>>19715598
I'm voting that we form up and make best speed for Sector HQ. We need to find out what's causing the interference, and inform Holtz of the distortion fleet that's coming our way. We may need to start an emergency evacuation.
Also, he may have some Scout Ships or stealth ships to try to find Yellowman.

Let's get the Vault's Commander on the line, inform him of what's going on, and see if he needs anything else. If not, then we make the Jump.

Let's see...
By my estimates, we have successfully installed the S2 Organ into Mecha-Godzilla, and 1 of the 2 Mad Cats has been equipped with a Lesser S2 Engine.
The Indefatigable has been repaired and its crew transferred back to it.

Have our magic users been able to figure much out concerning the TSAB Dimensional Ward formulae?

Contact Sector HQ and tell them to go on alert. If they have a ship that can get there faster and/or sneakier than us, get them to go right now. If not, then we need to go there and rescue Yellowman.

All hands are to assume battle stations until further notice. Troops, gear up.

Oh! Check that Foreign Comm Unit and see if we can get anything off of it.

>>19715863
They've managed to decipher how to cast it as a more traditional spell, and analyzed much of its makeup. Effectiveness, along with other odds and ends, are still being researched.

Your engineers were busy helping build the stabilizers, so no progress was made with their other projects for those four days. The science team, however, has managed to produce designs for a prototype Psi-Shield based on a synthesis of X-COM Psi-Shield technology, reality emitters, and some designs from the captured Covert Ops and Science Facility. The device generates a psionic dead zone in which ordinary psionics cannot function.

>>19715765
Base Commander Ferecelli thanks you profusely for your help, but says he and his men should be good now that the stabilizers are up and running.

If no one comes up with a different plan in 5 minutes, I will execute the warp to base.

>>19715960
Before we make the transit, see if that Foreign Meta-Communicator we have is picking up any communications.

Concerning the Psi-Shield: is the Psi-Shield Research project finish? Did it open up any new research projects?

Finally, have the Terrans that we rescued come to a decision on what they want to do?

Before warp go to battle stations!

+1 vote for base plan

>>19715960
MetaOP, don't forget that we determined last thread that all ships in the task force go to Yellow Alert and general quarters when we make Meta-Transit Jumps, as part of our new standard operating procedure.

thinking about it. Perhaps we should trap the *you know who* first.

>>19716033
The Quarantine Frame hasn't arrived yet.
And if it has, it's at Sector HQ. Either way, we can't contain the Oscar Romeo Zulu yet.

rolled 61 = 61

>>19715993
The device is silent.

The project is finished, it did not open up any new routes of inquiry.

The Terrans in containment have...

>>19716165
...half decided to join, the other half is still undecided. The scientists among them have quietly asked to be hired on, their loyalties not as hardwired as the others.

>>19716058

Well at least if the Oscar Romeo Zulu *slide* somewhere else it won't be our fault that we failed to contain them there. It would just be our fault that that they are there in the first place.

Oh and Meta Op, I assume that our engineering bays were busy and we haven't upgraded anything yet.

>>19716207

Whoops, I forgot to actually READ anything.

>>19716165
Voting that we put the newly freed up science resources towards the Foreign Communicator; if we figure out their comm frequency and crack their encryption, we can listen in on the Distortion Fleet's comms.

>>19716200
Is that the scientists and the workers have agreed to join, while the Marines, Ghost, and base commander are still undecided?

Your ships get into formation and execute a transpace jump, arriving back at Sector HQ to find a small fleet of ships surrounding it. Most look battle-damaged, and they all register on your IFF as ships belonging to the Black Ops arm of the Transpace Guard. About half their number are docked, the rest orbit the station.

>>19716308
Well, shit.
And here I was, hoping for 90% casualties just so we could go "We told you, bro".

Anyway, open a comm-channel to Colonel Eva. Tell her that we've secured the UCAS base, and we need to speak with Holtz about organizing a search and rescue for Yellowman.

>>19716308
....
Alas the reminds of the fleet have returned.
Well they are either destroying the base, looking a scapegoats or even both.

>>19716308
Well, contact the base as in >>19716329, and see about Yellowman.

Maybe see what's going on with Black Ops. We need intel on what they fought. I mean, numbers and weapons and shit...

>>19716399
This is an opportunity to salvage the Black Ops wrecks they left behind when they escaped.

>>19716399

I got the feeling that they are going to rope us into 'defending' the base, fire a shot if it look like we are attempting diplomacy with the enemies and the flee.

Anyways I think that the time for judgement is at hand. We will have to pick a side.

>>19716329
The fleet is EXTREMELY smaller than the one you last saw amassing here.

Some of the ships begin to break off their orbit and align towards you.

You attempt to open a comm channel to Colonel Eva, only to wait a full minute before the connection is made, the comm-display showing an empty communications station, but plenty of people behind it.

Clearly caught in the display's view-area, at the base's main command bridge, are Colonel Eva and Sector Manager Holtz. Colonel Yurgus, flanking by four heavily armed operatives, has a gun trained on them. No one seems to be aware the channel has opened.

"...and I say that I DO have the authority," Yurgus replies. "Now give me the command codes."

"Kid, if you HAD the authority, you would've gotten NEW codes," Holtz shoots back. "And you sure as shit wouldn't be pointing a goddamn GUN at me."

"I'm pointing a gun at you because you are refusing to follow orders!" Yurgus shouts. "You might outrank ME, but my orders come directly from Director Machryn himself."

>>19716536
Signal for the channel to be muted immediately.

"ANON, record everything on this channel, and this conversation. Full command authorization.
"ANON, cross-reference with Transpace Guard regulations: the Black Ops unit has illegally taken control of Sector HQ. They refuse to provide valid command authorization codes. We outrank them on the chain of command.
"Are we within our rights, and our duty, to consider these Black Ops forces as rogue elements no longer sanctioned by the Transpace Guard, and to retake control of Sector HQ?"

>>19716536
"Even if that's true, you still need to have the right papers to prove it. We're the Transpace Guard, not a goddamn Khornite Warband. You can point that thing around all you want, you don't scare me a bit," Holtz shouts back.

"Hmmm. Annoying. I guess I don't," Yurgus replies, turning to Colonel Eva and shooting her in the gut. She falls back, a look of shock on her face before she collapses on the floor, bleeding heavily. Yurgus wordlessly turns the gun on Holtz.

>>19716585
"Under current law, you are authorized to retake the base. Recording..."

>>19716652
Aproximate location of Holtz and Eva?

Plan of attack:

Quickly check if teleport interdictors are in place. If they're not, begin teleporting people off the bridges and engine rooms of the ships into our Containment Bay (LOCK IT DOWN!). Also try and teleport Yurugrus and co. as well.

Psi-Matrix do a mass mind-stun on all of them; aimed primarily at the Black Ops crewmen we teleport out and the guys holding Holtz and Eva at gunpoint. Just short of coma-inducement.

Stun grenades EVERYWHERE that isn't Holtz/Eva's current position!

>>19716652
Would it be possible to teleport a KI squad in and Eva out?

>>19716683
>>19716652
In addition, have ANON ready to change the IFF on all Black Ops assets to HOSTILE as soon as we launch the attack.

Have Mouse, the Sandmen, the Deckers, and Data all ready to get into the Sector HQ computer mainframe and shut down all interdiction defenses.

Have Tosh telepathically inform all captains of all of our ships what is about to happen; we don't want Black Ops realizing we know that they've gone rogue until they're safely in the brig.

>>19716652
If we're close enough, Vitun can cast Wooden Phalanx which would create 1d4+2 Advanced Wood Golems to serve as bodyguards. They could easily take down the Black Ops guys near the asshole.

>>19716733
We have valid command codes, right? That should let our hackers into the base mainframe easier.

Also, what about Yew, our Rigger Hero, patching his drone control signal through the Nocturne's ECM and Drone Control systems, to take control of Black Ops fighters?

Guys, we should get all of our combat troops ready to help in securing the base and repelling any boarders from the Black Ops fleet.

>>19716780

In that case, we should prep the Securitrons for security data onboard our ships. Use our psychics to alert our personnel about the shit that's about to go down.

>>19716762
>>19716687
The base is warded against teleportation, and Holtz had command codes for this base.

QUEST PAUSED. I'm being called away, be back in 30, hopefully.

>>19716803

Er, security duty, that is.

Have our psychics also notify Tassadar and his fleet to prep for combat operations. Also suggest that Tassadar coordinate with Pellaeon to maximize our fleets' combined firepower if it comes to blows.

>>19716825
Hmm...The base is warded against teleportation.
What about against ghosts?

We could have Gondegal go to the interdiction field generators and do a manual shutdown.

When we're not in a state of emergency, we need to have Vitun teach a few of his crafting tricks to the techno-wizards.

I think they'd like "Impart Mind."
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/i/impart-mind

I think all new Lacy Mana Panties would be able to talk.

>>19716825

We might be able to send a psychic message to Holtz that we're here now, and that we could work on disabling the teleportation interdiction with the command codes. We could also tell him to stall for time while we do so, and perhaps reveal our presence on the comm channel if we need to distract Yurgus. If we can't get the codes or disable the

Although, I wonder if teleportation interdiction works vs. a Protoss Arbiter's Recall ability. It's more like opening a wormhole than true teleportation.

>>19716958

(cont).

If we can't get the codes or disable the interdiction, though, we may have to board the station the old-fashioned way. How would we go about accomplishing this? Do you guys think it would be worth trying to talk down the Black Ops ships currently surrounding the station by broadcasting Yurgus' insurrection?

>>19716825
What a terrible night for this, but responses might be erratic. Sorry.

Holtz's eyes narrow as Colonel Eva falls. A fire is there that was not before.

"Son, you just made a big mistake..." he whispers.

"Will you give me the codes?" Yurgus asks, leveling the gun at Holtz.

"Go fuck yourself."

Yurgus fires the gun again, Holtz is knocked down from the impact and the channel gets cut off as the Black Ops ships approach and hail.

>>19717010
>>19717010

OP, would a Protoss Arbiter's Recall ability be able to pierce the interdiction around the base? If so, we may be able to get Holtz and Eva to a safe place by directing the Recall to one of our capital ships, or request that one of Tassadar's Arbiters enter one of our Capital Ships' bays and recall Holtz/Eva there.

>>19717010
Well shit.

What are the Black Ops ships saying? And make sure that ANON is recording everything.

In the meanwhile, have Gondegal go over the base plans with Data. See if there's a way to get him there and shut down the interdiction generators.

>>19717010
MetaOp, would a GATE spell be considered teleportation. If not, we have a way on board.

>>19716984
Let's try it; see if the rest of Black Ops is on the same page as Yurgus.

Oh and, don't fight Black Ops fighter-to-fighter. We're outclassed.

>>19717010

OP, how big is the Black Ops' fleet compared to our own? What ships are the fleet composed of?

Also, battle plans:

>1.) Who's going to be our boarding party?

>2.) Who's going to be repelling boarders on our ship?

>3.) Do we have any sort of teleportation interdiction on our ships?

For #2, we could probably use the Securitrons since there are so damn many of them.

>>19717010

Respond to the hail from the ships. Let's see what they have to say.

>>19717149
It doesn't exactly matter too much as the fact that they got R-90's up their sleeve. They basically have super-huge capital ships, but nothing the size of the AUH. They do out-size almost every other ship we have by 2x or 3x though.

>>19717149
2. The Securitrons should work for that purpose.
3. The only anti-teleport measures we have are the regular shields. With them up, we should be immune to most teleport attempts.


As for 1:
First wave to secure a breach: Mobile Emitter Squad (Emergency Security Holograms) with Portable Holo-Emitter support generating holograms as needed, YVH Droid Platoon, led by HK-50. Right behind them is BLU Team, setting up sentries and dispensers.

Spy and Gondegal make their way down to the Interdiction Field Generators and do a manual shutdown while the breaching team gets everyone's attention.

Follow up with the Mobile Infantry, Knight Inductors, UNIT, Delta Greens, TG Soldiers. Star-Lord and Darius in the lead, with White Mage support, and Agrias, Lavian, Alicia, and Mustadio.

Third wave to prevent being out-flanked will be the rest of the ground troops.

So... if we can't force our way through this, how will we deal with this situation? They don't know that we just witnessed what was going on. Yurgus is probably dumb/arrogant enough to order our destruction, but we have no idea if the Black Ops crewmen within the ships necessarily agree with him. They're probably well acquainted with his work, seeing as how they lost a significant part of their fleet.

If we have to talk them down, how do we go about doing that? The recorded communications could go a long way to swaying the more level-headed Black Ops members.

>>19717252
We need Virtun and Douglas to do the talking with Black Ops.

At no point can we afford picking a fight with Black Ops in space right now. We haven't gotten IDs on all the ships yet, only the fighters attached (which already is bad news).

>>19717252
Assuming that we can peacefully end this, we can tell them that Yurgus is just trying to cover his own ass for getting them killed.
He's broken regulations that even Black Ops follows, he's essentially going rogue and taking all them with him.
Do you know what they do to Black Ops assets that go rogue?
Let that mental image hang in the air for a bit.

>>19717289
That would only work if we were facing actual Black Ops soldiers.
Unfortunately it seems pretty obvious that they were replaced by cartoonishly corrupt villains at some point.

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The Black Ops fleet is composed of eighteen Peregrine-class vessels, 1 Albatross-class battleship, 4 Aegis-class heavy cruisers, 2 Texas-class battleships, 4 unknown-type heavy transports, an unknown number of fighters and support craft, 6 Minotaur-class battlecruisers, and 2 Behemoth-class battlecruisers. Your advanced sensors also pick up a number of cloaked Caldari vessels, 4 Tengus.

"Task Force 38, power down your shields and weapons immediately! You are trespassing into a classified operation's conflict area! You will be boarded and searched. Do not attempt to resist or you will be fired upon!"

It may be worth to note that your protoss fleet is almost entirely cloaked by the Arbiters among them.

>>19717322
How many Arbiters do we have out there?

>>19717322
Get an ID on the fighters.

>>19717322
"Black Ops task force, transmit your authorization code, or we will be forced to consider you engaged in illegal actions against the Transpace Guard and the legitimate chain of command.
"You have fired upon legitimate Transpace Guard personnel, you do not have the proper authorization codes, and you WILL be classified as rogue elements. Power down YOUR shields and weapons, or transmit your authorization command codes."

>>19717322
MetaOP, have Tosh and Cheryl send a telepathic message to all of the captains in our task force, as well as to Tassadar, what's going on, "Elements of the Black Ops fleet have possibly gone rogue. They've shot Col. Eva and Holtz, and we may be forced to fight them."

And have the Psi-Matrix prepare a mass psionic stun attack against the Black Ops personnel.

>>19717322
If we have enough Arbiters, we can chain Stasis them while we "loot" the fleet from these dumbasses.

>>19717322

Notable ships: Albatross is from Macross. Texas-class battleships are WarShips from Battletech, Minotaur ships are new Terran BCs while Behemoth ships are old Terran BCs.

It might not be a good idea to try to engage in a protracted firefight. Or any firefight if at all possible.

>>19717358
Most are probably in their hangars, you are only able to detect a few squadrons of Sparrowhawks flitting around the fleet.

>>19717374
"Our code is Kappa Alpha Nero Epsilon. All other information and codes concerning this operation are restricted. You have two minutes to begin power down of your systems or we will assume hostile action!"

>>19717499
"ANON, verify that code. If it's even a second out of date, we will classify the Black Ops task force as rogue elements and take appropriate action."

>>19717499
...ANON does that check out?
Because it seems like they just confessed to having betrayed the Transpace Guard and are currently employed by the rogue entity known as Kane.

>>19717499
>>19717499

So when do we transmit footage of Holtz & Eva getting shot by Yurgus to determine their loyalty? And what do we do if we're unable to retake the base?

>>19717499
Kappa Alpha Nero Epsilon..... It's KANE! Black Ops has been inflitrated by Kane! All hands to your stations! We may be going in hot!

>>19717549
Do it right now.
While we verify their codes.
And have our entire task force telepathically warned that we're going to go to Red Alert in about 30 seconds.

>>19717561
RELEASE THE GIANT MUTATED ANTS!

>>19717561

Alright. Let's hammer out a battle plan then.

Gallente drones can probably serve as an anti-fighter screening force and point defense. The Nyx can help coordinate the drones and use that repair beam it has to make sure that our capital ships stay in healthy condition.

Not sure how big the Protoss battlefleet is, but it was big enough to warrant sending an entire Zerg Brood's forces plus a Protoss warfleet. Have Pellaeon get in touch with Tassadar and have them start coordinating our forces. A strike team of Scouts with strategic Arbiter Stasis on the huge capital ships should enable them to ravage most unshielded targets with ease.

Which capital ships should we prioritize to destroy? Those Starcraft battlecruisers' Yamato cannons can be devastating at long range. So can all of those WarShips' PPCs.

>>19717499
K A N E.

Kane.

KANE, goddamnit. They've been compromised! Goddamnit.

Send the footage of Holtz and Eva getting shot to determine if any of them are still loyal and just kept in the dark.

If any of them respond with "what the fuck?!" mark their ships as neutral. Everyone else is to be assumed to be compromised.

ANON, note for the record that we are refusing this order from Black Ops units on grounds of suspicion of subversion. Any actions taken hereafter are done under that assumption until otherwise proven.

ALL HANDS, PREPARE FOR BATTLE. Paelleon, you have ship commands. Protoss, if you can be sneaky. All mecha, prepare to launch, but hold off until they fire the first shot. Teleporters, once the battle starts see if you can teleport out the attackers' power cores far away.

>essmtt massacre
Captcha thinks the code's bogus as well.

>>19717608
>>Those Starcraft battlecruisers' Yamato cannons can be devastating at long range. So can all of those WarShips' PPCs.

Alright, deploy the R-Types. Cover then until they can charge their wave cannons. Make sure the Shadow Force devices are in front of the craft to absorb enemy fire.

>>19717623
Seconding all of these fleet preparations.

If this is all Kane I have only these two tHings to say:
HOW.
And: We should have seen this coming.

>>19717322

>18 Peregrine Class

Star Trek Maquis vessels. Modified couriers to act more similar to an interceptor. Their base armament/shielding aren't too impressive from what I can tell from the Star Trek wiki, as they were mostly employed to fill up the lack of firepower the Maquis had. Heavy modification by Black Ops may make them more dangerous fighters. Correct me if I'm wrong.

>4 Aegis Class

From Gundam SEED. Has machine guns and missile bays as standard outfit. The mobile suits it deploys are probably more dangerous than the vessel itself. If we assume heavy modification, then it may have energy shielding or even phaser banks.

> 2 Texas-Class Battleships

From the Battletech canon. Huge Warship, sports flexible missile bays and has a notable medium-range armament. It also mounts 16 Naval Heavy PPCs; very dangerous at range and at any ships it can hit with its Naval Lasers and Naval Autocannons at medium range. May have to disable with fighters or bombers or sneakiness.

>transports, fighters, support craft

Assume Battletech Aerospace fighters, Gundam Mobile Suits, EVE fighters, converted transports to carriers, etc.

>6 Minotaur-class & 2 Behemoth-class

Starcraft battlecruisers. Minotaurs are newer, have lots rapid-firing close-range laser batteries and lots of armor, whereas Behemoths have one single laser that hits hard. May be outfitted with anti-fighter missile systems OR Yamato cannons. Extremely dangerous at range while their cannons are charged.

>Cladari vessels & 4 Tengus.

From EVE online. No idea how these things fight.

>>19717759

>Caldari

Known for missile-boating and impressive shielding.

>1 x Albatross-class

Has MANY beam cannons, chaff pods, and fucktons of missile spamming ability.
Looks like we're fighting a starship equivalent of a Lyran Wall of Steel. We're going to have to be crafty about how we disable/destroy these vessels.

Those ECM valks we have could help out with defending us against missiles and messing up the Black Ops battlefleet. Their bubble should be able to extend pretty far while staying out of harm's way.

ANON: "According to my information, the code is valid, but it should not be enough to authorize an operation of this magnitude. There should be additional codes."

>>19717818
The ECM on the RVF-25 extends out for 1 light-day. I think we're covered in that regard.

>>19717829
"ANON, transmit the video of Yurgus shooting Eva and Holtz.
"Black Ops task force. Your authorization code is incomplete, and your commander is going rogue. Either provide the complete authorization code, which you would have if this was a real Black Ops mission, or stand down. If you do not, then we will be forced to tag your ships as rogue elements and take appropriate action."

ANON, do any of the Black Ops ships have shields that will block our transporters? Are they within the base's interdiction field envelope?

>>19717889
+1

Prepare for fighting. Have the Inde stealth out and be ready to do serious damage with it's torpedoes.

If this goes sour (and it probably will!), teleport out the power cores of the various ships AND mass mind-stun the crews. Drones screen, mecha reinforce screen, and once hostilities begin MechaGodzilla eyebeams and energy beams and all sorts of nasty shit at them.

They may have decent ships... But we have a Kaiju fuelled by an endless power source and WAY more guns.

>>19717945
Speaking of MechaGodzilla.
Can the S2 organ augment MG's existing force field into a true AT field?
And can our Drone Rigger hero further boost MG's capabilities?

>>19717945
>>19717889
Yes, as soon as Cheryl and Tosh send the telepathic warning to our task force captains that we may enter combat, have them get the Psi-Matrix together for a mass psionic assault.

>>19717970
I'd rather not have MechaGodzilla's Space Force Field be turned into an AT Field. Sure an AT Field has utility, but the Space Force Field currently is pretty much indestructable.

Should we give Holtz a True Resurrection?
Or is there a chance that being shot just made him angry?

>>19718000
True, but can't an AT field be used defensively, while MG's force field means it is pretty much immobile? Or at least incapable of attacking?
It's been a while since I saw the movie.
Ideally, MechaGodzilla would have both.

>>19718018
And by defensively, I meant offensively. Like I'm pretty sure the various Angels and even some Evas have weaponized it.

>>19718018
I think it's incapable of attacking while it's up, and I agree. Both would be fucking awesome. The AT field there for constant protection and then the Space Force Field when SHIT IS GOING DOWN!

We should also prep boarding teams (KI, MI, Sandmen, YVH Combat Droid Platoon, and others) the rest scrabble to repel boarders.

We should try to board (by teleport or stealth shuttle) the most dangerous ships which look like Albatross-class and the Texas-Class Battleships or the 6 Minotaur-class & 2 Behemoth-class.

Those we don't board we should try to Stasis.

>>19717829

I vote we stall and ask for more codes. Even if they have them, we still can refuse on the principle of mutiny/murder of TG command staff of a location base.

"You are outside your operating powers with even that level of verification. Provide the correct codes to take command of a field outpost in an unstable sector or we will have to consider you to be in direct violation of TG law."

Get ready to broadcast the recording we just received to all the ships in the fleet denying the Black Ops have the correct authority. We consider this team to be rogue until proven otherwise based off the evidence in this video.

To friendly ships IMMEDIATELY:

"All TG ships, Black Ops is operating outside their permissions and has fired upon members of the unarmed command crew of the station. Any Black Ops vessel that does not stand down immediately after the fleet wide message is to be consider a hostile unit. Prepare for immediate combat. DO NOT ENGAGE UNTIL WE HAVE SENT THE SECOND SIGNAL"

To Black Ops (delayed as much as possible to buy time for the rest of the fleet):

"We have video of you attempting to overtake the command deck without proper codes. We have operating authority in this situation. Stand down or you WILL be considered a hostile force attempting to overthrow a TG installation. You have 10 seconds to comply."

Start coordinating the fleets. Set up communications with all non Black Ops ships. We are going to have to direct this cluster bomb of a battle.

Hmmm... seeing as we're in space, I have a pretty nasty idea.
MechaGodzilla launches itself towards an enemy ship, with jets at full capacity.
Then it cuts the jets and activates its forcefield.
Due to being in space, MechaGodzilla should still be moving, effectively being turned into a giant invincible bullet.

Or in other words, "Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest motherfucker in space."

>>19718000
I think it just provides enough power that Mecha-Godzilla can power all of its systems at full power.
I still think we should put a shoulder-mounted nuke launcher on him.

>>19718073

Suggestions for debate:


Ask Cheryl if she can mind stun as many people as possible. Preferably command crews of the Black Ops ships. I don't know if you can actually do that, but it would be really, really nice.

Farseers, check to see if there is a way out of this without killing everyone. Have Cheryl give you a physic boost if it will help. Barring that, start the divining the skeins for the safest route of our troops.

Trigger a silent red alert to all our assets. One way or another, this cold war is about to get rather toasty.

>>19718000
Move the R-Types into formation with Mechagodzilla. Use the Shadow Force devices to block enemy fire.

http://rtype.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Force


>>Upon reaching Level 2, The Shadow Force gains a Shadow Unit. This small indestructible satellite unit fires in a direction opposite of where the R-90 is flying; skilled pilots can use this mechanic to make precision, otherwise impossible, shots. A Shadow Unit is slowly drawn towards the Force; if given long enough, it will align itself and fire forward as a default. Level 3 grants another Shadow Unit, but the firing pattern doesn't change. This Force recalls itself to the R-90 faster than most other Forces.

Our shit:

http://pastebin.com/HGsJUZZb

>Gallente Task force (see on inventory on pastebin)

Gallente ships are known for their sensor dampeners which baffle long-range targeting, especially missiles. They also have lots of armor, heavy blasters which shred stuff at short range, and railguns which can accurately blast targets at long range. DROOOONES can also help out with point defense and taking out cruisers, depending on their weight class. I could spend 8 hours studying the EVE wiki and still have no idea how these things really compare. If someone's more versed in this, have at it.

>Gallente supercarrier "Nyx"

According to this one guy in a previous thread, the Nyx-class can tank lots of hits, give bonuses to drones/fighters, and also has a repair beam that it can use to transfer shielding/armor from itself to damaged vessels. No idea how this works, never played EVE.

> 3x Star Destroyers

Star-wars shit. The Relentless is an updated Victory-II, whereas the Valiance and the Guardian are older Imperial-class. From the weapon descriptions, these seem to be close-to-medium range brawlers that can chew up sub-capital ships (but not fighters). They also have tractor beams.

>1x Super Star Destroyer

The AUH. Like the regular Star Destoyers, but ramped up like 100x.

>>19718091


>TGS Cruiser

The Storm! Has long-range capabilities with Railguns and long-range laser batteries. Has also decent close-range offensive capabilities with the Singularity Lasers and Hellbore Cannon Turrets.

>Hiigaran Shipyard

Keep out of combat! Constructs ships, but not sure if it could do so safely within combat.

>Protoss Battlegroup

Iunno. Scouts are murderous close-range fighters, Carriers have a slower-charging but very devastating long-range main gun but are mainly there for interceptors. Arbiters can freeze large vessels and recall shit and cloak shit. If they have Corsairs, these are very effective anti-fighter vessels. Disruption nets from the Corsairs may also disable weapon systems on larger capital ships.


As it stands, extreme long-range fire from the 2 Texas-class and the 8 Starcraft Battlecruisers, combined with fuckhueg missile spam from Caldari vessels/Macross Albatross are the biggest threat to our capital ships. We dunno how many fighters they have, and we don't have much in the way of point defense aside from what the Gallente have.

>>19718103
We can use the Shadow Forces to take down/absorb the missile spam.

That, or we go to the "shield MG with forces" plan.

>>19717889
"As suspects under investigation, you are not authorized to receive those codes. Colonel Yurgus gave Sector Manager Holtz a legitimate order to turn control of the base to him and he refused. We are taking command of this sector. You WILL stand down, or you WILL be destroyed."

>>19718103
The Texas-class and Battlecruisers are not normally equipped with shields, and so we may be able to simply beam their power cores out of them, or simply beam the entirety of their crews away.

As for the missile spam, the missiles have to be able to get a lock, and we have a lot of ECM.
The RVF-25 and the Nocturne, Nyx-class Supercarrier, as well as the Gallente Task Force, all have very powerful ECM systems.

Hell, with our Yew, our Rigger Hero, routing his signal through the Nocturne, we might be able to use his Harbinger and Puppeteer abilities together to take direct control of the missiles launched at us, and turn them against our enemies.

>>19718144
"If you had legitimate orders, then you would have been given legitimate authorization command codes!
"I wonder if a court martial will find your argument convincing, considering how badly you bungled your operation and your're now trying to find someone else to blame for your own failures.
"You will either transmit those codes or we will be forced to tag you all as traitors."

Prepare for battle based upon the plans we have outlined.

Have Cheryl and Tosh contacted Pellaeon, Tassadar, and the other captains of our task force?

Should we transmit Yellowman's signal as well, and say something like
"We have strong reason to believe otherwise."

>>19718144

Looks like they're not gonna back down...

>>19718155

We could have the Gallente task force deploy their remote sensor dampeners to shield us from most missile spam and interfere with long-range targeting. For laser weapons and railguns, though, the aiming probably won't be *that* difficult seeing how large some of our ships are.

For small-scale space fighters, we got 12 TIE defenders, 12 VF-25s, 24 Solvalou Fighters, 12 FIRE LEO-02 Exceliza fighters, 1 Galaga-class fighter, 6 Vic Viper class fighters, Slippy and Falco in Arwings, Char in the Gaia Gear Gundam, and a replacement pilot for the Hyaku Shiki. No idea how the Brasta performs in space, and I don't think it would be wise to deploy the Swordfish.

Should the Hiigaran shipyard be pumping out fighters or corvettes or what?

>>19718144
That is not Trans Space Guard protocol, if you do not proved correct codes we will assume hostile actions in 5 minuets. (we attack in one minuet)

>>19718193
>"If you had legitimate orders, then you would have been given legitimate authorization command codes!"

"Plus the fact you've yet to state what we're under suspicion of leads us to believe you are not here in an official capacity. We would have been called and told to return to base if this way a legitimate operation. Now transmit the proper codes, or be designated as rogue units. We WILL defend ourselves otherwise."

Let them fire the first shot! So if anyone asks we're in the clear.

Also, try not to kill all of them. We need to get to the bottom of this.

>>19718144
>>19718144

Send Pellaeon and Tassadar tentative enemy fleet assessments. Get them coordinating with each other for a battle plan. Since I know fuckall about space battles and Pellaeon is a general, ask him for advice on how to handle this battle.

>>19718233
The Hiigaran Shipyard should stay in the rear for now, and basically act as a fast repair bay.

ANON, we still need that assessment on the effectiveness of our transporters; did Black Ops upgrade their ships with shields that can stop our transporter beams?

>>19718144

Well, so much for stalling. How does this sound?

"I was under the impression, commander, it was generally operating procedure to ARREST resisting elements unless they were attacking you. Especially if they are unarmed NON COMBATANTS. While you may or may have been running a legitimate operation before firing that shot, you certainly aren't now. This video is clear proof of a direct violation of TG operating law. What is your response to that? And opening fire would be a very cliched answer. Protocol requires a complete stand down on all activities while this is sorted out. Preferably before we start wasting what precious few assets we have left in an internal squabble. And, in case you were wondering, handing over power to unauthorized personnel with incomplete codes DOES NOT count as properly standing down. So I humbly suggest you sit quietly for a bit while we get someone else to confirm your operations."

>>19718082

Any word on these while we plan the next move? I mostly want to know if we have time for skeins or not. Signs point to no, but ANY intel right now would be very, very useful.

Four cloaked Tengu's eh? I'm sure our Gallente Navy Task force has plenty of experience against those things. Our sensors caught their cloak, so we can have our Gallente Navy Comets warp right on top of their location, and the ship proximity alone will forcibly disable their cloak. The Comets then "tackle" the Tengus, meaning hitting them with Stasis Webifiers and Warp Disruptors. Right after the Comets land, send in the Myrmidons and Brutix's after the Comets, and let them unleash their Drones and Anti-Matter blasters at point blank. The real kicker is before this, we assign the Nyx's Fighter Drones to the Comets. This isn't overkill, T3 Cruisers are more expensive than Battleships, and can take more damage, depending on how they are built.

Have the Dominix trio form a defensive logistics repair chain centered on the Astarte Command ship, activate fleet statboosting modules. Put the Nocturne right behind the All Under Heaven while providing the AUH with remote Shield repair support. The other ships of the Gallente Navy Task Force can be used to supply drone and Railgun Artillery support to our remaining fleet.

If any of the Black Ops ships gets uppity and starts laying down some hurt, use the Nocturne's AoE ECM Burst to break it's lock for 20 seconds. It has a 5 minute cooldown though, so use it wisely. http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Remote_ECM_Burst_I

>>19718416
P.S. Only do this if negotiations with BlackOps breaks down and fleet action is required.

>According to this one guy in a previous thread, the Nyx-class can tank lots of hits, give bonuses to drones/fighters, and also has a repair beam that it can use to transfer shielding/armor from itself to damaged vessels. No idea how this works, never played EVE.

It actually doesn't transfer armor and shields, despite the module description, it uses energy from the ships capacitor reservoir to regenerate the targets armor and shields. Capital sized modules do it in insane amounts, and Carriers and Supercarriers are made for using these instead of normal weapons. So the Nocturne doesn't have any Railguns or Blasters of it's own, but it repairs the hell out of allied ships in exchange.

rolled 73 = 73

>>19718299
"I don't need to be lectured by SUE-compromised traitors about operating procedure. I gave you your chance to surrender. This farce is over."

>>19718526
SUE compromised traitors?
Could you at least bother to make sense before you throw wild accusations around?
I mean who are you even talking to? Your allies are just as treacherous as you, and you won't affect our morale any because our sensors can show how full of shit you are.

>>19718526

Also, a bit late to be saying this, but have Vitun lend any double rolls he can to our good General Pellaeon and Tassadar if he can.

Also, do we want a boarding team going on while the space battle is going? Or do we want to wait until we have firm control of HQ?

>>19718526
"So what evidence do you have to support this claim, good sir?"

Prepare. Remember; THEY fire the first shot.

>>19718526
I was really hoping to use the "If you had legitimate orders, then you would have been given legitimate authorization command codes!"

Anyway, MetaOP, what about the other items that we asked about?
Like the telepathic messages to our task force captains so as to not give the Black Ops task force forewarning by seeing bursts of communication.

Or getting the members of the Psi Matrix ready for a psionic storm?

Or if the Black Ops ships look like they're upgraded from the original specs, and if they're within the base's interdiction field?

>>19718416
Continued, the Dominix logistics chain will be the center of our defensive line. The All Under Heaven will be the point of our offensive wedge. The defensive line will be close behind the offensive wedge, just close enough that the offensive wedge can unleash hell on any part of the enemy fleet that tries to attack the defensive line. Combined with the Nocturnes Capital Logistics modules and the Dominix Logistics chain, we get remote repairs done on the offensive wedge. Once the Comets, Battlecruisers and Fighters waste the four cloaked Tengus, which may or may not have bomb launchers, we let them run interference and picket lines on the enemy fleet, as well as a reserve force for any tricks the Black Ops fleet tries.

>>19718526

>Implying this isn't just poking the hornets nest
>Seriously, we need more time and some answers
>Keep them on the line talking


"Before you close the channel and invariably start off a god-damn civil war, would you be so kind as to enlighten us all why we are being considered, and I quote, "SUE-compromised traitors"? I am nothing but curious how you managed to reach that conclusion. Seeing as we have been fighting tooth and nail to stabilize this sector and I don't think we are detecting any anomalies in our own fleet at the moment. If nothing else, humor us as you are powering up those weapons you seem so eager to be firing."

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rolled 38 = 38

>>19718568
The ships are almost certainly upgraded, the telepathic messages went out without a hitch, and your psychics are prepared to attempt to stun the crews of the ships. They won't be able to get more than one or two. Do you have a specific target for them?

An alarm sounds as ANON appears onscreen.

ANON: "Warning! Computer systems being compromised by unknown entity! Security systems active and attempting countermeasures! Intrustion attempts detected on fire control, comm/scan, life support, and primary datastore. Intruder ejected from life support. Life support systems locked down."

>>19718690
"Mouse! Get yourself and the Sandmen into the task force's datanet! Black Ops is going to try to use their backdoors to get in and suborn our systems!"

Get the Shadowrunner Deckers, and UNIT to start putting their e-warfare training to good use.

ANON, can our transporters penetrate the shields on those enemy ships?

>>19718690

Get Mouse and any hackers/computer experts we have to counter any sort of EW that Black Ops is employing to get our systems to shut down on us. I think we should use double rolls on this. What do you guys think?

>>19718711
Yes, use a Double Roll!

>>19718690
MetaOP, do we have a crew for the Tria? Is the drone weapon system online?

>>19718675
>>19718567
"We found the SUE you captured in the base, as well as your illegal research on it! Your orders were to kill them, not capture them! By sparing them, you have fallen under suspicion, and your refusal to submit is only compounding that. Even if I put that aside, your reckless 'handling' of the Orz threat here would be enough to investigate. And finally, even if I ignored those points, your close association with rogue elements like Holtz and Yellowman would mark you as potential enemies of the Guard. Put them all together, and here we are."

>>19718690

Get Mouse and the Sandmen on purging that virus. Have our ornery white mage chick prepare "that counts as healing right?" for use on the Storm's computers.

Now, let's get our smaller Al'Kesh's, fighters, protoss scouts, and mechs out and in place to act as ablative armor against their PPCs and Yamatos.

Have our psychics ready to mindrape the commanding officers of those terran battlecruisers. Their yamato guns could be of great use to us if turned against the black ops fleet.

Prepare to launch mecha-godzilla at their flagship at relativistic speeds, escorted by fighters.

>>19718731
Bullshit.
If capturing and neutralizing SUEs are illegal, than someone would have told us.
The canon was free of reality distortions, which is all we were hired to do.
And while admittedly we handled our encounter with the Orz poorly, I don't see what relevance that has to our current situation. Looking at how much bigger your fleet used to be, I don't think you have much of a leg to stand on when it comes to bungling.
Also Holtz and Yellowman are rogue elements now?
Says fucking who?
Every base commander we've met seems to respect the both of them.

>>19718690
Shit.

"ANON, get those systems back online! Data, Mouse, Isel; assist ANON. We need those systems up now! Psi-matrix, inform the rest of the task force we've been partially hacked. Paelleon has command if they fire weapons."

Try and determine the source of that intrusion.

"Incorrect. Our orders were to NEUTRALIZE THEM. Capturing is a form of neutralization. We submitted regular reports on the SUEs we had captured to the upper echelons of the Guard, and had received NO ORDERS TO DESIST OR TERMINATE. And you STILL have not explained what Holtz and.. Wait.. What about Yellowman?"

And we just found our mole gentlemen. Any bets on who it was?

My money is on one of the new recruits from the last resupply. That one guy seemed way too competent.

Either way, check for anything being taken. Data, specs, tech, whatever. Engineering probably has been compromised, so get that is lock down. Try and see if the arbiters can do a dimensional recall on the escape pod. Barring that, ask Cheryl to mind crush the son of a bitch that just tried to hamstring us and (probably) steal all our research.

If any of our ships can get a lock on the pod, teleport it into containment for questioning later. At this point, I want to deny them data more than anything. My assumption is that whoever did this was not able to transmit anything substantial yet and has most of the files on his person since ANON didn't detect any unauthorized transmissions. Once ANON is not trying to fight viruses we can try to confirm that.

Would one of our shadow runners be of much use here? Throwing a few machine spirits into the system to help combat the attack would be really helpful right now. I can't remember if we got a technomancer or not. I know there was a rigger, but I am not sure how much he will be able to do here.

>>19718776
And as to why we're not complying?
From where I'm standing, your current actions seem downright indistinguishable from someone who just decided to turn traitor.

>>19718731
"And here we are, with you destroying vital research into neutralizing SUE's, mishandling an operation so badly as to lose nearly 70% of your original task force, interfering in ongoing operations to stabilize this sector of TG space, and instead of actually doing your jobs of eliminating threats like the Void Engineers, you're tooling around here trying to cover your own asses.
"And finally, your authorization code? KANE? Really? You couldn't figure that out? Are you fucking retarded? We're from motherfucking EARTH! We're free of the blinders of the Meta! And you couldn't figure that puerile shit out on your own? When's the last time you went to tvtropes.com, boy? When's the last time you had your fucking head checked to see if you're functionally retarded, because you can't see the 10 different tropes you're triggering?"

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rolled 15, 6 = 21

>>19718708
>>19718711
>>19718690
"We're on it, boss!" Mouse responds, jacking into the Storm's computer systems and getting to work. His Sandmen and UNIT colleagues, as well as the Deckers among the runners begin to frantically work consoles, decks, and keyboards.

ANON's icon begins to break up with static as its messages begin to become distorted.

ANON: "Intruder... compromised... Emergency..."

Then the icon of ANON fades and a bizarre disembodied 'face' fills every screen on the ship...

Oh wait. Wait. Send out the observers, look for any cloaked vessels. DO IT.

In the meantime, divide our protoss fleet in half, each with enough arbiters to keep them cloaked. Have one stay by our main fleet, and the other back off and prepare to move around and flank on our mark. Send some fighters to defend the arbiters of the flanking fleet with themselves.

>>19718731

>Rogue elements
Rogue Elements? We were stationed here! We were literally the ONLY forces in this sector it had to draw from when everything went to hell! If there was something about sector transfers, nobody sure as hell told us!

>SUE association
So we're obviously associated with SUEs and must be on their side. If we transfer them to HQ while they're thoroughly disabled and/or in various stages of near-death. When it would be simplicity itself to merely eject them into a sun or nearby fusion reactor while under the effects of a reality emitter and watch them atomize into nothingness.

>Orz

Alright, we didn't handle it as well as we should have; but we WERE in the process of stabilizing the remaining bases AND enacting a plan to seal *them* in a lost canon. But causing this much ruckus WILL flare tempers within the guard and destabilize the organization as a whole, creating chaos for *them* to thrive in. Have you even got those dimensional stabilizers online in this sector?

>>19718819

Godammit, TG dice.

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>>19718819
>15
...godammit, /tg/ dice.

>>19718819
Enemy identified:
http://phantasystar.wikia.com/wiki/Vol_Opt

...Seems a strange choice though.

>>19718819

Oh look, it's Vol Opt. Incidentally, he's only vulnerable when he's in meatspace. Look for some sort of core.

>>19718819
Well fuck. Time for drastic measures.

>>19718819

Vol Opt. Oh boy.

Should we attempt to have Elaine attempt to "heal" ANON's CPU, if at all possible? And send her with an escort for the inevitable enemy forces that will be there?

>>19718819
"Hey jackass, call off your pet program or we WILL count this as a hostile attack, and respond in kind. I would think that you guys wouldn't be so eager for another beating."

>>19718819
Have Vitun give Mouse another Bit of Luck and a DOUBLE ROLL to try to flush the system.

It'll make the Storm defenseless, but we can attempt a complete shutdown and reboot of ANON from backup.
It worked to rid the Enterprise of a polymorphic AI computer virus, maybe it'll work for us.

>>19718942
I don't think they're will to talk now.
Of if they are, nothing is keeping them from talking WHILE shooting at us.

>>19719001
That's true, I just want to make sure that from a legal standpoint, this counts as them shooting first.

>>19719012
From a legal standpoint, I think hacking into our ship's computer and trying to vent the atmosphere (which would be why they were trying to get at life support), counts as shooting first.

Regrettably, this is where I have to stop for tonight, on a cliffhanger. Sorry tonight was sort of lackluster, some stuff came up that I had to keep attending to. I will pick this up tomorrow.

>>19718865

It's likely a dark entity that's hacking into our systems, either converting or inserting a malicious program to become Vol Opt. Notify the rest of the fleet that ANON's computer systems have been compromised.

And I know that this is not a good time to be thinking about this, but do we have any escape plans for the rest of the fleet in case the Storm gets destroyed and/or disabled?

>>19719020

See ya OP. I hope we get a mulligan on that last thing. Otherwise many people will be sadface.

>>19719026
Our 8 Al'Kesh beam everyone to the All Under Heaven, which then executes an emergency Meta-Transit Jump with the task force in tow.

For the record, OP.. This is actually thread 89. 88 was "Blank: the Blankening".

Archiving as such.

>>19719092
I noticed that too, but... yeah...

Today just ain't my day.

>>19719037
I doubt it. MetaOP hasn't pulled punches before.

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So, any plans on what to do with the hostile AI in our ship's main computer?

We could try a manual reboot, wipe, and restore from secure backup.

>>19723757

We could attempt to get a boarding party to wherever the main CPU is located and try to have Elaine heal it. Since the Life Support systems are locked down and online, we don't have to worry much about explosive decompression or stuff like that.

Unfortunately, those low rolls are going to KO our hackers or do something even nastier to them. We can assume that Vol Opt is going to take control of weapons systems and other fun stuff and start taking potshots at our own fleet.

The main problem is that while we are dealing with the A.I. the storm is vulnerable and the fact is that this one cyber attack has crippled the command crew.

Should we make contingency and send a message to evacuate non-essential personal?

>>19724083
I think that would be premature.
Yes, the comms of the Storm has been knocked out, but we have telepaths.
Yes, the shields on the Storm are down, but we have plenty of other capital ships that can soak up damage.

Until we get control of the Storm back, we simply tell Admiral Pellaeon to move the flag of the task force to the All Under Heaven.

Is the Oncoming Storm immune to ion weaponry?
If we're worried about it shooting our forces, we could have Pellaeon open fire, which would mean Vol Opt would be neutralized.

>>19724801

That is something to consider. Disable the Storm, beam up personnel to the AUH, and try to recover it later after Black Ops is dealt with. Assuming that the AUH and the other ships aren't dealing with E-Warfare of their own. We also might want to have the EW Valks we have to set up that ECM bubble of theirs to prevent further hacking, if at all possible.

>>19724801
As a last resort, we could do that. If Vol Opt is stupid enough to keep the shields down, then we would be able to have the All Under Heaven, Valiance, Guardian, and Relentless knock out the Storm's systems. That should provide our troops onboard the opportunity they need to perform a full purge of the central computer core, and do a system restore of ANON from secure backup, then reboot all systems.

Of course, all of this assumes that we don't lose all of our hackers completely due to the 15 we rolled.

>>19726695

If we're feeling lucky (hah), we can use "Good Fortune", which allows us to reroll something if we haven't been shown the result. However, we must accept the results of the roll even if it is worse than the original roll.

We used this once before in a diplomatic situation and it didn't help.

>>19727291
To be honest, it seems pretty improbable to do have a worse roll than the one we got now.

>>19727402

Probably. But the TG dice gods didn't think so the last time we used that ability.

>17

>Reroll that shit, goddesses don't need to know about Ahriman and his shit.

>14

>NOOOOOOPE

>>19727291
Don't forget, that's a Vitun only roll. He needs to be involved in it somehow.

>>19727733
The solution is obvious; make Vitun control the Tria's Ancient drone weapons and completely ass-rape the Black Ops task force.

>>19727940
Well, he has the Will power to do so. it's just a question of did our engineers manage to put in some Minor S2 organs to power it, and rig up a control module so someone without the Ancient Technology Activation Gene can use it.

If they did, we can very easily assrape the Black Ops with it, considering that the Ancient Drone weapons completely ignore Armor and Shielding.

>>19727733

I'm reading the rules and I don't see any wording that says that the Cleric has to be the one doing the roll. And if Vitun was close enough to bestow the double-roll for the hackers, couldn't he also do the same for Good Fortune?

>>19728196
Here are the two spells.

Bit of Luck (Sp): You can touch a willing creature as a standard action, giving it a bit of luck.

>For us, that allows us to reroll as long as Vitun is around, and conscious.

Good Fortune (Ex): At 6th level, as an immediate action, you can reroll any one d20 roll you have just made before the results of the roll are revealed. You must take the result of the reroll, even if it's worse than the original roll.

>This allows Vitun the ability to reroll a shit roll, but it might get worse. One allows you to alter other people's rolls, the other, in D&D, affects only YOU

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rolled 70, 3, 84, 60, 47, 23 = 287

>>19718819
"GYAH!" your Decker screams, jolting back in his chair and entering a seizure as blood pours from his nose and mouth. The same happens to Mouse and Isel, but whereas the decker falls still and stops breathing a moment later, those two are made of sterner stuff. Isel manages to jack out just in time as Mouse doggedly remains connected, his Sandman physiology allowing him to stay in the cybernetic fight.

Alarms begin going off as the weapons systems on the Storm begin powering up. A low power laser blast from your long range bombardment batteries lances out to strike one of the Black Ops Behemoths. The strike takes off some armor, but does little else.

"And now you've opened fire!" the Black Ops fleet commander says, not sounding surprised at all. "This fleet will now defend itself in accordance with Transpace Guard protocols."

The enemy fleet begins taking an attack formation as more distorted images flash onscreen aboard the Storm. The Storm's other weapons fire at once, a devastating salvo that rips apart the Echo of the Blackbird in mere seconds. As the aerial superfortress blooms into a silent explosion in the void of space, fighters and combat mecha begin to pour from the capital ships of the enemy fleet as the battlecruisers begin charging Yamatos...

>>19728371

Should we have the psychics on-board attempt to stun the Yamato crews? If successful, one or two Yamato blasts going awry might tear up a few of the Black Ops ships.

>>19728371
Why would the Echo of the Blackbird be out in space? It's a plane.

>>19728371

If the Arbiters are close enough, have them Stasis the Battlecruisers before they fire. That should give us enough time to maneuver before they fire off their blasts.

>>19728371
>Lost: Echo of the Blackbird
Belthasar is going to be so fucking mad.

"If you think your amateurish attempts to frame us will work, you're about to be proven wrong.
"Mouse! Make sure that those records stay intact, we need that evidence.
"Lyla, Elaine, medical emergency!
"Admiral Pellaeon, defensive formation."

White mages to get the Deckers and riggers healed so they can jack in again.

Have the RVF-25 and Nocturne and Gallante task force fire up ECM.

>>19728371

Have the EW-Valks activate their ECM bubbles and generally stay out of trouble for the fight. The ECM bubbles should help to jam any further attempts to hack/scan our fleet, and may help to baffle targeting. The Gallente Task Force should also start deploying remote sensor dampeners as well.

I think it goes without saying that the fleet should go to full battle stations and start to enact any plans that Pellaeon and Tassadar have cooked up.

>>19728371
Have someone Rez the Decker if it isn't too later.

Have Vitun cast this spell.
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/ultimateCombat/spells/joltingPortent.html

The creature you designate is surrounded by a glowing red aura of vengeful fate. Once per round when the target makes an attack or casts a spell, it must succeed at a Fortitude saving throw with a DC = 10 + 1/2 caster level + Charisma (in the case of oracles) or Wisdom (in the case of clerics). If the target fails the saving throw, it takes 4d6 + your Charisma modifier (in the case of oracles) or Wisdom modifier (in the case of clerics) electricity damage. It takes no damage on a successful saving throw. You can dismiss this spell as an immediate action when its subject confirms a critical hit to negate the critical hit and daze the creature for 1 round. The attack still hits its target and deals normal damage. The effects of the daze occur after the attack.

This should allow Mouse to have a fighting chance while the enemy erases itself from electrical damage.

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rolled 81, 11 = 92

>>19728418
Didn't you modify... oh shit. I'm thinking of the Hercules, my bad. In that case, it's the Great Fox that blows up.

>>19728371
"Gotcha you sonnuvabitch!" Mouse snarls, his eyes distant. "Boss... Chased him out of comm/scan! That's locked down, so the fleet's communications are secure, it can't jump to any other ships! Still working on the rest..."

Your fleet's observers spread out and take watch positions, continually relaying the locations of the cloaked Tengus as well as swarms of Wraiths that eject from the battlecruiser's hangar bays.

One of the Behemoths suddenly stops advancing as Cheryl and the other psychics let out a collective gasp.

"We managed to stun everyone aboard, but that took a lot out of us..." Cheryl wheezes. "They have some nasty wards up... I think we can manage one more ship, though, if you want us to."

Your R-types begin scrambling along with the VF-25s, Tie-Defenders and other fighters as Mecha-Godzilla begins its launch sequence.

The remaining Battlecruisers lock on to a trio of Tassadar's Carriers, unleashing Yamato blast after blast that tears apart two of them and leaves the third heavily damaged.

Elaine begins rushing to the computer core, escorted by two Knights Inductor as the alert comes up all across the fleet.

"Boarders detected!"

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>>19728547

Deploy Securitrons to hold off the borders! Nobody breaks the law on their watch.

>>19728547
Deploy Securitrons led by HK-50 to repel boarders.
Have the portable holo-emitters placed in Medical to help defend it.

Don't attempt it. I don't want you guys hurt.

I would like a couple of psychics to attempt to use the Tria. The ATA gene seems to give the person with it minor psychic abilities and I think that Cheryl might be able to pull off using the drones.

>>19728683
It's worth a shot.
Have the YVH platoon and the Mobile Emitters go along with Cheryl, and Douglas to stick with her.

>>19728547
>>19728582

Have Darius and Star-Lord coordinate to establish a plan for dealing with borders. Deploy BLU-team to (durable!) choke points to hold with turrets and overcharged Heavy fire.

>>19728724
Before she beams over and tries to activate the drone weapons, we should have Vitun give her a Double Roll.

Actually, we may not have a ZPM, but we do have a micro-fusion battery on the Fallout power armor. Have Data take a suit's power supply with him to the Tria, and have the Mobile Emitters switch to Emergency Engineering Holograms to help him make the fusion battery take the place of a ZPM.

"Task force 38, Open Fire! Security teams, repel all borders, all fighters and mechs scramble! The black-ops fleet is traitorous, burn them to ash."

>>19728828
We suggested previously to rig in a series of S2 engines to make up for the lack of a ZPM.

The engineers should have done it while they were installing the other ones.

A microfusion battery would have no where near the amount of power needed to replace a ZPM.

rolled 12, 22, 75, 42 = 151

>>19728547
>>19728683
>>19728724

Cheryl nods and exits the bridge, Douglas close behind. A platoon of YVHs is on their way to meet up with them.

"I can't... shit!" Mouse swears. "Having a little bit of trouble, but I can get him!!!"

"Primary datastore... accessed...." ANON reports, its image attempting to break through the distorted screens. "Recorder... deleted..."

The Storm's guns open fire again, ripping apart one of the Exequror vessels in an eyeblink.

You have reports of boarders all across the fleet, and the bulk of your soldiers are onboard the Storm and the All Under Heaven.

Vitun casts his spell on Mouse as Admiral Pellaeon and Tassadar begin to organize the fleet into two groups, the ships under your direct command, and the Protoss. The two fleets begin to move around the Black Ops forces as both sides open fire.

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>>19728547

Nooooo! Slippy! Falco! That one beagle-looking commander person!

>>19728916

Aw cripes. There goes an important piece of evidence that we had to implicate Yurgus.

Have the Al'kesh begin to port Securitrons to all over the fleet.

>>19728547

DO THESE:
>>19717640
>>19718088

>>19728916
Right.

No more records? Can't bring justice anymore?

Kill them all, use the Wave Cannons to rip the enemies in front of us.

Leave none alive.

>>19728916
Load the VF-25's with reaction bombs and the armored packs.

Time to pop ships like balloons.

>>19728916
Vic Vipers, deploy all options, switch to ripple beams!

>>19728916
Have the Excelizas switch to the Hunter weapons, deploy craw units. Go on point defense and zoning.

>>19728916

Mouse, if you can't chase him out of weapons systems, try to at least lock weapons down so they can't fire! We're going to tear up our own fleet at this rate!

>>19728916
Have the Hercules and Mikasa flee the theatre of battle by retreating from behind our lines.

>>19728916
Brasta, prepare to engage with ACP Faiz and Clutch Sniper.

>>19728916

Gallente Task Force, deploy remote sensor dampeners to baffle long-range targeting from the enemy fleet. Also do what this guy said: >>19718416

rolled 67, 28, 69, 94 = 258

>>19728916
Your Securitrons begin encountering the boarders, sinister figures in powered armor with a large variety of energy weapons. The battle is joined the minute they come into sight, lasers and missiles turning corridor after corridor into twisted metal death mazes. The sheer size of the All Under Heaven, and the built in defenses of the Storm help to contain the enemy, but a final garbled transmission from the Imperial-II Star Destroyer Valiance shows an enemy assault team teleporting onto the ship's bridge and opening fire on the crew. The Valiance begins to float lazily in space as the Guardian reports intruders as well. Your Al'Keshes frantically work to beam Securitron reinforcements to those ships.

The Gallente Task Force begins scrambling the sensors on whatever enemies come within their range as their Comets soar right next to the cloaked Tengus and reveal them, webbing them with stasis modules as the Gallente focus on the foe they best know how to fight.

As they do this, your fighters form up just in time to be contacted by waves of Guarlions, Wraiths, and Ghost X-9s.

>>19729110
Has Char, Crowe, and the Hyaku Shiki launched?

Once we have the Valiance taken back, we may want to get a White Mage team to the bridge to revive their command staff.

Also, if they can beam onto our bridges then we should be able to use Code 14's to terminate boarders.

>>19729110
Looks like MechGodzila's being awesome again.

>>19729199
Gaia Gear. We upgraded Char's mech.

Also, I'd like to see if MechaGodzilla can use the S2 organ to attack using an AT field.

>>19729216
Thats what I said: Char, Crowe, and the new guy piloting the Hyaku Shiki.

ok I think we should name the Hagain shipyard Nabaal since they are the ones that united everyone on Kharak and kind of built the first mothership

>>19729110
>>19729252

Speaking of Hiigaran shipyards, should we have our start mass production of any specific type of ship?

>>19729270
Unless you know of any ship designs it can build that are completely automated, we don't have the crew.

It, and the Hercules, are more useful as emergency repair yards safely behind the protection of the other ships.

>>19729327
Could we mass produce those robots from gundam wing? The ones that were operated by AI.

>>19729388
We would need one first to reverse engineer it.

So, no.

>>19729399
What about the defense platforms from homeworld?

>>19729407
Do you mean the ion Cannon Platforms?
We may be able to make them.

>>19729451
Those and there were flak ones in the first game I think

>>19729110
Send _all_ the TIE Defenders and Solvalous to fight the Ghost X-9's.

>>19729110
Have the fighters engage with Mobile Suit support.
How quickly will Mecha-Godzilla be ready to enter the battle?

Are the R-Types ready to fire their Wave Cannons?

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rolled 33, 17, 68, 25 = 143

>>19729110
The two waves of fighters clash in a vicious dogfight. Almost immediately on contact several Solvalous get shredded by autocannon fire from the Ghost X-9s. Simultaneously, four of your FIRE LEOs are lost acting as screens for your R-types while their cannons charge. The retaliation from your units is disheartening ineffective, the Ghost X-9s evading most of the attacks on them with advanced ECM and extreme maneuverability, while the Wraiths use a displacement field hooked into their cloaks.

The battle heats up between your capital ships. The Gallente Task Force and the Nyx are tying up the Tengus, but the formidible cruisers must have experienced pilots. Though all are taking heavy damage, not a single one is destroyed yet, and 4 of your Navy Comets have been reduced to scrap metal. One of the Minotaur Battlecruisers heads towards your clusters of fighters, firing its small laser cannons as point-defense guns and taking out several TIE-Defenders. The other battlecruisers focus their fire on the Relentless. The Victory-II's shields begin to fail under the concentrated barrage as two Vexors detonate under sustained long range missile and NPPC fire from the Texas and Aegis vessels.

The Albatross begins firing long range beam cannons at the Guardian, the Star Destroyer's shield power levels dropping alarmingly as several direct hits are taken.

>>19729947

Holy shit. This is the result of a string of fair rolls and a 94?

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rolled 28, 73 = 101

>>19729947
At this time, your mechs launch, almost immediately being set upon the enemy's Guarlion brigade. Several use their Sonic Breaker to crash into the Brasta and Hyaku Shiki, lightly damaging the former and heavily damaging the latter. Char avoids the attacks in his new mech gracefully, immediately returning fire with hand-beam guns.

Mecha-Godzilla successfully launches, blasting towards one of the enemy's Behemoths like a blazing comet. Several fighter attempt to intercept him only to find their weapons completely useless against the robot's force field.

Cheryl and Douglas encounter a boarding party on their way to the Tria, but between their own powers and their droid escort make beary short work of them. They successfully reach the ship.

Losses from your Securitrons continue to mount as they are steadily pushed back from the Guardian and Valiance, and only manage to hold the line in the AUH and the Storm. Star-Lord and Darius are requesting permission to get into the fight.

Elaine has reached the computer core and is beginning to cast her beefed up OmniEsuna. At the same time, Mouse furiously attempts again to lock out the weapons systems as the Storm's singularity lasers slice through a Protoss Arbiter, revealing a large part of the warfleet to enemy fire.

>>19729996
We are seriously out gunned.
It's why I want Cheryl to get to the Tria. I believe those Drones may be our only hope.

It's a damn good thing these drones are as strong as they are. It's going to be a bitch to replace them, though.

Cheryl, if you get them working, don't use them all. we need some to study and reproduce.

>>19729947
Goddammit!
Have the RF-25's help out the TIE Defenders.
We need the Mobile Suits out there. Maybe even use the transporters of the Indefatigable to damage the Black Ops fighters.

>>19729947
Have the R-Types target the ships.

rolled 74, 19, 8, 69, 14, 11, 26, 54, 56, 62, 37, 54, 36, 41, 6, 11, 16, 12, 90, 100, 91, 14, 4, 59, 23 = 987

We'll board the enemy ships and take out the bridges!

>>19729947

Should we have the Relentless execute a series of micro-jumps to get out of firing range? It could probably pin down a lot of fighters, but it may not be able to do real well against a lot of capital ships due to its long-range deficiencies.

And because of the odds and if the dice shits on us, do we have an escape plan ready in case this battle goes south?

>>19730056
Besides "Desna bailing out our ass and hoping for a good roll", not currently.

>>19730010

I'm seconding getting Darius & Star-Lord to attempt to push back invaders. Which ship should we have them concentrate on?

And if we already haven't done so, deploy BLU team to help out.

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>>19730010
"No, no, NO!" Mouse shouts as he slams the console. "It's going to..."

A bolt of electricity cascades from Mouse as Vitun's spell goes off, wrecking the computer console he was working at. Mouse blinks. "What the hell was that?! Quick..."

As Mouse scrambles for a new console, Elaine continues to channel her Esuna. Slowly but surely, ANON's image begins to overwrite the alien face dominating your monitors.

"I dunno what El's doing, but it's helping!" Mouse yells, merging his hand with a new computer and jacking back in. "Weapons are locked down! Just need to boot him from the grid, now!"

MechaGodzilla slams into one of the Minotaur battlecruisers, disappearing into its hull as a huge hole in its side is made. The ship begins to move and fire erratically a few moments later as explosions begin to jet out from within its armor. At least once, multicolored beams of light melt through the armor and lance upward as unseen havoc is wrought inside the vessel.

rolled 99, 99, 100, 91, 73, 38, 100, 2, 92, 51, 95, 97, 2, 14, 8, 82, 60, 2, 18, 2, 64, 43, 100, 24, 51 = 1407

The enemy bridge is thataway!

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>2012
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Don't miss out on this shit, you'll be mad if you do. ANCIENT ALIENS MOTHER FUCKER.

>>19730081
You dumbass.

rolled 82, 7, 36, 73, 63, 20, 54, 26, 75, 100, 37, 60 = 633

>>19730081
Kill the Black-Ops Impostors. Burn all the traitors.

rolled 79, 82, 81, 40, 6, 96, 96, 2, 49, 20, 86, 26, 71, 20, 69, 10, 24, 28, 70, 27, 94, 27, 37, 71, 98 = 1309

One ship down, let's take the rest!

>>19730075
Authorize Star-Lord and Darius to take part in the battle.
Have them take along the Mobile Infantry and the Prawns.

rolled 72, 87, 37, 55, 36, 81, 90 = 458

>>19730116
Their not purged yet! finish the job Rookies!

>>19730121
Star-Lord take the MI and Prawns, Darius takes a tactical and Devestator squad.

rolled 69, 44, 7, 10, 73, 95, 81, 92, 46, 87, 91, 98, 26, 2, 2, 77, 6, 24, 81, 85, 71, 60, 20, 81, 74 = 1402

Roger!

>>19730010

I'm proposing to have Darius & Star-Lord secure the AUH. Pellaeon needs to be protected.

Should we have our Victory-II execute a microjump to get out of range of that long range capital-class fire. It can tank some fire, but not forever. It also can't engage long-range fire real well.

rolled 34, 73, 69, 90, 31 = 297

>>19730164
Why won't you fucking die! Your a Fake! We Don't accept traitors or spies among our ranks! now die by fire!

>>19730075
Seconding Star-Lord and Darius secure the AUH, with their reinforcements.
Spike and Finalon can help secure the Storm.

Have the Relentless make a micro-Jump to the relative safety of the Hercules and Hiigaran Shipyard for emergency repairs.

>>19730075

Also, I don't know if this has to be said, but the Protoss battlefleet should engage immediately; I assume Tassadar has his own plans in mind, but tossing a stasis on those Texas-class BCs and the Albatross would help out greatly. We may also want to have the Nyx do an ECM burst to frazzle a capital ship's targeting systems, or possibly to fry the systems of those Ghost X-9s.

If we decide to ECM burst a capital ship, that one Minotaur-class cruiser shredding our fighters may be a good choice. If the Albatross and/or Texas cruisers aren't getting stasis'd, then the Albatross would be a good choice as well.

>>19730075

Deploy BLU team to help hold the Storm.

As for the Indef. should see if it can use its teleporter to transport boarders off the AUH/Storm. If this is not possible, then have it teleport enemy fighter pilots and/or vital systems from those enemy fighters off.

If the Indef. can't do these things, should we have it engage the Minotaur BC engaging our fighters?

>>19730290
Better yet, what about the 8 Al'Kesh we have? Are they able to beam pilots and boarders out and into space, or right into a brig, totally naked?
If the enemy can beam around, we should be able to use our transporters too.

rolled 99, 16, 81, 84, 89, 25, 73, 53, 32, 26, 75, 59, 40, 37, 71, 97, 60, 39, 4, 4, 52, 37, 26, 3, 10 = 1192

Repelling boarders!

>>19730290
The Indefatigable could put a full salvo of quantum torpedoes into that Minotaur, with its quad phaser cannons tearing a hole in its shields.

Waiting for OP.

>>19730349
>>19730075

So should we have the Indef. do microjump strafing runs on that Battlecruiser, microjump out of weapons range, then beam out as many enemy boarders as it can while it waits for its shields to recharge? While Starfleet ships can probably handle an absurd amount fighter fire, it may make a tempting target for NPPCs and numerous missiles.

rolled 230, 5, 815, 718, 704, 787, 827, 791, 828, 580, 376, 18 = 6679

>>19730341
Calling in a favor. Heres the Vets.

rolled 8, 31, 91, 37, 79, 76, 61, 27, 58, 72, 5, 10 = 555

>>19730341
And a fresh squad to deal with these infiltrators.

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rolled 15, 16, 7, 36 = 74

>>19730206
Spike and Finalon, backed up by BLU go out to help the Securitrons secure the Storm as Darius and Star-Lord lead their forces to the AUH, freeing up the Securitrons being funneled there for the other ships.

Cheryl begins to channel power into the Tria's drone systems, waking them from their slumber as Mouse and Elaine continue to attempt to purge Vol Opt from the ship's computer.

The fighters continue to dogfight, as Char and Crowe begin to pick off the Guarlions engaging them one by one. Though fast and agile, the Guarlion is simply no match for a Gaia Gear piloted by the legendary Red Comet, nor is it sufficient to shoot down the Brasta with Crowe in it. The rookie pilot in the Hyaku Shiki manages to get a pair of kills before the Shiki sustains critical damage. Luckily, he has enough sense to retreat back into the Storm's hangar bay for repairs rather than die fighting.

The Relentless launches a final salvo of missiles and turbolasers at the Minotaur firing at your fighters before jumping to hyperspace.

>>19730206
>>19730075

Spike and Finalon may want to take along some X-Com NOVA people, if they aren't filling up the psionic network. Send Tosh with them as well.

If the Farseers aren't strained, have them use Battle Fortune to help out our fighters.

>>19730412
The Inde has a cloaking device, however.
It can get behind the Minotaur and away from the majority of its firing arcs, then unload everything it has into a single point, then cloak again. Once the shields of the Minotaur are down, the Inde can beam a quantum torpedo with a remote detonator into Engineering. Once the torpedo is confirmed to be on the enemy ship, we can detonate it and take out their main engineering and reactor.

>>19730459
Goddammit!
None of you rollers are helping! In fact, it looks like you're making it worse!

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>>19730459

TG diiiiiice!

Do you guys think that having the Farseers use their "doom" ability on Vol Opt and use that to guide Mouse to purging Vol Opt from our systems? "Guide" could also assist our dogfighters in predicting where enemy fighters will be, and counter some of the Wraith's general evadiness and the Ghost X-9s ECM/AI.

rolled 1, 73, 44, 77, 69, 97, 70, 67, 76, 9, 74, 29, 8, 33, 8, 90, 88, 89, 20, 68, 85, 11, 51, 67, 75 = 1379

Attack! Attack! Attack!

>>19730498

If we're going to do transporter shenanigans, we should at first confirm that transporter works with some sort of beacon or piece of trash. The cloaking stuff sounds like a good idea.

>>19730528
With our comms back under our control, yes.

Get the Farseers use Guide to help out our fighters.

>>19730459

If Cheryl is having trouble with awakening the drones, we could have the Farseers/X-Com Psychics/Tosh attempt to form a psychic network to lend Cheryl aid. Like they did on Horrorworld, only not in such close proximity.

Have Vitun ready to pump Mouse with healing spells in case he starts to get real injured.

>>19730584
>>19730584

Ah, right. They're essentially using their psychic powers as a comm network while ours is down. Seconding Guide for our dogfighters until our comm. systems are ours again.

Waiting for OP.

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rolled 96, 69, 48, 11 = 224

>>19730459
"Fire control system comprised..." ANON reports as Mouse lets loose a litany of furious curses.

"HOW?!" he roars. "It was CONTAINED!!!!"

The missile salvo detonates in mid-flight as some sort of ECM defense causes them to explode early. The turbolaser barrage deals heavy damage to the cruiser, however.

Cheryl seems to be having no luck with awakening the drones, but she keeps at it.

The Valiance has been almost completely secured by the boarders at this point, and it's beginning to turn towards the rest of the fleet.

The Ghost X-9s chew through the last of your Solvalous as your R-types finally get into position with wave-cannons charged. Flights of Protoss Corsairs and Scouts begin to fill the gap as they reach the dogfight.

A Protoss Arbiter attempts to utilize Stasis, but concentrated fire from the enemy Peregrines cause it to explode before it can use one of its abilities. A third Arbiter suffers the same fate as the Albatross fires on it, aided by the Texases.

Mecha-Godzilla bursts from the one Minotaur in a massive explosion, the ship absolutely wrecked.

Have Vitun gate in some Archons to the Valiance. I'd rather Black Ops not get any of our ships.

they should be strong enough to handle the soldiers.

rolled 81, 97, 1, 89, 85, 40, 30, 5, 34, 94, 71, 82, 64, 99, 45, 20, 92, 81, 11, 50, 56, 73, 80, 57, 41 = 1478

Black Ops, begone!

>>19730738

Have an Arbiter toss up a Stasis field on the Valiance. Vitun may be needed for luck rolls on the bridge. That should buy us some time until we can deal with Vol Opt.

>>19730738
Concentrate Securitron reinforcements to the Valiance!
Take back the bridge and the engine room!

Have the Indefatigable take out the Minotaur with support from Mecha-Godzilla.

Have the R-Types fire on the Peregrines.

Authorize use of Death Blossom on Pellaeon's command.

On the Storm itself, have Agrias, Alicia, Lavian, Mustadio, and Gondegal join the fight to repel boarders with Lyla and a White Mage squad supporting them.
Have the other White Mages in Medical helping to heal the injured.

Someone, stop those fucking Ghosts from ripping up everyone!

>>19730789

Although... Vitun could summon some Archons for use on the Storm or AUH.

>>19730884
Archons can teleport at will.

If we summon them here, they can go to the valience and reinforce the troops that are left by teleporting there.

>>19730879
We can have the VF-25's try to interdict the Ghosts with Guidance from the Farseers.

I wish we had gotten those VF-25 plans into the Creation Engines, so we could have a instantly respawning squadron.