SSD Campaign Thread - Culver

[Balk]

As much as I'd like to keep harassing Reds 2 through 4, I think I need to give Artype something to think about before she gets any closer.
Scarab only needs 2 more moves to retreat and Wendigo is down to one gun, so I think RED1 needs my attention the most.

Missile Swarm 1A
Move 3 east
Move 2 south to T-28, attacking RED3

Missile Swarm 1B
Move 1 south
Move 4 west
Move 3 north
Move 3 east
Move 1 south to T-28, attacking RED3

Fighter 1B
Move 5 south
Move 4 west to AB-25
Fire at RED1

Fighter 1D
Fire at RED2
Move 7 south
Move 2 west to AA-27

Fighter 1A
Move 2 south
Move 1 east
Move 1 south
Move 1 east
Move 1 south
Move 1 east
Move 1 south
Move 1 east to AA-18
Fire at missile swarm 1B

Fighter 1C
Move 3 south
Move 1 east
Move 1 south
Move 1 east
Move 1 south
Move 1 east
Fire at missile swarm 1B
Move 1 east to Z-18

BLU1
Fire missile launcher A
Turn 1 left
Fire missile launcher B
Turn 1 left
Move 4 north to P-11

[atomikkrab]

let him go i'm gonna try to make them think we are only here for wasp, should cause us less problems later.


By the way i've posted a redesigned brick that is based on the hard sciences and realities of the ssd world. it is Here

BLU2
transmit on broad frequency "good, leave, not after you, get. Now Wasp, come follow the flying brick, come on you know we won't stop chasing you after what you did."

Restore rear shield to full
Restore port forward shield to full
Turn port 1
Move forward 7
turn port 2

[krakatoah]

BLU5
Transmit over coms: "Why the hells did you guys leave without me? You bloody well know this ship isn't exactly fast! Ugh...I suppose I'd better let out the goons."

Move Forward 2
Turn Left
Move Forward 2
TAKE OFF EVERY ZIG! (Launch fighters out of every fighter bay.)

[atomikkrab]

Jul 4, 2014 14:20:00 GMT -8 krakatoah said:

BLU5
Transmit over coms: "Why the hells did you guys leave without me? You bloody well know this ship isn't exactly fast! Ugh...I suppose I'd better let out the goons."

Move Forward 2
Turn Left
Move Forward 2
TAKE OFF EVERY ZIG! (Launch fighters out of every fighter bay.)

That won't work because one fighter takes up one space on the map. Recommendation: staggered launches as you see fit to unleash the goons.

[krakatoah]

Jul 4, 2014 20:46:20 GMT -8 atomikkrab said:

Jul 4, 2014 14:20:00 GMT -8 krakatoah said:

BLU5
Transmit over coms: "Why the hells did you guys leave without me? You bloody well know this ship isn't exactly fast! Ugh...I suppose I'd better let out the goons."

Move Forward 2
Turn Left
Move Forward 2
TAKE OFF EVERY ZIG! (Launch fighters out of every fighter bay.)

That won't work because one fighter takes up one space on the map. Recommendation: staggered launches as you see fit to unleash the goons.

Wouldn't I have enough room though since I have 8 spaces around me unoccupied? If it doesnt I could just launch the front 4 first.

[atomikkrab]

I actually don't know if they can do diagnoal deployment, if they can you are fine?

[Gravedust]

Diagonal launches not a thing, sorry.

[Balk]

So you just have to launch two, move or turn so the squares to your port and starboard aren't occupied, launch two more, etc.

And I'm just now realizing that I never tweaked the Kite after those changes to fighter rules. It could probably afford to swap two of those fighter bays for interceptors, for a little more anti-remote action.

[krakatoah]

Jul 5, 2014 7:41:17 GMT -8 Gravedust said:

Diagonal launches not a thing, sorry.

In that case, Launch the forward bays first.

[Gravedust]

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BLU1::Winged Oyster::"Ironsides"::
• Missile Swarm Alpha reports 1 hit on target, forward shielding damaged.
• Missile Swarm Bravo reports 1 hit on target, forward shielding damaged.
• Fighter Bravo reports attack successful, 1 hit to target's right shielding.
• Fighter Delta reports 2 hits against enemy rear shielding.
• Fighter Alpha reports no missiles hit in attack.
• Fighter Charlie reports one missile destroyed.
• Launch control reports all missiles away.

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BLU2::Battle Brick::"The Brickyard"::
• Shields restabilized.

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BLU5::Kite::"Magic School Bus"::
• Launch control reports 6 or 8 fighters launched successfully.
• Insufficient energy to launch fighters Golf and Hotel.

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::TRANSMISSIONS::

none;

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BLU2::Battle Brick::"The Brickyard"::
• Forward shield hit by laser fire from Wasp.

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BLU1::Winged Oyster::"Ironsides"::
• Fighter Alpha evades missile attack from Artype.
• Fighter Alpha evades missile attack from Artype again, requests medal.
• Fighter Delta destroyed by missiles from Scarab.


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BLU5::Kite::"Magic School Bus"::
• Nothing to report


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::MISSION OBJECTIVES::

• Transmit coordinates to Sombran ships (COMPLETE!)

(OPTIONAL) Claim Bounty
If one or both Sombran ships are destroyed, the 20Mil per ship bounty will be paid out between all remaining ships.

(OPTIONAL) Assist Sombrans
Help Sombran ships survive the encounter.
(+Sombran rep if both Sombran ships survive or exit the map)
(+Sombran rep if all enemy vessels are disabled or destroyed before the mission ends.)

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[Balk]

Jul 9, 2014 11:04:02 GMT -8 Gravedust said:

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BLU1::Winged Oyster::"Ironsides"::
• Fighter Alpha evades missile attack from Artype.
• Fighter Alpha evades missile attack from Artype again, requests medal.

The force is strong in this one. Ok, just hit that exhaust port and you'll get your medal.

Missile Swarm 1A
Move 7 south
Move 1 east
Move 1 south
Move 1 west to AB-12, attacking RED1

Missile Swarm 1B
Move 6 south
Move 2 east
Move 1 south
Move 1 west to AB-12, attacking RED1

Fighter 1A
Move 1 east
Move 2 south
Move 5 west
Fire at RED1
Move 1 north to AA-14

Fighter 1C
Move 2 east
Move 2 south
Move 5 west to AB-14
Fire at RED1

Fighter 1B
Move 9 west to AB-16
Fire at RED1

BLU1
Fire missile launcher B
Turn left
Fire missile launcher A
Launch fighter D
Move 5 east to P-6

[atomikkrab]

BLU 2
Restore front shield to full
turn port 2
move forward 4
turn port 1
move forward 2
turn port 1

[krakatoah]

BLU5
Launch Fighters from Bays G and H
Move East 1
Turn 1 Left
Move North 2
Turn 1 Right

All Fighters!
Move South 6
Move East 4
Prepare to engage target!

[Gravedust]

Jul 13, 2014 14:24:33 GMT -8 krakatoah said:

BLU5
Launch Fighters from Bays G and H

Fighters are 2 energy to launch, (used to be 1 but it was changed) so you can only squirt one out this round. By default that'll G.

[Gravedust]

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BLU1::Winged Oyster::"Ironsides"::
• Missile Swarm Alpha reports no hits on target
• Missile Swarm Beta reports two hits to enemy's rear shielding.
• Fighter Alpha attack run completed; reports 2 hits to enemy rear shielding, shields destabilized.
• Fighter Alpha Earns Medal:  Maximilian Sterling Award for Excessive Excellence.
• Fighter Charlie reports no hits on target.
• Fighter Bravo reports one hit on target, enemy rear shield generator destroyed.

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BLU2::Battle Brick::"The Brickyard"::
• Front shields restabilized.

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BLU5::Kite::"Magic School Bus"::
• Fighter Gamma Launched.

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::TRANSMISSIONS::

< Artype >
Ow. Oww. OW!  Shit! Just lost rear shields, I can't shake these damned fighters.

< Scarab >
Damn, this looks bad. ...I can't believe I'm turning my back on my friends just when they need me most…

...But I totally am! See ya!

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BLU2::Battle Brick::"The Brickyard"::
• Starboard forward shields hit by crossing laser fire from Wendigo.
• Forward shield hit by laser fire from Wasp. Shield integrity 50%.
• Forward shield hit by laser fire from Wasp. Shields destabilized.

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BLU1::Winged Oyster::"Ironsides"::
• Nothing to report


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BLU5::Kite::"Magic School Bus"::
• Nothing to report


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::MISSION OBJECTIVES::

• Transmit coordinates to Sombran ships (COMPLETE!)

(OPTIONAL) Claim Bounty
If one or both Sombran ships are destroyed, the 20Mil per ship bounty will be paid out between all remaining ships.

(OPTIONAL) Assist Sombrans
Help Sombran ships survive the encounter.
(+Sombran rep if both Sombran ships survive or exit the map)
(+Sombran rep if all enemy vessels are disabled or destroyed before the mission ends.)

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[atomikkrab]

BLU2
Transmit: "oi, wendigo stop butting in on me and wasps fight.... Know what? I'm gonna BUTT in on you."
Move 6 forward
Turn starboard 1
Fire all 4 prow laser cannons into wendigo (preferably his rear)
Restore front shields to 2


krakatoah, do a drive by on wendigo, hit his right side now if you can with fighters.

[Balk]

I hope Alpha makes it to the end of the mission, that's been an amazing run.

Fighter 1A
Move 1 west
Move 1 south
Move 5 west
Fire at RED1
Move 2 north to Z-8

Fighter 1B
Move 9 west to AB-7
Fire at RED1

Fighter 1C
Move 4 west
Fire at RED1
Move 5 north to W-10

Fighter 1D
Move 6 north
Move 3 east to I-14

Missile Swarm 1A
Move 12 south to AC-11

Missile Swarm 1B
Move 11 south to AA-12, attacking missile swarm 1B

BLU1
Turn right
Move 5 north
Fire missile launcher B

[krakatoah]

BLU5
Launch Fighter from Hangar H
Turn 180 Degrees
Move West 3.

(okay, hopefully fighters don't obstruct each other's shots)

Fighter A
Move East 6
Move North 3
You should be at E27 at the end of your movement

Fighters C and F
Follow Fighter A so that you will be at F27 and G27 at the end of your movement.

Fighters B, D and E
Repeat what Fighters A C and F just did so that you'll end up at E25, F25 and G25.

After movement has been completed, Fighters A through E will Fire upon RED3's Right Flank..

Fighter G
Move South 4
Move East 5
You should barely be able to fire upon RED3's Right Flank, please do so.

Fire upon RED3, may as well focus all fire on him afterall.

[Gravedust]

Jul 15, 2014 9:25:08 GMT -8 krakatoah said:

BLU5
Launch Fighter from Hangar H
Put the bus into reverse and move west 5.

Alas, you can only go in the direction your ship is facing, so unless you would rather change your orders I will amend them to:
>Turn right 2
>Forward 3 (B-17)

Also, fighters have had their movements lowered to 9. (from 10) Sorry, a lot if stuff like this will change pretty frequently. I'll snip of the last movement off of your orders.

I also haven't had time to parse the fighters' moves yet, so you may want to amend them in case they were meant to be shooting from a final position they will no longer be at.

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Jul 14, 2014 16:29:08 GMT -8 atomikkrab said:

BLU2
Move 8 forward
Turn starboard 1
Move 1 forward
Fire all 4 prow laser cannons into wendigo (preferably his rear)
Restore front shields to 2
Move 1 forward

Some issues here:

You are using 11 movement (8F+1R+1F+1F) so that last forward movement will fall off.

Unless I am looking at something wrong, your position when you fire should be at H-28 facing south, which puts R3 in your Right Firing arc so your forward batteries would not be able to hit it.

[atomikkrab]

ugh let me fix that. (I only meant to move 7 forward. Does that let me hit with as is or do I need to fire after my turn instead of moving 1 more?)

[Gravedust]

Moving Forward 7 down 1 puts you at (H-27) which means R3 is then in your dead zone:



And cannot be engaged by cannons.

I think you have a shot if you just go 7E, but it'll be against the right side instead of the rear.

[atomikkrab]

Alright then, done, Krakatoah, focus all fire on his right arc instead please.

[krakatoah]

Jul 15, 2014 17:58:33 GMT -8 atomikkrab said:

Alright then, done, Krakatoah, focus all fire on his right arc instead please.

Oh for the love of...hold on REWRITING ORDERS.

In that case, you may want to stop at G26 so that you won't obstruct any of my fighters.

[cokerpilot]

Well with this mission closing down I better get over to the shipyard.

[Gravedust]

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BLU1::Winged Oyster::"Ironsides"::
• Fighter Alpha attack run completed, no hits on target.
• Fighter Bravo reports no damage to target.
• Fighter Charlie reports attack successful, enemy thruster array damaged.
• Missle Swarm Bravo engaged enemy missile swarm.


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BLU2::Battle Brick::"The Brickyard"::
• Forward battery reports 1 shot on target; enemy starboard shielding hit.

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BLU5::Kite::"Magic School Bus"::
• Fighter wing Alpha reports hits along the enemy's forward shielding.
• Fighter wing Bravo reports hits scored against the enemy's forward and side shielding.
• Fighter Gamma reports 1 hit target's Starboard shield; shield destabilized.

((Sooo. Fighters can only fire through their forward arc, and always face the direction they are moving in. Per your orders no shots would have been able to be made this round, (by the time you said shoot they were all facing the wrong way) so I amended your orders to have them all firing in the R3's forward arc instead of the side. Not exactly what you wanted but better than nothing. Same deal with Fighter G, so I twiggled his orders a bit to get in a side shot and wind up in almost the sight square.))

• Nothing To Report
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::TRANSMISSIONS::

< Artype >
Yeah, so.. To hell with this, I'm out.

< Wasp >
Artype has the right idea. I'm pulling back.

< Wendigo >
Bah! You all lack the essential martial spirit! I'll take them all on myself! ...Except I just remembered a lucrative escort job I arranged. Can't be late for that.
Uh... BUT MARK MY WORDS!! NEXT TIME YOU WILL PERISH BY MY HANDS!!

< Wasp >
...So, you're going to go EVA and punch their hulls apart?

< Wendigo >
BUT MARK MY WORDS!! NEXT TIME YOU WILL PERISH BY MY LASERS!!

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BLU2::Battle Brick::"The Brickyard"::
• Starboard forward shielding hit by crossing laser fire from Wendigo. Sheild destabilized.
• Rear shield hit by crossing laser fire from Wasp.
• Forward shield hit by crossing laser fire from Wasp. Shield integrity compromised.
• Port shield #2 hit by laser fire from Wasp. Shield destabilized.

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BLU1::Winged Oyster::"Ironsides"::
• Nothing To Report

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BLU5::Kite::"Magic School Bus"::
• Nothing To Report


============================================



========================================

============================================
::MISSION OBJECTIVES::

• Transmit coordinates to Sombran ships (COMPLETE!)

(OPTIONAL) Claim Bounty
If one or both Sombran ships are destroyed, the 20Mil per ship bounty will be paid out between all remaining ships.

(OPTIONAL) Assist Sombrans
Help Sombran ships survive the encounter.
(+Sombran rep if both Sombran ships survive or exit the map)
(+Sombran rep if all enemy vessels are disabled or destroyed before the mission ends.)

============================================

[cokerpilot]

"Well damn guys looks like the we won't have to wast any money on repairs this time good job."

[Balk]

Aw, he got away.
I thought I had Artype when I saw it was knocked down to 4 move, but I guess you only have to make it to the edge of the map to retreat, instead of needing 1 extra move to fly over the edge. Oh well, that rule might end up saving me later on.

Let's try shooting Wasp in the engines, maybe we'll get lucky. Although I probably won't make it over in time to help..

Fighter 1A
Move 9 north to Q-8

Fighter 1B
Move 9 north to S-7

Fighter 1C
Move 1 east
Move 8 north to O-11

Fighter 1D
Move 9 east to I-23

Missile Swarm 1A
Move 1 east
Move 11 north to R-12

Missile Swarm 1B
Move 12 east to K-18

BLU1
Move 4 north
Turn right
Move 1 east

[atomikkrab]

BLU2
"good get out wendigo, you aren't our target, now WASP on the other hand, we can't let you escape that easily, gotta take you down for what you did earlier after all. Get him!"
Turn starboard 2
move forward 3
turn starboard 1
fire all 4 prow laser cannons at WASP
turn starbord 2
move forward 2

[Gravedust]

Jul 22, 2014 18:31:21 GMT -8 Balk said:

Aw, he got away.
I thought I had Artype when I saw it was knocked down to 4 move, but I guess you only have to make it to the edge of the map to retreat.

No, as it turns out I wasn't paying attention. =P Artype lost an engine to one of your fighters which brouh him down to 5 movement, and then later lost another to one Hurlant's fighter to bring him down to 4, but somehow 5 was the number that suck in my head when I made his move, even though I changed it to 4.  Sooo if you want to say that he's still at the leftmost square of the map and shoot him up, that's fine with me.

You do need to get actually all the way off the map to escape, though I've written some supplemental rules about running away that should give pursuers a fair shake at knocking someone out, even if they are lurking at the edge of the map when they decide they want to go. Should be introduced with some other stuff after the next mission.

[krakatoah]

BLU5
"Bah, I don't know what your issue is with this 'Wasp' person, but since you aren't chasing down Wendigo..."

Fighters A/C/F

Fighter A should move east as far as he can
the other fighters should follow him along the 'E' axis.
Fire at RED4's Rear end along the way!

Fighters B/D/E

Fighter B should move 2 north followed by east 7
Remaining fighters should copy his movement pattern so that they align at '£2'
Fire at RED4's Rear end, you should have a clear shot at it.

Fighter G

Your orders are simpler at least.
Move East 4
Move North 1
Move East 5
Fire at RED4's Rear end with the others.

Fighter H

Move East 9, that is all.