[CYOA] Operation Mongoose, Phase 2.5 : Red Alert!

Tiphareth

I'm having a blast so far by the way, getting shredded is FUN!

Snicketysnick

Combat Orders: 1 slamroller @ GTH(East) 1 slamroller@ GTH(West)
Communications: (On Standby)
Crew Orders: (Technical(ExtinguishFire[1] - ExtinguishFire[1]))
Salvage: (On Standby)
History Lesson: (Financial Crisis of 2047)

Urrrmmmm. It is almost tempting to reverse over our spare parts containers allies at this point, but at least the radar is clear once the hordes are dealt with. Right? Right?

The Ender

Options:

- Spend 1 power to open a channel with any radar contact.

- Spend 1 power to move forward 1 space.

- Spend 1 power to disintegrate the low performance vehicle, converting it into Alloy Sheets & Engine Components.

- Deploy Technical Teams to extinguish any fire. There is a low risk of casualties.

- Assign a Technical Team to repair a section of armor. Consumes 10 Alloy Sheets.

- Assign a Technical Team to repair a vital system. Consumes 10 Alloy Sheets and 10 Spare Electronics.


Historical Exposition:

You may vote to read the historical data for any one of the following keywords (does not require any power):

- Cherry Motors

- Financial Crisis of 2047

- Food Chain Collapse of 2051

- Tobias Technologies Company

- Zetta Wolfram

Tiphareth

Combat Orders: Macross Missile Massacre(On Standby) - Main Battery(On Standby) - Secondary Battery(On Standby) - Fusion Plasma Cannon(Inoperable)
Movement: (On Standby)
Communications: (On Standby)
Crew Orders: (Technical(ExtinguishFire[Capacitor]))
Salvage: (On Standby)
History Lesson: (Zetta Wolfram)

The Ender

Tiphareth, you've already learned about Hyper-Dense Steel.

Would you like to know more? :P

The Ender

Oh, and the purple 'S' icons are the Slamrollers. There's not much point in hailing them.

see317

Are we still able to launch missiles, or is that off limits until we can get it repaired? I wasn't sure if we had multiple missile bays or just the one that's damaged.

The Ender

You can still fire missiles, you're just limited to shooting 3 at a time instead of 4.

see317

Combat Orders:
- Macross Missile Massacre(Hold fire)
- Main Battery(Hold fire)
- Secondary Battery(Hold fire)
- Fusion Plasma Cannon(Inoperable)
Movement: (On Standby)
Communications: (Standby)
Crew Orders: (Technical(ExtinguishFire[Capacitor]))
Salvage: (On Standby)
History Lesson: (Tobias Technologies Company)

Tiphareth

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The Ender wrote: »

Tiphareth, you've already learned about Hyper-Dense Steel.

Would you like to know more? :P

Yes please! I had totally forgotten about that.
Also didn't expect the slammies to leave debris.

Also @see317 how ro you know that those units are hordlings?

Snicketysnick

Combat Orders: Standby)
Movement: (On Standby)
Communications: (Standby)
Crew Orders: (Technical(ExtinguishFire[Capacitor]))
Salvage: (On Standby)
History Lesson: (Tobias Technologies Company)


Somewhat reluctant to throw missiles etc at stuff we don't have a solid reading on. At this point I am just hoping that the bus is packed with civilians.

see317

Tiphareth wrote: »

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The Ender wrote: »

Tiphareth, you've already learned about Hyper-Dense Steel.

Would you like to know more? :P

Yes please! I had totally forgotten about that.
Also didn't expect the slammies to leave debris.

Also see317 how ro you know that those units are hordlings?

I'm targeting the "H's" on the map, I thought they had been identified as hordlings. Since each H represents a small tractor horde consisting of up to 6 tractors, so our penetrators aren't an ideal weapon.
I don't think the missiles have a minimum range, so we should be able to target them with the multi-warhead missile, then clean up the rest with our street sweepers.

Snicketysnick

The "H's" are tractor wreckage I believe, seeing as they are not lit up in red, they are at least disabled.

see317

Snicketysnick wrote: »

The "H's" are tractor wreckage I believe, seeing as they are not lit up in red, they are at least disabled.

That makes a lot of sense. I suppose pounding scrap metal into smaller bits of scrap probably isn't the best use of resources.
I'll go change my vote to holding fire and licking our wounds in peace unless Ender specifies that there are still hostiles.

The Ender

Guys, just FYI, the next update will probably be either Sunday or Monday.

Tiphareth

Take your time Ender, And thanks again for hosting all this, Im hoping you have as much fun with it as I have.
Also, thanks for notifying us

The Ender

Options:

- Spend 1 power to open a channel with any radar contact.

- Spend 1 power to move forward 1 space.

- Spend 1 power to disintegrate the low performance vehicle, converting it into Alloy Sheets & Engine Components.

- Deploy a Security Team in the low performance vehicle to explore Kincaid Rail or Steiner Petroleum

- Deploy a Security Team to clean-up a space of molten uranium (extremely hazardous task)

- Deploy Technical Teams to extinguish any fire. There is a low risk of casualties.

- Assign a Technical Team to repair a section of armor. Consumes 10 Alloy Sheets.

- Assign a Technical Team to repair a vital system. Consumes 10 Alloy Sheets and 10 Spare Electronics.


Historical Exposition:

You may vote to read the historical data for any one of the following keywords (does not require any power):

- Cherry Motors

- Financial Crisis of 2047

- Food Chain Collapse of 2051

- Zetta Wolfram

Tiphareth

Combat Orders: Macross Missile Massacre(On Standby) - Main Battery(On Standby) - Secondary Battery(On Standby) - Fusion Plasma Cannon(Inoperable/Not Available)
Movement: (Reverse[1])
Communications: (On Standby)
Crew Orders: (Technical(ExtinguishFire[2] - Repair[Capacitor]) - Security(Clean-up[2]))
Salvage: (On Standby)
History Lesson: (Zetta Wolfram)

Snicketysnick

Roughly how hazardous would driving through the uranium be? More/Less than the crew casualty risk? I'm starting to wonder if it might be better to just save up some juice and boost through the lake in 1 turn.

see317

Combat Orders: Macross Missile Massacre(On Standby) - Main Battery(On Standby) - Secondary Battery(On Standby) - Fusion Plasma Cannon(Inoperable/Not Available)
Movement: (On Standby)
Communications: (On Standby)
Crew Orders: (Technical(ExtinguishFire[2] - Repair[Capacitor]) - Security(Clean-up[2]))
Salvage: (On Standby)
History Lesson: (Zetta Wolfram)

wilting

Er, I think we need to reverse a space to allow our security teams space to clean up the uranium. Isn't that why they died last time?

Also, I forget what command and tactical teams do....

see317

wilting wrote: »

Er, I think we need to reverse a space to allow our security teams space to clean up the uranium. Isn't that why they died last time?

Also, I forget what command and tactical teams do....

Your tank is operated by a human crew (which is tragically predisposed to being dismembered by shrapnel, incinerated by fire, crushed by collapsing bulkheads, etc). Security teams can combat intruders or be dispatched on salvaging missions, command teams perform most of the tank's general functions (forging materials into equipment, moving down the road, using any special aspects of the tank, etc), technical teams generate power for the tank, conduct repairs and can be dispatched alongside security teams on salvaging missions to extract special resources, and tactical teams operate the tank's weapons.

In addition, we've seen the tactical teams performing an infiltration on another tank. Presumably they'll also protect us in the event we're infiltrated.

I'd like to know what we can do with the inactive reserves. Obviously this is overflow from command and tactical, but can we retrain them to a more useful profession? Or do we have to wait until we lose someone from those teams to pull our reserves out?

Tiphareth

wilting wrote: »

Er, I think we need to reverse a space to allow our security teams space to clean up the uranium. Isn't that why they died last time?

Also, I forget what command and tactical teams do....

Eh, sounds good. Also having a bit more space between us and those unidentified boogies sounds like a plan.

wilting

Cool, cool.

Combat Orders: (Standby)
Movement: (Reverse[1])
Communications: (Rosenberg Units (Request movement to front))
Crew Orders: (Technical (Extinguish Wetware Fire [2])(Repair Capacitor [1])(Security (Uranium Cleanup[2]))
History Lesson: (Zetta Wolfram)

The Ender

Roughly how hazardous would driving through the uranium be? More/Less than the crew casualty risk? I'm starting to wonder if it might be better to just save up some juice and boost through the lake in 1 turn.

You would be less likely to damage your treads than you would be to lose security teams.

Er, I think we need to reverse a space to allow our security teams space to clean up the uranium. Isn't that why they died last time?

Also, I forget what command and tactical teams do....

No, the security teams died last time because they failed a roll to see if they would clean-up the material without being killed.

Command Teams represent a cap on the number of spaces you may move in a turn, how many communications channels you can open in a turn and how many items you can craft in a turn.

Tactical Teams cap the number of weapons you can fire in a turn.

You do not need to move backwards to clean-up the uranium. I'd actually prefer not to allow backwards movement for the main tank in this game, otherwise I'd have to keep track of what you've already passed.


EDIT: Actually, if you did want to move back to the intersection this turn, you could swap positions with the Rosenberg-Class tanks.

Snicketysnick

Allrighty then...

Combat Orders: Standby
Movement: (Reverse[1])
Communications: (Initiate Operation Get-Behind-the-Rosenbergs)
Crew Orders: (Technical(ExtinguishFire[2] - Repair[Capacitor]) - Security(Clean-up[1]))
Salvage: (On Standby)
History Lesson: (Zetta Wolfram)


I'm still voting for the Zooooooooooooooooooooooooom plan when we have the power though :P

rockrnger

You guys need to stop having such reasonable plans. There is nothing to argue about.

Anyway, will our new friends be ok going over the slag?

wilting

I see no reason to rush over the slag. We've got damage to repair, we need to access Steiner Petroleum, the slag itself is useful, we are damaged enough as it is, we don't know what those bogies are on the side and the civilian transport behind us can give replacements.

The Ender

Options:

- Spend 1 power to open a channel with any radar contact.

- Spend 1 power to move forward 1 space.

- Spend 1 power to disintegrate the low performance vehicle, converting it into Alloy Sheets & Engine Components.

- Spend 1 power to order a Rosenberg Tank Squadron to attempt to plow through the molten uranium (may attempt to plow up to 4 spaces).

- Deploy a Security Team in the low performance vehicle to explore Kincaid Rail or Steiner Petroleum

- Deploy a Security Team to clean-up a space of molten uranium (extremely hazardous task)

- Assign a Technical Team to repair a section of armor. Consumes 10 Alloy Sheets.

- Assign a Technical Team to repair a vital system. Consumes 10 Alloy Sheets and 10 Spare Electronics.

Historical Exposition:

You may vote to read the historical data for any one of the following keywords (does not require any power):

- Cherry Motors

- Financial Crisis of 2047

- Food Chain Collapse of 2051

wilting

I don't get it, we didn't have this much trouble with molten uranium before. Plough away with Rosenbergs so. Repair with maybe half technical teams? Ask civilian vehicle for volunteers?

Combat Orders: (Standby)
Movement: (Standby)
Communications: (Rosenberg Unit (Plough Uranium[4])))(Rosenberg Unit (Plough Uranium[4])))(Civilian Vehicle (Offer Escort, Request Security/Technical Volunteers)))
Crew Orders: (Technical (Repair Capacitor System[1])(Repair Capacitor Armour[1]))(Security (Uranium Cleanup[2]))
History Lesson: (Cherry Motors)

The Ender

You got very lucky on the first encounter with the molten uranium.

Lady Averages is now bringing down the hammer.

see317

So, I hesitate to ask, but are the slam roller shells going to stop rolling on their own eventually?

Tiphareth

Combat Orders: Macross Missile Massacre(On Standby) - Main Battery(On Standby) - Secondary Battery(On Standby) - Fusion Plasma Cannon(Inoperable/Not Available)
Movement: (Forward[Behind Plough[Max 2 spaces]))
Communications: (Hail(Rosenberg[Plough]) - Hail(Rosenberg[Plough]) - Hail(C[Request zip-locks]))
Crew Orders: (Technical(Repair[Capacitor Armour - Reactor Chamber Armour - Juggernaut Wetware Armour]))
Salvage: (On Standby)
History Lesson: (Financial Crisis)


We only have 3 spare electronics left now right? What with repairing the capacitor last round.

Also, I'm assuming the rollers will stop once they hit something that doesn't yield to them.

wilting

We have 13 electronics I thought?

Tiphareth

we had 13 electronics last update too, then we repaired the capacitor which should have cost us 10 electronics. I might be wrong though.

wilting

Ah, I'm looking at you Ender.

The Ender

DOH! I forgot to do the capacitor repairs.

Fixed.

The Ender

Options:

- Spend 1 power to open a channel with any radar contact.

- Spend 1 power to move forward 1 space.

- Spend 1 power to disintegrate the low performance vehicle, converting it into Alloy Sheets & Engine Components.

- Deploy a Security Team in the low performance vehicle to explore Kincaid Rail or Steiner Petroleum

- Deploy a Security Team to clean-up a space of molten uranium (extremely hazardous task)

Historical Exposition:

You may vote to read the historical data for any one of the following keywords (does not require any power):

- Food Chain Collapse of 2051

wilting

Haha well more salvage for repairs I guess. Maybe hold position this turn to allow the civilians to dock?


Combat Orders: (Standby)
Movement: (Standby)
Communications: (Unidentified Radar Contact[West](Request Identification))(Civilian Transport(Acknowledge and Affirm))
Crew Orders: (All Idle Crews (Hold Memorial Service for dead crew/allies))
History Lesson: (Food Chain Collapse of 2051)

Tiphareth

Combat Orders: Macross Missile Massacre(On Standby) - Main Battery(On Standby) - Secondary Battery(On Standby) - Fusion Plasma Cannon(Inoperable/Not Available)
Movement: (Forward[3 - After Pickup]))
Communications: (Com-1(Acknowledge & Affirm))
Crew Orders: (On Standby)
Salvage: (On Standby)
History Lesson: (Food Chain Collapse)



HAHAHA, shouldn't be a problem yeaah.

Also, I'm voting for moving forward so we can get some sweet sweet alloys. We should be prepared to fire those sweet guns I guess.
Speaking of which, can our teams safely infiltrate Steiner without getting caught in the goo?