Task Force 2 - Atlas: Comms

[opaque pagoda]

o7 Howdy howdy

[plain dew]

we are hanging out round 1 as our speed isnt enough

[turbid kernel]

We'er going to Elim City to drop off BG Iron Hammer

[plain dew]

our first round will be the wednesday submission

[humble urchin]

Greatest you say ?

[humble urchin]

If you're the greatest friend, what's the best color ?

(also hi)

[opaque pagoda]

Purple. Lavender, preferably

[humble urchin]

He's got me.

He is indeed the greatest friend.

[opaque pagoda]

One of em, at least

Does everybody add the tags to their nickname themself, or do I need to earn them in play?

[plain dew]

Most of us have our call sign in our name

[opaque pagoda]

Ah sick, okay

I'm in

[plain dew]

Looks good!

just make sure you also activate using SAM

[opaque pagoda]

I did, gave the call sign to the bot and everything

Bought the Rappelling upgrade for my VTOL

Heard you needed pilots after all

[humble urchin]

Update

Transport us or RIOT. 🤣

[pallid sequoia]

https://tenor.com/view/the-road-to-el-dorado-both-both-is-good-gif-8304204

[royal sequoia]

This really is the greatest friend

So Atlas got their second VTOL?

[turbid kernel]

Yep! We're sitting pretty

[humble urchin]

...wait you guys only had one ?

[plain dew]

yup, but we have 3 HATs

[humble urchin]

OH

That explains it then. 🤣

[plain dew]

Thats why we need an airfield to pick up our troops and bring them back to the orbitals lol.

[sturdy dew]

welcome aboard, we really needed a second VTOL

[opaque pagoda]

Happy to fly you all

[royal sequoia]

Atlas almost has as many players as Victorium x)

[pliant fjord]

Logistics never sleeps!

Not sure what their ground DC is either, but we've got a LOT of deployables.

[royal sequoia]

Victorium has non more or less I think

they're all about the big space battle after all

they've got 6 bombers and 9 fighters though x)

[turbid kernel]

Oh yeah they're space supremacy and we're ground support

[jolly verge]

Just to ask for my own understanding, as Crew Unit with the Scanner and the damage control team upgrade, i can use my action to use one of these. But I can also use my action to staff any of the other upgrades of the orbital. Is this correct?

[turbid kernel]

Correct, you can do anything on your ship that any other crew can do and they can do what you can. So you can fire them gun while another crew scans for example

[alpine condor]

Even if I’m not in Atlas any more I wish you all luck, don’t get blown up. And of course have a good time.

[turbid kernel]

I wish you good fortune in the wars to come

[craggy dragon]

Greenhorn Engineeer question. My actions cost "supply" how do I know what I have for this/how could I get more of this? Thank you. 🥹

[untold tusk]

@marsh osprey @vague shuttle @plain dew Whats our fighter group callsign?

[turbid kernel]

Running popular choice is Hermes Squadron but not final

[untold tusk]

Ehhhhhhhh

[plain dew]

woah woah woah, Hermes was supposed to be for the intervention units like the medivacs 😉

[untold tusk]

Hermes is the god of speed and cattle prods. Doesn't really fit.

[plain dew]

Fighters would be like Athena

i foudn another one, let me check it again

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.

[untold tusk]

Soteria

Athena would be better for a warship cause she is also the goddess of strategy

Flagship*

[plain dew]

Yea, Soteria was the "lesser" goddess i found but fits really well

[turbid kernel]

No problem! So a typical engineer starts with one construction supply per FS (so starts with 4 but loses some if they gain casualties).

[plain dew]

also @untold tusk we are up to 5 fighters now. @polar kiln has joined us.

[craggy dragon]

Okay thank you, and is that per mission? Do I need to do a thing to "replenish" it?

[humble urchin]

Work with fwiends ! :D

[turbid kernel]

Yes, you would typically resupply with a logistical unit such as a logi truck or VTOL but as a TF Engineer you can resupply from the ships whenever you go back to them. But you can only carry as much supply as you have people. If you're down to 2 people you can only carry 2 supply.

[craggy dragon]

That makes sense, thank you!

[untold tusk]

Nice nice

[turbid kernel]

Alright, that's two for Soteria

[sturdy dew]

i updated the google doc as much as i could. color coded the tabs, collapsed the tactical idea into planning, added the "scheduling" section almost everywhere, with EU time also. reorganized the yellow tabs (planning and elim assault) with the last intel we have and the new players that joined us.

[pliant fjord]

Bless, thank you

[humble urchin]

Iron Hammer is closed with 25/25 !

[ember python]

luckily we have until wednesday to update the duty roster.

[humble urchin]

Normally finale unit distribution.

[turbid kernel]

Excellent, The Iron Hammer will hold the line at Elim until the rest can catch up

[ember python]

having that arty unpack early will be solid

[sage perch]

I will be stat dumping Sam when it closes

[ember python]

Proposed crew swap (if all parties are cool with it, or course): move Icerazer over to the Picket Line, install their HMG on the PL, uninstall VTOL bay, reinstall Cargo Bay on Endurance, move VTOLs (Mike and FuzeKoi) over to Rapid Sentinel.
Gain an extra LS, while still maintaining 3 HMGs, only losing 2 VTOL slots that we aren't currently using.

[pliant fjord]

Personally, I'd prefer to have the VTOL slots to be able to support STORM. Let them dock up and repair instead of a risky landing near the front.

But don't let me out-vote you

[ember python]

Ok, yeah, I see how that would be useful and good.

After the initial stages, other BGs have VTOLs that might need repair too, so it still has utility even after STORM eventually zooms off far away from us.

[halcyon ridge]

I don’t mind housing one of the VTOLs regardless. Could give faster response time if one of our medics decides to go planetside

[wintry pawn]

Going blankie mode, sir.

[merry summit]

Feel free to dump directly into the hub stat page

[pliant fjord]

No dumping unless it's in a drop pod!

[merry summit]

We do have a dedicated drop pod for taking dumps right? right!?

[ember python]

I've been using the second stall from the back, but i can't speak for others

[abstract thunder]

thank god you guys aren't on my ship

[ember python]

Second stall from the back in the bathroom! Jesus wept fellas, have some goddamn professionalism. /snicker snicker

[lyric berry]

Hey, all. Did I miss anything important/do I need to do anything to be helpful?

[ember python]

I don't think so? our fighter count rose to 5, so the wing is looking good. the decision was made to plug your HMG in, instead of something, a redundant flight deck, i think.

so, i think you'll have to decide which direction its mounted

[pliant fjord]

There was a poll that decided on Forward.

[lyric berry]

Forward, it is!

[ember python]

yeah, I think we are mostly relaxing until we pop outta alt-space.

[high pike]

See y'all in Lumara on Wednesday. I hope and pray that Fluffle and Storm can clear Lussan Gate and/or Nav Field 1 so we can claim Elim Starport and save Storm's scouts, not to mention allow the rest of the Battlegroups to land.

[lyric berry]

Sounds good. I will be lurking until needed/things pop off. Excited and nervous.

[pliant fjord]

That's the goal. We'll be right behind you!

[merry summit]

You mean atl-space right?

[halcyon ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/captain-america-i-understood-that-reference-look-back-gif-14556485

[strange wigeon]

Task force 2. You got any of that spare manpower to steal that frigate over Elim City turn 1? Asking all task forces.

[pliant fjord]

Definitely. It'll depend on whether or not Fluffle and Storm can take it out in 1 turn. If not, we have a boarding plan, if so, we'll deploy everything to the ground instead.

Also, Put some new pictures up on the front page, enjoy!

[turbid kernel]

Oh yeah, we have the delivery capability and very enthusiastic powered armored individuals who would love to board a frigate.

[strange wigeon]

Oh thank god. I'm glad you were thinking about it. It just came to me in Meta comm and my eyes went wide with 'oh mygod, we can get some very valuable intel out of that thing'.

[turbid kernel]

Big question is if it can survive that long. Storm and Fluffle might have to kill it to survive though

[pliant fjord]

Yea, definitely. I'll see if we can do some kind of "away team to search the wreckage" thing if it comes to that.

[strange wigeon]

small details, we'll see what happens. Arn't you all arrivng at the same time though? your the forward task forces....?

[pliant fjord]

Fluffle and Storm will arrive first (they have 3 speed)
Atlas will arrive next (we have 2 speed)

Then we're gonna burn LS to get to Elim asap

[strange wigeon]

I seeeeeee. well best of luck you all. If your arriving turn 3 compared to them then it's probably going to be dead.

[pliant fjord]

Most likely, yea. But if it's not, that'd be pretty interesting

(I REALLY hope it doesn't have 2 armor despite being a frigate)

17d2 doesn't do any damage if the target has 2 armor

[turbid kernel]

If it is, then we still can attempt a boarding using VTOLs

[pliant fjord]

But not breaching pods unless we can flank it :/

It's possible, if super dangerous.

[merry summit]

Love the visual of “guns aren’t working, switching to plasma cutters” from the VTOLs

[turbid kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/fbi-breach-discord-transparent-gif-14122019

[plain dew]

@pliant fjord still up mate?

[open vector]

Could anyone use more orbital crew ?

[abstract thunder]

i think we are full on crew slots but someone else prob knows better then me

[ember python]

All CS across the FTs are full, but Crew can still be helpful, because they can perform actions, like operating weapon systems or manning flight decks or what have you.

I would guess Victorum has the most use for that, so I would inquire there first.

[topaz rivet]

If we aren’t using the VTOL for deployment, we could have them try to board as well as the breaching pods

[pliant fjord]

Are you a VTOL? We've got two spots left in our Bays.

Anybody got a dog/cat? It's good luck to have a shipbound mascot!

[topaz rivet]

My infantry went out and got a kitten after discovering The Picket Line did not have a ships cat. There was some discussion about naming it Jorts after the famous labour rights activist but this is was decided against as the kitten isn’t orange. They eventually decided on Johnny Cat because it’s black and it walks the Line (yes my infantry has historical nerds)

[open vector]

Ixen I'm with Pathfinders now TY for asking tho !

[pliant fjord]

It walks the line. Incredible pun.

It walks aboard the Picket Line!

[pliant fjord]

I present Johnny Cat, who "Walks the Line" aboard the Picket.

[topaz rivet]

Where did you find that?

[pliant fjord]

Google image search result for "Black cat space"

[topaz rivet]

Nice

[pliant fjord]

Let's just hope TF1 can keep the gate from turning into a Burnin' Ring of Fire.

If anyone wants to see some good example orders, check out Fluffle and Storm's order channels!

[fast cobalt]

what kind of order should i do. it says orders only and i don't think my troopers have anything to do so i don't think i can do one that has my troopers chilling in the corner having nap time with our blankies

[turbid kernel]

You would do a HOLD order then

[pliant fjord]

Still got til Wednesday, but once we pass through the gate, we'll be spamming our scanner, and sprinting straight for Elim, at the end of our movement, we'll deploy all ground troops. You'll need to decide if/how you're gonna deploy.

For us ODTs, we'll have to specify a specific drop pod, and a coordinate target for the drop. Check out the example order on our doc!

[turbid kernel]

A lot will depend on how the map looks, All we know so far is where the Spaceport is and where SF team Aurora is. If we don't get that info we might have to drop in the dark and I'm worried about someone dropping in front of the enemy.

[sturdy dew]

if we arrive at elim with absolutely 0 intel about the ground situation we could spend 1 turn to scan, or just drop very concentrated around near the spaceport, so we could at least split the incoming damage

[turbid kernel]

Good point about the scanning, and that was also my thinking. Just somewhere near Aurora team's position at the Starport

[topaz rivet]

We should get intel from Aurora if they’re still alive

[turbid kernel]

I believe next mid round event we'll be getting info from Aurora and Fluffle and Storm next round.

[topaz rivet]

If we have to land, I hope we just kill everything in one turn

[jolly verge]

Regarding the Scanning, when/where does the scanning happen if i man my/our scanner, and do I have to specify I scan the moment we jump out of the gate or I scan the enemy vessel at the point where we gonna move or how does it work?

[pliant fjord]

Like the guns, the scanner is "fired" at the end of our movement, so we'll be over Elim Spaceport if all goes well.

Since we have two, one should point at Elim Spaceport, and the other should point somewhere else, like Crossroads, or Hill Mine.

Or at the enemy vessel if its still alive.

[sturdy dew]

if we fly directly over Elim, i don't think you can scan Hill mine or Crossroads from there. 🤔

[pliant fjord]

They've got 3 range, so they should work

[turbid kernel]

They scan at the tactical level not the strategic level. If we can in Elim we can only scan things in Elim

[sturdy dew]

yeah, or the enemy frigate/orbitals at most

[pliant fjord]

Damn. Maybe its the upgraded scanner that does that.

[turbid kernel]

I believe all scanners only work on the tactical map. The idea is the orbital scans the battlefield below and acts like an AWACS giving radar pings and telling ground troops where the enemy is even if they can't see them. Not so much like Star Trek scanners that can scan a whole planet for orbit.

[pliant fjord]

I thought it might reveal a tactical map at least, (like an orbital telescope)

Then yea, let's plan on scanning the frigate (if its still alive) and/or one/two juicy spot(s) at Elim.

[vivid crater]

Still have room for crew? I got heavy drop pods and vtol bay

[pliant fjord]

We're at maximum CS, but you're welcome to help crew up what we've got

[turbid kernel]

Our Customization Slots are all full on all ships unfortunately, but you can still join and act as crew on our ships

[pliant fjord]

We'll be busiest doing rearm/repair for the various aerospace units in our AO, so every hand helps with that to be sure.

[vivid crater]

That's fine

[turbid kernel]

Awesome! Welcome aboard! You can use the pinned Google sheet to sign up and place yourself on a ship. The choice is yours but the Banksia or the Pioneer could probably use another pair of hands

[ember python]

once we know if there is any more intel to be gleaned from Fluffle or Storm, or where have you we can talk turkey about dropping or waiting to scan.

[pliant fjord]

I think Pioneer would benefit most from crew, they've got two fighters assigned, and they can repair themselves, but its faster if there's crew.

Did you manage to get activated?

Any ship would be fine to join if you choose a different ship, though!

[merry summit]

Be pretty cool if crew could reduce the load costs for HATs

[pliant fjord]

That too! It costs 0.5 (personnel have 1 when disembarked) movement to load up cargo.

[ember python]

Just saw the new group photo, and, oh yeah, i am hyped.

[opaque pagoda]

😄 happy to be included

So fast too

[jolly verge]

Id say (idk how often we can scan a round, but if we can only use our two scanner once a turn) then one scans the enemy frigate and one the starport to look our for enemy forces trying to stop our deployment process

[vivid crater]

Added

[tired patio]

we would have to be at the stratigic point to scan the station

they are for tactical map use. Checking a ships weapons, hits, armor ect.

Or scanning down on the surface to ID unknowns.

Fluffle will be going in first. So we can use their map info to help us figure out what we want to do when we go through the gate.

[topaz rivet]

Need moar intel

[pliant fjord]

Found a discrepancy in Banksia's equipment, we've got 1 CS open there.
(Looks like I left behind Cantaloupe's Drop pods)

And a number of spare modules lying around

@topaz rivet @eager pendant @adamspore10 - (no tag?)

Would one of y'all be ok moving onto the Pioneer as marines/backup flight deck crew?

[pliant fjord]

And @vivid crater , You're welcome to bring one of your modules and move to the Banksia. Maybe the VTOL bay?

@wide quiver Are you Call-sign BRASS?

[topaz rivet]

I can do Pioneer

[pliant fjord]

For the record, you'd still be able to paradrop on a HAT, or deploy from Spaceport when we land as you'd like.

[solid hare]

what's the plan for oncec we enter the fires of battle?

[pliant fjord]

We've got a number of plans ready to go, check out the Planning/Elim Assault tabs

We won't know which one until we get the intel from Fluffle/Storm

[wide quiver]

Yes I am.

[pliant fjord]

lost your username and couldn't tag you. Thanks!

[wide quiver]

I'm staying with the fleet in case we get borded.

[pliant fjord]

copy that

[ember python]

(Edit: sorry, i interpretted this as post-drop)
Probably something like:

• Take control of the Starport
• Eliminate enemy AA

[turbid kernel]

Is the drop zone our planned drop zone or is that where Aurora already dropped?

[pliant fjord]

Presumably, both

it's still an out of date map, and we'll know more soon, I just wanted to get a map out for those that wanted it

[high pike]

The two grainy images we got back from our Spec Ops data feed

[turbid kernel]

Excellent, good to know Aurora's last know location. We can do a sensor around them and see how bad the resistance they face is

[pliant fjord]

So when they say the scanner has range 3, does that indicate the size of the area revealed on the grid? Like all hexes within 3 range of the chosen target are revealed?

[turbid kernel]

I don't think so. We can pick a hex 3 hexes away from the ship, even on the ground. There's a mirrored map of the high orbit area that has matching hex numbers on the ground like this.

[pliant fjord]

ugh, so it's an action to reveal one hex? that's pretty underwhelming

[turbid kernel]

Yeah but look how big a hex is on the ground. We also don't need a line of sight. We can keep an important enemy in view for allies on the ground or the other function, find details on units that are already seen.

[pliant fjord]

It was always gonna be useful, yea, I'm just disappointed how much

[noble owl]

That’s all the scanner does? A little disappointed as well tbh

[pliant fjord]

either that or "tell me the layout of this specific ship, so boarders can target a function"

[turbid kernel]

I think that's fair. But personally, keeping eyes on the enemy with no risk to allies is huge and I remember the fear I felt when no one can find an enemy air asset that was there a minute ago

[pliant fjord]

I don't think being able to pick one hex would help you find a fighter unit.

[turbid kernel]

You can with comms intercept which we have. Combined with scanner to keep it in sight makes it good

[pliant fjord]

I guess you could do that, yea. It's intended movement would be revealed

[high pike]

Used to scan a target or area and gather information about said target or area.
Can be used from high orbit against ground targets. Range 3 on tactical map, can scan from high orbit to ground. When scanning a specific target declare what information your looking for. Example - Hits, Armor, Weapon ect.
Primary Action: Scan Target

Used to scan a target or reveal targets in a small area. Direction Scanner must be pointed at the target for the round. Can be used from high orbit against ground targets
Range 4 on tactical map, can scan from high orbit to ground. When scanning a specific target declare what information your looking for. Example - Hits, Armor, Weapon ect.
Primary Action: Scan Target

[pliant fjord]

Yea, I can see the rulebook entry, it's just not very clear

[high pike]

I was gonna say that it specified the area of the scan as anything within Range 1

But seems like Shall removed that bit?

[pliant fjord]

Well that would have made it much clearer

Even just "Target a Hex Coordinate and reveal that Hex" as an example

[high pike]

And remember that Range 1 radius is bigger than 1 hex

Hexes aren't actually a thing, mechanically

[turbid kernel]

I was about to say isn't range one all adjacent hexes

[pliant fjord]

na, range one is measured by one hex corner to an adjacent hex's same corner

then it's just a literal distance measurement

so from the center of a hex, it'll bleed out around the edges

[turbid kernel]

Fair, that always throws me off

[pliant fjord]

but the "Range 1 Area" of the scanner is NOT in the rule book

[high pike]

He's making an effort to remove any mentions of hexes, since we only have them on our maps for ease of distance reference

[high pike]

Mhm. It was but I don't have a screenshot to prove that it was. Regardless, sounds a clarifying question to ask in #1382781756989767692

[pliant fjord]

Yea, don't see it in the Q&A

[turbid kernel]

True, I was assuming "a small area" means a hex but nothing stated says that's the case. I think it would be hard to measure otherwise though

[pallid sequoia]

this question is bait and you know it

almost went with Echo instead of Martini, but I couldn't steal this baby's callsign.

[turbid kernel]

Her name is Yacca

[pliant fjord]

To all Atlas units:

Sorry about the hundreds of messages! Don't feel obligated to read them all. If you're ever not sure what's going on, or what to do, please check the top pinned comment, which I will periodically edit to keep you all updated.

[opaque pagoda]

Got three cats! Left -> Right is Mimic, Pigeon, and Raven

[solid hare]

so how are orders gonna work since we're about a round or 2 behind the other task forces?

[pliant fjord]

we won't post orders til Wednesday

Assuming the planned actions happen unhindered and the enemy frigate is destroyed, our (PAI) order will look something like:

Unit: Ix-D-PA
Location: Aboard Banksia
Order Type: Advance
Movement: Use HDP to orbital drop to 01-05 (no movement required)
Enter nearby building for cover (.25 move, +1 Armor)
Engage Hostiles from cover.
Ending Location: 01-06

Since Atlas should reach High Orbit above Elim Starport in 1 round, we can all deploy same round.

[pallid sequoia]

How coordinated do TF/BGs get with their units orders? Do ground units typically agree to squad up and consistently move as a unit? My read from this channel is that I can expect a great deal of discussion about tactics before orders are due -- that a fair assessment?

[pliant fjord]

For the most part, yes to all three!

[pallid sequoia]

word

[pliant fjord]

You don't really need to participate in those discussions, usually a "hey, what's our plan this round" question the day before orders are due will get you the info you need

But by all means, if you want to weigh in tactically, please do!

[ember python]

we may want to also wait to paradrop until we know what the opfor's AA looks like. but also, we could just say screw it, we ball.

[pliant fjord]

we should know, yea

storm will find out one way or another lol

[topaz rivet]

Do odp ignore AA?

[pliant fjord]

ODT? Yup. They're the best anti-AA unit out there

Since dropping takes no movement, you can't be intercepted, shot at, or damaged in transit. (You can still take damage if you do something stupid, like dropping into an active volcano).

[topaz rivet]

Oh good

[pliant fjord]

There's also the Urban Damage rule, where paradropping into an urban environment deals 1d4 damage to the unit. I'll be carefully clarifying which locations on the map (when we get one) are safe to paradrop onto.

Lets not kill our brand new medics within 10 minutes of their first mission, right?

[topaz rivet]

Oh carp. Now I’m picturing the drop from Deadpool 2

[plain dew]

I vote to keep the medics alive for more than 10 minutes.

[turbid kernel]

What have they really ever done for us? (I'm kidding)

[pliant fjord]

Oh, Reaper. How's the Formation on the front page of the doc look?

I know you were talking formations earlier

[plain dew]

I think its good for jumping out the gate. Depending how vision works in space on the actual maps, it probably makes sense to have the fights run out in front in evasion, but overall i think it is good.

I read thru a bit of other stuff, and i think the thinking is super sound around who can tank/deal damage/ and deal with LRM

[pliant fjord]

Yea, keeps you behind the walls of steel, but you've got the speed to jump forward when you want

[plain dew]

I forgot, is there a turning speed in this version of the game?

[pliant fjord]

Orbitals, no.

[plain dew]

I feel like there used to be an actual rule for if a figther had to do a 180.. Something like you lost most of your movement, but you could face the other way or something.

and you could only turn a certain radius or something.

[pliant fjord]

there used to be one, yea. I'm not seeing it any more, so I think they're just "Ponderous" now

Can't sprint in one direction and turn around at the last second to cheese your facing or anything like that.

[plain dew]

And enemies when determining who they shoot at, it is based upon your end position?

[pliant fjord]

orbitals yes, but everything else is pseudo-time based.

a LV running away from an MBT is gonna get shot at even if it's movement would ultimately take it out of range

[plain dew]

I see

So in theory

lets say there is 7 enemies in a line, each in their own hex

I start adjacent to the 1st enemy, and i move along all 7 of them, and end at the end of that 7 line. Would all 7 get shots on me?

[topaz rivet]

(-.-) star wars physics

[pliant fjord]

-# I know... I have to keep telling myself that it's for balance.

[pliant fjord]

Only if you're the only unit in range. Formation rules still apply

So going off on your own is the easiest way to get killed

[turbid kernel]

also ammo lol

[plain dew]

yea that i get for sure lol

[pliant fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/the-expanse-rocinante-expanse-season6-railgun-gif-24287802

Can't do this cool af shit 😦

[topaz rivet]

It doesn’t help that I’m actively watching Babylon 5

[plain dew]

okay, so expanding on my example a little bit. Lets say the enemy in tile 4 has a gun with range 2, but no AP. And lets say our friendly orbital is 2 away from enemy #4, but i still fly by enemy 4, within range one (while still ending at enemy 7)

Would enemy 4 still chose to target the closest unit that it made contact with during the turn, or would it shoot the orbial at the end? (assuming no ap on the weapon, which i think would force it to target the orbital)

[pliant fjord]

Oh I see what you're doing.
It'll be up to the GM ultimately, but you can certainly go evasive and make your declared action to "draw aggro"

but... the more people doing custom actions like that, the more likely Shack is to ignore it

[plain dew]

I see

so there isnt a game mechanic for its, its GM discretion. I was thinking if one of our orbitals got into a bad spot, one of the fighter pairs could put themselves between the orbital and the threat, and try and pull fire.

[pliant fjord]

but yea, the logic is sound, but since it's not a programmed video game, it's the GM deciding in the moment how the enemy will act, and they tend to just "do what makes the most sense."

[plain dew]

yea so if they could do the last hit to the orbital, they probably will instead of shooting at a evasion fighter.

[pliant fjord]

yea, you can interpose in Evasive, but the most effective way would be to end your movement between the enemy and the orbitals

[topaz rivet]

Someone did that in C2. I just watched the video and it was mentioned in the comments

[pliant fjord]

that way no matter what order the actions are being resolved in, the visual reference will be there for the GM

[plain dew]

There used to be an actual action called Escorting for fighters

but i dont think that exist anymore either

[pliant fjord]

It got rolled into formations

[plain dew]

Yea

[pliant fjord]

Bombers and Fighters share the hits

[topaz rivet]

Is intercepting still in?

[pliant fjord]

not as an explicit action, but you could definitely declare that as your movement

"Follow this unit"

"Intercept this unit"

all totally fine

[turbid kernel]

Have my own question too. If I get a refit for a unit can I still get things from before the base unit? For example if I made infantry into special forces could I still take a heavy weapons team?

[pliant fjord]

That is a wonderful question that I don't know the answer to.

They've got the Turret Pod upgrade, which covers that a bit

but i don't think they can take the heavy weapons upgrade explicitly

[turbid kernel]

I had assumed no before but the wording for SF team description made it seem like you expand your choices instead of replace "This training turns a standard infantry squad into a special forces unit gaining access to new equipment and stealth at the cost of team size. Lowering the team to an FS of 4. "

[pliant fjord]

Oh, Special forces not ODT, sorry.

No, they can't take Heavy weapons

[turbid kernel]

You're good. My thinking is still no too just wanted to check to make sure

[pliant fjord]

It's hard to stealth around while lugging around a large .50 cal

Silent weapons is really good though

You can kill units without breaking stealth

[turbid kernel]

Oh yeah, I've been floundering about what I want to eventually do with the pay out and SF does seem cool as hell but the wording in the description got me wondering lol

[pliant fjord]

SF definitely is cool as hell. Also one of the rarest units in the company

[topaz rivet]

That’s why they come apart 😛

[turbid kernel]

yeah, I've been in two ops with Aurora team and they're always doing cool stuff lol

[pliant fjord]

I'm looking forward to seeing the first Orbital Drop Trained Combat Medics though

[turbid kernel]

That's what I was going originally until the casualty system got changed lol

[pliant fjord]

Though, if I'm recruiting for my dream ship, it'll have to be ODTCombat Engineers to supplement the PAI

[high pike]

Wait, who in Atlas is this? Or do you just mean in the future in general?

[pliant fjord]

future

[turbid kernel]

That makes sense. plus flamethrower!

[high pike]

Ah, gotcha

[high pike]

Hoping to see this in out TTS game

[topaz rivet]

I propose “ad liberandum” as our Latin motto

[turbid kernel]

What's it's meaning?

[topaz rivet]

To the rescue or to deliver (as in deliver us from harm)

[novel oak]

for some reason Im hearing team rocket motto vibes

[turbid kernel]

it is more succinct than the one on the emblem "portamus vestrum oxus"

"We carry your burdens"

[twin widget]

Isn't that "We bear your burdens?"

[turbid kernel]

basically yeah

[high pike]

Ok, Lydia

[twin widget]

... I'm missing a reference here.

[turbid kernel]

but "Ad Librandum" works for both our jobs lol

[turbid kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/lydia-skyrim-lydia-avavago-lydia-now-lydia-ate-dat-gif-26715406

[wide quiver]

Are we ready for orders yet? My order is just what ship I'm on, but can I put that down yet?

[turbid kernel]

Nope, Wednesday

[topaz rivet]

We have an emblem?

[pliant fjord]

You should also coordinate with your shipmates to see who's operating the gun, crewing the flight Deck, and so on.

[topaz rivet]

Should probably wait for the mid round posts before putting orders in

[wide quiver]

I'm a marine so I don't know if I can operate guns can I?

[pliant fjord]

You can.

[noble owl]

Gotta have an emblem

[turbid kernel]

It's all over the pinned Google Sheet

[pliant fjord]

Anyone who is in this Task Force is Crew.

Not necessarily the Fleet Crew class.

All Crew can use any of the equipment bays on the ship they're crewing.

[noble owl]

Necessary for troop morale

[twin widget]

Anyone can operate anything. It's just that some people have better things to do (e.g. if you are a marine and are being boarded, maybe you should dig in and repel the attackers instead of refueling a plane)

[topaz rivet]

I remember this now

[topaz rivet]

Peak marine question

[ember python]

"Lawson Crit, green. Neurointerface, green. Heads up, green. Comms, navigation, TTS, green. Life support, green. Verniers, green. Myomer musculature, green. Actuators, orange... Orange? Oh goddammit it..."

[river vector]

How are you guys feeling

[turbid kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/nervous-scared-shaking-water-drinking-water-gif-15664099

[river vector]

Understandable worst comes to worst hold the gate and Victorum will try to punch through when we arrive

[ember python]

I think we're pretty well prepared.

[turbid kernel]

yeah, the swarm of question marks near the gate is unsettling but it's great knowing the big guns are walking into the party behind us

[pliant fjord]

I finally feel like I've over planned.

we've got contingencies

[river vector]

That’s definitely not a bad thing

[ember python]

we've got damage control teams, and point defense, and a solid air wing. there are... a lot of question marks. but, i feel like we can handle whats on the other side.

[pliant fjord]

So, confident, I guess!

[ember python]

I blame your efforts for my confidence.

[plain dew]

im excited to get the new rounds intel! i thnk that will really solidify our path forward for the first few rounds.

[river vector]

What’s your initial formation look like?

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, my worry is more that we'll be delayed for our delivery more than that we'll be destroyed lol

[plain dew]

things that can take hits on the outside, squishy things on the inside.

[turbid kernel]

pretty much this unless more info demands a change

[river vector]

I’m on mobile and your doc isn’t loading how many ships do you have?

Oh dang that’s a nice little fleet

[pliant fjord]

6 Orbitals (4 armed), 5 Fighters, and 2 VTOLs

[plain dew]

fully filled crew too

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, we can get the job done and not pictured, 3 ODT, 2 PAI, and 3 infantry ready for some boarding action

[ember python]

We've got some deep cargo bays, a dedicated medical ship, a nice air wing, point defense, VTOLs and breaching pods give us a pretty solid boarding option on enemy orbitals. the Pearl has an autocannon

if worst comes to worst, we should hold out until TF1 brings the big guns.

[pliant fjord]

I wonder how many attack-corvettes we could hold off with no help

Something with an Autocannon

[ember python]

I'd feel pretty damn confident against 2. with 2, we could focus boarding assets on one, and tank the other while the Black Pearl and the Air Wing chips the second.

[pliant fjord]

might take a couple hits, but no losses

[ember python]

pretty damn confident being no losses, yeah.

[pliant fjord]

Maybe 5 would be my "oh shit, we don't have much time here"

[twin widget]

I mean, worst that could happen is you need to hold and let VICTORUM take the front lines?

(... Okay, losing your Air Wing is also another possibility)

[pliant fjord]

Yea, we're talking how much we could handle alone, hypotheticals

[ember python]

So long as we position smart, so that the bigger ships are taking hits, we could last a while, i reckon.

but we really don't want to lose anything, because that would make our overall job way harder in the latter part of the operation.

[pliant fjord]

yea, not planning on sacrificing our air wing for "good positioning"

I've been in two campaigns, and neither of them had any casualties, and I plan to keep it that way

[ember python]

and if the op drags our resupply/support is going to be mission critical

[pliant fjord]

To all Atlas units:

Sorry about the hundreds of messages! Don't feel obligated to read them all. If you're ever not sure what's going on, or what to do, please check the top pinned comment, which I will periodically edit to keep you all updated.

Also, check out the post in our orders channel for some more specific information you might be looking for!

Thank you and Good Night!

[wintry pawn]

What's the game plan?

[turbid kernel]

Don't die

But really, we're taking BG Iron Hammer to Elim Starport and helping hold the Starport until the rest of ARMCO shows up

[wintry pawn]

Checked the dock, we have an LZ yeah?

[twin widget]

A proposed LZ.

FLUFFLE and STORM will update you guys with more info.

[wintry pawn]

I wish we weren't going in blind.

[turbid kernel]

Nope, waiting for more info from the ground. Closest we got is near Aurora's position just outside the Spaceport

[wintry pawn]

Wherever we land it's probably going to be hot.

[pliant fjord]

Lumara is explicitly a frost planet.

😛

[wintry pawn]

Judging by all the smoke, I'm not sure.

[twin widget]

... Just because bombs are hot does not mean you should go up to them, flirt, and ask for their number.

[wintry pawn]

Just point me to where the clankers are.

[ember python]

first turn will likely involve filling out of the pods and digging in, getting situated in buildings or some such. obviously us LMs will be running around like crazy, ideally drawing fire and dodging harm, while the ODT and PA get stuck in.

[pliant fjord]

Points down

[turbid kernel]

We still might have hostiles to deal with right outside the gate, plus the frigate above the city but Storm and Fluffle might be able to handle it

[wintry pawn]

Race you there

[pliant fjord]

Now you're speaking my language

[twin widget]

To kill, right?

To kill, right???

[pliant fjord]

Assuming that Frigate is dead, and I won't be going on a boarding mission, I will absolutely race you there.

[wintry pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/fordo-arc-trooper-galactic-republic-gif-20467428

[pliant fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/halo-delta-halo-installation-halo-ring-deploy-gif-26482646

[wintry pawn]

⬆️ ➡️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

[turbid kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/airport-dancing-air-traffic-controller-gif-25724371

Guess I'll join in

[merry summit]

https://tenor.com/view/abell46s-reface-wallpaper-wallpaper-live-live-gif-20454196

me doing combat maneuvers

[twin widget]

... That's definitely AI, the tops of thunderstorms are nowhere near that calm.

Pretty cool, though!

[merry summit]

very poorly made fs lol

[twin widget]

fs?

[merry summit]

idk if we discussed this, but what is our sensor priority for first-contact scenarios? like do we go for armor or weapons systems

[ember python]

Knowing Armor lets us know if we can use the Breaching Pods... so maybe that?

[merry summit]

so in order of importance:
armor
weapons/layout
crew?
hits

[twin widget]

Hits over Crew.

Crew is useful to know, but not necessary unless you are boarding and want to check who is "squishy".

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, armor 1st, weapons 2nd. and remember we have two scanners so we should be getting two bits of info a time (assuming in range)

[merry summit]

true. either focus fired or split between top 2 targets

[turbid kernel]

Also don't forget the layout option "Orbital Scan ”layout” before boarding allows borders to choose a subsystem target"

[merry summit]

mm true forgot that one

[turbid kernel]

Yep, combine this with breaching pods straight to the engine room (assuming armor is 1) and the ship can be disabled to allow one of our ships to come alongside and board through forced docking "Orbital Forced Docking - Hostile ship must not have moved this round or have its engines disabled from the start of the round. Orbital must come along its port or starboard side to dock"

[high pike]

Now y'all are thinking with portals

[merry summit]

forced docking doesnt disable ship-to-ship bombardment does it

[turbid kernel]

I don't think so, but the next stop after the engines is usually the bridge and once two more are aboard the ship doesn't have to stay connected

[supple lotus]

Only upgrades that specifically say they can be taken by all refits can be. So by default if you refit any unit you only get the refit’s upgrades

[jagged pagoda]

What's cracking lads?

[jagged mulch]

Not much I don't think, though it's gonna start soon

[royal sequoia]

Waiting anxiously for the first turn

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, wish you luck Simm!

[jagged pagoda]

Awesome, it's gonna be fun :D

[jagged pagoda]

You're IH's TAC-COM?

[jagged mulch]

I myself am anxiously waiting for Atlas's first turn

[jagged mulch]

Backup, but yes

[jagged pagoda]

It'll be finnneeeeee...

[jagged pagoda]

Nice :D

[merry summit]

What’s the worst thing that can happen dropping out of atl-space?

[royal sequoia]

10 fighters waiting for us, we die :p

[merry summit]

Can’t wait to see the mess that is the logistical hub when everyone everywhere starts requesting supplies, cover, support and medivacs all at once lol

[jagged pagoda]

Don't we have roughly 20 fighters within all the ships coming out of the gate though? XD

The bots would be outgunned

[jagged pagoda]

It'll be chaos

[royal sequoia]

Well first it's just fluffle fighters

so just 4 fighters :p

[jagged pagoda]

Ah, well good luck to you then :p

[merry summit]

Starts singing Hamilton

[jagged pagoda]

You'll be back... soon you'll see... you'll remember you belong to me...

[jagged mulch]

Well, survive for a then you'll have Atlas's 5 fighters with you too

[merry summit]

Spittle everywhere

[jagged pagoda]

Yes! XD

[merry summit]

So short but so good lol

[jagged pagoda]

Agreed!

Ttfn 👋

[royal sequoia]

what?

[merry summit]

Tigger things

Ta ta for now

[royal sequoia]

Interesting. Thanks

[merry summit]

Honestly surprised I remembered that. Been ages since Winnie the Pooh

[jagged mulch]

Ngl, I had no clue who Tigger was until you mentioned Winnie the Pooh

[merry summit]

Ya know that’s fair. Not necessarily a recognizable name when it’s just written out

[jagged mulch]

Yeah

[sage perch]

@pliant fjord As a Captain do I put my location as the Pearl or as the Pearl's Location

[humble urchin]

I may play war thunder too much...

I thought of the tank... 😅

[sage perch]

And does Varsson just say he is Crewing the Pearl

[turbid kernel]

Going by what Fluffle put, the captain puts the location of the ship, while crew just say the ship and current station as location

[pliant fjord]

Fs = "For sure"

[pliant fjord]

Captains are assumed to be taking the "pilot orbital" primary action unless they specify otherwise. So yes, put the Pearl's starting and ending location.

Varsson will typically have two options for orders under normal circumstances:
Fire AC (declare target)
Reload AC

He should put the Pearl as his location though.

[sage perch]

Can I just put for my order "Following the group" as my ending location

Considering I just need to take a spot in the formation and let Varsson do his shooting

[pliant fjord]

100%
"Flying in formation" with xyz is always acceptable.

[sage perch]

https://tenor.com/view/the-black-pearl-gif-10733729271821445369

[pliant fjord]

On the subject of formations, at least one player needs to be the lead to move the fleet.

That job can rotate.

[sage perch]

Sadly I can't do 🏴‍☠️ in my nick

[jolly verge]

isnt this the job of the Admiral?/our flagship?

[turbid kernel]

Typically but there may be times they get busy lol. It's good to have options but yeah, I'm good letting @light crescent guide the fleet unless they prefer not to

[pliant fjord]

Works for me, remember that there are no actual ranks, and all of that is just flavor.

[pliant fjord]

I'm gonna be in Game Room 2 for a bit if anyone wants to learn some TTS stuff or trade some tricks.

[solid hare]

What's our map looking like churrently?

[pliant fjord]

no real maps yet, but you're welcome to come lurk while I stream

[solid hare]

Might check it out later, at work at the moment

I am gonna drop a bit here for something that may be happening on the Banksia in prep for our arrival

Lil

[solid hare]

Nevermind

[pliant fjord]

?

[solid hare]

Discord got angry and didn't want me to post stuff... it mayhave been too long

Might have to try again later

[pliant fjord]

sometimes the files are too big, especially if its a Shack map

I had to lower the resolution on some of them with ms Paint

[solid hare]

This was just text

[pliant fjord]

ah, weird

text in google doc, post google doc link maybe?

[jolly verge]

we have our first injury on board, junior engineer Berolina has injured his wrist due to too much use of the entertainment devices on the picketline.

[solid hare]

Oof that's rough

[pliant fjord]

lol, transfer them over to the Sentinel for some R&R I guess

[jolly verge]

its soo difficult to write with only one hand while being used to use 10 fingers :(

[solid hare]

Hold on... if they got injured during R&R... is that a good idea to send them elsewhere for more R&R where more injuries could be obtained?

Lol

[pliant fjord]

Hmm... Lets put them on the aft HMG. due to budget cuts, it's a left-handed operated weapon anyway.

[solid hare]

Good idea

[jolly verge]

nah, he got commanded to operate the coffee machine and bring it to the *real *engineers of fairlie

[solid hare]

Lol, that's even worse than being stuck in the back of the ship in a turret

[pliant fjord]

Results of today's efforts

Should be able to track hits, cargo, module use, and any and all other resources the task force is using

[topaz rivet]

Do we have a good way to show if a plane has landed at our flight deck and needs repair/rearm?

[topaz rivet]

Shiny

[pliant fjord]

There's also a new tab "Deployment Logistics" where you can declare your station, or your intended docking bay

I can't guarantee everyone will use it

but it could help

[topaz rivet]

I was particularly concerned if the craft wasn’t from our TF

[pliant fjord]

I guess if anyone hears that kind of a request, they can put the callsign of the unit into the appropriate cell

to reserve it before orders are declared

[turbid kernel]

Great job Ixen!

[high pike]

Wait... Does BC Picket Line have 2 Large Supply or 7?

[pliant fjord]

7, (-5 for carrying Iron Hammers)

We'll have 13 remaining when we arrive at Elim Starport, assuming everything goes according to plan.

Oh! Pioneer has Landing Gear and a Flight Deck.

It can land on the surface and act as a mobile Airfield.

[solid hare]

This is gonna be fun!

[pliant fjord]

Yea I'm stoked

[tropic solar]

DF will love that 😄

[strange wigeon]

Worst case scenario yes... our 2 fighters are our SOLE source of AA

having an ability to keep them fighting might save us

[pliant fjord]

You'll need to connect with @signal stream to make that happen while we're in the A-O.

[solid hare]

in the section for drop infantry the PAI squad, the Sons of Pyrra were singing a low war ballad in preparation for deployment

"The sun bleeds into flame
The stars recall our name
Grip tight the flamer's wrath
Today we hold the path

Raise high the burning banner
The dusk of war ignites
Raise high the sacred hammer
And stoke the ember’s might"

[tropic solar]

You could always ask the 212th for support. They have 6 fighters the most ground based

[strange wigeon]

We'll see what its like on the ground. I'm not overly worried about it

[turbid kernel]

Fighters can also come to us in orbit to rearm if we're in the same node but it cost less movement for fighters if we land the Pioneer.

Hmm, would it work if we land the Pioneer, and landed a HAT on it for the LMs to board the HAT and have the HAT take off loaded with the LMs?

[ember python]

no, Shack is on record saying no nesting dolls.

[high pike]

Also, the LMs would have no way of getting in to the Pioneer

It doesn't have a Mech Bay

[turbid kernel]

I guess I'm wondering how much it actually acts as an airfield. So if that's the case then shouldn't we not be able to load the HATs with any unit? Since that's also technically Russian nesting doll? I know I'm over complicating it but it made me curious

[humble urchin]

scratches head
so, if we get out of the orbitals, we can't have ifvs or vtols carrying units then ?

[high pike]

The issue isn't nesting doll, it's said vehicles have no way to get into/out of Pioneer

Pioneer being a mobile air field is mostly useful for letting Fighters/Bombers rearm & resupply without having to go to High Orbit or have the orbital(s) come down to Low Orbit and burn Atmo-Fuel

[turbid kernel]

Technically the landing gear let's them in but there's just no where to house them. That's why a BG can be deployed even if we don't have the appropriate bays

[high pike]

?

[ember python]

i may be wrong about this, but i would assume not. the BG is in boxes, so when you're being unloaded, you'll have to mount up.

[turbid kernel]

Like how we're delivering Hammer with their tanks. We don't have vehicle bays on any of the orbitals because BGs are housed in cargo bays and can't be immediately deployed

Unless we could land/ get to a space port

[pliant fjord]

Yes, this is all correct. Landed orbitals cannot deploy units (outside of a spaceport) from Cargo Bays.

[ember python]

in order to load mechs you'd need a mech bay and the landing gear, you land, mechs hop in, you fly away. if the mech is in a HAT, and the HAT docks, the mech can't be unloaded anywhere. so the only way it would be is nested in the HAT while the HAT is itself being transported, which is verbotten.

[pliant fjord]

Pioneer works for Aerospace Units only. HATs could land to refresh supply, but not to transfer units.

[turbid kernel]

So in that scenario the HAT can't land I'm assuming?

[pliant fjord]

Fighters and Bombers could land to repair.

[pliant fjord]

It can land, but not transfer crew

A fun future build could be a Destroyer with a Flight Deck and Vehicle Bays. Then it could serve as a temporary HAT/Vehicle Deployment area.

I'm not sure if ANY fleet crew took the Vehicle Bay module though

And in any case, sign-ups are closed, and crew rosters are more-or-less final

[turbid kernel]

We didn't have any vehicles lol but maybe if we advertised it but we couldn't even get an HVTOL so it's probably for the best

[topaz rivet]

Even just vehicle/mech bays would be useful for deploy and recovery

[ember python]

You can essentially make a Leopard --
2 mech bays deploys a full lance of Mechs, landing gear for pick up/drop off, and then a free slot for whatever else you might want.

or vehicle bays instead of mech bays if you want to deploy tanks or IFVs or whatever. still works the same way.

[ember python]

these are incredibly useful, by the way. thank you.

[pliant fjord]

To all Atlas units:

Sorry about the hundreds of messages! Don't feel obligated to read them all. If you're ever not sure what's going on, or what to do, please check the top pinned comment, which I will periodically edit to keep you all updated.

Also, check out the [post](#1385616625293725886 message) in our orders channel for some more specific information you might be looking for!

[solid hare]

I'm guessing the first round will be ships unless we get boarded? Heh they got a slight chance to bump into some angry boiz in power armor if they do that

[pliant fjord]

Assuming everything goes according to plan, (dead frigate, we make it to Elim Starport), we'll be able to deploy all ground forces turn 1.

[solid hare]

Sounds good

[jagged pagoda]

Indeed

[ember python]

even if the frigate is alive, we could still drop pod down, though we may want to wait. It depends on what we see on the ground. like if, for instance, the SF unit was being engaged, we might want to drop to assist, even if its just with some of the drop assets, while others are boarding.

[pliant fjord]

yup, not much more we can plan for without knowing

Ultimately, it's up to the players

[plain dew]

I know this is just me being impatient, but when will the next mid round events start to happen?

[strange wigeon]

Probably tomorrow. Tac-Com maps are due tonight

[smoky saddle]

Captain mentioned in his stream today that he was going to work on maps tomorrow.~~ Fluffle's TF map hadn't been turned in either last I looked.~~

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, optimally I think we want PAI to do the boardings but ODT can drop to support the SF team. Infantry ready to paradrop or board as needed

[plain dew]

Thank you both!

[ember python]

I'll be prepped to drop. I can't do too much else, haha.

[solid hare]

Same, time to rain steel

[topaz rivet]

Reports coming back from the first wave

[pliant fjord]

All aboard the Hype Train

[plain dew]

I was literally just thinking this 😂

[atomic comet]

Triple S representing out there

[ember python]

That BC is going to be problematic

[pliant fjord]

Hold on to your butts!

[topaz rivet]

What’s this about VTOLs not flanking?

[novel oak]

atlas you know those potential boarding plans you had against the frigate?

[ember python]

TripleS first blood! err First oil!

[novel oak]

I think we need to rotate those

[topaz rivet]

Rust and ruin

[novel oak]

nope Warren got it

[ember python]

oh, well, still good!

[novel oak]

dw there’ll be plenty of spilt oil for the rest of yall

[ember python]

the BC likely has 2 Armor, so the Breaching Pods, sadly, won't come into play just yet. Unless that Frigate flies over.

[wide quiver]

The pay is good. As long as I'm doing my part to protect this fleet I don't care about spilling oil.

But by all means. KILL UM ALL!

[turbid kernel]

VTOLs can bring an engineer over to pop the air locks and another can bring PAI

[topaz rivet]

We’d need multiple breach points I think. 2 vs 1 is bad odds even for PAI

[pliant fjord]

and even worse for an Engineer

[turbid kernel]

Two can enter the same point. Engineer doesn't have to enter

*two PAI on one VTOL I meant

[pliant fjord]

True

Any brave Infantry wanna sign up for the second wave?

[wide quiver]

Second wave of landing troops?

[pliant fjord]

boarding, yea

[wide quiver]

Nah sign me up to board right now.

The quicker our enemies are dead the better right.

[pliant fjord]

We've got 2 VTOLs, so that's 2PAI and either 1 Engi or 1 INF in the first wave. Storm will likely join us

[wide quiver]

This is Atlas right? Are we even in the fight yet?

[pliant fjord]

They're right at the gate

[topaz rivet]

Nope

[ember python]

We're just a touch slower than Fluffle and Storm, so we'll be arriving next round

[pliant fjord]

yup. since we have intel though, we can have our boarding party ready to go immediately

[plain dew]

Oh boy

we went to code black fast

[novel oak]

please do

idk how long we can hold out here

[topaz rivet]

I wonder if Fluffles aerospace can deploy, fire, and still transit to then next map

[ember python]

Its a Case Black, but only just. The toasters are doing a mop up operation, they aren't at the Gate in force to defend it. Even if this BC survives this turn and next, TF1 will eviscerate it.

[topaz rivet]

Since the goal is still punching through to Elim, we probably don’t have time to board

[plain dew]

oh no, more updates coming in

[wide quiver]

We need an engineer to pop the hatch at the very start right. Or maybe we could assume another battle group will do it.

[pliant fjord]

to breach, the unit needs to beat its armor, or an engi auto-succeeds

so a 3 on a d6 will do it

[topaz rivet]

But there could be 10 bots on the ship

[pliant fjord]

that too

[ember python]

While we could speed our way out, we may not want to leave these Otter boats to get slaughtered.

[wide quiver]

Fluffle is mostly VTOL. Can we assume they're gonna get ahead of us and poke some holes?

[pliant fjord]

they seem very scared

[novel oak]

we’re the orbitals
the vtols are storm blessed

[novel oak]

nah thats just me being paranoid

we might still get our ass kicked though

[wide quiver]

OOOH.
Thank you. -///-

[pliant fjord]

sry, yea I meant STORM seems scared

[plain dew]

Fluffle is going to have to make a tough decision. Do they engage and give up their best defense, which is high speed, or do they hard burn to NAV 1 and hope some of the civies live for when TF2 comes in. We could scrap with a BC for a few rounds without losses... IDK if destroyers can.

[ember python]

i mean, this BC is a problem. its got, it looks like an autocannon or something similar at the fore, and a pair of point defense guns on the larboard side. so paranoia is justified.

[pliant fjord]

That's an MBC

[elder plover]

Friendly Storm medic here. If need be, fluffle has 4 fighters and 2 bombers aboard. We aren't quite defenseless, although that battlecruiser is going to fuck a few things up for us.

[pliant fjord]

We've got a boarding plan ready, though it was for a singular frigate

We can have 2 PAI and an Engi onboard as soon as we get out of the gate

[elder plover]

Hawt

[ember python]

We will be there next round, we've got some boarders, some guns, and an air wing. and then after us is TF1 and they will evaporate this thing

[novel oak]

fortunately thats why fluffle is escorting them
so our asses get kicked and not theirs

[elder plover]

If that's the case, it may make sense to punch it through.

[topaz rivet]

I’m opposed to trying to board. If nothing else, our people will keep TF1 from blasting it to kingdom come

[novel oak]

realistically whoever engages just needs to survive for TF1

bc they have the heavy firepower

[pliant fjord]

That's true

[plain dew]

fluffle could also just use their fighters to screen while the main group moves to NAV 1. Fighters woudl be able to catch back up.

[pliant fjord]

we shouldn't board, Victorum will wreck that thing

[novel oak]

will the bombers be able to catch back up?

[plain dew]

TF 2 does the same thing, and TF 1 puts those clankers on ice

[ember python]

plus we can bring the breaching pods into play later when we engage the frigate

[novel oak]

I dont want to just run past it

[maiden belfry]

there's otters to save

[plain dew]

IMO, they dont have evasion, so they shouldnt deploy.

well they can... they just risk getting shot down.

[novel oak]

much of this is gonna come down to what the sensors can tell us

[ember python]

Its ultimately up to Fluffle and Storm, but I don't think we should run. We should try to help the Otter civs, and tie up this BC until Victorum blasts it into debris. and ideally sweep away the enemy fighters.

[pliant fjord]

All fighters be ready to engage, VTOLs stay docked, All Crew to the Guns and Scanners.

Storm should run 100%, basically none of their VTOLs can damage it

[maiden belfry]

aye its up to you lot, but we WILL judge silently if you leave those adorable otters to perish, maybe you can distract it enough while they run? i dunno not my place to say

[ember python]

if they run they might run into worse contacts deeper in, no?

[pliant fjord]

They don't necessarily have better chances here

[plain dew]

thats why IMO, fluffle should run with them, and just leave their fighters behind to catch up.

[high pike]

As long as they don't land again, and have enough Speed, yes, aerospace can takeoff, maneuver (for combat or what have you), and fly to the map edge to transition strategic points.

[wide quiver]

As much as I want to pedal to the metal this. This is the first round. Anyone dead in the first round is gone for the rest of the campaign, and that would suck. Maybe we should keep our risk factor low at least until we touch the ground.

[pliant fjord]

Fluffle's voting on staying or not

[ember python]

fair. Storm is in a kinda no win, but, like, that was always an issue w/ Storm's deployment plan

[plain dew]

Also not sure if anyone else noticed, the number contacts is similar to the same number the scout team came across in NAV 1.

So on the plus side... its probably just 1 bot fleet and hopefully wont be another in Nav 1

[topaz rivet]

Theyre close enough to the edge of the map that they can transit out but to do that need fighters to go with them

[plain dew]

huh... I did not notice that. damn, so they would have had to have had the fighters out immediately

@pliant fjord did fluffle choose not to have their fighters out when crossing the gate?

[pliant fjord]

apparently not

[topaz rivet]

I’m hoping TF3 fighters can at least engage the enemy fighters before booking it

[plain dew]

or better question: Can TF2 choose to have our fighters out so we can engage immediately next turn?

[pliant fjord]

Yes

It's in our opening formation tab

[plain dew]

if they already made their movement for the round, I think they are locked in no? Maybe they could hop out at the start of round 2, try and scrap with the enemy fighters, and then still make it to Nav 1?

[wide quiver]

Picketline only has an infantry and an engineer as far as I can see. Would it take more time to move someone off another ship?

[plain dew]

This is where she got the larger image from

[pliant fjord]

Oh, briefing room is where it was. Thank you

[plain dew]

oh no

that BC is within almost 2 of the gate

you know what that means

ramming speed (dont do that, shack will throw you out)

[pliant fjord]

There's no ramming

[topaz rivet]

Aww

[novel oak]

thats a great idea

[novel oak]

rip

it would be so funny though

[plain dew]

great idea to get kicked 🤣

[topaz rivet]

If we’re lucky, the BC will pursue the VTOL and we’ll able up to fire up its kilt

[plain dew]

welp, maybe more info will come. But fast deploying fighters is probably going to be a good idea, especially if we can take out some of the ones near that distress signal.

And someone is probably going to need to get punched by that BC

[turbid kernel]

If they're within two that does mean that we can get to boarding distance in a single turn. Scanners can also get a layout scan for the boarders while another looks at the unknown contacts

[pliant fjord]

There's unfortunately one major problem with Boarding:

TF1 is 1 round behind us, and they can scrap that thing before we can blink.

[wide quiver]

So maybe we don't board the enemy carrier.

[river vector]

Hey uh wanted to update you guys TF1 is probably gonna update this to a code black

[wide quiver]

Have we even seen the city yet?

[turbid kernel]

Always keep options open. Never assume someone else has it handled. But we're gonna be delayed anyway looks like. We thought Fluffle was gonna make it to Elim this turn.

[atomic comet]

new update says no data from the city

[topaz rivet]

Case Black /pointless pedantry

[pliant fjord]

Case Black is correct, we don't know the status of the city, might be open still, might not. Case Red might ALSO be active.

[river vector]

No but we do know it’s contested

[pliant fjord]

they're not mutually exclusive

[wide quiver]

Why not a Code Red?

[turbid kernel]

Yeah we know frigate is likely still there and has deployed drop pods

[atomic comet]

we might need to be the ones who push to the city so we don't delay getting intel

[wide quiver]

We have five fighters right? The task force behind us can finish the carrier. We can save civilian transports.

[turbid kernel]

Correct

[wide quiver]

Plus who knows what damage might be inflicted round 1.

Maybe we'll end up with the numbers anyway.

It's mostly up to the fighters though. I voted stay but I really don't think it's my call.

[pliant fjord]

TF1's got a suggestion to keep our distance while the fighters engage to buy some time.

rather than put our ships right up in their face

just maintain our distance, maneuver around them, and let fighters engage in evasive

[wide quiver]

Ya know what end of the day I'm ready to stage dive this mother fucker. I'll leave it at that.

[tired patio]

https://tenor.com/view/star-trek-deep-space-nine-ds9-cardassian-galaxy-gif-3134437685785456192

I will go with whatever the fleet decides!

[abstract thunder]

Also the faster we can get to elim the better, we aren’t really geared to take on a full BC imo

[tired patio]

Make sure you crew are voting for what course you want to go after. Do we Fight? Or move to the next objective?

[maiden belfry]

as the captain states, were one peoples lets get er done

[pliant fjord]

Poll: #1382037040438181950 message

Attention Fleet Crew. Please check the "Deployment Logistics" tab, and select a station if you have not done so already.

[halcyon ridge]

Do breach pods follow flanking rules? If so we may still have options to disable it from inside. Especially if that monster is about to give chase to Fluffle

[craggy dragon]

I am an Engineer, so if you want me in a specific spot to pop a hatch let me know

[pliant fjord]

Yes, but with TF1 right behind us, a boarding plan seems unlikely to be successful fast enough

[opaque pagoda]

Oh god sorry I moved the picture I was on my phone and didn’t mean to lmao

On Deployment Logistics

[pliant fjord]

all good, I fix

Lets get our Comm intercept on it too

@worldly oar @rapid sail @still rock @lyric berry I've got you four on the guns if that's ok with you.

[abstract thunder]

@warm elbow

[worldly oar]

Works for me!

[meager raven]

Would it be worth throwing me on Damage Control in case we get attacked?

[pliant fjord]

only if we have damage at the beginning of the round

[turbid kernel]

Oh, we should definitely scan and comm intercept no matter the decision I would also recommend

[topaz rivet]

Fluffle is like to end up scanning something, so should we coordinate with them?

[pliant fjord]

They're gonna be scanning the large unknown, AND the BC

[topaz rivet]

Shiny

[turbid kernel]

I think so. Give Victorum as much target data as possible.

[pliant fjord]

our friends in TripleS will scan the BC

So scanners, target the unknowns!

[turbid kernel]

Probably comms intercept the BC to see what they're gonna do

[olive cliff]

can civilian craft and personnel benefit from our flight decks/medbays?

[pliant fjord]

Ooo, good question

asked in Q&A

[plain dew]

I think this works fine, but keep in mind BC have 2 armor, fighters wont be able to punch thru it.

It could be our objective with TF3/TF2 is to whittle the fighter count down, so TF1 can dump all their firepower into the orbital without having to bother with having 7-9 fighters buzzing around.

But while TF3 can buzz past the BC without issue, we are the same speed as the BC... its going to be harder for us to outrun it.

[pliant fjord]

Yea, you'd be targeting the fighters, not the BC

If @sage perch wants to take a pot shot at the BC (at risk of taking a hit from its MBC), that's up to you.

[high pike]

Keep in mind we don't have a full scan of the Tormenter (bot-BC). There are still two question marks on it

[pliant fjord]

Fluffle will scan it once

We're gonna Com-Int it

and then either two more '?'s or another bit of info on the BC

[high pike]

Mhm

[pliant fjord]

We got fighters, We got big-booty Battle Cruisers, we'll definitely be fine for a round.

I say we keep chugging along, invite the Civvies to dock and offload onto our ships, take our pot-shots, and do what we can as we pass through.

[sage perch]

@rapid sail what do you think

[pliant fjord]

Black Pearl slams on the breaks, and gets a cheeky hit on it from behind as it turns to chase Fluffle?

[rapid sail]

Cap'n, I believe the phrase we are looking for is... "Send It!"

[pliant fjord]

Alternatively, if we can get it to turn away from the gate, Victorum will be in the perfect position to flank it, and broadside it right up its ass.

[sage perch]

Do I have marines?

[topaz rivet]

Doesn't look like it

[pliant fjord]

No, but we've got time to assign you some.

[sage perch]

I would like some, they can keep Varsson's gun loaded when not busy (counter)boarding

[pliant fjord]

BRASS requested Picket, Noble volunteered as Pioneer's flight deck crew, so it's Spectre2.4, or one of the medics

I've pinged a bunch today, so I'm gonna stop before I get put in time-out again

A reminder to check the doc, the midround-events, and the Deployment Logistics Tab if you're Fleet Crew (or operating ship equipment)

[sage perch]

@eager pendant

[eager pendant]

@pliant fjord sorry. Just got home from work. Whatsup?

[sage perch]

Would you like a 🏴‍☠️ in exchange for joining my crew instead

[pliant fjord]

Captain Cheese is looking for some marines to handle the Auto-cannon reloading

(when you're not deployed to the surface)

[eager pendant]

Sure. Whatever is needed.

[sage perch]

@rapid sail you have an ammo guy now

[eager pendant]

Reassign as needed

[sage perch]

Spec, plan is we pop out of the gate and immediately shoot at the BC, you then reload the gun

[pliant fjord]

AC gets 3 shots per reload

[eager pendant]

Where do i fill out these orders?

[sage perch]

Plan is still the same, we pop out and immediately shoot the BC while you polish your AR

[pliant fjord]

check the pinned comment to catch up

There's an ongoing poll, and a channel to submit orders with a template

[sage perch]

G💤

[eager pendant]

Okay so comment in tf2 atlas.

[sage perch]

switched to a more fitting tag

[pliant fjord]

Orders will be due Wednesday and Sunday at 6pmEDT. I won't be able to ping you every time, so try to check the pinned comment every couple days (I'll be editing it as we learn more and the situation changes).

[eager pendant]

Got it. Will the battle space map be published before the order.

[pliant fjord]

It has been. Check the Midround-Events channel for the intel, and the Campaign-briefing channel for the big maps

it'll get posted here every now and then, but this channel gets hundreds of messages a day, and it's hard to keep up

[halcyon ridge]

Do we have any sensor data on the capabilities of the civ ships? The Sentinel’s bays are currently empty so if they’re at least a decent speed we could zip ahead to a hopefully out of range pickup point

[pliant fjord]

as long as we stay in formation, our light ships won't take hits

latest plan from Storm

I'll be back in a bit, gotta take care of some chores.

[merry summit]

Would taking a scan be worth it over landing on and talking to the civs to get their full specs all at once

[pliant fjord]

I'd suggest scanning the enemy before allies

[merry summit]

What constitutes being “behind” the enemy in terms of flanking? Is it like front half/back half? Back third?

[pliant fjord]

line of sight to it's engine block

so like, 90-ish degrees from its rear

[merry summit]

Mmm I see

[plain dew]

Can you even flank airunits/orbitals? I thought i read that only applied to ground forces.

[atomic comet]

it does tay that in the rules

I do keep seeing vets talk about flanking in space battles though

[plain dew]

I like this plan. Didnt they say in the original communication with the scout team heard on the communication channels that the otters couldnt escape the system? We should probably encourage the civies to head back to Damar Rock Station anyways.

[merry summit]

Orbitals can flank orbitals at least. Idk about air units in general vs orbitals

[plain dew]

oh interesting

hmm okay, air never can have flanking period, but the orbital can lose its armor bonus to other orbitals.

[topaz rivet]

Fighters flanking larger ships is pretty classic so it'd be good to revisit it after the campaign

[eager pendant]

@sage perch what ship are you?

[turbid kernel]

They're captain of the light freighter "Black Pearl"

[pliant fjord]

Based on what I've read so far, I'll draw up a preliminary map tonight before I go to bed, and throw that up on the doc too.

We're likely to keep moving, with only the fighters and Black Pearl breaking formation to pick off some targets, perhaps lean a bit towards the BC to try to draw their nose away from the gate, and allow TF1 to hit it from behind

[turbid kernel]

So are we basically keeping the same course as Fluffle in the hopes of the BC keeping it back to the gate?

[pliant fjord]

that's the best plan I've heard so far

[turbid kernel]

It's a good plan but it does put our back to them as well. We won't be able to outrun them since they're speed 2 as well. But Pearl can punch through the armor on a good roll.

[pliant fjord]

we can't outrun them but we DEFINITELY can't outgun them. They have an MBC that auto-hits any of our ships (even if we kept our facing towards them), and has a 1/3 chance of killing a system.

Our best hope is TF1 killing it faster than it can kill us

[topaz rivet]

Which is a good argument for the body of our fleet to move to the edge of the map while the fighters (and bombers?) engage. We jump out the next turn as TF1 comes threw the gate

[pliant fjord]

I think that's the best of both worlds with our Fight/Run plan for sure.

if anyone wants to watch stoned Ixen work on the TTS map, I'll be in game room 1

@plain dew would you draw up a fighter formation for the 5 fighters? wouldn't need to be pretty or complicated

[solid hare]

sniffs lads I smell a ship that needs boardin!

[pliant fjord]

I really want to, but by the time we board it, TF1 will have destroyed it

[turbid kernel]

I smelt it too but Victorum is coming with the big guns and we would just be getting in their way

[pliant fjord]

Based on the various plans I heard

[solid hare]

Awwww okay, good point

[noble owl]

Seems like a solid plan to me. Try to clear some fighters and get some heat off of TF3. Victorum will make quick work of this when they arrive

[plain dew]

I think if we do exactly this, flying V in evasion cutting through enemy formation and hopefully picking off a fighter or two while also hopefully soaking up fighter and orbital fire.

especially if our orbitals plan to shield the civies and TF3

[turbid kernel]

That actually looks really solid to me. We just need the scan and coms-intercept too

[ember python]

I feel like if both Fluffle and Storm leave the area, the Tormentor and the Air Wing might just resume killing the civs. Storm fleeing makes sense, but I think Fluffle should remain at the edge of the transit point to bait Tormentor into shifting its facing to fire on them.

plus with our combined air wings we can likely sweep the enemy aerespace fighters, instead of it being an even 5 v 5 with just us.

[pliant fjord]

Yea, a fly-by attack is a good mix of "help civvies" and "keep schedule"

[turbid kernel]

Don't forget that the turns happen simultaneously. So at the same time that Fluffle and Storm leave we are showing up and taking our turn. So there's never really a time where the enemy isn't being engaged by someone. and After next turn Victorum shows up too and then completely destroys the enemy.

[ember python]

we know the toasters hacked the gate, and the only reason we got through was the pirate nav-codes. now they know we can come through the gate, they will likely do two things: 1- deploy reinforcements to defend the gate (luckily this will take time, and by the time they're coming this way, they can meet TF1 and the big guns)
and 2- not show their ass to the gate unless they have a target to shoot at.

ultimately it'll be in Fluffle's hands whether they stay or go.

[pliant fjord]

We won't be able to leave the map this turn anyway, with speed 2

So we'll have the ability to decide to turn around last minute if need be

Good Morning Epsilon-shift (Europe)!

Sorry about the hundreds of messages! Don't feel obligated to read them all. If you're ever not sure what's going on, or what to do, please check the top pinned comment, which I will periodically edit to keep you all updated.

Also, check out the Campaign-Briefing Room, and Midround-Events channels for an important update!

[astral depot]

Oh nice Ixen
I may not be in Europe but I cant consistently hop on everyday

so thats very helpful

[ember python]

Would it be worthwhile for me to dismount and crew a station? can I even?

[jagged pagoda]

Fluffle has engaged

[light crescent]

I say we board them!

[jagged pagoda]

Is that you volunteering to lead the charge?

[ember python]

Hahaa, yeah, just stick the Fleet Admiral in the Breaching Pod tube, what could possibly go wrong?

[jagged pagoda]

Absolutely nothing, promise ❤️

[merry summit]

happily pats seat next to me

[sturdy dew]

Good morning epsilon shift

[royal sequoia]

you definitely can 🙂

[ember python]

might just. i'll look at the crew roster thing, see if there's anything useful i can do

[merry summit]

whats the inf on pioneer for? just anti-boarding/orbital to orbital boarding?

[light crescent]

I offer to lead the charge up to the breaching pods. Park the PL right in their face.

[ember python]

alright, Atlas, i'm gonna get some shut eye. maybe tomorrow someone can explain to me what i'm missing here.

[royal sequoia]

nighty night

don't forget to not burn yourself out 🙂 we're in it for the long haul

[ember python]

that is good advice. something something burning candles on both ends, or something. Night yall.

[sturdy dew]

I just read the updates.

From what i get both TF3 and storm want to push forward.

Now, can we exit the gate and engage the enemy on the same turn? Because thats would be the only way to save the otters.

That said i would vote to press on and leave the fight to TF1

[royal sequoia]

It's gonna be a revolving door of Taskforces dropping out of alt space and immediately leaving x)

I don't know if you can leave the map in one turn with only speed 2 though

[jagged pagoda]

Where do we submit our orders?

Nvm, found it

[jagged pagoda]

Done :D

[sage perch]

Does turning cost movement?

I want to find the best way to move up while facing the BC at the end

[jagged pagoda]

Absolutely no idea unfortunately 😅

[royal sequoia]

Ponderous: Large vehicle. Always moves in a ponderus fashion in the most direct line to the end of the order type destination. Guns only fire from the final destination point. “This is used for all orbital vessels”.

it doesn't say anything about rotating

but I would assume you can just do it for free?

[jagged pagoda]

Just Tokyo Drift during the movement and drive-by the enemies 😎

[light crescent]

We are the logistics people! It's pointless for us to be anywhere first. We have to wait for TF1 anyway so might as well save some people while we are at it

[ember python]

we aren't fast enough to leave. we will be engaging for a round. since we are going to be getting shot at, we may as well do our level best to save some xeno-otters and sweep some fighters out of the air for TF1.

[pliant fjord]

Reloading the autocannon

[spark comet]

good hunting

[pliant fjord]

This was pitched, but ultimately it won't really help. TF1 will be able to wreck that thing just 1 turn after our boarding.

[pliant fjord]

This is pretty much the plan

[topaz rivet]

Pioneer is the pocket carrier. I’m there for “security.” Pay no attention to the elaborate bar

[turbid kernel]

Good morning everyone, here's the plan from my understanding:

-We'll drop out of the gate and move in a relative North by North-Easternly fashion. Optimally we want to place ourselves behind the predicted path of the enemy battlecruiser or between Fluffle and the enemy Battle Cruiser. We will also use our ships sensors and Comm-Intercepts to discover the unkown points of interests and reveal the enemy's intentions for next round.

-At the same time our fighter wing, Soteria Squadron, and the Light Freighter Black Pearl will peel off from formation to engage the BC and fighters directly.

-We will continue to move North to Nav Point one at full speed while engaging the enemy and providing cover for Fluffle and Civilian ships. Optimally, the enemy will follow us and keep their attention away from the gate and TF1 Victorum's arrival.

[topaz rivet]

Is aerospace intercept still a thing?

[turbid kernel]

As an action no, but ther is the Aerospace Interceptor tag "[Aerospace Interceptor] If a unit with this tag attacks an Aerospace unit, it forces the targeted aerospace unit to only attack the Interceptor. If the hostile can’t then it can’t attack during its turn. "

[topaz rivet]

Okay and it’s in the rules but not the spreadsheet

So any hostile fighter ours attack can’t attack the civilian ships

[turbid kernel]

btw, @pliant fjord You think it'll be alright if I share the plan with other BGs/TFs. They'll likely want to know our intentions. Or should I wait until all of Atlas has a chance to be on the same page?

[turbid kernel]

Correct, our fighters will aggro their fighters. and the Orbital has to prioritize our orbitals as well I believe

[jolly verge]

My Idea is that, I will try to scan the larger question mark. but if its needed for something like comms intercept or other informations I can also scan the visible Battlecruiser another time.

[topaz rivet]

This message has scanning plans: #1382037040438181950 message

[humble urchin]

Pre-emptively share what's been thought of so far, but do warn about the plan not being final and that it can still be discussed

Honnestly feel it's better to share what you got with the other BG so they can give you input or also say "okay so we're doing this so that works/doesn't", and may come back with more knowledge of their plans too !

Cooperation lads !

Especially since it's 3 BG/TFs to coordinate together, better make sure you guys are all on the same page/idea

[pliant fjord]

Share away. Plan may change before Wed, but it seems pretty well agreed upon for now.

[turbid kernel]

I find it's hard to put the genie of information back in the bottle once released lol but you have a fair point

[humble urchin]

ay for all you know maybe stormblessed has decided to go in melee the orbital and thus your plan is not as well thought of as you think 🤣

Communicate together or there will be no consequences from my part ! >:(

[pliant fjord]

Lol, Storm voted 10-0 to gtfo last I checked.

(That's get the fuck out.)

[humble urchin]

(got it thanks)

(already had the meaning but i appreciate it)

[topaz rivet]

Good

[pliant fjord]

(Wish I knew some cool French acronyms. You got any?)

[humble urchin]

define "cool" 🤣

[pliant fjord]

Whatever you think is cool, I will remember as cool. I'm very impressionable.

[humble urchin]

uhhhmmm

I mean, I have an insult as an acronym

[royal sequoia]

We're pretty bad at acronyms tbh

Fdp

That's a good one

Hmm maybe don't share that X)

[turbid kernel]

Simm, you're French? I knew you were European but I didn't know what flavor lol

[royal sequoia]

Ah damn I outed myself. Yeah I'm French, but living in Austria

[humble urchin]

AAAYYY

The one I thought off too !

[turbid kernel]

All good, I'm Puerto Rican ethnically, American by nationality. I'm always happy to meet more people from other places. I only visited Northern France once and hope to return when the world is less expensive and volatile lol

[pliant fjord]

I spent a summer doing opera in St. Yrieux, south france. First foreign language I studied, and I still love it. Still nowhere close to fluent, but I can read it pretty good!

[royal sequoia]

That's really cool! I come from Northern France 🙂 (Dunkerque) Why are you always active in Euro time :p Bad sleep schedule? X)

[royal sequoia]

That's also cool. Although I do feel bad for anyone having to learn French as a foreign language. Such a pain :p

[jolly verge]

Its fine if you have a purpose for it and have somebody/sometime to use it.

[humble urchin]

Hah, I love bread.

Such a pain. Pain, bread.

[royal sequoia]

-_-

[humble urchin]

...the pun was funnier in my head.

[pliant fjord]

It's very challenging to understand verbally, yes. The inflections are different, and so many words sound alike. Also lol at pain puns

[royal sequoia]

True. I experienced that when learning German

Although each language has its own problems I guess

[topaz rivet]

English has the problems of many languages

[pliant fjord]

(This rhymes for an extra joke) Camille saint-sens adores pain puns.

[jolly verge]

Two hunters meet, both dead....

[turbid kernel]

Late to bed, early to rise lol. Luckily there's a bit of overlap between Spanish and French but the pronunciation is still tough.

[pliant fjord]

The best explanation I heard was that English was essentially a recorded history of which language we borrowed the word from.

[royal sequoia]

Hooo, Spanish is the easy language for us to learn. Same words, with o or a at the end :p

sadly I picked german in school T-T

[jolly verge]

My issue with french is I mostly learnt it listening and talking, so if somebody gives me a more complex text I need some time....

[humble urchin]

Comment est votre blanquette ?

...literally tried to find a "complicated" word and only found "blanquette" lmao

[pliant fjord]

Mmmm stew

[jolly verge]

its fine, but I dont cook meat that often

[tired patio]

Hey team, how we looking for a plan?

[jagged mulch]

I myself picked German because I had done french and Spanish before (both of which I found rather boring)

[pliant fjord]

Rocky summed it up pretty well:
#1382037040438181950 message

[humble urchin]

Think this yeah ?

It's been shared in Iron Hammer Storm & Fluffle aswell

[pliant fjord]

Based on these preliminary maps I drew up last night

We'll get our scanners and com-int on the targets too, and all of our guns are manned

Zoomed in versions

[jagged pagoda]

TKT?

I forget what it means XD

[pliant fjord]

-# shh, Shack's here

[jagged pagoda]

It means "don't worry" apparently XD

[turbid kernel]

We also need to keep in mind that the known HMGs on the enemy BC are on the same side facing the Gate. They have a built in field of that can destroy a fighter in a single volley. Soteria Squadron should keep this in mind before engaging too directly

[pliant fjord]

Thankfully it can only do 2 hits max, and that will be spread out across the 5 fighters (2hp each), so we shouldn't take any casualties

If they stay evasive, they should be able to get back to us with no more than a few scratches

[royal sequoia]

Yeah, same idea for the Fluffle fighter squad

[jagged pagoda]

And I'll gladly repair them when they do :D

[royal sequoia]

Just making sure, but the LS I planned to keep Fluffle resupplied is still planned right? No unexpected supply expenditure in the meanwhile?

[high pike]

Negative. However, all orbitals have Ponderous

[pliant fjord]

as far as I'm aware, Atlas is still planning to keep Fluffle supplied

But please do tell me when you're using our supply so I can keep track

[high pike]

-# Saw it was answered

[high pike]

Also, I just realized, you can have a facing different from the direction you were going

[royal sequoia]

I mean, it'll have to be a planned thing, since I'm imagining our fleets docking together to transfer the supplies over

[pliant fjord]

very good. I'll let you coordinate with the captains. I think you're still in our captain channel, right?

[high pike]

E.g. this kind of maneuver is possible

Unless I'm wrong, of course

[sage perch]

Where do we think the BC will be

[pliant fjord]

I thought that was explicitly the thing Shack didn't want happening

[high pike]

He didn't want orbitals spinning to make firing arcs irrelevant

[royal sequoia]

I'm everywhere :p

[sage perch]

so 4218 NE might work for me

[pliant fjord]

Unless it decides to turn toward the gate, then it's got its MBC right on you

hopefully, it'll follow the big juicy targets going first

[sage perch]

is NNE a valid direction

[pliant fjord]

Yes!

A recommendation though: make sure you're gonna be within range 3 of the transit point (between the yellow lines), so you can catch up to us when we transit.

[pliant fjord]

What I've got for crew actions right now

Also, anyone opposed to this particular color arrangement?

[jagged pagoda]

Do I need to reupload my order with the correct Flight Deck name?

[pliant fjord]

no, you're good, I can extrapolate based on what ship you're on

[twin cypress]

Guys I couldnt get access to Discord in a week what happened?

[jolly verge]

we got intercepted....

or will get...

[jagged pagoda]

From when until when?

[twin cypress]

like

9th to 16th

[jagged pagoda]

Times or days?

Not much if times

More planning

[solid hare]

I feel like what I can do is just sit aboard the breach pod in case we need to use it

[jagged pagoda]

Submitting orders

[twin cypress]

is there a date on when the landing is?