Task Force 3 - Fluffle: Comms

[rain anvil]

which I hoping we can hold off on for another turn

[proper plover]

Do one of our mech pilots on Lonely want to com over to the friendly light freighters and invite them to join us?

[pliant mauve]

i still would offer to deploy bombers so if we run face first into another enemy ship - we can engage it immediately

[rain anvil]

that could work

[pliant mauve]

it probably wouldn't change much - but they will get to either move another hex or land after bombing run in case of close contact

[quasi pulsar]

Can the bombers keep up with the fleet?

[pliant mauve]

yeah, they have 6 speed, that wouldn't be a problem

[feral tangle]

It would kind of make sense for them to man weapons while they're still in space. I never even thought about that. Mech pilots are kind of one of the most efficient crew units

That's really cool

[coral dirge]

if the comm channels they used to ask for help have been jammed, I'll do it

[pliant mauve]

Alright, I've clarified the question of Evasion - we are good to go with our hit'n'run and getting evasion if we end our movement in Nav-1, over top edge of the map

[fast sedge]

ok then i see no other problems with are plan

we just need all the fighters to agree on this now

[proper plover]

You can go ahead and ping them if you like

Or I can when I get home this evening

[pliant mauve]

@slender bear @shadow mica hey guys, wanted to check if you two are up to hit and run raid at bot fighters, which are harassing civilian vessels atm.
We can use evasion and would be mostly safe if all four of us commit to engage bots in one formation

[fast sedge]

I think changeling is using this @quiet pendant account rn

[pliant mauve]

oh

[proper plover]

Ah, and now that we are in a tactical map, I will need unit facing in the Orders

[quiet pendant]

When are our orders due?

[pliant mauve]

Tomorrow, I suppose

[rain anvil]

let's say in 24 hours

[quiet pendant]

Aight, are we deploying our craft for Field Nav 1?

As in

Are we deploying our craft now and continuing the travel to FN 1?

[pliant mauve]

yes

[rain anvil]

our four fighters (pending fighter player approval) would hit the fighters harassing civilians, and then go to field nav-1. The rest of the fleets legs it to nav-1

[pliant mauve]

We're planning to deploy now, engage bot fighters and travel to FN-1 right after

we have enough speed to make it work without much risk

[quiet pendant]

Hmm, I was wondering whether or not we'd want TreeCat's scanner on.

[rain anvil]

we definitely do

[quiet pendant]

We'd- I forgot about Panther.

Aight

[rain anvil]

yeah, they have the infantry for it

[hoary apex]

I can certainly try but no promises

[rain anvil]

Nice 😄 It's the only thing I can ask anyways

[rain anvil]

Ok it seems that scan wise, Atlas will scan the cattlebruiser and the other big question mark

so we're free to use ours for what we think is important

[scenic inlet]

cattlebruiser? what are you doing to those poor cows?

[pliant mauve]

those damn bots! I knew they were complicit with animal cruelty

[rain anvil]

I'm asking my crew what's up, maybe we can get a preliminary organisation by tomorrow morning or something

[pliant mauve]

@proper plover sorry to bother you
while marking facing, we would probably need to provide facing at beggining and end of our movement?

[fast sedge]

probably

[neat hollow]

Equipment question. I oopsed and ended up with armory and arc mount as my equipment. I am acting as gunner for Lonely. Does that give the autocannon an arc firing radius, or is it fixed?

[pliant mauve]

seems so from excel

[fierce saffron]

You’d just need end of movement, turning costs were removed, so your starting facing isn’t really relevant, and would already be present on the map

[pliant mauve]

makes sense

[hoary apex]

a sneak peak into tripleS comms just to keep yall updated

[proper plover]

Yes, please

[proper plover]

The arc mount costs an extra customization slot and I don't think Lonely had one to spare. So it should be fixed

[neat hollow]

That is what I thought, but it never hurts to ask.

[high osprey]

What does Warren do?

[scenic inlet]

Wait I thought we needed to move to 4014 (two moves) to move to Nav Field 1. But since we could go to 4115 (one move) you guys can get to Elim City Orbit without burning a LS.

[hoary apex]

idk I pulled this off the tripleS’s comms

[scenic inlet]

Turn 1 (4116 -> 4115)
Turn 2 (4115 -> Nav Point 1)
Turn 3 (Nav Point 1 -> Elim City High Orbit)

[pliant mauve]

oh, true

fighters are probably best to move alongside this route, not getting to close to preserve our speed

[proper plover]

I think Warren will take up the rear spot in the formation, keep the guns manned and GTFO

[proper plover]

Due to the size of the formation, we need to use two speed to get everyone out

[cold prism]

If im looking at the map correctly (Im on mobile so I might not be)

That gets Treecat close enough that somone on board could scan that ? correct?

If the list is accurate I've got an Inf group on board thst could do that.

[proper plover]

Yep! Panther can scan. And you should be in range of the question marks. I think Atlas is going for the battle cruiser and the large question mark

But we can get more details if we scan specifically for Hits, Armor, Weapons, Crew numbers, and that sort of thing so multiple scans can be worthwhile

[versed oriole]

Elim City is 3 strategic points.

-# also I'm assuming you meant "Move 1-3" and not "Turn 1-3"

[modern pawn]

Hey are you guys planning to continue the thunder run to Elim or fight to protect the civs

[proper plover]

The poll to decide that should be ending soon, I haven't looked at it lately though

[rain anvil]

The poll is an overwhelming 'go to Nav-1' 🙂

Also it seems like the Triple is in marching order, but if anything else is needed from us, don't hesitate 🙂 I think most our orders will come in tomorrow.

[scenic inlet]

huh?

[versed oriole]

Elim City is three separate strategic points, including 3 separate high orbit points/tactical maps. So it takes 3 moves on the strategic layer to get above the starport to scan.

[scenic inlet]

I know that's the fact for on the ground, but is it also the case for orbital space?

[versed oriole]

Mhm

#1382781756989767692 message

[slender bear]

I vote yes

[slender bear]

Order is in

[hasty rapids]

Goodluck and godspeed to the Fluffle Air Wing, show these heartless clankers what ARMCO airpower looks like!

[snow cipher]

Fellow captains are we staying or fighting?

[quasi pulsar]

The vote I believe ended with continue to nav 1

[scenic inlet]

Alright so you can get to elim West, and could burn 1 LS to get to center. Still something to consider tbh

[snow cipher]

Here is the new art work for the Lonely Heir.

[quasi pulsar]

My order shall be very easy.

I click the auto overwatch button to put my entire squad on overwatch.

[high osprey]

@proper plover
Unit Type: Crew
Call Sign: Felker
Location: Warren, Forward HMG
Order Type: Hold
Intentions: Engage enemy contacts based on their ability to combat friendly and civilian forces with a prioritization on aerospace and small orbital units. Say a prayer for the civilian ships.
RP: The moment the Warren cleared the gate, Felker felt it—the hum of hyperspace gone, replaced by pressure, motion, judgment. The first rounds were already out of the barrel before the alarms fully finished sounding. One clipped a fighter. He watched it spiral, no celebration, no pause.

His fingers reloaded on instinct. He kept one ear to the stars, the other to an old country hymn scratchy with static:
“Lord, walk with me when the fire comes.”

Battlecruiser ahead. Civilians dying. This was not war. This was obligation.

He muttered through clenched teeth, “Let this be my sermon.”

And fired again.

Look good?

[cold prism]

I have no idea if Shack will account for it. But Treecat plans to broadcast some things to the Bots in an effort to get them to follow us rather than keep hammering the civilians.

I can be quite annoying when needed....

[snow cipher]

How about this

https://tenor.com/view/re-zero-rezero-bunny-bunnies-rezero-bunny-gif-6585128918126758784

[dreamy radish]

[slender bear]

My favorite trauma simulator anime.

[dusty salmon]

Just as long as they don't send out our gate codes on open channel and risk the bots jamming that code.

[rain anvil]

Good morning Fluffle 🙂

For our fighters orders, is it normal that there's no flight path? Will you just a send single picture to Tabby?

If there's a chance we end up in Elim West with our movement (or Central with a burn), I would recommend simply putting 'Wherever the fleet is' for end location

[hoary apex]

so are we confirmed sending out fighters for distraction before moving to nav 1 with everyone?

I tried to cover as much as I could In my order but depending on our final plan I may need to edit

wait shit I forgot to ask them for any information they have

ummmmmmmmmmmmm

rewrite time

do I delete the old one?

[pliant mauve]

Yes

[thorny warren]

Nice, your fighters can high-five ours

[fast sedge]

why did our other fighters write Advance + Evasive as their order, its should just be evasive no, writing both is just going to lead to confusion

[thorny warren]

it should be one or the other, yea

some can do one and some can do the other, but none can do both.

[fast sedge]

yeah

[quiet pendant]

@pliant mauve , @slender bear you both have two order types.

You can only do one.

[scenic inlet]

Have you guys decided if you're going to Elim West yet or just Nav 1?

[pliant mauve]

Oh, ty, I thought evasive works as addition to basic order, I’ll change it

[cursive otter]

When are the orders due?

Also

should I dig in a particular room/entrance?

[rain anvil]

I think your new job will be to man the scanner on the Treecat, if that's ok for you 🙂

[rain anvil]

I think we're going as far possible. If it's Elim west then we're going to elim west

[cursive otter]

Oh yeah sure

What order type is that tho

[rain anvil]

Here's a scanning dude from Atlas for reference

#1385616625293725886 message

You just put crewing the scanner as your order type

and then specify what you're scanning in the Intentions 🙂

I think for now only the big question mark is being scanned, so the rest is up to you

If you need any help, don't hesitate

[vernal flare]

more than I meant to send, but the order times are in this message

[cursive otter]

Oh so today?

mb

[rain anvil]

in 12 hours

[cursive otter]

I'll do that

[rain anvil]

no worries, there's plenty of time!

[vernal flare]

I didnt want to say a time, because that message does the timezone accouting thing, but I dont know how to work it

[rain anvil]

just say: 'in x hours'

relative time is universal :p

[vernal flare]

That would require me thinking, something I am reluctant to do

[rain anvil]

I understand

I share your issues even x)

[cold prism]

Turn 2
Call Sign: Treecat
Unit Type: Orbital-Light Freighter
Equipment: Flight Deck & Scanner

Location: Lussan Gate, Hex 4116
Ending Location: Nav-1, Hex 4313
Facing: North
Ending Facing: North

Intentions: Maintain formation with the rest of Task Force Fluffle but get close enough to allow @cursive otter to scan it. Broadcasting taunts on an open channel in an effort to draw the Bot's attention off the civilians.

RP: "Communications. Begin broadcasting data packet 1 now please. Flight Deck, make ready to launch fighters when they are ready. Helm. Keep us out of range of those guns."

That more or less look like what we are doing this round?

[cold prism]

https://hammertime.cyou/

Great tool for that.

[cursive otter]

Just one question

What would be the target of my scan?

I was writing my order just now

[cursive otter]

I just need to figure this

[cold prism]

Oh crap. Forgot the picture.

Just a tic

[cursive otter]

Oh yeah don't worry

[slender bear]

Fixed

[cold prism]

Thats the image I was going to put on there

[scenic inlet]

FYI for y'all. After reviewing the maps: Elim is a specific set of nodes on the orbital map. So it's gonna take some time to get there. We don't want to delay our landing any longer than we have to. We're most likely (pending the vote) going to speed past you guys. So if you want to try other maneuvers don't feel bound to us

[cold prism]

Should be good. Let me post mine in the Orders channel and you can put yours right below it.

If Tabby needs an edit she will let us know.

[cursive otter]

Alright

[proper plover]

Reminder for Orders: no editing, please delete and repost if you need to change something!

[cold prism]

Let me know if i need to adjust anything

[proper plover]

@scenic matrix are you good taking up the Autocannon Battlestation this round?

[scenic matrix]

I doubt I am needed in the armory at this time, so yes

[proper plover]

Proposed Formation shift for our exit from the Lussan Gate Area and entrance into the Nav 1 area

this gets Treecat closer to scan, and Warren is able to fire at anything trying to follow us

Bombers @onyx iron @shell phoenix where would you like to be in this formation? If you're still deploying and flying along for the transit to Nav 1

[shell phoenix]

that is the plan yes, probably in the center of the formation?

or in front and behind and the triple S

[proper plover]

Cool. I'll get you in the formation

[rain anvil]

Are we trying to move into Elim west if the rules allow it?

Without burning an LS that is

And I like the formation

[proper plover]

Is Elim west the goal?

[rain anvil]

I think Elim centre is the goal, to help cover Storm Blessed?

But everything depends on info we don't have. If Nav-1 has enemies in it, we'll have to deal with them before anything else anyways

We were lucky the gate is so close to the edge in this tac map (seems planned somehow :p)

[proper plover]

It won't feel close for those orbitals going Speed 1 😜

[proper plover]

I'm good aiming for the Center to help Storm Blessed and we'll see what we see along the way

[rain anvil]

That's a very good point actually. It's fast only for us and Storm. It'll take forever for other reinforcements.

Is there anything we could accomplish heading towards the mining station?

Going towards bot occupied space to scout is also an option

[proper plover]

If we find out that there are enemies on the way to or at the mining station the NPC transports can't get there with our BGs

[rain anvil]

Ha

That seems relevant X)

[proper plover]

Yay for scouting lol

But they will be with Victorum, so we could pop over to Elim, drop Storm Blessed, and be back to Nav 1 if we need to meet up with them to scout

[rain anvil]

Alright. Sounds good. Getting Storm landed safely and quickly is still more important.

I'll give my orders to push as far as possible towards Elim city, we'll see how far we can actually go.

[proper plover]

Sounds good. I will mark that on the strategic map, unless someone objects

[rain anvil]

Anything further than that is a problem for next turn us :p

I'll inform my crew

[pliant mauve]

Would we need to resend order with these intentions?

[rain anvil]

Also, @hoary apex sent their order to communicate with the locals, so do with that what you will Tabby 🙂

[proper plover]

Nah, I will just mark it as Task Forces intentions.

[proper plover]

I love this part of the game 😁

[rain anvil]

I'm very thankful for you tac-coming btw. Thank you for all the efforts, and for taking into account everyone. It's great.

[pliant mauve]

I should add something about showing off to civies while dogfighting bots…

[lunar snow]

@high osprey i'm only doing this before tabby because i happened to be glancing at the last inputted orders of all the TFs/BGs, but Your Order will Need resubmitted due to being edited (Tabby would also say this, i'm just saving her the effort 😛 )

[high osprey]

It wasn’t edited???

[rain anvil]

Seems like it was.

[lunar snow]

Discord says otherwise

[high osprey]

Huh

Well I resubmitted

[lunar snow]

👍

[versed oriole]

So y'all are heading to Field Nav 1?

[versed oriole]

Also, nice formation

Ah, yep found the poll

[rain anvil]

we're actually going to elim to escort yall if the rules allow us to

it's just dependent on what our speed will allow us to achieve

no spending ls though

[thorny warren]

Hey Fluffle, did you have to burn a LS to be supplied turn 1?

or do we come through the gate supplied?

[rain anvil]

no clue

we didn't need supply

[thorny warren]

you will if you want to reload your guns

[versed oriole]

Meh, that's a "3 turns from now" problem

[thorny warren]

not for the HMG, it gets 1 shot

oh hell, they changed that

nevermind

[versed oriole]

Yeah

"Can Only Target Units Smaller than an Orbital. Comes with the Arc Weapon upgrade. 180° coverage.
Range 2. D4. Rapid-Fire, Reload 3/3 Ignores Ponderous Tag

Primary Action: Point Defense: Turret focuses on targeting enemy LRM's that come into range this round (1d4), Using up all remaining ammo on attempt. Action to Reload - Can be same round with help from another crew member."

Only uses all ammo on Point Defense primary

[thorny warren]

that makes more sense

[rain anvil]

so we good for now :p

we'll need it to repair and rearm our fighters though

so next turn is when the countdown starts

[versed oriole]

Supply iconography you can use

[high osprey]

Should I hit the ability or wait

I feel like hitting it would be good since we are moving to nav 1

[pliant mauve]

probably no, we would see LRMs if we're attacked by them

[rain anvil]

yeah, the ability is only reactive

i feel like shack might even trigger it automatically as long as we're manning the guns

Also, I've figured out that I can use my rp segment to summarise what everyone on the triple is doing, like any good captain :p

[scenic matrix]

Do I need to use the move action to get from the armory to the autocannon?

[versed oriole]

Negative

While on an orbital you only worry about your Primary Action

So, fire weapons, reload, crew chief flight decks/VTOL bays, etc.

[scenic matrix]

So, sorry for missing out the reason for it, but should I shoot something now or just hold?

[proper plover]

If you put your Primary Action as fire the Autocannon then if/when something comes into range you will fire

[scenic matrix]

right

[proper plover]

Orders Due Today! Get 'em in!

2.5 hours left!

[thorny warren]

Y'all got any issues with this?

[pliant mauve]

Someone from Fluffle scanning big question mark

maybe second scan cattlebruiser?

[thorny warren]

The big one can be scanned multiple times

if it's an enemy, even better

[pliant mauve]

oh

sure

how many fighters you have?

oh, there's issue - they can't use evasive with these move

they can however if they stop at 4316 or 4215

[thorny warren]

we have 5 fighters, and they absolutely can use evasive

[pliant mauve]

are you sure?

The unit must end its turn at least half its total speed worth of distance away from its starting point

[thorny warren]

yes, it doesn't cost movement, and they moved the minimum 3.5 range to maintain evasive

[pliant mauve]

not moved

end move

so they need to be 4+ hexes from gate

[thorny warren]

well shit, that's right

ok, I'll talk to our wingleader

[pliant mauve]

that's not a problem, they can stay in relatively safer position to the 'north'

and still use evasive

[rain anvil]

All Triple orders are in 🙂

[tame ibex]

when do the next ones need to be send?

[daring scaffold]

Sunday I think?

[rain anvil]

Sunday evening yeah. There's plenty of time

[coral dirge]

Ack, I just missed it

I blame my internet provider for not providing me internet

[rain anvil]

damn

maybe you could issue a plea to tabby

to submit your order sneakily 12 minutes late

[thorny warren]

I've seen it happen before

[brazen kettle]

Pop it in there. Stuff happens sometimes

[thorny warren]

just not a guarantee

[coral dirge]

@proper plover is it fine if I send my order late? Not that I was doing anything in Lonely anyway

[quasi pulsar]

Shit

I was moving @.@

Load of boxes cross state.

Oh well. I was dug in last orders. I dont expect us to get boarded

[snow cipher]

Orders are closed?!!!

[hoary apex]

famous last words

[snow cipher]

I couldn’t receive that message earlier due to not having my phone from 0700 to 1830.
Basically no phones in the Rickover this is where all my schooling is.

Tabby as long as my ship is moving in formation I’m okay with where ever you put it.

[quasi pulsar]

Oh god.... please dont tell me. Are you in nuke school?!

[snow cipher]

Yes

[quasi pulsar]

Oh god. I failed out of the 3rd school man. I feel you. I am a CTM now. But oof.

I love how three people on Lonely couldnt post on time though XD

Its like the lonely heir got some system lag.

[coral dirge]

Fitting name

[snow cipher]

I’ll probably have the in-universe explanation be to some …errors from the newly installed Miku combat system….I definitely have not been by the bots….yet.

[proper plover]

Anyone who missed the deadline today, get your orders in tonight and I'll process them tomorrow!

[brazen aurora]

CTM?

[snow cipher]

This rate

[quasi pulsar]

I am a glorified IT+ET+EM all for the crypto gear.

I do the job of all those three rates but on specific gear/systems.

That book is old news tho.

CTN was killed off in 2023.

[snow cipher]

Why I am not surprised that boot camp gave us an out of date book.

[quasi pulsar]

They got changed to CWT.... but yeah CTN school was arguably the 2nd toughest enlisted school under nuke school.

Academically that is.

Certified government hackers. Not as fun as it sounds. A lot of red tape and hand slapping.

[snow cipher]

Well at least your not going to be working in a boiling reactor room.

[quasi pulsar]

Welp the ferry is landing I will be back at home to pit in a late post in 30 mins if tabby will accept it.

[quasi pulsar]

Yup I just get to the job meant for 4 people as the only one. And do a third sea tour in a row cause my rate is so fucking undermanned

We're so undermanned their forcing our Chiefs to do 1st class and even 2nd class billets at sea.

[proper plover]

No worries!

[snow cipher]

Miku's second report is complete and is a bit worrying.

[hoary apex]

dont worry tabby has given everyone who didnt get their orders done in time until tonight and than she’ll process them tmr

[rain anvil]

Seems like everyone could get their orders in, that's great 🙂

I'm really looking forwards to next round, we're gonna get a ton of intel. And the first big engagement of the campaign

[hoary apex]

nervous panick

[quasi pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/ron-swanson-nick-offerman-parks-and-recreation-born-ready-prepared-gif-4665511

[pliant mauve]

Spill oil

[cerulean marsh]

I'm all for it!

[spiral pewter]

Nuke school wasnt that bad, I only knew of one person who had a full on nervous breakdown from it!

[thorny warren]

Is Fluffle gonna be at Elim helping STORM with the Starport?

[rain anvil]

Depends on our movement opportunities, but hopefully yes

[thorny warren]

I don't suppose you have a HVTOL to lend to operation Deuce?

[rain anvil]

no vtols here :p

beautiful plan though

[proper plover]

@shadow mica @slender bear @fast sedge @pliant mauve I need fighter formation, who's where, so Shack knows who's going to take hits. Let me know if this is fine or if you want a different formation

@quiet pendant see above

[pliant mauve]

i would prefer to be first pretty please :)

[quiet pendant]

I'll be finally home in a couple minutes so I won't have to use this account anymore. Anyhow, put me down for two, please.

[brazen aurora]

Hey, if you were playing a VTOL, you'd be perfect in STORM! /teasing

[daring scaffold]

Ngl, I feel like I'd make a perfect fit for storm, with how reckless and suicidal I can be in games

[fast sedge]

im fine being number 3

[lean path]

Anything new for Ground besides holding.

Sorry, I forgot to turn in orders yesterday.

[proper plover]

Looks like Commie Cat's message worked, the friendlies are changing course

[feral tangle]

Hell yeah role play triggered mid-rounds

[snow cipher]

I love it when that happens.

[slender bear]

Works for me

[hoary apex]

yay!

[rain anvil]

Well done 😄

[thorny warren]

Not final by any means, but feel free to use

[lunar snow]

the HMGs are ARC (180 degrees), judging by the silhouette used on their indicators

[feral tangle]

HMGs start like that, luckily

[proper plover]

Uh oh. Are those boarding pods?!? 😬

[rain anvil]

What now x)

I'm more and more happy that we are gtfo

I hope these are boarding pods

[feral tangle]

That makes more sense, I thought they were swarm fighters which would be really scary because that could really hurt Storm

[rain anvil]

Tf2 has a welcoming commitee

swarm fighters would be a lot scarier

[proud dust]

Yeah I’m not worried about TF2 defending themselves on board

Uhhh maybe we should be worried actually

That’s very cryptic

[rain anvil]

I'm worried now x)

my poor atlas people

[proud dust]

Good luck lmao

[proper plover]

I do remember talking about how boarding pods can't be intercepted because then ours would have that danger too, so the shifting signature might be indicating that fact

[proud dust]

I hope that’s all

I guess I was taking it very literally

[scenic matrix]

Hear me out

:p

[proud dust]

That would be so awesome for lore and so not awesome for Atlas

[feral tangle]

Yeah that's more of what I was afraid of. If something like that showed up in storm that would be a nightmare

[scenic matrix]

I heard spinning is a good trick to get rid of them...

[proud dust]

My mind is so wired for WH40k that my first thought was either necrons because they can rewrite their necrodermis or some sort of warp magic

[rain anvil]

yeeees our fighters caught their

odds don't look too good for the bots on that one

I'm so glad we have a fighter squadron with us

[proper plover]

I didn't anticipate Fluffle becoming a little scout carrier group, but I really like how it's turned out so far

[proper plover]

Well, there was some pretty evil laughing coming from Shack's office so that horror isn't off the table lol

[rain anvil]

Fluffle is turning out so cool 🙂

[feral tangle]

I was afraid of something like that happening

[cold prism]

https://tenor.com/view/cp3o-star-wars-were-doomed-gif-15966650

[rain anvil]

gooo tail gun x)

[pliant mauve]

Let’s goo

[feral tangle]

It looks like they're heading for Atlas

[rain anvil]

the midround said they were going for us

that's two fighters down, one damaged 🙂

three enemy fighters left

[pliant mauve]

Maybe two down, two damaged

[feral tangle]

I don't think the enemy fighters have evasive

[rain anvil]

definitely not

[pliant mauve]

I fear, they are

1. armoured
2. have more ammo

[rain anvil]

we have a -2 to hit, they have a -3

[pliant mauve]

Maybe even unlimited energy ammo

[rain anvil]

so it's advantage to us

not alert again T-T

energy weapons does indicate unlimited

but apart from that they seem similar to ours

[scenic matrix]

I guess I got a kill? 🤔

[pliant mauve]

Based on this, I would assume that they’re heavy fighters - armoured, not capable of evasive, maybe on slower side

[scenic matrix]

Gunboats?

[rain anvil]

Warren is being chased 👀

[pliant mauve]

I don’t like those swarms

[rain anvil]

ho god

warren has 0 marines

just three crew

well two crew and one captain

[scenic matrix]

I did bring an armory

[rain anvil]

ho

well that's extremely relevant

good good

[pliant mauve]

Also, valuable lesson for next campaigns - every light TF need some ships with tail guns for these kind of situations

[scenic matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-navy-trooper-gif-22262944

My crew is on it

[rain anvil]

maybe fluffle should have just been all tail gun x)

[feral tangle]

I hadn't considered that they might be swarm fighter boarders

[rain anvil]

the armory makes me feel a little better

it'll hopefully buy us the time to send our actual marines over in case they get boarded

if it's an outside threat well

i dunno

we can't shoot our own ships

[pliant mauve]

To the bright side - we’ve kept all of Storm intact for now at least

[rain anvil]

true

but fighters are out of ammo, so you need to reload

[pliant mauve]

Yeah

[rain anvil]

although

we have the crew to reload you

so you can probably get into a fight next turn too

[versed oriole]

Four more and your an Ace

[rain anvil]

I was grabbing my ankles

it seems like we're gtfo

[feral tangle]

Getting six kills with an HMG pretty much confirms that it's a type of swarm unit

[rain anvil]

yup

very good news

and I think warren is fine x)

we did the fluffle thing

[quasi pulsar]

Boarding bots you say?

[thorny warren]

Atlas is prepped to fire breaching-pod bound reinforcements if those things are boarders.

[high osprey]

@proper plover if you spun the Warren 180 I could pop my hmg ability

[quasi pulsar]

Aye but itd slow formation down. Lets see how the rest of mid round goes

[rain anvil]

I think fluffle is outrunning the swarms

[high osprey]

Spinning in space doesn’t effect forward momentum

That’s basic physics

[thorny warren]

Ships with Ponderous can't make 180 turns

That's pretty much the only thing Shack's confirmed to be a hard no

[high osprey]

Is the Warren ponderous

[thorny warren]

All orbitals are

[high osprey]

Ah

Spin 90

[quasi pulsar]

And what game follows every rule even basic physics?

And who said the formation was going forward only.

[high osprey]

HMG has 180 arc

[high osprey]

If its basic physics id assume it would be followed

[proper plover]

If they fly in front of us, you'll get your shot

[high osprey]

I’m not talking some advanced shit this is like middle school level

[quasi pulsar]

I hear you but ive played to many games that dont even do that. 🤣

[thorny warren]

None of the slides in "Chutes and ladders" have any elevation. They wouldn't function as real slides, therefore I don't have to move back.

It's a game. We have to follow the rules, and ask graciously and sparingly for flexibility with those rules.

[quasi pulsar]

I dont mean that kind of game... but I am stealing that point

[high osprey]

Bro it’s space combat with non specified physics id assume he would follow the logic 💀

[thorny warren]

There's logic, and there's game balance.
This one's a balance issue.
Turrets would be pointless if ships could just spin to shoot at whatever they want.

[high osprey]

Not really since the auto-cannon would become unusable

I see where you’re going with the line of reasoning but it was just a suggestion

[thorny warren]

Feel free to post in Meta-comm, if enough people agree with you, there might be a change. But I wouldn't try to convince a GM, they've already answered the question.

[proper plover]

And we can't change things mid-game either way.

Also, um, I'm really worried about the thing not exploding on the Warren

[high osprey]

It’s unsettling to say the least

[rain anvil]

Ok I didn't consider that

[scenic matrix]

Would it be bad if I said "I told you so?" :p

[rain anvil]

Swarm mines is not something I want to see

[proper plover]

I mean, you're right here with me so you can say it but we're in the same bad spot

[rain anvil]

I have medics and marines on board. We're reading for anything that hits you

[thorny warren]

Y'all want some special delivery PAI?

[proper plover]

Ah shit, there it is 😬

[thorny warren]

I suppose you'd have to slow the formation :/

[scenic matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-navy-trooper-chewbacca-galaxy-of-adventures-gif-22473099

To the armory!

[rain anvil]

Damn

[proper plover]

What's the rules for boarding pods? One round to breach the hull?

[thorny warren]

It's treated like a weapon, so yea. The forced dock with a VTOL is also one round to breach.

[quasi pulsar]

Boarder bots!... I might have a job this mission it seems.

[thorny warren]

Doesn't do any damage as far as I can tell

[rain anvil]

So we have the turn to send help over?

[thorny warren]

Ofc, shack can always break the rules with custom enemies

[proper plover]

Gotcha. Yep, next round we'll have bots on board. Shack tries to stay consistent once something has been introduced, and the swarm mechanic allows us to pop them before the hit us

[rain anvil]

@tame ibex I have a job for you next turn, congratulations 🎉

[fading mango]

Going by the map, it seems they have FS 10 of boarders. Do you want back up from Atlas?

[proper plover]

We might be at Nav 1, as we were already transitioning to the next area in our Orders this round

[rain anvil]

We'll be fiiine

[proper plover]

Just a little fire 🔥 yep, just fine

[rain anvil]

(don't pay attention to the Lonely on fire over there)

[quasi pulsar]

Hey someone tell the bots to stop rocking the boat!

[fading mango]

I don’t know if we can help with fire

[rain anvil]

Ho god Lonely took three hits

[proper plover]

Lonely has crew that can put the fire out, just need someone to put it as their action in the next Order

[rain anvil]

Okay

They can also repair right?

They have plenty of light mech pilots for it

[proper plover]

Yes, Lonely has 2 repair kits. I don't remember off hand how much each can repair for though

[rain anvil]

I seem to remember it's one hit per kit

[quasi pulsar]

Considering there are boarding bots. I dont want to break my dig in order If I dont have to.

[tame ibex]

what?

[proper plover]

Yeah, don't blame you. There's three other crew, two mech pilots and one LV driver who should be able to get it

[rain anvil]

Our formation is being boarded. We might send you over to the Warren to defend it

[green cedar]

./me thinks w/o repair kit -> rep 1 hit per turn, w/ repair kit -> 2 hits/turn? need to double check

[tame ibex]

Yes Sir

[neat hollow]

That's my job next round. Unless I need to stay on weapons and some passengers can get to repairs.

[rain anvil]

Even though the hits hurt, I will say, better us than Storm Blessed

[shell phoenix]

true

[rain anvil]

I don't want to think about what a boarding swarm could do to vtols

[shell phoenix]

oh lord

[fading mango]

At least it wouldn’t be happening for very long

[quasi pulsar]

repair kit is 1 hit.

With a dct you can do 2 hits.

#meta-comm message

[thorny warren]

As long as you're staying at Elim OBT, Atlas should arrive right behind you, are we helping you with boarders?

[proper plover]

We'll see what they run into above Elim city

[green cedar]

got it, thx for correction

[high pecan]

Correction for you guys

Lonely has onmly taken 2 hits.

You out ran the 3rd shot.

[rain anvil]

That's a relief!

[high pecan]

That 3 speed is damn good.

[quasi pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/bunny-run-gif-6139908

[high pecan]

So nly the smaller orbital managed to fire at Fluffle

[rain anvil]

I was hoping running away from our problems would work X)

Ho I see. It's a kind of turn order based on speed. Very cool way to solve things

[proper plover]

That's what I was hoping too! 😂

[rain anvil]

But ten FS on the Warren is no joke

[quasi pulsar]

It seems we did our job. Vtol squad seems to be uninjured

[rain anvil]

By the time you get in range to help, we'll either have lost the Warren or dealt with it I'm afraid

[thorny warren]

copy that

[rain anvil]

And we have two infantry units, the Warren has an armory, we also have medics

[fading mango]

And only 2 units can engage at a time

[thorny warren]

Per entry point

You've got two breaches

[shell phoenix]

uh,oh

[fading mango]

I misread it. Crap.

[fast sedge]

wait storms already reached elim

[shell phoenix]

storm blessed is in a pickle

[proper plover]

If we send Warren's two crew to deal with the Aft Deck incursion they should be better off

And leave the full strength incursion to our trained infantry units

[thorny warren]

We've also got 2 VTOLs we can send ahead

y'all can probably handle it though

[fading mango]

Especially since the crew should be able to dig in

[fast sedge]

damn our fighters got lucky 3/4 shots hit, we also took one but that was expected

[thorny warren]

https://tenor.com/view/darth-vader-power-i-got-you-i-dont-think-so-gif-23369176

[proper plover]

It was a good round for our Fighters, making that LS reload worth it

[fading mango]

If we send reinforcements we’ll also have to stay together

[proper plover]

Yeah, we'll have to see where everything ends up on the final map

[cold prism]

Any word on that contact Treecat and Panther were scanning?

[rain anvil]

Not yet

Ho wait it's the frigate

[proper plover]

Looks like still a ? On that nasty new enemy, so of Shack doesn't get to it in midrounds I'll remind him that you were set to scan it

Having multiple maps is going to take a bit of juggling I imagine

[cold prism]

Good deal.

Though it depends is Pather pushed the right button on the scanner console.

@cursive otter didn't sount that confident lol.

My first thought reading their post was Guy from Galaxy Quest

[rain anvil]

Damn, Storm is in a pickle now. There seems to be 4 fighters above Elim

They need us to cover

I guess let's see where we end up. I really hope within Elim as well

[proper plover]

Going on ahead was a strong choice 🤷‍♀️

[rain anvil]

They knew the risks

There's still a chance we could cover for them though

With a ship on fire, another one full of beepin boopin mans, our two 'carriers' are intact and free to repair/rearm our fighters immediately

[proper plover]

And Storm Blessed confirmed no hostiles at Nav 1 so the rest of the fleet can plan to move through quickly

[rain anvil]

That is awesome

[cursive otter]

Well I guess Infantry isn't really qualified for scanners sooo

[cold prism]

Nah you are good.

We design those panels to be user friendly

Your RP amused me is all

[rain anvil]

Damn actually the treecat is slightly under crewed X)

[proper plover]

Everyone is slightly under crewed except TripleS 🤣

[rain anvil]

Especially if the marines go over to help the Warren

The Triple is a full clown car

[proper plover]

Y'all have nearly half the whole Task Force on board

[fast sedge]

I think we should arrive at tile 3517 on the elim map, if the fighters can land, reload and then take off in the same turn we should be able to cover them

[rain anvil]

But half of them are my aerospace wing, they're not really crewing most of the time X)

[rain anvil]

That'd be best case scenario

[proper plover]

Isn't there something about not taking off and landing in the same round?

[fast sedge]

hmm then storm will have to survive one turn

[rain anvil]

Damn

I'm out now, so can't check rules for the next 4 hours

Good luck Fluffle!

[restive grove]

Yeah. All the fancy aerospace mechanics were replaced with that

[proper plover]

I have to check to rules again on that one

[high osprey]

We got boarded right?

[fast sedge]

we're out of luck on that one

[versed oriole]

Swarm-aerospace-boarding-bots, code name "Wasps" "Phage"?

[rain anvil]

Ok so we don't need crew to rearm

The fighters can just land and rearm

[proper plover]

I think there are people on board the enemy ship, didn't our Intel say something about them taking Lumarans?

[thorny warren]

One of our medics predicted they might have prisoners

Atlas is 50/50 on delaying our invasion to board, especially with it turning its side to us.

[feral tangle]

There is a dorito on the map

Oh I see that's just the arrow lol

[dreamy radish]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-dorito-mountaindew-gif-11098372

Couldn't you assist in clearing the Tormentor?

[feral tangle]

If it were Doritos lol

[proper plover]

Fluffle made it to Nav 1.

Next Orders due Sunday

[proper plover]

Yes. Bots will breach the Warren's hull next round

[modern pawn]

Do you guys need boarding assistance? Atlas might be able to boost to catch up with you all and doc their marines?

[proper plover]

We have a couple infantry squads, I'm just not sure how to transfer them without a VTOL. So either we can pop back to the Gate or Forward to Elim City for help

[fading mango]

It’s possible you can just move them since you aren’t on a tactical map. Either by non combat shuttles or inferred docking

[proper plover]

I'll double check all that when I get home

[thorny warren]

Any of you know if Disabled Orbitals can be towed?

Like an Immobilized IFV being towed by a Logi-Truck

[proper plover]

I don't think so. But there was some discussion about taking an orbital's helm to control it... Not sure if that ever made it anywhere beyond morning coffee though

[thorny warren]

Dang. I'm trying to keep our BG deployment schedule, but it looks like they're gonna arrive the same time the auto-transports* do if we have to stick around too long

[cold prism]

It would appear so.

That was supposed to be clipped smaller....

[daring scaffold]

Oops, apologies, accidentally started adding stuff to your sheet thinking it was iron hammers 😅

[snow cipher]

Uh this is not good, I really hope I don’t go down.

I also hope I’m not boarded as soon as I hit dirt….again.

[coral dirge]

want me to take care of the fire or patch the hull?

[snow cipher]

Yes please

I have a lot off people on my ship so if everyone works to patch the holes and extinguish the fire I should be back up and running when we fight the orbital above the AO

[coral dirge]

alright, I'll be using the first repair kit

[lean path]

On a scale of 1-10, how bad is that

I imagine a 5

[slender bear]

So per the move order for fighters are we at nav1 with the rest of the task force?

[hoary apex]

yeah tail gun kinda cracked ngl

I doubted it but holy shit does it work

[fossil cairn]

The Tail gun should not have worked in this situtation.
Shack mentioned that in #meta-comm

[hoary apex]

also should I move to the boarded ship?

Seeing as boarding probably requires some medical expertise

[neat hollow]

Sensors show no enemies at Nav1, but enemies over the planet. Do I have time to do fire control and get back to weapons before we get to firing range?

[snow cipher]

If we start on this hex then yes do fire control if not then help fix the ship.

@quasi pulsar, @arctic vale, and @lean path, we won't be hitting the planet for a while so can you guys please help put out the FIRES that are raging across the ship? Also can one of you also pop the second repair kit so Lonely can get back up to 4HP?

[feral tangle]

Beach Bunny would probably be the best to keep in defense mode since they're the only ones with a gun

[quasi pulsar]

Shack came in and said you only took 2 damage instead of 3 in a correction.

Due to there being boarding bots I dont want to break my dig in order unless absolutely necessary. So I will leave repairs to the others.

There is another LV onboard that can assist in repairs as well.

[feral tangle]

Oh yeah I forgot that lonely is full

Not very lonely after all huh? lol

[snow cipher]

I forgot about that thanks, I really don't want deal with boarding again.

[slender bear]

Ill use my fighter snub hmg to kill the boarders inside the ship. Don't worry. I got you covered 😆 🤣

[lean path]

I'll pop the repair kit. The more health we have, the better

I assume the order Type is Use Repair kit?

[hoary apex]

it would be so funny if the warren had like 10 players on it

they breach and than theres like 50 people aboard

[hoary apex]

for now we’re in nav1 which is enemy free

wait which ship are you on?

[rain anvil]

We really gotta figure out how to transfer people from one ship to another

I assumed we could just dock together

[hoary apex]

its just a short walk

[rain anvil]

Hold your breath

[hoary apex]

dont forget your sunday best

[neat hollow]

We need boarding hooks and cables. Then we can do it right. Just have to have a cutlass between our teeth.

[quasi pulsar]

Im on lonely but we assume nav-1 is enemy free. Powered down bots probably only seem like debris to scanners

I trust nothing now.

Glares suspiciously at asteroids

[snow cipher]

Agreed plus those bots might be hacking the onboard Miku system which I probably shouldn’t have installed throughout the ship.

[rain anvil]

Once we know if we can ship our marines/medics over to the Warren, we'll know how things are looking.

[hoary apex]

o7

[rain anvil]

Exciting mid rounds though

[misty maple]

Miku finds…the Ship’s Pipebomb!

Ship explodes

[rain anvil]

also @hoary apex don't forget the taccom chat is not for planning :p it's for taccom to shack communication

[hoary apex]

sorry

I was asking a question

[proper plover]

We can shuttle between ships as long as the units are part of the Task Force. 👍

[quasi pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/harry-potter-potter-puppet-pals-ticking-whats-that-noise-gif-13974985

[dreamy radish]

https://tenor.com/view/pipe-bomb-so-cool-pipe-bomb-hatsune-miku-gif-3979886170462943769

[high osprey]

Should I like barricade the room I’m in

I don’t have a weapon

[feral tangle]

Which ship has Miku as their onboard AI again?

[dreamy radish]

Lonely

[feral tangle]

Kek

I'd like you to prepare one Miku Miku beam

[dreamy radish]

The one on fire right now

[feral tangle]

This is my favorite mod for hell divers

[dreamy radish]

[snow cipher]

I have two Miku reports with the third one in development. It should be done today

[fossil cairn]

Instantly and whenever?

[cold prism]

Is there anything Treecat can do to help with antiboarding actions?

[proper plover]

Warren has an armory so you have access to weapons. I think if you want to fight the bots group up with the infantry to do so

[proper plover]

If your infantry is amenable, could we borrow them for a moment or two? We've got a bit of an infestation that could use some shooting

[cold prism]

If they want to transfer you got them.

@cursive otter should I prep some shuttles?

[slender bear]

The only move I can make right now is to land back on the treecat to re-arm yes?

[snow cipher]

Log three complete

[cold prism]

And are we planning to hold at Nav 1 till we deal with Warren's unwanted guests? Or moving direct to another location?

[hoary apex]

Storm has already moved up but without us they’re not gonna be able to get down without heavy losses

I nominate we send the undamaged ships up and leave the damaged ones here to fight them off

[cold prism]

I don't think we can easily split the TF

Thats the point of the system. Keep smaller groups together so its easier for Shack to keep track of

[hoary apex]

than were out of good options

[cold prism]

Nah. We still have good options. Splitting up just isn't one of them.

[snow cipher]

Problem with that plan is I'm carrying the first dropforce in my bays so I need to land ASAP

[hoary apex]

how many total antiboarders are gonna be headed for the warren?

[hoary apex]

splitting up would be the best one

[hoary apex]

mhm

if were confident we can handle the boarders

I nominate we get a move on

no reason to dilly dally

[restive grove]

You mechanically cannot split

[hoary apex]

and god only knows storm is gonna need the escort

[restive grove]

Who are you carrying?

Haven't been following y'all super close

[cold prism]

Well given it wasn't ever really an option.

It wasn't ever a good one lol.

[hoary apex]

lol true

[cold prism]

Can Storm bug out away, or are they 100% committed to engaging that bogey to get dirtside?

[cold prism]

I think a fair few. But I don't know how many boarders they will be facing.

But this is why I'm asking what folks are thinking.

[hoary apex]

we need a poll

[cold prism]

Just to see if we proceed or hold up to deal with the boarders?

[hoary apex]

pretty much

thanks

[cold prism]

Not how I'd have worded that. But I guess that works lol

[hoary apex]

is there something wrong with the wording?

[cold prism]

Mostly just joking is all

[snow cipher]

It's in this list.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18v0BwjVwoEeLjxtsT182lZXJzBIN-cdpYvXyOmBS8F8/edit?usp=sharing

[rain anvil]

Morning Fluffles 🙂

Being able to transfer crew between ships is huge

At this point we have three issues:

• The Warren being boarded, 4 fs + 6 fs in two different places. We could send Warpit and Panther to it, and use two crews against the 4 fs and two infantry against the 6 fs, so 6vs4 and 12vs6. And then also send CommieCat to heal anyone getting injured, priority to the crew since they have lower hp overall.
• The Lonely is burning (amongst other things). They have Draconius, Alx and Frostinite who have three actions, one to extinguish the fire, and two to spend the two repair kits and bring the lonely back up to full.
• Storm has encountered fighters above Elim. Our current anti fighter capabilities are our hmgs, since our fighters have to spend the turn to land and rearm. If Storm choses to rush ahead, there's nothing we can do to protect them at this time, but we could then use the distraction (callously said) to send our two bombers to strike the frigate at least. One big issue being, the Warren can't man it's hmg due to ... problems :p

And additionally, we gotta spend our first LS this turn to resupply our fighters

[cursive otter]

Sure, I always like to get some action

[pliant mauve]

I wouldn’t count on Storm waiting for us

From what we see, there’s low enough enemy presence over Elim and they can make it trough mostly unscathed

[rain anvil]

I just asked, they're not waiting

I think it's 4 fighters, so I guess if damage is spread over the formation, they should be fine?

but that means we could send our bombers in, the enemy fighters will unload on the vtols

[pliant mauve]

However, I have a proposition to give them some cover - while we had spent our ammo, bots don’t know that or how many fighters Fluffle got in total.

We can make formation of fighters and bombers and scale up perceived danger of our attack on their ship

Bots would see an airwing of 6 aerospace - they wouldn’t know that fighters are harmless and would be forced to react

[rain anvil]

that's an interesting proposition

did any of our fighters get damaged?

[hoary apex]

the only thing I dont like about that plan is that some of our fighters are damaged and we have no idea what those 4 modules are

[hoary apex]

I think someone took a hit on our team

lemme double check

[rain anvil]

nah, our fighters are fine actually

[pliant mauve]

Muppet is damaged

[rain anvil]

ah is muppet one of ours?

I thought it was atlas

In any case, if they only have 4 enemy fighters, the risk of damage are very low

as long as ours are in evasive

[hoary apex]

I would suggest muppet goes in the back of any fighter formation

[pliant mauve]

They can have point defense

[hoary apex]

^^^^^^

[rain anvil]

muppet can even go repair and rearm

[pliant mauve]

Either that, or landing

[hoary apex]

both decent options

really it depends on how much risk muppet wants to take

[rain anvil]

the frigate has 4 slots, and clearly has fighter bays and drop pods

I guess it could have point defense

but that's a solid option either way, I like it

[hoary apex]

but remember bot ships dont work the same way ours do

[rain anvil]

although that's really stretching our fighters x)

[hoary apex]

they might not even need launch bays for their fighters

[hoary apex]

yeah but its needed at this stage

[rain anvil]

I like the idea

[hoary apex]

once the skies are clear we can lick our wounds and rearm before moving up

[rain anvil]

if muppet doesn't rearm, we can save one turn of large supply x)

[pliant mauve]

I would actually propose that 2 fighters land and other 2 commit to the ruse

[rain anvil]

that increases the per fighter risk though

but it's already really risky anyways

[pliant mauve]

But we can prepare landed fighters for the next turn

Do we really spend LS for fighter rearm?

[rain anvil]

can't rearm if the fleet is not supplied

[pliant mauve]

Oh, I checked, 1 LS make’s up for reloads for two turns

Then it’s fine

[rain anvil]

one ls gives us two turns

yeah

[pliant mauve]

How many ammo is spent by guns?

[fast sedge]

well evem withj 4 of the fighters intercepting 4 vtols, the remaining 15 vtols have about a 70% chance of one shotting the frigate

[hoary apex]

I thought the vtols were headed planetside?

[fast sedge]

ah so next turn they go planetside and then attack the frigate next next turn?

[hoary apex]

I thought we were attacking the frigate?

[fast sedge]

well storm planned on killing the frigate with us protecting them from fighters which they cant hurt while our bombers also attack the frigate turning the chance kill into a guaranteed 1 turn kill

[hoary apex]

do they have anti orbital weaponry?

[fast sedge]

vtols have a 50% of dealing a hit to a frigate

with 19 of them they can do alot of damage

[hoary apex]

I see

[fast sedge]

but their guns cant target fighters/other aerospace

[hoary apex]

which is where we come in

[fast sedge]

yep

[pliant mauve]

They’re able to do both attack on frigate and getting to Elim, no?

They enter gun range, saturating ship with lead and decrease they latitude, entering atmosphere over Elim

[rain anvil]

interesting

Looking at the first orders from Storm, it sadly seems they are not doing that

they're ignoring the orbital and dropping into atmo immediately

Fighter cover plus bombing run still seems like a good option though

in evasive, our fighters seem relatively safe

[shadow mica]

The problem is that most of us are out of ammo.

We won't be combat capable until the following turn.

Luckily we can rearm and repair at the same time.

[rain anvil]

The idea that Jesus floated was going in anyways, just as a distraction

You can't shoot them, but you can still dodge the bullets that would hit a vtol otherwise

[fast sedge]

Does interceptor work if we don't have ammo?

We can't exactly attack and thus target a fighter for it to trigger no?

And with just 3 of us, I don't we should risk muppet

[pliant mauve]

Sadly, no

[rain anvil]

you can't intercept I guess

[versed oriole]

Sadly Storm doesn't have the Speed to both engage Vulture and make landfall. We really want to get our ground units down before something bad happens. If the frigate gets closer to us we will by all means fire upon it.

[proper plover]

Fluffle can also ignore the frigate and make landfall if we want. That would give our fighters time to reload and pick off the enemy fighters next turn if they follow us into atmo

Help out the ground forces, so they can take the star port

[rain anvil]

Not this turn though. We're only speed 3. We can only go into the zone, but not far enough to reach the planet

except if I'm missing something

[proper plover]

Ah, yes, you're right. Because of the hostile we would transition to the new tactical map

[rain anvil]

Sadly :/

But we can relatively reliable save the Warren at least 😄 And the Lonely will be fine

[proper plover]

Oh, yeah. I'm not worried about us as long as we shuttle people around

[versed oriole]

I forgot that Warren and Lonely have issues

[rain anvil]

Both our infantry squads agreed to move to Warren, plus my medics

I just wish we could reload and relaunch our fighters immediately x)

[pliant mauve]

I would propose trying to use HMGs to clean up those boarding droids from the hull before they make an entrance

If it’s possible

[pliant mauve]

Yeah

[rain anvil]

After thinking about it, maybe we should reload our fighters first though

Otherwise, we're delaying our ability to take down enemy fighters by a turn

[quiet sparrow]

Hey TF3, it felt like you guys had the boarders well handled. But I wanted to double check. Do you feel you'll need support? We have PAI if you need it.

[proper plover]

We should be fine, thanks though 😁

[quiet sparrow]

Awesome! Holler if the situation changes

[proper plover]

Thinking we land and reload, then pop into the next tac map and fire/scan with the orbitals to give the aerospace the juiciest targets for the turn after

[rain anvil]

that sounds pretty good

there's also the option to send the bombers in already. The enemy fighters will engage Storm before our bombers move in, giving them a clear way to the frigate

[pliant mauve]

However, once storm is down there - bombers would be left one on one with fighters and any PD ship has

If we reload now, we probably can rush to engage enemy fighters and take them off bombers tails

[rain anvil]

Yup sounds good too

[neat hollow]

Our ships will be right behind the bombers. With the staffing we have we should be able to manage TripleS HMG and Lonly's autocannnon to provide additional support, plus still do repairs.

[rain anvil]

yup

I wish we could also man warren's guns

[proper plover]

We can. If the infantry engage the bots, my crew can stay on the guns. Every unit shipped over to the Warren can be armed, even if they don't usually carry weapons

[rain anvil]

ho

are we arming the medics x)

and we just need one crew to man the hmg, the other crew can actually fight

so there's a world where that works

[pliant mauve]

At the end of the turn, that would be our positions if enemy vessel decides not to move closer

While orbitals can provide some cover, bombers would still be stuck right over enemy ship

[rain anvil]

I'm assuming the fighters will move closer to engage Storm

allowing our hmgs/autocannons to engage the fighters

turn order is speed based, so the enemy fighters will play before our bombers, which is to our advantage right now

I like the map actually, makes things a lot more readable

[pliant mauve]

They have enough speed to engage Storm and regroup with the ship tho

[proper plover]

Unless they follow Storm down into Atmo

Storm is a really juicy target

That would leave the frigate without fighter support on our arrival

[pliant mauve]

That sounds reasonable

[versed oriole]

Turns are simultaneous based on what makes sense "in the fiction"

[pliant mauve]

Anyway, that risk is up to bomber players

[rain anvil]

true actually

[pliant mauve]

I can even see scenario, where frigate chases Storm alongside fighters

[proper plover]

Right. Even if the bombers wait for our fighters, we have a moment to take an orbital shot and get into position without their fighters

[versed oriole]

Since y'all aren't over Elim yet it's dubious the Harassers and Vulture will do anything except react to Storm

[rain anvil]

My hope is that the bombers can crit with their big d6 damage, and disable some modules on the frigate

[high osprey]

Why can’t the hmg be manned?

[rain anvil]

making the rest of the fight a lot easier

I was thinking all of warren crew would have to fight

[high osprey]

Cause boarding

[rain anvil]

but if we send enough help over, you could still man it

[high osprey]

It depends on how fast we get infantry

[pliant mauve]

Any way to mess up our landing is probably top priority for bots

[rain anvil]

Tabby figured out we can just ship taskforce members between ships using shuttles. So it should be relatively instant

[shadow mica]

LS won't get expended for fighter repair.

[high osprey]

Alright I guess I’ll group up with the task force to fight then

Who is shuttling over

[rain anvil]

@tame ibex, @hoary apex and @cursive otter

so 12fs of infantry and 4fs of medics

[pliant mauve]

It’s the third turn, we need to spend LS to be ‘supplied’

It’s not strictly for repairs, but they wouldn’t be possible without resupplying task force

[rain anvil]

we have noone else to spare 😂

[proper plover]

And Lonely's crew is busy too, with the repairs and fire

We have just enough people it seems 👍

[rain anvil]

Barely enough x) it's mad

[proper plover]

That's efficiency staffing 🤣

[rain anvil]

All these budget cuts really hurt

In any case I like the plan that's forming up. It's almost sane.

I'll ask my two bombers what they think

It's a big risk for them

[hoary apex]

Reporting for duty

[pliant mauve]

So, to sum it up

TF is moving to Elim node and closing up on enemy contacts in the area

1. Lonely crew is going for damage control

2. warren and reinforcements engage boarding droids

3. fighters RTB for reload and repair

4. any available gun on orbitals provide fire on fighters if possible

Oh, and bombers are either
waiting out for our reload so we can cover them in bombing run

Or commit to it now, hoping for some lucky strikes and/or enemy commitment to chasing down Storm

[proper plover]

I think that sums up the idea we've been kicking around so far

Ah, Lonely needs to make sure they still have crew on the auto cannon when we arrive

[pliant mauve]

Tabby, with reload requiring primary action - should I specify in orders that I advance (to land) and reload?

[snow cipher]

I do have someone in the gun

Anyway will we be starting on hex 3519 or will it cost on of our movement points to move here?

[proper plover]

Yes. That will work.

[proper plover]

We will have 2 speed left when we enter the Elim tac map. We can choose to enter anywhere between those bars from Field Nav 1

[proper plover]

Welcome to Warren, please pick up a complimentary pistol on your way in

[hoary apex]

[cursive otter]

Hey so, just to get this clear, I'm coming to help on board the Warren right?

[tame ibex]

I was pinged?

[hoary apex]

^

[hoary apex]

assuming you agree thats the plan

[cursive otter]

Yeah sure

[tame ibex]

Which transporter will I use?

[hoary apex]

we’ll just shuttle over

[tame ibex]

Interesting

[snow cipher]

Which hex will we be heading to?

[high osprey]

There is no map for field nav 1

[proper plover]

No hostiles and no question mark so no tactical map

[proper plover]

Which hex will give you the best shot with your auto cannon?

[neat hollow]

If we head to 3818 we should be right behind the frigate

[rain anvil]

Regarding our two infantry and medics, plus one crew, what would be the best distribution between the two breaches on the ship?

[proper plover]

Does anyone have special kit? That 6FS breach is kinda scary

[rain anvil]

I don't think so sadly

[proper plover]

So maybe send the medic to that one with an infantry unit, so they can heal the damage? The medic is also 4FS, correct? So they could do more damage than crew

[rain anvil]

medic is 4 fs

we could also do two infantry vs the big one, and medic plus one crew against the small one

so 12 for 6, 7 for 4

almost double the strength on both :p

[snow cipher]

Do we have enough speed to get to that hex?

[cold prism]

So my orders for Turn 3 are just to stay in formation and transition to Elum?

Or will I need to specify a next and heading for you Tabby?

[proper plover]

The only worry with that is the 4FS bots could wipe out one of those units if they roll well. Where the infantry would be sure to survive

[rain anvil]

ho I see

I guess we just decide how takes the bigger risk

[rain anvil]

don't think so, it's one hex too far

[snow cipher]

Same here and our guns are range 2 not three so we won't be able to engage the hostile ship.

[proper plover]

Yeah, I think just staying formation works. If you're good with whatever hex we pick

[rain anvil]

maybe it's better though, I'm more worried about the fighters anyways :p

[proper plover]

The frigate can't land, and they go speed 2 so we can make a plan of attack. They're weapons will have the similar ranges to ours

[cold prism]

Yeah. Im fine being anywhere you need me.

Im just going to be a resupply point for fighters since I won't have anyone to man the scanner.

[snow cipher]

Do we know what these guys are going to do? Depending on what we do we could try to sneak up on the frigate.

[rain anvil]

they're rushing the surface

not waiting for anything or anyone

[snow cipher]

So the bots will be focusing on them as such I don't think they'll notice us as we enter.

[proper plover]

Even if they notice, we will have the advantage for a round or two

[rain anvil]

I've asked my bombers about their opinion for the early strike

[neat hollow]

Hex 3519 is labeled as Nav 1. Are we consided at that hex at the start of the turn, or does it take one movement to get to enter the area?

[proper plover]

One movement from where we are now on the strategic map to any of the hexes at the edge of the tactical map between the white bars on that side of the Elim city high orbit map

We get to choose

So anything between 3517 to 3520

[neat hollow]

All of the Hexes put use the same distance from Elim. 3520 puts us towards the frigate rear quarter if they turn towards the VTOL's. 3517 to 3519 all put us one hex closer to the VTOL's but still broadside of the frigate. Any bets on the ? being turrets?

[fast sedge]

Turrets randomly in the middle of space, probably fighters, or maybe more of those swarm boarding bots

but most probably fighters

[neat hollow]

I meant the ? marks on thr frigate.

[fast sedge]

ah

well, if one slot is drop pods, the other being flight deck, maybe two of them if they also hold 2 aerospace each, I remember us being worried about LRMs being spotted to the east, idk if that was the frigate tho, so maybe 1 lrm?, if their flight decks can hold 4 aerospace and they only have one, maybe an hmg or autocannon for the worst case

I think their flight decks might hold 4

cos unless I missed something, the BC didnt have a flight deck and didnt have any remaining ? marks while the frigate at lussan had one ? left so I assume that ? mark was a flight deck

[rain anvil]

It could be that the big missile looking thing at the back of the bc is a flight deck

[fast sedge]

I thought those were for the the swarmer boarding droids

[rain anvil]

Ah could be too, true

[fast sedge]

wait I think those could be flight decks, if the swarmers take up 1 flight deck slots as well and arent related to a unique module, cos they had 5 fighters + 3 swarmer droid groups so a total of 8 with each flight deck holding 4

[rain anvil]

Terrible terrible

4 per deck is too many X)

Maybe a deck takes two slots?

[fast sedge]

each of the two maybe flight decks on the battle cruiser had a single question mark each before being revealed, so I doubt that

[rain anvil]

True

[daring scaffold]

How has fluffle been?

[cold prism]

Some things are on fire. We have uninvited guests on board Warren....so.....about what you would expect

[daring scaffold]

Fair enough

[rain anvil]

But we're still forging ahead

[proper plover]

https://tenor.com/view/community-chaos-chaotic-fire-gif-17636558

The usual

[rain anvil]

What if

disabling the fighter bay on an enemy ship disabled the fighters too

wouldn't that be awesome for us

[cold prism]

It wouldn't immedeatly disable them. But they wouldn't be able to rearm

[rain anvil]

It seemed like they have energy weapons, so we'll see this turn if they need to rearm or not

Alright, and some math since things are quiet and I just want to lay it down:
Enemies have 8 hits of fighters and (presumably) 7 hits of frigate. Fighters seem to be the most dangerous to us right now.
On turn one we can have: 2 hmgs, 1 autocannon shooting = 3 damage, only fighter since frigate is too far away for our orbital weapons
On turn two we can have: 2 hmgs, 2 autocannons, 2 bombers, 4 fighters shooting = 10 damage, 4 anti orbital, 6 anti fighter = all fighters should be dead by then if we're really lucky
On turn three we can have: 2 hmgs, 2 autocannons = 4 damage, 2 orbital 2 fighter = the enemy frigate wouldn't die yet.

Attacking with the bombers on turn one can allow us to have another 2 anti orbital damage on turn 3, which could be enough to kill that frigate one turn earlier than we otherwise would.

Of course that's assuming everything hits and goes perfectly, but accounting for bad luck or misses is a job for Leveller my fighter pilot :p

[lean path]

@snow cipher for the order, do I just say Repair Lonely? I wanna make sure before I send it.

[snow cipher]

I think that's right.

[lean path]

Order sent

[snow cipher]

@neat hollow I really hope you manage that Kilt shot.

[rain anvil]

Also of note, one of us has to spend a large supply for this turn. I'd be willing to do it.

[slender bear]

@snow cipher you would be in full FFE not PPE for firefighting.

[hoary apex]

do I need to specify that I heal people once I get to the warren or is just declaring a move order to shuttle over ok?

[rain anvil]

You would be taking armory weapons and actually fighting this turn i think

[rain anvil]

Alright, the Triple crew's orders are agreed upon 🙂 the bombers will stay back for now and hopefully line up two bombing runs on the frigate afterwards. Warpit and Commie are going to the Warren on the Starboard deck against the 6FS enemy. Pizza is manning the Triples hmg. Figthers are landing and rearming themselves.

And for positionning, I suggest we move in a straight line towards the frigate, as close as possible

[proper plover]

Yes, healing is an action now. And please specify which incursion you are heading to

[proper plover]

Do you have a hex preference for entrance onto the map?

[rain anvil]

Facing directly the frigate

So between 3518 and 3519

[proper plover]

Orders Due in 8 Hours. Get 'em in!

[rain anvil]

I would also suggest the Triple take the tip of our diamond formation actually. Since It's our only destroyer currently not being boarded or activelly burning :p

[fast sedge]

wait I thought only one ship was burning

[rain anvil]

Lonely is burning

Warren is boarded

[fast sedge]

ah, I thought the warren was also on fire

yeah we should def be at the front

[rain anvil]

not yet 👀

[proper plover]

the fire should be out upon arrival. I believe it is just one Primary Action to put it out. I'm ok with the shift in formation, don't get me wrong, does the TripleS have anyone to scan those weapons on the frigate?

[proper plover]

also, hey we're doing our best over here 😂

[fast sedge]

nope

our scanner pizza is now on the HMG

[proper plover]

gotcha, no worries. I appreciate all the help your crew is providing the Warren

[rain anvil]

Yeah sadly no crew to man the scanner

and none on the treecat either I suppose x)

and I think hmg is more important than scanner atm

[proper plover]

Do we want to shift Treecat to the rear of the formation again? Put TripleS at the front, with Lonely and Warren to the sides? I want to make sure that Lonely is in range with that autocannon if at all possible

[rain anvil]

yeah sounds good

[proper plover]

I agree the HMG could be very important to us not exploding and raining down on the city in pieces

[rain anvil]

Could we end up here?

[proper plover]

ah hahaha dueling screenshots

[rain anvil]

very nice

windows snipping tool arrow? :p

[fast sedge]

wait the snipping tool lets you add arrows?

[proper plover]

photoshop because that's what I got

[rain anvil]

fancy

[rain anvil]

yup, I was also surprised

[fast sedge]

huh didnt know that, is it a windows 11 thing for the tool?

[rain anvil]

no clue

I just maintained the draw click, and it became an arrow all by itself

my reason to go close to the frigate is that the bombers can stick with us this turn, and then bomb and land in the same turn next turn

[proper plover]

that is neat, I'll probably do that for the next one instead of opening photoshop

I'm good getting close to the frigate, if we run into a lot of trouble we can dip to the planet's surface and land

[daring scaffold]

I think so

[snow cipher]

@quasi pulsar, @arctic vale, and @coral dirge please put in your orders. This ship can’t afford us missing the deadline (literally this time) again.

[coral dirge]

tries to patch the hull
forgets to put a helmet on
MIA
that'd be one hell of way to go

[fast sedge]

ah so probably why i didnt know that, ill probably never touch 11

[quasi pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/austin-powers-dangerously-gif-20939086

[daring scaffold]

Yeah, I don't plan on touching 11 anytime soon either

[proper plover]

🤣 I appreciate the restraint and attempt to not damage the Warren

[tame ibex]

[cold prism]

I'm hearing Mal telling Jayne "No Grenades" in that RP post lol.

[arctic vale]

Just sent!

[rain anvil]

I'll mark my large supply as used

[quasi pulsar]

I dunno I saw a movie once where people where told they couldn't use any weapons but flame throwers and the xenomorphs ate them all.

[shadow mica]

https://media.giphy.com/media/RmffxFaT5ji611M3pO/giphy.gif

[proper plover]

Hmmm, well, if people start getting eaten I will officially sanction the use of any and all force. Damn the new upholstery and interior paint.

The exterior paint is already a lost cause

[shadow mica]

"Lieutenant, what do those pulse rifles of yours shoot?"

[vernal flare]

"The enemy."

[neat hollow]

Anybody have ion blasters? Just don't shoot our computers

[shadow mica]

Lmao; ~~"10 by 24 milimetre high-explosive armour-piercing, why?" ~~

[pliant mauve]

oh

Atlas is planning to burn LS to get to Elim next turn

[hoary apex]

dw we’ll pick your body up later

[hoary apex]

the neat part about being about to die is you can use whatever you want