Battlegroup 1 - Rabbit: Comms

[astral obsidian]

Also, the standard LV ammo has no limits

[wise turret]

I have faith and ramming speed

thats all I need

[astral obsidian]

clears throat Factory Walker

[wise turret]

(It was also a joke)

[worthy cape]

Factory walker looks like a super heavy tank o.0

[urban hemlock]

Yeah we're gonna need that artillery support for that probably

[wise turret]

I have a feeling Scavs and gang are gonna have a very bad time

[rich salmon]

We're all under evasive so itll have to be a rlly lucky double hit for any of us to die. Bolts on the under hand...

[astral obsidian]

So well we know what the blue ones flanking the village entrance are

[kindred imp]

yes we know those and the bottem yellow is an aa with an 6fs inf to guard it

[astral obsidian]

Will be adjusting my intel once we have a new map at the end of this round

[urban hemlock]

I may die

[astral obsidian]

I'm curious what the factory walkers do, and if they have any weapons, or if they just pump out inf

[astral obsidian]

All of us may die

That's the game

lol

[urban hemlock]

I hope it's just infantry and not a dual machine gun like in helldivers

Hey if I die Im buying a destroyer

If I can lol

[astral obsidian]

Don't get ahead of yourself lol

Shack hasn't even done combat rolls yet

The stages are just being set

[junior sorrel]

Dont worry I know a guy who can destroy a walker at that size......unconventional but he can do it

[worthy cape]

the factory walker might be a walker produced from those factories we can see

rather than a walker producing units

because the latter sounds horrible 😛

ohh storm has gone to nerys village. regardless of what I do we should find out the situation there now

[rich salmon]

Its safe!

[astral obsidian]

Okay. Our backs are safe. Great to know.

[worthy cape]

https://gyazo.com/2039c900f6a012d4a2ab4b43836364b0

yeh our backs should be completely safe now. Everywhere behind us is locked down and no way for bots to get there unless they dig or teleport. just the three eastern access points to worry about

[astral obsidian]

Permission to share in the main comms? A useful visualization

[worthy cape]

yeh course

this does require victorum to continue blockading that southern space route they took, but that should be fine for a long while

[rough leaf]

Does Spearhead have anyone in high orbit?

[worthy cape]

ohh I didnt think about space travel

Can we not detect orbitals from the ground in the strategic layer?

[rough leaf]

🤷‍♂️ I know Crossroads wasn't a tactical map in high orbit even though it was below. Don't know anything past that

[urban hemlock]

My phone is going into a locker I'll be back later

Good luck rabbit

[worthy cape]

Piss break was without incident it seems, we should br good to join back up on sunday

[urban hemlock]

You can put orders in now actually no need to wait till the last minute especially for you two since your on the other side of the map

Not to many options for your guys's next turn unless shaco gives you one

Unless you guys take a turn to wipe lol

[dim thorn]

Trust in the Armour!

[urban hemlock]

If you kill one I think that means you get to name it

[woven spindle]

Did I miss a round or two? I think the last round I posted orders to was Round 5 two days ago, but now Round 7 orders are open?

[astral obsidian]

Nope, Warthog was changing the round labels

I don't quite understand but I think they were wrong?

I dunno, lol

You missed nothing though, don't worry!

[wicked summit]

@lunar lark you planning to start shelling targets this round? If so i will start supplying you

[silk echo]

No offensive actions can be taken next round

[silk echo]

They won’t be able to start shelling this round

[vernal brook]

I think that was just for the security droids at the station

[astral obsidian]

That’s for the listening post lol

[silk echo]

Oops

I thought it was for all tac coms

It’s very early for me rn

[manic elm]

So as of right now, what are we looking at? I know we are still waiting for the final look of the map for us, but what should we as a unified unit do? Just trying to figure out our objectives here is all.

[vernal brook]

The Eastern group will hopefully be able to plink away at the AA and maybe some of the infantry nearby, but as far as I know our goal is to still keep scouting east then probably head north into the city

[manic elm]

Got it.

[astral obsidian]

No combat rolls have happened yet

So the situation is still very much developing

[red spire]

#1383066706724913293 message

Made a vote for funnsies in Iron Hammer about "how many hits does the factory walker got"

If you guys wanna partake in it for fun :P

[urban hemlock]

They did fire on a Target this round so they are going to need a reload this turn. Shack just hasn't put in the combat for this round yet

[urban hemlock]

So it is day five in shack's logs but I'm pretty sure turn one was on Day zero

This is the basis of my delusion

[sturdy thorn]

Ok so having read up on everything, maybe I should rappel onto the big factory mech in the town

[rich salmon]

can you hijack it

[sturdy thorn]

If it’s in the process of producing stuff I can at least break it

Or maybe something funnier

(I can maybe produce a new set of PA for my dudes)

That’s a joke

But we won’t know what’s possible until we got boots in that walker

[urban hemlock]

I was going to suggest that we start synchronizing our artillery on it. But something tells me that doing both of those things may lead to a problem

[urban hemlock]

We need to tame it

[vernal brook]

Only if it can be rewired to move around in hops

[urban hemlock]

We need a meme like this but it just says Rabbit's idea

[fallen spoke]

I want to see the final map, but I'd say our east group has 3 viable options:

1. Neutralize that emplacement on the mountain north of our position. Probably safest option but could open us to a counter attack from the north. It also might be redundant depending who else can hit it.

2. Head northeast into 4320, then turn north with the intent of skirmish attacks on targets of opportunity. More dangerous but gives us options for the following turn.

3. Head northeast into 4320, then turn east along the road to skirt that edge of the town. That would get us eyes on that convoy ASAP so we can make informed plans. The downside is that we'd basically be on our own for a couple turns.

[urban hemlock]

Please do not let Mover die 🙏

He's actually one of our most expensive units

He might be our most expensive unit

[forest otter]

I mean I come to 5 req in total with the refit and upgrades

[urban hemlock]

That's almost the amount we're getting paid this mission lol

Probably

[forest otter]

Yeah it's the same amount that the payday should be, perks of playing in 2 main ops and a side op. I should be fine though as the mechs are higher priority targets for the bots

I'm also quick enough to hightail it out if need be

[fallen spoke]

What's your speed?

[forest otter]

3 and i can rush with little consequence since I die in one hit anyway

[fallen spoke]

Okay, so slightly slower than the mechs but still decent. I'll keep that in mind.

Is our front on the west side of the town planning to push forward or dig in?

[urban hemlock]

We don't know yet

I have a distinct feeling that we're going to need to do a repair action next turn though

The infantry will most likely need to dig in. Sadly we couldn't get our Medic to the front on turn one

[stable ginkgo]

since im in the air now, do you want me to do a holding pattern until we can determine where the aa is?

[urban hemlock]

I want you to do that personally because that's where all of our logi trucks are, and you have an ability to reload them

Well technically, we have to wait for the airstrip to be finished though

Now

Wait airdrop was turned into an ability right? You don't have to pay extra for the upgrade anymore

[fallen spoke]

Understood. Then I'm leaning toward hitting that mountain, eliminate the infantry, then either destroy or capture that other thing. We can then plan on hitting something in town the following round. Then if Mover needs to hang back a little then they can put a mountain between the truck and anything hostile.

Did we determine if that other thing is an AA gun or artillery?

[urban hemlock]

I just checked the rules again and yeah you can use .5 speed movement to do an airdrop to resupply 5 small supplies to a unit

[urban hemlock]

So this type of unit was introduced alongside a separate unit that was just a big gun with feet attached to it. I believe that a lot of the company is thinking that the giant gun with feet is the artillery version of the unit. So we are just assuming that the version that we're looking at right now is the anti-air version

[fallen spoke]

Okay, that needs to die immediately then.

[urban hemlock]

If so, we're going to have to remove all instances of this unit as crossroads is about to become an airport for a lot of Armco so we will need superiority in the anti-air field

[urban hemlock]

Currently Thumper is funneling it towards all of your mechs so you guys are scheduled to intercept this turn

This will also put it and its defenders out of high ground

[fallen spoke]

Sounds like a plan

[forest otter]

Shack confirmed it somewhere that the giant gun ones are the arty and the regular ones are the AA IIRR.

doesn't funneling only work if it's mobing though?

new intel in midrounds, and those gunships are headed for the airfield and main logi group

[urban hemlock]

Oh neat! That looks like mid-Rounds... Oh f***

[rough leaf]

212th has fighters descending on 3920, 3820, and 3921. We've also got an LRM LM that can unload next round (HAT ran out of speed to unload both mechs).

[fallen spoke]

This map got very busy 😝

[silk echo]

i think this round im gonna shoot one of the aa guns

shack said that arti can use direct targeting on those

and a range 4 d6 seems pretty nice to have rn

does anti orbital mode still cost 1 small supply?

[urban hemlock]

Oh?

[rose tiger]

Every shot cost you one supply but you are also next to the AF. So that shouldn’t be a problem

[urban hemlock]

I believe you but can I ask where he mentioned that? I assume meta

[rose tiger]

I think Midrounds

[woven spindle]

Well, I'm glad I decided to pop off the AA missiles, what with those gunships incoming. Maybe I'll hit something with them this time, haha aahhh.

[rough leaf]

@urban hemlock ^

[urban hemlock]

Ah perfect I wonder if he'll let Thumper switch his funnel action to an anti orbital attack since he was aiming to funnel that AA in the east

[sturdy thorn]

What do you think of my scheme to drop onto the big factory mech @dim thorn ? Or do you wanna do something else?

We can do something else that’s slightly less risky

[rose tiger]

The funnel might be pretty good. Should help 212 to clear the gunships that are heading to the AF

Btw does Rabbit have any AA capability?

[urban hemlock]

Stinger, Pigeon, and bunny_1 have AA rockets

[sturdy thorn]

Should’ve gotten my infantry unit an AA missile as well

[astral obsidian]

No switching lol

[urban hemlock]

So we have a total of 5 AA capable rockets

[astral obsidian]

Once the order is in, it's in

For better or worse

[urban hemlock]

In that case the infantry near the AA platform will be taking some strong hits this turn

[rose tiger]

Nice to hear. So we should be capable of dealing with the gunships

[astral obsidian]

o7 Bolts

First Rabbit down

[urban hemlock]

Damnit

[astral obsidian]

No sign of the status of Boreal

They were supposed to be in them? Or dropped?

[red spire]

My rabbit respects 🐰

[urban hemlock]

I would assume they went down with the ship but if he lets them drop that would be quite a save

[astral obsidian]

Come ON Rabbit let's get em

HOP HOP

He's holding off on the setpiece battle

[urban hemlock]

We'll probably need Spector to go evasive next turn, we definitely need some repairs on them

@manic elm you managed to tank some shots for pigeon. Try to go evasive and get some repairs this turn

[astral obsidian]

Yup, another 6FS squad gonna be coming out of that walker soon

I'm thinking at the end of this round, we regroup, pull back, and let Iron Hammer move in

They're the combat BG, and Redwall will be reinforcing them soon

[woven spindle]

I suspect that problem is going to be deleted shortly, we have what, 3 artillery pieces in play?

[urban hemlock]

@silk echo Shack just asked if we want to Target the factory Walker this round. I believe we have a very limited time crunch to change your orders if you wish to

[astral obsidian]

Not us

[urban hemlock]

My bad nvm

[astral obsidian]

That's directed towards R-Flag

The IH arty

[urban hemlock]

I see

I think we should have our infantry dig in and I'm probably going to advance JackRbt in reverse to see if I can get another shot off on the walker before I get out of range

[dim thorn]

Weeeelp

[urban hemlock]

Looks like we're cracking the Toaster

@spring linden you'll likely just be digging in this turn

For your orders

We just ran into a big fucking toaster

https://tenor.com/view/helldrivers-2-factory-strider-laptop-type-arrowhead-dissonance-gif-11846345206774643516

[dim thorn]

At least I fired at something before going down

Just wondering what I was targetting

[urban hemlock]

It looks like you minced an infantry group

[dim thorn]

good

begins figuring out RP Posts for the rest of the campaign...along with calculations of what it'd take to get my VTOL back

[urban hemlock]

@wicked summit Thumper just woke up and they're planning on firing on the enemy factory Walker this turn if you could possibly use your turn to reload them

[urban hemlock]

I just imagine you going to a car dealership and some random guy just slapping the hood of a transport

[dim thorn]

Tbh, I think it'll take the remaining four REQ to get it all back

[wicked summit]

My order will probably be put in later today but that was kinda the plan

[dim thorn]

And nah, I'll just RP it as there was a second VTOL in my to-be-purchased-in-future Destroyer

[urban hemlock]

I got you, lore role play is always fun. I was going to do something along the lines of ripping the machine guns off of old light vehicles to create my screening destroyer that I planned on making

[spring linden]

https://tenor.com/view/diggy-diggy-hole-the-hobbit-dwarves-dwarf-gif-3534717809066684381

[urban hemlock]

Precisely

[dim thorn]

Lol, I'll have 1 REQ left over if we get our payday from this

Also, better me than our ground forces

[urban hemlock]

I'm a little salty. I wish I would have predicted this and said something sooner

[dim thorn]

I don't wanna know what that AA would do if it targets an armoured ground unit

[urban hemlock]

But I didn't so I couldn't 😭

[dim thorn]

Honestly, I suspected there'd be AA next to those bot buildings, but I have 0 shits

[astral obsidian]

We didn't have intel, there was nothing we could have predicted lol

[dim thorn]

I will say this: Ramírez and Davis are hurt, but alive, the Android Body, using the last of its power, transmitted my pilot's AI self back to the AI Core in my future Destroyer

They're still gonna carry the body because we are NOT giving the hostile Bots that tech

[wise turret]

Im suddenly glad im not in the city

How many people do you think will be vaporised when that things opens up?

[manic elm]

Good thing I can go evasive. And I will do what I can. But there are a lot of bots out there.

[urban hemlock]

And I can read it. As far as I can tell, the infantry that's near you is too low to actually hit you in evasive, so you should be okay

I'm going in advance next turn so the other infantry should focus on me instead of you

[urban hemlock]

If you get back to the airfield to pick up our medic you should be able to find an engineer in flying shovels that would be able to repair you

Possibly

I'll send them a ping

[urban hemlock]

You're supposed to go pick up W medic anyways so it makes sense

[manic elm]

True. Should I have that ready to go now just in case?

[urban hemlock]

Yeah you can go ahead and do your retreat order now

You're basically evasive towards 3820 looking for your medic to pick them up and then an engineer to get repairs

They should both be at 3820

[manic elm]

Sounds good.

[urban hemlock]

If no engineer will repair you we could probably get one of ours over there but they're currently all on the front line, or alongside our Mech Lance

[urban hemlock]

#midround-events message

By the way, the two of us are focusing fire on the thing at the moment

[manic elm]

Orders in.

[rose tiger]

Before it gets lost

That is regarding the factory walker at Cross Roads so seems like Thumper could change targets if they want

[silk echo]

I’m gonna take a shot at the fridge too

[astral obsidian]

That was only directed at R-Flag from Iron Hammer

[silk echo]

Oops

I’m just blind then

I’ll just have to wait till the final maps get releases

[urban hemlock]

I thought the same thing lol

I'm trying to charge my phone as much as possible before I head to work so I can check midrounds throughout my shift

[rose tiger]

Why should only one arty be able redirect fire? Well unless they are out of range

[urban hemlock]

@vale barn Looks like Spector is already putting in orders to pick you up so you are free to put your orders to board them at 3820 now

[urban hemlock]

R-flag didn't have a target yet so shack was giving them an oppritunity of attack of sorts

[rose tiger]

Well not my BG. Seems like I read it differently

[astral obsidian]

Interesting to me that Shack has basically skipped over or is waiting for the Crossroads setpiece battle in the town with the rest of Rabbit

[urban hemlock]

That wasn't something he expected us to do

I think that's why hes going to nerf evasive

[astral obsidian]

That is not why

[urban hemlock]

All right I'm on the road. See you guys when I get to work

[astral obsidian]

It's mostly focused on me with the up armor being immune to d4 and below attacks without AP

[urban hemlock]

I think it's because we were hoarding up too much

[astral obsidian]

No he quite literally spoke directly to me about it lol

It's because of the armor lol

[urban hemlock]

I saw

[astral obsidian]

Just a bit too powerful of a synergy

[woven spindle]

Orders are in, hopefully my two Sierra Launchers can take out one of the Gunships in 4120

[wary cave]

Can you give orders to do repairs preemptively? No vehicle on my front is dinged yet.. but I’m sure it won’t stay that way for long.

[sturdy thorn]

I sure wonder what happened to my dudes

Them surviving the crash would make for some cool story

Black hawk down type situation

[astral obsidian]

We've asked Shack and we'll ask again if he doesn't respond

[astral obsidian]

We'll see the situation when the whole map comes out

And hopefully we get midrounds for our setpiece battle

[urban hemlock]

Probably the biggest one this turn

[sturdy thorn]

Having my units be vaporised with zero input from me would be a bit of a bummer

[astral obsidian]

Concur

[sturdy thorn]

But hopefully it goes better for the rest of rabbit

Even if my dudes are dead they are cheering you lot on

[rocky anvil]

[astral obsidian]

Huh. Guess no midrounds for our Crossroads battle

Weird

Well then

Looks like I took all the damage for our central push

I am both hit, and immobile

Luckily I've got Spare Wheel, but I was really hoping to not use it so early

[wise turret]

East force took one hit but think the inf shootin us are brown bread

[astral obsidian]

Now gotta get around back and take down that AA

[wise turret]

As long as our 3 big friends dont turn around and blow us all up we might be good

[astral obsidian]

Hmm. @wary cave you're in EBR105, right next to me, but it would be dangerous if you were to step out. I could also just run back to the airfield to get repaired

[tired atlas]

So if Shovels airfield is going to work the AA in Crossroads has to die right?

[astral obsidian]

I guess?

[fallen spoke]

Stupid question: what hit me?

[astral obsidian]

I'm sorry @sturdy thorn, you're no longer with us. o7

[wary cave]

I’m on an airplane waiting to takeoff right now, so I can’t put in my orders yet. but I’m down. I was going to offer any way.

[astral obsidian]

Appreciate that one brother

I might ask @rocky anvil if they want to help as well, cause I could possibly avoid using my spare wheel, but if not, I'll use it, cause that's what it's for hehe

[sturdy thorn]

Ah well, guess i’ll go do other things then. Will pop in from time to time though to see how you guys are doing

[astral obsidian]

Sorry man, feels like a bit of a miscommunication, and I'm sorry it had to happen so early.

You're always welcome here to help plan, and Rabbit will gladly have you back in whatever our next incarnation is

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-captain-rex-salute-the-clone-wars-respect-gif-18036970

[rocky anvil]

I'm absolutely down to do a repair

[vernal brook]

Looks like maybe that infantry group on the mountain. They're no longer living which im guessing means we took them out

[astral obsidian]

Are you both currently supplied?

I have 1 in my trunk, but you each need one

[wary cave]

4/4

Starting supplies

[rocky anvil]

Pretty sure I'm also 4/4

[astral obsidian]

Excellent, you guys would be literal gods to me if you could both fix my mobility and my hit

[fallen spoke]

If that is the case, I will 100% take that tradeoff

[rocky anvil]

why the hell was I responding to a thing I didn't click on

[astral obsidian]

Discord being discord hehe

[sturdy thorn]

Yeah just kinda out of it rn after waiting so long and getting immediately K.O.d

Maybe later

[rocky anvil]

Admittedly I got lost around when things were officially happening so IDK where I am compared to the things that needs repair

[astral obsidian]

Anytime brother, stay safe out there

[astral obsidian]

You're riding in Bunny_1 I believe

[rocky anvil]

Yes

[urban hemlock]

Did anyone else die?

[astral obsidian]

Here is the situation

I'm Thunder

[urban hemlock]

Oh hell

[astral obsidian]

Boreal confirmed dead by Shack, didn't get off the VTOL in time

[urban hemlock]

I assumed

[astral obsidian]

So you're in the same Hex as me, both of you, if you get out of EBR105 and Bunny_1 respectively

Just a short walk, under the shadow of the walker, lol

[urban hemlock]

Penned through armor and evasive is crazy

[rocky anvil]

What're the odds it'll land on me

[astral obsidian]

Hehe

[vernal brook]

Same, though i wish we had gotten some fire on the AA. Or maybe we did. Looks like not everything got mid round events (which totally makes sense. That would be way too many posts lol)

[rocky anvil]

Yeah I got this

I'll need to double check how to do repairs lol

[astral obsidian]

Unlucky

[astral obsidian]

It's just an action, I believe

[rocky anvil]

Yee I'm pretty sure it is

[astral obsidian]

You should have 1 speed (I think?) so it'll be .5 to get out and .5 to repair

[rocky anvil]

I've just also not done any actual actions yet

[astral obsidian]

Baptism by fire, quite literally

[wise turret]

Ya know I just realised a oh no poopy issue for our little east adventure force

If I get immobilised I dont have a spare tire

[rocky anvil]

Just don't get immobilized

E

Z

[wise turret]

So the mechs would either have to go on without the engies or have the engies run after them on foot

While I sit there and give moral support

[astral obsidian]

Luckily that's a crit

I just got unlucky

[wise turret]

Mhm I wouldnt be concerned but it only takes those 3 very big flying things of death and unkindness to turn 90 degrees and blow us up

[vernal brook]

Nah we would just screen you for a turn most likely. That would be the easiest choice

[wise turret]

Aye true but im not sure how missing wheel exactly work if I dont have a spare can the engies fix it?

[vernal brook]

Also, thats the only thing giving me pause to just say advance so we can target and bring down the AA

[wise turret]

I mean worse case we advance get into range I blow up but as long as the engies are on foot you have support

[vernal brook]

I think they can fix it, just having the upgrade allows you to do it without wasting a repair supply

[astral obsidian]

Shack just pointed out to me that it was a flank shot

So ignored my armor

Makes sense now

[vernal brook]

Oof

[rocky anvil]

I suppose we should figure out which engi squad will fix the tire issue lol

[wise turret]

More like what engi squad will be turned into red paste when they exit that LV

[astral obsidian]

I love the image of a massive factory crawler looming and then 2 squads of engis hurredly fixing a tyre and a dented plate

[wise turret]

Im not sure what calibre that gun is but I think it might hurt our engi friends

[rocky anvil]

I think

We can take cover behind the vehicle we're repairing

[urban hemlock]

You should be able to take cover behind thunder and have bunny work as some mobile cover for you as well so you don't take as much damage

[astral obsidian]

That would make sense

[vernal brook]

Maybe you can ask iron hammer to move the tanks forwards and focus on the walker. Then other from rabbit can push in to block for the engineers too

[urban hemlock]

Sorry I need to focus on my work. You guys have it handled good luck

[vernal brook]

Good luck with work

[rocky anvil]

Work good buddy

[vernal brook]

Tanks are range 2 for their attacks right?

[astral obsidian]

Okay, so my understanding is:

Snwshoe repairs me (we'll just say the wheel for now)
Robber repairs me (we'll say the hit for now)

both take cover behind me while doing so

you'll both not be able to get back into anything this round, so you'll end up staying there.

I'll probably then gun it southeast through 4019 and 4020 to get evasive and then the round after turn around and come back

But worry not folks, Phalanx and Redwall arrive this turn

[rocky anvil]

That sounds right

[astral obsidian]

You guys might also get split from your rides for a bit

Since EBR and Bunny will probably want to go evasive, meaning they have to move half their speed, leaving you two behind

It's their choice naturally, but be forewarned

Okay here we go with some pings

@vernal brook @limber tusk @fallen spoke @shrewd pine and @wise turret

What are y'alls plans for this round?

I'm thinking about what we do with our main push, and was wondering if you guys were planning to come into the town itself or flank around more to the east towards the 4320 area (as pictured)

[vernal brook]

I was going to suggest to push into the town like 4319, the only thing is do we save our attacks to target the likely enemies in that hex, or do we take out the AA first?

[astral obsidian]

Well I don't believe you'll get to pick targets

Shack will just do what he does

[vernal brook]

I meant more as do we evasive into the town and start cutting off some of the enemies, or say we just advance a hex to make sure we take out the AA

[astral obsidian]

Ah, I see

Well, advancing just 1 hex means no evasive

Also, keep in mind I think those gunships from C-Z are going to be coming from that big red arrow very soon

[vernal brook]

Yeah thats true. Im more for pushing into the town, it just kinda feels rough when we have so much air nearby the airfield who would be running straight into the AA guns

[astral obsidian]

It's up to y'all

[fallen spoke]

That AA needs to die a horrible electronic screaming death

Also, I require duct tape 😜

[vernal brook]

Actually, if we wanted to keep evasive, couldn't we go backwards 1 hex then up to 4220? That's 3 hexes of movement which should let us use evasive and still target the AA

[fallen spoke]

Does Evasive have a distance requirement? I can't remember

[vernal brook]

I cant remember seeing something in the rules about it, but Rex was mentioning something earlier. I just thought of that movement to cover our asses either way

Ill look through the rules later on and check

[astral obsidian]

Requires you to be half of your total speed away from the starting point, so that wouldn't work

[astral obsidian]

Problem with repairs for us is that the engis get left behind when repairing since they can't reboard

[vernal brook]

Huh maybe i should get me glasses checked lol

[astral obsidian]

So you could repair and leave the engi behind or repair and then both you and their LV stay behind too

[vernal brook]

Can we hit the AA from where we are?

[astral obsidian]

You all have range 1 for the mechs and the LV has range 2. I'm not really sure what hex that AA is in, it's literally straddling the border

The LV can already but the mechs is a bit fuzzy

[vernal brook]

Thats why I was wondering lol

[fallen spoke]

I don't mind hanging back if that's easier or safer.

[astral obsidian]

Up to you and the LV and the engi, don’t be afraid to ping them

Their tags will be on the sheet, just find their callsign and search it

Gonna be around rest of the day but gaming, need to not obsess over this too much, lol. Ping me if needed :)

[fallen spoke]

I'll check into things after work. Enjoy your gaming

[wise turret]

Me and the engi are support for you 4 mechs

we go where you go essentially

we also run away when you all die bravely

[urban hemlock]

Oh wait! So the factory Walker does have a Canon?

[urban hemlock]

You 5 might be able to take out both artillery emplacements if you guys split up this turn

[urban hemlock]

I knew he was going to say that but I did keep my response vague so that we could pretend like we did lol sorry Boreal, we tried

[urban hemlock]

Don't forget to use an action to resupply one of our engineers if you can since you're holding a small supply I believe

[limber tusk]

If we go to 4319 how likely is it that we will get surrounded?

[urban hemlock]

That almost confirms that they're going to die. If they do that then because they don't have a escape route doesn't it?

[wise turret]

I think if we split it will essentially be pick what 1 of the 2 groups will be sacrificed

[wary cave]

I just landed, now I can talk again

[urban hemlock]

I think it's a horrible idea to do a repair under that thing. Wouldn't it just be better to use the spare tire??

You know we could just do an advanced charge to distract the thing with me and the mechs behind me

[wary cave]

I’m willing to die to repair

[urban hemlock]

That way we'll be next to the engis anyways

[wary cave]

The question is do you want an engir to die

[urban hemlock]

Bonk

[wary cave]

Valhal I am come

[urban hemlock]

Nine

[astral obsidian]

They don't need it

[astral obsidian]

It does not

[wary cave]

I fully intend to try to repair thunder. @rich salmon don’t feel obliged to stay in harms way /nearby for my sake when I disembark, if you need to run run.

Risking 2/3 engineers on this may be unwise however

[vale barn]

Alright, will do.

[urban hemlock]

@gleaming basalt @worthy cape can I get you two to advance to the front line to give that factory Walker more targets to hit than our 2 engineers? We really don't want to lose those. Me, @lilac leaf and @raven ermine are most likely going to be advancing there aswell so we will have strength in numbers

[astral obsidian]

It's up to the Engis, I'll use the spare wheel if I have to, their choice

[urban hemlock]

We can form a lance of you guys aswell

[vale barn]

Also, is my starting location the Shuttle or tile 3820?

[wary cave]

I’m going for it, save the tire for a better time.

[astral obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-captain-rex-salute-the-clone-wars-respect-gif-18036970

[wise turret]

Just be careful we dont exactly have many engi's in the battle group

What we have 2? or 3?

[wary cave]

https://tenor.com/view/gree-salute-commander-gree-41st-41st-elite-corps-gif-21348201

[wary cave]

3

[vale barn]

Hey Rex, how are our Infantry squads doing so far?

[astral obsidian]

Nobody is hurt as far as I know

[vale barn]

Excellent job then to the Infantry, have we sustained other losses?

[astral obsidian]

We lost a VTOL and a whole infantry unit that was riding in it

Other than that, nothing

[vale barn]

D:
Yikes, do you think I could look for survivers in the wreck once the bots are pushed far enough away?

[forest otter]

Do you want me to update Morr to represent this?

[urban hemlock]

@silk echo if you continue firing on the location you just hit you can keep lowering the AC of the units around that factory. Im pretty sure our tanks are flanking that factory Walker so it's most likely going to be destroyed this turn so it would be better to help our light vehicles get kills

[forest otter]

Hey warthog did my order go through as i don't appear to be on the tac map

[limber tusk]

Question: on the map that small flame/teardrop next to some units is meant to represent the unit taking damage or that it fired towards another unit?

[astral obsidian]

That's the unit firing

I believe

[astral obsidian]

I brought it up in taccom thread

[rich salmon]

Shack mispelled my name on the map 😦

The northeastern scouts are in a tough one

[verbal moat]

I'll fire 2 rockets on that walker

[rich salmon]

So from what I understand I can still move 2 hexes with Evasive?

[astral obsidian]

I would recommend coordinating with Iron Hammer, they are planning to focus it down. We shouldn't waste your ammo https://discord.com/channels/222052888531173386/1383066706724913293

[verbal moat]

Fine i'll let them handle the walker
A bit worrying its in our backs

[urban hemlock]

Me and a 2-4 mechanic are going to advance on it too to avoid letting our engineers die for no reason

Or engineers are our most valuable units

[verbal moat]

I got an engi team on my LV

Dont let that thing target BUNNY_1

[rocky anvil]

Yee I've been offered up to help fix the broken car

Cause good engi

(I'm just a little occupado RN to draft up the mission thing)

[verbal moat]

Wait rex
I think my rocket have enough range to take out that factory to our right

Wont be enough though
Idk how much damage the factory can take on 1 rocket

[astral obsidian]

They're getting out this turn

[astral obsidian]

Ultimately your choice

[vernal brook]

How many hits can AA platforms take?

[astral obsidian]

We do not know at this time

If I had to guess, 2

[vernal brook]

Hmm ok. Ill try planning more once im done with house stuff. Almost feels like too many options right now lol

[astral obsidian]

We have 48ish hours till orders are due

It'll hopefully become easier as more people come in

[junior sorrel]

@raven ermine @lilac leaf Since we are aleady up north I say we go against the vehicles in 4117 then next turn flank around to engage 4417. We can also try to get in contact with Hammer's mechs (Hanzo+Rose) if they want to help. Letting the tanks kill the walker and infantry handle cleanup on the infantry in front of us.

[urban hemlock]

They are shredding infantry rn I'm really happy with how their first mission is going

[urban hemlock]

I was hoping to get them to help distract that factory Walker though because a couple of our engineers are going to be under it next turn so giving some mechs for it to shoot is going to be a lot better than having it destroy our engineers in one shot

It's ultimately up to them though

[junior sorrel]

Yeah but with 8 tanks and 3 additional mechs just south of us, flanking around may be better as if gets rid of the AA and arty on the hill. Plus it helps cut forces off if they attempt to retreat

Setup for next turn as well

[astral obsidian]

I'll be heading north to hit those guns once I'm repaired as well so we could link up and work together in future after that

[junior sorrel]

'Once you are repaired' We are a fast assault force, the more time we let the bots have the worse it could get. Just trying to think like the fast bastard I am and disable/kill/distract targets as fast as possible.

[astral obsidian]

I'm getting repaired this turn, lmao, I do know our MO, I've been around the block lol

See here: #1385616851832147988 message

[junior sorrel]

I though Hammer was planning to roll all their tanks toward the walker to help shield all their infantry, which would mean we flank around to attack other targets.

Which would mean they could also help the engineers

[urban hemlock]

I'm just worried that the Walker is going to focus the engineers immediately before the tanks even get there

Cuz the tanks can't get in front of the engineers that's they don't have the range

I would honestly say this is the perfect place to use a spare tire

Just to keep our engis alive

[junior sorrel]

If it has anti infantry weapons they will be focused either way

[astral obsidian]

Both have already volunteered

Both our actual infantry are on the other side of it, meaning they could also be focused and targeted

[urban hemlock]

Hopefully it focuses on something that's attacking it rather than focusing on whatever has the smallest armor

I've noticed that the smaller DMS generally try to focus the smallest armor but shack seems to have more of a randomized approach

Which seems more fair

[fallen spoke]

@vernal brook @limber tusk @shrewd pine @wise turret
I'm warming to the idea of me staying put 1 round and get repairs, then next turn the engineers mount up and we catch up with you.
It's a calculated risk that everything hostile is to busy to go after 1 mech and a truck out in the snow.

If you want to knock out that AA, then meeting up the following round shouldn't be too difficult.

Thoughts?

[shrewd pine]

man I keep forgetting I have to actually put in orders

the flu isn't being too kind sorry

[shrewd pine]

is this the one you're talking about

[fallen spoke]

yeah, that one

[shrewd pine]

we don't know any of their stats right

[limber tusk]

A single mech splitting up does feel like a large risk considering that more Gunships seem to be approaching.

[fallen spoke]

we have guesses but nothing definitive

[shrewd pine]

See I am a bit worried that the three massive fucking enemy gunships could leave a conspicuously Talos-shaped crater if I proceed

[astral obsidian]

There's also a large amount more coming from the bottom right

[fallen spoke]

Intel says the gunships are heading to the airfield to light up our logistics

[shrewd pine]

okay that is true

I just noticed

[shrewd pine]

like this turn or

[astral obsidian]

Completely unknown, sadly

see the ?s around the red arrow? that's them

we don't know if they follow our map transfer rules or anything

12 incoming

Plus the 3 already

15 total

[shrewd pine]

there are two wolves

"do you want to live forever"
"5 requisition points"

[fallen spoke]

I don't know how soon they would get here. I just know they're not here now and that changes soon. I feel like this is a window of opportunity.

If you have an alternative idea, I'm open to suggestions

[shrewd pine]

see I'm probably down to go shoot up the AA a bit but like

[limber tusk]

Do you think 2 Light Mechs have enough firepower for a good chance to destroy the AA?

[shrewd pine]

I'm not in much of a state for critical analysis of the battlefield rn

I do recognise I'm the only mech who hasn't taken a hit

[limber tusk]

I think that symbol isn't taking a hit but rather firing.

[shrewd pine]

Hm

Oh true

it's the red circle not the fire

[fallen spoke]

I believe the speculation is that it has 2 hits, but it's unknown if it has armor

[urban hemlock]

You should be able to lag behind once your fixed up getting repaired only costs the LV and the engi speed

[fallen spoke]

I'm aware of that. I'm just wary of leaving them without an escort. That truck is made of cardboard and hope

[urban hemlock]

I'm like 99% sure they are 2 hit

Hey >:

Don't forget about the dreams

[fallen spoke]

valid

[limber tusk]

If our units are anything to go by(not guaranteed) then their AA probably doesn't have armor/has only 1 point of armor.

[fallen spoke]

I'm also operating on the assumption those ? in 4119 and 4219 are infantry bots.

@worthy cape @gleaming basalt where are you two headed next round?

[limber tusk]

I dunno those question marks seem larger than others that were later revealed to be infantry.

I think that its more likely to be the same unit type as the ones at 4018

[fallen spoke]

Yeah, I think you're right.

And the ones in 4018 didn't really move, so no idea how fast they are

[limber tusk]

I am assuming that its the enemies rough equivalent to light mechs.

[fallen spoke]

I haven't seen enough bot logic yet to determine if they would attack us or move to protect the factories from the larger threat to the west. I highly doubt they'll hold position.

4319 I'm thinking are bot ground transports

could be holding bots, could be holding civvies for reprocessing, no way to tell yet

[limber tusk]

Curiously the units at 4319 seem to be moving away from the battle.

[fallen spoke]

That's the thing: they could have moved north then northeast to the convoy or towards the fighting. But instead they're effectively meandering thru the streets like a garbage truck. So they could be grabbing people out of houses or they could have some other programmed activity they're carrying out. But nothing about them says 'combat vehicle'

[vernal brook]

They could just be sweeping for civilians?

[gleaming basalt]

Good question, @worthy cape where are we going next round

[limber tusk]

Should we chase them down just in case? Even if they are not taking away civilians we would still know what they are doing and what other nearby units are.

[vernal brook]

Im kinda for that plan too. But if we hit the AA gun on a drive by, I wonder if we will have any attacks left if we see infantry groups

[fallen spoke]

You could chase them, but I'd be concerned about getting shot in the back by those 2 possibly-mechs

[limber tusk]

Also something to note is that the units by 4417/4518 haven't moved.

[fallen spoke]

This is pure guesswork, but could they be two full transports of civvies guarded by infantry, waiting on the other three before leaving the map?

[limber tusk]

Possibly 4 considering 4419.

[vernal brook]

Possibly. But also looking at the size of the question marks, it could be full squads sweeping but only partial ones guarding

[limber tusk]

Then again that marker is the same size used for Artillery and AA.

[fallen spoke]

also true

[vernal brook]

Yeah just hopeful me thinking we can go into there and harass and take little to no damage lol

[fallen spoke]

some orbital recon would be nice right about now

[vernal brook]

Yeah it would be. Imma be heading to bed soon. If yall decide tonight whether we're gonna focus on taking down both the nearby AA or pushing more into the town, just ping me. Im good with either as long as we're trying to scrap some bots

[fallen spoke]

I'm probably going to sleep on it. It's been a long day and I don't want to overlook something because I got too tired

@worthy cape @gleaming basalt Obviously you can do as you like, but you're welcome to come east and join us. Rolling with a 6 mech reinforced lance seems like a decent play right now.

[quartz parrot]

been at work the past little while, what are the thoughts of the group of us that are northeast, past the factory walker? I'm guessing a good course of action is to attack the two emplacements in 4117, seems that's Thunder's intention as well (I'm Quixote)

[astral obsidian]

The one issue with all of us going is that two engineers are getting out to repair me this turn, so they’ll need their rides or cover at some point

And I the inf from Iron Hammer can’t get far enough up to cover

[rough leaf]

HVTOL Sumer checking in. Y'all planning to repair your vehicles in their current positions, or would a lift be useful? (Note: I haven't ran the threat numbers yet on Sumer actually doing anything)

[astral obsidian]

Well, I know Specter is heading back to the airfield

But actually... if you're an HVTOL that might be useful for me, but aren't you worried about AA?

That way our engis don't have to repair me right in town, they can repair me to the north where it's safer

So yeah, if you'd be willing to carry me (Thunder, the immobilized LV) north, I'll talk to the rest of the group and the engis and see what they think

[rough leaf]

Honestly am a bit nervous about it, but I wasn't even going to try to work stuff out if you didn't want the airlift.

[astral obsidian]

It would be incredibly helpful if you were willing to risk it, but if you don't want to, it's totally fair lol

Cause in the current plan we'd be risking the 2 engineers getting left behind with no cover in the middle of a firefight

[eternal eagle]

Did I shoot the AA in 4117? I don't see any other units nearby with fire icons pointing in that direction and if so I think that indicates it has little to no armor

[astral obsidian]

I think it was you yeah

[rough leaf]

I was thinking if I get some coverage, I might be able to snag you and then I was thinking maybe just pulling you a touch back South since that's where the Shovel and Rabbit engineers are.

[astral obsidian]

Hmm. I don't suppose you'd be willing to go North?

We have 2 engineers in the two LVs directly next to me, we just need a bit of a safer location to repair than right next to a crawler (lol)

[rough leaf]

If Iron Hammer was able to clear that Northern AAA walker, then I might have a decent run up there.

[astral obsidian]

Since you're part of the crew in the town right now, what would you think about all of us going north (If Sumer is willing to carry me up there), the engis can repair me, then get in next turn, and we're able to operate as a squad again

[astral obsidian]

Well theoretically, the 3 LVs and the Mech going north, plus the two IH mechs clear that on their ways past

Cause if you see my above message, Rabbit would pull out of the town itself, allowing IH and eventually Redwall and Phalanx to take over frontline duties

And we can go be annoying >:)

[eternal eagle]

that sounds good, get up to the AA and arty in 4117 to clear them out

[rough leaf]

3918ish what you thinking for the new repair location? (If I'm counting right, that's basically max range for me)

[astral obsidian]

You're speed 5?

We'd like to go north to 4017 if possible.

Where the IH mechs are now, we can clear those emplacements on the mountain, then next turn circle around north and pincer their escape route with our southern force

[rough leaf]

Yeah. Speed 5. 4017 would be possible, wasn't sure if you were aiming to repair behind the Iron Hammer push. Lemme eyeball roller.

[astral obsidian]

We're living on the edge, we figure we'll be pretty safe. The arty could shoot us, but I think it has bigger priorities with defending the town, and we might even kill it

[eternal eagle]

4016 would be the minimum distance if we still wanted to be evasive with the rest of the town group

[rough leaf]

Lemme say this to have people check my math...

• 1.5 speed to reach you
• 1.5 speed to land/load/take off
• 1 speed to mid 4017
• 1 speed to land and unload (does mean I'm ending landed tho)

[astral obsidian]

That seems reasonable to me, dunno how the decimal speeds are calculated, or if it's just hex to hex

[rough leaf]

I'll see about getting some help on both ends for protection.

[astral obsidian]

Just want to double check that you're committing before I start pinging the people around me

Don't want to cause confusion

[urban hemlock]

what's going on?

[rough leaf]

I'm looking at potentially lifting Thunder out of there.

[astral obsidian]

Sumer offered to give Thunder a lift north, that way the rest of the squad in town can follow, the engis can unload and repair me up there in relative safety, all while doing what damage we can to the emplacements on the mountain AND in the town. Then, next turn, engis have the speed to mount up, and we head back out to wherever needed

Kind of a perfect solution

That will break down immediately upon contact with the enemy :)

[rough leaf]

I'm trying to weigh Iron Hammer's advance, Thunder's current position, and the fact I'm a 1 armor 2 hit unit that could take AAA fire and ground fire.

[urban hemlock]

I would prefer that to sacrificing our engineers lol

[urban hemlock]

oh yeah props not worth

[astral obsidian]

He's looking for possible escorts

Plus a lot depends on what order Shack does things in

Which is unfortunate

[urban hemlock]

oh if it's a good time you're after...

well likely hes going top focus on movement first as he does then actions will come later

[rough leaf]

I was remembering Iron Hammer being further off.

Lemme reach out to Iron Hammer and see what they're planning. If they're gonna be pushing ground forces into your area, then your engineers would have better chances than Sumer

[astral obsidian]

I don't think many if any at all can reach us

[limber tusk]

Do you guys think that chasing the likely enemy transports that seemingly are capturing civilians at 4319 is worth being further apart from the rest of the battlegroup?

[rough leaf]

🤷‍♂️ I'd be asking for their assistance with the AAA and such on that side regardless.

I gotta call it a night, but I'll try to have more of a commitment one way or the other tomorrow. If you want to start with planning stuff, you could always make a "plan A" and "plan B" type thing.

[astral obsidian]

Hmm. Honestly, it might be good. I have a bit of a pipe dream plan of the force in the town looping around from the north in a few turns and linking up with you guys to cut off the escape route

[limber tusk]

While I would like for something along those lines to happen, I'm somewhat worried that if we move ahead to stop the transports the lance might get surrounded and wiped out before other forces can reach the east.

[astral obsidian]

We’ll see

[verbal moat]

Man i think the evasive team is pinned

Literally pinned
We could push through but thunder is immobile

Theres also these guys
I think air units?

[quartz parrot]

I don't know the specific case I'm thinking about, but what if we did an Evasive run in a circle, ending in the same spot we left? Head northwest, then east, then back down?

[wise turret]

Fine with me if the engineers ar good with it I can always double back to pick them up and play catch up when the fight kicks off

[silk echo]

Do we know the ac of that walker?

Just wondering what it takes to land a hit

[verbal moat]

Nah we cant
Thunder's immobile
We need the engi's to fix them up and provide cover

[verbal moat]

alright guys
before i'll post this

iron hammer is requesting my rockets to target mechs in 4117 since im in range

specifically this mech i think

sending 2 full rockets over there
if you guys have any objections or any much more better targets let me know

[kindred imp]

this is iron hammers current plan

[verbal moat]

supporting our fighters and killing those mechs in 4117

[kindred imp]

we think we have the walker handeled 4117 we have 4 attacks on, that is a bit iffy imho, what we are still concerend about is the three enemy vtol gunships and the two other aa mechs (atleast for this turn)

[verbal moat]

3 enemy vtol? these ones?

[kindred imp]

yes

[verbal moat]

actually i can kill one of these
4120

its one less enemy vtol out of the picture

im going to post my target on 4120

[shrewd pine]

wait orders due tomorrow morning

😔

[kind fox]

Question- to assist Halberd with reloading does Carrot need to be in the same Hex- or is it's current spacing sufficent? And- since I tried to stock up on supply from the ship while the Artillery was setting up- can I get a verdict on how much Small Supply is on the truck?

[shrewd pine]

if I wake up too late how lenient can you guys be after orders close

[vernal brook]

We can try and iron out orders now and then you wont have to worry about putting them in later?

[obtuse wren]

does Thunder want an airlift back to the engineers at AF?

@astral obsidian

[forest otter]

Did we get any confirmation about where my truck is? cause I kind of need to know to do orders

[rose tiger]

Hey @lunar lark I am close by and could dug in your artillery if you want that

[astral obsidian]

I’m waiting to hear back from Sumer

[astral obsidian]

No response from shack I’ve just asked again

@verbal moat @quartz parrot evasive doesn’t work like that. You have to be half your speed in distance away from your starting location

Also, if Sumer gets back to me, we have a solution. He’s a HVTOL and can carry me north, you guys then follow, the engis get out up there, and repair me. We hit the arty/AA on the way, and then next turn the engis load back up and we’re poised to go where we like

[verbal moat]

Is that so?

I forgot how LV worked

[astral obsidian]

Yup, it’s in the rules

See my plan above, tell me what you think

[verbal moat]

Thats a good idea actually
Also i think snowshoe (potabros engi) is still in my LV i think

They should dismount now and start repairing
Im holding off my rockets for now too since we'll hit those arty on the way

Deleting my order rn

[astral obsidian]

I spoke to them already, both engineers will be repairing me

If Sumer decides to go through with the plan (not guaranteed, it’s not exactly safe), then I’ll ping everyone and let them know we’re going to north and we can adjust orders

[verbal moat]

Copy that!

[obtuse wren]

I'm talking with him to figure out which of us should do it

[astral obsidian]

Understood, you know our intended destination?

[rough leaf]

I’m starting to have serious concerns about the amount of ground units that could fire on Sumer while landed.

[kindred imp]

about 9

[astral obsidian]

9 total units or 9 FS of units?

Cause I don’t count 9

[kindred imp]

9 total

[astral obsidian]

I count 3 heavily damaged infantry that will be focused on the LVs, I count the 2 mech looking things, and I count the SPG

[rough leaf]

Hoover is willing to take my place, but if I’m mathing right, they wouldn’t be able to land and offload you.

(Just giving updates as I can, will be boarding soon for a flight)

[astral obsidian]

We could theoretically organize our formation such that the LVs protect you. You don’t have enough speed to get to 4016 do you?

[kindred imp]

worst comes to worst 2 fs in 3916
spaag
walker
2 mechs
2 heavily damaged fs in 4018 and 4119
2 undamaged infantery in 4018 4119

[astral obsidian]

I heavily suspect the bots will protect the crawler

And we have infantry near it to draw fire as well

[rough leaf]

No, 4017 is max for Sumer

[astral obsidian]

That’s what I thought.

Hmm.

[kindred imp]

that list is pretty much anyting that can fire fires on the hvtol

and asumes no new units spawn from factories (4 6fs units) and that the 2 smal and 5 smol units don't move and atack

[rancid idol]

Would it be possible to hack the AA?

If we find a way to clear out the guards quickly.

[astral obsidian]

It’s up to Sumer, if it’s a no, we can work with it, I’ll probably just use the spare wheel, move first, then get repaired. Not ideal using the wheel so early but that’s what it’s for lol

[kindred imp]

well i think this turn and the next are the most critical turns in securing crossroads

[rancid idol]

@wise turret what do you think, should we try muck and see wheter or not we could take over AA?

If we´re quick enough they might be able to target the robot gunships.

[astral obsidian]

Hmm. Okay Sumer, what if you took me south towards our mech Lance down there?

Phalanx says they have the northern guns covered so the little town group should pivot

[obtuse wren]

South will be riskier with the amount of AA down there

[astral obsidian]

Ah well seems like this was a good idea but simply too risky, I’ll use the spare wheel then and get repaired after I move

[rough leaf]

Sorry about that. I wanted to help…but I do think it’s gonna be too hot to land 4018. Might be able to CAS with HVTOLs/VTOLs if you need.

[kindred imp]

so question is rabbit gonna put focus on the two aa mechs in the south?

[wary cave]

writing my repair order now

[astral obsidian]

Okay @wary cave @verbal moat @quartz parrot @eternal eagle @rich salmon @rocky anvil

New plan. Sumer wasn’t able to give me a lift.

I suggest we go south instead, as Phalanx says they have the guns to the north handled. I will use the spare wheel to get myself moving so that I can be repaired in a safe place. This means I only need one repair action now.

I suggest we go to 4121 and I get repaired there, then next turn we can meet up with the southern lance and work together to harrass. Our time as the frontline force is over.

Thoughts?

[rocky anvil]

I think that sounds good

[wary cave]

more sound plan imo'

[astral obsidian]

Which of you wants to repair?

Don’t think it really matters just don’t want a duplicate lol

[rocky anvil]

Definitely sounds safer than the original plan lol

[astral obsidian]

The other won’t have to get out anymore

Yeah definitely lol

[rocky anvil]

I don't have any plans aside from repair so I can?

[astral obsidian]

By all means, you good with that Robber?

[wary cave]

no problem here, ebr can move me to do something else productive.

[astral obsidian]

Last confirmations we need will be from your rides, and the mech and other LV with us

[rocky anvil]

Yee

[astral obsidian]

Luckily there’s not much needed for engineers right now

Well I guess that’s bad because you have nothing to do, but good because nobody is hurt. Bit of an awkward situation

[rocky anvil]

Yeah that's the nice part of early. If we land somewhere safe we can spend the first bit fortifying but otherwise we're pretty mucj just machine medics at the early tiers

Eventually I'll have flamethrowers and then I'll have tons to do early

[astral obsidian]

Indeed

[wary cave]

hey im not complaining, still having fun here

[astral obsidian]

That’s the important part!

Cool. Now we have plans. We all head towards 4121 and we can do some Rabbit style harassment the turn after

[wary cave]

@rich salmon , you cool with this?

[astral obsidian]

Feel free to do other things, I just think that sticking in a group is probably our best chance at both survival and making a big impact

[wary cave]

and yeah, i can see how one could think it would be boring/unfun to not submit orders and do a ton of stuff, but frankly im pretty patient and ive been waiting to participate in armco for a long time lol, so im just happy to be here.

[astral obsidian]

We’re just not a frontline group, and there will be 3 frontline groups coming in next round, it’s time for us to get out of their way and go do our part

You’ll always be welcome in Rabbit!

[verbal moat]

Sounds good

Theres some enemy vtols over there but we'll take them out

[rocky anvil]

So to be clear we're doing nothing this round next round we're doing repairs?

[astral obsidian]

So here’s the order of operations

1. I use spare wheel to fix mobility
2. Our entire group heads south to 4121
3. You get out and repair me there

[astral obsidian]

They’re going to attack our logi according to intel so we shouldn’t have to worry about them

[verbal moat]

Wait theyre attacking our logis?
Arent those important?

[eternal eagle]

alright, that sounds like a plan, hopefully we take out the AA as we go through

[astral obsidian]

There’s nothing we can do about it. There’s a significant force over there defending them already. We’re no longer alone fighting here

[astral obsidian]

Shack seems to do movement before attacks so I don’t think we’ll get those ones in the north, but Phalanx and Iron Hammer think they can this turn

[verbal moat]

Alright
Let's gather up in 4121

[rich salmon]

@wary cave I like that plan. A little risky for Rex still, I can shift to your left to try to block fire.

[wise turret]

I think we kinda reliant on what the light mechs do

If we split I would say may be best to take the AA group if that happens

[astral obsidian]

Gotta live on the edge. Plus, it was best that this happened to me, I've got the spare wheel and the armor. We'd be in a very bad situation if it was one of y'all. We got lucky here

[urban hemlock]

Thumper's aiming at that I believe

Oh wait Rex's order changed?

I see that's a lot better

Thank you

Fine I'll change to evasive lol

I'm going to start making the map when I get home

[silk echo]

if you are closeby, could you dig me in at some point too? my callsign is halberd

[urban hemlock]

Have you talked to carrot yet? Is he going to supply you this turn?

[urban hemlock]

@kind fox

[silk echo]

no, not really

im kinda trusting our logi to do their thing

[astral obsidian]

This is a game of coordination and organization

[lunar lark]

I'd like to move with stinger next turn, everything within range is pretty damaged.

[silk echo]

ik, ik

[urban hemlock]

Negative for Thumper but it seems that spoonie wants to

Or halbert I should say

[rose tiger]

I have a look later if I am close enough but sure!

[silk echo]

Thanks!

[kind fox]

Hey, I am planning to reload/supply you BTW. Feel free to dig in as well.

[rancid idol]

maybe ask mechs what their views are?

One of them is wounded, so if possible I might be able to repair them and hack AA in same turn

Maybe we hold with 1 mech so I can repair them while also sending up some engineers to hack the AA. With the rest of the mechs going east to investigate the other clankers.

[kindred imp]

for your info it looks like the walker has atleast four armor the four iron hammer mbts got only 3 hits in last round

[quartz parrot]

That sounds good to me

[covert veldt]

Btw, is your medic still MIA?

[kindred imp]

btw i did some math on the aa guns assuming they are heavy mechs in the phalanx comms

[astral obsidian]

They were chatting yesterday, hopefully not

[wise turret]

Im not exactly sure on what the other mechs plans are been at work all day so have to check orders

[rancid idol]

No plans yet

maybe something like this

have phoenix join us, I repair them and hack the AA, Phoenyx can continue to move with the mechs and we rejoin them next turn?

Or Phoenyx stays with us and we rejoin together next turn.

Mounting is half a movement so it will not be possible to repair and rejoin on the same turn

[vernal brook]

From the sounds of it, it looks like thunder and the rest of that group are gonna be pulling into 4121 for their repairs as well, so if Phoenyx is repaired and moves with the rest of the lance, then the engis and their transport should still have other guarding them

[vernal brook]

@fallen spoke @shrewd pine @limber tusk forgot to ping yall

[fallen spoke]

I'll check the details when I get a minute but that sounds viable

Does waiting for repairs cost any movement? If I can move to 4121, get repaired, then still move far enough from my starting point to use Evasive, that would be ideal.

[vernal brook]

I dont think getting repaired changes your movement. I believe it uses the engineer's. So our engineer could repair you then all of us mechs could move out

[fallen spoke]

Okay, that's what I thought but I wanted to check. I'm fighting a migraine and my meds make my head a bit foggy.

[astral obsidian]

Wait actually this is perfect

[vernal brook]

Damn feel better soon

[astral obsidian]

This engi can get out and repair, the LV can stay back

Then basically the rest of the LVs in Rabbit (minus 2, specter and jackrbt) join up with it, and we can join y'all the turn after

[rancid idol]

where are you guys going?

[wise turret]

Give me time to shoot em when they appraoch unless a vehicle comes over and we take out their air I should be more than enough to wipe out a bot squad

(I say before we cut to a clip of me exploding in my convertible)

https://tenor.com/view/toyota-открытка-день-toyota-gif-8146027195953014817

I am essentially driving around in the worlds version of this so

[vernal brook]

Thats a good plan for me, and we can get evasive if we move to like 4320. Maybe use the mountains for higher ground advantage (if thats a thing) against whatever is in the town

[astral obsidian]

To 4121, the hex y'all are in right now

[wise turret]

we in 4021 I think

Oh yeah nvm

Do ya mean 4122?

[fallen spoke]

I'm doing this on my phone and on prescription drugs. Numbers are hard. 😜

[astral obsidian]

Do feel better man

[vernal brook]

My pick is the mechs move evasive to either 4219 (left hex closer to AA) or 4320 (right hex closer to question marks).

[worthy cape]

I got no idea what im supposed to be doing next round, whats the situation (in bottom left currently)

looks like heading east to catch up with the eastern recon group is best?

[urban hemlock]

If you want you can join me pigmy and Lop in our advance we're flanking that walker

We may change to an evasive but I'm in advance

Currently

Advance is better

[astral obsidian]

You essentially have 2 options

Come east with the squad that’s linking up with the scout Lance

Or go join up with Warthog and the rest of the fast movers

[wise turret]

Forgot to add my rp for last round time to write this round up I will hold off on posting until we finalise the plan

[fallen spoke]

https://tenor.com/view/austin-powers-dr-evil-mike-myers-come-join-us-come-here-gif-4627161

[rose tiger]

I should be able to dig you in

[urban hemlock]

im gonna start mapping after this beef stroganoff

[urban hemlock]

Current tac map has been recorded

I didn't realize everyone was retreating

[astral obsidian]

Who's retreating exactly?

[urban hemlock]

Except for a hand full of mechs

But that'll be ok we have a good amount on the front still

It should be ok

[limber tusk]

That map seems slightly off.

[astral obsidian]

Bunny will also be joining us in 4121

[urban hemlock]

It isn't finished sadly

[astral obsidian]

Once they get their order in

[urban hemlock]

We still need more orders in

[urban hemlock]

We have about a dozen units in 4121 so I had to space things out a little

[astral obsidian]

Well the mechs currently there will be leaving, according to the last time I talked to them

[urban hemlock]

Let's hope, we need more people on the front lines

Which one of the mechs was damaged again?

[astral obsidian]

No we don't lol

There are 2 more BGs coming in this turn and IH is moving up

[urban hemlock]

Cool

[limber tusk]

By now I'm mostly convinced that we should move ahead to stop those 3 (possible) transports.

[astral obsidian]

We aren't a frontline BG

Our obj should now be to harrass and recon

[urban hemlock]

That's what I'm saying. We could definitely be supporting the front a lot better. We are pretty good at Frontline support I would say

[astral obsidian]

Like Crux said above

[urban hemlock]

I agree

[astral obsidian]

That's not the frontline though?

[urban hemlock]

I wish we had to have had more people go to the transports over there

[astral obsidian]

Guess why the town group is going south to meet up with the east group

hmmmmmmmmmm

[limber tusk]

That is part of what convinced me, before rushing ahead seemed too risky, but with the extra reinforcements we will likely only need to hold them for 1 or 2 turns.

[urban hemlock]

Ill be changing to evasive I think

[urban hemlock]

Cowardice lol

[astral obsidian]

...

I can't tell if that's a joke or if you're serious

[urban hemlock]

I only joke

[vernal brook]

Im with you for that plan. So which hex are you planning to move to? And im assuming staying evasive?

[urban hemlock]

@worthy cape if you want to stick with your battle buddy sparrow I suggest going evasive to 3919

[limber tusk]

Personally i was thinking of going 1 hex further than you proposed while using Evasive. (4319)

[vernal brook]

Works for me. Let's us jam our cannons in their face. I'll write up my orders in like an hour or so. Just got back from riding my motorcycle and I need to remember what AC feels like lol

@fallen spoke @shrewd pine Crux and I are moving evasive to 4319 to harass whats probably those transports. Keeping ya updated since I know you were both mentioning you werent feeling well

[shrewd pine]

the fucking malware is spreading ‼️

[vernal brook]

Lol

[shrewd pine]

I was considering hitting the 4120 AA(?) since that was an earlier discussion

has anything changed since then

[urban hemlock]

Put in the orders. Pookies

[vernal brook]

Yup will do

[urban hemlock]

I'm sorry I don't know all of your names in game 😞

[limber tusk]

^^^^ mainly this.

[vernal brook]

Not really, the mechs are just moving up to keep harassing. And what Crux said

[shrewd pine]

what should I call this in my order

[vernal brook]

I cant tell if it's a mech or big ass turret, but it's AA at the very least. Im sure they'll understand what you mean if you say that

Warthog, love the helldivers reference

Also, now if I ever make a light vehicle it's gonna be an FRV

[urban hemlock]

Thank you 🙏

I have a mod that makes the FRV a warthog

So that's why I made it a warthog

Halo kekekek

[vernal brook]

Tbh it has pretty similar handling as the halo ce warthog since they increased the gravity on it

Hopefully after August we can get that as an official reskin and not a mod

[urban hemlock]

Yeah original FRV kind of sucked ass

You could do kick flips with it

S*** was funny as hell

[vernal brook]

Nah the best part was being able to push cars in the cities like a mobile barricade until they either blew up or killed you with collision damage

Orders going in now

[shrewd pine]

I want to write more RP but I can't think that straight

damn you influenza

[limber tusk]

So is the Lance splitting?

[vernal brook]

I mean I'm trying to sit at the border of 4320 and 4319 where there's that 3 way crossroads. Idk how the hexes and groupings work for targeting, so I don't know if it counts as splitting the lance technically

never mind, I just reread the orders and saw end was 4120

for some reason I thought i read 4320 lol

[limber tusk]

Somewhat tired so I will post my order tomorrow

[astral obsidian]

All good!

I'll be doing pings tomorrow

[urban hemlock]

#1382045293591134218 message

Rabbit go ahead and vote on this matter of where we want the federal listening name post to scan first

[shrewd pine]

I’m only moving like one hex

[worthy cape]

I was planning to head towards 4021 and all the mechs that are there. The other option looks like suicide 😅

[rancid idol]

@wise turret @fallen spoke @vernal brook @shrewd pine @limber tusk what do you guys think of this plan?

This turn gwynt, proper and phoenyx move to cell 4120, proper repair gwynt and investigates the AA. Subsequently Phoenyx rejoins the rest of waits with gwynt for the rest of bunny.

Crux, Talos and Zion go east to get Line of sight on the east end of crossroads.

[shrewd pine]

I already put in an order to move to 4120 how much of an issue is that

[silk echo]

Do we know if I can direct fire the bot factories?

They seem even bigger than the artillery/aa, so it would make sense

[rancid idol]

@wise turret nog an issue. We can keep as or change.

Although are we just going to keep it to 4120? Light mechs can move pretty far.

[vernal brook]

Thars pretty much the plan Crux and I were going with for our move, we just went 1 hex north to end in the town

[verbal moat]

FUCK I FORGOT TO SEND ORDERS

[forest otter]

Orders aren't due for just under 12 hours, Warthogs just started doing the tacmap with those who have

submitted

[verbal moat]

aye aye
also got snowshoes at the back
they can dismount and repair us

hopefully those group of enemy VTOL wont spot us
though if they do im firing my rockets

[limber tusk]

Order sent.

[rose tiger]

@silk echo orders are sent to dig you in

[silk echo]

Awesome! Thanks man!

[rose tiger]

Give the bots hell from above!

[silk echo]

Will do!

[wise turret]

Yep as long as we can repair I think we are 1 speed less? Maybe I was always gonna be support so its up to where to go to repair

I'll send orders later

[rancid idol]

@shrewd pine ah wait you also put in the Order of you trying to shoot out the AA. Maybe wait a turn?

[shrewd pine]

why?

[rancid idol]

Because I am hoping to maybe try and hack it.

[shrewd pine]

is it confirmed you can do that

[rancid idol]

Not yet

@astral obsidian @urban hemlock would it be possible to try ans hack something or would that be too difficult to implement?

(Sry for ping but its pretty impactfull)

[astral obsidian]

Not able to answer fully, boarding a train, it’s not anything in the rules so I think it’s unlikely

[astral obsidian]

Okay on the train so can answer fully now

I would guess no. He’s allowed some RP things in the past but only minor, I don’t think he’d allow it for combat. Sorry.

[astral obsidian]

@restive nimbus Logi doesn’t have evasive sadly, you’ll have to resubmit your order with advance (or other)

Your hexes look good though

No distance issues

Warthog will confirm for sure

[rancid idol]

So then @fallen spoke @wise turret we repair phoenix in cell 4121 and then continue with the rest towards 4319?

[wise turret]

fine by me if thats the plan

[astral obsidian]

You won’t be able to get back in this turn

[rancid idol]

Do you guys have an engi? Or would I need to stay back to also repair you?

[astral obsidian]

So you both will be stuck in that hex for a turn, but that means you’ll link up with the squad coming from the town

We have two engis, don’t worry, I’m all good

Once we all link up, this group in the southeast will have all 3 of our engis

[rancid idol]

Hmmm ok... Just a bit concerned the mech group will have no engi´s while going very deep.

[astral obsidian]

We’ll be able to link up, worry not

[rocky anvil]

I'll get my bit up in like 2 hours probably

[rancid idol]

If you want @wise turret, you can propably go with the mechs and then I could maybe instead take a ride with @astral obsidian´s group.

If one of them is open to that.

[astral obsidian]

I think we might have spaces, but I most of us are carrying either an engi or a small supply

[wise turret]

Its up to you, might make our attack force a bit squidgy without support

[astral obsidian]

Clean map

@urban hemlock ^

[wise turret]

Ill send this off as the order now then if we aint gonna get a response?

[astral obsidian]

@wise turret @worthy cape @fallen spoke @stable ginkgo and @rancid idol a reminder that orders are due in 4 hours and 23 minutes.

I know most of y’all have been actively chatting and planning here so no pressure, just a reminder.

[wise turret]

Im just gonna put order in now and possibly change em later just in case

Final check @rancid idol you want to repair pheonix then move with the rest of the mechs or take control of that AA gun?

[stable ginkgo]

where do you want me?

[urban hemlock]

Rabbits roleplay is so good! Oh my God. I love you guys

[urban hemlock]

Technically carrot and stinger are both losing one supply. This turn so you could drop them a resupply it's up to you though

[stable ginkgo]

how farway is that aa walker?

[urban hemlock]

about 2 tiles from you 4 tiles from our logi

[stable ginkgo]

i have to do my full movement right?

[astral obsidian]

If you mean do you have to use all of your speed, I don’t think so

That might be worth asking in main comms to see if someone smarter than me can confirm

Thank you again @rocky anvil for the planned repair (don’t want to jinx), you’ll have a ride in Thunder anytime

[urban hemlock]

do hat's have odd movement types or something?

[rocky anvil]

👉👉

[urban hemlock]

lol

[rocky anvil]

Love fixing a car in a warzone

[astral obsidian]

There used to be the rule where they had to move a certain amount to stay flying but that was definitely removed

[urban hemlock]

I thought I heard about their movement being reduced due to cargo size but im ignorant

[astral obsidian]

Might be due a rule check

[urban hemlock]

ok

I don't see anything about it in the rules document

[astral obsidian]

Then I don’t see why they would have to use all their speed if they don’t have anything to do with it

[urban hemlock]

@worthy cape Sorry that I keep pinging you. But if you join up with Sparrow pygmy and lop, you'll be able to form a whole Lance

[astral obsidian]

Two groups for our BG seems pretty good to me, allows us to respond and fight in a self contained manner

[urban hemlock]

Yeah

Jackrabbit is definitely staying on the front lines so having a front line Lance would be useful

[stable ginkgo]

if i drop more supplies then a unit can use does it get lost after round?

[urban hemlock]

For at least keeping me alive lol

[urban hemlock]

No, it just goes into their inventory

[astral obsidian]

I recall seeing shack say that supply can’t just sit on the ground, otherwise it would be OP to build an airfield and just make infinite stacks of supply. I dunno this specific case

[stable ginkgo]

would it be better for me to fly over 3819 and 3720 for a supply drop?

[astral obsidian]

I love the RP tie in @rich salmon :)

[rich salmon]

finally finished it lol

thank ya

[urban hemlock]

yeah that's what I'd do

new RP?

[stable ginkgo]

advance is the normal move order correct?

[urban hemlock]

yes

[urban hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/pull-the-lever-wrong-lever-wrong-lever-kronk-pull-the-lever-kronk-the-emperors-new-groove-gif-27333081

@verbal moat are you still using your LRM or are you holding it?

I suggest waiting to fire it for an advance order honestly

would suck to miss a rocket

[worthy cape]

All good, im.at my parents and heading home.in the hour. Will get my order in as soon as I get back. Ping me though before ethe deadline incase I forget 😅

I don't like the look of going into that lance, it looks like suicide of im being honest

[urban hemlock]

The deadline is in 3 hours. If you want I can copy sparrow's orders and just give them to you with your name on them

The roleplay is all up to you though

[urban hemlock]

We have three infantry units behind us so we are likely going to be destroying anything that comes near us

Either way the decision is yours

[kindred imp]

these are my guesses use it ignore it doesn't matter

[worthy cape]

Do you have a map for the current orders ?

[urban hemlock]

TacMap Updated

let me know if you need a zoomed in image on any area

[rancid idol]

I'm not risking the AA gun, Rex thinks its unlikely to work plus it'd also be a lot of Shack-work. Just shoot the thing dead : )

So we repair phoenix and drive with the rest.

[urban hemlock]

@astral obsidian can I put you down for giving a small supply back to potabro?

[urban hemlock]

Please do before time runs out

Has gwent sent an order yet?

[wise turret]

Copy that, whats the final destination square we might have to be 1 behind if we are repairing

[urban hemlock]

Oh I see

[wise turret]

No im waiting on my engi anjd the light mech to figure out whats going on

[urban hemlock]

My bad

[wise turret]

All good

I have it written ready I just dont know what my ending tile is gonna be how slow I am compared to the rest of the group since they unloading and loading etc

[urban hemlock]

@rancid idol you put in your orders that you're the Talos mech lol

[rancid idol]

Good point, 4219 north-east propably?

[rancid idol]

oops

[astral obsidian]

Also you won’t be able to get back into Gwynt

Not enough speed

[urban hemlock]

Yeah, that's true. Unless you do a rush order

Wait, can you even do repairs in a rush order??

Probably not

[rancid idol]

hm

[astral obsidian]

I think rush is just for movement

[urban hemlock]

Right

Well if you get left behind by gwynt an entire fleet of light vehicles just replaced his position so if you want you can just trade off with someone else

[rancid idol]

@oak scaffold up to you, either you wait with me and continue with the larger force, or you go along with the mechs.

I'd reccomend the latter. That way you can see some action.

@astral obsidian my engi's will be able to repair 3 more hits this turn. So if your convoy arrives I can likely repair thunder as well.

[astral obsidian]

Don’t worry. Snowshoe has got me handled (theoretically)

[rancid idol]

I know, but that way Snowshoe doesnt have to disembark theoretically.

[astral obsidian]

I don’t think you have enough speed as well. It’s .5 to disembark and .5 to repair and I think you only have 1 total

[rancid idol]

oh I thought when repairing you can repair equal to your FS?

meh fuk it we ball, snowshoe can also experience some engi action this turn.

[astral obsidian]

You carry your supply 1 per FS

Actions cost .5 per

So sadly

[rancid idol]

ah oh also looked, yeah

weird how I thought it like that.

[stable ginkgo]

@urban hemlock let me know if i cant do that, im pretty sure i have enough speed.

[wise turret]

I mean what we can do is I can wait with you for a turn and then we can just catch up?

Since they are in combat we should be able to reach the mech force in 1-2 turns

[astral obsidian]

You’d essentially join the main LV force

Which isn’t bad at all

[rancid idol]

Yeah we can certainly do that. Just didnt know your preference.

[astral obsidian]

We can then catch up or do something else, depending on the situation

[urban hemlock]

Your current route has you flying directly in front of the enemy gun ships, so I kind of suggest that maybe you do a fallback retreat instead of trying to get back to the airfield again