Task Force 2 - Atlas: Comms

[jolly verge]

Discord doesnt allow me to ping that many people in one message xD

[turbid kernel]

True enough, I'll work with Fluffle to set a scan target priority list

[jolly verge]

Many of you havent submitted yet. Due time is in <t:1751234340:R>

[plain dew]

@untold tusk friendly reminder to submit your order this round to regroup with the TF & rearm.

[jolly verge]

and most importantly the Admiral @light crescent himself, pls remember to submit your orders

[craggy dragon]

Okay I did the thing. Imma go nap now.

[jolly verge]

sleep well <3

[pallid sequoia]

@astral depot
If we are deploying infantry next round, one of us stim jockeys should probably ride along to plug holes and kiss booboos. I'm willing to go, but wouldn't say I'm incredibly eager. Are you itching to get on the ground? If so, I'll hang back for the next wave. If not, I'll jump into the frying pan.

[jolly verge]

if im not mistaken were still missing your order, even if you dont do anything special, please submit your orders <3

[jolly verge]

C Null, I hope your software didnt encounter a bug, but you submitted 2 orders

@stuck mountain @meager raven @wide quiver @wintry pawn

and @wintry pawn @ember python @twin cypress @astral depot your orders are still missing, you only got minutes left: <t:1751234340:R>

[meager raven]

The Picket Line looks like it's still filled up on active crew, am I safe to keep Hold action?

[turbid kernel]

Yep! hold in position is always an option

[jolly verge]

otherwise BRASS who did not submit their order yet reloaded the HMG of Picketline last round, this is also a thing you can take over (I will shift you around in the document then)

[pallid sequoia]

Thank you for keeping us on task! Ixen and I had a long night

[jolly verge]

no worrys, i have time (I want to watch something live in 3 hours (its 2 o clock then, i shouldnt do this) so ill have to stay awake) and I like annoying people sometimes, if its for the right reason

[jolly verge]

also i love RP Games and Science Fiction, I am so happy Union told me about this game and talked me through to join it

[pallid sequoia]

Likewise. I definitely made Ix jump through hoops giving me the hard sell to join something with 500 players but I'm loving reading everyone's RP and I'm already awfully fond of our TF. Can't wait to jab you all with needles so you can scrap some more toasters.

[pliant fjord]

Next turn yes, but not the one due today.

[jolly verge]

@pliant fjord I crossed everyone out, you did not tick in the doc, but has submitted their orders

[pliant fjord]

I can't do the doc stuff yet (gotta carefully read the orders first). @atomic comet can check them off if they're available.

Everyone submitted though? That's great!

[jolly verge]

sadly not, were still missing some (if i count correctly 4), but most of them are just floating around on the orbitals (everyone who is not crossed out in the above mentioned message)

[atomic comet]

I checked off as many as I could but I'll be driving for about 4 hours now.

[jolly verge]

no problem, ill hold the line. Good Drive, stay safe <3

[pliant fjord]

Gotcha. There's definitely room for late orders, I did a lot of pre-work on our map for since I knew I'd be out.

[stuck mountain]

Any requests?

Sorry was busy with the little one

[jolly verge]

all good, ixen hasnt closed the orders :D

[stuck mountain]

Then let me know what's needed

[jolly verge]

even if you do nothing it would be nice having an order for your unit

i dont think there is anything to do on endurance, so just "Hold"ing at the orbital would be enough

[stuck mountain]

Cool will put something temp up then

Nah I refuse to hold, I'll make something up

Prefer I be given something tho but if I have to go entire campaign making up shit so be it 😛

[jolly verge]

i think something like roaming around the ship, checking for damage/fire would be something that makes sense RP wise

[stuck mountain]

I'll wait till you see what I put then lol

[jolly verge]

even better

[turbid kernel]

You could dig in to prepare for boarders

[jolly verge]

there will be many things to do at the moment many of our people are dropping in some ground/boarding action

and when we stark taking damage

also at the moment the vtols join the action they also need some repair/rearm actions

[craggy dragon]

I just woke back up and noticed mine says there is something wrong. What is wrong?

[jolly verge]

Good Morning, I legit dont know, well have to wait till Ixen/LCKYDRP are back home

[astral depot]

I think I'll just stay on the ship

[craggy dragon]

Okay. Thanks. Yeah I used the same thing I did for my first one so I just don't know what it is

[astral depot]

I'll post the order rn

With my order didn't post?

I sent it in and it just disappeared on my screen

[jolly verge]

wtf

[ember python]

weird...

[jolly verge]

i wrote a message and it came through, so its nothin on the channel for everyone

[astral depot]

Omg I know what happened now
Im doing this on mobile and I misclicked edit instead of copy message on my original one

[ember python]

oh, yep. that makes sense, but i hate when that happens

[jolly verge]

mobile discord does some weird funky shit sometimes

[astral depot]

Man now I gotta rewrite the tp section

Rp

[turbid kernel]

It's only a rough draft and my first google sheet so please be gentle but I put together a rough Scan Target List for Elim City based on current map data https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1O2p3iFY9yb6Eg9G7xpiQA10pLlu-XCZHUJXt5Z4-gsY/edit?usp=sharing

[jolly verge]

great work <3

some sort of prioritys would be nice, but that has to be decided by the involved groups together

[pliant fjord]

There are VTOL bays uncrewed. (There's no damage yet though.)

And FYI, you do have to submit orders e very turn, even if they haven't changed. This is for the game archive, and the GM's reference, to make sure people aren't cheating or w/e.

We're wrapping up soon, here, should be home in an hour or less.

[pliant fjord]

See above

[turbid kernel]

Exactly, There's a rough priority of Large thing > Large group> Small group> single things but this will likely change as more information becomes available

[jolly verge]

like i said above, i think my first scan action will be either towards the large contact or the assumed artillery/aa battery (on the elevated area)

[ember python]

just having a list is useful, and they can be easily reordered as people discuss it

[astral depot]

Pinned?

[pliant fjord]

I'll add that to our doc, nice work!

[jolly verge]

im going to bed now (to watch the stuff i was waiting for) hope everything is ok, see you tomorrow, good shift everybody

[stuck mountain]

I did submit I just refuse to use the word hold 😛

Prefer to do something mundane

This is my first time doing this so please please do tell me what I can do to actually help

[twin widget]

amusement

Looks like you're splitting similar to STORM.

(1 Ground and 1 Air TCO, and a helper for each, and we have someone dealing with medivac.)

[pliant fjord]

Not splitting so much as "wanting some helpers"

[atomic comet]

@warm elbow I believe we should, maybe need to, specify a target for coms intercept.

[warm elbow]

I was told it was too specific when I wanted to do it for the corvette class ships

[atomic comet]

@craggy dragon your orders are fine, but it looks like you've been using your campaign name instead of call sign in the orders

[atomic comet]

Roger. I'll approve then

[warm elbow]

Oh whoops I’ll fix that up

Thank you good sir

[twin widget]

Quietly hides STORM's current deployment plan

IMO Huge contact first, then Large contact - rest are either civvies or standard bots (probably)

[twin widget]

*clarification: splitting the workload like STORM.

[pliant fjord]

Hi all, I'm back, gonna power through these orders rq and start flinging pings.

[pliant fjord]

Ah, you're call sign is incorrect. It's whatever the Campaign Robot thinks it is, which should just be "Alloy". Please delete and resubmit! 🙂 Don't worry if it's late, that's fine.

[plain dew]

I can help with the fighters since ive already been doing that anyways 😂

[pliant fjord]

@warm elbow you've got double orders in, just delete the first one and you're all set! 🙂

[pliant fjord]

@wide quiver , @twin cypress I'm still missing your orders for this round. They can be the same as last round, but the GM needs to know that you're still active.

I know it's not that interesting for y'all being stuck in a bay, flying through space, sorry about that. Next turn we'll be able to do a huge air-deployment like Storm, and I hope you two are still interested in that.

Otherwise, there's a couple orders that need to be revised (just for recording purposes, not because they're unclear), and I have enough to start our final map.

[pliant fjord]

Good Time-Zone Atlas!

I have edited our Pinned Comment!

I'm looking for some "officers" to help out with some of the coordination, especially as we move from "Traveling in space" to "Deploy everything and fight in three different places." You can read more on the Officers Tab.

• Fleet Officer x1-2
• 'Soteria' Commander x1
• Transport Officer x1
• Ground Officer x1-2
• TF/BG Ambassador (no limit)

If you've been avoiding reading the hundreds of messages in this channel, nobody would blame you! Here's our current plan:

We're hard burning to get to Elim as fast as possible. TF1 is going to deal with the BC (code name Tormentor) and the Frigate (Brawler) to clear up the gate and let the BGs come flowing in. Securing that Starport and keeping it open is still probably the most important thing we can be doing.

If the Frigate (Vulture) over Elim isn't dead when we arrive, we'll call dibs, and do a boarding action (you know who you are) there to secure some intel.
Meanwhile, our HATs, FTRs, and VTOLs will deliver as much of our Marine Force as they can carry to the front while the rest of Atlas catches up. I'm dubbing this action Operation Echo (Storm, but again), and will have some pictures for it soon.

[twin widget]

quietly sneaking in to offer myself as a STORM liason, and whoever is assigned to me

[pliant fjord]

Ah sorry, I'd like our officers to be a Non-TCO, and be part of Atlas.

[twin widget]

amusement

When you're done selecting your BG Ambassadors, I'll be happy to be messaged/pinged by the one assigned to STORM.

[pliant fjord]

That's the idea, yea. The "ambassadors" would be the people in here who would come to you. TCOs are (allegedly) already doing this, so putting you down as an ambassador to your own BG would be redundant.

[twin cypress]

Sorry, I was asleep :P

[pliant fjord]

Ah gotcha. Hopefully we'll have a solid plan before you have to go to bed next time!

Are you Europe Time-Zone?

[twin cypress]

Yeah

CET

[pliant fjord]

Ahhh, Epsilon shift! Makes sense.

[twin cypress]

When action happens I sleep

[pliant fjord]

You should be ok to copy/paste your previous orders, the plan is still to run the blockade, but NEXT turn, we're gonna load up all our airstuff (you included) and make a run for the planet.

We'll MAYBE have a boarding party go at that Frigate. (Watch the midrounds, if Storm and Fluffle fail to kill the frigate, we're gonna use our boarding plan):
You, Me, Dasfier, Noble, Star, and Gristle.

All that sound ok?

[twin cypress]

Hell yeah

https://tenor.com/view/finally-some-action-gif-21835105

[pliant fjord]

Don't worry. With our fighter wing covering us, we'll be...

https://tenor.com/view/invulnerable-gif-22484955

[twin cypress]

That's good news

[pliant fjord]

(Just don't forget to post your orders even if they're the same)

[twin cypress]

Yes, I'll do that

But we can finally be

[pliant fjord]

OMG

[twin cypress]

Buzz

[pliant fjord]

Storm would love this

They're like a bajillion VTOLs

[twin cypress]

S.W.A.R.M.

[ember python]

can we retcon the Storm drop on Elim as OPERATION WICKERMAN?

https://tenor.com/view/not-the-bees-gif-26245123

[pliant fjord]

Man, I love Epsilon shift, everything is peaceful, meme-y, and hilarious.

[royal sequoia]

Good morning Atlas :p

[jolly crypt]

well we're not attacking it this turn, our fighters are still reloading so we're not doing a bombing run and the vtols are descending to the planet, next turn if the vtols are able to come back to high orbit and attack on the same turn then we might be able to kill it

[pliant fjord]

gotcha, good to know

we might call dibs then? depends on storm

It'll be good for Intel, and if Fluffle wants to join the boarding party, that'd be pretty sweet

[royal sequoia]

I've checked with Storm, I don't think their VTOLs are coming back up. Things might have changed in between I suppose, but that was the case yesterday

[pliant fjord]

Oh, interesting

[jolly crypt]

without storm we couldnt kill it fast

[pliant fjord]

Well that makes it simple

This is why I need an Atlas Storm Ambassador!!!

[royal sequoia]

What's the range of the boarding pods though?

[pliant fjord]

1, but we've got 2 VTOLs

1 Engi, 2 PAI

[royal sequoia]

That's not bad

[pliant fjord]

then we can send in reinforcements as we get closer

[royal sequoia]

Yeah makes sense

[pliant fjord]

2PAI can hold a ship corridor for 2 turns easy, longer with an engineer

[royal sequoia]

And that wouldn't really delay the dropping of Hammer, if you board and still head to the planet

[pliant fjord]

That's the idea, yea

[royal sequoia]

Mkay

[pliant fjord]

HATs will paradrop

[royal sequoia]

Seems good to me

[jolly crypt]

so might just let you board it then, tho our bombers would be disappointed to not get to fight again :P

[pliant fjord]

if we can find a safe spot

[royal sequoia]

Well, the bombers can still be active on the planet

[pliant fjord]

Hey, any chance to disable something makes it easier to board later

[royal sequoia]

Plenty of targets there

[pliant fjord]

but if there are ground targets, yea, might be better

[royal sequoia]

And true, disabling modules would also be great

[turbid kernel]

We're gonna want to scan before dedicating to a drop. We don't know if there's AA somewhere down there but Storm may be finding out first.

[jolly crypt]

true i forgot we can go into atmosphere

[royal sequoia]

We are truly flexible :p

[royal sequoia]

Storm is about to find out :p

[pliant fjord]

We'll have a fighter escort, probably all 4 with the HATs is best

[white salmon]

Probably should wild weasel a fighter or two to see what air defense gets kicked up before committing to bombing runs. Also city fighting looks to be the start so probably want to be careful with the drops

[turbid kernel]

God bless'em. They'll need it

[royal sequoia]

I honestly still think an all VTOL carried group is a bit busted, it seems way too good.

We'll see how they actually perform

[pliant fjord]

it IS really strong, but has its weaknesses

[royal sequoia]

Only the lack of AA right?

There's nothing else they can't do

[pliant fjord]

they do poorly against armored units too

except in huge numbers

[royal sequoia]

They're two speed faster than anyone else, don't need to reload

[royal sequoia]

Don't they have HVTOLs with tanks?

[pliant fjord]

yea, but those can't be used in air, and whenever they land, they can be shot at by ground troops

[jolly crypt]

what would the vtols in low orbit even do? after dropping off their troops its not like they can attack smaller than an orbital (unless they can attack ground troops and its only aerospace they cant hurt)

[royal sequoia]

They can attack ground troops.

So they can do cas

[pliant fjord]

yea, pretty good against infantry

[jolly crypt]

then it makes sense why theyre not coming back up

[ember python]

drop pods don't care about AA, so drop assets dropping immiediately to support Storm makes a lot of sense to me. If there is AA we'll know about it, since it'll be actively shooting at Storm.

[royal sequoia]

I'm curious to see how much help they'll actually need

[pliant fjord]

That's definitely the goal, we'll be one round out still

[royal sequoia]

I've seen their battle plan, it looks quite impressive

[turbid kernel]

Not the drop pods I'm worried about but the HATs

[royal sequoia]

If Storm just crushes it, are you guys dropping Hammer somewhere else?

[pliant fjord]

We'll have 4 fighters escorting, which is good defense against AA

[royal sequoia]

Or do you need the starport for operation Deuce?

[pliant fjord]

It's kind of a hybrid plan now?

[ember python]

yeah, i realize now i should've read this as paradrop. so yeah

[pliant fjord]

It's at least one turn faster to deliver paradroppers by HAT than it is to try to dock.

[tiny whale]

It flies like a brick but it flies, sir

[turbid kernel]

I offered but never promised that we'll look into taking them straight to Crossroads if Elim was a sure thing before they were on the ground

[pliant fjord]

That's definitely a good option we can consider

[ember python]

i doubt it, we know the bots have armor, like PAI, so sweeping them away likely won't happen too quick

[royal sequoia]

Just send them directly to the other city

[pliant fjord]

we can try to finish the boarding plan while we transit from one side of the map to the other

[royal sequoia]

The boldest of moves, immediately try to retake Ziyal :p

[pliant fjord]

Ha, that is tooooo bold lol

[royal sequoia]

I don't think Fluffles has any troops for boarding sadly

[pliant fjord]

we'd be stopped by the first orbital we ran in to

[novel oak]

even bolder attack alden gate

[royal sequoia]

We can barely defend ourselves against boarders X)

[novel oak]

we got a couple infantry squads but at this rate its best we save them for counterboarding

[royal sequoia]

Yeah

[turbid kernel]

When I saw double main cannons on a frigate I knew I didn't want to see what the bots have near that moon and other gate lol

[royal sequoia]

Ho god, I hope there's a big fleet battle

Gonna be epic

[novel oak]

fortunately only TF1 has the kind of firepower to stop that

which means we get popcorn

🍿

[royal sequoia]

Hmm, Fluffles or Atlas can provide some firepower in a pinch

[vestal ice]

Gluten Morgen

🍞

[royal sequoia]

Sometimes a couple of extra hits make all the difference

[novel oak]

we got a couple bombers and thats about it and I doubt atlas has much more firepower

[novel oak]

true

[turbid kernel]

I know Victorum would be happy but after the BC debacle I realized how vulnerable to boarding they are. If they get swarmed out by those buzz droids they can be in serious trouble.

[royal sequoia]

🥖

Do they have no marines?

Or point defense?

An armory would also work

[royal sequoia]

How goes it in the bakery?

[turbid kernel]

They have a few but they don't have enough crew to man all their guns. So the more they dedicate to fight off boarders the less guns are shooting. They have a really strong air wing though!

[pliant fjord]

They do have an armory, and more crew than us I think

[royal sequoia]

Yeah I've seen the air wing X) most of our air power is stuck there

[pliant fjord]

they should survive a few boarding attempts

-# likely with some losses though

[royal sequoia]

But it's true that a boarding would severely hinder their shooting capabilities

[pliant fjord]

That too

But we're gonna be supportive

we're on the same team

[royal sequoia]

If they don't run off on their own that is

[pliant fjord]

If we have to, we can Sortie our HATs with buckets of infantry to help them out

(I think)

[royal sequoia]

Ho god don't talk about spending more LS

I'm already worried enough about supply as it is X)

[pliant fjord]

Hey, they've given us an IOU already

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, we can cover each others weaknesses and they can move crews to use the guns they need for any given situation. They don't need them all armed at all times

[royal sequoia]

Interesting

[pliant fjord]

so we can return the favor later

[royal sequoia]

I've seen their battleship actually doesn't have all forwards MBCs

Which I find... Weird

[pliant fjord]

like I said waayyy up top, we worked it out, it's ok, it was just two assholes making offensive jokes, and they've been chastised for it

[royal sequoia]

Some drama is always unavoidable. You dealt very well with it

[pliant fjord]

definitely did enough bad mouthing of my own, but I'm trying harder now

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, they have 1 for port and 1 for starboard. It extends their firing arc so there's usually two cannons on target most of the time

[royal sequoia]

I'll BM all I want :p

[royal sequoia]

Sure. But what about 4 on target all the time :p

I'm BMing your choice to spend an LS

[pliant fjord]

that's different, that's a tactical disagreement

but hey, Storm wants help, and this was always the plan

[turbid kernel]

It'll be more fire power but a much narrower angle. Leaves less room to manuever

[pliant fjord]

I talked to the captain over a TTS table once, The PV is better vs numbers, but the other is more consistent

com-int is gonna be super useful for them

[royal sequoia]

Such a good module

[pliant fjord]

I'm glad we got one, our guy's great on it

[royal sequoia]

That also makes sense I suppose. Different doctrines

[turbid kernel]

I can see it. And agreed, Com-Int will be very useful. I'm starting to see the value of an Electronic warfare Destroyer. Kitted out with a lot of scanners and Com-Ints for fleet data

[royal sequoia]

Hooo, sounds fun

[ember python]

you also don't need to crew ones that you suspect won't have firing solutions.

[royal sequoia]

After this campaign, we'll see so many funky builds

[pliant fjord]

kinda wanna do a Cruiser with 4 VTOL bays lol

start recruiting bees

[royal sequoia]

For boarding?

[pliant fjord]

or whatever

[turbid kernel]

We've seen the Aviary now prepare for the Apiary lol

[pliant fjord]

exactly

"No! You can't land here, this is the Apiary!!! The Aviary is the one to our Starboard!!!"

[royal sequoia]

My only worry is that the game will turn to an orbital only one

Who wouldn't to be in a fun and unique orbital

Especially when it takes so long for ground troops to join the fight

[pliant fjord]

I'm honestly glad I'm TacCom-ing, I'd have nothing to do, and I'd be just as mad as half of this TF

we've been so close to doing things 😦

[ember python]

compared to how long this campaign is going to take, i dont think the wait will matter. it just feels long now because we're living it.

[pliant fjord]

true true

[royal sequoia]

I hope so

[jagged mulch]

Well, my suggestion was Cell'Dar mine, though we're currently a bit split on where we would want to be dropped

[turbid kernel]

Can't hold ground objectives with orbitals. And we use LS pretty quickly. With the right unit choice a BG can be pretty independent

[royal sequoia]

I mean, I'm not complaining, Fluffle is having lots of gameplay right now :p

[ember python]

if there was no trouble at the Gate, it wouldn't be as dramatic.

[pliant fjord]

right?!

[royal sequoia]

True

[pliant fjord]

could foreshadow a ship entering just as Atlas is leaving

[royal sequoia]

That's a strong DMing decision

[pliant fjord]

and let Victorum do something cool

[jolly crypt]

yep, us fighters have alot to do

[royal sequoia]

Hooo that'd interesting

[pliant fjord]

yea, already hired me a Squad-Leader

[royal sequoia]

Fighters will never be out of a job

[ember python]

maybe its just because i spent the "C4" period never getting into anything, i still enjoyed the unfolding drama. especially on Lussan. I'm not that fussed with the wait.

[pliant fjord]

shout-out Reaper

[royal sequoia]

Lussan was a good campaign. Fun times

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, we seem to have caught the bots over-extended. Whatever they need this biomass for seems to be important. Or they're just arrogant for a bunch of overgrown copy machines

[ember python]

I was extremely envious of those who got in. but i still really enjoyed watching it unfold

[royal sequoia]

I can imagine

[pliant fjord]

I got lucky. Scrap and Scatter was a dream

Another reason I wanted to TacCom and give something back

[jolly crypt]

im glad banana chose bomber prompting me to go fighter without really thinking about he made me accidentally pick a useful unit x)

[jagged mulch]

You see, that's why us iron hammers started gambling and making polls :p

[pliant fjord]

Oh yea, I totally get it

[turbid kernel]

New Braven was good too. But I'm definitely learning a lot more being in Logi now. I miss the old Casualty system as a medic though

[jagged mulch]

And I'm finally caught up

[ember python]

Tried out there too, no luck. part of why i opted for this "my mech is old and looks bad" rp. like armco commanders liek "hmm, i have like, 20 other mech guys i could take, and they have nice mechs, that are good and reliable.

[royal sequoia]

I just hope we don't loose anyone 🤞 I love my crew

[pliant fjord]

we're happy to have you for sure, you've been super active in chat, and mechs will NEVER not be useful

[ember python]

OH, wait, no i didnt mean Lussan, it was New Braven, New Braven i was watching round by round.

[pliant fjord]

I've been in two official campaigns, and our ops never lost a unit. My record is zero casualties, and I wanna keep it that way.

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, I was in the group that paradropped onto the Starport. Everything was going smoothly until we got counter paradropped on lol.

[strange wigeon]

https://tenor.com/view/john-heard-touch-wood-knock-on-wood-home-alone-home-alone-2-gif-5371034842340841338

[turbid kernel]

We lost 2 that I can remember in New Braven. An infantry squad and a VTOL. We got the civilians out though.

[pliant fjord]

AJ, you wanna be Left Mech or Right Mech?

[ember python]

I'll take the left

[pliant fjord]

(switching to Inkscape means I have to make another class photo >.<)

https://tenor.com/view/katy-perry-concert-dancing-shark-gif-3728858

[royal sequoia]

What's happening on this picture X)

[pliant fjord]

An ancient american meme. This was a Superbowl half-time show a few years ago, and the sharks were memed to hell.

2015?! jeeze

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, that shark was getting it

[royal sequoia]

Wow

[turbid kernel]

Alright, good time zone, Atlas. Keep her steady, Epsilon.

Going to bed

[pliant fjord]

Likewise!

If you're just coming in, [here's](#1382037040438181950 message) the most recent announcement. Take it easy, friends.

[jagged mulch]

Would it be possible if we scanned this first? I'd rather not drop HATs onto something that might have anti-air 😅

[jagged pagoda]

Good idea

Also, good morning Epsilon

Ixen really is the MVP of Atlas.

[jolly crypt]

what timezone is ixen I swear i always see him in here no matter the time

[jagged mulch]

Right, I've taken the advice I've been given into consideration and remade the idea of the plan (which will probably change the moment we land if I'm being entirely honest), with the new plan we'll be dropping in much closer together

[jagged pagoda]

Same XD

[jagged pagoda]

Where are our boys and girls dropping?

[royal sequoia]

American I think

[jolly verge]

I think too, but i think his sleep schedule is like 4 hours of sleep or so. Take care of yourself, guys and girls (and everyone in between and around)

[jagged mulch]

I ended up planning on recommending that Atlas's forces drop in the south

Alongside one of our ODTs and our combat engineer

[jagged pagoda]

The red bit?

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, and the orange next to it

[jagged pagoda]

Awesomesauce

[sage perch]

A lot of activity in here, My plan is of course to try and get "Aloha" behind Vulture

[pliant fjord]

I'm central US, I just usually get 5-6 hours of sleep. (Slept in yesterday and missed some Shack questions.)

I've also got the benefit of a very light summer schedule with not much going on! I'd have never agreed to do this otherwise.

[pliant fjord]

This is beautiful, and a great plan. I'll incorporate this into what I've got so far. Assault map to come later!

[solid hare]

Every time I think of a boarding party for the frigate I can't help but think of the old raiding party cry / taunt from age of empires

https://tenor.com/view/raid-incomming-raiders-raid-help-real-gif-26189281

[pliant fjord]

"Hey, Im in your base. Killing your dudes"

[solid hare]

"Nice boats you have there... this one is mine now"

[twin widget]

did someone call /jk

[pliant fjord]

thought you'd like that

[solid hare]

Lol

[twin widget]

We are strong, but 2 major weaknesses:

No in-flight AA capability unless we get upgrades.
No scouting ability.
VTOLs unable to manage anything more than lightly armored/lightly defended, cannot hit evasive.

[solid hare]

Honestly I thought you were gonna say no in flight movie or snacks being one of the weaknesses

[tiny rover]

They're are but you only get pretzels and a movie about snakes on a plane

[twin widget]

allows landing, but vandalizes their planes

[twin widget]

eyes the 10 BGs that have had nothing to do except watch STORM possibly get eviscerated

[solid hare]

Not gonna lie, I'm considering picking up a Battlecruiser or battleship as a unit I have

[twin widget]

Oh, we have those - remember, we carry small supply. Which, considering it can be used to resurrect INF that have been bleeding out for the past 10 days, I'd say that it has snacks.

[solid hare]

Lol, sounds good

[frigid tartan]

Yeah the projections I have seen are like 10+ turns for this one. C3 was what 6?

[pliant fjord]

yea, 6 iirc

[royal sequoia]

Basically nothing

A longer campaign would be really cool

[topaz rivet]

I will be amused if Shack has to spawn in some extra supply for us because the campaign is running way longer than he expected

[royal sequoia]

I doubt he would. More like, we spent it, now we're screwed

[topaz rivet]

I’m thinking there’s a point after we’re screwed and he’ll be like, “okay, it really wasn’t supposed to take this long”

[pliant fjord]

There's a deus-ex-machina in the background info, we're expecting some reinforcements, just not sure when

So when it gets dicey, they'll come then I guess.

[wintry pawn]

Light the beacons?

[pliant fjord]

We also might have to have some "Grey Mode" days, where we eat rations, save our ammo, and ignore air-support requests" - Unsupplied, save our LS

[royal sequoia]

I have been considering that yeah

Maybe if there's a lull in the action where fighters don't need to reload or something

[pliant fjord]

Yea, I'm hoping after we take that Frigate, we can chill for a turn in orbit while the ground pounders do their thing

[royal sequoia]

Since our ship weapons only need to reload once every three turns, we need to sync that with the fighters

[twin widget]

As long as your aerospace is out on a mission and landing to rearm next turn, that works.

[pliant fjord]

We'll warn the local BGs when* we're Grey mode so they don't send their units to us to repair

[royal sequoia]

Most fighters are with Victorium anyways

And not many things consume LS apart from Taskforces and the airfield building

Actually, Taskforces consuming LS to stay supplied is a bit sad, that means making multiple small Taskforces with different objectives is extremely LS inefficient.

[pliant fjord]

And the ones with 50 guns and 10 aerospace consumes just as much as the one with 4 guns and 4 aerospace

[frigid tartan]

I wonder if we can tactically aquire some from the locals.

Atlas lands a ship at the space port and we load up recovered supplies or something.

[topaz rivet]

I think that will be a stop gap if we need one

[pliant fjord]

New class photo dropped. (Most group names are placeholders, lmk if you have a different opinion)

-# (holding out hope that hades will awaken from his coma, and re-join Soteria)

[high pike]

I Actually like that there's a a gradient/give-and-take. Larger TFs means greater LS efficiency. Smaller means better movement/strategic position efficacy

Means you need to weigh your options without there being a "right" composition

[royal sequoia]

I guess that's also a way to see it.

[turbid kernel]

Good timezone, everyone!

I'll be updating the Scan Target List as we get new data from Storm's landing. Need to add the Frigate in orbit too but I figured that was an obvious "must scan".

[pliant fjord]

For sure.
I'm making some assumptions here, but we know it has Drop Pods, and most likely has a flight deck or two, leaving just one or two unknowns

Meaning there's no way it's as well armed as that Brawler

Also, I'm in Game Room 1 streaming my mapping out of what I'm calling Operation Echo (storm part two, electric boogaloo), if anyone is truly bored enough to want to watch.

[turbid kernel]

I agree, my main curiosity is if they have buzz droids. We'll be in a vulnerable spot if we deploy everything and then got boarded

[solid hare]

Very valid concern honestly, since we have some sort of similar bots landing on ships

[merry summit]

Mm that would be really scary if they had like actual buzz droids that work against aero as well. Best not find out by testing anything with our units directly

[plain dew]

Just curious... Do we have any idea what the massive ? Is in the top left part of the map lol.

That has me by far the most concerned....

(maybe I'm just traumatized from one of our ? Being a nasty frigate 😂)

[turbid kernel]

Nope, could mean anything lol, it's top of the scan list for that reason

[plain dew]

Ah okay, I must have missed those messages

[turbid kernel]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1O2p3iFY9yb6Eg9G7xpiQA10pLlu-XCZHUJXt5Z4-gsY/edit?usp=sharing

all here

[jagged mulch]

Nope

I'm more concerned about the 5 question marks we're dropping onto

I really hope it isn't any sort of aa

[turbid kernel]

unfortunately a possibility. or artillery or civies watching their homes burn

[jolly verge]

same, this would be a prime position for artillery and anti air, if I were them i would place them there

[royal sequoia]

My guess is we won't see anything heavy duty in this city. It will come later once we push further.

Since these are just supposed to be bot early drop troops

The chance of enemy aa is very scary though

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, which is why I want them scanned ASAP

[pliant fjord]

Here's a picture of the plan that I was failing to explain with words.

@sage perch The Pearl could charge ahead of the fleet to get to AC range, but it'd be alone, and we're not sure what the FTRs are gonna do, or what weapons the Frigate has.

This is all depending on what happens this turn with Fluffle & co though, but I wanted to get this down beforehand.

[topaz rivet]

So I might be hanging out waiting for the ship to get into boarding pod range?

[pliant fjord]

Either that or paradrop in on the HATs? IH is pretty hesitant to load up their infantry though

After midrounds, I'll start pushing people to reserve their seats

[plain dew]

Wait, where is Fluffle? I totally missed where they went off to

[granite otter]

we're at Nav-1

[plain dew]

Are you all planning to go to elim too?

[granite otter]

we will be arriving at Elim just a bit earlier, then you

yeah

[plain dew]

Okay

So there's a good chance you will start to deal with the fighters and orbital

[granite otter]

we're taking care of troubles aboard our ships and reloading our fighters, planning to strike Vulture next turn

[granite otter]

we'll try)

[pliant fjord]

If you end your movement within 1 range of our formation, our offer to fire Breaching Pods at you stands XD

[plain dew]

Lmao

[pliant fjord]

we'll have to wait for midrounds to decide ofc

[granite otter]

I hope that we have that issue under control

[plain dew]

@pliant fjord depending how much TF3 clears/identifies on that ship, our fights might not need to fly evasion to help guarantee cleaning up any left overs

Unless the plan is our fighters go planet side asap with the vtols

[pliant fjord]

Good point. Gonna wait for midrounds (tomorrow) to do any more editing

It seems likely the enemy fighters will follow Storm in (who wouldn't pass up VTOLs that can't shoot back?)

but again, don't really know

[granite otter]

haven't your fighterwing spent their ammo previous turn?

[pliant fjord]

they're docking and rearming this turn

[plain dew]

We are reloading now, so will be good to go next turn

[plain dew]

Oh yea fair

Certainly want to prioritize securing the air space

[granite otter]

we've come to conclusion of two reasonable course of fighter actions

either they chase Storm or fire at them and group up with Vulture to protect it

[plain dew]

It's .5 movement to go into lower atmosphere, and you can only switch once per round right?

[pliant fjord]

plus we don't know about AA, or anything, the safe option is to just send Soteria and the Boarding party first, then deploy everything else a round later.

[pliant fjord]

It's Half movement to descend, so for FTRs, 3.5

Half TOTAL movement, unlike takeoff/landing

[plain dew]

Ah half move.

[ember python]

opfor AA is almost certainly going to open up on Storm while they descend, so we'll find out about that soon enough

[pliant fjord]

who knows, they might have none

[ember python]

sure, its possible

[pliant fjord]

(doubt)

[plain dew]

I'm going to be so sad when we find out Theres a LRM site in crossroads that's going to pound us until we push to it.

We want to go there anyways, but at the current rate we are another 2-3 turns at best before getting there

[ember python]

if there is an lrm site we can make a formation w/ Fluffle that has HMGs on point defense to shoot em down

[pliant fjord]

Yea, we had that assessment too

[plain dew]

Omg what your right

[pliant fjord]

you'd be in a better position next turn

[ember python]

we know there are strategic level missiles coming from somewhere

[pliant fjord]

We can park here til the city is clear while Fluffle scouts ahead

we'll need a turn to retreive our marines anyway

[wintry pawn]

My suggestion for the drop group would be 'Falling Anvil', but 'Mic-Drop' is pretty good too.

[pliant fjord]

A man after my looney-toons loving heart

[wintry pawn]

"Falling with style"

[ember python]

that would mean that Atlas is carrying both the Hammer and the Anvil

[pliant fjord]

"Forging a Better Future"

Joint motto

(just need IH to go through 4 more rounds of voting to approve)

[wintry pawn]

I think we've hammered out a name then.

[jagged mulch]

Unfortunately there are no more polls for iron hammers :(

[wintry pawn]

(or not)

[pliant fjord]

Yea, y'all can just chill and take a break

Post-midrounds, we'll finalize the deployment plan, whether that means we wait on HATs, or send in the clowns

[wintry pawn]

I'm looking forward to the drop.

[jagged mulch]

Yep~~, until we learn that we were actually about to land on AA and we need to remake the plan~~

[pliant fjord]

Ya, nothing's set in stone yet, and even then, it's up to player orders

[jagged mulch]

Yep

[wintry pawn]

Storm will scout it with their faces.

[jagged mulch]

True

[ember python]

if theres a lot of AA it'll be up to the drop pod capables to shut some of it down

[wintry pawn]

Then we can drop in behind the clankers.

[pliant fjord]

-# "heeeeeeere's Johnny!"

[pallid sequoia]

every time you praise Ixen's maps, spreadsheets, or skill at herding catgirls, you directly replace the need for 2 hours of sleep.

[jagged mulch]

Skill at... What...?

🤨

[pallid sequoia]

organizing trpg players is like herding cats. but this is a discord server

[sage perch]

is that this turn or next

[pliant fjord]

I do not require sleep, only affirmations to quell crippling anxiety.

[pliant fjord]

T4, after midrounds, the picture is just a preliminary plan

[pallid sequoia]

and we're deploying HATs, VTOLs, and drop pods this coming round? Wednesday?

[pliant fjord]

HATs/VTOLs yes (pending new information and with enough paratroopers), Drop pods no, they're still out of range.

[solid hare]

So we got 2 vetols going to knock on the frigate's doors? And provide some seasons greetings?

https://tenor.com/view/bioshock-bigdaddy-gif-2306880957810206336

[pliant fjord]

Pending midround info. Not gonna guarantee anything yet

-# but there's nobody to call dibs this time

[solid hare]

Fair enough, i mean could be one vtol full of angy PAIs

[pliant fjord]

-# and nobody in our way
-# and it's our direct responsibility now

[alpine condor]

Howdy atlas, how’s it going?

[topaz rivet]

We’re waiting

[pliant fjord]

it's getting exciting now

[solid hare]

And plotting... I mean waiting

[pliant fjord]

lots of plotting, yes lol

[alpine condor]

I do love plotting

Plotting courses that is, right?

[topaz rivet]

I’m glad I have tomorrow off so I can not feel guilty about staying online all day

[pliant fjord]

I frontloaded all my work cuz I've got D&D tomorrow. I'll be around in the morning, but I gotta prep, do food, and finish writing stuff.

If helpful people want to hand out some goals, I'd love a tally of who all is willing to go paradrop, and some ambassadors to sign up to work with BG12, TF1&3, BG3/13, and BG9/14, to make sure we've got whatever they need next turn. (We're the logi-fleet after all)

The Crossroads airfield plan is apparently a GO, so 9/14 are gonna try to pick up the LS for that while we're in the system (it's already budgeted).

This will very quickly become way too much for me to do alone, and I very much appreciate those of you who signed up for Officer positions.

[sage perch]

@rapid sail Next round, it's time

[opaque pagoda]

I do like the idea of flying in, belly full of angry boys

[pliant fjord]

You'll have to play rock/paper/scissors with R.UBER to see who gets the PAI and who gets the Engi

[opaque pagoda]

Whatever’s clever, Ruber and I can probably come to a reasonable conclusion

The me wants to bring in the Engi, but the Gristle would love to go in blazing with the PAI

[pliant fjord]

look at me talking in the third person

I'm so ready for some action >:)

[opaque pagoda]

Exactly

[rapid sail]

We takin' a high caliber can opener to that frigate?

[sage perch]

that's the plan

[rapid sail]

Say less, Cap'n

[tired patio]

Howdy Atlas.

[plain dew]

Hows the day going?

[twin widget]

But that's good game design, because more smaller TFs can be more effective in a broader AO.

I'm struggling to write a Logistics guide, but that's part of it.

[tired patio]

Its going good. Getting a bunch of editing done while reviewing the Tac-Com maps.

[pliant fjord]

Anything you need me to clarify?

[twin widget]

new plan: throw STORM at the AA

[tired patio]

the problem is.. whats the alternative for LS and resupplying? The system is designed to be simple. Anything else and your adding even more layers.

[pliant fjord]

Exactly, doesn't need to be perfectly realistic to be effective

[tired patio]

you also can't make the assumption that allowing smaller TF's doesnt brings more players in to player orbitals. Giving us even more LS across ARMCO.

[alpine condor]

We’ve already got a cake worth of layers, might as well go for the Mille feuille

[jagged pagoda]

Add more pasta to the lasagne

[alpine condor]

The depth vs usability struggle

[tired patio]

and this is as simple as I have been able so far to make it while giving the players all the self expersion / customization they have shown interest in.

[alpine condor]

You’re never gonna be able to satisfy everyone

We’ll do this campaign, notice the shortfalls of the system and iterate upon it.

[twin widget]

What Honid said here.

It forces players to consider efficiency vs effectiveness.

[tired patio]

For sure!

[alpine condor]

There is no such thing as the perfect system

[pliant fjord]

@ Shack, We've got a preliminary plan for T4 down (assuming everything goes well T3, ha). It's [here](#1382037040438181950 message) if you wanna see it.

[high pike]

Right? A Cargo corvette with 1-2 CS for additional Cargo Bays and 1-2 CS for weapon(s) would be a very simple 2-player experience. Slots in to basically any TF

[jolly verge]

Btw Stout1 and C Null, what do you think of creating our own minigroup of Intel Gathering? we could even name it Prometheus or Kassandra or something to fit with the theme

[pliant fjord]

what do you want to call it?

[jolly verge]

id wait for the opinions of the two others <3

but i like both abovementioned examples

[frigid tartan]

Thank you guys so much for transporting us and not relegating us to the 800 year old engine lottery

[jolly verge]

no worrys, its our job

[pliant fjord]

I asked Vivi to do a mock roll to see what they would have gotten. It was a 1.
-# whew

[high pike]

Oofda

Best call BG12 ever made

[pliant fjord]

I added a World clock to our front page 🙂
Fun little Google Sheets exercise

Let's go Picket!!!! Add another notch to your gunner station!

-# pls no more FTR hits, I'm scared

[plain dew]

Its been an honor O7 (maybe, will see about the next step in our flight path 🤣 )

[frigid tartan]

If you land maybe one of our engineers can fix you up

[twin widget]

Well-

Cyborgs, then? #midround-events message

[pliant fjord]

Matryoshka Brain?

[pallid sequoia]

https://tenor.com/view/nixon-gif-17156327119933290359

[topaz rivet]

Congrats on making it worse

[pliant fjord]

I can only laugh, for if I don't, I will descend into sorrow

[pallid sequoia]

I, for one, welcome our new final boss

[pliant fjord]

Space-Capable Heavy Mech with 4 armor

[plain dew]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-40k-darktide-warhammer-40k-darktide-warhammer-medicae-gif-9654652004289373724

the life signs on the bot ships

[pliant fjord]

oh god no

GM brain is thinking:

They're making impersonators

[pallid sequoia]

where'd you find that picture of me tho

[pliant fjord]

T-1000s

O-1000s. "Otter-1000s"

[merry summit]

That’s not ominous in the slightest

[maiden belfry]

Otter giblets

dear god

[pliant fjord]

According to google, the Head constitutes between 5-10% of a human's body mass.

[plain dew]

If you are referring to the gif, its a medical servitor from Darktide. Its a left for dead style warhammer 40k game.

[topaz rivet]

I think to register as a specific species, they almost have to be brains in a jar

[pliant fjord]

cyborgs may be right

[maiden belfry]

that is a scary thought

the mind of a deadly cute otter

in a unstoppable killing machine

[topaz rivet]

It’s probably too hard SF to rule out cyborgs because they’d have a very different emissions profile

[maiden belfry]

are they still self aware, do they still have ego

[topaz rivet]

I hope not

[pliant fjord]

Oh, Conko, Fairlie had a [question](#1382037040438181950 message) for you

[maiden belfry]

oh thank you one sec

[topaz rivet]

Also, I would like to note that Shack was poking the boarding plan with a stick even though he knew we couldn’t rescue the life signs

[maiden belfry]

its a shame we couldnt from a roleplay and world building perspective

but im sure well get more opportunities

[pallid sequoia]

sometimes you gotta throw your GM a bone and walk into the obvious trap

[maiden belfry]

I think were fine to message each other on here as its good for other battlegroups to know as well, but if its easier to organize in heads then yeah im all for it no problem

[pallid sequoia]

they wanna do cool stuff too

[pliant fjord]

after you

[maiden belfry]

I will always happily walk into the crusher haha

[pliant fjord]

😠 no crushing. no dying. no fun allowed.

-# jk please have fun, but srsly don't you dare throw away your unit

[pliant fjord]

Apparently hailing allies requires a primary action, good to know. If someone who's still going to be on the ship next turn wants to do some Comms RP for game impact, feel free! Post it in here first so we can all give some input on it.

[high pike]

Yeah, Storm's tac map for this turn is a good example of RP/comms stuff

[pliant fjord]

Good timezone Atlas!

Some updates:

• [Midround Events](#midround-events message) have been posted. Don't worry, there are still more to come!
• I added some QOL upgrades to our doc, including a supply-projection tracker of my own, and a World Clock on the front tab.
• There's also an Officers tab, with open positions, if you want to dip a foot into the Tac-Com world, this is a good way to be helpful.
• If all goes according to plan (does it ever? lol), we should be arriving at Elim space next turn, and can deploy our boarding party, and any Paradroppers who want to rush ahead and reinforce Storm. Check the Operations tab for a picture.
• Check the Deployment Logistics tab to reserve your seat if you want to deploy! If you'd prefer to stay aboard the ships (and you're not a fleet-crew unit), put yourself into the "Floating Crew" boxes!
• There is now an Orbital Actions tab to reserve stations and docking bays. Enjoy!

Thank you all for your constant support and kindness <3.

-# Ixen, out, g'night all

[royal sequoia]

What a docs X)

I'll clean up my stuff away, sorry I didn't do it earlier

[pliant fjord]

all good, it was nice to confirm how accurate your prediction was, even after we got another ship

-# What's it called when you're attracted to spreadsheets more than people? /s

[abstract thunder]

an accountant?

[jagged pagoda]

Morning Epsilon, what's cracking?

Just caught up, I think I nailed the reason the bots need people

They're going full Cybermen.

Also, Victorum's entrace 🤣

[jagged pagoda]

Autism

[jolly verge]

i think we are fine too, my idea was to give us (RP wise) a name because we do somewhat the same thing and its faster to write Kassandra compared to C Null, Stout 1 and Fairlie

[warm elbow]

C Null has been mentioned. How may we assist?

[jolly verge]

I pitched the idea that you, Stout1 and myself are giving us a name as Intel gathering Group of Atlas

[pliant fjord]

Ill translate.

Participation in Interfleet Scientific Coordination queried. Designation input requested. Participation voluntary. Cooperative Language required for participation.

Goooooood morning Atlas Alpha!

[jolly verge]

Good Morning for you <3

Im still waiting for the result of my scan and the comm intercept try, also waiting for the intel Storm and Fluffle will provide by checking the enemy (AA) forces with their faces

[pliant fjord]

More midrounds to come. The self-imposed deadline is in 10 hours.

[stuck mountain]

lmk where you want me 🙂

[jolly verge]

i think well need you to man one of our guns as soon as the vtols and the hats are out

[pliant fjord]

Yup. Lots of our ground units are gonna be leaving stations and deploying, so a whole bunch will open up soon. There will be Storm's VTOLs coming up needing repairs, guns to man, and more.

In the deployment tab, if they're not crew, they've got a label, like "Noble (INF)".

[jolly verge]

not everyone at the moment

Ill fix this, give me some time

[royal sequoia]

hey ferdy 🙂 nice to see you there. Hope the Atlas stuff is not too boring :p

[jolly verge]

Ill add the tags too at the list on the right hand side

so FD-PL2 all 3 VTOL Bays and Reloading every gun will be open (and dmg/fire control) when every other unit is dispatched

[pliant fjord]

There's also the whole "maybe the Bots are making Otter-cylons" mystery, so it might be worth it to have some crew use our med bay to take a "medical scan" of some of the Lumar.

[jolly verge]

how does the mech bay reload and repair work? is it an action only mechs can take or is it to support them when they came back?

[pliant fjord]

It's exactly like a flight deck for mechs. Anyone in our TF can crew up the Mech Bay to repair and re-arm all Mech units in the bay. The Mech pilots themselves can disembark and take the action themselves if need be.

[jolly verge]

ok well (tr to) manage to have somebody there when they come back

[pliant fjord]

it'll be a couple turns for sure, they're going out the drop pods in 2 turns, then we gotta pick 'em up

[stuck mountain]

nothing to do yet

so hopefully?

[jolly verge]

so next turn were deploying our vtols if i understood correctly, so we need some hands in the vtol bays (also it doesnt matter on wich ship you are if i understood correctly, you can crew every module on every ship)

[pliant fjord]

Plus (again, assuming we end up where we mean to end up), we'll be pretty close to Storm's VTOLs for med-evac. They may need some repairs too. We're the support fleet, after all

[jolly verge]

Ixen do you think it is worth it to add the unit tags also to every not purple slot?

[pliant fjord]

I do want to remake that tab to be more easy to understand for sure

It makes sense to me, but I also made it, so

Might cut it into two columns? One for Marine Deployment, one for Crew Actions?

[jolly verge]

It makes sense to me too, but i used it also a bit

[turbid kernel]

Morning, Atlas

[pliant fjord]

working on it in a dead tab

[under construction]

[turbid kernel]

Here's to midrounds today and our continued survival lol

[jolly verge]

there are 2 minor things I can think about Improving (I can do that if im at my PC soon again)
1: Giving all of IH some distinct text colour so we can faster see who is with who
2: changing all of the on board stuff to the Purple colour, so its easier to see (I mean the intel and the DMG/Fire Control stuff, but they also make sense as they are)

[jolly verge]

ill look at it in about half an hour

[pliant fjord]

Oh boy, we cruisin'

[topaz rivet]

And our fighters are getting shot at!

[pliant fjord]

I think he meant Victorum's fighters, ours aren't in the picture and were shot at yesterday lol

-# I sure hope so anyway

[topaz rivet]

Fighters! Being shot! Alarm!

[humble urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/cheering-wow-woah-go-clapping-gif-14178916

[solid hare]

Explosions everywhere

[turbid kernel]

I know, it's very exciting

It followed us

Unless it went all the way to Nav L-W1

[plain dew]

Welp...

[humble urchin]

Depends on it's speed 🤔

It might flee again if it catches up to you lads, seeing it's current state.

[plain dew]

its speed doesnt matter, what matters is we have a tac map in Nav 1, which means we cant make elim this turn.

[turbid kernel]

Looks like we had enough speed to leave NAV 1, we must be over Elim now then

[jolly verge]

should it not be Endurance Mech Bay ?

[plain dew]

ahh, so shack is a merciful god 😂

[plain dew]

man, i hate the idea of letting that frigate limp away. wondering if its worth doing a sortie of our fighters to try and run it down before it links up with other bot ships.

If we sortie and pick it off, we could still make it back to elim... but we would have to run without evasion

[tropic solar]

hm couldn't it be possible that a 212 fighter hits it in the rear?

[plain dew]

shouldnt get shot at too much

[turbid kernel]

We got the frigate of Elim to worry about. Let Victorum have their fun on a hunt

[plain dew]

shack said no map at the gate, so its probably already moved out.

[tropic solar]

next round is the emphasis

And that would mean that 212 and Shovels is behind them

[jolly verge]

@pliant fjord the new thing looks great, im heading home now, but afterwards, ill try to continue supporting you

[pliant fjord]

If there's no Tactical map for Nav1 in the campaign briefing room, we're in the clear

My best guess is that we're good to go to Elim

[fast cobalt]

when clicking into the armco discord this is the first message i see and it made me so nervous about the mid round events

[pliant fjord]

... I think we escaped that battle with zero Orbital damage

one hit on Olivine and Reaper

[turbid kernel]

Hell yeah, love to see it!

[pliant fjord]

There is now an Orbital Actions tab in the doc to reserve stations and docking bays. Enjoy!

I'll be updating the Deployment Logistics tab to match

Also, go flood 3/13 with some love, they lost a VTOL 😦

[pliant fjord]

Atlas Fighters:

Rules have been clarified, and Aerospace units CAN flank orbitals.

meaning, they ignore armor when attacking from the rear.

[plain dew]

that is actually really big

[pliant fjord]

Makes me extra happy we've got a rear HMG

[plain dew]

and just to tripel confirm, it cost half of the total movement to go into lower orbit? So from our current estimated positoin of being in Nav 1, we would need to spend .5 move to take off, 1 move to get to the space above, elim, and then fighters would have 5.5 move left? So we could not make it planet side next round correct?

[pliant fjord]

Hmmm, it's questionable, it depends on what "moving into Elim orbit" looks like

[plain dew]

I guess what im weighing up based on current info... if we only have 1 shot with 4 fighters, and there are 4 enemies who are chasing & killing our VTOLs... im thinking it will be better to chase them down first than dealwith the orbital

altho i guess we havnt had TF3 go yet

[atomic comet]

But might be close enough to get some HATs in for a paradrop?

[pliant fjord]

This will make a difference

Is blue or red correct? IDK

I'm gonna ask in TacCom chat and hopefully not get ignored

[plain dew]

can HATS drop from high orbit?

[pliant fjord]

Blue is Correct according to other TacComs

[plain dew]

its possible.... but id be scared with that frigate there. It does have some guns

[pliant fjord]

So yes, we'll be in range to Paradrop with FTR escort

[plain dew]

fluffle is going into Elim high orbit right?

[pliant fjord]

yea, midrounds aren't done yet

[plain dew]

and it just hasnt been resolved yet?

[tropic solar]

yeah they are aerospace

[plain dew]

okay okay

we can probably paradrop then

[royal sequoia]

well fuffle sadly is moving much slower due to following the hexes instead of going full speed

which is a tad anoying

[pliant fjord]

That VTOL kill kinda felt like a warning lol

Feel free to share this with them if you've got good rapport

[plain dew]

im hoping if you guys clear the boarders youll be allowed to move as normal

but your fighters/bombers would change what id recommend our fighter wing does next turn.

[jolly crypt]

wait what?

[pliant fjord]

See [image](#1382037040438181950 message) for clarification. I haven't seen your maps, so can't confirm this is what's happening.

[jolly crypt]

I know that following the hexes takes longer, but i didnt realise we werent taking the straight line and instead following the hexes

[pliant fjord]

Good timezone Atlas!

It's time to begin planning. This next turn is gonna get schwifty.

Some updates:

• [Midround Events](#midround-events message) have been posted. Don't worry, there are still more to come!
• I added some QOL upgrades to our doc, including a supply-projection tracker of my own, a World Clock, and a new tab!
• There's also an Officers tab, with open positions, if you want to dip a foot into the Tac-Com world, this is a good way to be helpful.
• If all goes according to plan (does it ever? lol), we should be arriving at Elim space next turn, and can deploy our boarding party, IH's VTOLs, and any Paradroppers who want to rush ahead and reinforce Storm. Check the Operations tab for a picture.
• The Deployment Logistics Tab has been split into two:
  • The Deployment Methods tab is a place to reserve your deployment seat!
  • The Orbital Actions tab is a place to reserve orbital stations!

All HATs, please confirm if paradrop is a "GO"

Boarding Party, please confirm if boarding is a "GO".

All other units, check the two new tabs, and declare your intentions!

-# Ixen out.

-# feel free to wait til the end of Midrounds, I gotta go finish D&D prep, and won't be on til later tonight.

[jolly verge]

Also please delete your name out of the Orbital Actions Tab if you plan to deploy this turn, that your unit is only once in the (coloured sections of the) Orbital Actions or Deployment Methods Tab (or twice if you are a vehicle and dismounted)

[turbid kernel]

We're gonna be busy with medivac it seems

[topaz rivet]

I think our choice to head straight for Elim just got validated

[jolly verge]

we should make sure that we have the Sentinel (VTOL Bay and Med Bay) always staffed

[pallid sequoia]

Did we get rules clarification on whether the unit crewing the med bay is the one being healed, or if we need a unit to crew it in order to facilitate the healing of a different unit? I was led to believe it was the former, i.e. med bay works on automatic

[jolly verge]

i think the same

Ill take a look at the rulebook

"A medical bay used to recover casulties. Recovers 1 FS per round when used.", id understand it the same way you and ixens description in the doc supports that

But you as Medic can also heal somebody else aboard our TF with your Medicness

[pallid sequoia]

I think that then begs the question: is it better for us to sit on the Sentinel and wait for medivac, or drop in with the paratroopers to keep units on the frontline as long as we can to maintain fire superiority?

[topaz rivet]

We’re gonna have to be careful with our ODTs. Every single squad in that engagement took 4-5FS damage

[jolly verge]

if you drop you are at risk of getting harmed yourself, but then there is no need to fly the squads to be healed out of there with a VTOL

[pallid sequoia]

Exactly the reasoning behind the question. It strikes me as a better use of our action economy to deploy medics to the ground, and that's a risk I'm happy to take to keep other people in the fight longer, but despite being a player I'm also a team resource and don't want to take that risk without some team consensus on it.

[topaz rivet]

We should consider if Storm wants to evac their units topside (which makes them much safer) or if they’ll withdraw behind the lines somewhere

[turbid kernel]

Their front armored but flanking attack sems to get around them

[ember python]

oh this is music to my ears

[jolly verge]

but we know no anti air battery has shot on the descending vtols of storm, thats a good thing

so most of their AA capabilities should be the fighters and the orbital above elim

[pallid sequoia]

I'm just a shiny, so please correct any flaws in my reasoning, but it seems to me that the more ground forces we withdraw to keep them safe, the more focused the bot fire will be on the ones that remain. Aren't we just shifting risk when we do that?

[topaz rivet]

That is true but the bots are severely depleted and we’d be depriving them of the chance to finish units off. I hope we can also push up some reserves to replace the units being taken out

[pallid sequoia]

Okay, then I think we're on the same page: it will come down to how many boots we can put on the ground this round.

[topaz rivet]

Which I don’t think will be any drop pods

[pallid sequoia]

Yeah, I think Ixen said those will still be out of range this round

[ember python]

drop pods and heavy drop pods are out to range 3- just eyeballing it i think they will be in range

[pallid sequoia]

big if true

[ember python]

admittedly i'm just eyeballing it

there are 3 bands over Elim, so its possible we couldn't reach the center band w/ the starport, but could reach the western band? i'm not 100% sure

[plain dew]

honestly, we need to have end of round maps to know our exact location before we can map out anything.

I took the range 3 to mean that you could move 3 from the initial drop area, but after rereading it, you might be right that its range 3

do we dare spend another LS to get in range? 🤣

(if it works that way)

[ember python]

i'll do a quick mspaint hack job to explain myself and then Ix can sit me down and explain to me why i'm wrong later

[plain dew]

this is the correct way of playing. Push the system to the limit 😈

[fast cobalt]

and now i got Push It To The Limit by Paul Engemann in my head

it fits so well though

[pliant fjord]

range three in Low Orbit (above the tactical map), we're still in High Orbit

we have to be in the shaded zone to use ODPods

[plain dew]

looks like 2 infantry and 2 VTOLs were lost. Those consistent drop pods is a bit concerning. Is that 100% coming from our frigate bot friend?

[solid hare]

Okay looks good for deploying and hitting the frigate in orbit, I'll prep a message later for deploying

[unborn stirrup]

It the only ship up there

[pliant fjord]

Also holy shit that was a lot of losses

[plain dew]

I guess im thinking... those missiles being launched from across the way wouldnt happen to be... drop pods right?

inter planet somehow?

[pliant fjord]

last I heard they're ICBMs of some kind

coming from the East side of the strategic map

[plain dew]

okay, so pretty confirmed its the frigate

[pliant fjord]

-# (I'll check back in a bit again)

-# this is pretty insane

If Storm Asks, we've got troops/medics/engi/FTRs coming this turn, and 6 open spots for VTOL repair if they need it.

I don't think we'll be in range for the VTOLs to ascend then dock.

but they can run from the fighters and get behind ours

If @turbid kernel wants to take up the Ambassador mantle for that, that'd be super helpful

[turbid kernel]

Gladly

[plain dew]

wouldnt they have to go into high orbit for that?

[pliant fjord]

yup

[ember python]

I see your answer as to why i'm wrong already, but, i made this, so i'm posting it as a record of my wrongness

[plain dew]

im concerned that means they got to run thru the fighters.

[pliant fjord]

yup, up to them, but they should know they have the option

and, yea actually we ARE in VTOL deployment range this turn too

thanks for making that AJ, you're a lifesaver

[plain dew]

im waiting for the final map... because yea the casualties looked pretty heavy even on the surviving infantry. if the VTOLs bail it might cause issues. Maybe fluffle can get close enough they can deal with the fighters first thing next turn, that woujld open up a lot of options for everyone.

[pliant fjord]

that would be amazing

yea definitely keep waiting, but lets aim for max deployment asap, orders due in 27 hours.

[plain dew]

omg they repelled invaders too

legends

https://tenor.com/view/leonardo-dicaprio-clapping-clap-applause-amazing-gif-16078907558888063471

[ember python]

So drop pods are really only useful as a counter to enemy AA- since we know the enemy has none here, the ODTs can just paradrop in

wait... what, sorry im confused

[pliant fjord]

paradropping is still dangerous, the HAT can get shot down (pls no), and units can take damage for choosing the wrong hex to drop into.

but yea ODTs can paradrop too

[ember python]

thats true

[pliant fjord]

if you wanna get in early

[topaz rivet]

ODTs also can dig in on landing?

[pliant fjord]

from paradrop, yea, VTOL deployment no

Orbital drop too

[topaz rivet]

Rude

[pliant fjord]

Orbital drop yes*

[ember python]

yeah, as long as its an insertion method that doesnt use any movement they should be able to dig in? am i understanding that correctly?

[topaz rivet]

Yes

[pliant fjord]

Noble, you still wanna be on Breaching Pod standby?

[topaz rivet]

Not sure, we might need to maximize troops on the ground

[pliant fjord]

[Full maps](#campaign-briefing-room message)

[turbid kernel]

We're still in Nav point 1 unfortunately

[pliant fjord]

up to you, we have no idea what's gonna be onboard that Frigate

[pliant fjord]

yea, that's ok though, we'll get close enough to deploy our air forces

just not the drop pods

[turbid kernel]

I think we should. It would open our VTOL bays for storms damaged VTOLs to repair if we use ours to board

[pliant fjord]

Oh we're boarding that thing.

Nobody left to tell us no. One gun. We call dibs. Whatever we gotta do to take that thing down.

[plain dew]

Jesus storm got torn up

[topaz rivet]

Unless fluffle deploys its aerospace wing against it

But I’d really rather they try and kill those fighters and bomb the bots

[plain dew]

yea that north flank is uh

not looking good

and theres still a ton of signatures on the map

[solid hare]

https://tenor.com/view/international-dibs-protocol-everybody-knows-about-the-no-takebacks-accord-sarge-red-vs-blue-gif-21734806

[turbid kernel]

Storm is requesting a medic next turn if we can swing it. Do you think a got a mad lad medic willing to paradrop into a very bad place?

[pliant fjord]

IH is gonna load up their one MediCorps unit on one of their VTOLs, maybe they can land there?

[turbid kernel]

I've also put in a request for HVTOLs from Storm to get the IH tanks ont he ground they said "As long as the air's clear"

[pliant fjord]

lol, we're working on it

[plain dew]

blue is for sure our starting position ?

[pallid sequoia]

If IH can't or won't, then put me in, coach. I crave the void 💀

[pliant fjord]

I am now 95% confident as opposed to 50% yesterday

(@ reaper)

[plain dew]

yea the enemy frigate poofed away, so its not our problem anymore.

And our HAT/VTOLs... they have to deploy at the start of movement right?

i dont think we can be cheesy and have them ride 2 movement in ships and then send them out 5 or whatever they move

[topaz rivet]

Desirable planning inputs:

• Fluffle's aerospace wing plan
• Fluffle's scanning plan (they have scanners right?)
• Fluffle's firing plan
• Storm's positioning intentions
• Storm's flight intentions
• Storm's evac intentions (who, where?)
• IH deployment plans

[shadow sigil]

Nothing requires that.

[pliant fjord]

whew, I just about crapped myself

[shadow sigil]

Sorry

You can leave a transport at any point during it's movement.
HATs and VTOLs leaving an orbital work the same

[pliant fjord]

good, then we're all green

Everything but the drop pods can deploy

(and the breaching pod)

[pliant fjord]

Yes, this is all correct, would you coordinate with Fluffle?

[topaz rivet]

I can make the attempt

[shadow sigil]

Victorum isn't part of your planning? 😭
-# nah, we're no where near yall. Probably best that way

[ember python]

another thing to consider is we haven't seen those strategic layer missiles yet- and if we do see them, we should probably come up w/ some sort of action plan probably w/ Fluffle to coordinate Point Defense to shoot them down.

[plain dew]

So is the following possible:

TF 2 moves 2 into Elim space, being within 3 range of enemy fighters.

Could fighters then deploy, with their full 6.5 (.5 for take off) movement, get within range 3 of enemy fighters, and chase them down to the surface?

[turbid kernel]

Heard you were hunting down wounded quarry in the next nav point lol

[topaz rivet]

You're too far away to affect our actions this round

[pliant fjord]

Thanks for being the threat, good hunting!

[shadow sigil]

Yeah, that's the current plan.
I'll make sure you get updated if something changes

[pliant fjord]

should be good, we haven't scanned/com-int'd them, so we don't know for sure where they're going, but yea, we can put "target opfor FTRs" in 'Soteria's intentions

[ember python]

its a good idea, can't let Brawler gum up the works or have a run at the auto-freighters.

oh shit.

[plain dew]

yea we dont know for sure, but if those fighters stay in upper atmospher that works out alot better for us

[ember python]

i just realized, nav 1 is going to be a tactical map next turn

because the enemy frigate is going there, so that means we'll be forced to move at tactical speed.

[plain dew]

I thought someone said it wasnt cause its running away

[pliant fjord]

It went to Nav-LW-1

it might decide to come back to L1, but we'll be gone

[ember python]

ah

[pliant fjord]

since movement happens simultaneously

[ember python]

i thought we were essentially arriving on nav-1 simultaneously, so it wouldn't get to go to LW-1

[turbid kernel]

It seemed like they were about to descend but Fluffle's fighters might intervene

[topaz rivet]

Since we're at Nav 1 and they are not, it seems like we'd leave as they arrived. I'm more worried that they'd have a chance to engage the transports

Especially if TF1 goes straight to Nav L-W1

[ember python]

Yeah, because its a lot faster than TF1 it could circle around and make a run at the auto-freighters.

[plain dew]

They are 3 moves out, so if they wanted to chase down, i think they could before fluffle got there

not that fluffle also cant chase down with them

[jagged mulch]

Oh, I know one!

Sign me up!

[sage perch]

@pliant fjord could you resend that one map you sent earlier

[pliant fjord]

It's a little out of date, we'll be 0.5 closer than I expected. (I'm SO glad I premade it tho)

Changes would be:
IH VTOLs will be able to fully deploy/descend, and the Pearl should be able to fire from within our formation.

[turbid kernel]

You're BGs good with that? the final call is yours but I don't want to leave them uninformed

[sage perch]

so 3818E is good for my order

[turbid kernel]

Is this map sharable or would you prefer we wait until it's updated?

[pliant fjord]

with the edited caveats, sure

[jagged mulch]

Quick question

Am I being carried by VTOL or HAT?

[pliant fjord]

the only VTOLs going to the surface are yours

ours are boarding the vulture

[jagged mulch]

Right

[pliant fjord]

otherwise, up to you. HAT means 1d4 damage if you deploy in an urban zone

[turbid kernel]

Yeah you would be paradropping if we give you a ride

[pliant fjord]

but there are safe spots

if you want to do an express medic save, I'd recommend a VTOL

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, I'll most likely take a VTOL

Unless we want infantry to drop in with us

[sage perch]

did Vulture turn, or are they still facing away

it's hard to tell which side of vulture is the front

[jolly verge]

the side facing you has an HMG so front?

[turbid kernel]

Looks like they got closer to Fluffle, facing towards the NAV entry point. Looks like the prongs are the front. Same as last frigate

[topaz rivet]

If we want to do a poll for this round, we should start it now

And do we want to ask Fuffle to hold fire against the frigate or will we accept they might blow it up before we get there?

[pliant fjord]

I let them know our boarding plan was Go

[topaz rivet]

But if Pearl is going to shoot it, it seems uncouth to request that they don't shoot it

though unless aerospace joins in, we can't kill it this turn

[jolly verge]

we also dont know how much hit points it has and that it did not get hit yet

[topaz rivet]

I think we can assume it has the same 7 as the Brawler

[pliant fjord]

If we get lucky and start a fire, that's one fewer crew unit that's defending the breach

[jagged mulch]

Right, how long will the VTOl take to get to storm?

[pliant fjord]

If it deploys from our fleet, it can get to the surface and land THIS turn.

Anywhere in the city

[sage perch]

what is the farthest point I could move and still get the Vulture within my aiming

[pliant fjord]

You've got 2 range, not sure if the Vulture's gonna move

[sage perch]

I can move 3919 NW and hope Vulture also moves towards the gate

[pliant fjord]

if you maintain too much distance, you might not get to shoot

[sage perch]

or I stay where we drop and hit it either way

[pliant fjord]

You can rush it if you want, it seems to only have 1 HMG for arms

[sage perch]

the idea behind 3919NW would be to get flanking

[topaz rivet]

If you get too close, it might fly past :S

[pliant fjord]

It's all up to you now, Captain

[jolly verge]

maybe it also has some other weapons on the other sides, but assuming this is the front it seems unlikely

[sage perch]

It has either 1 HMG 2 DPLs or 2 HMG 1 DPL

[pliant fjord]

and probably a flight deck

for its fighters

[sage perch]

so 1 1 and 1?

[pliant fjord]

dunno, there's no certainty

[jolly verge]

there might also be some sort of factory or dropfacility like the tormentor

[jagged pagoda]

There’s probably many of those. Especially around the mines.

[pliant fjord]

Ok, good hunting everyone. I'll be back later tonight to make a new map. @ me with questions, if there's something that needs polling, feel free to start one yourself!

[topaz rivet]

Are the only safe places to paradrop on the map the open areas to the southwest and northeast?

[pliant fjord]

Looks like it. There are some small spots, but those aren't guaranteed

[jagged pagoda]

Might be an idea to send the ODTs to secure the areas we plan to send paras down to

[jagged mulch]

Not enough time

ODTs can only come a turn later

And storm needs immediate backup

[topaz rivet]

We seems to have a good idea of where hostiles are in the whole city

[turbid kernel]

Most we can do is scan the nearest contacts to the drop zones and determine if hostile or friendly. Likely hostile though

[jagged pagoda]

Are you saying paratroopers can land faster than ODTs?

[jagged mulch]

Yes

[turbid kernel]

The HATs can fly themselves to the drop zone. we need to get the orbtals closer to use the drop pods

[jagged mulch]

Because the orbitals won't be close enough

[jagged pagoda]

I see

But then the HATs might incur the wrath of the enemy orbitals

[plain dew]

The last few rounds, the frigate has sat directly over the middle of Elim (probably to drop those pods). I think its fair to assume it will do that again. If any of our VTOL/HAT are going for drops, I would want our fighters to be there escorting you. Storm got lucky only losing one on the drop IMO

[jagged pagoda]

True

[plain dew]

If fluffle fighters and ours chase the enemy, theres a good chance we take most of them down to make the last remaining 1 or 2 not as big of a threat. 4 is scary, because that means casualties if they catch one of our HAT/VTOL out

[topaz rivet]

And any fighter we shoot at can't shoot at a transport

[plain dew]

Also while its not my place to dictate ground forces, Id ask our infantry/ODT to drop near our medic/engi and keep them safe. Especially considering how many hostiles are planet side atm.

[jagged pagoda]

Would it be useful for engis to deploy to the ground?

Asking for a friend

[jagged mulch]

Probably

[plain dew]

considering how storm just got chewed up and the amount of enemies, it is going to take a minute or two to clear them out. Doesnt hurt putting down some bags to keep a few more FS alive.

also reparing the VTOLs planet side saves them time flying up to atmosphere

[jagged pagoda]

Aight

[lyric berry]

Hey everyone, just looking to be told what to do for the upcoming round. Currently on the Endurance HMG, and was planning to sit there until needed elsewhere.

[topaz rivet]

Seems like a good thing for crew to be doing

[lyric berry]

https://tenor.com/view/roger-that-copy-yup-agree-nods-gif-9495067

[frigid tartan]

If the bots have more waves coming in a sandbag or 3 would do a world of good for the dug in infantry.

Storm sounds like the concensus is they all just dig in and try to weather the onslought until help arrives.

[jagged pagoda]

So I should clear my name from the boarding party?

[frigid tartan]

I don't know. Engineers may also be super useful for the boarding party. I just know I as an engineer plan on landing (I am Iron Hammer) because any sandbags will help them a ton.

[jolly verge]

i do think we still need 1 engi on the boarding to open the can

[topaz rivet]

I believe they can only open the can for their VTOL

[turbid kernel]

I don't think that would be the case since you couldn't fit any other unit on the VTOL with the engineering team. (4 of 6 FS being used by just the engineers.)

[topaz rivet]

It's one of the annoying things about boarding

[pliant fjord]

They'd be able to heal the PAI while we're aboard. Dunno what their crew is gonna be like

but we'll make do if you think the ground is more important

[frigid tartan]

I think the PAI can wait a turn for healing. I don't know if Stormblessed can. They may lose the west half of the Spaceport next turn from the looks of it.

[pliant fjord]

add another VTOL to the surface then, I know @solid hare is probably crazier than I am. Our two pilots will have to ro-sham-bo for who does what.

[solid hare]

Oh I'm making a hole and a beeline for the bridge they'll kick down the door if they have to, lol

[pliant fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/toph-earth-gif-19798404

[turbid kernel]

Okay, so what's the current boarding plan then?

[pliant fjord]

One VTOL carrying Me and Dasfier. Other VTOL is free to shuttle down now

[solid hare]

Exactly, this man gets it

[turbid kernel]

gotcha, I'll let Gristle know

[pliant fjord]

or R.Uber, whichever wants to do what

[solid hare]

Honestly if we pull off a ship capture, we'll be legends

[pliant fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/han-solo-oh-no-star-wars-gunshot-storm-troopers-gif-11707783

[solid hare]

https://tenor.com/view/dark-troopers-the-mandalorian-chapter16-star-wars-robots-gif-19622605

[topaz rivet]

If you guys get blocked by defenders, I’m gonna try to rush the bridge

[pliant fjord]

I'll see if I can draw up a boarding diagram tonight too to make sure everything's clear

[solid hare]

Sounds like a plan to me chief

[topaz rivet]

The HATs will need to figure out their flight plan(s)

[solid hare]

For some reason seeing the phase 3 darktroopers... makes me wanna play one in tabletop, but that would likely not happen

[sage perch]

@rapid sail it's your gun, so straight shot or try to slip behind them

[topaz rivet]

So the order are due in just over 24hrs, right?

[shadow sigil]

Yes

[pliant fjord]

they're at extreme range, so it's a beeline to the city zone, then a descent over a single hex, where every unit they're carrying would drop.

[topaz rivet]

Oof

[pliant fjord]

they'd have like maybe 0.5-1 movement left

can't be sure before I map it

[jolly verge]

ill get you the info for the boarding thing (i assume i can scan for layout and its worth it even if we dont breach)

[jagged pagoda]

Okie dokie

[rapid sail]

Let's see how well we can flank it

[pliant fjord]

only to guarantee it opening. assuming it has 1 armor, the 2 PAI need to roll a 2 or higher.

on a d6

so 1/36 it doesn't work (we roll snake eyes)

[jolly verge]

oki, then send them engis on the ground to make a fortress out of the starport

[sage perch]

@pliant fjord where exactly are we coming in?

[jolly verge]

and if its 2 armor, its still 1/9

[pliant fjord]

same horizontal line as the city

preferably towards the top, which is slightly closer

[plain dew]

what does green/blue/tan mean on the map again? is that movement based penalties or something else?

[sage perch]

xx17 or xx18

[jolly verge]

green was elevated and blue with a roof, if i remember

[pliant fjord]

we appear on the line between 3617/3618, and advance east

Pearl would have 2 movement left

[shadow sigil]

Green is cover.
Blue is a building
Yellow is high ground

[pliant fjord]

guest's here, now I g2g for real

[jolly verge]

have fun

[sage perch]

so we start from the brown line?

[frigid tartan]

Is anyone talking to Fluffle about what they are planning?

[sage perch]

Looks like I can't get behind them unless they move, so something like 3817SE might be better for maximum chance of them being in range

[topaz rivet]

I’m keeping an eye on it

[plain dew]

last few rounds that frigate has remained stationary (presumably to deploy drop pods). Probably a good chance it wont move.

[sage perch]

So I go 3817SSE

[frigid tartan]

Do one of the VTOLs want to drop an engineer on top of Enni so we can give him armor and some meat?

Enni is currently a singular "him"

[sage perch]

@pliant fjord before I submit, this look legal to you
@rapid sail we can't flank him this turn sadly

[turbid kernel]

#1382037040438181950 message This is the last map Ixen made

[sage perch]

so yes, since my plan is less distance than his map has

might need a bit more distance actually, because of the AC range

[plain dew]

is it range 1?

[sage perch]

2

[plain dew]

i forget

2 should be okay

i think

😬

i was checking earlier for breaching

[sage perch]

if not I can move to 3817

[shadow sigil]

My estimation says you wouldn't hit it

[sage perch]

you would be correct

have some range rings

[solid hare]

Oooo range rings

[opaque pagoda]

@twin cypress you want the more dangerous ride or the more chill on

I kinda want to chauffeur the ship snatchers