Order the D-Officer to fabricate a conspiracy with all available personel, set course for the Airstrip, initate decompression of the heavy infantry kit as soon as the gunship template has been decompressed and order the Rail Titan to built a network.
If our goosery with the disks causes a response, I'd like to have it pointed at someone else if possible. The network will aid us in keeping a good supply of resources and if we take control of the airfield, we might be able to gain our own air support.
Jeep-Eep on
I would rather be accused of intransigence than tolerating genocide for the sake of everyone getting along. - @Metzger Meister
It is time to tell the government where those discs are from. IT IS MARS. THE GREYS ARE INVADING. KITKAT IS YOUR FRIEND AND SAVIOUR. HE WISHES TO FIGHT AGAINST THE GREY MENACE. SUBMIT AND REJOICE.
Well, the infantry fighting vehicles would be for fighting against infantry yes? Also, the KAT cannon has "ammunition" if I'm understanding things right, it jut doesn't have specialized one.
Well, the infantry fighting vehicles would be for fighting against infantry yes? Also, the KAT cannon has "ammunition" if I'm understanding things right, it jut doesn't have specialized one.
The Slayer cannon is armed with it's conventional ordnance, yes.
Infantry fighting vehicles are armoured transports. They're reasonably well armed, but their primary function is to mechanize infantry.
Well, the infantry fighting vehicles would be for fighting against infantry yes? Also, the KAT cannon has "ammunition" if I'm understanding things right, it jut doesn't have specialized one.
The Slayer cannon is armed with it's conventional ordnance, yes.
Infantry fighting vehicles are armoured transports. They're reasonably well armed, but their primary function is to mechanize infantry.
So what kind of offensive capabilities does the main tank have?
He who wears the crown shall be king, and today, Wub is wearing the crown.
PHASE 1 : COURTSHIP
AWARE Update:
Captain, Probe Beta has completed it's survey of Sector F. It is a large cluster of native habitats, with characteristics identical to Hive Vega. We have designated this structure Hive Canis. Probe Beta will return to the KaT in 5 Ticks.
6 General Personnel have been assigned to Ryker Kincaid. Her team has been given access to the android personnel templates and the Zettabay.
Abduction Disk group 'King' will commence raids in 2 Ticks.
Joseph Cain has been dispatched to form an academic cult. Preparations will be complete in 5 Ticks.
Rail Titan Draco has been given authorization to construct a railway network. It will be operational in 10 Ticks.
AWARE Update #2:
Abduction Disk group King has arrived at a dense population nexus of a probable future belligerent. We have designated this belligerent 'Faction Cobra', under umbrella affiliation with the South Korean nation-state.
Terror raid commenced. Immaterial resistance. Consult operation log for details:
MISSION : ABDUCTION & TERRORIZATION
FRIENDLY ASSETS :
Abduction Disk King-Alpha
Abduction Disk King-Beta
Abduction Disk King-Gamma
Abduction Disk King-Epsilon
HOSTILE FORCES :
Police Cruiser Cobra-1
Police Official Cobra-2 [Driver - Cruiser Cobra-1]
Police Official Cobra-3 [Crew - Cruiser Cobra-1]
Police Official Cobra-4 [Crew - Cruiser Cobra-1]
ENVIRONMENT: Urban : Heavy Cover Available, Engagements are at Point-Blank Range
Abduction Disk King-Gamma seizes the initiative. It perceives negligible threat presented by Police Cruiser Cobra-1 and manoeuvres for a head-on engagement. Police Cruiser Cobra-1 does not react in time to make a defensive manoeuvre.
Abduction Disk King-Gamma fires a high-explosive anti-tank missile at Police Cruiser Cobra-1. Police Cruiser Cobra-1 does not have ECM or decoys; the missile strikes the trunk of the vehicle. The explosion completely annihilates Police Cruiser Cobra-1. The driver and all occupants are burned to death.
All hostile forces were terminated with no loss of friendly assets. Mission proceeds.
CIVILIANS ABDUCTED : 4
TERROR INFLICTED : 3
Mission success. Abduction Disk group King will return to the KaT with 4 new crew in 5 Ticks.
KaT Beacon in Sector E has been lost due to distance separation. A new sector has been scanned.
RADAR Sector memory full. Erase old entries before commencing a new scan.
!!!WARNING!!!
We have engaged in a hostile terror raid. Faction Cobra of South Korea now considers the KaT a high priority threat. Be prepared for aggression.
We have moved to Phase 2 : Impression
DAMAGE REPORT
CREW
General Personnel: 6 / 200
Android Cew: 20 / 100 (May be used exactly like General Personnel, but cannot be synthesized into officers)
Officers: 2 / 10
Engineering
Ryker Kincaid : Rank 1
Assigned Crew: 6 / 10
Assigned Templates: Android Crew Memebers
Authorized for Zettabay Use
6 Crew form 3 Engineering Teams.
Team 1 Assignment: Android Crews
Number Produced so far: 5
Number of Ticks until next unit: 1
Team 2 Assignment: Android Crews
Number Produced so far: 5
Number of Ticks until next unit: 1
Team 3 Assignment: Android Crews
Number Produced so far: 5
Number of Ticks until next unit: 1
Zettabay Assignment: Android Crews
Number Produced so far: 5
Number of Ticks until next unit: 1
Progress to Rank II: 20 / 150
Diplomatic
Joseph Cain : Rank 1 [Dispatched with 0 personnel to found a Cult of Academia]
COLLOSI
Rail Titan Draco [Constructing a Railway Network. Completes in 5 Ticks]
E. Government Complex - 8 Ticks Distant (Separating)
F. Residential Complex - 1 Ticks Distant (Closing)
ASSET: Sirius Factory Compound (Assets are always 10 Ticks Distant)
DECISIONS
Please vote for the following:
- Which sector you want to visit.
- Whether or not you want to dispatch any Long-Range Probes to any sectors for reconnaissance (indicate which sectors)
- Whether you would like your Deep-Bore Excavation Drones to extract Alloys or Fuel.
- Do you want to run a new RADAR scan next turn? Doing so will erase 3 currently known locations from memory at random.
Crew Assignments
Ryker Kincaid, Rank 1 Engineering Officer
- How many general crew do you wish to assign to Ryker Kincaid?
- Do you wish to authorize Ryker Kincaid to make use of the Zettabay to increase her productivity?
- Which of the following templates do you wish to authorize Ryker Kincaid to make use of:
Thunder-Class Infantry Fight Vehicle (Requires 10 Alloys per vehicle & 5 Personnel per job - Completes in 3 Ticks)
Avalanche-Class Compact Tank (Requires 10 Alloys per vehicle & 5 Personnel per job - Completes in 3 Ticks)
Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank (Requires 20 Alloys per vehicle & 10 Personnel per job - Completes in 6 Ticks)
Abduction Disk (Requires 10 Alloys per disk & 3 Personnel per job - Completes in 3 Ticks)
Watcher-Class Light Infantry Fatigues (Requires 2 Alloys per kit & 2 Personnel per job - Completes in 1 Tick)
Android Crew (Requires 2 Alloys per unit & 2 Personnel per job - Completes in 1 Tick)
Officer Synthesis
- Do you wish to convert general personnel into command pulp and synthesize officers? You may currently synthesize the following types of officer:
Grade A
Engineering Officer: Assembles labour teams to manufacture vehicles & equipment (Costs 10 Personnel)
Diplomatic Officer: Assembles relations teams to subvert native populations (Costs 10 Personnel)
General: Assembles combat groups to engage & destroy hostile military forces (Costs 10 Personnel)
Grade B
Tactical Officer: Assembles battle crews to upgrade the combat effectiveness of the KaT (Costs 20 Personnel)
Navigational Officer: Assembles logistics crews to survey for & map assets of extraordinary value (Costs 20 Personnel)
Espionage Officer: Assembles subversion squads to engage in infiltration, sabotage & assassination missions (Costs 20 Personnel)
I'm assuming movement while constructing the railway is not possible?
Also, can we reinforce Draco with more personnel now that we've deployed him, or is it impossible?
Well, it wasnt how want to start things off but I think we made an impression.
Strategy: We have seen some combat now and it looks deep. Priority number one should be filling these IFV with some infantry and then adding some support. Medium term we need to have some anti-air capabilities to fight the massive retaliation airstrikes that I am sure are inbound.
So what are we thinking for doctrine long term? What do you guys want our forces to look like a 100 ticks out?
He's a shy overambitious dog-catcher on the wrong side of the law. She's an orphaned psychic mercenary with the power to bend men's minds. They fight crime!
I'm assuming movement while constructing the railway is not possible?
Also, can we reinforce Draco with more personnel now that we've deployed him, or is it impossible?
Gah!
No, you can move while Draco is building the railroad. I just forgot to add the option.
Fixed.
...I'm not sure what you mean by reinforcing Draco with personnel?
It seems apparent to me that our first priority should be to stock up on Androids till we're at capacity. This means we need fuel to keep the Zettabay running (that thing is gulping it down). It looks like personnel are the most cost-effective force multipliers we have available, so I propose a policy of Androids for general crew, and pulping our organic crew into Officers.
We also should get the regenerative megaresistor tiles, because that's a freebie.
I'm assuming movement while constructing the railway is not possible?
Also, can we reinforce Draco with more personnel now that we've deployed him, or is it impossible?
Gah!
No, you can move while Draco is building the railroad. I just forgot to add the option.
Fixed.
...I'm not sure what you mean by reinforcing Draco with personnel?
I meant Cain actually.
Also, if I'm reading this right I think you can't assign more than 10 assistants to Kincaid.
I'm assuming movement while constructing the railway is not possible?
Also, can we reinforce Draco with more personnel now that we've deployed him, or is it impossible?
Gah!
No, you can move while Draco is building the railroad. I just forgot to add the option.
Fixed.
...I'm not sure what you mean by reinforcing Draco with personnel?
I meant Cain actually.
Also, if I'm reading this right I think you can't assign more than 10 assistants to Kincaid.
That is correct.
Rank x 10 is the number of crew that can be assigned to an officer.
Captain, we have arrived at Sector D. Surveys indicate that this is a friendly military compound, consisting of barracks, armoured vehicle garages and training facilities. We have designated this compound 'Orion Base.'
A template for the Corvus-Class Transformable Gunship has been decompressed and installed onto my primary partition. This vehicle may be assigned for manufacturing once we have acquired a capable labour force.
10 Android crews have been assigned to Ryker Kincaid. Her team has been given access to the Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank templates and the Zettabay.
Joseph Cain has been dispatched to form an academic cult. Preparations will be complete in 2 Ticks.
Rail Titan Draco has been given authorization to construct a railway network. It will be operational in 7 Ticks.
Probe Beta will return to the KaT in 2 Ticks.
Abduction Disk group King will return to the KaT with 4 new crew in 4 Ticks.
!!!WARNING!!!
Hostile forces on attack vectors have been detected on RADAR. Four enemy groups are closing on the KaT, while a fifth is closing on the Sirius Factory Compound. Enemy profiles are consistent with Faction Cobra.
We have no Generals to assemble hunter-killer or assault groups.
DAMAGE REPORT
CREW
General Personnel: 6 / 200
Android Cew: 20 / 100 (May be used exactly like General Personnel, but cannot be synthesized into officers)
Officers: 2 / 10
Engineering
Ryker Kincaid : Rank 1
Assigned Crew: 10 / 10
Assigned Templates: Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank
Authorized for Zettabay Use
10 Crew form 1 Engineering Teams.
Team 1 Assignment: Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank
Number Produced so far: 0
Number of Ticks until next unit: 5
Zettabay Assignment: Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank
Number Produced so far: 0
Number of Ticks until next unit: 5
Progress to Rank II: 40 / 150
Diplomatic
Joseph Cain : Rank 1 [Dispatched with 0 personnel to found a Cult of Academia]
COLLOSI
Rail Titan Draco [Constructing a Railway Network. Completes in 7 Ticks]
2a. Hyper-dense Kinetic Penetrators (Tank main cannons gain extra armour penetration - 6 Ticks)
2b. Brutal-Class SAM launcher (Mobile anti-aircraft platform - 12 Ticks)
3. Wolf-Class Transport Helicopter (Heavily armoured transport chopper - 12 Ticks)
4a. Betelgeuse-Type Thermobaric Grenade Launcher (Special weapon that espionage teams may be equipped with -6 Ticks)
4b. Adder-Class Assassin Development (Espionage agents specializing in the elimination of high priority targets - 12 Ticks)
5. Bomblet Slayer Cannon Muntions (Anti-infantry shells for the Slayer cannon - 3 Ticks)
6. Regenerative Mega-Resistor Tiles (Mega-Resistor Tiles will slowly regenerate after being expended - 3 Ticks)
AVAILABLE SECTORS OF INGRESS
A. Ministry of Defence - 5 Ticks Distant (Separating)
B. Inbound Cobra Attackers - 1 Ticks Distant (Intercepting)
C. Inbound Cobra Attackers - 19 Ticks Distant (Intercepting)
D. Orion Base - Current Location
E. Inbound Cobra Attackers - 9 Ticks Distant (Intercepting)
F. Inbound Cobra Attackers - 1 Ticks Distant (Intercepting)
ASSET: Sirius Factory Compound (Assets are always 10 Ticks Distant - Cobra Attackers inbound, ETA 20 Ticks)
DECISIONS
Please vote for the following:
- Which template you wish to decompress (Templates unlock new technologies)
- Whether or not you want to dispatch any Long-Range Probes to any sectors for reconnaissance (indicate which sectors)
- Whether you would like your Deep-Bore Excavation Drones to extract Alloys or Fuel.
- Do you want to run a new RADAR scan next turn? Doing so will erase 3 currently known locations from memory at random.
Crew Assignments
Ryker Kincaid, Rank 1 Engineering Officer
- How many general crew do you wish to assign to Ryker Kincaid?
- Do you wish to authorize Ryker Kincaid to make use of the Zettabay to increase her productivity?
- Which of the following templates do you wish to authorize Ryker Kincaid to make use of:
Thunder-Class Infantry Fight Vehicle (Requires 10 Alloys per vehicle & 5 Personnel per job - Completes in 3 Ticks)
Avalanche-Class Compact Tank (Requires 10 Alloys per vehicle & 5 Personnel per job - Completes in 3 Ticks)
Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank (Requires 20 Alloys per vehicle & 10 Personnel per job - Completes in 6 Ticks)
Abduction Disk (Requires 10 Alloys per disk & 3 Personnel per job - Completes in 3 Ticks)
Watcher-Class Light Infantry Fatigues (Requires 2 Alloys per kit & 2 Personnel per job - Completes in 1 Tick)
Android Crew (Requires 2 Alloys per unit & 2 Personnel per job - Completes in 1 Tick)
Corvus-Class Transformable Gunship (Requires 20 Alloys per vehicle & 10 Personnel per job - Completes in 6 Ticks)
Officer Synthesis
- Do you wish to convert general personnel into command pulp and synthesize officers? You may currently synthesize the following types of officer:
Grade A
Engineering Officer: Assembles labour teams to manufacture vehicles & equipment (Costs 10 Personnel)
Diplomatic Officer: Assembles relations teams to subvert native populations (Costs 10 Personnel)
General: Assembles combat groups to engage & destroy hostile military forces (Costs 10 Personnel)
Grade B
Tactical Officer: Assembles battle crews to upgrade the combat effectiveness of the KaT (Costs 20 Personnel)
Navigational Officer: Assembles logistics crews to survey for & map assets of extraordinary value (Costs 20 Personnel)
Espionage Officer: Assembles subversion squads to engage in infiltration, sabotage & assassination missions (Costs 20 Personnel)
Orion Base
You are located at Orion Base. You may:
- Disintegrate the base for alloys and initiate lobe clipping of the present native forces. You will need to remain stationary to complete recycling & lobe clipping operations, acquiring a General as well as 3d6 General Personnel and 3d6 Alloys over 3 Ticks.
- Assume command over the standing military forces and immediately move to a new location of your choice. You will receive an assembled unit of 1d4 Light Tanks and 2d4 Light IFVs will full complements of conscripts. Orion Base will be erased from your RADAR.
- Use the Collossinator to transform the military vehicles & equipment into a War Titan entity. War Titans act as Generals, and automatically convert slain enemy combatants & equipment into assets for it's own use. You will need to remain stationary for 5 Ticks to erect the War Titan.
- Mark Orion Base as a valuable asset and immediately move to a new location of your choice. You will gain 2d20 Asset Tokens which may be traded with other KaT units or spent to make special requests from Kaiser Fleet. Orion Base will be erased from your RADAR.
Cobra Faction - South Korean Association
Cobra Faction is openly engaged in hostilities against us. They can be expected to continue deploying units at a rate of 1d6 every 10 Ticks. The lethality of units and rate of deployment is expected to increase as hostilities continue.
Pacification of Cobra Faction is a high priority objective.
- Do you wish to deploy probes to attempt to locate Cobra Faction's forward bases? Each probe deployed will have a 50% chance of locating a base. Analysis suggests that Cobra Faction currently has 4 forward bases in operation; if these are eliminated, Cobra Faction will be rendered temporarily harmless.
- Do you wish to switch your RADAR from Sector Scan mode to Threat Scan mode? Up to three checks will be made every update to locate a forward base with a 50% chance of success.
- Cobra Faction has accumulated 3 Terror. If 100 Terror points are inflicted upon Cobra Faction, they will disintegrate. Terror may be inflicted upon a faction by launching terror raids, assassinating members of their government, destroying their bases, and a few other activities.
I think we should make all our mechanized infantry useful by putting some troops in 'em. I also want some corvus class soonish. We need more humans desperately so we can pulp more engi officers and stuff.
As for our research, the regenerative tiles would give us much needed defense and will be done soon enough to actually do us good in the current engagement. I also think we are unlikely to meet aircraft as of right now.
As for our research, the regenerative tiles would give us much needed defense and will be done soon enough to actually do us good in the current engagement. I also think we are unlikely to meet aircraft as of right now.
Well my thought was that if we are burning tiles now we are screwed anyway. With the situation we are in (outnumbered and outgunned) we cannot afford to be on our backfoot. We have to keep thinking long term and try to get 50 clicks of building caught up.
Kincaid is already building two main battle tanks, we will not be able to build anything before the first group enters but we should stick to building what we already have started. By the time group E hits we can finish the tanks and make some Watcher-Class.
As a question, does the zettabay cost 20 fuel per turn or 20 fuel per job? 120 fuel seems like a huge amount to spend.
Void Slayer on
He's a shy overambitious dog-catcher on the wrong side of the law. She's an orphaned psychic mercenary with the power to bend men's minds. They fight crime!
Kincaid is already building two main battle tanks, we will not be able to build anything before the first group enters but we should stick to building what we already have started. By the time group E hits we can finish the tanks and make some Watcher-Class.
As a question, does the zettabay cost 20 fuel per turn or 20 fuel per job? 120 fuel seems like a huge amount to spend.
Totally forgot about Kincaid being busy right now. These tanks are slow stuff to make.
Folks, I would your feedback. I'm thinking of implementing two pretty major changes for the next update:
1) I do not like the 'Ticks' mechanic; it's a lot clunkier than I thought it would be and it slows the game down, which is the opposite of it's intended function. I want to phase-out this mechanic, and give everything a simple resource cost (including movement & research: the KaT will accumulate CPU points every turn to spend on templates and Ingress points every turn to spend on reaching locations. This will also give me something to do with the Super Conveyance upgrade). If you can afford it, it builds / is researched in 1 turn.
2) I want to give things an up-front crew cost. I think this will be less clunky than later having crew assigned to vehicles, while achieving exactly the same result. It also gives an advantage to setting-up factories, since vehicles produced at factories have no crew cost.
Any objections / other thoughts? Anyone prefer to just keep playing with the Ticks system? Obviously you'll keep all of your present progress even if I change-up the mechanics.
I'm perfectly fine with you changing the system to whatever you feel works. As it stands now, I have a bit of a problem remembering what actions I can vote for (or rather, what is unavailable), so a change might not be a bad idea.
Captain, have have completed the conversion of Orion Base into War Titan Orion. The colossus is prepared for immediate task assignment.
A template for Regenerative Mega-Resistor Tiles has been decompressed and installed onto my primary partition. The KaT's reactive armour tiles will now automatically re-populate after being expended.
Joseph Cain successfully indoctrinated a cult of followers. 1 Espionage Officer and 13 general personnel have been gained. Joseph Cain is prepared for immediate re-assignment.
Rail Titan Draco has constructed a Rail Network. The colossus is prepared for immediate re-assignment.
Probe Beta has returned to the KaT and requires refuelling.
Abduction Disk group King has returned to the KaT with 4 general personnel. All Abduction Disks require refuelling.
!!!WARNING!!!
Hostile forces have entered weapons range of the KaT. Sensors detect 13 fully manned Cobra faction XK21 KNIFV Infantry Fighting Vehicles. War Titan Orion has taken command of all available military units to defend the KaT. Prepare for combat:
ENVIRONMENT: Open : No cover available, engagement starts at long-range.
Titan Orion takes the initiative.
Titan Orion perceives minor threat at long range from the XK21 KNIFV group. It prepares for a direct engagement. The XK21 KNIFV group remains cohesive and continues to approach aggressively.
Titan Orion fires 1 anti-tank guided missile at XK21 KNIFV Cobra-1. XK21 KNIFV Cobra-1 fires countermeasures, but they fail to neutralize the missile. The missile penetrates the vehicle's troop compartment; the explosion dismembers all embarked troops and also destroys the vehicle's left tread.
XK21 KNIFV Cobra-1's driver loses control of the vehicle. It crashes into XK21 KNIFV Cobra-9 at high speed; XK21 KNIFV Cobra-1's munitions explode. XK21 KNIFV Cobra-1 disintegrates while XK21 KNIFV Cobra-9 is rolled & disabled.
Titan Orion fires 1 anti-tank tungsten penetrator from it's main cannon at XK21 KNIFV Cobra-2. The penetrator misses the target.
Rail Titan Draco takes the initiative.
Titan Draco perceives minor threat at long range from the XK21 KNIFV group. It prepares for a direct engagement. The XK21 KNIFV group breaks formation; all vehicles scatter and are routed. Titan Draco continues to engage the fleeing enemies.
Titan Draco fires 2 anti-tank tungsten penetrators from it's twin-barrelled main cannon at XK21 KNIFV Cobra-2. 1 penetrator impacts the vehicle's crew compartment, killing the driver & weapons crew. 1 penetrator impacts the vehicle's munitions magazine; the magazine explodes, annihilating the vehicle.
All hostile forces have retreated beyond weapons range
TERROR INFLICTED : 11
Alloys Salvaged: 12
War Titan Orion converts XK21 KNIFV Cobra-9 into a Tankivore, and 10 hostile infantry into Destroyer Drones.
XK21 KNIFV has been analysed & added to the Threat Disk Drive
2 hostile forces have been neutralized. 2 forces remain on approach, 1 hostile force continues to threaten Sirius Factory Compound.
Probe Gamma and Probe Theta have been launched to Sector C and Sector E. They will send their reports next turn.
RADAR Sector memory full. Erase old entries before commencing a new scan.
DAMAGE REPORT
CREW
General Personnel: 17 / 200
Android Cew: 20 / 100 (May be used exactly like General Personnel, but cannot be synthesized into officers)
Officers: 3 / 10
Engineering
Ryker Kincaid : Rank 1
Assigned Crew: 10 / 10
Last Assigned Template: Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank
Authorized for Zettabay Use
10 Crew form 1 Engineering Teams.
Team 1 Assignment: Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank
Number Produced so far: 1
Zettabay Assignment: Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank
Number Produced so far: 1
(11 of 50 available armoured vehicle garage slots occupied)
(4 of 5 VTOL pads occupied)
RADAR is set to [Sector Scan Mode]
Power Configuration is set to [Optimize RADAR - Scan 3 Sectors Instead of 2]
Deep-Bore Excavation Drones are set to [Extract Fuel]
TEMPLATE DECOMPRESSION
Available Templates:
1. Torch-Class Shock Trooper Fatigues (Heavy combat armour & flamethrowers for troops - 6 CPU Points)
2a. Hyper-dense Kinetic Penetrators (Tank main cannons gain extra armour penetration - 6 CPU Points)
2b. Brutal-Class SAM launcher (Mobile anti-aircraft platform - 12 CPU Points)
3. Wolf-Class Transport Helicopter (Heavily armoured transport chopper - 12 CPU Points)
4a. Betelgeuse-Type Thermobaric Grenade Launcher (Special weapon that espionage teams may be equipped with - 6 CPU Points)
4b. Adder-Class Assassin Development (Espionage agents specializing in the elimination of high priority targets - 12 CPU Points)
5. Bomblet Slayer Cannon Muntions (Anti-infantry shells for the Slayer cannon - 3 CPU Points)
6. Probe Sampling Tray (Probes will recover alloys during scouting missions - 6 CPU Points)
AVAILABLE SECTORS OF INGRESS
A. Ministry of Defence - 5 Ingress Points (Separating)
B. Military Complex - 9 Ingress Points (Closing)
C. Inbound Cobra Attackers - ETA 3 turns
D. Desolate Wasteland - Current Location
E. Inbound Cobra Attackers - ETA 4 Turns
F. KaT Beacon - 5 Ingress Points (Closing)
ASSET: Sirius Factory Compound (Assets are always 10 Ingress Points distant - Cobra Attackers inbound, ETA 4 Turns)
DECISIONS
Please vote for the following:
- Which location you wish to visit (if any)
- Which template you wish to decompress (Templates unlock new technologies)
- Do you wish to authorize the use of Super Conveyance? (this will provide 2d6 ingress points at the cost of 20 fuel)
- Whether or not you want to dispatch any Long-Range Probes to any sectors for reconnaissance (indicate which sectors)
- Whether you would like your Deep-Bore Excavation Drones to extract Alloys or Fuel.
- Do you want to run a new RADAR scan next turn? Doing so will erase 3 currently known locations from memory at random.
Crew Assignments
Ryker Kincaid, Rank 1 Engineering Officer
- How many general crew do you wish to assign to Ryker Kincaid?
- Do you wish to authorize Ryker Kincaid to make use of the Zettabay to increase her productivity?
- Which of the following templates do you wish to authorize Ryker Kincaid to make use of:
Thunder-Class Infantry Fight Vehicle (Requires 10 Alloys / 2 Crew per vehicle & 5 Personnel per job)
Avalanche-Class Compact Tank (Requires 10 Alloys / 2 Crew per vehicle & 5 Personnel per job)
Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank (Requires 20 Alloys / 3 Crew per vehicle & 10 Personnel per job)
Abduction Disk (Requires 10 Alloys per disk & 3 Personnel per job)
Watcher-Class Light Infantry (Requires 2 Alloys / 1 Crew for 5 troops & 2 Personnel per job)
Android Crew (Requires 2 Alloys per unit & 2 Personnel per job)
Corvus-Class Transformable Gunship (Requires 20 Alloys / 4 Crew per vehicle & 10 Personnel per job)
Joseph Cain, Rank 1 Diplomatic Officer
- How many general crew do you wish to assign to Joseph Cain? (A larger diplomatic team will have much better chances for success)
- Do you wish to assign Joseph Cain a mission? Choose from the following:
Form Cult of Academia (Regularly recruit general personnel & officers from the local population)
Invoke Anarchy (Creates mobs of guerilla combatants that inflict damage on infrastructure & tie-up enemy forces)
Placate Authorities (Causes an enemy faction to cease hostilities against the KaT)
Fabricate Conspiracy (Causes enemy factions to interpret the KaT's hostile actions as being caused by other hostile factions or other KaTs)
Form Faux-Compact (Causes an enemy faction to align with you for a brief period)
Richter Gerhard, Rank 1 Espionage Officer
- How many general crew do you wish to assign to Richter Gerhard? (A larger espionage team will have much better chances for success)
- Do you wish to assign Richter Gerhard a mission? Choose from the following:
Assassinate Leadership (Inflict terror & delays a faction's ability to deploy new units)
Locate Enemy Strongholds (Reveals enemy bases)
Shadow Field Operatives (Protect other espionage teams or diplomatic teams from discovery & elimination)
Hit-and-Run Attack (Choose an enemy unit. It will be harassed & delayed)
Officer Synthesis
- Do you wish to convert general personnel into command pulp and synthesize officers? You may currently synthesize the following types of officer:
Grade A
Engineering Officer: Assembles labour teams to manufacture vehicles & equipment (Costs 10 Personnel)
Diplomatic Officer: Assembles relations teams to subvert native populations (Costs 10 Personnel)
General: Assembles combat groups to engage & destroy hostile military forces (Costs 10 Personnel)
Grade B
Tactical Officer: Assembles battle crews to upgrade the combat effectiveness of the KaT (Costs 20 Personnel)
Navigational Officer: Assembles logistics crews to survey for & map assets of extraordinary value (Costs 20 Personnel)
Espionage Officer: Assembles subversion squads to engage in infiltration, sabotage & assassination missions (Costs 20 Personnel)
Collossi Assignment
Draco, Rail Titan
- Choose which of the following tasks you wish to assign to Draco:
Construct Escort Locomotive (Costs 20 Allots / 5 Crew - Heavily armed, increases storage, may only be used in defensive combat operations)
Form Hunter-Killer Combat Group : Assign as many as 10 vehicles to Draco. He will lead this group to seek and destroy hostile forces. Any IFVs in the group may be loaded with up to 10 infantry of your choice.
Orion, War Titan.
- Choose which of the following tasks you wish to assign to Draco:
Form Hunter-Killer Combat Group : Assign as many as 10 vehicles to Orion. He will lead this group to seek and destroy hostile forces. Any IFVs in the group may be loaded with up to 10 infantry of your choice.
Cobra Faction - South Korean Association
Cobra Faction is openly engaged in hostilities against us. They can be expected to continue deploying units at a rate of 1d6 every 6 Turns. The lethality of units and rate of deployment is expected to increase as hostilities continue.
Pacification of Cobra Faction is a high priority objective.
- Do you wish to deploy probes to attempt to locate Cobra Faction's forward bases? Each probe deployed will have a 50% chance of locating a base. Analysis suggests that Cobra Faction currently has 4 forward bases in operation; if these are eliminated, Cobra Faction will be rendered temporarily harmless.
- Do you wish to switch your RADAR from Sector Scan mode to Threat Scan mode? Up to three checks will be made every update to locate a forward base with a 50% chance of success.
- Cobra Faction has accumulated 14 Terror. If 100 Terror points are inflicted upon Cobra Faction, they will disintegrate. Terror may be inflicted upon a faction by launching terror raids, assassinating members of their government, destroying their bases, and a few other activities.
General: Decompress(None, accumulate more CPU points) - Ingress(A) - Extract(One of each) - Probes(No) - Radar(No) - Refuel(All) Officers: Kincaid:Build(Corvus) - Crew(10) - Zettabay(No) - Cain: Crew(10) - Mission(Conspiracy) - Gerhard: Crew(10) - Mission(Assassination against Cobra) Collossi: Draco(None) - Orion(none)
Cobra: Set radar to Threat Scan
What I've got in mind here to to keep KiTKaT defended and pointing the finger at someone else while still building terror against Cobra. Once we can refuel the Abduction Disks I'd like to send them back out, too. Even if we Placate them, they're bound to start getting nervous as we continue to lobe clip/disintegrate/COLLOSSINATE their neighbors.
I don't know what a tankovore is but we need as many as possible.
We have enough time to head to the defense ministry and get back to defend the factory. These groups of IFV don't seem too bad right now so between the giant tank we are and our rail Titan I don't think we have anything to worry about tank defense wise.
Though we really need more stuff to put in our IFVs. How does the units that the Orion create work? Are they regular units that can be assigned to different generals or will they always travel with Orion?
Also The Ender what do we need to research to start spreading plagues?
Void Slayer on
He's a shy overambitious dog-catcher on the wrong side of the law. She's an orphaned psychic mercenary with the power to bend men's minds. They fight crime!
Posts
Officers: Kincaid: Zettabay(Yes) - Build(Androids) Cain: Cult of Academia
Draco: Build rail network
Edited for Draco
If our goosery with the disks causes a response, I'd like to have it pointed at someone else if possible. The network will aid us in keeping a good supply of resources and if we take control of the airfield, we might be able to gain our own air support.
Kincaid:Build(Androids) - Zettabay(N) - Assign(4Crew)
Cain: Fabricate Conspiracy - Assign(2Crew)
Draco: Build(Railroad)
It is time to tell the government where those discs are from. IT IS MARS. THE GREYS ARE INVADING. KITKAT IS YOUR FRIEND AND SAVIOUR. HE WISHES TO FIGHT AGAINST THE GREY MENACE. SUBMIT AND REJOICE.
Kincaid:Build(android infantry [android and infantry kit]) - Zettabay(Y) - Assign(4Crew)
Cain: cult - Assign(2Crew)
Draco: Build(Railroad)
Well ready or not (we are not) here we come.
Total combat assets:
1 giant tank gun with no bullets.
5 infantry fighting vehicles with no infantry.
Vs
2429 tanks
2820 IFV
653,000 active military.
And this is why I was against the disk launch.
Edit: Is is too late to issue an emergency recall order?
It is too late, yes.
Alea iacta est
The Slayer cannon is armed with it's conventional ordnance, yes.
Infantry fighting vehicles are armoured transports. They're reasonably well armed, but their primary function is to mechanize infantry.
So what kind of offensive capabilities does the main tank have?
He who wears the crown shall be king, and today, Wub is wearing the crown.
DAMAGE REPORT
CREW
General Personnel: 6 / 200
Android Cew: 20 / 100 (May be used exactly like General Personnel, but cannot be synthesized into officers)
Officers: 2 / 10
Engineering
Ryker Kincaid : Rank 1
Assigned Templates: Android Crew Memebers
Authorized for Zettabay Use
6 Crew form 3 Engineering Teams.
Team 1 Assignment: Android Crews
Number Produced so far: 5
Number of Ticks until next unit: 1
Team 2 Assignment: Android Crews
Number Produced so far: 5
Number of Ticks until next unit: 1
Team 3 Assignment: Android Crews
Number Produced so far: 5
Number of Ticks until next unit: 1
Zettabay Assignment: Android Crews
Number Produced so far: 5
Number of Ticks until next unit: 1
Progress to Rank II: 20 / 150
Diplomatic
Joseph Cain : Rank 1 [Dispatched with 0 personnel to found a Cult of Academia]
COLLOSI
Rail Titan Draco [Constructing a Railway Network. Completes in 5 Ticks]
RESOURCES
Deep-Bore Fuel Extraction: 2d4 3 x5 Ticks (15)
Deep-Bore Fuel Extraction: 2d4 5 x5 Ticks (25)
Alloys: 85 / 200
Fuel: 54 / 200
(-40 Alloys: Manufactured 20x Android Crew)
(-20 Fuel : Active Zettabay)
(-20 Fuel: 2x Refuelled Probes)
ADMINISTRATED ASSETS
Sirius Factory Compound
Producing 1 Thunder-Class IFV every 3 Ticks
Number Produced so far: 6
Number of Ticks until next unit: 1
Number of Ticks until factory growth: 31
ASSET TOKENS
14
VEHICLES
2x Deep-Bore Excavation Drones [Robotic]
6x Long-Range Probes [Robotic] (4 Probes dispatched & unavailable)
6x Thunder-Class Infantry Fighting Vehicle
1x Avalanche-Class Compact Tank
4x Abduction Disks [Robotic] (4 Disks dispatched & unavailable)
(7 of 50 available armoured vehicle garage slots occupied)
(4 of 5 VTOL pads occupied)
RADAR is set to [Sector Scan Mode]
Power Configuration is set to [Optimize RADAR - Scan 3 Sectors Instead of 2]
Deep-Bore Excavation Drones are set to [Extract Fuel]
TEMPLATE DECOMPRESSION
Available Templates:
1. Torch-Class Shock Trooper Fatigues (Heavy combat armour & flamethrowers for troops - 6 Ticks)
2a. Hyper-dense Kinetic Penetrators (Tank main cannons gain extra armour penetration - 6 Ticks)
2b. Brutal-Class SAM launcher (Mobile anti-aircraft platform - 12 Ticks)
3. Corvus-Class Transformable Gunship (Variable attack helicopter / light tank - 1 Ticks) [Currently being decompressed]
4a. Betelgeuse-Type Thermobaric Grenade Launcher (Special weapon that espionage teams may be equipped with -6 Ticks)
4b. Adder-Class Assassin Development (Espionage agents specializing in the elimination of high priority targets - 12 Ticks)
5. Bomblet Slayer Cannon Muntions (Anti-infantry shells for the Slayer cannon - 3 Ticks)
6. Regenerative Mega-Resistor Tiles (Mega-Resistor Tiles will slowly regenerate after being expended - 3 Ticks)
AVAILABLE SECTORS OF INGRESS
A. Ministry of Defence - 5 Ticks Distant (Separating)
B. Shock Roller KaT, callsign 'Ico' - 1 Ticks Distant (Closing)
C. Air Strip - 18 Ticks Distant (Separating)
D. Military Complex - 1 Tick Distant (Closing)
E. Government Complex - 8 Ticks Distant (Separating)
F. Residential Complex - 1 Ticks Distant (Closing)
ASSET: Sirius Factory Compound (Assets are always 10 Ticks Distant)
DECISIONS
Please vote for the following:
- Which sector you want to visit.
- Whether or not you want to dispatch any Long-Range Probes to any sectors for reconnaissance (indicate which sectors)
- Whether you would like your Deep-Bore Excavation Drones to extract Alloys or Fuel.
- Do you want to run a new RADAR scan next turn? Doing so will erase 3 currently known locations from memory at random.
Crew Assignments
Ryker Kincaid, Rank 1 Engineering Officer
- How many general crew do you wish to assign to Ryker Kincaid?
- Do you wish to authorize Ryker Kincaid to make use of the Zettabay to increase her productivity?
- Which of the following templates do you wish to authorize Ryker Kincaid to make use of:
Thunder-Class Infantry Fight Vehicle (Requires 10 Alloys per vehicle & 5 Personnel per job - Completes in 3 Ticks)
Avalanche-Class Compact Tank (Requires 10 Alloys per vehicle & 5 Personnel per job - Completes in 3 Ticks)
Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank (Requires 20 Alloys per vehicle & 10 Personnel per job - Completes in 6 Ticks)
Abduction Disk (Requires 10 Alloys per disk & 3 Personnel per job - Completes in 3 Ticks)
Watcher-Class Light Infantry Fatigues (Requires 2 Alloys per kit & 2 Personnel per job - Completes in 1 Tick)
Android Crew (Requires 2 Alloys per unit & 2 Personnel per job - Completes in 1 Tick)
Officer Synthesis
- Do you wish to convert general personnel into command pulp and synthesize officers? You may currently synthesize the following types of officer:
Grade A
Engineering Officer: Assembles labour teams to manufacture vehicles & equipment (Costs 10 Personnel)
Diplomatic Officer: Assembles relations teams to subvert native populations (Costs 10 Personnel)
General: Assembles combat groups to engage & destroy hostile military forces (Costs 10 Personnel)
Grade B
Tactical Officer: Assembles battle crews to upgrade the combat effectiveness of the KaT (Costs 20 Personnel)
Navigational Officer: Assembles logistics crews to survey for & map assets of extraordinary value (Costs 20 Personnel)
Espionage Officer: Assembles subversion squads to engage in infiltration, sabotage & assassination missions (Costs 20 Personnel)
Kincaid:Build(Morbid-Class) - Zettabay(Y) - Assign(10Androids)
Cain: N/A
Draco: N/A
I'm assuming movement while constructing the railway is not possible?
Also, can we reinforce Draco with more personnel now that we've deployed him, or is it impossible?
Kincaid:Build( [infantry kit ]) - Zettabay(N) - Assign(10 crew)
Cain: N/A
Draco: N/A
Well, it wasnt how want to start things off but I think we made an impression.
Strategy: We have seen some combat now and it looks deep. Priority number one should be filling these IFV with some infantry and then adding some support. Medium term we need to have some anti-air capabilities to fight the massive retaliation airstrikes that I am sure are inbound.
So what are we thinking for doctrine long term? What do you guys want our forces to look like a 100 ticks out?
We need main battle tanks.
Also we should probably outfit some super heavy infantry as soon as we build these main tanks. We have 4 empty infantry transports after all.
General:Visit(D) - Probes(N) - Extract(Fuel) - Radar(N)
Kincaid:Build(Morbid-Class) - Zettabay(Y) - Assign(10Androids)
Cain: N/A
Draco: N/A
Gah!
No, you can move while Draco is building the railroad. I just forgot to add the option.
Fixed.
...I'm not sure what you mean by reinforcing Draco with personnel?
Kincaid: Build(Android Crew) - Zettabay(Y) - Assign(20 Androids)
Cain: N/A
Draco: N/A
It seems apparent to me that our first priority should be to stock up on Androids till we're at capacity. This means we need fuel to keep the Zettabay running (that thing is gulping it down). It looks like personnel are the most cost-effective force multipliers we have available, so I propose a policy of Androids for general crew, and pulping our organic crew into Officers.
We also should get the regenerative megaresistor tiles, because that's a freebie.
I meant Cain actually.
Also, if I'm reading this right I think you can't assign more than 10 assistants to Kincaid.
That is correct.
Rank x 10 is the number of crew that can be assigned to an officer.
Also, can we assign more personnel to Cain for his little cult?
Newcomer Void Slayer wins a dark horse victory this round.
DAMAGE REPORT
CREW
General Personnel: 6 / 200
Android Cew: 20 / 100 (May be used exactly like General Personnel, but cannot be synthesized into officers)
Officers: 2 / 10
Engineering
Ryker Kincaid : Rank 1
Assigned Templates: Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank
Authorized for Zettabay Use
10 Crew form 1 Engineering Teams.
Team 1 Assignment: Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank
Number Produced so far: 0
Number of Ticks until next unit: 5
Zettabay Assignment: Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank
Number Produced so far: 0
Number of Ticks until next unit: 5
Progress to Rank II: 40 / 150
Diplomatic
Joseph Cain : Rank 1 [Dispatched with 0 personnel to found a Cult of Academia]
COLLOSI
Rail Titan Draco [Constructing a Railway Network. Completes in 7 Ticks]
RESOURCES
Deep-Bore Fuel Extraction: 2d4 6 x1 Tick
Deep-Bore Fuel Extraction: 2d4 7 x1 Tick
Alloys: 85 / 200
Fuel: 47 / 200
(-20 Fuel : Active Zettabay)
ADMINISTRATED ASSETS
Sirius Factory Compound
Producing 1 Thunder-Class IFV every 3 Ticks
Number Produced so far: 7
Number of Ticks until next unit: 3
Number of Ticks until factory growth: 30
ASSET TOKENS
14
VEHICLES
2x Deep-Bore Excavation Drones [Robotic]
6x Long-Range Probes [Robotic] (4 Probes dispatched & unavailable)
7x Thunder-Class Infantry Fighting Vehicle
1x Avalanche-Class Compact Tank
4x Abduction Disks [Robotic] (4 Disks dispatched & unavailable)
(8 of 50 available armoured vehicle garage slots occupied)
(4 of 5 VTOL pads occupied)
RADAR is set to [Sector Scan Mode]
Power Configuration is set to [Optimize RADAR - Scan 3 Sectors Instead of 2]
Deep-Bore Excavation Drones are set to [Extract Fuel]
TEMPLATE DECOMPRESSION
Available Templates:
1. Torch-Class Shock Trooper Fatigues (Heavy combat armour & flamethrowers for troops - 6 Ticks)
2a. Hyper-dense Kinetic Penetrators (Tank main cannons gain extra armour penetration - 6 Ticks)
2b. Brutal-Class SAM launcher (Mobile anti-aircraft platform - 12 Ticks)
3. Wolf-Class Transport Helicopter (Heavily armoured transport chopper - 12 Ticks)
4a. Betelgeuse-Type Thermobaric Grenade Launcher (Special weapon that espionage teams may be equipped with -6 Ticks)
4b. Adder-Class Assassin Development (Espionage agents specializing in the elimination of high priority targets - 12 Ticks)
5. Bomblet Slayer Cannon Muntions (Anti-infantry shells for the Slayer cannon - 3 Ticks)
6. Regenerative Mega-Resistor Tiles (Mega-Resistor Tiles will slowly regenerate after being expended - 3 Ticks)
AVAILABLE SECTORS OF INGRESS
A. Ministry of Defence - 5 Ticks Distant (Separating)
B. Inbound Cobra Attackers - 1 Ticks Distant (Intercepting)
C. Inbound Cobra Attackers - 19 Ticks Distant (Intercepting)
D. Orion Base - Current Location
E. Inbound Cobra Attackers - 9 Ticks Distant (Intercepting)
F. Inbound Cobra Attackers - 1 Ticks Distant (Intercepting)
ASSET: Sirius Factory Compound (Assets are always 10 Ticks Distant - Cobra Attackers inbound, ETA 20 Ticks)
DECISIONS
Please vote for the following:
- Which template you wish to decompress (Templates unlock new technologies)
- Whether or not you want to dispatch any Long-Range Probes to any sectors for reconnaissance (indicate which sectors)
- Whether you would like your Deep-Bore Excavation Drones to extract Alloys or Fuel.
- Do you want to run a new RADAR scan next turn? Doing so will erase 3 currently known locations from memory at random.
Crew Assignments
Ryker Kincaid, Rank 1 Engineering Officer
- How many general crew do you wish to assign to Ryker Kincaid?
- Do you wish to authorize Ryker Kincaid to make use of the Zettabay to increase her productivity?
- Which of the following templates do you wish to authorize Ryker Kincaid to make use of:
Thunder-Class Infantry Fight Vehicle (Requires 10 Alloys per vehicle & 5 Personnel per job - Completes in 3 Ticks)
Avalanche-Class Compact Tank (Requires 10 Alloys per vehicle & 5 Personnel per job - Completes in 3 Ticks)
Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank (Requires 20 Alloys per vehicle & 10 Personnel per job - Completes in 6 Ticks)
Abduction Disk (Requires 10 Alloys per disk & 3 Personnel per job - Completes in 3 Ticks)
Watcher-Class Light Infantry Fatigues (Requires 2 Alloys per kit & 2 Personnel per job - Completes in 1 Tick)
Android Crew (Requires 2 Alloys per unit & 2 Personnel per job - Completes in 1 Tick)
Corvus-Class Transformable Gunship (Requires 20 Alloys per vehicle & 10 Personnel per job - Completes in 6 Ticks)
Officer Synthesis
- Do you wish to convert general personnel into command pulp and synthesize officers? You may currently synthesize the following types of officer:
Grade A
Engineering Officer: Assembles labour teams to manufacture vehicles & equipment (Costs 10 Personnel)
Diplomatic Officer: Assembles relations teams to subvert native populations (Costs 10 Personnel)
General: Assembles combat groups to engage & destroy hostile military forces (Costs 10 Personnel)
Grade B
Tactical Officer: Assembles battle crews to upgrade the combat effectiveness of the KaT (Costs 20 Personnel)
Navigational Officer: Assembles logistics crews to survey for & map assets of extraordinary value (Costs 20 Personnel)
Espionage Officer: Assembles subversion squads to engage in infiltration, sabotage & assassination missions (Costs 20 Personnel)
Orion Base
You are located at Orion Base. You may:
- Disintegrate the base for alloys and initiate lobe clipping of the present native forces. You will need to remain stationary to complete recycling & lobe clipping operations, acquiring a General as well as 3d6 General Personnel and 3d6 Alloys over 3 Ticks.
- Assume command over the standing military forces and immediately move to a new location of your choice. You will receive an assembled unit of 1d4 Light Tanks and 2d4 Light IFVs will full complements of conscripts. Orion Base will be erased from your RADAR.
- Use the Collossinator to transform the military vehicles & equipment into a War Titan entity. War Titans act as Generals, and automatically convert slain enemy combatants & equipment into assets for it's own use. You will need to remain stationary for 5 Ticks to erect the War Titan.
- Mark Orion Base as a valuable asset and immediately move to a new location of your choice. You will gain 2d20 Asset Tokens which may be traded with other KaT units or spent to make special requests from Kaiser Fleet. Orion Base will be erased from your RADAR.
Cobra Faction - South Korean Association
Cobra Faction is openly engaged in hostilities against us. They can be expected to continue deploying units at a rate of 1d6 every 10 Ticks. The lethality of units and rate of deployment is expected to increase as hostilities continue.
Pacification of Cobra Faction is a high priority objective.
- Do you wish to deploy probes to attempt to locate Cobra Faction's forward bases? Each probe deployed will have a 50% chance of locating a base. Analysis suggests that Cobra Faction currently has 4 forward bases in operation; if these are eliminated, Cobra Faction will be rendered temporarily harmless.
- Do you wish to switch your RADAR from Sector Scan mode to Threat Scan mode? Up to three checks will be made every update to locate a forward base with a 50% chance of success.
- Cobra Faction has accumulated 3 Terror. If 100 Terror points are inflicted upon Cobra Faction, they will disintegrate. Terror may be inflicted upon a faction by launching terror raids, assassinating members of their government, destroying their bases, and a few other activities.
Kincaid:Build( [infantry kit ]After morbids are done) - Zettabay(N) - Assign(10 crew)
Cain: N/A
Draco: N/A
Incoming hostiles!
Some more troops was tempting but we need a general to protect our factory and you know, it's a war Titan.
The SAM vs air cav was hard but we need some protection from aircraft.
As for the radar/probes, we are in no shape to be going on the offensive. We need to concentrate on building up our forces and that takes sites.
Kincaid:Build(N/A) - Zettabay(N/A) - Assign(N/A)
Cain: N/A
Draco: N/A
I think we should make all our mechanized infantry useful by putting some troops in 'em. I also want some corvus class soonish. We need more humans desperately so we can pulp more engi officers and stuff.
As for our research, the regenerative tiles would give us much needed defense and will be done soon enough to actually do us good in the current engagement. I also think we are unlikely to meet aircraft as of right now.
Kincaid:Build(Watcher) - Zettabay(No) - Assign(Max)
Do we have the option of continuing the terror raids against Cobra? Because let's.
Kincaid:No Change
Cain: N/A
Draco: N/A
Kincaid is already building two main battle tanks, we will not be able to build anything before the first group enters but we should stick to building what we already have started. By the time group E hits we can finish the tanks and make some Watcher-Class.
As a question, does the zettabay cost 20 fuel per turn or 20 fuel per job? 120 fuel seems like a huge amount to spend.
It's 20 fuel per update.
Totally forgot about Kincaid being busy right now. These tanks are slow stuff to make.
1) I do not like the 'Ticks' mechanic; it's a lot clunkier than I thought it would be and it slows the game down, which is the opposite of it's intended function. I want to phase-out this mechanic, and give everything a simple resource cost (including movement & research: the KaT will accumulate CPU points every turn to spend on templates and Ingress points every turn to spend on reaching locations. This will also give me something to do with the Super Conveyance upgrade). If you can afford it, it builds / is researched in 1 turn.
2) I want to give things an up-front crew cost. I think this will be less clunky than later having crew assigned to vehicles, while achieving exactly the same result. It also gives an advantage to setting-up factories, since vehicles produced at factories have no crew cost.
Any objections / other thoughts? Anyone prefer to just keep playing with the Ticks system? Obviously you'll keep all of your present progress even if I change-up the mechanics.
This has been a blast so far, for what it is worth.
Void Slayer wins a 2nd term. Was his the change we could believe in?
DAMAGE REPORT
CREW
General Personnel: 17 / 200
Android Cew: 20 / 100 (May be used exactly like General Personnel, but cannot be synthesized into officers)
Officers: 3 / 10
Engineering
Ryker Kincaid : Rank 1
Last Assigned Template: Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank
Authorized for Zettabay Use
10 Crew form 1 Engineering Teams.
Team 1 Assignment: Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank
Number Produced so far: 1
Zettabay Assignment: Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank
Number Produced so far: 1
Progress to Rank II: 60 / 150
Diplomatic
Joseph Cain : Rank 1
Progress to Rank II: 20 / 150
Espionage
Richter Gerhard : Rank 1
COLLOSI
Rail Titan Draco
Rail Network will begin operations next turn.
Progress to Model II : 30 / 150
War Titan Orion
1x Tankivore
10x Destroyer Drones
Progress to Model II : 30 / 150
RESOURCES
Deep-Bore Fuel Extraction: 2d4 3 x3 = 9
Deep-Bore Fuel Extraction: 2d4 3 x3 = 9
Alloys: 37 / 200
Fuel: 45 / 200
(-20 Fuel : Active Zettabay)
(-20 Alloys : Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank Construction)
(-40 Alloys : Rail Network Construction)
UniCore Processor: 1d10 3
CPU: 3
Heavy Treads: 2d6 8
Ingress: 8
ADMINISTRATED ASSETS
Sirius Factory Compound
Producing 1 Thunder-Class IFV every turn.
Number Produced so far: 8
Number of turns until factory growth: 10
ASSET TOKENS
14
OPERATIONAL VEHICLES
2x Deep-Bore Excavation Drones [Robotic]
6x Long-Range Probes [Robotic] (2 Probes dispatched & unavailable)
8x Thunder-Class Infantry Fighting Vehicle
1x Avalanche-Class Compact Tank
2x Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank
0x Abduction Disks [Robotic] (4 Disks dispatched & unavailable)
NON-OPERATIONAL VEHICLES
4x Abduction Disks [Robotic] (Requires Refuelling - 10 Fuel)
(11 of 50 available armoured vehicle garage slots occupied)
(4 of 5 VTOL pads occupied)
RADAR is set to [Sector Scan Mode]
Power Configuration is set to [Optimize RADAR - Scan 3 Sectors Instead of 2]
Deep-Bore Excavation Drones are set to [Extract Fuel]
TEMPLATE DECOMPRESSION
Available Templates:
1. Torch-Class Shock Trooper Fatigues (Heavy combat armour & flamethrowers for troops - 6 CPU Points)
2a. Hyper-dense Kinetic Penetrators (Tank main cannons gain extra armour penetration - 6 CPU Points)
2b. Brutal-Class SAM launcher (Mobile anti-aircraft platform - 12 CPU Points)
3. Wolf-Class Transport Helicopter (Heavily armoured transport chopper - 12 CPU Points)
4a. Betelgeuse-Type Thermobaric Grenade Launcher (Special weapon that espionage teams may be equipped with - 6 CPU Points)
4b. Adder-Class Assassin Development (Espionage agents specializing in the elimination of high priority targets - 12 CPU Points)
5. Bomblet Slayer Cannon Muntions (Anti-infantry shells for the Slayer cannon - 3 CPU Points)
6. Probe Sampling Tray (Probes will recover alloys during scouting missions - 6 CPU Points)
AVAILABLE SECTORS OF INGRESS
A. Ministry of Defence - 5 Ingress Points (Separating)
B. Military Complex - 9 Ingress Points (Closing)
C. Inbound Cobra Attackers - ETA 3 turns
D. Desolate Wasteland - Current Location
E. Inbound Cobra Attackers - ETA 4 Turns
F. KaT Beacon - 5 Ingress Points (Closing)
ASSET: Sirius Factory Compound (Assets are always 10 Ingress Points distant - Cobra Attackers inbound, ETA 4 Turns)
DECISIONS
Please vote for the following:
- Which location you wish to visit (if any)
- Which template you wish to decompress (Templates unlock new technologies)
- Do you wish to authorize the use of Super Conveyance? (this will provide 2d6 ingress points at the cost of 20 fuel)
- Whether or not you want to dispatch any Long-Range Probes to any sectors for reconnaissance (indicate which sectors)
- Whether you would like your Deep-Bore Excavation Drones to extract Alloys or Fuel.
- Do you want to run a new RADAR scan next turn? Doing so will erase 3 currently known locations from memory at random.
Crew Assignments
Ryker Kincaid, Rank 1 Engineering Officer
- How many general crew do you wish to assign to Ryker Kincaid?
- Do you wish to authorize Ryker Kincaid to make use of the Zettabay to increase her productivity?
- Which of the following templates do you wish to authorize Ryker Kincaid to make use of:
Thunder-Class Infantry Fight Vehicle (Requires 10 Alloys / 2 Crew per vehicle & 5 Personnel per job)
Avalanche-Class Compact Tank (Requires 10 Alloys / 2 Crew per vehicle & 5 Personnel per job)
Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank (Requires 20 Alloys / 3 Crew per vehicle & 10 Personnel per job)
Abduction Disk (Requires 10 Alloys per disk & 3 Personnel per job)
Watcher-Class Light Infantry (Requires 2 Alloys / 1 Crew for 5 troops & 2 Personnel per job)
Android Crew (Requires 2 Alloys per unit & 2 Personnel per job)
Corvus-Class Transformable Gunship (Requires 20 Alloys / 4 Crew per vehicle & 10 Personnel per job)
Joseph Cain, Rank 1 Diplomatic Officer
- How many general crew do you wish to assign to Joseph Cain? (A larger diplomatic team will have much better chances for success)
- Do you wish to assign Joseph Cain a mission? Choose from the following:
Form Cult of Academia (Regularly recruit general personnel & officers from the local population)
Invoke Anarchy (Creates mobs of guerilla combatants that inflict damage on infrastructure & tie-up enemy forces)
Placate Authorities (Causes an enemy faction to cease hostilities against the KaT)
Fabricate Conspiracy (Causes enemy factions to interpret the KaT's hostile actions as being caused by other hostile factions or other KaTs)
Form Faux-Compact (Causes an enemy faction to align with you for a brief period)
Richter Gerhard, Rank 1 Espionage Officer
- How many general crew do you wish to assign to Richter Gerhard? (A larger espionage team will have much better chances for success)
- Do you wish to assign Richter Gerhard a mission? Choose from the following:
Assassinate Leadership (Inflict terror & delays a faction's ability to deploy new units)
Locate Enemy Strongholds (Reveals enemy bases)
Shadow Field Operatives (Protect other espionage teams or diplomatic teams from discovery & elimination)
Hit-and-Run Attack (Choose an enemy unit. It will be harassed & delayed)
Officer Synthesis
- Do you wish to convert general personnel into command pulp and synthesize officers? You may currently synthesize the following types of officer:
Grade A
Engineering Officer: Assembles labour teams to manufacture vehicles & equipment (Costs 10 Personnel)
Diplomatic Officer: Assembles relations teams to subvert native populations (Costs 10 Personnel)
General: Assembles combat groups to engage & destroy hostile military forces (Costs 10 Personnel)
Grade B
Tactical Officer: Assembles battle crews to upgrade the combat effectiveness of the KaT (Costs 20 Personnel)
Navigational Officer: Assembles logistics crews to survey for & map assets of extraordinary value (Costs 20 Personnel)
Espionage Officer: Assembles subversion squads to engage in infiltration, sabotage & assassination missions (Costs 20 Personnel)
Collossi Assignment
Draco, Rail Titan
- Choose which of the following tasks you wish to assign to Draco:
Construct Escort Locomotive (Costs 20 Allots / 5 Crew - Heavily armed, increases storage, may only be used in defensive combat operations)
Form Hunter-Killer Combat Group : Assign as many as 10 vehicles to Draco. He will lead this group to seek and destroy hostile forces. Any IFVs in the group may be loaded with up to 10 infantry of your choice.
Orion, War Titan.
- Choose which of the following tasks you wish to assign to Draco:
Form Hunter-Killer Combat Group : Assign as many as 10 vehicles to Orion. He will lead this group to seek and destroy hostile forces. Any IFVs in the group may be loaded with up to 10 infantry of your choice.
Cobra Faction - South Korean Association
Cobra Faction is openly engaged in hostilities against us. They can be expected to continue deploying units at a rate of 1d6 every 6 Turns. The lethality of units and rate of deployment is expected to increase as hostilities continue.
Pacification of Cobra Faction is a high priority objective.
- Do you wish to deploy probes to attempt to locate Cobra Faction's forward bases? Each probe deployed will have a 50% chance of locating a base. Analysis suggests that Cobra Faction currently has 4 forward bases in operation; if these are eliminated, Cobra Faction will be rendered temporarily harmless.
- Do you wish to switch your RADAR from Sector Scan mode to Threat Scan mode? Up to three checks will be made every update to locate a forward base with a 50% chance of success.
- Cobra Faction has accumulated 14 Terror. If 100 Terror points are inflicted upon Cobra Faction, they will disintegrate. Terror may be inflicted upon a faction by launching terror raids, assassinating members of their government, destroying their bases, and a few other activities.
Officers: Kincaid:Build(Corvus) - Crew(10) - Zettabay(No) - Cain: Crew(10) - Mission(Conspiracy) - Gerhard: Crew(10) - Mission(Assassination against Cobra)
Collossi: Draco(None) - Orion(none)
Cobra: Set radar to Threat Scan
What I've got in mind here to to keep KiTKaT defended and pointing the finger at someone else while still building terror against Cobra. Once we can refuel the Abduction Disks I'd like to send them back out, too. Even if we Placate them, they're bound to start getting nervous as we continue to lobe clip/disintegrate/COLLOSSINATE their neighbors.
Kincaid:Build(Watcher-Class) - Zettabay(N) - Crew(10A)
Cain: Assignment(CultOfAcademia) - Crew(10H)
Gerhardt: Assignment(Hit-And-Run) - Target(SiriusFactoryAgressors) - Crew(10A)
Draco: Assignment(N/A) - Target(N/A) - Crew(N/A)
Orion: Assignment(N/A) - Target(N/A) - Crew(N/A)
We need to get back to Sirius factory to defend it. We should also change production into something more useful. We got IFVs up to our eyebrows.
Kincaid:Build(Watcher-Class) - Zettabay(N) - Crew(10A)
Cain: Assignment(CultOfAcademia) - Crew(10H)
Gerhardt: Assignment(assassinate cobra)- Crew(10A)
Draco: Assignment(N/A) - Target(N/A) - Crew(N/A)
Orion: Assignment(Hunter killer - Target(sirius group) - Crew(2 morbid 8 thunder)
I don't know what a tankovore is but we need as many as possible.
We have enough time to head to the defense ministry and get back to defend the factory. These groups of IFV don't seem too bad right now so between the giant tank we are and our rail Titan I don't think we have anything to worry about tank defense wise.
Though we really need more stuff to put in our IFVs. How does the units that the Orion create work? Are they regular units that can be assigned to different generals or will they always travel with Orion?
Lets go grab some troops at the MoD, right now we have too few to be building fatigues, they are all used up in our undercover operations.
General: Location(A. Ministry of Defence) - Decompress(N/A) - Probes(N/A) - Extract(A) - Radar(Threat)
Kincaid:Build(Corvus-Class Transformable Gunship) - Zettabay(N) - Crew(10A)
Cain: Assignment(Invoke Anarchy(Cobra)) - Crew(10A)
Gerhardt: Assignment(Assassinate Leadership) - Target(Cobra) - Crew(10H)
Draco: Assignment(Form Hunter-Killer Combat Group) - Target(Sirius Factory Compound Cobra Attackers) - Crew(1x Avalanche-Class Compact Tank
2x Morbid-Class Main Battle Tank)
Orion: Assignment(N/A) - Target(N/A) - Crew(N/A)
Also The Ender what do we need to research to start spreading plagues?