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Then, just like that, you always awaken, usually after the worst moment of these vivid nightmares. Today, you awaken to the sound of... Many things, actually. Though you rest, your facilities and men do not, the night shift and morning shifts only now beginning their shuffling and intermingling with a few hours to go before sunrise. You awaken in the familiarity of your officer's bunk, the sounds of the other officers intermixing rather familiar to you. The officer's quarters established in Redding's keep, converted from the upper-class bedrooms, are filled with some two-dozen souls. Sleeping, eating at tables, smoking, playing cards, talking, and more, all going on without your direct supervision.

As your eyes pry open, you're greeted to a Hauptmann passing by, idly carrying an accordion around his shoulders. It's, by all rights, another day, but certainly not an uneventful one. You're still in your nightgown, currently laying in your bunk, and daylight has yet to break. The electric lighting overhead provides a reasonable level of ambiance, and you can hear men milling about and freely conversing in the hallway outside. Something heavy crashes down and you can hear a man cursing, while you also hear snippets of conversation pass around you.

"Heard the Oberst was planning to send Gunther up to that fort, burn the place to the ground and get our men back."
"Maybe he'll end up sending that strange machine that Hans and the warlock have been working on?"
"Oh, yeah, I saw that thing [Eating noises]. Impressive, but very big. No wonder they want to requisition special parts for it."
...

>>25082467
"You try some of this local goulash?"
"Huh? I thought we weren't supposed to eat anything before it got tested."
"Eh, some pretty Fraulein offered the squad I was attached to a warm meal in her family guildhouse. The phrasebook translated it out that she was some kind of servant or something for one of those new loyalist merchant houses. Didn't see the harm-- Stuff's pretty good."
"They don't have saeurkraut, though, right?"
"I wish... Though they've got some pretty good blood pudding, though."
...
"Ha! Another flush! I'll be coming back to Earth a very rich man, it seems!"
"Son of a bitch... I regret ever promoting you to Oberleutnant, Gerald."
"Yes, yes, I'm a son of a bitch-- And you're a poor son of a bitch, sir! Haha!"
"Well, maybe not for long. You see all that gold we ended up uncovering in this place's vault? The engineers have been reinforcing it, but there's enough gold in there to make sultans out of us. Apparently gold's pretty damn common here, if they're just tossing it around freely in everyday transactions."
"Really?"
"Silver, too, and copper. Heard a couple scientists talking about potentially confiscating it. No idea what the higher-ups will say, though, about the idea."
"Won't that piss off the locals?"
"Yeah, but what are they going to do?"

You are left, for perhaps one of the first times in your life, with a sensation of total control. Which will, in all likelihood, be broken in short order.

How do you intend to seize this particular morning?
>Time for a bit of one-on-one with directly controlling the Oberst, to help get things moving again.

HORREEEE SHHEEEEEEEEETT

IT'S BACK

>>25082473
>The wiki is located here as well: http://emlia.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=TheFourthEmpire.TheFourthEmpire

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>>MFW this quest is back!

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And I was just about to go to bed.

I think we should have a stroll around town. Just the Oberst casually inspecting things. We shall of course have an armed escort.

I also think that we should get the parts to get that golem operational, we could use some experience in melding science and magic!

>>25082473
>Do a little dance
>Make a little love
>Get down ToReich

>>25082612
>>25082934
>>25082855
>Indeed it, and I am back after a long adventure in real life. An adventure involving action, romance, self-discovery, pseudo-courtroom drama, and some WW2 aircraft.

>>25082969
You could very much take a stroll through town, if you were so inclined. As it is, however, you're in your nightgown.
>Get dressed [Formal]
>Get dressed [Informal]
>Other?

You also can hear your other officers talking about experiences in town. While you haven't issued any orders forbidding contact, it was generally an unspoken policy that the Germans kept to the Germans, and the locals to the locals. From some of what you're hearing, it seems that unofficial policy may be getting relaxed a bit.

A few Oberleutnants, talking over cigarettes, are discussing that very issue.
"Had to help out a couple of infantrymen last night." He remarked.
"Ah hell, what now?"
"Nothing too bad, but seems that one of the riflemen was getting a bit too chummy with a local frau. Even with these botched phrases, love can find a way, eh?"
"Good god... Well, what's the trouble, then?"
"Apparently she was supposed to be married to some local thug's son."
"Thug?"
"Yeah, it didn't translate too well, but apparently he was some kind of big gangster type, and her parents married her off for a debt."
"What? They do that in these parts?"
"Apparently. Either way, I ended up having to break up a brawl between this guy and his chums, and our own folks."
"Eurgh, the Oberst isn't gonna like that."
"Yeah, well, it gets better: Mister gangster tried to pull a knife on one of the men after I got to breaking things up. Had to shoot the stupid bastard in the shoulder."
"Aww, shit..."
"Yep. So now I've got a bunch of bruises, a knife injury, and a wounded local I had to report. My ass is going to get chewed."
"No shit. Still, at least nobody died, yeah?"
"At least there's that."

>>25083302
Your attention drifts elsewhere to another conversation.
"So, I tried talking with one of those warlocks we recruited."
"The magi, you mean?"
"Yeah. They can call themselves whatever they like, but that stuff isn't natural."
"Oh, no disagreements there, my friend."
"So... Apparently these guys have magic that lets them talk any language they like, flawlessly. We were chatting in perfect German, but it was weird, like this guy didn't understand some of the words he was saying. He talked about the Panzer, but kept making a weird face every time he said it."
"Huh. Why do you think that is?"
"Haven't the foggiest, but damn if it isn't weird. Apparently he was asking about why the magic in it's so weird. I just shrugged him off, but..."
"But?"
"I don't know anything about magic or sorcery or whatever this is, but it seems to me that there's something odd going on with our equipment. More than just what the local winter can account for."

>>25083032
>Urge to make this an actual song is rising...
>Also, I made a mistake: irc.sorcery.net with the channel being #fantasyland
>Apologies for the mistake on the channel.

>>25083302
Lets get formal, we are in the service of the reich 24/7 until we have an idea of what kind of mess we just stumbled into.

While this is no problem to us, R&R will be an issue. We just cannot freely send back our men to Germany with the gate working in the fickle way it does.

We should also consider any new attempts of communications from the local authorities/other power groups in our sphere of interest. Things beeing so silent feels a bit creepy.

So uh, when are we going to bite the wizard's ear off?

I personally think we should attack the just destroy/capture the fort that is near us I forgot the name of it before it starts causing troubles for us.

>Get dressed [Formal]

>>25083670

we should also get to work on uplifting the city and maybe start working on that school

what do we currently working on OP?

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>Nazis in Fantasyland is back

truly it is a golden age for quest threads

>>25083670
I agree with this sentiment, I would rather destroy it than capturing it, spreading our forces thin are not in our interest, even with auxiliary mages/warlocks/enchanters/hipsters I still think that magic is our greatest threat.

So we should combo recovering the fallen with a punitive expedition. If they don't wanna talk, then they shall dine on lead.

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>>25083563
Your quest continues, as Magi Arthur continues to elude your efforts. You could dispatch a squad, but you'd need to get down to the command center to radio back to the portal base, which is already low on manpower, to have them send a squad. You could also dispatch one directly from here, but it would obviously take much longer to try and retrieve the silent Magi.

>>25083547
>>25083670
>>25083687
Mentally reviewing the map, you're left to think of Legion Fort Starbane as the nearest fort. Of course, that brings you past several local areas, unless you'd rather try to advance your forces directly upriver.

In either case, you grab your formal attire, rolling out of bed to a chorus of sidewards looks and a few nods from your off-duty officers. Not a formal response by any means, but you're out of uniform. It would be up to you how you elect to react to the potential lack of outward respect.

In either case, you grab your boots from the footlocker under your bunk, donning your dress pants and uniform. The Hauptmann with the accordion speaks up, "Oberst! Some of the locals put together a big gift of fresh food for us to enjoy, most of it's salted, but fresh." He informs you, smiling, "Sleep well, sir?"

>>25083714
You have no immediate projects underway, but that may change as you get situated in the command room, the current nervous center of your forces. You have no active building projects going on, but Hans and Siegfried are likely occupied working on the golem machine that they have concocted. Gunther is likely somewhere on the premises as well, perhaps training the new commando recruits.

>>25083820
As for the other command staff, they're likely scattered throughout the keep. Your men have just completed the Administrative Center where the noble house once was, which will allow your men to effectively govern even without a huge military presence, possessing the necessary communications facilities and administrative officers to handle things in the interim. A school can also be built, but the primary issue, as far as you could tell, would be the staff. You don't have dedicated teachers-- Your political officers are the closest things, and they're currently busy trying to simultaneously learn more of the local language and teach the men what they learn.

>>25083805
You could certainly dispatch a punitive expedition if you wish, but the fallen have already been recovered, their bodies being stored in the Keep's catacombs to preserve them until they can be properly buried. The missing soldiers have not been found, however, in spite of best efforts to locate them, likely concealed in that very fortress.

For the moment, however, your men are at apparent rest. The steel mill and chemical factories are running at full steam, local workers being put to use as the concrete factory also is put into overdrive. You have a small, but growing, steel production capability, nevermind the concrete being piled up and ready for additional construction and fortification.

Rolled 17

>>25083820

nothing going on at our other gate fort?

>>25083820

when is our next shipment of supplies do?

I remember something about being able to sacrifice some people so we can open it for longer but im not sure

>"Oberst! Some of the locals put together a big gift of fresh food for us to enjoy, most of it's salted, but fresh."

Call me paranoid, but that seems a little suspicious to me.

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>>25082426
>Nazi's In fantasyland is back
>MFW

>>25083820
Bird is the word!

We should join our best friend, the man in the dress and our high-spirited tank commander.

Knowing more about how magic and technology interferes with each other is our top priority. Lets see what they have found and if we can help them drawing any conclusions with our engineering toolbox.

>Valk mercs quest is going on
>check the catalog quickly
>Nazis in Fantasyland

Who needs sleep anyway, right?

>>25084079

Jews and Darcsens, that's who.

>>25083890
You'd have to check in at the command center, but you haven't heard anything in recent reports. The prisoners have, by and large, been rather well-behaved (and terrified) in their encampment, working patiently to assist in the fortifications process. The foundations for the star fort, however, are almost complete, including the underground passageways. Soon enough, you can begin actual construction.

>>25083912
You haven't discussed this with Siegfried, but you could, the creeping suspicion of this possibility certainly one you've contemplated before. Your next shipment is due, however (barring outside interference) in nine days, three days having passed since the last engagement.

>>25083980
>>25083912
You could also visit Siegfried and Hans, who have been nearly inseparable since the idea of the joint machine-golem creation came about, in the workshop a few floors down. Formerly some kind of arcane laboratory, it's now Siegfried's workplace, in conjunction with the other Reich mages.

>>25083960
"Call me paranoid," You remark, "But that seems a little suspicious to me."
"Not just to you. Your second-in-command (Gunther) was pretty in-depth on grilling the girls that delivered it. Pretty things, too." He said wistfully, "... Sir, I mean, they were very attractive in comparison to other non-German women." He added, clearing his throat.
"Go on," You indicate, nodding to him with a faint smile.
"Food seemed to check out. Seems the locals are appreciative of you cleaning house with the aristocracy. No love lost, from the sounds of it, so the merchants and working folks put together a little bundle to show their appreciation. They also probably expected us to go looting and pillaging, and were a bit thankful we didn't do much of that."
You stare at him with a quirked eyebrow.
"Joking, sir." He adds sheepishly, smiling.

Did everybody die?

>>25084565

I thought Obersturmbannführe was going to continue...

>>25084565
>>25084587
Still here, I believe the consensus is to check up on Siegfried and Hans.

>>25084625

agreed maybe we should start thinking about how to get rid of that fort, do we even want to risk trying to save the prisoners or should we just blow the shit out of it with artillery until nothing is left?

>>25084587
Same here

>>25084257

Obersturmbannführer can we get a quick run down on our curent forces, what they are doing, where they are located, ect ect

>>25084670
>>25084678
As Oberst wrote, there is a bit of terrain that we have to cover. The best thing in my opinion would be to find out if our men are alive and who it is that have taken them capture. We might want to check out the academy, so we don't get ourselves caught off in unknown terrain.

Maybe we could send Gunther to check out what is going on at the academy? If they are alarmed or if they are not very concerned that the iron fist of the reich has arrived! We have radio coverage so we should be able to handle any emergencies fast this time.

>>25084565
>Not a clue.

>>25084587
>A bit more detail can be provided, certainly.

"Err, humor aside," He continues on, "No, nothing irregular with the food itself. The locals seem to be rather happy to cooperate, but they find our inclinations towards paperwork a bit... Odd. Apparently previous rulers weren't quite so in-depth with categorizing things. Likely why we're uncovering as much as we are." He tells you.

You nod, "Very well, then. Anything more to report?"
"Besides the usual insanity? Nothing I can think of off the top of my head, sir. The command staff can probably tell you more. I just got done with a street patrol. Ran into some heavily-armed folks roaming around the streets, apparently some kind of local heroes. They got lost in the crowd before I could approach them, though." He finishes.

>>25084625
>>25083980
>>25083912
>>25084678
>>25084670
You elect to visit Hans and Siegfried.

"Very well then." You tell the man, heading towards the door. Your stomach rumbles faintly as you shake off your morning grogginess with no coffee or breakfast or shower, electing to, instead, head down to the workshop facility where Siegfried had staked his claim.

The workshop itself was large, but the primary focus of it was larger yet. A domed chamber some fifty feet in radius, it was large enough to fit not only a number of wooden and metal workbenches of various origins, but also a number of bookshelves, chairs, and cabinets. Electric lighting was strung up along the ceiling, illuminating the score or so of people milling about inside. Most of them wore robes, marked with stitched-on insignia of the Wehrmacht and the Reich to indicate their allegiances, but Siegfried and Hans wore proper uniforms.

Which helped outline them against the massive construct they now stood before, each one working separately, but clearly in cohesion. You mentally backhand yourself for not looking at this thing sooner, considering its scale.

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>Obersturmbannführer disappears after a brief reboot and Nazis in Fantasyland is never seen again
>MFW

>>25084837
Lets say hello, and ask how the work goes.

>>25084837
The humanoid figure, sprawled out in the back of the room, hunched slightly in its massive scale, is some fifteen meters tall, its head threatening to scrape against the ceiling. Such is its size that you can't help but wonder just what function this thing had been intended for. Its body seems to be built from a mix of the blue-hued steel known as 'Mithril', combined with what looked to be exposed gear mechanisms, chunks of granite also visible on its massive body. Which makes sense, considering Hans is busy with a welder, as well as a box of parts some ten feet away. The whole thing is kept suspended by a series of chains and pulleys, anchored across the ceiling of the domed room.

As you walk closer, Hans seems oblivious to your presence, the stout mechanic eagerly welding on what appears to be some form of hydraulics onto the construct's right arm, the metal and stone having been apparently removed and suspended midair by additional pulleys and chains.

Siegfried, however, smoothly turns in place to face you, giving a short salute.

>>25085003
>>25084625
"Heil, Oberst Landa."
"Heil, Siegfried. How is the work?" You inquire, staring at the machine.
"It proceeds according to schedule. Your tank commander is quite adept with machines, and has provided valuable insight on the makeup of this thing. Though it is built of magic, it still relies on at least the basic laws of physics. Should we get the parts necessary, we may yet be able to make it function. Perhaps even beyond what we had originally envisioned." He remarks to you.
"Oh? Do tell."
"In addition to flight, with the aid of hydraulics, we may be able to vastly improve its strength. Enough so that it may be able to assist in recovering the soldiers that were lost." Siegfried remarks, "Of course, such a usage would be incredibly overt, and it is untested as of yet. I am certain in my craft, but I cannot attest to the works of others."

>>25084837
Also, we should get breakfast too, maybe have breakfast with those two if they haven't had any yet.

>>25084882
>Nein! My disappearance was only due to realli fe adventures.

>>25084705
>30 Total mages in Redding, under your employ by various terms. 17 of them under your direct command, 13 contracted.

As for actual forces, you have:
>[ ] One Squad of SS Commandos.
>[ ] 220 Wehrmacht infantrymen. These are broken down into 27 squads of 8, including a medic and a machine gunner, as well as submachine gun soldiers and riflemen.
>[ ] 1 Company of Gebirgsjager, numbering approximately 80 men
>[ ] 24 Opel Blitz light trucks, carrying ammunition, medical supplies, and fuel.
>[ ] 10 Krupp Protze heavy trucks, carrying the above, in addition to heavier construction materials and supplies.
>[ ] 4 Sd.Kfz. 251 with machine guns, towing a pair of FlaK 38.
>[ ] 2 Sd.Kfz. 247
>[ ] 1 Panzer IV tank
>[ ] Two squads of a dozen Combat Engineers each, able to quickly erect fortifications and assist in military constructions.
>[ ] 1 Flakpanzer IV (Wirbelwind)
>[ ] Four science teams, including a pair of geologists.
>[ ] A detachment of Gestapo and SS politcal officers, numbering twenty men.
>[ ] An artillery detachment of 3 leFH 18s, in addition to a dozen mortar pieces with associated ammunition.

All but a smattering of Wehrmacht squads remain present in Redding, with a dozen men in the village of Riverside to the south, holding the outpost there. You also have a smattering of squads at the portal base, holding the facility and imprisonment camp there, running operations with a skeleton crew for now.

>>25085080

Sounds like a good idea. Maybe discuss plans while doing it.

>>25085080
>>25085165

I think we should consider opening the gate earlier. There should be enough condemned criminals around, or maybe some prisoners of war that we can use as sacrifice, maybe we even have some ogres/kobolds from the first encounter that we can sacrifice?

We should also think of what else we should bring thru the gate if we elect to open it now.

Aside from getting more stuff, we should consider sending back some samples of mithril for the reich to study.

>>25085271
Also, we should try to figure out if there is anybody else among our prisoners of war that could be considered important, other than the baron.

>>25085271
Here is Siegfrieds thoughts on opening the gate earlier from the last thread.

"Siegfried and the new mages have reported that they feel confident that they have decoded Magi Arthur's ritual, though execution may prove somewhat shaky for the first execution. Siegfried has privately informed you that he expects casualties amongst the practicioners, but can modify the ritual to designate just who is sacrificed. If you desire, you could likely have sacrifices put forth to open the gate.

"The more 'normal' persons you sacrifice," He informs you solemly, "The longer I will be able to sustain the Gate's opening. Ten should suffice for minimal activation with us so close anyways. A hundred should double our numbers... Five hundred? It could remain open for an hour. A thousand?" He pauses, "... It would require some monumental effort, and likely cost us mages regardless, but I suspect that the timeframe it would remain open would be extensive.""

>>25082426
Fuck yes!!! Nazi time boys!

Now to get caught up.

>>25085080
>>25085165
>>25085271
>>25085290
>>25085322
Your stomach rumbles again to remind you of the fact that you are, in fact, still mortal. You also could use a hot shower and a tall mug of coffee, but food is a priority.

"Hans!" You call out, the stout man, busy welding, pausing after a few shouts of his name. The other mages in the chamber seem to be watching you as well, none of them giving any form of salute, but watching you all the same. You catch Siegfried glance over at them, and they resume their work almost automatically.

Hans pauses his welding as he looks down at you, lifting his faceplate. "Oberst Landa!" He greets, firing off a smart salute to you, "Heil! Good to see you! Isn't she beautiful?" He asks, gesturing to the massive construct.
"Quite so. Would you and Mister Siegfried care to join me?" You call out, looking over to Siegfried, "I was about to grab something to eat from the canteen. Thought it might be wise to strategize over some of the fresh food."
"Sounds mighty fine to me!" He remarks, standing on the suspended arm with an acrobat's grace.

You can't help but marvel a bit at his surety atop the machine, especially at how quickly he clambers down its backside, joining you and Siegfried in a matter of mere minutes. Siegfried nods as well,

"Very well, then, Oberst. Do you wish to dine here, or shall we take an escort and dine within the town?" The Thule mage asks nonchalantly.

You're reminded of the fact that the Gate will be opening soon as well. Siegfried could likely open it sooner with much less sacrifices due to the proximity of the impending opening, but sacrifices would still be necessary. If you emptied the entire stockpile of prisoners near the portal camp, you could achieve an opening of perhaps twice as long. If you started to condemn locals to death? The timeframe only increased in scale, and more time meant more German boots on this side of the ground.

>>25085470
Which meant more pressure from the homeland, but it wasn't like you didn't expect that sooner or later anyways.

>>25085397
>Welcome back, Reichskommissar.

So, what do you guys think? I think we should open the gate earlier, I think we should consider sacrificing a 100, since the more forces we bring in, the more supplies will we consume. While bringing in new supplies are not as fun as bringing in more troops and tanks and what not, we are still in need of them since there are many things that this country cannot provide yet.

>>25085470
Dine in the Keep and then take a small escort of soldiers and tour the town ourselves.

Have the propaganda posters worded in the local tongue been put up around the town yet?

Also, are there any prisoners in the dungeons of the Keep left ofter from the previous kid ruler?

I second getting breakfast, perhaps from the gifts sent from the merchant guild as a recognition of their goodwill. I believe coffee was also mentioned, we should get some. Have to be alert, after all.

>>25085532
>>25085470

I think we should dine in town, I don't trust wizards who aren't card carrying Nazis!

We cannot have them eavesdrop too much when the head honchos gather up!

We should discuss when the golem is anticipated to be finished if we get the parts, if Siegfried thinks it is a good idea to bring over more Thule society members to bolster our numbers. We should also ask what they think about working with the mages.

>>25085630
There are far more soldiers in the Keep than wizards, and I assumed we were just having breakfast with Hans, Sigfried and our officers.

>>25085630
We should maybe also ask what they think of this strange land, while stating that we see this as a new frontier, littered with resources and lebensraum for der Deutschen Folk.

>>25085603
>>25085705
>>25085661
>>25085532
"Let's dine in the Keep-- we'll have a general dinner with the staff." You remark, "The others ought to be getting breakfast now anyways, and some fresh gifts will be a nice way to warm up for a wintery day."

The others nod, walking with you out of the workshop, and the three-man band begins to make its way along the electricity-lit corridors of the keep, its stone walls and floors having been decorated with flags and carpets to make it feel a bit more at home. You know it'll be some time until it can feel like a true, proper German command center, however.

Your group passes by several others along the way, most of them Wehrmacht men, but you run into a few locals helping maintain the Keep or assist in minor modifications. You step around a pile of loose rounds, a local laborer having dropped an ammo can on the floor, busy trying to pick up the loose brass.

You hear the hum of an accordion in the distance as you near the canteen, the central dining hall of the Keep having been renovated into a large dining area. Steel benches laid out in every direction as the staff set up serving lines, trays stacked high as the provisions gifted from the locals were being put to good use. You could smell fresh, smoked ham, sizzling eggs, bratwurst, sauerkraut, and more. The Hauptmann with the accordion from earlier had seemingly drifted his way down already, the man taking a seat on top of an old wooden table from the last ruler, the instrument providing a nice bit of ambiance as the men made merry.

>>25086016
While not strictly regulation, beer was also present, the men enjoying a few steins here and there as they relished in their victories of late. There was clearly an undercurrent of restlessness, of wanting to follow their victory up with more, but for now the men seemed merry in the early morning. Trays clattered and voices conversed as you spotted Gunther and his men dining at a table with Knight Commander Beregen, the large, mithril-clad man conversing with the other soldiers freely.

Dr. Klein, Dr. Buren, and Alphonse are all sitting at another table, seemingly in an in-depth technical discussion Hans immediately breaks from the group to grab his own tray, Siegfried standing at your side patiently, hands folded together behind his back as he spoke.

"It will be a very impressive weapon indeed, Oberst. Its military value will be one thing, but I fully expect it shall make a magnificent terror weapon as well. It terrified a number of our own men when they discovered it, after all, and I expect no less for when we finish upgrading it." He says to you.

"On another note... I have been continuing my studies. Should you desire, I may be able to produce additional translation devices with the aid of these other mages. They know the spellcraft involved in making them, even if they are not forthright with it." He finishes, seemingly waiting for your own response, as well as your own choice of seating and dining.

>>25086071
"That'd prove very useful Siegfried, especially for officers on patrol in the city."

Lets grab a tray, some food and then sit down with Gunther and the Knight Commander.

>>25086071

Yay, I've caught naziquest live.

"More of those translation rings will be welcome."

We should keep to out own at the moment. We can ask beregen how he things of things later

>>25086121
Also ask him about his opinion of the local warlocks, and whether he'd like more members of the Thule Society to come over into Fantasyland? If he does, who would he recommend?

>>25086231
Lets phrase it in the way that it concerns us that we rely on auxiliaries to such an extent when it comes to magic, and that we would like his input in the idea of bringing more thule society members over with magic abilities. We should also ask him how he was selected for this expedition, we are impressed with his results and would like to know which people we should be asking for.

Feel free to join us in IRC! At irc.sorcery.net with the channel being #fantasyland

If you don't have an IRC client you can use this link! http://www.sorcery.net/chat_irc.php?tabid=37

>>25086297
>>25086121

Second these

>>25086297
>>25086231
>>25086149
>>25086121
>>25085705
>>25085630
>>25085532
>>25086378
The propaganda posters are being printed up. There are a few hand copiers present amongst the administrative staff in the new facility, so they have taken to distributing them. No effects are noted yet, but you suspect that, like all good propaganda, the memetic properties will manifest in time.

You grab yourself a tray, quickly having it piled with a tin of coffee, freshly scrambled eggs seasoned with salt and pepper, a side of grilled pork, some hash browns with onions mixed in, a rather fresh-looking apple... And a nice four slices of toasted white bread. By the end of the line, you're rather overfilled on your tray, in fact, and Siegfried seems to have an expression of mild surprise at the abundance of food he was provided as well. Hans, meanwhile, looks positively euphoric as he waits for you to pick out a seat.

You elect to grab a table for yourselves, settling in with little fuss. Hans eagerly digs in as you speak,

>>25086527
"That'd be very useful, Siegfried, and those rings would prove quite welcome for the patrolling officers." You state, nodding.
"Very well, Oberst. I will order them to begin work immediately. At the very least, the independent contractors can perform work on them, while those sworn to our cause can focus on other tasks."
"Ah, a good point." You state, taking a forkful of well-salted hash browns. They're not bad, actually, rather good in comparison to usual military rations. Even officer's rations.

"How soon do you expect to be finished once the parts arrive?"
Hans pipes up, grinning, "Give it a week, sir." He remarks, "I'll be working day and night with the head mechanic to finish up the final bits, but once we get the engines and wings? We'll be set to make this baby soar through the heavens! She'll be more impressive than even the biggest bombers out there." He tells you, offering a wolfish smile.
"The tank commander mirrors my sentiments." Siegfried remarks clinically, "A week at most. The necessary enchantments are all but finished, and the mechanical components, though somewhat delicate, are being installed by very capable hands."
Hans beams at the compliment from the Thule mage, eating a slice of toast in almost one bite.
"On the topic of the other mages," You remark, "How do you feel on working with the auxiliaries?" You press.
"They are auxiliaries." He remarks, sipping his own coffee. "Non-Germans, and it shows. They are very self-interested. They know we will be the victors, or at least know we shall last for some time in this realm. As such, they wish to be on the ship that will not sink. I have not mistaken their self-interest for loyalty in any fashion, especially as some know things that I do not." He admits, "For now, at least."

>>25086297
The thinking is this, if he is sneaking around doing stuff, it is probably stuff that he doesn't think that we will approve of. By underlining that we are impressed with his results and value his advice in this matter, we are showing him that we trust him. Giving him fewer incentives to believe that we are out to get him or try to stop him from experimenting with his beloved magic.

Finishing the golem would further cement that. We cannot let the /tg/-paranoia™ ruin the relationship we have with our magic asset.

If he continues doing things in the dark, then we should reconsider what to do. But right now I think this is the best way to handle it!

>>25086535
You nod, "I see. How would you feel on bringing over more Thule Society members, help bolster our abilities with proper Germans?" You ask, to which Siegfried gets a curious expression. "I was actually meaning to ask just how you ended up getting selected for this expedition, I'm rather impressed as to your--"

"Are you looking to replace me, Oberst?" Siegfried asks bluntly, setting his coffee down, Hans pausing mid-bite as the man interrupts you, staring at you levelly.

>>25086549

Nonsense! Besides I don't think I will find better. However as you said - the auxiliaries are only here for self-interest and their usefulness is..limited.

I was thinking of bringing over a good number of the low ranks of the Thule society. Surely they will pick up the magical arts quickly and then we will have a good number of mages that can do field work, assist our troops and yourself.

>>25086549

"I was mearly inquiring into how we can further boost out efforts into mastering this new force."

"Be assured that you will not be replaced in the foreseeable future."

>>25086549

"Since you are asking me frankly, I will give you a straight answer. If I wanted to do that, I would. I would not even be asking if that were my intentions, but having bearn witness to your amazing progress you have made during this short time you have been with us, I would be most surprised if the Reich sent me the second most qualified for the job."
"I voiced this concern because I share your sentiments regarding the auxilaries, and need advice from someone whose advice I can trust, I am engineer, I know my limits. But I am in command of this expedition and if I am going to make the correct decisions I need sound advice. And you Siegfried is here, to advice me. Would you rather I asked Gunther which decisions I should make when it comes to magic? Or Hans? You are the most qualified! I understand what you are doing here is your passion, I also happen to have passions. I can understand that!"

>>25086832
Second this response.

This should soothe his hurt ego, while also making him more receptive to the idea of lower ranking Thule members coming over.

Side note for us - Seigfried is becoming unstable and jumpy. He'll might have to be 'reassigned' soon...

>>25086664
>>25086732
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>>25086861
You shake your head at his question, "Since you are asking me frankly, I will give you a straight answer. If I wanted to do that, I would. I would not even be asking if that were my intentions, but having bearn witness to your amazing progress you have made during this short time you have been with us, I would be most surprised if the Reich sent me the second most qualified for the job."

You sip your coffee, "However, as you said, the auxiliaries are only here for self-interest, and their usefulness is..." You pause, "Limited. Surely your fellow Thule Society members will pick up the arts quickly?" You suggest, "This new force must be mastered, and I am sure you, of all people, have insights as to how it can be done more quickly."

He simply smiles, "Of course, Oberst-- I had not asked in self-interest. I had simply inquired as I wanted to clarify that, while I am more than happy to provide insights as to the potential capabilities of other prospects, and lend my aid, I would ask you to refrain from inquiring into my background in terms of selection for this mission."

He sips his own coffee, and you suspect yourself to be engaged in a verbal chess match. The only problem is that you can't see the board.

>>25087130
"I am in command of this expedition, and if I am going to make the correct decisions I need sound advice. And you, Siegfried, are here to advise me. Would you rather I asked Gunther which decisions I should make when it comes to magic? Or Hans? You are the most qualified! I understand what you are doing here is your passion, I also happen to have passions. I can understand that!"

Hans shoots you an odd look at that, before Siegfried simply smiles. "Of course, Oberst." He repeats, "Though you may be surprised at what potential capabilities your officers may possess. That is not my place to say, however, at this point." He remarks, idly grabbing at his apple, taking a bite out of it and chewing before speaking again.

"I know of four persons of suitable prowess, mentally and physically, to excel in the arcane. More than that can learn, but those four possess a unique spark of particular potency. I suspect that headquarters will only part with one of these four at the moment, however." He tells you, "The lesser persons, they will more easily part with in greater numbers, but as with all things, it is a matter of equivalency and value."

Hans thinks, "We could send back some of the wealth we extracted from here. It's sitting in the vaults, only using a bit of it each day." He remarks, "Ought to budge them if they see that much gold."

"Indeed." Siegfried concurs, "Though such an expense will cost us later, should we have need for the gold and wealth we send back to the homeland."

Hans thinks a bit more, "Could send out raiding parties. Try to scour one of those nearby towns or villages, see what we can snag up?" He suggests, "Won't earn us much love from the locals." He emphasizes, "But it'd be a solution, at least."

"Four people you say? Excellent! There are other matters I must attend to soon, but I will endeavor to speak with you later about them. And Hans, if those towns were anything like that village we encountered early, the presence of any booty worth taking is doubtable."

"However, sending reconnaissance teams to further examine them is not a bad idea, with a fast response group ready to move on a moments notice, should their be a prize worth taking and holding."

>>25087717

However, apart from those four, surely among the Thule society there are more that are only now taking their first steps? Especially considering our current successes here. I am loathe to use the term battle mage, but surely field duty could be performed by less experienced individuals and their loyalty unlike that of our auxiliaries would be without question.

>>25087717
>>25087788
You elect to switch gears, putting some of your experience and training from officer's school to good use.

"Four people you say? Excellent! There are other matters I must attend to soon, but I will endeavor to speak with you later about them. And Hans, if those towns were anything like that village we encountered early, the presence of any booty worth taking is debatable."

You take a bite out of your own apple, eating a bit of the scrambled eggs. The food here is, at least, as tasty as it is back home. Considering this is actual food and not military rations, that makes it all the sweeter to enjoy.

"However, apart from those four, surely among the Thule society there are more that are only now taking their first steps? Especially considering our current successes here. I am loathe to use the term 'battle mage,' but surely field duty could be performed by less experienced individuals? Their loyalty, unlike that of our auxiliaries, would be without question."

Siegfried considers this, humming as he takes another bite out of his apple. "Certainly. The Society is made up of very brilliant minds, but everyone must start somewhere." He states cryptically, "Though none from Earth possess arcane talents-- simply varying degrees of aptitude to learn it." He clarifies for you, "If you are looking for dedicated combatants, I could endeavor to teach those that come across such things. One of the four notables would be prime for such a role, in fact." He tells you.

You nod, looking to Hans, "As far as reconnaissance teams is concerned, it's not a bad idea to get additional intelligence. A fast response group should be ready to move on a moment's notice. That ambush may have cut our last recon short, but with a fast response group ready to help in case of a repeat, there should be a prize worth taking and holding out in these towns." You assert. Hans nods at that.

>>25087901
"Aye," The short tank commander replies, "I suspect there's something in the temples that the Knight Commander is guarding from us as well, but an agreement is an agreement, I suppose. If nothing else, then I'll certainly make sure they take a poke through any temples or churches they run across in the field. Maybe give an idea as to what our own might contain."

>>25087901

Set a message to HQ requesting that they get a troop of panzer IVs, mechanised infantry with some flammenwerfer equipped half-tracks, a battery of LeFH-18s, and a company of motorized infantry, along with a sitrep of our gebirgsjaeger and prisoners. We'll need to attempt to open the gate early, so we'll need to send a squad to Magi Arthur to see if he'll help, and if not, see if the Knight-Commander has any condemned criminals we can take under the guise of "Humane executions"

>>25088550
You'll need to get to the command center, almost directly above the canteen on the next floor, in order to get in direct contact with HQ and issue such orders. It'll also give you time to review your dreaded reports, from the ones given by the locals (which are received in the desk in the throne room, typed up, and handed to the command center) to the ones dispatched from HQ.

You also spot your Doyle, head of the Gestapo detachment, a few tables down, currently eating on his lonesome with a few manilla envelopes open around him, looking over folders.

It's up to you where you head from here, or if you simply continue conversing with Hans and Siegfried, both of which seem to be waiting for you to either continue on or to excuse yourself.

>>25088658

Command center, we need to start planning to recover our Gebirgsjaeger, although given what we know of medieval society it is unlikely they will still be alive by the time we can rescue them.

Which means we need the forces necessary to wipe that fort of the map as punishment for such barbaric acts.

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IT'S BACK!
HOORAY.

....Looks like it was a slow day today looking at number of responses and how old the thread is but YAY!

Fuck, if I weren't so tired right now.

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>>25084837
>Ran into some heavily-armed folks roaming around the streets, apparently some kind of local heroes.

MMMMMMMURDERHOBOS

>>25088674
>Command center, we need to start planning to recover our Gebirgsjaeger,

This. I don't think we can wait for 16 days till the super-weapon is ready (9 days for the requisition, 7 days for it to be completed). They might be using torture and magic interrogation to learn about us and we cannot have this.
We need to call Gunther and other officers relevant to military operations and start planning our course of action.

We should do that now. Not in the cafeteria, of course but in the war room (we have one, right?)

>>25088862
>>25088674
>>25089168
>Slow start, but keeping things rolling as new interest hopefully shows up.

"I need to dispatch orders and get started on some reports." You mention, finishing up your tray. "I'll see both of you later." You say in dismissal, leaving them alone for now as you clean off your tray and begin to head back up the stairs. The sound of music and conversation dies off as you round up the stairs again, passing by a patrol of the Keep's defenders. The men all salute to you as they walk past, not expecting any trouble, but still performing their duties as expected.

The command center itself is an expanded version of the command post back at the portal site. Long rows of hanging lighting illuminate the theater from the domed ceiling, the chamber itself once having been a storeroom of the keep. Its reinforced nature, plus the abundance of space, made it ideal for a command post.

Over a dozen people are currently walking around and conversing inside, in addition to Gretta, currently busy at the radio controls. Dr. Buren and Dr. Klein are also present, the chief medical personnel apparently in the midst of a rather intense discussion between themselves.

You also spot the map of the local area, crude wooden models of your own forces and suspected enemy presences distributed. It was thought that there wouldn't be more than light garrisons in the nearby towns, but nothing could confirm that as of yet.

Your own area of the command center, a smaller office with basic panel walls, was loaded with reports. Three stacks of reports sat waiting, organized by relevance.

>Military updates
>Intelligence reports
>Arcane updates

>>25089297
Right, lets see the Intelligence reports.

>>25089297
>>25089328

Also, we should call some of our officers for advice, at least Gunther.

>>25089297
>>Slow start, but keeping things rolling as new interest hopefully shows up.

Don't worry, soon enough we'll start having hours long, inane arguments about trains and discussions again.

>>25089297

First things first, call up HQ and see what they can get to us on short-notice, then get Siegfried up here so we can coordinate an early opening if possible.

PRIORITY for reinforcements is Panzer IVs, we need their howitzers for fire support and to break their mage-shields, and enough LeFHs to bring us to 2 batteries (12 guns). We don't know exactly how much fire the shields can take, so we'll simply drown them in ordnance and then storm them with infantry supported by half-tracks and flammpanzerwagens if we can get them

>>25089475
I don't want to sacrifice anyone unless it is life or death situation for us.

>>25089475

That's why we use condemned criminals. They'll die anyways, might as well let their deaths further our goals.

>>25090094
Oh. I guess that works but I'm doubtful we'll have enough to make any difference.

Thinking about it. Is it still winter in fantasy land?

Anyways the fort will have to be dealt with. It could be used as a staging post to launch attacks against us.

In terms of renforcements, I would prefer lots of light tanks instead of one or two heavy tanks.

We will need to send some gold back to HQ.

>>25091121
How do we deal with the fort? Direct attack, or could we just fling napalm into it and hope everything inside burns to death.

Oh, we could have Gunther and his SS commandos set up charges along the weak spots in their walls.

>>25089297
>>Intelligence reports
also
-sacrifice a few prisoners for the gate, if nothing else we need a firm grasp of how efficient it is.
-send gold back, nothing says sound investment like getting a respectable heap of gold .
-not sure what the last requisition list was but I fully support parts for the golem, more manpower, a few Thule mage wannabes and perhaps some tanks or artillery.

Do we have enough medical and science staff? I know we got a few geologist but I imagine our doctors may be getting a hair overworked with the numbers involved.

>>25089823
Seconding this. The condemned prisoners idea is good, but there probably aren't a ton of them, and I don't want to run into the risk of going down the slippery slope and sentencing death for every little crime.

>>25091121

Reinforcements are based on unit blocks, not numbers. Given that a panzer troop is the same size despite model number, we want IVs. Mainly because the L/24 is great for anti-bunker and anti-fortification work, which is what we need. The 2cm autocannons on a PzII are decent enough against early-war vehicles, but not as much at the warfare we need. We'll want them to bulk out our panzer battalion once we have a basic framework (Since is can still gib infantry well, just not fortifications of any real strength).


>>25091208

The fort is assaulting a fixed position. We start with heavy sustained bombardment, and then move hard and fast in an L shaped attack with panzer and hanomag support, with flammwagens leading, the PzIVs will take out entrenched positions, hanomags will suppress and the flammpanzers clear the way. Infantry protects the tanks from unexpected surprises, and MG teams cover the flanks. We'll have a unit or two watching the river with MGs and the FlaK guns we have to take out any escapees.

>>25091588

I would like us to offer them a chance for surrender prior to engagement.
We send one auxiliary with a radio to them. We offer them the same choice we offered Redding. If they refuse our offer, either commence operation or provide a demonstration.

>>25092486
I really, really doubt they will surrender.

>>25092500

you never know, Redding surrendered to our superior Combat capabilities...

>>25092575
It depends on the leader i think on if they will surrender, such as the kid never took the hints that we were superior, the paladin saw that if he surrendered he will have more control over the negotiations and better terms.

>>25092486

They took prisoners and likely tortured them.

The only surrender we'll accept would be unconditional and the execution of the officer that sanctioned the torture, etc.

Plus, I don't know if we should do it. This is a major enemy military facility. Far better to hit with extreme violence of action.

While we are examining reports, I think it might be a wise idea to have a threat assessment made.

It would cover any dangers we could encounter and should prepare for. From creatures such as the ogres and kobolds, to other factions, delving into their numbers, organization, and armament.

>>25093138
On that topic we should check if this place has dragons

>>25093035
>Plus, I don't know if we should do it. This is a major enemy military facility. Far better to hit with extreme violence of action.

I agree to this. Coming to their doorstep and talking about surrender is only going to give them time to prepare... something.

>>25093425

Exactly. The only warning of our attack should be odd noises and the incoming whistle of our artillery.

Someone archive this thread?

>>25085133
You didn't forgot the geologist I insisted for like 3 months ago.
... I don't know how to tell you how much I love you.

Major reporting in. Nice to see you're back, but I fear I'll regret it in in the lecture hall next morning.

>>25093425
>>25093522
Agreed. We need to hit them with a strong assault after we get our reinforements. For the actual attack, an artillery opening would be great since it will hit them hard and quickly, except if they keep strong magical defenses up all the time.

>>25091494
>>25089823
>>25089475
At least if we have criminals already sentenced to death it would be a waste not to fuel the gate with them. We might also consider getting a supply slot of them during the gate opening. Still, this should not be the place where everyone from the other side is sent after a death sentence, since it will draw too much attention.

Will the Oberst update later or is the thread gonna be dead?

>>25096857
hope not

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>>25086527
So I made this really quickly. The text is in standard fantasy typography #2. It reads: "Onwards with the German Reich

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>>25096950
Nice, i now want to take some ww2 propaganda posters and make them fit for the quest like you have done. but i posses neither the skills or the software to do so.
Do we have a drawfag who could do this?

>>25089297
Hey OP do we know where our men are from (talking about the Wehrmacht)? It may actually matter because if they are from the south (like the Gebirgsjager who were Bavarian) there are chances they are strong catholics and might start getting upset at the sighting of the local D&D religions.

>>25097071
I can do it but not right now as it is 0:43 here and I m going to go to sleep. Maybee tomorrow or Friday.

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>>25097071
All we need now is some proper German words that apply to the present situation.

>>25096486
We are in IRC at sorcery.net major, the Oberst made a mistake when he wrote rizon, you are welcome to join us there!

>>25097272
Probably something like-

"The Future of the Third Riech rests on your shoulders.

Cross The Gate and defend your homeland tofay!"

current machine is fucked and can't into IRC, I can post on 4chan at least.

so yeah, reporting in. Heil Landa.

>>25097460
>All we need now is some proper German words that apply to the present situation.

I think we aim for recruiting locals. As far as we know the existence of the gate is kept in secrecy.

>>25097516
>current machine is fucked and can't into IRC, I can post on 4chan at least.

You can use web-irc here! Channel fantasyland! http://www.sorcery.net/chat_irc.php?tabid=37

>>25097272
okay I'm gonna do some posters with fantasy-things tomorow. Where should I post them?

>>25096486
>Agreed. We need to hit them with a strong assault after we get our reinforements.

I don't think we can wait 9 more days till the reinforcements.

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>>25097460
It's not that great, but I hope it works.

>>25097566
My machine is so incredibly shitty it can't even do Web IRC.

I'll try to make my library tommorrow and see if I can log on then.

>>25097749
It looks good enough, try to get some old timey looking text if you can.

>>25097526
"Tired of digging in the dirt?

Tired of being a nobody?

Tired of yearning for greater things?

Join the Third Riech today! Become part of an Empire destined for a thousand years of prosperity, on the job training, excellent work environments and the best weapons in the world!

Join the Riech, Emvrace your Destiny."

>>25097958
Chicks digs uniforms, and we are master-race tier in that department!

>>25098568
If we try to recruit locals we should emphasize the whole "joining the winning team"thing.

Play up the benefits of being in an army, cool clothes, excellent weapons, free training, 3 hots and a cot. We are dealing with an agrarian fuedalistic society here. Most guys think that inheriting a bit of land and spending your whole life on a farm is a damn good way to live.

Make it clear that joining the Wehrmacht makes you a member of the Master Race should probably net us a lot of peasants to throw into the meat grinder.

>>25098849
We should ask the Gestapo about the moral of our men, and the possibilities of recruint auxiliaries.

>>25099079
We should definetly see what our men are thinking, make sure they're reasonably happy and take measures to keep morale up if that isn't the case.

As for auxilliares we should get permission to use them, embed some political officers whose sole job is to keep an eye on them and make sure they don't go rogue on us and make certain their key orders are "shut up, listen to what's going on around you and get back to us" and "In the event of mutiny get the fuck outr of there and report back to us unless suicide is the only option."

>>25099079
I agree with asking the Gestapo what the mood of the men is, but I don't think that we need to utilize auxillary forces just yet.

Our main strength at the moment is the solid discipline of the German Army and our ungodly technological advantage; local auxiliaries have neither of these benefits.

If people are set on getting them though, recruiting some thugs and sons of the minor nobility into some scouting cavalry units might be a good idea.

>>25099854
I am thinking more along the lines, can we use the people here for other tasks than labour?

If the Gestapo/politicals agree that some of the local populace is arguably aryan, then we might be able to recruit them. While I wouldn't argue that they would be as good as our German troops, they are an alternative that we should investigate, or at least keep in mind for the future.

>Back from life!

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You stare at the pile of reports before you. You stare at it, neatly organized yet simultaneously chaotic. You grab the stack of intelligence reports, looking to one of the adjutants organizing paperwork nearby.

"Call for Gunther and Siegfried." You state simply, the names well-known (perhaps even infamous) enough to make the man simply nod and scurry off.

You walk over to one of the large metal tables, the cold of the winter outside not affecting the warm interior of the room, the bulky electronics and abundance of hot air being exchanged keeping it pleasantly warm for you in your uniform.

>>25099854
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>>25099079
"Send for Doyle as well." You remark, naming the Gestapo officer along with the others.

Finally, you open up the top of the reports, as the names are broadcast over the keep's speakers to send them up to you. With a few more gestures and some quick orders, you have the regional map laid out and weighted down, the command staff watching curiously as you go through the intelligence reports. Some of the reports are rather sketchy, based off new informants or what men could pick up from their scattered understanding of the local tongue. Other reports seem to be from books, the translation of which is still proceeding at a near-glacial pace, though interrogation reports are also included amongst the information.

>>25103053
Oberst!

Good to see you back to life sir

>>25103053
>Gunther:
>Roman Legions were approximately 6,000 men strong. Legion Fort may have that many present as a garrison.
>Local masons have little initial insight on fortress makeup. Further questioning yielded information that most forts include secret passages for reinforcements in the case of siege, usually trapped.
>Local informant in Guard reports that units tend to function in formations of ten. Could have anywhere from 6,000-10,000 present in fortress.
>Knight Commander Beregen reports having assisted in addressing undead plague near Legion Fort Starbane.
>"Undead" apparently are apparently vampires, some form of semi-decomposed "zombies", and more variants of living persons reanimated into monsters.
>Jaeger scouts report that nearby villages are lightly defended, perhaps fifty to one hundred total militia members and a smattering of military personnel, all armed with basic spears, shields, and other crude weaponry. Four watchtowers at each site, armed with crossbows.

>>25103246
>Doyle:
>Local criminal activities appear organized through central gangster leader-figure named "Rhemult". Resides within Keep district, current location unknown.
>Dissident elements identified in two small noble houses, intent on assisting local outlaws and bandits in harassing supply route to and from portal facility.
>Reich propaganda campaign proceeds apace, posters receiving lukewarm reactions. New informants are more attracted to rumors of vast wealth or under promises of protection.
>Morale appears high, but current opinion amongst the men is in favor of continued expansion in light of recent victories.
>Such expansion may be problematic, however, as additional holdings may prove unwilling to be subsumed into the Reich political and governmental structure.

>Siegfried:
>Magical captives from ambush are reduced to three in number due to unexpected enchantments, seemingly intended towards preventing more complex forms of interrogation or preventing direct capture.
>Three remaining captives, freed of such enchantments, have revealed presence of fifty mid-strength mages supplementing Fort Starbane's troops. Troop numbers unknown, magical elements and regular field infantry intentionally segregated.
>Mages sworn to the Reich as auxiliaries possess weak-to-moderate loyalty under simple examination. Loyalty appears primarily driven by financial gain and search for knowledge.
>Distinct classification discovered: "Magi Arthur" in comparison to other mages. Magi appears to be term used to denote mages of exceptional power and talent, recognized by the Emperor personally. Regular 'mage' runs entire gamut of classifications, skills, talents, and arcane abilities.
>Additional monsters and magical creatures affirmed as existing. Compendium pending further answers from captives and new personnel.

You are free to act for the next smattering of minutes, the officers unlikely to arrive for at least that long.

I think we must decide what reinforcements we will need, and if we are going to use sacrifices to open the gate.

When it comes to blood sacrifice, we could look for condemned criminals, We will need about 10, if we use too few we risk losing mages.

We also have a hundred PoWs that we could sacrifice.

I think we should do a sacrifice, either a small or a bigger one. The more troops and tanks we have at our disposal, the less casualties we would expect. We also need to try it out, if we would stumble into a desperate situation in the future where we urgently will need reinforcements then I want to have some experience in doing blood fueled gate openings.

There is also the problem of housing and feeding PoWs, we cannot really let them free, since that would probably lead to quite a few of them to take up banditry.

>>25103702
Anyone else got any opinion on this?

>>25103702
In my honest opinion, sacrifices are not needed, moving too quickly could be fatal for us. I'm of the opinion we should continue consolidating our position around here. It sounds like we're going to face some unrest soon and I'd rather not our supply lines be under threat while we attempt to advance.

True we're fairly strong at the moment, but Herr Hitler never rose to power by purely militant means. While we certainly should keep expanding I suggest devoting a certain amount of effort to solidify our hold on Redding and the route back to the portal base, they're not exactly well protected at the moment.
For now I we should send out skirmishing parties to try and bring local villages into the fold, that should allow us to make Redding capable of trading with outsiders.

As for the Fort, send our recon units to map the area and examine enemy force strength, then we should devise a plan for attacking it, but make sure we set up a line to repel any attacks from the fort. Namely setting up pre-sighted artillery kill zones to prevent a hostile advance. According to Gunther's info the fort would be quite a difficult conquest and earlier on simply removing the fort is probably our most viable option.

Restlessness among the men could be problematic but we should be able to placate them by having them assist locals in rooting out criminal influences. If we were to attempt to do this that is.

>>25103940
I am all for scouting out the area to the keep, but I think that we need more troops to secure our supply lines and to be able to take the keep.

I think we should consider a sacrifice, both to increase our forces and to test it out. We need more troops and more tanks and artillery if we are to take the fortress any time.

I also think that we should get the flying golem working, Aerial support would be great :P

>>25104071

Air support would be, speaking of ask Hans when he needs those Stuka Parts because if he doesn't cannibalise them immediately we can just use those for flying arty.
I agree that we need more troops, but there really isn't any need to rush it at the present moment. That said there isn't any rush not to use those sacrifices either, so I'm really ambivalent on that front.
Getting our troops to perform some COIN work against the bandits could be valuable. In fact if we can get them proficient enough at rooting out bandits and the like we can very easily gain support from scattered settlements by ensuring their safety. Although the presence of militia's makes me skecptical of this, additionally we need to keep an eye out for those murder hobos.
The last thing we need is random adventurers wrecking our shit and turning this into some 40's cartoon.
The more we can get the locals behind us the better, I might be looking a little far into the future, but if we can actually foster a sense of community in the locals around Redding we could very well turn it into an independent vassal nation.

Personally that's very appealing to the advance of our goals in this theatre.

>>25104351
For the short term there's really no reason not to make the golem instead of keeping the stukas. The legion fort isn't said to have any flying creatures defending it, and nothing has been spotted in the area. The tanks will provide plenty of artillery power, and without the need for dogfighting capability any air support is just icing on the cake, really.

>>25103940
I support this plan of action, as long as we instruct the Gestapo to arrest those dissident noble houses. Bad blood seeps through generations after all, and this would give us more prisoners to sacrifice.

Our next goal should be to destroy the fort, we don't need it after all. As a sure note, aside from the Songbird-Stuka, I think that we should keep the fact that we have powered flight a secret. It'll be like chemical/biological weapons, a secret we unlesh when we're faced with a huge enemy force.

>>25105102
This is true, but I do remember a suggestion from an earlier anon to try and acquire Fi-156 Storches for recce and anything we need an STOL plane for.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fieseler_Fi_156

As for the Stuka's this is true, but we still have a prepared airfield with no aircraft.

And I think everybody's in agreement to simply level the fort, I'm not too clear on the details but were these the guys that attacked our Gebirgsjager company?
Just checking to make sure we've got casus belli for this one

>>25105630
Attacked the company, killed several and have several more captive. It's not probable that they're alive in there anymore, but it becomes even less likely the longer we wait; so we should act quickly.

I believe that was why someone suggested using sacrifices to open the gate posthaste, to get the reinforcements for leveling the fortress with less risk of overextending ourselves.

>>25105772
Hrmm It'd seem prudent to see if we can't extract our people before we level the place. Gebirgsjagers are valuable after all. But to be perfectly honest we're probably going to find their desecrated remains.
I agree then we should see if we can speed up the gate's opening and get ourselves some reinforcements.

>>25105860
Does this fantasy world have scrying magic? Perhaps some of our hired wizards could have a look around? Even if we can't find our men, having a general idea of what's in there would be fantastic.

>>25103261
>>25105772
>>25105860
>>25103702
We will have to deal with those gangsters sooner or later. If our troops capture them and bring them to the base quietly, we wou.d also have viable sacrifices. Before doing this, we should investigate for a day or two to make sure they are not too popular with the lower classes. If they were seen as Robin Hoods of some kind we could get into hassle if we are not subtle.
Considering the trecherous nobles, we should imprison them and see if they can tell us something over the outlaws they support, then send a force to deal with them.
Generally, I think that defeated soldiers
should be treated honorably, but professional criminals, outlaws and bandits are fuel for the gate. All the people should notice is that they are gone, and no one will miss them. For nobles working against us, I recommend disowning and imprisoning them, as executions could be a problem later.

Oh hell yes, we're back in business. I need to go reread the last thread.

>>25106418
I was going to wait for the Oberst but I do want to say this. If we can determine the Gebirsjagers are alive rescuing them should be our immediate priority, followed by swift and devastating retribution. Sending the message that we will go to great lengths to protect our own would do much to win over the support of the locals, provided we suggest they could become similarly protected.

>>25107233
Easy, bring back any other prisoners, return them to their settlements no strings attached

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>>25103261
Can we get a quick look at the unfinished compedium of monsters? Also I think we should create 3 outposts with a squad and a half of men in them to guard the way between Redding and the portal. Pic related.
Also what happend to the outpost that is 2 km away and was constructed a long time ago?

>>25103261
Any word on our effective radio range now that the tower's up? Specifically, does it put the enemy fortress in radio range? This might have already been addressed in one of the previous threads but I can't for the life of me find it.

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>>25097749
Do you want the headline to be "humans"? It would be "das Tor" instead of "die Tor" in any case. It is also written in a formal way that I is unusual for WW2 posters. May I suggest the following:
"Volksgenossen
die Zukunft des dritten Reiches ruht auf euren Schultern
Durchschreitet das Tor und verteidigt eure Heimat!"

Pic related: The picture fits quite well, I think. Approximately: "No force in the world will be able to defeat this Germany ever again!"

>>25108189

You mean the one overseeing the Oil extraction operations? Last I recall, they were educating the locals for use as workers in the oil rigs...

Oberst, you gone again?

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>>25110744
Drawfagotry coming in. The top one is Hans the one at the bottom is Gunther.

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>>25112634
did OP die?

>>25113671
At the very least he's not here anymore.

>>25113943
Well, last post was about 15 hours ago.
It would be nice to have a
THREAD ENDED. from OP

>>25113671
>>25113943
>>25114245
Usualy OP bounces back and forth between here and posting and gone for 4-12 hours.

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>>25112634
>>25110744
>Oberst comes, Oberst goes, but mostly due to either life or a need for sleep.

>>25103702
>>25103883
>>25103940
You look down at the map, considering the possibility of sending a reconnaissance party. Considering the issues the Jaegers had last time, you recognize, rather easily, that if you send your scouts to the fort in a westward direction, you'll be throwing them directly into the same forces and potential ambushes as before. While trailing to the east is also an option, you know little of Thorton, the remote village apparently very isolated. Directly upriver is another option, but you have no ships with which to do so.

>>25104071
>>25104351
>>25105102
>>25105630
>>25105772
>>25106418
>>25106013
>>25105860
>>25107233
>>25107516
You pause for a few moments as you await the other officers arriving. You have many questions and thoughts, and you watch as Gunther, Siegfried, and Doyle all arrive in more or less the same span of time. The adjutants in the room move chairs around to ensure each of you are seated at the head and tail of the table, as well as one on each side, providing a perfect cross for conversations.

Coffee is poured into tin cups for each of you, except for Siegfried, who simply elects to have water in his own cup. Each man is in standard uniform, with Doyle and Siegfried each carrying their Mauser pistols at their hips. You push the intelligence reports forward.

"I've reviewed what you all have to say, and I've called this meeting to discuss strategy, as well as our options at this point. To begin with... Are there any opening remarks from any of you?"

Doyle and Siegfried both nod their heads, waiting for you to decide who should be addressed first.

>>25112634
>Excellent picture, sir, especially for Hans. I always imagined Gunther slightly beefier, though, more like Arnold mixed with Dolph Lundgren.

>>25114520
>>25114245
>>25113943
>>25113671
>Usually I run threads until they hit sage/autosage, with some sporadic appearances due to me passing out or otherwise having things crop up. I've got martial arts in a couple hours, but I intend to keep things going until then.

>>25108272
You look over to Gretta before addressing the others, the woman busy operating the large control station for the Keep's radio systems. "How far is our radio range?"
"We have direct contact with all current outposts, sir." She tells you, "The tower's a bit power-hungry, but it also should have coverage to the area of Tilaen, with spotty coverage of the Southmarch Academy. Assuming no interference, sir."

>>25110132
>>25108189
The Riverside outpost is fully functioning and operational, according to the last you heard. Reports from there may be in the other piles, but from what you've been informed, the soldiers stationed there are quickly learning the language. Gabriella, who is also stationed there, is also making quick progress on translating the local language with the assistance from the noble captive.

Go with Sig first.
Might as well indulge him.

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>>25115014
Praise the one that came back from the dead. Praise the man who overcame death!
Also what happened to the Kobolods?

>>25115133
You suspect that the Kobolds and Ogres are, by and large, all dead, but you haven't investigated too thoroughly. Your men have mostly been on the defensive in the portal base, keeping the perimeter secured and the prisoners under control. A full-time task under the best of conditions, certainly.

>>25108189
Several junior officers were working on compiling it from local folklore and wisdom, from what you were last able to glean from reports, but you could likely tell Doyle to have the junior officers just send you what they have so far in a rough draft.

>>25115124
You gesture to Siegfried as the others pick up the reports, the Thule spellcaster speaking up.

"Oberst, I have been busy interrogating the inferior casters that originated from the Legion Fort Starbane." He tells you, speaking clinically. "In addition to divulging some of the knowledge they possess on the arcane, I have uncovered that Southmarch Academy is, in fact, a school oriented towards the training of additional spellcasters. It is also, unfortunately, extremely well-fortified. It is suspected to possess at least three persons of power on-par with Magi Arthur."

You digest this information, thinking.

"However, for all their power, they do not possess the resources we do. Should you find yourself agreeable to this, I believe my earlier offer regarding the Gate's opening could be amplified. In addition to the spellcasters we have captured, should you deem it suitable, the auxiliaries-- as a whole-- could be sacrificed." He tells you.

Doyle's brows furrow, "Sacrificed?" He asks.
"Yes. Sacrificed in a small modification of the original ritual used by Magi Arthur-- before your time, Sturmbannführer, with our expedition. It will open the Gate for quite some time, I suspect, but in exchange for the lives of those lost."

>>25115404
Doyle gets an uneasy look to his face, "While sending men to die in battle is one thing, Oberst," He remarks, glancing to you, "Surely you see the ethical issues with this? At the very least, you can see what sort of problems this might cause with other mages of the realm, should they know we sacrifice them in this way?"

Gunther keeps quiet, just folding his arms together, watching the exchange patiently.

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>>25115105
So what I think we should do:
>create 3 outposts with a squad and a half of men in them to guard the way between Redding and the portal
>We should find out if there are any psychologist/socilogists amongst the expedition corps (be they scientists or simple Wehrmacht guys), get them together, tell them to make some kind of pamphlets with the title "The Reich and you", print it and distribue it throught Redding and local villages.
>Have our geologists to visit nearby mines, with an armed escort if needed, to judge how useful they are. Propose the miners to help them inprove their techinque in exchange of a tribute.
>Investigate on what happend to the Kobolds after we defeated them.
>take a look at the monster compedium.

>>25115416

"Put bluntly, This matter is a case of what is more beneficial to the Reich, More German boots and equipment this side of the gate or good relations with the locals..."
"we could always use condemned felons in that role. Allow their deaths to serve the Reich."

>>25115416
"Of course I see the ethical ramifications of this. Our image within this realm needs to be kept as pristine as possible as well if we want to minimize riots and maximize the number of free-willed supporters.

"The first can be over-ruled by this being for the good of the reich, uneasy as it makes me. The second, however, remains an issue. Circumstances of their death would need to either remain completely secret or their death needs to be seen as just."

I suggest that we only sacrifice people that are sentenced to death. Prisoners of war are considered a work-force, not sacrificial lambs. We need to find out which crimes are considered worthy of death and send all criminals that are sentenced to death to the gate. This should decrease the time between openings while still remaining morally just.

>>25115521
>tell them to make some kind of pamphlets
How high are the literacy rates? It would be kind of useless if they are below 5 percent, in that case we could have them lectured publicly.

>>25115642
>>25115691

I agree with those. Sacrifice professional criminals and those commiting capital crimes, rebels and outlaws. Then get some more from the Reich when the gate opens.

Lazerus suggested on IRC that the mages we captured should be interrogated to find out where they were going, and what they planned to do to our Gebirgsjägers. If they committed warcrimes on our soldiers, we should sacrifice them to the gate, if not, keep them as PoWs.

>>25115416
When we're done meeting with these gentlemen, could we send two halftracks out to Thorton? It seems to me that we ought to head upriver to assault the fortress, and that either way we ought to know if there's anything going on over there.

>>25109962
That's what happens when you use Google Translate. The headline is just supposed to be "people."

Someone should archive this thread in case it 404s before OP comes back

>>25121692
Way ahead of you.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/25082426/

>>25117091
Mages are too dangerous to keep as POWs, who knows what tricks they could pull.

I'm of the opinion that captured mages, after being interrogated for their knowledge by Seigfried, should be used as periodical sacrifices for the portal.

Nothing public in nature, they should just quietly disappear from the holding prisons and never return. It should also be something that we keep secret from our own men, they can't tell the locals what we do to captured mages if they don't know after all.

>>25115416
Also:

>Head of our Gestapo contingent
>Ethical considerations

>>25124288
I'm not sure this is true. Are there ways to make mages harmless? Something to disrupt their spell-casting ability or drain their magic would be useful. Maybe a gag or regular draining sessions. Letting them recharge our magical gear would be nice, if possible.
>>25124325
Like pretty much any other group in history they thought they had the moral high-ground. Just because someone decides to kill millions of people and wage war on the world doesn't mean they are uninterested in ethics.

>>25115642
>>25115691
>>25115723
You turn to Doyle, "Of course I see the ethical ramifications of this. Our image within this realm needs to be kept as pristine as possible as well if we want to minimize riots and maximize the number of free-willed supporters."

He seems to nod approvingly at this, and you continue on, "Put bluntly, this matter is a case of what is more beneficial to the Reich, More German boots and equipment this side of the gate or good relations with the locals." You shrug, "We could always use condemned felons in that role. Allow their deaths to serve the Reich."

You give a sympathetic nod to him now, "The ethical issues can be overruled by this being for the good of the Reich, uneasy as it makes me." You remark, "The second, however, remains an issue. Circumstances of their death would need to either remain completely secret or their death needs to be seen as just."

You look to Gunther and Siegfried, "I suggest that we only sacrifice people that are sentenced to death. Prisoners of war are considered a work-force, not sacrificial lambs. We need to find out which crimes are considered worthy of death and send all criminals that are sentenced to death to the gate. This should decrease the time between openings while still remaining morally just."

>>25124894
Gunther grunts, seemingly offering a noncommittal answer to your reasoning for the sacrifices. Siegfried pauses before speaking up, "Mundane persons, not mages, will require greater quantity to make up for the lack of quality. The mages require less numbers because their arcane talent will better fuel the ritual, I believe." He tells you, "I am not certain, of course, but I am a lone scholar exploring an entirely new field."

>>25115723
You look over to Doyle, "How high are the literacy rates?" You ask him, to which the officer gives you a look of mild surprise.

"I think I know where you're going with that question, Oberst." He tells you, "The populace is surprisingly well-educated. They seem to have literacy rates between seventy and eighty percent. It's higher in the upper class, but the lowest laborer classes and the vagrants, as a whole, tend to be mostly illiterate. I suspect that literacy and literary capabilities play a large role in just what class someone elevates to for the non-aristocrats."

>>25117091
>>25124288
>>25124551
"Siegfried," You continue on, "Any known methods of rendering the mages harmless, or otherwise keeping them under control?" You ask, to which the Thule sorcerer nods.

"I have done some research into this, but not much, Oberst. The Keep appears to have been built with cells specially dedicated to keeping spellcasters contained and under control, some sort of enchantment or spell that renders them unable to speak or invoke magic while within the cells. I could look into further means, of course, as I already know of at least a few basic hexes capable of countering or absorbing an offensive attack."

>>25124903
Given the high rate of literacy among the populace, I suggest that we instruct Doyle to move forward with Kebab's idea of a 'The Reich and You' pamphlet. This mix of propaganda and useful information about Germany, her laws and customs will be helpful to these new Reich citizens.

Regarding the mages, I think we should direct Seigfried to make magic neutralization his second research priority, right after Gate research. Not only will this be beneficial in securing POW mages, but if we are able to mass-produce some kind of enchanted equipment to our men, the threat of offensive spellcasters (both our own and the locals) should be lessened significantly.

>>25125043
yes

>>25124903
we can always find some non humans to sacrifice

>>25125375
Don't forget subhumans too!

>>25124325
Why do you think big H send him over to us? I guess they're using our little expedition to get rid him.

>>25127065
>>25125375
I completely forgot about that possiblility. If there are some nonhumans targeted by Imperial propaganda, we should take a look on whether they may be used as a proxy army or as sacrificial lambs nobody cares about. Both options would be preferable to using our human citizens for the respective tasks.

After we level the fortress we should investigate the whole undead business.

Will be just be facing reanimated corpses or will we have skeletal knights thrown in as well?

>>25130430
And we should find out about their vulnerabilities. It should be possible to destroy reanimated corpses with fire, but if they are undead skeletons it will be more difficult. In that case, we should probably just send tanks to do the job. A report about their bodily and mental abilities, as well as their origin would be great at a later time. We wouldn't want to stumble over undead mages or necromancers unprepared.

>>25130582
Hell, if the knowledge behind necromancy could be brought back to our world, the invasion of the Soviet Union will go very very differently.

All those brave men killed by General Winter will rise again under the banner of the thousand-year Reich!

>>25130783
Another mad science idea:
If the gate consumes as much power as Berlin to open once per month, and the sacrifice of 10 people suffices to open it, that means 1 person contains the energy used by Berlin's electrical devices during 3 days. If this calculation applies despite the strange nature of magic, we might sacrifice people for extremely powerful spells.

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>>25130362
KOBOLDS

>>25131020
I assume that the transformation from electrical into magical energy is far from efficient. Maybe magic behaves similar to other stuff and tries to spread out somewhat equally as well. On the magicless earth this could mean that a lot of the energy pumped into the gate bleeds off into the surrounding area.

>>25133257
How effective are cattle? Even if a dozen needed for the same amount a magicless human yields it might be a cheap way to get a small boost.

>>25133283
We still don't know if magic works on the earth i think, for all we know it could be a lost craft due to the prosecution of witches and the like in earth's history.

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>>25133325
8000 hours in MS Paint

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>>25133920
We should somehow combine this >>25117239
and >>25115521
>Have our geologists to visit nearby mines, with an armed escort if needed, to judge how useful they are. Propose the miners to help them inprove their techinque in exchange of a tribute.
>Investigate on what happend to the Kobolds after we defeated them.

>>25133325
Well heres a GREAT way to prove if magic works on Earth or not. We need to go back through the portal, or send someone back through the portal that knows what kind of energy magically charged platinum and quartz give off and see if earth quartz and platinum give off the same charge.
I have been saying this for a while and its VERY relevant. This information determines what kind of mission we have here.
If magic does work on Earth we have to devote like 90% of our efforts in this realm to finding out spells, building magical items, discovering lore and the like to aid the Reich in the war. And yes, as has been stated in other threads, working Wands of Cure Light will make a titanic difference in the War effort, as will fireballs, teleport, scrying and other such effects.
If magic doesnt work on earth then our usefulness to the Reich amount to resource production, a place to manufacture weapons that the Allies cant bomb and, if we are being Meta as fuck, a fallback position for when the Nazis lose the war on earth.

Cont.

>>25136601
Afterall, if magic doesnt work on Earth then we suddenly have the VERY real prospect of not doing anything but being a drain on resources for the Reich. Because we have to funnel EVERYTHING through The Gate. Troops, weapons, minerals, tanks, medicine, and everything else we produce has to be funneled through a Gate that wont stay open, and can only be opened quickly through HUGE sacrifices that will instantly turn the population against us if they find out. We cant run pipelines through it, we cant build a road through it for trucks and the like, we cant even put a landline through it to stay in contact with HQ in case whatever allows the radios to work goes out of sync. Its incredibly limiting to our usefulness and importance. Right now the Reich is having nothing but success in Poland, and if all goes well next summer, (Meta it will we wont have any effect on the Fall of France) it will stay that way. However what happens if we start losing on Earth and HQ needs to redistribute resources to fronts that actually need it. We will either be pulled out or cut off from Earth.
Another thing, this world is in a medieval state of development. That is INCREDIBLY useless for producing things en-mass. The amount of materials the Reich needs is FAR above the ability of this world to come close to producing, never-mind transporting it through The Gate. It will take us near to a decade to get this world up to our standard of technology and production to be considered even remotely useful. Having a population that isn't pathetically small even MORE so. Redding is a sizable city of 15000 people. There are VILLAGES in the Greater Reich with populations that size. We cant use this small a number of people and expect any kind of stable production, especially what with the unknown diseases, illiteracy amongst the majority of the population, monsters that run around killing people and an Empire to subdue for the glory of the Reich.

Cont.

Well, having OP post once in a while is certainly much better than having him be gone for months.

>>25136956
All of these challenges take time, resources, and effort to overcome. We have right now maybe 1500 people TOTAL that are Germans, loyal Nazi party members, and able to do that. We cant be everywhere at once with THAT small of a number of men. We cant keep the Empire subdued, ESPECIALLY if knowledge of how our guns work gets out, (Meta it will eventually no matter what we do, and Magic in this world can apparently counter guns anyways so its not THAT colossal of an advantage as we first thought), so we have to do this slowly and carefully or get more men to assist us.
I would really like to get some clarification from HQ as to what exactly we are supposed to be doing here and get some clarification as to whether or not Magic works on Earth so we can make a long term game plan with confidence.

>>25136956
Didn't we establish that a rope can stay on both ends of the portal after it closes?

>>25137148
The closing portal cut the rope.

>>25137148
>>25137175

The portal was dragging in what ever the rope was attached to. We decided to cut the rope rather then have a truck get sucked in.

>>25137198
Meaning that we cant keep it open no matter what we do because the portal will destroy whatever we try to force it to stay open with due to how it works. We need to figure out The Gate's magical lore and how it works REALLY badly. I dont want to be cut off by The Gate not working when we need a way out in a hurry.

>>25136601
I'm assuming that magic will work on earth, due to it making more sense than it not It's proven that people from earth can perform magic, earth's history with burning anyone thought to have magical powers, not to mention that I have no idea how OP would make us useful to the Fatherland, and we should do what do what you said as well as supplying materials such as Mithril as plane parts if it turns out to not be a metal that is already on earth, we haven't even tested how bulletproof it is yet.

>>25133325
>>25136601
>>25136956

It is very likely to assume that magic works on earth and that the Thule Society has some method of finding who is gifted and how talented they are.

They obviously knew that Siegfried could handle it, and there seems to be quite a few more of varying talent that the Thule Society has identified. This can be found in this thread if you read what Siegfried said when he had a social awkward penguin moment.

>>25130362
>>25127065
>>25125375
>>25125043
You look to Doyle at this new piece of information, the man speaking up before you can say anything, however.

"Given the high literacy rates, Oberst, I would suggest the distribution of additional literature about the Reich's methodologies and customs. A rough idea, even, of the laws in order to help acclimate the people here to Reich customs."

You nod, your subordinate's similar line of thinking giving you an idea that, perhaps, you might not have to be the only one doing some heavy lifting mentally around here.

>>25131020
>>25130783
>>25130582
>>25130430
"Good." You remark, "Now then, with that settled, what's all this about 'undead' I hear about? It sounds like, well, a rather bad radio drama to be honest." You joke, causing a few light laughs in the room.

Siegfried simply smiles, "Just as I outlined in my report, Oberst, though the locals appear very superstitious about the undead. The Knight Commander was very... adamant on the subject of their destruction. It appears that there is some sort of alternate school of magic, divine magic, that works exceptionally well against the undead."

>>25137849
Gunther speaks up as well, "I also spoke with the Knight Commander on the subject, Oberst Landa." He says, your honorific coming out a bit half-heartedly, "It appears that they come in a myriad of forms. Rogue mages and evil wizards summon and create them, but from where, Beregen didn't say. Apparently they have the ability to occur naturally in areas of 'great evil'." He adds, using finger quotes for emphasis.

"Hmph. Superstition." Siegfried says dismissively, "Likely, areas where large amounts of magic have been used... Continuously..." He pauses, "Ah. That may be problematic with our entry point." He says abruptly, cupping his chin. "I will have to investigate the matter further. Any dead buried near the Gate may have a chance at returning to life."

Gunther speaks up, "The undead need whole corpses to return naturally, Beregen says. Parts can be used by wizards delving into black magic, but the whole body is usually needed. State of decomposition doesn't usually matter."

Doyle speaks up as well, "That would explain why the nobles look favorably upon cremation over simple burial, or at the very least, trapped mausoleums. Makes it so that their past leaders can't be risen from the dead."

>>25133283
>>25127065
>>25125375
Doyle speaks up again, "Well, if we need sacrifices... What about subhumans?" He asks, "The census information, while not complete, lists a number of races other than human. From what I've gathered, these races each have their... unique aspects, but also areas where they fall short in comparison to normal people. Could they suffice for a sacrifice?" He asks Siegfried.

Siegfried simply shakes his head, "Yes, but smaller numbers only function in the case of the arcane spellcasters. If you wish to use mundane persons as sacrifices, then you will need to increase the number of sacrifices to compensate. Ten sou-" He pauses, "Ten people is simply not enough to bridge the gap between worlds."

>>25133283
"Animals?" You press.

>>25137339
We have a severe lack of evidence as to whether or not that is the case. After all Sigfried is a member of the Thule Society, whom are supposedly German mages. I have never heard of them producing anything that remotely resembles Magic in our world. Now you COULD argue that they didnt know how actual magic worked due to the absence of anything like a real mages school or similar body of knowledge. We have been here for two months and some change, and he can already effectively counter all but the most powerful of Magi. Hell Magi Arthur is AFRAID of him in a sense, thats how powerful he is. If that is the case they why the hell did he not use this power of his AND his colleagues to mind control Hitler and be running the country himself from behind the scenes, ie HE WOULDN'T BE HERE doing legwork for the Nazi if magic worked on Earth like it does here. Another argument against Magic working on Earth is the fact that we have more than likely come into contact with Platinum and Quartz before on earth in some way shape or form and we NEVER felt anything like the magical charge we felt when the shipment of minerals exited the portal before in our lives.
These are VERY good pieces of evidence against Magic being present on Earth.

>>25137864
>>25137864
"You would need truly vast numbers, Oberst." Siegfried replies dryly, "It would be the same as trying to provide heat to all of Berlin using only candles."

>>25135908
>>25115521
>>25117239
"Gunther," You say, looking to the man, "Can you get two halftracks out to Thorton, investigate it? It may be one of the best avenues we have to getting to Fort Starbane."

The large commando nods, "I'll have the Jaegers loaded up." He tells you, "Two squads."

You then look over to Doyle, "Same for the geologists and those two mines. Send an armed escort if you think they need it, but I want them to judge how useful they are. If we can bring the miners under our control, offer them improved mining techniques in exchange for tribute, we should be quite well-off."

Doyle nods as well, "As you wish, Oberst. I'll have a squad of Wehrmacht go with each science team, unless you think there should be more."

"Now, does anyone here have any idea what happened to these 'Kobolds' after we defeated them?" You ask, to a chorus of shaking heads.

Siegfried eventually speaks up, "If I were any academic on the matter, which I certainly am not, I would surmise that we either destroyed enough of their forces to cause their homes to collapse, reducing them to migrating elsewhere, or that they have deemed us too great a threat to attempt to attack for the foreseeable future."

>>25137952
>>25137864
>>25137849
Ah good to see you again.

>>25137952
So, we need a heap of bodies to power the gate and the reports we have indicate they breed like mad. We slaughtered them earlier and none of the locals seemed to give a damn, implying they are considered more of a pest than a people.

Can we have people look into the viability of rounding up Kobolds to sacrifice and perhaps keep a breeding ground so to speak to ensure a steady supply for the gate?

>>25137877
It could be the case that magic will function normally on Earth but it does not occur naturally, explaining why platinum and quartz don't allow people to control the world. I'm hoping that the materials keep any magical charge they have when they cross back over to Earth but cannot be recharged except on our side of the gate.

>>25138583
I'm thinking that we can find better sources of gate fodder if we need it but yeah, it can't hurt to have people look into how viable that would be.

>>25138727
If thats the case with magic then our usefulness will never be a priority. If a wand of cure light has 50 charges then once its done, its done and we need to make another one and another one, requiring us to tech up this side of the portal, a process that will take AT LEAST a decade.

>>25137952
Oberst can we at some point in the near future do two things?
1. Get a gameplan from HQ. Right now all we are doing is digging in around the portal. We cant do that for much longer, the fort will soon be basically finished except for higher technical stuff. We need long term goal for why we are here, and HQ has strangely enough not given those to us at all.
2. We REALLY need to see if magic works on Earth in ANY capacity. Like even if there is no native magic and we have to mass produce wands, that will aid the war effort significantly, otherwise all we are doing here is conquering land in the name of the Reich and we will probably need a good 10000 men and a hundred tanks and planes to do that and keep it conquered.

>>25138727
We need to start taking over larger portions of this Empire and begin building up a base with which to supply the Reich and ourselves. Hell with the level of tech that this world currently has it cannot have more than 500-700 million people on the planet. I could easily see this world be all the Lebensraum that The Fatherland could ever need here, we may want to start getting some settlers together to transfer over to this side.

>>25138763
We shouldn't have to rebuild them. The rings can be recharged slowly by sitting them on some magic materials so I would hope that healing items would work that way too.

>>25139031
I agree that when the gate opens back up we need to send some magic gear back to see how it works on Earth since that's going to determine what we need to prioritize securing and sending back home. Do we have any magic items other than the rings? I propose that we send over one item (preferably not a ring since we're going to need them for a while) and two big hunks of quartz. We first need to determine whether magic works at all back home, and, if it does, whether magically charged quartz can still be used to recharge our gear, and, if that works, whether mundane quartz that hasn't left Earth has any magic energy that can be used for recharging.

Lets get some honest opinions on how we should deal with the Fort. Do we wait 9 days for reinforecements plus 7 more if we want to finish the golem? Do we attack with what we have? Or do we start going evil by sacrificing people to open gate earlier?

Ask siegfried how many normal people does he think we need for the sacrifice to open the gate earlier.

There were talks about criminal underworld and some nobles who might be sponsoring them. I think all of them are the prime candidates for the sacrifice.

>>25139978
I think we should wait for the scouting team to send word from Thorton, then have them proceed onward to the Fort if it appears to be safe. I don't know how we'll be able to plan for this until we know what we're up against.

>>25139978
see
>>25085322

>>25139978
>>25140160
Yknow doing some simple math here since 1000 people equals 1 hour, with what we have now it would be nigh impossible for us to keep it open for more than maybe like 5 or so at a time without massive repercussions to our public image and also running out of bodies QUICKLY. Redding has a population of 15000, that in open time is 15 hours. Not even a day for an entire city. That horribly inefficient. We would literally need to clear continents at a time to keep it open. Also we have no idea if that number doesnt increase after The Gate has been open for a period of time, if it does then its even harder to keep it open.

>>25140895
Sacrificing mundane people is truly an inefficient way to keep the gate open, I agree. Hence why I was a proponent earlier in the thread of secretly sacrificing captured enemy mages. This way they can't cause any trouble and we can open the gate by killing only a handful of them.

Furthermore, I'm going to agree with what Anon said; we need to determine the scope of our mission here. We sent a ring and some wands back to the Reich a while ago, what happened with them? This gate opening, we need to send across a fair bit of mithril and get the Reich to determine whether it has the same properties as it does here.

Finally, undead rising around the gate shouldn't be an issue, we instituted a 'burn the bodies' stratagem early on to combat the spread of disease.

>>25141115
I think we should focus on mithril mining for the close future.
Considering how inefficient non-mages are, we will have trouble to keep the sacrifices up even if we take the undesirables from the entire Reich. There does not seem to be an easy solution to this problem, as a normal gate opening would allow for only 800 prisoners to be pushed through, and if we need 1000 deaths to open the gate it would not help us.
Maybe we should look for a completly other way to keep the gate open, with mundane technology or some kind of magic harvesters.

>>25141618
Looking for other ways to power the gate is probably the best option and we should treat sacrifice as a temporary thing at best.

This gets me thinking about that wall the Magi had and how it was powering most things in his tower. Maybe we can also use this method to power the gate? No doubt it would require a lot more than binding just one of those creatures.

>>25141862
Interesting idea, very outside the box. Though I'm not keen on the notion that a demonic entity could have a degree of control over our only pathway back to the Reich.

To bring up a previous point, I'd like to instruct Doyle to arrest the entirety of those two minor noble houses that were conspiring against the Reich. Singular arrests creates resentment against occupying forces, this avoid that and provides an illustration of our power.

Personally I think the families should be arrested during the night in accordance with this policy: (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacht_und_Nebel)

>>25145940
I have to say that is an interesting idea and depending on these local "heroes" that were mentioned we might want to add them to the list of people to arrest and make disappear.

>>25146625
We might bring them in and have some coffee with them first or something, see what they think of the Reich. If they actually like us it wouldn't hurt to have an adventuring party on our side. They could be invaluable for infiltration and espionage (since they'd blend in better than Nazis) or just getting shit done in general. Since we have more money than we know what to do with now we could probably hire them if they don't hate our guts for whatever reason.

>>25145940
>>25146625

I think we should have them arrested during the night, take their children hostages and place them under house arrest. The nobles expect to be handled in a certain way, this way we can punish them without upsetting the other nobles who wonders where the Joneses went.

>>25148250
Do any of the natives know they were up to no good? They might be more appreciative if they knew that the nobles were being rounded up because they're dicks and not because we were bored and thought it would be fun.

>>25146625
>>25147025
>>25148250
Nobles should get used to being handled the same way as everyone else in the Reich.

Round the entire house up during the night and with a minimum of noise, transfer them all to the Gate Labor Camp and assign them numbers instead of their names.

If any of the other nobles ask what happened to them, we simply tell them that we have no idea who they are talking about. They'll get the message.

As for the local 'heroes'; I like the idea of offering them gold to be the Reich's local infiltration force, but if they refuse they should disappear into our labor camp as well. Adventurers have the nasty tendency of throwing a spanner in the works.

I forget, what was the race tier list again?

>>25148545
I could be mistaken, but I believe it's as follows:
Master Race Tier
-Humans
Honorary Aryan Tier
-Elves
-Half-elves
Second-Class Citizen Tier
-Halflings
-Dwarves
-Gnomes
Work or Die Tier
-Half-Orcs
Gate Fodder Tier
-Orcs
-Kobolds
-Etc

I know this was discussed earlier but I can't for the life of me find it.

>>25148757
Oh, my mistake, here it is.
>Aryan Nordic Races (Earth)
>Non-Aryan Nordics (Earth)
>Non-Nordic Caucasians (Earth)
>Aryan Humans and Elves (Fantasy)
>'Honorary Aryans' – Persians, Japanese (Earth)
>'Honorary Aryans' – Non-Aryan Humans and Elves, Dwarves (Fantasy)
>Majority of non-mentioned Earth races (Earth)
>Untermenschen - Earth Blacks, trolls, goblins, etc (Both)
>Jews

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>>25148813
>>25148757
/pol/, please go.

>This fucking non-euclidean archive scheme
Damn it, sup/tg/.

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>>25148813
Drewfag this up for the last thread months ago, never got to use it.

One important point to note, 'full political and civil rights' under the Reich would be very different to that enjoyed in a Western democracy today. Civil rights would mean that a German citizen could go about their business, as long as they stayed out of politics, without much fear of government involvement. If this citizen wanted to get political, they have the 'right' to join the Party.

Racial pyramid aside, we decided several threads ago that Landa was a pragmatist at heart. While he would likely be a member of the Party, his actions are driven primarily out patriotism rather than Nazi ideology. Therefore, while he would create a racial hierarchy to appease Command, I doubt that he'd promote or enforce it too strongly.

Holy hitler it's NAZIQUEST!

I swear if this didn't happen sooner I would've been tempted to do something like "Imperial Japan in Orient-fantasyland" (there has to be a better name for something like that).

>>25148828
What's the point of playing Nazis if you don't want to play Nazis?

>>25149354
>Imperial Japan in Orient-fantasyland
That...actually sounds interesting. If ever there's another lull in the quest, someone ought to do that. We could start from the same date this quest started.

Point of question Herr Oberst, what is the current date as of right now?

>>25148537
The thing is that something like that would increase the hostility from the nobles. We are not communists, the peasantry will be glad that we are an equal opportunities employer, the nobles are the only ones who can put up a meaningful resistance, lets not give them too man incentives to resist us. We are too few to manage a real occupation.

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>>25137864
"great evil"

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While employing party policies is something we must do. There are several things that are more important.

Like not getting slaughtered when the empire marches down here.

I wonder when it we should get recon planes to get some eyes in the sky.
Large armies would stick out like a sore thumb.

>>25151080
We have a nearby fortress that we are preparing to take out.

And I must insist that we get Songbird running! He is too awesome to no be on our team!

>>25139307
You possess the rings and some form of magical wand. You speak to Siegfried on the matter, however.

"What other magic items do we currently possess, since taking the city?" You ask the Thule member, his face taking on a curious expression before speaking.

"What do we, currently, possess in our own name? Only the rings and the wand. The city, as a whole, possesses more, albeit in the hands of merchants, noble houses, mages, etcetra." He rolls his hand along to emphasize the gesture, "The mages sworn to us have proven willing to submit a number of lesser items. Elixers capable of rapidly increasing the pace of healing, wands capable of conjuring lightning bolts. A myriad of potential research opportunities, but I am at a... Small loss for manpower to fully explore it. I leave it in your hands to decide where I focus my efforts or, if not, then I shall endeavor to do what I can to look into all potential fields."

>>25138583
>>25138727
"What of the monsters-- the Kobolds?" You ask, thinking on Siegfried's choices for now. Gunther and Doyle both speak up.

Gunther: "The men back at the Gate base have nothing further to report on the presence of monsters. They've cleared out a good chunk of forest in their direction for the palisade and for security purposes, and they've seen neither hide nor hair of the things."

Doyle: "The locals see them as a nuisance, as far as I can determine. The removal of such creatures would likely be seen in a positive light, but I am uncertain as to why no such purge has been undertaken before."

Gunther: "Simple enough. Those things were working together with the larger ones-- the Ogres. I figure that the Kobolds and the Ogres have some kind of alliance or pact. If we wipe out one group, the other's sure to make it difficult, or at least try to reciprocate. Might have more allies that we don't know about as well."

>>25151581
Doyle nods, "Could be problematic, but we don't have any agents in their midst to confirm or deny that. I'll query further with the locals, but I suspect you're correct."

Siegfried also pipes up, "Their small stature and lack of intellect may prove problematic, of course, for the ritual's purposes. More of them may be necessary, but if they breed like rats, that may be easily offset." He states, nodding affirmatively. "Especially being so close to the normal opening time, less energy will be required."

>>25139031
>>25139307
You think on the topic of a long-term goal, the matter of fortification weighing on your mind somewhat. Magic on Earth, as well, is another concern.

Siegfried seems to mention the latter, while Doyle drops a bombshell on the first.

Siegfried speaks first, "Oberst, with your permission, I would like to return to Germany upon the opening of the Gateway. I have made suitable preparations for any replacement, or replacements, you may select to traverse the Gate in exchange for myself. I have a burning desire to see what I have learned tested back on Earth, to know if it can aid our efforts." He remarks.

>>25151589
Doyle quirks an eyebrow at the request, "... A very interesting request, Siegfried." He states, "As we are scheduled to have a guest for the next month." He states simply, looking to you, "I was not to inform you until the day before, but a very important member of the Party is visiting our site. One who plans to help elevate us to the next level of operations. You will remain in command, but he is to serve as a strategic advisor and define objectives. Our intelligence is reaching near-sufficient levels to move beyond exploratory efforts."

You look to him, wondering just who might be sent to handle such a role.

"Albert Speer shall be joining us, Oberst, as of November 24th, assuming we do not open the Gate any earlier. He and his assistants are already preparing for the transition, in addition to... Other resources." He remarks to you.

Nine days. Well, at least you've managed to gain some attention...

>>25145940
>>25146625
>>25147025
>>25148250
>>25148363
>>25148537
You bring your thoughts around to the issue of the nobles. You could round them all up, imprison them, make a public spectacle... You speak up.

"What of the nobles plotting against us?" You ask. All three have ideas.

Gunther: "Public execution. They're being careful and not getting their hands too dirty, but they still slipped up enough for our informants to catch on. I say we line them up against their front wall and make it quick and simple."
Doyle: "An overt display may cause too much fuss, as might any sort of retaliation without direct proof. The issue is that they're looking to recruit talent from the city's underbelly, and the coinage here is not as easily traced. Gold bars and other such things are common in the criminal circuits, causing some difficulty in finding origins."

>>25151598
Siegfried speaks up as well, "We could take the heads of the household captive. Invite them for a personal meeting, then ply... Interrogation methods to make them confess to their schemes, and name any co-conspirators."

>>25149435
>>25149354
>I would love to play in that, actually, or help plan it out with my notes from the Nazis. I'd think that Russians would be pretty cool, also.

>>25149435
The current date is November 15th, 1939.

>>25151080
Your marksmen, though few in number, are able to maintain a sharp vigil from the Keep's towers for the moment. Sharper than most sentries in the area, you suspect.

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>>25151598
>>mfw

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>>25151589
>>25151598

About Siegfried, lets have him go back. But ask for his address so we can send him Christmas cards! It might be good to remain in contact.

Speer is going to be interesting. Having him here also implies that we are going to turn this land into an industrial powerhouse for the Reich.

>>25151581

There has to be another way of powering the gateway than wasting lives of potential labour force. What about this "divine magic" that has been mentioned? Could that one be used to feed the gate?

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>>25151682
>>25151598
Great news. Prepare some decent rooms for him and his assistants, and also a introduction to our findings, especially magic, the gate, mithril and maps, our current production capabilities and a short report of our relations with the Empire and our citizens.

>>25151625
I think we should use the usual Gestapo tactics. At 3:30 in the morning the door will be broken in and a squad of our soldiers with some secret police members rushes into each house, puts everone on a truck and drives them to the keep, where they are interrogated immediately. They are more likely to confess if they are shocked like this, and we can start the next day's operations during dawn, meaning there won't be much time for accomplices to notice and flee if the nobles give them away quickly. Our goal should be to quickly imprison everyone involved in this trecherous scheme, and knowing that everyone else is being interrogated at the same time, they will try to save their hide by confessing first. This will give us enough information to put up a trial that is not and does not look like a complete farce.

>>25151589
I am uncomfortable with Siegfried leaving this realm, and we should get at least a dozen promising Thule Society members in return, so that we have enough loyal manpower to make up for his strngth, while also solving the lack of time from which he suffers at the moment. Still, we will want him to be contactable through radio and to write a short script for our new mages.

>>25151916

Siegfried has mentioned four talents, one of them which should be a combat mage. Lets pick him and a number of less talented Thule members. With Speer here on this side it will be easier to request resources, this man is a personal acquaintance to the Fuhrer, and nobody in the huge nazi bureaucracy is going to want to let him down!

nobility:
I like the forced house-arrest of their children the best. It sends a clear message ("We know what you are up to and if you fuck with us, we will fuck with you.") while not actually doing anything harmful enough to let them rally support for. Additionally this would put us in the best place to indoctrinate the future ruling class! Give them a nice place to and reich-approved education.
Remember: All our actions can be used against us. It is much harder to rally troops if the worst your enemy did to you was "He gave my children excellent education in a boarding school." than it would be if it was "He started killing half my family on mere rumors of insurrection. "

Regarding the gate: What stops us from implementing the same mechanism that is used on the other side of the gate? Sure, it would not allow us to open it the instant we want to. It could half the time needed to open it though. As far as I remember we have a huge surplus of fuel anyways.

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>>25152075

...

Sacrifices on the other side....
Oh boy.

Anyway.
>>25151581
>>25151589
>>25151598

We should plan the fortress attack after we receive the reinforcements but in the mean time we can have our troops do reconnaissance.

The sacrifice plan might have to be shelved for now. Since the numbers required are infeasible.

The 2am arrest plan might work, we did mention that things will be different here.

Also we should get a report ready for when our guest arrives, Siegfied should spend time thinking of a briefing for any replacements we can get.

>>25152192
No-one likes that fat shit Gobbels... How sad.

>>25152192
>>25152075
I think he wanted to build power plants on this side of the gate. While it means that we have a backup in case the one on the other side is destroyed, it would be a huge amount of work. Also, if we want to build a facility to power the gate at this side we should take a look at magic means instead.

>>25152192
I agree with this, but we should be very careful when sending a scouting party. Do you think we should send the SS squad or normal soldiers told to be careful?

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>>25151625
>Kobolds and Ogres
These creatures, they have shown sentience yes?

Perhaps we should also consider the possibility of domestication or persuasion into serving us, if only for a select few. There may be uses for such creatures in the future. Think of what use an intelligent Ogre could be in recruiting or persuading a lot of these creatures to serve us as.

Im absolutely sure the empire has considered the use of these beasts as auxilliaries.

>>25151598
>>25151625

I'm more interested in using the enemy nobles and the criminals as sacrifice fodder rather than executions.

Also, I think we should send a large sum of gold back to homeland next gate opening. And let Siegfried go home, ask him to return next opening if he can.

>>25152318
No, the Kobolds and Ogres are only fit for extermination/forced slave labour.

We will also get incredible bad PR by having hated auxiliaries, their bad reputation will smear ours.

>>25151916
I like this! Separate them and interrogate them! Since they are a noble family, I doubt they are going to sell out their own family members, but getting them to sell out each other if they are working in tandem would be great.

If we want to be really evil, then we can have a mock execution. Capture them, take them out, make them dig their own shallow graves. Then the messenger of the Oberst comes! And is very upset! Stops everything! They are brought before the Oberst, who says that he will extend his forgiveness this time. They will have to pay a huge fine, the nobles gets house arrest, the children are taken hostage.

A boarding school is a cool idea, but we should consider where to put our base of operations. Everything utterly crucial should be in the gate base, but we should consider what we really want to build in Redding.

>>25151916
This plan to arrest all the implicated nobles has my support.

Also, let Seigfried go home, we need to see if magic works back in Germany.

>>25152558
I agree that there should not be public executions as long as the deterrent effect is not absoulutely neccessary. The traitors and criminals should be tried semi-publically, I propose a large building with seats for 50-100 interested citizens. This has of course propagandistic reasons, since it will be very impressive if we try all conspirators at once in a seemingly fair trial, although they are unable to effectively defend themselves and will try to stab each others back. While some may argue that we should take the role of judge or persecutor, both should be members of our psyops unit with a law education. This way, we will not draw hostilities at ourselves or our higher command staff.

>>25152991
Ogres and Kobolds are hated, but it would be nice if we could make them our puppets and deniable assets, both for indirect attacks against the Empire and maybe even as a false enemy for propaganda. We could have them operate in all the barony without us being seen as the true enemy, and may even set up a fake attack against our own possessions with the Wehrmacht arriving in the last moment routing them.
Mock executions will make us seem merciful and may help to improve our image, but if we can also sacrifice them to the gate. Also, it will make future executions difficult since everyone believes that we abhor them. I say we should wait for the results of the interrogation before we decide.

>>25153113
We should ask Siegfried and Hans on how our mechanical equipment is,

We have this banter in :
>>25083331
"So... Apparently these guys have magic that lets them talk any language they like, flawlessly. We were chatting in perfect German, but it was weird, like this guy didn't understand some of the words he was saying. He talked about the Panzer, but kept making a weird face every time he said it."
"Huh. Why do you think that is?"
"Haven't the foggiest, but damn if it isn't weird. Apparently he was asking about why the magic in it's so weird. I just shrugged him off, but..."
"But?"
"I don't know anything about magic or sorcery or whatever this is, but it seems to me that there's something odd going on with our equipment. More than just what the local winter can account for."

Maybe it is just the mages who don't get that they are not magical, but lets look it up eh?

So we have confirmation, both that Kobolds breed like rats and are commonly given the same regard. Lets have the word put out that were looking to capture some Kobolds, perhaps we can contact one of those adventuring groups we heard our men speak of.

As for Siegfried, he has our best wishes for his return. Hopefully we get that major talent and a dozen or so lesser talents. Also, have some men prepared near the mages area of the keep and the cells. If they were thinking of rebelling or desertion Siegfried's departure would be the perfect time.

Speer is coming? Sweet swastikas! Check that our inventory of building materials and potential workforce is complete and accurate. Do we have accurate maps of the city and local areas? If not make them.

Have we had the gate and its surroundings as well as that river properly surveyed? If no get somebody on it.

Also if Speer is coming and it sounds like he has a surprise of some sort, using some condemned prisoners (discretely, we don't want his first sight to be a firing squad in action) to extend the gates time would probably be wise. Perhaps we should mention th option to command and leave it up to their jugement

>>25152991
in earlier threads the idea of using them came up and the idea was oked. your acting like using false flag attacks was something the Germans never did do you remember how the war with Poland started

>>25151625
Speer's coming to visit, sweet. Have the geologists who are examining the mines as per >>25115521 check out the Mythril mine first because I imagine Speer will be most interested in that stuff.

I think Sigfried should be able to head back to Earth this time to gauge how well magic works on the other side (since he's the most qualified man in the Reich) as long as he agrees to stay in radio contact to guide the new Thule guy(s) through the whole "now that you're a wizard" since I'd be surprised if they picked it up as easily as Sigfried did.

>>25152991
>We will also get incredible bad PR by having hated auxiliaries, their bad reputation will smear ours.
That certainly is a likelyhood. However, there is also conversly the possibility of gaining good PR.

Imagine, where the people see an nighty Ogre and expect nothing but a brutush rapist or savage, only for it to be clothed and an intelligent disciplined soldier walking side by side among our ranks, not in front like an animal. If word spreads out that even we can manage to teach sense into these senseless beings it could be to our advantage.

It might be something the Empire has never attempted before, rationalizing an ogre or other monster. Nevertheless, this is indeed but a pipe-dream for now until we can conduct more research into them.

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>>25151598
>Speer
We should consider giving him some samples of Mithril so he can do experiments on them as a suitable alloy for building and weaponry.

Also, remember that idea several anon's were promoting a long time ago about how a mithril-steel bascule railbridge could double our input/output levels through the gate? While Germany could provide the manpower to build it?

>>25155661
you have put ideas of an Ogre covered in heavy armor using a to size MG34 with a backpack fed ammobelt

>>25155698
The issue was providing to Germany that this Gate project is worth the investment.

AKA. Give the fatherland loot.

>>25155882
True enough, once we start collecting more bulk resources like Mithril ore or oil, we'll simply send a portion of it the current way, via trucks, but promising the capacity for much more resources should they actually build the bridge/pipeline.

It would still be best though that Speer have these blueprints ready and on hand in the event we can get them built much sooner. Or just do some research into the usefulness of mitrhil in general.

>>25155698
>>25155882
>>25155882
I approve of this bridge but fear that it will take several month's production of mithril to build at the current rate, and also require us to send many trucks back through the gate. Let's see what Speer thinks of it.

>>25155882
What have we sent them so far?
Besides footage, anything like the lightning tanks? Or mithril and treasure?

Did we confirm magic works earthside yet?

>>25155974
Only footage. For the next opening, we plan to send them mithril, gold and Siegfried, this should increase our value by a large amount.

>>25155882
One of the Reich's goals were to acquire lebensraum, but I doubt that we will get away with just fixing that, we need to export some nice stuff.

Healing potions seems ideal. But mithril and other cool stuff would be awesome!

>>25156111
I wonder if potions are magical or chemical in nature, and can they be replicated on earth?

>>25155974
We have apparently not confirmed whether magic works Earthside or not. When the Gate opens we're sending Sigfried back over with some stuff to find out. I propose we give him the wand, a chunk of magically charged quartz for charging purposes, and a healing potion we borrow from one of our new wizard friends.

>>25156379
Likewise we have yet to confirm if magic could be bound by scientific principles, like if a wizard's lightning attacks can be deflected by a lightning rod.

>>25156412
I think we can ask Hans about this, since he has been working on the golem with Siegfried and the auxiliaries.

>>25156412
If that was ccompletely the case, a mages lightning would strike the earth right below him. Thus I believe that magic does not completely follow the laws of physics. On the other hand, we have not yet observed a wizard casting a lightning spell if I'm not mistaken, and it would be possible that mages don't use lightning attacks for that very reason, or that they, knowingly or not, ionize the air in the way of the lightning just before they shoot it. It is also possible that magic follows scientific principles only if magic is used for this purpose, and only an enchanted rod could deflect them.
We should ask Siegfried how magic force is applied so we can make prognoses.

I don't know how lightning works but I thought that lightning poles worked and stuff because that was the past of least resistance and lightning just happened when there was enough energy for it to happen. Since you're making your own lightning I assume it can do whatever it wants.