Battlegroup 2 - Venator: Comms

[little egret]

yes

[sage crane]

It's correct then sorry

[distant olive]

That is where you are?

[mellow briar]

So that thing's an unfinished gunship

[little egret]

I just glanced at it

[upper harbor]

In a few turns, it's just gonna be commissars blowing tench whistles and infantry going over the top

[little egret]

and saw honey p like 5 tiles away from me s

[quasi scarab]

The God emperor basically

[dusty nimbus]

Yep. Looks like we got a lucky break for now

[sage crane]

Yes because Honey P is going north?

[odd cape]

Is that a mech in 3920?

[hidden oyster]

What’s an “Emperor”?

[sage crane]

And a very different tile than 3818

[distant olive]

i just assumend hop out on the way and move there from the order

[quasi scarab]

God basically

[distant olive]

which is what some people did

[little egret]

wait i though honey p was supposed to go south and end up in 3816

[sage crane]

nope

[static galleon]

Oh oh

[little egret]

did that change while i was asleep

[dusty nimbus]

Anti air vehicle, i believe

#midround-events message

[real kite]

I reckon that this is what the road engagement looks like

[hidden oyster]

So… a God God God?

[quasi scarab]

Big god yes

[distant olive]

Honeys order came in 2 hours before yours

[modest shale]

https://tenor.com/w2QK.gif

[odd cape]

Welp its in range of 4 mbts so maybe it'll disappear in one go

[mellow briar]

This guy

[hidden oyster]

But that’s just Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! (Please don’t take this at face value. I’m an atheist)

[little egret]

oI see where i went wrong

[quasi scarab]

It's another god but you got the spirit

Maybe even the holy spirit

[little egret]

was suppose dto be 3817 and didnt notice

my fault

I wanted to be next to the SHT

[distant olive]

hope you are ok with it since it is like it is now

[hidden oyster]

Do keep in mind, the only “emperor” the 7th Therine Militia has dealt with so far has been Yos, and they just consider him to be a child playing country leader, a really bad one at that.

[little egret]

I think i can reach dawnbringer without using up move so it should be fine

[modest shale]

niceee

[dusty nimbus]

I like how we went from not expecting contact at C-Z, to being in the biggest battle so far

[mellow briar]

I know right

[sage crane]

"Oh we'll flank Venator with tanks" they said

"Quick in and out 5 minute job" they said

Of course the they here is me

[mellow briar]

My only regret is targeting a unit that probably wont move 🤣

[hybrid imp]

Well we are gonna take some casualties here

[distant olive]

Me and Echo should be able to target the southern heavy arty

[modest shale]

we caught this massive force moving out of Ziyal yeah

amazing

[mellow briar]

Counter battery time!!

[hidden oyster]

Wait, where are we again?

[dusty nimbus]

If we had sent a smaller force to just do the objective at mines, theres no way they would be able to hold off this giant column of bots. Glad we were the ones to find them

[sage crane]

Yep. Good news is we caught what was going to the mines early

[upper harbor]

I think we are literally the only battlegroup who can withstand this blow

[modest shale]

CZ outside Ziyal city

we are

[upper harbor]

A small unmarked transit point

[sage crane]

oh 100%

We take 0 tank losses this round

[quasi scarab]

We are the Hammer and the anvil!

[upper harbor]

If anything, we must keep dawnbringer alivw

[sage crane]

other BGs would get absolutely slammed

[dusty nimbus]

Imagine if it was just spearhead…

[odd cape]

If they focus a section down we will take some losses. Lets hope they arent that smart to do that

[craggy peak]

yub, we're doing what we were planned to do.

[modest shale]

it might be for a bit but us all working together wed go to their aid, be all good

[hidden oyster]

For some reason, I feel compelled to say something from another game that might apply to our situation.

[modest shale]

Bless our rolls
may they be generous

[sage crane]

I doubt it

[upper harbor]

Spearhead would be ground down fast if they arent dug on

[sage crane]

they've already used their movement, only the front of the comulm is in range

however

we are able to hit all of the infantry with the tanks xD

[craggy peak]

next round might get ugly

[upper harbor]

We have mechs on the flanks

[hidden oyster]

Next round WILL be ugly. It’s a matter of who gets the ugly end of it.

[dusty nimbus]

Depends on how many we get rid of this round i guess. Lets hope we get good rolls

[sage crane]

likely both

[quasi scarab]

The clankers will get the ugly end

[sage niche]

Yeah this is going to be a meat grinder

[hybrid imp]

Gonna have to deal with that infantry and mechs first though

[hidden oyster]

I hope so.

[modest shale]

weve got a lot of punch with alot of range

its going to be a opera of cannon fire

[sage crane]

some 14 of out 18 tank shells are going out this round by estimate

so thats 14d6 AP3

[upper harbor]

If i lose Punchy-1, i'm gonna bring an AA tank next campaign...

[sage niche]

If we can take the hills we could flank most of the enemy’s forces in a pincer

[hybrid imp]

True

[hidden oyster]

We are the tip of the spear, and the enemy seems eager to blunt us! Expect heavy resistance soon!

[dusty nimbus]

Thats the plan for the south, at least. We’re gonna overrun the infantry then just line up on the hills and start massacring the bot column

[sage niche]

And if we take this out most of the enemy’s offensive forces will probably be crippled and they will have to place all there reserves in Ziyal to protect the city making it easier on everyone else

[modest shale]

there arnt actually that many things to blast in the south not overwhelmed I mean

with all the firepower we have here I think we should smash it yeah

[dusty nimbus]

Yeah, we got lucky down here

[hidden oyster]

I still feel like I’m about to take a beating.

[modest shale]

we all are, bless our hats rolls

over the next few rounds anyways

[odd cape]

Once the south is cleared up we can swing north and pin them in an L shape kill box

[quasi scarab]

With that attitude yeah

[sage niche]

The north might be a struggle though they seem to have more stuff over there but at least we have our own hill

[hidden oyster]

Oh, no, Gate is going to have a rough time.

[hybrid imp]

As long as that heavy gunship is not finished as we work

[modest shale]

well have to see how the rolls go, dont want to overplan yet personally, BUT
yeah if we can smash south quickly that would be great and move on up

we need to slam those factories asap

[hidden oyster]

I didn’t see how far forward they were.

[quasi scarab]

We should kill the clankers that will be shooting at us first tbh

[modest shale]

whats another fun thing is that as the battle progresses, Atlas'es drop pods will have even better targets

[sage niche]

So we should take that hill eventually and us guys in the north can probably already start pounding those factory’s

[little egret]

fast movers still going northeast

[dusty nimbus]

Looks like thats a lot of bots heading to crossroads

Lets see if they turn around

[upper harbor]

Not our problem now.

[dusty nimbus]

If they do, we did our job

[sage niche]

If not we should probably tell whoever is going to crossroads about that advancing force

[sage crane]

They can see for themsleves lol

[sage niche]

Ok fair

[upper harbor]

I'll bring it up on radio next turn.

[modest shale]

yeah good rp opportunities after this round

going to be hard but ill have to do a better clanker scream

[sage niche]

Does anyone know who is going to crossroads by the way

[dusty nimbus]

I can only imagine the sound of the radio channels after seeing the horde of infantry

[modest shale]

HOLY ****!

[quasi scarab]

Too bad my gun is just range 1

[odd cape]

3 BGs I think. Can't remember which ones

[quasi scarab]

I wanted to shoot some of them

[sage niche]

Yeah I mean that’s a lot of Clankers

[upper harbor]

4

[hidden oyster]

SGT O. Farmer: “COME ON, JUST RUN THEM OVER, IT CAN’T BE THAT HARD!”

[vagrant frigate]

I wait for a full map Till I think off things to do

So far all my ideas are Tanks supress and others flank

[upper harbor]

Crush the hills first

@modest shale Southern flank has 2 LMs and 5 MBTs iirc

[modest shale]

Yes ser

well have to see how the rolls shake out

but we might be able to rush the rear next turn, well see

[odd cape]

2 LMs, 4 MBTs and a LV

[upper harbor]

Wait. Punchy-1 can flank those orbital guns on the hill

[odd cape]

Then im grouped with 3 other mbts just a bit north on the road

[modest shale]

now your seeing it!

YE!!

[upper harbor]

I'm right beside them

[modest shale]

YEE!!!!

were fast enough to join you

as things stand

well be in range of them but not in range of most of the inf

if we all go into the same spot we split the fire

but yeah

lets not plan too far ahead

[upper harbor]

Just pull the infantry off of me and i will just dump lasers into that thinf

Range 1 means the next tile over right?

[modest shale]

indeed yeah

center of hexes 1 over

[upper harbor]

Yeah, i'll judt go evasive and park myself behind the big guns

Hopefully they cant shoot

[modest shale]

3923

we can all make it I think

but well see

the only thing in range is us and the guns

which means we can focus fire kinda

WELL SEE!

[hidden oyster]

God, I still can’t believe how tank-heavy we are. We have, like, no infantry.

[modest shale]

Armoured fist, that was Marls idea when he created Venator

achieved that for sure!

[upper harbor]

I mean, we are the armoured company

[hidden oyster]

I just had a Sherman I wanted to use.

How many tanks do other units have?

[upper harbor]

C5 has 36 MBTs total. We have 16 of them

[odd cape]

Not sure. I know storm dropped in with 2 I think

[upper harbor]

Literally no other battlegroup can withstand this blow as well as we can

[hidden oyster]

If we take a serious beating here, we might have faced some of the worst fighting this campaign. I can’t imagine it being much harder if we get beaten to a pulp.

[odd cape]

True but ziyal could have worse waiting for us.

[upper harbor]

If C-Z can cripple Atlas, Venator and Spearhead, that's ALOT of firepowef

[odd cape]

This group could just be the reinforcements for crossroads coupled with their arty fire base

[upper harbor]

Well, good luck crossroads then

[wicked cedar]

Hey Venator, this is Science Officer Fairlie of Taskforce Atlas. just to communicate our idea of intel gathering next round, this is our first draft.
If you are in need to get a scan/comm int on something else, please tell me.
Currently we are waiting for the results of a scan of a similar group of three large contacts (like in the green circle) on crossroads. We will potentially adjust our plans when we get the results.

[modest shale]

I like it personally, there maybe something you can scan in the factories like as they putting the gunship together, but honestly you guys are spoiled for choice

[dusty nimbus]

Looks good. We are dying to know what that giant question mark is

[wicked cedar]

same

[modest shale]

I'm sure you guys are aware but those guns can likely also shoot orbitals

well do our best to silence em asap!

[wicked cedar]

our orbital drop troops also have their eyes on them and our larger vessels can tank 7-9 Hits (and have a good amount of crew who can repair them) but its definetly a thing to keep in mind

[wintry sapphire]

We got contacts people, lets show them the roar of our guns

[hybrid imp]

In the Midround Shack was saying something about the guns anti orbital systems working against it or something? Not sure if that means if it can't or it would have reduced accuracy or something.

[upper harbor]

Shack said that the guns are big enough to count as orbitals

[distant olive]

So arty can direct target them

[wintry sapphire]

Big enough target for the massive anti-orbital shells we got

[upper harbor]

BRING OUT THE ANTI-ORBITAL ROUNDS

[hybrid imp]

Hehe, hopefully you can wipe those guns before they vaporize us MBTs

[distant olive]

still love how optimistic we were about friendlies int he area

[smoky junco]

Pi lads

That’s a heavy gunship

under construction

ALSO THOSE ARE GIANT GUNS

Anywya time to get canva set up

RIGHT GENTLEMEN I HAVE A PLAN

[distant olive]

the bots still can move?

so maybe wait for full map tomorrow

[smoky junco]

those giant guns

ARE TANKS

those are bot tanks

[raw tundra]

Oh boy, I come in this chat to see the pirate guy yelling about a plan. 🤣

[smoky junco]

its timple

PIRATES PLAN

STEP 1: Engage each bot tank unit with OVERWHELMING FORCE, we need them dead before the other tanks arrive
STEP 2: Have artilery set up front to BOMBARD the gunships under constrctuin, they need to go dowb
STEP 3: Have engineers ready to patch up tanks to prepare to deal with the main bot force of tanks

also, 2 of the bot tansk on each side are AA tanks

which therefore means

each side only has 2 active threats

and means we should be able to rush em and OBLITERATE them

we C A N N O T allow those gunships to join the fight

we dont have enough AA to deal with it

[dusty nimbus]

Atlas will be here next turn

[static galleon]

So to summarize the plan is shoot at stuff

I agree

[smoky junco]

No, the plan is to shoot at stuff RAPIDLY before the enemies main force shows up

engage a larger force by killing it part by part with our full bulk

that is how i roll baby

also minimuies our losses by using our full might to rapidly obliterate targets before they can do any hurt

[static galleon]

Yeah I'm just messing with you

[distant olive]

honest question isnt that heavy arty not a major threat?

[static galleon]

Yes it is

[dusty nimbus]

we dont really know anything about it right now. hard to say

[static galleon]

Also i just noticed, yes the smaller ? signs were full squads and not individual infantry units

Now I'm thankful we didn't rush up the hill after all that would have been death

[jade parcel]

Something occurs to me
the enemy "counts as orbitals" guns are in range of our artillery in 3817

[static galleon]

I'm not gonna lie I'm pretty sure we're gonna take some losses, but i still believe the battle is in our favor

[distant olive]

Yeah but hes not deployed atm

[jade parcel]

Eh that'll only take 0.5 movement

In related news if a HAT is willing to swing back over the hill, I'd like to spend my Primary coordinating a 10 SS airdrop into my storage so I can help reload

[sage crane]

I will if i survive

[distant olive]

Yeah we need some supplies for bigrig aswell to feed the southern arty

[smoky junco]

idd say wed take some damage but not losses yet

[marble echo]

I'm a bit concerned abt the hats right infront of the spaa

[covert compass]

So the radio-ing accomplished literally nothing...

[smoky junco]

indeed

oh well worth a try

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

[covert compass]

Guess the kettles will have to leg it

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-warhammer40k-vraks-siege-of-vraks-death-korps-gif-20931228

[smoky junco]

anyway

i have a plan

and its further up in chat

we NEED to engage the factories ASAP

capturing is nolonger a priority due to those gunships

we need to take down those gunships before they tear us apart

[static galleon]

Oh wait a minute

You guys think those fliers to the east are gunships

They are flying in the same formation and have the same icon size as the ones ID'd by rabbit...

[smoky junco]

OH NEIN

OH MEIN GOTT IM HIMEL

ATLAS WE NEED YOU

[covert compass]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2acP06791I

Venators theme song, now

[static galleon]

Well here's to hoping we're so fucked that they don't bother to turn back and annihilate us

[smoky junco]

anyway

gentlmen

it is evident that the bots build mechs

we steal the afactories

and make our own giant robots

[quasi scarab]

Hell yeah

[covert compass]

Chicks dig giant robots.

[smoky junco]

damn right

https://tenor.com/view/megas-xlr-megas-xlr-blasting-shooting-gif-22986250

THIS IS HOW WE WIN PEOPLE

[quasi scarab]

We will strike at zero hour
With overwhelming firepower!

[covert compass]

Dibs on making the big one fly worthy. /s

[distant olive]

That is the question capture or destroy

[wary sundial]

https://tenor.com/view/thumbs-down-gladiator-not-approved-commodus-gif-13836449

[covert compass]

My vote is on capture.

As it seems to not be ready for battle in the forseeable future

[wary sundial]

btw
Focusing the arty barges I assume? (firing at them)

[quasi scarab]

Kill maim burn
Chaos will consume them

[covert compass]

https://tenor.com/view/crush-kill-destroy-swag-mlp-gif-1260377971707411417

[smoky junco]

Gentlmen, i wish to propsoe something to you, i would love to capture those factories but we CANNOT let those gunships take to the fight

unless we can take the factories ebfore they are finished, i dont want to risk capturing them and having those gunships enter the fight when we are capturing

[covert compass]

So we take over before they get a chance to?

[smoky junco]

Idealy yes

but if we cant WE FLATTEN THEM

[covert compass]

I support that

[static galleon]

I would advise bombing them to the ground

No way we can push through in time

[smoky junco]

Capture if we can, but if the gunships are close to finishing WE FLATEN IT

[quasi scarab]

Yes
Because if we cant me and the VTOLs will have to dogfight it

[distant olive]

For next turn I am thinking on targeting the heavy arty

[wary sundial]

thats these things right?

[distant olive]

Yeah

[smoky junco]

there huge

but there not tanks

there SPGs

walking giant guns

which means range is in there favour

BUT NO ARMOUR

[wary sundial]

are we focusing them out one by one assuming big armor? or do you want to split fire?

[smoky junco]

focus on the anti tank ones

[static galleon]

We don't know that though

[smoky junco]

leave the AA alive

[distant olive]

And we can target them directly since they show up on our orbital targeting

[static galleon]

The bots gave their inf armor 1

Their SPGs having armor wouldn't surprise me either

[quasi scarab]

I mean i aint against killing the AA

[distant olive]

My position cannot reach the northern ones (at least not with range 4 if im correct)

[jade parcel]

yeah so these are prob armor 1-2
still should be reliably hit by most of Venator

[smoky junco]

not what i mean

the AA isnt a threat to the tanks

[quasi scarab]

I was joking

[smoky junco]

so we can deal with it later

[quasi scarab]

True, but it makes our fliers unable to do anything until they're out

[covert compass]

I think half of the MBT force would be enough to almost guaranteed take out any single one of them

[smoky junco]

just remmeber we are split up

[static galleon]

Targeting the AA should still be a relative priority since it's gonna allow Atlas to join in

[smoky junco]

we need to consoldiate and HIT HARD

[smoky junco]

true true

but we just dont know enough of the other forces coming in from the east

[wary sundial]

uh yeah sure
but idk what the MBTs do

[static galleon]

Not that much though

We committed forces proportional to expected enemy resistance on all 3 major fronts

And will be attacking all 3 simultaneously

[smoky junco]

i know i know

the engineers though will be needed this tunr

[distant olive]

Well a firefight will happen this round and we will see what's left after that to make plans with

[static galleon]

Exactly

[smoky junco]

ill probably have to fill in for a damaged MBT this tunr

[static galleon]

Let's do this one turn at a time

[smoky junco]

allow them to be repaired whilst i fill in

[wary sundial]

ah there is shooting yet to come?

(before we enter new orders)

[signal coyote]

We haven't made contact right just approaching?

[covert compass]

Yeah, kettles is gonna have to leg it. Dumbass me thought I couldn't move and radio at the same time

[distant olive]

Yes currently we scanned and moved

[wary sundial]

gotcha

then I will stay tuned

[jade parcel]

allegedly dice rolls happen later

[signal coyote]

We got a full map yet ?

[smoky junco]

https://tenor.com/view/sonic-gif-8125112399964446984

[wary sundial]

I smell disbelief

[distant olive]

Only parts and bits that show most important stuff

But we could piece it together for a "full" map

[wary sundial]

https://tenor.com/view/simpsons-homer-jigsaw-puzzle-smash-gif-16752652

[distant olive]

No use in that since we get the full map latest tomorrow

[smoky junco]

indeed, ill do it this week#

[covert compass]

Oh no, I'll have to rush order.

[smoky junco]

remaining you to sonic

[covert compass]

Well, if I get targeted for it, there won't be anything remaining

[distant olive]

Yeah you are taccom afterall xD but always ask if you need help (I do have less time on the weekends)

[smoky junco]

youll be fine

[smoky junco]

im the backup!

officaly im the backup tac com

[smoky junco]

Marl is the head honcho!

[distant olive]

Yes yes

[smoky junco]

youll be fine

though marl is currently quite ill

[distant olive]

But you are somewhat "official" xD

[smoky junco]

canva can have multiple people on it

and its free

so ill be fine

[distant olive]

Is it browser based or is an install needed?

[smoky junco]

browser based

[distant olive]

Niceee

[smoky junco]

its amazing

and Xsword knows what i can do with it

lets just say that me and him watch the same youtuber

and i decided to track the playthrough of said youtubers rimworld generations playthrough

....i regret that decision for i have created a affront to god himself

I HAVE FOUND BETTER FONT LADS

WE CAN HAVE PIRATE THEMING AND BE ABLE TO READ IT

[hidden oyster]

When did we become pirates???

[smoky junco]

the second you all agreed to put me in as backup tac com

just look at the difference

[jade parcel]

It's less that we became pirates and more that our shoulder devil is a parrot tbh :V

[distant olive]

Our dear backup Taccom is suffering from pirate delusions

[jade parcel]

-# ah frick there's THREE L's in "hallelujah", my emoji chain is misspelled >_<

[smoky junco]

you knew what you were getting yoursleves into when you elected me

YALL KNEW I WAS MAD

[jade parcel]

Anyway next turn you'll get to see why my logi crew is a hive mind

^ the mantises delivering ss

[smoky junco]

ive had a look in the other BG chats

[hidden oyster]

… That concerns me slightly.

[smoky junco]

we are the most chaotic

ALSO WHO LET THE PICMIN IN?!

[distant olive]

https://tenor.com/view/main-gif-gif-26624917

[hidden oyster]

You simply just Pik the Min.

[smoky junco]

WE NEED ZE FLAMMERWERFENR

BURN THE PICMON

[compact minnow]

Ok so uh

Those were NOT friendly forces.

[smoky junco]

no we havent started dakka yet

[smoky junco]

Ya think lol

NEXT TIME

PLAY WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE!

[jade parcel]

when I was in 4th grade I was on about Pikmin the way you've been about pirates
the hyperfixation never dies. It only slumbers, waiting for the stars to align once more
Iä! Iä! Pikmin Ftaghn!

[smoky junco]

Poor Tecsel

im not hyperfixated on pirates

im just one here

my hyper fixations are MUUUUUUCH worse

LIKE LEGO TANKS

[wary sundial]

Well well well

[smoky junco]

and enough warhammer, battletech, gunpla and lego to drown a small family

[compact minnow]

Alright, Light Mechs: form up and prepare to Skirmish?

[smoky junco]

we might need you for recon purposes

M I G H T

[compact minnow]

If we all pile on and go Evasive in one area, we'll be tougher to kill than the MBTs

[smoky junco]

not the issue at hand

we have a HUGE bot force coming in from the east

youd probbaly be better down south against the bot ifantry and transports

[vagrant frigate]

I know what I will do

Flank thr enemy at 3922 and go into a good all fist fight

[smoky junco]

dont punch the robots

https://tenor.com/view/woof-woof-wolffe-wolffe-prod-unreal-engine-animation-star-wars-gif-23838289

[ebon jacinth]

Yeah, that always made me laugh xD

[smoky junco]

dont

punch

robots

[ebon jacinth]

Ok, I'm back from today's nonsensery.
Are medics needed anywhere?

[smoky junco]

i punched concrete once and that was a bad move

[ebon jacinth]

Also, where can I find the most recent tacmap?

[compact minnow]

Stomp on em instead

[vagrant frigate]

I pilot 25 T of Mecha so I say I am good

[compact minnow]

https://tenor.com/view/boukenger-gogo-sentai-boukenger-super-sentai-mecha-megazord-gif-12699250513577638088

[ebon jacinth]

How many hours is the deadline from now?

[smoky junco]

Ok fair

[ebon jacinth]

Apologies for insisting, but 👆

[compact minnow]

#campaign-briefing-room when it comes out

[dusty nimbus]

the round is still ongoing, so we dont have the full one yet. most recent full map would be the one from last turn

[ebon jacinth]

Thaaaankyouthankyou!

Wait... am I gaslighting myself?

[spice nymph]

https://supcom.fandom.com/wiki/UEF_Experimental_Artillery
!?

[ebon jacinth]

Ooooooh, ok!

Noxius deleted their previous order, that's why they posted again

So, yes, I am gaslighting myself 🤣

Apologies for the panic attack

[tranquil saddle]

BRING IT ONNNN CLANKERS

[median sail]

I'm in range of the factorys this turn so I can open up on the gunship if needed or I can head elsewhere.

[smoky junco]

If we can target the gunships specificly whilst there on the ground

Then we hit them

And capture the factories

[median sail]

Arty is probably better attacking the aa guns before our transports die

[cunning ermine]

couple plans floating around, including one where Atlas drops our entire ODT force behind those AA guns and SPGs

And wait for y'all to take the hill

[spice nymph]

Midround maps showed Hammer has at least 4

[cunning ermine]

we'll have some medics and engis paradropping/VTOLing behind you

[median sail]

Wondering about timing cause we really don't want to lose those transports full of Infantry

[cunning ermine]

Yea, I'm hoping your forward HATs don't get shot at

[smoky junco]

Indeed

I Have no idea why they are there

Seriously why are they there?!

This is genuinely confused me

One sec I got a gif for this

[smoky junco]

https://tenor.com/view/zatoru-uma-musume-uma-musume-pretty-derby-cinderella-gray-uma-musume-cinderella-gray-gif-2563699202510898708

[tranquil saddle]

https://tenor.com/view/kiwi-carmaux-nimp-fly-colorful-gif-17021388

[glass prairie]

"-Alright, this should be the unofficial radio. Si-Sok to Venators in this frequency, I am out of the loop regarding Venator's operations, but combat comms and indicating that y'all sent 2 HATs to the frontlines. Just curious, was there a reasoning for the them being on the front? They are rather fragile so it looks rather... off, to me at least, over-"
-# by off, I mean abolutely stupid, sacrificing to the blood gods levels of off.

-# if y'all mind me asking the same question i asked in metacomm here, lmk n ima delete

[smoky junco]

“THIS IS PIRATE, I HAVE NO IDEA BUT LEEROY JENKINS!”

https://tenor.com/view/leroy-jenkins-game-of-thrones-gif-9447702

[tranquil saddle]

Hey put the gunship on the factory

Free upgrades

[smoky junco]

If we can’t capture the factory before they come online

We have to destroy them

[median sail]

I think it was to paradrop Infantry close while trying to bait the gunship into our aa

[smoky junco]

Unless destroying and capturing takes the same time

If it doesn’t matter what we choose and the gunship is complete

then we go back to capture

[median sail]

Think less on capture and more on killing

Loot comes afterwards

[tranquil saddle]

Both... Both is good

[smoky junco]

If we can capture we can understand the enemy

And then find a weakness In There network

If we can do that and gain entry

We can have a back door into the bot networks and see EVERYTHING

[glass prairie]

"-...Alright, noted on comm logs. I hope those HATs do survive, especially since y'all are practically in AA Hell. Si-Sok over and out.-"
-# ... still feels insane tho, getting this close to enemy AA range... ah well, I ain't them, and who knows what they have in mind. Genius and insanity is a fine line to walk, after all...

[median sail]

No one knew about the aa. I did notice neither side has fired shots yet

Might be shacks way of trying to help them out

[tranquil saddle]

01000111 01110101 01111001 01110011 00100000 01110111 01100101 01110010 01100101 00100000 01110000 01100101 01100001 01100011 01100101 01100110 01110101 01101100 00100000 01110111 01100101 00100000 01110011 01110111 01100101 01100001 01110010 00001010

Bots be like

[cunning ermine]

*01110111 01100101 00100111 01110010 01100101

[smoky junco]

Who let the admech in ere

[tranquil saddle]

01001111 01101000 00100000 01110011 01101000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01101000 01110101 01110010 01110010 01111001 00100000 01110101 01110000 00100000 01100001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01110011 01110111 01101001 01110100 01100011 01101000 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01101000 01110101 01101101 01100001 01101110 00100000 01101100 01100001 01101110 01100111 01110101 01100001 01100111 01100101 00100000

[cunning ermine]

-# 01010111 01100101 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100001 00100000 01110010 01101111 01100010 01101111 01110100 01101001 01100011 00100000 01100011 01110010 01100101 01110111 01101101 01100001 01101110 00101110 00100000 01000011 00100000 01001110 01110101 01101100 01101100 00101110 00100000 01010000 01101100 01100101 01100001 01110011 01100101 00100000 01100011 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 01101101 00100000 01110101 01110000 00101110

Yes, apologies. Back to the topic at hand.

[tranquil saddle]

Yeah

So uh

Coffee

[cunning ermine]

Orbital drop, behind the AA/SPGs, Venator takes that hill?

[spice nymph]

IIRC, trying to bait suspected AA into MBT range

[smoky junco]

Huh

[tranquil saddle]

Huh

[ebon jacinth]

Huh

[cunning ermine]

Translation?

The HATs are trying to act as bait, to draw the AA units forward into attacking. If they do, they'll be within range of the MBTs.
However, they will also kill the HATs.

[tranquil saddle]

So sacrifice? For us getting a chance

[jade parcel]

The idea was that, if the AA was fighters, the AA tank's [intercept] tag would force the fighter to attack it

[tranquil saddle]

I'm not letting the underestimation slide like that

[dusty nimbus]

Shack’s trying to light a fire under us

And its working

RAAAAHHH WE WILL NOT BREAK

[tranquil saddle]

THOU SHALL NOT FEAR!! IN THE MIGHTY EYES OF THE LORD

Put the fear of god in those clankers

[signal coyote]

Is Shack talking shit?

[smoky junco]

Maybe

[tranquil saddle]

Yeah he talking shit bout us

[smoky junco]

Look we will be fine

you have me

[signal coyote]

WE need to scrap these CLANKERS

[tranquil saddle]

I know

We're dine

Fine

IS O CAN'T LET SHACK DISRESPECT OUR ASSES LIKE THST

That

Saying we gonna break and shit

[smoky junco]

Seriosuly we’re fine

[tranquil saddle]

Naw FUCK THAT

[smoky junco]

YALL HAVE ME

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

[spice nymph]

https://youtu.be/y-Yy0Kpng7M?si=sjCbWFjl9aLPK9Kp

[smoky junco]

WE SHALL STEAL

PLUNDER

AND PIRATE TO VICOTRY

[tranquil saddle]

we kill clankas

We looting

[dusty nimbus]

NOT ONE INCH TO THOSE CLANKERS

NOT ONE STEP BACK

[smoky junco]

https://tenor.com/view/crimson-permanent-assurance-monty-python-monty-python-pirates-gif-12716925354735075403

[signal coyote]

SPILL OIL
STEAL CHIPS
FUCK THEIR MOTHERBOARDS

[smoky junco]

Since we need a moral improvement

https://youtu.be/Bw16OM2z_d0

I give thou this

[signal coyote]

Moral?

[smoky junco]

silence

Auto correct

[tranquil saddle]

https://youtu.be/Qy6MrsvKyqU?si=Zfdq9qWVBNhqBEjQ

Battle music

[wary sundial]

Spongebob flashing before my eyes

[smoky junco]

https://youtu.be/HBeCXN1kyNI

I’ll do ye one better

[green flume]

Bruh their guns are so big 😭

[sage crane]

I should see the word "the bots" after the word break in the same sentence as Venator 😠

[smoky junco]

All the more reason to try and capture em

[tranquil saddle]

I'm taking this disrespect from shack

[smoky junco]

I might hop out of my tank and investigate the wreckage

[odd cape]

@opaque raptor @signal coyote @slate hemlock if yall are good with coordinating our orders to hold and lock down the road for enamors section to hit the hill? And @wintry sapphire are you holding behind us or are you good with moving up to 3819 with us?

[signal coyote]

We got a tacmap? I wanna see the full situation first t

[wintry sapphire]

We’ll see when we get the full map

[sage crane]

ma brotha

we haven't done combat yet

[upper harbor]

The AA is a threat to Atlas

[odd cape]

Sorry I'm fast reading since im on my way to work. Didn't want to lose my thoughts after I clocked in.

[upper harbor]

.... wait. Those gunships are at crossroads?

[smoky junco]

Yeah

[smoky junco]

I know but they are less of a priority compared to the SPGs about to blow us up

[compact minnow]

"IF"

[upper harbor]

We could use spearhead's vehicles at C-Z

That's another 4 MBTs

[signal coyote]

Every time someone doubts us I'm checking them with an IF

[compact minnow]

The Spartan Response

The Laconic Phrase, rather

Ansen, Raid and I could probably break through the infantry line in the north to harass the big guns behind them

And use Gorgon, COW and Golum as fire support

[jade parcel]

If our northern artillery outranges them, we might even taunt them forwards for easier damage

[wintry coral]

I have no doubt the artillery will outrange them. I believe the bots should be max range 2.

[compact minnow]

Here's what I'm thinkin':

That or this

Maybe even swing south to bully the factories and make the most of our move speed

(Tanks remain on the hill to shoot at infantry)

Do we have any intel on those bigger infantry bots?

[upper harbor]

AA i think

Or pai

[dusty nimbus]

the two standing in front of the giant gun in the pic above? looks like LMs to me

[static galleon]

Probably the equivalent of devastators from HD2 since cap has been taking a leaf or two from that game's book

Or hulks

[cunning ermine]

Huzzah

[dusty nimbus]

all clear for atlas

[cunning ermine]

On my way...
On my way...
On my way...
Bubbadi-say, bubbadi-ya...

[quasi scarab]

HE LIVES!

[mellow briar]

The skies above us soon gonna be like I feel : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3DqhUEXTN0

[sage crane]

Well that’s good

We’ve got 2HATs through

I’m looking at it again and it’s like

Debatable whether I’m in range of the AA gun or now

[median sail]

Do we know if shack is going to do our combats this round?

[sage crane]

Yes

Just not till tomorrow

It’s pretty much always: RP/movement on the tac com submission fsh

Day

And then combat rolls on the processing days

[sage crane]

Ok so statistically it’s better if I’m not

Because it’s a 9/16 chance for Stan to be shot down if both target them

If it’s split I auto go down and Stan just probably tanks a hit

[static galleon]

Hell yeah

[sage crane]

But the Gunship is so so useful

[wintry coral]

I hope we get fighters soon to deal with the enemy heavy gunship

Otherwise, we should pray to the omnissiah for good rolls from our AA.

[cunning ermine]

We're coming!

[static galleon]

You guys be careful with that AA

Well do our best to thin it down

[hidden oyster]

It would be concerning if we didn’t.

[compact minnow]

Yeah, I'm ready to bully the hell outta those big guns

[wintry sapphire]

We’ll have to see how many bots we smash this round

[supple beacon]

Yeah, just checked in with spearhead they are prob going to do a poll to see if they want to defend or to help us at C-Z.

So we may or may not get back up.

[hidden oyster]

I sure hope I don’t have to abandon the tank by face-tanking three infantry d6’s.

[obtuse fossil]

I didnt mean to to go that far forward I was trying to be part of the wall. Oh well who dares wins

[compact minnow]

Pessimists, the lot of you

[upper harbor]

The ones who voted 2 or more are probably the light mechs, since they are probably gonna die running screen

[compact minnow]

Cowards

Evasive is king

[upper harbor]

Evasive is king. But i'm pretty sure SOME of us will die with how balls to the wall we push our lights

I'm literally running AT the guns to fire at them

[compact minnow]

Charge of the Light Brigade if it was based

[hidden oyster]

More like Charge of the Heavy Brigade, how heavy do you think all of our tanks are combined?

[compact minnow]

No, the Light Mechs

[hidden oyster]

We’re ALL charging!

[compact minnow]

True, true

But the Mechs have to get closer to shoot

[wintry sapphire]

Let’s just hopefully not over extend and get hit by a crap ton of AT

[distant olive]

The best grasp of the threat these bots pose and their capabilities we will get with this first round of fighting

[hybrid imp]

Hopefully the Bot infantry doesn't flank us, don't know how much armor is removed from us if we are flanked.

[upper harbor]

If the 1 speed unit can flank you guys without being destroyed, i have nothing to say

We have LVs and IFVs to run interference right?

[distant olive]

We have 1 LV and 3 IFVs

[upper harbor]

Good enough to counter infantry if they get too close

[hybrid imp]

Right

[distant olive]

The IFVs are all north, the LV in the souther Push

[hybrid imp]

That's my plan atleast to target and thin the infantry before that BFG can fire upon us

[upper harbor]

Most of the infantry are in the south

[distant olive]

Im just a humble Arty, i am just stating facts

[slate hemlock]

sorry but I was asleep (you posted at midnight) could you please explain what is your plan?

[distant olive]

Did a little puzzeling with all of the midround pics stitched together

[slate hemlock]

not gonna lie, when I hear about the super heavy arty, I got PTSD (if you know, you know)

[smoky junco]

https://tenor.com/view/mr-bean-church-smh-shaking-my-head-people-gif-11279927348592151264

oh not this again

i do NOT want to deal with those again

[upper harbor]

Can we steal architect again?

also dont we steal those guns?

[slate hemlock]

don't remember I dropped off really early

[upper harbor]

either way, time to throw spearhead's infantry squads at the jup- orbital cannons.

we will clog their barrels with the dead

[odd cape]

I guess we're waiting for combat round to resolve.

[wary sundial]

ah yes the "lets give our weapons emotions so they can develop PTSD" game

[upper harbor]

i mean, they are essentially civilian androids given super reflexes and accuracy with guns

[opaque raptor]

I like the sound of that, I'm up for it

[ebon jacinth]

Bleeding hell, I'll never get used to the typos xD

[green flume]

I liveeeee!!!

[cunning ermine]

You are a god damn hero. Thank you for making this

[strong shoal]

Hello just did my update with mid round events chanel

What should I do for support?

[strong shoal]

Those fortification are gonna be a problem idk about our strategy but we should focus on those enemies self propelled gun

Because if robots don't know exactly how to dig in that means their weaker that expected

[distant olive]

Question is: we have two of those in range for us two. Do we focus fire on 1 or split fire?

[strong shoal]

I think targeting one is a safe bet not only because of low roles but they may be pretty tanky too better one disabled than both of the somewhat damaged

But that's my opinion and I am open to other suggestions too

[distant olive]

Hmm i would agree, soo the one on the hill or the one at the back of the "convoi"

if this is still a choice at the end of this round of course

Coin toss?

[cunning ermine]

Atlas ODTs (2xPAI, 3xODT, 2xLM) are considering dropping en masse behind the fort in 4116.

[upper harbor]

Fusing the stitched together map from the midrounds and the old map(Thanks marv for both), this is the updated Taccom map

Give or take. Since it doesnt copy over fully due to the patchwork nature

I'm probably gonna run the good old fashioned Flank and Spank

[green flume]

Since I’m in high orbit can I drop down onto anywhere?

[upper harbor]

The absurd number of infantry there still terrifies me

[distant olive]

Carefull with that Anti-Tank Thing

[upper harbor]

half of those are orbital sized AA guns

[upper harbor]

https://tenor.com/view/mad-max-fury-road-witness-gif-24567135

[distant olive]

I think there was a ruling somewhere but don't quote me on that

[signal coyote]

Upon seeing the map, I agree e with this plan

[cunning ermine]

Yes. for half your speed, you can appear anywhere on the map

[odd cape]

Sounds good.

[green flume]

Nice, I’ll probably sit up there till someone needs a resupply then

[strong shoal]

I think in coordinations with punchy 1 we can get the hill one more even try killing that aa platform next to it too or atleast that arty on the hill is our safest bet because it's up and running we don't know if the other is because it may getting towed

[distant olive]

I think we can only direct attack the Arty if I understand the midround text enough

[mellow briar]

Oh, just read it. That last line is not ominous. AT ALL...

But it's ok. This planet will break before we do! Have faith men!!

https://tenor.com/view/for-the-emperor-hammer-and-bolter-old-bale-eye-commisar-to-war-gif-272124338325904300

[upper harbor]

Stares at the arty literally 10 meters away

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CANT SHOOT IT, SIR?!"

[strong shoal]

Or else his gonna be considered a heretic that's gonna be a hell of a mess 😂😂😂

[upper harbor]

i just realised. there are TWO gunships there?!

what's that super large blob again? i forgot if it was mentioned\

[strong shoal]

If I read right their under construction and if we fight and get the bots agro most likely their construction could be slow downed and if a miracle happen even stop to halt

[upper harbor]

I worry for the MBTs within range of their infantry

[static galleon]

We don't know 😅

[sage crane]

Yep

Proabaly best to do it behind our lines

[cunning ermine]

Hey Venator, what color would you like your Air assets to be?

[sage crane]

or stay safe up there

[sage crane]

Black

[upper harbor]

is alive a colour?

[sage crane]

Coated in oil

[cunning ermine]

Atlas and 212 for example

[upper harbor]

black and red

[sage crane]

Black and gold

pirates

think Aethelon think

[green flume]

I think I’ll just hang out in orbit, and when I’m needed I can just drop down directly

[sage crane]

Great idea!

[cunning ermine]

You're welcome to dock with Atlas if you want a bunker

[green flume]

Oh let’s goo!

Break time boys!

Yall have fun down there 😂😂

[cunning ermine]

"Picket Line Flight Deck A" is reserved for Flyer 7.
🫡

[spice nymph]

Relevant XKCD
https://xkcd.com/873/

xkcd: FPS Mod

Wait, that second one is a woman? ... wait, if that bothers me, then why doesn't ... man, this game is no fun anymore.

[sage crane]

I've just thought the large ? is probably a factory walker

[cunning ermine]

Went with a dark reddish brown. Black/Gold pops from your logo 🙂

[sage crane]

ooh yes

[spice nymph]

I was just thinking the same thing, after seeing the latest midround

[sage crane]

that's very nice! Great job!

[smoky junco]

They have factory walkers?

GENTLEMEN, I MUST HAVE IT!

I must capture one and claim it as my steed

[sage crane]

Friendship ended with SHBT
Factory walker is my new best friend

[static galleon]

Thought about it, and no the factory walker's icon on the crossroads was the same size as the gunships

Medium size

[sage crane]

oh

thats baaad

[static galleon]

I'm calling it the large ? is a landed orbital

mark my words

[sage crane]

SSSHM would be the funny option

[static galleon]

like an imperial titan? god forbid

I had a fleeting thought that maybe it's a structure but probably not, since we already id'd the factories

[sage crane]

That would fit this style of bots more

I was thinking pacific rim

[sage crane]

I do love how at crossroads they insta ID the factories from half a map away

but the same sized factory on legs we need to be closer to tell

[muted quail]

SHM (Super Heavy Mech)
1 speed, 4 weapon mounts, 2 pack slots, 3 armor, 5 hits team unit. (2 mech players)

[distant olive]

No no I mean arty can direct target it (we normaly cant target Singular targets) you can

[strong shoal]

True

[strong shoal]

@distant olive ☝️

[spice nymph]

New idea: The giant "? " on our map is a Walking Factory-Walker Factory 💀

[static galleon]

I'm afraid it's worse than that

Comparing icon sizes

[sage crane]

Ok so basically i hope i'm out of range of those AA tanks

[raw tundra]

So....

...can I attend to the HAT's ceremony ?

[sage crane]

Stan has a 1/16 chance of surviving one of them 💀

I have 0

[static galleon]

Oh hell naw

[sage crane]

Nevermind

Stan has 0 chance

it's 2 rolls AP1 most likely

[static galleon]

Ye

[sage crane]

Stan has 2 hits 1 armour

[raw tundra]

See, if this doesn't serve as the ultimate lesson of being carefull with HATs, I don't know what will anymore.

Swear this is the second time HATs get thrown carelessly and suffer the consequences 🤣

[sage crane]

@quasi star It was a good run

[static galleon]

Maybe the AA will spread their fire between all of our air units and it won't be so bad said the man between two puffs of copium

[sage crane]

We're the only ones remotely in range xD

[static galleon]

Cap sure loves his AA doesn't he

[sage crane]

Wait

he's correcting something

[hidden oyster]

Wait, what happened?

Ok, so we didn’t die, that’s the good news. Bad news, someone else is dying for us.

[sage crane]

Ah

Well it was a good run

correction of a correction

Stan has a roughly 7/16 chance of not dying

[rancid orbit]

better than 6/16!

[hybrid imp]

Hm... I might need to move into range of that mech and bite the bullet...

Is it the lights or the mediums that have the anti air artillery?

[rocky stratus]

the big honking guns are arty

[azure coral]

@craggy peak @wintry coral I think we should hold position and fire upon the infantry. We can not push up to fire at the SPA until we clear that line. We will take too much damage

I also suggest that we (on the north side) keep together and attempt to sweep around the northern flank of the bot forces. If we can do that in a timely manner, we can cut off reinforcements and come up on the southern line's rear.

[compact minnow]

Mobility is life for Mechs. I advise ending the next turns at least two tiles away from our current position.

[azure coral]

Yeah, but we are big, stupid, ugly Main Battle Tanks😆

[compact minnow]

Oh right

I was mixing up the callsigns

I was thinking of Raid and Ansen

Yeah, holding that hill is a good idea for the MBTs

[azure coral]

No problem. I appreciate the gesture

[compact minnow]

Good news is you guys currently have those bots within your firing range

[azure coral]

Though I would be very grateful if you helped us with the second part of that. We need to rout the bots

[compact minnow]

Yeah, I'm planning on rallying with Raid and Ansen, which was why I was so worried when I misremembered the callsigns when you posted

My current intention is to just run straight through the infantry to get to the guns unless someone comes up with a smarter plan

Because mechs can do it, strictly speaking

[azure coral]

That would be great. They are my only worry, because I do not know their range.

[compact minnow]

It's just a question of whether or not they can survive doing it

[real kite]

Well

Next turn, Atlas arrives.

We have a couple pieces of artillery able to fire upon the guns

The Mechs will most likely not be able to survive going into the trench line of doom and despair

[compact minnow]

As long as we can survive the fire from the bots, we can just waltz through the line unbothered

[real kite]

With that, I would go the long way around and just avoid the trench line altogether if possible

[azure coral]

It looks like there is nothing behind the SPA. You should be able to get behind a hill and basically run NAP of the Earth There is clanker equipment back there.
Your call.

[upper harbor]

Like punchy is doing?

i can start strafing the 2 on the southern hill with light lasers

[azure coral]

I am not sure. I haven't seen anything from them

[upper harbor]

would probably stick to evasive, but i can try pew pewing

[distant olive]

So the one on the hill?

[upper harbor]

the southern one?

I should stay evasive i think

so i might not hit

[compact minnow]

Better to not hit than to be hit

[upper harbor]

i wonder if we get boosts to hit a stationary turret THAT size

[compact minnow]

It may have armor to cancel out the size

[upper harbor]

GET FLANKED

[quasi star]

Now that the day has "somewhat" stablized I figure that they had AA in that area...who sees a hill and does not place defenses and AA at it...just glad that I got the armor to deflect some.

[compact minnow]

Net neutral size:armor ratio

Tbh SPAA is best placed in slight depressions rather than on top of hills

[real kite]

Hey look they can do it too

[upper harbor]

4 mbts, not bad

[compact minnow]

While you have a slightly narrower cone of fire, aircraft have to attack from a steeper angle to get at you

[upper harbor]

Spearhead has 4 MBTs as well

[real kite]

They’ve got a (rough) platoon of tanks, neat!

The company strength tank element in Venator’s back pocket

[compact minnow]

Looks like we have it easy compared to Crossroads

[real kite]

Are we entirely sure of this assessment

[upper harbor]

to be fair, they have 4 battlegroups

also the crossroads is... the crossroads

we are at an unnamed location

[compact minnow]

For one, we aren't trying to defend a position, we're on the offensive

[real kite]

We have approximately 8 million bots to kill

[compact minnow]

Target rich environment

[real kite]

Magpie is on the comm net again

Crazy

[compact minnow]

Think of it this way, we have 0 million otters to defend

There's nothing but an empty mine and Spearhead behind us

We've got nothing to lose

[upper harbor]

I want this entire grid square looking like after the battle of verdun

[real kite]

Not enough artillery

[compact minnow]

Not with that attitude

[real kite]

Also as one of the 4 guys with rifles instead of a cannon can we not do that

[strong shoal]

Yeah pretty much

[smoky junco]

Gentlemen

[azure coral]

We will definitely need this. They just hit some logis 3 tiles away

[smoky junco]

We need to be BOLD

It is time FOR BOLD ACTION

https://tenor.com/view/helicopter-charles-gif-18447623

[compact minnow]

THIS IS THE GREATEST PLAAAAAAAAAN

[dusty nimbus]

Armcos getting slaughtered at the crossroads

More units wiped out than the Elim landing, i think

[static galleon]

Those losses are at the hill mine though i believe

[dusty nimbus]

Oh, either way, still a ton of losses

[static galleon]

Yeah it's not looking good

[dusty nimbus]

Im suddenly feeling a little better about our situation. Maybe its not so bad

[signal coyote]

If these bots have no AT we probably violate

[compact minnow]

I am optimistic. Our battle lines are clear and, as previously mentioned, we don't have civilians in danger lighting a fire under us

[dusty nimbus]

Looks like our air units are toast though. That AA is effective

[sage crane]

https://tenor.com/view/shhh-shush-silence-nose-gif-17895433

[compact minnow]

So we can hit where and how we please

[sage crane]

We don't say that word around here

[compact minnow]

They have big guns

[signal coyote]

U right

[compact minnow]

If that Arty can do direct fire, it'll be an issue

[signal coyote]

But do they oneshot?

[compact minnow]

🤷‍♂️

[static galleon]

The AA arty has 2 attacks but I'd wager the arty cannons only have 1
Source : my gut feeling

[smoky junco]

am i glad we aint there!

[static galleon]

And the visual of the barrels

[compact minnow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJqZCa-xXvQ

[smoky junco]

classic

WAAAAIT A MINUTE

WALKERS

4 LEGS

I HAVE A PLAN GENTLEMEN

https://tenor.com/view/going-down-tired-stress-sleepy-starwars-gif-13586112

[compact minnow]

BA BU BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[vagrant frigate]

For our soon to be fallen comrades at arms

"It is with the nature of humanity to stand up against tyranny, oppression and extinction. For all our motivations to join ARMCO be it money or other, the reason now is the same urge and desire to stand against terror like the brave man that stormed the beaches of Normandy in 20th Century. Those that died these days and at similar events throughout galactic history are remembered as heroes. Shall we meet the same fate today then we do so fighters against oppression and extermination. Like those before and those after our spirits shall travel to the beyond where the Lord will greet us with open arms and his angles while serve a final supper before returning to the hall of heroes to inscribe our names and rang the bells while shouting our names in the highest honors"

[smoky junco]

im not here for your sentimentality

[compact minnow]

Now I have this song stuck in my head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq7OfcXBmUc

[smoky junco]

IM ERE FOR PLUNDER

were going to need a bigger rope

[sage crane]

Prime Electro moment

[smoky junco]

https://tenor.com/view/disney-movies-quotes-potc-pirates-of-the-caribbean-gif-14851127

[vagrant frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/keemxdaxtruth-lmao-dead-nope-gif-14774804

[smoky junco]

Look i gotta keep in character as a mad pirate!

the only thing that differentiates me IRL from this is the fact that i am not a pirate IRL

[signal coyote]

Strong Aura mentality right there

FUCK IT WE BALL

[spice nymph]

#midround-events message and the next one appear to indicate you are correct about the arty only having 1 attack
2 arty, 1 target, 2 hits

[muted quail]

That target only needed to get hit once.

[spice nymph]

So, a useful waste of targetting

[sage shale]

I feel like its still a bad idea, I mean we need those supplies to stay in the fight to repair until the rest of the force shows up or until we break their lines. It's as dumb as sending logi trucks to the front... if supplies didn't poof when they were on thr ground I'd say at least offload first, but alas we can't do that. I mean we have 0 ways to resupply and nearly all our supplies is at the front...

[smoky junco]

WELP

we lost one HAT

[cunning ermine]

Wasn't my idea, I was just translating. RIP Domusil 😦

[smoky junco]

We need engineers upfront

I’ll fill in the northern line

[sage shale]

If they die, our whole group gets wiped, flat out, before anyone can even think about coming to our rescue. Every single other BG thinks we are dumb and don't deserve help for pushing this far forwards (which I disagree cause we did have a plan) now we solidified it with this move. No ones gonna come to our aid now. We soloing this from here on out.

[smoky junco]

There idiots for it

Besides

the cavalry is coming next turn

Spearhead, atlas and victorium are coming

SO LISTEN ERE YE SCALLY WAG

YE CAN BE DEFEATIST LIKE A LAND LUBBER

OR YE CAN CHARGE LIKE A PIRATE!

[sage shale]

We're already on a clock, mine as well make every second count

[smoky junco]

No

I SMASHED THE CLOCK

[hidden oyster]

Do you mind if I do some cursing here?

[smoky junco]

go buck wild

[sage shale]

Well I did say we were on a clock, not my fault dawn took that literally.

[hidden oyster]

GOD DAMN IT, I’M IMMOBILE! AGAIN! BUT IT’S EVEN WORSE, BECAUSE I’M GETTING SHOT AT THIS TIME!

[smoky junco]

don’t worry

We have reserve tanks for a reason

We will forward to cover you

Engineers will repair next turn

Just stay still and keep blasting

[sage shale]

Heh, I'm just glad we destroyed the flying mecha gunship thing before it got finished

[dusty nimbus]

After that orbital massacre, maybe Atlas is needed elsewhere…

[sage shale]

The whole theme of this campaign is not enough flying things

[smoky junco]

Indeed

And that means one thing

the factory is open for capture

I say again

THE FACTORY IS OPEN FOR CAPTURE LADS

[distant olive]

@sage crane

[smoky junco]

Yeah sword going down is bad

Like SUPER BAD

[smoky junco]

Right

Marv have you got canva set up?

So we can work on this together

[sage shale]

Yeh!! Time to "liberate" some production facilities, and "reprogram" them!

[smoky junco]

Indeed

We need a new HAT for sword afterall

[dusty nimbus]

@hidden oyster I’ll move in front to take some fire off of you. Dont want you taking anymore hits

[sage shale]

Well, if only his crew survived that would work...

[distant olive]

Oh god arty needs to pull back or we will die

[smoky junco]

WELL THEN WE RESCUE EM

[smoky junco]

Yeah those SPGs will rip em apart

But this means those SPGs are artilery weapons

THEY HAVE A MINIMUM RANGE

[vagrant frigate]

@static galleon how good is AP?

[dusty nimbus]

We can move onto the hill in the south to take out one of the guns at least

[distant olive]

Can do shortly currently ingame

[smoky junco]

Just get a account sorted

And I’ll invite you to the sheet

[signal mulch]

Hello armoured folks

I’m here to ask

[static galleon]

Mine? AP 1

[signal mulch]

Did y’all ever look at 4220?

I think ya gotta start worrying about that one

[smoky junco]

Yeah

We know about it

We suspect either super heavy or orbtial

[signal mulch]

I doubt it’s an orbital (sadly)

[hoary barn]

@static galleon i am gonna jump out this turn. and go to Moody and NSFW aid. think you can bring me in close?

or are we in rage now?

[smoky junco]

good

it means we can kill it

[smoky junco]

i would try and do that next turn once the imobilised tanks are behind the line

we cannot afford to loose engineers

[static galleon]

Can do

[hoary barn]

fair point

[smoky junco]

and those imobilsed tanks CAN take a hit

they can handle atleast one more turn on the front

before we can safely bring in the engineers

get in position for next turn repairs

we cannot have you on the front

you would die

[hoary barn]

ok then i hide this turn as well

[smoky junco]

keep on the second line

[distant olive]

Created

[smoky junco]

send me a image of it

of the anme

[static galleon]

Alright, it's probably best if we stay roughly in the same spot then so that I can keep pounding the enemy inf and you can be there for the damaged tanks next turn

[hoary barn]

do some dounuts in place to show the bots whos boss

[static galleon]

Sir yes sir oorah

[sage shale]

Considering how little aa or air forces of our own the entire army has, we gotta do something abt those factories. Now that most forces have been ID' I'm not sure how practical digging in inf on the hill is anymore. We are still two turns away from capping the factories, assuming we bee line for it.

[static galleon]

Unless we flank them with our LMs and me

[distant olive]

Hey uhm @tender brook can me (and maybe echo) mount up and move out of range of those guns so we dont die?

[sage shale]

Perhaps if catalyst, ward, and I push middle, just behind the armored force there, behind our super tank and what not, we can prolly push hard into factory, then cap it the turn after, with relative safety, without diverting forces from elsewhere.

[smoky junco]

hmmm

it might be risky

but if your up for it

do it

[sage shale]

Tho, I would suggest the tanks focus on vehicles and targets further away cause I think only one of our ifvs is upgraded with range 2, so to prevent wasted firepower we could take the inf that are just outside the factory this turn.

[smoky junco]

your right

staggered firing

tanks on further away IFVs up close

that will work

but in some areas the volume may not be enough to stop a overun

We do NOT want to be in melee with infantry with tanks

[sage shale]

We need to, the arty and the flying shit is gonna be the bane of not just us but the whole op, that factory has to fall

[edgy pecan]

I have the range 2 AC

[sage shale]

If we word our orders intelligently we should be fine. If the IFVs shoot first, the tanks can mop up whatever remains to prevent an over run

[smoky junco]

indeed

[smoky junco]

https://tenor.com/view/doja-cat-star-wars-gif-25078126

[sage shale]

I knew someone did

This will help a lot

[sage niche]

I think I might dismount this turn and head up the norther hill to give some support

Once it is time to give out orders

[sage shale]

Just don't forget you move faster in a vehicle, and that we do need the factory at some point.

[compact minnow]

Well

This is certainly going

[sage niche]

I know but for now it doesn’t seem like we will be moving forward much so going up the northern hill to help the assault up north will probably be fine plus I will still be pretty close to those factories so there is no need to worry

[compact minnow]

Looks like LM Group South is outta comission for now

It's up to us Northboys to skirmish now

@manic spade @rancid orbit We ball?

[sage niche]

Actually never mind I think I will remain in Wolfpack as I just realized my guys would not be in range of the enemy on top of the northern hill we currently have

[smoky junco]

me and marv have got the canva working

[sage shale]

Honestly you might be our only hope for taking the factory anyways unless SAND mounts up in Ward... cause I just realized that for whatever reason either one of our inf squads already fell or is just MIA from the map for some reason, or I'm blind.

And also one inf squad is already almost down, leaving just two left

[distant olive]

They are in vics (shacks map doesnt show mounted stuff)

[sage shale]

Ahh okay, was wondering where Ghost went

So we have two mounted inf rn then

[cunning ermine]

Alright, Atlas is finally shifting back towards going to C-Z

(Had to give a couple passionate speeches)

[edgy pecan]

I was thinking of moving to the hill to the north, then an infantry can board and move towards the factory the following turn.

[distant olive]

Southern Arty will need a medic