

[merry summit]

We putting in orders on Wednesday?

[high pike]

Correct

[pliant fjord]

Thanks for this.

Aerospace units that ARE crew are able to do this though. Just keep in mind that launching firing your weapon is also a primary action.

I think I'm all caught up. Got us a provisional fleet medic too

@pallid sequoia Heya! This is our comm channel, and welcome to the crew!

[shadow sigil]

Launching is not a primary

[pliant fjord]

is it landing then? One of them was

oh, neither, firing your weapon is the assumed primary action

[turbid kernel]

Welcome!

[turbid kernel]

What's the provision?

[pliant fjord]

Wasn't sure if they signed up with the bot, but they did! All is well, and is no longer provisional

[turbid kernel]

So dedicated medic! Hell yeah! Good news after Sven and Lozzie likely won't be joining us

[pliant fjord]

oh nice, did Logicorp get their 15?

[twin widget]

Indeed they did!

[pliant fjord]

Huzza!

[astral depot]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-hello-chat-chat-gif-11854988458409488653

[turbid kernel]

@astral depot Come aboard, and sign the pinned Google doc. We have a 2nd medic!

You can pick any ship to assign yourself but Rapid Sentinel is our hospital ship

[astral depot]

that dont look right

[pliant fjord]

those are the minimums

having more is ok

we're also gonna be deploying a lot of them with drop pods and stuff too

[turbid kernel]

As Ixen said those are minimums on the right. We can't go below that number on the orbital or it can't be deployed lol.

[pliant fjord]

BUT!

It will still function normally if during the events of the campaign it goes below the minimum.

Like for example, the Endurance drops the majority of its crew using Drop Pods

Obviously, those units can no longer operate the equipment on the orbital, but it doesn't cause the orbital to crash.

Key word is Deployed

[astral depot]

not sure about having all the medical things on a single ship

[pliant fjord]

Having a spare Medic somewhere else is fine. You'll probably be deployed to the ground for the battles anyway!

[turbid kernel]

Up to you, you don't have to be on the medical ship but people like to RP it sometimes lol.

[pliant fjord]

You can imagine a series of NPC shuttles moving supply, soldiers, and sundries around the fleet at all times.

[astral depot]

hmmm

Rapid Sentinel it is

i have full confidence in the combat ability of our fleet

to keep us safe

[merry summit]

I will do my absolute best to fend off the enemy

[turbid kernel]

Oh yeah, @pliant fjord here will board every clanker ship we come across and rip them apart with his powered arms.

[pliant fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/halo-master-chief-nod-nodding-pablo-schreiber-gif-26177401

[warm onyx]

@abstract thunder I join crew? 👉 👈

[abstract thunder]

Yesh you join crew 👁️ 🫦 👁️

[warm onyx]

🤓

[astral depot]

what are you playing as?

[abstract thunder]

He's a fleet crew

[warm onyx]

Flight deck and Cargo

[astral depot]

ohh

[pliant fjord]

We have room for 1 more Customization Slot

Either one is fine, though we do have more flight decks than are currently needed.

You'd be on the Picket Line if that's ok

unless you can convince one of the Banksia crew to switch with you

[abstract thunder]

I didn't realise I got another crew yesterday

[pliant fjord]

Ah, is this your friend from earlier?

[abstract thunder]

Can we put Vex on Picket line so Kaz can be on Banksia

Yes

[pliant fjord]

Yea, totally

[abstract thunder]

Thanks boss

[warm onyx]

🐟

[pliant fjord]

@meager raven see above, you ok switching over to the Picket?

[plain dew]

@pliant fjord should we have a list of services we should advertise to the other BG's 😂 it used to just be logistics and QRF, but now i feel like we can expand that to medic services.

[pliant fjord]

yea, definitely

[plain dew]

2 medics + a medivac is actually super sick for a support fleet.

[pliant fjord]

Helldiver Drop
Air Support
LS delivery
Med-evac
Orbital Combat Reinforcements
Battlegroup Relocation

An extra VTOL would be nice

[meager raven]

Yeah sounds good to me, I think it's better that way actually for me to move.

[pliant fjord]

Since only one of your modules can be used, and we haven't been able to find another Mech, I'd recommend bringing just your Cargo Bay, but it's up to you

[meager raven]

May as well bring the Cargo Bay if that's the case extra Large Supply doesn't sound too bad right

[pliant fjord]

May the gods of war bless our amazing crew

[twin widget]

Owing to a shortage of VTOLs caused by [Redacted], at this time, we are short of VTOL capability.

[pliant fjord]

Yea, ever since that inclement weather incident, VTOLs have been hard to find

[plain dew]

c'mon, you mean not one of yours ever wanted to be a flying ambulance? psssh 😛

[topaz rivet]

We need hvtols more than vtols

[vague shuttle]

hey do you still have flight deck space?

[plain dew]

Yes sir

[pliant fjord]

More than we can count

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, What you bringing?

[pliant fjord]

(I can only count to 4)

[plain dew]

Actually, i need to amend my statement, because any of your vtols could ferry up wounded troops if we are in the same strategic zone. Its just if they want to be a medivac full time 😂

[vague shuttle]

fighter

[turbid kernel]

Hell yeah!

[plain dew]

oh baby, the magic number 4 fighter.

We can do a real formation now

with proper point defense

[pliant fjord]

Awesome!

Check out the doc, and put in your info, and welcome aboard!

[plain dew]

@pliant fjord do medical bays cost LS? or is it just a passive 1 action heals 1 FS any turn its used?

[vague shuttle]

I can wait to participate in an aggressive defence

[turbid kernel]

We're gonna need it lol

[pliant fjord]

From what I understand, it's a Bay, so it can be used once per round, by one crew (not necessarily the fleet crew unit).

I THINK: the unit that uses it is healed by 1 FS.

I'm gonna ask for clarification in the Q&A though

[plain dew]

Okay, so we couldnt have multiple doctors/crew use the action to heal multiple units, but it doesnt cost LS, it just cost 1 crew action.

[pliant fjord]

Yea it doesn't cost anything.

Rules as Written, we don't even have to be Supplied to use it.
(I'm guessing that it's intended that we DO need to be supplied though)

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, it's a way for a unit to heal itself while medics heal others. So with our two medics, three units can be healed. Then, if that unit in the medbay is drop pod trained they can redeploy using the drop pod

[merry summit]

That is kinda hilarious. Just a put me in coach from the ODTs

[topaz rivet]

Or we just push them out the back of a HAT

[pliant fjord]

It's why I wasn't freaking out when we had a Med Bay and no Medic

[twin widget]

One of our Medics did, but we couldn't accommodate them without struggling more on the ground.

[pliant fjord]

SMH, I even made a custom VTOL token with a Red Cross to indicate its medical-ness.

[topaz rivet]

But not a real Red Cross, that’s illegal :p

[pliant fjord]

It's a Red Plus

like Admiral Crunch

And Arch-duke Chocula

[plain dew]

well... maybe they can fulfill their dream still during the Elim assault when we show up and can help replenish casualties.

[plain dew]

lmao i love this "come to our medical bay where we will heal you up, and then shove you out of a plane have a good day "

[turbid kernel]

Btw, this is what I'm playing when we liberate Elim: https://youtu.be/uPugn_05Qac?si=k28TCth3arvcC2C8

[twin widget]

So rude, why not use a VTOL?

Oh, right, the VTOL shortage-

(guilty looks)

[merry summit]

Less abrupt that way

[plain dew]

damn, i wish i could use my emotes here

theres so many good applications for MYAA and Angershakes

let me find this stupid cat gif, you all know it im sure

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cats-catsoftheinternet-cat-attitude-cattitude-gif-23553673

[merry summit]

It’s kinda insane thinking about it that if you have an equal or greater number of basic infantry they can hold out against anything that doesn’t have arty indefinitely with the right amount of medical support available and any defense bonus at all

Another one arrives

[pliant fjord]

They sorta fixed that problem with the whole "The heal action takes 1 supply" now

[astral depot]

what happened?

i really wanna know about this vtol shortage

[pliant fjord]

Oh, lol. Go check out the roster for BG3/13

[astral depot]

fucking thieves wth

20 in total

[pliant fjord]

It's ok. They're gonna give us a hell of a show

Also, they've got all the VTOLs, we have to be nice to them if we want their help

[plain dew]

TBH, their BG concept was awesome. A self sufficient BG that can drop their infantry anywhere any time. Its just... it eats a lot of VTOLs 😂

[smoky saddle]

212th is excited to assist Atlas! If you end up needing help getting your drop troops back up to the orbitals, feel free to give us a shout. (still hoping for a couple more recruits tho)

[astral depot]

39 VTOL units and 6 HVTOLS in the entire server

[twin widget]

Well, we're also the ones charging down to take the spaceport, so...

[astral depot]

True

[pliant fjord]

I guess it was hard to expect anything other than Crankiness from our Frog

[twin widget]

Oh, 100%

Next campaign, it's going to be PAI majority instead of INF majority for ground.

[twin widget]

We had more than 50% at one point.

[astral depot]

oh damn

what happened

[twin widget]

More VTOLs joined and started trying to solve the problem we made.

[pliant fjord]

Hey! I resemble that remark!

-# no way, I'm totally gonna have my own ship, and ask the GM to let my Captain Unit have +1 Armor since he's Power Armor Trained

-# because that'll come up soooo often

FYI: Cantaloupe has been cut from the Task Force

Never activated their unit, AWOL for a week.

[plain dew]

womp womp

what unit did they have?

[pliant fjord]

Crew with the intention of bringing Drop pods

[plain dew]

uh oh, does that mess anything up?

[pliant fjord]

We have 2 ODT slots instead of 4. It does mean 1 ODT will have to deploy on a HAT or wait a turn 😦

[plain dew]

hmm... is it worth potentially swapping another cargo (assuming one hasnt been purchased) for one?

[pliant fjord]

We could very nicely ask Shack, who technically doesn't have to activate his unit, to swap a Cargo bay for another Drop Pod

[turbid kernel]

yeah, I think having a turn 1 deployment would be better

[pliant fjord]

agreed, I'll ask him

[plain dew]

ooo that could work.

[pliant fjord]

He's been asked in our captains chat. Now we play the waiting game.

[ember python]

wow, hell of a day today! looking good, Atlas. 2 medics!

[pliant fjord]

ikr? I love this community

[ember python]

Also, it looks like ALL the TFs CS are filled out, which, damn

[pliant fjord]

Totally unexpected. Kinda reeling tbh

[turbid kernel]

2 medics, 1 fighter, 2 crew. hell of a day

[ember python]

AND 212th is a go!

[pliant fjord]

I think at this point, we're happy to take any and all INF, Aerospace, and VTOLs, but we're out of room for anything else

[turbid kernel]

Unless a whole new orbital shows up again lol

[plain dew]

I was just going to say this!

[pliant fjord]

Don't you dare make me rebuild this whole damn taskforce in a day

[ember python]

well, we still have drop space for another LM or PAI

[pliant fjord]

No, we put that one away in storage. We're actually over capacity on CS

Our Total LS is now 20 though

[turbid kernel]

Yeah would love to fill that spot and get an HVTOL but i'm happy if we deploy as is

[plain dew]

yuge

[pliant fjord]

Two things rq before I hop off for the night

[turbid kernel]

yeah, but we're about to use 5 for BG and 1 to rush to the starport, so 14 for resupply

[pliant fjord]

I've added a "Reserve Bays n' Pods" tab to the doc. We can use it to plan out how we and our BG friends deploy to the surface.

And allow our Fighters to coordinate a little ATC

The other thing is that I'm going to be unreachable for a good portion of tomorrow (Friend's Wedding), probably not going to be here to watch the fireworks of Sign-ups closing. If y'all need questions answered, ping Failhouse.

[atomic comet]

I'll make sure I am opening up chat throughout the day. If anyone tags me directly I should see it fairly quickly.

[pliant fjord]

The doc should be up to date (except the "class photo")

Don't Cross the Picket Line!!!

G'night folks

[turbid kernel]

Speaking of fighters, @vague shuttle @plain dew @marsh osprey @untold tusk Y'all may want to come up with a squad name for ease of referring to the fighter group.

[lyric berry]

Hello, new crew here! I can't find any open crew slots, which is unfortunate, as There were open slots when I started this whole process. Basically, I have signed up, and am looking for anyone to help guide me as far as where to go/what to do. I'm completely new to this, so I don't mind some direction.

Oh, also I'm extremely physically disabled, so I may not respond quickly due to how long it takes me to type a response. Looking forward to getting blown up with all of you.

[plain dew]

Welcome!

[ember python]

Howdy, unless another Orbital shows up it might be difficult to use your specific equipment, but, more crew is good, since we have a lot of modules to be manned. welcome aboard!

[craggy dragon]

Hello! I am an Engineer and have signed up to join your Task Force. I am brand new to all of this, but very willing to do my part! I just will have lots of questions along the way so that I can be very useful. Very excited to start this adventure with you!

[turbid kernel]

Hey there! So the slots you're refering to could be customization slots or crew minimums. Either way you can still join us! I believe you mentioned elsewhere that you have a friend in the group? Either way you can join any orbital as crew. Right now since our CS are full we can't add anymore ship upgrades but you can still join as I said!

[lyric berry]

Yes, someone got me into this whole mess, but I'm happy to be assigned where ever I can be of use! I know my customization slots may not be utilized, but that's perfectly fine.

[plain dew]

hmmm, since Atlas is apart of greek mythology, we could have the fighter squadron name take after another greek god/goddess. Athena is the god of defense, Ares is the god of war. Soteria is the goddess of safety & salvation/deliverance.

[turbid kernel]

Welcome! It's fantastic to have another engineer join us! Make sure you sign the google doc in pinned messages. You may want to join the crew of the Endurance as the Mechs there would appreciate an engineer onboard. welcome!

[craggy dragon]

Thank you for the advice! How would I do that? 😅

[plain dew]

I added you to the endurance

[atomic comet]

just dont use Icarus

[plain dew]

its on the "crewing (official)" tab

[ember python]

So the drop assets should be Icarus then? 🤣

[plain dew]

Icerazer has another HMG 👀

[turbid kernel]

Amazing to hear! We're evenly spread but the Endurance use more fleet crew. You can sign up using the pinned google doc in the chat here and add yourself to the sign up sheet and "crewing (official)" tab

[plain dew]

maybe we swap that equipment in for one of our others

[ember python]

that HMG could double the Picket Line's guns!

[lyric berry]

Roger that!

[atomic comet]

Drop team Icarus. I think there's a player with that callsign though sadly

[craggy dragon]

Thank you! I see it now. Do I need to do anything else right now?

[turbid kernel]

We do have two scanners and a comm intercept. We may need to think on it more

[turbid kernel]

Nope, sit back and relax and enjoy the quiet before everything gets real lol

[craggy dragon]

Heard! Thank you again for the help!

[ember python]

For now yeah, but if you're feeling daring you could paradrop and joing the drop forces in the shit!

[atomic comet]

Is your unit 'active'?

[atomic comet]

nevermind looks like you're all good

[craggy dragon]

Yeah, I am good for now. 😊

[plain dew]

You could do Hermes

he is the god of intervention

thats pretty on point for what you guys would be

[merry summit]

Icarus should be our code name for the drop pods themselves

[ember python]

"Code Icarus" means drop all the pods

"Code Daedalus" to return to Orbitals

[merry summit]

Funnily enough my own company is loosely named after the Norse Fenrir

[turbid kernel]

the Aegis was Athena's legendary shield, Prometheus protected humanity from the cold and ignorance, and Achilles was the Greeks greatest warrior

[craggy dragon]

I am more of an Odysseus kinda girl.

He's the GOAT of all Greek Heroes.

[turbid kernel]

A personal favorite of mine as well!

[merry summit]

Idk. I thought he was a bit of a nobody

[ember python]

I mean, we're definitely on a journey.

[turbid kernel]

Argo squadron is also good lol

[ember python]

I guess he isn't the most glorious of Greek heroes, but, he goes through a LOT of stuff

[lyric berry]

Thank you for the warm welcome, all. I am exhausted for tonight, so I'm going to crash. I will check in hopefully tomorrow, definitely Sunday.

[ember python]

good night, and (soon) good fight

[turbid kernel]

Enjoy your rest and welcome aboard

there's also Zeus lightning bolts "Zues", "LIghtning", and "Bolt" are all pretty good names too

[solid hare]

cool looking forward to working with yall

[plain dew]

Once the task force officially locks in, can have a vote between the fighters. We also need to assign wingman/woman buddies

with 4 fighters, we can be paired up, and have coverage right & left forward of the fleet.

[solid hare]

my squad will either be by the nearest drop pod or breach pod, whichever comes first

[turbid kernel]

okay, looking at the ships, with our current flight compliment, we could drop a flight deck and put on an HMG but where would we want it? Personally, I think the endurance. than the three biggest in the fleet all have HMGs

[ember python]

the unused flight decks might be useful, because we can accept other aerospace assets in them to resupply/repair them, no? i think the extra unused heavy drop pod would be better to sub out? (unless we can fill it, of course)

[plain dew]

if we have unused flight decks, that certainly could be something to consider.

[turbid kernel]

we only have three heavy drop pods installed currently (2 PAI and 2 light mechs) so we're using all that's installed.

we would have 3 empty flight deck spots if we consolidated our air and dropped a flight deck upgrade.

[ember python]

oh, my bad.

they were swapped out for already! ok ok, i was pretty sure there were 4, just one is already swapped out. sorry, didn't see that.

[turbid kernel]

You're all good!. Only issue I see is that it would free space on either the Picket Line or the Banksia which already have guns. We could take the te Endurance's flight deck but that would leave it with no flight deck which I don't like

[ember python]

i think doubling up HMGs elsewhere would be fine, the fleet deployment should mostly cover for Endurance not having that gun on it, but still getting coverage

[turbid kernel]

So Picket Line getting a forward gun? or Banksia getting a rear gun?

[plain dew]

I think we have 3 HMG now

[turbid kernel]

yeah, we're talking where we want the 3rd HMG

[ember python]

yeah, maybe? or maybe it would be better to do a port/starboard set up? Ixen will probably concoct a good formation.

[turbid kernel]

I just don't know when we have to finalize gun placement. but even then Ixen is the Taccom and knows when he has to have everything done

[plain dew]

we could put it on pioneer and then both of our light freighters have guns to help skirmish. It would mean every fast ship in the fleet has weapons to react quicker to threats.

but yea, ultimately its the captains/Ixen decision. And who knows, maybe will pick up another person or two 😂

[atomic comet]

I presume gun placement should be set by the deadline to start Sunday

[turbid kernel]

Damn, was hoping for more time. but we still have time to sleep on it

Have a good night folks!

[sturdy dew]

holy moly we got more friends tonight welcome all

[atomic comet]

yeah, good to know this last minute crunch leads to a lot of shifting folks into groups like us

[fast cobalt]

at least my ODT's will be well rested after being shuffled around ~~ found the picture on reddit and it fit to well for my troopers waiting to be fire at a planet ~~

[sturdy dew]

FRIENDLY REMINDER: check that your desired unit is "Activated" by using the /company show in bot command

[pliant fjord]

Holy moly. What did I miss?

[tiny rover]

your turn is coming up soon fluffle/storm are going at the moment

[pliant fjord]

Good thing those formations are done. I think thats the only thing we need immediately.

Catching up...

We got another crew and Engi, sweet!

There are requests to add HMG and Drop Bay for Endurance. We'd swap those out for a Cargo Bay and a redundant Flight Deck

Shack's been asked

And... approved!

[turbid kernel]

We got another crew and an engineer. We're taking a look at the numbers and we think it may be a good idea to drop an flight deck for the new crew's HMG for better defense

[turbid kernel]

Damn you're good

[pliant fjord]

Making me blush. I was lucky Shack was on right now

[turbid kernel]

And you're damn good at your job lol. Alright we have a good fighter wing and defensive HMG screening. We're looking real good. Just need a HVTOL and ODT to be perfect lol

[pliant fjord]

I'll settle for really good 🙂

Perfect is for people who never get things done

Also, there might be some people missing from the Crewing (official) tab, If somebody could check that today that'd be great!

I'm off to the thing. Can't wait to serve with the best crew in the fleet.

[jolly verge]

Id like to say front that the banksia and the endurance can engage the enemy moving forward, while the picketline protects our back with the rear HMG

[sturdy dew]

ODT's are all assigned, unless Sven switch last minute to us we'll go with 3

[turbid kernel]

Speaking of @round dawn could we get confirmation you're staying with Iron Hammer? Should we take you off the maybe list?

[astral depot]

Just saw the message from the captain
We have to activate our units again?

[sturdy dew]

no its a reminder

[astral depot]

Oh ok

[turbid kernel]

I think it's make sure that they're currently active. Double check to make sure.

[round dawn]

I think i am, its been a bit worrying recently but i'm still committed for now. it'd be nice to be able to transfer to you if things go in a bad direction but i'm unsure if that would be allowed at all

[marsh osprey]

My recommendation for the fighter squad name would be Hermes. Being quicker than the rest of the fleet.

[round dawn]

But it sounds like you guys are forgetting i'm on your ship for Elim lol

[sturdy dew]

im checking but it's should be ok, i don't see anyone missing 🤔

[round dawn]

btw i saw ixen say earlier a person with a drop bay was out and they were going to ask shack to take one instead, any word on that?

[sturdy dew]

yeah shack took them

[round dawn]

Cool cool

[turbid kernel]

That's perfectly alright and yes, you will be dropping over Elim we just needed to know if we were adding you to the full roster or not considering the end of signups is almost here and still had you as a maybe. If things change we'll gladly take you until the end of signups!

[humble urchin]

theoretically

what if we go past 25

...asking for a friend

[jagged mulch]

Then I don't think we get carried to Elim

[humble urchin]

huh.

never once expected us to go past 25 ngl.

[jagged mulch]

I didn't expect us to go passed 15 😅

[humble urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/i-get-it-snoop-dogg-red-table-talk-i-understand-i-know-gif-16483599

[humble urchin]

You too ?! 🤣

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, it's why I joined so early, I was convinced it wouldn't make it 😅

[humble urchin]

You were an atlas spy all along ! mah gawd !

[jagged mulch]

Shit, they found out

[turbid kernel]

Any possibility of someone wanting to join our crew like Sven or Vivian always has a home here too. But 212 is still looking for people. But these are only if people are willing and you 100% want to be carried

[jagged mulch]

Well, they do seem to have enough people to become an actual BG now atleast, so that's good

[turbid kernel]

Agreed but it sounds like 2 of their numbers would like to go back to their original BGs if they could and joined to help them meet numbers.

[sturdy dew]

the first order deadline will be Wednesday right?

[turbid kernel]

I believe so yeah

[topaz rivet]

It’s on the sheet but yeah. Just fluffle and stormblessed tomorrow

[sturdy dew]

about that, a lot of stuff is actually on the sheet. imho it should be reduced to show only "critical to know" things once the battlegroups are locked

[jagged pagoda]

What’s cracking?

[turbid kernel]

Got another engineer

[jagged pagoda]

Poggers

[plain dew]

is there a way to check and confirm your unit is active? I am 99% sure im good, but just wanna make sure 🤣

[jagged mulch]

Go into #campaign-statistics and search for a message that you've been pinged in and it'll say if your unit is active

[topaz rivet]

or /company show [username]

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, or that

[plain dew]

We are active, very good very good.

[turbid kernel]

I'm probably gonna do a sweep of Atlas and ensure everyone is active after my breakfast here. I'll reach out to those who haven't if I find any

[pliant fjord]

If you wanna make a "cover page" Tab with all the important stuff, please do!

[halcyon ridge]

I’ve had that same anxiety of “oh man I know I did everything but am I actually good?”

[pliant fjord]

I checked everyone's status two days ago, and everyone was active then. So just the new players need to check

[turbid kernel]

Okay, I just rechecked and everyone is active except for Shack, but I'm sure he's well aware of the deadline lol

[polar kiln]

It's my first time in a campaign, can I join you?

[turbid kernel]

You absolutely can. Just used the pinned google doc and and use sign up on the sign up sheet and add yourself to the picket line! Welcome aboard!

@plain dew You got a 5th fighter, we're back to our old fighter strength

[polar kiln]

tyy

[turbid kernel]

No problem at all. Just reach out if you have any questons. "Reaper", "Silvers", "Olivine", and "A-192" are your wingmates in Hermes squadron (name subject to change)

[sturdy dew]

let's go fighter escort is solid

[polar kiln]

a'ight

what does it mean in the pinned message with "player orders" ?

[turbid kernel]

So, when the time comes you will submit a form called your "Orders" into the Orders channel for our Task Force. These have details for your planned moves and possible actions and looks like this:

Unit Callsign: [The Callsign for your Unit (Keep it to 7 Characters or less)]
Unit Type: [What Type of Unit are you fielding? Light Vehicle? Infantry?]
Carrying: [FOR TRANSPORT UNITS ONLY: Whose Unit are you carrying? What else are you carrying?]
Equipment: [List all the equipment you purchased for your unit and are bringing this Job, along with all Ammo]

Order Type: [What Order Type is your unit using this Round? Hold? Advance?]

Movement/Action Tracker: [Breakdown and list all the movement you are using for tracking purposes. How much movement is being used to move your unit? What Action(s) are they doing where and the movement cost for each, is this a primary action or standard?]

Starting Coords: [General area that your unit starts the round in (in Hex Coordinates)]
Ending Coords: [Where your unit will end its turn this round (use general Hex Coordinates)]

RP: [Not required and has no effect on what happens to your unit in play. Just pure Roleplay fun. Keep it short and reasonable, but have fun]

[pliant fjord]

There are some examples and rules in the "Order Format" tab

[humble urchin]

Not but uh once again more seriously what happens if Iron Hammer goes 26+ ?

You guys are taking Pathfinders then ?

[royal sequoia]

Omg, 5th fighter for Atlas. Good stuff. I'm no longer nearly as worried

[humble urchin]

I'd like to get a more thought out answer then a gif 🤣

[royal sequoia]

Despite no longer being on Atlas, I'm of the opinion that spending another large supply on it would be a bad idea

[humble urchin]

yup, my thought then.

alr, we'll see then, might stop it at 25.

only 5 hours left and we got a pretty coherent BG as it stands anyways, + others are still recruiting so, I think that sounds fine.

[ember python]

i feel like unless the Bot presence in Elim is overwhelming, taking Pathfinders is probably better overall. it preserves 1 (or more) LS and the head start helps them w/ their mission profile more than Iron Hammer. That being said, since we apparently don't have to declare until we go to unload, we can have schrodinger's BG and decide based on conditions in situ at Elim.

[polar kiln]

and when does the time come? what will my first steps be?

[humble urchin]

Pathfinders up to 21 anyways now so

[ember python]

o, sigh

[humble urchin]

I won't make it complicated, I'm assuming if we go at 26 and over you guys are taking pathfinders lol

i'll see what can be done

[turbid kernel]

I think a new poll has to happen. I don't have the authority to unilaterally decide who we take or not. If you can keep it 25 that would be a huge favor. We are willing to take on stragglers as crew if they're willing. but going to 26 would be a hard sell.

[royal sequoia]

A new poll is never a bad option

[turbid kernel]

It's 6pm EST on wednesdays and sundays. But there will be a lot of activity and talking about orders in the lead up

[humble urchin]

God again ? Let's not please 🤣

I mean I get that a poll is fun for getting everyone's opinion but now this is the third time there's a poll about "so, who are we getting"

[turbid kernel]

You force our democratic hand! lol

[humble urchin]

I'm personnally gonna keep it simple and declare that it's 25 or bust xD

[turbid kernel]

Please let us know so we can inform pathfider if you're already over that then

[humble urchin]

Aye, currently at 24.

[topaz rivet]

I would prefer not to make a final final decision until we know more about what's happening

[humble urchin]

I'm throwing the idea in Iron Hammer of "hey so do we just not recruit after 25 ?", seeing what happens.

Seems fair to me tbh since you guys accepted to go to 25 despite originally wanting 20

So I might aswell accept closing recruitments for you since you guys arranged for us too.

• they're stopping in 5 hours, and it's been 2 weeks and several meta pings at this point 🤣

[turbid kernel]

The choice is ofcourse yours, I respect the original intent of Iron Hammer was a home for all but we can see what these final few hours bring

[humble urchin]

Yeah but I respect you accomodating for us.

[turbid kernel]

Always, we aim to please and we always deliver

[polar kiln]

kk

[humble urchin]

I knew the flirting in the 212th logi comms would come in handy ! >w<

Sorry, pathfinders' creeping in.

I've been spending lots of time in their barracks too. x)

[ember python]

you really get around, huh?

[humble urchin]

Yeah !

I like looking at a bunch of stuff :)

[turbid kernel]

I met some of my best friends by flirting with them lol. But you are well liked Frenchie. Flirt or not lol

[humble urchin]

Honnestly I never flirt anywhere, I'm too bad at that

But the fatigue & the potential for it yesterday was too strong to let it pass by unflirted lol

[jagged pagoda]

I’m so tempted to flirt…

[turbid kernel]

I can understand, it can be intimidating but let's move on before we make too many uncomfortable

[jagged pagoda]

But everyone’s out of my league

[topaz rivet]

On the internet, nobodies know you're a dog

[humble urchin]

I'm tempted by you ;)

I swear, I'm gonna flirt with every single one of you guys here and before you know it, you'll have accepted a 48-sized BG in your taskforce. 🤣

[jagged pagoda]

Let’s flirt together then ;)

[topaz rivet]

I don't think you can flirt your way into our cargo bays

[turbid kernel]

Guys, please remember that this place isn't age verified. let's put a stop to this for now

[humble urchin]

Alright.

[jagged pagoda]

Oki 😅

[humble urchin]

But yeah, I get around everywhere.

Most especially here, 212th & pathfinders.

Here because we've been in talks for coordinating for some time
Pathfinders because WE ARE UNITED BY LACK OF MANPOWER BROTHEEEEEEEERS 💪
212th Logi because they're cool and need to get off the ground.

[jagged pagoda]

Atlas are clearly the coolest to be around 😎

[humble urchin]

Nah, I like my Iron Hammer crew.

We literally got ourselves a gambling armco machine before the campaign start. 🤣

[jagged pagoda]

I am well aware. Has anyone got the “banned” result yet?

[humble urchin]

Unknown.

[jagged pagoda]

Sadness

[jagged mulch]

Just doing my part

[midnight lotus]

are you still carrying iron hammer around?

[topaz rivet]

It's a maybe at the moment

[humble urchin]

...i'd say a solid yes

[ember python]

we're back to 19 LS... so, spending 5 to transport is... ok. I'd rather spend less, but the only smaller BG is the 212th, and I doubt they want to be offloaded onto the front given their mission profile. so.

[humble urchin]

...seems we'll be sticking to 25 or less

[sturdy dew]

actually i would really like less tabs 😅 it's very dispersive as it is, and a lot of things are not up to date

[ember python]

we could realistically remove a few of the older tabs

[vague shuttle]

I almost died looking at your code lol

[jagged mulch]

It's not that bad, is it? It's just bunch of different if statements :p

Tbh, I probably could've done a switch statement instead

And then put the first part of the output outside of the if statement

[plain dew]

I spent a lot of time thinking, and i think I have our new fighter formation

https://tenor.com/view/gin-gif-25909324

[vague shuttle]

Eh its a massive ifelse tower with fractional checks but to be fair anything i could think of would be way more complex and if its stupid and it works then its not stupid

[humble urchin]

Ol' C3 poster.

[atomic comet]

Tomorrow we will probably consolidate info down to fewer tabs. Just need to be careful who does the deleting

[atomic comet]

After Sunday we should learn more and a final plan will get figured out. Captains, hopefully with crew input, will confirm where the ships are going, then crew or units will fill out their own orders and add them to our orders channel

[ember python]

My current order (since we are still in Alt-Space) is a large iced coffee with extra cream and sugar. Then i'm walking my ass out of Endurance's mess hall at a leisurely pace towards the Mech Bay.

[turbid kernel]

Hey everyone! A friend is joining me here in Atlas. One of the greatest guys I know and he's a VTOL! I'll be adding him to the Picket Line since we would prefer to serve on the same ship

[sage perch]

I haven't been tracking in here, where am I going R1