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>>22201973
Last Thread:
The Date is 0079.07.28
The location: Space Fortress SOLOMON

You accompanied Char to a meeting with a members of Zeon’s Research and Development asteroid, Pezun Project - Professor Ceff and a technician named Christine, who saddled you with five modified EMS-10b Zudah’s that May or May Not Explode – jury’s still out on that one, and they require testing of the various modifications performed on them. Professor Ceff also seems to have both stolen and illegally modified a new pattern Musai space cruiser to house the Zudah’s and their support team, so it’s a package deal. At least it can also hold three Zaku II’s on top of it all – how, exactly, you have no idea. But you’re fairly sure you’ll hear all about it once your Wing Commander, 2nd Lt. Jean Hatzenbuehler, comes aboard.

Even with the usual headache of crew transfers between ships, you’re not looking forward to that in the slightest.

You received your Major’s uniform. It’s a bit snug, but it is brand new. It also sports a personal insignia, a tower shield with a sunburst on a black field overlaid by a capital C. The ‘C’ refers to the ‘Creed’ nickname given to you by your fellow troops.


Inventory:
You received your Orders, but they are on an SD Card. You need Access to a Secure Computer to read through them. You have one in your Quarters on the Longfellow.

Command: Musai Final Type ‘Siegfried’
MS Compliment: 8 (2 in Kommusai hangar)
|-> 2 EMS-10bz Zudah ‘ZuZak’ –Zudah w/ Zaku backpack thruster unit.
|-> 2 EMS-10bs Zudah ‘Solar Job’ –Tower Shield w/ Solar Panels (interior), extra capacitors / batteries.
|-> 1 EMS-10bx Zudah ‘Triple’ – 3 standard Zudah main verniers on backpack unit.
|-> 3 MS-06F Zaku II

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>>22201985
Rumors:
Char’s Zaku IIS is Pink.
You have two nicknames. Fellow Survivors of Loum call you ‘Svalinn’ – ‘The Shield that Stands before the Sun’. Other troops know you for your brilliant grasp of tactics used to hold the EFF Space Fleet off of the HLV Geo-Synchronous orbit above California. They call you ‘Zeon’s Creed’, or simply ‘Creed’.
Last thread, the votes were tied for:
>[X] Use a shore line to call the Longfellow and notify them of the change in berth.
>[X] Head to the Armory. Promotions! Promotions! Promotions!
>[X] Find a Computer to review your official Mission Briefing and other notes.

And I managed everything save the last when sleep claimed me.

So then, Major Bright Noah:

Now that you are fitted with a shiny new uniform, you can access computers at the following locations:

[ ] The Longfellow – check SD card for OPORD and any other relevant data, as well as ensure 2nd Lt. Mohai Bret moved your gear (he knows where your stuff is – but maybe not that the location of that bottle of 0075 single malt whisky you’ve stashed away, just in case).
[ ] The Siegfried – you have your hardware encryption key on you, so accessing the files on your new command is also an option. Also, touring and talking with your new Pezun techs you’ve acquired.

Let's hit the longfellow up. Make sure things are getting down and what's coming.

>>22201993
>[ ] The Longfellow

>>22201993

check the siegfried out before our crew starts laying claim to different areas... we should at least know WHAT the Mobile suit hanger looks like before Jean and the other pilots lay waste to it...

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>>22202138
>>22202167

To the Longfeloow, to ensure your liqour makes the transition, then. Oh, and the SD card - I suppose that's important, too.

You have too routes that can get you there.

[ ] Officer Car - get there, get orders, get gear, get out.
[ ] Stroll. Find a park. Take in some greenery - this is the first psudo-shore leave you've had in 5 months of constant skirmishes, after all.
[ ] other - this should always be implied. You named yourselves 'Creed' after all - you always have the option to outsmart the OP.

>>22202198
The hangar bay SHOULD remain more or less unmolested - there's only so much jean (pic related) can do with a full R&D Development team between him and his idiocy. (I still can't believe you guys saddled Bright with jean - Mr. 'I'mma gonna blow up the gendams and make a name for myself'. Seriously? Seriously. Sigh.)

>>22202242
We could strap on a thruster pack and go spelunking through the lower levels, but I think it'd be better to just take a car right now.

We can stroll on the way back.

As for Jean, things will change once we start slapping him.

>>22202242

hey, episode 1 of GWS:MSGA was quite humorous and my first introduction to gundam...
at least our top pilot is not some teenage kid... that would be sheer madness...

we should take a stroll. you never know when you will discover unrefined talent...

>>22202322
One for Stroll now, one for Stroll later. Madness, I say! Madness!

I'll give it 5 minutes, and if no other votes come up, Bright will head to the Longfellow now and Stroll later.

Also, someone roll me a d20 for Tactical Genius.

Rolled 8

>>22202349

Hurr Hurr Hurr

Rolled 11

>>22202349
Lets take a stroll.

Rolled 3

>>22202349
Rolling.

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>>22202382

Deciding it was an excellent opportunity to take in something other than the blackness of space and explosions, Bright Noah consulted one of the ever-present location maps and found a course that would take him towards dock thirteen and through on of the small Greenery Zones scattered about the fortress.

[DC 10 Pass]
As Bright boarded the command car to take him to Rommel Park, he heard an announcement over the comm. System – “Scheduled rainfall to commence in 5 minutes in all Green Zones. Please take an umbrella.”

There happens to be an umbrella in the command car, and Bright took it, just in case.

a minute or two of quiet travel later, Bright arrived, and had to admit, the comfortable hue of the trees and simulated sky were setting his mind at ease. Quiet chirps of small birds played over the small area, about the size of a city block on Zum, and Bright headed for a bench to take it in for a bit.

Except the bench was occupied by a rather beautiful blonde. She was dozing in the sun, her captain’s uniform open, letting her impressive bust breathe.

‘Definitely, definitely a beautiful day in Solomon,’ Bright mused, enjoying a brief glance.

She awoke with a start, and she snapped her gaze to Bright immediately. “Can I help you, Major?”

Bright’s mental clock ticked down, and he took three quick strides forward, causing the woman to back away slightly in surprise as the purloined umbrella snapped open and covered the both of them – just as the large, heavy drops of simulated rain began to fall.

“No, ma’am,” Bright replied, smiling.

“Where did? The? What?” She spotted your personal insignia and her eyes narrowed. “Creed?”

“That’s what they call me. Bright Noah, miss - a pleasure to meet you.”

>>22202620
“Where did? The? What?” She spotted your personal insignia and her eyes narrowed. “Creed?”

“That’s what they call me. Bright Noah, miss - a pleasure to meet you.”

She took a moment to zip her front back into place, before eyeing him. “Jane Conty. You do this often? ”

“Here and there,” Bright said, shrugging. “Usually I save it for the Feds, but...”

She sighed. “Thanks. Last thing I needed was to head back to the office drenched. Could I ask you to escort me back to the command cars?”

“Of course,” Bright replied.

She opened a small pack of cigarettes, the green Zones being on of the few places you could smoke on Solomon, and lit up. “What brings you in from the front?” she asked.

“Dozle Zabi.”

“Ahhh.” She shot bright a sideways glance. “Classified?”

“Most assuredly.”

“Interesting?”

“Yes.”

“Dangerous?”

“Potentially.”

She exhaled a long steam of smoke and smiled. “Playing it close to the chest?”

“Always.”

As they reached the command cars, Jane snubbed her cigarette and threw the butt into a butt can. She then pulled a card out of her pocket and offered it to Bright. “I owe you a coffee, at least.” She said. “Give me a ring next time you’re on Solomon, maybe we can get together. I’d love to hear some of your stories from the front lines.”

Bright nodded, and saw her on her way.

That went passably well.

Shaking the excess water from the umbrella, bright returned it to the command car’s glove compartment and proceeded to dock thirteen, bay one. The slightly battle scarred green paint of the Longfellow came into view, along with various members of the crew moving their gear. Bright noticed Jean was glowering at the rest of his wingmen, who were glaring right back at him.

[ ] See what’s up, doc?
[ ] Ignore him and continue to your quarters.

>>22202727
[x] See what’s up, doc?

It's probably something stupid, but that's okay. We have a sense of humor.

>>22202382

i salute you sir. /o


>>22202764
agreed

side note; did /m/ get the creed thing? i'm not sure if they did...

>>22202727
>[x] See what’s up, doc?

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>>22202896 >>22202800 >>22202764

>[X] See what’s up, doc?

Bright detoured towards the gathering of Mobile Suit pilots. “Lieutenant! Is everything in order for the MS transfer?”

Jean transferred his glower to you, but blinked it off, seeing the new uniform. “Uh, sir? A moment of your time?”

Bright gestured magnanimously to the side, and accompanied Jean. Once a fair distance from the other pilots, Jean spoke up. “It’s the situation with the Zaku’s, sir. We aren’t taking it well.”

Bright sighed. “I know. I was a bit surprised as well, to be honest. Still, as I understand it,” he thought back to what Char had said on the Zudah, “The new machines are supposed to be quite fast. There might be some hiccups, seeing as they are… experimental, in nature, but we have a service crew from Pezun to ensure any necessary repairs are quickly done.”

Lt. Hatzenbuehler scrubbed his hand though his hair, “I hear you sir – but… those are our Zakus!”

A man can grow attached to anything he’s used often; and it goes double for a soldier and his equipment. It is what keeps him or her alive on the battlefield, after all.

[ ] Allay Jean’s fears – offer to take the ‘most dangerous one’ for yourself. (Triple)
[ ] Tell Jean to shape up and deal with it. Test pilots get all the girls, right?
[ ] If you have to give up your ship, he can give up a Zaku.
[ ] Act stupid. What’s the difference? Zaku, Zudah – it flies and shoots, right?
[ ] Other

/m/ and Creed? Probably. but they rarely make a big deal out of things. Read up on some Jonny Spaceboots, and you'll see why.

>>22202988

"if i have to give up my ship, which SHOT DOWN THREE FEDDIE NUKES then you can give up some of the zakus, you can still keep three of them."
as we board the Longfellow for the last time, shout back to him
"Chicks dig Test Pilots more than giant robots"

"I understand, but there is a real chance that we will be going up against mobile suit opposition in this operation. We need the best."

>>22202988
[x] Tell Jean to shape up and deal with it. Test pilots get all the girls, right?
[x] If you have to give up your ship, he can give up a Zaku.

[x] Remind him that three Zakus are coming with us.
[x] Tell him that the Zudas will first be tested on autopilot, so no one will be in danger.

"Did you expect to keep your machine forever, Lieutenant? The Longfellow and its Zakus belong to Zeon, not to you or me. The materials of war are only ever loaned to us. Good thing, too, because I don't think I could afford the insurance for a Musai."

>>22203078

"Get Zeeko, and start saving now!"

Alrighty, typing, typing, typing.

Also - apologies for the capitalization errors; my keyboard is dying. I have a new one on order, so we'll see if that solves the problem, or if it's really just my hands.

>>22203078 >>22203073 >>22203035

>[X] Insert All The Awesome Player Responses Here.

Bright placed a hand on Jean’s shoulder, and moved to pan his other arm across their vision, indicating the ship. “Do you see that scuffing on the Longfellow’s paint, Lieutenant?”

“...yes.” Jean replied.

“She got them when I used her main batteries to shoot down three Feddie nukes. The scorch marks are from when I ordered her through enemy fire to support the Papua’s providing essential war materials. There were feddies, feddies everywhere.”

“…and you drove the ship in without Mobile Suit cover,” Jean said.

“And I drove the ship in without Mobile Suit cover.” Bright finished. “Because you lot had been tied up with those Salamis’ balls at field G. My point is, did you honestly expect to keep your machine forever, Lieutenant? The Longfellow and its Zakus belong to Zeon - not to me, not to you - Zeon. The materials of war are only ever loaned to us. Good thing, too, because I don't think I could afford the insurance for a Musai.”

“It still sucks.”

Bright’s shoulders slumped. “I know. I understand. I’m being forced to give up my ship.” A moment later, Bright continued, “Look, this is probably classified eyes only, but I’m going to need you and your men at their best, so keep it under your helmet,” he looked ariund, but no one was near enough to overhear. "There is a real chance that we will be going up against mobile suit opposition in this operation.”

Jean stiffened.

“We need the best. The Zaku is reliable, and we will still have three available to us. The Zudah is fast, agile, and packs just as much punch as the Zaku.”

[1/2]

>>22203309
>There were feddies, feddies everywhere

This is excellent.

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>>22203327
Here's your shitty photoshop of the day.

Shall we set off then?

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>>22203309
“It does?”

“It uses the same equipment, Jean,” Bright said with a nod. He pulled away from him and headed towards the Longfellow’s boarding ramp. At the gantry door, he paused, and turned back to the sullen group of pilots. “Oh. And I‘ve heard test pilots get all the girls. Just look at Char.”

The men looked to each other, and then began ‘discussing’ who would be piloting what.

Bright entered the Longfellow to find a large man with a large chair draped over one shoulder, doing his damnedest to keep from knocking heads with the bloody thing. On seeing Bright, he offered a salute with his off hand. “The new uniform suits you, sir.”

“Thank you, Mohai.” Bright said. Once upon a time, he had thought of The Human Zaku with such words as ‘huge’, and ‘immovable’, but having seen Dozle Zabi in person, he could only use ‘large’ now for the Seven Foot tall former asteroid miner and semi-pro Blitzball player. “Start on my quarter’s yet?”

“No, sir. I was intending to pack your gear last, on the off chance you’d come to see the old gal off yourself,” 2nd Lt. Bret said agreeably.

“Watch who you’re calling old. The Longfellow’s only been in service for two years.”

Mohai nodded. “True, sir. Still, I’ll be up nights, thinking of her as ‘home’ for a while yet I imagine.”

“It looks as if the new ship has a little more headroom,” Bright offered.
[2/3]

>>22203553
“Does it, now?” A speculative gleam came into the large man’s eyes. “Does it now, indeed.” He hefted the chair. “With respects, sir, I had best be about installing this. Be quite a fine mess if it’s not installed when we leave port now, won’t it?”

Bright thought to the console that still bore the man’s hand print from where he had gripped it during the fast burn to Loum. “Yes, you should.”

Another salute, which bright returned, and Mohai was on his way.

Bright quickly made his way to his quarters, and turned on the screen for his computer terminal. Inserting the SD card and his hardware encryption key, the computer spent a moment decoding the information before offering Bright his choice of four files:

[ ] OPORD.png
[ ] AWWWW.jpg
[ ] ZIRCON Report.doc
[ ] INTASCREDCHK.doc

>>22203553
Mohai Bret is Hawkeye and the other guy is Linus? Kudos sir.

>>22203567
Read all of them, in order.

>>22203567
The two .doc files first, then PORD and finish it off with AWWWW.jpg. I hope that last one is a picture of puppies.

>>22203591
The Fire Emblem portraits were juuusstt the right fit for what I needed. In a lot of ways, I think.

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>>22203612

this is the plan, though the AWWWW.jpg WILL be Dozle's family... or just his daughter...


>>22203436

here is one i made earlier...

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>>22203612 >>22203637

Bright opened the Zircon Report document first. It details which colony in Side 7 was suspected to house the EFF MS Development project, based on personnel and material movements.

It also gave locations to maintenance hatches large enough to accommodate Zaku’s, and some exterior access hatches that a small strike team of commandos might utilize to gain entry to the colony.

[Bright now knows the V project is in Side 7, Bunch 1, Cylinder 1 – Green Noa]

INTASCREDCHK is an Intelligence Asset Credibility Check, vetting the various people who provided the information, as well as reports on the credibility of the ZIRCON agents currently in Side 7/1/1.

The bottom most section of the document recommends infiltrating a small team of MS pilots to steal the enemy MS. It was filed by a fellow codenamed ‘Ulysses’, but seems to be less than favored by his superiors as it relies on valuable pilots and command personnel to use a public transport to gain entry disguised as civilians, followed by a further reconnaissance and inserting personnel to capture the enemy mobile suits.

Definitly risky, but Bright liked the idea, overall. Frontal assaults were easy – making the enemy do a double take and scream your name to the heavens while you take all their gear? Priceless.

OPORD is pictured to the left. A... succinct reminder of what you’re doing. Definitely Dozle’s style.

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>>22203787
D'awwwwww.

Bright is once again reminded that Dozle is HUGE.

>>22203787
I like that idea. I wonder if there is a way to hide our MS behind a lamp post as a part of the plan?

>>22203795
A minute or two after Bright perused the documents, but before his brain has a chance to ruminate on them in detail, the phone rings. “Noah.”

“Captain,” the calm voice of your comm. operator answers, “I have a communication incoming from the Flamel. It’s Char Aznable, sir.”

“Put him through.”

A moment later the vidscreen on your computer shows Char’s face, and he holds up the SD card he received. “Have you managed to go through the documentation yet?”

“Just now.”

“Good. I wanted to have your thoughts on which route to take. Travel through side six’s neutral space, or cut through the defenses at Side 5.”

“There’s always Loum,” Bright said.

“I dislike being radioactive,” Char returned.

[ ] Pass through Side 6 space (Less likely to result in a battle)
[ ] Run the blockade at Side 5 (Exposing ships to EFF Forces)
[ ] Cut through the Loum Debris Field (Dangerous levels of radiation and debries, gravity slingshot maneuver will cut 5 days from the trip to Side 7)
[ ] Split the ships. (Which / Where?)
[ ] Other

>>22203795
Dozle Fact #86: Mobile suits were invented to give Dozle Zabi a more-challenging boxing opponent.

>>22203787

now that we have ascertained our mission objective and got a plan for what to do.

before finalizing our plan, we should move our stuff from the longfellow onto the siegfried. then we can plan...

>>22203888
We shouldn't risk a battle at Side 5, because that could delay our mission, damage our forces, and possibly put our target on alert.

I think we should split our forces. The majority pass through Side 6, while a few units cut through Loum. We will ask for volunteers for the Loum detour; we won't order anyone to take it. We should think about ways to harden the ships against radiation and impact, or otherwise minimize the risk involved.

The Siegfried itself will take the Loum route, unless there is a high probability that we will grow extra fingers or the ship will crash into a wreck and blow up. We can't take the chance that the Feddies will move their project materials before we reach Side 7.

>>22203943
Think we should pass through side six, as we would want to arrive as a group anyway.

>>22203976
The extra time could give us a better opportunity to infiltrate. It is also possible that the Feddies will transfer project materials before our forces that pass through Side 6 will get there. In that case, we would want someone there to intercept those materials, or at least track their route.

>[x] Pass through Side 6 space (Less likely to result in a battle)
Char is right, being radioactive is bad.

>>22203999
Wait changing my vote to change my vote to splitting our forces.
Based on what happens in Episode 1 of Mobile Suit Gundam, i know Char will botch the plan if we send him in a way that makes him arrive first, so i we pick the quicker route and Char's the slower route.

>>22203943
The Siegfried was designed with the known hazards of Shoal zones and radioactive debris field in mind. It's also a damn sight faster then a regular Musai. If you were to take the Sigfried alone through the remains of Loum on full burn, and perform a hard slingshot maneuver, the Siegfried could arrive 15 days ahead of Char's Flamel if he travels at fleet speed through Side 6.

As of right now, I have 1 vote for the Side 6 route, and two for Loum. I'll give it another five minutes, if no change, then we'll split the ships and Bright will revisit Loum.

>>22204060
15 days? Char's going to miss the party entirely.

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>>22203976

the advance infiltration team will go through side 6 as 'civilians' so that we can get more detailed recon on the V project.

after sufficient time is given to allow the advance team to get to side 7, the siegfried begins it's journey.
assuming that the time gap allowing the advance team to gain access to side 7, provides enough time for the auto-pilot tests on the Zudahs so the MS pilots can get used to handling them during the journey. hopefully by the time our main force arrives at side 7, the advance team will be able to provide adaquate data reguarding the V-project, we will then be able to make a precision strike, exfiltrating both our forces AND the V-project, if we can. if not then a quick burn operation should suffice...

pic is suggested route

>>22204084
True but we are better than Char at infiltration, Chars is more blunt and that's not a good thing for an Infiltrator. Besides Bright Noa can potentially recruit "you know who" in Bright Noa.

>>22204145
I meant we instead of the first Bright Noa i wrote.

>>22204145

i never suggested that char be part of the infiltration team... just the course OUR ship will take once we have infiltrated side 7...

>>22204078
>>22204145

If you want Char with you in the Loum shortcut, roll a d20 for 'diplomatic' negotiations.

>>22204182

NOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo..............

TEACUPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rolled 6, 2 = 8

>>22204182

Rolled 1, 4 = 5

Roll.

Rolled 3, 4 = 7

>>22204182
I shall try to roll.

Rolled 5, 6 = 11

>>22204237
>>22204229
>>22204216
Are you even rolling d20 people?

>>22204216
>>22204229
>>22204237
>>22204256

are you the same anon rolling the wrong dice?

Rolled 1

>>22204256
Oops sorry.

Rolled 14

>>22204266
No.

Oh god, I have a SCIENCE! idea.

If we can pull strings for R&D, I am thinking of a skinny Zudah, inside a hollowed-out Bigro frame crammed with power packs, essentially making a Zeon version of the Dendrobium.

I think we should convince people to invest in batteries and stuff so we can have beam weapons on Zeon suits earlier as well as UMP policy...

everyone remember, Char IS NOT joining us in our Loum shortcut. EVER!!!

so stop rolling. please...

Rolled 16

>>22204266
I anm certain these were different Anons, they are just very enthusiastic to participate and rolling a dice in nearly the same tim is simply a coincidence, a big one but still possible.

>>22204182
I don't think this is a good idea. We have no idea what radiation will do to his mobile suit's paint.

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>>22204216 >>22204229 >>22204237 >>22204256


Why is everyone rolling d6?

Anyway - this is why it takes so long to use the Side 6 route - the Colonies are constantly 'falling' away from you, as the close earth Lagrange points are on the Moon's orbital path, and have to rotate with it.

If you try to go beyond the moon and wait, the forces at Side 1 will curb stop you - that's why Side 1 is the EFF Space HQ.

>>22204283
Are you suggesting... ZudahBro?

>>22204295
He really, really isn't, since >>22204271
happened, and I don't see any 20's.

>>22204323

>>22204323
Sorry, i forgot to remove the dice rolling from the e-mail field.

>>22204338
Really, i think Char taking the Side 6 route while we go through Loum is better. This is a vote for splitting up.

>>22204084
>after sufficient time is given to allow the advance team to get to side 7
But we are the advance team if the Siegfried goes through Loum, since we'll be the ones arriving 15 days ahead of Char's Side 6 Route.

And quite frankly, that's better because we could then infiltrate the colony via the maintenance hatches and contact ZIRCON assets already in the colony.

We could then attempt to steal the mobile suits, then have Char provide a distraction while we escape.

So, to sum up:

General consensus, as I read it, is to let Char take the Flamel through Side 6 space.

Bright and the Siegfried will take the route through Loum's Shoal Field. And will arrive 10 / 15 days before the Flamel will. 10 if you want to 'park' outside the debris field and field test the Zudah's in a highly mobile random environment. The techs from Pezun would love that. The pilots.. not so much.

...of course, Bright could always try to pilot a Zudah. Is your Major Badass enough to Pilot a Mobile Suit? Roll a d100 to find out.

If you want to go with 'Ulysses' civilian infiltration plan, you'll need a Public class transport shuttle.

>>22204456
THIS, a billion time THIS!

>>22204464

Rolled 18

>>22204464

Rolled 96

>>22204464
Suit testing is a good idea. We don't want to get into an impromptu battle only to find out that the Zudahs still have issues.

>>22204503
OH COME ON!

Rolled 55

>>22204464
Piloting.

>If you want to go with 'Ulysses' civilian infiltration plan
Rather than infiltrate through public, I think we want to use the exterior access hatches instead.

>>22204456

this with only one alteration.
we WILL steal the mobile suits.

>>22204464
we shall go with 'Ulysses' infiltration plan, and have the Siegfried oversee testing of the zudahs and training of their pilots...

we could give one of the zudahs a brief spin, as practice for our operation...

>>22204515
Noted. Going Commando-style.

>>22204503 >>22204506 >>22204510

Look, here's the option. you can either take an average of the three rolls as Bright's piloting skill, or burn .5 NTP to keep the 96.

>>22204546
BURN .5 but go commando when needeed.

>>22204338
ZudahBro, yeah. Better than Ze-Gok.

>>22204546
I vote to take the average, as this is only a test, and we should save the NTP until it's really needed.

>>22204546
Averaging it still puts us above 50, and piloting skill can be improved with time. I think we should save the NTP for something really important.

Though the idea of Bright matching Char in mock combat is pretty cool.

>>22204523
The Ulysses infiltration plan has us going into the colony through a civilian port, and subjecting ourselves to checks and possible Federation Intelligence agents identifying us or our operatives.

Bright started the thread at .75, and earned .25 from the 11 rolled on the D20 earlier, leaving us at 1 NTP.

I have one vote for Average (56) and one for Keep 96.

>>22204546

56 and a thrid is acceptable. we shall save the NTP's for acts of pure TACTICAL GENIUS!

>>22204546
Burn that .5 NTP for GREAT JUSTICE!

>>22204546
I vot for burning that .5 NTP.

>>22204631
3 for Keep, 3 for Average.

Average puts you on par with Jean, funnily enough.

>>22204664

the main question being, is how does a ship's officer know ANYTHING about piloting a mobile suit, let alone how he can TROLL CHAR IN A EXPERIMENTAL ZUDAH!?

>>22204631
>>22204653
We're going to need all the NTP we have if we're going to successfully pull off Grand Theft Gundam, and you want to burn up half of what we have in a test flight?
You're really not thinking clearly here, are you.

>>22204664
What's Char?

>>22204664
Better to BURN (That .5 NTP) than reminding unnoticed!

>>22204714
Grand Theft Gundam is what matters so save the NTP for it.

>>22204717
Char is 100. Amuro is 120.

Just for reference.

>>22204714
We have 1 NTP, we burn .5 NTP = We still have .95 NTP.

>>22204753
No. We're burning .5 NTP, not .05 NTP.

>>22204664
BURN, baby, BURN!

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>>22204717

Char Aznable.
AKA. Casval Rem Deikun
AKA. Edward Mass
AKA. Quattro Bajeena

>>22204753
you cannot into maths like that.
1 - 0.5 = 0.5
1 - 0.05 = 0.95

>>22204708
Technically, Char is a ship's officer as well. he has command of the Flamel.

Of course, you can say 'look how well THAT turned out for him'.

>>22204753
No. 1 - .5 = .5

>>22204753
1-.5=.5

Fuck, this is basic math here.

>>22204769
Oh then i vote we take average but i request me take training when possible

>>22204794
We're a ship captain. It's not our job to be pulling double duty flying mobile suits. We should focus on what we're good at: command

>>22204772
Let me get this straight:
Amuro has 1.20 NTP that he can use to outmaneuver us and get to the Gundam and activate it before we can steal it.

And you want to reduce us from 1.0NTP to 0.5 NTP, just to do some flashy moves in the middle of nowhere, where no one but our own crew could ever see us.

Are those your priorities?

>>22204835
What? I guess being tired messed up my brain. Changing my vote to average.

>>22204835
NewType points and piloting ability are two different tings.

Refer to first post for an explanation of NTP.

Char's Pilot ability score is 100.
Amuro's Pilot ability score is 120.

Char has 1.5 NTP.
Amuro has 2 NTP.

You can burn NTP to improve odds, reduce pl;ot armor, and pull off maneuvers you otherwise wouldn't be able to - like keeping one roll out of three.

Can someone tally the votes? I'm plotting over here.

>>22204880
So basically between us and Char we'll have 2.5 NTP over Amuro's .5 NTP, but at the same time it means we effectively only cancel out Amuro's since the .5 can't be used.

>>22204880
So it's a choice between having only 0.5 NTP or having trouble keeping up with Amuro IF we end up fighting him in a Mobile Suit Fight, is that what you mean?

>>22204943
No it decides between getting buttfucked by Amuro in Side 7 or not.

>>22204917
>we'll have 2.5 NTP over Amuro's .5 NTP
No. It'll be 2.5 NTP over Amuro's 2.0 NTP
And that's only if both Char and Bright are in the same battle fighting Amuro at the same time.

Not if Char's outside running a distraction while we go up against Amuro in trying to steal the Gundam before him.

>>22204880
>>22204880
But i thought Amuro at first sucked at piloting? If he were already better than Char he would've curb stomped him in the first battle gundam vs. Zaku.

>>22204951
I don't want to get buttfucked!

>>22204962
You're right, Amuro only survived because of the Gundam.

>>22204917
unless we can generate some more points during our journey there & the infiltration...

anyway, Amuro only found the gundam due to Chars forces attacking side 7. if we don't attack until WE have the gundam, the Amuro does not get it...

anyway, we are only piloting the zudah to prove a point. not to become Zeons next ace pilot...

also at the moment, votes are 5 for burn, 3 for keep... hopefully we don't burn half our points on proving a point to our MS ace...

>>22204880
Can the Pilot Ability Score be improved?

And this vote is for determining Bright's Pilot Ability Score, not to see the degree of success he has in the test run of the Zudah?

>>22205007
Well, i think burning the NP will make us a MS ace almost on Chars level if i understood this right. And being a MS ace is incredibly useful. It increases our options significantly.

>>22205007
It's 3 for Burn, 5 for keep, because 2 people misread the 0.5 as 0.05 and retracted their votes later.

>>22204962
He did suck, and Char was being cautious during their first several sorties. At the end of the series, however, Amuro's NewType Space Autism grants him 20 points to piloting, where Char is just manually dexterous. Char's NewType abilities usually pinpoint Amuro and get him in trouble.

>>22205019
Piloting bility can be improved through training until you hit 100. After that, you're either gifted (Amuro) damn good AND Gifted (Kamille) or scientifically enhanced.

>>22205019

i would assume so as pilots usually get better the more they practice and test their skills, that and amuro goes from not knowing anything to being a true ace pilot...

>>22205035
sorry, missed that thanks for the correct.

>>22205035
Count my vote as going to whichever means we don't get "buttfucked" later on.

>>22205007
>>22205034
But the only way to generate NTP is either by nat20's on a d20, an 11 on a d20, or a double on a d100.

How likely are we to generate more NTP before we Gundam-jack the RX-78? Not likely.

>>22205066
This, whatever we choose i think we want to stay alive as long as possible.

>>22205067
But Bright already has only 0.75 NP. We cannot use those NP to do anything amazing since you need at least 1 NP for that shit. Better use them now to get incredibly good at piloting, so we won't even need to use em later.

>>22205111
Bright has 1 NTP. There was an 11 rolled on a d20 up above.

>>22205111
Dude we got 1 NTP because we rolled well, read the thread bit more.

>>22205067

never know, we could get a string of critical successes during our infiltration, i mean two crit successes will net us 1 NTP... the potential still exists. just remember, we have some time before amuro even GETS the gundam. we just need to get it first... after all, how can you stop something you don't know is happening?

>>22205111
>Bright already has only 0.75 NP
What?
No, we have 1.0 NTP.
We got .25 NTP when we were lucky enough to get an 11 on a d20 earlier in the thread.
We now have 1.0 NTP, which can either fuck a character's plot armor, or give us an auto-success on something that fucks the plot.

>>22205123
And piloting a Zudah through a shoal zone would require rolls.

Just letting you know your options.

>>22205111
He has exactly 1 NTP because of the 11 roll. If we use any on piloting, he will have .5.

>>22205140

would you game over if we were piloting the zudah, and rolled a 1? or would we get a death scene, then restart from checkpoint?

>>22205133
>>22205125
>>22205144
My fault, but still, i still prefer a long time of high performance to a single moment of plot breaking awesome.

>>22205159
Zudah HUE? Hue Hue? HUE HUE HUE?

Death Scene then Continuation, I figure.

>>22205174
We can improve the Pilot Ability Score through practice and training. Actually having our plan succeed in the face of plot armor requires the NTP, regardless of our Piloting Ability.

>>22205174
I agree with you.

>>22205196

no. this is not hobo quest.

NO ZAKU-GIRL-VORE FOR YOU CHAR!

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>[X] Split the ships. (Siegfried -> Loum, Flamel -> Side 6)


After a long moment to consolidate his thoughts on the matter, Bright said, “I’ll take the Siegfried through Loum and enact a modified version of the infiltration plan set down by this ‘Ulysses’ fellow.”

“Modified?”

“We’ll use Zaku’s to transport a group of infiltrators to the man-access hatches noted in the ZIRCON document,” Bright explained. “Once inside, we will meet up with the ZIRCON assets in Side 7 while the Mobile Suit team regroups for extended testing of the Zudah’s. When you arrive on site, you’ll take command of both Mobile Suit wings, and relay your best assessment of the situation in space-“

“Wait, I’ll take command? Where will you be?”

Bright shrugged. “I’m still forming variations of the plan. As such, one calls for my presence on the infiltration team. If I do go that route, then you’ll have command while I’m gone.”

Char didn’t look pleased, but nodded.

“At any rate, should you agree to this plan, you’ll be in a good position to spot any Federation personnel transferring from Earth to Side 7 – they’ll likely be using slingshot to get there that will put them near where side 7 will be a month from now – about the time you’d get there, if I’m crunching the numbers correctly.”

“Humn… meanwhile, your infiltration team would have been on station, what, eight, nine days before us?”

“Minimum – The Sigfried looks to be built for speed. I’m not sure just yet how much faster it would be, but if you’d like to come with us-“

“No, thank you,” Char said.
[1/2]

>>22205231
Bright shook his head. “Let me think on it some more, after I’ve moved my personal items over and gone through the Siegfried’s technical specs – if I can go through the Siegfried’s technical specs,” he amended. “If Ceff stole it, his team might not have them.”

Char nodded, “Until then, Major.”

“Major.”

[ ] Continue plotting as if you’re going to infiltrate.
[ ] Leave the spy stuff to the Spies, command to Commanders.
[ ] Other

>>22205159
[x] Continue plotting as if you’re going to infiltrate.

>>22205242

well, we should get to moving into the siegfried.

we need to be a part of the Infiltration team. after all, we love it when a plan comes together...

So.. is there a final cont for Burn NTP for the 96 vs Average piloting ability? I am confused.

Or should I roll a D6 and let the dice decide? 1-3 No, 4-6 Yes?

Secrets are the most useful ace of the commander, to ignore or disregard them is to doom yourself.

>>22205242
[x] Continue plotting as if you’re going to infiltrate.

Maybe see if ZIRCON has any information about Side 7 and the colony we're going to that we could use.

>>22205285

final count put it at 3 burn, 5 keep...

>>22205242
Start forming alternative plans, for every contingency we can think of. We will live up to our Creed nickname by being prepared for strange circumstances, like the Feddies launching a new fast battleship, or using suicide nukes to protect the V Project.

If we do infiltrate along with the team, it will be easier for us to assume direct control if things go wrong.

>>22205303
This is the final word then: Bright's Piloting Ability Score is 56. It can be improved through Training and Spending NTP.

>>22205315

maybe smuggle in a zudah...

>>22205285
I suggest just going with the option that allow us to live longer.

>>22205336
"What in the?" The feddie comander said, staring the the blue giant before him. "Where in the hell did that MS come from!?!"

Then his eyes met a familiar symbol, of a shield emblazoned with the sun...

"CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDD!!!!"

Can we recruit people with our general brightness? I mean in a scenario like the beginning of Zeta, if Amuro gets in the Gundam maybe we could just convince him to come with us?

>>22205342

moving to Luna 2 is not an option...


>>22205364
THIS is why we save the NTP's...
something in life are priceless. for everything else, there's Tactical Genius...

>>22205405
Maybe. You'd need to roll high on a d100.

>>22205364
We're not doing that unless we can find a way to make our Mobile Suit less identifiable.

>>22205336
If this is in any way possible we MUST do that! Maybe ZIRCON could give us a heads up on the how to... Maybe camouflage it as a "captured Zeon prototype suit", and ask the V-Project crew to analyze it. Of course, for that to work we would need top of the line intelligence.

>>22205429
We can burn TNP on that roll IF it comes up, right?

>>22205453
if you all vote to do so, yes.

>>22205436

you know we are going to do that once the Big Zam is mass produced right?
that is how we will win the war. the Feddie leaders will enter their war meeting, then during the break, one of them will realize that the table was in fact a Big Zam...

>>22205450
>use false intel as bait to get us into V-Project facility
>we have second-stringer prototypes that are unlikely to go into mass production
>we have a Pezun R&D engineering team
The bits of intel we provide could be made to look valid enough, being vetted by the Pezun engineers, that when the Fed Intelligence operatives show it to their own scientists, the V-Project team will be demanding that we be allowed in to give a full report.

>>22205483
Newtype power of persuasion. WAIT WHAT?!? If we have that we should use it on Ghiren "Space Hitler" Zabi as soon as possible.

>>22205507
We would need a shitload of NTP to convince Gihren "Hitler 2.0" Zabi.

>[X] Continue plotting as if you’re going to infiltrate.

Bright quickly gathered his personal effects, which weren’t much beyond his aged Luna Single Malt whisky, given to him at his graduation of ESCDATA, Zum City’s Earth Sphere Combat Doctrine And Tactics Academy, by a commander who’s lectures he was found of.

A photograph of his parents. His ESCDATA Diplomas, his photograph of Zeon Daikun. A few other nick knacks.

A quick double check to ensure the bed was turned down properly, and all the drawers were empty, and he saluted the suddenly barren room. “Major Bright Noah, disembarking,” he said quietly, before turning and leaving the echoing halls of the Longfellow behind.

Walking down the gangplank, Bright saw Lt. Mohai waiting, having commandeered one of the cargo vans for his chair. The electric engine gave a quiet hum as Bright approached, and Mohai nodded towards the passenger seat. “Ride?”

Bright hopped in, and the two men drove towards their new ship.

When they arrived, Mohai looked up. And up. And a bit more up. “Headroom? I could do jumping jacks, sir.”

“Let’s hope so, Lieutenant.”

[ ] Find Christine, and ask after Siegfried’s specs.
[ ] Check the computer in your room for technical documents on the new space cruiser.
[ ] Look at the Hangar – how did they fit that many MS into it, anyway?
[ ] Other

>>22205553
I think we should do it all, in the order its listed. Also, do we have a contact within ZIRCON? I really want to know if it will be possible to smuggle a Zudah into Side 7.

>>22205553
[x] Find Christine, and ask after Siegfried’s specs.
Better to ask the engineer about the ship than just the documentation.

A picture of Zeon himself? That's sort of odd.

we shall look for Chistine. the first place we should look is in the hangers, as that is probably where the engineering team are going to be, running various system checks and rigging up the auto-pilot testing gear in the zudahs...

>>22205587
This is what i vote for.

>>22205587

does the ZIRCON report list a way to contact this 'Ulysses'? he certainly seems like someone we want as part of our ships compliment... they could be our information officer...

>>22205666
Ulysses is on Side 7 at the moment. His name was mentioned in the INTASCREDCHK document.

>>22205713

hmm, so recruiting him is possible. but is there a way to contact him. like a space-phone-number thing? he could provide vital information on where to hide a zudah in side 7...

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>[X] Contact Zeon Intelligence and Reconnaissance Command and Operations Network (ZIRCON) about information on Side 7 / Possible Zudah false flag op / Ulysses

>[X] Go to hanger, find Christine, and go over any technical documents on the Siegfried with her. Also: how can it hold this many Zudahs?

I hate to do it to you fine folks, but it is 3 am for me, and I have work at 12. I need sleep.

When I pick this up again, I will start with the above options.

I will spend my time at work trying to think of the best way to False Flag a captured Zudah into Side 7. WAIT I MEAN WORKING. Yes that’s it.

Thank you for joining in me in this quest.

Updates posted @3xFaster

Merry Christmas to all!

>>22205876
Wait, two questions!

1: When can we expect you to return with continuation of this quest.
2: I'd like a link to Zeonquest please.

>>22205876

a most excellent session. i look forward to it's continuum. have a pleasant slumber

>>22205932
here is the link to Zeonquest http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=zeonquest

>>22205932
Possibly tomorrow, but more likely the 26th or 27th. 9a to 2p PST seems to work well for me.
I will post on my twitter when I start a thread.

The original ZeonQuest, done by I Appologized on 4chan: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?searchall=Zeonques

(Leave the 't' off - one of the parst mid 70's didn't include it in the title / tag)

Bright Quest is here:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Bright%20Quest

>>22205975
Thanks, it was a lot of fun.

I'm glad people are enjoying it.

Arguing about NTP aside, it's a quite different experience to be on this side of the collective game. Very fun!