>>38065869
>>At least take it for a spin in combat before ditching it.

>>38065869
Unfortunately my laptop is running out of juice, so I need to get back to my apartment. Expect to hear from me in about half an hour.

>SoZ same day as Wulin Hero Quest.
Obviously someone needs to run a G Gundam Quest!

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>38065869
>Anyone else feel that way about it?
>At least take it for a spin in combat before ditching it.
But... mile long beam sabers, woman!

>>38065869
>>Anyone else feel that way about it?

Someone is watching you. The Gundam is...

>>38065869
>>Your call, Carya. Use it or we'll lose it, whatever works for you.

>>38065869
>Anyone else feel that way about it?

>>38065869
>>Anyone else feel that way about it?

>>38065869
>At least take it for a spin in combat before ditching it.

>>38065869
I have returned.

Counting up votes, then writing.

>>38066781
In the OP post, I read 'Optional sidesmuts:' as 'Optional shipsmuts:' and had a brief moment of 'wat?'

Well, he did just finish Kancolle Quest, although that's (literally) a different story.

>>38066935
I know, and I miss it already :(

>>38066831
Well, with ALICE around it's only a matter of time.

>like someone's watching us

Gee, I wonder who that could be. Shirley it's not Dom's jealous Eldar girlfriend.

>>38065869
You can't say you felt the same way the sisters did about the biosensor, but who knows? It's an untested technology meant for a poorly-understood bunch of psychics.

"I can't say what to expect," you reply. "Mental commands are one thing, but getting feedback from the machine itself? Way I see it, we should at least give it a chance in combat before writing it off."

Carya nods. "I agree, really. It's just it makes me nervous, and I don't know why. And that bothers me."

"Do either of you feel that way too?" you ask Haman and Rossweisse. Haman shakes her head, but Rosse fidgets uncomfortably.

"Sort of," she admits. "I feel like I'm not alone in the cockpit."

"It could just be from feedback," Haman frowns. "You think Audrey should keep an eye on it?"

>Yes, and I think we should only engage the biosensors when absolutely necessary. Just to be safe.
>Yes, though I don't think we need to be concerned about trying it out.
>No. Unless something else comes up, we can't spend that much focus on something that "feels off".
>Other

>>38067056
>>Yes, though I don't think we need to be concerned about trying it out.

>>38067056
>Yes, though I don't think we need to be concerned about trying it out.

Maybe have Alice keep a connection to monitor in situ while we test them out.

>>38067056
>>Yes, though I don't think we need to be concerned about trying it out.

>>38067056
>>Yes, though I don't think we need to be concerned about trying it out.

>>38067056
>>Yes, though I don't think we need to be concerned about trying it out.

>>38067056
>Yes, and I think we should only engage the biosensors when absolutely necessary. Just to be safe.

>>38067056
"We'll keep testing it. I'd prefer to iron out the majority of the kinks, shut up Haman, before we haft to deploy it in live combat. If it proves to be unsafe, then we'll shelve it."

>>38067056
>>Yes, though I don't think we need to be concerned about trying it out.

>>38067056
>Yes, though I don't think we need to be concerned about trying it out.

If anything, Audrey would have the most baseline opinion on it since she doesn't suffer from a traumatic loss of loved ones.

>>38067056
"Two eyes," you agree, "as often as I can afford to spare her. But I don't think we should let our misgivings slow us down."

"Caution is good, hesitation is worse," Rosse nods. "Carya? Catrina? Would you agree?"

Catrina shrugs. "Sure. But if it turns into a problem we're shutting the damn thing down."

"Of course," you agree. "But until then, we proceed as we otherwise would."

After a few more minutes of sparring between yourself and the sisters, you hear someone call your name from across the gym.

"Commander!" Reiko greets you as she finally picks her way through the bystanders in order to reach you. "We just received news from the team that was sent to..."

>roll me a d3, taking the third roll only

Rolled 8, 2, 3 = 13 (3d10)

>>38067560

Rolled 2 (1d3)

>>38067560
It's Monsha's Ghost haunting the bionsensor ain't it.

Rolled 2 (1d3)

>>38067560

Rolled 1 (1d3)

>>38067560
Please, let it be Murasame.

>>38067648
Interesting.

Now I need a 1d20 roll, taking the highest of three.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>38067691

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>38067691
...and I hope that it's GOOD news.

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>38067691
I got this

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>38067691
Monsha's Ghost don't fail us now.

>>38067719
I don't got this.

>>38067725
>Monsha still slow on the uptake
Even as a ghost... Damnit, Monsha!

>>38067708
>>38067715
Well then. That complicates things for you a smidge, but it's not too bad.

>writing

>>38067793
"... Leipzig. Karen wants to see team leaders in her office in ten minutes."

"Team leaders only?" you muse. "Okay, then. I guess she's gotten tired of everyone packing in like sardines."

"Or it's intel she wants to keep quiet," Haman mutters. "Either way, not sure I like it."

"I'll let you all know what she says," you reassure your team. "We'll meet up in the officers' galley around noon."

When you arrive at Karen's office, you find that you were the last there. Emma and Ilia are seated on the comfy couch, angled in such a way that there's not enough space between them for you. Karen herself looks like she's been through the wringer.

"My, you're looking pretty green around the gills," you observe. "You okay?"

"Some kinda bug's been goin' around," she croaks, her normally husky voice showing the strain of having coughed all night long. You hadn't even realized she was sick.

A quick look over your shoulder confirms that there *is* space on the couch, in theory... but neither woman has budged.

"So it's just us so you don't risk getting the whole unit sick?" you ask.

Karen nods. "It's the danger of command," she grins.

>Sit at the desk.
>Convince Emma and Ilia to make room.
>Sit on the couch, whether Emma and Ilia move or not.
>Other?

>>38068174
>Sit on the couch, whether Emma and Ilia move or not.

>>38068174
>>Other?
stand up

>>38068174
>Sit at the desk.
or keep standing.
Dont force yourself onto the couch. Pointlessly dickish.

>>38068174
>>Sit at the desk.
Sit, boy.

>>38068174
>>Other?

Lean against the wall.

>>38068174
After a few moments where you feel content to simply stand, Karen calls you out. "No need to stand at attention. Sit."

And so, somewhat reluctantly, you sit across from your sick Captain, carefully leaning back in the chair to seem nonchalant. All three women seem a little surprised you didn't force your way onto the couch, so that's a feeling that gratifies your inner twelve-year-old.

"So we heard from Cima about Leipzig?" you press.

Karen nods, retrieving a dataslate to read off of. "They confirmed it's both a newtype lab and a skunk works."

"So they're testing machines there," Emma muses. "Probably to do with newtype-use technologies."

"Is there anything strange about the place?" Ilia asks. "Anything that could suggest its specialty?"

Karen shakes her head. "The lab is on the edge of the Leipziger Auenwald, a nature reserve at the edge of the city limits. They believe the skunk works facilities are located in the forest, or underground beneath the forest."

"Sketchy," you observe. "Definitely seems like they're going to great lengths to keep whatever they've got hidden. And the newtype labs?"

"They seem to specialize in psychic phenomena," she tells you. "What sort of 'phenomena' isn't clear."

"So what do you want us to do with that information?" Emma asks. "It's not enough to stage a raid."

"We could use it as a starting point for further research," Ilia suggests.

Karen nods as she stifles a dry cough. "That seems the best thing to do," she growls.

>Suggest that you team up with Ilia, Emma, and ALICE to research
>Ask permission to use Catharine and Reiko's expertise
>Suggest turning it into a "game" to play with Marida, Cynthia, and Diana.
>Other

Second vote, pick ONLY one:
>Focus on publicly available construction records
>Focus on EFF and civilian personnel assignments
>Focus on local rumors: skunk works are bound to start a few of those

>>38068820
>Suggest that you team up with Ilia, Emma, and ALICE to research
>Focus on EFF and civilian personnel assignments

>>38068820
>>Suggest that you team up with Ilia, Emma, and ALICE to research


>Focus on publicly available construction records

>>38068820
>>Suggest that you team up with Ilia, Emma, and ALICE to research
>Focus on EFF and civilian personnel assignments

>>38068820
>>Suggest that you team up with Ilia, Emma, and ALICE to research
>Focus on EFF and civilian personnel assignments

>>38068820
>Ask permission to use Catharine and Reiko's expertise
Premiere hacking duo, on the case!
Also, I'd rather put Emma and Ilia towards focusing and prepping their respective teams for a possible raid.
Emma's team is short of either Apolly or Roberto too, if they did go to assist Kai at Artesia's behest, so there might be a bit of reorganizing to do.

>Focus on publicly available construction records

Calling it
>writing

>>38068820
>>Ask permission to use Catharine and Reiko's expertise
>Focus on EFF and civilian personnel assignments

>>38068820
"Emma, Ilia," you turn to face your fellow team leaders. "Give me and ALICE a hand. I want to have the extra sets of eyes on the data."

"What will we be looking at?" Emma puzzles. "Seems like you already have a plan, but I can't see what it would be."

"I want to look at personnel assignment records, if we can get them," you tell her. "If we know who's working there, we may be able to tell what they're doing."

Emma nods. "Sounds fine to me. Karen?"

"Go ahead," your Captain tells you. "Report to me when you find something."

>trying something different.
>roll 3d10. There are three DCs: 6, 7, and 9
>first four rolls will be considered, highest DC passed will be used.

Rolled 6, 8, 10 = 24 (3d10)

>>38069390
Alrighty then.

Rolled 1, 3, 9 = 13 (3d10)

>>38069390
Degree of success?

>>38069390

Rolled 5, 6, 6 = 17 (3d10)

>>38069390

>>38069390
Will...

>>38069417

well done anon

Rolled 3, 5, 3 = 11 (3d10)

>>38069390

>>38069429
Sort of. It's an unusual kind of deal going here where there are three lines you could follow. For example a crit on a 6 gets you one set of information in great detail, where a regular success on a 9 gets you limited information of a more secretive nature.

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>step out for fifteen minutes
>miss the opportunity to tease Karen by putting our foreheads together to test her temperature

Damnit guys.

>>38069505
Sekrit info get.

>>38069548
We'll leave that for Artesia. Or most likely join in with them by that point.

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>38069587
Dom's a closet weaboo, right? We purchase a leak for some traditional Japanese medicine. The conversation following where said leak goes should generate some amusing dialogue.

>>38069687
>conversation following where said leak goes
Reccoa pls.

Speaking of food and medicinal properties...
>>38065869
>"I had fine tutors for dancing, dueling, cooking."
>cooking

Now I'm tempted to take up Haman on those words.

>>38069390
"This is odd," Ilia mutters under her breath as you pour over detailed personnel lists provided you by Reiko and ALICE's work an hour later. "No surgeons?"

"What do you mean?" you ask. "They're doing research with cyber-newtypes, aren't they?"

"It seems they aren't actually performing the surgeries there," Emma notes. "But look at this, under the names of the Doctors they do have."

"Two neurochemists?" you muse. "ALICE, get me all the data you can on these two."

After a moment, ALICE's avatar appears holding a pdf file. "I read Dr. Yahagi's research just now. Fascinating, he managed to isolate a chemical inhibitor that blocks chemical and electrical reactions associated with violent behavior. It nearly earned him a Nobel prize, but the committee expressed certain distaste over his use of test subjects."

"How so?" Ilia asks.

"Apparently he performed live clinical trials with mental patients without proper oversight."

"Sounds like a Titans scientist," you mutter. "Anything else?"

Emma nods. "The list of transfers mentions an unusually high incidence of psychiatric discharges among regular personnel: seven since Titans took over. No fatalities yet."

"What do you make of it, Commander?" Ilia asks you.

>Write in
>Deliver the intel to Karen, let her make the conclusions
>Other?

>>38070117
>PDF file
dear god how horrifying.
>Deliver the intel to Karen, let her make the conclusions

>>38070117
>Other
"Seems pretty benign in comparison to... nevermind. I'm no practicing psychologist, but Artesia might give us some additional insight on this."

>>38070117
>>38070272
This

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>38070117
Could be legit.

Could be bait.

Look into the patients the good doctors worked on. Make sure they're real people and not fake IDs mocked up to lure out private investigators with false information. Double check the brain-docs payroll. Who is funding them? This seems too cut-and-dry.

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>38070272
Just gonna add a little bit more...

"Pacifying violent behavior seems counter-intuitive, if Mobile weapons are also being developed simultaneously. I find that a bit strange considering our experience with cyber newtypes entails them having... well... fighting spirit basically."

>>38070117
So, a Genius with a notable lack of ethics and a mastery of neurochemical reactions, a bunch of discharges due to psychiatric conditions and... Titans Newtype Research.

My bet? He's experimenting on how to make the subjects more docile, there are surgeons, but the data is classified and he is using methods so brutal the personnel involved are suffering from psychiatric problems stemming from guilt.

Alternatively, Dr. Yahagi os using base personnel as test subjects for his research.
Can we get any data on the engineering division? Maybe figure out if they're working on Psichoframe tech by searching for personnel with experience on nano-scale engineering or something?

>>38070322
this guy has a good idea

>>38070117
Alright, roll me 3d10 to GO DEEPER. Best of three.

Rolled 1, 8, 6 = 15 (3d10)

>>38070510
Gotta go deeper.

Rolled 10, 2, 10 = 22 (3d10)

>>38070510

Rolled 4, 7, 1 = 12 (3d10)

>>38070510

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>>38070543

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>38070543
Hot damn, we get almost all the information.
this should be good.

>>38070543
You quickly have your team read over the payroll and service records of the discharged personnel. Titans was paying for it all, as suspected, and Catharine and Reiko respond in a few minutes from the bridge confirming that none of the records seem to have been falsified.

"ALICE," you ask, frowning hard at the limited data on the skunk works side of the operation, "tell me more about the engineers at Leipzig."

"There are a few Minosky particle physicists, and two aerospace engineers. No other specialists," ALICE replies, her little AI avatar reading over the image of a dataslate in front of her. "Strange."

"They probably aren't testing designs that were built in-house," you guess. "Which means they would have had to bring their machines in from other locations in secret."

Ilia nods in agreement. "And nothing stays secret forever... someone has to have noticed something."

>Continue research on construction history, etc?
>Look into local rumors?
>Report to Karen?
>Other?

>>38070854
>>Continue research on construction history, etc?

>>38070854
>Look into local rumors?
Tavern lurking go.

>>38070854
>Look into local rumors?

>>38070854
>>Look into local rumors?
Mm. Dirndls.

>>38070854
Okay, gimme another set of 3d10s. DC 5.

Rolled 4, 3, 9 = 16 (3d10)

>>38071347

Rolled 9, 2, 6 = 17 (3d10)

>>38071347

Rolled 3, 7, 2 = 12 (3d10)

>>38071347

Rolled 8, 9, 9 = 26 (3d10)

>>38071347

Dice gods, guide my rolls!

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>38071347
>>38071383
First four, right?
guess we hit the jackpot with those rumors.

Praise the Dice!

>>38071371
>pass
>Writing

>>38071383
It looks like they did.

>>38071447
It's usually first three unless I specifically say otherwise.

>>38070854
"Maybe the local rumor mill has something" you suggest.

Emma shoots you a grin. "Conspiracy theorists, you think?"

"Sometimes they get it right," you agree. "ALICE, can you translate for us?"

After several minutes, you actually do notice a trend: recently the number of UFO sightings reported in the area around Leipzig has skyrocketed. All of them report a machine roughly fifty meters across, in the shape of a disk or saucer. It runs without lights, and seems at time to move so slowly that it should not be able to stay in the air.

"Interesting," you mutter.

>Find names for some of the reporters?
>Overlay the sighting locations onto a map?
>Cross-reference with other similar reportings? (requires a roll)
>Other?

>>38071722

>Overlay the sighting locations onto a map?
>Cross-reference with other similar reportings? (requires a roll)

Rolled 8, 7, 1 = 16 (3d10)

>>38071722
>saucer shaped

Ashimars sounds more like. We can just look at the current Titan suit rosters.

>>38071722
>>Overlay the sighting locations onto a map?

>>38071722
>>Overlay the sighting locations onto a map?
>>Cross-reference with other similar reportings? (requires a roll)

Rolled 6, 8, 7 = 21 (3d10)

>>38071722
>>Cross-reference with other similar reportings? (requires a roll)

50 meters across? That's around three times the size of an Asshimar.
And what roll do you want? 3d10? 1d20?

>>38072023
3d10. I was waiting to ask and set the DC until that option won.

So yeah, gimme 3d10, best of first three, DC 6.

Rolled 6, 10, 3 = 19 (3d10)

>>38072129

Rolled 1, 2, 1 = 4 (3d10)

>>38072023
It's a bigger Ashimar that shits out smaller Ashimars?

>>38072129

Rolled 5, 10, 3 = 18 (3d10)

>>38072129
Karen will probably vouch that it's a mobile armor.

>>38072129
Kinda kills off the other options if someone pops up a good roll, doesn't it? Oops...

Rolled 8, 4, 4 = 16 (3d10)

>>38072129

Rolled 1, 6, 6 = 13 (3d10)

>>38072129

>>38072157
And the smaller Ashimars spit out Ashimar shaped funnels, yes.

Rolled 10, 4, 6 = 20 (3d10)

>>38072252
All of my money.

How has no one taken a video of this and posted it to Federation YouTube? There's gotta be crazies camped out around the base just dieing to get that one shot.

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>>38072300
>There's gotta be crazies camped out around the base just dieing
>dying

With Titans in charge, it's more likely than you think!

>>38072129
"ALICE," you order, "overlay the locations of the reports onto a map."

ALICE works quickly to follow your order. There's a cluster near Leipzig, mostly along the river that runs through the city.

"Are there similar reports?" Emma presses.

ALICE works for a while longer, then displays a point outside Germany. Then another, and another. The sightings of a fifty-meter wide saucer trace their way all the way across Europe to the Black Sea then stop, resuming in Anatolia. They also disappear in the deserts of the Middle East. The sightings finally trace back to New Guinea, where there is a cluster of about thirty sightings around the EFF base there.

Ilia frowns. "When were these sightings?"

"I will add dates," ALICE offers. It becomes apparent that whatever this thing is came from the EFF base in Papua New Guinea.

"The reports there name it "Matabiri"," ALICE informs you, "named for a local swamp spirit."

"Huh. So it's some kind of advanced mobile weapon," you mutter.

>Can we get data on it?
>No need, I think I know what its capabilities are.
>Let's not push it and hack a SECOND base's records today
>Other?

>>38072560
>No need, I think I know what its capabilities are.
After Exposition Dom is done,
>Let's not push it and hack a SECOND base's records today

>>38072560
>>Can we get data on it?

Rolled 2, 8, 1 = 11 (3d10)

>>38072560
Do we have timestamps or just a general estimation of when these sightings first were reported? We can get an idea at how gofast this thing is. When was the last sighting and do the sightings happen on a set, regular schedule or is it random? We can intercept it in transit to prevent it reinforcing the installation we strike or catch it on the ground and destroy it before it has a chance to launch.

>>38072725
>or correlate its location and catch it on the ground

I am far too drunk to be typing.

>>38072701
This

>>38072560
>Can we get data on it?
I'm guessing the Titans "procured" it from the Feds. But why Leipzig of all places?
There's Kilimanjaro or Japan, way closer and covers less areas on its slow crawl towards a secure base. Perhaps the Cyber Newtypes in this lab a crucial component in fully utilizing it then?

>bigger than an Ashimar
>THREE times bigger

Could it be an Apsalus clone?

>>38072989
It was my initial assumption too 'til it got name dropped.

http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/NRX-033_Matabiri

>>38073090
I won't believe it until we encounter it.

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>>38072989
It's the wrong shape to be a Dandelion II or an Inle, thankfully. One of those would be all sorts of bad for the group. The design sounds like an early version of a Recarl.

>>38073090
Ooo I hope so!

>>38073130
I need to pay more attention to the posts. But damn, a Matabiri!?

>Apologies, I was delayed
>Writing

>>38073090
Sweet mother of fuck that's a lot of guns.
We might need bigger bullets. We should thank Doc Null for those E-Cap Warheads again.

>>38073322
No take her home with us!

>>38072560
"Can we get data on it?"

ALICE's image flickers momentarily. "Technical data on the "Matabiri" is not stored in the systems at Leipzig. Apologies. I would have to search the databases at the New Guinea facility."

"Take it slow," you order. "If you think you'll get caught, disconnect. Really, I'd just like to confirm or deny what I suspect."

"What do you suspect?" Emma asks skeptically. "And how can you suspect anything with such limited information?"

"It probably hovers with a similar Minovsky Craft system to that of the Apsalus line," you explain. "It probably also draws from the Big Zam, so it in all likelihood carries a massive cannon as its primary armament."

"Okay, good guesses," Emma admits.

"I'm not done," you tell her. "In all likelihood they've offset the massive power requirements by using missiles. Having a newtype pilot would allow them to mount psycommu-guided weapons: the missiles are anti-MS weapons, while the main cannon would be used for destroying ships and fortifications."

"Which explains why it would be transferred to the Leipzig institute," Ilia mutters, following your logic. "Not bad, Commander."

"We should inform Karen," Emma declares, rising to her feet.

(1/2)

>>38073352
But anon, she's too big for our doghouse!

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>>38073352
I can get behind that, though for different reasons.
All I'm seeing is a big pile of Luna Titanium that can be used to build mobile suits.

At least Chris won't be left behind for long.

>>38073448
Nagato a big girl!

>>38073448
Our doghouse is a goddarn Jupitris helium tanker.

If we were able to fit in the Valkyrie AND the Val Varo in there, I'm sure we can do something about the new MA.

>>38073519
Hmm... how about a dockimg system where it detaches from under the ship like that plane from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?

>>38073489
Finally get started on those GM-III's at last. Further upgrade our Kampfer into an even more devastating juggernaut. Outfit a ramming prow to the Nagato. It'll be killer.

>>38073499
For you.

>>38073434
After taking a short break to enjoy lunch with your own team, you reassemble in the pilots' ready room. Absent are Apolly Bay and Roberto, leaving Team Two at half strength for now.

"So that's what we know about the base," Karen croaks. "Questions?"

"How are we getting there?" Haman asks.

"What sorts of other defenses are we expecting?" Carya adds.

Rossweisse nods. "I-Fields."

She's right, of course. With a machine that size and presumably that price tag it makes sense that it would be protected by an I-Field generator.

"We'll need to play this carefully," you tell your teams. "There are a lot of factors to account for and a LOT of unknowns..."

>This session will end with a series of votes for assault strategy, which will come into play next thread.

FIRST: Leipzig is on Earth. You currently are not. How do you propose to remedy this?
>Orbital Insertion using Ballute systems.
>Re-enter with the Valkyrie, sortie from there. Leave the Nagato in orbit to cover you.
>Re-enter with the Nagato, sortie from there. Leave the Valkyrie in orbit to cover you.
>Re-enter with both ships.

>>38073595
We collect rocks and drop them on the installation. Our suits ride in the last handful of rocks dropped and mop up the stragglers.

What could possibly go wrong?

>>38073595
Orbital bombardment followed by
>>Orbital Insertion using Ballute systems.

>>38073595
>Orbital Insertion using Ballute systems.
It's Raining Transformable Combining Gundams!

>>38073595
>>Orbital Insertion using Ballute systems.

>>38073595
>>Re-enter with the Valkyrie, sortie from there. Leave the Nagato in orbit to cover you.

>>38073595
>>Re-enter with the Valkyrie, sortie from there. Leave the Nagato in orbit to cover you.

Orbital insertion sounds nice, but how are the teams supposed to get out of Earth once the mission's done?

>>38073595
>Re-enter with the Valkyrie, sortie from there. Leave the Nagato in orbit to cover you.

Although I'm tempted to utilize the Codex Domscartes maneuver 'Titanfall', my preference towards looting the gutted remains of said mobile weapon won out.

I feel the need to remind you all our target has a huge Anti-Ship Cannon in it, perfect for destroying a ship that is way less maneuverable because it is inside the atmosphere.

>>38073595
Dead heat.

Giving it like five more minutes.

>>38073827
Was wondering if anyone was going to point that out. Hence just drop rocks on the place. A couple dozen small asteroids will shrek on any ones. day.

>>38073595
>>Orbital Insertion using Ballute systems.
With the Valkyrie following down a minute or two later. It's a big target, true, but we might need the fire support.

>>38073827
Good point. I guess we can always call in the Valkyrie to land on Earth, AFTER we take down the mobile armor and the facility.

Changing votes from this: >>38073734
To this:

>Orbital Insertion using Ballute systems.

>>38073595
Technical question for you, KoH. Can the Gundams safely re-enter while carrying large ordnance like the psycho-mines?

>>38073595
After consulting with your fellow pilots and officers, you agree that the Matabiri presents too significant a threat to any ship de-orbiting nearby. As such, you agree that using an orbital insertion with the ballute systems is the preferred means of assault, with your suits being recovered by the Valkyrie when your operation is complete.

Next comes another decision: this one falls entirely into your purview. Which teams are you taking with you? Team 2 is down to Emma's MKII and Christina's upgraded Kampfer, and the Val Varo is no use in atmosphere.

>Take Emma and Chris as part of your team
>Leave Emma and Chris with the Nagato as reserves.

Also,
>Stick Ilia in one of Roberto or Apolly's suits and sortie her with the Purus
>Have Ilia hold back in reserve with the Val Varo

>>38073886
Rocks big enough to cause Damage would be visible and would probably cause more damage than necessary, if we can even get it to hit where we want.
Where's that one pic of the Administratum dressing down the guy who wanted to Exterminatus a planet via Very Large Rock and explaining why exactly it was a horrible idea? It's perfect for this.

Orbital insertion, followed by crippling the target's main gun is the best way to go about this. Then the Valkyrie can descend and get the remains.

>>38074119
Indeed. The ballutes are just fine for machines carrying explosive ordnance.

>>38074128
>Leave Emma and Chris with the Nagato as reserves.

>Stick Ilia in one of Roberto or Apolly's suits and sortie her with the Purus

>>38074128
>>Leave Emma and Chris with the Nagato as reserves.
>Stick Ilia in one of Roberto or Apolly's suits and sortie her with the Purus

>>38074140
Any chances of an experimental mobile armor getting rigged with a self-destruct or anti-theft mechanism to stop others from simply scrapping its weapons?

>>38074128
>Take Emma and Chris as part of your team
Emma has ballute drop experience at least. I'm kinda hesitant about Chris and the Kampfer undergoing that same maneuver though.

>Have Ilia hold back in reserve with the Val Varo

>>38074174

>>38074195
A competent organization would include self destruct systems in all their experimental weapons.
Thankfully, the Titans are only Half-competent at best and murderously stupid at worst.

>>38074151
Hmm, if that's the case, we could drop some psycho-mines with M-particle warheads with the MS as a first strike. Loose the mines when the MS are still in free-fall and guide them in to strike hangars, buildings, or MS.

>>38074128
>>Take Emma and Chris as part of your team
>Stick Ilia in one of Roberto or Apolly's suits and sortie her with the Purus

>>38074292
>A competent organization would include self destruct systems in all their experimental weapons.

No one ever does, not Zeon, Titans or Federation.

>>38074292
That might be true, looking at how the Psyco Gundam went out in the original verse.

Time to capture yet another mobile armor.
Wait, it's not even classified as a mobile armor, it's a mobile fortress.
That would be nifty as an artillery piece during combat missions.

in b4 Dom successfully rolls to seduce the pilot, ending with a critical

>>38074373
Each of those Organizations are Almost Competent at best and incredibly retarded at worst. They don't count.

>>38074431
This.

>>38074444
Than who in all of UC is?

>>38074431
is it wrong my mental image of Dominic is basicaly a Pilot Suit?

>>38074128
Having Ilia sortie seems to be winning.

5-minute vote time. Type 1 for Taking Emma and Chris along, type 2 for leaving them in reserve. The body of your post must link to this post and have the number: and nothing else. Format it as below:

>>38074128
1

>>38074581
2

>>38074581
2

>>38074581
2

>>38074581
1

>>38074581
2

>>38074581
1

Y'know, I just realized that in our current team set-up; Emma, Chris and Ilia can get saddled with one Puru apiece.

>>38074581
After some careful deliberation, you decide that there are too many scenarios where the Val Varo mobile armor would be a liability. With that in mind and two machines available due to Apolly and Roberto being deployed to Japan, you arrange to have one of their machines readjusted for Ilia's use.

In addition, you decide that you want to keep Emma and Christina in reserve. Their unit is at reduced capacity, and it may well prove useful to have them ready as backup either in orbit or on the ground.

"Where do you want us to be, brother?" Marida asks you next.

Cynthia frowns. "Our funnels are hard to use on Earth, and our Tusche Schwarzes aren't designed to use psycho-missiles."

"But we've still got big beam guns!" Diana insists. "We can fight with those, can't we?"

Ilia looks to you, clearly unsure herself how to deploy the Puru sisters.

>Deploy them overlooking the base as fire support and overwatch.
>Deploy them close to the base. You'll provide overwatch for each other as needed.
>Hold them in reserve as well.
>Other?

>>38074919
>>Deploy them close to the base. You'll provide overwatch for each other as needed.

>>38074919
>Hold them in reserve as well.
Big beam guns will still need to contend with big I-Fields. Perhaps when those are disabled right away? Depends on how the battle will flow.

>>38074919
>>Deploy them overlooking the base as fire support and overwatch.

>>38074919
>>Deploy them overlooking the base as fire support and overwatch.

>>38074919
>brother
Did I miss something?

>>38074919
>>Deploy them overlooking the base as fire support and overwatch.
They may not be able to defeat an I-Field, but the Purus can kill just about anything else and I-Fields are damn rare. Besides, if we play this right and the dice gods are on our side, we can neutralize the Matabiri before it can attack. The I-Field should only be on during combat, to reduce strain on the unit. We might be able to take it or its pilot out in the first attack.

>>38075179
Dom's brain automatically translated the "oniichan" he heard from Marida.
Those anime club lunch breaks during his yotuh paid off.

That and the added closeness during that scene with Cynthia probably spilled over to her sisters. Newtype/sibling bonding and all that.

>>38075201
We should equip them with regular MS bazookas and other kinetic weaponry, then.

The funnels already count as beam weapons, might as well be prepared for everything.

Rolled 4 (1d20)

The way I see it...

>Disable the anti-ship cannon = Call down the Valkyrie
>Disable the missile launchers, I-Field still up = Call down Emma and Christina with long ranged, solid projectile dakka and tons of missiles
>Disable the I-Field = Bring the Purus to play

Let's see how it goes.

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>38075334
Or if we're really lucky with our rolls, the Matabiri is undergoing maintenance when the group drops in.

>>38075459
Considering how horrible our rolls have been lately, we're better off just preparing for the worst-case scenario.

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>38075498
Point. Still, I can hope. It'd make stealing the damn thing and its pilot easier, at least.

>>38074919
"Diana's right," you agree. "Your cannons would be good support for us. We may be able to lure that giant mobile armor out and let you hit it before its I-Field comes on."

Cynthia and Diana exchange excited looks, while Marida and Ilia simply nod in acceptance.

"I'll look after them," Ilia reassures you.

"So what weapon loadout do you want to bring?" Audrey asks you.

Carya shuts her eye and leans deeper into her seat. "Don't worry about us. I'll rig up something."

"Swapping out the funnels for psycho-missiles is a starter," you muse, "but I think our main weapons should be..."

Lilium:
>Rocket Bazooka (explosive)
>Mega Gatling Gun (physical)
>Twin Hyper Rifle (beam)

Iris
>Multi-mode rifle (physical or beam)
>Grenade Launcher (explosive)
>Shotgun (physical)

This will be the last decision tonight.

>>38075573
>Lilium
2x Hyper Rifle
Iris
Multi-mode rifle

>>38075573
>>Rocket Bazooka (explosive)
>Multi-mode rifle (physical or beam)

>>38075573
>Rocket Bazooka (explosive)
>Multi-mode rifle (physical or beam)

>>38075573
>>Twin Hyper Rifle (beam)
>Multi-mode rifle (physical or beam)

If possible, I'd like the group to carry along some psycho-mines to drop off while they're still in free-fall as an improvised artillery strike before they land. It'd be a good way to clear the landing zone of enemies, at the least.

>>38075573
>Rocket Bazooka (explosive)
>Multi-mode rifle (physical or beam)
Just so we're able to cover all the bases.

>>38075573
>Rocket bazooka
>Multi-mode rifle

>Rocket bazooka
>Multi-mode rifle

>>38075573
"I'll take a rocket bazooka," you tell Audrey, "and you can take your multi-mode rifle."

Haman raises an eyebrow. "You're taking explosives? I'm shocked."

"Thought I'd mix it up a little," you reply with a grin.

"That covers it, then," Karen concludes with a cough. "You have your marching orders, let's get to it."

Maybe stress is getting to Karen, or she's just really down with a flu.

Artesia might have something to remedy that. She's the crew's doctor after all.

>>38076018
And that's it for tonight, thanks for playing. Archives are up, and we'll resume with the drop on Leipzig next thread.

I'm still debating whether I'll run again tomorrow night, since there's a good chance I'll have a conflict in my schedule. Keep an eye on Twitter, and be aware that it may come an hour later if at all.

As for Kancolle, I've decided I do want to run another short quest with a different cast and different plot, set after the first one ended. That's not on the immediate horizon, but it'll happen eventually: likely taking up a Saturday or Sunday slot, since midweek quest runs from 10pm to 5 or 6am were slowly killing me.

I'll stick around for any questions or comments until I pass out.

>>38076095
Still wanna have Haman serve an Axis-style chicken soup.

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Just gonna leave this here...

>>38076120
Thanks for running man. See you next time.

>>38076120
Judging by your decision to wrap up within 10-12 threads, I reckon that it'd be enough to resolve the conflict with the Titans (with maybe Voight on the side), but I doubt it would be enough to extend up to Mars and Bernini.

Am I wrong in assuming that?

>>38076383
10-12 was a target. It may prove to have simply been too short a time frame for the remaining plot.

I'll know better the closer it gets to that point in the story.

>>38076433
Gotcha boss. Appreciate you running the quest today.

>>38076120
Always a pleasure to catch you running, King.

And I'm already looking forward to your future Kancolle quest. Maybe with a protagonist that slowly grows in skill among the shipgirls? (No, not Fubuki, she already has her anime.)

Rogue Abyssal Quest maybe?

>>38076570
>Dat spoiler
...I kinda like that idea. A KCQ from the 'other side', as it were.

>>38076588
Hey, if the Sith-flavored Star Wars quest can do it, then maybe.

Now if we could only have a more concrete idea of how the Abyssals work...

>>38076570
>>38076588
>>38076653
It's sad there's only _two_ Kancolle quests ever made, his and planefag's.

>>38078154
It seems like a dangerous idea, because you'd get so much of the worst parts of /a/ and /tg/ involved it'd make it hard for everyone else to have fun.

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>>38076653
I'll headcanon chunks of it but base a bit off one of the comics at the booru's.