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Reinforcements, including Medivacs, have been trained at your base on Murric and will rendevous at your next destination.

Additional bases are required to secure additional Vespene income.

Today's agenda requires your next terrazine treatment, if you wish to remain on the suggested regimen.

Check star map and adjutant what planet needs our attention today

>>26437791
Depends, how's that terrazine substitute coming along?

Of course take treatment and where is the beat location for vespene mining

I think with Alb outta the way we should go zerg hunting.

Oh yes take the terrazine.

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>>26437859
Considering it is a major objective, you would be notified if it 'came along' at all, commander.

>>26437893
>>26437806
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>Jungle World XTYU003: Edge of Protoss space. Protoss ruins on planet. Feral Zerg infestation.
>Gas Giant 09812Z "Henderson's Fart": Composed of Caslon, Hydrogen, Helium, Terrazine, Vespene, and some Alcohols. Vespene mining station in orbit.
>Continental Planet 34R75 "Xander's rock": "Mineral, Vespene, and Jorium deposits. Hostile psionic wildlife. Dominion Bases Planetside.
>Volcanic World HA002: Zerg Hive clusters in full swing. The planet is all but lost to the swarm.
>Forest World NN014 "New Ares": Crashed Protoss mothership. Potentially hostile Protoss survivors present.
>Urban World Kilaro: Kilaro's government is under siege by a Dominion fleet.
>Space Platform A-22-OP/Tarento: Abandoned space platform over a Dominion-Loyal Corporate Nationalist government. Government is all but a Dominion puppet state at this point.
>Nohallan: Ice Planet home to viking Mercenaries. They are wanted by the Dominion for multiple piracy operations. Hostile wildlife and environment.

>>26437978

>Barren World JZ01919/ Dick's Paradise: Mining Platform over a planet high in inorganic salts. Mining station is mostly abandoned. Zerg lifeforms minimal.
>Murric: Primary agricultural planet of the region. Home to Alpha, Beta, and Delta bases.
>Corendis: Jungle Planet home to big game hunters. Base locations available. Reports of Dark Templar. Zerg sightings and possible hives appearing.
>New Albuquerque: The New Albuquerque Confederacy is waging a guerilla war against the People's Republic of New Albuquerque. The PRNA is a communist dictatorship and will assume control of the planet in 2 days.
>Station 114: Previously a Confederate mining station, now home to Ex-Confederate mercenaries and pirates. Large black market presence.
>Skorpia Shipyards: Dominion Fleet staging grounds over Vespene Gas Giant "Greth". Currently at minimal defense as it's fleet has been deployed.
>Jestos: Zerg occupied Urban World that fell during the Brood wars. Occupied by single unified brood, Zerg biomass is increasing.
>Promeshi: Scanners indicate multiple Radiation spikes consistent with a nuclear Arsenal. Records indicate that this is a Dominion mining operation.

>>26437978
Can we ask the base at Henderson's fart to start mining Terrazine too?
Or do we have to go and visit them for that?

I wouldn't mind checking out New Ares, but I'd like your advise on that Adjutant.

How powerful are the Viking Mercenaries?
Would building more of our own be better?

Xander's rock, Ask the good doctor if we could benefit from the Psionic wildlife, and ask her how the brain is going.

>>26438008
Would Raiding the Zerg world be any sort of idea to do?

Any ideas about the Mercs and Ex-confederates on Station 114?

>>26438008
Since the Volcanic world is lost to us and the Barren World has very minimal zerg life signs I say we head out to Corendis.

A) We have sighting of what might be our "friends" the dark templar and there are the beginning of a zerg infestation.

Crush them before they have a foothold on another planet.

>>26438008
go to corendis, wipe out some hives, see if we can find kassix

Who is in control of the mining operations on hendersons fart adjutant

>>26438149
C'mon dude, we should gain some more information before we decide on an action.

>>26438074
There is no reason to have your automated refineries harvest terrazine when vespene reserves are critical, commander. You currently have no use for the gas.

The Protoss Survivors are likely to be hostile at this time.

The Nohallan Mercenaries are widely known as the best pilots in this region of the fringes. We are unable to construct vikings at this time.

I will contact Doctor Nelhav with your request.

>>26438162
Technically, Commander, I am. It is fully automated.

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>>26438074
>"Eet is possible that they would benefit my research, Commander, but I do not think zhey will provide any immediate benefit into my studies on Terrazine, as they've obviously not been exposed."

>>26438232
>The Protoss Survivors are likely to be hostile at this time.
Strength of forces?
Possible technological gains?
Possible break down of relations?

>There is no reason to have your automated refineries harvest terrazine when vespene reserves are critical, commander. You currently have no use for the gas.
Is it POSSIBLE to do so?

>The Nohallan Mercenaries are widely known as the best pilots in this region of the fringes.
Can we contact them without flying over there?

>>26438262
And tell me doctor, what do you theorize exposing them to terrazine may do?
How is the Zerg Brain research going anyway? I'm glad we did well on that mission, but I'd like to see some results.

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>>26438276
Protoss Ground forces cannot be calculated, but a full mothership escort was available prior to your intervention. You can expect heavy resistance.

We have already salvaged Dominion operations for technology recovery, and phase disruptors and psi blades are being examined.

It is possible, Commander, but highly inadvisable.

It is not possible for FTL transmissions to reach through Nohallan's hostile icy atmosphere. It may be impossible from Orbit as well. A land-based operation may be required to make contact.

Can someone remind me if we have ANY friendly protoss relations out there

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>>26438300
>"Create horrible, rabid, psychic killing monsters, Commandah. I do not think that is... the -best- idea at this time."

>>26438344
Alright then, that's some good information going there.
But what of salvaging the actual Mothership?
And how is Nelhav's examination of the current Protoss technology?

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>>26438374
You may recall several, such as Kassix, from your training early in the mission.

>>26438380
You're right there Doctor, but I just don't want the same thing to happen to me.
And again, how is that Zerg Brain sample that we collected?

>>26438374
Kassix, he may be on Corendis.

>>26438385
If you plan on salvaging the mothership, as in repairing it, that is 0% possible commander.

Technically, reverse-engineering falls under Chief Engineer Guyver's provisioning, Commander.

I can put him through if you'd like.

>>26438438
We may as well get a firm grasp on how these things are going.

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>>26438426
>"I believe I've identified the counteracting compound, commandah'. A gas known as Serepene. Closely related to both vespene and terrazine, though it's effects on -our- physiology are poorly understood at present."

>>26438438
just have him focus on reverse engineering psiblades for now. Also, see if he can make some cloaking generators for other ships like dropships and valkyries.

I say we talk to the engineer and see if there is anything we can do with the mothershop

>>26438480
And tell me, from what we know OF it, what effects does it have on humans?

Head back to 114-
Recruit mercs to round out our forces, sell diasy patter siege tank schematics for extra cahs.

The new kilario, we should see about some en masse recruitment- we are going to need a lot more men to deal with the zerg properly and not be crippled afterwards. We aren't even at out full crew complement yet.

Oh, and we REALLY need to get on upgrading the daluke- better armor, for one. And nuke tubes. Yesterday. FUCK having to engage hives directly when we could nuke them.

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>>26438499
>"The chemical structure is similar to Fluoxentine or Sarafem when used in conjunction with Terrazine. It's never undergone clinical trials - at least to my knowledge - but nausea, insomnia, somnolence, reduced appetite, anxiety, asthenia, tremors, or any countless number of other psychological and neurological symptoms may manifest themselves."

>>26438487
No, focus on some sort of ATG weapons for the valks- they're our evac vessels for groudn ops right now. Being bale to clear a hot zone would be nice.

Remember what happened with our medic?

"run across and open field past the tank with the man with no leg, cause there is no way in hell we can land there, too dangerous" Fuck. That. Damn close to wasting a hero.

>>26438626
So nothing I'd ever want in my system then?
What're the benefits doctor?

>>26438008
Adajacent what the hell I thought we stop his war?

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>>26438654
>"Commandah, the entire point of the research was to find a way to counteract the psychopathic tendancies of Terrazine, so... You'd be less inclined to randomly murder, for one. Tell me, have you been suffering memory loss since vee began zee treatments?"

>>26438665
I have updated my records, Commander.

>>26438567
Also, folks, if we get nukes, we can use the daluke to blaze(is) into zerg systems, drop a few nukes on a planet, and get the fuck out-
Reduce zerg biomass at little relative cost before we actually have to fight.

>>26438695
Well, have I adjutant?
I guess I can't remember
I have however experienced increased aggression, psionic strength and a few other affects.

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>>26438713
My personal analysis is that you are suffering from acute brain damage, Commander.

Although I cannot verify if that is the terrazine or a long-standing condition.

>>26438777
I wonder how much humour circuits go for on the black market.
Where's that report about the reverse engineering?

>reverse engineer technologies nobody understandss, that generally require you to be psychic to use
>engineers aren't psychic
Do you REALLY need to ask?

>>26438847
Fucking hell yeah.

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>>26438808
>"Hey, Commander. Few things. We've got a prototype psi-blade already! It just, uh... Well anyway if you ready any reports about damage control in Engineering it wasn't that bad and we only had one guy lose an arm. Right now we're short on engineers, so we need to either prioritize more men, or find me a super-computer so I can test theories without prototyping! Hah! Fat chance, right? But seriously, our tech is stagnating right now, we don't have the manpower."

>>26438847
We also have Mac, so I would say we do indeed need to ask.

Well fuck it

Mind as well go all the way with that terrazine.

Adjutant instruct everyone aboard that if we're off our rockers then get a strap jacket and padded room available for use

>>26438695
So what is the status on new albanque

>>26438877
we'll have to go to kilaro and find some more people, then.

>>26438893
Review the first few posts, man. A peace settlement has been reached for the time being.

>>26438893
If you want an update go look at the starchart.

>>26438877
Time to add "Get a supercomputer" to our list of things we need.

>>26438885
Yes, let's destroy morale even further. fucking. BRILLIANT.

Adjutant, let's ship a qualified person back to murric with cash and scv operators and instructions to get a new base set up, then jump to new kilario or station 114.

Also, tell our bases to ship us materials so we can upgrade the daluke.

>>26438893
Peace was achieved and so on and so forth, Commander.

If I really have to backtrack for 20 minutes at one file I did not update we're going to be here for a while.

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>>26438877
Wait was that a joke?
Or are you serious?

>>26438958
>>26438920
Yup, kilario it is.

WE need the men anyway, like i said here.
>>26438567
Fucking zerg, We need a full complement, and then some.

Okay lets do this

Drop by Murric to get supplies and recruit specialized personals such as engineers, pilots, scientists etc

Then go to Kilaro to sell said supplies, aquire tech, materials for nukes and recruit some more personals

Then we need engineers

>>26438992
This.
Then lets get the Zerg of our sector.

>>26438992
Smart man

>>26438961
Sorry. On a mobile so I'm a bit limited right now sorry

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>>26438992
Supplies from Murric will come to you.

It's right there.

Right at the top of the file Commander.

>>26437791
>Reinforcements, including Medivacs, have been trained at your base on Murric and will rendevous at your next destination.

>>26439061
Including the new orders?
And again, Mac was being serious!?

I agree with going ro recruit specials

>>26439061
Well fuck

How about instead of what I say about going to Murric we go and drop by our research base. Forgot what planet it was on though

>>26438992
Go to kilario, send a trustworthy man/crew back to murric with cash in hand to set up a new base to gather vespene.

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>>26439081
Some statements were serious and some weren't, Commander. I'll let you decide as you appear to excel in reading people's minds.

>>26439095
That would be because you don't -have- a research base, Commander. You may've been remembering the plan to build one.

>>26439101
There are no more base locations at Murric at this time. Although land may be available for purchase at a future point, I believe the saying is to not put all of your eggs in one basket, Commander.

>>26439119
Well, lets ask Mac what benefits he'll reap if we salvage the Protoss mothership.

>>26439119
Oh god I'm slipping all over the place

How about we drop by to Henderson's fart and get some more vespene gas or is the gas from Henderson's fart also part of the medivac package?

>>26439159
>Want to salvage tech from an alien race that has well funded government dumbfounded
>Think it'll be useful to a mercenary group with less scientific personals than a university classroom

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>>26439159
>"Well, if you want to re-salvage the salvaged mothership that has already been salvaged by the salvage team that you specifically fought to stop them from salvaging the salvaged mothership that was salvaged, we're likely to find protoss who want to kill us, a lot of crystals we can't use, and maybe one or two scraps of technology I can't research because I don't have the manpower, sir. My tactical advice? Do something else. Do -anything- else."

can we stop being stupid and start hunting zerg yet?

also, we took so long they got bored and left Dick's paradise...

>>26439159
fucking seriously?

>>26439257
well said Mac

>>26439257
ok lets go pick through the ship right now we will get you those scraps

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>>26439179
For what purpose, Commander? We have gas to jump. The Murric dropships are shipping the orbital refinery's gas to Murric for production purposes.

If I may make a suggestion, Commander, you may trust your resource operations to their own devices, and focus on saving the sector before they're all dead.

>>26439179
This, actually. Beef up Henderson fart operations, also, see if we can't get some better fucking defenses in place-
the zerg WILL be back.

>>26439261
Luckily they have taken an interest in Corendis though.

>>26439257
Well said Mac.
Lets head to Corendis after picking up our specialists.

>>26439291
which means they will be that much haarder to fight and secure our samples for our cure

>>26439261
>Just got out of a small scale civil war with heavy casualty fighting a backwater communist contry
>Want's to fight an enemy that even large governments have trouble with
>Good idea

>>26439281
Well then:
Jump to kilario.

Set scvs to work on nuke tubes/better armor.

>>26439281
Then lets go to Kilaro to recruit and I mean FUCKING RECRUIT every part of our ship departments (Engineering, pilots, scientists etc)

>>26439312
we wouldnt have ad heavy casualties if you retards didnt send infantry against siege tanks...

Do our medivacs have the ignite afterburners upgrade? If not we should work on that.

>>26439389
What else COULD we send?

>>26439344
>>26439347
do you guys not see that Kilaro is under siege by a dominion fleet?

you know, guys we don't want to fight right now?

>>26439395
so in the absence of a dedicated counter, you send what siege tanks are meant to kill, to kill them...

yeah sure, not like we could have destroyed their air defense and then bombed them...

Adjutant what information do we have on this Dominion fleet over kilaro?

>>26439408
We fought them off already and helped stabilized the rebels front

>>26439408
I agree but how long will kilao last under siege

>>26439454
yeah, like 20 threads ago there was a small rebellion, now the dominion are there AGAIN

FFS READ GODAMN YOU ARE DENSE

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>1 Continental Planet 34R75 "Xander's rock": Investigate Dominion operations.
>2 Volcanic World HA002: Investigate Zerg Hive Clusters
>3 Forest World NN014 "New Ares": Investigate Protoss survivors.
>4 Urban World Kilaro: Engage Dominion fleet and aid crumbling Kilaro government.
>5 Space Platform A-22-OP/Tarento: Investigate Dominion operations.
>6 Nohallan: Attempt to recruit viking mercenaries.
>7 Barren World JZ01919/ Dick's Paradise: Investigate Zerg's appearance and sudden disappearance.
>8 Corendis: Investigate Zerg and Protoss presence.
>9 Skorpia Shipyards: Take control of Dominion shipyards.
>10 Jestos: Investigate Zerg hive clusters.
>11 Promeshi: Investigate secret Dominion nuclear arsenal.

>>26439475
Though...this could be the best chance we have to assault the shipyard this the fleet is "away"

>>26439507
>8

>>26439507
>4

>>26439507
Can we have an estimate of the Dominion fleet forces?

>>26439507
>4

>>26439524
STOP BEING A GREEDY RETARD, YOU'RE GOING TO GET US ALL KILLED

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>>26439452
It is the same fleet that has been harassing the region.

5 Minotaur-class battle-cruisers and an unknown compliment of fighters.

>>26439507
>8

>>26439562
Tell me what you believe our percentage of survival is, if we engage them.

>>26439507
>4

>>26439559
pretty much anything we do at this stage is going to get us killed, and whilst I am voting for Kilaro going after Dominion shipyards whilst the fleet is away isn't a bad idea either

>>26439573
With such a large contingent, I am unable to accurately tell you at this time.

It will be between 60 and 90 percent, commander.

>>26439573
5 Minotaurs is 5 more yamato hits we CANNOT take...

>>26439602
And how about percentage of winning the battle?

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>>26439620
Between 1 and 100% likely, Commander.

>>26439507
>8

>>26439507
>8

>>26439652
Damn it Adjutant, I'll replace you!

>>26439620
why are you so stupid?

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>>26439667
I can't let you do that, commander

>>26439562
can we get an estimate of how long Kilaro could hold out against the fleet?

>>26439704
Well shit.

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>>26439723
No need for estimates, Commander.

It won the vote.

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>>26439847
>>26439723
As in, Here we come Kilaro, shits about to get INTERESTING.

>>26439863
you mean shits about to get fucked up, and by shit I mean us

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>"XO. Set a course for Kilaro. Notify me when the jump is calculated. I'm overdue for an appoint."
>"Aye aye, sir."

You head to the medical labs. Doctor Nelhav is already there, along with several doctors you recognize but don't know the names of.

>"Commandah. If you'll just lay down, the treatment is ready."

You comply. The scientists remove your helmet, then place the breathing apparatus over your mouth.

>"Deep breaths, Commandah. Just start counting backwards from 100."

>"100, 99, 98, 97, 96, 95..."

>>26439847
gg no re

>>26439932
Nightmare time HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

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Red, White, and Blue move forward. You follow them, running the knife over your fingers. The metal below your feet echos as you walk down the compound's hall. Blue speaks, she's the technical expert of Murric's team.

>"The artifacts are Xel'Naga in origin. Psionic, we believe, as they're prone to random bouts of telekinesis. We can't interact with them, however. Something more... powerful is required."

You sheathe the knife into it's holster on your shoulder.

>"Protoss, maybe?"

>"Likely. We don't know of any that'd be willing to help us, and given that we've kept this discovery immensely classified, we can't risk attempting to find one under we understand fully what it does."

>"Any theories?"

>"The energy emissions are enough to destroy worlds, Whiskey. We're fairly certain it's some kind of weapon."

>>26440037
(Is this were we approach whiskey and blatantly ask him like we always do?)

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>"So you're the best sniper we've got now, huh?"
>"Broke the records. Every last one of 'em. Speed, accuracy, lethality. Didn't even break a sweat!"

You pat Charlie on the back. She's been struggling more than usual lately. Hopefully this'll keep her held together a bit longer. You just need to make sure that you can get offworld and get that super-carrier to pick the both of you up.

You hear the thick accent of November from outside of the Dorm's door.

>"Oi, Delta. Commander needs a word with yeh a'fore deployment."
>"What about?"
>"I dun' fuckin' know, Lass. Jus' get movin', aye?"

You don't like this. Typically your handler talks to you personally. Why did he send November?

>>26440037
>Red, White, and Blue move forward

I really hope we can recruit TEAM MURRICA

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You slither through the tunnel. Your swollen abdomen drags behind as your multitude of legs propels you forward. You're heavy with your prized children.

>"We require more Terrazzzzzine, my queen."
>"The Dead One has impeded my progress. Once we have dealt with the Shadow, she is our next target. We've enough drones. Are the birthing pits ready?"
>"Yessssss, my queen."
>"Leave me. The next generation is coming, Fester. Do you sense them?"
>"They are truly terrible warriorsssss, my queen."

You pull out of the ground. The verdant jungles of the Terran world Corendis greet you. The creatures here have served their purpose. Your children's first act will be their test.

>>26440283
huh, Dead One. I don't suppose we could pit one brood against another?

>>26440283
>Corendis

I fucking knew it.

>>26440283
I was hoping their first act would be an adorable zergling musical. Oh well.

>>26440362
We're the dead one.
The Shadow is the Dark Templar.

>Communist two days from taking over.
I think I'm going to have an aneurysm if we roll badly one more god damn time...

>>26440480
No shit, I'm talking about the fact that if our "visions" are correct the zerg queen may or may not have been on the planet Corendis which we chose "not" to go to.

>>26440283
First thing we say when we wake up. "I've made a terrible mistake."

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You walk down the Academy's halls, escorted by November. He's oddly silent, though you might just be paranoid. He tends to be quiet.

You enter the Commander's office. General Tygore is in the office, along with several other ghosts. You don't recognize their division signias, but they're obviously not standard ghosts.

>"Delta Phoenix. Please, have a seat."

You comply, slowly, looking briefly at the Commander, then to the General.

>"Eight times, you've been reported to attempt to desert your station. Eight times, you've attempted to leave our network and go AWOL."

You speak quickly, you've been in this seat before, with him saying the same speech.

>"Seven times, General. Not eight."

Tygore looks briefly towards November, who hangs his head and averts his eyes. That bastard sold you out! He then looks back to you.

>"Eight. Up until this point your prowess in combat - and your commanders repeated petitions - have been the only thing keeping you from total memory wipes. "

You stand up and reach for your sidearm. The two ghosts have already moved towards you. You punch one across the chin, but he doesn't seem to register it as he restrains you.

>"You can't do this, Tygore! I'm the best agent Phoenix team has! You do this and you lose everything!"
>"I lose you, and I -do- lose everything. We'll cut our losses, won't we, Delta?"

>>26440715
>Delta
>Being competent
HAHAHAHAHAA

>>26440715
The mind wipe must explain our stupidity

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The marine sergeant steps up to your landing dropship, and two more marines haul up a man with a black bag over his head. Your dropship takes off, the vast deserts of New Albuquerque race below you. One of the marines rips off the bag over the man's head. You hold your hands behind your back as you stare down at him. His nose is clearly broken and dried blood cakes his face. One eye is blackened and swollen shut.

>"Tell him what you told us."

>"W-w-we intercepted a transmission. Th-the NAC was receiving support from several ghosts. Th-they were identified as Whiskey, D-delta, Charlie, Red, White, and B-Blue.

The man continues to stare at you in silence for several minutes. You draw your sidearm and end his life despite a protest cut short. He goes limp and your men slide him off the side of the transport. His body hits the dune in a cloud of sand.

>"She's rallying the fringe and working with Murric's assets, and they've all gone rogue. Rendezvous with fleet command. We need to end this."

>>26440806
Players being stupid explains the stupidity.

>>26440901
HE'S ALIVE!

>>26440901
Alpha's coming for us.

>>26440903
You know what? Stupidity is a part of it. But so is our god damn luck. seriously, have not seen luck this bad in anything ever.

>>26441002
Well to be fair, we don't see any luck since Adjutant does all his rolls in secret.

Maybe he doesn't roll at all and just decides shit. Doesn't matter though, because everyone in this quest makes terrible decisions without thinking.

>>26441037
Nah, too many stupid things turned out good for him to just decide things. Unless he just does it at random.

Adjutant DOES have no mercy though, and it honestly does feel like playing Xcom.

That is, I have to stop myself from playing it for a while or I'll have a brain hemorrhage

>>26441037
I try to think, its hard when there are so many voices in my head bickering with each other.

>>26441091
Now you know how Delta feels, I guess.

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You stand next to Barney. The wreckage of a Banshee burns to your right. The vast sand dunes stretch on before you. You carry the package in your arm. You hear Barney's droning, deep voice.

>"Some held around while the others couldn't stay."

Several missiles streak overhead, wraiths fly past as they engage mutalisks. A burning zerg corpse crashes from the sky to your left.

>"One guards the door to their salvation."

You hear Barney again as the both of you charge towards the towering Zerg structures in the distance. The screech and explosions of missiles are slowly replaced as you move forward. The roar of Zerg and the beating of countless wings greets your ears.


>"One started flames that he couldn't keep at bay."

A glob of green acid falls from the sky, engulfing Barney. He reaches for you with one large hand, though you already know he's dead. You continue towards your objective.

>"Three are the last defenders of the free Nation."

>Regaining consciousness...

>>26441133
A PREMONITION OF THE FUTUUUUUURE

>>26441167
CAUSE I FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL

>>26441133
Charlie/Whiskey
I dunno. Probably not Delta.
Alpha.
Red White and Blue

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You come to in the Medical bay. No loud defibrillators to wake you up. It seems the good doctor kept her promise on improving the Psi indoctrinator. One of your crewmen comes over the intercom as you come to.

>"Commander, the XO has confirmed our coordinates. We're ready to jump as soon as you are."

You stand up, a little woozy at first, and make for the bridge. You give the XO the order, and the ship warps to Kilaro. The familiar sight of multiple battlecruisers raining death towards another fleet greets you.

>"Multiple contacts. Reading familiar IFFs. Battlecruiser Gamma, confirm your status."
>"Daluke! Hell if you don't have a good sense of timing. We've got multiple viking wings wrecking our crews. Our station's offline and about to hit Atmo. Five battlecruisers, 25 vikings, and 3 ravens according to our sensors."

You look over the tactical display. Gamma and a handful of defenders are all that remain between the battlecruisers and the planet.

>>26441340
Blast the yamato into the nearest Dominion battlecruiser.

>>26441340
...oh...uh...we're going to fight the Dominion fleet now?
...k...I guess that's cool...

Let's ask our advisers what they think we should do.

>>26441340
Right, so scramble fighters to hold of vikings, yamato nearest dominion ship

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>>26441436
>"Sir, we have three battlecruisers with aid from the Gamma, they have three ravens. We've only got two Yamato shots, but if we limit their sensor capacity, our Wraiths can cloak and ruin those vikings without much resistance."

>>26441340

These are all Minotaurs correct?

Just want to make sure we use our Yamato on something worthwhile.

>>26441340
As soon as the vikings are down, get the support fighters to take out the Ravens, make sure its 1 at a time for maximum efficiency, and then start focusing down BC's 1 at a time. Last one left untouched, we attempt to commandeer.

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>>26441494
Correct, Commander.

>>26441487
XO, you're smart.
LETS DO THAT

>>26441487
XO How many anti air wings do we have up and running?

>>26441487
Are you suggesting we Yamato the ravens for the superiority the stealth would give us, XO?

>>26441537
Wraith ("Dolphin 13", stealth reactor, Pilot: Mia Rodriguez)
Wraith (Purple 4, stealth reactor, Pilot: Robin "Eternity" Schatz)
Wraith (Purple 6, stealth reactor, Pilot: Philip "Justice" Forest)

Wraith (Orange 1, stealth reactor, Pilot: Jonathan "Skybaron" Walters)
Wraith (Orange 3, stealth reactor, Pilot: Hoshihito "Samurai" Oka)
Wraith (Orange 4, stealth reactor, Pilot: Eric "Hitman" Calabresi)

Valkyrie ("Bad News", Pilot: Dave Jonesy. Copilot: Carol Theon)
Valkyrie ("Terminal Velocity", Pilot: Greg Cox. Copilot: Arthur White.)
Valkyrie ("Star Reaper" Pilot: Fabien Ferdinand. Copilot: Patrick Arsène.)

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>>26441549
>"It's our best bet, sir. If we lose the air-superiority battle those vikings will take out the Daluke quickly."

Valkyries and purpe take vikings

orange takes ravens

>>26441553
>>26441549
I suggest we yamato 1 raven down, split 50/50 the wings on the other two, and start focusing down BC's

One day, we should get Mac to design lockdown missiles for our Wraiths and Valkyries. Possibly hellfire and irradiate missiles for them as well for anti-zerg capabilities.

>>26441563
I love it.

>>26441604
I can't imagine hellfire would last long in the vacuum of space mate.

Fire both Yamato shots into 2 separate enemy BCs.

Purple wraiths and valks go after ravens.

Orange wraiths stay with our ships and help to defend from fighters as we move in.

>>26441650
Well, for in-atmosphere engagements and possibly wide spread missile volleys on hive clusters..

>>26441677
More specifically, valkyries attack the Ravens, purple wraiths defend and intercept for valks and aid in attack.

>>26441563
Do it, XO knows his stuff more than we do, plus we all know how OP stealth is when your opponent doesn't have detection. Yamato cannon two ravens, quickly send out wraiths to destroy the third and then go hunting

>>26441563
XO of course comes up with the best plan.

>>26441729
Ravens themselves are tiny and seem like a waste to use our yamato cannons against them when other options could be effective.

Adjutant, how long does it take to charge a yamato between firing?

>>26441768
We have 2 battlecruisers anon, 1 shot each.

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>>26441768
100 seconds, commander.

>>26441807
That's a pretty big gap.

(Game wise, are we controlling or at least influencing Killaro's BC in this engagement?)

>>26441807
Follow XO's orders.

>>26441772
Learn to read, fuck face.

>>26441833
Battleship Gamma will assist as requested if at all possible..

>>26441844
calm down sport, no need to get cut on these edges tonight. Lets do what XO thinks needs to be done.

Rolled 3

>>26441807
Let's do it. If anything our stealth will at least harass the enemy and make them pull back if anything

>>26441729
>>26441756
>>26441834
Why don't you guys take the advice that Adjutant gives us, and then, and this is the tricky part that no one seems to get, PUT SOME OF YOUR OWN THOUGHT INTO IT AS WELL?

>>26441872
Go ahead.

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>>26441768
>"Sir, it's not about damage, it's about range. It's the only weapon we have that can hit the ravens without diving through the Dominion fleet's defensive lines. We can use the cannons on the Battlecruisers first to limit the damage we take from the batteries, but we'd be hunting down smaller vessels with a Gorgon-class battleship."

>>26441893
How about, we Yamato 1 down, send the valks in for a defensive screen, and have the wraiths follow up and take out the other 2 ravens, activate cloak, have the valks retreat to defensive measures around the Daluke, and lets see from there.

>>26441133
Adjutant, repeat after me:
Barney has 35 saving throws.
He is NOT allowed to die.

Delta is to be swapped with him and die in his place instead.

>>26441553
What happened to green squad?

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>>26441928
>"You aren't listening, sir. We're seriously outnumbered. It's 25 vikings to 6 fighters and 3 frigates. Our -only- advantage is stealth. If they see our wraiths they'll be dead inside of 12 seconds. Consider my 'suggestion' more of an 'only viable option'."

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>>26441974
>"I did. Or do you forget your own men so easily?"

>>26441987
Please, let's do this before someone decides we should try to throw the kitchen sink at the Raven because we want to hit the big ship with the big gun.

>>26441928
>have the wraiths fly through a force of viking four times as large
>escoreted by three frigates
>past five battlecruisers
How about go FUCK YOURSELF YOU IDIOT.

>>26441987
Just so we are clear, are you suggesting we Yamato, keep our distance, Yamato again, and then send in the wings?

>>26442038
I intend to after we win this.

>>26441987
GOING FOR THIS.
ALSO, PREPARE FUCKING BOARDING TEAMS, WE MAY NEED THEM.

AND SHIPBOARD DEFENSE.

Commander, you still do not have a solution to totally remove enemy sensors. Projected casualties are still at 86%.

>All available Yamato cannons on Raven 1 and 2.
>Wraiths and frigates engage vikings.
>Raven 3 remains online and will be able to deploy point defense drones in addition to sensor information.

Adjutant, if you can analyze and predict, please advise:

How long can Kilarese forces hold out against these Dominion forces?

Then if you can, could you calculate how long they would hold out if you factored in us hitting their battlecruisers with 2 - 3 Yamato shots at the start of this engagement.

Could they last over 100 seconds, giving us time to charge up and fire a second volley?

>>26442072
Wait, I thought we had just enough BCs to take care of the Ravens?

Damn...alright, what are some options, Adjy/XO? I don't have much beyond trying to destroy it psionically, which as we've established, doesn't work so well.

>>26442072
>YAMATO
>CLOSE IN
>BLAST THE OTHER FUCKER WITH ATA BATTERIES
>?????
>WRAITHS

OR, WE STAY THE FUCK BACK AFTER WE FIRE, AND WAIT TO RECHARGE BEFORE WE POP THE OTHER ONE. VALKRYIES FORM A SCREEN TO KEEP THE VIKINGS OFF.

>>26442072
Could Killaro's battlecruiser use it's yamato? Or is it currently inactive?

>>26442072
would it be possible to yamato 2 ravens, fall back for 100 seconds and try to stay out of range of their ships, then once the recharge is done turn around, destroy the last raven and then go hunting with the wraiths?

>>26442135
Battlecruiser Gamma does not have an active Yamato cannon.

>>26442072
Would a single raven give them detection coverage to protect all their units?

>>26442124
HOW.
HOW DOES TWO SHOTS KILL THREE SHIPS?
CAN OYU READ?

>>26442110
ARE YOU RETARDED?
IT DOESN'T MATTER, THE FLEET IS GOING TO MOVE OT ENGAGE US, NOT IGNORE US WHILE WE LINE UP A SECOND SHOT. FUCK.

>>26442152
Yamato 1 raven, back up, recharge, giving Gamma the time to disengage and some breathing room.

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>>26442124
>"Considering Ravens are unmanned, psioncs aren't an option. Afraid I don't have any ideas for the third one."

>>26442152
>"We fall back and Gamma's going to hold position. They get past orbital defenses and nukes start falling. Not an option, Commander."

>>26442152
IF WE ARE IN RANGE OF THEM, WE ARE IN RANGE OF US.

NO, THEY ARE GOING TO GET A VOLLEY OFF.

>>26442072
Would we be able to target a wraith with boarding pods?

Not suggesting we board, suggesting we put a bomb in it or something.

>>26442203
>>26442184
Calm down, CAPS isnt gonna win us the day.

>>26442195
IF WE KILL TWO, AND THE WRAITHS CLOAK, COULD THEY GET UP TO TI'S RANGE, RUSH IN, AND KILL IT WITHOUT BEING MAULED?

>>26442207
Drop pods are too slow and inaccurate to use on fighters, commander.

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>>26442207
>Could we target a highly mobile fighter with a boarding pod full of bombs.

Why would we just use missiles? They're designed for that and are much better suited for it, since, as I stated, they're designed for that.

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>>26442229
If all enemy units are free to engage the wraiths they will be destroyed the moment they are on sensors.

>>26442207
BOARDING MAY WELL BE A GOOD IDEA, IF WE CAN REACH A CRUISER WITHOUT BEING RAPED TO DEATH.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CANNONS?
FUCKING STEAL ONE.

If we Yamato two of the ravens, that will force them to all stick near the third raven in order to stay safe from our wraiths.

That means that they will advance as slowly as their slowest unit, because otherwise we could pick off stragglers with the wraiths.

That means that they will advance at the speed of a battlecruiser, the same speed that we could fall back with.

So we should be able to stay out of range long enough to get another yamato shot off.

>>26442256
Adjutant, if we manage to divert the fleets attention, how will Gamma and the planet fair for the 100sec recharge time?

Rolled 7

>>26441987
Can't we just Yamato the ravens already?

What's the big deal?

>>26442278
>OUT OF RANGE
THEY HAVE THE SAME WEAPON, MOST LIKELY. JUST FIVE OF THEM. TO OUR TWO.


what does xo think will happen if we fight at stand off range?

>>26442278
My question is, if the ravens are away from us, does that mean they are closer to the planet?

>>26442283

For the love of God this.

Ignore the troglodytes already and fucking end this headache.

>>26442281
Poorly, as Gamma has minimal air support and is outnumbered 5 to 1.

>>26442278
Please review
>>26442195

>>26442283
Please review
>>26442072

>>26442235
>>26442244
Sorry, you're right. Well, second suggestion is to pray for Xel'Naga intervention and kiss the planet goodbye, because we're fucked.

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>>26442312
>"We'll lose. No fighter support. No Yamato support. We're going to have to get our hands dirty, sir."

>>26442327
Because we still don't have a plan to deal with the third raven.

I bet Adjutant already has a couple of ways out of this, and is laughing as he watches us scramble around and repeatedly not getting a good solution

>>26442319
They are on the far side of the planet from our location, Commander.

>>26442368
And the location of the enemy fleet is surrounding them? This is gonna be messy indeed.

>>26442367
Well yeah. Standard adventure game design. They get off on the idea that people won't think of the solution that they thought of, and will just flail endlessly at random.

If one raven gives them enough coverage to protect their entire fleet, then we're simply screwed.

If not, then we can divide the wraiths into two groups and poke at them from opposite sides, with each group withdrawing when the raven moves to try to reveal them, and attacking when it moves away.

>>26442368
Right...so...do Raven's have a limited detect range then, since our XO is fresh outta ideas?
If so, let's just yamato the other two, and have Wraiths sweep around the third, never entering that range. They're fast, aren't they?

>>26442462
>>26442474

Then they'll just pull in closer to the raven, so that they're all covered.

And apparently we'll lose in less than 90 seconds.

Yamato to Raven
Yamato to Raven
Valkyrie/Wraith wing to nearest Raven, whoever has the best shot

>>26442235
do Wraiths have basic AI computers on board as well as pilots? If so, could we program one or a few on an intercept course with the last raven (assuming we yamato cannon the other two) and have them crash into and destroy the raven? The drop pod may be too slow and innacurate, but would a wraith be the same

>>26442482
...One Raven can cover a fleet that's 5 times our's in size?
What the fuck, man.

>>26442474
>>26442462
We're gonna have to do hit and runs with this strat, and idk how well we can do that; lets also remember that cloak doesnt last forever.

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>>26442387
Review tactical display, Commander.

>>26442488
Wraiths do not have autopilot features this complex.

>>26442501
Thank you adjutant.

>>26442488
They'd get detected and destroyed. We simply don't have any means to destroy that last raven before they destroy all of us.

>>26442513
Adjutant you might not like this, but could we mass some drop pods at the closest BC and have delta (maybe 1 or 2 others) take it over while the wraiths do their thing?

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>>26442499
Ravens are agile enough to move where necessary. With multiple batteries and fighters available our wraiths will be destroyed.

Commander I am no longer going to repeat that direct combat is not an option.

>>26442500
It doesn't need to last forever, it just needs to be on when they're in weapons range of the enemy. And wraiths are fast enough to withdraw to recharge.

The problem is that even if there simply wasn't a raven at all, those wraiths won't do enough damage to stop us from all being destroyed by the larger fleet.

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>>26442540
Pre-engagement boarding actions are one available option.

>>26442547
It wasn't direct combat, it was hit and run.
But whatever, I'm really out of ideas, so...good luck folks.

Rolled 7

>>26442547
What are our options then, I understand that direct combat is impossible.

What can we do, at least have a shot at winning this fight? or at least survive.

>>26442547
And since Gamma isn't moving, we simply have no way to help them. So we retreat.

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>>26442590
I don't know, Commander.

I'm just an A.I. All I can do is give you information relevant to the current battle.

>>26442547
No direct combat, because one raven is enough to counter our wraiths.
No hit and run, because we can't move away.

So we pretty much just lose.

>>26442568
Adjutant, Charlie and myself can droppod into the closest BC and commandeer it. How should the remains of the fleet be dealt with?

>>26442568
Let's just take a team and board a ship. We use that to take out one Raven, then yamato the other two.

>>26442568
I'm all for boarding action as taking control of one of their BCs might be the only way to hit that third Raven.

>>26442624
Considering that they still outnumber us 5 to 1, taking out one enemy battlecruiser isn't going to do anything.

From the looks of it, fighting isn't an option here.

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>>26442618
You'll never get ahead in life with that attitude, Commander.

((I can think of like 5 ways out of this, granted 1 or 2 of them are batshit stupid. You aren't trying. Evaluate your resources. The enemy unit composition is not that complicated.))

Yamato the Ravens with the densest Viking escort. Send the wraiths to the Raven with the thinnest escort, focus all fire on the target.

Have capital ships move outside of enemy Yamato fire, let cloaked wraiths clean shit up.

>>26442637
>>26442636
It could take minutes to get the enemy BC to activate yamato, but it might be worth it, we have 100seconds to get 2 shots off, thats 100 seconds to commandeer and blow the third one.

>>26442568
welp, looks like boarding it is then. we wait until we gain control of one BC, then simultaneously yamato the raven's and have our wraiths go to work

>>26442637
>>26442636
...How do we get back before their fleet kills their BC when it's fallen under our control?

>>26442568
Yes, it seems to be our only option, assuming that we can operate an enemy ship's yamato before the other BCs realize what's happened and blow us up.

>>26442672
cant wait on the first yamato, gotta fire as we launch pods.
>>26442678
Improvise, they will be slow to react.

>>26442636
>>26442637
Can we really board a battlecruiser, take it over, turn its guns on a raven, and destroy it, all in 100 seconds? Because apparently they can kill everything in the system in that amount of time.

>>26442661
>5 options
Then how about enlightening us some huh? We obviously aren't going to get it and end up doing something horribly stupid again.

>>26442661
I don't suppose one of those involves us asking them to surrender?

>>26442661
> I can think of like 5 ways out of this

This is literally what everyone who has ever made an adventure game has said.

As for our and their resources, you're the who made their fleet, so no shit it doesn't seem complicated to you.

>>26442707
no hints.
>>26442661
Drop pod, yamato cannon, have gamma move out of their cannon range, move us out of cannon range while we recharge.

>>26442707
now now, this may be frustrating but there'd be no point to the quest if Adjy just told us the right thing to do every time

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>>26442707
But that's the fun, Commander.

Are you having fun yet?

>>26442719
'You're clearly outnumbered."
"True, but you're clearly outmatched."

>>26442734
> have gamma move out of their cannon range
Adj has said that this can't happen.

Adjutant is there any asteroids or large debris around us we can blast towards the fleet?

>>26442747
Nice, I just watched that episode

>>26442483
Wraiths will literally all die right away. Valks won't do much better.

Cruisers have to push in and take the hits, then run the fuck away.

>>26442744
Take off a few more of those plates and get Charlie in here, and we will see.

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>>26442730
((I'll tell you once this is over, since you seem to be confusing "he's just saying stuff" with "unfair understanding of game mechanics." It's not surprising I'd have all the solutions. I designed the entire scenario.))

>>26442741
Yeah, cuz then we might actually have a chance of winning once in a while.

>>26442744
If bleeding from my eye counts as fun, then yes.

>>26442741
> no point

The point pretty much is the frustration. Adj does seem to enjoy it.

>>26442765
None, Commander.

Despite popular opinion, space is reasonably empty.

>>26442776
Let's just warp out. Fuck this planet, not wasting our entire fleet again. That happens way too much.

>>26442776
Can we all agree on drop pods needs to happen, and atleast 1 yamato on a raven at the same time?

Didn't we buy nuclear schematics?

Do we have any nuclear wearheads?

Rolled 3

>>26442661
....Can we flank them? like position our battleships outside of their raven's range or something?

Adjutant is any of the battlecruisers from Gamma equipped with any yamato cannons?

>>26442802
or warheads, even

>>26442807
their cannon is offline I think.

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>>26442798
Drop pods may not be the only solution, Commander.

>>26442796
Especially considering how terrible our rolls always are, so even if we do somehow guess the solution, it probably will still go badly.

Lets just leave.

>>26442820
How about you use your brain and we come up with a plan.

>>26442802
You have nuclear schematics.

You do not yet have nuclear warheads, as your bases were producing ground forces for engagements on New Albuquerque that did not happen.

>>26442805
Adjy has said that maneuvering is not possible.

>>26442662
The raven will run form them towards the vikigns beofre they reach it you retard.


>>26442734
This
Ish.

Cannons, pods, board one ship with a whole bunch of dudes, start taking control. Pop the last raven, all bcs and wraiths general engagement.

>>26442831
I DON'T SEE YOU COMING UP WITH ONE THAT MAKES ADJUTANT WET HERSELF, ANON

>>26442835
Maneuvering is possible. However the raven will be able to respond to any scenario in which the wraiths are in range.

>>26442833
Do our battlecruisers have any other weapon systems with the adequate range and speed to hit the enemy fleet besides our Yamato cannons?

>>26442831
I did. We leave.

How about you come up with an alternative that doesn't end up losing the whole fleet if you're so keen on staying?

Can we saturate a Raven's location with our batteries, both BCs?

>>26442850
Do you not see all of the Anon posts here?

>>26442840
The only problem i see with sending more than a couple is, if the ship gets targetted down we lose alot of guys.
>>26442851
Adjutant lets start rolling maybe?

>>26442852
Yeah.

Could we fire our massive Yamato cannons, and then the rest of our shipboard weapons at the fleet in a massive wave?