Battlegroup 12 - Iron Hammer: Comms

[left thistle]

Ngl I just looked at your pfp and it’s is sick

Keep us updated!

[rigid oar]

Perfect

[odd lake]

Whats the hex number for the Starport itself? @hazy radish

[charred swift]

Alright, looking at orders already out there I'm typing up my idea, hopefully it works? i'll post it like adam did lol

[left thistle]

3317

Hard as shit to read

[sour flame]

Running a MBT, planning to head NW of the starport if we land. That seem reasonable, or anyone want me to do something else? Too many messages to read everything at work

[odd lake]

Also, I need a map

[median epoch]

You can just say "The Starport", there's only one on the map 🙂

[rigid oar]

Understood. Ask as many questions as you need.

[median epoch]

best maps are in campaign-briefing room

[left thistle]

Seems reasonable to me!

[rough granite]

hi can i ask were am i needed

[rigid oar]

North side might need the help if you want to push from star port

[muted eagle]

If we've got nobody scouting to the southwest yet, I might recommend that

I'm really anxious about those 5 question marks 😅

[rigid oar]

I dont think you have many drop options except from coming down through picket line. Also vivian knows more so i would follow their advice.

[odd lake]

@atomic pulsar @thorn sand how are you deploying?

[sleek cedar]

The plus of the madlads dropping on that hill is that they may intercept whatever those are

[thorn sand]

If the Picket Line lands at the starport (assuming the bot frigate in orbit dies) then I’m deploying from that.

[odd lake]

will you use VTOL to move or you want me to hitch you?

[charred swift]

Do we know what Hex Picket Line is?

or is that TBD?

[median epoch]

it's on the NE landing platform of the Spaceport

which is between 3 hexes >.<

you can probably just say "Deploying from Spaceport"

[thorn sand]

First turn I’m setting up and firing, so no need to hitch yet, but if you’re okay with it I could go to you first for transport needs in the future?

[median epoch]

oh, also, we'll probably launch our 3rd HAT filled with small supply, so go ham, and we'll reload you before we leave

[charred swift]

So this

still filling it out but just asking for general lol

[odd lake]

im more than happy to help, just tag me whenever you need :D

[thorn sand]

Alrighty, thank you!

[odd lake]

one last thing @hazy radish : do you need the written order or adding it to the table on the coordination sheet is good enough?

[median epoch]

the written order in the discord is the only required part

[hazy radish]

Written order in order chat I require please

[odd lake]

Aye aye cap'n, writting it down rn

[rough granite]

so queston if i say the movement order for me is
start in piketline then move to 3316 ?

[left thistle]

That should be fine, but double check with French

[left thistle]

Precisely that, I would personally specify which hex you want to be facing. But it’s probs not necessary

[rough granite]

im still new to this

[left thistle]

Yeah no worries!

[charred swift]

Wonderful, read the ruels and realized I have to move so I'm adding that

[left thistle]

Feel free to ask anything!

[ivory goblet]

Yea i can do that for ya

[charred swift]

This a little more cleaned up?

[atomic pulsar]

I don’t know, I have absolutely no clue what’s going on.

[ivory goblet]

sorry gents just baack form work so im a VTOL who am i dropping and where

[left thistle]

Yep, you can move too if you want btw

[sleek cedar]

No worries. Tubsay found a ride but I'll take one if you want.

[ivory goblet]

SURE WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO

[south ether]

@muted eagle what are the new coords?

[ivory goblet]

where can i drop ya

[warped axle]

how are yall feeling?

[ivory goblet]

lucky

[rigid oar]

Like this is going to go either really well or really not

[rough granite]

Unit Callsign: rose
Unit Type: light meck

Order Type: advances
Movement/Action Tracker: speed 4
Disembark from Atlas star port .
move from starport to 3316 facing east (1)
fire at enemy closest enemy

Specific to your unit: -light laz
(rp) "recycling time " he say threw the mecks loud speaker.

is this good

[rough granite]

he is only a littel drunk

[ivory goblet]

@left thistle where would you like me to drop you

[toxic veldt]

Does anyone know which facing Husky’s fortifications have?

[left thistle]

I should be good deployment wise, but thank you! I would check in with @sleek cedar whenever they’re back I think they’d need a lift

[sleek cedar]

@eager lichen Do your birds need any help with repair? Or would you rather get some sandbags? I have the ability to land where they are and fix them (sorry if wrong person to ping with question)

[ivory goblet]

anyone need a lift then im free

[eager lichen]

Our VTOLs should be fine for now, we need defense first.

[eager lichen]

How hot are you willing to drop? (How much damage would you be willing to take?)

[sleek cedar]

Im Combat Engi, so I can go hot and fight back. Down to roll dice

[muted eagle]

It's 3316

[ivory goblet]

do you want a lift to the combat zone

[south ether]

and leave early or wait til landed and drop then

[sleek cedar]

Yes just working on where we need to go

[ivory goblet]

perfect

[muted eagle]

What do you mean by that?

[south ether]

wait till picket line lands and disembark then or disembark in high orbit and land

[muted eagle]

Disembark in high orbit and then land

Pretty much to make sure that we get down to storm

[eager lichen]

How would you feel about dropping 3316, on the NE side of ENNI, build a sandbag facing NW, and fire at enemies around?

Currently, there is 9 FS to the West, 1 FS to your north, and 10 FS distant East.

[muted eagle]

I'm already going to be dropping on the north east side of Enni

Oh, wait

They're a engineer

I'm stupid

I should probably sleep

[south ether]

so is should face west right

[muted eagle]

Yeah

[south ether]

alright i gonna repost my order

[muted eagle]

Right, we're still missing 9 orders 😅

[ivory goblet]

Unit Callsign: Valkor
Unit Type: Vtol

Order Type: Advance
Movement/Action Tracker:

leave Picket line at high orbit (.5)
move down to 3316 (2.5)
Land and unload (1)

Starting Coords: in picket line
Ending Coords: 3316

Specific to your unit: HFLS small supply
Facing:NE

Roleplay:

how dose that look ?

[rigid oar]

Do you plan to drop near husky?

[fluid viper]

NE and SE

[muted eagle]

Uhm... I'm already being carried by ADE 😅

[ivory goblet]

oops sorry

[sleek cedar]

Im down, however isn't sandbagging a primary action so I won't fire on the same turn? the rules don't specify so if you know more ill take the tip

I got it answered sorry for the extra ping

[eager lichen]

reads rules

RAW, doesn't specify that it is a primary action to lay sandbags, only one to dig trenches?

[eager lichen]

Ah. what's the verdict?

[ivory goblet]

dose that look better

[sleek cedar]

As it is not specified, it is treated as a build action and as such costs 0.5 speed and not the primary

[ivory goblet]

Unit Callsign: Valkor
Unit Type: Vtol

Order Type: Advance
Movement/Action Tracker:

leave Picket line at high orbit (.5)
move down to 3316 (2.5)
Land and unload (1)

Starting Coords: in picket line
Ending Coords: 3316

Specific to your unit: HFLS small supply
Facing:NE

Roleplay: (edited)
[21:12]

[muted eagle]

Yep, that looks good

[ivory goblet]

@sleek cedar are you happy ith that drop off

[sleek cedar]

Sounds good

[eager lichen]

Good to do so, then?

[sleek cedar]

I'll wait until you post into the Mission Orders thread and post after you

[eager lichen]

ALL UNITS, Keep the starport NE and SW Landing Pads CLEAR. ORBITALS LANDING

Other pads are still available for units to move on.

[ivory goblet]

posted

[eager lichen]

HAMMER TCOs,

Would you be willing to coordinate with STORM and ATLAS TCOs during the TCO 24hr Mapping Round to ensure everyone is covered and we didn't accidentally drop everyone on the same spot?

[muted eagle]

Orders are due in an hour and 15 minutes, try get your orders in soon if you still haven't done so yet!

[dim plaza]

Soooo emmmm What is the Plan now ?

[left thistle]

We’re deploying out of the space port’s NE pad this turn

Pick a direction and go lol, very target rich environment

[muted eagle]

Reinforce storm

[dim plaza]

Does anybody need a trasnport ?

[left thistle]

Or I think our HVTOL is still open if you wanna drop somewhere else

Not atm, inf is hot dropping SW

But later rounds definitely

[muted eagle]

Maybe you could start to transport our medical corps all over the place

[dim plaza]

Or does it not matter ?

AHH okay

well there is only an hour left. i dont thin i can coordinat so fast

😅

[muted eagle]

Well, I imagine ifvs can shoot?

So uh... Pick a direction and start blasting I suppose!

[toxic veldt]

Yes, 3218. as well.

[toxic veldt]

Awesome, I'm building for South facing.

[muted eagle]

It's important that you atleast disembark from the picket line so it can move back up

[simple elm]

fuck

Hey, who’s loaded up on Air Dragoon?

[muted eagle]

Nobody

You could always carry like, @dim plaza I suppose

[simple elm]

I was originally going to carry Frenchboi

[dim plaza]

Sounds like a Plan

[fluid viper]

Can you also toss something in to protect the west?

[simple elm]

Where are the other VTOLs landing?

[muted eagle]

I don't think french wants to be carried down anymore unfortunately

[toxic veldt]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, how much movement does one construction cost?

[muted eagle]

And I think most VTOLs are landing around the spaceport

[fluid viper]

.5

[muted eagle]

Since they're carrying medics and engineers

[hazy radish]

101 new messages,IM BACK

[fluid viper]

Oh if you are Vtol you can only do one

[toxic veldt]

Then no 😅
Though I could ask my TAC-COM if I can resubmit my order and move my defences to the west

[hazy radish]

reading through and i'll be helping

[toxic veldt]

Ye :/

I think you're also VTOL

[simple elm]

Welcome back Frenchie

[fluid viper]

I am falling from the sky in a HAT

[simple elm]

We are now in the “think fast chucklenuts!” phase of things :)

[fluid viper]

"put something in or we have nothing"

[hazy radish]

Confirm @simple elm, unless you got a good argument going, I wish to be unloaded on the starport regularly, I find the vtol & hvtol going out of atlas while the ennemy orbital is still aboard too risky of an andeavor 😅

[toxic veldt]

Yeah, but we're both loading in first, which takes 0.5 movement

[hazy radish]

now to go read in everything

[fluid viper]

Then don't you have no movement to build with?

[muted eagle]

Because having a tank that's going to land whether or not they manage to deal with the frigate would be really nice

[toxic veldt]

It doesn't take movement to paradrop

So it's just movement to build once and to load in

[hazy radish]

Hey, give the pins a read, that should help in knowing, and ask people here for help don't hesitate !

And you lads don't just ignore him >:(

or I will shoot you, somehow

[toxic veldt]

I haven't spoken in this channel until now, I wasn't just ignoring him :p

[muted eagle]

They already left 😅

[toxic veldt]

Sadness

[muted eagle]

And I was busy trying to get a drunk person to go to bed, so unfortunately I didn't notice 😅

[sleek cedar]

by the time i looked back at the disc 12mins after their message they were greyed

[simple elm]

So,thoughts on setting up to provide overwatch for the forces being dropped off by the VTOLs?

[hazy radish]

Yes, I haven't asked myself how to get the maps going, but i'm gonna need @muted eagle and some messages in tac-com comms with atlas & storm TCOs aswell 🤣

[hazy radish]

Did he just leave too ????

What the fuck

Come on guys :(

[south ether]

Isn't flufle fighters going after opfor fighters?

[hazy radish]

This is like the 2nd time someone leaves because he asks for info and he gets ignored

Please guys.

[eager carbon]

Morning

How goes the chaos?

[hazy radish]

I swear to god I will murder someone if this keeps happening.

[hazy radish]

Good, turns out you were right, you need to specify who you're healing

so, another round of deleting and reposting order eh ? 🤣

[toxic veldt]

#BlameVivian
:p

[sleek cedar]

They haven't removed themselves from the sheet, but yeah they messaged and dipped soon after it seems.

[muted eagle]

I mean, it can be a bit difficult when you're only given like 5-10 minutes to respond 😅

[hazy radish]

and i'm caught up !

[eager carbon]

Ok good to know

Will do in a moment

[hazy radish]

True, I get it but, argh it's just frustrating to see people ask, panic and just insta-leave man 😅

not even for like manpower wise or anything, just because people won't get to partake in the fun and prefer to leave then trying to ask again :(

[left thistle]

They we’re greyed out 3 mins after they asked 😭

[hazy radish]

I will posthumously put uncomfortablynumb & beefcakedaddyo where edited & fatty_mcfat are, this is really sad.

[muted eagle]

I know, can't say I blame them though, I was gonna join this a campaign or two ago but it just seemed so overwhelming so I ended up not joining 😅

[hazy radish]

If anyone can reach out to beefcakedaddyo to ask if they're okay with no pressure to join back aswell, that'd be great ! ❤️

[simple elm]

This one also doesn’t help tbh

We go from basically nothing happening to just

[hazy radish]

Chaos.

[muted eagle]

Yeah

[simple elm]

Probably a decent chunk of us waking up to “Orders, NOW!”

Like I just woke up

[hazy radish]

yeah...

I should have pinged at midnight when we knew orders would come in, this my bad lads.

I thought more people would check in but seeing how laid back I am and everyone was, this was to be expected after the fucking 2-3 weeks hiatus 😰

[fluid viper]

I mean we knew this was coming for weeks.

The way the game is formated is we have 24 hours from midrounds releasing to needing a cohesive plan put in twice a week until we die or win.

[muted eagle]

I think with such a big campaign, for people to not be so overwhelmed, you've gotta give them a week for one round rather than half a week 😅

[fluid viper]

There is going to be some player burnout

[charred swift]

I'm sorry I'm technically in work forgive me!!!

[hazy radish]

Well, we'll be alright lads.

[simple elm]

It also doesn’t help that it’s a half week set period

[fluid viper]

I didn't even see his comment

[hazy radish]

If possible make sure to answer to thoses who come seeking help, no blame put, whatever

[simple elm]

Not once your unit is actionable

[muted eagle]

Yeah

[hazy radish]

MOVING ON WE GOT SHIT TO PLAN YEAH ?

[muted eagle]

Yes, we do

[simple elm]

Because yeah we didn’t get half a week we got a day

[fluid viper]

We have a plan we just need orders in.

[hazy radish]

you got anyone else for your hvtol btw ?

[muted eagle]

And then (atleast for most) people will be spending time of that doing life things, like sleeping and work 😅

[simple elm]

Some IFV wanted aboard

[hazy radish]

aye, that's good then

[simple elm]

So where the fuck are those support personnel landing? Just literally around the base of the spaceport?

[fluid viper]

It really didn't help that we went "only if people volunteer" for making decisions.

Next round should be a lot cleaner with people with more immediate problems in front of their faces.

[muted eagle]

Yep

[fluid viper]

Like 90% of Stormblessed had their orders figured out within 2 hours of the midrounds finishing.

[hazy radish]

that is the philosophy tho, but I get the lack of a concrete plan, one day is really rough to plan things out compared to 3 days

It's tough.

It's tougher on the deployment too

It's even tougher with air deployment and orbital deployment

Turn 5 and after will feel like a breeze after this mess' done.

[muted eagle]

Yeah, figuring out deployment logistics is rough

[hazy radish]

ALSO I NEED TO READ ORDERS AND PING PEEPS BRB

oh

darkhen already did it

[fluid viper]

Yeah. My point is that actual militaries don't do "volunteer" for things for a reason. You are in you take orders. It is hard to function when membership for each endeavor is iffy.

[hazy radish]

for the order tracker

fucking love you @solar bear

[muted eagle]

No

[fluid viper]

I know this is a game not military

[muted eagle]

That was me

[hazy radish]

oh

sorry i'm used to darkhen using it

Then thanks @muted eagle ❤️

[muted eagle]

Well, maybe darkhen did some of it, idk

[hazy radish]

@dim plaza @lost elk @simple elm @sour flame
Hello again lovely ladies and gentlemen

Iron Hammer's first round of orders is due in about 50 minutes from when this message has been posted !

Make sure to get your first orders in before the deadline, there's a pinned message with (hopefully) up to date plans, if you need catching up you can always ask here !

As if you're lazy to read the pins, there are some HATs/VTOLs/HVTOLs from us, atlas & storm deploying early going from elim high orbit into elim city proper, paradropping and landing troops from us.
If you think this is too risky, or you just cannot get paradropped/landed as you're a heavy vehicle, you can always put an order like I did to deploy on the starport. If the ennemy orbital in high orbit gets killed, we'll be able to deploy this round instead of the next one, gaining some precious time for defending it with storm !

[hazy radish]

Did you verify the orders aswell ?

Don't forget to use the reaction thingies, that helps

i should do that aswell lol

imma go read 'em

[eager carbon]

Just redid mine

[muted eagle]

No, it's getting late and I should sleep 😅

[hazy radish]

aight, i'll do so then

[muted eagle]

Mind checking mine quickly so I can change it if necessary before I go sleep?

[hazy radish]

Yeah, go forth

better now then later

[muted eagle]

I noticed an issue with it almost immediately... I forgot to change the unit I was healing 😅

[hazy radish]

Btw, you guys can react with and 🔨 and anything else in the order chat

just leave ✅ and alone :P

[glad hedge]

Iron hammer finally doing orders!? :0

[fluid viper]

Hey French can you double check my orders?

[hazy radish]

Action: Dig In: Unit gains +2 Defense. This uses all of the unit's total movement and is the core feature of infantry. This stacks with other defense sources..

Uhm... Can you dig in after you disembarked ?

Since this uses all your movement, you shouldn't be able to dig in right after being disembarked right ?

[hazy radish]

OUI :D

[hazy radish]

alr

[muted eagle]

I don't believe you can

[fluid viper]

If you airdrop in I think you can immediately dig in

[round stag]

Depends like jumping from hat doesn’t use movement so you can dig in but a vtol does

[fluid viper]

not vtol though

[hazy radish]

Can you build 2 sandbags in one turn ?

[fluid viper]

If I use 0 movement yes

I am paradropping which doesn't use my movement

[hazy radish]

oh yeah it's an airdrop, good one thanks

[hazy radish]

perfect then

thanks for getting me up to speed lads 👀

[fluid viper]

unless Shack rules I need to spend .5 loading on the orbitals

[simple elm]

god I keep staring at the map for Elm City, what the fuck is half of this?

Are the question marks potential contacts?

[hazy radish]

yes ?

maybe ?

we don't know.

[fluid viper]

blue is building, green is elevation, black is solid walls.

Question marks are confirmed contacts of unknown origin or hostility.

Big Question mark is "who knows what is happening here? Not me."

[round stag]

It something of interest

[hazy radish]

I swear when all our orders are done we're all taking a well deserved drink with a hammer in it 🤣

[median epoch]

Work in Progress

[dim plaza]

okay i slapt somthing together 😛

[muted eagle]

Right, just 4 more orders needed

[simple elm]

@dim plaza weren't you goingg to ride with me?

Like I was just about to ask to drop you at the picket line

[hazy radish]

Ending coords: bottom right of hex 3317 (or wherever Picket Line lands if it lands)
@thorn sand it will most probably be wherever picket line lands if it lands

[hazy radish]

HOW ARE YOU ON A WIP TAC MAP I HAVENT EVEN BEGUN MINE 🤣

[median epoch]

it's the best way to tell other groups what's going on

and we've got a reputation to keep ;)

[hazy radish]

Fire with priority: (1)
1: closest enemy armor
2: if no enemy armor, target land unit with most FS
@fierce dirge order is valid, but you do not choose who you shoot at sadly, unless you got an equipment that specifies so :P

[simple elm]

Okay do we have literally any armor assets I can get forward deployed, or do I just do nothing this round?

[muted eagle]

Hey @hazy radish, why not help the HVTOL be useful? :p

[hazy radish]

  -Distribute supplies to nearby INF units

@odd lake ...how much ? 😅

[hazy radish]

That is an excellent argument.

[hazy radish]

Bet.

[simple elm]

thank fuck

[hazy radish]

It's risky and I don't like it

I'll be honnest

But I'd fucking hate for you to be out of a job AGAIN

while there are literally ONLY 6 HVTOLS

and we have like 10 MECHANIZED UNITS OR SOMETHING

I am not about to let you fucking down hunter

[simple elm]

Picket Line is 3416, right?

[hazy radish]

...that does fuck all my roleplay but xD

Picket line while in high orbit has no hex grid coordinate so far

[eager carbon]

@hazy radish
Just making sure my order is valid as i am about to start work and won't have my phone on me any more

[simple elm]

Ah

I thought it was refering to something else

[rigid oar]

I am sorry for your lose. Thank you for your sacrifice.

[hazy radish]

Valid for me, someone check his order too for the love of god

let tubsay not repost for the 5th time

[eager lichen]

Mostly because we agreed "Anyone moves, they die", and the only thing we needed to decide on was how many VTOLs to send to CAS in certain areas, and where support personnel need to go.

Also helped by havwing 2 TCOs and 2 2TCOs.

[hazy radish]

I'll make it work.

[eager carbon]

7th 😋

[hazy radish]

Okay. @simple elm where are we headed, what's the plan ?

Actually, better idea

[simple elm]

?

[dim plaza]

Oh sorry. My anwser was for someone else sorry 😛 going down in a VTOL is pretty risky

[hazy radish]

Shouted at storm where they want an mbt at lol

[muted eagle]

Right, I'm heading off, hope nothing is wrong with my orders 😅

[simple elm]

Fuck it, it works

I honestly can't make out this mess

[muted eagle]

I don't think any of us can

[hazy radish]

Understandable

[hazy radish]

seems good to me

[rigid oar]

Fair. Thats part of the reason i tried to make a part of the mess more organaized

Plus if we pull it off it will be really cool.

[muted eagle]

Why couldn't stuff just not change so that the original plan still worked :p

[hazy radish]

Thank god for that.

You don't wanna become a secondary tac-com aswell ? 🤣

[rigid oar]

Maybe next time. I dont know how much of my time will change once i start working. Plus being a TAC-COM on first op seems like alot. IDK ill think about it.

[hazy radish]

Starting Coords: Aboard the Endurance
@iron arrow huh, you're aboard the endurance ? shouldn't you be in the picket line with everyone else ? 🤔

[solar bear]

And on time #1385617845831995402 message kkkkk

[rigid oar]

Honestly i do think it would help TAC-COM's a lot if it wasn't all on them. Like another layer, kind of how Atlas has "Officers" that don't give orders or anything but help coordinate orders from specific groups, ie some one helping get all the inf organized, someone helping get all of the vehicles, ect, ect, ect. Cus i definantly think part of the reason i was even able to get my plan working was it only relied on 4 other people.

But i also get thats harder to do in a less focused battle group like this

[hazy radish]

Tac-coms are not meant to be leaders

...it just so happend to be the case here.

But everyone else can take that mantel and do plans and shit, I'm glad for that man

@simple elm you still here ?

[simple elm]

still here

[hazy radish]

alr

so, in front of enni

[rigid oar]

I ment even for just like, "hey this is where all the inf are going on put it on the map for you" kinda thing

[hazy radish]

Basically, me MBT land here, so you disembark me nearby @simple elm ?

[simple elm]

Any suggestion for where I should move? Should I just go directly to orbit once I've dropped you off?

[rigid oar]

Not even in the leader sense

[eager lichen]

STORM is managing by having 4 TCOs, and also ATLAS being nice and having an ambassador.

Helps us coordinate. It's also great that we also all plan out our possible major moves in advance as a group.

[hazy radish]

Storm did suggest going south, but I do not feel the 1v5.
And this is closer to my original plan too :)

[hazy radish]

I don't think you got the movement to go to orbit after that right ?

[rigid oar]

Cus like keeping up to date with what up to 30 people are doing and knowing what other bg are doing is ALOT. Just know i apreaciate everything you do french.

[eager lichen]

Alsoc, our TCOs are pretty quick about making Unit Plan updates (vusuals) that include all orders.

[simple elm]

I believe I have one speed left, since I can land right above the spot you want to land

[eager lichen]

100%

It's going to be so much worse when the other BGs drop in-

[simple elm]

or

🤔

[hazy radish]

It was way easier in C3 to keep up with the one battlegroup beside us

...the main thing that is making it harder is the combo of "hey, orbitals are a thing" and "hey, we are air-deploying today", WHICH IS NO BUENO FOR KEEPING TRACK OF

I think @solar bear can forward this feeling of having difficulties keeping track of air deployment, he was in stormchaser originally in c3 lol

[simple elm]

Also, a painfully shorter time frame

[rigid oar]

Yeah which is insane and alot to be doing ya know. It is appreciated but i dont want poeple to get to stressed or overworked about it.

[rigid oar]

Thats also fair.

[eager lichen]

you forgot the "Hey, we need to use air assets from other BGs/TFs to deploy"

That makes it even worse than STORMCHASER, they were all 1 BG.

[simple elm]

French what's your actual callsign?

[hazy radish]

Billote

[hazy radish]

So, do we confirm this ? You HVTOL me in, drop me in 3218, me shooty and protecc enni ?

[simple elm]

sure, I'll do 3218

I was planning on dropping you directly in front of them xD

fuck which direction should I go with my last bit of speed

[hazy radish]

leave Picket line at high orbit (.5)
move down to 3316 (2.5)
Land and unload (1)
took movement metrics from other vtol

[solar bear]

That is what we do on map mornings... Btw, map shenanigan's tomorrow @hazy radish??

[hazy radish]

yes but for now i'm frantically checking orders rn

[solar bear]

Lets not talk about it...

https://tenor.com/view/dazai-dazai-osamu-osamu-dazai-bsd-bungo-stray-dogs-gif-25155066

[hazy radish]

alr alr

let me delete repost and modify my rp slightly

i'll make it work for hunter air deployment

Wished I could do more rp @simple elm but I already had mine all layed out and 10 mins left lmao

[simple elm]

same

[hazy radish]

altho uhm

-Land at 3218

I said 3216...

we're not on the same page xDDD

[simple elm]

fuck

[hazy radish]

this: 3218

this: 3216

[simple elm]

there we go

I thought you were being more conservative

[hazy radish]

...no 🤣

[simple elm]

anyways I'm gonna just go lay down and vomit

[hazy radish]

Understandable

I just hope I won't die, I got a whole rp idea ahead and a whole campaign too.

[simple elm]

If we have the time I'd like to write up your crew interacting with the new gooebr aboard air dragoon

[hazy radish]

If I die, I won't have died without giving you a job at least

[hazy radish]

ay that'd be nice too

we just got a mutalett in the tank aswell

[simple elm]

:FlareonCute:

How fitting, the new person aboard Air Dragoon is actually the driver of The Cab

So her first job was actually working with Nine Tails xD

[hazy radish]

Okay now realizing this is super risky aswell

But there will be healing, other infantries will fire and help, vtols aswell, you're here

This seems okay.

I beg for this to be okay.

[simple elm]

Okay

[hazy radish]

IM STRESSING OUT NOW 🤣

[simple elm]

I was going to say you have your own movement

you can deploy slightly back and move forward

[hazy radish]

OH

TRUE

TRUE

CAN WE DO THAT ?

[fierce dirge]

Damn, big sad

[simple elm]

Yeah

[hazy radish]

Okay hold on

[solar bear]

Its funny how on C3 Air Dragon kidnapped Billote on the end and is now deploying Billote for this campaign kkkk

[simple elm]

yeah xD

Part of the reason I first signed up

[hazy radish]

i'm asking enni lol

[simple elm]

familiar faces and everyone was panicking for HVTOL pilots

[hazy radish]

i'm giving us 10-20mins more to get this squared out

[simple elm]

Thank god

[hazy radish]

...especially since i can only start tac-maps after i sleep so

technically you guys got the whole night to post but shhhhhhhhh dont tell anyone

[simple elm]

Wooo, I could actually write up RP things 🎊

though tbh I'll probably just keep it to that simple line

I'd probably get writer's block trying to do anything more atm

[hazy radish]

i'm asking enni to see if she/he/they/whateveryouwanttoday are okay with me just advancing to them instead of dropping in front of them lol

ah no wait if i land behind and advance there's bots that could shoot me back

think this may be for the best

(hopefully)

[simple elm]

okay

[hazy radish]

I DONT KNOW MAN

🤣

[simple elm]

I'm blaming high command for giving us hours to sort this out

[hazy radish]

blame me for not pinging y'all earlier

[iron arrow]

@hazy radish shit what's the problem

[fluid viper]

Just kill all the bots= problem solved

[iron arrow]

ooh

mb

[hazy radish]

ay calm down, delete & reposting orders after the deadline is ok

as for what's the problem

Starting Coords: Aboard the Endurance

[simple elm]

Fair, I was awake for five hours after the first message went out

[hazy radish]

...you should be aboard the picket line I think ? 🤣

[solar bear]

Sven is not using the pods on the Endurence??

[eager lichen]

... I wanna see the actual emote, now.

[iron arrow]

ye ik sorry i didn't mean to have caps lock on

[hazy radish]

oh no i meant calm down for the panic

not for the caps lock i'm fine with that lol

[eager lichen]

The player deadline is suggested, the TCO has authority to extend it.

The TACCOM Map deadline on the other hand...

[iron arrow]

and yeah like darkhen said the Endurance is the one with the drop bays

[hazy radish]

Yes, I know about authority extending :P

[iron arrow]

not the picket line

[simple elm]

It has been sent :)

[hazy radish]

Just wanna make sure everyone's on time for 24 hours, if i extend it everyday i'm ending up with like 30mins to make a tacmap at some point, that's no bueno

[hazy radish]

...but can you get declared on the endurance then ? 🤔

Cuz, atlas declared us all on the picket line, so how can you get there ?

I'm kinda confused on how this all works

[charred swift]

ayyyeeee not me flanking them for you to help enni lol

[hazy radish]

oh bet you're on this too ?

[iron arrow]

i don't see why i'd need to be declared there but sure i'll go get their blessing

[hazy radish]

yeah, confirm with them cuz to declare you need to spend 1 large supply and all that

just wanna make sure what you're doing is legal

[charred swift]

as per my order i'm using my evasion to get right behind them at 3116

[fluid viper]

Alright guys we should scrap the entire hill plan just to mess with 3 BG/TFs worth of Taccoms

[hazy radish]

NO

NO

I BEG

I BEG AND SCREAM

🤣

okay @simple elm idk what's best between landing in front of enni or landing behind and advancing in front of enni

make the call because i fucking can't lmao

[median epoch]

FYI:
@iron arrow @hazy radish
Sven's location aboard the TF doesn't matter for the purpose of Deployment.

Sven can use the Drop pods aboard Endurance From anywhere in orbit, even the cargo bays.

This costs 0 movement, and he can immediately Advance [1 speed] or Hold/Dig-In wherever he lands.

[hazy radish]

Even from the cargo bays of the picket line ?

[simple elm]

Just land in front, because my thought was landing in that secured position with the 4 infantry and engineers then just BOOKING IT

[median epoch]

Yes, from anywhere in the fleet

He could be in the fucking bathroom, it doesn't matter.

[hazy radish]

Oh.

Okay neat.

@iron arrow congratulations on orbital dropping from the Endurance's toilets.

[hazy radish]

I don't understand your thought

what's the secured position with 4 infantries and engis ?

you mean the hill at 3218 ?

[simple elm]

ye

[hazy radish]

becuase that is not where we are lol

enni is at 3216

[iron arrow]

Oh god

[simple elm]

yeah the thought was I land at 3218, you zoom over to 3216

[hazy radish]

ooohhh

land me at 3217 and we've got a deal

[simple elm]

👍

[hazy radish]

great

and then i speed in front of enni and we good ?

3217 will be better since no ennemies on it

[simple elm]

yep

[hazy radish]

(and less troops, too)

good!

let's delete & repost with that change and we'll be set

[charred swift]

I'll provide flank fire once in position!

[simple elm]

RIP the little dragon emote that one guy put on mine xD

[hazy radish]

fuck me

okay

that's all ?

do we have everyone ?

[rigid oar]

Wait did we lose a arty?

[hazy radish]

@lost elk ?

[hazy radish]

Yes.

beefcakedaddyo is the second one who left due to... i'll say panic & the stress of this turn

[rigid oar]

RIP. Im sorry to hear that

[hazy radish]

Okay.

I think only C.wombat is missing.

Otherwise fuck me this has been exhausting.

Running around trying to figure out stuff for the past hours, then gym, then figuring out stuff AGAIN.

[rigid oar]

Yeah it seems to be alot

[hazy radish]

I sincerely hope not to die first turn due to me giving Hunter a job, seriously I would really be pissed

[simple elm]

same

[hazy radish]

DALKDA WHY DID YOU ACCEPT GOING THERE AS A HVTOL DESPITE THE RISKS THEN

[rigid oar]

Just ask shack to redirect any damage you take to me

[hazy radish]

Slowly losing me mind.

[rigid oar]

On a serious note if you need a break take it.

[hazy radish]

I will, i'll go to sleep after this lmaoo

[simple elm]

BECAUSE IT'S THE CLOSEST THING WE HAVE TO A PLAN

[solar bear]

https://tenor.com/view/zragon-infinity-yuji-itadori-jujutsu-kaisen-sukuna-evil-smile-gif-14157786398851788881

@hazy radish at moment kkkk

[hazy radish]

YOU COULD JUST KEEP IN THE ORBITAL AND THAT WOULD BE FINE

I WOULD NOT HAVE NEEDED TO RISK ME LIFE AAAAAAAAAAA

[rigid oar]

Isnt it 12:00 AM for you right now? Go sleep.

[simple elm]

AND DO NOTHING?

[hazy radish]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-panic-gif-8720514262649309419

[simple elm]

FUCK IT WE BALL

[hazy radish]

...fair

[hazy radish]

AAAAAAH GET ME OFF MR.HUNTER'S WILD RIDE !

[solar bear]

https://tenor.com/view/sancho-sancho-limbus-sancho-canto-7-canto-7-canto-7-limbus-gif-14334152630275618064

[simple elm]

...Don Quixote? xD

[solar bear]

https://media.tenor.com/rpnBqfvzMhUAAAAM/don-quixote-ishmael.gif

[simple elm]

Hell yeah :D

Okay now I go lay down and vomit, gl

[hazy radish]

stumbled uppon this sometime ago aswell @muted eagle

[hazy radish]

gn

[left thistle]

Wait wait wait that includes me too 😭

[eager lichen]

have you seen my coordination folder? It's exploded from 3 docs into 10-

[hazy radish]

Only C.Wombat missing I think, so i'll leave it open, close it when i wake up tmrw and we'll get to tac-map discussing and mapping thingy

good night ladies and gents and not so ladies and not so gents

[rigid oar]

Naw i will take it on the chin myself

[left thistle]

-# that’s still me 😭

[odd lake]

too late to add the values?

[left thistle]

Nah he’s keeping it open till tm, so feel free to delete your order and repost with updated values

[sleek cedar]

Hey if we both live through this precarious deployment I'm right next to you and can give you tank pats (serious mechanical repair) if you take damage.

[hazy radish]

no, deleting and reposting to fix is fine

should have made that clear

[hazy radish]

lovely stuff

i

uhm

what's "nearby"

[odd lake]

Done, giving out 2 small supply per unit, should be enough to for the medics to heal them if need be

[hazy radish]

nearby so noxima znok & fate ?

all 3 here ?

[odd lake]

Yes

[hazy radish]

aight perfect

[odd lake]

clarified it with a small addition of "in the same hex"

[hazy radish]

i swear guys i was about to turn off the computer, i swear 🤣

[hazy radish]

delete & repost

no edits

😅

perfect gn

[odd lake]

I swear to god, some days I'm so fucking out of it

[tired jewel]

Mood, Sleep well Frenchboi!

Dream of... soft baguettes and coffee... mmmm coffeee

[left thistle]

The thoughts of pretty much everyone this round

God 24 hours to do orders is no bueno 😭

[tired jewel]

Yeah its a REALLY rought turn around this time for the mid week

[fluid viper]

We gotta do it again Saturday-Sunday

[left thistle]

Nah don’t remind me 😭

[fluid viper]

At least there won't be as much cross group coordination to do. It is more "we push south" if everything this turn goes to plan.

[left thistle]

Yeah thankfully we can kinda just do our own thing starting next round

[eager lichen]

HAMMER... DOWN.

Hammer, see attached.

@hazy radish When you are done with the TCO Map, please send it in STORM Channel as well. Thanks!

[muted eagle]

@lost elk you've still got some time to send in your orders, I myself won't really be able to help make a TAC-COM map until like... 4pm this evening, and french probably won't be awake for a few more hours, so you have time

[median epoch]

FYI - I'm including Sven(ODT), Cr0wn(INF), Kilo(INF), Bulwark(INF), and Husky(INF) in Atlas' TacCom map, as asked by French.

[muted eagle]

Alright

[median epoch]

Iron Hammer are marked orange. Everything look correct to you?

It's high-res for maximum zooming.

[muted eagle]

I'll look at it when I get home, my chromebook is shitting itself trying to do it

[median epoch]

Fair, here's the low-res version

[hazy radish]

This has gone 18 messages sleepy, wew.

good morning gents.

[hazy radish]

Okay yeah just, jesus give me some time dude okay 🤣

Rough day trying to get shit together yesterday, just woke up, and you guys are already firing up all the TCO maps, christ on a bike gents

[hazy radish]

Okay nice !

[willow epoch]

Hey there hammers, how’s it hanging in here?

[hazy radish]

Quiet, quiet after the storm

[muted eagle]

Well enough, we managed to get almost all the orders in

We just need to get a map together

[hazy radish]

2 of our members left due to stress & panic

and by left, I mean left the server 😅

1 hasn't put order in due to work from the last msgs i can read

otherwise, we're here

[muted eagle]

How has it been in the rabbits?

[rapid pond]

Morning french

[hazy radish]

morning ocdt!

[finite shadow]

Greatings Iron Hammer, I have a tradition to follow through on.

Oh mighty Frenchboi... Great King, the Imperishable, Khemrikhara, The Great King of France, King of Kings, Opener of the Way, Wielder of the Divine Flame, Punisher of Nomads, The Great Unifier, Commander of the Golden Legion, Sacred of Appearance, Bringer of Light, Father of Hawks, Builder of Cities, Protector of the Two Worlds, Keeper of the Hours, Chosen of Ptra, High Steward of the Horizon, Sailor of the Great Vitae, Sentinel of the Two Realms, The Undisputed, Begetter of the Begat, Scourge of the Faithless, Carrion-feeder, First of the Charnel Valley, Rider of the Sacred Chariot, Vanquisher of Vermin, Champion of the Death Arena, Mighty Lion of the Infinite Plains, He Who Holds The Sceptre, Great Hawk Of The Heavens, Arch-Emperor of Talan, Waker of the Hierotitan, Monarch of the Sky, Majestic Emperor of the Shifting Sands, Champion of God, Breaker of the English Clans, Builder of the Great Pyramid, Terror of the Living, Master of the Never-Ending Horizon, Master of the Necropolises, Taker of Souls, Tyrant to the Foolish, Bearer of Ptra's Holy Blade, Scion of Usirian, Scion of Nehek, The Great, Chaser of Nightmares, Keeper of the Royal Herat, Founder of the Mortuary Cult, Banisher of the Grand Hierophant, High Lord Admiral of the Deathfleets, Guardian of the Charnal Pass, Tamer of the Liche King, Dismisser of the Warrior Queen, Charioteer of the Gods, He Who Does Not Serve, Slayer off Reddittras, Scarab Purger, Favoured of God, Player of the Great Game, Liberator of Life, Lord Sand, Wrangler of Scorpions, Emperor of the Dunes, Eternal Sovereign of Frances Legions, Seneschal of the Great Alpine Mountains, Curserer of the Living, Slayer of the Britons, Master of the Foxbats...

[hazy radish]

Tradition followed

[fallow dome]

All hail the mighty French.

[willow epoch]

Waiting

[muted eagle]

Fair enough

[hazy radish]

Alright !

Stretches in a cute pathfinders way

So, would anyone be willing to look while I make the tac-map ?

[rapid pond]

Sends an electric shock to French’s device

[hazy radish]

x(

[rapid pond]

I dunno how ya intend to shad the tac-map but okay

[hazy radish]

Well, I'll see

If anyone wants a watch give me a ping, i'll be starting rn

[muted eagle]

I would but I'm at college right now unfortunately

And should probably be focusing on the lesson

[fluid viper]

I would

Also I pinged @winter dragon about joining us with their IFV as they are in the campaign but not deployed if they just give you a "we drive off the ship" order this turn.

[muted eagle]

Uh... How does venator plan on landing at Cell'Dar? 😅
I thought the NPC transports could only land at space ports and other designated areas

[hazy radish]

Works for me.

If they are willing to join

[winter dragon]

If i can join i am more than happy

[hazy radish]

Then that works ! Welcome aboard I guess !

#1385617845831995402 message There's all this for "how2order" and all that

There's the sign-up sheet in pins aswell

I encourage you to go sign-up on the sheet, then get your order in

I'll just need as it says on the template I directed you too, unit type, callsign, and your deployment.

I've barely started on the tac-map so i'm okay as long as your order is there in the following hours :P

Not overloading you am I ? 😅

[winter dragon]

Is this alright?

[muted eagle]

Yep!

[glad hedge]

I love what an absolute mess work of art the Iron Hammer sheet is lol

[hazy radish]

Perfect !

[muted eagle]

Indeed, it's great

[hazy radish]

And i've done a bit of tidying 🤣

[muted eagle]

The best part is the gambling

I full expect a "God damnit" from french any second now

[hazy radish]

Me casually mapping

My dope ass playlist reminding me of this banger existing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hJRuRbDXxw

[hazy radish]

GOD DAMNIT

[glad hedge]

Holy moly what a throwback

Havent seen those animations in years

[hazy radish]

Oh I still love 'em.

Madness combat is king

Madness combat 12 went out some time ago too.

or is it 11 ?

I forgot which number it is lol

Yes, madness combat 12: Conrtravention

[rapid pond]

Did ya miss the new #midround-events the secondary mission has an industrial elevator
They intend to use it (as Shack stated in it, one BG can use it to descend to the surface before it turns off) to gain control of Cell’dar mines

Sorry
Industrial sized grav-lift

Not elevator

[muted eagle]

Ah, must have missed that part

[rapid pond]

Basically I think venator chose to go as they wanted to retake Ziyal anyway

Plus sending like a maxed out BG of armour to the most isolated region on the map is probably the best bet to succeed in the objective
-# Since the area should be clear of bots rn

[hazy radish]

(as Shack stated in it, one BG can use it to descend to the surface before it turns off)
Oh, I thought that was only after a bg took control of it

nice for venator!

[rapid pond]

Basically it has low power

In terms of actual commander/strategic info from Shack, he assumes it has enough power to let an entire BG offload
Which basically means, it only lets 1 offload

Bc GM shack and our great Captain (of the campaign) are 2 separate people at times lel

[hazy radish]

I'm starting to get slightly confused, doesn't everyone have to come from the picket line ?

Because I'm seeing orders mention they start from the big metal ball in the middle aka the starport

...do i make them start at the big metal ball or at the picket line disembark ?

[fallow dome]

Wasn’t the picket landing?

[hazy radish]

yeah, the picket is landing, north-east of the starport

so i'm assuming we all come out of the picket line, not the starport, right ?

[muted eagle]

I... Think so?

Appart from the medics and engineers deploying by VTOL

[hazy radish]

#1385617845831995402 message @solar bear facing is south-east, but map is making you face south-west, which one is it ?

[hazy radish]

i think aswell, because I see lots of orders originating from the big ball of metal in the middle

[fallow dome]

If you can find the pickets order it should clear things up. What TF are they in?

[hazy radish]

atlas

and it's not really clear ngl

it says according to "ship formation" which i dont have lol

Movement: Fly in Formation with the Atlas Fleet, then Land and dock at Elim spaceport

#1385616625293725886 message

shrugs

[fallow dome]

From what I understand it is landing as the starport so shouldn’t everything that is deploying be undocking from said starport.

[hazy radish]

welp, there goes 30 mins of my time

throws tac-map in the bin

STARTING OVER

(nearly)

[fallow dome]

I am sorry boss

[rapid pond]

Yeah sadly the green is the landing pass

It’s why we cleared 2

The dome is a… dome you see as such unless if ya wanna destroy an orbital you can’t really land there

[hazy radish]

okay that explains a lot

I just assumed we'd be all coming out of the picket line

not that the picket line funnels all of us into big metal ball and that we then leave by the landing pads

[rapid pond]

Well… what landing pad is even being used?

[hazy radish]

I DONT KNOW ??

what's a landing pad at this point ???

[rapid pond]

That’s… bad

[hazy radish]

I know picket line is landing north-east of the starport

[rapid pond]

2 are being cleared before descent

Then that landing pad

[hazy radish]

and i assumed we were all coming out from north east

[hazy radish]

so we ARE coming out from north east ?

like, what's happening, do we have rules or pointers or anything on this ?

[rapid pond]

I think it means this

Sorry for da lines it’s honid order map

I’m lazy

[hazy radish]

Like, for me it's either:

1. Picket Line docks at starport, and it funnels all of us in the big metal ball, which redirects us to the green landing pads for deployment
2. Picket Line docks at starport, but it means getting us all out on the landing pad he is deployed at

But how do we know for sure which one is which ? I'm no fucking wizard ! x(

[rapid pond]

You have time to ask the… oh shit

He isn’t awake

[hazy radish]

YEAH 🤣

[rapid pond]

GAWD DAMN EST

[hazy radish]

I literally can't do my tac-map without this info

• more info from atlas I require for their picket line's position in high orbit for vtol & hvtol deployment

I am at the mercy of his sleep schedule for now.

[rapid pond]

Wait…

how tf are your vehicles getting down?

[hazy radish]

well if the ennemy orbital dies map goes into tactical and that means picket line can land and deploy us on the same turn

[rapid pond]

The starport is literally a tower based on the midrounds

So….

[hazy radish]

that ixen got confirmation by shack in taccom comms

[rapid pond]

I feel like these should’ve been asked yesterday but we can’t change the past

2 things I feel you should ask are, where you disembark and if you do disembark on the starport, how do the armour descend

[hazy radish]

I can't figure every question to ask 😅

[rapid pond]

I feel like Shack should’ve written about starports in more detail

[hazy radish]

I swear I'm never getting aboard an orbital again for deployment

Feels like trying to find an invisible bridge

trying to walk an invisible bridge*

[left thistle]

It’s the north east pad I believe

[rapid pond]

The issue is, he doesn’t know where y’all are being placed after disembarking

[hazy radish]

no i do know the final positions

i don't know the original ones that is

like half of the orders are "i come from big metal ball" other half is "i come from picket line"

[rapid pond]

French… I mean that

[hazy radish]

like, which one is right ?! D:

[left thistle]

As long as this keeps us on the high ground part of Hill 3218, I believe paradrop squad will be good with this

[hazy radish]

ah okay

[rapid pond]

Tbh the metal ball is too small

You’re gonna crush me and Noxima at this rate

[winter dragon]

What are the starting cords?

[hazy radish]

Well, you see turtle, we used to know them

Now we don't anymore. 🤣

Put in atlas' picket line for the meantime, we'll figure this problem out, eventually.

[rapid pond]

Field Nav 1 technically speaking

Since ya in an orbital

But in terms of landing… I dunno

[feral ivy]

After reading through all the messages, I'm suddenly grateful that I deployed by air onto a hill.

[hazy radish]

I'll be gratefull when turn 4 will be over man 🤣

Never again are we doing air/orbital deployments lmao

[hazy radish]

I've thrown this problem in tac-com comms

[left thistle]

This was flagged in atlas chat

[hazy radish]

AY, good stuff ! that's what i need for the hvtol & vtols

Okay, I'm gonna go take a break of an hour or something, ping me in #meta-comm if something happens that fixes my stuff

Why in #meta-comm ? Because for some reason pings in the threads don't make sounds. Idk why.

[solar bear]

Map takes priority...

[rigid oar]

Daily reminder that I appreciate you and the hard work TAC COMs put in to make all this work. Also good morning.

[muted eagle]

We should've just dropped on Cell'Dar instead, then we wouldn't have to worry about any star ports

:p

[fluid viper]

Hey @winter dragon I think you gotta make a #1385617845831995402 post quick. Even if it is a "starting place- on the orbital. Order Type Advance Move in formation (disembark)"

[hazy radish]

https://tenor.com/view/dacia-top-gear-james-good-news-great-news-gif-16523018

Dresden Valareo
[ARM]
— 15:00
You are coming out of the dome
That is basically, the "spawn" point

so, that's solved :D

Dresden Valareo
[ARM]
— 15:05
They can't hold turn one. Deploying is basically unloading, which cost movement
Other news too, hm

[eager lichen]

Don't worry, the ping was just to stop it from being lost.

[solar bear]

Consumes movement?

[hazy radish]

yep

so technically you can't hold after you deployed, since you have moved due to the deployment

Meaning...

[eager lichen]

automatic: Mrrrp.

///<

[hazy radish]

@thorn sand @sleek cedar @eager carbon @odd lake

Hello ladies and gents.
So, apparently, you cannot hold after getting deployed (by orbital or by vtol/hvtol), since it consumes part of your movement making the hold order impossible
Meaning your order types should actually be advance, not hold.

If you could please delete & repost that'd be great, but even if not I will still consider the orders valid and just put them under the advance flag since you guys aren't moving from the deployment zone unless you wish to.

God, that's 8th repost potentially for tubsay.

Feelsbadman.

[eager lichen]

Oopps- I thought I communicated that clearly, we had to clear 2 Landing Pads rapidly.

[hazy radish]

And I'll be starting to map again, throwing nearly everything in the trash thanks to this

sigh

[eager lichen]

"PICKET LINE" Should be docked at the NE one, that's the one cleared for them.

@median epoch

[eager carbon]

You are lucky

I just got into bed but can do it quickly

[tawny flame]

How's it going, Iron Hammer to the rescue?

[hazy radish]

take a shot everytime tubsay has to do a repost

[hazy radish]

GET ME OUT OF HERE

FREE ME

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[eager carbon]

Lets not kill people now 😋

[eager lichen]

... we've been assuming 2 in STORM, but didn't ask, because we were coordinating other things.

(We're not the ones with orbitals, so...)

[hazy radish]

I swear all I want to do is go outside for 1hr and forget I'm having to deal with this headache inducing deployment

[eager carbon]

Done

Night all

[hazy radish]

Gn Tubsay

Thanks Consul for the repost too

If anyone wants a stream of me makin' the tac-map feel free to ping me, i'll get back on that horse again.

[eager lichen]

Sure!

[hazy radish]

I'm not gonna ask all thoses who assumed "we're getting off the picket line NE" and not "metal ball" to repost their orders, I'm just gonna assume you start off NE of the metal ball and boom the arrow will match, or closer to the middle if that cuts your movement in the way it goes

Like I already have my hands full with this, i'm not about to go ask half of our BG to repost their stuff because we misinterpreted the spawn point 🤣

[eager lichen]

Note: it appears to take 0.5 speed to descend the tower from the landing pad.

[hazy radish]

game room 3 then !

[hazy radish]

WHAT

[rapid pond]

Also french

There’s no elevator as far as we know

Since I dunno about you, but I don’t think they’d hide the elevator from the medics

[tawny flame]

French, if you're feeling the TAC-COM pressure, feel free to reach out to others to help divide the load. No sense in getting burnt out.

[hazy radish]

Yeah, Vivian can only get there late afternoon if i understood

[fallow dome]

Id join but im still at work for another while.

[rapid pond]

Yeah EC’s dead technically all they can do is bureaucracy

[hazy radish]

I wanted to start easy with thoses who were already landed

plot twist: it brang up more questions

[eager lichen]

"Beyond the Grave" - Omega Zulu

[rapid pond]

I hope you enjoy being in the administratum

[fallow dome]

In death their is only paperwork.

[odd lake]

Even in death, I still serve the Omnissiah

[glad hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/darktide-adeptus-mechanicus-mechanicus-warhammer-tech-priest-gif-14919800332216808310

[rapid pond]

Calm down Iron Hands Hammer

[hazy radish]

One down, only 2 to go

Thoughts on this lads ?

[glad hedge]

Not enough gambling

[odd lake]

I have an idea

Its a long shot but if it works, we can out flank the enemy and break the encirclement

I just need one tank for escort and one INF to carry

[muted eagle]

True

[left thistle]

Sadly, a little late to execute this round

But next round if the situation still calls for it lmk

I’d be down

[hazy radish]

@odd lake Hey, so, it turns out, you can't drop supplies on the floor

I've shared the map in tac-com and they all pointed it out 😅

The only supplies you can drop are for the artillery, who can store it, or any units that can store supplies, otherwise, no dropping supplies on the floor

So sadly gonna have to ask you to please delete & repost :/

[odd lake]

......I want to choke a mothefucker

[hazy radish]

Yeaaaaahhhh 🤣

Plus infantry can't haul supplies nor use them really so

Yay ?

[odd lake]

inhale AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

https://tenor.com/view/dragon-screaming-scream-scalie-furry-gif-22748303

[hazy radish]

I KNOW

It's been a tough ride for me too

@muted eagle Hit me up when you're up for tac-mapping too when possible

[solar bear]

https://tenor.com/view/angry-anime-neko-funny-funny-anime-gif-16420737

[muted eagle]

On my way home, should be able to do it in about half an hour

[rapid pond]

I’m glad to see storm isn’t the only group suffering

-# Even if you’re dying by bureaucratic methodology

[jolly cloud]

Will the VTOL landings be on that map as well French?

[hazy radish]

Nope, on the other one

one map for "if picket line lands we deploy"
one map for "deploying anyways with vtol/hvtol/hat"

[rapid pond]

Ignore me

I’m big dumb

[hazy radish]

no >:(

[feral ivy]

so does that mean i have to redo my order?

[hazy radish]

lemme look

no you're good because you're paradropping from a hat

meaning you got all your movement so you can hold

[feral ivy]

thank you. i wanted to be sure

[hazy radish]

i'm interpreting it as such anyways

[muted eagle]

I'm back home to I can helped with the maps if you need

[hazy radish]

can you get in a vc ? it'll be quicker that way lol

I would greatly appreciate the help

I've been on this for the full day now

Not final VTOL/HVTOL map, it's missing the high orbit mapping which is gonna be done by our lovely @muted eagle !

Yes, I know, the HAT drop isn't there 😅

Just noticed

[sleek cedar]

@hazy radish Maybe put me (HLFS) closer to the border of the hex so that my sandbags can help more. Also I technically place two sandbag walls

[hazy radish]

I'm hopping to just take atlas' tac-map for it

[hazy radish]

I think thoses are 2

Otherwise closer to enni you mean ?

[sleek cedar]

Ok. Rules says long enough to cover two squads so I figured it would be two sections. And yes I think that is what the people over at storm were wanting from the deployment. Provide so cover to Enni

[hazy radish]

I figured it would be two sections.
On the token I got it's 2 sections technically xD

lookie!

It's just hard to see with all that's happening.

[sleek cedar]

Lol yeah I see it now

[hazy radish]

Otherwise the only issue is uhm

...map's pretty crowded

not quite sure how i'm getting you to sandbag enni

OH I KNOW

reverse dice & you

good thinking me

@sleek cedar looks any better now ?

[median epoch]

Heres the answer to the VTOL question:

All VTOLs should wait to launch until the Vulture is dead. Their path would then be: [0.5] deploy from a VTOL bay, [2.5] descend to the city, [0.5] land, [0.5] unload cargo. It's ok for them to wait in orbit until the Frigate is dead, I confirmed that with Shack in a very long conversation.

[hazy radish]

Uhhhh.

Feels like that answer has come 22 hours late but, at least for map making it's good ?

@muted eagle

So wait when do the vtols & hvtols want to come out and their cargo then ?

scratches head

[muted eagle]

I dunno, but yeah, I am now realising that we would have to wait for the vulture to be dead if we want to do it, otherwise we don't have enough speed 😅

Meaning I don't think we have to worry about the map with deploying the VTOLs in orbit of Elim... I think...?

[hazy radish]

we don't ?

nono we do have the speed if the vulture is alive i think

1 speed is one hex, so... lemmelook

[muted eagle]

No, if it's 2.5 just to descend to the city, absolutely not 😅

I think it's about 1.5 hexes to get into the zone

So that's 1.5 + 0.5 + 2.5 + 0.5 + 0.5 I think

Which is 5.5?

[hazy radish]

yellow line works!

that takes 2 speed to get in the zone, basically

[hazy radish]

descending takes speed aswell ?

[muted eagle]

I'm gonna go check

[hazy radish]

fuck me the more we map things the more problems we encounter

what is this, stormblessed ?

[muted eagle]

Alright, "Aerospace assets including orbitals can move between high orbit and low orbit using half their speed"

So yeah, they use half their speed to descend

So we're .5 speed over

[hazy radish]

Sooooooooo 1/3 of the orders are fucked ?

[median epoch]

Our original plan had the VTOLs hanging back while we boarded the Vulture, that was because the VTOLs did not have enough speed to reach the city from the tactical map.

That's why they have to wait for the Vulture to die.

[hazy radish]

so 1/3 of the orders are fucked.

Brilliant.

Great.

[muted eagle]

No, I don't think they are

[median epoch]

The player orders happen in the order YOU decide, its fine.

[muted eagle]

So long as vulture is killed it's fine

[hazy radish]

Yeah so I just need to add all the vtol & hvtol and all in the same map ?

Since all the deployment, vtol & hvtol included, is ONLY if the vulture dies ?

Correct ?

[muted eagle]

Yes

[median epoch]

Yes. Dont even put an "IF" in your orders.

[hazy radish]

Aaaand I can already see units overlapping by combining the two

[hazy radish]

that is a mechanical if that shack must know about

it's not a self imposed "if"

[median epoch]

No no no.

[hazy radish]

if the vulture dies, we can all happily deploy and orders work

if it doesn't, we can't do shit

[median epoch]

Confidence

[hazy radish]

right ?

Confidence or not, shack must know mechanically what's happening

[median epoch]

Post the orders. If they're wrong because something happens, we'll find out.

[eager lichen]

Corretct, 2.5 to descend.

[rigid oar]

Does that apply to HAT drop too?

[hazy radish]

I DONT KNOW

[median epoch]

He already does, we had a page of conversation about it.

[hazy radish]

Does it ???

[median epoch]

Yes

[eager lichen]

we may have slightly fudged our distances so it was perfect. It was more like 5.15 distance.

[eager lichen]

3.5 for HATs, since descent is 1/2 total speed.

[median epoch]

It's ok, just put the drop locations and deployment on the map, you don't need to track every foot of movement.

[hazy radish]

it has just dawned on me if the orbital doesn't die this whole day of me working through every order & figuring out every rule has been useless

yay for existential crisis

anyways

[median epoch]

-# take a deep breath

[eager lichen]

achoo

[hazy radish]

IT IS HARD TO DO SO MY MAN 🤣

I've been trying to figure this out for the past 6 hours now

[muted eagle]

Take a deep breath 🔫

[hazy radish]

I am never doing an orbital or any kind of air drop ever again lmaooo

if it does happen during this campaign vivian you're the sole responsible for all this 🤣

[muted eagle]

Alright

[hazy radish]

for tac-mapping I mean

[median epoch]

-# you're panicking, its ok, Shack understands we'll make mistakes, just do what you can

[hazy radish]

does happen again*

I just need to know, what's happening tomorrow ?

[eager lichen]

could I interst you in helping TACCOM for STORM next campaign /jk

[hazy radish]

or, uh, 10 hours from now, if timezones

[fluid viper]

I may sign on with a group doing dedicated air-ground stuff next campaign and try to help Tac Com. This looks like an interesting experience.

[eager lichen]

We see if Vulture dies and STORM gets reinforcements. Otherwise, STORM will hold and try to survive one more turn, and you guys will have to re-do deployment orders.

[median epoch]

Put your orders in as if the frigate will die, the VTOLs can deploy wherever they want.

There's no ifs.

[hazy radish]

"interesting"

...that might be the less fitting word to describe this experience I've had 🤣

[eager lichen]

Yup! Hope for the best, put orders in as if you all can make it.

[hazy radish]

If you want to help tac-com for iron hammer i'm not against it lol

[muted eagle]

The help would be appreciated

[eager lichen]

If it doesn't happen, that's what STORM will be doing.

[hazy radish]

this is, hopefully, wrapped up, with HOPEFULLY, no more "hey actually this rule is a thing" popping up

[fluid viper]

I don't want to Tac Com this campaign because I have never even been a player before. My first time writing an order was yesterday. I am not really qualified to directing others.

[hazy radish]

so, midrounds ?

[eager lichen]

a logistical nightmare, you mean.

STORM only works because we have a lot of people in the same time-zone, and each VTOL/Player pair communicates a lot as well.

[muted eagle]

I'm not qualified either! :D

[hazy radish]

you're not hearing from me tomorrow, i'm off armco tomorrow until start of the new orders lmao

[fluid viper]

Maybe in a round or 2 I can help

[rigid oar]

Hey actually the map numbers we used were wrong and every order needs to be shifted to the right. /jk

[hazy radish]

Bet, I wasn't qualified in C3 and didn't have a single order under my belt too back then when I made Iron Hammer.

As long as you're active enough and like to search for information and eventually mapping some stuff, i'm happy to have ya.

So wait then

[median epoch]

Just do the ground units how you like, and assume the VTOLs can land and deploy anywhere.

[hazy radish]

do we need a high orbit map from @muted eagle ?

[median epoch]

You won't need a high orbit map

[hazy radish]

if the vtol/hvtol is expected to not make it, only if the ennemy orbi

great.

[median epoch]

Everything's from the Strategic map

[hazy radish]

welp vivian, trash the high orbit map, sorry.

[muted eagle]

Nah, don't be sorry

[hazy radish]

i've had to trash my map earlier when i started it.

[muted eagle]

I got to learn more about using paint.net

[hazy radish]

noice

[fluid viper]

If Vulture lives I think Shack can wing putting us in a vulnurable position (or not moving)

[median epoch]

It wont

Just send me what you got for the ground map so far, I'll look at it

We've got time, we can help you out

[hazy radish]

yeah i've sent both earlier hold on

I'm not gonna fuse both maps, it's gonna be more headaches then it's worth.

I'll add in the iron hammer header & the hat paradrop on the second map then I figure we're done

[median epoch]

Good idea

That looks great to me

[fluid viper]

Do you have any of the airdrop worked out? reminder we have to deploy in a line along the HATs route.

[median epoch]

Very clear what's going on

[hazy radish]

Yup, Ixen's done it and I'll add it onto our map

[hazy radish]

'tis my job

[median epoch]

Yea, I'll post a zoom in so its easier to see

[muted eagle]

I imagine next map will be a LOT simpler

[hazy radish]

oh i got the high res download

dw

[hazy radish]

YES, YES IT WILL.

[left thistle]

Thank you for all your work French!

[hazy radish]

NO AIR DEPLOYMENT

[median epoch]

I'd just take out the "if" statement. That's one of the only hard rules Shack doesn't like.

[hazy radish]

Now only thing is i have no idea what i'm gonna go next campaign

because i sure as hell am not going rugged air transport 🤣

[median epoch]

Lol

[muted eagle]

Just don't be a rugged air transport and a TAC-COM, let somebody else figure out the logistics :p

[hazy radish]

But I like being a tac-com :(

OR AT LEAST LIKED UNTIL TURN 4 CAME IN 🤣