Battlegroup 11 - Pathfinders: Comms

[hybrid sable]

According to Shack, they should be flagged MIA but with the possibility of turning up next round, and if they don't show up by the end of next round they're just gone

[granite wasp]

fingers crossed then. Would be a shame to lose them especially since things are probably about to pop off all over the maps.

[hybrid sable]

Yeah, hope, but I don't recall any of them but mys being active in chat basically since the start

And we can't ping mys

[golden vector]

which three is it? Though honestly that is quite good considering the wait time

usaully its more

[hybrid sable]

MysteriousHunter (mys) the IFV, M_0thra (Brujah) the logi, Rogue2517 (Mongol) the IFV

Which makes us decidedly speed 1, and cuts out a lot of our supply

[golden vector]

ironic, i think because Moth was the logi I was supposed to ride in. XD

but also oof, losing a logi means less supply

also wow, thats almost all our IFVs gone to.

[hybrid sable]

Which reminds me: everyone praise Blossom profusely for sticking with us.

[golden vector]

PRAISE THE FLOWER

[hybrid sable]

THANK YOU BLOSSOM!

[minor ibex]

Orders have been updated and officially submitted.

I made sure everyone has been put on the map. =w=
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[hybrid sable]

The description is missing Blob from one of the second floor teams (they're on the map, just not the text)

[minor ibex]

Dang it... Alright, I'll get it fixed.

[hybrid sable]

Sorry!

[minor ibex]

It's fixed. =w=

[sage frigate]

Three MIA isn't too bad an attrition rate.

[ashen crystal]

Is it clear what I'm searching for on the reactor for Shack?

so far it's just a blanket "investigate"

[minor ibex]

Probably not. But looking over what you're investigating, I imagine damage, sabotage, and alternate hatches would be self-evident if you find one or not.

[ashen crystal]

Fair enough

[hybrid sable]

Have done some updating of the Round 2 Plan to account for our MIA, and since the turnaround for next round is going to be tight I've also been so bold as to suggest a new positioning map for ease of reference. Only suggested signficiantly different repositioning for a couple of people in Pathfinders, so hopefully everyone will be able to figure out approximately which dot I suggest with minimal fuss. Would appreciate any feedback before the midrounds drop

[ashen crystal]

My current plan for round two is investigate reactor 2’s casing like I did with reactor 1 this round.

[hybrid sable]

Yep, that's you down there at the bottom left of the main map

[torpid herald]

So you say 'in front' of the engi and medic. But I am a bit uncertain what 'front is in this case. I already got the door barricaded with Hardshells essentially, but I may need to adjust if boarding craft or external hatches are present on the gutter walls

Just something that itched my brain

Also, I can't help but make this, because I can't stop hearing it in my head

[minor ibex]

Heh, I get that reference.^^

[torpid herald]

-# Good, glad it wasn't too obscure

[hybrid sable]

It's basically what you have, except some of our support personnel (Blossom) probably can't make it all the way into the tower so they'll be exposed to anything nearer the main lift if you dig in inside the building

[torpid herald]

I can adjust as need be. I doubt Shack would be mean enough to dump boarders behind us as soon as we turn on the lights

[hybrid sable]

No, I don't expect to be under threat for at least 3 turns but I'm being paranoid

Might as well start setting up the formation we want now so we know exactly what we're working with later

[torpid herald]

Despite being made of metal, my boys are flexible

[hybrid sable]

And highly agile

[torpid herald]

Aww, shucks, you flatterer

[minor ibex]

My general hope was that Pathfinders would work on maintaining and operating the Listening Post directly, while Ultra provides the bulk of our frontal defense from outside forces.

In addition, I was hoping for our VTOL squads to be carrying infantry, so that when an enemy ship arrives, it might be possible to breach any incoming ships with a strike force carried by the VTOLs.

Assuming the Federation defense bots can be turned on and controlled by us, we can bolster our defenses even further by using them.

With Blossom carrying the bulk of our supplies, we can also operate as support for Ultra while they focus on the fight directly.

[torpid herald]

If Geiger-1 was here he'd be holding his metallic claw up to volunteer

And also not partially buried in the floor

[low wagon]

If I remember correctly Southpaw said vehicles can’t enter the Sensor Tower, so please fortify outside in front of Blossom, otherwise I’ll have to move elsewhere for safety >_<

[low wagon]

No problem .w.

[low wagon]

Guessing this means I should carry more supply instead of the fluffies. Awwww…

[torpid herald]

True, logistics win wars. Thanks for sticking around Blossom

[minor ibex]

I can't believe I forgot this...

Hey @charred flower , when you're next online can you please pin this?
#1383066264485888120 message

It's the final product of our Battlegroup's logo.

[torpid herald]

Im already seeing what it might cost to make these

-# $16 a pop per my 10-run order

-# or 20 for less than $10 per

[gray lagoon]

BATTLE PAWS !!! >w<

[woeful nimbus]

This can still definitely been achieved, once objectives are met us VTOL can touch down to take on our designated squads we had earlier

[rose iris]

Wait it was today

Aw

Aaaaaaaaaa

[minor ibex]

Optimistically. =w=

But I'm worried some electric razers are going to come storming in to start buzz cutting our fluff like it's the first coming of the Ice Age.

... No offense Razor.^^;

[rose iris]

Bruh

[minor ibex]

Sorry man. When you don't assign yourself to pings, it's up to you to be responsible for your own time.^^;

[rose iris]

Yeah

[rose iris]

Uh wait there's pings?

[minor ibex]

The check mark at the very end of the signup spreadsheet. =w=

As the lead Tac-Com I make sure everyone is informed that orders are due by pinging them about a day before the round ends. But not everybody likes to be poked. So the checkmark on the spreadsheet is there to let me know who wants to be pinged or not.
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[rose iris]

aw bruh messed up

[minor ibex]

It's okay. We can see about getting you in next round. You'll have to sit on standby for another round until then.

[rose iris]

yup

[woeful nimbus]

No offence taken at all mate, differences of opinion are the root of healthy discussion we need to be able to have different ideas without being upset someone has them or we won’t get far this game👍🫡

[hushed eagle]

So how are y’all doing?

[rose iris]

so

which paw am I in?

[minor ibex]

I suppose you'll be in Echo Paw. I'm assigning that for most of the ground vehicles, except for those that are following infantry. Which is why Blossom is the exception.

[rose iris]

alright

[hushed eagle]

What kind of creature has 5 paws?

[minor ibex]

Don't look at me. I only work with 4. =w=

[hushed eagle]

Fair

I’d say Mal lacks paws unless you count feet

But by your Battlegroups’ logic Mal is a furry as they have a dread horn

Anyhow good luck with your search of the listening base

[minor ibex]

We’ll definitely take all the luck we can get. =w=

[rose iris]

so the plan is to just bunker down here after capping it?

[torpid herald]

We got one of our IFVs back?

[rose iris]

hi

the idot who forgot timing

and thought has more time

[torpid herald]

Plans changed in the first rounds. Don't think anyone will really hold it against you

[ashen crystal]

I still need to write down my unit lore

[torpid herald]

Unless they do. In which case... eh?

[torpid herald]

Damn right you do! Im not gonna have my guys floating on a Source asset error question mark!

Also this is how I picture the MBT heavy BGs on Elim rn

https://youtu.be/3rkn-xqhSDc?si=S8C29y_Xcs9M3mSa

[hybrid sable]

wb Mys, have added you back into the planning doc

[gray lagoon]

Now, hear me out...

Paw-toons instead of Battle Paws.

(idea from Enni in #meta-comm)

[gray lagoon]

MIDROUNDS PATHFINDERS, MIDROUNDS ! 🔔

I mean sorry, Midwounds UwU

[hybrid sable]

OwO powered-down Federation security droids

[hushed eagle]

That’s not… actually it might be a good sign

Did the feds ever tell us if the bots knew how to hack?

[hybrid sable]

So far they've been mostly using standard firearms and lasers. We'll let you know if we see any boarding axes

[golden vector]

DOH! the lift needs power

[granite wasp]

should have seem that coming

[hybrid sable]

Right, breaching the bloody reactors

[golden vector]

Engis can get the doors open for the Sensor tower at least

[granite wasp]

looka like we gotta find the power button.

[golden vector]

welp, people are already jinxing us with turning on the security bots

[granite wasp]

Time to start Knocking on wood!

[golden vector]

WE HAVE AN ICBM

or an LRBM...on a listening post....

....wth Feds?

[hybrid sable]

O.O

[golden vector]

also....i think we just became a big valid, neon sign target for the Bots

[granite wasp]

I dont think there is any think about it. We can not leave this staion un defended.

[hybrid sable]

That's only once they know we have it. And if anyone so much as whispers about it on a broadcast channel I will ram them with my VTOL

[gray lagoon]

I'm calling it the NUwUke in the missile silo. Sue me. 🤣

[hybrid sable]

Oh that's good. That's going on official documents now.
RAPSCALLIONS! WHEN YOU'RE DONE IN THE CONTROL ROOM, STENCIL "NUWUKE" ON THE SIDE OF OUR NEW MISSILE FRIEND!

[golden vector]

...I'm more trying to figure where said Rapscallions are from the pictures. My kobolds seem to have vanished. -.-

[hybrid sable]

Dang. Did Southpaw put them in purple?

[hushed eagle]

There

It’s just hard to zoom in so much

[golden vector]

so the color coding was correct...maybe when the full map comes out we'll see them?

[hushed eagle]

Being real

If you were somehow drafted to another Paw, you’d know

Since the guy in front of you telling you what to do, wouldn’t sound like the biggest downer in history

[hybrid sable]

Tbf it looks a lot like Shack is just blatantly disregarding the movement instructions for the midrounds. SklBus was staying near the exit and Sapien was hugging the east wall, but there they are at the main lift

[hybrid sable]

Hey, between us an Ultra we've gotten two IFVs and an LM back from MIA! That's half!

[hybrid sable]

Humor: VTOLs are so blind that they can't identify a strategic missile standing on a launch platform 10 feet in front of them

[hushed eagle]

“Actually my good sir, I am using our newest 1d vision, it allows me to see everything in front of me as long as it’s 10 cms… OH GOD ITS AN ASTEROID” crashes

-# But yeah all aerospace craft are blind AF

[granite wasp]

well the good news pathfinders is that we are not Venator

[gloomy merlin]

I feel like once the power is restored, the bots are gonna be coming for out little listening post. I'm all for Ultra staying to help defend this rock.

[hushed eagle]

Technically speaking, rn Victorum is on the known orbital route to you

If they’re mad enough to go through Cell’Dar even possibly Elim then they should die

[restive compass]

What's our main objective for the station, dig in and prepare for a bot counter-assualt? Loot? Get the Orbital Cannon back online?

[hybrid sable]

Atm, get it online so we can scan for the ground forces and dig in to prevent the bots from taking it once they detect our sensors.

I suspect we'll desperately want to get our new toy online ASAP, but getting all the basic systems back online and then digging in takes priority, since we don't currently have a good target and need to keep it out of the bots' grasper thingies at any cost

[granite wasp]

also we do not know extatly know what kind of missle it is. Because depending on the war head our target pool will adabt.

[restive compass]

Where would y'all like me to go?

[hybrid sable]

Planning stages yet. My proposal is here, under Round 2, but it's not fully updated for the midrounds revelations yet and I'm waiting on people to take a look at it. I think the most useful place for you might be covering the contacts east of the main lift, since we'll need to retask the VTOLs to breach the reactor rooms

[stuck galleon]

crack pot idea

hook up the batteries in the IVFs to the power grid and maybe that'll give us enough juice to get the lift working or open the doors to the sensor station

[sterile basalt]

Might take some supplies but definitely worth a shot, it should hopefully only power the lift and not anything else, stop the bots from noticing.

[sterile basalt]

If I had to guess, there’s probably some emergency release or manual crank somewhere for that sensor tower door. I could probably pry it open too.

[hybrid sable]

We do have our topside engis, so nothing saying we can't try everything at once!

[sterile basalt]

Hopefully we can jerry rig a solution that doesn’t require us powering up the base yet.

[torpid herald]

I know its jumping the gun, but I already see a juicy missile target, with all those question marks arrayed in open terrain

[sterile basalt]

We’ll see, we might be better off nuking their backlines.

[hybrid sable]

I won't say it's not tempting, but that's also within a couple miles of a high-density residential area. That's the edge of Ziyal City, right there on the eastern edge. Not super down with nuking that, especially since there's almost certainly an even better target somewhere on the moon

[sterile basalt]

We don’t even know what ordinance is in that bad boy. We’d best investigate that first.

[hybrid sable]

What? No. Firing off unidentified payloads at unidentified targets near known civilian targets has all the hallmarks of successful leadership

[copper lynx]

RP POST:

"WHY IT'S LOCKED?! slamming the door with barehand OPEN OR I PUNCH THIS THING OPEN!"

[gray lagoon]

Firing off the NUwUke you mean ?

[sterile basalt]

_<
-# we use askii, no uwus lol

[copper lynx]

@sterile basalt can I roll for punch to open first?

[sterile basalt]

nat 20 let’s go!
the entire door blasts off

[copper lynx]

XD

[golden vector]

https://tenor.com/view/let-me-in-eric-andre-wanna-come-in-gif-13730108

[gray lagoon]

Too late, it's the NUwUke ! -v-

[copper lynx]

I may not be engineer gentleman, but I have an idea

[sterile basalt]

_ . _

_<

[copper lynx]

(⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠)

[hybrid sable]

As the dust clears, you are unsurprised to find a hole blasted straight through the tower's sensitive internals and through the other side. In the distance, there is a brief glint of light as the hyper-accelerated doors impact a bot battleship with enough energy to fuse the duranium alloy plating

[copper lynx]

How we wait until the order open and I will ask to roll for breaching with hand (aka punching)

I can imagine Shack will said if only roll 6 you can open it

[hybrid sable]

I mean, we can't tell you what you can and can't do 😉

[gray lagoon]

Southpaw trying to map 14 orders for "punching the door to open it, hard" 🤣

[sterile basalt]

I swear, if Shizuki breaks the door using fist, I’m going to be simultaneously impressed and disappointed. That door could be handy.

[copper lynx]

While Beaver can do his engineering after my order

[hybrid sable]

I feel like being punched is about the hand-iest it could possibly be

[copper lynx]

Already have the RP ready

[hybrid sable]

I'm still working on my roleplay about not being able to see a literal trans-interface strategic bombardment missile through the windscreen of my VTOL

Should be fun

[sterile basalt]

I’m definitely going to comment on your punching.

[copper lynx]

RP POST:

As Shizuki stopped and see the wide metal door closed the access to the sensor tower she is furious

"WHY IT'S LOCKED?! slamming the door with barehand OPEN OR I PUNCH THIS THING OPEN!"

While she keep punching on the door the rest of the team arrived at the scene

Unit Callsign:
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Order Type:

Movement/Action Tracker:

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For easier copy paste

[sterile basalt]

RP POST:

“Is she trying to punch the door open?” Tristan asked, dumbfounded.
“yeah, don’t question it kiddo. Some things are better off unanswered.” Ian said.
“…should we just leave her there?”
“We’d probably get punched if we stopped her, good call.” Helena replied.

[copper lynx]

Right now we still at the dock exit right?

So we can move to 4017 to get closer to the door

[sterile basalt]

Presumably we’re standing in front of the door.

[copper lynx]

Ah I see

[hybrid sable]

Looks like you're right on the edge of the thing that looks like a ramp in the midrounds, but won't know where you actually ended up until tomorrow when Shack finishes the midrounds

[copper lynx]

This thing?

I still have it stored

[low wagon]

Seems we might have some cleanup work helping civilians if we get to Elim on time, depending on how the other battlegroups take care of them.

[copper lynx]

Yeah...

[hybrid sable]

I call that a dock-looking thing. That post was just referring to the area in front of the Sensor Tower

[copper lynx]

About that

[hybrid sable]

Hey, it's fine: that's Venator's problem! They're got, like, a whole 1 anti-air with their 16 MBTs

[copper lynx]

Armored fight

[hybrid sable]

very exciting

[copper lynx]

battle of Kursk flashback

[gray lagoon]

AH

I MISSCLICKED THE THREAD I UNFOLLOWED IT AND FOLLOWED IT BACK

I MISSED UP ALL MY THREADS LISTS NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[sterile basalt]

Discord should really let you reorder your threads…

[gray lagoon]

yes it should

but thanks to my missclick i was able to locaate a "sub unsub" button easily on the thread

I wanted to click "i've read it yes discord" but clicked twice and that happend

[hybrid sable]

I guess your Discord is looking a little... threadbare

[stuck galleon]

a bit worried about the Armored Core looking thing

[copper lynx]

Nah they should be fine

[sterile basalt]

Our mechs can take it, trust

[copper lynx]

https://tenor.com/view/this-is-fine-gif-24177057

[sterile basalt]

MTs are famous for being very good against ACs, remember?

[stuck galleon]

-# I never actually played the games

[sterile basalt]

-# I totally played it and didn’t watch an LP. Yup.

[torpid herald]

Last AC I played was 2

[sage frigate]

Welp, looks like we found ourselves on a hidden federation weapons platform.

And let's be honest, Occam's Razor says those federation bots are gonna try and kill us for finding that out.

[copper lynx]

Radio silent and pray the bot didn't notice

[stuck galleon]

Wake them up and blast the Federation anthem

[torpid herald]

Roentgen-5 pairs with the on board broadcasting array. Several seconds of silence before
https://youtu.be/-o4eL0AUCKc?si=8jnB6wEkEFRSc9YS

[sage frigate]

Main few things we need to do next round would be:

How many missiles are there.
Set up any defences in the event this turned into an Alien Isolation situation.
Open up and check everything that isn't the reactor room.

[stuck galleon]

from the other side of the asteroid:
-# COMMIE BASTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARDS!!!!

[torpid herald]

There's no ammo counter for infantry standard weapons, right?

[stuck galleon]

nope

we have infinite ammo

[torpid herald]

6 simultaneous 7.62 chambering noises

[stuck galleon]

feel like that might be a bit underpowered 1000 years in the future

better safe then sorry, use 8.73

[sage frigate]

But that's heavy, though

[stuck galleon]

not a problem for robots

[sage frigate]

Fair, but still

[minor ibex]

I'd say we need to get power on for the lift so that we can get down to the control room. I wonder if we can jumpstart the lift with our vehicles.

[stuck galleon]

I got some support for that idea a bit earlier #1383066264485888120 message

[minor ibex]

Nice!^^

[copper lynx]

Just use hand, what possible gone wrong

[hybrid sable]

I mean, since it's either that or breaching the reactors

[stuck galleon]

but I would say keep the tanks out of it, since if the Fed bots wake up and using the vehicles for the grid takes them out for a turn, I'd rather have the tanks ready to respond

[minor ibex]

I'd rather not blow up what could be our only two courses of power.^^;

[hybrid sable]

Awwww

[minor ibex]

No argument from me there. Mechs and tanks on standby for defense.

[gloomy merlin]

I proposed taking out the security bots before power returned. I'd rather not have to patch everyone up....

[copper lynx]

Well we can hack them early on no?

[minor ibex]

I'd rather we get the control room under our control so that we can use the bots for us. =w=

[hybrid sable]

And fortunately we have a lot of idle infantry to add to the defense next round

[copper lynx]

Tho it's gonna takes while if not from the control room

[sterile basalt]

Hopefully we can do it with just supply, surely we’ve got some portable generators.

[copper lynx]

What the date of round 5 order?

[gloomy merlin]

Where are your to engineers headed next round? Trying to coordinate efforts so we dont double up.

[stuck galleon]

that'd be a question for Shack

[hybrid sable]

Oh, while people are here: hypothesis that the unknown downstairs is the control for the missile? Or is that too simple?

[stuck galleon]

would be convenient at least

[sterile basalt]

I’ll work on the sensor tower door since I’m already there.

[copper lynx]

It's probably is because it near it

[minor ibex]

We'll have to find out when we get down there.

[hybrid sable]

It's this coming Wednesday

[copper lynx]

Friday got it

[minor ibex]

I'll open up the orders for Round 6 when the mid-rounds are complete and the final maps are brought up.

[hybrid sable]

I mean you've got a round at a time of MIA before getting kicked, so might as well use it (I'm joking Southpaw, please don't bap me)

Well, if our engis are going to work access on the lift and tower... what should Ultra's do? They could double to improve the chance of success, maybe check on the missile, or... breach the reactors, I guess.

[copper lynx]

Check the reactor condition action exist for reason

[sterile basalt]

I feel like Ultra helping with the lift is a good idea, we want in this turn and I don’t want a nat 1 ruining our turn. The sensor tower is less important since we can get in and set up relatively quickly.

[copper lynx]

If the hand didn't work the engineer can do something about it

https://tenor.com/view/senko-cute-anime-sewayaki-kitsune-no-senkosan-fox-gif-15220202

[sage frigate]

Ya, and personally, assumption wise, odds are, we're gonna get engaged on our way to the control room to shut the security off.

[minor ibex]

Wouldn't that just contradict Shack's statement?
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[sage frigate]

Which is fair, but unreliable narrator is something to be wary of.

[sterile basalt]

I guess it’ll depend on the dice.

[minor ibex]

How about this, the entire place is completely powered off. Not even backup power is on. What's "on" that would allow the rest of the place to be "woken up?"

Not that there isn't any validation to be weary of the defense bots.

For now, we'll just focus on the situation 1 step at a time. We need power, and we need control. We can't get to the controls without power. But maybe we can isolate some of the operations so that we can get to where we want to go.

That's at least the hope...^^;

[sterile basalt]

I think its best if we turned on the power when we’re already at the control panel.

[sage frigate]

Lift needs to be turned on before we can reach the control room.

And the lift needs power.

[sterile basalt]

We could try jerry rigging the lift first.

[minor ibex]

Agreed. But we still need to get to the control panel, and the lift is locked out and requires power. So we'll need to figure out how to power it without powering the rest of the base.

[sage frigate]

My thinking now, is that we check the rest of the station first, open whatever rooms we can open first, check the state of the area, before we turn this into a potential tower defense.

[minor ibex]

That was suggested by both myself and Accounting. =w=

[sterile basalt]

If that doesn’t work, we could also bust Alpha Paw in with our VTOLs via the reactors. Probably a good backup plan.

[minor ibex]

I don't know if the reactors are big enough to have interiors...^^;

[hybrid sable]

We have very few accessible rooms left and more than enough vehicles and idle infantry to play full tower defense while our engis get the lift running

I suggest this while our engis play: most people are already more or less in place or were planning to be next turn

[minor ibex]

Hang on, snaps digits I got it! While Alpha Paw works on jerry rigging the lift using the vehicles as a battery, Charlie Paw can investigate the unknown building to the Northeast and see if there's an emergency stair well that can be used.

The lift can't be the only method to getting up and down the levels. There has to be a set of stairs somewhere for manual access.

[hybrid sable]

Judging by the relative positions on the upper and lower maps (yes, risky, I know), the second floor unknown should be directly under the first floor unknown, so definitely potential for something. Dunno what, but something

[minor ibex]

Charlie Paw has Account, which is our stealth vanguard. So it'd probably be a good idea for them to step in first, maybe with some of Ultra's units to go along with.

[ashen crystal]

Shack sent me to the wrong area

[hybrid sable]

Honestly Shack sent a lot of people to the wrong areas in our midrounds

[ashen crystal]

Could you please give him a poke about it @minor ibex ?

I know he has a lot on his plate

[sharp stag]

I found a Nuke! Cool!

[sage frigate]

I don't see Nothing on the map either

[sage frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/aldnoah-zero-mk-alie-z-boom-explosion-gif-26823267

[minor ibex]

I can raise the question in the Tac-Coms. But as far as I know, Shack is not allowed to be pinged. I'll see what I can do.

[ashen crystal]

Thank you, I knew that as well and thought you might have a better chance of brining it to his attention in there

[gloomy merlin]

I'm hoping that he was just showing y'all in the middle of your movement during the MidRound Events and the final map should be correct.

[ashen crystal]

But I went the exact opposite direction of the main group, I wouldn’t have the movement to get back and do what I had submitted in my orders

[hushed eagle]

Hope y’all are enjoying finding a WMD

[twin talon]

gonna enjoy using it more

[hushed eagle]

In all seriousness how did the feds forget about an outpost

Which had an WMD
and deactivated security drones

[twin talon]

I'm guessing forget is the wrong word

[hushed eagle]

Being real the signs I am seeing don’t suggest it being abandoned

Lacking the space to carry a WMD? understandable

But why leave the drones?

[twin talon]

more like "forgot" to inform the lumarrans of the top secret WMD black site. It's possible there were politics involved of getting kicked out of the region and no way to sneak out a WMD so they locked the doors and burned the lists/maps

[hushed eagle]

I get that, but it’s more suspicious that they have functional defence units in the area, which are now offline

[twin talon]

I don't get how the lumarrans knew it was there and how they didn't know a WMD was there. I mean everything is shut down and the honestly I'd rather a wmd had some security even if it is bots. I think we should talk to some of the BG's planet side to see if we can get in touch with Lumarran Govt to see what they know about the WMD's.

[low wagon]

Being the only logi truck deployed right now, where do you want me? Is in front of the Sensor Tower where I'm currently located okay with you?

[gray lagoon]

A NUwUke ! NUwUke ! >w<

[sterile basalt]

Seems like a perfectly fine place to vibe.

[chrome parcel]

Hi Path! Dropping in from BG 7. I herad your VTOLs might coordinate a taxi-run for our ensemble of Engis. I'll be happy to pick up@unique gyro .

[sage frigate]

#midround-events update!

[ashen crystal]

Ah, positioning is set back

I don’t know about a taxi run right now. I was planning to run over and inspect the other reactor this round. I need to check if I’d have the speed to pick one up along the way.

[chrome parcel]

Ultra has 2 Engis and so do you (if I'm not mistaken). That means that us other VTOLs should be enough to play taxi

[ashen crystal]

Pathfinders has a total of 4 Vtols, three are down by the missile and I am by reactor 1

[golden vector]

…I’m not on the tactical map. 🥲

[hushed eagle]

Phanta

Don’t tell me you snuck to the missile

[hybrid sable]

Right, planning. So: the consensus here is that we're not thrilled about potentially breaching the reactors, think all the engis collectively should just focus on the Sensor Tower doors (Beaver) and the Main Lift (everyone else?), we should send a couple of infantry (led by Account) to scout the last unknown on the first floor and a couple more to scout the Vehicle Bay, we should keep keeping an eye on the droids with our vehicles and the rest of our infantry?
And our kobolds have been painted purple?

I'd like to bring LightFall back to report to Commander Southpaw in person to avoid any and all transmissions about certain considerations and then go take a look at hex 4120 for s&g. Blossom, I think you can go wherever you feel safest. I think the Sensor Tower is as decent a choice as there is.

[hybrid sable]

@golden vector he's not re-updating the maps unless someone's in combat or doing something very important. Needs to rest his neck

[golden vector]

Sad kobold noises

[ashen crystal]

Current intentions is to go inspect the other reactor. Any objections?

[gray lagoon]

I'll say just like C3, if shack hasn't mapped you, pretend you are where you are without any issues

We've had to do several smoll corrections over C3, and most of the time when a unit wasn't noted shack went "just pretend it's where it's supposed to be"

[granite wasp]

so I guess since there is literally nothing else I can do I am invitgsting the nearest object to me this round.

unless Beaver wants to try and open the doors for the Sensor Tower. Then I can go inside.

[hybrid sable]

I suggest that you also set up for a gun run on that single droid in 4018 while you're at it

[ashen crystal]

I'll see how much movement I'll have left. I have been operating under assumption the action to inspect also takes up .5 speed

[hybrid sable]

Should be fine: it's literally the next hex over. Map in the planning doc: you're one of the two white spots down there

[golden vector]

Okay got it. Assume I’m there and yet not there. =w=

[zenith notch]

RP Post:

Private Takeshi Watanabe,
3rd Squad, platoon B, 33rd Akallese Infantry Company

D +00 [days]

"Jackpot"

In spite of its appalling technical condition, our ship arrived at the derelict asteroid base. As the docking apparatus creaked and the vessel itself trembled, we were all there, in front of the massive inner door of the freight airlock, ducking behind a wall of armored vehicles, guns in hand and bayonets fixed, awaiting the thought-to-be-imminent ambush. Yet when the doors opened up and hundreds of troops poured out into the vast caverns drilled in the asteroid, there was no ambush. Strangely enough, the life-support infrastructure and artificial gravity was still running in spite of the installation being obviously empty.

Marching deeper and deeper inside, our regiment-strong battlegroup gradually spread itself out, in order to investigate as much of the facility at once as possible. Rather than advance down the main corridors, as broad as a city avenue, we crawled through the maze of installation ducts, vents and technical catwalks, searching for any potential danger - or anything of use. Not knowing the terrain and relying on not-very-clear diagrams put on the walls by the former owners of the colony, we got lost several times. Being surrounded by strange noises from here and there in a pitch dark environment didn't help either. Those of us who, like Shizuka or Jean-Baptiste, grew up in the deep shanty-towns, didn't freak out as much as the former village kids, like me or our squad-leader sgt. Kazama. Though for those who had joined us on Titan, it was the worst. Truth be told, Ren almost stabbed somebody's eye out with his bayonet, taking one of our comrades from an adjacent company, the "First Tail" I believe, for a stalking foe, and one Saori from the second squad shot a ventilator fan... damn it, we all almost lost our eardrums because of her, in those bloody vents.

Being already very much on the edge, our entire platoon (including lieutenant Alexandrescu) almost unleashed an inferno the second we left the technical ducts near the centre of the derelict base. For what quietly awaited us there, was a grouping of robotic soldiers, boxy, inhuman shilouettes towering in the dark. It took us a second to realize that these war machines were long since rendered inert, or, to the very least, powered down, left behind by the installation's original owners to gather dust - and give us a collective heart attack, apparently. A few moments later, as the rest of our company continued to climb out of the numerous catwalks and vents, Jean-Baptiste even wanted to bang on the front plate of one of the units, but captain Chen himself grabbed his fist five centimeters away from the dusty metal. "-Stop it, soldier." - he said. "-We don't know what is this place, never mind how will it react to us. Nobody touches anything, is that clear?!" "-Yes, captain!" - a hundred voices answered simultaneously, at once moving away from the war machines. "-I want an MG aimed at every one of these things at all times, - captain Chen continued -and an AT group in reserve. Discretely."

As soon as the order came all the way down to the machinegunners themselves, and among the others Jean Baptiste set up his LMG behind a stack of crates and bags in a way that didn't immediately indicate readiness to fire, the captain and the rest of platoon A disappeared from sight, presumably in order to contact other commanders. When they returned, the captain first asked if the robotic soldiers had given any sign of life, and then continued to refer the latest findings of the other companies. "-So far, we have barely scratched the surface of the colony's extent," - he said "-yet it is obvious that this is in fact a military installation. No signs of life have been found, and the base is in a very poor technical condition. Engineering units will have to work around the clock just to get the doors to open, and it is unknown whether it will be possible to power up any more of the main systems than what is already running. Detachments of our aerospace wing are in the process of inspecting the outpost's exterior, with special emphasis on its powerplants." "Regarding our actual objective here," - our captain continued "-our right flank has identified the primary sensor array, reportedly capable of long-range passive and active observation in any spectrum. Yet," - he suddenly became visibly agitated "-it may not be the most important item in this facility. One of the air-mobile companies, codenamed "Lightfall", has found at least one intact space-to-ground strategic weapon emplaced within this rock." "Most probably," - captain Chen announced "-we're talking multi-megatonne thermonuclear blockbuster."

As soon as our captain said that, an all-too-understandable commotion ensued. Strategic thermonuclear weapon embedded in an abandoned listening post. Just... how?! It cannot be, but there it is. And if only the base can be put back online, then the very course of this entire war could change overnight. It seemed, and still seems, too good to be true. We would have both the "radio-and-binoculars", AND the weapon to bear upon our, hopefully, unsuspecting foes. "-It is too early to say, whether this missile can indeed be launched, or if it wil; be possible to identify a suitable target..." - captain Chen tried to tone down the commotion, but at this point it didn't change anything. Out there, on a deserted square, provisionally encamped among bags and abandoned crates, we were all celebrating. With all likelihood, we, 11th Battlegroup, the "Pathfinders", have just found us all the path to victory. It was stated somewhere, that those rustbuckets besieging Lumara have established a manufacturing base somewhere in the system. With or without the sensor array, finding it is only the matter of time, and if only we get this missile ready to launch... the ace up the toasters' sleeve (do they even wear clothes?) will be no more.

[hybrid sable]

You'll have to resub that order after Southpaw opens the round, @ashen crystal

[ashen crystal]

Right...

Needed to edit it anyways

when orders open up again?

[hybrid sable]

When Southpaw comes on this evening. Probs 4-5 hours?

[ashen crystal]

right, so after DnD today for me

[hybrid sable]

Jealous

[ashen crystal]

I was lucky to find a drop in drop out in person group at a local board game cafe

[hybrid sable]

Ah, sounds nice. My group has scheduling problems (surprise)

[ashen crystal]

Sounds like every group in exsistance. Usually a few of us will have one shots on the backburner just in case the DM cant make it

[golden vector]

The first golden problem of DND, scheduling. XD

[atomic silo]

@minor ibex RP back at you

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[low wagon]

Oh lord, we now have a Shizuki, a Shizuko, and a Shizuka XD

[hybrid sable]

Just need an -u and an -e now

[sterile basalt]

Kaebuki, I’m going to try jerry rigging the sensor tower door. Would you mind me using Blossom if we need to use a vehicle to power the door?

Since everyone else is probably going places.

[granite wasp]

Question If Beaver does get the door open, Can I go inside the same turn? Or would I have to wait until next turn? Since it would be like having a condition on my order that I enter if the door is open.

and I known a fundmental part of this system is no conditions in orders.

[hybrid sable]

Atlas did a huge conditional order to set Iron Hammer down in Elim the same turn that the bot frigate went down, so it should work if you just claim that you're moving inside. Probably. But if not you just don't get inside.

[minor ibex]

Alpha Paw, Charlie Paw, and Blossom of Bravo Paw, I'd like to propose an idea for the current Round 6 orders. Optional of course.

Charlie Paw should move to the Unknown building Northeast of the Main Lift, and see if there's a stairwell leading down to the lower levels we can use. I recommend taking a squad from Ultra with you for extra insurance.

Meanwhile, I'd like Blossom to back up towards the lift to allow Rapscal access to both the truck and the supplies.

While we're securing the Main Lift, I'd like to see if Rapscal can try to jury rig power to the lift from Blossom's truck so that we can use it to go down.

@low wagon @sage frigate @golden vector @dense wind @stuck galleon @zenith notch

[golden vector]

Would I word it as a normal action or some sort of special action?

[minor ibex]

Just double checked the rulebook.

It would be a Standard Action. So 0.5 Speed.

Primary Actions are the things that you can only do once and cannot attack. But that's only tied to certain equipment and order types.

[golden vector]

👍

[torpid herald]

Just a thought from my real-world trchnical experience; if these doors are powered by hydraulics or pneumatics, there should be an emergency release mechanism of some sort. If they're just motorized, engis might be able to rig up a manual crank of some sort, so we might not need blasting or power to enter within 1 or 2 turns

[low wagon]

Go right ahead! Use whatever you need from Blossom.

Errr, though it seems we also need to jury rig the lift... Hm. I'll do lift first, then sensor tower.

[low wagon]

Will do!

[golden vector]

We promise not to break your truck Blossom! Kobold salute & cheer

[low wagon]

No worries if you do! These are pretty scuffed up already anyways XD

[low wagon]

Ehehe, I made the nation that the expeditionary force is based on for another RP. Guess what the prime minister's name is? Shizuku XD

I also have a character in that RP called Shizuka - seems the Shizus are pretty popular names :D

[sterile basalt]

I guess I’ll just try some more mechanical options first. There’s gotta be some manual release somewhere on this thing.

[low wagon]

I'd tell you to lockpick it, but futuristic settings probably only have those sliding doors 😅

[hybrid sable]

We'll use the force!

[sterile basalt]

Hopefully Shizuki’s punching doesn’t destroy the door…

[low wagon]

I think we'll be fine - if she had power armor, then you should be more concerned .3.

[hybrid sable]

Well, we did get an anonymous requisition order for a Mark III exoskeleton two weeks back

So she's probably trying

[sterile basalt]

So we have Shizuko in the armed forces of Shigana whose Prime Minister is Shizuku. Also another citizen of Shigana is Shizuka and to top it all off we have the completely unaffiliated former criminal Shizuki from all the way back in Haven.

[golden vector]

With the payout from this Kaebuki could get a PAI unit after the mission. 1 Req for the Infantry and 3 for the Refit.

[sterile basalt]

Well, Shizuki is from a completely different company, she’s in an infantry squad of former stowaway criminals from Haven.

[hybrid sable]

And we are duly terrified of Shizuki's future. But I do very much look forward to covertly inserting a PAI squad with melee weapons behind the enemy's front lines using my SpecOps VTOL

[sterile basalt]

I’m now quite tempted to make my next unit have a member called Shizumi.

[low wagon]

Right now I'm deciding between making a landing ship destroyer or upgrading the logi truck. Someone else can be the PAI .3.

[sterile basalt]

I have a feeling they thought that Shizuki was Shizuko.

[low wagon]

The confusion has indeed set in XD

[sterile basalt]

We must have more Shizus.

[copper lynx]

Where?

[sterile basalt]

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[hybrid sable]

@sharp stag, any idea what you want to be doing this turn? Do you want me to pick you up or take you anywhere? (I have incorporated both you and Southpaw into my RP atm)

[torpid herald]

Glad we're on the same wavelength, Beaver

[sterile basalt]

Yeah it just made sense. How would people get in and out if there was an emergency and the power died? There should be some manual release somewhere.

[torpid herald]

Either that or we start ripping up panels

[hybrid sable]

You already did that, HardShell
looks at the craters where they went hull-down

[torpid herald]

Gamma-4 not-so subtly kicks a bent piece of metal back into his hole, as if it would hide it

[ashen crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/leaf-hole-gif-24199886

[torpid herald]

Im trying so hard not to make them spiders! Lol

[sharp stag]

I agree with your idea that don’t use radio, I figure that an LM or tanks could essentially overwatch the missle from the outside of the rock.
So I think if South confirms that I’ll hitch a ride back to the control room direction.
Maybe Blue can overwatch the missle?

[hybrid sable]

Alright, then, hop on board! Means I don't have to change my order

[sterile basalt]

@torpid herald, fyi digging in takes all your movement, not just an action.

[torpid herald]

You are right

I'm debating whether to make the violent Dig-in Canon now

[ashen crystal]

I just noticed an extra digit my ending quadrant for my orders. Map should make it clear enough though so not going to resubmit

[regal coral]

Looking over the round 2 plan, I take it armor basically just holds?

I see mention of using batteries, do we need to specify an action for that?

[hybrid sable]

Basically. Reposition almost however you want, to be more realistic, but we still want the same droids covered with your armor piercing. If you want to station right next to the Main Lift and specify that you make your batteries available for the engineers, it might make things easier

[regal coral]

Is repositioning within the same hex hold or advance? And is “making my batteries available to the engineers” an action?

[minor ibex]

Moving within a hex is Advance, yes. Though making your batteries available as an action depends on if you're taking the batteries out yourself, or just standing by to let them take the batteries out.

[regal coral]

Oh we’re straight up removing the batteries? From the earlier descriptions I thought we were just extension cording our way in

[ashen crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/електрошок-воскреситьмашину-electric-shock-resurrect-the-car-ouch-gif-15257685

[regal coral]

Ah well, gotta do what you gotta do

“Sorry mate, promise its temporary”
pats hull

[minor ibex]

Yes, but who's hooking up the wires. You or them? That's the point. The one who's doing stuff is making the Action. I don't think simply popping the hood open for them to get access counts.

[regal coral]

My question about removing batteries/cording in was specifically about if it disables the ifv in any way

if it’s still functional, i’ll keep the crew inside and prepared in case the bots wake up

if it’s dead for the round,
i might as well help

because in any good sci-fi story the bots either wake up 1. when you try to break in
2. once you’re all the way in and can’t leave easily

[ashen crystal]

I mean, a car tends to still run when it’s jump starting something

[minor ibex]

I don't think I'll have time to ask Shack before I have to submit the map. So I'm going to assuming that messing with the battery will make you immobile, but not unable to shoot back.

[regal coral]

Perfectly fair, and if it’s different I won’t blame you.
Thank you!

[ashen crystal]

Who’s the guy who forgot to do orders last round? Should we ping those people?

[regal coral]

Orders in, whoever is trying to open the main lift can draw on me.

Actually, might need to change that, Blossom is in 4118 opening the lift already.

[sage frigate]

Honestly I don't even know if I'm on the map

Been so stealthy, Shack thought there was nothing there

[minor ibex]

Dang, you're right. I don't see you either. =~=;

[regal coral]

Also apparently I’m in 4118 according to the midround event, unintentionally :p

The ultimate in stealth technology: guaranteed 0 spotting from enemy forces!

[minor ibex]

That part I managed to bring to Shack's attention and got you fixed. =w=

[regal coral]

Ah, thank you!

Is it beneficial to have multiple vehicles trying to power the lift, or should I head over to the sensor tower to offer them power? (If they even want it, their current order set is looking for a manual release)

[minor ibex]

I'd say having multiple by the Main Lift is the best option. We'll let Bravo Paw worry about the sensors.

[sage frigate]

Quick question, why can't @sharp stag start opening up the manual locks himself?

It only says there's 4 locks, not that it requires four people to open them at the same time.

[sage frigate]

Also btw, where exactly am I located now?

[regal coral]

Orders resubmitted because I actually do need to be in the lift hex (4118) to be useful :p

[minor ibex]

Locks imply a key is needed. But it's a moot point now as LightFall is being carried back to 1st Tail to report the missile silo personally... Yeah, I don't get it either. Roleplay.

As for where you are. On the official map, you're not. But I put in a note that you're with Rapscal and 1st Tail. Hopefully Shack doesn't leave you behind.

[sage frigate]

Nothing cussing and swearing as someone accidentally locks them back on the space ship.

As for the locks, my understanding was that it'd be something like how gun works, you switch it from safe to fire. But ya, it honestly is just a minor thing, since we still need to open four of them.

[hybrid sable]

It's more of a "guys, stop broadcasting that we have a nuke on poorly encrypted personal coms ffs" thing. We'll fly people back over later

[minor ibex]

Regardless... I'm calling you guys out on it. >w<

[hybrid sable]

That is the commander's privilege. Not my fault! ^w^

[ashen crystal]

Light mode?!

[minor ibex]

Shush!

[hybrid sable]

Brightest heresy

[ashen crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-blind-flashbang-light-mode-gif-21281004

Just poking fun, you do what you like.

[golden vector]

https://tenor.com/view/scout-gif-25786536

[sterile basalt]

Damn, I might even be able to hear that over Shizuki’s door punching and swearing.

[minor ibex]

Quick reminder to all Pathfinder units. Orders for Round 6 will close <t:1752098400:R>. On <t:1752098400:F>

Please be sure to put in your orders before then.

@stuck galleon @ashen iris @tired stirrup @granite wasp @twin talon @inner harbor

@round nexus @rose iris @sage frigate @woeful nimbus @copper lynx

[minor ibex]

The commander's got a good pair of lungs... ^^;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk1mAd77Hr4

[sterile basalt]

Oh, also Shizuki’s already submitted their order to try punch the door down 🤣 #1385617780551716905 message

[minor ibex]

Got it. I'll see if I can make a more comprehensive list of orders for Shack when the time comes tomorrow. =w=

[golden vector]

But yeah lol, even one of the kobold squad members reacted like Southpaw, just not a loud fox scream of course. XD

[minor ibex]

Yeah, sorry for stealing your thunder. But I wanted South to be the first to hear the news and explode as a result.^^;

[torpid herald]

All the bots ocular snap to the echoing sound of the Commander's voice, before Beta-3 raises and lowers the barrel of his gun in a mechanical shrug

[low wagon]

Ahhh, so that's what the fox says -w-

[ashen iris]

fox noises are funny

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1369153722474561638/1372613280907919360/IMG_2201.gif

surprise water bucket

[minor ibex]

You better hope Commander Southpaw doesn't hear you say that. Otherwise the fox will also show you what the fox does to people that make him above average annoyed.^^;

[low wagon]

Honestly, I'd be more impressed he'd know that song after however many years in the far future we are .3.

[ashen iris]

it's possible it became a common song or chant to tease foxes on south's homeworld

you know how people are

[minor ibex]

Actually mutimals don't have a homeworld. The species was artificially created by a human corporation who wanted to evolve humanity into a higher state of being, and mutimals were made to be test subjects to experiment on for genetic mutations and modifications.

Mutimals as a species don't really have a culture, or a historical identity. So what little they do have is based off of humanity and human tech they've scrounged up while traveling the stars.

[ashen iris]

oh God

[minor ibex]

Yeah... It's a wonder they managed to pluck up the courage to join ARMCO of all groups.^^;

[woeful nimbus]

Where abouts are we wanting my VTOL to head to this turn?

[ashen iris]

that sounds like a horrible concoction of cultures

to base yours from

-insert odd human tradition #123932 here-

oh 4318 is just a nuke

oh so that's where lightfall found the nuke

[minor ibex]

It doesn't really go to that extreme. The mutimals just use human tech for survival. But that does mean they kinda expose themselves to some shreds of human culture.

A notable one is the discovery of a book series known as Warrior Cats. Now many of the younger feline-based mutimals are changing their names to match the style of naming convention from the book series.^^;

[ashen iris]

wait, do we get to use the nuke later on

[minor ibex]

Well Wasp is going solo inspecting the reactors. while Cumulus is dropping off LightFall. Don't know what else to do with the VTOLs except hang back.

[ashen iris]

"hello bot battlecruiser, Pathfinders bets thee farewell!"
-nuke sounds-

[minor ibex]

Fingers crossed. Maybe we can get the other groups to give us a target, and we can blow the bots to heck with it. =w=

[sage frigate]

Gonna wait till Shack updates our position, only then can I run any orders.

[minor ibex]

And if he doesnt?

[ashen iris]

the "pretend it is where it's meant to be" clause

on an unrelated note

there is a lack of charlie team orders to follow

and I sure as hell am not going to go anywhere alone

[minor ibex]

Er-herm~! ...

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[ashen iris]

no, I meant from my

teammates

in #1385617780551716905

[minor ibex]

That's probably due to time zones. We still have plenty of hours until orders needs to be submitted.

[sage frigate]

Hold order, probably.

[ashen iris]

bwaaa

blobs plays ball with a random rock they found

[hushed eagle]

Southpaw, for the love of all please keep Phanta off your WMD

-# I’d hope nobody explodes

[ashen iris]

or the blobs for that matter

we simply do not share the same sense of scale

[minor ibex]

Honestly, I think I trust Phanta over anyone else. The Kobolds may be silly and chaotic at times, but even they know the seriousness of a WMD.

But to help cool your nerves. I definitely want Southpaw to keep control of the WMD until we have a really good reason to use it.

[hushed eagle]

Thank you

I… haven’t seen the kobolds with a good track record yet (excluding those under the Baron, who isn’t Clan Dusk

[minor ibex]

I think you're mixing your factions. The Rogue Baron is an enemy faction of Rubicon, and Clan Dusk is Rubicon's stealth team.^^;

[hushed eagle]

Yes

I know that the Rogue Baron is evil

But they’re the only ones who I haven’t seen their own plans get foiled by failing mechanisms

Also just a general statement I think you’ll have quite a few takers for your Mutimal Support Programme after this job

[minor ibex]

I'm aware. =w= Boy is that going to be something. XD

[hushed eagle]

I’m hoping your exploration goes well this turn

[minor ibex]

Digits crossed. =w=

[rose iris]

sincerely

where do I go

I can't see

[minor ibex]

Full map is right here.
#campaign-briefing-room message

Since you're coming in late. You'll most likely be spawning in at Hex 4116, coming out of the Dock Exit.

From there, I'd recommend going East past the Unknown building. At least to get yourself out of the way of the infantry that's piling the Dock Exit.^^;

@rose iris You're using SklBus's callsign. You're gonna have to fix that. XD I almost thought you were them.

[rose iris]

Ooooooops

Mb I just copied cuz lazy

Sry

[minor ibex]

It's okay. Just copy/paste, edit, and resubmit. Be sure to delete the old post for the new post.

[minor ibex]

Sorry Mystery, but editing your post isn't aloud. You'll have to copy/past it into a new post and delete the old one. It's to prevent cheating.

[twin talon]

Ultra said they might need some engineers taxied I'm double checkinh in their comms as of writing this.

[ashen crystal]

I will not have the time/ availability to chance my orders today due to work

[ashen iris]

https://tenor.com/view/ditto-dance-gif-9953498

a wild idle blob

[golden vector]

Blob

[chrome parcel]

just here to inform my fellow VTOLs that I'll be heading for 4210 for inspection (following the planning doc). That way all coordination for the runs to Reactor 2 and D6 will happen in your BG (which requires less cross-BG-communication)

[sage frigate]

Welp, I see Shack probably gonna say that Nothing is there, so I'm just gonna restart my position, if that's alright with you @minor ibex

[woeful nimbus]

Roger let me know would be happy to help?

[zenith notch]

Leftover from the RP-posts from Titan operation. Sometime in the later entries, I'll surely make the confusion a thing in-universe.

[twin talon]

Looks like we got one engi who wants a lift to a reactor, with 5 move that means you or I can pick them up and take them to a reactor we also need someone to go and check out grid 4120. Do you want to taxi or scout I guess is the question haha

[zenith notch]

My company comes from a defunct realm of a late warlord named Miyake, from the planet Akallo V. I took some inspiration from the Chinese during the post-Qing civil war (or at least my vague idea about it), hence the generally Oriental theme and the warlord backstory.

[sharp stag]

I think gabagabo/cumulus is headed that way after he dropped me off to deliver the ballistic news

[woeful nimbus]

As you arranged it, how about you carry that unit where they need to go, I'll start having a nosy at 4120

[hybrid sable]

I don't have the movement to make additional dropoffs or pickups this round, though

[zenith notch]

The Empire of Shi... which does raise some very inconvenient questions, given the nature of our current adversaries.

[twin talon]

Awesome I'm 100 on that, ty

[ashen crystal]

Land is .5, embark is .5, takeoff is .5. Do that all again to get them back on the ground and you get 2 movement

[twin talon]

Hey Grizzills I've got an engi with me and we'll be working with you to inspect Reactor 2 looking for entry via hatch or somewhere to land them.

[ashen crystal]

Should be able to see my orders in out orders chat for a rough diagram of my positioning

[round nexus]

Did i miss the order deadlines?

Like am i still in the game and if so where would I be?

[ashen crystal]

Did you miss last battle round? If you miss this one you’re out of the campaign. Start at the exit ramp in 4117 of the listening post

[ashen crystal]

By estimate you have 2 hours tops

[round nexus]

Yea i did 🙁 work kicked my ass last time around and I never got around to doing stuff

[ashen crystal]

Donut now, you have 2 hours to get them in or be out of the campaign. Image shared is currrent group location and positions. We are there along with battle group Ultra

[round nexus]

Coolio

[ashen crystal]

You’ll want to start your orders from the dock exit on the map

For your starting position

[round nexus]

Yeah im js gonna hold for now

[hybrid sable]

Welcome back, moth! Glad you could make it!

[torpid herald]

Yes! More - bodies for the pile - allies!

[granite wasp]

Hey that makes us only down 1

[hybrid sable]

Alright, except for @inner harbor that's actually everyone!

[ashen crystal]

~40 minutes left! Get your orders in everybody!

[granite wasp]

22 of 23 Hi Paw pathfinders! ✋

[ashen crystal]

Going to have to reconfigure the combat formation

[ashen iris]

https://tenor.com/view/ditto-pokemon-anime-happy-dance-gif-16360307322388566092

the blobs dance about

[gloomy merlin]

Pathfinders, Ultra's Asst. TacCom here. Wanted to share so y'all know what our plans were this round. Still waiting to confirm one order, so not complete yet.

[minor ibex]

@rose iris I'm gonna need to you resubmit your order and delete the old post, or I won't be able to count it as submitted.

I'll be leaving the orders open until <t:1752121200:t> so that you can get that sorted.

[ashen crystal]

AH, that thing in 4120 was going to be my next point of interest. Glad it's getting looked at either way

[gloomy merlin]

Let me know if I should adjust some of Ultra's units to give you more space. I didn't see any direct conflict in my super brief look through yalls orders, but I also wasnt paying super close attention.

[minor ibex]

Will do. Thank you.

[rose iris]

Uh everything is alright with my post but just resubmit right?

[minor ibex]

Correct! copy/past. Resubmit. Then delete the old post.^^

[rose iris]

before I eat my medicine and sleep is this correct?

[minor ibex]

One quick moment...

[inner harbor]

dang it, just missed the last round, I just got of the plane from a trip!

[minor ibex]

Yup! I think that's good. Thanks MysteriousHunter!^^ I'll take care of the rest.

[rose iris]

alr

[minor ibex]

You're Mongol, right?

[inner harbor]

Yes

[minor ibex]

I haven't closed the Orders yet. So you can submit an order and get yourself in before I do.^^

[inner harbor]

ok 👍

[minor ibex]

I'll be leaving the orders open until <t:1752121200:t> so that you can get that sorted.

So take a breath, look over the map, copy the template at the top of the BG11: Pathfinders Mission Orders channel and we'll get your order squared away.^^

[inner harbor]

ok, how much movement does it take to get up the lift?

[minor ibex]

We haven't gotten the lift operating yet. It's locked out due to lack of power, so ENG "Rapscal" is working with LOGI "Blossom" and IFV "SklBus" to see if we can jumpstart it.

[inner harbor]

ok!

Thanks!

[minor ibex]

You're welcome. 🙂 The lift is also limited to infantry units only. So vehicles can't go down to the lower levels.

[inner harbor]

ok, guess I'll just go on a joy ride insted

[minor ibex]

We'll be needing the perimeters around the asteroid protected, so any help would be appreciated.^^

[inner harbor]

ok!

all done.

[minor ibex]

Thank you Rogue! I'll be sure to get your unit worked into the map and orders tonight.

[inner harbor]

Thanks, I will also be gone next week, is there any way I can send my orders early? I assume there won't be much going on for me.

unable to go up the lift and all.

[minor ibex]

Orders open up as soon as an overall map of the turn is shown in the Campaign-Briefing channel. Which is sometime after Friday. And closes again at <t:1749592800:t> on Sunday.

However, you can save a template of the order, fill it out, and as soon as you are able, copy/past it into the order channel as soon as it opens.

[inner harbor]

ok!

Thank you so much! I will be here sunday so I should be fine.

[minor ibex]

I'll be sending out a reminder ping roughly 16-18 hours before orders are due to close. So keep an ear out for that.

[inner harbor]

ok

[ashen crystal]

I have an incorect digit in my coordinance but hopefully my map makes it clear enough

actually it's multiple incorrect digits... oops

oh well, orders are closed now

[low wagon]

Huzzah! All Pathfinder members are alive!

[hybrid sable]

Woo! The deathless dream is alive!

[minor ibex]

It's a miracle! An absolute MIRACLE~!! \OAO/

[hybrid sable]

Oof, attendance drops off real hard there at the end!

[minor ibex]

Only because we haven't gotten to those turns yet silly. XD We're on Round 6.

[hybrid sable]

ooOOOOOOOooooohhhhh! Guess I should submit my orders then

[minor ibex]

You already did. XD

[sterile basalt]

South, I think gaba’s a time traveller.

[minor ibex]

Oh joy... Where's Marty McFly when you need him? =~=;

[golden vector]

Flops onto ground
...I've survived another shift at work....yay....

[hybrid sable]

As a time traveler, I can say that you will survive several more. As not a telepath, I cannot tell you how you will feel about this

[minor ibex]

And that's it for Turn 6. Everyone is in position, and hopefully the extensive detail will help Shack know who's going where.^^;

[torpid herald]

Thank God the other metallic unit showed up. Would have been just me and Mimir

[minor ibex]

It's a Christmas Miracle, and it's not even Christmas. We have everybody in the Battlegroup on the map now! XD

[golden vector]

Weeeeeee

[minor ibex]

Hey @devout wharf , I was wondering. Which of our two groups should hold the keys to the nuke we found?

Naturally, I'd say both of our groups should have a say in what to do with it. But between us two leaders, who should be the one to "fire" it?

Though I can also see our two leaders having the "dual key" system where we both have to unlock the thing and press the button.^^

[devout wharf]

Instead of leaders, it should be to taccoms as a whole @minor ibex

In the event my unit perishes, i will become rp as non functional

[gloomy merlin]

I dont know if you want Sean (one of the medics) to be in charge of ANYTHING.

[devout wharf]

Both group taccoms must be unanimous

[rose iris]

what nukes

we have nukes

when?

[hybrid sable]

LightFall and the VTOL squadron found a strategic ballistic missile (unknown payload) this past round

[rose iris]

oh okay

[minor ibex]

You mean to every taccom in the current game? While I would want to get input from other groups as to where to put the nuke, it feels a little off to have people's fingers on the button who aren't anywhere near the button.^^;

[rose iris]

https://tenor.com/view/rubbing-hands-evil-smile-evil-smirk-patrick-star-gif-17745265

[gloomy merlin]

I think he was thinking all the Pathfinders and Ultra TacComms and Asst TacComms? I hope. As there are too many with all the other groups....

[minor ibex]

That makes a little more sense, and generally what I myself was implying.

I forgot about the Assitant Tac-Coms, but no reason they shouldn't have an imput.^^

[devout wharf]

Our taccoms only

[torpid herald]

Rp Post:

Enzo stomps his mettalic prosthetic on the ground as he moves to a safe location at a leisurly pace. Apart from any unit, he can take a spot on the far corner of the lift without impacting logistics, seemingly unconcerned if it raises or not

[devout wharf]

Should i perish @gloomy merlin and @autumn matrix will carry my vote in their favour

[minor ibex]

Well it's good enough for me. =w= Though I don't think we need to extend it to the roleplay of the units on the battlefield. Even if your unit dies, you'll still be Tac-Com of Ultra.

[devout wharf]

well percieved its a Rp aspect

for me im using it as a rule

a doctrine

[minor ibex]

Alrighty then. No shame, you do you. =w=

[torpid herald]

Rp:

Every Ultra unit that filters by the Hardshells' line of sight is scrutinized by the profile and biologic reference table. Each cleared scan makes a crude, analog beep different in pitch for every machine.

[sage frigate]

This has the sort of tone line the Planet 51 scene: https://youtu.be/SG9UtEE7Yvc?si=VaDJvFuzZGLx-jlG

[low wagon]

If Shizuko passes one of the Hardshells and can get out of her truck, she’s definitely patting them -w-

[torpid herald]

Double beep for Shizuko

[low wagon]

Huzzah -w-

[golden vector]

=w=

[autumn matrix]

What does this mean

[rocky sable]

That if Normac dies in the campaign than you will have their favour

[autumn matrix]

I get the mandate of heaven, got it

[ashen crystal]

New hostile assets to add to the intelligence sheets

[hybrid sable]

Heavy gunships and fixed defenses, oh boy

[ashen crystal]

AaaA

How much air defense do we have? I know VTOLs can’t use their nose guns against air and one unit here has an infantry AA upgrade

[hybrid sable]

We have 1 infantry missile and 7 light mechs if light lasers can hit air targets

which I'm not sure on

[autumn matrix]

I'd have to ask shack about that

[hybrid sable]

guess not then

just the one infantry missile

[autumn matrix]

Let me check the equipment doc

[hybrid sable]

"oh boy," to coin a phrase

[autumn matrix]

This is what shack said

[ashen crystal]

Alright so we are very much dependent on air cover from other battle groups

[hybrid sable]

And our friendly Federal Security Droid friends, right?

[light trail]

Right, has anyone scanned/checked what they're packing?

[hybrid sable]

M29 Davy Crocket recoilless weapons systems, I believe /s

[hearty musk]

that would be higly efective once

[light trail]

https://tenor.com/view/jjjj-gif-14150446153159450890

[light trail]

If those can target air units, then at least for initial wave of dropships and etc we can deal with

[hybrid sable]

We just need to load a couple up on VTOLs with engineer squads. Have the engineers pop the hatch and abandon the droids to breach

[ashen crystal]

We don't know what sort of defensive firepower or escorts the hostile responce force might have

[devout wharf]

https://tenor.com/view/zoidberg-dr-gif-13983347

[sterile basalt]

I just remembered that we’ve probably got some toys in the vehicle bay we could use.

[hybrid sable]

Probably. Ultra's taking a look

[gloomy merlin]

yup, Ultra has 5-6 units lookin into the Veh Bay

[minor ibex]

Plus one of our own. Sapien is going in there as well.

[gloomy merlin]

yup. If there is anything there, we shall discover it.

[minor ibex]

Don't know if I announced this, but our order has officially been put up.

Just to say that I did. =w=
#1386030427130564769 message

[gloomy merlin]

royal 'we' as in all of us, not just Ultra.

[hybrid sable]

we are pleased

[ashen crystal]

I think an air defense weasel would be good. Mix of fast firing cannon and missiles

[ashen crystal]

Nothing in the vehicle bay

https://tenor.com/view/disintegrate-gif-22469816

[golden vector]

Hey now, at least we found out if people do something wrong the bots activate

[ashen crystal]

True

And they have a crew aboard my vtol that shouldn’t be

[twin talon]

Any news on wazp, I and potato's saw ? We weren't mentioned.

[hybrid sable]

Now that's sone intel

[twin talon]

Haha ahhh a second too early it seems digi boi is aboard wasp when it's meant to be aboard my VTOL

[ashen crystal]

I apparently I don’t have them on me though?!

[golden vector]

https://tenor.com/view/imagination-spongebob-squarepants-dreams-magic-gif-12725683

[twin talon]

Yeah literally posted as I typed the message out. Yeah they confused us wasp

[ashen crystal]

We were both over there

Oh well

[hybrid sable]

Probs not worth correcting. He's messing with so many hundreds of units

Just as long as no one shoots anything

[twin talon]

Yup hot potato engineers sadge @raven oriole your with wasp now.

[stable pine]

No tacmap next round

Good sign

[hybrid sable]

Guess we successfully accomplished everything except the vehicle bay, so that's nice

[stable pine]

That scanner is going to be a powerful asset

Being able to scan an entire strategic point is insane!

[devout wharf]

hell, its about time!

thats new

[hybrid sable]

I suppose we're about to be inundated by requests for scans

[ashen crystal]

Ok, so what exactly do we want to being doing in a defensive stance here?

Also we might want to get Digi back into dirt

[devout wharf]

i didnt even type this

ghosts!

[ashen crystal]

Scans and demands for use of the missile

[stable pine]

Well, not much is left to be scanned, and a lot of us are engaged right now. The obvious choice to me seems like Ziyal, but that won't be relevant for a bit here anyway

[hybrid sable]

I think we should spend the next couple rounds figuring out the basic defensive positions of our units: what are the most critical defensive locations and how do we arrange things once we get the tac map back to maximize spreading enemy fire between our units. And not firing the missile.

[stable pine]

Do keep in mind you may never get a tacmap again lol

[hybrid sable]

Victorum could probably use a scan of the big fleet they ran into: there's not much data on that

[stable pine]

The bots at the moment quite literally cannot get to you

[stable pine]

*without going past or through our forces

[hybrid sable]

Possible, maybe even ideal, but probably unlikely once we start pinging stuff

[gray lagoon]

https://tenor.com/view/kita-bocchi-the-rock-kita-ikuyo-clap-happy-gif-10036180577568127404

[stable pine]

They're gonna be focused on our ground forces now

So y'all should be okay

[hybrid sable]

obvious pride

[golden vector]

Woot! We own the Listening Post now!

[gray lagoon]

And the NUwUke!

[hybrid sable]

And the NUwUke!

[ashen crystal]

Right, so how exactly do we want to set this up? I’m sure we don’t want to just be on this post forever

[copper lynx]

Oops I almost got 1 roll

Thankfully it just low and not nat 1

https://tenor.com/view/senko-light-cute-anime-the-helpful-fox-senko-san-gif-14801505

[hybrid sable]

But the good news is it's open!

[golden vector]

As Shack said , a few rounds to power everything up and we can start scanning

[ashen crystal]

So, of course orders are still required for the next few rounds… what are the rest of us non engineers doing?

[hybrid sable]

With our forces... almost everywhere by the end of next turn, I'm not sure where else we should be. Someone needs to hold and operate this station, and while we could probably run rings around the bot groups encountered on the surface (given their lack of even basic tactics) I'm not confident we could reach any meaningful objectives in hostile territory without eventually getting overrun

[copper lynx]

I definitely will search the sensor tower for anything

Files documents hard drives flashdisk cat anything

Really

[hybrid sable]

Whereas if we stay here we are the ultimate scout group, and we have enough people to hold out against any small-scale drops the bots are likely to divert from fighting our main forces

[ashen crystal]

And what if Ultra? Do they plan to stay as well?

[devout wharf]

We will discuss this

Are

It may take a day

[ashen crystal]

Ok

[feral pasture]

a remember about the 4 manual locks on the missile which I'm guessing is a action each to unlock since you guys have time and check the warhead

[stable pine]

It definitely seems most practical if only one of the BGs stays

Otherwise it's a bit of a waste of manpower

[devout wharf]

Well it depends

[hybrid sable]

Really does. We should probably wait to make a decision until after we figure out wtf these droids are armed with. And see how the objectives are looking on the surface

[minor ibex]

Oh my GOSH~! I just read the mid-round. We did it! OwO We gained access to the Listening Post! Yaaaaay~! \OAO/ Happy fluffy squeeball noises!

[hybrid sable]

Is this... is this in character as Commander Southpaw? Are we all terrified?

[gray lagoon]

https://tenor.com/view/eevee-furry-pokemon-dancing-clapping-gif-20587818

[ashen crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/eevee-rasputin-gif-20928577

[hybrid sable]

please let it be Westwing please let it be Westwing please let it be Westwing

[ashen crystal]

And that’s the same gif

Nice

[ember oracle]

https://tenor.com/view/eevee-pokemon-dance-gif-16226381563599635599

[gray lagoon]

pathfinders suddenly devolve into eevee fueled madness

what is this, iron hammer ?

[copper lynx]

.... about that...

[hybrid sable]

https://tenor.com/view/yay-happy-excited-pokemon-espeon-gif-17147707

[copper lynx]

I gonna try not to punch door in stealth again, unless

[minor ibex]

No, this is just me being squee. =w= Commander Southpaw is just sighing in relief as he takes a quick breather before focusing on what to do next. He tends to celebrate quietly.

[ashen crystal]

Current focus: nuke

[gray lagoon]

Current focus: nUwUke*

[minor ibex]

Don't even think about it.

[hybrid sable]

Oh thank god. We are spared the horror of a visibly happy Commander Southpaw

[copper lynx]

I say we loot the entire place

Down to atom

[ember oracle]

To the floorboards you say?

[copper lynx]

Hey we may find useful things!

[autumn matrix]

Heartbeat, you say?

[ashen crystal]

Look, someone just check more in the security room so maybe we can find the directives/protocals for the security droids?

[hybrid sable]

I'm going to need you to hunt down every technical document and blueprint that has ever been on this station. Every single one. Especially the blueprints for those droids

[ashen crystal]

If we can gain access to additional security that we can use that would be great

Have a droid security bay on an orbital for when you’re boarded, for example

[minor ibex]

If he does, run. Very fast.

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxFpjIky1tOdRH40RhZEQ_VarHWIx3YAjy?si=q7ga-x7-VTTtucRm

[copper lynx]

RP POST:

As Shizuki keep punching the door noticed the bot are flinching so she stopped, looked at the crack where she punch the door at, and let the engineer open it instead.

"... grr if only there no bots here"

short silence

"Well fine I can just loot this place after we control it anyways"

[minor ibex]

@sharp stag @devout wharf @gloomy merlin @gritty hawk

Hey Tac-Coms, I got a proposition I'd like to suggest but want to run it by everybody in our leader group involving the Listening Post before I do anything.

I'd like to announce our control of the Listening Post to the other Tac-Coms, and set up a poll open to everyone to ask where we should point the Listening Post to.

The options will be the different points on the map not occupied by a group.

• Nerys Village.
• H-H
• Haydar Village
• Ziyal City
• Nav L-A2
• Nav L-T1
• Wreckage Field
• Tora
• Alden Gate

[gloomy merlin]

I was thinking we / y'all could scout ahead of the main force? I was thinking initially Ziyal City because that seems like where most of the BGs are gonna be headed once they crash through where they are at now.....

[low wagon]

I’m in favor of Pathfinders staying here, seeing as we have less combat power overall compared to Ultra. If the droids can be powered up and brought to our side then we should be able to hold out against an attack.

[minor ibex]

A very good point. But I want this to be considered by everybody.

A sort of "we don't know where to point this big thing, so we're asking those on the front lines where they want us to point this."

Something to help put in more teamwork. Because this Listening Post is... Big. Not in actual size, but effectiveness.

[gray lagoon]

Battle group org comms is where we've decided for tac Com organizing

For bg organizing not tax Com

[minor ibex]

I wasn't aware there was a comms for that. I'll Follow it. =w=

[gray lagoon]

I blame the 3am French time.

[minor ibex]

I origonally wanted to post it in Tac-Com because I was only going to poke the Tac-Coms, and have them bring in all the players to vote in the poll. Otherwise it would just be... way too many pings.^^;

But it can still work in the other channel as well. =w=

[gray lagoon]

It's more that people want tac Com comms for just shack question and vice versa, and bg comms for coordinating and tac maps

[stable pine]

Shack brought that up himself

[low wagon]

Just one request - if anyone asks to use the nuke on one of the planet zones, bring up the possibility of civilians hiding the area. Perhaps the nuke is better used on an enemy ship, where the chance of civilians being caught in the blast is far lower, then allowing space assets to help on the ground with more targeted strikes.

[gray lagoon]

Personally feel like tac map talk should be in tac comms and people are being too strict but whatever.

[ashen crystal]

Each battle group votes and then the tax coms take their result and vote in their own poll

[gray lagoon]

Yes, I was there, I meant more people want a clear split now but I find it dumb tac map talk is in the bg comms and not, the, Y'Know, apply named tac comm comms...

Appetly apptly

[stable pine]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[gray lagoon]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[minor ibex]

No, we're holding onto the nuke until a confirmed target that we all agree on pops up. This is just for the sensors and assisting the teams on the ground with data.

The NUwUke is off the table until we can confirm a safe target to use it on.

[granite wasp]

do we have an confirmation on how the listening post works yet. Or are we still theorizing?

[minor ibex]

Calm down. It's neither of them. Just a regular Mutalett being happy.

[ashen crystal]

Someone’s got to paint nUwUke onto the missile now

[minor ibex]

From what the mid-round text is suggesting. I think we can point it at one of the nav-points on the space map, and it'll reveal everything going on on that map.

That's my guess.^^;

[gray lagoon]

(lovely how my nUwUke name caught on hehehehe)

[minor ibex]

RP POST:

Commander Southpaw: "So YOU'RE the culprit! I thought I smelled rotten grapes and a baguette."

LtCdr. Westwing: "Calm down South. It's all in good harmless fun." =w=

[golden vector]

....why a baguette specifically?

They haven't rasied the White Flag yet. XD

[minor ibex]

I wasn't going to go that far. I didn't want to offend with a joke. =w=

[gray lagoon]

Mathieu: "Now is not the time for this Sout- Wes- 1st Tail! We're engaging targets!"

That's as much rp as you'll get from me tonight xD

3:15am,i think I should close my phone...

[minor ibex]

Good idea. Go to bed! You'll need the rest. =w=

[gray lagoon]

Yes, good night path friends -v-

[hybrid sable]

There is also a Scan Request option on the Logistics Support sheet of the C5 logistics document that you could use, since it doesn't seem like anyone else is using it

[gloomy merlin]

I forgot about the Logistics Support Sheet....

[minor ibex]

Same here. But there's Fire Support and Logi Requests. But no Scan Resquest. Where is it on the sheet?

[hybrid sable]

Logi Requests tab, under Request Type (column G) there's a Scan request

Which, not great for discussion, but might be good just to keep track of the proposals

[minor ibex]

I don't know... If this applies to every unit, not just Tac-Coms. It's going to be a crazy list if everybody puts in their 2 cents. Might be easier just to do a poll.^^;

[gloomy merlin]

You do what is easiest for you!

[hybrid sable]

It's only everyone's 2 cents if everyone uses it, and, well... look at it. But yes, might be easier to just do in a channel for the moment

[minor ibex]

Alright. So STKerr is okay for the poll system. Now for Normac and Timmy.

[minor ibex]

Working on a potential scrip for if I put in a poll for where to throw the sensors at. =w=

[hybrid sable]

I would also include newly occupied points with large numbers of unidentified contacts that have a lot of data or that may have civilian targets mixed in: this next turn, for instance, I think L-W2 for Victorum or Hill Mine for Dwarf would have been incredible targets for the scanner if it were operational so that they know exactly what they're dealing with where

[minor ibex]

Ironically, my main worry is how many options I can put in a single poll. I think there actually is a limit. So I might have to pick and choose the options.^^;

[minor ibex]

Yeah, doublechecked. A limit of 10 options. and the list of spots not yet occupied is already 9.^^;

Although, I could cheat and have people post emogies.^^

[stable pine]

The old fashioned way

[minor ibex]

Yeah! 'couse I'm not against the other areas being options. The poll system just has a limit. So the old emogi poll system could work. =w=

[hybrid sable]

It seems reasonable to de-prioritize points not adjacent to the front line: our forces aren't about to make it to L-T1 or Toren or Alden. Sure, there could be reinforcements coming from there, but immediate tactical advantage seems more useful atm

Or emogis. emogis are fun

[minor ibex]

Squee. =w=

[hybrid sable]

^w^

[low wagon]

-# Wait is it emojis or emogis?

[hybrid sable]

-# it's actually emotchis but it's rude to correct people so I didn't

[stable pine]

The technical term is Emoji but this feels like a Jif vs Gif situation

[minor ibex]

I don't always spell things correctly...^^;

[hybrid sable]

Counterpoint: it's english and spellings don't make sense anyway

[minor ibex]

"Counterpoint: I'm in command and I order you to stop complaining."
https://youtu.be/jHqk81i-7to?si=MoEaGb7ukhZ2N_c4&t=16

[torpid herald]

Our engineers are awesome

[hybrid sable]

Definitely some excellent work getting this place open without triggering the security droids!

[stuck galleon]

RP

This is Accounting, Pathfinders, 6-2. All units, be advised. Hostile action towards the station will result in detention of the stations missile defenses. Do not engage any Federal defenses in any way until the automated system can be shut off.

Jeth peeks his ocular implants over the lip of the decaying box of batteries he’s stuffed himself into, observing the bots patrolling the maintenance bay.

I don’t get it, Raymond sent over the Neural Network from the ventilation shaft he’d crawled into.

`A company or more of combat droids, several ground-to-void misses… to protect a listening post? It would have been more effective to just hide it better than defend it this heavily, no?

For once, you’re right, Jeth sent back, there’s probably something more going on. We’ll have our work cut out for us this time.

Take your bets, *Jackie interrupts, * what crimes against nature have the Feds committed this time?

One, a bit rich coming from us, Zephyra responded, two, if I had to guess, experimenting with the Hive or trying to reverse engineer Bot tech.

Jeth indicates a sigh.

They would do something stupid like that, wouldn’t they.

(Damn you discord formatting

[minor ibex]

On the plus side, we now have control of said Listening Post, and can register us as friendlies to the defense bots. =w=

[stuck galleon]

We’ll try to not get shot and blown up in the process

[minor ibex]

Appreciated. We got enough shooting at us as is. =w=

[stuck galleon]

Oh, just realized we’ve got control of the whole thing. Thought I’d need to sneak past to do something

[minor ibex]

You're so good at sneaking you snuck past yourself. XD

[stuck galleon]

Shacks words rolled a nat 20 stealth roll against my passive perception of -9.5

#midround-events message wonder if we can still do some stuff with this. Like load the forklifts with explosives and have the Fed bots drive them into bad guy bot(?) tanks

[minor ibex]

I suppose that'll depend on if there is any explosives around to put on the forklift.

[stuck galleon]

could commandeer some fuel from the ships if they have extra

[torpid herald]

One issue with that; are any of the bots forklift certified?

[stuck galleon]

if they get a tank, they will be, only post mortem

[hybrid sable]

Have to imagine the bots will be able to slag any regular forklift, though. Would be more practical to set any explosives as mines

[copper lynx]

Put mines on the enterence door, trust me it works 100%

I myself put mines inside trench

[sterile basalt]

The forklifts are tracked, we’d have to fix them first. 😢

[copper lynx]

(totally not a warcrime ||yet||)

[hybrid sable]

I think it might be "tracked" as in "have tracks," not "the tracks have been blown up"
Probably out of fuel, though

Also please do not let Shizuki place any minefields

[stuck galleon]

Mine field would probably be a more reliable way to get use out of it, but we can't know for sure where the bots will attack from. like yeah we're in an atmosphere bubble, and there's an entrance, but the bots don't need to breath, so I can imagine them just blowing a few holes in it. I don't think having a couple of mobile mines would hurt us. And even in they get destroyed, they drew fire away from our units at the cost of 1 FS

[sterile basalt]

Also I love how Shack specified that Shizuki rolled low on her punch, suggesting that she could’ve actually done something to the door if she just punched harder.

[stuck galleon]

rolled a 6, brought the station down

[copper lynx]

#meta-comm message

[granite wasp]

unless I am needed doing somthing else. My plan is to help bring the sensor tower online. I dont think medics can really do much to help fortify this place.

[stuck galleon]

thank RNJesus for the low roll

[copper lynx]

Make a tent

If you have the upgrade

[granite wasp]

I can’t I am just basic medic😭

[hybrid sable]

We are but smol base units unfortunately 😿

[copper lynx]

Imagine we having lot of the upgrade lol, this rock definitely will be FOB

[stuck galleon]

could try scavenging the interior, see if there's any supplies left around

[hybrid sable]

Oh if we had upgrades the bots would break on us like water

[minor ibex]

Luckily Rapscal has Ion Mines, and is dependant on how many supplies we have... And considering that both of our Logi Trucks came with full stock. That 20 FREAK'IN MINE CLUSTERS WE GOT HERE~!! XD

[sterile basalt]

I’ll probably work on the reactors I guess. Maybe get some sandbags on the entrance.

[hybrid sable]

If anyone wants to zoom around the outside to check things out, I'm available. Otherwise I'll probably park and help Shizuki ransack the place

[sterile basalt]

If the bots attack it’ll probably be via air though.

[granite wasp]

Um….do not get me wrong that is amazing but with 2 BG where do we have space to put them lol.

[copper lynx]

Oh boy, GANG FILL THE ENTRANCE FULL OF IT!!! LIKE I DID WITH THE TRENCHES IN MY HOMELAND (I filled AT and AP mines inside 5 miles of trenches fortification I made in MOWAS)

[stuck galleon]

let'em free float in space

[hybrid sable]

Don't forget that we have Ultra's expanded logi truck worth of supplies to blow through, too

[granite wasp]

Do not say such things

[sterile basalt]

Do the bots even have VTOLs? The closest we’ve seen to aerial logi are unfinished Heavy Gunships.

[minor ibex]

There's an idea! Maybe we can set up a minefield just outside of the bubble with the help of the VTOLs.

[granite wasp]

unknown. We know they have drop pods

which is kind of what I think they would send at us.

[copper lynx]

Mine field? More like space field

I'm bad at jokes

[hybrid sable]

I feel like drop pods should set off any mine fields they pass through, don't you?

[copper lynx]

In my games they did

It's funny seeing they exploded on landing

[granite wasp]

I would

[sterile basalt]

Y’know ion mines are designed for ground targets right…?

[minor ibex]

Does it specifically say in their stat block?

[sterile basalt]

We might be better off throwing them at the enemy

[hybrid sable]

Eh, designed deschmined. What are you an engineer for if you can't re-jigger some explosives?

[copper lynx]

Hey! If it touch it's classified as ground!

[sterile basalt]

Well, we do put them in the ground. Presumably we can’t just throw them out a VTOL and have them work.

[hybrid sable]

I don't think you've done enough testing to make that claim

[sterile basalt]

It would be funny if it did work though…

[minor ibex]

Actually, there's nothing in the stat block stating they have to be put in the ground.^^

[torpid herald]

Questions to be asked to someone that can make that call, lol

[minor ibex]

True, true. =w=

[sterile basalt]

Well its time to try it anyways, we’ve got time on our hands. Might as well do something funny.

Also the RP would be golden.

[minor ibex]

I just left a poke for Shack, we'll see what his final verdict is. =w=

[hybrid sable]

I am now eagerly watching the Tac-Com channel for updates 😆

[minor ibex]

If he says "yes." We ball'in! +w+

[torpid herald]

I imagine it wouldn't be too hard to rig a pressure-plate system with a magnetic trigger

[minor ibex]

Something we should also consider: Making sure the defense bots are combat-capable and able to fight.

So far, the general plan:

• Secure the Control Room and establish ARMCO as friendlies to the bots.
• Build up defenses around the key locations (Sensor Tower, Missile Silo, Main Lift, Control Room, Reactors.)
• Check defense bots for combat-capabilities and provide maintenance if needed.
• Check the reactors for capabilities and provide maintenance if needed. (Reaction 2 was said to be needing a tune-up)
• Put sandbags down at key locations. (Sensor Station, Main Lift)
• Establish a defensive perimeter with our combat forces.
• If possible, create a space minefield around the Southwest region of space to defend against incoming vessels.
• Active the Listening Post and target a designated location for scanning.
• Defend until further notice.

[copper lynx]

It is free movement or still using action point?

[minor ibex]

Free moment now I think. But each unit can only perform 1 action.

[copper lynx]

I'mma spam looting

https://tenor.com/view/senko-cute-anime-sewayaki-kitsune-no-senkosan-fox-gif-15220202

[minor ibex]

Of course you would... =w=;

[copper lynx]

So the order are gonna be like this?

Unit Callsign:
Unit Type:
Carrying:
Equipment:
Order type:

Movement/action:

RP:

Or keep using the old one or make more short and impact one

[minor ibex]

Yeah, I think that works.^^

I agree in exluding coordinates, but I would like to know where people are on the "map." Generally. =w= But you can just put it in your actions/movement tracker.

[minor ibex]

@dense wind @stuck galleon @sterile basalt @ashen iris @low wagon @tired stirrup @hybrid sable

@torpid herald @sharp stag @granite wasp @twin talon @inner harbor
@round nexus @round nexus

@sage frigate @golden vector @woeful nimbus @restive compass @copper lynx @regal coral @zenith notch

[low wagon]

Voted 👍

[minor ibex]

Squee. =w=

[sage frigate]

Guess being the most paranoid sons of bitches worked well.

[minor ibex]

We like to be alive for that paycheck to come through later in life after all. =w=

[hybrid sable]

Maybe we should discuss the actual defensive positions before we decide on a hard and fast investment. Because the numbers are eluding me here. We have 4 infantry, which is enough to fully garrison 4 sandbag positions at a time. Plus 2 each engis and medis, for (hypothetically) a total of six sandbag positions at a time. But we'll have to parcel ourselves out to cover all of the positions we want, and we'll almost certainly want to prepare extra defensive positions as contingencies against breaches or getting pushed back

[minor ibex]

Well good thing the poll is lasting until tomorrow. =w=

[sage frigate]

Should also consider the 3d space. The bots likely wouldn't attack us via the dock entrance.

[minor ibex]

Luckily we pretty much know the direction from which they will be coming from. =w=

[hybrid sable]

And given that we can be fully resupplied in 2 turns by a hat drop it's not unreasonable to spend it all if we coordinate with 212 or Fluffle for a drop as soon as we're done (in which case we might as well use all of Ultra's supplies, too, and they can resupply at the same time)

[stuck galleon]

We do?

[sage frigate]

I mean, how important is our position? Because technically, once those missiles run out, the only thing this location is good at is looking at stuff that no one can see, that being the enemy gate.

[hybrid sable]

It's about as important as the enemy getting hold of a nuke and seeing all of our positions

[minor ibex]

Not confirmed. But if the map is indicative of movement locations. The only location the bots can come from is from the Lussan Gate map, which means the enemy will come from the Southwest on the tactical map.

[sage frigate]

And honestly, if a bot force is inbound, if there's no need for us to be there, I say set explosives and for us to gtfo.

[dense wind]

I think sandbags and defensive positions for our Inf should be on the inside of the access doors to the buildings, maybe even behind the doors, so the bots have to break through them if all hell breaks loose.

[hybrid sable]

We can't just abandon the surface to them, though: we've got far too many vulnerable vehicles, including and especially our two logi trucks, to just turtle up inside the facility

[minor ibex]

We can probably set up sandbags around the doors, so that if things go bad, we can back up into the facilities.

[dense wind]

We don’t know if the bots maybe have some stealth ships to make sure we could get out before they get here

[sage frigate]

Honestly, that's be a bit far fetched.

[dense wind]

Probably, but not preparing defenses is not really an option

[hybrid sable]

I'm precisely zero convinced that the space paths on the map are a complete representation of all the ways to get to us, and there are actually a couple of different ways for bots to slip around our orbital control even with the paths we do know about

I think we have to assume something will get through and we won't be able to simply retreat

[sage frigate]

One other place we should set up should be the docking point itself. Based on the C-Z map, bots don't know how to use cover.

[sage frigate]

Oh I'm not disagreeing. I mean that we shouldn't build up defences in such a way that we intend to hold till the last man.

[sage frigate]

Just in case we really have to abandon the listening post.

[hybrid sable]

Something we're going to have to watch out for is the hatchway down from the first floor building directly down into the security control/droid maintenance facility: if the bots find that available, it's going to be just shy of catastrophic. We should weld it shut (or something)

[sage frigate]

Yee, good point. Alternatively, set a tripwire system or something.

[hybrid sable]

And we'll also need to know if our friendly fed sec droids can use sandbags or be told to dig in

If so, that's a whole lot more sandbags

[sage frigate]

Also, just a very risky side thought... Anyone think we could Maybe direct that LRSM against the bot's gate instead?

[hybrid sable]

That's where our relief fleets are coming from. Not a good idea: we'd be stuck here for ages

[dense wind]

And the bots can just build their reinforcements and don’t really need outside support

[sage frigate]

I thought relief forces are inbound from our gate and not the bot?

[hybrid sable]

Nope, they're coming in from behind the bots. Shack confirmed that a couple hours ago because that thought did come up in meta-comm a couple of times

[sage frigate]

Ah, good to know

[devout wharf]

What is the poll system

Confirm

[minor ibex]

I post this... shares screenshot In Battlegroup Organization, and encourage all the TAC-COMs to get everyone to vote via emojis, because the usual poll system for Discord is limited to 10 items per list.

[devout wharf]

I cast my vote for Tora

Its deep in enemy territory but we must know who is alive there

If any

@autumn matrix when u can

[hybrid sable]

To refocus my thoughts: we have 8 squads of infantry, 4 support squads, and 14 droids that can probably use sandbags. Depending on how Shack allows us to squad up the droids, that's probably between 9 and 13 sandbags for full protection all on its own. We'll also want a few ready inside the facility in case the bots use breaching pods, say one for each corridor. So sandbags alone will cost 13 to 17 supply. Then we'll want at least a couple of minefields and possibly some razor wire. I'm changing my vote: I think we plan to go all in and call 212 for a resupply.

[minor ibex]

I haven't even put up the vote yet. XD The question was whether or not I should, or keep the usage of the Listening Post between our two groups.

[sage frigate]

I honestly think it should be a strategic decision based on which BG or TF are planning to move around. If we know that someone plans on moving on, say, Ziyal, and that's the highest priority, we should do that.

[gloomy merlin]

If we (Ultra) decide to head to Cel'dar Mine, we can resupply there. And we could probably leave you with all our supplies. Once we figure out what we are doing, we'll get back to you!

[minor ibex]

Noted!

[sage frigate]

There's also the added risk that us using the listening post triggers a bot response.

Wait, actually, one moment

[minor ibex]

Which is why we're also establishing defenses.

Now that I think about it. Might be a good idea to focus Turn 7 on Defenses, and Turn 8 on turning on the Listening Post. Just to make sure we're all set up. =w=

[sage frigate]

The wording on the scanning is that it does a detailed scan of the map

Which means in theory, we could also help find civilians on a map

[minor ibex]

Yup.^^

[hybrid sable]

I think maybe split: one BG's engis set up sandbags, one works on the generators. Because we don't know how long it will take to fix the generators, and time could be critical

[minor ibex]

We have 4 engines with us. We can split further. =w=

[sage frigate]

Sandbags is an inf action, no?

[hybrid sable]

Which is why I suggested hill mine: figure out exactly who and what is where for Dwarf

[hybrid sable]

No. Trenching iscan be an infantry action, but sandbags have to be set up by an engi

[sage frigate]

Ah ok, yep. The wording was that we can dig in, not set up sand bags.

[granite wasp]

The big downside of going all in on supply is that it leaves us medics and engineers close to worthless. When we run out of our own. So Unless we know for a fact we are getting resupplied in like a turn. We should keep a 2-4 on hand. As a general principle. But if we know we are getting resupplied making defenseve fall back points in advance and going buck wild with sand bags seems like the move.

I also agree with the plan to fight for the surface. Then fall back into the buildings. To buy more time.

[hybrid sable]

212 is I think 5 speed, which means they can get from Crossroads to here and resupply us in a single round if we call for them

So unless we get blockaded immediately, we should be able to arrange a resupply to 20 supply as soon as we're done

[sterile basalt]

I don’t think we can even use 18 supply, let alone 24 or 36.

[hybrid sable]

Just the sandbags for our infantry, support, and droids will use at least 13. I broke it down above

right here: #1383066264485888120 message

[minor ibex]

What if Shack allows us to make space mine fields?

[hybrid sable]

Then we use lots more! ^w^

[sterile basalt]

But can we build fast enough? Including Ultra we’ve got 4 engis with 2 actions each. If we’re always building, that’s 8 things and smol supps a turn

[hybrid sable]

Yeah, that's 16 supplies in only two rounds, 24 in three

[sterile basalt]

I’d think we’d only be digging in for like a turn before turning this thing on though, right?

[hybrid sable]

And it's not like we'll have much else to do until we get invaded

[sage frigate]

We still wouldn't see action if we switch on the listening post, though. Unless we somehow forgot to make sure that the bots IFF has been changed.

[sterile basalt]

True. Are we planning to chill here all campaign or are we leaving after the initial wave?

[minor ibex]

I personally vote for staying for as long as possible. Though I understand if it's a boring idea for most.^^;

[torpid herald]

Im sure SOMETHING will come for us

[sage frigate]

NO SOUTH

You said the B word

[hybrid sable]

I'm with Southpaw: unless another very important objective comes up on the surface that only we can be spared for, perfect scouting and holding onto our nuke seems like the best thing we can be doing

[sage frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-screaming-then-running-away-spongebob-squarepants-spongebob-spongebob-meme-running-gif-14848209682511966800

But ya, boring is good. Boring means nothing is happening to us.

[sterile basalt]

-# 20,000 bots attack us for the nuke

[sage frigate]

I'll blame South for being the one who said it first.

Oh ya, don't forget, we'll need to manually disengage the locks on the nuke first.

[minor ibex]

That's one of the words I shouldn't say?! Oh my...^^;

[sterile basalt]

Ah, right might want a proper engi to supervise that.

[sage frigate]

Say the Q word, and the nuke probably would just activate right now.

[hybrid sable]

Yeah, South: it's comfy cozy, not boring!

[sterile basalt]

the bots coming over for a nice cup of tea