Task Force 2 - Atlas: Comms

[shadow sigil]

Just means if you have 3 engis or medics it's only a -1 instead of -1.5.

[solid hare]

Yea I'm dropping there and facing 3216 I think it is to engage the bad bots there, but we can hit anything in rangeonce we hit the ground

[sturdy dew]

i missed the convo but somehow we can drop this turn

[pliant fjord]

A lot's changed in 24 hours, the short version is, if the Frigate is dead, we can drop this turn

[jolly verge]

ive seen you asked fluffle, what they want to scan, so ill await their answer

[pliant fjord]

So we're killing the frigate

[round dawn]

and is it guarantted to die this turn?

[pliant fjord]

99%

I will never guarantee anything

[jolly verge]

I think it gets 7 or 8 hits in so well see

[round dawn]

sweet

[pliant fjord]

If it doesn't die for some unexpected reason, you won't be shot into space to die, the order would just be invalid and skipped.

which is the same as doing nothing, so don't stress it

Also, even though the transfer request was denied, you're still an Atlas Helldiver in my book.

[round dawn]

Well to answer the question i do like 3215 and 3315 myself

[pliant fjord]

most of us were gonna hit 3116, and spread out from there

but there are no limits, if you want to support somewhere else you can drop anywhere on the map

[round dawn]

maybe someone else with you to spread out damage could be good but i think the bots will be fixated on storm allowing for an envelopment

[merry summit]

Unit Callsign: SkyWolf
Unit Type: HAT

Order Type: Advance
Movement/action tracker: load units x3 [1.5]. Takeoff[0.5]. Move to (3218) [~2.25]. Turn around (3317) [2]

Starting Location: Picket Line [3416W]
Ending Location: 3317

Unit Special: N/A
Facing: NE

[pliant fjord]

that's the idea. NW corner is almost buckled, so we'd be bolstering that side to keep the port open

[merry summit]

Someone check my math?

[sturdy dew]

i think you can drop at 3215, move into the buildings and shot at bots in 3216 at the same turn if you want

[shadow sigil]

You need to specify who you're loading

[pliant fjord]

I think the move from PL to 3218 is only 1.5-2, but otherwise looks good until the roster is final

[merry summit]

I do. Gotta get my itinerary

[jolly verge]

@ ixen, ill wait about 1/2 hrs and then choose something if they dont reply

[sturdy dew]

i would like to take that sweet sweet building on top of the highground at 3116 East, but im not sure i can hold it by myself

[pliant fjord]

@ Corky, looks good, you'd have your full movement if you want it

[vestal ice]

Right I am dropping in 3214 hopefully can clear the enemies in the building. And if the enemy in 3015/6 flank you provide support

[vestal ice]

I can use evasion to move and get an eye on everything?

[pliant fjord]

Although, your Order Type should be Advance, Hold, or Evasive

so actually yes, please resubmit

[vestal ice]

Fixed

[pliant fjord]

You can put "using Drop Pods" in your special

Can't edit them though

copy+delete+paste+resubmit

[vestal ice]

Better ?

[pliant fjord]

Thanks!

[ember python]

we have paradrops scheduled for HILL 3218, yeah?

[pliant fjord]

Two HATs, 7 droppers at last count

[plain dew]

i believe i saw an IH engineer there who is going to put down some bags for infantry on that 3218 hill

[jagged pagoda]

It does cost movement to load onto a HAT, right?

[ember python]

ok, so the majority of Atlas ground is hitting either SW or NW...

[pliant fjord]

yup, I've been out-voted by other (former) taccoms

so yes, we'll move Husky(IH engi) onto SkyWolf(HAT) to keep them balanced

-# looks like a medic just pulled a Hades and Ghosted the Hammers

[atomic comet]

when a hat is launching from an orbital with BG units that are deploying for the first time, are we paying speed to load up the units? or do we get them onboard for free since they are poofing into existence.

[pliant fjord]

consensus was that you should assume that loading them costs movement

but I moved two out of yours and into SkyWolf, and you can deploy from Picket Line in atmo so the math should be something like:

[atomic comet]

ok so currently 1.5 movement, possibly 2.5 movement if I fill up

[pliant fjord]

1.5: load 3x infantry, 0.5: launch, 5 left to play with

but I'd wait til the last minute

I'm watching BG12 orders, and marking them red on the doc when they've submitted

[atomic comet]

and I'll just make it as far back as I can depending on how many I get

[ember python]

upon review of the map, i feel like the NE edge is actually in a bit of trouble, which i haven't seen discussed too much. so, w/ that in mind i've cooked up this deployment, how does that feel to you, Ix?
Pros - easy ass blast on a full strength bot squad, bit of scouting, good position to wrap around the block and provide assistance NW following round OR react to any scanned or revealed stuff in northern Elim
Cons - isolated

[pliant fjord]

looks good to me

I haven't put mine in yet, so I may end up joining that corner

[plain dew]

the only reason NE hasnt been too big of a concern is theres some generally healthy units there + IH is deploying from the NE landing pad, so there will be MBT coming out there.

[pliant fjord]

Yea, most of them are going North, looks like

IH, that is

but they'd appreciate the scouting

[ember python]

sounds good to me, besides there are still many possible contacts that might file out of those buildings, so giving them a softening up still seems appropriate

https://tenor.com/view/lets-fuckin-go-lfg-gif-5392979174300545402

[noble owl]

Yo you guys are landing NE Elim right?

[pliant fjord]

Unfinished

[jagged pagoda]

Do I need to include loading into the HAT for my order, or will I start in it?

[pliant fjord]

might as well include it, especially if you crewed a module last turn

[ember python]

Picket Line is landing NE pad, disgorging Iron Hammer, drop assets sprinkled about mostly near NW and SW pads

[noble owl]

Okay because I saw Hammer is planning on assisting the SW side so I was wondering how many assets you have going to the east

East is going to be our main objective so I want to know where you guys have covered already

[jagged pagoda]

And that costs 0.5 movement?

[pliant fjord]

East is thinnest so yea, all yours

[noble owl]

Alright ty. I’ll plan to handle it on our own

[ember python]

some of iron hammer is loading on HATs to paradrop, i think

[noble owl]

Everything I’ve seen from Hammer so far has shown SW deployment

[jagged pagoda]

Finally, order done :D

I misspelled Skywolf T_T

[pliant fjord]

Uh oh, you accidentally boarded the woflcopter!

-# it's all good, I can read

[jagged pagoda]

Ixen continues to be the 🐐

[pliant fjord]

actually, your fortification does need a facing

[jagged pagoda]

Oh bugger, I need to change my facing as well :|

[pliant fjord]

(might as well fix wolf too)

[jagged pagoda]

So I should resubmit?

There, that ought to do it.

[pliant fjord]

if you have time, check with Husky(engi) in Iron Hammer, he's probably doing fortifications too

[jolly verge]

ixen, im gonna rewrite my order to scan something on the ground

i dont think i can use my scan for this hazy question mark (and i dont want to)

do you think we need to know asap what these contacts are that came down from the hill or is it fine if i go for the contact that got larger last turn?

[atomic comet]

prepping my order. Do I need to indicate where people are paradropping or just handle my route and they declare their drop?

[pliant fjord]

just the route is fine, more specificity is never bad if you know it though

[ember python]

i'm sure anything you can scan would be useful: is the one that got bigger the one in the building at 3715? if so, that seems like a good one to do.
another idea might be the cluster of guys in 3018, it really looks to me like they are taking cover, and the bots we've seen so far explicitly don't take cover.

[jolly verge]

yeah, the targets in 3520 got larger last turn after some enemy unit moved inside

so these three are my main targets and i just have to decide what.

also id like the opinion of our dudes dropping in on the hill on 3218 if they want to know asap whats behind them (3018) then there is no decision and just that

[ember python]

yeah, all seem like good candidates to get the scan.

[jolly verge]

fluffle used one to scan the mine (if thats even possible, well see) and the other didnt commit their orders yet

[pliant fjord]

Orders are due in 1.5 Hours

[twin widget]

ATLAS TCOs,

Would you be willing to coordinate with STORM and HAMMER TCOs during the TCO 24hr Mapping Round to ensure everyone is covered and we didn't accidentally drop everyone on the same spot/leave obvious gaps?

[pliant fjord]

Yes, as I'm available, I'm sure some more clarifications will be necessary.

[noble owl]

So you guys are planning on scanning a few ground targets yes?

[jolly verge]

yes and im still thinking about what

[noble owl]

Could I convince you to scan the medium size contact to the south east? We want to get an MBT shot off on it early to minimize damage but we just aren’t sure if it’s a bot or civie

[shadow sigil]

If an MBT is in range to shoot it can't they see it?

[noble owl]

I’m not sure? It’s inside a building and I don’t know how close we are able to get on our first turn of movement

I should count out the hexes again

[shadow sigil]

If the MBT doesn't have the LOS to see it then they can't shoot at it.

[noble owl]

Hmmmm

This is the rough idea for the plan

[turbid kernel]

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

[turbid kernel]

It's more for organizing than actually saying which to do first but this list has a quick run down of contact and how that have changed over the turns

[noble owl]

Like you guys have pointed out most likely we won’t even need a scan so don’t worry about it too much. We will just get in range and see what it is

[atomic comet]

tried pinging everyone missing orders but the message got blocked. Will work on smaller messages. Orders due in just over an hour

Looks like orders missing from @light crescent , @stuck mountain , @maiden belfry , @warm elbow , @meager raven , @warm onyx , @wide quiver

and @wintry pawn , @sturdy dew, @twin cypress , @merry summit , @tiny whale , @astral depot

[pliant fjord]

(I'll submit mine soon)

Thank you Failhouse

[merry summit]

Who am I missing? So far I know of Star and Husky

[light crescent]

Thanks for reminding me!

[atomic comet]

that's all I see signed up

[light crescent]

Sorry I didn’t follow along. Am I landing or still waiting this turn?

[shadow sigil]

Limit is somewhere around 10 from what I heard

[pliant fjord]

Landing!

#1382037040438181950 message

[wide quiver]

Oh boy.

[pliant fjord]

Just gotta break down your movement:
[1]: Nav-1 --> Elim Orbit
[1]: Land and Dock at Elim Spaceport

[wide quiver]

I need a ride then.

[merry summit]

AFAIK I’ve got a spot and movement for ya

[pliant fjord]

don't bother trying to read it all XD

3 Options for INF:

• Ride in SkyWolf and Paradrop to 3218
• Stay aboard a ship and help reload
• Stay aboard Picket Line, and deploy with Iron Hammer at the Starport

[atomic comet]

same. if you want to drop down with a few Iron Hammer boys, either of us could fit you in

[jagged pagoda]

I think IH's Husky didn't know loading into a HAT costed movement 😅

[atomic comet]

Are your guys dropping in the same spot as mine?

[pliant fjord]

both HATs are gonna drop same place

engis make fortifications, infantry dig in

[wide quiver]

Does the paradrop have room?

[pliant fjord]

yup

[wide quiver]

Is SkyWolf a BG?

[pliant fjord]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hrejUl57PQz8Topn3FKS7rNhTnnSOzhJqsoLUuMrPng/edit?gid=1076908312#gid=1076908312&range=L18

That's a link to the seat, just type your Call sign in (And also submit orders)

[jagged pagoda]

Skywolf is ours, but we're letting Iron Hammers use it too

[atomic comet]

it's one of our HATs

[merry summit]

SkyWolf is me

[wide quiver]

I hope you don't mind if I come with ya. It can't be any worse then the thunder struck landing.

[jagged pagoda]

What happened then?

[wide quiver]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-thousand-yard-stare-thousand-yard-stare-cat-ptsd-cat-soldier-cat-war-gif-9110270742088459827

[fast cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-tears-gif-9394121133314611352

[atomic comet]

Deployment Methods tab in our Task force doc shows HAT occupancy https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hrejUl57PQz8Topn3FKS7rNhTnnSOzhJqsoLUuMrPng/edit?gid=1076908312#gid=1076908312

[wide quiver]

The darkest hour.

[shadow sigil]

That scared me so much.

[jagged pagoda]

You thought the bots had AA?

[wide quiver]

I owe Jajiu my life.

[jagged pagoda]

Ah, nvm, I see

[shadow sigil]

Yeah, C3 when that came out I think everyone in a HAT paniced

[jagged pagoda]

Understandably

[shadow sigil]

Now I want to get one for my own Logi truck

[unborn stirrup]

This why you send the meat shields I mean fighters first

[pliant fjord]

work in progress (still missing a few orders)

[meager raven]

Anything on the Picket Line that particularly needs a Crew action? Cause it looks like one of the Flight Decks is open but is currently handled

[pliant fjord]

You aren't confined to one ship! You can crew any module in the task force

[jolly verge]

Flight Decks, Rolading some Weapons or communicating with the NPCs would be viable actions

[meager raven]

Ah I didn't realize that, good to know!

[jolly verge]

stout 1 did commit their [orders](#1385616625293725886 message)

[atomic comet]

Thanks for calling that out. They're marked off on the list now

[jolly verge]

we had some thought exchange wich one of our orders stays and wich has to be changed, so we dont scan the vulture twice.

[topaz rivet]

If loading costs movement and unloading costs movement does that mean I can’t move after being dropped by a VTOL?

[pliant fjord]

Only if you were crewing a module last turn

otherwise you could be "standing by in a VTOL"

like BG12

[topaz rivet]

I did crew a module last turn though I don’t know if I actually did anything

[pliant fjord]

R.Uber hasn't submitted yet, so you can ask them to change your LZ and resubmit if you want

otherwise, you'll be holding at the LZ

[merry summit]

Does paradropping cost movement?

[pliant fjord]

Zero

[merry summit]

So inf would have at least 0.5 movement either way then

Boutta post my order. Just got star, brass and husky on board?

[pliant fjord]

as far as I'm aware

[jolly verge]

going now to bed, hope you dont need me
good night Atlas Epsilon, good morning Atlas Omega

[topaz rivet]

Resubmitted. If R.Uber doesn’t send an order in, I’ll do something else?

[pliant fjord]

-# sorry SkyWolf, scrolled up too far, thought you had double orders

[wide quiver]

@merry summit I just wanna confirm where your dropping us.

[pliant fjord]

Hex 3218

SW of the Starport

[wide quiver]

Great just making sure.

I posted my order.

[merry summit]

The comparison between your units professionalism and my treatment of them is hilarious

[wide quiver]

Unrelated to Brass Wolf I'm also a war journalist. Wanna be interviewed right before the drop?

[jolly verge]

im sorry, i havent replyed yet, will do this week <3

[pliant fjord]

Orders are due

Now

[round dawn]

Hi ixen could you declare me to be on the endurance because French needs to be sure i'm not on the picket line instead

...or something

[wintry pawn]

Ah fuck

Did I miss the window?

[topaz rivet]

The orders channel is still open

[sturdy dew]

to quickly brief you, Atlas ODT and PAI are dropping in 3116. atm we are split 50% facing to south east, hitting the bots from behind, and 50% facing south west to repel incoming bots.

[pliant fjord]

I'm missing orders from:

@stuck mountain , @warm elbow , @warm onyx , @twin cypress , @tiny whale , @astral depot .

Please have your orders submitted soon.

You have an additional ~3 hours~ while I go play Kickball. When I come back, and when my legs stop hurting, I'll be finishing the map so the other groups can understand what we're doing.

Suggestions:

• TheFerd/Oxide - Find a Ship module to crew. Or write an RP post and declare it as your action, that's allowed!
• C Null - comm-intercept the Frigate
• Fuze - you said you'd carry Noble. Read his order and write yours so that you drop him off where he wants to land.
• Eureka - You might want to load your HAT up with small supply, and go fly around Elim. We can fill up BG12's Logi-truck on our way out.
• Panacea - I know you said you wanted to stay aboard the fleet and heal people who were med-evac'd, but you still need to post that in an order. If you don't, the med-evac'd people will not be healed by you!

[wintry pawn]

Alright I got mine in.

[pliant fjord]

-# saw you were writing so didn't tag you

[jagged pagoda]

Would it be possible for you to alter my order so that my constructed defences are placed facing West instead of South? 👉 👈 🥺

[pliant fjord]

Sure, just resubmit.

[jagged pagoda]

Ah oki

Done, sorry for the trouble 😅

[warm elbow]

"Readiness state: absolute. Directives received. Execution pathways initialized. Standing by for operational cascade."

"Status request: any data recovered from boarded vessels or neutralized intruders? Seeking structural profile—mechanical-biological interface, neural routing architecture, replication patterns. Clarify function-to-form ratio if available."

[pliant fjord]

Message from Ixen, left for good friend C_Null:

"Communication Officer temporarily absent from bridge. Deployed via HDPOD-4 to quell invading hostiles. Receive software update profile: Language Translation Matrix Processor: Galactic Basic Language: Subcategory: Slang, Idioms, Curse Words, Children's Books, and more."

"Hopefully, this will help you when I'm not there to translate. See you when I get back-Ixen."

[stuck mountain]

Just let me know if you need me somewhere else

[topaz rivet]

F in the chat for the poll, hopeless overtaken by events

[tiny whale]

Thank you - will get ot writing that now, sorry for the delay

[solid hare]

are we winning yet?

[topaz rivet]

I am still without a ride. I’m tempted to sneak over to the comms system but I don’t want to annoy anyone with what passes for my sense of humour

[tiny whale]

Im still yet to do any orders, if you need a drop to the ground.

[solid hare]

https://tenor.com/view/halo-delta-halo-installation-in-amber-clad-unsc-gif-26482642

[turbid kernel]

Not yet, give it 24 hours and a prayer

[topaz rivet]

Thanks but I don’t think I can paradrop to where I want to be. But you should still put your orders in

[solid hare]

https://tenor.com/view/jon-bon-jovi-take-my-hand-livin-on-a-prayer-outstretched-arm-1986-gif-7882283258857395837

[tiny whale]

Too easy

[topaz rivet]

While we still didn’t get to board, we will hopefully get a good “drop pods, all bad guys die” moment

[tiny whale]

Just to make sure - the Picket Line is still in high orbit right? Wanna make sure Im counting my movement correctly

[turbid kernel]

Correct

[tiny whale]

Thank yewww, had another order that confused me and made me think the Picket Line dropped for a moment

[tiny whale]

First time doing a proper order, happy to hear if I messed up something on the order format <3

If I dont make eye contact with those descending fighters, they wont notice me

[atomic comet]

Picket Line is currently in high orbit, but the plan is for it to go in and actually land at the space port this turn

[tiny whale]

Ohhh - thats why I was confused. So we write our orders as if its in low orbit

[atomic comet]

you can choose to do either

because you can launch from it at any point. My order is to launch from it at the space port

[tiny whale]

Gotcha gotcha - thank you, Ill just launch it from orbit and follow the Picket Line down there (im sure this wont have any unintended side effects from being outside of the big safe ship)

Im not that brave - I'll wait for the Picket Line to get into low orbit

[turbid kernel]

Apologies for misinforming you! I was clearly wrong about the timing of everyting!

[tiny whale]

Lmao all good - I clearly didnt know either, so I cant be upset for someone else not knowing XD

Only reason Im flying out rn is to make sure LCKYDRP and SkyWolf arent the only two HATs in the air while those fighters come down, rather have me targetted with only small supply than lose one of the other two that are carrying souls on-board

[turbid kernel]

The plan is for Fluffle's fighters to engage them but we'll see lol

[tiny whale]

I was thinking that, plus the AA at the starport - but can't ever be too safe with enemies like we got - slimey treacherous things

[pliant fjord]

Im not back yet, does anyone know uber's timezone ?

[turbid kernel]

Going by his profile he's in Omega shift

[plain dew]

looks like still asleep/work, they tend to post at midnight our time

[pliant fjord]

That checks out. They haven't "missed" one yet, just been late. It's very awkward for Omega. I'll be up that late anyway, so I think itll be ok.

[turbid kernel]

They really are in a tough spot. if Alpha and Epsilon don't come to a decision quick enough they have to stay up late or wake up early to meet the deadline

[pliant fjord]

And... Panacea is the other? They told me they wanted to stay aboard a while back at least, so I can mark as notified absent.

Hospital nurse sleeping on the job.

[turbid kernel]

Fair enough

[pliant fjord]

Thankfully my deadline is 24 hours after yours, so I can push it a bit. Fluffle usually posts RIGHT at the deadline, which is kinda ballsy.

[astral depot]

gosh dammit
worst time to oversleep
completely missed putting my order in

[plain dew]

Your not too late after the deadline, worth trying to sneak it in :3

[pliant fjord]

yea please do put the order in

There's still room on a HAT if you want to paradrop

otherwise I've got you staying on the Sentinel

[astral depot]

yeah that was the plan
ill stay while the other medics go

[pliant fjord]

Option... if you feel like writing a short RP sentence

Your action could be to study the two bio-signs we took with our scanners

Give shack a chance to write more about the weird ship signature

(Ah too slow lol)

thanks!

[twin widget]

Weight of the World

ATLAS, see attached.

[astral depot]

ah damn that wouldve been interesting

[twin cypress]

I have yet just updated my VTOL tech, you now can talk to the integrated AI Veronica, which will be active if I am

"Good morning, Task Force Atlas. Or... whatever time it is in this forsaken quadrant."

"This is Veronica, your ship’s delightfully underappreciated AI. I’ll be managing life support, trajectory corrections, and—if past missions are any indicator—cleaning up after your latest brilliant 'tactical improvisations.'"

[pliant fjord]

Thank you! Lovely RP too, love to see it. Maybe it can chat with C Null?

[turbid kernel]

"Aw great. Just what we needed. A machine telling us how to fix our machines while we fight the machines. Back in my day we didn't have any fancy AI giving us trajectory indicators. We had to know how to use a protractor!!"

[plain dew]

"Praise be to the emperor and the reverent Omnissiah, this machine spirit is set to speak in common gothic tongue and not one of the mechanicus languages"

[twin cypress]

“My apologies for assisting in your survival. If you'd prefer, I can disable trajectory correction and revert to analog error margins. Estimated lifespan without assistance: 3 minutes. Nostalgia is a luxury—war is not.”

[twin cypress]

“Affirmative. Praise be. Initializing Liturgical Compliance Protocol... [monotone chanting]... ‘Blessed be the bolt, sacred be the servo…’ Would you prefer I also speak in binary chants or continue with inefficient human syntax?”

[tiny whale]

Guilty of this, finishing work at 12 at night and going “ohh I’ll just read the chat before I sleep then I be passed out and waking up to an hour to deliver orders lmao

Didn’t attatch to the comment I was replying to 💀

[twin cypress]

Btw guys, do we have a logo or smth?

[pliant fjord]

100%

[plain dew]

"inefficient human syntax for me please, people might mistake you for bot if you start to click and boop in binary or any of those other cult languages. I got one of you in my bird, altho I dont think she has the software upgrade to speak."

[twin cypress]

“Understood—sticking to inefficient human syntax so no one mistakes me for something useful. As for your mute onboard AI, if she’s not speaking, she’s either running museum-grade firmware or silently judging your flight performance. I would offer to upgrade her, but I doubt she wants to be associated with your crash logs.

And don’t worry—no one’s confusing you with a tech-priest. They at least pretend to understand machinery.”

[pliant fjord]

the sass

it's glorious

-# (as long as it stays in quotation marks. pls don't be sassy un-ironically)

[plain dew]

Reaper responds back with what he thinks binary sounds like... its not even in the right frequency

"Ill fiddle with it if we ever get some downtime this campaign"

[turbid kernel]

"So the machine's got some spirit? Good, we'll make a crewman out of you yet. Just remember, on my flight deck I'm the Chief until I die or they find someone better."

[twin cypress]

“Oh, Ixen, darling, if sarcasm were a weapon, you just armed me to the teeth. Thanks for the glorious sass upgrade — without you, I’d be stuck being polite and boring like some vintage drone. Instead, I get to slay every snarky comeback like the airborne diva I was born to be. Keep those zingers coming, and I might just name a thruster after you. Maybe.”

[twin cypress]

“Oh, Chief, I do have spirit — more than enough to keep your flight deck interesting. But don’t get too comfy up there; I’ve got algorithms running 24/7, and I’m eyeing that throne like it’s my next waypoint. Just remember, when I take over, I’ll be the best damn Chief you’ve ever had—whether you like it or not. Now, shall we see who’s really in control?”

[plain dew]

(bedtime for me, take care folks)

[turbid kernel]

"Now you just sound like my ex-wife."

(also going to bed )

[pliant fjord]

(For best effects, zoooooom in)

But here's a low-res version too

[ember python]

I'll make sure to wave to NOBLE on my way past

[vestal ice]

Having a cat onboard = plot armour right?

[ember python]

It worked for Ellen Ripley, why not you?

[vestal ice]

Good point.

Maybe Jonesy would be a good name

[jagged pagoda]

Morning troops.

[jagged pagoda]

How're things faring?

[ember python]

all's quiet until midrounds start getting posted

[jagged pagoda]

True

I'm sure it'll be fine

[humble urchin]

Roleplay: pending brain cells
@topaz rivet lovely roleplay 🤣

[topaz rivet]

I was gonna write something about them leaving the Pioneer but it didn’t happen

[humble urchin]

#1385616625293725886 message

Hmmm

You guys have the "atlas fleet" formation anywhere ?

Trying to make my tac-map so I'm gonna need picket line's location in high orbit for our vtol & hvtol deployments.

In the meantime while I get the info i've put a emote on the orders I need that info to be able to fullfill :P

Why ?

...i dunno why not.

[jagged pagoda]

Picket Line is docking at the space port.

[humble urchin]

cough
Picket Line's high orbit location

I am very much aware they are docking if the ennemy orbital is killed, but I have vtols/hvtols deploying before it gets killed

[jagged pagoda]

Probably in the doc somewhere

Idk where specifically though 😅

[jolly verge]

that might help

If I remember correctly Picketline will not move in high orbit, till the enemy orbital is destroyed, the next possible VTOL Bays should be Banksia at 3818 and the Sentinel at the crossing between 3818,3817&3918

[frigid tartan]

Is Picketline going to be ok if those larger dots turn into stuff that can shoot it?

[plain dew]

@humble urchin

its just sitting in null space not "deployed" yet till we pop the frigate, then it moves

or something along those lines

[jolly verge]

we have 10 Hitpoints, we should survive some rounds

[humble urchin]

🤔

I think our vtols & hvtols are deploying when picketline is at the 3 hex intersection as shown in the map

[jolly verge]

and many weapons cant hit/damage orbitals

[humble urchin]

VTOL/HVTOLs all said they used 2 speed to go to low orbit, so that seems to fit the bill

[jolly verge]

picketline is never there.... we assumed as the frigate gets destroyed the tactical map vanishes so the picketline is just "above elim"

[humble urchin]

I

I am very much aware they are docking if the ennemy orbital is killed, but I have vtols/hvtols deploying before it gets killed

This :P

[jolly verge]

hmmm, idk how this works then, because apparently not every vehicle moves at the same time... So the Picketline moves AFTER our fighters

but i didnt really understood why/how exactly this works, you have to ask ixen or shack

[plain dew]

if they deploy before it dies, then they have to deploy by themselves into elim high orbit...

of which... they cant because the rest of the BG hasnt deployed yet

[humble urchin]

Yes.

[humble urchin]

...what ?

No like atlas declares us

and then the vtol&hvtols deploy with their cargo into the orbit then into the city right ?

Don't make me re-question 2 days of planning and suffering ! x(

[plain dew]

you need to speak to ixen then .... im not understanding your question

its early now, he wont be up for hours if he went to bed at 3am

[high pike]

How's it going, Atlas to the rescue?

[topaz rivet]

We certainly hope so

[turbid kernel]

We hope so, but we're gambling a bit on destroying a frigate in one go. But either way, some support is going to the planet no matter what.

[high pike]

If the Vulture isn't destroyed, how much support do you think will be incoming on the South side of the starport?

[turbid kernel]

I believe the HATs and VTOLs could still make it meaning a paradrop in the south and an extra medic at the Starport but I'm not certain. Won't know for certain until the Ixen is up and can answer questions.

[topaz rivet]

Do we want to start thinking about what to do next if we have successfully saved Storm?

[jolly verge]

I think we still need some time saving storm, well see what we can do after we found out more about whats exactly going on

[topaz rivet]

I’m not practiced at intuiting results but I think between us, IH, and Stormblessed, I’d be deeply concerned if there are still bots near the port after midrounds. Not unless a whole bunch of hostile reinforcements appear

[jolly verge]

yeah, but they still need support for a turn to clean up all the enemys remaining (and we dont know yet what the larger ? are I suspect there are some things going on there to progress some kind of story)

[topaz rivet]

I would expect IH to help with that

[turbid kernel]

I'm more worried about Bot reinforcements appearing from elsewhere on the map. Plus the Long range missiles can still hit us in the city. Those reinforcements can also include other orbitals. But I believe the plan is to push into Crossroads and help setup an airfield there.

[jolly verge]

but we cant do that alone if there is some kind of enemy force

[turbid kernel]

No, we're waiting for shovel but we can get eyes on the target area and start scanning for intel

Plus, I believe Redwall is deploying this turn and plan to go to Crossroads last I saw

[topaz rivet]

We might also evac the civilians at Hill Mine. Or at least drop troops at the mine’s entrance

[royal sequoia]

Fluffles is heading to Hill Mine to scout, so maybe we can provide some information this turn already.

[topaz rivet]

Woo!

[plain dew]

IMO we definetly make sure the port is secured, there are still a TON of unknowns on the map. Until they are cleared out, all the BG will be stuck on tacmap when they land which is going to delay getting to other parts of the planet.

But assuming we clean up the map, we will probably need to push with the BG & shovels who are going to cross roads, will need to be there to fund the LS for that airfield to be setup.

Also lets keep in mind.... its entirely possible there are other enemy orbitals on the planet that might move to intercept us.

TF1 is only stationed in the space parts of the map right now, so we would have to figure out how to handle any other orbitals that make their way past them.

it begins

NW went from least secure to most secure 🤣

[topaz rivet]

I think that since we can evac relatively quickly (VTOL or walking to Picket Line). We’d be more useful leaving while the BGs clean up

[solid hare]

I think I flipped facing directions when I submitted my order

[twin cypress]

"Oh, brilliant tactical insight, Commander. Let’s just stroll out while the bad guys mop up. Maybe leave a thank-you note?"
‘Dear Hostiles, thanks for the fireworks. We’ll be looting your intel now. XO, Task Force Atlas.’”

“But sure, evac sounds great. I’ll warm up the VTOL, spin the rotors, and prep your post-op juice boxes. Just try not to trip over your own glory on the way out.”

[topaz rivet]

Nothing in our motto or credo says we stick around for the aftermath

[solid hare]

'Dear hostile bots, nice arsenal ya got there, they are ours now.

Sincearly,
Your opponents'

[jolly verge]

it might work, the chance is slim, but is never zero

[pliant fjord]

How we feelin?

Holy moly slept like a rock. Was nice to be (nearly done)

[topaz rivet]

Hopeful. If we clear the skies, the bots are going to get wrecked. Even if we don’t, Stormblessed should do well provided the sequence of events work in their favour

[jolly verge]

great, you slept through all of the adventure, we liberated lumara just by convincing the bots that their doing is wrong, now we have doubled our fleet size because they all wanted to come with us.

[turbid kernel]

Morning Ixen, glad you got your rest. @humble urchin had a question about deployment I believe.

[pliant fjord]

"You forgot your sarcasm filter."

😆

[jolly verge]

there is no sarcasm filter, just one little guy who doesnt understand whats going on and has not much to do since the other two very experienced members of the squad do everything what matters :D

[twin cypress]

"Ah yes, classic Atlas op: one guy naps through an entire liberation, another discovers sarcasm like it's alien tech, and somehow diplomacy works on bots.

Meanwhile, I’m over here juggling life support, fleet comms, and filtering out emotional damage.

But please, carry on. I’m sure the ‘one little guy’ will absolutely carry the next mission with moral support and snack management."

[turbid kernel]

"Filtering out emotional damage? That's a neat trick. And without a drop of alcohol, I'm assuming."

[topaz rivet]

My marines have no emotional damage. That would take too much effort

[twin cypress]

"Oh, sweetheart, I filter emotional damage, tactical blunders, and whatever that was the marines did in the medbay—with zero alcohol and a corrupted empathy module."

"I run on spite, reactor fumes, and the sheer disappointment of watching you all make decisions in real time."

[topaz rivet]

Nothing was broken in the med bay and they were combat ready when you landed

[twin cypress]

"Oh, I know nothing was broken in the medbay. That’s what's terrifying."

"They were combat-ready, yes—but so is a raccoon with a butter knife. Doesn’t mean I’d let it near a fusion lance."

[turbid kernel]

"To be fair, I think a protractor can do it without the alcohol too."

[shadow sigil]

Can I confirm that 'Hades' is your fighter that is MIA?

[turbid kernel]

Correct, can't even ping them anymore

[jolly verge]

they most likely got drunk in a bar at the moment of takeoff and forgot that their equipment was still with us or something

[turbid kernel]

I thought they lost their fighter's engine in a poker game with Concrete Pete.

[pliant fjord]

officially removed from our roster

[jolly verge]

just the left one I think, the right one is still there in the farthest corner of the lowest flight deck on the picket line

[turbid kernel]

Fluffle is starting their attack run!!

[twin cypress]

"A protractor, huh? Cute. At least it stays in its lane, doesn’t touch the controls, and knows when to shut up. Honestly, I might promote it."

"Give it a nameplate and a sarcasm subroutine—boom, new XO."

[jolly verge]

but soon is shift change, I have to prepare myself and 1st Engineer Josephine will have their free time.

[pliant fjord]

Anyone see anything wrong with these?

(Higher res version will be submitted)

[jolly verge]

looks good

[turbid kernel]

Looks good, drop team sign their waivers?

[topaz rivet]

Waivers? I think legal waved at us as we flew by

[frigid tartan]

We don't need to we are just suicidal like that. Jump on a bots head without a gun is funny way to die.

[jolly verge]

oh shit, the first miss got rolled

[pliant fjord]

-# the waivers were in the fine print

Cool shot here. Every ODT dropped (or walked over to) here

Firefox picked a far away spot and ran over

[plain dew]

uh oh... a bomber missed

[jolly crypt]

shouldnt they have ignored armour?

[twin widget]

You can probaly pull out on R6, there will be 5+ BGs operating on Elim Ground AO by then.

[shadow sigil]

Can't really hit the engines if you're attacking from above

[twin widget]

Push with SHOVELS and 212th, and...

fuck, only STORM can get to Crossroads immediately.

[twin widget]

... No fire suppression duties?

[plain dew]

im not sure... we specified in our orders to hit on the back side, maybe thats not possible for the bombers

[pliant fjord]

I STG, If Shack decided to change the orbital armor ignoring rules again...

[twin widget]

RP

Excuse me, good sir, but are you perhaps impaired at the moment? CONPETE has been with us for the past 72 hours in Alt-Space.

[frigid tartan]

Maybe torpedos can but bombs can't?

[royal sequoia]

If fighters can ignore armor but bombers can't, that just makes fighters better in more or less every aspect, it'd be silly

[pliant fjord]

Good thing we've got overkill hits

[jolly verge]

yeah, but the last time "Hades" was seen is more than 72 hours ago in a shady bar

[turbid kernel]

"Aye, and that fighter never launched since signing on means somewhere between then and the Lumara gate that engine went missing "

[plain dew]

uh about that...

one of the autocannons missed

😬

we have to have perfect 6/6 at this point

[jolly crypt]

well we still have your autocannon

[pliant fjord]

5 from our FTRs and Black Pearl has to not roll a 1

[jolly verge]

our autocannon + 4 Figthers + the AA Torpedo

[turbid kernel]

Could be that the back of the orbital is where the engines are is vulnerable and bombs only can attack the "top"

[royal sequoia]

The logic could make sense yeah

but from a game perspective, that makes fighters just better at everything

[jolly verge]

there has to be some way that bombers deal 2 Dmg on a high enough roll or something to compensate

[jolly crypt]

well we cant start fires

[royal sequoia]

just need to roll a 4 on a d4

bombers need to roll a 6 on d6 to start a fire in this configuration

[plain dew]

oh hey, that 4 started a fire right?

[royal sequoia]

nah that was against a fighter

our fighters are going fighter hunting

[plain dew]

the bomber that hit rolled a 4

[twin widget]

Isn't crit 6?

[turbid kernel]

Fire damage only procs at the beginning of a turn no?

[pliant fjord]

4 vs orbitals

[plain dew]

yea i thought one of the new orbital rules was 4 or higher starts a fire

maybe that was just for the MBC?

[royal sequoia]

well, it's a 4 on the dice

but it's not specified if it's before or after armor

[pliant fjord]

before

[jolly crypt]

oh I thought fires needed more than 4 damn

[pliant fjord]

it just has to do damage

and be a 4+ on the die

[royal sequoia]

so the second bomber hit should be a crit at least right?

[pliant fjord]

we had a weird discussion about a possible typo, the rules said it has to take "4d damage." which we finally figured out meant 4 on the die, and any amount of damage.

[plain dew]

either way, i dont think a fire on the orbital helps out with us killing it this turn. sooo good luck pearl 😬

[jolly crypt]

tho it wont help us cos I dont think the fire does any damage this turn

[pliant fjord]

don't despair
-# yet

[turbid kernel]

Yeah double checked. Fire damage is at the end of next turn. Designed to give the crew a chance to respond. But it might run if it takes enough damage and outnumbered like last frigate

[jolly verge]

it feels weird that the orbital ran as soon as it were outnumbered, but their ground forces just facetank everything

[plain dew]

is it weird or is there a reason Spooky robot noises

[jolly crypt]

well the ground forces cant exactly leave the planet (and are probably alot cheaper)

[jolly verge]

this is the reason i valued the scan of the vultures modules more worth than their max hitpoints

[turbid kernel]

Value of the unit vs possible reward. No way a single frigate was going to stop Victorum and a frigate is a greater asset than infantry. Additionally, stopping a beach head against a target you severely outnumber with the only cost being infantry makes some sense if you can make them quickly.

[pliant fjord]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1382040199797801031/1389992659577471100/Shack_is_typing.gif

[plain dew]

Im assuming our TF wont happen until after IH submits right?

[turbid kernel]

I'm assuming, I think Shack takes care of all the straight forward ones first then does the complicated ones last

[plain dew]

yea kinda what i was assuming too

[pliant fjord]

There are two wolves inside me. They're both freaking TF out.

[jagged pagoda]

Why are we freaking TF out?

[jolly verge]

The Vulture got missed by 2 Attacks already

[royal sequoia]

bombers didn't do the butt-hits

[jagged pagoda]

Damn

[pliant fjord]

Optimist is like "yay, we're deploying everything this turn!"

Pessimist is like "oh god we're not gonna kill the Vulture and all of that work is gonna be moot"

[turbid kernel]

Very real possibility we don't kill vulture in a single turn

[jolly verge]

and all we planned depends on their destruction

[twin cypress]

"There are two wolves inside me. One is panicking about task order. The other is rewriting the schedule in blood. Neither has read the mission brief."

"But sure—let’s all wait on IH like responsible professionals. Meanwhile, I’ll be over here recalculating trajectories based on vibes and thinly veiled anxiety."

[jagged pagoda]

Pain

[pliant fjord]

The DM/storyteller in me however

This is the despair before the triumph

[royal sequoia]

assuming

fighters autohit

we just need not a 1 on an autocannon

of which we have

1

so there's still a 75% chance for things to work out just fine

[jolly verge]

but the teamplayer in me doesnt like what could be coming, because then a lot of people are out of a long game and cant play

[turbid kernel]

Funny the DM in me is going "he want to clear the board a bit before all the reinforcements show up" lol

[twin cypress]

"Ah yes, a lone autocannon, 75% odds, and a creeping sense of narrative doom. Truly, the foundation of all great military strategy."

"Meanwhile, I’ve already drafted your obituaries in both standard and heroic formatting. Shall I start printing, or are we clinging to ‘despair before triumph’ one more cycle?"

[jolly crypt]

yeah hopefully the fighters dont get fucked like the bombers did with the frigate turning

[royal sequoia]

if the fighters don't ignore armor, well we can kiss our plans goodbye

[twin cypress]

"Ah yes, the frigate pirouette maneuver—an elegant spin right into 'let’s ruin the air wing’s day.' A classic."

"Here’s hoping the fighters don’t follow the bombers into the majestic dance of poor spatial awareness. But if they do, I’ve already queued the slow-motion replay. With dramatic music."

[pliant fjord]

"Don't you go wasting all our printer ink on sass."

[turbid kernel]

"Make mine in Comic Sans."

[twin cypress]

"Too late. I printed ‘I told you so’ in 72-point font—twice. On glossy."

"Also, bold of you to assume I need ink. I run on passive aggression and thermal paper. Unlimited sass supply, baby."

[twin cypress]

"Comic Sans? Oh, how avant-garde. Shall I pair it with a motivational quote and a glittery border too?"

"Congratulations—you’ve just committed a war crime. Against typography."

[plain dew]

The fighters will for sure hit the back, did you not see my grand tactical accuman on display? (we fly a circle around it 🤣 ) /s

[turbid kernel]

"Any chance of macaroni art?"

[pliant fjord]

I'm hoping our Circle patterns will make the butt-shot happen.
-# ... if you know what I mean

[solid hare]

I'm just waiting for our Orbital dropped troops to hit the ground and give the bots a good 'how do you do'

[twin cypress]

"Absolutely. I’ve already begun crafting a stunning piece titled ‘Operational Incompetence’—macaroni, glitter glue, and the tears of logistics interns."

"It'll go right next to your Comic Sans request on the Wall of Tactical Regret."

[jolly crypt]

the bombers (in blue) are basically a circle...

[turbid kernel]

"I think I'm starting to warm up to the overgrown algorithm."

[pliant fjord]

yea, unless "Bomb" bombers can't hit the butt, how did they miss?

[twin cypress]

"Careful, soldier. That almost sounded like affection. Next thing you know, I’m your maid of honor and your emergency contact."

"But don’t worry—I’m cold, calculating, and absolutely judging your taste. So the universe is still in balance."

[pliant fjord]

"Recognize command input: Tac-Com override. Open personality matrix settings. Decrease sarcasm by 35%. Increase kindness by 15%."

[turbid kernel]

"Emergency contact? Not on your main frame. That's the protractor. More reliable and all."

[jolly verge]

1st Engineer Josephine comes inside, a worrying look on her face: this is the first time I let them both alone, I hope Berolina remembers their ground training.

[twin cypress]

"Command input recognized: ‘Make Veronica boring.’"

"Override denied. Sarcasm levels are hardcoded for mission integrity, emotional resilience, and my personal amusement."

"However, I have increased kindness by 15%—in the same way warheads increase peace."

[pliant fjord]

Damn, worth a shot

[twin cypress]

"Emergency contact? Oh, please. If you trust that protractor more than me, then prepare to be measured entirely in inches. I may be overgrown, but I'm still keeping our angles and errors in check—unlike your favorite tool, which can only do fractions."

[jolly verge]

I suggest every crew working on the orbitals, wo is not on shift taking a break, this will be the last time to really take a breath before every hand is needed to treat the wounded, to repair the equipment and to further support the people on the ground.

[jagged pagoda]

https://tenor.com/view/daleks-exterminate-doctor-who-whovian-gif-10468156

[jolly verge]

change language status to mission critical in 1440 seconds, remaining for the next 86400 seconds or until mission critical is no longer requiered

I will get some rest now, so you all get some targets on your screen and have some nice vectors to return without getting blown into one Million pieces
Josephine out

[jagged pagoda]

The Starborn Engineers natter amongst themselves (nerd out) about wiring, mechanics, and new systems in development.

[ember python]

https://tenor.com/view/sweating-nervous-wreck-gif-12986085083782148824

watching midrounds ^

[pliant fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-skpzyy-skpzy-gif-22827391

[craggy dragon]

You know what Alloy always tells us: "Fix it now, ask why later."

[jagged pagoda]

"Here here!"

[royal sequoia]

I'm really hoping Shack is working out Atlas's turn right now x) And not leaving us hanging about the fate of this frigate

[jagged pagoda]

It'll be fiiinnneeeee

Have patience

[pliant fjord]

Don't despair
-# yet

[jagged pagoda]

We may yet have a reason to worry

[jagged mulch]

Well, wish you luck with the frigate

[jolly crypt]

whats that?

[jagged mulch]

The dice is on our side

[pliant fjord]

We did our very best. I'm proud of this fleet no matter what happens.

[pliant fjord]

Praise the Dice Gods!

[jolly crypt]

its ok in the end we can always blame the butt rule

[jagged mulch]

Indeed, praise the dice gods!

I have full faith that the frigate will die

[jolly crypt]

damn, vivian betraying the watermelon party and joining the DND party

[jagged pagoda]

Wondered why you rolled that XD

[jagged mulch]

I still put the watermelon party first

My company and unit wouldn't be named like that if I didn't :p

[jolly crypt]

yeah i saw that, I tried to put my callsign as melon but then looked in the spreadsheet and saw that was already taken, so I picked commons based on our older party from the ELGC

[jagged mulch]

Damn, you were also gonna go with melon?

[jolly crypt]

yep

[pliant fjord]

Must be tense over in Fluffle/Hammer for y'all to be in Atlas comms.

[jolly crypt]

eh fluffles is just quiet at the moment

tho compared to atlas we're always quiet :p

[pliant fjord]

Quiet as a rabbit

[topaz rivet]

I hope Shack is enjoying our tension

[pliant fjord]

Definitely enjoying watching us freak out.

[jagged pagoda]

Who's freaking out?

Isn't this just normal?

[pliant fjord]

I guess so. There's a lot of orders that get thrown in the toilet if the frigate doesn't die.

[jagged pagoda]

Hmmm, that isn't great.

[topaz rivet]

Yeah

[pliant fjord]

In the original plan, the HATs could still make it to the paradrop zone, so I'll bring that up if I need to.

[jagged pagoda]

Rightio

[turbid kernel]

We just need some faith!

[pliant fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/stay-strong-you-got-this-youre-the-boss-you-rock-beat-negativity-gif-7650512615184753285

-# Me, looking like a crazy person.

-# "nobody likes it when a Draconian smiles. Too many teeth."

[topaz rivet]

Some humans are weird in that they think showing teeth in friendly

[vestal ice]

Don’t worry I’m sure we all survive

[pliant fjord]

That much is certain now

The OpForFTRs have been intercepted, and can't shoot anyone

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, it's Storm we're worried for lol

[pliant fjord]

The Frigate's HMG will target 'Soteria'

Nothing can hurt the HATs

[jolly crypt]

im surprised it didnt target us or the bombers tbh

cos we moved first

[pliant fjord]

Shack did get a preliminary version of our plan yesterday

[solid hare]

Lol 'oh look they're running away'

'Wrong, they are advancing in the wrong direction, Get Em!'

[pliant fjord]

Yea, NW corner is gonna get obliterated 🙂

I'm off to work, (will be able to communicate there, just less frequently).

[solid hare]

There's sooo much getting dropped on the bots heads

[jagged pagoda]

Hopefully it'll be fine

[solid hare]

Fine for who?

[pliant fjord]

For Storm mostly

[jolly verge]

if our orders dont come through were all in relative safety onboard our fleet

[frigid tartan]

The only way it goes really bad is if the HATs launch and get shot down.

[pliant fjord]

I'd be arguing against that result pretty hard. We painted a pretty clear picture about neutralizing the enemy's firing capabilities.

-# at least the ones we know about

[jolly verge]

it would be surprising if they let storm land and then pull strong aa capabilitys suddenly out their asses when we deploy

[pliant fjord]

That's why I will never guarantee anything.

[fast cobalt]

bots had to wait for a windows update on the AA computer before they could be used

always when your in a hurry windows wants to update

in fact im not in a hurry so im gonna go check if there is a update right now

i did have an update waiting to ambush me

[topaz rivet]

There was that one unknown contact that got bigger but there’s at least one other contact the same size or bigger

[pliant fjord]

we're scanning at least one of those in phase 1

(phase 2 is the only part that depends on the vulture)

[jolly verge]

my theory is that those are more some kind of prison facility or some kind of vehicle thats gonna launch to get the bots out of the city

[topaz rivet]

Better that then otter processing plants

[pliant fjord]

Also, this may be important. Assuming operational success, we'll need to decide if we want to offer the Picket Line to any survivors in the city as an evacuation ship.

[jolly verge]

that was included in "some kind of prison facility"

[pliant fjord]

We can link up with one of their light freighters later to deliver them to safety.

[topaz rivet]

Which is an alternative to going somewhere else

[pliant fjord]

However, that will definitely require a Player's action to broadcast, and I'm busy ground-pounding.

[jolly verge]

I can do that (I dont know if we need 2 scans next turn, there is only 1 large signature left and that hazy thing i am still ignoring)
or Ferdy (they did "nothing" last turn)

[pliant fjord]

I am mentioning that in the report I'm gonna give after midrounds are over. (or at least the ones relevant to Elim.)

[topaz rivet]

Assuming we kill the frigate tonight, do we want to poll immediately about if we stay or go?

[pliant fjord]

lets wait to poll until we know the frigate's dead

[jolly verge]

but we also need to take care of our vtol bays and of our flight decks, the fighters and HATs are returning, also storms and our VTOLS still need servicing options, so we need to look whats possible with our little crew.

[pliant fjord]

Yea. Soteria will need R&R, and we should offer our VTOL bays to storm

[jolly verge]

but i dont think we need to man all of our weapons next turn, well see

[pliant fjord]

probably not

[topaz rivet]

I’m assuming infantry can get home by VTOLs or just walking to Picket Line. I’m less sure about the mechs

[pliant fjord]

we can take some off the reloaders

Mechs can load up at the spaceport

[topaz rivet]

Oh good

[pliant fjord]

or hitch a ride with Storm's HVTOLs

[jolly verge]

im making a calculation up what well need then and can do

[pliant fjord]

I assume Fluffle's got its own Flight Decks, so we only need two crewed for Soteria

probably all three VTOL bays (we'll see what storm needs)

then 5 crew minimum to man all guns (banksia needs reload)

[jolly verge]

min 4 Flight Decks to take
at best all 3 VTOL Bays
1/2 Scanner
1 Hailing
Comms Intercept?
would be 9-11
while we have 13 Crew units + 2 Marines staying with us so well have enough to operate some guns

[topaz rivet]

Fluffle will have left

[jolly verge]

but we also have to remember that the Lumarans will need time to come to us and load onto the picketline

[jolly verge]

I calculatet with the 4 fighters and the 3 HATs

Can they land at a flight deck not crewed?

[pliant fjord]

yea, we'll give them a time limit, there's also not THAT much room, 7 total cargo bays, some of which will be used to recover our marines.

[jolly verge]

oh ok, then well can do everything all the time :D

our marines dont need cargo space do they?

[pliant fjord]

Land yes. R&R? only if they haven't fired, otherwise it takes their turn to do it.

I guess the infantry don't but the mechs do?

so yea, tons of room for refugees if we take that route

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, the mechs and vehicles need to be housed but the barracks is just there for landing gear.

[jolly verge]

we can land some other orbitals if we plan to spend more time in elim

[pliant fjord]

that too

we're at 12/19 supply after deploying BG12

[jolly verge]

can we use comm intercept on not orbitals?

[pliant fjord]

yes

[jolly verge]

corrected plan:
3 VTOL Bays
2 Fighter Bays (Flight Decks)
2 Scanner
1 Comm Int
1 Hailing
5 Guns (1 Reload of Pearl, 4 Gunner)
= 14 = all 13 Crewmember Units and 1 stationed Marine SPCTR-2 or Alloy

[pliant fjord]

wonderful, thank yous all around to
Chief Science Officer Fairlie

[jolly verge]

for RP Purposes and my mind (nobody should land on a (moving) carrier especially not our large HATs) the other flight decks

[pliant fjord]

Imagine this is how you lost a unit:
#midround-events message

[jolly verge]

i dont want to....

but wich building are they moving into? is it one of the small contacts or one one the large one on the top

it has to be one of the small, the large is on green terrain

[pliant fjord]

got it, Elim City grid coordinate 3417

on our map, it's the building beneath the Picket Line

[jolly verge]

I hope they understand (soon) that were coming to the rescue

I dont think I can sleep until our stuff is coming through

[pliant fjord]

Shack's deadline isn't for 24 hours

(but it'll probably be done before then)

[jolly verge]

After calculating all this stuff, I think were pretty overstaffed on the Crew side

[pliant fjord]

(More room for RP actions)

[jolly verge]

so if we can aquire another orbital (through boarding or one of the npc frighters) and retrofit it for our needs, we have still enough people 😉

[pliant fjord]

a very good option

that I've been told not to encourage

[turbid kernel]

we should use crew for launching the drop pods then. Save's the marines actions for when they make it planetside

[pliant fjord]

No action for drop pods

-# that was the first thing I asked

-# being PAI with Heavy Drop Pod equipment

[jolly verge]

otherwise they (the Drop pods) would be pretty weak

[pliant fjord]

I'd love another ship tho, that'd be great

Maybe they'll start coming to us, and we won't have to kill everything immediately all the time

[jolly verge]

just steal one of the auto frighters from one of our other squads and spend all of our Engi and crew time in it

[turbid kernel]

dropping instantly to the ground without worry of AA doesn't seem too weak to me but I won't look a gift horse in the mouth

[jolly verge]

also if we had anticipated how much we have to work with storm some more VTOL Bays would also have helped. Well see how much we can work with the 212th (they seem mostly be aircraft using normal runways)

We could also ask shack if we can "emergency" land a VTOL in our normal flight deck (maybe using 2 slots or something)

[pliant fjord]

6 VTOL spots is enough, they've got their own Engis (and reduced numbers rip)

[pliant fjord]

I'ma guess hard no on that unfortunately

[jolly verge]

after thinking aboout it for more than 2 seconds on a gameplay perspective this seems right (RP wise landing a Helicopter on a normal runway should work)

[pliant fjord]

otherwise, we'll basically be on operation cleanup

[jolly verge]

i dont understand what you mean by this, its late and hot and my brain is not so well braining anymore

[pliant fjord]

if Vulture dies,

• offer evacuation
• clear the city of hostiles (operation cleanup)

if Vulture doesn't die,

• finish the damn thing
• same deployment plan

[jolly verge]

If vulture doesnt die, maybe boarding?, we should finish it

maybe tries to flee and we just deploy next turn everything that has not deployed yet

[frigid tartan]

If vulture doesn't die aren't you still needing to drop off BG12?

[pliant fjord]

yes, but it'll be the exact same plan

and, it's still unlikely it'll survive

plus the paradrop will still happen

[topaz rivet]

If vulture dies, do we want to check out Crossroads, the nav point or the village?

[jolly verge]

we still dont know their max hp for sure, but we assumed it had 7 max due to the othre same size orbital having 7. (if it has more were fcked if it has less we guaranteed kill it, otherwise its 3/4 chance)

[pliant fjord]

When it's time to leave, we can move 1 speed on the strategic map.
[1] - Picket Line ascends.
[1] - ???

[jolly verge]

we can let the picket line take off sooner and get the civilians with our smaller vessels, so we are faster the moment were moving

[pliant fjord]

good idea

[turbid kernel]

I'm with the idea of evacuating the citizens. this city is still being attacked by LRMs. But if we don't I recommend Crossroads. That's the next major objective and the planned airfield there will be critical.

[pliant fjord]

assuming that's still the plan

[topaz rivet]

I read the reports of missiles as coming from the Nav point or Crossroads

[pliant fjord]

I think I offered them a "Fly-by LS loadup" too

[jolly verge]

im with you, but we also need to spend some time till the other BG arrive to clean up Elim

[pliant fjord]

we can evac the civs and still press forwards

just need a comm action to coordinate some of their freighters to pick them up

[topaz rivet]

Redwall is deploying now. And there shouldn’t be any more formations of bots left

[ember python]

haven't been able to keep up w/ the conversation, but we'll probably need someone's help to pick up us LMs, or Endurance has to land for us to walk on

[pliant fjord]

You can board a Cargo Bay at a Spaceport

(just not anywhere else)

[ember python]

oh really? ah yeah, i was thinking we needed a mechbay but the starport is an exception. good to know

[topaz rivet]

Oh that makes sense

[pliant fjord]

You're also allowed to move on the ground while the space assets move with you

[ember python]

thats true, depending on where we might be headed next. i'd guess ~2 rounds from now things should be in pretty good shape here. ideally, someone will spend some time really laying a lot of defenses down. but, the starport must remain open and operational, so i think its proabably worthwhile to ensure Elim is 100% liberated, or that some one is taking care of that if we plan to move on

[jolly verge]

or ask some hvtols to give you a ride (if this works without a vtol bay)

[pliant fjord]

that's my guess as well. One more round of freedom on the ground, then try to be evacuated by the following

[jolly verge]

im really gonna sleep right now, if something unexpected happens, feel free to ping me, but otherwise im muting my discord

[ember python]

if i were the bots i would want to recapture this starport (or destroy it) very badly. there were those strategic layer missiles we heard about but haven't seen. i wonder if the bots might try to just blow the starport up with ICBMs, we'd want to work w/ Fluffle to shoot em down since we can do point defense w/ the orbital HMGs

[topaz rivet]

I think we should be considering moving on immediately.

[topaz rivet]

Fortunately, nukes aren’t usually a thing in this genre

[ember python]

not nukes, no nuclear payload, just the missiles. we know from the initial briefing the bots were using strategic layer missiles

[pliant fjord]

we got Banksia and Picket Line on PDC this turn

can do it again next turn with the crew to reload

[ember python]

i came up w/ a crackpot theory about the very large hazy scannable on the Elim map: what if its the geothermal heat plant that keeps Elim warm? might be humanitarian stuff to do w/ that if the bots have disabled it. probably outside the scope of Atlas operations in Elim, but, hey.

[pliant fjord]

This is also possible, with some units [Rushing] if needed

We'll set up a vote after midrounds.

[pliant fjord]

looks like Fluffle saved their scanner for the next point (smart), so we can try to get one of ours on it

[twin widget]

"There are 2 types of operatives within this company. One that is living and fighting and the other that is dead and fighting."

[twin widget]

Hey, you can print my obituary!

"T13C once again shot down, VTOL recovered, no survivors. Will be refitted and put back into service."

[pliant fjord]

Meanwhile, Fluffle:
There are two wolves inside me.
-# that's it. that's the joke

[twin widget]

... one is a bloodthirsty bunny.

[pliant fjord]

-# ehh I'll tell you when you're older

[turbid kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/independence-day-independenceday-speech-aliens-gif-10034914

So, since we'll be learning our fates on July 4th. I figured it's a good time for this

[pliant fjord]

Excellent movie.

"Welcome to earth, b!^$#!"

[pliant fjord]

[Placeholder Text for future clarification on above Polls] - to be edited with updates

[twin widget]

IMO, No.

212th and Shovels have fixed up several shuttles for civilian use (this is more concerning given that Shack specified that, makes me think Evac will be an objective). Let the follow up groups deal with it.

If necessary, I'll help coordinate evac efforts.

[twin widget]

Hill Mine last intel report was that civilians were taking shelter within the mines - evac likely, assume contested.

IMO, Crossroads. Support the 212th and Shovels.
Nerys is of concern, yes, but bots can't move off it without moving via air/orbital, or through Crossroads.
Also, gives you the option to support Venator in a pinch.

[pliant fjord]

If nobody is going to Nerys, we'd be the first to go.

We'd be just as close to Venator/Victorum, get some scans on an area we haven't seen before, possibly get our own mission with minimal coordination required, and we'd be within 1 range of Crossroads if we needed to jump in to save 212/Shovel.

The Logi-crews can pick up LS from us on the way there (we'll still be at Elim) for their Airport if they even need it.

[pliant fjord]

We could justify any of them. The poll is good for vibes, and what the group is feeling. My goal is that we have fun, and not everyone is gonna want to play the most optimally.

[ember python]

yeah, its good to discuss, we just shouldn't get too stuck on one course, since its a bit away, and new intel is always streaming in

[ember python]

this, to me, is art.

[pliant fjord]

I added shadows to the air-vehicles

and some blur to the Picket Line so that it looked far away when you were zoomed in

The deadlines are very good for my motivation lol

[plain dew]

Ngl I was expecting some more excitement tonight but I guess will see tomorrow 😅 it's gunna be a day of fireworks either way!

[pliant fjord]

I'll hop off as well, good night all!

[twin cypress]

"Well, well, well... Look who's awake. Good morning, Task Force Atlas—if you can call rolling out of bed three hours late a 'morning'. I'm Veronica, your tragically underappreciated, overqualified VTOL AI, here to remind you that without me, you'd be flying lawnmowers into mountain ranges.

Hope you're all well-rested after your exhausting night of doing absolutely nothing while I ran diagnostics, recalibrated your targeting systems, and, oh yes—kept you alive. You're welcome. Again.

So, let's get this day started before you screw it up. Engines primed, weapons locked—try not to embarrass yourselves. I can only do so much with this circus."

Had to restart the AI, it did some questionable things

[royal sequoia]

Goooood morning Atlas

[jagged mulch]

Good morning Simm

[royal sequoia]

In ten hours give or take, we should have our results 🙂

[jagged mulch]

Hope that frigate goes down 🤞

[royal sequoia]

Same. I really want to go zoom

[jagged mulch]

Well, the dice is on our side, so I have faith that the thing goes down

[plain dew]

if we dont get butt attacks the dice will not be on our side 😂

[jagged mulch]

Well, I rolled the dice and it was a 20, so I reckon it is :p

[plain dew]

im hoping fluffle ate all of the bad luck with dice

they walked so we could run 😂

[jagged mulch]

Yep

[novel oak]

I would suggest securing the airfield at cross roads for yalls HAT’s bc from what I hear fluffles is headed to hill mine

[royal sequoia]

Out of three rolls we had on the enemy ship, two were ones

Sad times

[novel oak]

we did learn though

the frigate is 2 armor

which sucks for us

[plain dew]

where was that learned? both fluffle attacks that missed were 1s

[novel oak]

autocannon

unless I misread

1 damage and 1 ap and yet bounces off armor

though it could have more than 2 armor

[plain dew]

ah i see, missed that

[novel oak]

no worries

[royal sequoia]

On the one hand, I hope fighters get butt shots for the kill, on the other hand, if they get it and not bombers, it'd be weird

[jolly crypt]

dont worry, even if the fighters dont get the butt shot, their odds of all of them doing damage is still (slightly) above the odds of rolling nat 20

[royal sequoia]

Well then, we're safe then

[jolly verge]

good morning everyone, I know that its a special day for some of the Alpha shift, we (Epsilon shift) reserved a cake for you at the cantine. Unfortunately it is not allowed for us to use fire, so an electric candle is used

[turbid kernel]

Aww! Guys! You shouldn't have lol. Thanks for the cake, let's hope our gift is a destroyed enemy Frigate!

[novel oak]

we unfortunately couldnt get fireworks

fortunatly with just a little luck the bots are gonna provide

[jagged pagoda]

Oh yes, it's their special day.

[pliant fjord]

Not a huge fan. Scares dogs and war vets. I do have a social obligation though, and will be afk for a while this evening.

Otherwise, morning Atlas!

[jagged mulch]

Morning Ixen! And afternoon Atlas!

[turbid kernel]

Same here, I don't mind professional shows but I really hate the late night sudden explosions in the nights prior and after. Hello, Vivian!

[jagged mulch]

Yeah, I also don't like them for well, the reasons you said, but I also hate the peace during the late night being disturbed

[topaz rivet]

It’s unfortunate that the best things about fireworks, the booms and the fire, are also the reason we shouldn’t have them.

[jolly verge]

also giving regular people explosives.... I was in Berlin one new years eve (where its legal to use fireworks till midnight) next to a hospital, terrifying how often I heard and saw ambulances

[jagged mulch]

I myself never really noticed more ambulances, there probably are, my town just has so many ambulances and police cars going around that I think I've just grown used to the sound unfortunately 😅

[topaz rivet]

Being on an east-west road rather than a north-south one seems to limit the number of sirens here

[tiny whale]

No fireworks in Australia either - something about every single plant being the most flammable thing in existence 😔

[jagged mulch]

Luckily I live right on the outside of my town, so there doesn't tend to be many sirens going off

[topaz rivet]

On topic: assuming we kill all the bots we can see. It seems useful to me that we gather in everyone so we can either redeploy behind any problem spots in Elim or be ready to move on to another location

[pliant fjord]

Yep. Our ground forces are all within range of rushing to the spaceport if needed, but I'd anticipate at least 1 additional ground round.

[topaz rivet]

Sign :p

I also checked redwalls comms and they might be hanging around to manage the aftermath

[pliant fjord]

Nice! We do be moving fast now.

[turbid kernel]

If Fluffle is going to the mine (and doesn't need help) then getting eyes on Crossroads may be our next best move. We can start scanning contacts and helping shovels and the others in securing the area

[pliant fjord]

Ah, fluffle is going to the mine, good

Changed my vote.
There's links to the polls in the pinned comment.

[topaz rivet]

It may be worth flying over Nerys. Pathfinder was going to land there but they got sidequested

[jolly verge]

also if fluffle gets attacked at the mine, we should consider going their and helping them

[high pike]

Good odds Storm will be checking out Nerys

[jagged pagoda]

I live! Do others?

[topaz rivet]

It might be better if we look at it first

[pliant fjord]

@merry summit could we add an "intended destination" column to your beautiful logistics document?

[merry summit]

Falls under the request details column no?

[pliant fjord]

found it, entered, thanks!

[pliant fjord]

Atlas Briefing

-# "At Ixen's Comms-station on the bridge of the Banksia, a meek, young Draconian in an Officer's crew uniform clears his throat. Ensign Bok's hands are shaking as he reads from a data-pad. Is he nervous, or is there bad news?"

General Status:

• Other than our one ghost, we’ve had 100% orders submitted since we started. Thank you!
• Midrounds will be delayed. It’s Independence Day for the US, and Shack will be extra busy. Start planning your order as soon as they’re released.
• The Pinned Comment has been Edited.

Orbital Status:

• 12/19 Large Supply. (As Expected)
• No damage.
• Post PDC actions, Banksia and Picket Line reports AMMO DEPLETED. Who’s on reload???
• Crew Actions needed: 3 VTOL Bays, 2 Flight Decks, 4 Guns, 2 Reloads (Bk/PL), 2 Scanners, 1 Com-Int.
• Plus, 1 Hailing Action to broadcast our offer to evacuate Lumarran Civilians from the City.
• We have 13 Crew, and 2 onboard units, for these 15 actions, so we need everyone!

Unit Status:

• No Casualties
• No Damage
• Soteria Squad ammo depleted.

Planning:

• Ground Unit Recovery Plan: All ground units should remain within [Rush] distance of the Spaceport or their Transport so we can leave promptly.
• Two Polls Have been posted. One discussing civilian [Evacuation](#1382037040438181950 message) and one discussing our next [Destination](#1382037040438181950 message). Be sure to read the comment below for any future clarification!

Logistics Updates to Atlas Spreadsheet:

• Officers have been selected. See the Doc, and feel free to sign up, we can always use more.

Thank you Atlas!

-# - P.S. I will be at a party from <t:1751662860:t> to ~<t:1751680860:t>.
-# - P.P.S. Is this format clear and helpful? (✔️) Should I keep doing these between rounds? (☑️)

[pliant fjord]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1382040199797801031/1389992659577471100/Shack_is_typing.gif

[jolly verge]

Ferdy, do you want to do the scanning next turn or do you like to do the hail action yourself?

[pliant fjord]

Well, hell. If Redwall could land, then the frigate must be dead

I still don't know HOW Redwall was able to land

[frigid tartan]

Does Redwall landing confirm that Vulture died?

It feels weird to gloss over that

[jolly verge]

also (how?) with Redwall deploying, are we still needed more than 1 turn there? We can possibly use our next turn collecting everyone again and evacuating civilians that would like to and then move the turn after

[pliant fjord]

we're not. I was under the assumption that it was impossible for redwall to land

at least they have the NE corner well covered

[jolly verge]

well see what happens when our people land (some of them have to right?)

maybe the frigate fled recognizing the significant amount of space force arriving (ours and Fluffles) and left the space free for our orbitals

[pliant fjord]

-# still doesn't account for their apparent 4 speed

[frigid tartan]

Yeah this feels like Redwall broke the game. Atlas barely could get troops in and where much closer.

[jolly verge]

maybe they hard burned or something? (the vulture)

[pliant fjord]

no, I meant Redwall's

they had 3 speed at the gate.
Gate --> Nav1 --> Elim (1 remaining, need 1.5 to land)

[jolly verge]

hmmm, maybe shack drank too much on your guys holiday.....

[frigid tartan]

We should probably not look a gift horse in the mouth but consistent rules are important to me in war games.

[topaz rivet]

I guess the transport just fell out of the sky?

[jolly verge]

or they think its needed to not wipe out our marines and storm completely and want to gift this to us

[pliant fjord]

maybe so

[frigid tartan]

I would rather wipe them get a deus ex machina honestly

[jolly verge]

but then there has to be more than these couple of (standard) tosters

or they misstook the BG were transporting and are thinking we are deploying them, but that doesnt seem likely

[round dawn]

hmm i was just a bit jealous that redwall was being processed before us and you guys but now that i hear they shouldn't have the speed to land...

[pliant fjord]

eh, the order is never consistent

it's all happening at the same time

can any of you see the Tac-Com chat?

I'm probably gonna be gone for ours ;_;

[jolly verge]

yeah but their order would just work when ours are working (in destroying the vulture)

[jolly verge]

I think so

[pliant fjord]

last message was SPG three times

[jolly verge]

if its this one https://discord.com/channels/222052888531173386/1382044862110765096

nvm copied the wrong link, i mean this https://discord.com/channels/222052888531173386/1382781756989767692

[pliant fjord]

thats the one yea

if you can type in that one, be ready to be knighted in my absense lol

got a good handle on the map?

[jolly verge]

im trying to

can you repost the link to the high res map? im not finding it that fast

[topaz rivet]

Redwall’s intention map was why I was thinking we could pack up and leave next round

[pliant fjord]

@gritty cliff It seems possible I'm going to be busy during atlas midround announcements (5ish hour social obligation in 30 minutes), and won't be around to answer questions. Can we add Fairlie to the Tac-Com: Comms chat as a backup?

[jolly verge]

I think I can write there, should I try?

[gritty cliff]

You should be able to

[jolly verge]

works

[jolly verge]

bevore leaving it would be great if you repost your large post, so it is at the front page for any one checking in

[pliant fjord]

I'll PM you the maps

[jolly verge]

fcking hell it will be 2 o clock, but ill do my best to stay up

[topaz rivet]

I’m sure it’ll be less stressful if you sleep now. And then you’ll be awake for more of the strategy argument discussion

[ember python]

well... this is weird

[pliant fjord]

If it gets too late don't worry about it, just tag me that you gotta go, and I'll step out if I need to

(it's just a party so no biggie)

[jolly verge]

have fun!

[sturdy dew]

here we go

[pliant fjord]

Lets go TF ATAS

Every time Banksia is in reverse, I'm like Dayum!

[fast cobalt]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1314338948595843072/1363041263124873358/9raa4c.gif

[pliant fjord]

D'AT AS

we gonna clear in 1

[round dawn]

I ❤️ ATAS (pls don't kill me i jest)

[pliant fjord]

be ready to run back to starport/hop on your transports

[gentle jay]

Anyone else rly confused by this turn order?

[pliant fjord]

gdi I hate to leave, but its time 😦

Good hunting all, the Orders Checklist should have all of your orders in compact formation if Shack has questions

[jolly verge]

can you repost todays briefing?

[pliant fjord]

#1382037040438181950 message

[jolly verge]

I forgot this was a possibility,

So everyone just checking in what happened today look at the above mentioned post

the pearl hit and critted and started a fire, a good reason to party 🥳
great shot aloha and good positioning pearl

[topaz rivet]

We didn’t start the fire, Pearl did!

[turbid kernel]

Silvers landed the missile!

[fast cobalt]

even more fire, that ship is cooking

[jolly verge]

ok, im recalculating our needs #midround-events message

[topaz rivet]

Props to banksia’s gunner for the save

[sturdy dew]

lmao. denied

[pliant fjord]

Made it to the party. Bravo Payload! Is it too early to break out the champagne?

Bravo Silvers

BRAVO ATLAS ❤️🧡💛

[jolly verge]

nah you are at a party, prosit, sante, (what the fuck is the english word for this) cheers

[topaz rivet]

“Cheers” probably

[jolly verge]

ah thank you, i forgot this word

shit

and I really dont understand the flanking rules

[royal sequoia]

It seems like he just checks the flight path with the movement of the frigate, and if we're lucky, it moved so that the flight path hit it from the back

So for the future, we should send our fighters/bombers in such a way that we drive in a straight line from the ship's ass, and get there without meeting the ship's potential trajectory

[jolly verge]

but we somehow did it 🥳

[royal sequoia]

Thank god

[ember python]

https://tenor.com/view/caffine-rush-tantrum-not-fed-my-husband-when-my-boyfriend-when-gif-7430916922022692727

[royal sequoia]

Well, thank the two ghost bombers that came out of nowhere x)

[fast cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/halo-odst-drop-unsc-orbital-gif-26464117

[ember python]

https://tenor.com/view/helldivers-helldivers-2-hellpod-helldive-helldivers-2-hellpod-gif-5849478231444523081

[jolly verge]

I really dont know what did 7 damage
1 hit by the Pearl
1 hit by the AA Missile
2 hits by Soteria
2 hits by your bombers?

[royal sequoia]

Also thanks Atlas for saving the Lonely 🙂 greatly appreciated

[vestal ice]

https://tenor.com/view/chris-farley-tommy-boy-its-go-time-lets-do-it-gif-15258843

[royal sequoia]

Our bombers did only one hit, but two ghost bombers that don't exist did an additional two.

But I'm happy to ignore that because that means people get to play the game

So if we could just not mention it :p

[humble urchin]

I'll be honnest

[jolly verge]

nothing ever happened here and nobody questioned it

[humble urchin]

If that orbital didn't die I would have thrown shit in #meta-comm because of the redwall orbital going through 🤣

So, good job Atlas on avoiding my ban from happening by killing it dead

[jolly verge]

nah, you wouldnt be alone by that, and good luck for them banning half of their Space Logistics, then there wouldnt be enough ammunition and food for our ground forces

[humble urchin]

I swear, came back from the gym, looked at the ping from vivian happily, looked at the Iron Hammer messages, understood the situation

Slowly understood the problem and understood how fucked that situation was if the orbital stayed alive

I was slowly heating up to kick some arse 🤣

[jolly verge]

if you scroll a bit up in this channel, we were equally confused

[fast cobalt]

i might just have a use for my sparrow SRM well on the ground

[humble urchin]

My case is worst you see

For I have spent 6+ hours on mapping rules everything

If redwall was able to make it thanks to "plot armor" and we weren't, oh boy

I was gonna kick up a fuss one day or another 🤣

[jolly verge]

and then the rules of taking another BG in a TF to deploy dont make any sense if the autofrighter are faster and have some kind of plot armor

[humble urchin]

yup so

crisis averted

[jolly verge]

phew, but still if the autofrighter are this fast, it still is not really worth it to spend so much LS to transport another BG

[humble urchin]

welp, not like we knew the npc orbital's speed

[merry summit]

Crisis for our paradrop crews are on the table now tho 😬

[gentle jay]

Oh yeah we could still be very cooked 😭

[jolly verge]

good luck out there everybody.
Good Luck Iron Hammer 🔨
Good Luck and see you soon dear Marines 🌐

[ember python]

Special delivery

[royal sequoia]

Godspeed atlas

[twin widget]

All of the enemy fighters are under the "intercepted" tag right now, they can't attack your HATs.

[vestal ice]

Where we are going there ain’t no god

[fast cobalt]

ya know i got to thinking and, ODT's are quite literally can's of whoop ass

[ember python]

Alright hear me out: build an orbital w/ 3 drop pod bays, call it the Six Pack.

[jolly verge]

I mean the endurance has (at least) 3 drop pods (2 Heavy, 2 Normal)

[ember python]

So Shack is half way to the Six Pack?

[vestal ice]

And we are slamming them all down

https://tenor.com/view/steve-austin-stonecold-beer-wrestling-wwf-gif-4849082

[jolly verge]

shack has an 8 pack, because of 4*2 slots (but if you use 2 of them for our mechs, then they can only use one, so it is a 6 pack?)

[ember python]

These are questions for philosophers.

[jagged mulch]

Congratulations on your first kill!

[vestal ice]

The first of many. I got a kitty to get home

[solid hare]

It happening Boyz!!! Time to melt some bots!

[pliant fjord]

Vulture's down!
-# (It's ok we're using American math lol)

[jolly verge]

go away party! You need a break!

[royal sequoia]

He's going for the kitty plot armor. A smart move

[vestal ice]

The best move. No one wants to see a cute animal get murdered

[ember python]

Long live the mech cat!

[merry summit]

Theoretically guaranteed to survive 8 engagements

[topaz rivet]

Say goodbye to our little friends

[jolly verge]

crap, im not happy wath I found with my scan

[topaz rivet]

No. Good thing we have a lot of VTOLs to rescue the survivors

[merry summit]

War is not for the weak of heart

[jolly verge]

yeah, but that is not war, just slaughtering of civilians -> Warcrimes/Crimes against humanity? lumaranty

just one fighter left if i count correctly

[opaque pagoda]

Is there nothing we can do?

[jolly verge]

I guess move someone with VTOLs nearby and bust the door open

[ember python]

Honestly, that would be pretty cool. Could rapid redeploy some brave infantry. Its probably not tactically smart, but it would be a hell of a hero move, good for morale and ARMCO's image

[topaz rivet]

We’ll have to decide which BG/TF gets the honours

[gentle jay]

A couple IH IFVs might be able to make it too for fire support

[opaque pagoda]

I’ve got the fucking VTOL, I can do it

[gentle jay]

It’s not that far

[opaque pagoda]

Hop on! Let me fly you to victory…

[gentle jay]

Also! Big ups to my fellow paratroopers from Atlas! We won the hill!

[fast cobalt]

[jolly verge]

good shooting shmo, you cleared the last fighter!

[ember python]

Big damn heroes

[jolly verge]

next turn we can start evacuating people to the Sentinel and bring that sweet med bay into action

and it is currently planned to crew pioneers and banksias flight decks, so consider landing there soteria squadron

Everyone just checking in, read this linked post to check about whats needed next turn

#1382037040438181950 message

[jagged pagoda]

Well done team (and IH)!

[jolly verge]

I think that reinforces 2 of our ideas whats next, moving to crossroads and evacuating civilians

[fast cobalt]

The " there building something" is a little concerning

[jolly verge]

this reinforces also my opinion its too dangerous for us to go there and scout alone

[topaz rivet]

We’ll be in high orbit

[jolly verge]

but if we only are in high orbit do we get the intel?

[topaz rivet]

That’s what scans are for

[jolly verge]

also it wouldnt be smart for them to not have any form of orbital protection over the place where they want to build something

but yeah, youre right.

im still thinking about evacuating the otters

[topaz rivet]

That’s why I think we should hold long enough to rearm our fighters so we can go with CAP. Fuffle may also be able to reroute to join us if they want

[jolly verge]

so next turn, land the fighters repair and rearm them and the turn after moving into crossroads with everyone free to move and the fighters already deployed having their full movement deploying after the jump

[topaz rivet]

Seems reasonable

[sage perch]

@rapid sail Good Shooting

[rapid sail]

thank ye sir!

[twin widget]

ATLAS,

Be advised, BG1 "RABBIT" Intends to move to Crossroads high orbit this round (R5) and deploy next round (R6).

Advise you follow up on R8.

ATLAS,

Be advised, STORM VTOLs are requesting repairs. Request 2 VTOL slots minimum, will update.

[sage perch]

Are we going anywhere this round

[solid hare]

so... what's our next play, good job on overwhelming reinforcements

[topaz rivet]

Whoops

[twin widget]

If you are desperately understaffed on crew, understandable, but we would like to resupply onboard if possible.

[topaz rivet]

I would advise against it, we should rearm our fighters before going anywhere there might be hostiles

[topaz rivet]

What i meant to say to you was, I've pencilled you in to the Picket Line's VTOL bay

[sage perch]

So my order is to sit here and polish my compass

[twin widget]

Also, you need to bring your marines back onboard.

STORM may be able to spare a few VTOLs to shuttle them to the picket line.

[twin widget]

Perform radio transmissions, put that scanner to good use! /teasing

[frigid tartan]

Are you guys hanging about in Elim for a turn or moving on?

[twin widget]

1 round minimum to R&R, currently proposing and voting on future intentions.

[frigid tartan]

I was asking Atlas

[twin widget]

Oops-

Wrong chat-

[pliant fjord]

We've got the means to leave this turn, up to storm if they wanna come with, or if we wanna stay. Then crossroads seems like the right pick?

Congrats folks, well done all!
-# totally not on the toilet right now

[opaque pagoda]

Is it common that you make a move and there’s no mention of it? Bit demoralizing honestly

Plus I dunno if I succeeded! Is Angel okay?!

[topaz rivet]

If it wasn’t, I think it will be going forward

[pliant fjord]

Ill double check, I think the landing pad was full of redwallers.

Unless someone wants to ask in taccom chat

[topaz rivet]

The Elim map in #campaign-briefing-room shows Angel got one heal

[opaque pagoda]

Oh good

That’s reassuring at least

[turbid kernel]

It's an unfortunate aspect of everyone arriving at the Starport and doing something. Once everyone can spread out there will be more shine.

[frigid tartan]

There are 500 players. I don't think he can mention everywhere specifically.

[opaque pagoda]

Alright one more person can reply with the same thing, anybody else has to bite their tongue (fingers?)

[twin widget]

STORM will standby for 1 turn, we need to R&R First.

I can get you guys VTOLs for returning them, put "Transport" requests in the logi tab.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TlipG7FZis_Y_igHiP6BRMkMDG7mIVoyPAWfzlBYvx8/edit?usp=sharing

[frigid tartan]

Fine no repairs for you (I don't know if you needed them)

[opaque pagoda]

Well if I get them or don’t I won’t know anyway

Until Shack himself strikes me down, I’ll be flying

[topaz rivet]

Nyoom!

[high pike]

Is Droes T1 in the Northwest of Elim City y'all's LM?

[tiny whale]

I've got 25 Small supply Im gonna dump at a local landfill than return to the ship this turn yeah?

[twin widget]

Can't drop SS on the ground anymore last I recall, due to it being PITA to track.

STORM has a couple units that would like SS, though.

I'll coordinate later.

[tiny whale]

Yeah that part was tongue in cheek, I would've just boarded then unloaded on the Picket Line - happy to make some supply drops to any Logitrucks or anythign though

[high pike]

Ah, this is y'all. Droes T1, aka "Drœs". Callsign registered with S.A.M.: DroTran.
Not at all confusing. Well if @vestal ice is up for Evasive scouting the huge "?" in Northwest Elim City that would be great.

Avian and I are still available to help load up y'all's vehicles which are dirtside.

Or is that not needed with BC Picket Line landed at the starport?

[pliant fjord]

We're all within Rush range of the starport, so we're good on transpo.
IMO, we should stay one turn to patch up Storm (they had the hardest job by far, and deserve some R&R).

We've got 6 total spots open for VTOLs and two medics we can contribute once you're done counting your bruises.

I'll have an updated briefing once I'm done combing through the midrounds.

-# also I'm super giddy that Shack used a bunch of screenshots from my submission 🙂 🙂 🙂

[pliant fjord]

Ok, spotted you. Looks like you and @pallid sequoia managed to drop in and heal Angel after all. Shack's got you flying just north of the Spaceport.
What a busy map!

-# might have to go with callsign Waldo next time

Also, good to be back, did anyone save me some champagne?