As I was saying...

>>5996019

They won't gain any advantage over us with it anyway, they have their handy dandy matter annihilation tech which they got from the MSM that gives them nigh-infinite power.

I'm hoping they won't remember that during our exchange.

>>5996027

Where the heck did all that fuel come from?

>>5996027
NIce sneak advance. How's our construction going then? And what are our defenses on the destroyer - capable enough I hope.

>>5996042
He went ahead and traded tech. Lets move this party on, eh?

Alrighty.

Churn out a couple of Destroyers, and a metric ton of Fusion Batteries so we can power all our spacecraft.

At least give them food synthesizing, all it does it food, why not?

>>5996035
>They won't gain any advantage over us with it anyway, they have their handy dandy matter annihilation tech which they got from the MSM that gives them nigh-infinite power.

Come to think of it, we stole all of their data on that. If we aren't reverse-engineering the fuck out of it, we should be.

You have recieved the 2,000,000 units of fuel in exchange for nineteen pieces of technology. You offered six sizes of drone, one hybrid of drone, three chassis types and ten pieces of weaponry, not selling them the bits that Subprocessor Irony enjoyed keeping to himself.

Joanna is currently having the construction drones install anti-pollutant methods.

S70 offers to have a copy of his personality stay behind and manage the bases

A Destroyer, complete with fusion batteries, has been created.

Planner 01 and Planner 02 have been created. Planner 01 is dedicated to sensory functions of your fleet while Planner 02 is dedicated to maintaining shields.

All of your stealth suits are also complete.

I assume that the destroyer was completed and fusion batteries constructed for it?

Construction order:
-Destroyer
-2 freighters
-4 cruisers
-12 light attack craft
-4 salvage corvettes
-4 gunboats

...and then let's see just where we stand on remaining fuel.

>>5996071

We only got glimpses on it, we didn't actually hack into their terminals and steal any blueprints.

any word from our boss yet? normaly he warns us when he is going to grace us with his presance. Also, do we plan on sending them the virus? (again, not nano-virus, just the reprogram machines to kill people virus)

If not that one perhaps we can get a simple servise denial virus going, that simply replicates itself 40 trillion+ times on their hard-drives.

Also, following technology has been completed:
Freyja Jet

>>5996076
Just checking with everybody, we are all agreed on the dual-layer refracting shields thing?

>>5996076
That is just KICKASS!

>>5996084
I thought we kind of did. Wasn't that the whole point of sending Samson 70 in there in the first place, to hack it and download as much data as possible?

>>5996076

Sweet. Tell the S70 staying behind to keep a close watch on the nanovirus for any revivals.

>>5996071
Incorrect. You didn't steal all of their research data.

Samson 70 is a combat expert, not a hacker. He was able to extract basic information, but not everything.

>>5996108
We can try to make a prototype later. I also don't like that Reflection idea - too much chaos.

>>5996108
Have our scientists look at the data when they have time.

>>5996093

I vote for dual layer, non-refracting. Have the distance between the two layers such that there's sufficient time for the shields to recharge between volleys. ...Not entirely sure how to explain that.

>>5996108
I'm surprised; I'd thought for some reason that he just took everything he could on the assumption that we'd sort it all out later.

Well, get to work on using whatever info we got to make our own.

Also, maybe we should see if there's some way that we could get a quiet deal from the LP guy on having his data now, given that he knows we're leaving known space and we sure as hell wouldn't be sharing any hypertech he gives us.

Scientists currently researching:
Refraction Fields
Mothership Schematics

What else would you them to research? Keep in mind it will not be completed before you've left planetside.

>>5996161
Well, could we whip up an Antimatter Reactor Prototype or something like that? And an Advanced Fusion Battery?

>>5996076
*walks to factory to pick up my power armor*

"wait... where is it? I know I put the order in.... damn that subprossesser! I'll have to restrict his privilages when I get back."

anyways, put my Close combat armor on the line for tomarrow (power armor w/ super strong claws, boost jets, shockwave cannons, flamers, a lightning gun, k-sheilds, some of those mini-bot things, and then, if any room is left, a gravity gun and kinetic rifle)

>>5996093
that would make any energy weapons impossible, really only missiles would work with this style of sheilding, since theya re slow enough for us to flicker the sheilds properly.

>>5996139
I think that we should keep the refracting design in mind for our bigger ships, the ones where it would be more efficient to do that instead of turning the ship. So right now the Destroyer and Cruisers are probably the only ship that would make any sense.

And the chaos thing is why we'd be devoting an AI to that function.

Proposal for Plasma Expendable Interception/Messenger Craft:
1 locomotion slot (Propulsion Engine)

This could be used for suicidally blocking enemy attacks and ferrying intelligence between ships, since the energy shields will block communications.

>Just checking with everybody, we are all agreed on the dual-layer refracting shields thing?
We don't currently have that technology. I am fully in support of throwing a research order at it, but it will have to be completed on board one of our ships, since we'll be gone before it's done. Hell, research all the kinds of shield tricks that you can come up with... energy shields that block everything except what our ships are armed with might be a good start.


Can we put completed heavy weapons satellites in the cargo bays of our ships? If so, I would like to put several hundred of them, armed with the full spectrum of weaponry, onboard our fleet.

>>5996149
LP: "No. Sorry, but no. We're not going to be using this technology either. After you've dealt with TradeStar, my employers will be shipping this sample off for the Terilian Sovereignty to make good use of."

>>5996183
I can't help but think of the Very Dangerous Array from Schlock Mercenary when you say this.

And these are also basically kinetic-kill vehicles if you use them directly against enemy ships.

>>5996193
"Perfectly understandable. Just put in a good word for us if your government ever decides to license some of it, please."

>>5996203

Ok, call them Expendable Multipurpose Craft then. They fill all sorts of niches.

>anyways, put my Close combat armor on the line for tomarrow
We don't have a power armor technology fitting those specs- all we've got is the adapted version of what we got from the Kil'thewq, which we have plenty of. I think what you want is a research order, which will have to be completed in space.

>>5996203
Don't forget to have the thing heavily armored to increase the kill potential.

>>5996228
On that note, we'd probably want to mount these things on the outside of the ship if possible. Or at least dedicate some converted missile launchers for them so that we can get them out fast and not clog up hangar space in the process.

>>5996203
you want k-kill weapons?

remember that inertialess FTL? put that on an object, any object really, so long as it can survive re-entry. Probably just want enough room for the fuel and giudance systems, let's keep it cheap.

Set the thing to fly towards the target as fast as it can. As the object goes faster and faster it's mass increases (thanks to relativity), and as it passes the speed of light it basicly has infinite mass. that mass slams into a planet and..

lets just say that fragments of that planet the size of the moon will probably head off at c-fractional speeds.

>>5996254
>>5996260

Ideally, with only a single locomotion slot and very little else, it'll be ridiculously fast off the bat, and it won't need to dock to relay messages to the ship, just hover within shield range.

>>5996254
When it's moving at .99c the extra mass has negligible effect. All it means is that the slag of the target will be slightly more melted than it would have been without the kill vehicle being armored.

>>5996238
the CC-armor is just power armor w/ claws grafted on. Can't remember how many weapon slots power armor has (and too lazy to look it up). Our haulers/miners probably use something like what I want to lift and/or cut rock/metal. I'm not looking for speed, I want crushing power.

>>5996183
250 TONS and 500 FUEL to create.
500 FUEL to maintain per day.
EXCEPTIONALLY FAST

Hello, Plasma!
I'll be reading thread 1 real quick, but for now, I'd like to place an order for my own combat body.

Energy Shields, Heavy armor, cloaking, tazer, power blades, thermal lance, and Decon projector, pleeze.

Also, fellow subcontractors. Store my backup somewhere safe, no?

>>5996302
sounds good, slap a battery on it and it doesnt need gas!

Combat body, interesting:

Energy Shields, Heavy armor, Cloaking, Plasma cannon, Power blades, Gravity Snatcher, and Pulse Laser Rifle please.

>>5996294
That extra bit could be what is necessary to drop an enemy shield or just enough protection to get up to speed. Plus if the armor is detachable mid flight you have it act like a relativistic kill vehicle buck shot of sorts.

Hey you two new guys: Currently, having your own special power armor is largely irrelevant to this game. It's going on hiatus shortly, and it's really meant to focus on things like resource management- even though it's currently transferring to fleet management. I'm fairly sure that Plasma wants to keep the personal roleplay to a minimum at the moment.

If we get some processor cycles for personal projects, I'd like to devote mine to developing the perfect techno-organic hybrid body. All the adaptability and resilience of organic beings with all the added functionality and utility of machine beings.

It's not so much abandoning Mother Nature as it is expanding her toolbox and parts supply.

>>5996307
Constructing heavy advanced stealth drone with the specifications listed.

Scientists currently researching:
Refraction Fields
Mothership Schematics
Advanced Fusion Battery
Anti-Matter Prototype
Fireboat
Melee Powered Armour

For my personal combat suit:
Energy shields
Power field hull
Heavy armor
Cloaking
Flamethrower
Lightning gun
Pulse laser
Thermal lance

>>5996360
Constructing heavy advanced stealth suit for you with said specifications, excluding plasma cannon.

fyi plasma, do we have inertialless FTL? because... *looks at my idea for inertialess k-kill weapon*

and how well do the k-sheilds stand up? are they outright impervious or will they overload at some point? like if a ship smack into a planet at 4 times the speed of light.

>>5996412
Awww, then please swap it for the Thermal Lance.

>>5996361

Armor would slow down the craft and double its price. These things are meant to be expendable, so they have to be cheap.

Guys, it's great that you can all have your own little personal research projects, but we're all going to have our own ships in a minute! Let's get this session moving, and assume that you get twinked out suits after we're gone.

Plasma, can I have an analysis of the resource requirements of our current construction orders, and a note as to if they're within our daily research capacity, please?

>>5996400
Constructing heavy stealth suit with said specifications, replacing the two installed power blades with flamer and thermal lance. Excluding the power field hull due to fact that if you fell over, the ground beneath you would disintegrate until you reached the centre of the earth.

Enough with the fucking terminator armor. If you need it, it won't be enough. But you won't need it, so it's just a waste of resources we need to get our fleet ready.

Me thinks this has started to sound a lot like SotS fags in here.

>>5996383
I am aware, and if we're not boarded, it'll never come up again. i'm just being careful. (i've actually been here for many threads :D)

>>5996360
(i think you need to be a synth to get a dedicated combat body. You can have power armor, though.)


Do we know want we want to give to lemmy for their sweet, sweet vespene gas, yet?

>>5996436
>our daily research capacity
I meant CONSTRUCTION capacity. Can tell where my mind is, eh?

>>5996449
Yeah, he gave me a suit. Now I wish I had a clone backup - a breach in space won't be pretty for my meatbag self.

>>5996438

Fair enough. Back to ship building.

Do we need to specify the weapon loadout on the Destroyer? I daresay it has enough slots to fit a bit of everything on board.

>>5996449
derp. Note to self:
if (thread 1 read = true)
then (read thread 2)

>>5996418
They overload under extremely stressful conditions.
Yes, they are capable of blocking inertialess killships.

Irony, you wish to construct:
2 freighters
4 cruisers
12 light attack craft
4 salvage corvettes
4 gunboats

Is this correct? If so, I shall calculate.

>>5996436
Well, as I said, once we've got processor cycles to spare for personal bullshit I'd like to do the techno-organic stuff I posted.

Just think of it as what I'll be doing during the downtime between quests.

>>5996474
Lets scrap the killships then. Lets fit out our destroyer with weapons if we need to.

>>5996446
SotS?
>>5996468
Preferably.
75 weapon slots.
25 Hyperweapon slots.

>>5996474
but assuming that the TS ships have k-sheilds, we could probably use inertialess k-kill ships to crack them. How quickly does the inertialess FTL run up? If we put the kill ships in the Lagrange point of the planet (20% ahead or behind in the planets orbit) how fast would they be going when they reach orbit?

and if they were in orbit of one of the gas giants?

also how long would the delay from us sending the target to the ships would it take for them to reach?

if TS puts k-sheilds up i want to be able to crack them immedialty.

>>5996506
At least 6 Plasma Hyperweapons on it. 2 Gamma Hyperweapons if they don't have any shielding. They probably will use drones, but just in case...

>Is this correct? If so, I shall calculate.
Also one additional destroyer.

If it's not too much of a pain, I'd also like an analysis of if all our parasite craft (anything non-FTL) will fit in our FTL starships.

I'm so sad that we didn't get to use the satellites more... I spent so much time pushing them and then the game moved away from the enemies I thought we'd be fighting. Anyway, TradeStar is likely to arrive tomorrow, no? Are all of our ships going to be ready then?

>>5996528
No.

Just being careful check:
All of our ships have maximum-level cloaking, yes?

This... is going to be epic.

>>5996590
no... k-kill ships can't crack a k-sheild?

what if we put a k-sheild on the k-kill ship?

I will find a way to crack a k-sheild before the day is up!

>I'm so sad that we didn't get to use the satellites more... I spent so much time pushing them and then the game moved away from the enemies I thought we'd be fighting.
Don't sweat it- the satellites that we got were extremely valuable in several instances. They more than justified their research, unlike many other projects.

>>5996621
We killed NEM in one day because of those sats. You get a cookie for your planning.

For the Destroyer:
Weapons:
20 fixed, port
-10 Thermal Lances
-5 missile silos
-5 Pulse Lasers
20 fixed, starboard
-10 Thermal Lances
-5 missile silos
-5 Pulse Lasers
15 turrets, top
-6 Jerichos
-4 Gravity Snatchers
-5 Point Defense (artillery, lightning, pulse laser, gravity gun, thermal lance)
15 turrets, underside
-6 Jerichos
-4 Gravity Snatchers
-5 Point Defense (artillery, lightning, pulse laser, gravity gun, thermal lance)
5 fixed, prow
-1 EMP
-2 Thermal Lances
-2 Pulse Lasers
Hyperweapons:
8 fixed, port
-5 Jerichos
-3 Gamma Cascades
8 fixed, starboard
-5 Jerichos
-3 Gamma Cascades
3 turrets, top
-EMP
-Plasma
-Lightning
3 turrets, underside
-EMP
-Plasma
-Lightning
3 fixed, prow
-Powered Impaler Spike
-2 Gravity Snatchers

229,000 TONS for the ships requested.
916,000 UNITs for th ships requested and their fusion batteries.

Do you still wish to include the destroyer?

>>5996506
Ok:
Hyperweapons:
4x EMP
6x Plasma
2x Gamma
6x Lightning
6x Pulse Laser
1x Powered Impaler Spike

Weapon Slots:
10x PLasma
25x MIssile Silo (with missiles w/ cloak and homing upgrades)
25x Thermal Lance
15x Jericho

>>5996637
Gamma Cascades are Turbo-illegal, so let's replace them with Plasma Hyperweapons, please:

Hyperweapons:
8 fixed, port
-5 Plasma
-3 Jerichos
8 fixed, starboard
-5 Plasma
-3 Jerichos

>>5996692
We could probably squeeze in the Destroyer.

>>5996714

Works for me.

>>5996594
Maximum sensors always trump maximum cloaking - although the cloaking practically gives you the first shot.

>>5996714
Keep one Gamma Cascade on there just in case we really need it.

>>5996637
Would arty be that useful in space? We should use more lasers/gravity guns/snatchers for point defense.

>>5996569
>>5996621
Would it be possible to aim the satellites into space?

>>5996728

With the Destroyer, the first shot is the only shot we need.

With the destroyer:

297,500 TONS
1,190,000 UNITS

>>5996728
Question - how high is OUR sensor tech?

>Do you still wish to include the destroyer?
Yes, definitely. Even after adding the destroyer, I suspect that we won't have enough cargo space to take all our existing resources with us and will therefore have to add additional ships.

>>5996749
I vote for doing this.

>>5996739

I'm thinking of the artillery functioning in the same methodology as flak cannons. It'll be good against massed swarms of fighters.

>>5996767

Also, it'd fulfill the orbital bombardment role. For when we don't want to completely obliterate a colony with a full broadside.

>With the destroyer:
>297,500 TONS
>1,190,000 UNITS
Thank you. Please add three more cruisers to the build order.

>>5996749
Sold.

>>5996751
Cloaking technology is at Level III - military grade and the highest you can get as far as you are aware.
Sensor technology is at Level IV - military grade and the highest you can get as far as you are aware.

Since you're going up against a mega-corporation, expect them to have military-grade shit.

>>5996026
> I read this on http://www.anentalk.com/ (en = on) last night.
Lots of weirdos here...

>>5996801
356,750 TONS
1,427,000 UNITS

>is ignored
ok... no k-kill ships then >.>

now, missile payloads for space
EMP: probably good if they don't have r-sheilding, which means it'll be useless (spaceship without sheilded equipment = worthless)
Thermobaric/napalm/HE: all useless, with no atmosphere to carry a shockwave it'll do no damage.
All gas based ones: lol no
I think that our only option for missile payloads is just kinetic warheads (large block of metal) and maybe bomb-pumped gamma laser warheads (nuke goes off ~10km short of target, energy channeled into super-powerful lasers) which probably requires some research, which we have no time for.

so... did I miss any?
>yes
shutup!

>>5996847
Thermal Lance might be fun to tip missiles with.

With no more requsts, shall I advance to Day 30, Month 3?

>356,750 TONS
>1,427,000 UNITS
Thank you. I believe that this is somewhat (~30,000 tons) under our maximum construction capacity for a day, but am content with it nevertheless. Please add hyper stealth suits for the expected personnel capacity, eight microdrones per suit, and ten hyperweapon satellites for each ship to our construction plans as well, and then I believe that we are prepared to end the day.

>>5996877
Let us rock. And Roll. ALL DAY LONG!

>>5996847
Missiles that spray lots of miniature drones, designed to disassemble as much of their target as possible before deactivation.

>>5996877

Let's do it. And watch as the sky erupts into flame.

>>5996877
Lets do it.
ITS FIGHTAN TIEM

>>5996879
>ten hyperweapon satellites for each ship
Clarification: Each FTL ship, with cargo capacity. Fighters, gunboats, assault craft obviously don't get them.

>>5996877
This should be fun.

>>5996876
I thought those only functioned in atmosphere where they had stuff to heat?

A bomb pumped grav-shockwave might be fun, create a mini-blackhole next to them for a split second and fun things will happen. and if multipule go off at the same time... the gravitational shear might tear a ship in twain. Gravity goes through all sheilds right?

2 Destroyers
13 Cruisers
7 Freighters
12 Light Attack Craft
16 Heavy Fighters
4 Salvage Corvettes
4 Gunboats

This will be your fleet.

>>5996928
FOR HIIGARA!

>>5996877
FOR GREAT JUSTICE!

TAKE OFF EVERY ZIG!

>>5996928
/subroutine: random battlecry
MY LIFE FOR AUIR.

um... wait. ah, whatever. hit play, i wanna see what happens already :D

FOR VAYGIR! (or howeverthehell you spell it)

>This will be your fleet.
Delightful.

On a final note, please ensure that all vessels meant to be capable of boarding actions have a full complement of assassin drones, light combat drones, and other designs suitable for shipboard warfare.

Day 30, Month 3

221,462 tons
147,909 fuel

+90000 tons/day
+43905 fuel/day

Active Mines: Mothership

Active Pockets: 193

Available Mines: 431

Available Gas Pockets: 12

You have approximately three hours before the arrival of TradeStar.

>>5996985
Alright fellow subcontracters, times up.

LETS DO THIS.

>>5996985
Cloak the fleet!

Oh. um. how many startports can we build in 3 hours with the drones we aren't taking with us?

>>5996985
Get our fleet into space. Try to arrange things so that we can pin the TradeStar forces against Hajjar's gravity well and thus prevent them from jumping to FTL to escape.

*ahem*
It's time!
*types into random computer*
/order:subprossesser
/acess:intercomall time:10min
/inspieringspeech:activate

>>5996985
Load all fuel/metal into the freighters or as much as possible, and get them into orbit on the far side of the planet. Take all possible harvesters/contructors and combat drones left on the surface. Get the carriers into hangar bays and lets put the fleet into orbit.

>>5997000
LEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOY JEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNSSSSSS!

If we're still doing that clone thing, nows the time to set it up.

there can be only one sajuuk-khar.

>You have approximately three hours before the arrival of TradeStar.
If any of our starships have remaining cargo capacity, see to it that our remaining stockpiles of resources are put onto them.

Wipe all HQ research data cores, so that none of our technology remains available. Put all combat drones with unusual technologies not available to TradeStar onto our vessels.

What other preparations for departure should we make?

Get humanoid drones onto the pirate ships so we can 'jack TradeStar. Link those drones to remote control consoles or Samson70.

>>5997037
Oh yeah!

Okay, throw all of the braindead clones into the Pirate ship with FTL. Get on the line with Lemmington, we'll need a lobo than can pilot really quick.

>>5997014
ok, with that done..
*walks off to find my armor*

where do you guys want me? I'm security so... I really mean: where do you want me to hit things?

>>5997021
You can fit all of your resources into two freighters.

The copy of Samson 70 requests that you leave the harvesters there, so that they do not run out of fuel.
However, you are welcome to have all of the 1070 constructors. They can be loaded on to the fuel freighter.

>>5997014
I think the following might be appropriate.

*clears throat*

SPLIT YOUR LUNGS WITH BLOOD AND THUNDER
WHEN YOU SEE THE WHITE WHALE
BREAK YOUR BACKS AND CRACK YOUR OARS MEN
IF YOU WISH TO PREVAIL

THIS IVORY LEG IS WHAT PROPELS ME
HARPOONS THRUST IN THE SKY
AIM DIRECTLY FOR HIS CROOKED BROW
AND LOOK HIM STRAIGHT IN THE EYE

WHITE WHALE
HOLY GRAIL

We want to hit them hard, hit them fast.

Have the two Destroyers initiate fire. Full broadsides, top and underside turrets aligned to fire as well. The cruisers and small craft engage from both flanks, get them in a pincer formation. Close in with boarding craft ASAP, have any and all successful boarders move straight for the bridge. Don't forget to EMP beforehand, we don't want any distress signals getting out.

Immobilize, silence, dominate.

>>5997110
Make sure that our resources are evenly spread so that the loss of one ship doesn't take all of our drones with it, etc.

>>5997110
Well, awesome. 5 Extra freighters for loot, eh? Lets take all the constructors - I doubt we will see this dustball again.

>>5997119
Let's let them talk for a moment first, we can always escalate to ultraviolence after...
We will, of course, open fire if they penetrate our cloaks.

btw, I'm restricting all communication devices capable of reaching low orbit to require atleast 2 people to agree on it (and two of us, no scientists/johonaa/samson)

and I'm going to moniter what everyone else (LP and the other corps) broadcasts to space. Doubt we'll be able to understand it, but might help us note if they send a message to the TS ships.

>You can fit all of your resources into two freighters.
Don't, though. Spread our resources evenly between all freighters, with a splash on the other ship types so that they can run construction projects without difficulty.

>>5997119
We don't have to do this. If we use the pirate ships to hijack the TradeStar shipment, we'll avoid a fight for a little longer. And we need the fusion batteries coming in on that ship, remember?

What the fuck is going on?
This looks awesome, can someone explain it to me please?

>>5997147
Detonate some nukes in the upper atmosphere to fuck with orbit-surface communications.

>>5997158
End game of a quest.
We were dropped on this rock to do something mindblowing dangerous that we werent originally hired to do, and will likely get killed for knowing too much unless we pull this sneak attack off.

>>5997170
cause that won't be a massive tip off or anything >.>

actually, it might help.

say we had a large war and nukes went off in low orbit, their sensors (probably) couldn't penatrate to see if we've delt with the nano-virus yet...

anyone in favor?

>>5997158
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Corp Quest
^ That's a link to an archive of all of the past threads.

>>5997155

This procedure will be for if and when the pirate ships do not succeed.

use the pirate ships and the salvage corvettes. they'll just think the pirates got some new ship designs.

>>5997191
>>5997170

Unfortunately, we don't have nuclear warheads.

>>5997195
Oh, that's fine then. I thought you were proposing an all out attack on a cargo ship.

Right. So, the general consesus is that you'll confront them with the hijacked pirate ships first?

>>5997217
there's that... nevermind..

so... since plasma is ignoring me and my wondering about my armor... guess I hop in stealth suit and hope that the 3 months of paperwork i had to do hasn't devistated my workout routine.

anyways, hide everything on far side of planet/moon and wait for TS.

Maybe put a few idle missiles in high orbit? let them tumble about like debries and wait for targets?

>>5997252
Yep, hi-jack, steal stuff, radio TradeStar "Hay mang whar iz ow stuff?", and get the fuck out of here.

>>5997252
Yes, in the hopes that it keeps TradeStar off of our back for just a little longer.

>Right. So, the general consesus is that you'll confront them with the hijacked pirate ships first?
While messing about with those ships, the bulk of our fleet- all freighters and let's say seven of the cruisers- should be far away from the expected fighting, cloaked. The rest of the fleet should be lying in wait in case the initial strike fails.

>>5997261
Chances are you won't get to use the armour, and also, your melee powered armour is being researched.

>>5997217
Aiming gamma weapons at the upper atmosphere should do the trick, then.

>>5997293
Our fleet should be hiding behind the planet/moons.

>>5997301
awsome, and it's alright, I like having backups... and backups for those... I'm security, it's my job (tm)

I'm assuming the pirate ships are unmanned? or are we going to go with them?

What ever happened to getting the loot of the Tradestar ship before we go all 8 rounds down range style? Wait til the ships is in orbit and preparing to get the metal before we commit to a boarding action.

>>5997293

I'm pretty sure all of our non-FTL craft should be able to fit in the hangars of the Destroyers.

>>5997322
two ships, shuttle and freighter

>I'm pretty sure all of our non-FTL craft should be able to fit in the hangars of the Destroyers.
Damn. Now that you point that out, it occurs to me that we could have built quite a few more parasites.

Ah, well. Time for that later.

>>5997322
We should hide the boarding party in the metal shipment.

Something in space flashes briefly as a gigantic object leaves hyperspace. It looks more than a gigantic spacestation, riddled with hangers and defensive weaponry. The plating is painted white, with a large blue star pictured on the front. This is a ship of such fine craftmanship, TradeStar felt the need to name it after themselves.

Currently, however, the fleet is hiding on the other side of the planet, with you and all of your companions in it, excluding the copy of Samson 70.
TradeStar wishes to communicate with you.

What course of action do you take?

>>5997377
if we want to frame this on pirates we probably should use pirate tactics, once they leave hyperspace come screaming in, guns blazing and demand they jettison cargo. if they don't, actually start hitting things with the guns, if they do, scoop it, and book it.

>>5997400
Open Communications:
"Hey there Boss, nice to see you back so soon!"

>>5997400
FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUU-

hail them and say good day?

>>5997400
Can we route it through our base, or otherwise make it appear that we're still down there?

AND NOW IS THE TIME I HAVE TO LEAVE. FUCK.

Good luck you guys, do the impossible, see the invisible (CLOAKING HINT HINT), row row, FIGHT THE POWA

>>5997426

Communication by proxy. Should be easily done.

>>5997400
Would have been bad ass if this happened at the stroke of midnight (EST)

>>5997407
It's Harry Garrish, your employer.

"What's the situation with the nanovirus? Why is it inactive? Where is the control unit?"

>>5997400
They could be using this attempt at communication as a means of finding our location, would we remain undetected if we were to tell the version of Samson still on the planet to recieve the message and send it to us?

>>5997426
Let's start out with this.

Open hailing frequencies, S70...
(oh, and let's let lemmy in on this. might be fun.)

>>5997426
it's either that or say 'screw this' transmit a f-u to the boss and book it for hyperspace

>>5997441

That bastard's on board. I propose we screw the plan and skip straight to busting a cap in his ass.

>>5997441
"We managed to beat the actual virus, but we're having trouble figuring out how to gain access to the core itself without potentially damaging it in the process.

>>5997441
"Well, on the account of it trying to screw us over, we had to take preventative measures on it spreading, which involved its unfortunate destruction. The control unit was also destroyed in this unfortunate incident. Sorry. Second Chance?"

>>5997463
his ship is bigger then ours...
>>5997465
no! we don't want him to get involved...
blame mars is my plan at this point.

fyi, pirate ships are now ordered to GTFO

>>5997441
"IN ORDER: The nanovirus has been pwned, It's inactive due to aforementioned pwnage, and the control unit is dead, and all the backups deleted. You see, Harry, we weren't particularly willing to risk galactic civilization, let alone our lives, on your little WMD side-project. By the by, how many laws did you break to set that up? Blackmail and Murder is my low estimate..."

>>5997465
"You don't 'beat' the virus. You can never beat it - it wasn't designed to be beaten! Why is it inactive?! My sensors are scanning the planet but every single trace of the virus is dormant! Not even dead, just dormant!"

He's quite pissed, by the sound of it.

"What have you done with the control unit?! I swear, if you have destroyed it, you nor anything else is getting off that blasted rock alive!"

>>5997400

Do we have a visual? I'd like an estimate (as accurate as possible, obviously) of the number of weapons emplacements and locomotion slots. Loadout too, if possible.

Why not try and convince him that removing the hyperbrain from the control platform deactivated the nanovirus. And that he must come down to collect it since he wants it so badly.

"the martian authority, while hunting some MSM guys openned a wormhole on, or near, the planet's surface, I'm sure you can see the hole they made. When they did this the virus ceased activity, we believe that the control unit was destroyed by the wormhole."

>>5997506
"Sorry boss, we had to toast it. We make our own rules now."

Begin the assault - first strike - strike hard - strike fast.

>>5997470
>>5997484
>>5997488
If he knows it's dead he'll just come right at us, especially if we act all fine with everything. I'm trying to buy us some surprise here you numbnuts.

>>5997506
@ Lemmington -> "If you have any escape ships, you're going to want to leave, very soon. If not now. Our boss is having a bad day."

@ Harry -> "I'm afraid that giving you the control unit is not within the scope of these negotiations. If you'd like, though, we have enough metal to compete our original contract with you..."

Fellow subcontractors, how do you feel about trying to rat Harry out to his bosses?

>>5997400
...I think our new flagship just arrived.

Fuck smashing shit up, we want that thing intact if at all possible.

Do we have any schematics of the Tradestar ship? If we can take out the command centre/bridge, we could easily immobilise it.

>>5997470
>>5997488
Harry Garrish becomes much colder.

"In that case, there's no reason for you - or the planet - to continue to exist. We ordered a pleasant surprise from Hightail Industries and they were happy to oblige. I'm going to give you ten minutes to pray for forgiveness, then we are going to wipe Hajjar off the galactic map - forever. No one can obtain the knowledge that you now possess. No one can discover what you have discovered. This project is my only failure, because of you. Now it is time to eliminate all traces of it."

>>5997506
Propose response: "We haven't even gotten into the facility yet. You can come down and check for yourself."

>Begin the assault - first strike - strike hard - strike fast.
Notably, if we can get our various boarding units close while cloaked before the actual battle starts, it would be much more convenient than otherwise.

Also gamma cascades before they bring their shields up would probably be good.

Just suggestions here.

>>5997560
Hit them, NOW. We have friends down there.

>>5997560
.... alright, we now have two options:
1) run for the hills, for a big ship we can probably out run it and make it into hyperspace to escape to LPs friends.
2) frontal surprise attack. probably suicidal, but it does have the element of surprise.

get 70's thoughts?

>>5997560
First we warn Lemmings that they need to get outta there, fast. Second, we being the assault. THird, if we can spare the time, lets send down a single freighter for the Lemming's guy - we need him to keep us alive after this.

>>5997580
Also, if we can, have our heat satellites read to strike down anything that gets directed at the planet. It doesn't sound like he's going to use an energy weapon, so we have an actual chance of shooting whatever it is down.

>>5997560

Full broadsides. Get our boarding craft as close as possible while avoiding detection/munitions.

>>5997560
@ Lemmington "Never mind! You have TEN WHOLE MINUTES to GTFO. Good luck, dudes!"

@ Fleet: COMMENCE OPERATION: PWN OUR BOSS.

>Hit them, NOW. We have friends down there.
This.

>>5997608
do we really want to board it? I say we just blow the fuck out of it and then make our own. safer.

>>5997580
This. I'm not liking the sound of that "surprise". Gamma's the way to go- fuck legality, we need to survive. And capturing that ship would be a plus. My vote: blow a hole in the hull, Gamma sweep, and then get boarders in.

So, getting the final agreement - you're sending in boarding ships first? Are you engaging in any combat or are you going to try and avoid such things?

>>5997633
Yes. A free ship is a free ship.

We should put too much effort into taking it intact, but we should definitely keep it in mind.

>>5997641
fine, if you guys want to board it, give me 70 in his armor, 20 assassin bots and we'll make it for the bridge.

you guys head for engineering, and shut off power to the ship (keep them from blowing the planet apart)

>>5997633

A lethal venom, once in the bloodstream, can kill a human in less than 5 minutes.

A ridiculous amount of sledgehammer blows, given that this 'human' is like a sumo wrestler grand champion on steroids wearing powered armor, will take a lot longer than that.

Boarding craft is the fastest way to incapacitate the ship.

>>5997657
I'd rather engage for maximum destruction - lets get our ships in as close as possible with their cloaking devices and then let rip. Forget boarding I'd say.

>>5997657
Boarding ships are cloaked right? Send them in. But send in the fighters ahead of them, to give them a little cover.

>>5997633
Why wouldn't we attempt to board it? We can still hit it if boarding fails, and capturing it would fill our need for a mothership.

>So, getting the final agreement - you're sending in boarding ships first? Are you engaging in any combat or are you going to try and avoid such things?
Get our boarding ships close, if we can while remaining well under the time limit. As our boarders are about to hit, sweep their entire ship with gamma cascades from the rest of our fleet, all at once. After that, do whatever we have to to survive and take their ship as much intact as possible.

>>5997633
Sweep it with gamma from close range. And if we know where the computer core is, lobotomize his ship. Once everyone's dead and the AI is gone, we board and claim it.

>>5997641
Also, we do still have the virus schematics, or at least the records, right?

What's he going to do, reveal our illegal weapons by revealing his own death factory?

>>5997633
dude, it is hueg and shiny and also expensive.

you want your mothership? there's your goddamn mothership.

>>5997657
Let's throw in the destroyers now.
Best case, they kill the TradeStar.
Second best, the provide the distraction our boarders need.
Worst Case, they hold it off while we run away with Lemmington. Who ARE getting my mesages, RIGHT?

(also, let's message everyone else. Ya'll's got about 9 minutes to get offworld, KAYBAI.)

I think we left Gamma off our ships, didn't we?

ok, if we are boarding, we're doing it right.

1) we are NOT landing in a docking bay, we're making our own hole.

2) once we're in, fuck subtly, kill everything in our path, wreak the place.

3) multiple targets, I'll take 70 and bots (and whoever else wants to come) and take the command deck, everyone else starts killing off ship systems (weapons, engines, ect) from the inside.

4) once the boarding team is in, the fleet gives us 30 seconds to make it deeper in the ship, then resumes the attack, if the boarding team fails, the fleet will need all the the help they can get.

>>5997718
I'm pretty sure I specified that we kept at least one on each for emergencies. You know, like this one.

And suddenly, COMPUTER CRASHES.

HARD DRIVE IS DEAD.

SAVE FILE CORRUPTED.

>>5997707
My thoughts exactly. Some people have been arguing against having Gamma, even though it's our most effective anti-biological.

Also, we need to hit the TradeStar with EMP.

>>5997657
engage in combat to distract. the thing should be sturdy enough to not get blown up too bad. slip in the boarders cloaked, ram them, EMP into the breach, ditch boarders, gtfo.

Hi! I heard you need help boarding a mothership? :)

LP: "... We're getting off this rock, immediately. Your employers must be insane."

So, you're filling your assault craft with boarding drones. Anything special or anyone special wanting to join in with the boarding?

Hmm. To participate in the boarding action, or not...

Dilemmas.

>>5997772
Eh, I'll go. Hopefully this craft won't get shot down before boarding.

>>5997772
I'm going, it's kind of why I'm here. and 70 if he wants to come.

3 teams, 1 for the command deck, 1 for engineering, 1 for general havoc. I'll take the command deck, someone... technical should come with me.

>>5997772
I've got a backup. Throw me in.

>>5997772
Rookie holding a HE pack, backpack full of HE packs here!

Do we have a functioning brain-burner on board? I'd like to have a backup too, in case the tin can I'm in gets crushed before it even lands.

>>5997772
I'd like to fire the Gamma Cascades, if you please.

Also, we need to keep Harry's corpse at least somewhat intact. We can send it to TradeStar HQ as our two week's notice.

are we talking some eRepublik?

>>5997787
I'm not, but mainly because I only started being active in this thing late last thread. I figure that the people who've been here the longest should get first dibs on delivering our resignation.

I'm staying wherever I am. Someone has to self-destruct everything when everyone else dies during the vicious corridor fighting.

>>5997846
...when we conquer Earth, you can have Madagascar.

>So, you're filling your assault craft with boarding drones. Anything special or anyone special wanting to join in with the boarding?
I would, but I'm not backed up. I'll stick to commanding one of the destroyers and shouting advice. Someone else had better remember to bring a medkit. Heh.

>>5997855
Excellent. I knew sticking with this game would have benefits.

there is really no good reason to get personally involved. instead of power armor, you guys should have invested in remote-controlled androids. much lower chance of dying.

>>5997864
...Someone else will have to bring a medkit.. I think i forgot to order fingers with my shell.

I mean, unless you guys like the idea of me preforming some Power Sword surgery?

>>5997864

Meh, I'll stick on the other Destroyer, calling out the ship's attacks. Have fun, guys.

>>5997855
Fucking Madagascar. Always god damn Madagascar.


I'm staying right where I am.

>>5997885
people fight better when they have everything to loose. I'm suiting up... or headed for the ship if I'm already suited (which I think i am)

Five minutes past as your assault craft close in - TradeStar doesn't appear to have noticed them. In fact, Harry Garrish calls up, to begin to taunt you.

"How does it feel, knowing that you're going to die in the next five minutes and there's nothing you can do about it? That the situation is completely and utterly hopeless, with no beneficial outcome? There is no profit you can gain from this. There is no way out. You will die, and with you, so will the secrets that you have stolen. Perhaps Hajjar failed as a research facility, but I will not--"
"... Sir! We're picking up multiple stealthed targets, closing in!"
"What?!"

The transmission is immediately cut off. The hundred weapons batteries covering the TradeStar immediately swivel around - before they lock on to the approximate location of your stealthed assault craft. Then, they begin their barrage of pulse laser fire that simply lands on the shields like rain on glass, surrounding your stealthed craft with crimson spheres.

Then, it clearly becomes just too much. You pick up one of the energy shields on an assault craft overheating. Then another. The first craft's shield overloads and is immediately torn apart with pulse fire, the second craft about to be blown into oblivion.

>>5997929
I tell the pilot to floor it!

>>5997929
Irony. Lim. This would be a FANTASTIC time to provide cover fire! :D

>>5997929
Get our destroyers firing on their DEFENSES! I WANT TO LIVE!

>>5997929

...Phew. Good thing I'm not on board any of those.

Do we have any ground-based missiles? Launch all of them as a distraction.

>>5997929
Why the fuck didn't any of us on the warships hit the Gamma Button the instant we heard the words "We're picking up..."?

Also, who was on the transport that just got hit?

Glory Glory Hallelujah

Glory Glory What a Hellava way to die /singing

Also, Planner 01, your sensory AI, pipes up.

"I am detecting TradeStar cargo shuttles go online - there are approximately twenty-five shuttles in each of the hangers present on the TradeStar! A standard TradeStar contains fifty hangars! Fifty multiplied by twenty-five is one thousand, two hundred and fifty! That's one thousand, two hundred and fifty cargo shuttles, going online!"

Well, at least she's happy about it.

>>5997929
Forgot to add: if we finished researching Refraction Field, our assault ships had damn well better start using that shit now before they get fried.

>Irony. Lim. This would be a FANTASTIC time to provide cover fire! :D
Covering fire, now! Gamma cascade sweep the ship, lightning and plasma hyperweapons to make convenient holes for boarding.

>>5997989
FIRE EVERYTHING! Lets get their defenses silenced so we can board, and if we have any cloaked homing missiles, launch them.

>>5997989
Let's bring more of our fleet into this.

Plasma, ETA to get 12 cruisers, and all fighters and gunboats to the tradestar?

Destroyers begin targeting weapon emplacements while moving. The rest of the fleet that's not currently engaged begin providing distracting fire. Depending on the distance between the destroyers and TradeStar, we might even be able to prevent them from getting hit.

>>5997989
.....

I'm fucking sitting on that Gamma Button right about now.

And start firing everything at the hangar bay doors. We want to be able to hit those ships before they can disperse.

>>5998008

Full broadside. Don your protective eyewear, gentlemen.

>Plasma, ETA to get 12 cruisers, and all fighters and gunboats to the tradestar?
Each of the freighters gets an escort cruiser. Don't move those. That gives us six cruisers to work with- should be plenty, and if it's not we've still got a sizable fleet getting away.

You're right, though. All fighters, open fire on their defensive batteries. Cruisers, pop their parasite craft as they launch with everything you've got.

>>5998013
That''ll be approximately one minute - by that point, you estimate you have a maximum of five assault craft remaining, ready to board.

And let's look for an unprotected thermal exhaust port, just in case.

>>5998013
Our weapons have great range, for the most part. If we have the destroyers moving in random patterns about a light-second away, we'll be able to hit he TradeStar while making it very hard to hit us.

remember: shoot and scoot. our ships are fast. let it be an advantage.

Hit the hangar doors if they have them, seal them up tight. If not just cause as much external damage to the hangers. We can always repair it later, if necessary.

Why aren't we now providing cover fire for our boarding ships. Target the turrets first before anything else. And why didn't I put any skill points into Firearms, I'm not a combat engineer, I'm a fucking scientist.

>>5998055
What Irony said. Let's bring 6 cruisers over, and launch / bring all the parasite craft.

>>5998057
Also, we're using inertialess FTL drives for our big ships, right?

Have our destroyers plot a microjump that literally puts them right on top of the fucking TradeStar and then have them Gamma and EMP like there's no tomorrow the instant they get there.

>>5998086
Oh. derp. But the boarding is delayed for NOTHING. those are a backup. and since we're leaving escort cruisers, bring everything but the freighters and their escorts come to think of it.

Do we have an approximate location of where their bridge is? I'm planning on power ramming the area, hopefully the Impaler Spike will stab straight through the command crew.

I tell the pilot to step on it more...

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>>5998191