Task Force 3 - Fluffle: Comms

[slender bear]

What caliber are the shipboard auto cannons

[snow cipher]

At this point it’s highly likely that Miku is behind our disappearances.

[quasi pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/onyxsoup-magical-mirai-2013-mm13-hatsune-miku-magician-miku-gif-7397661410883744337

[quasi pulsar]

Probably a question for meta chat. No clue here.

[quasi pulsar]

Man

@snow cipher Tell Miku to stop taunting the bots, they keep targeting us

We didn't get hit, Atlas point defensed the missiles luckily

But they keep shooting the Heir

[thorny warren]

We gotchu

❤️

[snow cipher]

I can tell here but I don’t think she’ll listen.

[rain anvil]

Well done Fluffle in any case, I think we're changing maps 🙂

[snow cipher]

Yep the Lonely Heir will be making planet fall unless we have a change of plan

[quasi pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/lets-ride-nicolas-cage-gone-in60seconds-okay-gif-7806996

[feral tangle]

Your finally getting to drive your car lol

[slender bear]

i think fighters should go evasive and dock back up to re arm. enemy fighters are still active.

[quasi pulsar]

And then it turns out the mine is covered in AA... and we can't land.

[proper plover]

I mean, AA doesn't work if you aren't in the air, right?? we just plop down and vroom vroom

[rain anvil]

Yup, we ain't fightsrs

We'll be fine

[snow cipher]

I forget but are transporting a separate battle force?

[proper plover]

the fighters can sit snug in their hangars while we drop

[proper plover]

nah, that didn't work out. Rabbit grew too big for our supply capability

they should be in the Mules now, with speed 3 so they should be able to go wherever they like

[snow cipher]

Well at least still I can drop of our Mechs, vehicles, and act as a mobile repair and resupply point.

[proper plover]

I think that is the tentative plan for the Hill Mine, see if we can get intel and help some civilians

Shack said the last thing he'll do before releasing the final map is to move Fluffle and complete the scan we had on the orders

[rain anvil]

Nice! 😄

It's good to have confirmation.

[proper plover]

so if he forgets, I will call him on it 😂

[quasi pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/rabbit-binky-zoomies-snowball-bunny-gif-7396766742784084341

oh

That image has text, I just wanted a zoomy rabbit

[proper plover]

ha, I didn't even notice the text. Just the bunny zooms

[snow cipher]

I assume We’re dropping to the mine ASAP?

[restive grove]

Henlo Fluffle

Considering your position, I wish to ask what your plan is

Those orbitals you found fleeing may pose a significant issue if they head to crossroads, we would appreciate it if y’all were able to determine if they were or not

[snow cipher]

I think the plan is for some of us land though Tree cat or Triple S could try to shadow the Orbitals.

[restive grove]

Land where?

[cold prism]

They are headed to a different area arn't they? I can't leave the TF

[brazen aurora]

FLUFFLE,

How open would you be to being redirected to CROSSROADS High Orbit for some scanning of the Ground Map?

RABBIT advises that they intent to move to Crossroads High Orbit this round (R5) and deploy next round (R6).

[quasi pulsar]

How likely do you think its crossroads? They are headed to H-H next as per the brief. Which means they could be heading to reinforce the city as well.

I am not saying we don't decide to go to crossroads, I am just curious at the bot's options. Cause if they are retreating they haven't fully claimed crossroads and its obvious closest to our main force.

Which is why them retreating to the other city to prevent us from attempting to take the only other Starport may be a option.

[snow cipher]

Probably at the mine

[restive grove]

The convoy said that the bots are building something at crossroads. That tells me they’ve definitely fully claimed it and want to defend it.

[snow cipher]

We’re not carrying a battle force so we can only do some light ground reconnaissance with light vehicles and mechs.

[quasi pulsar]

Aye talk bout the optimist in me thinking if the convoy got out, that means there is still local resistance in Crossroads.

But considering the only other star port on the planet is Ziyal City, and even with drop pods they still need a liable way to get supplies and heavier equipment to the surface.

Both are likely options for them to reinforce.

I am up for what ever, but I think we want to scout the mines for survivors, materials, and potential bot outpost/flanks.

[lunar snow]

ya'll can scan the ground map, no?

[quasi pulsar]

That was the original plan at least with the mine

[restive grove]

Y’all definitely do what you want, just wanted to put forward the option

[snow cipher]

I don’t think so plus my passengers are itching for some action

[quasi pulsar]

That or its a space rash.

[quasi pulsar]

@restive grove @feral tangle Truth be told I would suggest poking @spiral pewter

See where TF Victorum is going. If those ships are retreating to reinforce Cross Roads. Fluffle doesn't have the guns or the point defense to poke our nose around (let alone fight) two vessels with matching signature of the battlecruiser from round 1, and an unidentified signature... that's bigger than a battlecruiser.

If it is a battleship, I am sure Victoria would love a worthy opponent.

But I ant going to speak for them

[snow cipher]

Is the plan to land at the mine or to travel to the village?

[quasi pulsar]

I guess we can wait for Tabby to make the poll.

I believe our original idea was to land on the mine and scout.

I rather not chase that fleeing fleet. Its highly suspected its two battlecruisers and a battleship.

And its on a mission, not actually fleeing

[feral tangle]

Thank you for your help with this

[quasi pulsar]

Np.

I have the strangest suspicion that fleet is going to be shadowing Taskforce 1, but we will see.

[spiral pewter]

We are in talks trying to figure out a plan but I'm out of town this weekend and only on my phone

[quasi pulsar]

👍 I think Rabbit and your fellows are discussin, have fun.

[rain anvil]

I wonder if we could get at least a map of Hill Mine, and maybe our scan too.

It'd be nice to know if we're dropping people in the middle of bots or not

Also, it'd be a shame to spend the whole turn 'just' scanning the area, when we technically could have had it done last turn

[quasi pulsar]

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[cursive otter]

Hey hi

do you need me to scan next turn?

[pliant mauve]

Are we planning on using LS this turn to keep TF supplied?
Fighters and bombers in need of reload and some orbital guns did spent ammo as well

[cursive otter]

Yeah... my bad

didn't really check discord in the last days

[pliant mauve]

No-no, that’s about lack of ground map of hill mine - we don’t know what we can scan

[rain anvil]

No worries! Everyone is allowed to have a life. And for now it seems like we can't scan stuff due to lack of map, which is a bit sad. nothing to do with you

[rain anvil]

yeah definitely

I was thinking if we rearm the bombers, and actually get a map, we could even send the bombers on a bombing run

and drop the lvs and light mechs

[hoary apex]

I was also thinking we could try and comm again

bc we do have reports of civilians

idk how effective that’d be though

[rain anvil]

I'm afraid the ships that just left means the bots are done with the mine

[hoary apex]

thats a very good point

[pliant mauve]

Or they reacting to the threat of our arrival and pulling them back to protect whatever they’re building at Crossroads

[hoary apex]

I doubt its our arrival they’re scared of

[pliant mauve]

Whatever it is, it probably more valuable to bots then mines

[hoary apex]

more likely they’re pulling back bc of victorum or the BGs

[pliant mauve]

OH.

OH NO.

[hoary apex]

what?

[pliant mauve]

the large ship is probably not battleship.

[hoary apex]

cargo?

[pliant mauve]

It’s most likely a harvester and they’re delivering lumarrans to whatever facility they’ve built to turn them into husks or smthg

[hoary apex]

but we dont have the firepower to give chase

[pliant mauve]

I meant arrival of Armco to this system, not Fluffle arrival at Hillmines

[pliant mauve]

Yeah, so we either recon Hill Mine further or try to get deeper into bot space at get additional info on their movement

[quasi pulsar]

Well time to put snow tires and chains on the lv.

[cold prism]

Hm.

Ill have the Galley start some big pots of hot chocolate

[rain anvil]

If the Light mechs and LVs feel confident dropping in blind, we could already go in this turn

Still slightly miffed we didn't get our scanner sweep off

[brazen aurora]

sounds like a very sketchy idea-

Would you be willing to wait for DF and DM?

[snow cipher]

Does any one have any idea for landing coordinates? I'm thinking 3216 or 3316

[rain anvil]

spank in the middle of it? Seems great to me

we could also send the bombers on a preemptive bomber strike

[cold prism]

Command won't process orders for blind strikes. Might hit civies.

[hoary apex]

how deep do our scanners penetrate?

[cold prism]

We have to have confirmed hostile targets before we are authorized to strike

[hoary apex]

like if theres civs hiding in the mines would our scans detect them?

[snow cipher]

If not we can send in some volunteers to explore the mines.

[rain anvil]

Well we got scammed our scans, so we either have to waste a turn juste scanning or we land blind then

[cold prism]

I know its 2 hexes. Not sure how well that translates to vertical measurements. We can probably try though.

Just make sure @cursive otter and I know what you would like scanned so we can include it in our orders.

[rain anvil]

I had a crew member (pizza) scanning this turn, but it didn't happen because of the enemies leaving the map, leaving us blind this turn

it will frustrate me to no end

[cold prism]

It happens.

The enemy rarely does what we want them to. If they did, we wouldn't need to be here lol.

[rain anvil]

true

[cold prism]

Are we still looking at moving to another area, or staying at the city?

[pliant mauve]

we have moved

we're over Hill Mine

[snow cipher]

I think we're landing at the Mine

[cold prism]

Oh. There is a map. Didn't see it in the Briefing channel.

[rain anvil]

luckily

a blind landing is very spicy x)

[cold prism]

Might be a good idea to wait till we get boots on the ground so we aren't scanning blind.

Get folks dirtside in a defensive position and see what shakes loose. Then we can scan specific targets.

[rain anvil]

as long as things happen this turn, I'm happy

we could also already send the bombers in atmo this turn, just to be ready

although there's the risk of aa

[snow cipher]

Report complete

[quasi pulsar]

3820, 3821.

Gives some cover in hills and prevents surroounding

[quasi pulsar]

Luckily we have LVs and LMs... we got evasive

[proper plover]

The fact that we knew they were enemies was from the scan

[rain anvil]

Aaah

I see

My apologies then, I misunderstood

[proper plover]

No worries! I don't think he said it anywhere. I just know cuz I was bugging him about it lol

[rain anvil]

Thank you for the information, it's greatly appreciated 🙂

Should we decide what we do next?

I mean, a blind drop into hill mine seems to have people's preference

but do we have any other options?

[cold prism]

Im just here to keep the fighters flying and their guns loaded.

[rain anvil]

mostly same :p

[proper plover]

Well, the destroyers can tank some AA, we'd need to protect Treecat on a blind drop. But I'm here for it

[rain anvil]

I might want to stay in high orbit, just because I don't have landing legs so I'd be spending fuel

[quasi pulsar]

Also lonely if lonely goes in flames you burn the majority of the ground force

[shadow mica]

Ideally we drop somewhere with little terrain and ample sightlines.

[quasi pulsar]

Its all terrain and cut lines of sight, that map be hilly with buildings

[shadow mica]

I'd have suggested the little clearing in the southeast.

[quasi pulsar]

Thats what I suggested as well, the hills can cover the ship a bit as well.

[cold prism]

I think our ground pounders are getting stir crazy. Might not be a bad idea to let them out to stretch their legs a bit.

I'd suggest (though they are all of course free to do what they wish) we drop and they come out in full defensive mode till we have abetter idea what we have to face.

As low on crew as most of the ships are, we can't afford to loose anyone

[rain anvil]

The only way to drop is right in the middle of the map. If there's civilians, pick them up same turn and gtfo

[snow cipher]

How about hex 3217?

[proper plover]

Would your infantry units want a ride down to the surface if you stay in high orbit?

[lean path]

I think dropping in 2812 or 3721 are good points strategically. If the base is filled with enemies, I'd rather not lose our entire Ground Force by dropping in the dead center of their base.

If it's filled with civilians, then that's fine. But without any other data available we can't take our chances

I personally lean to 2812 as our landing spot simply because we get slightly more cover to approach

Us light vehicles could scout ahead of the mechs and the infantry with at least one mech covering the light vehicles

Another good thing we could do is have one of our mechs lead the charge with the light vehicles following in its wake

Which do you prefer guys?

@proper plover any thoughts?

[quasi pulsar]

You drop in the middle and they have heavy ordance, in hiding. Just cause the ships left doesn't mean there wasn't ground forces left behind. That ship is screwed.

Our LVs are fast. While we can't carry a lot of civs, we have speed and evasion. Don't risk the ships getting close.

[snow cipher]

Yeah I don’t want to go down in history as a ship that was boarded while on the ground twice.

[quasi pulsar]

"I'd have two quaters... which isn't much, but strange it happened twice."

[lean path]

My point exactly. We drop further out just in case and make the rest of the approach on foot

[lean path]

Also, how if I may ask?

[quasi pulsar]

I was replying to Simm. I still like 3820/21 myself.

[snow cipher]

If we land in the middle and there are bots there then they could get in through the open doors. If stupid Pirates can do it then Killer robots will also do it.

[quasi pulsar]

I think he wants to know about the first boarding?

[lean path]

I see

I understand your want to not repeat history

[snow cipher]

Ah basically I landed near a large group of Pirates and would release a tank unit (Maw). (They were unknown at the time.) A group of pirates would waltz in the open doors shortly after. It would take me flying back and picking up friendly infantry to deal with the problem.

[quasi pulsar]

@snow cipher I will need to know where you plan to land, I think the LVs and LMs cab make orders for disembarking this turn.

[rain anvil]

I know they specifically don't want to touch grass, but I'm sure I could convince them if we really need it x)

[rain anvil]

That is a very good point. I should leave ground strategy to the ground people anyways. I'll have bombers ready for ground support for you guys 🙂

My main issue with landing that far out is that this would become a multi turn operation, at least 3 to 4? since you guys are fast but not 'I can traverse the whole map in one turn' fast. Which would leave quite some time for bots to react to our appearance. Whereas right now, us arriving is probably unexpected. Is there a way we could drop close-ish to the center with the ship still in cover?

And the second issue being, us staying here for any longer than necessary also gives time to that fleet we spotted to come back. I didn't even think about that. But if they come back and we can't leave same turn we're so screwed x)

What about 3320/3321?

[quasi pulsar]

If we're picking up civvies, its going to turn multi-turn irregardless

Civvies don't go fast, LVs can't carry much

And I think that fleet is pulling back to guard more important assets... like something built at crossroads or the other city.

Truth be told if the big one is a battlehip, I can see it being moved to be ready to engage our battleship/cruiser fleet

[rain anvil]

All the more reason to be close-ish at least. Although you can carry 8 civies at a time right? x) Maybe they can also go on the mechs shoulders x)

But I definitely agree with the arguments that going spank in the middle is a bad idea

If the area is safe enough, the Lonely could also reposition closer to wherever civies are actually

[quasi pulsar]

8? I can carry 3 FS

Sorry 4 FS

[rain anvil]

and we have 2 right?

[quasi pulsar]

Or 1 Small Supply, so I can carry 4 people..... oh your going the group "you"

No idea how many LVs we got, at least 2

Mechs cant carry people without the upgrade

[rain anvil]

hard times

so 8 at a time

if we don't bring our own infantry

well in the end, I will support whatever you guys decide. You're the ones taking the risks after all.
Just don't forget the bigger picture, we can't get stuck here for too long

[quasi pulsar]

The long part is if you want us to breach in clear. Infantry should do it. But I have the option to as well

[olive stone]

Whos the tac comm for Fluffle?

[hoary apex]

me and tabby

whatcha need?

[olive stone]

I'm looking to interview the tac comms as tac comms. I think talking to some leadership would help me get a greater cover of the overall battle. I do my best to cover everything, so If your down for an interview let me know.

[hoary apex]

like rn or in the future?

[olive stone]

Future.

[hoary apex]

yeah Im down

[olive stone]

I'm already booked for round five. 🥳 😅

[hoary apex]

can someone pin this?

I doubt it’ll matter but consistency

[rain anvil]

Hmm, random question, do we know how much Alpha was healed by Commie?

[cold prism]

So where are we landing?

[cursive otter]

Hey how did the healing go last turn

If we are landing I could use some extra FS

[cursive otter]

Same question

How much space do we need?

Because

if we can 2820 or 2920 would be an interesting place to land

We have cover from the mountains and from the tree line

And at the same time we aren't too far from the compound

and

we can investigate the light blue structure

[cursive otter]

In my opinion, it doesn't seem hostile and might even be friendly, since there are bot defenses facing it

[cold prism]

I'll be at work this afternoon/evening. So if we get a landing zone picked out just toss me a ping

[cursive otter]

Do you know what the color coding means?

[cold prism]

Uhh. I know I read something somewhere.

[cursive otter]

I've kinda missed it

[cursive otter]

Oh alright I'll look around

[cursive otter]

@proper plover (sorry for the ping)

[snow cipher]

How does 3818 or 3819 look for a landing zone?

[cold prism]

Posting here so I can reference quickly on my phone.

Call Sign: Treecat
Unit Type: Captain
Ship Type: Light Freighter
Equipment: Scanner, Flight Deck
Repair Kits: 2/2
Weapons: Harsh Language Ammo: Infinite
Weapon: Rude Gestures
Ammo: 2 (one per hand)
Location: Hill Min High Orbit
Ending Location: Landed at Hill Mine Hex WXYZ

Intentions: Stay with Taskforce and land.

[cursive otter]

I'd rather go for 3819 so we aren't to close to bots, if there are any in 3817 or around that area, but eve then we don't have much cover. On the bright side it's open terrain, so it could be better for moving LVs. For infantry I believe 2820-2920 would be a better place to land for the reasons I've explained above

[snow cipher]

Fortunately I’m carrying Light mechs and LVs so it won’t be much of a problem

[cursive otter]

If you're only carrying light mechs and LVs I believe 3819 is the best choice

Who's the other Infantry in Fluffle btw?

[rain anvil]

Warpit

[cursive otter]

What are the plans right now?

A dead drop in the center would most likely mean heavy losses, and we would probably be surrounded with no cover

[rain anvil]

The triple is staying in high orbit

I don't have a landing gear anyways

So it'd just be a waste of fuel for me

[cursive otter]

If we drop further out we can do some recon and try to secure some civs, and maybe open the way for the other TFs and BGs on their way to the mine

And leave once they have the situation in hand

[cursive otter]

I don't blame you, I'd stay in orbit too

[cursive otter]

but it will take longer

My squad is aboard Lonely at the moment

[rain anvil]

It's all about risk management. The closer to the center, the more dangerous it would be but the faster we could get it done

[cursive otter]

what are their plans?

[rain anvil]

Sending infantry would slow us down either way, although you can secure the area around the landing zone

The lonely is landing

It's the one with the bays

[cursive otter]

I should probably focus on that

Digging in around the ship to defend it

Or focus on defense anyway

@proper plover Sorry again for the ping but, am I considered MIA since I didn't send orders last round?

[snow cipher]

If everything goes well the landing should go off without a hitch.

[hoary apex]

yeah I’ll heal you this turn

I see no reason not to

[cursive otter]

Best medic in the force

[hoary apex]

just doing my job

[rain anvil]

btw, someone has to spend a large supply to keep the fleet supplied

It's been two turns of mine

[cold prism]

@cursive otter

How does 3819 sound for a landing site? That seems to be where Lonely put down.

[cursive otter]

Works fine even tho we will probably take fire from north

@hoary apex Are you planning to move with us on the ground?

Are your mounting on LVs and going with the vanguard or are you staying back at the Lonely?

@snow cipher You should add me to the crew, I haven't shuttled back to Treecat iirc

[hoary apex]

I believe so

[snow cipher]

Sorry I didn't realize you where onboard.

[hoary apex]

dont have any reason to stay up here

[cursive otter]

Don't worry I've been quite absent lately

[cursive otter]

I will stay back to defend the ship, but since you have 4FS you can probably move with the LVs if you want, up to you

[hoary apex]

I could heal you and than drop with everyone else

[fast sedge]

whats the point of medics dropping if the infantry doesnt? its not like you can repair vehicles as a medic

also do you even keep your weapons from the armoury?

[proper plover]

I had a busy couple days, but I'm back for Orders Day.
If Panther didn't transfer back to Treecat, they would be on the Warren (for the anti-boarding actions) but it would be no trouble to transfer to Lonely via shuttle.
The weapons that the crew and medics picked up would need to stay on the Warren, unless I pop my Large Supply to arm everyone in the Task Force for two turns.
TripleS can scan any ground targets from high orbit as soon as we spot them but we are dropping blind.

What else have I missed?

[hoary apex]

^

past that I dont think you missed anything

[proper plover]

cool. Not sure 'leadership' is the right term, maybe 'cat herder' would be a better one for this shenanigans 😂
Lonely put in orders for landing at hex 3819, so that will be the starting hex for our LVs and LMs.
TripleS is staying in High Orbit
Warren will be landing with Lonely, hex 3819 to support.
Do we have anything from Treecat yet?

[hoary apex]

^

that or I got my captains mixed up again

oh wait I did

frick

[proper plover]

nope that's perfect, aNjaSqurl is Treecat

[hoary apex]

oh ok cool

I think they’re landing with lonely

[proper plover]

good deal, looks like we'll all be landing together. Are you coming down with us?

[hoary apex]

looks like it

current plan rn is heal panther and than drop down with the rest of yall

[proper plover]

happy to have you, I'll make sure the kettle is on

If the crew on TripleS want to scan a structure, I just need to know which one and what they're looking for (life signs, weapons, ect.)

[quasi pulsar]

Can I put in ground orders this round or do I need to wait?

[proper plover]

you can put in orders for exiting Lonely, since they have their orders in already and you have your starting hex

[quasi pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/aliphobe-bunny-rabbit-running-running-in-circles-gif-21893441

[proper plover]

zooom! lol

[quasi pulsar]

I plan to zoom over and investigate the southern light blue structure.

[proper plover]

have you heard from the other LV or LM pilots yet?

[rain anvil]

If I may suggest, the treecat could also stay in high orbit, since it's just the captain aboard, and use their action to scan rather than move

[cold prism]

If Panther isn't on board im not sure if need to land? Though I'll burn fuel if I dont i guess

[proper plover]

oh that's true, if Treecat doesn't move the captain can use their action to scan. Up to you Squrl

if you stay up with TripleS you won't burn fuel

[rain anvil]

Just stay in space

it's so nice (and cold) up here 🙂

also @raven tundra you need to send in your orders and specify what you'd like to scan on this map 🙂 Our troops seems to be landing in 3819

[proper plover]

Orders Due in 5 Hours! Get 'em in!

@snow cipher what direction is Lonely facing when landed?

[cold prism]

Do I need to specify a scan target. Or am I just doing a broad general scan of the area?

[snow cipher]

North

[proper plover]

a scan target would be great since we've got the basics of a map, let me know if you're looking for life signs, or weapons, or something else

[cold prism]

Gotcha.
So i dont need to specify a hex target, just what im looking for?

What do folks want me to scan for?

[hoary apex]

hostiles/life signs

[proper plover]

a hex number, please. That way we can get the details

[cold prism]

Gotcha.

@cursive otter

Did you find the breakdown of the colors on the map?

[shadow mica]

Do we have a legend for all the colours?

[cursive otter]

Nope, but doesn't really matter

@proper plover If everything is fine, I'll shuttle to Lonely before planet fall, disembark once we're landed and dig in 3819 north from lonely to prepare defensive positions

@hoary apex You could heal me when I arrive on the Lonely, and then get on the ground with me

Everything good?

[hoary apex]

sounds good to me

[proper plover]

that sounds good to me too

[cursive otter]

Great, I'll send the orders then

[cold prism]

If anyone in the TF has a specific Hex they would like me to scan. Please Tag me in the next couple hours so I can submit my orders.

I assume some of the ground pounders might have suggestions.

[cursive otter]

What order type should I use?

Does it take all turn to dig in, can I shoot back if I get shot?

[proper plover]

Order Type: Advance, and you can't Dig In this round because you're using speed to exit a vehicle, so get into the spot you want so you can use Dig In next round

[proper plover]

you'll have to change your order to Advance, and then Dig in next round

[cursive otter]

Alright, I'll change the orders

[rain anvil]

I'm going to spend my round communicating with the surface of hill mine, on broad band, to see if we have any locals that want to tell us where they are

If that's ok

[proper plover]

This is what I have seen so far. It will take half the orbital's speed to land. It will take half the infantry/vehicle/mech speed to disembark.

[coral dirge]

wait I thought we didn't have enough movement to arrive in orbit of the mines this turn?

[proper plover]

@lean path I need a facing for your vehicle and an ending hex if you are moving away from Lonely. Maybe see what @quasi pulsar is doing if you want to go with them

[proper plover]

the tac map is gone, so we can land

[rain anvil]

All vehicles could move their speed right? Already go 4 tiles in?

or would that be dangerous?

[proper plover]

they have half speed because they are exiting the orbitals this round

[rain anvil]

ho I see

[proper plover]

Is TripleS (captain) doing the comms or reloading?

Do we need to pop another Large Supply? to reload people this turn?

[hoary apex]

warpit is on comms, simm is on reloading

based on the TripleS internal chat

[coral dirge]

in that case, I'll be moving up to 3718
I've reposted my order

[rain anvil]

We need to pop another large supply yeah

And yeah, Warpit is communicating, I'm reloading. Sorry, was unclear.

[quasi pulsar]

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

Best I can do with my order on a phone. Getting my apartment today

had to edit my facing

[proper plover]

you can get halfway there this turn due to speed needed to unload from Lonely, that ok?

[quasi pulsar]

Thats fine by me, just as long as its evasive and I am scoutin

[proper plover]

got it.

[cold prism]

Unless anyone has other suggestions I'll scan that building at 3818 since its right in front of our deployed units?

[proper plover]

that sounds good to me

[hoary apex]

optimally its empty so our infantry can cover in it

[proper plover]

3817 is the main body of the building, i think

[cold prism]

I mis read the map. Do you need me to delete and re post?

[proper plover]

as long as you're good with the adjustment, i know what you mean

[cold prism]

The intent is to scan the building. If you are happy then Im happy

[arctic vale]

I resent my order to scout alongside Scarab. We’ve found that light mechs work best in pairs

[proper plover]

what direction are you facing?

[arctic vale]

North

[rain anvil]

the people have spoken

[proper plover]

scouting with our faces again 🤣

[rain anvil]

the only proper way to do it

[proper plover]

alright, I'll have the Warren pop our Large Supply this round so we can get things reloaded this round and next.
@scenic matrix would you be so kind as to take up the Autocannon battle station this round as we descend? @high osprey would you be so kind as to take up the HMG battle station this round as we descend?
then next round we'll have to reload them both

@shadow mica don't forget to put in your orders, we've got the supply to reload this turn

[high osprey]

yup

[proper plover]

updated with latest orders

[quasi pulsar]

Nice I am ready to be punished

[proper plover]

https://tenor.com/view/snow-bike-ice-drift-zuzel-gif-13305744

Orders Due in 1 Hour!

[proper plover]

lol NavyTks getting their cardio in on the Warren, thankfully it isn't too big a ship

[cold prism]

"Ships too big! If we walk the campaign will be over!"

[proper plover]

https://tenor.com/view/ren-ren-rabbit-ren-bunny-bunny-rabbit-gif-9689113339320780295

@raven tundra @high osprey @shadow mica
Last call for Turn 5 Orders!

[shadow mica]

Done, FYI I really don't know where we are rn.

Doesn't really matter because I'll be in TreeCat, tho.

[proper plover]

thanks! Treecat is in High Orbit above Hill Mine with TripleS and the rest of the fighters/bombers. So, you're good 👍

[shadow mica]

Oh, I know that. Just don't know where and in which hex lol.

[proper plover]

ah, that's because there aren't currently hexes in high orbit. No tactical map

[scenic matrix]

You're making them run a marathon at this rate

[high osprey]

mb

[proper plover]

no worries! thanks for getting the order in

[hoary apex]

Pizza has been busy all day, they’ll post their order shortly

[lean path]

Sorry I just saw the message, I figured I'd stay near lonely and then push out a direction with the rest of ground

Want me to go in and edit it real quick

Work went on awfully long today

[quasi pulsar]

nah

Your fine, waiting is a good idea

I just needed to zoom

https://tenor.com/view/the-other-guys-peacock-angry-let-me-fly-solo-gif-16850519177132010654

[lean path]

I'll either follow you next turn or push up with the infantry

[proper plover]

sounds good! is your positioning on the map ok? I have you facing north with Panther

[lean path]

Yep that's good. It would make sense that we'd be watching North if we have some troops advancing South

[cursive otter]

All good to me, good luck everyone

[rain anvil]

Good luck 🤞

[quasi pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/daintwt-gif-24676545

[lean path]

https://tenor.com/view/florence-pugh-gif-22534746

[rain anvil]

I see morale is high

[tame ibex]

meanwhile ALPHA: damn, those are some good cookies from the captain

[proper plover]

Tac Com map is submitted

[cold prism]

And there it is.

Blessed Storm changed how things played out by punching through like they did.

It netted casualties but it drew bot attention to ARMCO.

[proper plover]

yep! Way to go Storm Blessed

I think its so cool that by a large margin, the people who play this game enjoy helping and rescuing the characters we run into

also, I now have 'stomping through the snow' playing to the tune of 'dashing through the snow' in my head

[cursive otter]

I wasn't expecting to sing a Christmas song in July

[proper plover]

Same

[crisp berry]

Couldn't have done it without egg

RIP my glorious king

[snow cipher]

Tabby does the supply drop also resupply repair parts?

[proper plover]

Nope. Repairs are very limited.

[snow cipher]

Thanks. Hopefully the Lonely Heir doesn’t take anymore hits since we have run out repair kits fixing all the damage from the last time we got shot

[quasi pulsar]

Whats that captain?
Turn the lonely heir into a space hulk?
Copy that finding other ships to Frankenstein i to the heir

[cold prism]

Can we transfer repair kits?

[proper plover]

Yes, we can transfer repair kits within the task force

[quasi pulsar]

But can the task force see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch?

[slender bear]

Do you think the vtols nose down through atmosphere or go belly down?

[tame ibex]

Probably nose, I would guess they are constantly flying forwards and are not hovering down

[rain anvil]

I say belly. Must be the heat resistant part

Like the space shuttle

[slender bear]

I was also thinking belly due to the shape of the craft not looking like it could go nose down.

[cursive otter]

I'd say belly in order to slow down with the thrusters and not burn in atmosphere

[pliant mauve]

Depends on VTOL engines and tech

If it capable of putting enough thrust forward (or have something akin to antigravity), it probably can descend nose down cause with enough delta-v it wouldn’t need to rely on atmospheric brakes

However, our general narrative tech level seems to be incapable of that amount of delta-v in such compact vehicle

[cursive otter]

You mean descending so fast that the VTOL doesn't have time to burn?

I don't understand

[fading mango]

Slowing the VTOL down so it doesn’t compress the atmosphere

[pliant mauve]

No, slowing down with use of engines

The reason why our current spacecraft engulfed in flames during their reentry - they’re relying on slowing they descent by air friction

If aerospace craft have a way of slowing itself without use of atmospheric friction, it doesn’t heat up that much

I think that wouldn’t be used during orbital drops in hostile aerospace tho - that way, VTOL turns into very visible and slow moving target for any planetary AA

[neat hollow]

I would say heat resistant materials and nose first. That gets us to the ground the fastest. Bigger vessels can use their engines for slower safer descents.

[fossil cairn]

Tabby, in the Shack QnA there’s a “No” for
“Can repair kits be moved to a different ship?”
I want to just confirm what the case is cause Victorum would probably be moving them too.

[proper plover]

Hmmm, I will ask later. My answer was over coffee, if he's got a written answer that is the official one.

[fossil cairn]

Thank you.

[rain anvil]

Fluffle touch down!

[proper plover]

How many pieces are we in??

[rain anvil]

As many as we started with it seems!

[shadow mica]

PAI units?

[rain anvil]

hmm

If I convince my marines to go down to the surface, we might be able to attack them next turn

I think all robots are armored by default though

[shadow mica]

We technically outgun them, but we're lacking in units actually able to enter the complex.

We could try to draw them out if Shack allows.

[rain anvil]

ho shit they have vehicles too

looks like the bombers will be able to have fun!

[shadow mica]

Fighters can provide CAS provided we insert at a good position.

[rain anvil]

ok this is starting to look like a little more than we can handle x)

so sad pizza missed the scan order this round

[hoary apex]

what BG are nearby?

looks like we’re gonna need them at this rate

[fading mango]

Dwarves are headed your way

[hoary apex]

prob gonna need a solid mix of infantry and vehicles too

DF or DM or both?

[fading mango]

Both

[hoary apex]

alright good

[fading mango]

But I assume you’ll be tied up there for a few rounds?

[coral dirge]

DF rolled speed 1, so it'll be some time before they make it

[hoary apex]

I nominate panther breach the building to rescue the civvies, I can cover any casualties they take but Im unarmed

[hoary apex]

what about DM?

[slender bear]

If there is AA I can't fly.

[rain anvil]

I'll get my marines to the ground too, maybe through tree cat

we can at least rescue those civies

[hoary apex]

are you the fighter that got hit earlier?

[coral dirge]

they rolled a 2, so next turn I assume they're here?

[hoary apex]

alright that works

no strat map so easy demoloyment

assuming we dont get overrun

[slender bear]

Nope.

[hoary apex]

you’ll be fine

[rain anvil]

the two dwarf groups are staying together

[hoary apex]

we dont see any AA yet

and the orbitals are on the ground

[rain anvil]

so speed 1 Ithink

[hoary apex]

so probably no AA

[hoary apex]

welp ship

bc this is starting to move out of our ability to fight

[rain anvil]

we'll have to make do

[hoary apex]

yup

[rain anvil]

because it's worth fighting for

[hoary apex]

hopefully theres no more enemies

[slender bear]

Strafing runs for all then

[hoary apex]

this is already stretching them limits of what we can do alone

[rain anvil]

we have more strike power than you think

[fossil cairn]

DF and DM are 2 speed on the ground and landing this turn.

So they’ll arrive at the mine next turn

[coral dirge]

would Warren and Lonely be able to go to high orbit and land closer to the civvies in the same turn? if so, us evasive units could make a run for them and cover that side

[hoary apex]

yeah but they’re matching us on the ground already and we still need to pull agro off the civillians

[hoary apex]

we already have confirmed civilians near us though

[wind wasp]

DF will be coming from the west next turn

[coral dirge]

yeah but we can't enter that building, at least they have a door protecting them

[wind wasp]

You’ve got help on the way. We’re just slow

[hoary apex]

k good

[hoary apex]

thats getting cut down

[quiet sparrow]

I'll have to double check but an orbital can't ascend and descend through atmosphere on the same turn.

[rain anvil]

that rp is actually amazing though

being able to see where to rescue is great

[hoary apex]

its certainly a major boon

[slender bear]

Can the orbitals take off(not to high orbit) and then rain fire from above in the same turn?

[fast sedge]

oh thats lot more bots than I expected

[rain anvil]

yeah orbitals could take off and attack

triple can also drop in atmo

I'm spending fuel for this

[quiet sparrow]

If you have the Atmo fuel for it, an orbital can do that. Just remember, you can't get back Atmo fuel.

[rain anvil]

each destroyer has 3

so it's not that bad

[slender bear]

It's is an option for the orbital captains here

[rain anvil]

yup

the added damage would definitely be worth it

what we really will need is the ground forces scouting to mark targets for aerospace to hit

[fast sedge]

yeah then our fighters can attack any bots that are outside the buildings, I hope all the question marks inside are civilians? cos thats alot of question marks

yeah

[rain anvil]

that's my working theory

and in that case, It's not thaaat many enemy squads

civies holed up inside while the bots try to break in

we can do this

[fast sedge]

tho I think some of the question marks inside are going to hostile trying to break in like the one we scanned I think

[rain anvil]

could be

[slender bear]

Famous last words

We can do this
We ca-

Fighters all dead, orbitals lie in flaming pieces on the ground
All armco units dead

Shack sitting there shocked at how we all rolled so low and the enemy so high 😆 🤣

[rain anvil]

All I'm saying is. We are the ones who can save these people, and we're not leaving them,

[slender bear]

Indeed

[hoary apex]

^^^^^^^

[rain anvil]

We'll see what the end map looks like

but I think coordinated scouting and striking between lvs and airfleet could make a big dent in those question marks

send the infantry in that one building

have the orbitals use their guns as well

and then we win :p

[fast sedge]

yep im sure we can do this (I say as I sit in the safe comfort of my fighter not having to put a single foot on the ground and into danger)

[rain anvil]

Same :p

Well I will fly the Triple as close to danger as possible

Gotta pick those bombers up this turn

[pliant mauve]

seem like chainsaw bots from HD2
probably CQC PAI

[shadow mica]

We're gonna have to bring up our a-game, though.

[cursive otter]

They should come to us naturally as they see us as a threat

a bigger one compared to civs I guess

just like what happened to the Storm Blessed

[cursive otter]

They can't take off and land the same turn unfortunately

[cursive otter]

My hypothesis was that the building is a bot factory

But I don't have any proof for my claim

they don't seemto have launched any flare tho

How far can I get with 1 speed?

[proper plover]

I think the big ships are their factories. They're probably at the mine for organic and inorganic materials

[pliant mauve]

I still think mostly for organic

They seem more interested in poor Lumarrans

[cursive otter]

I think the organic materials in questions are... well Lumarans

[pliant mauve]

we now for a fact bots straight up ignored another mining complex that is full of resources and either had token defences or none at all

[slender bear]

Right after reading that mind immediately reminded me of how otter furs were a high value trade commodity at some point 🥲

[thorny warren]

Are you gonna be needing any reinforcements over there? Crossroad resistance is light, so Atlas is likely gonna move on somewhere else T7

[slender bear]

Crossroads resistance is suspiciously light.

[pliant mauve]

There seem to be more enemy forces then we can realistically deal with

[hoary apex]

assuming the dwarfs show up we should be good

we just gotta hold out until then

[pliant mauve]

but we probably need ground troops mostly, yeah

[thorny warren]

if that changes, ping me!

[hoary apex]

gotcha

[fast sedge]

the middle one? eh could be

[fast sedge]

I bet it wont stay like that for long

[slender bear]

Indeed

[quiet pendant]

What're we thinking off strafing those ground units the mechs engaged?

Actual vehicle presence seems light.

[pliant mauve]

I thing all bots facilities are newly built and can be spotted easily, like that on Crossroads

[fast sedge]

sure, theyre the only revealed hostiles so its not like we have other targets to hit

[pliant mauve]

I a bit worried about possible bot sortie or something

maybe keep pair of fighters on standby?

[fast sedge]

sortie of what?

[pliant mauve]

enemy fighters?

idk, there can be enemy presence over HH

[fast sedge]

eh since we're all descending to lower orbit, even a sortie of fighters wouldnt have the speed to reach us in one turn

[neat hollow]

@snow cipher Are you thinking of lifting to provide fire support? I can either disembark and act as infantry or stay as gunner if we lift.

[fast sedge]

what do we think those bot vehicles are? if theyre like our infantry fighting vehicles and have 2 armour then our fighters + bombers have about 75% chance of killing it

[finite osprey]

It look likes storm might be joining you guys 41% of the votes so far

[hoary apex]

we certainly wont complain about having more firepower

[finite osprey]

It mostly between hill and nerys village right now

[rain anvil]

I think we might have got this, but help will certainly speed up the process

Although with darf coming, it might be enough already

[cursive otter]

My plan for this round would be to advance to the building and engage with the bots on the inside, @hoary apex could follow me

Next turn we would secure the building and use it for extra defense

[rain anvil]

My suggestion is light vehicle/light mechs go scouting ahead, and our fighters and bombers go bomb what the LVs found.

[cursive otter]

I agree

[rain anvil]

So, what do our light mechs and vehicles want to do? 🙂 go scout somewhere and we can send the air support behind

Because even if other groups come to help here, it'll be a turn or two before we get support.

[quasi pulsar]

So I still don't have internet still at my appt. However looking at the map.

I am going to evasively move onto the hill on 3420/3520.

See what I can see through LOS on the highground.

If that unknown on 3320 is a enemy squad ill open fire on them.

Evasive -2 to hit, high geound gives me +1 to hit.
Net -1 to hit.

I am sorta off on my own.

So georgie and the mechs should decide what they want to do together.

I want to slowly work my way over to 3116 and pick up the civs there via green smoke.

But it would take me 4 rounds of I skirt the edge of the map and away from hostiles.

[hoary apex]

fortunately we had the same plan

[quasi pulsar]

I am also curious why the south building is a different shade of blue from the others

[rain anvil]

Keep in mind, whatever you scout we can remove from the map with Bombers and Fighters and Orbitals
You're not alone in this

[quasi pulsar]

Thats what I am saying if I try to avoid the enemy its 4 rounds.

So I rather get the high ground and get you all some better targets.

[rain anvil]

Sounds great

[quasi pulsar]

Imo those unknowns in the north on the mountain. 3213.

I am willing to bet they're AA

[rain anvil]

It's an option, but it could be anything

The three other big dots are certainly three other troop transports

That would be a question for Shack, but I hope we can scan/scout an area with probable enemies in it and airstrike it in the same turn

[quasi pulsar]

Or MBTs whomst knows

If its MBTs I am a bit more scared to show my face.

Luckily these bot squads are maxing out at 5 fs... which means they cant hit subsystems on me at least

[snow cipher]

I think we’ll lift of and engage those small ships.

[neat hollow]

Good, I like my odds of surviving better on a ship then as infantry.

[lean path]

Unless anyone has any objections, I'm gonna push up with BeachBN next turn and support them so that we have our grounds covered.

[snow cipher]

How does anyone feel about me taking the Lonely Heir to 3718?

Personally I think it'll be hilarious to have the ship fly over our mechs.

[feral tangle]

How's everything going in Fluffle? I saw that you guys landed

[quasi pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/snowball-rocksideroad-angry-gif-20767247

[feral tangle]

your finally able to drive your LV lol

[feral tangle]

Biking in the snow is actually really fun

[fast sedge]

hmm could be, whats the range of AA? the rules dont mention AA at all so what was it in previous campaigns?

[fast sedge]

if their MBTs then us aerospace need to be more careful, I remember one our MBTs at Elim shoot down one of the enemy fighters

if theres only two AA guns then with 4 fighters they should never kill us and we can repair off the damage

[rain anvil]

If all fighters fly in groups or two, it should be fine

Same for the bombers

Then the potential damage will be split between them

[slender bear]

Ill be a flight lead for one of those pairs.

[rain anvil]

here's my first suggestion for bombers and fighters flight path, along with scanners

[fast sedge]

oh so we can hit unknown targets? I thought cos we couldnt spot ground troops we couldnt

[rain anvil]

I'm considering dropping at the red x, to pickup my bombers this turn, and also to either provide fire support, OR use the hmg as point defense against eventual lrms, if the two big ones really are AA

I'm hoping that if we can scan them first, you guys can hit same turn

the two blue circles would be scanners

(from the ships)

[fast sedge]

ah

tho I think the bombers should target the vehicles instead, while we target infantry

[rain anvil]

otherwise well, you guys really have nothing to shoot at

I think we can just do the path and leave it shack who targets what

but imo infantry is the pressing matter since they're the ones breaking into the buildings

if swarf fortress arrives next turn, although they'll start far away from the actual problems, they'll surely cleanup anything after that

[fast sedge]

by vehicles I meant the ones fighting our light mechs not the big question marks along that proposed flight path

but yeah I think that flight paths better

cos I think the infantry will move indoors in the following turns and then we cant hit them

so best to have everything potenially target them while we can

[rain anvil]

Also, vehicles have a hit system, while infantry does not

So the big damage of bombers would be relatively wasted to 'just' deal one damage

Although the vehicles look open top, so maybe the infantry would also take damage

I guess we should also coordinate with DF

[fast sedge]

we can share that flight paths if the other fighters/bombers agree to it

[slender bear]

Are we sure all of those question marks are enemies?

[fast sedge]

well we're scanning and then attacking so we shouldnt hit friendlies

and i doubt theres any friendlies in the open

cos if they were they wouldnt have lasted long

also the dwarves have two fighters, tho so they could join us, they would have problems reloading but they could at least do one strafing run

[rain anvil]

Outside question marks should be enemy, inside should be friendly

[fast sedge]

also damn is their spreadsheet pretty

[rain anvil]

Dwarf has fighters? X)

How are they ever gonna reload x)

[fast sedge]

well if they wait a turn for us to reload couldnt they land on one of our orbitals?

[rain anvil]

Yesh

But it's a very temporary solution

[fast sedge]

yeah

[rain anvil]

We're not Sticking around

my god they're such a big battlegroup x)

59 people

no wonder they had to split

[fast sedge]

well then with that many units I think theyll clean up the hill mine fast enough

[rain anvil]

yeah

we might be leaving next turn already 😄

gotta zoooom

also, I think dwarf will also provide the vision we need to make our aerospace attacks

[fast sedge]

hmm idk how vision works but if you say so then we probably want to scan indoors

[slender bear]

Do we have a un marked map with all of the question marks?

[slender bear]

Thank you good sir.

[slender bear]

Blue for fighters, red for bombers.

[fast sedge]

I think attacking the infantry transports with fighters is a waste cos if theyre anything like ours then the fighters only have a 50% chance of hitting them cos they have 2 armour

[slender bear]

Oh I see.

Then divert the third attack to the last group down that street after the first two strikes.

Do strafes hit individual clusters or does it strike in a line?

[fast sedge]

also those things at 3213 might not be AA but instead bot artillery, which has 4 range so might be safer to keep the triple S one tile away to avoid potenial damage

also our bombers arent landed right? so theyll spend half their movement descending?

[slender bear]

I'm still in orbit with the treecat so won't I spend movement too?

[fast sedge]

youre not landed?

then you will

[slender bear]

Yeah I docked with the tree cat when we got here.

[fast sedge]

if the tree cat descends, then you take off you could avoid it, tho it depends on whether the tree cat wants to spend atmo fuel

[slender bear]

The treecat has no reason to descend. No troops or weapons.

[rain anvil]

The bombers are in the air, so they only can move three tiles

and the end of their movement should be the triple

[pliant mauve]

Fighters can't damage enemy ground troops by themself

[rain anvil]

you need spotting

[pliant mauve]

no

[rain anvil]

ha

[pliant mauve]

wait a sec, i'll open rules

[rain anvil]

ok

[slender bear]

We are hoping they get scanned so we can see them and attack

[rain anvil]

In any case, I don't think Dwarf will be much use this turn, apart from spotting and some artillery shots

[pliant mauve]

huh

cas rules were removed?

[rain anvil]

I think so

now you can just cas afaik

[rain anvil]

yup, that's a very good point

[fast sedge]

oops wrong file

[rain anvil]

that's a very nice map

[fast sedge]

one concern with this plan is if any of those big question marks turn out to be MBTs that can target aerospace then the two sized fighters groups might be in trouble if they attack a group that also got hit by AA

[rain anvil]

I very much doubt that though

Randomly on top of a mountain

Although it's good to plan for the worst

[fast sedge]

the ones near the middle

[rain anvil]

h

a

I see what you mean

It's a high chance of more vehicles though

[fast sedge]

yeah

hopefully we should also have two more dwarf fighters to spread the damage

[rain anvil]

Although if I may, the circled in red things are what I think are the priority targets, everything else seems secondary to me

And if we focus our fire there, maybe we can just remove those divisions

and remove the threat to civies for the turn

[fast sedge]

both our groups fighters should hit those three infantry in the middle

and the one on the right should be handled by panther + cat

[rain anvil]

yeah the one on the right is fine

[fast sedge]

i think they were planning that

[rain anvil]

but I'd also send the bombers on the infantry

It's 15fs of enemy infantry, they all have one armor

[fast sedge]

we could but then they couldnt land

[rain anvil]

why not? they can drop anywhere on the map

[fast sedge]

hmm true

[rain anvil]

so they can drop above their bomb target and then fly to the triple

a fighter would deal an average of 1.5 damage

to one armor infantry

so 9 total for 6 fighters?

2.5 for bombers, so 5 extra from the bombers

so actually, except if we get lucky (wouldn't rely on it) we can'T even wipe these 3 squads

[fast sedge]

also the range of our hmg is one right? I tried to keep the triple S near infantry so it can hit something

oh its two

[rain anvil]

it's two

but that's a good point

I'm hesitating, the hmg could also go point defense

if those mountain thing are LRM launchers

[fast sedge]

wouldnt the rockets target aerospace first before getting in range of our ship, if so they then it would be really bad

[pliant mauve]

no

orbitals are priority targeted

[fast sedge]

but no orbitals are in range?

at least if we go with my plan

the red circles in my plan are of a radius of range 4

LRMs have range 3

[pliant mauve]

true

[fast sedge]

btw do we know what tiles units will be revealed by the dwarves?

how do I keep uploading the wrong image :/

[rain anvil]

Ok good point. I'm traumatised by two campaigns ago, where LRMs kept travelling three tiles per turn after being launched.

Here's a map the dwarves gave me

[fast sedge]

can they really move that far this turn, or is this an overall plan for movement along multiple future turns

[rain anvil]

I looked at their orders, some are already arriving this turn

With paradrops

From hats

[fast sedge]

whats the range of units sights?

would they reveal 3316? if not I say we scan that one

and then use the other scanner on the mystery emplacement north

[rain anvil]

Yeah seems reasonable to me

Honestly, if you make such a nice map, maybe without the range indicator for potential arty, we can use this for all triples orders

it'll make tabby's life a lot easier i think

[fast sedge]

dont worry, the range indicator is on another layer so I can easily make it invisible

[rain anvil]

nice

you truly are a godsend

[fast sedge]

the coloured lines are a bit harder to read at a glance tho without the redish indicator to constrast them

[rain anvil]

It's fine with zooming in

[quasi pulsar]

My issue is just cause there is no smoke. We dont know if thats friendly or hostile

That could be captured civvies.

[rain anvil]

Captured civies makes the most sense. Or they don't have a roof to smoke

[slender bear]

What if they don't have comms

[rain anvil]

So many options

But I don't think it can be enemies, way too many in one spot

[quiet pendant]

Detainment Camp?

[rain anvil]

Would make sense

I just hope we can save them in time

I'm trying to convince Dwarf fighters to support, but they seem reluctant

It is a big risk to fly over unknown enemies I guess

[proper plover]

Orders Due Tonight! 10 Hours Left

[feral tangle]

I needed something like this

[proper plover]

@scenic matrix you still got your running shoes on? we need to reload the HMG this round. I'm thinking we lift off and hover over 3421, with @high osprey on the HMG to cover BeachBN and Georgia scouting that direction. They can spot/identify the units on the ground over there.

[proper plover]

Oh, yeah, I need it too 🤣 it's tough enough keeping track of the days when you're not organizing a bunch of people across time zones

[rain anvil]

It seems like Dwarf fighters will be no help due to 'aa concerns' but their vtols are already heading to the western most point with civilians

And I've had no news from @raven tundra for a while, I'm hoping he doesn't go MIA :/

[proper plover]

so what do you think our highest priority scan target is then? the fighters/bombers absolutely can not hit question marks or scout ground targets

If I had to choose, I would say re-direct them to the known targets or hold them in reserve

we're still operating on very little intel

[rain anvil]

Can't we scan and then strike?

[spark mauve]

Yeah to this point, campaign rules prevent aircraft from spotting or attacking unknown targets

[rain anvil]

But can't we scan and strike in the same turn?

I very much understand and agree with no striking question marks. But we can unquestion mark them

[slender bear]

Doesn't make sense that fighters and bombers can't ID ground targets but if this is the way, I shall sit in reserve up in orbit with Treecat

[fast sedge]

Yeah can't we use are scanners to id targets and then set the fighters to attack in same turn?

[rain anvil]

It's too prevent them from being ridiculously powerful scouts

I guess we'll have to wait for answer

[fast sedge]

Makes sense

[rain anvil]

If we can't well

that sucks x)

[fast sedge]

If we choose to.hold off one turn it would make sense you to.descend down so you have 7 speed next turn

So that all four fighters can then run together

[slender bear]

I wouldnt say they are too powerful in fact I feel under powered. Only able to engage one enemy before reloads, no stats to roll against unless I go evasive. Can't see things on the ground. I will follow the rules that are in place tho. 🥲

[fast sedge]

Tho next turn I bet most of our targets will be indoors and safe from fighters

[slender bear]

Indeed.

Might stay in space with the other ships and be security just in case we get engaged

[fast sedge]

And we're not that effective towards armour

[rain anvil]

but scouting would make them stronger than any other scout unit

the need to reload is painful though, that's for sure

[fast sedge]

But of you descend this turn and stay in formation with triple S we can all follow the same flight path and have a collective 4 hits rather than two sets of two so we're less likely to lose someone

[rain anvil]

but you can provide support anywhere on the battlefield

[slender bear]

I had designed a what i imagined the snub HMG would look like given it's limited capacity. It's basically a stubby machine gun with a 100 round mag. That's all it can carry 😆 🤣 just enough for one attack.

[hoary apex]

I would say just hammertime it

[proper plover]

I've found a count down to be effective

[slender bear]

I suppose. Or we could all not get involved just yet and wait for targets to get ID before descending down. Wouldn't want to be flying there and get shot at by AA that we can't return fire on.

[hoary apex]

<t:1752102006:R>

like this

assuming I didnt mess something up

[proper plover]

That looks right. Now make it big and official looking 😂

[hoary apex]

Orders Due <t:1752102006:R>

[rain anvil]

Btw Tabby, can you confirm that we can't scan and strike in the same turn? Bombers and fighters can only attack what was revealed last turn?

[proper plover]

I don't know that I can confirm it in time for orders today (I'm at work). My thoughts are that it adds more complications for Shack on his turns which are already very complicated so go with no for this round unless it's in the rules elsewhere

[hoary apex]

lemme check if anything is clarified in the rules doc

if not I’ll ask shack

[rain anvil]

Alright! Thank you 🙂

[arctic vale]

I’ve seen a few different plans for the bombers in this thread, has a definitive one been decided on?

Scarab and I were planning on skirmishing our way past the enemy vehicles then scouting that central plaza. But we obviously don’t want to move up that way if the bombers are going to turn those tiles into slag

[rain anvil]

scouting the central plaza would be greatly appreciated either way

we can make sure the bombers don't hit you x)

[pliant mauve]

@slender bear @quiet pendant
Guys, if you would check my submitted order - I made up idea, how we can make our fighter numbers count.

It can be in vain, but I don't see a way of being useful any other way

[proper plover]

Oh, I like it. Get their attention and bait them away from the civilians.

[pliant mauve]

Yeah, at worst we just receive some fire from possible AA units at mountain and spend our movement that turn

[fast sedge]

if the AA at the mountains has only a range of 2 we could also just avoid it

and the worst case scenario of all the three big question mark vehicles having AA we have a around 42% chance of all making out unscathed

Chance take 0 hits: 0.421999
Chance take 1 hits: 0.421734
Chance take 2 hits: 0.140569
Chance take 3 hits: 0.015698

[arctic vale]

That would be great! I’ll get a map of our movement drawn up and show it here

[rain anvil]

that would be perfect! 🙂

[fast sedge]

and we shouldnt waste ammo cos theres no targets to attack and be able to fight next turn

[pliant mauve]

yep

[shadow mica]

Is Commons onboard with it?

[pliant mauve]

Yeah

If you and Vector1 agree, you can run on this course and try to pull other bot group

[fast sedge]

I wouldnt pick 3215 as the starting hex

[shadow mica]

Only two probable AA pieces means we won't die unless we get insanely unlucky.

[pliant mauve]

which one would you prefer?

[fast sedge]

cos 3215 is within 2 range of the potenial mountain AAs

[pliant mauve]

oh

true

[fast sedge]

the one below, or 3116

[pliant mauve]

I'll change to 3216

Like this

[quasi pulsar]

@proper plover still no internet and my household goods have been delayed to friday. Made my post on phone. If you got questions let me know.

[pliant mauve]

also, I think this two could possibly be AA-missile crew, alike those of our infantry

[fast sedge]

watch as all the infantry are carrying AA missiles as a personal fuck you

[feral tangle]

Damn what happened?

[quasi pulsar]

Turns out their all the boarder bots from space. Prepare to be boarded.

[feral tangle]

The bots must have corrupted your internet because they knew you'd be too much of a threat

[fast sedge]

I think those are the civs that went on the roof to launch the flares

[quasi pulsar]

Standard military bullcrap 😄 yay contracting to the lowest bidder.

[pliant mauve]

or even some militia snipers/mg

Then I am a bit sad for their eardrums

[quasi pulsar]

Dwarf Fortress is the battlegroup coming to us yes?

[pliant mauve]

Yeah

[cold prism]

Anyone have another target they want scanned?

I'm leaning to 3417 since it is tagged with green smoke. Possible friendlies?

But you lot on the ground will need intel so I'm happy to shift to another hex

[pliant mauve]

3317 looks interesting

a ton of contacts and no green smoke

[quasi pulsar]

Either the friendlies.

Or imo the building to the south I am near that is a different color than the rest

That or the center building. See if it is filled with prisoners

[fast sedge]

I think its a different colour cos its a bombed out building with no roof from the looks of the graphics

[quasi pulsar]

You got plenty of good choices. What ever you scan wont be a bad scan imo

[pliant mauve]

i think building with green smoke would just be friendlies

[wind wasp]

Figured I should pop in here and ask what your guys plans for the civilians are

[cold prism]

10-4

I just want to make sure I check in with you all. YOU are the ones that'll get shot at lol. Want to support you as best I can.

[pliant mauve]

We're incapable of really securing civies

[cold prism]

That is my thinking. And the more friendlies we can coordinate with the better. We don't have much on the ground.

[pliant mauve]

True

[fast sedge]

I'd like to scan 3316, I dont know if the dwarves will have line of sight to that tile to reveal those bots, cos i ideally i'd like to hit those bots next turn

[pliant mauve]

Probably, our mechs would have eyes on 3316

[wind wasp]

We’re trying to distract the enemies around the ones at 3116 to our defensive line.

We are also trying to get VTOL in position to get the ones in 3315 and 3417 next turn, if you guys don’t already have plans

[cold prism]

I quess this DOES raise the question if we are sticking around. Or do we want to just secure our landing zone for a few rounds so we can scan a bit.

[fast sedge]

theyre too busy fighting the vehicles I think to get that

[quasi pulsar]

The civvies closest to our inf I think we're going for. The others are to far for us.

That center buding I am going to guess is filled with civvy prisoners

[wind wasp]

Roger that

General gameplan is that most of our forces are headed straight east this turn, but we’ve got a few people going north and a few people going south

[pliant mauve]

We've made plan to try and get attention from some bot forces by our fighters, but I am not sure if that would really happenb

[slender bear]

Just put my order in to follow your lead prince

[pliant mauve]

That's good

[proper plover]

Thanks!

[arctic vale]

This is what I have so far for the mechs turn. Scarab hasn’t confirmed this with me yet so it may shift slightly. Once I hear back from them I’ll confirm it or make an adjusted copy

[wind wasp]

Our fighters wanted to get more intel before heading in. AA is scary

[cold prism]

Can confirm.

Anything looks specifically like AA that you want checked.

[wind wasp]

The stuff on the hill is our biggest worry I think

[cold prism]

3213?

[pliant mauve]

3213 yeah

[cold prism]

If that'll help make air support feel better I think that might be what I scan.

With out limited numbers in the Area having some high cover would be really nice.

Hey look! I got my orders in before the 1 hour (or less) mark 😂

[fast sedge]

@slender bear you cant put evasive and advance as your order type

[pliant mauve]

just keep evasive

[quasi pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/the-impossible-has-happened-tv-presenter-south-park-s13e2-the-coon-gif-22776803

[cold prism]

And @wind wasp

Stand by for intel on those targets on the hill. If its AA installations we will let you know.

[rain anvil]

:!!!!

change of plans!!

@fast sedge @pliant mauve @cold prism @the bombers

we're in buisness

[wind wasp]

Roger that, I’m hugging the southern mountains anyways. Try to evac the civvies at 3417 or 3317 (if that’s what they turn out to be) next turn

[cold prism]

I wonder if in a pinch an Orbital could ground close to them and take them onboard.

I'd want to know what is on the ground so I don't get shot to hell. But I'd think I have plenty of room.

[cold prism]

Eh? I'm not a bomber. Just an intel/resupply orbital.

[rain anvil]

If you could scan 3316

then our aerospace could strike there

[fast sedge]

damn its a rollercoaster

[cold prism]

Will that work for you @wind wasp if I hold off on the hill for a round?

[wind wasp]

Whatever you guys can do will be helpful. Any information is good

[rain anvil]

I'd ask my own scanner crew to do it but they've gone awol

[cold prism]

No problem. Stand by for order resubmission.

[rain anvil]

thanks a lot 🙂

[quasi pulsar]

AWOL?!

ALRIGHT SARGE!

Hit em with a Article 86

[cold prism]

I'm here to support. So thats why I ask.

[wind wasp]

What’s your guys plan for the peeps at 3417?

[cold prism]

Bold of you to assume we have a plan.....

[wind wasp]

Well here’s mine lmao

Wanted to make sure it didn’t interfere with anything you guys are doing

[rain anvil]

I'll elaborate once I have a bit more time

[fast sedge]

so new aerospace plan?

[rain anvil]

nah, also send the bombers to the scanned zone

these vehicles don't matter

I think we just go back to the initial plan

[fast sedge]

sure that wouldnt be overkill?

[rain anvil]

definitely

9 fs of infantry with one armor and a vehicle

4 fighters will do 6 damage on average

[rain anvil]

looking good

regarding our pizza scan, do we ask for the other group at the door or for the two mountain blips?

[fast sedge]

you mean the group at 3216?

I vote for mountains just to alleviate AA anxiety

[rain anvil]

okay

also @slender bear sorry about the extra ping, but shack ruled we could attack things that were scanned before. So you now get the choice between the zoom in evasive strategy, or taking part in the attack as a normal shooting order

[slender bear]

Please ping me or i won't see what's up. Anyway I'll follow whatever plan is decided upon. Just make sure to tell me what the plan is.

[fast sedge]

well that is the plan I proposed, we're taking off in orbit, and descending from orbit alongside the treecat fighters

[slender bear]

So we are attacking then?

[rain anvil]

yup

all together

It has been ruled we can do so with a scan same turn

[slender bear]

I have my order to follow prince's order but in evasive. I'll change it to advance.

[rain anvil]

so fighters are allowed to play the game

perfect! thank you 🙂

[slender bear]

New order is in

[rain anvil]

I can confirm, you guys are safe from the bombers 🙂

[arctic vale]

Excellent!

[rain anvil]

Well, the plan is happening 🙂

let's see if we can't clear the map a little

if things go really well, we could even pack up next round

[cursive otter]

They should be able to have at least 3-4 attacks before reloading imo

[rain anvil]

Triple orders are in! Are we missing anyone?

[wind wasp]

I’ve got an order tracker template I can send your guys way if you want

Throughout the day as orders come in, I just check them off

[proper plover]

Orders due in 2 Hours! Get 'em in!

[rain anvil]

I think @shadow mica didn't send yet?

[proper plover]

Yeah, looks like we're missing a handful of people

[neat hollow]

@snow cipher Hasn't submitted yet.

[quasi pulsar]

@proper plover electric boy works in a secure facility. From 0700-1600 west coast time. Then may have to stay in for study time for an additional 1-2hrs.

There is no unclass connection. No electronics allowed.

I know the school he is in. He wont make deadline.

East coast*

[proper plover]

ah, thanks for the heads up. As long as orders get in tonight, I will wait until tomorrow to process them.

[quasi pulsar]

Cause unlike the army. The navy doesnt want stuff to be given to Warthunder.

So some schools for training/jobs are secured facilities.

He happens to be in one of the toughest academically/mentally.

[proper plover]

ah good old War Thunder

I'll just send a reminder to the others and then if people can let them know I won't be counting late orders until tomorrow morning, I would appreciate it.

[high osprey]

i am reloading though

doesnt that take the turn

[proper plover]

can't reload and fire in the same Primary Action

I need someone to reload and someone to fire as we support the ground troops

[high osprey]

yeah so im just reloading

[proper plover]

gotcha

[high osprey]

Ill fire since im on the gun rn

who is reloading

[proper plover]

NavyTKs

@lean path @shadow mica Don't forget your orders tonight!

@coral dirge

[high osprey]

@proper plover so BeachBN and Georgia are pushing southwest

[proper plover]

yeah, we're flying along with them

[high osprey]

im locked in

[proper plover]

thanks!

[shadow mica]

Order sent and packaged.

[proper plover]

thanks!

[lunar snow]

<t:1752098400:R> 1752098400 (UNIX Timecode number, do <t: [Timecode] :R> for the Countdown, you're welcome)

[proper plover]

https://tenor.com/view/countdown-clock-gif-5351131126337016261

[lunar snow]

ikr?

[snow cipher]

I just got back from work so I’ll do that ASAP

[lean path]

I got back

Sorry about the delay

[quasi pulsar]

I reminded tabby about how the rickover works. So no worrys you got tonight to post. She will process orders in morning

[snow cipher]

Thank you.

[cursive otter]

Extreme respect to him, and I mean it

[slender bear]

Navy guy here. I bet I know what the school he is in too. I also used to work under those conditions. It really blows 😆 🤣

[rain anvil]

Good luck everyone for this turn 🤞

[neat hollow]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-animals-happy-easter-disaster-april-fools-day-fluffy-gif-11463156

[quasi pulsar]

Us navy guys keep popping up. I work in a scif space myself so I too spend hours in no electronic zone of no comms.

[rain anvil]

Crazy people

[slender bear]

Lol the pain of boredom is real.

[quasi pulsar]

Worst of all my floaty grey thing is in drydock w/ no AC or nipr. So even more boredum... while melting.

[slender bear]

lol we will soon not have ac or nipr in the heat as well XD

[quasi pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/big-oof-size-small-medium-switch-gif-17355313

[slender bear]

lol

[proper plover]

alright, I've been struggling with a nasty migraine today. Someone please double check the map/actions for me

[rain anvil]

This looks great to me. Thank you

[hoary apex]

gimme 15 min to cross check this

[rain anvil]

As long as we're sure bombers and fighters can hit everything on that tile, I'm happy

Although those new legged aa bots are scary

[hoary apex]

everything looks good to me

[hoary apex]

we’ll find out soon enough if any are here

[proper plover]

thank you for double checking it for me!

[hoary apex]

btw tabby while I have you here are you ok with pings?

[hoary apex]

np