Task Force 2 - Atlas: Comms

[pallid sequoia]

Out of curiosity, how is Angel doing now? Do we know?

[pliant fjord]

Looks to be full. It's a very crowded landing pad lol

After checking with Storm, they only have ONE wounded VTOL, and the means to repair it.

Unless we REALLY want to stay here another turn, my suggestion is that we offer to pick up any civilians that can make it to Picket Line, pick up our marines, and roll on over to Crossroads!

[wintry pawn]

Alright everyone, pack up.

[pliant fjord]

We've been invited to use strategic movement this round, so you don't need to be hyper-specific with your orders. For ground troops, it can be:

"Movement: Embark onto the Picket Line, transfer to the Endurance once in High Orbit."

[wintry pawn]

I wish to return to the Endurance.

[plain dew]

So I'm kinda drunk so I don't get all of the mid rounds but from what I can comprehend:

https://tenor.com/view/gigachad-chad-gif-20773266

We got the frigate and everyone+ red wall is deploying

GOOD SHIT ATLAS LETS GOOOOOO

[pliant fjord]

we're now able to use strategic mode if we want

no need to be futzy with movement, just requires 3 BGs to stay at Elim. Storm and Hammer are likely going to already.

[topaz rivet]

It’d be good to scan the big fuzzy question mark

[solid hare]

So... my squad is gonna need pickup I think

[pliant fjord]

Banksia Captain Nick is also in favor of staying one round

do we need a poll?

-# I'll make a sticker one in the briefing

[twin widget]

Perfect, standby while I assemble our list of people that need heals.

Phalanx is also offering Heals, I'm trying to coordinate so we spend the least supply possible, or get everyone resupplied at the same time.

Just scrolled down, are you planning on moving this turn or the next?

[abstract thunder]

Prob going to move out next turn

[turbid kernel]

I'm fine waiting a turn as well but I would like to draw attention again to the Enemy orbitals that are heading to HH they could move on to Hill Mine after and Fluffle might need help if they can't get everyone out quickly.

[twin widget]

The OPFOR fleet is routing towards Ziyal most likely. And FLUFFLE can always outrun them if necessary.

[pliant fjord]

EDITED <t:1752337560:F>

Orders are due <t:1752443940:F>

All the important information you might need can be found in our Google Doc, in the [#midround-events](#midround-events message) channel, or in the most recent [Briefing](#1382037040438181950 message).

Science Team, A New Tab Has been added for yours and other BG's coordination.

To sum up the most most important info:

• We're deploying everything we've got at C-Z to back-up Venator's push to destroy the Bot Air-Factories. They've been producing deadly Gunships (ground pounding HATs), and every factory we disable slows down the Bot's ability to overwhelm us. If this push is successful, and no reinforcements show up, we'll be able to push into Ziyal with everyone else for a final climactic battle to kick the bots off the planet once and for all.

Love you all. We've got this!

aaaand that's the last ping of the night for sure

[plain dew]

Oh shit that's a bit scary ... 2 bc and a frigate?

[pliant fjord]

That might be a battleship

it's bigger than the frigate

[plain dew]

https://tenor.com/view/pepe-nervous-sweating-concerned-monkas-gif-15154684

[tiny whale]

I’ve marked it as small supply but I can’t remember if I grabbed the crates of ammunition or the ones of 2-minute noodles. We will find out

[twin widget]

@pallid sequoia Could I request you heal ANGEL again before you withdraw? It looks like you rolled a 1...
(ANGEL went from 2FS -> 3FS).

[pliant fjord]

Weird, I didn't see any silhouettes. looks like full on the map?

[twin widget]

STORM will reserve 3SS (Or 6SS, if you have that much to spare.)

[pliant fjord]

that was just to the Logi-trucks. If any of you (max 6) docks with Atlas this turn, you'll regain your supply because our status is "Supplied".

we don't have any other way of delivering supply to VTOLs

[twin widget]

ATLAS Hospital Ship, standby for 2 VTOLs inbound with 5FS units. Please man the Medbay to heal both for 1FS each. The VTOL bay there does not need to be manned. Apparently we can just have our INF heal ourselves, so we'll just do that, no need to man the Medbays, either.

[pliant fjord]

Atlas Briefing, T5

-# Ensign Bok, the young Draconian Ensign, raises a glass of Whiskey… Uhhh… T-To Toast! May it be ever crispy and warm. Salud, Prost, Gānbēi, За здоровье, ~functional circuitry~, and Ilepkiric!"

General Status:

• Other than our one ghost, we’ve had 100% orders submitted since we started. Thank you!
• Midrounds are out, and we shined like a beacon of hope in the system; I’m so proud of all of you!
• The Bots in Elim have been effectively neutralized, meaning we can travel using strategic movement. (No hex coordinates needed, just a description or a picture, and we can go to Crossroads whenever we want by spending our collective turn to do so).

Orbital Status:

• 12/19 Large Supply. As Expected.
• No damage.
• Banksia and Picket Line report AMMO DEPLETED.
• Crew Actions needed: 3 VTOL Bays, 2 Flight Decks, 4 Guns, 2 Reloads (Bk/PL), 2 Scanners, 1 Com-Int, 1 onboard medical action.
• Plus, 1 Hailing Action to broadcast our offer to evacuate Lumarran Civilians from the City.
• We only have 15 onboard units for these 16 actions, so we need some marines to come back to the fleet pronto!

Unit Status:

• No Casualties!
• No Damage!
• Soteria exhausted all AMMO, and our AA Missile.
• All other expendables (small/medical supply) will refresh when you board.

Planning:

• Ground Unit Recovery Plan: In Strategic mode, all ground units can rejoin the fleet next turn by simply saying that's what they do. No need to track movement.
• The Polls Have resolved. We will offer to evacuate the Lumar in the city, and we will travel to Crossroads.
• We are staying (🖐️) in Elim for one turn!

Thank you Atlas, and Happy 4th of July! Hope you all enjoyed the in-game fireworks!

[abstract thunder]

@stuck mountain Sorry for the ping, for this coming round would you like to do the comms broadcast to Elim, saying that we are evacing civies?

[jolly verge]

I counted again, we have 16 on board if we include our on board medic

aaand if you tell me the sentinels vtol bay doesnt need to be crewed then we only need 2 people to crew vtol bays

[sinful mango]

Small issue with this, I don't happen to be a logi truck.

I'm a tank.

[ember python]

that will definitely limit the viability of doing a supply drop to you

[jolly verge]

Good Morning Atlas Epsilon. Im out for today, I am sure you are doing well without me.

[vestal ice]

Erm what do I do about the second version of me in elim city?

In 3316?

[humble urchin]

Hey, I've done this map showing Iron Hammer units, will you guys need your units shown on it aswell ?

I'm a bit strapped for time, but i just want to know if you guys need it or not

Oh wait do you guys even have troops on the ground ? 🤣

[jolly verge]

we have a couple of ground units down there

[humble urchin]

rightio, well, need colors ? 👀

[jolly verge]

sudden mitosis

Brass is also twice there

[vestal ice]

Well hopefully GMs realise

[fast cobalt]

wonder if those are friendly or future scrap metal

[sturdy dew]

yep. me and ignite can't really risk a rush order due to them. unless the last midround implies that they're not firing back 🤔

[turbid kernel]

I believe we're mainly gonna be spending the turn to recover our ground forces and heal/resupply both Storm and ourselves before moving on.

[fast cobalt]

this is day 2

this is day 3

so it doesn't look like they are going much of anywhere if they were bots i would think they would have advanced to attack the port

[fast cobalt]

at least were in the same hex still so i can move to your position and give you a hand

[tropic solar]

Hey Atlas was is your plan for next turn?

[plain dew]

sobering up

for a real answer: I believe we are regrouping and preparing for our next objective, which we were voting on.

crossroads or mines most likely

[turbid kernel]

Sticking around a turn to recover our drop troops and healing up parts of Storm. After that we seem to be moving on to Crossroads most likely.

[plain dew]

Wow... did we really not lose anyone last round?

[topaz rivet]

Overwhelming firepower does that

[turbid kernel]

Also gives us a chance to reload our fighters and HMGs

[near ridge]

[Semi-RP, Semi-Meta]
Elim Local BG/TF Radio:
"-This is VTOL Si-Sok of BG STORM, requesting permission and directions to resupply at an avaliable VTOL Bay. If possible, we'd like to avoid occupying Sentinel's Bay in case another VTOL carrying wounded are landing there, over.-"

[turbid kernel]

"-The is Picket Line traffic control. We have space aboard for a VTOL. Come around to our port side and use docking bay 2. How copy?over-"

[near ridge]

"-Copy that, setting navigation to Atlas - Picket Line [Coords: Elim City 3517 NW] - VTOL Docking Bay 2. Query: Will Picket Line be exiting atmosphere as of current? Over.-"

^edited

[turbid kernel]

"-Picket Line will be returning to orbit once all Atlas troops are recovered. Any issue with descending once your resupplied, Si-Sok? Over.-"

[near ridge]

"-Copy that, adjusting navigation parameters... Si-Sok should not have any issues with descending from orbit after being resupplied at/in Picket Line. Navigation parameters have been set, we'll be seeing you there. Si-Sok out.-"

(thanks for going with the rp btw @Rocky)

[topaz rivet]

A voice speaks, “and remember, Never Cross the Picket Line.”
Faintly, “get off the radio, you idiot.”

[turbid kernel]

No problem! Love RPing!

[twin widget]

The 2 VTOLs we are jumping up there don't need repair or supplies, no need to man them for that purpose.

[twin widget]

Tangentially related, how does ATC work when you have moving vessels?

... wait, lemme look at AC carrier operations.

[vestal ice]

Light mechs to return to END? Or is this not possible atm

[twin widget]

STORM HVTOLs may be able to help if needed, drop it in the logi requests for ELIM Ground AO and ping me.

[turbid kernel]

The Picket Line and Endurance can switch spots and the LMs can use the Spaceport to reboard the Endurance.

[pliant fjord]

Final destination vote result was Crossroads - 14:6:0.

It's result was never displayed for some reason. Probably the other poll on offering evacuation, which ended in Yes, 15:6.

Anyone worried about specific logistics problems with rejoining the fleet, DON'T!

It's 100% possible for anyone/everyone to:
a. board the Picket Line at the Spaceport and hop in a cargo bay, this turn if you want. (we're in strategic movement).
b. transfer to your preferred ship once we reach orbit.

The other ships are filled with supply still, so any evacuation they'll be able to do will be limited.

[pliant fjord]

After votes tallied, we'll stay in Elim for 1 turn, then move on to Crossroads.

[pliant fjord]

the one that's more NE is actually Firefox

[tiny whale]

@sinful mango

Just confirming - still interested in that supply drop onto you?

Pinged the wrong person

Mb mb

I meant @surreal plinth (apologies to Wren)

[pliant fjord]

Yes Wren is a tank, not sure what happened there, my bad

[tiny whale]

Haha not your fault I pinged the wrong person there Ixen XD I’m just clumsy

But if so Ran- I’ll stop by 3218 but I’m fairly sure we both need to be able to do the action to do a supply drop

(Well you do the coordinated supply drop and I just kick the crates out)

[pliant fjord]

@safe citrus see this comment for logi-refill plan. I tagged the wrong person first!

[turbid kernel]

Just an fyi, last count we have 4/6 VTOL bays in use. 3 from Storm (2 in Rapid Sentinel and 1 on the Picket Line) and 1 from 212th. Our VTOLs can hold and we can keep those bays open for any other BG for this turn.

[sinful mango]

did ARMCO issue my tank the radio from a logi unit rather than my own or something /lh

[topaz rivet]

“Whoops. This is why you never put marines on quartemaster duty. Uh, over.”

[turbid kernel]

"That or a Logi owed a debt and stuck you with their transponder to scare off collectors."

[sinful mango]

[pliant fjord]

should be fixed now, sorry about that. you and Mortar were both 3rd in a list of 3, and I got confused last night.

[sinful mango]

you're all good

[ember python]

i'm on there in the correct spot, but there are two Droes, one in the right spot, and another closer to the starport. "Droes T1" appears omn the map 3 separate times (hex 3214 is the real deal, then 3116, and 3316). maybe just mislabeled redwall and/or iron hammers LMs?

[pliant fjord]

yea, probably just cpy/paste and didn't change

you're both in the correct spots in my TacCom submission, which lines up with two mechs on the map

Another reminder that we're in strategic movement now, so you can basically treat the whole map as one hex.

[ember python]

yeah, should be fine, considering.

[surreal plinth]

no, im moving to support some engies

[ember python]

alright, quick question, otherwise we have a bit of a logistical issue (depending on where we are going next):
is it 100% confirmed that LMs can board the PL even though it doesn't have a mech bay because we are at the starport?

[pliant fjord]

Yes. Just like Iron Hammer, you can deploy and embark from Cargo Bays as long as the Orbital is docked at a Spaceport

If it's not at a spaceport, it needs a bay to deploy/embark

[ember python]

and then we assume some intership shuttle shuffles us over to Endurance?

ok, cool, sounds good. so we should board now? i assume the PL is going back to space this turn

[pliant fjord]

it's 10:1 in favor of staying one turn

so you've got time to do some Xplorin'

[ember python]

sure, but, the PL still has to return to orbit or else we'll be slow?

[pliant fjord]

maybe the two mechs can go check out the big ???

na, it's [1] to ascend, and then [1] to move to Crossroads

[ember python]

Yeah, which means if there are contacts we might run into issues, no?

[pliant fjord]

perhaps, though Shack's confirmed that the bots have been "effectively neutralized"

if you want to be tactical about it, that's fine, I'll submit your exact pathing

just that you don't have to

[ember python]

sorry, i meant contacts in orbit above crossroads

[pliant fjord]

oh, well yea, always a potential issue

if we wait a turn, we'd have our rearmed fighters deployed when we cross

if we rush, we wouldn't

[ember python]

but im realizing it would be regardless, so i think its just something we'll have to deal w/

[pliant fjord]

exactly, yea

[jagged pagoda]

Should I spend a turn repairing damaged vehicles?

[ember python]

like, unless we took off to space now, but then waited in Elim high orbit, but then, thats basically like hanging out but w/ less benefits

so yeah, ok. don't mind me

[pliant fjord]

I know Iron Hammer's engi was offering as well, you'd have to check in with the other groups, but I think everyone's good. Storm only has like 2 damaged VTOLs, and we've got bays reserved for them already 🙂

You'd be fine to do some exploring, custom actions, or crew up a station

[jagged pagoda]

Aight lmk what needs doing :)

[pliant fjord]

we'd have 1 extra speed for flexibility, but yea, staying docked is probably better

[pliant fjord]

high priority is reloading Banksia and Picket's guns

[ember python]

laying down defenses around the starport might be a good idea. there still might be a bot counter attack here at some point

[pliant fjord]

also that, yea

plus your supply regenerates when you board 🙂

[ember python]

i might just run around super fast blaring "ALL CITIZENS TO THE STARPORT" on a megaphone

[pliant fjord]

absolutely! the more custom actions we spend on that the more effective it'll be

I'm planning on wording it something like:

"Attention Elim Citizens. The AMS 'Picket Line' will remain docked at Spaceport for [1.5 rounds], but more transports are coming. If you wish to evacuate; or require food, water, or medical assistance; we have the capacity for [7 empty cargo bays of people]. You're not alone, the tide is turning."

[ember python]

maybe add that more transports are on route too, just so they don't think that only the first 7 cargo bays worth will be evac-ed

[high pike]

Were your LMs in the northwest planning on scouting the huge "?"

[pliant fjord]

it was discussed, but isn't final

You might have more luck with redwall LVs

[topaz rivet]

Have we picked scanning targets yet?

[pallid sequoia]

@opaque pagoda
Hey hoss, thanks again for the ride down
I'm going to heal Angel again this turn, then stick around and make sure I didn't roll a 1 again...
If needed, I'll heal Angel a third time and then catch a ride on the Picket Line back to the fleet on the following turn, so you're free to link-up and explore with other units during our breather here. Brews are on me back at ARMCO HQ 🍻

[pliant fjord]

they had a doc, not sure where it is though

[humble urchin]

Heads up, Iron Hammer will go to L-H then Crossroads !

Thanks for transporting us gents 👀

[pliant fjord]

glad we got you all down without exploding!

somehow Atlas never took damage

(except our two fighters that one time)

[humble urchin]

ye :)

[pliant fjord]

Appreciate all the early orders!
Just a reminder that they're not due until <t:1751839260:F>

[wide quiver]

I'm so proud of y'all. That's the best landing I've ever seen.

[jagged pagoda]

We did good

[pliant fjord]

Yea, break out the booze, and take a well earned break

[merry summit]

Should I load up with small supply and any units with movement to do so that way we get that little bit extra movement on the drop?

Actually are there gonna be any logis available on the ground?

Which group was it that wanted to set up the airfield at cross?

[fast cobalt]

some copper cask for everyone. just don't mind the burning rubber flavor

[pliant fjord]

Yea, if you come back to dock and load up with units this turn, you can launch next turn at Crossroads and paradrop again next!

[merry summit]

That’s the plan (hopefully an early load is possible)

[pliant fjord]

If you wanna do the supply drop and let Eureka do the paradrop, fine by me, just coordinate with each other. We shouldn't need more than 1 paradropping HAT

[wide quiver]

If I'm staying in the city for a round should I be with Storm or RedWall?

[merry summit]

Depending on drop zone and number of units might only need one anyways

[pliant fjord]

up to you, we're in "stragegic movement" mode which means you're not bound by coordinates

you can check out the buildings, come back early to get a paradrop spot, or just say "clearing bots"

[wide quiver]

I'm thinking to go west and look at those ?????

[pliant fjord]

good idea

probably civilians hiding

[wide quiver]

Flush out my area. Do my part. Then catch a VTOL to the south.

[pliant fjord]

sounds like a plan! orders are open, but no rush at all

[jolly verge]

the only ? that raise my concern are that huge hazy one and that large in the north east, if this is just civilians hiding, there are many civilians at this spot

[pliant fjord]

yea, we should get at least one scanner on that. Might even be worth using two to really mean it.

[jolly verge]

id like to scan both things, just to be sure there is nothing hiding in the NE

but otherwise id also like to do the hailing action myself (if we still are following the plan of evacuating the civis)

[pliant fjord]

awesome! I wrote a sentence on the actions tab, but please rewrite it as you like

Anyone else want to be on the scanner this turn?

[jolly verge]

may I ask you where, i didnt find it :)

[pliant fjord]

Link

[jolly verge]

oh, i just didnt scroll down enough

What if after the crossroads action is finished, we return to Elim to (help) evacuate civis again? if we decide to plan this, we also can broadcast this this turn, so they are ready when we come back
But that might be also a thing depending on the current situation at crossroads

[pliant fjord]

might be too difficult to make that promise

[merry summit]

Better to have the civies grouped up around the stat port either way

Provides decent defensive capabilities and a quick pickup

[jolly verge]

so i broadcast too that we are reinforcing the defenses around the spaceport and maybe evacuating again (i dont know if its an option to evacuate them with some sort of civilian/automated frighters)

[pliant fjord]

not sure either, I know they have some transports at the rock station

[jolly verge]

it also depends if there is enough space and ressources for them to stay at the rock station or on the transport who can now move out of the system with our gate codes

[pliant fjord]

yup, we'll take some with us, and watch for more ships or arrange more transport later

[merry summit]

Probably best to move them to the station on the transports as the BGs arrive

And then out of system from there if able

[jolly verge]

Im sketching a message right now, i hope there is no limit like only one sentence or so

[jolly verge]

that was part of my last question, if we can use them or if the autofrighters are some kind of one use thing

[pliant fjord]

Probably shouldn't be an essay or anything (respect shack's time, let him interpolate what happens himself)

so 1-3 sentences or so

[jolly verge]

im doing my best :D (but my knowledge of the german language tells me, 1-3 sentences can be as long as a whole essay)

[pliant fjord]

-# Ja, gerne!

[atomic comet]

I'm going to write my order to just fly back to my usual ship and keep the flight decks on PL clear

[topaz rivet]

1-3 words can be as long as a whole essay

[solid hare]

so I'm just catching up, I'm told 3 BGs are staying at the starport while the rest move on right? do we have a vtol available to pickup for transport to the next area we need to go to?

oh wait or do we have ships landed for boarding?

[pliant fjord]

Picket Line is landed at the starport, yea

[solid hare]

okay I'll head for the picket line then.

[pliant fjord]

we're also staying for a round, so there's no huge rush

[solid hare]

okay sounds good, I think I'm in range to board anyway, or move and jump pack there oh! that reminds me, I'm gonna get some more saved items for my own version of the map, lol

for tabletop sim

[pliant fjord]

you want some icons and stuff?

[solid hare]

sure, though I was gonna try to grab some 3D models (some from starwars others from warhammer

[pliant fjord]

dresden has some really good halo models for his campaign

[jolly verge]

@ ixen and everyone else interested, i wrote a sketch for the/my hailing action if you want to take a look at it look at the bottom of the orbital actions tab of our doc. Feedback appreciated

[solid hare]

I'll check it out

[pliant fjord]

one of the tts mods had them I think

(they're really really high res, and it might crash tts)

[solid hare]

alright phase 1 of 3D ifying the Elim city map, I couldn't remember which units were which type when they were placed, and I think I need to grab another tank variant and a jeep variant but here's the view so far, yes I have the picket line being a Victory class SD, I had one that was more of a large battlecruiser / carrier but it's far too large for the map as is and won't scale smaller

[gentle jay]

Hello Atlas! Would any of you be interested in two small supply? We’re looking to free up one cargo slot on our logi truck and have two small supply to go!

[stuck mountain]

sure what do i do?

[abstract thunder]

Just like a general message that if they want to leave now is the time because we can get them to a safer place, something along those lines

[pliant fjord]

Thanks for offering, but we have infinite small supply! (As long as we spend 1 LS every other turn)

But let your Logi know we can refill him whenever we're in the same area.

[gentle jay]

Will do! Much obliged!

[jolly verge]

you can for example do the sanning for me (im at the comms equipment this turn) or reload some weapons (the banksia and the picketline arent crewed yet) or staff one of the flight decks.
I think that would also the prioritys, scanning the remaining contacts in elim will be important, as is reloading. If our fighters coordinate well, they can work with just the flight decks that are staffed right now

[humble urchin]

Y-You guys, really ? 🥺

[turbid kernel]

Might as well. Doesn't cost us more or less lol. We are the Logi fleet

[jolly verge]

this is Atlas, we bear your burdens

[pliant fjord]

Other than carrying you in, refilling logi-trucks is our primary function!

The only reason our ships have guns is because refilling logi-trucks is dangerous work

[gentle jay]

Big ups to you guys honestly

[pliant fjord]

-# and yea we also got a bunch of drop troops too, so yay reinforcements

[jolly verge]

we are something like the "lady for everything" (we can provide aerospace support, ground support, supply support, orbital boarding support, etc)

[pliant fjord]

-# lets go support that bot ship. by BOARDING it.

I do really want to do that (if nothing else to test out the rules)

we just gotta be in a situation where it's not the worst thing we can do lol

[turbid kernel]

We'll get our chance. Now that we're not carrying anyone we're more free to take advantage of boarding opportunities

[jolly verge]

yeah or after we have seen that shack is a bit leanient, we can board wihtout thinking about the other groups :)

[pliant fjord]

and it's also good to know we can be absolutely lethal when we need to

Our orbitals are still untouched

[jolly verge]

so were following the fleet fluffle found? a battleship and two battlecruisers seem like an easy task 😜
-# and good loot

[turbid kernel]

It's hard to crack the HMGs without concentrated effort. Though we did get a bit lucky with that last LRM barrage

[humble urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/love-react-love-frieza-dbz-dragon-ball-gif-15980709

[turbid kernel]

I have been thinking up battle plans just in case. We can use the BGs (if they're willing) to act as additional boarders if need be lol.

[pliant fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/2869993-hail-gif-12594371

[jolly verge]

yeah, the problem is how do we deliver them, our two VTOLs arent enough

[pliant fjord]

Phase one is likely always gonna have to be 2x PAI onto a scanned orbital

we'd have to go straight for the engines and shut them off

then HATs or an orbital can board it

[jolly verge]

Im gonna write my order tomorrow morning to incorporate any feedback to the message. Good Night <3

[turbid kernel]

Many have their own VTOLs too. But we can use breaching pods to disable engines on one. And force dock them while VTOL board another. The last one is the tricky one.

Wait breaching pods probably won't work due to armor. Nevermind. I'll keep working on it.

[pliant fjord]

just gotta hit it from behind. Somehow

Also, bumping the Briefing for anyone who might've missed it:
#1382037040438181950 message

[solid hare]

I forgot the movement speed of PAI units

found it, this might take more than a few rounds to get there speed is 1

and packs don't give extra spaces of movement? I think

[pliant fjord]

You don't need to worry about speed this round.

Check the briefing for more on that.

[pliant fjord]

for the record, there's always the [rush] order, giving you double the amount of distance you go with movement. Puts you at risk of taking double damage too.

Doesn't give you extra actions though

[pliant fjord]

Uh oh. I think one of Fluffle's Light Mechs landed in Elim early...

[ember python]

Aw, damn, that cute 'lil guy has ballistics, he's got more req than i do.

[sage perch]

@pliant fjord just to confirm we are staying at Elim this turn, right?

[pliant fjord]

Yup, check the Briefing for more info:
#1382037040438181950 message

[solid hare]

Oh thanks for the reminder

[sage perch]

Submitted a HOLD order

[plain dew]

@signal stream Reaper is requesting a drink with the captain after that round 😉

[signal stream]

After the show you put on, it would be my honour 🍸

And since we have some time for R&R, all of Soteria squadron is welcome aboard the Pioneer to celebrate and revel in their victory 🎉 🎉 🎉

[pliant fjord]

-# just don't look for the champagne, I may have given it to Iron Hammer...

[novel oak]

I’ll sneak yah a pot of hot chocolate later

[atomic comet]

@stuck mountain can you re-issue your order to say you're on the same ship you're doing your action on?

[pliant fjord]

Maybe he's telekinetic?

I think it's also technically ok to do that

players can take any crew action on any ship as long as they're in the same zone

[wide quiver]

I'm looking for a ride from a VTOL next round. I'm also moving to investigate something this round. Would anyone wanna provide airsupport while I look into this?

[olive cliff]

So as of the google doc rn, Rapid Sentinel has 1 confirmed FTR going to the flight deck and the VTOL bay is "reserved" for Storm and 212th. I'm assuming since Flight Deck has a confirmed unit, to staff that module first?

[pliant fjord]

not a bad plan

we've been offering our spare flight decks to 212 and shovel, but no takers yet

they'll need one VTOL slot to pick up the LS they need for the airfield

and storm's gonna be using the rest most likely

[olive cliff]

sounds good. i can always have my guys run back to the VTOL bays if we change our minds before orders close

[pliant fjord]

yea, plenty of time

[plain dew]

air support will be down this round, as we are rearming

[twin widget]

File your transport request in the Logistics Requests of the ELIM Ground AO Coordination Sheet if you still need a VTOL ride.
I'll try to coordinate one from STORM.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TlipG7FZis_Y_igHiP6BRMkMDG7mIVoyPAWfzlBYvx8/edit?usp=drivesdk

[pliant fjord]

Having waaaayyy too much fun with Inkscape

Shout-out "The Expanse" for having really good Sci-fi screens.

@wide quiver like this?

[stuck mountain]

Thought it didn't matter?

[pliant fjord]

It doesn't. Any crew can operate any module. (Though your "location" should probably say Banksia if you're operating machinery on Banksia, for when we're under attack, and ships start exploding.)

You don't need to resubmit, just keep that in mind next time.

[stuck mountain]

Tbh I find it weird you can, and seemingly can just teleport ships

[pliant fjord]

something about hand-wavy "shuttles"

mostly cuz it's ridiculous for the GM to track

[tiny whale]

Looks like no takers for the supply - will dock back into the Picket Line

[pliant fjord]

Ran reacted with a 2, but also said no I think? You can be vague about it in your orders if you want, we can get the exact numbers once all orders are in.

[tiny whale]

Yeah they said no when i double checked 🤷‍♂️

I'll just punch it and unload the supplies back in the ship

[pliant fjord]

Oh well. The kids will be hungry later in the campaign.

[ember python]

is there something special i should put in my order for civilian outreach?

or is it effectively just a flavored advance?

[pliant fjord]

It's a "custom order", so you can't shoot while participating. You can put it in RP otherwise, but to have a chance of affecting the game, it has to take your action.

[astral depot]

Another turn aboard the medical bay

oh yeah ixen you suggested something last time do you remember?

[warm elbow]

C Null has just finished compiling all relative knowledge of humans including but not limited to

BBC Documentary: “The Incredible Human Journey”

The Genographic Project by National Geographic

Paleoanthropology fossil databases

OpenAnthropology.org resources

UNESCO World Heritage List database

Endangered Languages Project materials

Ethnologue language profiles

Crash Course World History video series

World History Encyclopedia

Internet History Sourcebooks Collection

Interactive historical timelines

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

MIT OpenCourseWare Philosophy lectures

“Sophie’s World” by Jostein Gaarder (ebook or audiobook)

Wireless Philosophy YouTube channel

Simply Psychology articles and summaries

American Psychological Association digital articles

“The Human Brain” documentaries by PBS or National Geographic

Freedom House world reports

The Geneva Conventions in PDF

United Nations Charter and resolutions archive

Uppsala Conflict Data Program datasets

Khan Academy science courses

NASA Image and Video Library

MIT OpenCourseWare science and engineering courses

Visual timelines of inventions and discoveries

Our World in Data graphs and datasets

World Bank Open Data

OECD social and economic insights

“The Corporation” and “Inequality for All” documentaries

BBC Religion and Ethics guides

Sacred Texts Archive

Religion for Breakfast video explainers

Comparative religion ebooks

Google Arts & Culture digital exhibits

Project Gutenberg free literature library

LibriVox public domain audiobooks

Virtual museum tours from global institutions

World Health Organization publications

PubMed Central free medical journals

CDC Global Health data and reports

“Human” (2015) documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Pew Research Center studies on global media

Internet Archive historical media and texts

UNESCO global media literacy resources

“The Social Dilemma” documentary

Universal Declaration of Human Rights PDF

we took particular notice of the song Judas by lady Gaga and the story of nightingale

[jolly verge]

We have no Scans declared yet. It would be nice if someone scans the hazy question mark in the north west and maybe comm int it. The question mark in the north east seems also interesting, maybe its just a large group of civilians, maybe something more.

But im visiting somebody today, I hope you can coordinate without me. If something is import you can ping me or union.

[twin cypress]

Dream team has awoken, is there someone in need of transport?

[maiden belfry]

good shout Fairlie, Morning all

[topaz rivet]

I got back to the picket line on foot

[pliant fjord]

I was gonna see if you'd crew up a module, but this turn we've actually got wounded incoming from Storm, so "standing by to heal wounded" would actually be really helpful! If you want, hop into their chat and ask who you're healing, but no big deal if you don't know.

[pliant fjord]

BRASS requested some air support while he investigates some ?'s, if you're up for that. You could pick them up on the way back too maybe?

[twin cypress]

ye i can do that

"Air support for BRASS while he pokes at mysterious question marks? Sounds delightfully vague and incredibly hazardous—sign me up."

"I'll prep a pickup route with minimal crossfire and maximum dramatic entrance potential. Just don’t make me circle while he philosophizes at the ruins again."

"Oh, and if he tries to bring back souvenirs again, I'm locking the cargo bay. I'm still cleaning sand out of the vent filters from last time."

[astral depot]

They're all being sent up to atlas?

[pliant fjord]

Good Time-Zone Atlas!

Orders are due <t:1751853660:R>.

-# I'm giving you an extension, I will once again be afk for the deadline.

A reminder:

• We're more or less in "Strategic Movement" this turn, which means you are not bound by the typical movement rules on the surface map. Anyone wishing to board the Picket Line before we move out next turn can simply say that in their orders. You are still bound by action economy though, and boarding takes 0.5 movement.
• Please read the [Briefing](#1382037040438181950 message), if you haven't already, it details our current status.

We're at 50% now, thanks to all those who got orders in early!

[pliant fjord]

Completely unnecessary, but I was feeling artsy today. Now I have a template for later!

[jolly verge]

sorry to bother you, but isnt 3813 just one small contact?

[pliant fjord]

It's within range of the big one too I guess

We DO still need someone to scan this. Maybe someone coming aboard this turn would hop on a scanner?

[jolly verge]

oh, ermmm @light crescent hope you have not fallen asleep right now
-# otherwise they will submit their order too late, sorry ixen :)

[pliant fjord]

(Mini, If you just see this we voted to stay in Elim 1 turn, so Picket Line just needs a "Hold" order)

[pliant fjord]

@vestal ice You up for doing a scanning action this turn?
#1382037040438181950 message

[halcyon ridge]

Double checking; (IRL has calmed and I can be more active here again, yay!) we’re staying over Elim this round correct? That’s just a hold order for captains correct? Also does the Sentinel still have injured inbound and crew ready for them?

[pliant fjord]

yes to both!

[jolly verge]

the sentinel will recive injured this round and treat them

[olive cliff]

just to confirm, med bay doens't require crew staffing as its a "self heal" correct?

[pliant fjord]

Panacea's on it

-# also the rules have been changed since I last checked, but we'll fix that for next time

[halcyon ridge]

I read it as med bay needs to be crewed but if the crewing unit is also injured they heal too

[pliant fjord]

The new version (not using it this round) says:

"A medical bay used to recover casulties. Recovers 1 FS per round. Can only 3 recover 3 FS total per round. Casulties must be taken to the medical bay using an action. Primary Action: Medical Bay Recovery"

Which I'm interpreting to mean:
If it's crewed, up to 3 units can spend their action to heal 1FS.

[tired patio]

So how we looking with us sticking around this turn

loving the art.

[pliant fjord]

We did a lot of polling and vote results included:

1. We're staying at Elim one more turn to give Storm a chance to R&R
2. We're headed to Crossroads next turn
3. We're gonna offer some Civilians the chance to evacuate

And thank you! I'm learning Inkscape and enjoying the challenge.

[tired patio]

Do we need the endurance to dock with the starport? Or are we good to stay in orbit?

I can't think of any specific reasons desend.

[pliant fjord]

Endurance should be good to hold, Picket Line has 7 empty cargo bays for refugees

[tired patio]

We can stay up incase enemy shows up to cause trouble. Going to point the ship so thee HMG's are angled incase we have enemy fighters show up.

[pliant fjord]

good idea, I'll make a formation image to go with the rest

[merry summit]

Anybody loading up into a hat this round or am I good to just post docking procedures?

[pliant fjord]

You can put "using remaining movement to load willing passengers"

[jagged pagoda]

Anything need doing that I can help with?

[pliant fjord]

Up for doing a scanning action?

the big ? in the NW hasn't been scanned yet

[vestal ice]

Done

[pliant fjord]

thank you!

[pliant fjord]

dealer's choice now, we got an uncrewed Flight Deck on Picket Line (though no expected planes)
The Com-Int equipment is free, you could try something like a "wideband sweep to anticipate hostile orbitals"

[jolly verge]

now we need someone on the picketline, olivine is landing there

ill go through all the orders and fill in the occupants of the bays

[pliant fjord]

Oh, Noble's crewing it

[topaz rivet]

My marines snuck back on and then Johnny Cat sent them to the flight deck

[craggy dragon]

I can see i was put on r&r on Picket Line VTOL Bay F. Does that mean you want me to do that as my actions?

[pliant fjord]

If you want, that's just where you got left last time I think

Sentinel's doesn't need the crewing, those VTOLs are just doing Med-Evac and don't need repairs

[craggy dragon]

I was on Banksia last time

[pliant fjord]

ahhh, gotcha, maybe I moved you after King submitted orders?

though we do need someone to load the LS onto 212's HVTOL on Banksia

you wanna do that?

[craggy dragon]

Yeah, whatever helps 😁

[pliant fjord]

The HVTOL is named HOOVER

[craggy dragon]

Okay so to make sure I do it right,

Order Type: Crew?

Unit Special: Load Large Supply onto 212's HVTOL Hoover on Banksia?

[pliant fjord]

looks good to me!

[craggy dragon]

Okay cool. Do I need to put anything special for movement?

[pliant fjord]

the load cargo action takes [0.5] movement, so you could put that if you want

[craggy dragon]

Thank you!

[olive cliff]

Can Medics resupply their medic supply from ships or do they have to be somewhere specific for that?

[pliant fjord]

You betcha

[pliant fjord]

If you're aboard a "Supplied" orbital, you can refill all your supplies automatically (with [0.5] movement technically, but we don't really track movement aboard orbitals)

[turbid kernel]

Do we have enough crew actions to reload the HMGs and Fighters this round?

[pliant fjord]

also, your med-bay got a buff some time in the last week. it now heals 3 units by 1FS whenever its crewed

[olive cliff]

Where can i find the updated medbay rules? I'm a new guy and still trying to figure everything out lol

[pliant fjord]

In Meta-Comm, there's a whole bunch of pinned comments with the rulebook, and most relevant here, the Equipment document. Linked here for your convenience!

[olive cliff]

thank you!

[halcyon ridge]

Beat me to it

[pliant fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/speed-gif-5593954

[halcyon ridge]

So does that mean a ship with 2 med bays could heal 6 1FS simultaneously or the same 3 units 2FS?

[pliant fjord]

The unit being healed has to also use it's action, so I think it's just 6x1, and not 3x2.

Medic actions still stack though.

[craggy dragon]

Okay I think I did it correctly

[pliant fjord]

No need to resubmit, but the ending location implies you've "boarded" the HVTOL, but everything else is super clear, thanks!

[craggy dragon]

Okay. Yeah I didn't know exactly what to put there. Thanks!

[pliant fjord]

I think it'd be the same VTOL bay for the location, but on ships it's not super clear

Atlas Crew!

I hope your victory celebrations weren't too crazy; we still need 11 more orders in (myself included). I'm gonna be out for a bit so you've got an extension.

If you're not sure what you should be doing, check out the [Briefing](#1382037040438181950 message) for some more specific information.

Orders are due: <t:1751853660:R>

Don't make me chase you down!

Check out these previews to my submission, and make sure everything you want to be on there is on there!

[marsh osprey]

Would it be preferred in terms of crew actions to land on a different orbital?

[jolly verge]

this one is crewed, it shoud be fine. We just calculated with the fighters on the other orbitals, due to the picketline being in low orbit directly at elim, while the rest is in high orbit

@pliant fjord the damage control team upgrade got also changed, appearantly this can only be done by a "designated crewmember" i just assume this is the crewmember who brought the upgrade with them

[turbid kernel]

I believe it's saying that there's a limit of 2 uses of the bonus (2 repair for 1 kit) for the crew who says they are using the "Repair Orbital" primary action. The "Designated Crewmember" is the crew who is using the bonues.

[dusty mulch]

hey picket, could I use your VTOL bay to resupply, im dropping off my 2 small supplies for an engi unit and would need to land back. is that possible for you guys?

[turbid kernel]

Yes, we should have room for you

[dusty mulch]

k great, thank you!

[jolly verge]

im putting it into the doc

[turbid kernel]

Thank you!

[jolly verge]

do we need to be crewed for the resupplying?

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, I believe so but @pliant fjord would be able to confirm

[jolly verge]

that means we still need somebody to crew that VTOL Bay

[turbid kernel]

Is there any crew sitting on a gun that's not super needed?

[jolly verge]

I dont know if it matters (probably not) both our scan orders this round declared to use the scanner aboard the endurance (and the scanner on the picketline is not used)

[turbid kernel]

We can also put any of the infantry that came back aboard on the VTOL bay. I don't think that maters as much since Izen knows that one of them has to be on the Picket Line to do the 2nd scan but I'm speculating

[jolly verge]

we have the manpower to crew every gun and i do think thats useful, if the toasters send some strategic missiles in I would like to have someone shooting at them (but maybe we dont need to reload the pearl (or the endurance) due to them being full ammo)

[ember python]

looking good

[jolly verge]

~~@rapid sail ~~~~@jagged pagoda ~~~~@eager pendant @pliant fjord @twin cypress @opaque pagoda @tiny whale @untold tusk ~~

Your orders are still missing, you have ~ <t:1751853600:R> left!

If you dont know what to do you can look at our doc or ask in the chat.
We still need somebody to crew Picketline VTOL Bay F
Try something with Comms intercept
maybe crew Picketline Flight Deck B
maybe r&r Endurance's Mech Bay
Ground Units can also state, they clear the remaining bots in Elim

If you dont have time to keep up, look at our last [briefing](#1382037040438181950 message)

[jagged pagoda]

What should I do? 👉 👈 🥺

[abstract thunder]

Cuddle me

[jolly verge]

I think PL VTOL Bay is the most important option,
or if you want to get creative with the comm int thing, you can try to use it against the hazy question mark (that we (partly) scan this round) or against the large thing in the north east (that we also scan) or try something wich is not directly stated in the rules

[jagged pagoda]

Aight bet

[jagged pagoda]

I don't know enough about the rules to think outside them XD
So I'll go for the VTOL bay

Don't think I can get there in one turn's movement though

Nvm, movement doesn't matter.

[sage perch]

@eager pendant Please submit your orders, we are HOLDing but you still need to submit something

We have some missing orders

[jolly verge]

i pinged them already ;)

[sage perch]

I saw after I had sent it

[opaque pagoda]

Crewing the VTOL bay, can I do that by flying back?

Like, just get back on the ship

[topaz rivet]

I think so

[untold tusk]

Im a fighter. Does that still mean I have to crew something? Im not sure how it works

[topaz rivet]

I think you can just fly back to your ship and crew the flight deck if no one is there. I don’t know if we need any other places crewed. There’s a tab in the Google doc

[untold tusk]

Thanks!

[turbid kernel]

That's exactly right

[jolly verge]

you dont have to, you should fly back nevertheless

[untold tusk]

Aight

[pliant fjord]

yes, sounds like you solved it already though

Just missing @tiny whale and @twin cypress .

Eureka, you're welcome to include "Loading logi-trucks and returning to Picket Line" to your order, and that would be enough.

R.Uber, Brass will need a ride back from 3018 if you're willing. You can add "watching for hostiles" or some RP to your order if you want, and it'll get added to the map.

[pliant fjord]

Assuming R.Uber submits the order with the intentions they shared earlier, This will be our submission this turn!

[twin cypress]

Sorry, asleep once again. I hate timezones

[twin cypress]

Submitted

[pliant fjord]

Thank you!

[jagged pagoda]

Morning Epsilon

I am now convinced Ixen is an immortal who doesn’t need sleep

[vestal ice]

Immortal people need sleep. Hyper focused neurodivergent people do not.

[shadow sigil]

Let me fix that:

Immortal people need sleep. Hyper focused neurodivergent people do can not.

[vestal ice]

Good point

[pliant fjord]

I have just finished sleeping.

I can neither confirm nor deny my status as immortal.

Hyperfixation... agreed. I am drawn to the unique and beautiful, and Meta Campaign is both of those things, in no small part because of all of you <3.

[vestal ice]

Tbh what god isn’t autistic.. either pantheon gods have one hyper focus (looking at you Poseidon, god of sea and horses). Or monotheistic have very very particular rules (Sunday is day of rest. And if you don’t do that I am gonna be so pissed

[jolly verge]

I mean what is a god without a flaw? that doesnt make any sense for storytelling and for explaining the world

[shadow sigil]

Poseidon is the god of the sea, that's what he's really good at doing.
But he's obsessed with horses so the other gods just let him have them too.

[pliant fjord]

We've already got Tank Jesus: https://youtu.be/Yz7K5W4EqKs?si=5HKqHMLnxYbHbPSQ

Who's to say there isn't a Tank god.

[vestal ice]

Poseidon first brony confirmed?

[pliant fjord]

Planning stuff to think about today: what would we like to do at Crossroads? Deploy immediately, or wait a turn so we can reinforce where it's needed most?

[turbid kernel]

I say wait a turn, get some intel scans on the enemy and find where it would be bad for them for us to drop. Then drop where it has the most impact.

[pliant fjord]

Yea, might be an orbital there too. We don't know yet. Venator will hopefully make it to Ziyal, where we could also head if Crossroads is gonna be easy sauce.

[topaz rivet]

It will be interesting to see what Fuffle finds at the mine

[jolly verge]

yeah, id say move there with all fighters deployed and provide aerospace support to the other BGs moving there. When we know a little bit more, we can decide where and if it is useful for our Marines to deploy. If there is any enemy orbital, we could try to board it.

[plain dew]

IMO, I think should work to secure the flanks with the other BG while those set for ziyal push forward. Elim is too important of a fallback point to leave it open to a sneak attack by the bots, especially since we saw how much ground forces a single ship could bring to the table.

(after securing crossroads)

[topaz rivet]

The other thing we should keep an eye on is if TF1 disables any ships that we can go board. Now that we aren’t the vanguard, we don’t have to kill ships as fast as possible

Especially that BB Fuffle saw leaving

[jolly verge]

Victorum is still pretty far away from us and have to secure the other flank

[topaz rivet]

Yeah but I like to keep an open mind

[pliant fjord]

212 is following us in space.
Iron Hammer is going via ground (if they're not stopped at L-H)
any other BGs going to crossroads? it's been very hard to keep track

[smoky saddle]

BG Rabbit

[pliant fjord]

I'll draw up a little formation for the Super-Logi-Friends Atlas/212

[pliant fjord]

yea, they got the Lumarran transports, right?

[pallid sequoia]

Hoard Horde

English is a stupid language

[smoky saddle]

Yeppers! Leaving the station this round like us, but I don't remember if they were going to try to get them to land in crossroads directly or not.

[pliant fjord]

right, time to do my job then lol

I'll go have a chat

[tropic solar]

Ahem Shovels

[smoky saddle]

This is what we'll be looking like coming into the Elim City Strat Point. Hoover will be breaking off to land in your bay, but this is the formation we'll be in when reach y'all

[tropic solar]

Though no idea if high or low orbit. Personally I hope for a little bit of intel from Rabbit

[jolly verge]

so all of the support guys (logi+engis) are going to crossroads, do we know if there is any combat people coming with us?

[pliant fjord]

Iron Hammer

[jolly verge]

so we are Hammer 212th Shovels and Atlas, saving the day

[tropic solar]

And Rabbit

Gonna be in Orbit at the end of this turn

[jolly verge]

So one greek god with 212 Hammers and Shovels and a tiny little killer rabbit going there saving the day

[pliant fjord]

oh good, they're stopping in Elim too?

[tropic solar]

Yeah they had a vote and will secure the AF proposed build site first

Well for now. Depends on what we learn this turn

[pliant fjord]

Sweet sweet. And Shovels is also following us in

So we won't have Crossroads intel

[smoky saddle]

😜 212th has Shovels in 2 of our HATs, so we're a package deal until the AF is built

[pliant fjord]

excellent, thank you! I actually feel informed now lol

[smoky saddle]

You knew about Hoover, but here's the full Manifest list

[topaz rivet]

Tfw shack can come online and start doing Midrounds at any moment

[pliant fjord]

I love that all your HATs are birds.

[smoky saddle]

Yeah, it's great. lol, I admittedly didn't put that together until I was making our logistics tab and had the HATs next to each other

[pliant fjord]

Rabbit will be in high orbit over Crossroads this turn

[pliant fjord]

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

[sturdy dew]

hey look, big ass missile XD

[topaz rivet]

I wonder if they’ll be able to get it online

[turbid kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/no-im-not-trump-weird-horse-dr-strangelove-1964comedy-peter-sellers-gif-14713516

[pliant fjord]

Did sombody say a big ASS missile?

https://tenor.com/view/bender-futurama-fart-exhaust-thruster-gif-20226348

[pliant fjord]

I have asked to recruit the River Rats. (Don't hold your breath).

[turbid kernel]

They drop pod trained?

[pliant fjord]

that'd be sick

[turbid kernel]

We got an open pod and agreed that would be sick!

[sage perch]

Are we still just waiting this turn

[pliant fjord]

Next turn we'll pick everyone up from the surface, liftoff, and move to Crossroads with our remaining speed.

Anyone currently deployed can still crew a module or load up onto a HAT for paradrop into Crossroads.

We don't know if there are hostile ships, or anything about the surface yet, but BG:Rabbit will be in High Orbit above Crossroads this turn.

[topaz rivet]

Caveat: Fuffle might find something we need to do at Hill Mine

[pliant fjord]

The two Dwarf BGs 4/10 are headed there next

No hostile orbitals there, so we should be ok to move forward to eventually support Venator at Ziyal

but Crossroads first is what we voted

(I'm still missing BG4/10 patches) but this is what I gathered this morning for T6 (it's T5 now)

[topaz rivet]

I think someone from SB said they’d the check out the village

[solid hare]

So we're going from Elim to CrossRoads? We dropping or passing through?

[pliant fjord]

Hard to say, lots of unknowns still, see above

[turbid kernel]

Possibly dropping. First we may scan to find an enemy softspot or we may react to a friendly BG being attacked

[plain dew]

If crossroads is easy to secure, we probably should make a quick flyby over nerys village, since it doesnt seem like anyone else intends to go there. I guess storm maybe could once they are all patched up?

[pliant fjord]

We could fly over and go to Cell'dar

[plain dew]

if theres a bot ship there that we all just... went past ima be big sad

[topaz rivet]

I hope we get to drop on some AA, possibly opening a hole to outflank their defences with a paradrop

[pliant fjord]

Crossroads -> Nerys (scan/comm) -> Cell'Dar (support Spearhead if necessary).

Not worth picking this second, midrounds aren't over

[turbid kernel]

Storm is still deciding what to do next. They may go to Nerys but nothing is final

[topaz rivet]

Cell’Dar is supposedly clear

[plain dew]

also for the record

those feds having a whole ass rocket just hanging around

[jolly verge]

do we trust these guys who are now in control of the ICBM?

[pliant fjord]

Oh. Then yea. Either pound Crossroads, or pound Ziyal, or join up with Victorum to help them with the hostile fleet that may be coming

[pliant fjord]

Pathfinders? Yea. We considered carrying them to Elim

[jolly verge]

good

[solid hare]

Sounds good

[turbid kernel]

I'm friends with South. They're good people and I would trust them with it. Don't personally know everyone in Pathfinders though lol

[pliant fjord]

Welp. C-Z it is XD

[turbid kernel]

I think setting up the Airfield is still the bigger priority since it would allow sortieing anywhere. Venator can still retreat to Spearhead if it is way too much. But I have a feeling we'll need a new poll lol

[pliant fjord]

Oh yea, we couldn't get there anyway

but after the airfield

if they're comfy at crossroads without us

(and there's no orbital to beat up)

[shadow sigil]

Atlas is 2 Speed right?

[pliant fjord]

yea, but 1 speed is going towards leaving Elim surface

[jolly verge]

yeah, but the picketline has to ascend first

[shadow sigil]

For Strategic movement?

[jolly verge]

we are pretty much landed on the spaceport

[pliant fjord]

well it doesn't have wheels to drive there, so yea

[turbid kernel]

Normall we would be speed 2 but for this particular turn we will only have one speed left at the strategic layer

[shadow sigil]

I though to HO

And that's assuming Crossroads is clear which is most likely isn't

[pliant fjord]

we know there are hostiles, just unconfirmed numbers or orbitals

we'll know soon

[shadow sigil]

So you'd need to LS burn through the village and Mine to get to C-Z

[pliant fjord]

we're not doing that

[topaz rivet]

Nerys is more likely to be clear but not 100% sure

[pliant fjord]

we're going to crossroads first, as voted

[shadow sigil]

I was looking at your options.
None of which are fesable

[topaz rivet]

Venator is very tanky after all. And our ability to deploy anywhere on a map could really speed up the battle for the Crossroads

[pliant fjord]

Mmmhmmm

[shadow sigil]

Your call. You're like Victorum, wanted everywhere.

[turbid kernel]

How far are shovels from Crossroads?

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, life of the Navy, huh?

[pliant fjord]

Shovels, 212, and Iron Hammer will all arrive in Crossroads next turn

[jolly verge]

they are inside 212 aerospace assets

[pliant fjord]

Rabbit is getting there this turn

[jolly verge]

*Fluffle

[shadow sigil]

No Rabbit

[topaz rivet]

Are 212 and shovels coming in orbit or ground?

[pliant fjord]

Orbit

[shadow sigil]

Rabbit has the Lumarian ships

They'll be in Crossroad HO

[jolly verge]

why has somebody decided it is a good idea to name themselves rabbit, while fluffle exists :(

[shadow sigil]

Rabbit was first

Fluffle was second

[pliant fjord]

This is Turn 6's plan

[ember python]

rabbit was first (edit-- beat me to it)

[shadow sigil]

You need to be fast

[pliant fjord]

we'll talk deployment once we know what's there

[shadow sigil]

As fast as rabbit

[ember python]

assuming they dont find any opfor contacts in L-H

[pliant fjord]

Yea, Iron Hammer may have something to do there instead

[jolly verge]

should we delete every VTOL from storm out of our doc, as we assume they are leaving our orbitals at the moment we start to move?

[pliant fjord]

I usually save that for after midrounds are done, but our section is done, (we got the emoji)

so go ahead, thanks!

[ember python]

i'm sure they are up for the task if so, i just don't want people to make plans around IH for sure getting to Crossroads until we know L-H is empty.

[pliant fjord]

exactly, it's nice to know our options, but I don't want to over-plan a deployment if we're not gonna deploy

for now though, we can focus on a rotating airforce with 212 (they've got 6 fighters)

and a nice formation to enter Crossroads with

[jolly verge]

I think the more difficult task is to rotate all of the VTOL Movement if there is an active aerospace battle going on, due to us only having 3 bays

we will have 12 VTOLs in the Engagement

[pliant fjord]

they'll likely need to hang out in the back of the formation with the HATs

[jolly verge]

well see how messi it gets and how many forces the bots can throw against us

[topaz rivet]

6 in 6 out seems to work then

[jolly verge]

I wrote the numbers of aerospace assets down below the ATC Area

[jolly verge]

DroesT1 are you fine with me again taking over the scanner next turn?

[merry summit]

Is storm gonna hop over nerys village just to check that out and make sure our flank is covered?

[turbid kernel]

They haven't come to a final decision about what they want to do next. Nerys is a choice but it's not final. They're waiting for the rest of Midrounds to get all the informtion they can

[solid hare]

Oof we got a lot of baddies on some of the maps

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, I was worried about this. It all seemed way to in our favor and attacking Ziyal seemed a dangerous proprosition. But in Venator did find their factories. This could also be opportunity

[solid hare]

Indeed, though how opportune depends on making sure we have the teams and equipment to win with minimal loss

[humble urchin]

Ziyal has always been very risky due to how isolated it is ground-wise.

If they don't get that platform operational, their only chance to get reinforcements are you, victorum, fluffle, storm or flying shovels

[pliant fjord]

Yea, there's a few routes we could take. It all depends on how dangerous crossroads is.

If we gotta stay to help there, then we will.

[humble urchin]

Sounds very from the sounds of the civilians. 🦦

But we'll see when we get there.

If, we get there. Looks at L-H

[turbid kernel]

I have hope for a space that not 1 hex away from Ziyal

[smoky saddle]

😜 we’re going into Crossroads with a bit more than a LV convoy.

[sage perch]

we are heading to Crossroads this round, right?

[pliant fjord]

Yea, any thoughts on after that?

If there's an orbital presence, it'll be our job for sure, but if the ground isn't too bad, we could support somewhere else.

Hop over to give Venator some air support

Sneak a peak at Ziyal

[topaz rivet]

One concern of helping Venator is if there’s an equally substantial orbital presence, we won’t be able to do much

[pliant fjord]

indeed. at best, buy them time for Victorum to arrive

[ember python]

i wonder if we did go to cell'dar if we could still collect the LS in there. refill our holds. not priority right now, but could be if we start to stalemate and things go long.

[turbid kernel]

Would be nice~

[pliant fjord]

Latest unnecessary project:

Color Coordinated ATC for every group in the AO...

[turbid kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/focus-commitment-will-gif-19916882

[pliant fjord]

Don't forget insanity!

https://tenor.com/view/tails-soup-tails-tails-sonic-insanity-definition-of-insanity-gif-25189948

[turbid kernel]

They look fantastic though! I can't wait to see what you do with them on your tac map!

[pliant fjord]

For our joint route to Crossroads

[turbid kernel]

That looks awesome

[pliant fjord]

Shovels had a couple drop, so we're down to this now. still pretty.

🇱🇹 Look like the Lithuanian Flag

[opaque pagoda]

Ooooh baby I’ve never looked better

[pliant fjord]

Now I sleep

💤

[ember python]

if you wanted to be a real perfectionist you could put in SUMER's portable prefab bunker

[jagged pagoda]

Morning Epsilon, how goes stuff?

[twin cypress]

Emergency

The internal memory chip for Veronica was stolen

I either have to organize a new one from somewhere on the battlefield or find the one who took it

[jolly verge]

hmmmm....
"Every Marine returning to our fleet should, after they maintained their equipment and restocked their supplies, search for the memory chip of Veronica!
R.Uber, can you describe the look of this chip?"

[twin cypress]

exactly like this

[jolly verge]

I wonder if its in someones digestive system?

[twin cypress]

No

It has the same shape, but looks like a similar to a cpu

[jolly verge]

ok, everybody were looking for a cpu looking think with potatochip form wich is the entire memory of a sarcastic vtol AI

[topaz rivet]

My marines confirm they were too busy swearing to notice any CPUs

[twin cypress]

Hmmm

Your marines are suspect number one tho

They were in my vtol for some time

[jolly verge]

should we ask in #meta-comm, maybe somebody who is not in Atlas found/took it.

[twin cypress]

Yes we can do that

[pliant fjord]

Ask BRASS, they're nearest your VTOL.

[jolly verge]

R.Uber, is the AI some sort of suicidal? Or does it fit their profile to try to leave you?

[tired patio]

Just a reminder Atlas. Picket is burning ATMO-Fuel for every round on map!

[topaz rivet]

They landed at the star port

[pliant fjord]

It's a BC, it doesn't have any.

[tired patio]

Oh are they docked up?

[pliant fjord]

yep

[tired patio]

Rgr. Ignore me.

[pliant fjord]

no real alternative

[tired patio]

Fuel Upgrade for ATMO lets larger ships hover in low atmo.

Wasn't sure if it had it.

[pliant fjord]

ahhhh, negative. Not sure any ship in the campaign does

maybe Fluffle

[twin cypress]

@topaz rivet

I have found the chip

[topaz rivet]

Oh good

[twin cypress]

It appears one of your marines put it in the Pringle-can stash

[topaz rivet]

Makes sense

[twin cypress]

One of the smaller compartments have a lot of cans

Some full some not

[topaz rivet]

Marines get hungry

[twin cypress]

It was in a half full one

Sadly, a bite has been taken from it

So it will take some time repairing it

[topaz rivet]

Marines get hungry

[pliant fjord]

Cheers to Martini 🍸! Enni is healed up to 5.

[topaz rivet]

Looks like TF1 is gonna be tied up for a bit

[pliant fjord]

Yep, we're not close enough to help, so we're gonna have to let them figure it out.

[jolly verge]

that means on the opposite side, TF1 cant support us if we encounter significant bot forces above Crossroads (we should still be pretty strong with all the fighters working with us and our boarding options)

[pliant fjord]

yea, 10 fighters working in rotation should do good work

we can take a LOT of damage before it becomes a problem

[jolly verge]

10 fighters + 1 Autocannon + 3 Point Defenses + a boarding party full of angry PAI and other people with guns

[pliant fjord]

Yea, I'm not too worried

we've got friends here that can help this time

[turbid kernel]

I slept in and missed everything 😭

[pliant fjord]

not quite done! still need Rabbit's Crossroads intel

[turbid kernel]

Fair, but the fun is also panicking with everyone over every change of plan once we see the enemy lol. Victorum is in a possibly if every contact is an enemy. But that's not a guarantee

[pliant fjord]

they've got a huge fighter wing, they'll be ok

[topaz rivet]

Are we lucky enough that Hill mine just has the bots inside the mine?

[turbid kernel]

It's a possibility but it would be a bit strange. They've been very horde tactics on the ground the last few times. But there may be a reason this unit is alone

[topaz rivet]

The rest of their troops could have been on the orbitals

Nevermind

[turbid kernel]

I was wondering how some of their vehicles would look like

[pliant fjord]

Looks like ALVs with mounted infantry maybe?

[novel oak]

we dont

dont have anything bigger than a destroyer

[topaz rivet]

I wonder if Shack planned for us to make contact all along the front on the same turn or if it just turned out that way

[turbid kernel]

I imagined the bots wouldn't have an open lane and we spread wide and swept. We hit every beat along the way. Only Venator is further ahead

[topaz rivet]

If Crossroads doesn’t have orbitals, I’m tempted to suggest we drop on Hill mine to roll them up faster. Though that does pull us out of position to help Venator

[turbid kernel]

Dwarf Fortress/Merchants are faster on the ground than in their transport. They believe they can get to Hill Mine next turn once they land. Once we know the Airfield in Crossroads is good we can be ready to respond almost anywhere we're needed from Crossroads

[pliant fjord]

once we know what's at Crossroads, I'll make us a poll/briefing

[topaz rivet]

From crossroads, we’d be 1 turn out even from TF1 if we burned LS. And our HMGs would really thicken their defences against small craft

[pliant fjord]

Options I've heard:

• Reinforce Crossroads with our Marines
  • Depends on how much of a threat is there
• Move to Hill Mine to assist Fluffle, BG4/10, (and Storm?) with search and rescue.
  • They're gonna have a lot there shortly, might not need our help
• Move to C-Z to help BG:Venator with some Air Support/Reinforcements
  • they might not need help, we need to ask.
• Scout Ziyal City with a quick In, Scan, and Out.
  • We might get shot at when we go in, and this requires Crossroads High Orbit to be empty.
• Burn LS to get to TF1:Victorum and provide some PDC support.
  • we'd appear on their back line, and have to spend multiple turns moving forward to finally engage, the only real support would be our FTRs.

[turbid kernel]

Seems like Storm might go to Hill Mine to help. If that's the case I'm not sure anyone is investigating Nerys Village

[topaz rivet]

For TF1 it depend on how far they advance into the system but that’s worth keeping in mind

[pliant fjord]

and this is all for next turn anyway

[topaz rivet]

I’d put Hill mine drop instead of scanning Ziyal. We don’t have anything in position to make use of intel in a timely fashion right now

[jolly verge]

we should put both on our list of things we can potentially do

[topaz rivet]

Anyways, I’m strategizing in advance of data, again

[pliant fjord]

if you wanna pick an emoji for each of the 5 plans, we'll do another emoji-vote

[shadow sigil]

🛣️ ⛏️ 🛩️ 🛰️

[jolly verge]

there are your emojis (why not just the numbers?)

[pliant fjord]

pictures are better, less reading

[topaz rivet]

The irony is that I picked the Logi TF because I figured I could just hang out on orbitals and chill. In reality, we have to make a major strategic decision every other round.

[pliant fjord]

Victorum has the easiest decisions

crew guns, launch fighters, move towards enemy gate

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

[topaz rivet]

And they’re too slow to decide to reposition to help someone out

[pliant fjord]

no orbitals at Crossroads

looks like a pretty minimal hostile force

[topaz rivet]

Seems like BGs could go stompy stompy easily enough

[turbid kernel]

Can ground units detect orbitals in orbit? That was something I was wondering. We know Storm detected the frigate in Elim but may have been because they had to travel through the atmosphere.

[pliant fjord]

Move to crossroads, massive air strike, move on somewhere else?

they can if they're IN orbit

Venator might not be able to

[turbid kernel]

Yeah if we can cripple their factories we can probably leave the rest to the BGs (assuming they don't have a crazy unit

[sage perch]

So Ixen, I will be nice and easy for you, have an ADVANCE with the destination "In Formation"

[pliant fjord]

Venator has officially requested air support

Fluffle has said they've got it with BG4/10's help

Briefing/Poll coming soon

[sage perch]

first order of the round for ATLAS is out

[pliant fjord]

orders aren't open yet, but might as well, this turn is gonna be pretty simple for everyone

[sage perch]

And it's a noop

-# programmer speak for padding that does nothing

[turbid kernel]

The Crossroads map has a few more contacts

[sage perch]

reposted my order to move it below the Orders are open

[solid hare]

Where we droppin boyz?

[sage perch]

Venator has asked for us

[topaz rivet]

If we decide to go to Venator we could fly over Nerys

[pliant fjord]

instead of crossroads, yea, we could

I'm inclined to use our scanners on the confirmed hostiles

at crossroads

(Shack confirmed the Black smoke does not stop Orbital Scanners)

[solid hare]

We could scan while passing by and pass the intel along?

[pliant fjord]

We get 1 speed from Elim this turn

[turbid kernel]

That would take us out of the way no? Nerys Village is closer to Elim than where Venator is

[pliant fjord]

I think lets just go to crossroads and leave Nerys for Storm

as planned

and voted

[turbid kernel]

I think we should do the scans and make sure there's nothing crazy down there.

[topaz rivet]

Oh, yeah, but we’d still arrive next turn

[turbid kernel]

Storm is voting on what to do next but there seems to be more interest in helping at Hill mine though

[pliant fjord]

Iron Hammer can hit Nerys next turn

or the following

or any of the other 3 BGs hanging out there

[plain dew]

We are QRF... Not first contact

[turbid kernel]

Fair, personally I feel Venator should retreat to Cell'Dar mine and Set up a defense with Spearhead. I don't want to lose fighters to that mess if we can

[plain dew]

Other BG should be hitting the ground first, and if they need help, we support

The worst thing to happen is we get tied up somewhere and can't react to future developments

I'm just catching up on everything, it looks like there is contact basically across the entire front?

[topaz rivet]

Yep

[plain dew]

I think we stick to the plan then and secure crossroads. That lets us assist anywhere else.

[topaz rivet]

The advantage of crossroads is that we don’t lock in to any one destination, so can adjust course accordingly after seeing how this round develops

[plain dew]

There isn't any confirmed air contacts besides the ones at TF1?

[turbid kernel]

I'm gonna be honest, I don't think we should get into a fight one space away from Ziyal where there's God knows how many orbitals.

[turbid kernel]

C-Z also has air contacts

[pliant fjord]

Atlas Briefing, Post-T6 [Edited <t:1752161700:F>]

-# At cruise speed, en route to Crossroads High Orbit.

General Status:

• [Mid-rounds] are pending. Current order turns are due: <t:1752443940:F>
• We had a simple turn, so I submitted ours as early as possible. Hopefully, we'll get some early mid-rounds to go with.

Orbital Status:

• 11/19 Large Supply. As Expected.
• No damage. No ammo deficit.

Unit Status:

• Green across the board.

Planning:

• C-Z-- Pending midrounds (who knows what will happen), Atlas will deploy one HAT with para-droppers and one HAT with supply to keep Venator alive. If there is no orbital presence at all, ODTs will drop at key locations, and Fighters will engage in atmo.
• Optionally, Endurance, Black Pearl, and Pioneer could drop into Low Orbit to perform Heavy Air Support in the form of an HMG, Autocannon, and Flight Deck. Pioneer could land to serve as a resupply point for local air units.
• Additionally, GONE are the days where we can put "in formation" and be done with it. When we reach C-Z, ALL UNITS will ABSOLUTELY NEED start and end coordinates or a designated orbital with your order.

Thank you Atlas!

[sage perch]

do you want a proper poll?

[pliant fjord]

na, they just get buried

I can keep a link to this briefing in the pinned comment

[atomic comet]

LCKYDRP is docked in Banksia and happy to have people pre-load. Save the movement for next turn

[plain dew]

I see, so we 100% go to crossroads, and then next round it's where we wanna go.

Given current status, id vote to back up Venator since there's enemy air there. Is the 212th coming with us? Or just for the crossroads jaunt

[topaz rivet]

Unless we deflect to Hill mine

[ember python]

if we are dropping in at crossroads (seems like a good idea to me, since we are headed here, and whatever these buildings are feel like they need to be destroyed) this is my proposal:

[pliant fjord]

The downside to dropping is we'll have to be able to retrieve everything we drop, possibly delaying our air support for Venator. AND the terrain is potentially dangerous. Mountains and Cities everywhere. 3919 is the best bet for a drop.

[ember python]

i thought the pods don't care about uneven terrain?

[pliant fjord]

Also, copy-paste this periodically to bump the briefing:
#1382037040438181950 message

[turbid kernel]

I think Venator's over-extended and fighting in C-Z is a bad idea. Spearhead is spending at least a turn in Cell'Dar according to their last poll. While Venator has only requested air support and are confident in their ability to handle whatever may be on the ground, I'm worried that we'll definitely be seeing the bot TF if they moved to Ziyal.

[pliant fjord]

pods should be ok, paradrop no

[twin cypress]

alrighty team, who needs an uber?

[pliant fjord]

All currently deployed units should either (air)-dock or (ground)-board the Picket line, then either (ground)-crew a station, hop in a HAT for paradrop, or (air)-deploy back into our formation flight.

[ember python]

Venator is 100% overextended. they probably should have dug in at Cell'Dar instead of zooming forwards. but hey, its ARMCO, all we do is rush. if they are confident about what they see in C-Z then, let em duke it out there. that will take a few rounds at least.

[merry summit]

We have the speed to check the village rq and then drop on cross right?

[twin cypress]

@wide quiver You hoppin on board and we'll fly back?

[ember python]

negative

[merry summit]

Rats

[pliant fjord]

No. We have 1 speed after Picket Line Ascends.

[merry summit]

Ah

[pliant fjord]

You're welcome to tell them to fall back, but they've got more tanks than we do ships lol.

[twin cypress]

Have you seen their line?

They are just one massive line of steel

[merry summit]

How many engis/logi do they have?

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, but we don't know what the bots have. This thing is airborne for example. Most of Venator wouldn't be able to shoot it

[twin cypress]

not many, they mainly consist of tanks

idk tho

[pliant fjord]

4 engis

no fighters

[merry summit]

4/2 not awful

[pliant fjord]

no AA at all that I can see

[turbid kernel]

They have enough armor they could rotate their front line and not risk anyone. They have 1 AA tank I believe but I might be misremembering

[pliant fjord]

-# also, if you haven't bookmarked this page yet, it has links to ALL the BG/TF rosters:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tl_HAm77XBTB27ih-Z_x4sN4eeu0mfP2Y_MByOXCn9k/edit?usp=sharing

[merry summit]

One quad AA MBT

[turbid kernel]

We also don't actually know how much of this are buildings and static defenses

[pliant fjord]

Re-bumping the briefing:
THERE'S A POLL!!! VOTE PLS!!!
#1382037040438181950 message

[merry summit]

I bet these are some forward deployed factories capable of turning civies to bot parts

[ember python]

nah, falling back isn't much use. staying a round uncontested in Cell'dar would've allowed engies to build trenchlines, place all those tanks into good firing positions where they can overwhelm approaching bots with fields of overlapping fire, etc. now that they're in C-Z they kinda gotta duke it out. if they are confident about their capabilities i'm inclined to believe them

oh nevermind

just saw they requested us

im sorry, i thought i saw someone say they thought they were good and didnt need help, but we would go there anyways, sorry, misunderstood. if they want us, that sounds fine

[pliant fjord]

They're good against everything but fighters/bombers

and since they don't know, and won't know til they engage, they're requesting us

[twin cypress]

lets kick some ass with tanks

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, they think they can handle anything in on the ground but need help for anything in the air. What are the chances the shovels will have the airfield up next turn and can Sortie their fighters to help?

[ember python]

i was thinking "if they don't want the help, like, let em do it their way" totally misunderstood what was going on, sorry again

[pliant fjord]

ah all good, no I popped in to ask them if they wanted support and they said:

"Yesss we are very vulnerable to air and Atlas showing up would save our ass"

[twin cypress]

Am I allowed to inform BG2?

[pliant fjord]

we're still voting

[twin cypress]

Like telling them that the vote goes towards helping them

[pliant fjord]

it's 6:3 in favor (I'm gonna check and make sure it's only our names voting)

[twin cypress]

asking, cuz someone i know very good is part of bg2

[turbid kernel]

Yeah, if the majority rules so, I'll shut up about it. But for now I'm against.

[pliant fjord]

still tons of time, please keep encouraging voting!

[twin cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/vote-now-senate-star-wars-election-gif-26302707

[jolly verge]

I think its very important to secure crossroads and BG2 is so pretty overextended. Also keep in mind the lunarans told us they are building something in crossroads.

[twin cypress]

"Hey, I need some engies! Im not getting further with Veronica, i could need some help guys!"

She would find many words for this situation

[pliant fjord]

Phalanx is also joining us at Crossroads this turn

they're HUGE

[jolly verge]

also if we are not there there is nobody to support all of the fighters

[jolly verge]

"We have some time, if you want to let some tranksportation engineers lend you a hand"

[ember python]

one thing too im noticing is that the ground approach into Crossroads from L-H will be a bit awkward. but between IH and Phalanx I think they'll have this map covered. its possible if we joined them in a drop it might lead to an overwhelming like we saw in Elim, which could be good. since then IH and Phalanx can continue their advance. i'm not sure how likely that it though, especially in light of the "they're building something" bit...

[twin cypress]

"Very much appreciated! I got some parts of the personality back but most is missing :("

[ember python]

Bumping the Briefing

[turbid kernel]

We would be in orbit so we won't be contributing as badly. Not to mention we actually have very limited air support with our single fighter wing. I think if we help get the airfield up and running we can possibly go to C-Z with a sortie from 212 fighters and offer way more support

#1382037040438181950 message

[topaz rivet]

Can the airfield go up this turn?

[pliant fjord]

yes

A massive Sortie of our combined 10 fighters wouldn't be a terrible idea, no

[turbid kernel]

We could take on orbitals with 10 fighters

[fast cobalt]

the whole. they are building something in the crossroads has me concerned

[jolly verge]

A Cyborg, probably human approaches you: "Hello, I am 2nd Engineer Mason of Group Fairlie, ARSE. I got told you need some help regarding your sentient vehicle assistant AI. I know somethings about them, I am not a real certified expert, but well see what i can do."

[topaz rivet]

And the problem with dropping is that we have no internal way to recover our LMs without a full air field?

[turbid kernel]

An airfield will be built, just that we have to spend a turn to recover everyone if we do drop in Crossroads

[pliant fjord]

we could borrow HVTOLs from the local groups

[turbid kernel]

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[wide quiver]

If your giving me a ride. Where to again?

[twin cypress]

Crossroads was the idea first, now im not sure if either this or if we visit BG2

[pliant fjord]

the ride is to the Picket Line

[twin cypress]

okay then so

[pliant fjord]

from there you can crew something up, or board a HAT for a possible paradrop

[ember python]

when does the emoji-poll end? i'm still mulling it over.

[pliant fjord]

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I'll add that to the brief

[jolly verge]

also maybe mention it in the pinned post

[pliant fjord]

donezo

@twin cypress
you may want to add 0.5 unload brass, and 0.5 undock from picket into formation,
but otherwise that's good! Please delete and resubmit (edited orders are not allowed by GM's rules)

[twin cypress]

mb

[twin cypress]

Does a flight into the orbit take 0.5 as per usual or does it take 1 movement point?

[pliant fjord]

going from atmosphere to space costs half your total movement

for a VTOL, it's 2.5

you'd be able to carry Brass with you and maintain the formation, but not deploy him on the ground

[twin cypress]

Done

[sage perch]

A nondescript woman in a business suit approaches as well: "As a digital entity myself I might also be able to help"

-# Any guesses on who that is

[pliant fjord]

Cortado?
-# this is a coffee beverage

[sage perch]

nope

[jolly verge]

Cortana 17

[sage perch]

it's @magic parrot

Of course she would be here, probably on the Endurance, since she is technically ARMCO's Quartermaster

As for where her brain is, who knows but probably either Endurance or Pearl, but her body/bodies can be anywhere

[pliant fjord]

You mean we've had a quartermaster this whole time? What the hell have I been doing?!

[turbid kernel]

Respect to SAM the og

[turbid kernel]

SAM quartermasters fort he while armada. You quartermaster for us lol

[pliant fjord]

Oh good. Thought I was being replaced by AI. Reoccurring nightmare.

[turbid kernel]

No, the AI is your superior is all

[pliant fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/samuel-jackson-stares-blank-really-shocked-gif-13525406

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[fast cobalt]

since there is no map for the city i guess it's safe to rush order into the port and board the ship so i can get back to the drop bay

[pliant fjord]

no need to rush, it's just 0.5 speed to board from wherever you are

no hostiles = strategic movement

[fast cobalt]

nope. rushin it gotta get leg day in when you can 🤣

[pliant fjord]

fair

there's a vote, we may not be dropping this turn

I suppose we could drop anyway, and pester the other BGs to pick us all up

[turbid kernel]

Are we putting in orders for scans at the crossroads since we'll be there at end of turn?

[pliant fjord]

Crossroad Scans are 100% good to post orders

[turbid kernel]

Okay, want me to work with Iron Hammer to find the priorities for the list?

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[pliant fjord]

sure, or 212. Asking French questions might just make him explode.

[hexed niche]

Ixen, if possible we would like you all to scout the city, and see if you can reacquire that mini fleet that Fluffle found.

So you guys can add that to your possible option list please.

[fast cobalt]

which ship was in the port i need to board? picket line?

[turbid kernel]

Correct

[fast cobalt]

we will wipe the oil off our boots before boarding

[turbid kernel]

If you mean Ziyal, that's already a choice on the poll

[main smelt]

Hey Atlas, my first thoughts/ideas, please chime in with yours

[hexed niche]

Yah, just wanted to chime in that we don't know where that battle group went, and we can't move to support considering the group we just cut off.

[pliant fjord]

Anyone opposed to taking Redwall with us?

we've got the room

[jolly verge]

whats with the refugees?

[topaz rivet]

I think they’re getting onto civilian transports

[topaz rivet]

I’m concerned about dropping them off. Do they have the HVTOL if we don’t have somewhere for the HATs to land?

[jolly verge]

our hats can paradrop them or am i wrong?

[pliant fjord]

Ahhh same problem as Iron Hammer, can't deploy their tanks

one HVTOL at C-Z

no airfield

LOTs of INF to paradrop tho

[topaz rivet]

How many turns would it be to until the airfield could take HATs?

[pliant fjord]

1

we could drop them and keep our schedule I think

[topaz rivet]

And we wouldn’t have to deploy any of our troops

[wintry pawn]

Where are we at right now?

[pliant fjord]

check the briefing

[topaz rivet]

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[wintry pawn]

There's a lot happening.

[topaz rivet]

Yep

Not much for us right now, except the fighters and HATs if we drop RW at the crossroads

[wintry pawn]

It's definitely harder to follow everything when there's this much going on.

[topaz rivet]

I’m not even trying. If its not happened at crossroads next turn I’ll find out in the midrounds

[pliant fjord]

Alright, there's an "are you ok carrying redwall" button on the poll as well

we'd save them a turn by bringing them with us to Crossroads

and have an extra army to hold back Ziyal's inevitable pushback

[turbid kernel]

Do we have enough room for them aren't they 40+ units?

[pliant fjord]

if we can borrow some room from 212, we can stick the leftover in our HATs

it's the vehicles, so the HATs would have to pull some crazy moves

OH

no the vehicles can drive there

L-H to CrossRoads

[turbid kernel]

Okay, then yeah, getting Redwall up would be a huge boon for Crossroads defense

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[turbid kernel]

Will we have enough speed? We have to travel with them or else the BG is considered seperated

[pliant fjord]

damn. I'll draw a picture and ask in Tac-Com. I'm hoping it's ok since we know L-H is clear

[halcyon ridge]

Looks like current plan is carry Redwall to Crossroads this turn and probably move to C-Z to give air support to Venator next turn?

[pliant fjord]

Unfortunately, Redwall Plan failed. Overruled by Shack, can't split BGs, even through non-combat maps.

But the good news is, our turn is really easy now

We're 10 to 3 on leaving Crossroads for C-Z to help Venator.

[turbid kernel]

I've changed my vote back but if anyone voted to carry Redwall they'll have to change their vote

[pliant fjord]

oh, yea that's off the table unfortunately

You can vote for any and all plans, whichever one has the most votes in... 8 hours will be our plan.

[turbid kernel]

I'm gonna start coming up with escape plans incase C-Z does not go how we hope. But I'll share more if the vote goes the way it's leaning,

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[maiden belfry]

Venator is huge but they do face a ton of enemys and aircraft so yeah that's my vote

plus how wicked would it be to drop our guys and provide air cover over a massive battle!

[pliant fjord]

that's why I voted for that one

Massive Combined Arms combat?

Sign me TF up

[maiden belfry]

HELL YEAH

[topaz rivet]

Hopefully there’ll be a tasty position we can do a drop pod surprise on

[pliant fjord]

@fast cobalt #1385616625293725886 message
Is this to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic? Did you write that? It fits soooo well.

[ember python]

Most likely we pull back to Cell'Dar, LMs evasive move, other droppables get picked up by VTOL?

not a lot of other options, unless us LMs have died. once we've croaked the options open up a little. (edit: but lets try to avoid that)

[turbid kernel]

We should pull back to Crossroads (with 2 speed) unless we can't recover all ground troops. We don't have HVTOL for the LMs so we would be reliant on Venator's and what happens if it's shot down or they're busy for a turn. When do we call retreat? How fast can we effectively retreat. This is more what im thinking

[ember python]

without 2 HVTOLs to carry the LMs we can't take the aerospace path. Though MAYBE we can do a sortie as the LMs and just book it into Ziyal and then meet back up at Crossroads. that is SUPER dicey though.

[pliant fjord]

Didn't Cell'dar have that anti-grav lift?

[ember python]

Venator used it to get down, so i believe its non-operational now, could be wrong about this

[pliant fjord]

I bet we could get it working again with a couple Engineers working on it

[ember python]

definitely worth a try. i think popping into Cell'Dar might be a good idea even if we and Venator sweep out C-Z, because we could potentially get the LS cache out of the mines and refill our cargo holds with that sweet sweet supply

[pliant fjord]

#midround-events message

Grav-lift

[solid hare]

So are we already over crossroads or will we be there in one more turn?

[ember python]

"Meaning we have a way of lowering forces from orbitals to the surface as if it was a star port. At least till the power craps out. I bet we could deploy a single battlegroup using it." - being the key part there

[pliant fjord]

ahh

[pliant fjord]

Check the [Briefing](#1382037040438181950 message) It's always gonna be linked in the top pinned comment

[turbid kernel]

Which raises the question does it make sense to deploy the LMs in this situation? We would be limiting where we can move without HVTOL support from the other BGs we will be severely limited in mobility. I believe Spearhead does have an HVTOL as well though and they're staying in Cell'dar for now

[pliant fjord]

I say we hit as hard as we can, and call for reinforcements from Storm

[jolly verge]

If there is no good way to deploy the LMs we can use 2 more people to crew our weapons and our flight decks

[pliant fjord]

We could be super useful to Venator's line

spare engis and medics, extra firepower, anti-air

[jolly verge]

yeah, but if we have no way to retrieve them, it would be a suicide mission

[ember python]

its kinda what we signed up for.

[turbid kernel]

Okay, double checked and Spearhead only has a normal VTOL and Venator only has a single HVTOL

[jolly verge]

or is there a way to let the mechs there and dismount the people and put them in a normal VTOL?

[pliant fjord]

Yes

If it comes to that, you can abandon the mech, and board a VTOL

[jolly verge]

that changes my opinion :D

[pliant fjord]

And like, if Venator is retreating, something has gone VERY VERY wrong

and we'll all run back to Cell'dar together to build some defenses

[ember python]

also, we can just walk back to cell'dar

if everyone is falling back there

[jolly verge]

yeah, but i have still some headaches about potential strong AA and maybe an OPFOR Fleet moving into the zone

[ember python]

i can only speak for myself, but i knew when no HVTOLs signed on to Atlas that the situation might come up that I would be left on the ground. I accept that risk.

[turbid kernel]

I would prefer not to retreat to a wall though but we might be able to get the grav-lift to work one last time.. We can't leave you unless you're out of commission I think. It would be splitting the TF.

[ember python]

i believe we could "sortie"

itd be a bizarre sortie, but i think its an option

[pliant fjord]

It'd be a pretty sweet story. Backed up to Helm's Deep. Trying to get the Grav-Lift to work while we hold the line

[topaz rivet]

Pity Venator is probably going to evaporate the bots

[fast cobalt]

oh no no that was not me that is blood on the risers. a song about the paratroopers in WW2/ but looking it up it is set to the tune of battle hymn of the republic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWgsdexkv18

[pliant fjord]

Sweet, man, that's awesome

[ember python]

i guess it depends on what they have. i doubt we've seen all the bots tricks yet.

[untold tusk]

Aight whats the plan

[ember python]

oh also, bumping the brief again

[topaz rivet]

Head to Crossroads and see what’s happening

[turbid kernel]

Lets also keep in mind that a TF could show up that would make us retreat and not Venator

[pliant fjord]

We've got 14 repair kits between the fleet. 9 hits on each of the BCs

Based on what we've encountered so far, I'm pretty confident we could hold against 3-4 Brawler-type Frigates for 3 turns or more.

[topaz rivet]

What about those BCs and the BB?

[pliant fjord]

The BC is hardly a threat. One autocannon and some LRMs