Battlegroup 2 - Venator: Comms

[smoky junco]

Implying we don’t also have that power

[tranquil saddle]

T A N K

[smoky junco]

Afterall, we have the Armstrong 100 tonne gun on our side

[wintry sapphire]

insert Steel commanders by sabaton.

[smoky junco]

No, we don’t do that hear

HIT THE PIRATE SHANTY!

https://tenor.com/view/pirate-skallywag-arr-gif-5614939031691052645

[wintry sapphire]

To each their own

[smoky junco]

Yeah lol

[tranquil saddle]

Welp we just nerd react the bots

[smoky junco]

The TCO map may or may not be a pirate map when I am done with it

[supple beacon]

Btw pirate, the bots are known to plunder valuable and rich minerals, the bots think they can out pirate you.

[tranquil saddle]

Electro me personally I'm not taking that disrespect

[tame mango]

pretty good choice, pirates are cool too

[smoky junco]

https://tenor.com/view/heavy-mad-angry-glowing-eyes-rage-gif-17541212

NOBODY OUT PIRATES PIRATE!

[tranquil saddle]

I say we show them the power of the grand Armco fleet

[smoky junco]

NO!

WE STEAL THEM INSTEAD!

And if your wondering if im referring to the fleet or bots, the answer is yes

[wintry coral]

This is why I want MBTs to move in groups of 2 or 3. They can share the damage around while waiting for an engineer to repair them.

[smoky junco]

We can In Theory repair 6 MBTs a turn

[tranquil saddle]

Plunder them for booty I say yar

[smoky junco]

4 engineers and 2 AVRE tanks

AVRE Being bulldozer

Only issue we may have is getting the engineers to the tanks due to only 2 IFVs

[wintry coral]

We can use VTOLs or the LV.

[smoky junco]

On the front that may be a issue due to enemy CAP

[wintry coral]

Well... they can always rush walk lol

[smoky junco]

If only they could ride shotgun on a tank

[wintry coral]

I wish that was an upgrade.

[tranquil saddle]

No ride it on top like the lord intended

[smoky junco]

That’s what I meant lol

[jade parcel]

As a Logitruck I can carry 3x Engis due to 12FS seating capacity iirc

[smoky junco]

Ah our only logi truck is here

[supple beacon]

NICE! great to have you here tecsel!

[smoky junco]

You are going to be invaluable

Since we need supplies like mad lol

[tame mango]

ill escort what i can, but I accidentally picked drop tanks instead of AAMs, wanted to see if it told me what they did and misclicked.

[supple beacon]

Tecsel is now top priorities to defend, same level as dawn bringer.

[smoky junco]

Idd say a little bit below dawn (and me, i am using my position of power for selfish reasons)

[tranquil saddle]

Understood sir!

[smoky junco]

Ask cheese to see if you can’t get em replaced

Though drop tanks isn’t that bad, allows for you to keep in the skies for longer

[supple beacon]

heheheh, but yeah still dawn is important.

[smoky junco]

If dawn dies your pay gets docked

But yeah, in regards to our landing

[tame mango]

it said no refunds and honestly it was going to be one of the two picks. I'm not to bothered right now, flash forward to where I'm being swarmed

[smoky junco]

I don’t Think We’re needed in the first wave

So we can afford to wait for starports to come in safely

So if we come in wave 2, get set up and then move out by the next turn

We should, in theory, be able to engage the enemy before they consolidate but after they start to concentrate

Aka when we are at maximum effectiveness

Whilst also minimising risk to our own forces

[supple beacon]

Don't worry you probably still get a rec if your unit dies

[smoky junco]

4 rec*

Expect to die

[tranquil saddle]

https://tenor.com/view/parachute-tanks-gif-25176201

[jade parcel]

Actually about that I do have a theoretical rules question

• Logitrucks can spend 0.5 Move to reload something
• the Fuel Tanks upgrade burns 1 Small Supply for +1 Speed that turn
  Is there a limit to how much fuel one can burn for speed in one turn? B/c otherwise that sounds like I can spend my turn giving something +6 Speed if we're willing to be silly

[smoky junco]

Don’t ask us about this lol

Were the loonies

Better to ask meta chat

[smoky junco]

we break the rules more than we ask about them

https://tenor.com/view/chaos-gif-22919457

[jade parcel]

I had the mental image of the Dawn dragging Honeypot around like an oversized juicebox and had to ask :V

[supple beacon]

I don't think theres fuel for logi trucks (but the upgrade does exist)

[supple beacon]

Oh yeah dawn is a huge tank.

[smoky junco]

IT IS THE BANEBLADE!

https://tenor.com/view/baneblade-sirtoddy-gif-15960408

[supple beacon]

https://tenor.com/view/baneblade-sirtoddy-gif-15960408

[tranquil saddle]

The utter look of terror when bots see a tank with jet engines strapped to it

[smoky junco]

Damn it marl you can’t plunder my plundered gifs!

[supple beacon]

hehehe

[smoky junco]

Now that’s more like it!

[jade parcel]

The default logitruck can't get Fuel Tanks, but the Med Supply-capable refit can

[supple beacon]

Huh i did not know that.

[jade parcel]

Also EXTREMELY fitting considering this truck is named after honeypot ants

[smoky junco]

ANTS?!

HIDE THE CHEESE!

[distant olive]

Interesting 🤔

[supple beacon]

Oh the ants that store alot of sugar in there backs?

[smoky junco]

Just asked the dwarves there plans and there going for the mines

[tame mango]

ill go down fighting... probobly

[supple beacon]

Don't worry lad, you have AA support from the infantry!

[smoky junco]

We gotta do that lol

[smoky junco]

And a MBT

[supple beacon]

So you have cover!

[tame mango]

much obliged, and a new feature

[jade parcel]

Maybe? I'm thinking of the ones that store liquid in their abdomen for later regurgitation

[supple beacon]

Yeah i looked it up and those are the ones.

[icy pike]

Creed used to be able to give a single unit in your army the scout special rule. So you could sneak your baneblade up to within 9/12" of the enemy.

[tranquil saddle]

Sir my 7.62 is not fast enough

[supple beacon]

Well keep at it! the crusade to ziyal is not going to wait for you

[tranquil saddle]

He's right behind me isn't he

[tranquil saddle]

No sacrifice to great for the holy crusade

[supple beacon]

Also i realise that we are basically going from one side of the planet to another side of the planet ***BY FOOT. ***

[icy pike]

Its worse still, when Titans became officially allowed in tournies... he could do it to them as well. If you could fit a titan in your army that is.

[tranquil saddle]

HUH

[tame mango]

alright I'm off for the night, 20 after midnight here, I don't care if I'm pinged so if I'm required to do something or needed go ahead, no guarantees ill respond quickly :b have fun all

[tranquil saddle]

makes the sign of the cross the lord protects

[tranquil saddle]

Gn

[supple beacon]

We land at elim then to cross road, then to ziyal!

from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere

[supple beacon]

Good night lad hope to see you soon!

[tranquil saddle]

Atleast we have tanks to transport us

[supple beacon]

in other news we need to find brinypear a wingman STAT.

[smoky junco]

Better idea, we make a tank fly

https://tenor.com/view/rocket-jump-rocket-jump-the-rocket-jump-gif-10356223

Dawn, how’d you like to have a Orion drive straped to you?

[median sail]

Yes dawn bringer is a custom unit shack approved because I'm the only active SHBT player left from C1 and C2

[tranquil saddle]

Hey dawn would you like four VTOL roots from downed enemies

[rancid orbit]

Wasn't you that almost got kidnapped by pirates

[smoky junco]

Are now just trying to make Dawn fly?

[tranquil saddle]

Yes

[median sail]

Oh a city fight with all this armor will be interesting. What are the themes of the other 2 battle groups?

[supple beacon]

They have mostly infantry light mechs and spearhead has one heavy mech so it be interesting to see it in action

There's also some MBTs

They will mostly be the support BGs.

While we are the heavy assault

[tranquil saddle]

The spear head

Literally

[smoky junco]

we do have more MBTs than all other BGS combined

[smoky junco]

No hobo

WE ARE THE HAMMER

[median sail]

I may have broken the balance in that campaign just a we bit 🤣 5 kills 1 assist was pretty good for only putting a single movement order in

[smoky junco]

Best I did that campaign was two in a turn

I Like broadsides

[tranquil saddle]

Like a true pirate

[median sail]

I appreciate the hype but I don't want anyone losing units for me

[smoky junco]

Ignore dawn, SACRIFICE UNITS FOR HIM!

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-worship-worshipping-now-bowing-gif-12297363

[supple beacon]

lol

[smoky junco]

ignore me in the back lines

[tranquil saddle]

You are

THE HOLY RELIC

[smoky junco]

The holy super heavy battle tank of antioch

[supple beacon]

anyway butter fingers do you have the dawn bringer model with you?

[tranquil saddle]

Fellow trench crusader?

[supple beacon]

i like to see it again : D

[smoky junco]

Monty python

[smoky junco]

if only we could have custom models

I want my pirate ship on wheels

https://tenor.com/view/captain-jack-sparrow-jack-sparrow-jack-sparrow-entrance-pirates-of-the-caribbean-gif-24999205

[icy pike]

We still have a SHBT left? NICE. I am still waiting for the stats for the LCAC that the Cap let me keep after campaign 3. It awaits on my dossier as a custom unit.

[median sail]

@wintry sapphire nice to see you again

[rare umbra]

That's so cool

[icy pike]

I mean technically... I could turn the LCAC into a prirate ship... hovering on air.

[wintry sapphire]

Happy to be aboard for the ride

[tranquil saddle]

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

[supple beacon]

Oh yeah you got the only water craft unit in the game!

[icy pike]

I am the single atmosphere navy unit of Armco.

[smoky junco]

EHEHEHE

[icy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/channing-tatum-military-sailors-navy-ahoy-gif-10779353

[median sail]

I like the idea of being in the thick of it, I'd rather take the hits so others don't have to

[smoky junco]

Don’t worry you will, what are the stats for dawn again?

And how many guns?

[median sail]

Yep, might have to poke cheese about it as that's how I got dawn made

[wintry sapphire]

Personally, I’m ready to go shoulder and shoulder again against our foes

[median sail]

Armour 3 hits 4
2 d6 main battle cannon

Can't remember if I was speed 1 or 2

[smoky junco]

Any other guns?

[icy pike]

Old stats for SHBT was speed 1

[smoky junco]

Also nasty main gun

[wintry sapphire]

I think 1 based on the old stats

[smoky junco]

Same armour as a regular tank though

[oblique glen]

Sorry but we can’t lose you

[wintry sapphire]

I will say, I miss my turbo upgrade from campaign 2

[smoky junco]

I Think we should have a engineering unit dedicated to dawn

[icy pike]

Just double the HITs, double the damage potential.

[tranquil saddle]

The whole company is dedicated to DAWN

[smoky junco]

Dawn is just to powerful of a force multiplier

Without dawn were powerful

With dawn were unstopable

[wintry sapphire]

Well it’s nearly 3 am for me, so you lads have a good night

[icy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/mechanicus-techpriest-warhammer-machine-spirit-omnissiah-gif-20384129

[median sail]

It was 1 but cap was talking about having fuel boosts for extra rec. Haven't heard anything more about it otherwise I'll probably grab some 1 and done AT rockets or doser blade

[median sail]

Have a good one

[median sail]

Yes I do, I'll grab a new photo later tonight

[smoky junco]

Do you have a ny other guns?

Outside of the main gun

[median sail]

@smoky junco ^^

[supple beacon]

Nice lad!

[smoky junco]

Gotcha

Wait dawn with a dozer blade?

JOIN US IN THE AVRE CLUB!

[tranquil saddle]

Guys

[median sail]

I like how both of those ideas popped up in my head at the same time 🤣

[tranquil saddle]

Garden man is going to be busy this campaign

[smoky junco]

But yeah I thought dawn had machine guns NGL

[median sail]

I like the idea of doing track outs (burn outs but with tracks) to dig trenchs or just her weight making roads

[median sail]

Cobalt was suggesting 1d8 main gun with a d2 sub mg if I remember right

[smoky junco]

Idk

Feels like you should have a lot more machine guns

Considering, ya know

BANEBLADE!

[random saddle]

so with SAM, do i activate my unit and join the battlegroup or what?

[supple beacon]

You got it in one go lad!

[random saddle]

aight

[median sail]

Dawn is based of a 40k banesword, Basically a shadow sword but with a kentic main gun that fires dead planets

[supple beacon]

Also I look it up and there's currently 316 people that sign up, that's almost more people in one day then the 2 weeks for C3

[tranquil saddle]

Oh lord have mercy for shack

[median sail]

I haven't signed up yet cause I'm waiting to here back from shack about possible upgrades

[oblique glen]

We will drown them in bodies

[upper harbor]

How many lances of mechs do we have now

[supple beacon]

Ah alright lad.

[supple beacon]

I think we may have two lances of mechs, we also got other mechs from the supporting BGs and a heavy mech from spearhead

So we are really good on mechs

[upper harbor]

Venator needs our own heavy mech, but it costs something like 10 RP to field a heavy

[tranquil saddle]

We have the mighty lord with us

[upper harbor]

The BANEBLADE

ELEVEN BARRELS OF HELL

[oblique glen]

Yes

[tranquil saddle]

Thou shall not fear in the mighty eyes of the lord

[supple beacon]

I also made our own battle group flag in the pins in this channel

[upper harbor]

We need superheavy mechs. Only deployable via drop pod

[tranquil saddle]

If the bots wants freedom why are they not shaped in the image of our creator

[oblique glen]

Drop pod really why not just drop

[upper harbor]

https://tenor.com/view/armored-core-mecha-drop-pod-gif-13576258915656981655

[upper harbor]

Presentation

[oblique glen]

Yeah but I consider those heavy

[median sail]

6 and then guns

[upper harbor]

You can theoretically HALO drop a heavy mech from a HVTOL

[oblique glen]

A super heavy should be able to hold its self together to land from orbit

[upper harbor]

Yeah, and unless you wanna just equip 3x light lasers, it's 2 per pop + the LL you start with

[median sail]

Oh is it 2 per pop? I thought guns were 1 for mechs

[upper harbor]

200 tonnes of pure hatred landing ontop of an enemy tank

[oblique glen]

Yes

[upper harbor]

Hmg and autocannons are 2 per pop

Although, the mere existance of a light laser means that there is a heavy laser

Shack, giv mech heavy laser when

[tranquil saddle]

Alr I'm signing of bye guys

[oblique glen]

Bye

[supple beacon]

Alright lads am going to be at a dinner party, so if you need something ping me and I will get to you later

[oblique glen]

He lies

[supple beacon]

Nope I am actually at dinner lol

[oblique glen]

Photoshop

lol

Have a good day

[supple beacon]

Will do XD

[wary sundial]

Shalom chaps
Did I get that right? We are dropping into securing Z-City?

[oblique glen]

Are you BBertha

[wary sundial]

yes sir

another artillery piece reporting for Low-Orbit overwatch duty

[oblique glen]

You got it right welcome aboard

Do you understand the concept of our mission

[wary sundial]

If you phrase it like that, probably not

From what I got we are dropping close to the city, secure it and dig in along two other BGs

[oblique glen]

Yup

But we’re also supposed to take the city

[wary sundial]

oh yeah sorry, thats what I meant by "secure it" mb
is the initial assualt on the city commenced with the other two BGs or do they join after we took it for its defense?

[oblique glen]

Looks like we’ll have 3 going in

By the way you don’t have to call me sir we’re all equal here

Also we have a SHBT so feel honored to witness its glory

[obtuse fossil]

calling people sir is unnecessary honoring the Dawnbreaker super heavy tank is needed. If the crew of the SHBT say not worship the tank ignore them

[thorny night]

Well i added myself to the spreadsheet if that's ok

[oblique glen]

What are you

Welcome aboard

[thorny night]

fighter

[oblique glen]

I saw

[thorny night]

ok

[oblique glen]

Glad we finally have a fighter pilot

I was worried our HATs have no protection

[smoky junco]

Quake cannon?

[smoky junco]

GOOD LORD

[median sail]

Yep

[smoky junco]

Have mercy on the TCOs…

[oblique glen]

No

[smoky junco]

I’m a little worried that dawn won’t be able to sign up

If they reach capacity

Before you get your upgrades

[obtuse fossil]

we can strap the tanks to the outside of the HATs to protect them

[oblique glen]

That won’t work

[fallow scaffold]

Hi! Just a quick question. Did you already decide who your Tac-Com and backups will be?

[median sail]

For meta It's a rail gun firing HE runs at super speed. Very good at anti super heavy

[median sail]

tac is marl

[oblique glen]

And pirate is I believe our TCO

[smoky junco]

it’s me and marl doing the shenangins

our reign of terror will be legendary

[fallow scaffold]

Alright thank you! I will share a collection of advice from the C3 TCOs probably today. So if they miss the message maybe direct the doc to them

[smoky junco]

We’ve got plans for it DW

but send us the stuff anyway

[fallow scaffold]

Oh I am confident in your work but nothing against advice on what we struggled with when we started 😄

[smoky junco]

Yeah lol

SEND US IT ALL!

[sage crane]

Uhh

What’d I miss

[smoky junco]

Nothing much

[oblique glen]

Yes

[smoky junco]

Just beard sending over TAC COM stuff

Lads I think we’re near capacity

I don’t Think we can accept any more baring logi

[sage crane]

I’ll check when I get home

[oblique glen]

I’m concerned about the strategic level of the game

[sage crane]

Why?

[oblique glen]

Because it costs one Large supply to do sorties per 10 units

[wary sundial]

Logi legends assemble

[sage crane]

So?

The taskforce doesn’t even have enough air units to sortie really

[oblique glen]

Doesn’t mean we don’t do it either

If we run out of large supplies the unit is MIA

[supple beacon]

Aw hell yeah! We got a wingman for you btw

[supple beacon]

Thanks lad

[oblique glen]

And that’s all I got from the doc

[odd cape]

With the amount of armor we could set up outside or at junctions for anti armor fire support.

[sage crane]

We can only sortie Air units tho

And we have effectively none

So there’s no point

[oblique glen]

Okay fair but we do have air units

[wintry coral]

Our BG can hold and it can attack. But it doesn't have survivability of dug in infantry.

[sage crane]

That's the job of the other BGs in the area

[vagrant frigate]

So what is our current plan?

[modest shale]

Morning all

Its in quite a bit of flux at the moment due to a lack of intel

[oblique glen]

Still planning to land and capture Z city but lacking information

[modest shale]

But the general plan is to take the cities, likely starting with Elm

Alongside Red and Spear

Cancel that we may be hot dropping on ziyal

[vagrant frigate]

I think that would be a good start it would cut of direct access from what I believe is the Bots staging area

[modest shale]

The current map, it is however two weeks out of date in universe

[wintry coral]

Jesus hot dropping Ziyal... that'll be interesting...

[modest shale]

Yeah I think that'll depend on how Vic and Storms initial recon and assault go

Last thing I heard they were planning on taking Celldar mine and Nav lw1 above it

[obtuse fossil]

I think it would be safest to drop on the cell mine and travel into the city but that would delay us

taking the mine would be a big asset but I think we should leave that to the other groups

let venator be the hammer breaking the enermy so everyone else can sweep up the pieces

[sage crane]

Uhhh no

We don't have a way too sadly

[vagrant frigate]

I say we Hot drop into Z and buy time for the others around. Being the Hammer is a good comparison.
Should that be not possible secondary drop zones should be considered

[oblique glen]

I think we’re better off dealing with Elim city and punching our way to Z city via the crossroads

[modest shale]

Ah, Google doc got updated while was asleep was paraphrasing that.

I thought it was odd

As we are coming in on npc orbitals

[wary sundial]

if it works it works

[vagrant frigate]

Maybe but that would leave two mines and a City to the Bots meaning they could reinforce at any time

Not to mention three axis of attact on the crossroad

[sage crane]

Ok we are no longer taking infantry btw

Incase anyone asks

[vagrant frigate]

Worst we can do is being a wrench in there gear. The best we can do is Holding off a axis towards the planet

[wary sundial]

how come? seem to be relatively underrepresented

[sage crane]

We only want to be taking VTOLs/HATs from now on

[sage crane]

We're an armour battalion first and foremost

In terms of units we have 9 spots left

And ideally we get more transport

[wary sundial]

whats a HATs btw? the VTOL were the verticle plane things but whats the other

[sage crane]

I haven't done the FS maths but currently taking more infantry would put us over 2 HATs worth

[sage crane]

Jumbo jet

[modest shale]

Heavy air transport

Big chunkers

You got it sword, I think we barely had it last night so that sounds right

[wary sundial]

oh so like C-17?

[sage crane]

So currently we fit everyone infantry wise with a little tomfoolery

Someone has to have half their unit travel in one HAT and the other half in the other

Which is a no go on everything but the stratiegic map

And if Dave takes the bunker we are 1 off carrying all MBT's and the SHBT

In terms of moving planet side however

we can simply pick up all the infantry and the arty and we can move at 2 speed

[tranquil saddle]

Evening my favorite BG

[modest shale]

Evening mate

[sage crane]

Oh and one of the HVTOLs will have to carry Dawn but that's obvious

[wary sundial]

shalom

[modest shale]

I've got some mates who are interested I'll ask what they are planning

Dawn the holy relic

[wary sundial]

is SHBT a refit?

[distant olive]

Of course in the most protected position

[tranquil saddle]

It's a holy relic

[modest shale]

Its a special unit from a previous campaign the only surviving one

Driven by butter

[wary sundial]

banger

[median sail]

Custom unit for now

[wary sundial]

Can I see the stats?

[tranquil saddle]

It has BIG armor

Takes 3-4 hits and two main cannons

[rare sequoia]

Hej I heard you want HATs?

[modest shale]

YES SER

We've got lots of thick lads need lots of moving

[sage crane]

MINI

HAI

And yes we do

[rare sequoia]

Oh hej!

Nice Imma just park her... right here

[sage crane]

If you want you can add yourself to our doc 🙂

@rare sequoia

[rare sequoia]

Will do when im home

[smoky junco]

Let us worry about that

[oblique glen]

But it’s the shortest distance between us and the two cities if we want to be quick about our approach and minimize the time we spend away from the Z city

[smoky junco]

Wel wel well

[vagrant frigate]

That is maybe 3 rounds we spend on the move because of the paths. Not to mention the AoAs on us and the bots will propably be faster

[oblique glen]

Three turns before those toasters make it planet side

[rare sequoia]

If it isn't the one handed (and one leged and one eyed) writer!

[oblique glen]

Look at where there fleet starts at

Near Tora

[sage crane]

That's a big maybe

Our intel is out of date

[modest shale]

Indeed, its two weeks old tho that map

[oblique glen]

It’s better than hot dropping

[modest shale]

So they will be out and about

[sage crane]

we don't know if they're going to rush the city

[sage crane]

We physically cannot hotdrop

I think i've said it some 5 times now

[oblique glen]

How can we not hot drop

[sage crane]

to hotdrop requires an orbital

Or fitting every vehicle inside a HAT

which by my count means we'd need another 6 HATs

[oblique glen]

Unless we can drop pod our light mechs

Either way you’re right

[errant pine]

😜 assuming they aren’t already down and occupying a good chunk of the planet since the intel is old, if I’m remembering correctly.

[modest shale]

Correcto mondo

They likely have taken much more then we currently know

[distant olive]

Maybe the entire planet is already in their hands

[errant pine]

Possible, but I’m hoping at least Elim City will be friendly.

[smoky junco]

Yar

[vagrant frigate]

Lets take a step back for a moment. They operate on the same rules as we. What can the Bots have achieved in two round starting from our current intel. If we now the most likely Position they may be we can engage them from there.
The priority of the Maschines is population centers and then mines. If that is how they operate a likely AoA can be determined. We should also considered the other Battlegroups plans

[signal coyote]

14 FUCKING TANKS?

Actual armormaxxing

Nice to see a Logi truck

51 units strong too

[jade parcel]

Thanks~!
I wanted to get some transport duty in the tutorial missions but lost four consecutive enrollment raffles ;~;

[signal coyote]

Realest shit

In summary
10 Infantry
28 Vehicles
13 Aircraft

[wary sundial]

relatable lol

[signal coyote]

We're going to deffo need reliable comms with Logi BGs

[marble echo]

So we only have space for 9 more people right?

[severe crane]

Do we have a somewhat of a idea/plan or are we waiting till the day nears when we might have more info, or is the current plan is to "fuck it lets ball it"

[tranquil saddle]

More T A N K

[tranquil saddle]

Both

[smoky junco]

WERE 51?!

[modest shale]

Were so beefy

[smoky junco]

IVE GOT TO KEEP A TRACK OF 51 PEOPLE?!

https://tenor.com/view/saturday-night-live-maya-rudolph-snl-the-horror-horrified-gif-4550434

[modest shale]

well maybe half hahaha

[jade parcel]

IIRC current plan is "Land in/near Elim City, punch through to Ziyal, leave a path for more defensive battlegroups to fortify" but we're worried about trap cards

[smoky junco]

MARL, WHAT HAVE WE DONE?!

[smoky junco]

More TRUXK

[wintry coral]

Your duty.

[wary sundial]

gonna be glorious

[smoky junco]

https://tenor.com/view/mygod-whathaveidone-ohno-cat-explosion-gif-4930325

We have made a mistake forming this

We may be the first BG to reach the cap

[signal coyote]

Mongol Tank Horde

[modest shale]

still got 10 days it'll happen

all our spamming paid off

[rancid orbit]

THAT'S WHAT YOU SIGN UP FOR BAYBEE

[tranquil saddle]

WOOOOI

[tranquil saddle]

The great tank horde

[modest shale]

riding across the plains spilling oil

[sage crane]

/more transports would be good

get to recruiting

[tranquil saddle]

Yes sir

[marble echo]

Question
Can someone explain to me orbitals, deployment capacity and Cargo bays in RealStupid™

Because I don't get it xD

[modest shale]

best place to ask would be Victorum but ill shove what I think it is out there, Orbitals move taskforces over distance if they have enough Deployment Capacity, this requires Cargo Bays to get Large supply allowing the units to be transported and hangers etc to rearm 1 large supply = 1 battlegroup holding area (5 units)

so if a battlegroup had 10 units in it they would need 2 Cargo's bays worth of space and have to be deployed together to maintain cohesion as an example

I think theres more to it under stratergy but honestly I havent looked at it yet

still trying to decided between making a orbital dropping light melee mech with jet packs or a heavy mech with lots of dakka if we win this campaign haha

[marble echo]

Ok fair enough

My thought eas to make a medical frigate
But looking at the orbital Upgrades there is sadly nothing really for a medical ship

[modest shale]

not yet sadly yeah, would have to join up with a medic and form a mobile hospital, atmo flight has limited fuel too so you'd have to go up and down alot

that being said that would be pretty epic, fly down grab the wounded fly back up to space heal them and drop em off again

[marble echo]

Right xD
Best thing rn would probably be a frigate with many hangars and get as many vtol plus medics as possible on board to deploy

[modest shale]

makes me recall that scene in elyseium when a bunch of drop ships carrying medical droids are sent down to the planet, yeah it would be awesome

[oblique glen]

Okay team the sun is rising and it’s time for me to go to sleep I wish you all good luck and may the ancestors give you strength

[modest shale]

ciao

[signal coyote]

Is someone else using formulas on the spreadsheet?

Nvm

Cool that someone else is good at Sheets

Way better than me

[modest shale]

more the merrier and thank you for your service

[jade parcel]

Were you also messing with the Supply/Logistics bit?

[signal coyote]

I was initially trying to setup a lookup for it but wasn't skilled enough

I just automated the Unit count

[jade parcel]

yeah I think what was going wrong is that =IFS() needs a condition in the first slot and you were trying to extract the unit type into that condition
you had the target and range for the =VLOOKUP() right but needed the 2 for the column and FALSE for the [isSorted] value
after that IFS can be used to pick which range the player is actually in, and then do the VLOOKUP to get their unit type

[signal coyote]

Ahh I see

[jade parcel]

I also added a "if blank, return blank" as the first condition/output pair in the IFS so we don't get errors for empty spaces

[signal coyote]

BTW second sheet is for storing admin-only formulas if you want store any lists there be my guest

Column A is just a hella inefficient collection of our roster's names

[signal coyote]

Got it

[signal coyote]

I was thinking. We could split up the first sheet? As in moving stuff life the roster to other sheets?

[jade parcel]

I think having the little colored boards, census, and roster on the front page is good, but we can move the supply and equipment stuff to another page

Front page should give other BG's necessary data like "who is even in here" and "how hard did they go into heavy armor specialization"

[marble echo]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-40k-techpriest-binaric-screeching-screeching-gif-20192683

[signal coyote]

Real

[void siren]

Yo. I've vectorized your emblem. It's not as pixely now

[thorny night]

Horray for .svg

[void siren]

In case anyone wants to play with it

[jade parcel]

okay let me translate for the fleshies
IFS = "given a list in pairs of question/data, give me the data for the first true question"
VLOOKUP = "given a vertical list, move over a bit after finding the name and give me that value"
so the function winds up being

• Check if they're in the infantry list
• if yes, move over one column and show their unit type
• If no, check if they're in the aircraft list
• if yes, move over one column and show their unit type
• If no, check if they're in the vehicles list
• if yes, move over one column and show their unit type

[marble echo]

Uh nice
Thx for the techpriest explanation xD

[signal coyote]

Sidenote moved the equipment to a dedicated sheet

[sage crane]

Although it's Marls baby, if you want to reorganise it a bit feel free

Better presentation is better presentation

[signal coyote]

Here me out tho we replace the logistics on the hub page with the Flag

I already moved it to a separate sheet

[charred terrace]

Hey Venator, some of us in Spearhead had a idea

Considering the bots are going to be setting up productions sites, if we were to secure them, we may be able to alieve some strain on logi

[sage crane]

Uhh

Logi isn't really a stress we have way to many HATs

[signal coyote]

To be fair tho it isn't a bad idea

[sage crane]

We can genuinely have them fly up to the main fleet and paradrop it

[chilly marsh]

Are we sure that's an option this time? The previous campaigns and operations had an orbital fleet overhead but now orbitals are player controlled. Is there a main fleet overhead to grab supply from?

[sage crane]

I'm asking in main chat

As we are all using the main fleet once it has arrived to land

It would make sense

The issue is no one can get supply unless victorum spend LS to sortie a HAT with LS to every single FOB

But theyre so conservative about their LS i doubt they will

[charred terrace]

WB Storm Blessed, they have a lot of VTOL

[chilly marsh]

Yeah but I wasn't sure with the whole space battle element if we still had that. I was thinking they either had npc supply chain from Elim City

[sage crane]

They can't split their BG thats the issue

Neither can we, or our HATs could fly to victorum to get Supplies

[charred terrace]

Hmmm

Then thats a issue with our HATs too

[sage crane]

Yes that is the issue with everyone I realised 😭

[chilly marsh]

Yeah, if we get confirmation that our HATs can fly off map and resupply like before it'll be great otherwise we need to brain storm how logistics will work lol

[modest shale]

uhoh

that is an issue

[wary sundial]

Issue currently is that no one knows how we get more supply on the map because HATs (and everyone else besides fighters) cannot leave the map they are on, right?

[sage crane]

Yes that's exactly the discussion

[signal coyote]

From now on If anyone wants to add upgrades or logistics, use the dedicated sheet

[wary sundial]

Well sounds like there is def a ruling for that or it would mean HATs do nothing besides the initial deployment, can’t really imagine that

[signal coyote]

Sounds hellish

[sage crane]

HATs can be used to transport supplies all over the map

the issue is getting the supplies to the mao

[errant pine]

Remember, maps can be big. And technically a TF could enter atmo and the BG HAT load from atmo if that’s how the ruling goes.

[icy patrol]

hello, you guys recruiting newbie infantry? And what is this groups plan?

[elfin zodiac]

same here but light mech, hello all

[chilly marsh]

Hey Venator, how fast can you guys move on the strategic map?

[modest shale]

likely around 2, we have enough hats and vtols just about to shift everyone about a tad faster and then its on us

tanks move 2 so well all move around that core I think thats the plan when out and about

oh wait wrong map, stragetic sorry not sure

[golden thistle]

we don't know about strategic movement until we figure out our orbitals. unless you mean convoying, in which it is 2 most likely

[rare sequoia]

Speaking of: I am leaving to form Task Force 2. Was nice seeing you all!

[modest shale]

take care mate nice seeing ya

[sage crane]

2

[sage crane]

We aren't taking infantry anymore ideally

Redwall/spearhead more than likely are and have the exact same goal

[chilly marsh]

Fair, we're moving at the same speed, wanted to make sure you didn't leave us in the dust lol

[signal coyote]

What is ur unit

[charred terrace]

Honestly we could probably leave them in the dust

[chilly marsh]

How? Did we get enough HATs for the IFVs

[charred terrace]

We have two of them I think

[signal coyote]

6 hat

[chilly marsh]

Yeah but that only enough to carry 4 vehicles. We have 5 IFVs, 2 MBTs, and a heavy mech all moving at 2 speed

[signal coyote]

6 Hat aren't enough?

The Unit Count is on the spreadsheet

[charred terrace]

Those are your HAT

Rocky and I are in Spearhead BG

[signal coyote]

Ohh

My b

[smoky junco]

It’s just a rough summary

The TCO version will be much better

[smoky junco]

https://tenor.com/view/kylo-ren-traitor-star-wars-gif-16767158544211392703

[smoky junco]

You mean we PLUNDER THR FACTORIES?!

https://tenor.com/view/pirate-piracy-you-are-a-pirate-lazytown-robbie-rotten-gif-15160380677926524721

[quasi scarab]

we do enjoy stealing shit

[slate hemlock]

hello everyone is there a space left for an MBT? At storm we are HVTOL capped, could I join Venator on the condition that if a HVTOL is added to Storm I switch back to Storm?

[sage crane]

Uh sure

Just make sure to lock in within the last few days of planning please

[smoky junco]

Fair enough

We’ll have you if they can’t fit you in

[signal coyote]

Sounds like 15 Tanks

[slate hemlock]

so like 3 armored fists

nice

[signal coyote]

No seriously check the ledger we have like 30 ground vehicles

[errant pine]

🤷🏻‍♂️ It’s the theme of the BG. And it’s accepted that we aren’t flying them all in right away, so large vehicles are ok. Just means speed 2 is our likely travel speed.

[wary sundial]

creeping death (no clue if speed 2 ist fast)

[errant pine]

Eh, faster than speed 1. lol

[wary sundial]

🧠

not even I can deny that

[errant pine]

I know that a “duh!” statement. Lol, but I don’t have the docs in front of me.

[signal coyote]

What's generally at spd1?

[wary sundial]

all good chap
if I dont know it myself I cant expect you to know it xD

hope there are some bridges to blow thoug

[errant pine]

SHBT is, INF, and arty

(Didn’t mean to ping)

[slate hemlock]

you would need to be INF only I think

[median sail]

Armour 3 hits 4 speed 1
2d6 main battle cannon

[wary sundial]

2d6 mama mia
now thats one beefy boi

[errant pine]

Worth noting that future SHBTs are expected to have different stats last I heard. Dawn is special and carrying old stats.

[signal coyote]

I think it could be playing right behind the vanguard as support fire until a big push?

But that's down to the user

[errant pine]

SPGs are speed 2, but that’s a refitted arty and they sacrifice some things for that mobility…so it’s a trade off, just like all the refits.

[wary sundial]

SPGs are for people who dont have enough faith in their comrades... or people who want damaging fire iirc

[errant pine]

LV and LM are the fastest ground units. I just don’t remember if they’re speed 3 or 4. I feel like they’re 4 and logi trucks are 3 maybe.

[sage crane]

It's double the speed of most battlegroups

It's slower than the fastest bg which is 3 iirc

[wary sundial]

gotcha, thanks

[sage crane]

CAN PEOPLE WHO ARE JOINING US PLEASE SIGN UP ON THE SHEET IN PINS

[errant pine]

Lol, I had to check the sheet to see if you were our SPG

[wary sundial]

you guys expecting the bots to extensively utilize the loworbit stuff for their spaceships?

[sage crane]

I've seen like 5 people say they were joining but we have had 0 sign ups since this mroning for me

[wary sundial]

oh nah
first game i actually participate in ^^

[errant pine]

and make sure you are activated in SAM

[errant pine]

Well welcome!

[errant pine]

I suspect they will have more landing orbitals than I’ve seen in our TFs so far. But they may have mostly deployed by the time we arrive, so that might be a moot point.

[sage crane]

The good news is we are actually relatively anti orbital

[wary sundial]

can orbitals not provide firesupport?
had hoped I could use the new arty feature of shootng orbitals

[median sail]

@errant pine I'm pretty sure I'm going to get fuel tank upgrades for dawn so I might not need as much help getting around.

[errant pine]

You being an Arty does put you in a good place to swat orbitals in low orbit better than most.

[median sail]

I wouldn't expect anything

[sage crane]

They can, and you will get to do exactly that

[spice nymph]

https://tenor.com/view/engineer-beastie-boys-smart-brain-engineering-gif-26220867

[sage crane]

Well for our own sake I hope you don't have too

[median sail]

Not sure if that's good or not, I don't want to be able to get dropped off once and then not need to work with you again

[wary sundial]

conflict of interest, I see

[median sail]

Working with logi is fun

[errant pine]

Personally I could see those being extremely useful for you both in this campaign and in general. That said, you know I got your back this campaign as I have with each previous (except C1).

[oblique glen]

Just woke what have you all planned

[sage crane]

Uh nothing

[oblique glen]

Good to know

[errant pine]

I mean, it’s always nicer to work with them cause you want to rather than you need to. Besides, I’m assuming you’ll need a ride off this rock when it’s all done.

My hope is to deploy with the bunker and then place the bunker somewhere useful. After that, I’d be a standard HVTOL.

[slate hemlock]

since I'm a conditional addition should I register and wait untill the last day to check to switch...?

[sage crane]

Just put yourself down on the sheet

better to prepare for you than to not

[errant pine]

Next campaign I’ll likely go engineer BG/TF since HVTOLs carrying either prefabs or LSs would be huge and inline with the lore of what Sumerian Transportation Corp did before receiving Armco’s call for assistance.

[west aspen]

... you do realize BG Storm is speed 5, right?

[slate hemlock]

btw, do we have timezone added in the sheets? we talked about that with Electro in the Strom BG chat

[sage crane]

Uh no

[slate hemlock]

BG of only VTOLS

they are SPEEDY Bois

[sage crane]

I didn't realise they actually hgot 20+ VTOLs lmao

[wary sundial]

holy moly

[west aspen]

15, actually.

[sage crane]

Ah its smol

[west aspen]

2 round delivery or your money back guarentee

[sage crane]

So they'll be scouting alongside rabbit

[slate hemlock]

yea I was originaly a part of them but they decided to try and get some AA-MBTs so I considered switching

[west aspen]

Has Rabbit gotten the Deployment Capability issue figured out yet?

[slate hemlock]

since they alteady have 50% of HVTOLs

[sage crane]

Dunno, i'm just assuming everyone is hitting their goals

[slate hemlock]

added myself in the vehicles category

[west aspen]

I'll take that as a no, then.

[sage crane]

I don't know anything about it tbh

[west aspen]

Yeah, I checked, they still haven't figured out their deployment capabilities.

[errant pine]

Last I saw Tabby was working on TF 3 to try to get a group together to deploy BG Rabbit and then be a fast hunter fleet.

TF 2 is wanting to be “logi focused” but also didn’t have a doc with orbitals in it last I saw either. Logi also could mean supply rather than deployment. 🤷‍♂️

Most BGs will likely be making use of the automated freighters in “secured” spaceport(s).

[fallow scaffold]

Which would be great. Allows us to have a long breath against those bots

[errant pine]

TF 2 might be a logi battle cruiser, destroyer, and light freighter…🤷‍♂️ those hulls have been mentioned but nothing locked in or crewed from what I can tell.

[errant pine]

We definitely need some orbitals thinking about logi…even if it’s not an entire TF

[severe crane]

Just wanted to share my Art of my unit

[wary sundial]

Sick

[wary sundial]

creative suggestion, kill list on the vehicle like on WW2 planes?

[tame bane]

https://tenor.com/view/im-doing-my-part-soldier-smile-happy-gif-15777039

[tame bane]

This is hilarious to me because the callsign for my HAT is Chariot

[ebon jacinth]

Halohalo!

[ebon jacinth]

And my unit's named "Soter's Wardens" 🤣

[smoky junco]

Dawn is a relic, and thus they shall
Not die

[median sail]

I was more concerned about C2 happing again where you drop me off and don't have much else to do. If you have the bunker it adds a lot more options for you

[errant pine]

Naw, no need to be worried about that. Either way I’ll find stuff to do. I’ve even got a gun now if the pilot knows how to use it. 😂

[tame bane]

I mean, I'm just a HAT, once the troops are dropped off My part of the mission is done, basically

[median sail]

I probably need a decent supply to keep my fuel tanks stocked up

[green flume]

Our job is kinda a blitzkrieg right? If that’s the case then we’ll probably largely rely on HATs for resupply since I would think we’d be moving too fast for phi trucks to be effect

[knotty marlin]

hello

[errant pine]

😜 we’ll see how much of that makes it planetside.

[knotty marlin]

i have come on behalf of my mapping efforts to ask for a descriptor of your group's makeup/goal/whatever

ideally a couple words long

here are the example ones

[errant pine]

Transportation is key, but there is the chance of a few idle turns…especially with us learning the new strategic system.

[mellow briar]

Getting PTSD of being shotdown turn one on Titan...

[knotty marlin]

current goal works fine

[errant pine]

I was more meaning that I don’t know what the TFs’ plans are for supplies.

(You know I still remember the round one guilt of being one of the TCOs that sent the orders in)

[errant pine]

I mean, we’re definitely armor heavy with our MBTs and SHBT. Was waiting for one of the founders to get on.

[knotty marlin]

k thank s

[strong shoal]

Hello I am fresh artillery unit and I am looking a place that I can assist and my resupply requirements are met (and aslo what's the battlegroups strategy?)

[smoky junco]

i have begun work on the tac com

[smoky junco]

we have no stretegy

ONLY TANK

[wary sundial]

Hello fellow inpersonal-killer

[smoky junco]

but yeah welcome to the mad club

[errant pine]

Resupply is questionable…but that isn’t me telling you can’t join. lol, just that like most BGs we’re at the mercy of TFs

[strong shoal]

Ahahahah I see tanks for life but without resupply I will be useless for you all

[smoky junco]

eh

we have SOME logisitcs

so erm

welcome!

[strong shoal]

That's some quick reaction time that response was instant wow

Ty for taking me

[wary sundial]

remember to note yourself down on the pinned docs

[sage crane]

ANOTHER MBT LETSFUCKINGOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[marble echo]

Well I'll also try to load supplies
As long as I'm not full sith bodies that is

[sage crane]

8 More units

[sage crane]

You can take both actually

[marble echo]

Spare parts is kinda like new bodies for tanks right 🤔

[strong shoal]

Huh sorry too new Idk what or where you referring to

[marble echo]

In this channel in the pinned messages there is a Google docs sheet

Put yourself in there with unit name, type and callsign and your golden

[strong shoal]

Oh I did it by the / commands

[marble echo]

Wasn't there a way to transport FS instead of supplies. Or is taht an old rule with the MASH 🤔 ?

[strong shoal]

Units name the echo call sign theecho (might change that if I can idk)

[sage crane]

Yes that unit activation, but to be a cool member of the battlegroup you need to add yourself to our doc

[marble echo]

That's for SAM and meta the doc is just for us internally

[sage crane]

Uhh idk

I just know you can take both simultaneously now

[marble echo]

Noice

[strong shoal]

So where I go again sorry you gotta bair with me now 😂

[sage crane]

[wary sundial]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UHGlNn1ZXIP8rIu9QWqMFo7ZV4ymA8vPaqTyWFgEPag/edit?gid=0#gid=0

[smoky junco]

YAR HAR HAR IT BE PIRATEIFIED

[marble echo]

If you don't know where to find the pinned messages they are usually in the same area as the list of persons in a channel (sry for the crap description but I don't know how to do it better while being device agnostic)

[sage crane]

@random saddle have you signed up with Sam>

Your unit callsign is a little long is all

[sage crane]

@little egret you too

[sage crane]

@strong shoal Just making sure you saw

[wary sundial]

a shit mb
thought I responded to his message

[strong shoal]

Yeah ty I am reading it rn give me a sec

[smoky junco]

yarrrr

[supple beacon]

Morning lads how's everything going?

[smoky junco]

this will work

[smoky junco]

getting that tac com tracker thing sorted for us

once i get everyone in we shall be golden

[supple beacon]

Nice!

[sage crane]

Good good

[strong shoal]

So I put my units name at sheet 2 ?

[marble echo]

Heh we're at 42.5% of all players which are active in the campaign Yesterday it was ~22%

[sage crane]

A theorhetical 2nd TF is in the works for the purpose of logi

[random saddle]

I have, I'm bout to go to work but I'll fix it when I'm free on the doc

[sage crane]

Nop

scroll left on sheet one

[strong shoal]

Ok give me a sec I am on mobile rn

Ok I think I did it

[sage crane]

Ya good job!

[strong shoal]

Ty

[sage crane]

Also we are very much looking at either getting the TF to drop us if it comes into existence or getting the NPC drop @supple beacon

We have no where near enough capacity to drop ourselves as I once hoped but that would be silly anyway

[strong shoal]

Question when does the drop happen?

[sage crane]

Start date is 22nd

Idk if thats for everyone, or just the recon groups, or to start moving the fleet etc

Very unclear

[strong shoal]

I see

[errant pine]

I think it’s the start date, and drop date is dependent on the TFs, BGs, and condition of the starports

[supple beacon]

Yeah I agree, we have too many units to be able to drop our selfs.

[supple beacon]

Oh btw Wellcome to Venator lad

[smoky junco]

the basework is done

and yes pirate style text IS MANDATORY

IVE MADE THIS LOOK LIKE A TREASUREMAP LADS

[supple beacon]

Lol

[errant pine]

Start date is us arriving at the jump gate. But there’s still travel to get to the planet. At least that’s my guess.

[strong shoal]

Ty very much

[supple beacon]

Np lad

[strong shoal]

Also thank God it's summer the turns take place 1 am in my time 😂

[smoky junco]

Jokes aside, tomorow I’ll log all the confirmed units into the tac com sheet

[spice nymph]

And probably helping our various infantry keep up

[signal coyote]

Is this on the ledger?

[sage crane]

Righto XSword signing off

gn all

[supple beacon]

Night xsword

[strong shoal]

Night

I am gonna turn in too it's quite late for me too have a nice day everyone

[smoky junco]

Personal doc for TAC-COM stuff

Letting y’all know it exists

And will be used to log your posted actions/orders

[ebon jacinth]

Love the old Unification Wars crest 😛

Doc question.
Is there a difference between flagging oneself as "Medic" or "Medical Corps"?

[errant pine]

It’s a class specification. Medic is a base class, Medical Corps is a refit

[ebon jacinth]

Ah, right!

I always forget that the refit is called Medical Corps xD

(As in the "non-Combat-Medic" one)

[errant pine]

Similar differences could prolly be applied to STAN (Heavy Gunship rather than HAT) and FOAM (SPG rather than Arty) since they’ve got refits too. 🤷‍♂️

[oblique glen]

I’m back for good this time

Do we have any new members in our battle group or are we completely full

[wanton tundra]

Last update in pins had you guys at 51. The hard cap is at 60 so if you aren’t full then you’re super close anyways

[oblique glen]

We need 9 more players

[supple beacon]

I just got a question, who made 100s of lines of text of the bee movie in the BG doc?

Am not mad

this shit is funny

Theres HUNDREDS

this is just only the top of it!

[thorny night]

it isnt even one big copy paste

[oblique glen]

No clue

I have a strong feeling it’s pirate

[thorny night]

1973 lines!

[azure coral]

I think you can run a command to get text to fill down like that. Not sure though

Excel and Sheets can do some pretty cool stuff

Excel esports, case in point

[thorny night]

does google sheets have macros?

[azure coral]

Some. Not nearly as good as Excel, though

I don't use it much anymore, so I couldn't tell you what or how

[supple beacon]

Alright am declaring that this is to be kept in the BG doc.

[oblique glen]

Another light mech is offering to join a battle group

[compact minnow]

Mechs for the mech horde

[oblique glen]

I think they got snagged

Sadness

[errant pine]

Spearhead, I’m guessing

[chilly marsh]

Possibly, I promised to stop now though

[errant pine]

😜 wasn’t complaining about it. lol, that’s just one of the BGs I’m “listening to the scanner” on

[supple beacon]

The supply and logistics i can definitely say is the most complex that it has ever been in meta.

With how many people there are plus orbitals being in limited supply its will be hard to get boots on the ground

Heck we are lucky that we got a massive HAT fleet.

[oblique glen]

Do we want the full roster

[supple beacon]

I mean, theres some aeras that needs filling, like the lack of fighter support.

But mostly the BG looks as good for now.

[oblique glen]

Mhm but we could use more bodies

[errant pine]

Automated Freighters will be heavy this campaign, and supplies will be tight…but it’ll be another good learning experience for next campaign.

[oblique glen]

Hmmm I see one of the taskforces are planning to do a attack on cell’dar mine

[modest shale]

Indeed, early days yet though

[wanton tundra]

For every group that struggles to get supplies there will be many that switch to logi next campaign

[errant pine]

lol, it’s always a swinging scale

[errant pine]

TF 1? Slow boats, but heavy hitters.

[oblique glen]

Yeah

I just found out light mechs can’t be Paradrop

[quasi scarab]

a shame

[oblique glen]

At least we can use drop pods

[compact minnow]

They can with a jump pack, not that any of us have it

[oblique glen]

But there similar to light vehicles

[modest shale]

they are vehicles yeah

[errant pine]

…actually…there is one

[modest shale]

OH?

the chosen one

[compact minnow]

Oh?

[oblique glen]

Who’s this one light mech

[errant pine]

LM Ivax

[modest shale]

Gooooood

[oblique glen]

Are they one of ours

[errant pine]

I don’t know about all LMs, but thats at least one and on our roster

[oblique glen]

I see so we push them out as soon as we make atmosphere right

Just a little nudge

[quasi scarab]

it's drop landing
not drop surviving

[oblique glen]

Well they have jump jets

There fine

The 5 of us who don’t have jump jets looks like we’re gonna have to be patient and wait unless we can snag a heavy drop pod

[modest shale]

I think we have a few more now let me check

ah 1 more

but yes well form a megazord with the tanks

[oblique glen]

No

There perfectly fine as is

We don’t need them combined in a freaky SHBT

[vagrant frigate]

If you need me to Titanfall on someone say so

[modest shale]

lovely stuff mate

[west aspen]

Y'all have 14MBTs?

nice

[oblique glen]

Yes we do

And the grand opening of the SHBT

[errant pine]

Eh, grand reopening of the SHBT

[azure coral]

I can't wait for SHBTs to come back

[oblique glen]

Shush

[azure coral]

Golem was originally a Super Heavy and it makes more sense for the name

[errant pine]

If they come back, I’ll be interested to see what they look like since they’ll have different stats than Dawn.

[azure coral]

Why would they have different stats?

[errant pine]

I mean, this campaign may change his mind, but Captain’s said that Dawn’s stats wouldn’t be what new SHBT stats are.

[azure coral]

Ah. I didn't know that

[errant pine]

Lore is that Dawn is a relic of pre-merc times I think…but in reality it’s that Captain isn’t sure about balance.

[modest shale]

it makes sense yeah, tanks have a 3 range gun that slaps right? SHBT gotta be that but more and have some caveats

[azure coral]

MBTs have 2 range

[modest shale]

simply giving them x2 guns I suppose is an easy solution but well I dunno honestly havent thought about it enough

oh do they mb

[azure coral]

Yes. 3 AP

[modest shale]

aahhhh

its a damm nice gun

[azure coral]

SHBTs could have like 4/5 AP and 3 range but only one speed. This would make them monsters, but require careful planning to not be caught out of position

Obviously more armor too. Maybe a decrease in damage to non-vehicles...

But not our call to make. lol

[modest shale]

true that would be wicked tho, its a big ass tank right so its BIG gun will hopefully be a BIG gun

or maybe more land fortress, ah I dunno

[azure coral]

Could even debuff it with limited, but resupplyable ammunition

[errant pine]

Lots of ideas were floated. We’ll just have to wait and see if/when they become “available” on the market.

[oblique glen]

The black market

[modest shale]

do not envy shack on that one

[oblique glen]

Because these things are war machines

[static galleon]

That must be one hell of a smuggling operation

[oblique glen]

Yeah or just a salvage job

[static galleon]

"Yes officer, a shipment of medical supplies for Lussan"

[azure coral]

https://tenor.com/view/i-carly-watcha-got-there-smoothie-gif-11706255

[oblique glen]

I remember that show

I wonder if heavy lasers will return

[azure coral]

Grandpa

🤣

[errant pine]

As do I…as do I.

[azure coral]

https://tenor.com/view/back-in-my-day-silent-generation-boomer-lead-paint-stare-gif-18034920414363098848

[oblique glen]

I’m only 25

Scrub

[azure coral]

Surely you arent talking to me. I am the pinnacle of civilized society😆

[oblique glen]

I doubt that but sure

So the moon tora I feel like that moon as been turned

I have come up with a solution to the issue of getting everyone down

We dismantle and then reassemble our vehicles and mechs on the ground

Like LEGO

[azure coral]

https://tenor.com/view/lego-lego-movie-lego-movie-spaceship-spaceship-lego-spaceship-gif-14554127

[oblique glen]

Hey might save us some fuel

[real kite]

howdy fellas

saw the HATs, decided to throw in

[errant pine]

You rocking infantry again?

[real kite]

yeah

you guys need boys that can walk into buildings

also you're here dave?

sweet

I'm in good hands then

anyways this BG had a metric fuckton of HATs for paradropping so I wanted to air assault again

[errant pine]

Haha, just a HVTOL pilot this time. (Maybe backup TCO for another BG, we’ll see)

Marl is TCO, ElectroHalo is backup, and XSword is helping organize logistics. 😜 I just got invited to help Dawn get around.

Good to have you tho

[oblique glen]

He missed tornado

[quasi scarab]

seems we have plenty of people that were in tornado/typhoon/hurricane

[errant pine]

I do recognize some storm chasers in this BG…could make for some fun RP stories having units deploying together on another job

[quasi scarab]

true indeed

me and kodiak(yesnotoaster) were in typhoon

[tame mango]

Has this happened?

[errant pine]

😜 we worked closely enough, I got familiar with at least most of the callsigns of most of stormchaser

[tame mango]

Flying pirate ship?

[errant pine]

We do have 2 HVTOLs and a group of HATs. Lol, but in a more serious note…I do see a second fighter on the roster.

[quasi scarab]

I can carry Pirate if that's close enough to a flying pirate ship.

[tame mango]

if only you had gunports XD

[errant pine]

D2 nose gun now. Look

[quasi scarab]

i'm a HVTOL
the only way I can carry a pirate ship is like that scene in the uncharted movie

https://tenor.com/view/pirate-ships-uncharted-rescue-flying-away-big-delivery-gif-24978898

[errant pine]

Callsign A-192 appears to be a fighter right under you on the roster. 👍

[errant pine]

As a fellow HVTOL, I can confirm! We intentionally leave slack in the rope for crews who talk like pirates.

[quasi scarab]

Yeah, it's become standard procedure in the Mako after we've had to extract pirate in v3

[tame mango]

guess pirate ships can fly now

[real kite]

I was on Raven 2-4. I was in the shit lol

bringing back my medics

well "my"

my friend is returning

[tame mango]

What was Mako's goal in v3? I cannot remember.

[real kite]

The Gang is reforming

[quasi scarab]

yeah my good friend kodiak saved you and the other infantry in those wierd ass labs

[quasi scarab]

dropped down, deployed kodiak, carried a truck to infantry that needed the extra speed boost it gave to extract and extracted pirate
I didnt do much

[tame mango]

Howdy from Hurricane, I watched i think 3 HATs go down in my AO in that op, I will do all i can to prevent any from going down now.

[quasi scarab]

(mostly because it was too short for me to help much with supplies)

[tame mango]

you did transport things, that's enough, and you survived.

[quasi scarab]

dying is cringe, unless it's to ram something, which isnt allowed in the game

[real kite]

you saved my medics!

[quasi scarab]

not me, my compatriot kodiak

[real kite]

@graceful oak return of the king

[quasi scarab]

the LV

[real kite]

true

[quasi scarab]

he's in this battlegroup btw

[real kite]

wow

this really is Stormchaser 2

[oblique glen]

Semi

[quasi scarab]

stromchaser 2: electric boogaloo

[tame mango]

Looks like the gangs all here.

[oblique glen]

This will be interesting

[real kite]

well now we have some more door kickers and their attached nurses

👍

[oblique glen]

I wonder if brass would join us

[real kite]

a question

the SHBT is listed

[oblique glen]

Yes

[real kite]

is that any different from normal MBTs

[quasi scarab]

IT IS THE BANEBLADE

[errant pine]

brass is already on the roster

[real kite]

well yes I know that

[oblique glen]

Yes by a insane amount

[tame mango]

AH YES THE BANEBLADE

[quasi scarab]

and for those into the rp side of things being with ex-stormchaser lads opens fun rp things

[oblique glen]

Really

[real kite]

I just need to know how MUCH different so I know which doors to kick

[quasi scarab]

READY TO UNLEASH ELEVEN BARRELS OF HELL

[oblique glen]

They attack twice with main battle canons

And have a hit of 3-4

With armor 3

[real kite]

ok so protect it at all costs

[tame mango]

Cant kick doors if they are craters 🙂 . i was debating making my unit into bombers till about a week ago then decided nah fighters are more fun.

[quasi scarab]

it's a SHBT, it doesnt need protection

[real kite]

we def need air superiority

[oblique glen]

Pretty much it’s our sacred relic

[real kite]

cro does NOT know what happens when the LAW starts barking

[tame mango]

oh yea for sure

[chilly marsh]

Did you guys see you patch from J.Jordan? Looks awesome!

[quasi scarab]

yeah

[oblique glen]

No sorry

[tame mango]

havent seen it

[quasi scarab]

I was joking

[errant pine]

We do also have a quad AA MBT on the roster to help

[oblique glen]

Amazing

[tame mango]

I'm slowly liking my chances more and more.

[tame mango]

Awsome as always.

[quasi scarab]

as a wise man once said: F*ck it, we ball.

[tame mango]

That was always the plan!

[real kite]

now we just need a few more door kickers and we'll be gucci

[oblique glen]

Hey Dave how many more slots do we have open

[real kite]

like 6

5 actually

[oblique glen]

4

3

[tame mango]

2

[oblique glen]

2

[quasi scarab]

wait what's even our plan?

[tame mango]

1

[quasi scarab]

or at least what we,re supposed to do?

[oblique glen]

Storm city Z

[real kite]

we're going to Ziyal

we're killing stuff there

[oblique glen]

And then hold

[real kite]

(which is why we need inf)

tanks are great

we need DUDES and MEN with SHOVELS and RIFLES to HOLD the LINE

[oblique glen]

I agree with your logic but I’m sorry for your pain because we have very few here

[real kite]

I hold hope

we may get a few more

[errant pine]

Last I saw, likely deploy Elim City and then push for Ziyal from there. Speed 2 I believe.

[real kite]

if there aren't enough infantry I'll have to consign my unit to holding the airport

[tame mango]

didn't we have a plan to go to the crossroads too? or is that on the backburner assuming we can hold.

[real kite]

or following up in the wake of the tanks

I know we have a couple IFVs

[oblique glen]

It’s none existent

[errant pine]

Last I knew, we’re also working with 2 other BGs who are more INF heavy.

[oblique glen]

I suggest it but it was shot down

[errant pine]

It’s on the way

[tame mango]

understood

[real kite]

oh good

[oblique glen]

We could change tactics and hold the crossroads

[real kite]

I guess we're armored riflemen now

now we need some IFVs

[oblique glen]

We have one

[real kite]

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