Battlegroup 2 - Venator: Comms

[tranquil saddle]

Crossroads might have factories........ You know what that means

[sage crane]

@tender brook ignore the emojis I just need to remember where I’ve got up to in marking people off

[tender brook]

All good.

[real kite]

So we’re going to be moving in alone on Ziyal, correct?

At least to start

[sage crane]

Yes

[tranquil saddle]

I'll just disembark from the catlyst once we reach

I want to use my at so bad lol

[sage crane]

Don’t straight away

[tranquil saddle]

Yeah like

When combat starts kicking of

[sage crane]

If we show up in the outskirts chances are we’ll be moving forward a bit

[sage crane]

Yeppers

[tranquil saddle]

Yep

[real kite]

The goal is probably to go in slow at first unless there’s an urgent matter deeper in the city

Since we’re a tank unit and all, we don’t really want to get flanked

Especially Dawn

And we don’t have the infantry contingent required to do room clearing on a large scale

So we’re basically either waiting for an infantry BG to come help us or we’re walking into a death trap

[azure coral]

Looks like most of the fun is over:(

Just to clarify, are we dropping in the mines or in Crossroads?

[obtuse fossil]

we are in the mines getting ready to drive the the city

[azure coral]

I thought the city was all cleared

[median sail]

It's mostly cleared, I think there are still a few amongst the unknown blips

[upper harbor]

We are chugging towards Ziyal

It's Elim that's cleared iirc

[slate hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/meme-horse-you-have-alerted-the-horse-pretty-derby-uma-musume-gif-15063465391514740847

[median sail]

My table top army grows. Found some logi trucks this morning at my club

[smoky junco]

4 kratoses,?

Do we have enough elevation?

Gentlmen, I have a pirate level idea

IF a enemy orbital attacks, I have a plan to capture it

It’s high risk, and someone will die

But if we use our VTOLs to land ontop of the orbital and breach it

[marble echo]

Eh strap some rope to a vtol and lift the front of the arty

[tranquil saddle]

Yeesss

[hybrid imp]

Crazy idea, but if it works that means more firepower. Don't know if we got enough infantry for that.

[smoky junco]

We got 4

Plus me if I dismount my tank due to small arms

I will PERSONALLY lead this mad operation if I must

also fun fact I can ditch my tank when it dies and just steal a new one and get back into the fight lol

[strong shoal]

If we can steal something and even if it's enemie tank we gotta roll most likely for decoding it or something

[sage crane]

Ziya

Not ein

Elim

[wintry coral]

So we've landed and are moving to Ziyal, do we need to do orders when we arrive?

[sage crane]

We need to do orders now to say we’re in formation

And then we need to do orders once we’ve arrived because we’ll be on the tac map

[manic spade]

Reporting in that I am fine with my position for Ansen. I'm not opposed to swapping with another LM if they would prefer, but up in the front is exactly what works for me.

[sage crane]

Mkay, gonna ping people to do orders because i'd like to have a day off tomorrow

+i wanna see if we can get all orders in 24 hours

@tender sierra @spice nymph @unkempt matrix

@green lintel @tame bane @green flume

@twilit sand @supple beacon @wintry coral

@modest shale @median sail @azure coral

@sharp whale @severe crane @wary sundial

@strong shoal @wintry sapphire

Please could you all submit orders ASAP!

Trying to get it all done in 24 hours

[wary sundial]

I can edit my message afterwards for RP or is that not allowed?

[distant olive]

No editing is allowed, rules say edited orders are invalid

Maybe resubmit?

[sage crane]

Nope sorry

Just resubmit

[manic spade]

I just remembered that the original idea was we'd hit Ziyal alongside like two other battlegroups.

Now it's just us. Oh boy. XD

[upper harbor]

They got delayed cause of the crossroads

[sage crane]

We’ve got this xD

[upper harbor]

I dont think delaying is viable due to the loss of the element of surprise

The bots have their units held up by the other 4-6 battlegroups, so it's literally all or nothing

[sage crane]

ya forgot to submit your order along side this xD

[obtuse fossil]

We were always going to be the most powerful strike its just now we get a chance to be first in rather then last

[modest shale]

haha doing it now just going back and fourth on the RP!

great job with the formation by the way

[sage crane]

[modest shale]

https://tenor.com/n6No5EazgW7.gif

HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOO

[sage crane]

75% of orders in

13 more left

I hoped we'd get them all in 24 hours but it's not gonna happen i'm pretty sure

[wintry sapphire]

What’s our start and end point for orders

Just woke up and saw the ping

[sage crane]

celldar and Ziyal entrance

movement is in formation

make sure you're happy with your place tho

[wintry sapphire]

I’m in the backish, so I’m completely fine with that

[sage crane]

i need to remind myself of it xD

ah yeah

[wintry sapphire]

Mhm, we good

[rancid orbit]

Uh I think you need to remind them not to edit orders but to repost it entirely

[modest shale]

for drastic changes, last time we did this changing grammar or spelling errors was fine.

unless you know thats changed?

[rancid orbit]

fr?

[modest shale]

can only speak for the last operation I was in, wasnt a major campaign

[rancid orbit]

iirc major campaigns still need to repost, but let's see what others say

This is your first major?

[modest shale]

hmhmm, joined in the middle of the last campaign, round august last year I think?

very excited, you?

also ill repost it anyway as I had something I wanted to add rp wise

[rancid orbit]

Was around since the c1 video dropped, though I only participated c3

[modest shale]

awesome, very much enjoyed watching those vids as well

[sage crane]

I'll let it slide this time because the orders are basically a "is everyone still here" test run

But in future you CANNOT edit orders

[modest shale]

https://tenor.com/cJoxPZF9eDQ.gif

[azure coral]

Done

[median sail]

I will do mine once I've slept and am not drunk. 21st was pretty fun tho

[median sail]

Yep the new HH heavy space marine tank. Really nice kit in the mini size. Not as annoying complex to put together as the shadow sawed but still a bit to much detail to me. Installing each of 4 exsorsts on the back + 5 bits for the body is to complex for a 4-5 cm tiny tank.

[unkempt matrix]

@wary sundial @spice nymph @little egret and even @jade parcel Hope you enjoy the butterscotch treats from Knitter! Everyone deserves a treat before they could die! (even the robots)

https://tenor.com/view/buggy-horse-and-buggy-big-bird-gif-18480278

[hybrid imp]

Meant to a Rp post to my order, but I'll try to do it next time.

[ebon jacinth]

Robots don't deserve shit, sir!

[unkempt matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/no-family-guy-bad-dog-newspaper-peter-gif-8108196576766934699

[ebon jacinth]

xD

[compact minnow]

Do not feed the bug bots

It gums up their servos

[unkempt matrix]

Its hard candy 😎 we good!

[compact minnow]

You know what happens when butterscotch chunks gets jammed between a microfusion pack and a 3-directional motorized joint?

Carmelization happens

Very messy, very smelly

[sage crane]

Bees

[compact minnow]

All sugar becomes gummy with the right amount of heat and friction

And also bees, yes

Bees also gum up servos

[sage crane]

9 orders left

[ebon jacinth]

You can do this, chief!

[sage crane]

i'm just waiting for them to be posted xD

[ebon jacinth]

Then you cannot do this, chief! XD

[jade parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/praying-mantis-kicked-push-gif-14755118

also even if we can't eat the butterscotch, we can at least regift it to help in social interactions later

[smoky junco]

I return from my RTT

3rd place

What did I miss

[wary sundial]

Some biscuits go nicely with the tea

[sage crane]

Well we officially failed my goal

Good to know for next round

BUT

actual orders are due in 24 hours and 13 minutes

[severe crane]

I'm in the middle of writing my order, i was just doing the RP stuff

[severe crane]

alright finished it

[wary sundial]

we missing many?

[smoky junco]

Could be worse

We could have MIAs

Sorry I couldn’t help today

Been busy

Votann aren’t going to come 3rd a tournament on there own!

[wary sundial]

rock and stone

[sage crane]

8 now

[wary sundial]

seems manageable for 24h

[sage crane]

yep]

it was more a test to see who i'm going to need to make sure to ping at the START of next turn to drop orders

because currently if I didn't start early we'd have 8 MIA players, - any who sign up while marl and electro make the tac map

[compact minnow]

I wonder if WARDN's Warmind and MAGPIE's... Magpie are in communication with each other

Also, there's a lot of AI in this battlegroup that is going off to fight bots

Also the mantis bots

[jade parcel]

Yeah I didn't realize there was another synth that wanted to build a Carrier around here

[compact minnow]

The AI yearns for the autonomous spacecraft

Idk what's up with Digital Intelligences and wanting to be big space probes, but all of em seem to do it, artificial or uploaded

Has anyone else noticed that, or is it just me?

Schrodinger's loreposting: am I speaking in universe or ooc?

Frankly I'm not entirely sure myself

[jade parcel]

I think it's a matter of Carriers having the highest multitasking potential for ships. If you're processing at like 100x speed in a tank or infantry bot then you're not really doing much better than a regular human ninja thinking at maybe 2x due to response timing. Meanwhile in a Carrier you can spend those extra clock cycles on micromanaging your sub-hulls and have coordination enough to take out an equally-sized wing of fighters with organic pilots

Also like, Carriers are the closest we have to a logistics/support hull-type atm. If you're wanting to be social but also be a Beeg Robot Ship, Carriers let you have organics on as pilots without raising questions like "why doesn't the AI just shoot the battleship cannons themself"

[compact minnow]

I knew this one guy who had to get his brain scooped out after this big accident with a scrapbreaker. The moment the lawsuit money came in, the digital clone they made by scanning his brain bought a probe and just flew off into unknown space

Last I heard from him he was getting into the paperclip selling business.

Sounded like he was doing well

[jade parcel]

Hopefully as part of an extended joke, you know how maximizers can get :V
But for probes specifically it might be a case of "civilized" areas being Too Freaking Loud--compare/contrast the organic tendency to write post-apocalyptic stories as a thinly-veiled "what if we still had modern tech but only had to worry about pre-industrial population density" fantasy

[compact minnow]

This was a Paperclip Sorting Machine joke, yes

[severe crane]

lol how many synths are there that want to build a carrier, for me it’s more of a long term goal and the fact that we don’t exactly have a “carrier” class for the orbitals mainly because any ship can have carry fighters and bombers if they have the hanger slot

[compact minnow]

What if all the AI just pool their resources and build an AI ship

[jade parcel]

Yeah the 5 Req is sadly one short of getting a Battleship hull to build a carrier with--unsure if I'll get a temp Destroyer hull but it's definitely a fun goal to work towards
And I'd be 100% down with the caveat that we get enough Skynet jokes without building a flying LAN party

[compact minnow]

what's wrong with a flying LAN party?

New Coppitt Mechanical Solutions, LLC could provide some organic* manpower to the project

-# *some members provided may have as little as 23% of their organic parts remaining.

[jade parcel]

oh there's nothing wrong with it, it just has a lot of pun potential due to being a literal Sky Net

[compact minnow]

I forgot how to do the fine print markup

[jade parcel]

-# fine print

[compact minnow]

Thanks

Technically it wouldn't be a skynet

It'd be in space, not in the sky

So it'd be a... starlink.

Huh

Well anyways

[jade parcel]

If space isn't the sky then explain constellations
It wouldn't be in atmosphere, sure, but it'd still be visible from the ground when you look up (assuming good enough weather/eyes, obvs)

[compact minnow]

Shh you're ruining my joke

For some reason I just imagine Magpie constantly messaging the other AI units in the battlegroup poorly disguised malware and zip bombs

Idk why, that just feels like something she'd do

And then Mick pressing the ZAP button whenever he notices her messing with allied units

As it turns out, she doesn't interact with other AI very often, so she doesn't realize they won't fall for "You've won a free smart phone!"

[wintry coral]

Hopefully the HATs don't get shot down...

[compact minnow]

True

[hidden oyster]

We’re making a giant arrow and driving forward, this is the worst plan I think I’ve ever been involved in.

[compact minnow]

I've seen worse

[obtuse fossil]

We are staying true to our name and making the same shape

[strong shoal]

Hello sorry just got it for the day what orders to I give if someone could guide me a bit because I forgot what xsword said to me yesterday

[supple beacon]

Are you needing the template for how to do an order lad?

[strong shoal]

Yeah

[supple beacon]

let me quickly get it for you.

[sage crane]

Make sure you drop an order aswell 😉

[supple beacon]

yeah am working on it lol

also morning

[sage crane]

By technical accounts it is the opening of a new day here

I love timezones

[supple beacon]

btw, whos towing echo? (mixalispit)

[sage crane]

Echo is on the back of Big rig

I did maths wrong so we actually needed Uber(medics) to go in the back of Stan the gun ship

[supple beacon]

Unit call sign: Echo
Unit type: Artillery
Carrying: N/A
Equipment: N/A

order type: hold

Movement/action tracker: On the back of Big rig logi truck

Starting Hex: Cell’dar Mine
Ending Hex: Ziyal map entrance
Facing towards: Ziyal map entrance

RP: (optional but you can add lore or an interaction about your merc company)

Alright i think this should be fine for your first order lad, you can go ahead and copy paste it into venators order channel.

-# unless i did something CRITICALLY wrong XD

[sage crane]

Perfect 👌

Shouldn’t you know this as our tac com xD

6 more orders

[median sail]

@sage crane what do our orders need to be about?

[sage crane]

Moving in forms tio to Ziyal

[supple beacon]

haha, am just being careful.

[wintry sapphire]

We’ll see how bad this turns out if we find heavy contact

[supple beacon]

We will prob see alot of fighting, but unless the bots have overwhelming numbers the worst outcome will prob a war of attrition, which would still favour armco in the end since we will be delaying their forces from striking other parts of the planet.

[wintry sapphire]

Agreed, I’m more worried for when we eventually find the ‘super unit’

I just hope It’s ground based this time

[supple beacon]

Lad, we have our own super unit XD

the mighty SHBT

[wintry sapphire]

I know

But last time we saw super units it was three battleships

And I was there against the big titans

[real kite]

"How hot is the drop?"

[supple beacon]

Hm indeed, the navies did say the bots were building something big.

[wintry sapphire]

Just wondering what it will be this time around

I mean we have the most AT of any unit

But either or not we can utilize it effectively is another story, time will tell

[smoky junco]

I’m expecting some kind of ordinatus

A giant gun on tracks

[real kite]

giant combine harvester

calling it now

[smoky junco]

that or just a straight up nuclear bomb

[supple beacon]

That what i was thinking, maybe a huge artillery cannon, shack was talking about that alot before this campaign.

[smoky junco]

There’s a simple way to deal with that

https://tenor.com/view/leroy-jenkins-lets-do-this-gif-13265175

[unkempt matrix]

Shack seconds later:

https://tenor.com/view/here-comes-the-sun-nuked-gif-26060295

[tame bane]

https://tenor.com/view/yeet-bomb-explosion-cat-mad-gif-16907961

[distant olive]

I am a bit exited to see what awaits us next turn

[tame bane]

Turn one all HATs get shot down

[distant olive]

[smoky junco]

Nah we will fiiiine

[tame bane]

https://tenor.com/view/get-gets-eaten-devour-cat-get-gets-devoured-monster-eats-cat-gif-25619820

pov my HAT getting devoured by clanker fighters

[sage crane]

@spice nymph @green lintel @sharp whale please could you guys submit orders

[median sail]

Pretty sure we have already seen the bot battle ship in one of the mid rounds. Had 2 cruisers and something else move to cross roads, cruisers had 4 hard point question marks this had 5 and looked a lot bigger

[distant olive]

Will out first losses be MIA from no order submission

[wary sundial]

A good day to not be in an HAT

[tranquil saddle]

Sup me pirates mates

What's happening

[median sail]

Waiting until we deploy

[slate hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/500kg-hd2-helldivers-bomb-stratagem-gif-16027335856476700705

[upper harbor]

Technically, cant we flank super units with our light mechs?

Sure alot of us would probably fall, but a combined force of 6 LMs into an unarmoured zone would do something

[sage crane]

I mean do we even need to?

AP3 x 18 = 54 damage no matter what armour assuming average rolls xD

[modest shale]

there may come a time well need to group up on something, like an objective or a bunch of civilians about to be turned into cyborg goo, but well have to play it by ear, everyone's orders are there own of course, but personally I'm seeing our role as scouts and rapid response, filling holes and using the speed to go where were needed.

because yeah we have ALOT of guns practically a porcupine with main battle cannons, which is just amazing

that being said in dashing through the snow a bunch of light mechs managed to blast the rear of a tank in the middle of a checkpoint and it was pretty epic, so it can work, haha.

[upper harbor]

Sounds familar

[rancid orbit]

gee

[modest shale]

heheheheh

[upper harbor]

But yeah, 4 light mechs can bring down an mbt in a single turn

[sage crane]

Of course it’s hard to do if any other units are in range

[upper harbor]

Nah, you can still do that, just at a high risk

[sage crane]

Well no, if there are other units in range the damage is focused on them, especially if it’s light vehicles

/infantry

[ebon jacinth]

Targeting priorities, right?

[sage crane]

Yep

[sage crane]

By the way if the orders aren’t submitted by the correct time it’s not up to me if these guys are MIA

It’s basically just down to when does Marl want to submit our intentions

[upper harbor]

Currently our first order isnt started yet right?

we are still on approach in the strat map?

[wintry sapphire]

Fair, let me rephrase, super unit on the ground maps

[sage crane]

Yep 👍

But shack wants us to have orders confirming formation

[upper harbor]

i THINK i have submitted my order for this turn

i think

[sage crane]

You have

[upper harbor]

o7

[sharp whale]

You can take me off the list. I haven’t been able to keep up with all this anymore

[sage crane]

sorry to hear man

new formation

[ebon jacinth]

Nuuuu

I think I lost an occasion to ride with WARDN 🤣

[green lintel]

i think im lost, cant figure out where the map is to base me deciion off of

[static galleon]

Check #campaign-briefing-room for the map

But right now all everyone needs to do is say we're travelling in formation from celldar mines to ziyal city

On the stratmap celldar is on the northwest of the planet while ziyal is east

[sage crane]

You just need to say in formation

@spice nymph I know it’s another ping but this is the final time, I’m busy until orders are due in 3 and a half hours

[sage crane]

sigh

[ebon jacinth]

Talking of that file, I found my entry in it pre-filled.
Was it done because, being passenger, prefilling it was easier than leaving it to me?

[sage crane]

Which part was pre filled?

You being on the main sheet? I did that for a lot of people who said they wanted to join

For the carry per vehicle bit I didn't prefill anyones I don't think

[ebon jacinth]

I wasn expecting to find my own line already on thelist, for example xD

Not complaining about it, just wanted to know whether or not I was tripping ^^"

[sage crane]

Yeah I probably did that at the start when you asked to join

Not sure though xD

[ebon jacinth]

Aye aye! In doubt, thank you xD

[distant olive]

Soo all but one done?

[smoky junco]

If they miss two rounds in a row they are MIA for the entire campaign

@spice nymph Idd get that order in if I were you

[muted quail]

Seems like normal losses to me

[smoky junco]

We can’t afford to loose a engineer

[sage crane]

They are also somewhat active so

[raw tundra]

[smoky junco]

Put foam as “MIA (withdrew)” on the tac com info sheet

[sage crane]

I have

it blu

[smoky junco]

https://tenor.com/view/engineer-red-soldier-blu-blue-gif-15973872344704314933

This is the first thing that comes up when you type “blu”

[strong shoal]

Hello so we are one arty down ?

[sage crane]

SPG not arty

[real kite]

That’s not good

We kinda need those guys

[sage crane]

better supply tho

would've been nice for the focus fire at range but

[median sail]

Spg don't use supply

[wintry coral]

How was the turn out for orders? 99% showed up?

[sage crane]

Guh

Major loss

[sage crane]

1 guy quit and one person hasn’t dropped an order

[wintry coral]

Tha't's pretty good.

Too bad we lost an engineer

[sage crane]

Phalanx lost 9 so yeah

[wintry coral]

Daym

[sage crane]

Not lost yet

[wintry coral]

I guess that's the consequences of a long wait time

[sage crane]

Has till marl feels wants to drop the intentions

[wintry coral]

Btw, since we have HATs... can we build airfields or do we need to wait for another BG to make one?

[sage crane]

Someone else

[wintry coral]

I think they're all going to die...

I mean if we had a Taskforce to secure high orbit, I wouldn't worry so much...

[median sail]

Let me at em dawn's already got 1 aircraft kill

[muted quail]

Only 1 player has the airfield upgrade

[wintry coral]

Well, good luck to the HATs.

[sage shale]

This is why redundancy is important, imagine if either the MIA or the drop out was our only aa tank...

[sage crane]

We have redundancy in a single area and it’s tank shells per round

[sage crane]

@supple beacon if the final guy drops an order this is the FINAL formation map

If not JD Lewis is moved out of Honey P and that’s the end of that

I think honey P could then take more supplies but that would mean they’d have to change orders

Its up to you if you want the guy to be MIA and drop intention now, or if we wait and see if he shows

[sage shale]

Might wanna ping Honey P so they know what's up

[tranquil saddle]

Wait so

So I put my orders in or no

[jade parcel]

I think I couldn't change orders--my understanding is that holding 8 FS means both my slots are swapped to FS mode

[compact minnow]

Is that everyone?

Other than the SPG

[distant olive]

Should be all now

[spice nymph]

(😅 Tough weekend to get to chat after travels)

[supple beacon]

@sage crane @smoky junco just letting you two lads know I came down with a very nasty illness so I may or may not be able to do the first tac comms map for ziyal.

[vagrant frigate]

Get well soon

[smoky junco]

Right ok

I’ll be able to handle it

[smoky junco]

@sage crane when you can, can you post the formation map, I don’t have the time to find it RN

When I get back from working on steam locos, I’ll get the canva set up for the BG

[jade parcel]

#1382037860277948486 message is the most recent one iirc, adjusted for the recent MIA

[smoky junco]

Ok I’m unable to do it currently

Someone needs to draw a red line from the mines to the city

I’m about to head off to my volunteering in 10-15 minutes

[distant olive]

We have 14h to submit the map

[sage crane]

Get well soon

[sage crane]

It’s fine I can do it momentarily

[ebon jacinth]

Sorry to hear that, marl!

[sage crane]

Venator would like to advance to Ziyal, ready to take action against any enemies they come across

orders in

[vagrant frigate]

Little RP incoming
clears throat
"To All bots listening. This is Striker Eureka of Battle Group Venator, you wanna know what the V stands for: Victory. So if any of you Toaster with Ego have any functional logic circuts left power down or we do with you what all people do with defect tincans turning them into Scrapmetal"

[quasi scarab]

it is time brothers!
we are at the enemy's gate!

[compact minnow]

Oh shit

Those are some fat fuckers

[static galleon]

Oh boy

I did not expect we'd have to fight through C-Z

At least not to that extent

[compact minnow]

Well, it builds character

[static galleon]

This is good though, we've made contact with enemy factories like we wanted

[robust basin]

You good guys? xD

[static galleon]

That, however... is a metric crap ton of enemies

[quasi scarab]

we're not panicing

*panicking

[compact minnow]

We've got the most AT of any BG, we should be fine

As long as the air assets don't hit us too hard

[signal coyote]

First contact

[robust basin]

I would offer you the most barrages, but... we are a bit far away

[signal coyote]

Crazy

[static galleon]

Do we know where we're gonna enter on the map?

[quasi scarab]

idk

[signal coyote]

Betting bottom left

[quasi scarab]

would make sense

[sage crane]

CONTACT LADS CONTACT

[compact minnow]

We're gonna want to take that highground ASAP

[static galleon]

Definitely

To that end we could send our LMs

[quasi scarab]

we do need that hill

[static galleon]

And me if blind is fine with walking or someone else can ferry them

[compact minnow]

More importantly, we need the enemy to not have it

[spice nymph]

It looks like they do have much of the high ground though

[compact minnow]

Well, we need to fix that

[smoky junco]

Lads

I Think we made a mistake

THEY HAVE A GIANT ROBOT

[quasi scarab]

if we keep that loosing mentality, yeah

[smoky junco]

Loosing?

[quasi scarab]

We have a BASESWORD

[smoky junco]

LADS

[compact minnow]

And we have a giant tank.

[smoky junco]

THE MISTAKE WE MADE WAS BEING LATE!

[dusty nimbus]

OORAH

[quasi scarab]

true

[smoky junco]

https://tenor.com/view/leeroy-gif-348771154449152640

[compact minnow]

OORAH

[quasi scarab]

OORAH

[smoky junco]

We also have spearhead backing us up next turn so yeah

[dusty nimbus]

lets see if our 17 tank barrels are enough to take out whatever we're up against

[compact minnow]

Anything is possible with sufficient firepower

Alright, Mechs: let's show these tracksloggers why legs are the best mode of transportation!

[dusty nimbus]

any guesses as to what this is? I'd assume a column of infantry?

[quasi scarab]

most likely

[dusty nimbus]

looks like its gonna be the first threat we encounter

[smoky junco]

Yeah

Few tanks will be able to deal with it

Gives us time for our mechs to scout the other formations

[quasi scarab]

the real danger is the flyers east

[smoky junco]

Yeah we don’t have enough AA

[dusty nimbus]

i dont even know what to think about the wall of giant question marks in the east

[smoky junco]

we need orbital support ASAP

[static galleon]

Can Arty fire AA? I think I saw that on the rules

[static galleon]

Yeah

[compact minnow]

Obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDmqre33wJ4

[quasi scarab]

100% flyers

[smoky junco]

Yeah we need fighters NOW

[static galleon]

I'm hoping they're small shitty fliers and not actual fighters though

[smoky junco]

We have a turn before they hit us

[quasi scarab]

true

[static galleon]

Maybe they're bot VTOLs too

[quasi scarab]

fingies crossed

[static galleon]

That would still reek but

It would reek less

[quasi scarab]

we can have the lamest dogfight between H/VTOL ever

[static galleon]

Or dropships like in helldivers, though that would mean a SHIT TON of enemies dropping right on top of us

[compact minnow]

https://tenor.com/view/helldivers-automaton-invasion-bots-dropship-gif-17359944560955706193

[dusty nimbus]

i guess the plan is to just press on through the enemy airpower?

[smoky junco]

Yeah I’m asking the TFsnfor air

ALL OF THEM

[static galleon]

I think we need to hunker down on some high ground and start grinding some metal

[quasi scarab]

this location will be freed from the bots
GLORY AND DEATH BROTHERS

[compact minnow]

We need to demand cover from the 212th since they poached our air defense

[sage crane]

You will wait plesse

[quasi scarab]

true

[sage crane]

For all we know they see us and go “fuck that” and leave

[dusty nimbus]

hunkering down wont really work if we are getting bombed

[sage crane]

Don’t get people thinking things when we haven’t even been put on the map yet

[quasi scarab]

hence the air support

[sage crane]

We don’t even know if they have bonnets

Bombers

[static galleon]

Getting bombed is game over no matter what we do

[dusty nimbus]

im just preping for the worst

[smoky junco]

Assume the worst

[wintry sapphire]

We got contacts

[smoky junco]

Hope for the best

[sage crane]

Me when I’m in a trying not to make assumptions challenge but my opponent is a Venator member:

[static galleon]

I mean we were hoping to distract enemies away from the crossroads

We got what we wanted

[quasi scarab]

true

[smoky junco]

Right

Being serious for a momennt

[quasi scarab]

let's not panic

[wintry sapphire]

Well, let’s let our cannons roar!

[static galleon]

I don't think we should go for those factories just yet

[smoky junco]

There is no harm asking if a TF can aid us

[quasi scarab]

starts panicking

[muted quail]

The worst is a bunch of Fighters.
Bombers can't hit your HATs

[static galleon]

Victorum isn't too far

[tender brook]

When we deploying arty?

[sage crane]

Yes but there’s no point YET

[static galleon]

That would be our best bet

[smoky junco]

And quite frankly we may need them to break the bot lines

[dusty nimbus]

so whats the first move here? do we take high ground and engage the enemy from an advantage or do we take out the factories before they start pumping out more bots?

[static galleon]

And we can ask Spearhead to reinforce us next turn

[smoky junco]

Idd say try and do both

[sage crane]

https://tenor.com/view/peaky-blinders-no-fighting-no-fucking-fighting-fight-fuck-gif-16259749058826278291

[smoky junco]

But a priority on a beachhead

[sage crane]

NO PLANNING YET please and thank you

[dusty nimbus]

why not?

[static galleon]

Why no

t

[sage crane]

We don’t even know the conditions we are arriving it

I’m

In*

[static galleon]

We're not gonna get any more intel I think

[tender brook]

We need BGs that have orbitals that can land troops here. There is not starport or other landing zone, so only aircraft and air-droppable troops (inf, LVs) could join us here.

[sage crane]

Once we have our pieces on the map play ball

[smoky junco]

We know that there are enemy lines between us and the factories

And we have spearhead coming in next turn

We can plan for that much

[sage crane]

we haven’t arrrived in mid rounds yet

[smoky junco]

And I say we should consider establishing a beach head before attacking the factories

[static galleon]

We can at least start discussing priorities like we're doing now

[muted quail]

I know Atlas can't help you.
Fluffle is very far away.
And Victorum stance is "Wait until the Breifing post"

[smoky junco]

Yeah

[dusty nimbus]

im just worried that the factories will start making more enemies if we dont take them out asap

[sage crane]

There’s just not much point if say we start planning to unload arty to assault the hill and then we find out the entire hill is gone because we blew it up

[smoky junco]

https://tenor.com/view/help-me-obi-wan-kenobi-you're-my-only-hope-princess-leia-organa-star-wars-a-new-hope-help-i-need-your-assistance-gif-15870351959124924615

[sage crane]

We don’t even know there are factories there

[smoky junco]

Completely agree

[static galleon]

Sure I'm not talking we decide exactly who does what

[smoky junco]

But we can’t go all in just yet without spearhead

[dusty nimbus]

"some kind of factories" is in the midround

[static galleon]

Just discussing going for the factories VS going for the high ground

[sage crane]

I thought you were talking Ziyal mb

[sage crane]

We very much could though

[static galleon]

Spearhead wouldn't make a good spearhead, pun intended

[quasi scarab]

we should wait and see what we face first tho

[sage crane]

If anything we have to because otherwise they can’t get on the map

[smoky junco]

Maybe

[static galleon]

Inf isn't very effective at assaults against the bots, that much we know

[sage crane]

https://tenor.com/view/this-guy-gets-it-nick-offerman-gif-14758472

[dusty nimbus]

will we know what we're up against this round or do we need to wait for next?

[quasi scarab]

right now it's a bajillion '?'

[sage crane]

This round

[static galleon]

All right all right

[sage crane]

We’re coming in from the south west which would clearly be in range of enemies to cause contact

[hoary barn]

nah i am going in someone has to repair our metal

[static galleon]

For glory and the world's ending then

[smoky junco]

We need more Intel before deciding exact actions but we can think on the rough idea

[sage crane]

No one might even get hit

[static galleon]

Except we don't even know if we're gonna assault the hill so hold that thought

[quasi scarab]

imagine we just spawn on it lmao

the hill

[static galleon]

Sounds doubtful, most likely we'll spawn on the road in the west

Since you know

It's a road

[sage crane]

https://tenor.com/view/this-guy-gets-it-nick-offerman-gif-14758472

[quasi scarab]

you like that gif lol

[dusty nimbus]

he likes when people get it

[sage crane]

i've sent it twice now only because people are finally using logic instead of just instantly making plans xD

[compact minnow]

https://tenor.com/view/this-guy-gets-it-nick-offerman-gif-14758472

[static galleon]

Making plans is fun

[smoky junco]

Infeed

[static galleon]

It costs nothing

[smoky junco]

I HAVE A PLAN

[dusty nimbus]

"plans are useless, planning is invaluable" or something

[smoky junco]

rip and tear

[sage crane]

Except mild confusion and brain hurty when we need to start over but people already have previous ideas in their head

[smoky junco]

https://tenor.com/view/rip-and-tear-doom-doomguy-isabelle-isabelle-animal-crossing-gif-26156184

[static galleon]

True

[compact minnow]

BA BA BAAAAAAAAAAAAA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93JArmMY3n4

[smoky junco]

Right

My current tactical overview based on Intel is this

• we will encounter a combined arms bot force upon entry
• THERE IS A GIANT ROBOT
• a second line of presumably bot armour
• unknown air contacts
• some sort of factories

[sage crane]

There is a giant ? not a giant robot

It could be a giant fucking otter for all we know

[smoky junco]

It looks like a GIANT ROBOT

[static galleon]

My guess is a landed corvette or freighter

[sage crane]

Sir

[smoky junco]

Landed?

Gentlmen, we can steal that if we’re quick

[static galleon]

I think we'd be picking it up already if it were flying

Tho if that's the case we'll have confirmation soon enough

[sage crane]

IT'S A ??
HOW, HOW do you know it looks like a robot 😭

[smoky junco]

We can board landed orbtials

[smoky junco]

On the map

And mechs are on the mind!

[dusty nimbus]

you know, maybe the line of ?s is a prisoner transport convoy that was gonna use the anti-grav lift to put them in orbit. just a thought

[sage crane]

what

[smoky junco]

Hmmm that could be it actually

[sage crane]

it's literally

[static galleon]

The one at the factories you mean?

[sage crane]

a ?

[smoky junco]

Untill proven otherwise

ASSUME GUNDAM

• I MEAN MECH

Anyway

There are factories on this map

We know that for a fact

[static galleon]

We'll see next turn if they're churning out new units

[smoky junco]

And we want them intact

[static galleon]

I think we'll be in range of them enough for that

Again, making assumptions final boss, i know i know

[smoky junco]

Operation: automated piracy must go ahead

We must steal the factories and mass produce robot pirates

[sage crane]

No don't worry

[smoky junco]

And then send them agaisnt the enemy

[sage crane]

That's electro with his giant mech theory

[muted quail]

This? It has a shadow and jets It's clearly flying

[compact minnow]

Yeah, it has jets

[smoky junco]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-finn-poe-dameron-they-fly-now-fly-gif-25032438

[sage crane]

Oh that's what he was talking about

Not the giant ?

[smoky junco]

yeah it looks like a ebon jaguar

[sage crane]

Anyways yes that does me a worry

It looks like it has big fuck off cannons

[smoky junco]

Yeah that is what I was on about

[static galleon]

Here's to hoping these things on the side are thruster pods and not gigantic battlecannons

(Coping)

[compact minnow]

They're probably weaponry

[smoky junco]

It’s why I’m hoping for TF1 to back us up

We need them

If we go in alone we will be slaughtered

[dusty nimbus]

something tells me our TFs are gonna have some problems of their own soon. maybe a bot orbital counter attack?

i doubt we've seen the last of the bot navy

[smoky junco]

Hopefully they can send a CAP

Or something

[muted quail]

If it's the only flying thing.
Get your engineer on protecting your AA gun. It's can't hurt anyone else until that gun is down.

[smoky junco]

Yeah we need the AA protected

I’ll keep with it in the back line

[sage crane]

whats the AA tanks range?

[muted quail]

2

[static galleon]

That we know of, but the speedy things on the right are potentially fliers too

[muted quail]

Hence the IF

[sage crane]

hmm, dependant on how shack scales it we might be good

[median sail]

Might be a mix of bots and locals heading to the factory

[smoky junco]

Locals?

That would complicate things

[raw tundra]

Hello venator, how are things going ?

[quasi scarab]

the initial panic is over

we're ready to ball

[wary sundial]

I see we got hostiles

oh quite the number of em

[wary sundial]

tbf if its a loworbit thingy the arty can fire as well

[sage crane]

if it's low orbit the tanks can shoot it

[wary sundial]

tanks can too?

[raw tundra]

Great news then.

[wary sundial]

wow low orbit sounds like an absolute nightmare

[raw tundra]

Theses unknown signals also can't all be ennemies so.

Y'all will do just fine with theses 20 or so mbts to pound some ennemies.

[sage crane]

well

Enemies with 2+ range can hit our orbitals

It's fair game to assume likewise

[wary sundial]

fair ig
was basing my statement off this

but sounds sound to me
when are we expectig to get the map that contains us on it?

[sage crane]

No clue

i was gonna say today but brain remembered no combat on tac com days

just walking

more than likely tomorrow

[compact minnow]

Alright, but the RP post for my next order ready.

Now we wait to figure out what to make the order itself

[real kite]

WHAT THE FUCK IS UP VENATOR????

[compact minnow]

Hi

[quasi scarab]

we're about to kick bubblegum and chew ass
wait...

[real kite]

It seems the infantry is going to dig in and let the big guns handle this

Because uh

Fuck that

[quasi scarab]

we'll survive

and we'll win

[real kite]

Range 2, AP3, d6, you guys blast those motherfuckers to kingdom come

[static galleon]

What? Don't you want to rush and breach those factories next turn?

[real kite]

Hey hey Kodiak listen

I know I did the whole breaching part last time but

That is approximately 8 million bots

Let’s kill them first

[static galleon]

I am shaken to my core

[quasi scarab]

plus there's the like 4 flyer squadrons to the east (I'm scared for my life)

[wintry sapphire]

Hey, we need to get those kill tallies up

[static galleon]

Tomorrow we'll know how much of a head start we got

[wintry sapphire]

Yeah

[real kite]

dear AA tank
kill those guys
pretty please

thanks

[wintry sapphire]

In all my time serving Armco I I’ve only ever been hit once, let’s hope I keep that record

[tranquil saddle]

WOOOO MOTHERFUCKERS WE GOT A FACTORY

[quasi scarab]

we shall march over the rubble of their cursed factories.

[tranquil saddle]

No we can't destroy the factory

We STEAL

And look

Better yet it's two of em

[quasi scarab]

sure, but if it comes to it we can commit large amounts of property damage

[tranquil saddle]

Kursk battle in

[compact minnow]

You know, some of those markers might be the Contractors from the mines

That just occurred to me

[tranquil saddle]

Idk

But the less bots the merrier

[quasi scarab]

idk they look like flying units to me

[compact minnow]

I mean on the map

Not the circled one specifically

Probably one of the clusters of tiny markers

[tranquil saddle]

So we're blitzing the hills

[compact minnow]

Maybe

We'll have to see where we deploy and what is an enemy

[tranquil saddle]

Yep

Alright boys

Our time is now

[static galleon]

We're not deciding anything yet, we don't even know for sure where we'll appear on the map

[median sail]

Yellow is where we come in I think and purple looks like bots attacking friendlys dug in

[quasi scarab]

we'll have to see tbh
we dont know shit for now

[static galleon]

the midrounds states the 2 columns of units are moving down the road

[quasi scarab]

convoi?

[static galleon]

so they're not encircling or attacking they're likely a convoy going somewhere, that much ii believe we do know

[median sail]

Beyond the factorys tho

[wintry sapphire]

So we’re at the arrow right?

[median sail]

That's where I think we are

[wintry sapphire]

Ok

[static galleon]

We don't know yet

[wintry coral]

You know... If the enemy has a line of SHBT, I'm going to be pissed.

Is Spear reinforcing us? I hope they have AA...

[sage crane]

We don’t know yet

And they don’t

[sage crane]

Very wrong

We’re coming from roughly south west west

Celldar to CZ

[odd cape]

Titan class walker from 40k

[odd cape]

Regardless if their bombers or not we need the fighter cover or our armor line will get rolled with their combined arms fire against us.

[odd cape]

Split the BG. Half the armor and inf assault and half on the hill giving cover with the arty is possible.

[real kite]

Half the inf
Brother that is TWO GUYS

concentrate the inf

As best as we can

You need us alive to breach the factories anyhow

We should probably have the light Mechs protect the flanks, use the tanks’ range to our advantage, and just be patient for a moment while the roar of gunfire drowns everything out

[tranquil saddle]

Brotha me and the other inf squad is not soloing the fucking bots

[real kite]

We don’t exactly have the resources to waste in an assault

My RP was prophetic

[odd cape]

You'll have half the armor plus arty fire support was my thinking.

[tranquil saddle]

Ohhhhhh

My bad

[odd cape]

I'm prior inf marine, I know not to leave my own ass out hanging in the wind. I wouldn't do to another unit.

This was my thought

[tranquil saddle]

The moment my foot touches the ground I'm deploying the jav

[odd cape]

Our right flank needs to be secured but with the hill in the way we could make enough in road to buy time for spearhead bg to catch up. Fighters and bombers is the question as well as that walker.

[odd cape]

Single shot?

[real kite]

In this system, units with low AP are going to target only infantry instead of the tanks, though, so even still

[tranquil saddle]

I only have one and I intend on using it

[odd cape]

We could also bounding overwatch the bg up to keep our momentum

[odd cape]

Lol biggest target of opportunity?

[tranquil saddle]

Yup

I gotta get a highlight reel

[green flume]

I’m a bit worried about that right flank. Is that air units? Cause if so that’s gonna tear through our transports.

[real kite]

“AND SAND SCORES A MONEYSHOT ON THE BOT HEAVY MECH, CAN WE GET THAT IN SLOW MOTION???” - The telecom crew on one of the victorum ships

[mental comet]

We have an AA tank, one fighter, and an inf with a sierra missile

[odd cape]

They'll roll our line if they have the weapons to pen armor.

[green flume]

I kinda wonder if they are also transports, cause Shack said they don’t match the current fighter build. But they could also be bombers

[odd cape]

And our air transports

[real kite]

Not too enthusiastic about enemy CAS. HATs will get fuuuucked too

Speaking of CAS, we’ve only got the one Heavy Gunship, right? Nothing else in the sky for CAS?

[odd cape]

Vtols... idk if they have gun pods

[real kite]

Not sure if any of them do. Maybe one?

[odd cape]

Oof.

[real kite]

None, just checked

[odd cape]

Buffet oof.

Bigger*

[tranquil saddle]

Dang

[real kite]

So 3 d2s and a flying d6

[tranquil saddle]

Atleast we got a ac 130

[odd cape]

Yea without fighter cover

[tranquil saddle]

Fuck

[green flume]

Is any of the orbital air close enough to drop down to help us?

[odd cape]

They might be a little busy. Fluffle and atlas i don't think are close enough. Idk about Victorum

[tranquil saddle]

Naw flufus is on hill mine

[median sail]

Hold and use it with the aa to get a kill

[tranquil saddle]

I only have the AT

[median sail]

Oh wrong one for this

[wintry coral]

Maybe we should of assaulted Crossroads, then we could get reinforced from Elim...

[odd cape]

lol. whelp can't go back now.

if we can thin their numbers enough and hit the factories to prevent their numbers from growing we should be alright

[compact minnow]

We've got Spearhead behind us and air support en route

The plan is going as planned

[odd cape]

we have confirmed air support?

[compact minnow]

Furthermore, no need to be pessimistic until we've seen what all the question marks are

I have a good feeling we may have stumbled across the ghost contractors

[odd cape]

not trying to be pessimistic at all. just realistic

[compact minnow]

Perhaps even just in the nick of time

[compact minnow]

I'm like 90% sure somebody's on the way

At least one Task Force is moving to support from orbit, I think

They won't arrive for 3 turns, but I believe in us

[odd cape]

i think we can either hold or at least move somewhat forwards and make it to the factories.

[compact minnow]

I meant hold out until we have air cover

We have a single SPAA to cover us

They're gonna be doing some heavy lifting for 3 turns

[odd cape]

we have the gunship and arty, if we can pin them down enough we can maneuver enough to engage and advacne till air shows up.

[compact minnow]

Yeah, it's not the ground I'm worried about

It's the fast movers

[odd cape]

yea i know, that's also what im concerned about but if we sit still they have plenty of opportunity to strafe our line.

[compact minnow]

If we keep to inside the SPAA's range, it should help a little

[odd cape]

they can only fire once right?

[compact minnow]

Maybe? Idk

[odd cape]

if they can only fire once and they have an entire squadron, keeping on the move might be enough to keep them from hitting us. but its up to the group on what we do.

[compact minnow]

As a Mech, I'm probably gonna leave the bubble purely because I have Evasive anyway

[odd cape]

i'm going to try and see if people are open to splitting the bg for an overwatch force on the hill and an assault force

keep the spaa with the overwatch since its on the hill and see what kind of headway we can make. if no one wants to go for that then idk.

[hybrid imp]

Hm... I'm hoping that line is friendly infantry, if not I pray they are not engineers and AT teams...

[distant olive]

https://tenor.com/view/war-thunder-artillery-tank-tanks-b-point-gif-24962292

[upper harbor]

Can we petition shack to open up AA guns to the mech store for C6?

[tranquil saddle]

I wish for armor hunting refit infantry

[real kite]

they can get LRMs, not sure if they could handle the flak guns though

[upper harbor]

LRMs cant be reloaded sadly

[tranquil saddle]

Shack why must you torture us

[upper harbor]

If LRMs could be reloaded, i would gladly just grab a heavy mech, load it up with LRMs and clear the skies

[supple beacon]

Alright just read up on the mid round events, we need to fortify a foot hold or should we split up some of the forces or we could fall back to the mines.

[upper harbor]

Depends on what they have.

If it's ground forces, we can handle them

If there's an absurd amount of air... idk

[supple beacon]

Either way it seems like shack is punishing us for trying to reach ziyal before the other BGs XD

[upper harbor]

it's not OUR fault they got delayed at crossroads

The original plan was a simultaneous strike from all 3 directions right?

[supple beacon]

Maybe? I only just open discord so am not up to date with all the planning

[vagrant frigate]

So I got a plan for now. Our LM and LV split of to Deal with those minor energy signatures while our MBTs focus on the bigger once. After the LV and LM have done there job they flank the bigger signatures

[upper harbor]

We'll hafta see what those signatures even are

Cause the LMs and LVs have limited anti armour

[supple beacon]

With how the signatures are place I think some of them are friendly.

[upper harbor]

here's hoping that the friendly otters have Stinger missiles...

wait a minute, why dont we have stingers

nvm, those are a thing

We just dont have them

I'm genuinely half tempted to make a stinger squad next campaign if i lose Punchy-1

Just an infantry squad with 3x stinger AA missiles

plop them right beside supply crates and you can keep the skies clear-ish

[manic spade]

Moving up through the 41 column valley between the two hills sounds like a great way to get overwatched from high ground.

[smoky junco]

We do

Some inf have em

[vagrant frigate]

So let our tanks take the agro while our inf takes out every flying toaster

[median sail]

They can't shoot aircraft

[supple beacon]

They can if they got the side grade.

[upper harbor]

Yeah, but do our infantry have them

[smoky junco]

Yes

[median sail]

How many?

[upper harbor]

Wait. So we have more than 1 AA piece, yay we MIGHT stand a chance after all

How do reloads work again in this system?

[obtuse fossil]

I assume a SS gets used and you get all the ammo back I dont remember if it is actually mentioned in the rules for upgrades Im going to go check

[manic spade]

The only infantry upgrade I see in the battlegroup spreadsheet is S.A.N.D. having a hotel anti-vehicle missile.

[obtuse fossil]

The only mentions of reloading is the areospace fighter and bomber that have to land where it says "Reloading takes a Primary Action." No mention of cost which I assume is because the airstrips need to supplied so it doesnt need to be mentioned

Other then that there is Artiliery "Must be reloaded using supplies after firing. 1 Small Supply Per Round of Fire. " no mention of using a primary action to reload because that would mean each arti can only fire each second round and that would suck

[upper harbor]

So a triple Stinger team with a humvee can shoot down plenty of stuff i guess

[obtuse fossil]

So I assume for vehicles and infantry as long as they have supply they can reload maybe?

[upper harbor]

gotta ask the cap.

although, judging by how these are single shot, i really think that you literally just pull new ones out of the crates

triple AA missile team do be like

i should paint some team yankee now that i think about it

[median sail]

No because those are 1 and done just like lrm's

[sage crane]

You can’t reload the AA Miele

Middle

Missile

[upper harbor]

huh

[smoky junco]

Wait a minute

Lads

I’ve had a thought

theres no airfield

Therefor the only way fighters would be present if there were orbitals

Meaning those are VTOLs

Perhaps even gunships

[median sail]

Probably VTOLs if it's near production but bots don't have to follow our rules

[covert compass]

And I can't make a temp airfield either :(

[strong shoal]

Are we fucked wtf that's too many enemy contacts

[sage crane]

only 60ish contacts

which we can assume some of which are captured friendlies

[covert compass]

So, where are we actually on the map?

[smoky junco]

There split up

We’re not

[strong shoal]

Saw just now the mid round event map which is true that their split up but those big contacts can be tanks or something and yeah that doesn't sound good

Do we got any AP units ?

[raw tundra]

looks at the 20 or so tanks you guys got

...yes

...a slight amount of them in fact I'd say

[upper harbor]

16. We have 16 tanks, 6 light mechs

[raw tundra]

MBT's king

[upper harbor]

Wait.... we arent even at Ziyal yet.

[supple beacon]

Yeah we are only at the outskirts of ziyal, i think shack did not want us to get to ziyal that fast XD

[wary sundial]

we are here

[smoky junco]

We’re speed 2

we should be there

[upper harbor]

If this is the opposition at the outskirts, i shudder to think ziyal itself

[wary sundial]

this is how he opened the location update

[upper harbor]

I only saw the map

[wary sundial]

so I assume no Z-city

[supple beacon]

Hm, is there anything from stopping us from ***just skipping C-Z? ***

[wary sundial]

I would assume these people

from my understanding
on route to z-city we encountered two factories and an enemy force blocking our way at C-Z hence we got the map

idk if we can drive around them considering there is something called Z-city on the right side of the map (maybe C-Z IS the outskirts of Z-city 🤷‍♂️ ) but would we really want to drive around?
with these then in our back i think the casualties might go up a bit

[raw tundra]

'think rushing in and ignoring the current threat will only lead to problems later

"Hey so, remember that threat you ignored in C-Z ?
-Yes ?...
-Okay so, IMAGINE if it came back in your arse now
-Right now?
-Right now.
-oh no"

[wary sundial]

You have to understand, if you are surrounded it simply means you can shoot into all directions 🧠
besides, once we have emptied our planes it would be a shame to send them to resupply empty-handed so this would give us the opportunity to load some cargo200

[sage crane]

Uh have you seen the tac map?

Anyway I’ve only just realised we basically achieved our goal, instead of now reinforcing crossroads where somethings being built, they’ll have to reinforce both fronts due to us attacking the factory

[median sail]

Lots and lots

[sage crane]

18d6 AP3 worth in fact

[covert compass]

I think setting up a defensive point at the factories, once we clear them, would be a good idea.

They seem quite good to dig in

[sage crane]

Maybe we could even use the factories to repair the tanks

[median sail]

Leaving a force this big is a problem unless that other battle group behind us is going to move up and engage them

[sage crane]

It really depends on how much damage the tanks take imo

If we’re chugging along fine we should keep going because a defensive position would just hinder our ability to keep moving

[covert compass]

fair point.

[sage crane]

also I don’t think people realise fhat you can’t just say “no”

[wary sundial]

so no shelling the factories? sadge

[sage crane]

I mean the shelling would be more helpful on concentrated enemies, just to push them out of range slightly

[covert compass]

The factories could have some decent equipment for us to relocate.

[odd cape]

So are we overwatching on the hill and sending in an aslt force if those are friendlies in front of us? We could probably get them to work with us and supplement our ground force?

[median sail]

Waiting for the full map

[wary sundial]

Fair n square, first game here

to me the pushing action didnt seem that useful

[sage crane]

It’s very unit dependent

[odd cape]

A lots riding on that full map lol

[sage crane]

For instance for us it’s absolutely massive

[median sail]

Yea definitely

[sage crane]

We can keep the larger FS groups of infantry away from our tank line

[median sail]

It's why everyone is so excited

[sage crane]

And only let the ones that can barely scratch them get close

It’s also amazing jusy for map control

[wary sundial]

ah bc you guys outrange them makes sense

[sage crane]

Yep

[wary sundial]

so we (me and the other arty) will just bully people while you kill them? sounds fine to me

[sage crane]

So we can keep firing without taking too much damage

[sage crane]

There’s three of you lol

[wary sundial]

oh there is?

lemme check formation

[sage crane]

So that’s 3 units you can basically half the speed of

[odd cape]

Funnel them if they try and push a direction. Gives us time to engage them

[wary sundial]

am blind apparently lol

[sage crane]

Yep

[distant olive]

Yeah Arty can funnel enemys in directions

[sage crane]

They’re on the back of BigRig I think

We didn’t have enough space lmao

[distant olive]

Yep

[wary sundial]

AHHHHH

ok BigRig is carrying two

gotcha

[wary sundial]

https://tenor.com/view/improvise-adapt-overcome-bear-grylls-gif-10468556

[distant olive]

Yes towing me and carrying one aswell (full arty load xD)

[wary sundial]

prime target

[sage crane]

Sadly you guys are probably gonna have to walk for the rest of the campaign

Well

One of you that is

[wary sundial]

oh cuz we got no crane?

[sage crane]

Because the Logi trucks need to be carrying supply as of next turn

[sage crane]

No you don’t need one

[wary sundial]

whys that? shouldnt that be done once we are off the tac map?

[distant olive]

Will limit our speed to 1

[sage crane]

We’re only one Strat point away so

[sage crane]

What?

[distant olive]

Yeah for that its fine

[sage crane]

No as in they need to be carrying supply Incase the HATs are shot down

[wary sundial]

ah ok just safety wise

[sage crane]

Aka we need people off the backs of the trucks ASAP so we can get supplies down

[wary sundial]

I know we go into planning mode ocne the full map drops but is tehre a chance for someone to sorty us should the stuff in the west turn out to be something akin to bombers?

or do we have enough AA to deal with something like that ourselves

[sage crane]

We do NOT have the AA required

But they shouldnt be fliers

Seeing as we can see the only current flier already

[odd cape]

I recall right all the other TF's are either out of range or moving to engage the orbitals near hill mine.

[wary sundial]

then this smells like 73 easting snow edition lol
staying hyped for the full map

[wary sundial]

Hell yeah!
Full glory for us, all or nothing

befitting our name

[distant olive]

Just wanna say that if we have engineers with nothing to do at the beginning of an engagement, the could dig the artillery in for a +2 defence boost

[wary sundial]

selfpreservation kicking lol

what else can engis do btw? I know with an upgrade they can do an airfield but what else?

[sage crane]

Trenches, repair, barbed wire

More

[wary sundial]

I see, they have been demoted to mechanics in this BG I assume? lol

[sage crane]

Lmao

[upper harbor]

What if... what if we stole parts for a SHBT upgrade from the factories. Cause currently we dont have rhe ability to get SHBTs

[tender brook]

Are we deploying arty, or waiting?

[upper harbor]

we dont even know where we are

[wary sundial]

atm waiting for the proper map release

[distant olive]

Yeah, real planning after todays map

[wary sundial]

but I would say rather likely we deploy arty as the HATs need to be emptied (if I got that right)

[distant olive]

At least the not towed arty

[upper harbor]

i think all we got is towed arty

[wary sundial]

njet

one on le car

[upper harbor]

car?

[wary sundial]

truck

[upper harbor]

logi truck?

[distant olive]

One of ther arty pieces is currently on the back of BigRig

[wary sundial]

...

yes

[upper harbor]

you can fire from there?

[distant olive]

No but be transported

[upper harbor]

ah

[distant olive]

Arty on tow also can't fire, it always needs to be set up

[wary sundial]

would be cool

but hard to justify SPG existing lol

[wary sundial]

canonical depiction of my arty

[upper harbor]

hell cannons

[odd cape]

Looking at the map again it looks like these units are on roads. Maybe headed for crossroads to reinforce the group there if you zoom in enough.

[supple beacon]

They would first need to head to ziyal city then crossroads since C-Z doesn't have a land route to crossroads, unless they are air units.

[upper harbor]

Victorium, you are our only hope

[odd cape]

Ah I forgot that air is the only route there from here. But the units closest to us look to be in formation and the other one could be a convoy.

[sage crane]

My guess is the very organised 2 lines are mines

that or hostages

[upper harbor]

i assume infantry

[odd cape]

I'm hopeful for local forces holding out or at worst infantry with support directly in front since that's the direction they'd face for the mines.

[wary sundial]

any cool guesses for the giant questionmark?

[upper harbor]

superheavy

if so, i want everything we have to fire on that man

[odd cape]

40k titan class walker?

[wary sundial]

thats the cooler guess, i shall roll with that

[upper harbor]

inb4 this is the introduction to Superheavy mechs

https://youtu.be/sbO8BGr0Tgs?si=yTQgizWwR7xgiMW4 POV, you are a venator crew member

[odd cape]

That alone could devastate anything.

[wary sundial]

we died for the intel ig xD

[odd cape]

And with that intel 80% of ARMCO's armor died.

[tranquil saddle]

We liberate the factories

[supple beacon]

https://tenor.com/view/helldivers-salute-gif-8108032990738097175

[wary sundial]

sacrifices need to be made

[odd cape]

Lol maybe some. But not at the cost of finding that thing can wipe us out.

[distant olive]

We will manage

Honestly the hole "we sneak the tank heaviest BG around their flank" was always going to be a all or nothing operation

[covert compass]

Clearing mines and such apparently as well

[wary sundial]

hey at least we get ourselves a cool battle we can brag about should we win!