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Title: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Kashyyk on November 08, 2014, 12:32:10 pm

Take X-Com, add some Pacific Rim, Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D, Dr Who's Torchwood & UNIT and top with a dash of Stargate. Now imagine there are multiple such Agencies, all vying for funding in order to defend the world.

Naturally, everyone's an idealistic idiot.

It started with a military training exercise in Scotland, that very quickly turned into a fight to the death against a pack of werewolves. Literally days after the area got carpet-bombed, a UFO was sighted in Arizona. Fighters were scrambled, but after shooting down twenty-three in four seperate engagements, it escaped into space. Simultaneously in Japan, the haunting of a school in Osaka reached its height when three people were found dead inside a boiler.

Realising just how outmatched the world was, in s many different ways, the Council has created five agencies to protect the Earth from Paranormal and Extra-Terrestrial threats.

Welcome Commander, whilst you wait for your meeting with the Council, could you please fill out the following form?

Spoiler: TOP SECRET (click to show/hide)

Agency Name: (Self-Explanatory)
Primary Location: (Where is your Agency's HQ?)
Agency Trait: (Pick One)
Favoured Enemy: (Try to avoid anything really broad)
Flavor Text:(Doesn't have to be long, just gotta be something)

Spoiler: Trait List (click to show/hide)

Superior Scientists
Superior Engineers
Superior Combat-Personnel
Superior Funding
Underworld Connections

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: FelixSparks on November 08, 2014, 12:46:04 pm

This sounds like fun! I hope my enemy isn't too broad.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Agency Name: The Round Table Collaboration (RTC when discussing it.)
Primary Location: London, England
Agency Trait: Superior Combat Personnel
Favoured Enemy:  Undead Opponents
Flavor Text: Founded by a descendant of King Arthur, the RTC is dedicated to training Knights in the modern age, and protecting the populace of the world from the beings that lurk in the shadows. Their favored equipment tends to be medieval weapons, teched up to modern standards, so interesting combinations are commonplace. A favorite of the new recruits is the EX-Calibur Mark 2, based on the blade of legend, with a feature for splitting the tip of the blade and firing blessed bullets. The usual fare is a blade and a shield, both easily hidden due to the popularity of large coats in the agency.

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: 10ebbor10 on November 08, 2014, 01:03:38 pm

Reserve

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Stirk on November 08, 2014, 01:13:49 pm

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Agency Name: Whitewater Incorporated
Primary Location: McLean, Virginia, U.S
Agency Trait: Superior Funding
Favored Enemy: Extra-Terrestrials
Flavor Text: Originally a PMC group that managed to get in too deep. They also managed to get out, somehow. After this minor success, the group transformed. The US and private, unknown investors started paying large sums of money for this group to start fighting "unusual" targets. Most of the work it does now is with a special section, made up of people who already know about the supernatural, although it kept a small part of its normal front working normal jobs. We can always use more money, after all.

Is that acceptable?

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Taricus on November 08, 2014, 01:18:14 pm

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Agency Name: Anti-Magic Special Operations Unit (AMSOU)
Primary Location: Australia
Agency Trait: Superior Combat-Personnel
Favoured Enemy: Spellcasters
Flavor Text: Created soon after the reports of supernatural activity, the AMSOU is an organisation that is created and dedicated towards the removal and elimination of 'magical' threats to humanity.

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: PiotraperPL on November 08, 2014, 01:19:04 pm

Is this good enough?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Agency Name: Earth's Technological Advancement Group (E-TAG)
Primary Location: Japan
Agency Trait: Superior Engineers
Favoured Enemy: Anything that poses immediate threat to mankind.
Flavor Text: The Council hired the most competent engineers from around the world to form this organisation, its objective was to improve Earth's technology level and research new kinds of weapons, however it soon turned out that soldiers were not proficient enough in use of said weapons. E-TAG has been expanded, and now serves as both tech research center and special unit training facility.

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Kashyyk on November 08, 2014, 01:29:31 pm

Research and Blueprints

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RTC
Research
Vampire Autopsy
Preliminary Swords of Legend

Blueprints
DNA Sampler (Vampire)

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Brownwood HR
Research
Missile Lock-On II

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FADE
Research
Shapeshiter Autopsy

Blueprints
Advanced Tactical Helm
High Capacity Magizines
Gene Sampler (Shapeshifter)

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AMSOU
Research
Analyse Berahthraben
Werewolf Autopsy

Blueprints
Gene Sampler (Werewolf)

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Whitewater Inc
Research
Mobile AA I

Blueprints
Mobile AA Quad-Cannon
Mobile AA Self-Propelled

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Public
Blueprints
Combined Tactical Armour
KS-23K Shotgun
Ks-23K "Shrapnel-25"
Standard High Caliber Ammo
TOW Anti-tank missile

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Quote from: Original Post

Looking good so far, something I should've mentioned though is that you're starting with modern technology, so RTC will have to design the EX-Calibur first :P

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Xvareon on November 08, 2014, 01:43:39 pm

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Agency Name: FADE (Foundation for the Advancement, Defense, and Expansion of humanity)
Primary Location: Caucasus Mountains, Eurasia (North side, close to Caspian Sea)
Agency Trait: Superior Funding
Favored Enemy: Vampires, werewolves, and others who disguise themselves as humans
Flavor Text: Founded by Walton C. Page, originally of North American descent. FADE's mission statement is that mankind is fast becoming prey rather than predator in the face of relatively unchecked attacks by supernatural and alien forces alike across the world, so their ultimate goal is to put humans back on the top of the food chain by advancing them to such a level that nothing can prey upon them with such ease ever again. FADE's agents are methodical and creative, yet work very poorly with any creature, influence, or entity that does not truly identify itself as human. They possess a partially-underground base dug into the side of the Caucasus Mountains, and rely heavily on experimental technology derived from the traits and specifics of the aliens/supernaturals they manage to kill or capture, although their agents generally use conventional human weapons and devices when on missions in populated areas.

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Playergamer on November 08, 2014, 01:48:31 pm

Spoiler: Agency (click to show/hide)

Name: Brownwood Human Relations
Primary Location: New York City
Agency Trait: Underworld Connections
Favored Enemy: Other humans. Cultists, criminals, etc. (is that too broad?)
Flavor Text: Brownwood specializes in dealing with the idiot humans who try to get in humanity's way. This comes from their past, a large crime syndicate that came into control of a sizes blue chunk of the Eastern seaboard's underworld. Eventually, after some negotiation, they decided to help humanity, in exchange for amnesty and lots of guns.

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: tntey on November 08, 2014, 01:49:41 pm

Quote from: Stirk on November 08, 2014, 01:13:49 pm

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Agency Name: Whitewater Incorporated
Primary Location: McLean, Virginia, U.S
Agency Trait: Superior Funding
Favored Enemy: Extra-Terrestrials
Flavor Text: Originally a PMC group that managed to get in too deep. They also managed to get out, somehow. After this minor success, the group transformed. The US and private, unknown investors started paying large sums of money for this group to start fighting "unusual" targets. Most of the work it does now is with a special section, made up of people who already know about the supernatural, although it kept a small part of its normal front working normal jobs. We can always use more money, after all.

Is that acceptable?

I live in McLean...

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Stirk on November 08, 2014, 01:51:48 pm

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I live in McLean...

We know  8).

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Hawk132 on November 08, 2014, 03:02:29 pm

Spoiler: Halberd (click to show/hide)

Agency Name: Halberd
Primary Location: Germany
Agency Trait: Superior Engineers
Favoured Enemy: Kaiju
Flavor Text: Halberd was originally an anti-kaiju organization (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140300), but their enemies suddenly left Earth and were never seen again. The organization was disbanded and its assets scrapped, but seeing as how new threats have recently appeared, it was reactivated.

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: FelixSparks on November 08, 2014, 11:05:33 pm

The EX-Calibur is a test model? Is that more appropriate?

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Jamahawk on November 09, 2014, 12:33:55 am

Spoiler: EPAA (click to show/hide)

Name: Earth's Protectorate and Advancement Association
Primary Location: Moscow, Russia
Agency Trait: Superior Engineers
Favored Enemy: Intelligent Machines
Flavor Text: The idea for this organization came from a surprising figure, Joseph Stalin. His methods were, to say the least, unproductive. After a certain group, which will be left unsaid, replaced him, they began testing rockets for space flight. This lead to serious advancements in science for both the US and USSR. When the new 'Stalin' died and the Soviet Union fell apart, EPAA continued their work with private funding. They have released many new technologies indirectly. Most machines and computers that exist were designed by the EPAA and sold to various companies, for a very high price and a vow of secrecy, to support the program .

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Kashyyk on November 09, 2014, 08:13:31 pm

Spoiler: Buildings List (click to show/hide)

70cr: Pocket Laboratory (25rp on any one project)
125cr: Small Laboratory (50rp on any one project)
250cr: Medium Laboratory (150rp on any one project)
Laboratories may be specialised for double cost. Specialised Labs give a bonus to all research in a certain area, but a penalty in all others.

50cr: Pocket Workshop (25pp on any one project)
100cr: Small Workshop (50pp on any one project)
200cr: Medium Workshop (150pp on any one project)

50cr: Small Barracks (50 beds)
100cr: Medium Barracks (120 beds)

50cr: Hanger (Enough space for the storage and maintenance of 8 small, 3 medium, or one large vehicle)

100cr: Small Containment Facility (10 cells)
180cr: Large Containment Facility (20 cells)

100cr: Small Airstrip (Enough space for medium fighters to take off and land)
200cr: Medium Airstrip (Enough space for small bombers to take off and land)

Spoiler: Unit List (click to show/hide)

20:10cr/m Infantry Squad (10 men)
50:25cr/m Special Forces Squad (10 men)

4:1cr/m Crewman (Can man any convential vehicle with minimal practice)

10:5cr/m Secret Service Agent

250:100/m Main Battle Tank (Four man fighting vehicle, able to destroy pretty much any terrestrial target it can set its sights on)
175:70cr/m Infantry Fighting Vehicle (Three man fighting vehicle, lighter arms and armour, designed to transport Infantry Squads across hostile territory)

85:30/m Heavy Weapons Platform (One man remote controlled vehicle, modular design allows high versatility, from front-line combat to support)

250:100cr/m Interceptor (One man fighter craft, used for high speed air-to-air and air-to-surface engagements)
200:80cr/m Dropship (One man transport, large, able to deploy vehicles and infantry across the world

Spoiler: Resource List (click to show/hide)

8cr: Military Grade Metal
2.5cr: Electronics

5cr: Holy Water

Quote from: Original Post

Ok, a few more responses than expected, so I've gone first come first serve. You guys are on the waitlist in case someone drops out though.

Spoiler: Agency List (click to show/hide)

FelixSpark's RTC
London
1000cr
500cr/m

Stirk's Whitewater Incorporated
McLean, Virginia
1500cr
750cr/m

Taricus's AMSOU
Australia
1000cr
500cr/m

PiotraperPL's E-TAG
Japan
1000cr
500cr/m

Xvareon's FADE
Caucasus Mountains, Eurasia
1500cr
750cr/m

I totally didn't steal anything from Nirur-Torir, what are you talking about?

Anyway, if you want something that isn't on the list, just ask. If it exists today you can probably buy it. You are welcome to spend more money on Military Personnel/Hardware for random bonuses.

After everyone's chosen, we will start turn one.

Edit: forgot to mention, PiotraperPL, your favoured enemy is too broad. Once you've changed that, you're good.

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Hawk132 on November 09, 2014, 08:26:31 pm

((Huh, this looks kind of famili- Oh, you say you didn't steal anything. Looks like I'm just seeing things.))

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Stirk on November 09, 2014, 08:41:47 pm

Whitewater:

1 Medium laboratory
1 Medium Workshop
1 Small Airstrip
  1 Dropship (It fits, right?)
2 Hanger
   2Main Battle Tanks
      8 Crewmen
Small Barracks:
   The 8 Crewmen from before
    10 Special Forces
   
Total Price:250+200+100+200+50(2)+250(2)+4(8)+50+50=1482

Most fun shopping list in a while. Just had to check the math, put an extra 3 in there last time.

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Taricus on November 09, 2014, 08:48:02 pm

Spoiler: AMSOU Initial Assets/purchases (click to show/hide)

Medium Barracks: 100cr
Medium Laboratory: 250cr
Medium Workshop: 200cr
Hangar: 50cr
Three Special Forces Squads: 150cr
Dropship: 200cr
Three SS Agents: 50cr
Five Crewmen: 20 cr

Spoiler: AMSOU Assets (click to show/hide)

-Buildings:
Medium Barracks
Medium Workshop
Medium Laboratory
Hangar

-Units
--Combat Elements
SpecOps Team Alpha (Ten troopers)
SpecOps Team Beta (Ten troopers)
SpecOps Team Gamma (Ten troopers)

--Support Elements
Dropship 'Thunderstruck'
-Dropship Crew (Five Crewmen)

Intelligence Agency
--Three Agents

Spoiler: AMSOU Finances and Statistics (click to show/hide)

-Budget
0cr Surplus
150cr/m upkeep

-Base Capacity:
38/120 Beds filled
8/8 Hangar slots filled

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: FelixSparks on November 10, 2014, 12:21:21 am

Hoo boy shopping... Never been good at this.

Spoiler: Starting Gear (click to show/hide)

Small Lab (Named "The Library" by the cool people.)
Small Workshop ("The Forge", same people)
Medium Barracks (This one doesn't have a nickname)
Hanger ("The Stables")
Small Airstrip

Spoiler: Starting Personnel (click to show/hide)

2 Special Forces (Spent 75 per unit)
5 Crewmen
2 Secret Agents
Dropship ("The Steed")

135 Credits left to accommodate expenses from next month, just in case.

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Taricus on November 10, 2014, 01:39:46 am

A small reminder to everyone that each squad bought is ten men. If you have about eight or so you're going to need either several barracks buildings, or a larger one.

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Stirk on November 10, 2014, 01:40:37 am

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A small reminder to everyone that each squad bought is ten men. If you have about eight or so you're going to need either several barracks buildings, or a larger one.

As you where kind enough to give us a reminder, you should be reminded that you need an Airstrip to actually field your drop ship :P.

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Taricus on November 10, 2014, 01:42:23 am

We need an airstrip? I thought these were VTOL aircraft.

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Stirk on November 10, 2014, 01:45:57 am

Quote from: Taricus on November 10, 2014, 01:42:23 am

We need an airstrip? I thought these were VTOL aircraft.

Probably. It sounds like we do, and the two of us have an airstrip with only a drop ship. How else are you going to fly it in and out?

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Taricus on November 10, 2014, 01:47:00 am

Roll it out it's hangar, take off? :P

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Stirk on November 10, 2014, 01:50:46 am

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Roll it out it's hangar, take off? :P

Psh. Everyone knows helicopters need at least two hundred yards to take off.

I don't know, they might be VTOL, but they *are* able to lift up at least one tank, I kind of thought they where more X-com style drop ships.

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: WillowLuman on November 10, 2014, 02:01:01 am

Can I waitlist? This sounds awesome!

Spoiler: Top Secret (click to show/hide)

Agency Name: MATHS
Primary Location: Antarctica
Agency Trait: Superior Scientists
Favoured Enemy: Invasive extraneous spatial dimensions
Flavor Text: Through observations of neutrino telescopes and other hypersensetive equipment, scientists have begun noting an invasion of our dimension. The invaders seem to follow entirely alien laws of physics. It is unknown whether they are aware or even beings, or just the results of another brane colliding with our own, but their danger is clear and they must be counteracted.

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: PiotraperPL on November 10, 2014, 04:26:12 am

Now let's make the worst choices, shall we?

Spoiler: Buildings (click to show/hide)

Medium Workshop (named "Tinkerer's Lair")
Small Barracks
Hanger (named "The Hive")
Medium Airstrip

Spoiler: Units (click to show/hide)

Special Forces Squad (10x2) (Squads "Omega One" and "Omega Two")
Crewman (10)
Interceptor (named "Hornet-1")

Spoiler: Summary (click to show/hide)

110cr
340cr/m
30/50 beds
Space for 16 small, 6 medium or 2 large vehicles
^{I hope I calculated everything correctly :x}

If that's too broad, then let's switch E-TAG's favoured enemy to hostile machinery (must have AI and/or be half-organic)

Quote from: Kashyyk on November 09, 2014, 08:13:31 pm

20:10cr/m Infantry Squad (10 men)

XX:YYcr/m, XX stands for hire cost, and YY for monthly cost, am I right?

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Taricus on November 10, 2014, 04:37:00 am

I'd assume that's the case, given the costs displayed by it.

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Kashyyk on November 10, 2014, 07:32:34 am

Known Hostiles

Supernatural

Spoiler: Werewolf (click to show/hide)

Whilst unproven, it is believed that getting bitten by a werewolf will causing you to become one. It has been discovered that it takes an inordinate amount of bullets to kill a single werewolf. More research is required.

Spoiler: Vampire (click to show/hide)

The belief that they are repulsed by mirrors and holy symbols appears to be truth, as does their aversion of sunlight and their thirst for blood.

Completed Research of "Vampire Autopsy" – If you can call analysing a pile of dust and ash an autopsy. However, the scientists were able to find traces of modified human DNA. They believe that they could test a suspect's DNA sample for traces of this modification. As such, a DNA Sampler blueprint has been created for this purpose. This can be used by espionage operatives in the field to test for the presence of vampires.

Magical

Spoiler: Fire-Man (click to show/hide)

Approximately 8 feet tall, slow and presumably hard hitting.

Spoiler: Fires Snake (click to show/hide)

Two foot long at most, but able to float at a significant speed. This floating is limited however, as they never seem to rise more than about 12 feet off of the ground.

Extra-Terrestrial

Spoiler: Roswell Prime (click to show/hide)

Human-sized, with grey skin and an enlarged head.

Spoiler: Roswell Servant (click to show/hide)

About for feet tall, they are basically a scaled-down version of the prime.

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Quote from: Original Post

At the moment, only the Dropship is VTOL (due to it needing to be in order to deposit your forces anywhere). The Interceptors are not VTOL. I completely forgot to mention that.

Piotraper, your favoured Enemy is good, and yes, Taricus has it right re: costs.

Just waiting on Xvareon and we can start.

EDIT: Taricus, you have 5 crewman listed in your assets which you haven't hired. However you only need one to pilot the Dropship.

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Xvareon on November 10, 2014, 11:55:42 am

It would help if I knew what the rules of this game were before deciding on what exactly I should spend money on, but here we go. Hopefully this is a fairly balanced start.

Spoiler: Buildings (click to show/hide)

1x Pocket Laboratory "The Farm" (75cr)
1x Pocket Workshop "Splodeyville" (50cr)
1x Medium Barracks (100cr)
1x Hangar (50cr)
1x Medium Airstrip (200cr)

Spoiler: Units (click to show/hide)

2x Infantry Squad (40cr, 20cr/m)(Codenamed Ranger-One and Ranger-Two, respectively)
1x Special Forces Squad (50cr, 25cr/m)(Codenamed Storm-One)
7x Crewman (28cr, 7cr/m)
2x Secret Service Agent (20cr, 10cr/m)
1x "Badger" Infantry Fighting Vehicle (175cr, 90cr/m)
2x "Paradigm" Interceptor (500cr, 200cr/m)
1x "Devil Fish" Dropship (200cr, 80cr/m)

Spoiler: Summary (click to show/hide)

75cr (Pocket Laboratory)
50cr (Pocket Workshop)
100cr (Medium Barracks)
50cr (Hangar)
200cr (Medium Airstrip)

40cr, 20cr/m (2x Infantry Squad)
50cr, 25cr/m (Special Forces Squad)
24cr, 6cr/m (6x Crewman)
20cr, 10cr/m (2x Secret Service Agent)
175cr, 90cr/m (Infantry Fighting Vehicle)
500cr, 200cr/m (2x Interceptor)
200cr, 80cr/m (Dropship)

Total expenditure: 1484cr, 431cr/m
Left over: 16cr, 319cr/m

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Taricus on November 10, 2014, 12:04:58 pm

Okay, all fixed on that front Kashyyk, thanks for the heads up on that

Title: Re: World Task Force
Post by: Kashyyk on November 11, 2014, 04:28:47 am

Spoiler: RTC (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 1000cr
Income - 500cr
Expenses - 1020cr
New Balance - 480cr

Buildings
Small Lab "The Library"
Small Workshop "The Forge"
Medium Barracks
Hanger ("The Stables")
Small Airstrip

Units
Special Forces Alpha - Hostile Ground, Hit-and-Run
Special Forces Beta - Unshakeable
Crewman x5
Secret Agent x2
Dropship "The Steed"

Available Hanger Space: 0

Resources and Equipment
Vampire Ashes

Spoiler: Whitewater Inc (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 1500cr
Income - 750cr
Expenses - 1792cr
New Balance - 455cr

Buildings
Medium Laboratory
Medium Workshop
Small Airstrip
Hanger x2
Small Barracks

Units
Dropship
Main Battle Tank Alpha
Main Battle Tank Beta
Crewman x8
Special Forces Alpha
 
Available Hanger Space - 1 Medium

Resources and Equipment
UFO Alloy

Spoiler: AMSOU (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 1000cr
Income - 500cr
Expenses - 1175cr
New Balance - 325cr

Buildings
Medium Barracks
Medium Workshop
Medium Laboratory
Hangar

Units
Special Forces Alpha
Special Forces Beta
Special Forces Gamma
Dropship "Thunderstruck"
Crewman x5
Secret Agent x3

Available Hanger Space - 0

Resources and Equipment
Book of Unknown Content

Spoiler: E-TAG (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 1000cr
Income - 500cr
Expenses - 950cr
New Balance - 550cr

Buildings
Medium Workshop
Small Barracks
Small Airstrip

Units
Special Forces Alpha
Special Forces Beta
Crewman x10
Interceptor "Hornet 1"

Available Hanger Space - 2 Medium

Resources and Equipment
Killbot Wreckage

Spoiler: FADE (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 1500cr
Income - 750cr
Expenses - 1935cr
New Balance - 315cr

Buildings
Pocket Laboratory "The Farm"
Pocket Workshop "Splodeyville"
Medium Barracks
Hanger
Medium Airstrip

Units
Infantry "Ranger-One"
Infantry "Ranger-Two"
Special Forces "Storm-One"
Crewman x6
SS Agent x2
IFV "Badger"
Interceptor "Paradigm-1"
Interceptor "Paradigm-2"
Dropship "Devil Fish"

Hanger Space Deficit - 1 Large Vehicle, using rented facilities, 25cr/m fee

Resources and Equipment
Shapeshifter Corpse

Spoiler: Agency Creation Events (click to show/hide)

RTC's search for elite Special Forces units bears fruit. Alpha squad is a veteran guerrila warfare unit, trained in surviving Hostile Ground and executing Hit-and-Run tactics. Beta squad was previously tasked with raiding a number of supernatural hideouts, and as such is Unshakeable in the face of the unknown.

To assist the Agencies the council has provided an unknown artifact to each:
RTC has recieved the only known remains of a vampire that could be recovered after liberable use of flamethrowers.
Whitewater Inc has recieved a sample of some sort of Alien Alloy that was blasted off of a UFO before it escaped the atmosphere.
AMSOU has recieved a book, written entirely in an unknown language. It was recovered from a necromancer after being unwillingly evicted.
E-TAG has been issued the wreckage of a robot of unknown maker. This killbot was only destroyed after a combined effort by several tank companies.
Finally, FADE has been provided with the corpse of a shapeshifter who had been impersonating a member of British Parliament before being forcibly resigned from office.

Spoiler: Known Threats (click to show/hide)

It is believed that a Wizard using Fire Magic has taken control of a small town in Egypt. He has the locals enslaved and is using them as hostages to prevent the Egyptian Military from acting. They have asked you to intervene.

In Australia a pack of werewolves have been attacking villages and towns before retreating into the outback. Whilst the Australian Military defends the Locals, they would like you to deal with the problem at the source.

Mysterious disappearences have also occured in Paris, Siberia, Sao Paulo, Kobe and Dusseldorf. The authorities are out of their depth, so have asked you to investigate.

Finally, in Vancouver, the local police are finding escaped convicts and other lawbreakers tied up across the city. The only information they have is that it is the work of a masked hero of somekind.

Spoiler: Suggested Research Topics (click to show/hide)

Analyse Unknown Artifact
Laser Weapon Theory
Google Werewolf Facts
Google Fire Magic Facts
Something else?

Spoiler: Suggested Engineering Projects (click to show/hide)

High Caliber Rounds
Heavy Body Armour
C4
something else?

Welcome to Turn One, Phase One. In the first phase Agencies may buy resources, hire additional personnel, build new facilities, perform research, and manufacture equipment. Current known threats are available, which will give you an idea of what to gear yourselves towards. As you do not possess any advanced technologies your workshops can only produce modern blueprints at the moment.

Each research topic requires a certain number of RP to research. I will not tell you the exact cost, but more advanced techs will cost more. Labs contribute RP to research, as do other sources (unaccessable for now). Finally, you can invest further funds into research to speed it along. Some technologies may have a cost attached to them.

Spoiler: GM Note (click to show/hide)

Ok, I've probably not explained something obvious as I've spent so long staring at this that I've forgotten what I've told you.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one start!
Post by: PiotraperPL on November 11, 2014, 06:25:18 am

As an E-TAG's representative I'm happy to inform everyone, that we are ready to contribute to mankind's safety. The very first thing we are going to do, is to build a Medium Laboratory, as we are currently lacking one. The Council has provided us with a killbot wreckage, and it wouldn't be the best course of action to just ignore it. Our engineers are working day and night to understand how it works and they would love to reverse engineer it, however that is not really possible, as the killbot is too damaged for that. Here is something that soldiers should keep in mind at all times: Try to keep unknown equipment in tact, as it would greatly help in development of weapons, equipment and materials.
Right now E-TAG is focusing on technological improvement rather than brute force, however we do offer our help. There are two Special Forces squads that we can send to help any of the other organisations in their tasks. To do it, we require a dropship, that will allow us to quickly send help. The money for it is already on the Council's account.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Actions:
Build Medium Laboratory (250cr)
Give killbot wreckage to engineers: They will try to understand it, replicate some of the still working parts and possibly salvage something useful out of it.
Buy a dropship (200:80cr/m)
Spend remaining 100cr on:
--Various metals (80cr)
--Electronics (20cr)

((Kashyyk, could you tell me how much satellite array would cost? That's something I may want to buy in future))

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one start!
Post by: Kashyyk on November 11, 2014, 07:14:45 am

I assume you want something like the satellites used in XCOM? For that you'll need an Uplink (you won't ever need more than one), which will cost 200cr and 40cr/m upkeep, either your own launching system (I'll get back to you) or paying a government to launch it for you (50cr a pop), and finally the satellite itself (100cr).

Now I'm more awake I've also noticed I forgot to mention a few things, so I will edit the turn post shortly.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one start!
Post by: PiotraperPL on November 11, 2014, 07:42:03 am

I've been actually thinking about something more like this (http://hd.wallpaperswide.com/thumbs/satellite_array-t2.jpg), but now because you mentioned it, X-COM style satellites are cool too.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one start!
Post by: Taricus on November 11, 2014, 10:39:05 am

Hmm... How much space do we have on each dropship exactly? And furthermore, do we need it to deploy troops anywhere at all?

Anyway, I'll put my turn actions here, and edit them if need be.

Spoiler: AMSOU's Actions (click to show/hide)

-Actions:
Send the special agents ahead to Egypt, gathering intelligence on the whereabouts and abilities of the reported fire mage
SpecOps Platoon Prime is to move to assist the ADF with the warewolf problem. Given such a threat so close to our primary base of operations it would be prudent to deal with it at once, and it would further be a good shakedown for our troops outside of our preferred enemy.
The Laboratory is to begin work deciphering the book the council has given us.
Engineering is to start working on heavier armour for our troops

-Acquisitions:
Obtain two new hangars
Obtain new dropship

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one start!
Post by: Kashyyk on November 11, 2014, 11:08:01 am

There is enough space on one dropship for two medium vehicles (both the IFV and the Tank are medium vehicles) or 3 squads. If obe of the vehicles is an IFV, the IVF can also be loaded with a squad of infantry.

You don't need any transports of your own, as local militaries will be able to ptovide them, however this will take longer than using your own transports. (So if you want to beat another Agency to a threat to claim the glory of resolving it yourself, you want to get there first)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one start!
Post by: Taricus on November 11, 2014, 11:10:35 am

Right, note to self: Design larger dropship. OR atleast one that can carry three squads.

But this does mean in the even of something happening within one's home nation/region, the local agency would be able to respond faster than any foreign agencies?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one start!
Post by: Kashyyk on November 11, 2014, 11:18:49 am

Mistype on my orevious, they can already hold three squads.

Yes, distance to event is also taken into account. The calculations for who gets there first is quite simplistic, and if you want to know it's in the spoiler below.

Spoiler: Who arrives first calc (click to show/hide)

A linear distance from base to event is estimated, then time to travel calculated at 1000km/h. If using third-party transport add 1 hour wait time, if using third-party airstrip add 2 hour wait time.

If racing each other to events become a big thing, I'll start giving new dropships more precise speeds.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one start!
Post by: Stirk on November 11, 2014, 12:51:22 pm

Ah, everything is going well.

We don't have much investigative power, but plenty of fire power. Send the dropship filled with tanks to take on the werewolves in Australia. I expect them all thoroughly exploded, and a paycheck from the locals.

I would like to start my scientists working on an advanced anti-aircraft weapon that can be fitted to a tank, meant for taking down UFOs. Kenetic, of course, we don't need no lasers when they likely use lasers.

I will buy another 10 special operations troops, housing them in the barracks. The currently at home infantry will guard the alien artifact until we decide whether to investigate or sell it.

Finally, the worships will produce high-caliber Ks-23 shotguns with shrapnel rounds.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one start!
Post by: FelixSparks on November 11, 2014, 01:08:32 pm

Arthur McAllister, leader of the RTC, stands in front of Alpha Squadron, looking them over. They'd been a good find, and he was proud that they'd joined his ranks. For now, more important matters were at hand. "Alright gentlemen. I know you're raring to go, so I've got your first mission for you. You're going to Vancouver. There's been reports of a masked man typing up convicts in the streets. I want you to find him. Subdue if necessary, but I'd prefer to recruit him. He seems like he could be a good asset, and I think your hitting and running will do best in the urban environment. You have your orders, move out!" He salutes them, and they head to the dropship.

He heads to The Lab next, knocking and startling one of the researchers. "Gentlemen and ladies, I want your full attention on those Vampire Ashes we received. I want to know the properties of it, who it was, they're favorite meal, and anything else you can give me." He salutes and leaves, heading next to the Forge. "Alright guys, I don't know WHAT we're gonna be facing, but I want bullets strong enough to pierce through them. Get on it."

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Sent Alpha Squad to Vancouver to deal with the Vigilante, with intent to subdue or recruit over killing.
Started research on the Vampire Ashes, full points
Started development of High Caliber Rounds, full points
Everyone else is on standby.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one start!
Post by: Xvareon on November 12, 2014, 01:39:11 pm

(Sorry about the wait. Some things just came up on my end recently, is all. Here's my turn.)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Task "The Farm" (Pocket Laboratory) with looking over the corpse of the shapeshifter given by the British. Attempt to discern whether its abilities are physical or mystical in nature, and run a small battery of tests to compare the tissue/bones/organs with that of a normal human.

Task "Splodeyville" (Pocket Workshop) with designing a new type of combat helmet, complete with a computerized HUD system (with waypoint indicators, night vision assistance, etc.) and integrated short-wave tactical squad radio. If not possible to put into production yet, at least begin making the blueprints, and estimate cost of each unit.

Also in Engineering, build another Pocket Workshop ("The Foundry") and specialize it for the production of unique equipment (like Silver Bullets).

Send Storm-One along with the "Badger" IFV to Australia, using the Devil Fish dropship to get there as quickly as possible. Establish a dialogue with local forces in the region, and try to find a pattern to the werewolf attacks or any discernible reason for them to attack humans. Offer a generous sum of money (50-60cr) for experienced outback trackers to help find the werewolf pack, and teach Storm-One a little about tracking in the wilderness while they’re at it. Keep the squad in or near their IFV most of the time, with the dropship not too far away and able to provide emergency EVAC if necessary. If possible, also equip Storm-One with a small yet reliable cryogenic tissue sample storage unit (10cr) and instruction for the use thereof, to both gather samples from actual dead werewolves and any infected individuals that were attacked by them. We need to figure out what we're dealing with.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one start!
Post by: Kashyyk on November 12, 2014, 08:05:02 pm

Spoiler: RTC (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 480cr
Income - 500cr
Expenses - 155cr
New Balance - 825cr

Buildings
Small Lab "The Library"
Small Workshop "The Forge"
Medium Barracks
Hanger ("The Stables")
Small Airstrip

Units
Special Forces Alpha - Hostile Ground, Hit-and-Run
Special Forces Beta - Unshakeable
Crewman x5
Secret Agent x2
Dropship "The Steed"

Available Hanger Space: 0

Resources and Equipment
Vampire Ashes
Standard High Cal Ammo x20

Spoiler: Whitewater Inc (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 455cr
Income - 750cr
Expenses - 363cr
New Balance - 842cr

Buildings
Medium Laboratory
Medium Workshop
Small Airstrip
Hanger x2
Small Barracks

Units
Dropship
Main Battle Tank Alpha
Main Battle Tank Beta
Crewman x8
Special Forces Alpha
Special Forces Beta
 
Available Hanger Space - 1 Medium

Resources and Equipment
UFO Alloy
KS-23K Shotgun x30
KS-23K "Shrapnel-25" x30

Spoiler: AMSOU (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 325cr
Income - 500cr
Expenses - 475cr
New Balance - 350cr

Buildings
Medium Barracks
Medium Workshop
Medium Laboratory
Hangar x3

Units
Special Forces Alpha
Special Forces Beta
Special Forces Gamma
Dropship "Thunderstruck"
Dropship "Lightningcrash"
Crewman x5
Secret Agent x3

Available Hanger Space - 1 Large Vehicle

Resources and Equipment
Book of Berahthraben
Combined Tactical Armour x30

Spoiler: E-TAG (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 550cr
Income - 500cr
Expenses - 710cr
New Balance - 340cr

Buildings
Medium Workshop
Medium Laboratory
Small Barracks
Small Airstrip

Units
Special Forces Alpha
Special Forces Beta
Crewman x10
Interceptor "Hornet 1"
Dropship

Available Hanger Space - 2 Medium

Resources and Equipment
Killbot Wreckage

Spoiler: FADE (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 315cr
Income - 750cr
Expenses - 566cr
New Balance - 499cr

Buildings
Pocket Laboratory "The Farm"
Pocket Workshop "Splodeyville"
Medium Barracks
Hanger
Medium Airstrip

Units
Infantry "Ranger-One"
Infantry "Ranger-Two"
Special Forces "Storm-One"
Crewman x6
SS Agent x2
IFV "Badger"
Interceptor "Paradigm-1"
Interceptor "Paradigm-2"
Dropship "Devil Fish"

Hanger Space Deficit - 1 Large Vehicle, using rented facilities, 25cr/m fee

Resources and Equipment
Shapeshifter Corpse
Small ischemic storage unit x1

Current Technologies and Blueprints (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=145483.msg5792495#msg5792495)

Spoiler: Known Threats (click to show/hide)

It is believed that a Wizard using Fire Magic has taken control of a small town in Egypt. He has the locals enslaved and is using them as hostages to prevent the Egyptian Military from acting. They have asked you to intervene.

In Australia a pack of werewolves have been attacking villages and towns before retreating into the outback. Whilst the Australian Military defends the Locals, they would like you to deal with the problem at the source.

Mysterious disappearences have also occured in Paris, Siberia, Sao Paulo, Kobe and Dusseldorf. The authorities are out of their depth, so have asked you to investigate.

Finally, in Vancouver, the local police are finding escaped convicts and other lawbreakers tied up across the city. The only information they have is that it is the work of a masked hero of somekind.

Alert! The US military has detected a UFO within it's airspace, it is much smaller than the last, but all Agencies that respond are advised to exercise caution when engaging.

Spoiler: Agency Operations to be Executed (click to show/hide)

RTC
SpecOps Alpha to make contact with the Vigalante in Vancouver. Prioritising peaceful recovery over lethal force. They assume they will be flown there by The Steed instead of making their own way.

Whitewater Inc
Main Battle Tanks Alpha and Beta will respond via Dropship to the Australian Werewolf threat with lethal force.

AMSOU
Three Secret Agents will investigate the situation in Egypt
SpecOps Platoon Prime (presumably comprised of Squads Alpha, Beta and Gamma) are to respond via Dropship to the Australian Werewolf threat with lethal force.

FADE
Storm-One, aboard the Badger and via the Devil Fish, will investigate and contain the Australian werewolf threat. A 50-60cr incentive will be offered to local outback trackers to assist in finding the werewolves and teach the squad. The squad will also be equipped with the purchased ischemic storage unit (the same kind used for organs awaiting transplant).

Welcome to Turn One, Phase Two. In this Phase agencies can respond to events across the world. Examples include: investigating the event for more info, controlling the situation to prevent it from worsening or attempting to destroy the threat entirely. Any unit can be sent to any sort of responce, but naturally certain units are better at certain things. If multiple agencies respond to the same threat, they will act in order of who arrives first, which is based on travel speed, distance and whether they're using their own transport. It is perfectly acceptable (encouraged in fact) for agencies to work together to deal with a threat. In this case they will act once the last team member has arrived.

Certain events, such as the UFO flyover, are suprise one-turn-only things. If it is not responded to, or the response is unsuccessful, there will be an immediate penalty in funding from the concerned nation. This is compared to more persistant events, which will slowly fester and anger the nation until resolved.

Spoiler: Funding, the Council and You (click to show/hide)

Each member nation (of which there are currently 16) contributes to the Council's budget. This is then split amongst the Agencies based on the Council's relative opinions on each one. Succesfully resolving a threat in a nation will increase it's funding, or if not a member of the council, encourage them into joining. The agencies responsible will also improve their standing with the council slightly. This way, even if an Agency is not responsible for the successful resolution of a threat, they will still gain a small out of funding, but the agencies involved will recieve a greater amount. Similarly, if one agency resolves a threat, it will gain all the credit, compared to if it was resolved by multiple agencies, who will share the credit between them.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one Phase two
Post by: Stirk on November 12, 2014, 08:21:23 pm

Well the UFO is my duty. Its what we are are good at, after all.

I quickly purchase an Interceptor and someone who knows how to use it, then send them after the UFO. I doubt we can get an AA gun there in time....

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one Phase two
Post by: Kashyyk on November 12, 2014, 08:25:06 pm

Unfortunately, by the time it arrives the UFO will be long gone.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one Phase two
Post by: Stirk on November 12, 2014, 08:30:34 pm

Darn. Then there is not much I can do, my tanks can't exactly engage swift moving air targets.

I suppose, then, I send one of my SO squads to advice the US military how to deal with this threat. They can just take a car to the pentagon, if need be. Nix the buying of an interceptor, at least for now. Ill probably deal with the next one via AA fire.

*EDIT*

Can I make an AA gun in time? Any AA gun? Or even just a fire-and-forget AA missile like the Javalin?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one Phase two
Post by: FelixSparks on November 12, 2014, 08:32:36 pm

Not to mention it's in your turf.

Arthur looks to his display, nodding. Whitewater should be more than fine for the UFO for now, it was both home turf AND their favored foe. For now... Arthur had other things to worry about. He calls down to the labs, putting in an order for and additional hangar, another Dropship, and reserves The Steed for Alpha's use. They'll need it to get to Vancouver in any decent time...

Looking over the proposed actions for each agency, he notices something rather amiss. No one was investigating the disappearances. This struck him as rather odd, and he called up two of his best undercover agents. "Holly, Andy, I want you two in and investigating immediately. I trust you'll be alright while you gather information, if you sense you're in danger, pull out unless you're CERTAIN you'll come back alive. I don't need any martyrs." He leaves them with their orders, and heads to the command room, thinking. It seemed... A little short staffed, so he put out a call for all willing parties to join his ranks, pushing a bit harder for the flyers and benefits this time around.

Spoiler: TLDR HERE'S MY ACTIONS (click to show/hide)

Buying a new Hangar
Buying a new Dropship
Sending 2 Secret Agents to investigate the disappearances
Putting out recruitment for regular units at the rate of 60 for 2 squads of infantry.
Sorry if this isn't when we're supposed to do all this part!

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one Phase two
Post by: Taricus on November 12, 2014, 08:35:18 pm

Just pointing out that I should have three hangars Kashyyk, other than that, it looks all good. And Felix, recruitment was meant to be done in the first phase. Second is for dealing with things :P

AMSOU units, between the estimated arrival time of any other agency and how quickly they can arrive, move in to deal with the werewolves themselves, adopting a slow-but-steady pace. If/when allied units arrive to help, AMSOU units, due to a lack of any heavier assets or specialisation against the 'wolves, are to take position as assisting units. In addition, deploy the newly-made armour with them. It would prove a useful field test of it's capabilities.

For the AMSOU Agents heading to egypt, no further orders are given beyond what has already been briefed to them.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one Phase two
Post by: Kashyyk on November 12, 2014, 08:46:35 pm

@Stirk: Unfortunately Not. During this phase all you can do is respond to threats. You don't have to adhere to your favoured enemy, so you can send even more units at the Werewolves in Australia for example, attempt to tackle the Wizard in Egypt or try something else.

@Felix: Taricus is right, this phase is for shooting baddies and taking names. Any construction or hiring will have to wait 'til turn 2.

@Taricus: Fixed the hanger thing. It's all fine on my spreadsheet, just forgot to update the turn post :P

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one Phase two
Post by: FelixSparks on November 12, 2014, 08:48:38 pm

Ah. My bad. IN THAT CASE.

"Alpha, move in and subdue. I want him caught by dawn."


I can still send the agents, right?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one Phase two
Post by: Kashyyk on November 12, 2014, 08:51:19 pm

Yes indeed. I included the previously given orders so that I didn't have to go digging for them if you decided to keep them as is.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one Phase two
Post by: FelixSparks on November 12, 2014, 08:57:00 pm

I'll gladly do those things next turn. Sorry about the confusion on my part. NOW GO ALPHA, RECRUIT THAT GUY!

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one Phase two
Post by: PiotraperPL on November 13, 2014, 12:11:56 pm

((I have ordered a construction of medium laboratory in phase one of this turn, what happened to that?))

E-TAG's Actions:
- Send Interceptor "Hornet-1" to shoot down the UFO. It's approach should be balanced between aggressive and defensive.
- Send dropship "The Queen" with both SpecForce Squads on board to US. If that UFO crashes, their job will be to kill any survivors and retrieve valuable equipment for study. If UFO lands, then they will combat the UFO's crew and again - retrieve valuable equipment.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one Phase two
Post by: Kashyyk on November 13, 2014, 12:22:00 pm

@Piotraper: Sorry about that, fixed the post.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one Phase two
Post by: PiotraperPL on November 13, 2014, 12:23:43 pm

Thank you c:

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one Phase two
Post by: Xvareon on November 14, 2014, 10:44:18 pm

Sorry about the wait. Here's my turn.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

If still possible, Storm-One should be heavily loaded with flashbang/concussion grenades. They may prove useful if werewolves are indeed encountered. Primary SOP when on operation in Australia:

1.) If the local forces have terminated any werewolves so far, Storm-One is to request exclusive access to the bodies and permission to obtain samples as necessary (prioritizing teeth, saliva, claws, fur and, if possible, bone).
2.) Find any civilians/personnel bitten or otherwise wounded by werewolf attacks, and request to take tissue/blood samples from them. (Caution should be exercised by Storm-One personnel when interacting with any potentially infected individuals, as panic may spread unchecked if they come to believe they will turn into werewolves themselves.)
3.) Should Storm-One or any FADE personnel encounter agents of any third party organization on their mission, they are to immediately contact HQ for further orders. Should this not be possible for whatever reason, Storm-One may establish dialogue at their discretion, but any explanation of the details of their mission is to be restricted to hunting the werewolves at the request of local Australian authorities.

Run an unscheduled simulation at FADE headquarters, in which Ranger-One and Ranger-Two will be judged for their response time and unit cohesion by dropping whatever they are doing, preparing their weapons and kit, and coming to the main Dropship/transport hangar ASAP. If they manage to react quickly, equip themselves in a timely manner, and not leave any of their squadmates behind while they're at it (this would include aiding them with finding and equipping their kit, or supplying spares of their own to save time), they will be informed of such and extolled for their prowess. Should they be found lacking (like if one guy forgets his pistol), they may require additional review before being assigned to any major combat operations. (THIS SHOULD ONLY BE DONE AFTER STORM-ONE HAS LEFT THE BASE! Otherwise, they'll feel like the spec-ops are the favorites!)

Send one Secret Service operative to London to act as FADE's representative there, showing that we have a vested interest in countering the threat of shapeshifters in their government. This operative should attempt to dig up any information on other possible suspects, and apprehend or kill one if possible.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn one start!
Post by: Kashyyk on November 17, 2014, 05:09:21 pm

Spoiler: RTC (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 480cr
Income - 505cr
Expenses - 155cr
New Balance - 830cr

Buildings
Small Lab "The Library"
Small Workshop "The Forge"
Medium Barracks
Hanger "The Stables"
Small Airstrip

Units
Special Forces Alpha - Hostile Ground, Hit-and-Run
Special Forces Beta - Unshakeable
Crewman x5
Secret Agent x2
Dropship "The Steed"
HydroBlade

Available Hanger Space: 0

Resources and Equipment
Vampire Ashes
Standard High Cal Ammo x20

Spoiler: Whitewater Inc (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 455cr
Income - 735cr
Expenses - 363cr
New Balance - 828cr

Buildings
Medium Laboratory
Medium Workshop
Small Airstrip
Hanger x2
Small Barracks

Units
Dropship
Main Battle Tank Alpha - 105cr repair cost
Main Battle Tank Beta - 130cr repair cost
Crewman x8
Special Forces Alpha
Special Forces Beta
 
Available Hanger Space - 1 Medium

Resources and Equipment
UFO Alloy
KS-23K Shotgun x30
KS-23K "Shrapnel-25" x30
Werewolf Corpse x9

Spoiler: AMSOU (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 325cr
Income - 550cr
Expenses - 475cr
New Balance - 400cr

Buildings
Medium Barracks
Medium Workshop
Medium Laboratory
Hangar x3

Units
Special Forces Alpha 3/10 strength
Special Forces Beta 6/10 strength - Defy Death
Special Forces Gamma 2/10 strength
Dropship "Thunderstruck"
Dropship "Lightningcrash"
Crewman x5
Secret Agent x3

Available Hanger Space - 1 Large Vehicle

Prisoners
Werewolf Victim x6 - Cell Deficit, 18cr/m rented accomodation

Resources and Equipment
Book of Berahthraben
Combined Tactical Armour x30
Werewolf Corpse x16

Spoiler: E-TAG (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 550cr
Income - 550cr
Expenses - 710cr
New Balance - 390cr

Buildings
Medium Workshop
Medium Laboratory
Small Barracks
Small Airstrip

Units
Special Forces Alpha
Special Forces Beta
Crewman x10
Interceptor "Hornet 1"
Dropship

Available Hanger Space - 2 Medium

Resources and Equipment
Killbot Wreckage x1
Military-Grade Metals x8
Electronics x8
Roswell Prime Corpse x1
Roswell Servant Corpse x2
Roswell Pistol x1
Roswell Alloy x8
damaged Roswell Nav-System x1
Roswell Power Source x1

Spoiler: FADE (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 315cr
Income - 735cr
Expenses - 566cr
New Balance - 484cr

Buildings
Pocket Laboratory "The Farm"
Pocket Workshop "Splodeyville"
Medium Barracks
Hanger
Medium Airstrip

Units
Infantry "Ranger-One"
Infantry "Ranger-Two"
Special Forces "Storm-One" 7/10 strength - Basic Tracking
Crewman x3
SS Agent x2
IFV "Badger" 40cr repair cost
Interceptor "Paradigm-1"
Interceptor "Paradigm-2"
Dropship "Devil Fish"

Hanger Space Deficit - 1 Large Vehicle, using rented facilities, 25cr/m fee

Resources and Equipment
Shapeshifter Corpse
Small ischemic storage unit x1
Werewolf Corpse x9
Fresh Werewolf Teeth x1
Fresh Werewolf Saliva x1
Fresh Werewolf Claw x1
Werewolf Victim Blood Sample x1

Current Technologies and Blueprints (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=145483.msg5792495#msg5792495)

Mission Reports

Spoiler: Australia (click to show/hide)

Naturally, the first Agency on the scene is AMSOU. After a quick sit-rep with the ADF moved to reclaim a small farmhouse on the outskirts of Adelaide. The platoon quickly surrounded the house and with gratuitous use of suppressive fire managed to get close to the building. Flashbangs were detonated, and room-by-room clearance began.

First room, kitchen. Within half a second of the grenade going off four SpecOps were in the room. Opening fire, they emptied their magazines into the lone werewolf. The creature stumbled under the hail of bullets, but despite the sheer volume of metal now embedded in it, it was still standing when they were forced to reload.

As they scrambled for their next magizine, the werewolf turned and leapt on the nearest man, launching him out of the door and into the midst of the rest of his squad. Under the combined fire of another six men, the beast finally expired.

Hauling the body off of their unfortunate squadmate, they found him mostly unharmed. The heavy armour they'd been issued had saved him from the brunt of it, leaving him with only a few light scratches.

Meanwhile, the rest of the building was cleared. However not all of AMSOU's men had been so lucky. In seizing the farmhouse three men died, two seriously injured, and four lightly wounded. In exchange the platoon had secured seven werewolf corpses. The wounded were treated to under guard, whilst the rest of the platoon secured the building.

By the time Whitewater arrived, approximately ten hours after AMSOU first set down, the ADF had linked up with AMSOU. Handing off the wounded to the medics, who carried them off under close-guard, the armoured fist of Whitewater Inc. had reached AMSOU's beachhead. As the sun set, the forces of FADE complete the trio, and with the few outbackers that were willing to risk themselves, even for such a reward, the Agencies settled down.

That night, the men of the various Agencies were woken by the sounds of shouting sentries and scattered gunfire. Anyone who had managed to sleep though that was quickly awoken by the discharges of Whitewater's tanks. Lit only by muzzle-flashes and the occasional flare, any hits on the werewolves were pure luck, and the only casualties likely caused  were from the Anti-Personnel rounds of Whitewater.

Soon enough a werewolf got inside, but did little more than freak out the nearest soldier before getting gunned down. But what started as a trickle became a flood. The SpecOps were forced to retreat to the first floor, where any wolves who dared show themselves were greeted with a storm of gunfire. Outside, Whitewater's tanks, along with FADE's Badger, were repeatedly forced to cover each other, as wolves attempted to tear their way into the hull. Despite taking some heavy damage, the crew themselves were unharmed.
 Whitewater was finally able came to the rescue after firing shell after shell of Flechette round through the windows of the house, until finally the crewmen realised that there were no targets left. The SpecOps advanced back down the stairs to utter carnage, quickly clearing the area, it was evident that what had felt at the time to be hundreds of the creatures, was in fact closer to twenty-five.

After a headcount and search of the area, it was discovered that almost half the men that had seen the sun set had not lived to see it rise. AMSOU lost an additional ten men, the crew of FADE's Badger were also killed, along with three of Storm-One and two of the outbackers. In exchange, the werewolves had lost twenty-eight of their number.

The remnants of the Agency Forces agreed to withdraw from the farmhouse for some much needed R&R.

AMSOU Results
Acquire 16 Werewolf Corpses
Acquire 6 Werewolf Victims
SpecOps Alpha – 3/10 strength
SpecOps Beta – 6/10 strength
SpecOps Gamma – 2/10 strength

SpecOps Beta gained trait – Defy Death

Whitewater Inc. Results
Acquire 9 Werewolf Corpses
Main Battle Tank Alpha – 105cr Repairs
Main Battle Tank Beta – 130cr Repairs

FADE Results
Acquire 9 Werewolf Corpses
Acquire Fresh:
Teeth x1
Saliva x1
Claw x1
Victim Blood-Sample x1
Spent 50cr
IFV “Badger” – 40cr Repairs
3 crewmen lost
SpecOps “Storm-One” - 7/10 strength

SpecOps “Storm-One” gained trait – Basic Tracking

Spoiler: Egypt (click to show/hide)

Finding the town of the Wizard was easy, the military were glad to point AMSOU's agents the right way. Actually getting in was a different matter. The borders of the town were patrolled by what could only be described as Fire Elementals, there seemed to be two distinct types:

The first, dubbed the “Fire-man” by your agents, are approximately 8 feet tall, slow, presumably hard hitting and generally accompanied by a handful of the second type.

The second, the “Fire Snake”, are much smaller, two foot long at most, but able to float at a significant speed. This floating is limited however, as they never seem to rise more than about 12 feet off of the ground.

As of yet, none of the agents were able to get into the town proper, but they have managed to make contact with the locals. They say the wizard is holed up in the Mayor's Villa, and is forcing them to work the fields and craftshops to provide food and other luxuries to the Wizard. They have no idea what he could be using them for, but he always seems angry that what is provided is not enough.

Finally, they have discovered there is a small resistance group amongst the locals, but they are horrendously ill-equipped.

Spoiler: Vancouver (click to show/hide)

RTC's SpecOps Alpha arrives in Vancouver. Within hours they hear news of a set of bank robbers who were found tied to their escape vehicle. Thanks to their Agency IDs they easily got into the Police Station to interrogate the new detainees.

From what the squad could drag out of them, the Vigilante goes by the name of HydroBlade, and has the ability to manipulate any water nearby. He can change it's shape, move it around and make it alternately as hard as iron or the consistency of dense fog.

For lack of a better plan, the squad decided that they would stage a crime in attempt to draw HydroBlade's attention. Four of them, dressed in two-piece suits and wearing clown-masks, stormed the 'Benevolent Bank' declared they were there to rob the place and that everyone should get on the ground. Meanwhile, the rest of the squad were waiting nearby for the arrival of HydroBlade.

Just as one of the four were placing thermite on the vault, a jet of water blasts the package of his hands. He turned just in time to see another jet come from the upstairs balcony, feel it crash into his head and chest, and the world went black. The other three quickly spread out, firing in the vague direction of their heroic assailant.

Outside, the sound of gunfire is heard, and the six squaddies outside sprint into the foyer of the bank, just in time to see another of their comrades taken out, this time with a hammer strike made of water. Keeping out of sight, they hastened to surround the battle, as their third squadmate was taken down by another barrage.

Suddenly, the screech of megaphone feedback resounded around the hall.
“You can stop trying to miss him now.”
The last masked 'Villain' ceased-fire to the clear confusion of HydroBlade. As the mist cleared, it revealed a scene of surprising tranquillity. If you ignored the occasional quaking bystander.

Standing at the entrance to the bank was RTC's squad sergeant. In his hand, the megaphone which had so recently violated everyone's eardrums. He looked at it briefly, before letting it hand hang by his side.
“Let's not risk that again, especially as everyone is being so quiet for us.”
HydroBlade stood, utterly bemused by the situation. Hesitantly, he asked, “Who the hell are guys?”
“Of course, I'm so sorry.” The Sargent replied, “My name is Sargent Collins, and we're from RTC.  'The Round Table Collaboration'. Normally we fight those of a more... nefarious nature. We'd like you to join us.”
“But your men were just shooting at me, why should I trust you?”
“Good point, but perhaps if I were to point out that there are no bullet holes in the walls, you'd be more inclined.”
HydroBlade smiled at that. “And I thought I was just that good.”
“Now, we don't expect you to just agree to come along with us, so please take this,” he pulled out a device that looked kind of like a radio. “If your curiosity gets the better of you, just press the button. We'll come pick you up. Now, we'll be off.” With that, the three soaked SpecOps were dragged to their feet and helped out of the building.

Three days later, HydroBlade pressed the button.

RTC Results
Recruited HydroBlade
An individual of some power. Able to manipulate water within the near vicinity. Requires one bed, 5cr/m upkeep.

Spoiler: USA (click to show/hide)

E-TAG headquarters. The radio crackled and spoke..
“Central, this is Hornet-1, I have radar-lock on the Tango.”
“Hornet-1, this is Central. Copy that, you are clear to engage when in range.”
“Understood Central. Hornet-1 out.”
A tense few minutes passed, as the radar images of Hornet-1 and the UFO crawled their way across Minnesota. After what felt more like 20 years, the silence was broken again.
“Central, this is Hornet-1. I am unable to get missile-lock on the Tango, please advise.”
“Hornet-1, this is Central. Proceed to maximum cannon range.”
“Confirmed, closing on Tango.”
Another few minutes crawled by, the operations room silent despite the presence of almost 30 people.
“Central, this is Hornet-1. Engaging Tango now.”

Pulling the trigger, the rhythmic thump of four 27mm auto-cannons filled the pilot's ears and sent a stream of tracer rounds towards the UFO. The UFO itself was small and circular, about 10 meters in diameter, although any features were obscured by the sheer volume of fire.

At first, the cannon fire appeared to do very little. But all at once, a fire erupted to one side, the ship started to list, and then it slowly slid sideways out of the sky and down towards the ground below.

“Central, this is Hornet-1. Tango is down. I repeat, the Tango is down!”
“Understood Hornet-1. Please confirm status of crash-site.”

---

The dropship touched down a few hundred meters from the burning form of the UFO. After a sweep of the area turned up nothing, the squads prepared to storm the downed ship via a rent in the side of the hull. After a silent countdown, they stormed the wreck.

The air was thick with smoke, and the ship itself at a good thirty degree angle to the horizontal. The first alien sighted was sprawled across the floor a meter or so away. It was clearly dead. Stepping over the corpse, the pointman continued into the room. Seeing no sign of life, he motioned the rest of the squad in.

A search of the rest of the ship turned up two more corpses, one of them significantly taller than the other, and the shattered remains of what was presumably the navigation system. A few hours later a lorry arrived, carrying a team of engineers who proceeded to dismantle the ship, load it up, and cart it back to E-TAG HQ.

E-TAG Results
Acquired one 'Roswell Prime' corpse
Acquired two 'Roswell Servant' corpses
Acquired one Roswell Pistol
Acquired eight Roswell Alloys
Acquired one damaged Roswell Nav-System
Acquired one Roswell Power Source

Spoiler: Other News (click to show/hide)

Due to the variety of places to investigate, the two RTC agents each picked somewhere at random. The first elected to go to Paris, and the second, Kobe.

According to the Parisian Police, a number of celebrities and Members of Parliament have started gone missing. Digging further, the agent discovered that each one had frequented the same gentleman's club prior to their disappearance. Clearly the only way to find out more was to go to the club in question.

Bluffing her way in as an associate of one the missing ministers, her spy-sense started tingling the moment one of the staff shied away from her upon seeing her crucifix pendent. Breaking into the staff backrooms, she discovered what looked like a set of coffins in one room, and a one-way-window to a private room which proved her suspicions. Working only at night, the distinct lack of mirrors, shying from the crucifix, the coffins and now this unfortunate patron getting sucked in a completely different way to what he was expecting. Paris has a vampire problem.

The Kobe mission however, was much less exciting. After following up on the reports of campers going missing in the woods, it turned out that they had gone on a hike and managed to get lost. With the campers saved, the local authorities offered their thanks, and apologised for not distracting them from more important things.

Spoiler: Turn Resolution (click to show/hide)

Whilst the werewolves are still present in Australia, the combined forces of Whitewater Inc, AMSOU and FADE dealt a severe blow to their numbers and the ADF is highly appreciative. AMSOU was especially commended for single handedly establishing a beachhead.

The USA is impressed by E-TAG's quick response to the UFO threat, and as such has argued on their behalf for additional funding.

France and Japan are both grateful to the RTC for investigating the disappearances.

The other countries, although understanding that more pressing threats needed to be dealt with, were upset that their requests had been ignored.

Spoiler: Known Threats (click to show/hide)

A Fire Wizard has taken control of a small town in Egypt. He has the locals enslaved and is using them as hostages to prevent the Egyptian Military from acting. They have asked you to intervene. Intelligence reports say his force consists of fire elementals. They also speak of a resistance group within the region.

In Australia a pack of werewolves have been attacking villages and towns before retreating into the outback. They have been severely weakened, but are still a significant threat.

Mysterious disappearances have also occurred in Siberia, Sao Paulo and Dusseldorf. The authorities are out of their depth, so have asked you to investigate.

Turn two, phase one. Time for hiring, construction, research and manufacturing.

EDIT: Cos I forgot to mention. Units will slowly recover their strength each turn, or money can be spent to rapidly reinforce.

Spoiler: GM Note (click to show/hide)

Well that took forever to write. Do you guys like the writing or should I drop it to make it faster?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on November 17, 2014, 05:20:44 pm

For the love of GOD keep the writing!

Arthur cursed as he say the report from Paris. He got the The Library on the speaker, and they could almost HEAR his grimace. "I want that Vampire Autopsy on my desk YESTERDAY! I want to know WHAT they're made of, and EXACTLY what can kill them!" He shut of the speaker, massaging his temples. Of COURSE it was vampires... Well, he'd figured there would be more than one.... Thankfully it wasn't THE one... They weren't ready for him. Not yet. But they would be. He called up Beta Squad, sighing. "Gents, how do you feel about going to Paris? You're to rendezvous with one of our agents already there, who will take you to your targets. I want a full clean up. Any of the bodies you can bring back, do. Do NOT get bitten, do NOT be stupid about this. I'll see what I can do about specialized rounds, but this needs to be dealt with before it can become a problem. If one of you gets infected I'll come stake your stupid ass myself, am I clear?" He sighs, looking towards the world map. This... was going to be tricky...


I'd also like to build all that stuff I said last turn, subbing in the Vampire Autopsy for any research started then, cause I need that info ASAP.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on November 17, 2014, 05:28:50 pm

You've already completed that research. I'll go get the results for you...

Wait... Did I not post that? Goddammit!

Looks like I didn't actually post any of the results for phase one. So here they are.

Spoiler: Phase One Results (click to show/hide)

RTC
Gain 20 units of Standard High Cal Ammo – Improved damage output and armour penetration
Completed Research of "Vampire Autopsy" – If you can call analysing a pile of dust and ash an autopsy. However, the scientists were able to find traces of modified human DNA. They believe that they could test a suspect's DNA sample for traces of this modification. As such, a DNA Sampler blueprint has been created for this purpose. This can be used by espionage operatives in the field to test for the presence of vampires.

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E-TAG
A Medium Laboratory is under construction, and a dropship is scheduled to arrive carrying a 8 units of Military Grade Metals and Electronics.
Killbot Wreckage Analysis – From what little your engineers can gather, its workings are far beyond that of modern engineering. They could scavenge what few parts that they can get to work from it, or with the use of a laboratory do a high-level study.

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FADE
The Pocket Workshop, designated "The Foundry" is underway. Your lead Engineer is confused as to what you mean by "Unique Items", specialising a Workshop implies that you'll be producing multiples of a specific thing, making the "Unique" part a bit of an oxymoron. Instead he's suggested a number of specialisms that might suit. Small Arms, Ammunition, Personal Armour, Tactical Gadgets
Advanced Tactical Helm – Whilst innovation is not normally the purview of engineers, as all the tech involved is well-understood, they were able to create a blueprint for a helmet with integrated HUD, camera and night-vision.
Progress made with "Shapeshifter Autopsy" – Whilst research is not yet complete, the scientists are certain at this rate they'll be done next month.

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AMSOU
Gain 30 units of Combined Tactical Armour – Improved defence against conventional sources
Two Hangers are Constructed and a Dropship ordered.
Completed Research of "Analyse Berahthraben" – The book has been analysed, and the syntax and grammar rules examined and catalogued. Unfortunately there is no more to be done without a example of translated text to parse. Once this is done, any future examples of "Berahthraben" as the scientists have named it, will be easily examinable.

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Whitewater Inc
Gain 30 units of KS-23K Shotgun
Gain 30 units of KS-23K "Shrapnel-25" Ammo – High effect on close-range, unarmoured opponents
A new Special Forces Squad, coednamed "Beta" has been hired. The original Squad is designated "Alpha".
Completed Research of "Mobile AA I" – Gained two blueprints, Mobile AA Quad-Cannon and Mobile AA Self-Propelled. Both are turret modifications that will replace a Main Battle Tank's turret. The Quad-Cannon is a 4 gun configuration that fires shells rapidly. The Self-Propelled Configuration is a a self-contained rack of 10 AA Missiles. Both the Shells and Missiles can be
varied based on technology.

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Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on November 17, 2014, 05:34:06 pm

In that case, change to building the DNA Sampler... And... Let's see what to research... Is it possible to research Hydroblade's abilities in this time?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on November 17, 2014, 05:38:28 pm

There's research available for pretty much everything you will encounter. Some of it won't be very interesting or useful, others more so.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on November 17, 2014, 05:40:25 pm

Let's see if we can get a handle on his power, maybe make an amplification unit for it then. Learn how his power works. Cause if we can get him some....

.... Is it possible to request some Holy Water from the Pope?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on November 17, 2014, 05:48:16 pm

You can try :P

Once you've decided, do you mind collecting all your orders into one post, otherwise I'll miss something.

Edit: You'll need a suitably large donation to the church, and a suitably worded letter convincing him to give you some. Or you'll need to get hold of a member of the clergy to do it for you

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on November 17, 2014, 05:50:27 pm

Sure, trying to figure something out behind the scenes... I'll post once that's agreed upon.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 17, 2014, 07:11:12 pm

Spoiler: AMSOU's Actions (click to show/hide)

Construct suitable holding cells for the werewolf victims, try making as comfortable as their old quarters (100cr)
Reinforce all squads up back to full strength, and troops still wounded (40+35+20=95cr)
Purchase an IFV, assigned the name 'Beagle 1' (175cr)
(Remaining funds: 30cr)

Engineering is to produce enough high-calibre rounds and armour to outfit all four squads

The labs are to start research on the werewolves, both corpses and living subjects. The labs are also under orders NOT to kill any of the victims in containment, there are our comrades in arms and we'll do what we can to bring them back into active service. This does mean that they are to begin studying the psychology of the living victims in order to gain two things: the first being an understanding of the tactics and whether or not they hold any 'intrinsic' pack loyalty, and if they can be given the all-clear by on-site psychologists for re-entering front-line duty.

Two agents is to head to dusseldorf to cover the last disappearances in that area, while the last one is to remain in egypt in order to guide the troops into the area safely.

Specops teams Alpha and Gamma are to head into egypt after reinforcing back to full strength, and are instructed to wait for RTC units to arrive before beginning operations. Beta team, if the IFV is available and any other allied forces intend to help finish what was started, is to head back out to the outback to assist the ADF in mopping up the remnants of the werewolves, waiting for any allied units to arrive before beginning.

Finally, start planning a small memorial for those that had fallen in the operation against the werewolves (And presumably the fallen from any future ops.)

Mind providing a little clarification of the victims if you could Kashyyk?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Stirk on November 17, 2014, 07:15:57 pm

I would have posted earlier, but had class. Keep writing, if you enjoy it. I know how long it can take to make a post like that. I mean, we only have a turn every week or so, it isn't like taking a few more hours to write would change too much.

Send the Werewolf corpses back to HQ using willing civilian or military transportation. Once at HQ, have the Workshop examine them to make sure they are *not* human in any way. Once that has been established, have the Workshop skin the corpses by any means necessary. Turn the werewolf skin into body armor.

Have the boys in the lab design special "omnibullets", bullets in every caliber that contain a variety of known creature weaknesses. Examples include: Silver, Wood, holy water pellets, etc. The goal of this project is to make ammunition that can be used in any sort of conflict to great efficiency. Everything from 9mms to tank shells, of course.

Now we will finish off the wolves. Humans have hunted normal wolves for ten thousand years, we can borrow some of their techniques. Find something to bait them with, such as a cow about to go to slaughter or a kangaroo or whatever is around and cheap. Tie it to a post in a good position, then try camouflaging the tanks. If possible, repair them before confronting.

Have the squads still at base collect the new weapons. Have one squad remain at base as a guard, while the second goes off to train. Have them rotate out, so both squads get some training in while the base remains defended.

Buy another MBT, arming this one with the quad-AA guns. Next time, we will be the one who gets the UFO. Also buy repairs, first if possible. Purchase two agents.

Have the new agents go off to Siberia and San palo, one each. Investigate!

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on November 17, 2014, 07:19:49 pm

@Taricus: They're the Members of Alpha Platoon that got wounded by the werewolves.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 17, 2014, 07:23:06 pm

Hmm... That gives me an idea.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on November 17, 2014, 07:23:48 pm

Right, here we go!

Arthur called Hydroblade into the room, looking over the results in Egypt from the last meeting. Looks like that Fire Wizard was still at large... "Hydro, glad you could make it. I'll make this quick. You were MADE to counter this guy. Go kick his ass and save the hostages. Do whatever you feel prudent in the situation. Water will be provided, but try to use it sparingly. Draw from the clouds, if possible, they'll be easier to get to if you run out of water. Refill whenever possible. I don't want this mission to go south."

With that done, next came strengthening the numbers. While the The Steed did it's job fairly well, it needed a mate.. It needed a Mare... God these puns were starting to get to him. Regardless, new ship yes. He also put out those flyers from last time, confident they'd attract new talent. Lewis, the man who had investigated the Kobe disappearances, was to be deployed again, in order to satisfy some of the other countries. Drusseldorf sounded like it might need some help.

Spoiler: Actions! (click to show/hide)

Buying a new Hangar
Buying a new Dropship, "The Mare"
Recall Lewis from Kobe (He's getting a new name every turn, that's how mysterious he is.) Send him to Dusseldorf. Maybe this one will prove more enlightening.
Putting out recruitment for regular units at the rate of 60 for 2 squads of infantry.
Sending Hydroblade and Beta Squad to Egypt as backup with as much water as they can carry, or 200 CR worth. Whichever comes first. In smaller containers, up to 5 a unit, just to make sure Hydro can keep his ability fueled for the sure to be epic showdown. Subdue and contain if possible, eliminate if not, on operative's best judgement.
Construct 4 Vampire Identifiers, give 2 to Alpha Squadron, the other 2 remain at Base for the time being.
Call up the Catholic Church to see if I can get some Holy Water. Gonna need that soon.

Poor Arthur, so many calls to make~

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Stirk on November 17, 2014, 07:24:42 pm

Quote from: Taricus on November 17, 2014, 07:23:06 pm

Hmm... That gives me an idea.

You are going to use the survivor's skin as armor ????

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 17, 2014, 07:31:34 pm

Nah, screw that, I'm just going to use the survivors as troops if possible :D

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Stirk on November 17, 2014, 07:34:41 pm

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Nah, screw that, I'm just going to use the survivors as troops if possible :D

Just keep 'em on a short leash *budamdsh!*


Also, E-TAG! If you aren't going to use that fancy killer robot, I think I could make some cool tank stuff out of it. Can I buy it from you?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 17, 2014, 07:41:54 pm

Any Kashyyk, how much would it cost to build the containment facility for the werewolf victims? It's sorta important for budgetary reasons (I'm assuming that getting the squads to full-strength would just cost the fraction of men missing out of the base price)

Also, would fade be willing to either export their TacHelms, or provide the blueprits for them? (I'm already assuming a price would have to be paid for it, thus I'm open for offers on that.)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on November 17, 2014, 07:58:02 pm

Small Containment Facility: 100cr for 10 cells
Large Containment Facility: 180cr for 20 cells

And re: reinforcing squads, you described it way better than anything I could come up with.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 17, 2014, 07:59:43 pm

Glad I could help Kashyyk :P

You might want to put a list of the units and buildings somewhere on the first post or such though, would make it easier for everyone to find all the stuff they can get.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on November 17, 2014, 08:24:17 pm

Here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=145483.msg5795271#msg5795271) is a link all the things you can currently buy. I'll keep it up to date and include this link in future updates.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 17, 2014, 08:28:51 pm

Sweet, that'll make things easier on everyone :D

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: PiotraperPL on November 18, 2014, 02:21:04 pm

Topic: 123
From: Melikov Karl Stepanovich
To: Shizuma Korekiyo

Tell the boys at the laboratory that they should be analyzing these alloys right now, and shouldn't bother with some unimportant wreckage. Charles wants to monetize that killbot and he would be mad if anyone touched it without his permission.

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Topic: u wot
From: Shizuma Korekiyo
To: Charles Schaeffer

Charles, you bastard, you said you would give us the killbot as soon as Tinkerer's Den is done damaging it further. Reverse-engineer my ass.

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Topic: RE:u wot
From: Charles Schaeffer
To: Shizuma Korekiyo

Whitewater Inc will pay us to get that piece of junk, and honestly, if our workshops couldn't do anything with that, nerds like you can't either. And it's "Tinkerer's Lair", not "Den" you stupid.

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Topic: RE:RE:u wot
From: Shizuma Korekiyo
To: Charles Schaeffer

You greedy bastard. And I am not stupid, you are stupid.

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Topic: A "friendly" reminder
From: CEO
To: Shizuma Korekiyo, Charles Schaeffer
Marked as private

I remind you that e-mails sent using laptops provided by E-TAG are logged. So either cease being a bunch of idiots or I'm gonna kick both of your asses.

Spoiler: E-TAG's actions (click to show/hide)

Labolatories should research the following:
--Roswell Alloy x 8 (50rp) - They should try to minimize the loss of it, as these alien alloys may contain elements not available to us.
--Roswell Power Source (100rp) - Research it, try to understand how it works, provide the workshop with enough information for them to reverse-engineer it

Task workshop with these:
--Roswell Pistol (40pp) - Understand how it works, try to create a version of it that can be used by our SpecForces but only if these pistols are better than our own equipment.
--Increase the durability of our SpecForce's Armour and make it stronger (50pp)
--Better missile lock-on system (30pp) - That UFO clearly had some device that was jamming our missile's tracking system. Improve it, to make it less of an issue next time.
--Damaged Roswell Nav-System (30pp) - Maybe they can repair it. If that proves impossible, try at least salvaging data from it. Coordinates, fly paths, location of alien planets, anything.

Spend 50cr on each SpecForce Squad (100cr total) to train them in combat, especially when dealing with the unknown.

Also, let's build that Satellite Uplink (200cr). I probably can't afford that satellite launching system now, but I would like to know its price anyway.

That leaves me with 90Cr

Spoiler: Things to sell (click to show/hide)

Sell Killbot Wreckage to Whitewater Inc for 15cr
Sell Roswell Prime corpse to anyone interested for 10cr (Whitewater Inc has priority on it, if they want to buy it)
Sell Roswell Servant corpse to anyone interested for 8cr (Whitewater Inc also has priority here, but only on one of those as I have two)

Whitewater Inc gets priority on those, because extra-terrestrials are their thing.

Spoiler: Additional notes (click to show/hide)

I loved that part where they were talking to the pilot of Hornet-1, I'd love to see more written in that style when it comes to describing the results of E-TAG's actions. Also I like the writing so far, but you can keep it a little bit shorter but more informative, writing too much may burn you out quickly, and none of us wants that :x

For some reason you lost naming on couple of my things, here is the list of everything that I named:

• Medium workshop - Tinkerer's Lair
• Hanger - The Hive
• SpecForce Squads Omega One and Omega Two, not Alpha and Beta
• Interceptor "Hornet-1"
• Dropship "The Queen"
• I also would like to name my new Medium laboratory. What about "The Basement"?
• And when that Satellite Uplink is built, I want to name it "World's Eye"

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Stirk on November 18, 2014, 03:56:29 pm

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Sell Killbot Wreckage to Whitewater Inc for 15cr

Very good price. We will send someone to pick it up right away. You can keep the corpses, for now. I am sure we will have plenty of our own in the (near) future.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: PiotraperPL on November 18, 2014, 04:11:35 pm

Quote from: Stirk on November 18, 2014, 03:56:29 pm

-quote snip-

Very good price. We will send someone to pick it up right away. You can keep the corpses, for now. I am sure we will have plenty of our own in the (near) future.

Very well, 15cr are yours, sir. Also, if you at any time acquire some alien technology, we would love to get our hands on that.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 18, 2014, 05:28:23 pm

Fifteen credits?! You must be joking, that sort of thing would be worth much more than that. I'll pay you 30cr for it.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on November 18, 2014, 08:10:12 pm

Cool, just  recorded wveryone's orders and wanted to clarify a few things.

Stirk: The only people in the world with the Mobile AA blueprints is Whitewater. So unless you want to provide the blueprint to someone, (player or nation) you'll have to make it yourself.

Felix: The Library isn't doing anything at the moment, wanna give them a task?

Piotraper (and everyone else for that matter): Council nations are willing to buy extra-terrestrial and supernatural artifacts, so if none of the players want it, you've still got a buyer in them. Occasionally the council will even issue requests for certain things, which they will pay extra money for.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Stirk on November 18, 2014, 09:21:29 pm

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Stirk: The only people in the world with the Mobile AA blueprints is Whitewater. So unless you want to provide the blueprint to someone, (player or nation) you'll have to make it yourself.

Aww. Do I have to make the entire tank, or just the turret? In any case, switch the werewolf skinning for AA building. We are kind of Artillery focused anyway.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 18, 2014, 09:27:46 pm

I doubt werewolf pelts would do much anyway, given it's likely all the stuff underneath that makes it so tough.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on November 18, 2014, 09:28:01 pm

Hmmm... I'll set them on researching swords of legend. This will include origin, possible uses, last sightings, and any current activity that could match.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Stirk on November 18, 2014, 09:29:31 pm

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I doubt werewolf pelts would do much anyway, given it's likely all the stuff underneath that makes it so tough.

Well all that stuff underneath would fall out if the skin wasn't tough. It is at least worth a try. Their parts can apparently harm a tank, we can find something to use them for. I would assume that they are at least strong enough to soak up a few bullets, and pretty light to boot. Well, compared to Kevlar.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 18, 2014, 09:36:02 pm

...Soldiers that can beat down tanks with fists. Man, you're just making my plan sound a lot better now :D

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Stirk on November 18, 2014, 09:37:17 pm

Quote from: Taricus on November 18, 2014, 09:36:02 pm

...Soldiers that can beat down tanks weak walls of holding cells with fists. Man, you're just making my plan sound a lot better now :D

Fixed.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 18, 2014, 09:41:20 pm

Walls are a lot stronger than tank armour. Mostly because there's more materal. And the ones in there aren't full wolves yet too.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Stirk on November 18, 2014, 09:47:37 pm

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Walls are a lot stronger than tank armour. Mostly because there's more materal. And the ones in there aren't full wolves yet too.

You kidden? A tank can take something that would devastate a wall. Chobham armor is a lot stronger than steel, you would have to have walls several feet thick to even get close to a modern MBT's armor.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 18, 2014, 10:02:27 pm

Of kinetic penetrators and explosives, sure. Against a superhuman werewolf beating down on it, I doubt it has the ability to disperse the shock from that.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Stirk on November 18, 2014, 10:05:57 pm

Amount of men I lost in the attack: 0
Amount of werewolves killed: 9?

Whatever. The score is obviously on my side. I would rather have a tank between me and a werewolf then a cell door. Besides, kinetic perpetrators and explosives are pretty much 100% fatal to a human on direct hit. Seeing as some of your men survived, in fact a lot of them did, I would say tank weapons>werewolves.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 18, 2014, 10:07:18 pm

That doesn't count, you arrived after we did a lot of work on it :P

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on November 18, 2014, 10:08:48 pm

Ladies, ladies! There will be time for the measuring contest later, for now, we have PROBLEMS that need DEALING WITH. So let's focus on those, yeah?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 18, 2014, 10:12:23 pm

...That doesn't work, if we're both ladies then what is there to measure at all? :P

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on November 18, 2014, 10:13:02 pm

... Do you want me to NOT send Hydroblade to back you up? Cause that's a thing I can still do.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 18, 2014, 10:15:03 pm

Hey, I'm just pointing that out due to the logic of that particular argument having a few problems.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Stirk on November 18, 2014, 10:16:43 pm

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...That doesn't work, if we're both ladies then what is there to measure at all? :P

Gun caliber, obviously. It is scientifically proven that 100% of females pack heat. They are pretty obvious about it, too, don't know how you haven't noticed yet.

Quote

... Do you want me to NOT send Hydroblade to back you up? Cause that's a thing I can still do.

Tank>Superhero too.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on November 18, 2014, 10:26:53 pm

Not if the superhero can suck all the moisture out of the people driving it. Or freeze the tank solid. Or cleave it in two.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 18, 2014, 10:32:36 pm

...Man, now it's you two. Why are we even arguing anyway, we're on the same team.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Stirk on November 18, 2014, 10:34:42 pm

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Not if the superhero can suck all the moisture out of the people driving it. Or freeze the tank solid. Or cleave it in two.

Hes never killed anyone before. Not to my knowlage. What makes you think he can pull the trigger on humans, even if he did somehow have those abilities?

Quote

...Man, now it's you two. Why are we even arguing anyway, we're on the same team.

No we aren't. We are competing for the same goal. Big difference.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Xvareon on November 18, 2014, 10:52:57 pm

Just to be clear, here, what exactly is the limit of a workshop's ability to design blueprints for new equipment? You said the helmet was simple enough to design 'cause "all the concepts were well understood" or something like that. What if I wanted to design a high-capacity bullet magazine? Or a variant of tactical rigging designed to carry more grenades? When do I cross the line into something that requires actual research for?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 18, 2014, 10:56:19 pm

I'd say anything that needs extensive testing or the like to get into a working prototype.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on November 18, 2014, 11:07:01 pm

Neither of those examples strictly kills them, it's merely a means of disabling an opponent. If I wanted you dead, I'd teach him to explode your heart. Blood is moisture. Kinda. In a super hero's definition, probably.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on November 19, 2014, 06:41:59 am

Quote from: Xvareon on November 18, 2014, 10:52:57 pm

Just to be clear, here, what exactly is the limit of a workshop's ability to design blueprints for new equipment? You said the helmet was simple enough to design 'cause "all the concepts were well understood" or something like that. What if I wanted to design a high-capacity bullet magazine? Or a variant of tactical rigging designed to carry more grenades? When do I cross the line into something that requires actual research for?

Anything that doesn't have an unstudied supernatural element can be examined in the workshop (If you've studied it sufficiently, you can use it). Extra-terrestrial tech is a blurry area, you'll do better in the lab but you can use a workshop. Anything that already exists and only need modifiying or refining is perfect for workshops. Workshops are also for building anything that you possess blueprints for.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: PiotraperPL on November 19, 2014, 05:35:03 pm

Quote from: Taricus on November 18, 2014, 05:28:23 pm

Fifteen credits?! You must be joking, that sort of thing would be worth much more than that. I'll pay you 30cr for it.

Well, Stirk was first to ask, and our engineers did not manage to salvage anything, so that junk is not really worth anything to us.
And I think that 15cr is a reasonable price. Look at it this way: Pocket Laboratory costs 70cr. And that's the combined cost of building equipment, building materials, equipment designed for !!SCIENCE!!, various chemicals, nerds to populate it with and a lifetime supply of safety glasses^_*. 15cr for a piece of broken machinery might be even too much.

^{* - safety glasses are too cool to not have a lifetime supply of them}

Quote from: Kashyyk on November 18, 2014, 08:10:12 pm

Piotraper (and everyone else for that matter): Council nations are willing to buy extra-terrestrial and supernatural artifacts, so if none of the players want it, you've still got a buyer in them. Occasionally the council will even issue requests for certain things, which they will pay extra money for.

Alright. If Council nations are willing to buy these alien corpses, I'm okay with it, but triple the price for them (and don't tell them that is a tripled price, because that might make them angry). We are doing our best to make the Earth safe, and we need that money to actually make it safe.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on November 19, 2014, 05:58:20 pm

If you ever get your hands on some alien tech, lemme know, alright? Gotta keep my boys armed. And the women too, can't forget them.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Stirk on November 19, 2014, 05:59:31 pm

ET tech is corrupted heresy. Better of just putting it in a warehouse with everything else.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 19, 2014, 06:02:46 pm

No such thing as heresy. We don't follow any organised religions. as for ET tech, I wouldn't mind a few samples of the more easily replicable stuff.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Stirk on November 19, 2014, 06:10:12 pm

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No such thing as heresy. We don't follow any organised religions. as for ET tech, I wouldn't mind a few samples of the more easily replicable stuff.

Money is god. Bow before it.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on November 20, 2014, 10:41:41 pm

Cool. Got about half the turn written up, just waiting on Xvareon now.

Felix asked about Holy Water: one unit costs 5cr, and can be given to units as is where they will use it essentially as holywater splash grenades. It can also be used as an ingredient in other things (such as Whitewater's Omnibullets).

Taricus brought up a memorial idea. Give me some fluff, and I'll provide a price and a suitable effect for honouring your fallen.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on November 20, 2014, 10:45:13 pm

Let's got for 20 units of Holy water, and send Hydroblade with 2, for emergencies. 15 will be kept at base, and 3 units will be studied later.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 20, 2014, 10:51:49 pm

Man, I was just planning a service, not a whole monument. But hey, I'll roll with it.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Xvareon on November 20, 2014, 10:54:12 pm

I've split this turn into actions and purchases to make it a little cleaner. Hope it helps.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

"The Farm" (Pocket Laboratory) is to proceed with Shapeshifter Autopsy. I expect a report by the end of the month.

Inform the lead engineer that the new Pocket Workshop "The Foundry" is to be specialized for the production of ammunition (seriously, was "Silver Bullets" not enough of a hint?). Give him everything he needs to ensure that we can manufacture both conventional and specialized ordnance on demand as quickly as possible. I plan to expand said workshop later to include heavier ordnance like aircraft cannon rounds and grenades, but let's stick to small arms rounds for now. We need the capacity to outshine common military forces ASAP.

Since we can create blueprints for things that are well-understood, I task "Splodeyville" (Pocket Workshop) with designing a blueprint for High-Capacity Magazines -- I would like the soldiers to be able to have at least 45 rounds to an assault rifle clip, if not more, since it seems like it's gonna take a hell of a lot to bring down most of the things we come across. This should be fairly simple to do, because things like drum magazines for SMG's and shotguns already exist. Please ensure that the design is modular enough to be quickly adapted for different sizes and types of bullets, as well.

Storm-One is to work as close as possible with other agency forces in the field to exterminate the werewolf threat. Share weapons and ammo if they have to. Any infected individuals from the werewolf attack should be put under strict surveillance, and killed the moment they start showing signs of turning. Any info on how quickly the infection spreads (if there is indeed one, which I'm fairly sure there is) will be most valuable. HOWEVER, they are NOT to be let out of sight once night falls. The last thing we want is werewolves behind our line and flanking us. Storm-One should also have someone try to make a necklace or some sort of decoration out of a werewolf tooth; trophies like that can usually be sold as valuable collectibles, and they're also a good reminder that seemingly supernatural beings like that are, in fact, mortal, and can be killed. The outbackers may like to try their hand at this.

Run an unscheduled simulation at FADE headquarters, in which Ranger-One and Ranger-Two will be judged for their response time and unit cohesion by dropping whatever they are doing, preparing their weapons and kit, and coming to the main Dropship/transport hangar ASAP. If they manage to react quickly, equip themselves in a timely manner, and not leave any of their squadmates behind while they're at it (this would include aiding them with finding and equipping their kit, or supplying spares of their own to save time), they will be informed of such and extolled for their prowess. Should they be found lacking (like if one guy forgets his pistol), they may require additional review before being assigned to any major combat operations.

Send one Secret Service operative to London to act as FADE's representative there, showing that we have a vested interest in countering the threat of shapeshifters in their government. This operative should attempt to dig up any information on other possible suspects, and apprehend or kill one if possible.

Spoiler: Purchases/Construction/Expenses (click to show/hide)

Order construction of a Hangar, Small Laboratory, and Small Workshop at FADE headquarters. (Total: 50+125+100 = 275cr)

Hire an additional Infantry Squad (Ranger-Three), Special Forces Squad (Storm-Two), and 12 Crewmen. (Total: 20+50+48 = 118cr)

Forget repairing the IFV for now; we probably can't handle that outside of the base, anyway. Instead, let's see if we can order a UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_ground_vehicle) heavy infantry weapons platform, nicknamed "Big Momma" and armed with a heavy machinegun (85cr, 7cr/m). It wouldn't be able to carry any soldiers, but it's ideal for the kind of urban or close-quarters operations we seem to find ourselves in now. Think of it like buying infantry, except you get one very powerful soldier instead of a squad. It would require a crewman back at base to operate in the field, or someone on site who can control the drone remotely. It's perfect for everything from bomb disposal to room clearing, and modular enough to suit our needs at the drop of a hat. Think of the SHIVs from XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

GRAND TOTAL: 275+118+85 = 478cr, 35+12+7 = 54 cr/m

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 23, 2014, 11:33:06 pm

When is the update going to be finished by Kashyyk?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Xvareon on November 24, 2014, 12:05:06 am

I feel I should point out, Taricus, that FADE doesn't really see a point in selling non-field tested blueprints for a computerized tactical helmet that hasn't even entered production, yet. God only knows how many glitches we might have to iron out before it's actually released.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 24, 2014, 05:51:50 am

That's fair enough, I can wait for the system to be tested and certified.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on November 24, 2014, 05:58:37 am

Quote from: Taricus on November 23, 2014, 11:33:06 pm

When is the update going to be finished by Kashyyk?

Sorry, I've had a busy few days. It should be up by wednesday though.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase Two
Post by: Kashyyk on November 24, 2014, 06:01:48 pm

Spoiler: RTC (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 830cr
Income - 595cr
Expenses - 570cr
New Balance - 855cr

Buildings
Small Lab "The Library"
Small Workshop "The Forge"
Medium Barracks
Hanger x2 "The Stables"
Small Airstrip

Units
Arthur – Combat-Oriented Agency Leader
Special Forces Alpha - Hostile Ground, Hit-and-Run
Special Forces Beta – Unshakeable
Infantry Alpha – Elite
Infantry Beta – Line-Breaker, Survivalist
Crewman x5
Secret Agent x2
Dropship "The Steed"
Dropship "The Mare"
HydroBlade

Available Hanger Space: 0

Resources and Equipment
Vampire Ashes
Standard High Cal Ammo x20
Holy Water x20
Gene Sampler (Vampire) x3

Spoiler: Whitewater Inc (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 828cr
Income - 895cr
Expenses - 858cr
New Balance - 865cr

Buildings
Medium Laboratory
Medium Workshop
Small Airstrip
Hanger x2
Small Barracks

Units
Dropship
Main Battle Tank Alpha
Main Battle Tank Beta
Main Battle Tank Gamma
Crewman x16
Special Forces Alpha
Special Forces Beta
 
Available Hanger Space - 0

Resources and Equipment
UFO Alloy x1
Killbot Wreck x1
KS-23K Shotgun x30
KS-23K "Shrapnel-25" x30
Werewolf Corpse x9
AA Quad-Cannon x1

Spoiler: AMSOU (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 400cr
Income - 650cr
Expenses - 643cr
New Balance - 407cr

Buildings
Medium Barracks
Medium Workshop
Medium Laboratory
Large Containment
Hangar x3

Units
Special Forces Alpha
Special Forces Beta - Defy Death
Special Forces Gamma
Dropship "Thunderstruck"
Dropship "Lightningcrash"
IFV "Beagle"
Crewman x5
Secret Agent x3

Available Hanger Space - 2 Medium Vehicles

Prisoners
Werewolf Victim x6

Resources and Equipment
Book of Berahthraben
Combined Tactical Armour x30
Standard High Cal Ammo x30
Werewolf Corpse x16

Spoiler: E-TAG (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 390cr
Income - 665cr
Expenses - 540cr
New Balance - 515cr

Buildings
Medium Workshop
Medium Laboratory
Small Barracks
Small Airstrip
Satellite Uplink

Units
Special Forces Omega-One - Toughened
Special Forces Omega-Two - Hardened
Crewman x10
Interceptor "Hornet 1"
Dropship "The Queen""

Available Hanger Space - 2 Medium

Resources and Equipment
Military-Grade Metals x8
Electronics x8
Roswell Prime Corpse x1
Roswell Servant Corpse x2
Roswell Pistol x1
Roswell Alloy x8
Damaged Roswell Nav-System x1
Roswell Power Source x1
Combined Tactical Armour x10

Spoiler: FADE (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 484cr
Income - 895cr
Expenses - 976cr
New Balance - 403cr

Buildings
Pocket Laboratory "The Farm"
Small Laboratory
Pocket Workshop "Splodeyville"
Pocket Ammo Workshop "The Foundry"
Small Workshop
Medium Barracks
Hanger x2
Medium Airstrip

Units
Infantry "Ranger-One"
Infantry "Ranger-Two"
Infantry "Ranger-Three"
Special Forces "Storm-One" - Basic Tracking
Special Forces "Storm-Two"
Crewman x15
SS Agent x2
IFV "Badger" 40cr repair cost
Interceptor "Paradigm-1"
Interceptor "Paradigm-2"
Dropship "Devil Fish"
HWP "Big Momma"

Hanger Space Deficit - 0

Resources and Equipment
Shapeshifter Corpse x1
Small ischemic storage unit x1
Werewolf Corpse x9
Fresh Werewolf Teeth x1
Fresh Werewolf Saliva x1
Fresh Werewolf Claw x1
Werewolf Victim Blood Sample x1
HWP Heavy Machinegun Mod x1

Phase 1 Results

Spoiler: RTC (click to show/hide)

Built Hanger
Acquired Dropship "The Mare"
Acquired Infantry "Alpha" – Veterans of countless engagements, these soldiers were the Elite division of their home regiment
Acquired Infantry "Beta" – Skilled at both breaking through fortified defences and surviving in the wilderness without support for extended periods of time. Line-Breaker, Survivalist

Acquired Holy Water x20
Acquired Gene Sampler (Vampire) x3 (The workshop is unfortunately a little too small to get such complicated items built quickly)

Research Completed: Swords of Legend – After a deep and in-depth study of legends, myths and other stories, requiring repeated trips to the local library and very specific google searches we have found three swords that we believe are nested in some form of truth. Specifically, Excaliber, Uriel's Flaming Sword and Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi. We will need a more detailed study of each individual sword before their location can be surmised however.

Finally the head of RTC, codenamed Arthur, has been officially cleared for active duty. As an individual, he is highly skilled in everything his Agency may need him to do, but his speciality is combat. Guns, swords, you name it. He's better than you with it. One thing to remember however, if he is ever killed in action it will be a severe set-back for the Agency until a suitable replacement can be brought up to speed.

Spoiler: Whitewater Inc (click to show/hide)

Acquired Main Battle Tank "Gamma"
Acquired SS Agent x2
Acquired AA Quad-Cannon
Main Battle Tank "Alpha" and "Beta" fully repaired
Killbot Wreck purchased from E-TAG for 15cr

Research Omnibullets progresses well – Your lead scientist assures you that these bullets will be effective against anything susceptible to Silver, Wood or Holy Water. If any additional materials are required later, then the design will have to be modified.

Spoiler: AMSOU (click to show/hide)

Acquired Large Containment
SpecOps "Alpha", "Beta" and "Gamma" fully reinforced
Acquired IFV "Beagle"


Research Werewolf Autopsy Complete – As you could guess the body is highly resistant to every known compound or element other than Silver and Holy Water. There appears to be an untraceable presence within the body that resists all other objects. Fire is also particularly effective. The internal organs are almost identical to that of a human's in both form and DNA. The hide is very different however, but still contains traces of Human DNA. The mutated gene has been identified however, and it is now possible to produce a Gene Sampler that can detect the werewolf gene when provided with a sample.

Research Werewolf Interrogation progresses well. Whilst technically not an interrogation, as the subjects are perfectly willing, another month of study will be enough to complete the report.

Spoiler: E-TAG (click to show/hide)

Built Satellite Uplink
Killbot Wreck sold to Whitewater Inc for 15cr
Acquired Combined Tactical Armor x10

SpecOps "Omega One" gained trait – Toughened
SpecOps "Omega Two" gained trait – Hardened

Research Roswell Alloy progressing well. The composite is unlike that ever seen before, and as such needs another month of work before a full report can be compiled.

Research Roswell Power Source progressing slowly. The Roswell aliens are far beyond us in terms of power generation, and as such, this power source will require several more months of concerted effort.

Engineering study Roswell Pistol stalled. It would appear the aliens are powering their weapons with a minituarised version of the Roswell Power Source. The rest of the pistol seems to follow the same structure as a conventional firearm. As a weapon, it is very effective, able to put small holes in the armour plating used in our Main Battle Tanks with worrying regularity. Once we have an understanding of the power source, we will be able to work on converting the design to our own ends.

Engineering Study Missile-Lock II Complete – As we have no idea how the UFO was able to jam the Missile-Lock, we have instead chosen to let the Missile-Lock detect as many different wavelengths as possible, including Infrared, the Visible Spectrum, Gamma and the electro-magnetic Spectrum. Hopefully this will mean that if a certain spectrum is jammed, the system will possess an unjammed one.

Engineering Study damaged Roswell Nav-System progressing poorly. It would appear the Nav-System has some sort of internal power supply, and we have no idea how to access it to provide an external one without damaging the sample further. The User Input has been damaged as well, but we have managed to rig our own input system. Unfortunately we are working with an Operating System that we have never encountered, written in a Programming Language we have never encountered, based in an Alien Language we have never encountered. Therefore we have no idea how long this will take, or how much progress will be made before the internal power supply runs out.

Spoiler: FADE (click to show/hide)

Built Hanger
Built Small Lab
Built Small Workshop

Hired Infantry "Ranger-Three"
Hired Special Forces "Storm-Two"
Hired Crewmen x12

Purchased Heavy Weapons Platform "Big Momma" – An unmanned fighting vehicle, about the size of a small car, it is remotely controlled by a crewman. HWPs can be quickly modified at the base to fit multiple roles, including anti-personnel, recon and bomb disposal. Costs 85cr, and an additional 30cr/m

Research Completed Shapeshifter Autopsy – In death, the internal organs are almost indistinguishable from one another, as if they were reverting back to a 'Stem Cell'-like state. There is a slight trace of human DNA, but it seems to be generated as part of the shapeshifting process. It would be possible to test for this marker, and as such a Gene Sampler blueprint has been designed. With more research it may also be possible to improve our knowldge of medicine and possibly design gene mods for our soldiers.

Engineering Study Extended Magazines – It was quite simple to double, and in some cases, triple the ammo capacity of the magazines. The real challenge was to make it ergonomic enough to be of use. This was achieved with a modification of the box mag used with some heavy machine guns.

Both squads performed well during the drill. The Majority of Ranger-One and Two arrived within a minute of each other, with the stragglers from Two arriving half a minute later. Two minutes after that, the last three members of Ranger-One arrived. On investigation one of the three had misplaced the key to his kit locker, and so his squadmates had helped him break into it. The squaddie got admonished for causing his buddies to be late and potentially costing the agency money, but they were congratulated for their resourcefulness.

Current Technologies and Blueprints (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=145483.msg5792495#msg5792495)

Spoiler: Known Threats (click to show/hide)

A Fire Wizard has taken control of a small town in Egypt. He has the locals enslaved and is using them as hostages to prevent the Egyptian Military from acting. They have asked you to intervene. Intelligence reports say his force consists of fire elementals. They also speak of a resistance group within the region.

In Australia a pack of werewolves have been attacking villages and towns before retreating into the outback. They have been severely weakened, but are still a significant threat.

Mysterious disappearances have also occurred in Siberia, Sao Paulo and Dusseldorf. The authorities are out of their depth, so have asked you to investigate.

During an audit of the councils expenses, it was discovered that certain individuals had been siphoning funds. The matter has been resolved, and all agencies have been credited the correct amount.

Alert! A number of hostile vehicles of unknown design or origin have appeared in the outskirts of Novosibirsk. Latest intilligence suggests there are seven such vehicles, and the Russian Military are responding in force, however they have requested assistance and emphasised their weight in the council.

Alert! A UFO has landed in Hubei province, China. The design is nothing like the previous UFOs encountered, and is significantly larger than the Roswell Ship recovered last month. Expect a strong presence.

Spoiler: Traits (click to show/hide)

Traits can be gained during missions & through training. You are more likely to gain a trait if money is invested in training. Most traits come in tiers, for example Hardened, Toughened and Unshakeable. They each do the same thing, but naturally the higher tier is better.

Spoiler: GM Note (click to show/hide)

As always, if I've missed something, let me know.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on November 24, 2014, 06:42:19 pm

Dibs on russia! I will post an action plan when I am home.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Xvareon on November 24, 2014, 06:45:30 pm

You forgot to include the new Small Laboratory and Small Workshop in the Buildings section of FADE's profile. And what happened to the Pocket Workshop "The Foundry" specialized for the production of ammunition? And the Secret Service agent I was sending to London to act as FADE's representative and preempt further Shapeshifter incursions? Please fix. Thanks.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on November 24, 2014, 06:52:51 pm

Labs and Workshops fix'd. Must've missed them when comparing to my spreadsheet.

And units can't be sent out on missions in phase one, but can be in phase two

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase One
Post by: Taricus on November 24, 2014, 06:53:34 pm

Spoiler: AMSOU's Actions (click to show/hide)

Agents are sent to Sao Paulo and Siberia to investigate the disappearances in those areas, while the third is to stay in egypt and attempt to contact resistance group fighting the fire mage, informing them of the impending reinforcements and keeping all groups involved informed of the situation.

-Egypt
Teams Alpha and Gamma are to head to egypt to deal with the fire mage, waiting until all groups are prepared and readied before acting. Standing orders are to eliminate the mage with extreme prejudice while still ensuring that any objects of research value are preserved. Civilian casualties are also to be kept to a minimum, and to let RTC forces distract and terminate any offending fire elementals prior to the mage being rendered incapable.

If our agent is successful in contacting the resistance, the agent is to relay all data they can impart to the other units, along with attempting to get the resistance to act alongside our forces, using the primarily as harassers and response units to evacuate civilians too close to any crossfire. If any information gained from the resistance makes part of the plan untenable, the units in the field are advised to adapt and work around the issue.

-Hubei, China
With the news about the landed UFO, now considered a 'Hubei' class FO, AMSOU Sends Beta team along with the newly acquired beagle to assist the chinese military in securing the site, and neutralising any exoterrestial threat within. If any allied agency is also assisting, they are either asked to wait or our troops are to wait for them to arrive. Once touched-down, Beta team is to be considered an 'exploit unit, taking advantage of any line breaks or opportunities to flank the ETs and move up further to the objectives.

All combat units are to be provided with the CTA suits and the new high-cal munitions

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase Two
Post by: Stirk on November 24, 2014, 07:39:42 pm

UFO is mine this time! We will teach them the arrogance of their last round.

Send the new tank and one squad of men with the KS shotguns to the UFO, leaving Alpha and Beta MBTs in Australia to continue their work. Be careful, but don't let it get away. I don't care if you have to fire your shotguns at it as it flies away. Use our bird for this.

Send the final squad to Russia the by Russia's transport. Because I saw Russia first and am the one who focuses on vehicals! Do not confront unless necessary, we don't have a lot of anti-vehicle weapons. Instead, focus on gathering intel on what we are facing. Take a sample of any destroyed one, whether by the Russians or another WTF organization. If you do not suspect they are hostile, try communicating with them using radio waves and flashing mores-code lights. From far, far away.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase Two
Post by: ~Neri on November 24, 2014, 07:46:22 pm

((I had a question: Is it possible to join late?))

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase Two
Post by: Stirk on November 24, 2014, 07:47:36 pm

Quote

((I had a question: Is it possible to join late?))

(I think there is a waiting list)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase Two
Post by: Kashyyk on November 24, 2014, 08:05:22 pm

Quote from: Kevak on November 24, 2014, 07:46:22 pm

((I had a question: Is it possible to join late?))

There is indeed a waitlist. You can create an agency if you like, and I'll add you to the list.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase Two
Post by: ~Neri on November 24, 2014, 09:10:16 pm

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Agency Name: (Inumimi. (That roughly translates to dog ear~)

Primary Location: (Rabbit Island. Japan. (For those who don't know what Rabbit Island is, it's a small island off the coast of Japan that's literally teeming withferal rabbits. They aren't afraid of people and are quite willing to approach you. Island houses several abandoned facilities that used to be used for producing bioweapons and chemical agents as well. Google it~)

Agency Trait: (Superior Funding. (I wanna do scientists, but it doesn't go well with the flavor text.)

Favoured Enemy: (Folkloric and mythological creatures of the supernatural or "magical" variety. Primarily types from Asia and Europe. Examples are Kitsune and their many relatives in various cultures folklore, some forms of draconic creatures, some forms of vampiric creatures, some types of magic users, some types of werecreatures, nymphs, gremlins, and so on. Basically things that incorporate magic into their biology as a necessity. Living things that literally can't live without their magic. Undead are normally not included in this, unless they qualify as Alive, such as some types of vampires.

Flavor Text:(Founded by a more then a little eccentric but fairly wealthy businessman with a fascination for magic after the multiple recent incursions of anomalous creatures. A good number of the organization's expenses are payed out of pocket by the founder due to his many successes in commercial business. The founder's interest is a combination of finding a use for magic in the commercial market and attempting pacify volatile sapients and attempt to integrate them with society if possible. If not, well he's sure he can figure out something to do with them.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase Two
Post by: GentlemanRaptor on November 24, 2014, 10:15:04 pm

Oh, I'd love to get on that waitlist as well.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Agency Name: AMSECT (American Special Extra-dimensional Containment Team)

Primary Location: Innsmouth, MA

Agency Trait: Superior Combat Personnel

Favoured Enemy: That which lurks beyond the veil. Shoggoths, Mi-go, and other Lovecraftian abominations.

Flavor Text: In 1970, people began disappearing along the Massachusetts coastline. Eyewitness accounts indicated that "some type of frog-men" were attacking and kidnapping people. The FBI conducted an investigation, and eventually located the small town of Innsmouth, which had fallen off of almost all modern maps. Some cross-referencing revealed that this was in fact the Innsmouth famously described by H.P. Lovecraft in his Cthulhu mythos. A strike team was assembled, and the whole town was destroyed in a midnight raid. Reasoning that if Innsmouth was real, the rest of the Mythos might well be, the President ordered the creation of AMSECT to "defend the citizens of America and the world from this dark, terrible threat." The head of the newborn agency took advantage of the freshly-cleared, relatively unknown area of Innsmouth and had the first base constructed there. After several successful operations purging cultists and killing Deep Ones, AMSECT was riding a wave of success. Unfortunately, the monsters just stopped showing up. Funding dried up, and the organization was relegated to the dustbin of history. However, recent imagery of disturbing rituals and reports of strange disappearances have caused the current administration to reactivate AMSECT, with the proviso that every action must be as clandestine as possible, to prevent panic.

((I know it's derivative, but I'm a bit tired now. Might rewrite to remove the Lovecraft references.))

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on November 24, 2014, 11:14:05 pm

I guess I'll leave Russia to you guys.... I've got my hands pretty full as it is, I guess.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Lewis is still heading to Dusseldorf, sending Infantry Alpha with him as back up.
Hydroblade and Specops Beta to Egypt to back up AMSOU's operation there. Link up first priority, dispatching fire elementals is the primary objective, letting ASMOU deal with the sorcerer, unless Hydroblade decides to go take care of it. HB DOES have permission to engage the sorcerer if he feels it's nessecary, subdual preferred, elimination allowed if forced. Allotting 10 units of Holy Water to take with them.
Alpha meeting FemAgent in Paris, with 5 units of Holy Water and 1 of the Vampire DNA devices given to the leader, to distinguish. Standing orders are best judgement, elimination probable, recruitment unlikely, but if one offers to join, allow them. But only after muzzling them somehow. This option is unlikely and should ONLY be considered if a vamp starts begging for their life. Said vamp is to be shot immediately if they turn violent.
... Beta Infantry to Hubei to back up units already there. Standing orders are "Shake enemy, stay alive."

Priority on transport given to Hydroblade and Beta with The Steed, with Alpha going to Paris immediately after in the same vehicle.
Lewis, IAlpha and IBeta will be using The Mare, dropping off Beta first due to urgency of events, with Lewis and IAlpha second drop off. Take off ASAP.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase Two
Post by: PiotraperPL on November 25, 2014, 04:19:27 pm

Buildings and some units are still not named properly in the summary. Could you fix that? :x

Spoiler: E-TAG's Actions (click to show/hide)

-> RUSSIA <-
Send "The Queen" with Omega-One and Omega-Two on board to deal with the hostile vehicles. They should proceed with complete caution, if it feels like a suicide mission, they have permission to retreat, but only then.
Send Hornet-1 to help the SpecOps squads, destroy hostiles on sight. Retreat allowed ONLY when there are no more missiles available. Equip it with our new Missile-Lock II of course.
If this mission ends with our success, SpecOps should try to acquire anything they can from destroyed vehicles. They can even try to bring back whole things, if they manage to.

If it is possible to send some engineers to aid our SpecOps in recovery of useful machinery after battle, then do it. However, they should stay completely out of the battle, make them wait at the extraction point until it's safe.

-> COUNCIL <-
Any intel on these "certain individuals" siphoning our funds? May be good to deal with them, unless that has been completely taken care of.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase Two
Post by: Kashyyk on November 28, 2014, 08:13:40 am

Just waiting on Xvareon. Although as it's black friday for most of you I don't mind waiting 'til the weekend.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase Two
Post by: Taricus on December 01, 2014, 05:46:33 pm

And it's now after the weekend, and his last post here was about a week ago so..

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase Two
Post by: Kashyyk on December 01, 2014, 06:02:13 pm

I've PM'd him, and if he doesn't post by Friday then he forfeits his position to Playergamer.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase Two
Post by: Xvareon on December 01, 2014, 08:10:49 pm

Again, I'm sorry about that. I don't even have a good excuse this time. Anyway, here's my turn.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Small Laboratory - Research Experimental Ammunition -- specifically, white phosphorous rounds that can ignite on contact, bullets filled with a small quantity of substances like acids, poisons, holy water, or silver nitrate (which could enter directly into the bloodstream of werewolves and vampires for massive damage), and perhaps later even mutagenic solutions to rapidly atrophy tissue around the entry point (but we'll get to that later). Spend 30cr for research materials for these rounds.

Pocket Ammo Workshop - Develop blueprints for Caseless Rounds that can contain these substances, allowing for a sturdier shell and more space for the acid/poison/etc. by removing the need for a primer in the bullet. This won't necessarily equate to an increased ammo capacity since the space that would normally be saved will mostly be devoted to these experimental substances, though. Scale these rounds as necessary for pistols, SMGs, rifles of all kinds, etc. and ensure that a magazine/rod for holding said bullets is created. (Derp.)

Small Workshop - Begin producing High-Capacity Magazines, as many as we can to outfit the troops ASAP. If possible, also see if there is a way to adapt the soldiers' current tactical rigging to easily carry these mags; they may not appreciate the bulky box style at first.

Pocket Workshop "Splodeyville" - Start cranking out a few prototypes of the Advanced Tactical Helmet, and make certain of whatever glitches or lag in response time there may be, as well as other issues. We don't want this stuff malfunctioning in the middle of combat.

Pocket Laboratory "The Farm" - Look a little more into the results of the Shapeshifter Autopsy, and try to see what implications this may have for modern medicine. The extreme shapeshifting power of the creature may lend itself to Synthetic Antibodies or some similar line of research.

Dispatch Paradigm-1 and Paradigm-2 (Interceptors) to Novosibirsk to provide air-to-ground support against the vehicles, should a fight break out. Prioritize isolated vehicles and hit their rear or top armor with missiles. Only engage with cannons if it is clear the advantage is ours; they should maintain maximum range until all missiles are expended.

Begin conducting full-scale training between all three Ranger Teams on site. Show them (sanitized) footage of Storm-One in combat with the werewolves in Australia to let them know what they're up against, inform them of the new technological developments that are already being worked on to aid in combat, and make sure they understand what to do if they make contact with locals or other Agency forces. Also begin exercises among the squads and the new HWP, which will give the infantry an idea of how to work with such drones in combat, since FADE plans to make extensive use of these later. This will also give our crewmen some experience with handling them. Spend 80 cr to make it happen.

Send Storm-Two to Australia to reinforce Storm-One against the werewolves, along with 5 Crewmen equipped with tools and materials needed to repair and crew the IFV again (40 cr). If it's possible to use the Devil Fish dropship to do this both ways, do it, otherwise use regular military transport.

Storm-One is to work as close as possible with other agency forces in the field to exterminate the werewolf threat. Share weapons and ammo if they have to. Any infected individuals from the werewolf attack should be put under strict surveillance, and killed the moment they start showing signs of turning. Any info on how quickly the infection spreads (if there is indeed one, which I'm fairly sure there is) will be most valuable. HOWEVER, they are NOT to be let out of sight once night falls. The last thing we want is werewolves behind our line and flanking us. Storm-One should also have someone try to make a necklace or some sort of decoration out of a werewolf tooth; trophies like that can usually be sold as valuable collectibles, and they're also a good reminder that seemingly supernatural beings like that are, in fact, mortal, and can be killed. The outbackers may like to try their hand at this.

Send one Secret Service operative to London to act as FADE's representative there, showing that we have a vested interest in countering the threat of shapeshifters in their government. This operative should attempt to dig up any information on other possible suspects, and apprehend or kill one if possible.

Spoiler: Purchases/Construction/Expenses (click to show/hide)

Purchase another Dropship (200cr, 80cr/m). We apparently need it badly.

30cr for research materials (like Holy Water) for the experimental rounds.

40cr for repairing the IFV.

80cr for training the troops at the base.

200+30+40+80 = 370cr, 80cr/m

EDIT: Is it possible for us to produce technology that we can release on the market to garner additional funding? I realize that carries a lot of risks, too, but it may be worth it.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Two Phase Two
Post by: Kashyyk on December 04, 2014, 05:15:20 pm

Spoiler: RTC (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 830cr
Income - 635cr
Expenses - 570cr
New Balance - 895cr

Buildings
Small Lab "The Library"
Small Workshop "The Forge"
Medium Barracks
Hanger x2 "The Stables"
Small Airstrip

Units
Arthur – Combat-Oriented Agency Leader
Special Forces Alpha - Hostile Ground, Hit-and-Run – 7/10 Strength
Special Forces Beta – Unshakeable – 6/10 Strength
Infantry Alpha – Elite
Infantry Beta – Line-Breaker, Survivalist – 5/10 Strength
Crewman x5
Secret Agent x2
Dropship "The Steed"
Dropship "The Mare"
HydroBlade

Available Hanger Space: 0

Prisoners
Vampire Follower x4

Cell Space Deficit – 8cr/m rent

Resources and Equipment
Vampire Ashes x8
Standard High Cal Ammo x20
Holy Water x13
Gene Sampler (Vampire) x3
Troodon Rifle x9
Troodon Pistol x10
Troodon Corpse x9
Troodon Carapace Armour x10

Spoiler: Whitewater Inc (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 828cr
Income - 1020cr
Expenses - 858cr
New Balance - 970cr

Buildings
Medium Laboratory
Medium Workshop
Small Airstrip
Hanger x2
Small Barracks

Units
Dropship
Main Battle Tank Alpha
Main Battle Tank Beta
Main Battle Tank Gamma – 90cr Repair Costs
Crewman x16
Special Forces Alpha – 6/10 strength
Special Forces Beta – 7/10 strength

Available Hanger Space - 0

Resources and Equipment
UFO Alloy x1
Killbot Wreck x1
KS-23K Shotgun x30
KS-23K "Shrapnel-25" x30
Werewolf Corpse x20
AA Quad-Cannon x1
Troodon Rifles x9
Troodon Pistols x10
Troodon Corpses x9
Troodon Carapace Armour x10

Spoiler: AMSOU (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 400cr
Income - 720cr
Expenses - 643cr
New Balance - 477cr

Buildings
Medium Barracks
Medium Workshop
Medium Laboratory
Large Containment
Hangar x3

Units
Special Forces Alpha – 5/10 strength
Special Forces Beta - Defy Death – 7/10 Srength
Special Forces Gamma – 7/10 strength
Dropship "Thunderstruck"
Dropship "Lightningcrash"
IFV "Beagle" – 40cr Repair Costs
Crewman x5
Secret Agent x3


Available Hanger Space - 2 Medium Vehicles

Prisoners
Werewolf Victim x6

Resources and Equipment
Book of Berahthraben
Combined Tactical Armour x30
Standard High Cal Ammo x30
Werewolf Corpse x16
Troodon Rifle x9
Troodon Pistol x10
Troodon Corpse x9
Troodon Carapace Armour x10

Spoiler: E-TAG (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 390cr
Income - 665cr
Expenses - 540cr
New Balance - 630cr

Buildings
Medium Workshop
Medium Laboratory
Small Barracks
Small Airstrip
Satellite Uplink

Units
Special Forces Alpha - Toughened
Special Forces Beta - Hardened
Crewman x10
Interceptor "Hornet 1"
Dropship

Available Hanger Space - 2 Medium

Resources and Equipment
Military-Grade Metals x8
Electronics x8
Roswell Prime Corpse x1
Roswell Servant Corpse x2
Roswell Pistol x1
Roswell Alloy x8
Damaged Roswell Nav-System x1
Roswell Power Source x1
Combined Tactical Armour x10

Spoiler: FADE (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 484cr
Income - 955cr
Expenses - 976cr
New Balance - 463cr

Buildings
Pocket Laboratory "The Farm"
Small Laboratory
Pocket Workshop "Splodeyville"
Pocket Ammo Workshop "The Foundry"
Small Workshop
Medium Barracks
Hanger x2
Medium Airstrip

Units
Infantry "Ranger-One"
Infantry "Ranger-Two"
Infantry "Ranger-Three"
Special Forces "Storm-One" - Basic Tracking - 8/10 strength
Special Forces "Storm-Two"
Crewman x15
SS Agent x2
IFV "Badger" 40cr repair cost
Interceptor "Paradigm-2"
Dropship "Devil Fish"
HWP "Big Momma"

Hanger Space Deficit - 0

Resources and Equipment
Shapeshifter Corpse x1
Small ischemic storage unit x1
Werewolf Corpse x20
Fresh Werewolf Teeth x1
Fresh Werewolf Saliva x1
Fresh Werewolf Claw x1
Werewolf Victim Blood Sample x1
HWP Heavy Machinegun Mod x1

Phase 2 Results

Spoiler: Australia (click to show/hide)

The now familiar sound of a dropship can be heard across the australian outback as FADE's Devil Fish sets down. Storm-One and Two quickly disembark, set up a perimeter and then await the arrival of Whitwater Inc. Several hours of nervous silence pass, before Main Battle Tanks Alpha and Gamma appear over a nearby ridge. Whilst they trundle down the slope, FADE recieved a call from the nearby ADF outpost.

According to the rather frantic radio-op at the other end, they were under attack from the werewolves. So naturally it was down to the Agencies to save the day. After a few quick words with Whitewater's commander, FADE's forces clambered atop the tanks. The engines growled into gear and the combined forces of Whitewater and FADE raced to cover the 6km of outback between them and beleagured ADF.

The sound of gunfire could be heard well before it was seen. Emerging from behind another ridge, the scene before them wouldn't look out of place in Starship Troopers. The troopers quickly dismounted, found firing positions and started adding the stutter of their own weapons to the racket. Meanwhile, the armour fired cannon into the pack of werewolves ahead, before rolling around to surround them further.

With surprising ease, the pack was broken with no casaulties sustained by either agency. As the surviving werewolves fled the scene, both commanders had the same thought. Chase them down and put the matter to rest once and for all. The troops clambered back aboard, and the drivers spurred their vehicles into action once more.

An hour of australian sun later, and what looked like a farmstead appeared on the horizon. As the distant 'wolves disappeared into a building. Coming to a halt, their turrets shifted before with a twin bang they both fired into the hamlet. The offending building exploded into shrapnel, before the remaining wall collapsed in on itself.

A few more volleys and not a single wall was left standing. As the dust settled, FADE scoured the ruins, recovering a few werewolf corpses and the evidence of heavy human presence, but very little else.

After the ADF arrived to secure the area, FADE and Whitewater were airlifted back to base and after a week long search of the area, it was concluded that the Werewolf threat had been eliminated. A few of FADE's troopers were seen making some sort of jewelry out of the teeth of the werewolves, causing a zmall craze amongst the locals.

Whitewater Inc Results
All units unharmed
Acquired Werewolf Corpses x11

FADE Results
All units unharmed
Acquired Werewolf Corpses x11

Spoiler: Hubei, China (click to show/hide)

"Alright Boys, the Chinese are currently exchanging fire with an unknown, technologically superior force who arrived by spaceship. The entire show is going down in dense fog, so who knows what is actually happening. The Chinese are preventing them from taking off due to air superiority but that could change at any moment. So we're going to get in there and make a mess. Understood?"

"Oooh-Rah!"

With a shuddering thud, the dropship touched down, and the hatch started to open. The squad charged out of the dropship and into the mist. From one side, the familiar crack of automatic weaponry, whereas on the other was a sound only before heard in scifi, as red beams lanced out at the human forces. RTC had arrived.

The fog prevented the squad from seeing the aliens, or for that matter their allies. But apparently it wasn't preventing the ETs from seeing them, evidenced by the beams suddenly being fired in their direction. The squad hit the deck, but not before one of the lances had found their mark. The trooper's scream quickly turned into a gargle, and then silence. After a quick confirmation of the obvious, the squad was determined to keep something solid between them and the aliens at all times.

 According to their intel AMSOU and Whitewater already had boots on the ground, with Whitewater pushing the opposite flank and AMSOU somewhere within the Chinese line. The thing to do was obvious. Push this flank and give the aliens something to think about. The squad crawled forwards in a staggered line, hoping to find some sort of hard cover from which to make their move.

Beams of energy shot over their heads, but it seems they'd managed to give the aliens the slip. The answer to how they'd managed to do that became clear when out of the fog loomed a hedgerow. The squad lined up behind it, and to their surprise, a good 30m away, was the the alien vessel.

Somehow, the ship was preventing the fog from coming near it, and the aliens were making full use of this. What looked like 25 of the aliens were scattered behind felled trees and strange, translucent barricades. The aliens themselves were reminiscent of troodons, wearing a thick metallic armour on the majority of their bodies, and carrying long, boxy rifles.

The squad relayed this new information, watching the nearest aliens as they appeared to aim at some target in the fog. Whitewater quickly responded, saying that they'd taken only light causalties, as the tank seemed to be taking only minor damage from the beams. They were slowly advancing, and recommended a two-pronged attack once they arrived. AMSOU was next, saying that they had just passed RTC's landing zone, and were about to reach them.

As the two vehicles converged on the aliens, they appeared to get more panicked. This was punctuated by a few lucky shot from the chinese, somehow hitting one of the aliens and sending it sprawling backwards. It struggled to regain it's footing, but another shot put an end to it.

On the other side of the clearing, the form of Whitewater's Main Battle Tank came into view. The main cannon fired, blasting a crater into the ground and sending three of the troodons flying. Whitewater's SpecOps followed suit, the sound of automatic shotguns causing several dino heads to turn. Taking this as their cue, RTC finally fired their first shots at the alien invaders.

Whilst they were expecting the tank, they were not expecting automatic weapons fire from a squad on the opposite flank. The nearest aliens were quickly dropped, and a fire team quickly advanced to take the position, whilst covered by their squad mates.

The aliens recovered quickly however, and several RTC & Whitewater troopers were hit. They gathered behind a second set of barricades, and began placing precision shots at the remaining agency forces.

That is, until AMSOU arrived on the scene. The IFV crashed through the hedgerow, pintle machinegun blazing, and slid to a halt besides the advance members of RTC. Then SpecOps Beta emerged from behind it, and began emptying rounds at the aliens. The high-cal shots punched through the xeno's armour like it was so much cardboard.

The sudden arrival of a set of heavily armed and armoured humans had clearly had an adverse effect on the troodons. They started breaking off back to the ship, a few getting gunned down in the process. Determined to not let the ship get away, the agency forces advanced. The IFV advanced, and it's machinegun forced any aliens covering the doorway out of sight.

As they had a specialism against aliens, and the most appropriate weapons for a close assault of this kind, Whitewater's infantry went first, closely supported by the heavily armoured AMSOU units. Having taken the most casualties thus far, RTC updated the chinese of the situation, and then followed as a rearguard.

The steely floor rang ominously to the boots of the agency forces. As they filled the first room, presumably where the majority of the aliens had been waiting during the landing, they were very aware that they were in unknown, hostile territory. They approached the first door with caution. Pressing a button adjacent to it, the door slid to one side and the doorway filled with gunfire as AMSOU and Whitewater sprayed bullets back.

Realising the aliens had stopped firing, the men nearest advanced into the room. It appeared to be the cockpit. Sweeping the room, there were four aliens dead. However, one of the aliens was still clinging on to life. Seeing how ridiculously outgunned it was, it pushed the nearby rifle away with it's foot and placed it's hands upon its head.

AMSOU Results
SpecOps Beta – 7/10 strength
IFV "Beagle" – 40cr repair costs
Acquired Troodon Rifles x9
Acquired Troodon Pistols x10
Acquired Troodon Corpses x9
Acquired Troodon Carapace Armour x10

Whitewater Inc Results
Main Battle Tank Gamma – 90cr repair costs
SpecOps Alpha – 6/10 strength
Acquired Troodon Rifles x9
Acquired Troodon Pistols x10
Acquired Troodon Corpses x9
Acquired Troodon Carapace Armour x10

RTC Results
Infantry Beta – 5/10 strength
Acquired Troodon Rifles x9
Acquired Troodon Pistols x10
Acquired Troodon Corpses x9
Acquired Troodon Carapace Armour x10

Spoiler: Egypt (click to show/hide)

AMSOU – Agent, SpecOps Alpha & Gamma (CTA & High-Cal Ammo)
RTC – HydroBlade & SpecOps Beta (10x Holy Water)

The following is considered TOP SECRET. Only those with AMSOU Clearence Beta have permission to access the following.

Operation "Blazing Dawn" Mission Report
Compiled by Agent "Bixby" and Corporal T. Barnes of SpecOps Gamma

The dropship arrived at the LZ at 23:42. RTC were already present for a reported three (3) hours. No contacts, hostile or civilian in that time. RTC numbered eleven (11) personnel, ten (10) of which were Special Forces units, equipped with standard equipment and each carrying a water-tank on their backs and a flask on their hips, presumably for the use of the individual named "HydroBlade".

The joint force then left the LZ for the mission site, arriving at the first marker at 00:31. The mission site was dark, other than the occasional moving light, presumably cast by the fire creatures present here. At this point Agent "Bixby" left the main group (designated Omega) to make contact with the civilian presence.

Omega continued towards the perimeter of the mission site, until contact was made at 00:43. Contact consisted of one (1) "Fire-man" and three (3) "Fire-Snakes". It is unknown how the creatures detected the Omega, but they simultaneously turned towards Omega in silence. As maintaining mission silence for as long as possible was paramount, one of of the RTC operatives opened his water-tank, and HydroBlade started manipulating it.

Drawing approximately three (3) liters of water from the tank, he fashioned the water into a spear-like shape, before launching it at the nearest fire-snake. The creature attempted to evade, but was unsuccessful. The water impacted, and the creature was extinguished.

This seemed to aggravate the remaining creatures, and they advanced. Hydroblade pulled the rest of the water from the tank, approximately four (4) liters, seperated it into two (2) spears of equal size and launched them both at the fire-man.

They both hit, however they failed to noticeably affect it. At this point the creatures were within ten (10) meters of Omega, and when someone (it is still unknown who this was) fired on the creatures, the rest of Omega followed suit.

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Agent "Bixby" had breached the perimeter of the mission site when gunfire was heard at approximately 00:44. A nearby door opened, revealing a female, approximately six (6) years of age, followed quickly by a male aged approximately thirty-five (35) years. Bixby made contact with the civilians, who agreed to grant him entry to the building. After a brief discussion, he was able to convince the civilians to spread the word of the rescue attempt, and that the civilians should be prepared to evacuate the area.

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Bullets did not seem to harm any of the creatures, but the impacts did seem to disorient them slightly. HydroBlade opened a second water-tank, removed the full contents, and launched it at the Fire-man. Whilst this did not incapacitate the creature either, it had noticeably shrunk in size. The contents of the third tank was projected at it, and the creature was eliminated.

This distraction however, had allowed the remaining Fire-snakes to close on the team. Whilst no fatalities were sustained, one (1) member of RTC and one (1) member of Alpha were incapacitated before HydroBlade was able to extinguish them. The injured seen to, the decision was made to strike at the Primary Target, due to the cost of water in dealing with even a single unit of the creatures.

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It was at 00:45 that Bixby recieved the order from Omega to commence emergency evacuation. Bixby and the male civilian informed all other civilians in the area of the situation, and encouraged them to follow suit.  At some time between 01:00 and 01:27 Bixby encountered a second group of the fire creatures. Bixby opened fire on the creatures to draw their attention from the civilians. The fire-man advanced on Bixby and struck him across the torso, causing second degree burns to seven (7) percent of his body and knocking him backwards. He also suffered three (3) broken ribs and minor concussion.

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Omega successfully reached the gates of the Primary Target's home at 00:58, where it was guarded by two (2) fire-men and six (6) fire-snakes. Omega opened fire on the Fire-men whilst HydroBlade extinguished the fire-snakes. By this time however, the fire-men were within striking range of Omega. Two (2) members of RTC, three (3) members of Alpha and two (2) members of Gamma were incapacitated before they were eliminated. At this point only two (2) tanks of water remained, and eight ( flasks.

Breaching the interior of the building, the Primary Target was encountered waiting for Omega, in front of him was a campfire. The Primary Target spoke words in no language recognised by Omega, and the fire in front of him grew in size, as balls of flame seperated from it and started circling the Primary Target. HydroBlade removed the contents of the ninth tank and projected all of it at the base of the fire.

The Primary Target created a wall of flame between HydroBlade and the fire, however this was unsuccessful and the fire was extinguished. The Primary Target exclaimed something in Egyptian in an angry tone, before launching the fire balls at Omega, causing three (3) additional casualties, one (1) from RTC and one (1) each from Alpha and Gamma.

HydroBlade then removed the contents of the final tank, transformed it into a rope shape, and detained the Primary Target. With repeated shouting of "Surrender" and gratuitious waving of automatic weaponry, the Primary Target spoke another series of words in the unknown language, then fell unconscious.

A search of the mission site found no remaining creatures, the wounded Agent Bixby, and fourteen (14) civilain casualties.

End of Mission Report

AMSOU Results
Agent "Bixby" – Wounded
SpecOps Alpha – 5/10 strength
SpecOps Gamma – 7/10 strength

RTC Results
SpecOps Beta – 6/10 strength
Lost Holy Water x2

Spoiler: Paris (click to show/hide)

Our top story tonight! An as yet unnamed black-ops unit was witnessed raiding a gentleman's club in Paris last night. A spokesman from the military has informed us that the business was in fact a front for a den of vampires, and they were the cause of several disappearences within the french government. Tune in at ten for the full story.

RTC Results
Lost Holy Water x5
SpecOps Alpha – 7/10 strength
Acquired Vampire Ashes x7
Acquired Vampire Follower Prisoner x4

Spoiler: Novosibirsk (click to show/hide)

The constant drone of the twin turbo-jets was punctuated by the steady rasp of the Hornet-1's breathing apparatus. Pulling the stick left, the plane banked and the city came back into view. What was normally a mix of white grey is this time lit with the flicker of fire and the flash of explosions. The targeting computer, upgraded since it was last used, highlighted a shape within the turmoil.

"Paradigm, I have eyes on Tango-3. Beginning my run now."

The distinctive static of the radio crackled briefly "Copy that Hornet-1. We are matching your vector."

In the rear cam, he could see the twin shapes of FADE's Interceptors settling in just behind him, one to either side. In front of him, the computer cycled through the spectrum, flickering in colour, before settling on red. Target Lock.

Pumping the trigger, four missiles released from the underside, falling for a brief moment before the fuel ignited and they surged forwards. Their smokes trails were joined by two more from the left, but the right remained empty.

"The is Paradigm-2, I can't get target lock." That explained that one then.

"Understood, my lock is pretty weak too."

The six missiles continued streaking towards the vehicle, but suddenly two of them peeled off and spiralled away, before colliding with a nearby building.

"Paradigm, did you just see that?"

"I saw that too, those were mine, they must've lost the lock somehow."

Pulling the nose up, Hornet's rear cam just had time to render the remaining missiles detonate a good twenty meters from the tartget.

"What the hell? These guys have some serious missile defence." And despite it's ineffeciveness, whoever was crewing the vehicle was not pleased. The turret turned, and with a flash of blue, returned fire.

"I'm hit!" Twisting around to look behind him, He could just see Paradigm-1 pinwheeling away, spewing smoke and flame before it seperated into three parts. A small shape launched out of the burning wreck, before a 'chute deployed and arrested it's momentum. "I'm okay! Now go get that son-of-a-bitch!"

With Paradigm-2 still on his tail Hornet-1 banked round, preparing for another run. Getting another lock, he kept pumping the trigger, launching every missile left. If he had any chance of hitting the thing, he had to overwhelm whatever defence mechanisms it had.

Behind him, Paradigm-2 followed suit. The vehicle opened fire and the cockpit shuddered with a bang that filled the pilot's ears. But despite the numerous warning lights the interceptor still seemed to be in one piece.

As his hearing came back to him however, he noticed a distinct absence. The engines were silent.

"-epeat. Hornet 1! What's your status?" Sounds like Paradigm-2 was still going at least.

"I'm – I'm okay. Engines are shot though. I have to pull out." Pulling gently on the stick, Hornet-1 turned away from the desolation, and started coasting towards the nearest airstrip.

---

Not long after, a full retreat was called, and the entire suburb was carpet-bombed. When teams returned to the site, two of the vehicles had been disabled. The location of the other five vehicles, and the crew of the two disabled ones are still unknown.

E-Tag Results
Interceptor Hornet-1 – 60cr repair cost
SpecOps Omega-One – 4/10 strength
SpecOps Omega-Two – 7/10 strength

Fade Results
Interceptor Paradigm-1 – Vehicle Destroyed

Whitewater Inc Results
SpecOps Beta – 7/10 strength
Lost KS-23K Shotgun x3

Spoiler: Other Events (click to show/hide)

Within hours of approaching the police commisioner in Sao Paulo, AMSOU's agent was able to piece together the myriad clues left by the disappearences and point him at the culprit. Whilst the killer was certainly a threat, he turned out to be very mundane.

Connecting the dots between the happenings in Novosibirsk and the missing people, it was logical for AMSOU to summise that the unlucky individuals had come across the vehicles on their way to Novosibirsk. How they got here is still a question to be answered however.

In Dusseldorf what turned out to be a string of murders via gang violence was very quickly resolved when a squad of Infantry from RTC put a very heavy-handed end to the problem.

The assets siezed from the shapeshifter a few months before were still available for investigation, thankfully. Whilst no other traces of Shapeshifter presence were found in the government by FADE, a list of potential accomplices has been compiled.

Finally, the Council assures E-TAG that they have no reason to worry about the recent events regarding funding. It was definitely not caused by a GM error or anything like that. Nope.

Current Technologies and Blueprints (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=145483.msg5792495#msg5792495)

Spoiler: Known Threats (click to show/hide)

In the aftermath of Novosibirsk, the world has lost track of five of the original seven vehicles. Finding them is paramount.

A "Man of Iron" has been beating up criminals in Detroit.

Banks have been robbed in South Africa, Japan and The United Kingdom. What makes it interesting is that appears to be the same man robbing each bank. What makes it important is that each robbery  occured simultaneously.

Suspicious Events have occured in Ratlam (India), Cordoba (Argentina), Quebec (Canada) and Tokyo (Japan).

Finally, a few leads have been uncovered in London that might point to more Shapeshifter activity.

Spoiler: The Spoils of War (click to show/hide)

When multiple agencies work together to resolve a threat, it is sometimes difficult to split the recovered artifacts evenly. Due to this the council splits it into approximately equal value bundles, and then lets the agencies decide amongst themselves as to who gets which bundle. Agencies are encouraged to persuade their counterparts in whatever way they feel appropriate, such as reasoned debate, payments of credits, or even threats.

Remember, only the Agencies involved in a particular threat have claim to it's respective bundles.

Hubei Bundle 1 – Combat
Troodon Heavy Rifle x3
Troodon Holo-Barricade x6
Troodon Corpse x1

Hubei Bundle 2 – Intelligence
Troodon Prisoner x1
Troodon Dataslate x6

Hubei Bundle 3 – Tech
Troodon Nav-System x1
Troodon Power Source x1
Troodon Engine x1
Troodon Corpse x1

Egypt Bundle 1 – Mind
Fire Mage Prisoner x1

Egypt Bundle 2 – Matter
Book of Unknown Content x6

Novosibirsk Bundle 1 - Offence
Novotank Dual Cannon x1
Novotank Multi-Missile Launcher x1
Novotank Anti-Personnel Weapon x3

Novosibirsk Bundle 2 – Defence
Novotank Alloy x15
Novotank Chaff Launcher x1
Novotank Precision ECM Weapon x2

Novosibirsk Bundle 3 – Misc
Novotank Alloy x8
Novotank Engine x2
Novotank Power-Source x1
Novotank Track Suspension x1

Spoiler: Funding (click to show/hide)

What was otherwise an astounding success this month was unfortunately lessened by the loss at Novosibirsk. As such the council has increased it's funding to most for the most part, but has noticed E-TAG's limited response relative to the other agencies.

A quick reminder to everyone. Phase 1 is when all hiring, construction, manufacturing, research, training, repairing and anything that would take a reasonable amount of time to complete occurs. Phase 2 is when agencies send their forces across the world to resolve threats that occur, there is not enough time to do anything else.

Spoiler: GM Note (click to show/hide)

Some of you have quite a lot of corpses stockpiled now. The council will be willing to buy any corpse from you for 5cr a pop, or if you think you can get something useful out of it, make it an engineering or research project. If it ends up being so, the Council will offer more money.

Also, it seems I acknowedged your advice to not write too much, and then proceeded to write loads anyway.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Stirk on December 04, 2014, 05:50:53 pm

Grr. Once again, I am saddened by my slow response rate. I am going to need to get a few more drop ships.

I request the Hubei Bundle 2 – Intelligence. That is what we are most interested in, the others can keep the weapons and such. Probably don't fit on tanks anyway. As the ET focusing group, we will gain the most from it, and gladly share with the rest of you.

I also request the Novosibirsk Bundle 3 – Misc, since we need all the tanky stuff. We are willing to purchase any items that we did not receive in that bundle for a rather generous price.

First, Whitewater purchases a new Dropship, to get a little faster response. The damaged tank is repaired, during repairs it is fitted with the AA cannon. We also purchase another Hanger, and enough people to actually run the drop ship. We then purchase another laboratory, as we are falling behind on our research as it is. An expensive turn this turned out to be.

While the workshop is busy adding the gun to the Tank, the two laboratories get to work. The first attempts to examine the killbot, trying to find any AI that would be good to apply to tanks. The second observes the Novatank alloy, in an attempt to improve our own armor.

Since there is only one problem that can be fixed with a bunch o' tanks, I send both drop ships with working tanks to finish the remaining Nova. This includes the AA equipped tank, those guns might not be able to do much against armor but they probably will perform better than our shotguns.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Taricus on December 04, 2014, 06:28:25 pm

All in all, another good day for the badasses of AMSOU. Keep up the good work like that lads, and before we know it earth'll be safe once more!

Anyway, in regards to the spoils, from Hubei I'll claim bundle three, and from Egypt I'll take the books if everyone is fine with that. I'll edit my purchases into this post sometime soon as well.

EDIT: It seems there's a bit of a discrepancy within my expenses, they should be at 545cr per month

Spoiler: AMSOU purchases and sundries (click to show/hide)

Build a new laboratory (477(575)cr - 250cr = 227(325)cr
Reinforce all squads back to full strength once more, and additionally bringing three new SpecOps squads *Specops Alpha, beta and Gamma are grouped into Platoon Alpha while Delta, Epsilon and Zeta are grouped into platoon Beta. (15 + 15 + 25 + 50cr = 105cr. Subtotal = 22(120)cr)

Once reinforced, all squads are to undergo rigorous combat training, with a variety of scenarios being used for them.

The current operational lab (Now designated Laboratory Alpha) is to continue with the werewolf psych research. If possible to assign the new lab to another research topic, have it start examining the alien weapons and armour we recovered from china, priority given to the armour over the weapons.

The boys down in engineering are ordered to double the current supplies of hi-cal ammo and CTA suits for Delta, Epsilon and Zeta's needs. If they have spare time, allow them to muck about making a few items that might have in mind that they haven't had the chance to make.

If the funds are available, also repair the IFV, and build another hangar. (40+50 = 90cr)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on December 04, 2014, 06:45:40 pm

I'm at work, so for now I'll take the mage if possible, and I'll write up a full report later, including the Hubei bundle I want. Good missions though.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Xvareon on December 04, 2014, 09:39:45 pm

I request the Novosibirsk Bundle 2 - Defence, since we need to know just what kind of armor plating we're dealing with here on these vehicles, and also to find some kind of countermeasure to their countermeasure against missiles. FADE isn't out of the fight just yet.

I'll post a more detailed action plan later. By the way, you, um... forgot to include my other small workshop, pocket workshop, and small laboratory in FADE's page, again. And am I to assume that Storm-One is miraculously back to full strength, despite being reduced to 7/10 members fighting the werewolves?

Also, I'm loving this game so far. Really interested in seeing where it goes. xD

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on December 05, 2014, 12:22:21 am

Before my long post of stuff, let me tell you what I plan to do in Phase 2. I plan to go recruit Metalman in Detroit. I'm sending Sven (Lewis) to Tokyo to Investigate the strange occurences AND the bank heist. I'll give him a second spy to go along with. Rose (Female Spy) is going to Quebec. And you can BET YOUR LIFE I'm dealing with the shapeshifters.

Sidenote, hey Xvareon, can I have the blueprints for the Gene Sampler for the Shapeshifter? I'll trade you my DNA sampler for Vampires, unless there's something else you'd prefer.

Arthur sighs, looking over the reports. He lost a lot of good men.... And he'd make sure they were honored. So he'd hold a ceremony in honor of the fallen. He looked over his list of projects, and nodded. "I've gotta build more facilities..." First would come a containment area for the followers and the Fire Wizard... And some additional research facilities. He had a mind to get some work done on the alien tech, as well as pinpoint the swords ASAP. And another workshop to produce some better armor... He also calls up the other facilities, making arrangements to get the Fire Wizard transferred to his care for his work in Egypt, as well as the heavier armaments from the Hubei encounter. He looked over the casualties reports again, and nodded. He'd need more men. He put out some more fliers for some specialized units, pushing especially hard for a unit composed of sword users, excelling in their field. Not that they ALL had to use swords, just blades in general. He called down to the Library, and told them to put their efforts into researching the alien armor they acquired, and told the Loft to look into the swords as best they can, and to give him info on their whereabouts ASAP. Preferably with Excalibur first. Finally, he writes a letter to the head of FADE to request a piece of their tech in order to deal with the rumors of shapeshifters.

Today seems like a nice day to take a stroll, so Arthur heads to the Museum of London, with a bit more than sightseeing in mind...

Spoiler: ACTIONS (click to show/hide)

ACQUISITIONS/PURCHASES
Taking Egypt Bundle - Mind
Taking Hubei Bundle - Combat
Build Small Containment Facility, called "The Jail" (Sorry, the naming guy was sick the day this was finished.)
Build Small Laboratory with a Magical Artifact Specialization, called "Merlin's Loft" (He was fine the next day.)
Build Small Workshop named "The Anvil"
10 CR for a lovely funeral service for those fallen.
Spending 225 for three additional Spec ops units (75 each). Looking for one full unit of sword users, because I CAN.
Hiring three additional Secret Agents at 15 credits a pop.

RESEARCH/DEVELOPMENT
Library: Full Points into researching/replicating the Troodon Carapace Armor
Merlin's Loft: Full Points into Preliminary Sword Legends, specifically finding Excalibur.
The Forge: Full Points into Gene Sampler(Shapeshifter) should they be sent the blueprints. If not, make High Calibur Bullets.
The Anvil: Full points into Combined Tactical Armor. As many units as possible.

ETC:
Arthur will have someone look into possible opportunities for legal income additions. He could use the funds.
And Arthur HIMSELF will head to the Museum of London to look at their swords. If any seem in working order or rare/magical, he will make them an offer to obtain the sword.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on December 05, 2014, 08:34:19 am

I'm sorry Xvareon, I always seeem to mess up your turn, but not anyone elses.

And I thought you'd reinforced that squad, all fixed now though.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Taricus on December 05, 2014, 08:50:08 am

And my budget discrepancy Kashyyk? It seems a little odd given how much my outfit costs between this turn and the last. Also, I have to ask about the physiology of the werewolves. Are they massively different to standard humans or do they retain mostly human physiques or the like?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on December 05, 2014, 08:57:59 am

Re. Budget: On my sheet your upkeep is 345cr/m, the additional being from the large containment and the cost to reinfirce your Squads.

On that theme, I'm considering breaking down how I show your finances further. Would it be easier for you if I seperated Income and Expenses into their constituent parts? (such as funding, upkeep, purchases, sales etc.)

Whilst Human they are pretty much indistinguishable from a normal person. Whilst transformed they are wolf shape, the height of a human but much broader, and can move either as a biped or quadruped. (Think the werewolves in Dog Soldiers or Harry Potter)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Taricus on December 05, 2014, 09:01:48 am

Yeah, that would be better actually. Would save a bit of confusion on all of that. Still leaves my previous question on the werewolves though.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on December 05, 2014, 09:03:38 am

I edited that in. :P

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Taricus on December 05, 2014, 09:09:48 am

Hmm.. And do they only get the benefits of being a werewolf whilst transformed?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on December 05, 2014, 09:48:55 am

You'll find out that on completion of the Live Werewolf Research :P

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on December 05, 2014, 10:03:51 am

I think during turn 4, I'll build an interrogation facility. Might come in handy.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Taricus on December 05, 2014, 10:23:55 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on December 05, 2014, 09:48:55 am

You'll find out that on completion of the Live Werewolf Research :P

And I'm guessing that's what I'm not researching now, am I? :P

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on December 05, 2014, 01:45:00 pm

Quote from: Taricus on December 05, 2014, 10:23:55 am

And I'm guessing that's what I'm not researching now, am I? :P

Live werewolf research, werewolf psych test, werewolf interrogation, they're all the same thing. So you're good. :)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Taricus on December 05, 2014, 02:53:41 pm

Oh that's astoundingly simple. Rather relieving too :P

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Playergamer on December 06, 2014, 10:32:13 pm

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Small Laboratory (125)
Small Workshop (100)
Small Barracks (50)
Hangar (50)
Small Airstrip (100)

2 Special Forces Squads (100)
2 Secret Service Agents (20)
8 Crewmen (32)
1 Main Battle Tank (250)
1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (175)
1 Interceptor (250)
1 Dropship (200)

(Total should be 1452.)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Taricus on December 06, 2014, 11:00:51 pm

Hmm... I take it you're in to replace another agency?

Anyway, looking over it all, I'd highly recommend dropping something to get a dropship, given that hiring one is both slower and more expensive in the long run.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Playergamer on December 06, 2014, 11:05:00 pm

I'm in to replace Piotraper, and according to Kashyyk, I get his things. I'm figuring one drop ship should be enough.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Taricus on December 06, 2014, 11:08:52 pm

Ah, that's ontop of E-tags stuff. Alright, that makes a lot more sense. Well, you wouldn't need the crewmen unless you only inherent vehicles and structures.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Xvareon on December 07, 2014, 02:00:37 am

Kashyyk, I have a question born out of curiosity. If you were going to create your own secret organization for a forum game like this, what would its name/profile/favored enemies/biography be?

Also, I'll probably post my turn tomorrow.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Quartz_Mace on December 07, 2014, 02:10:23 am

Posting to watch. May join later.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Stirk on December 07, 2014, 02:11:48 am

Quote from: Quartz_Mace on December 07, 2014, 02:10:23 am

Posting to watch. May join later.

There is a pretty long wait list, if you are thinking about joining latter you might want to get on it.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on December 07, 2014, 02:13:52 am

I think my next goal is going to be training an entire elite unit to use magical swords. It's gonna be rad.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Stirk on December 07, 2014, 02:19:00 am

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I think my next goal is going to be training an entire elite unit to use magical swords. It's gonna be rad.

Pff. Infantry has shown itself to be useless. You know what is not useless? Tanks. One tank can beat an entire elite unit armed with silly magic swords!

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on December 07, 2014, 02:34:49 am

Remember that time ONE of my dudes took out a Fire Wizard who was cleaning up? Yeah, that was ME. DO NOT LOOK DOWN ON MAGIC.

Seriously though we need to have an exhibition, Tank V Magic swordsman.

Soooooooooon as I find Excalibur.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Stirk on December 07, 2014, 02:48:58 am

I remember when a bunch of your men got killed doing that. You want to know how many of my tank men died so far? Zero. Zero tank men. I just had to pay to wipe the enemy's blood stains off of them, and my company is made of money. You stand no chance!

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on December 07, 2014, 09:40:10 am

@Stirk: I presume you are buying a Medium Laboratory?

@Felix: And an interrogation room would a specialist lab. Just so you know :)

@PlayerGamer: Only some of them. You only get his technology and his recovered artifacts. (In case I wasn't specific enough in that PM :) )

@Quartz_Mace: Stirk is right, even after shufffling Playergamer into the line-up, the waitlist is still five men long. And unless I start being mean and try to eliminate agencies, it's gonna take a while.

@Xvareon:

Spoiler: Hmm... (click to show/hide)

Agency Name: EDF (Earth Defence Force)
Primary Location: Swiss Alps (Pretty central for Europe, and also pretty defensible. Just in case)
Agency Trait: Superior Scientists (Because better tech > everything)
Favoured Enemy: Aliens (I played way too much X-Com when I was younger)
Flavor Text: Due to the increase in provable UFO sightings, and the hostile turn these encounters were making the Earth Defence Force was created, with the prime directive of preventing this apparent invasion.

Please remember, if you are constructing a new building, you cannot use it until next month. (Looking at Felix and Stirk here)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: FelixSparks on December 07, 2014, 09:47:25 am

Whoops! Then I'll use the Library to find swords and the Forge to produce some armorn

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Playergamer on December 07, 2014, 10:09:39 am

I edited in a Dropship, then.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on December 07, 2014, 12:09:56 pm

Cool, here's your sheet.

Spoiler: Brownwood HR (click to show/hide)

Finances
Total Income     550
 - Funding       550
 - Sales           0
 - Other           0
Total Expenses   463
 - Upkeep        438
 - Purchases       0
 - Other          25
Previous Balance 548
Net Change        87
New Balance      635

Units
SpecOps "Alpha"
SpecOps "Beta"
Main Battle Tank "Alpha"
 - Crewman x4
Infantry Fighting Vehicle "Alpha"
 - Crewman x3
Interceptor "Alpha"
Dropship "Alpha"

Additional Personnel
Crewman       1
Secret Agent  2

Research
Small Laboratory

Manufacturing
Small Workshop

Barracks Space 50
 - Small        1
Beds Used      30
Remaining      20

Hangers           1
 - Medium Vehicle 3
 - Large Vehicle  1
Hanger Space Remaining -9
Hanger Space Deficit 25cr/m rent

No Containment Facilities

Other Buildings
Small Airstrip

Resources and Equipment
Military-Grade Metals      8
Electronics                8
Combined Tactical Armour  10
Roswell Prime Corpse       1
Roswell Servant Corpse     2
Roswell Pistol             1
Roswell Alloy              8
Damaged Roswell Nav-System 1
Roswell Power Source       1

You're welcome to post your turn now.

Also, I took this opportunity to redesign the sheets. What do you guys think?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Taricus on December 07, 2014, 01:43:13 pm

If it's anything like the one you posted, Go for it, that one looks AWESOME.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Playergamer on December 07, 2014, 01:46:01 pm

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Research the Roswell Prime Corpse.

I think that's it.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Stirk on December 07, 2014, 01:52:29 pm

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@Stirk: I presume you are buying a Medium Laboratory?

Yep! Sorry I forgot to specify. I also didn't know about the 1 month thing, I will only do the killbot research then.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: 3man75 on December 07, 2014, 02:42:13 pm

PTW

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Xvareon on December 08, 2014, 02:36:37 am

I'm using a much more streamlined format for my actions this time, so it should be a lot easier on the eyes. I hope so, anyway.

NOTE: Heh, I shoulda known you'd pick the EDF, Kashyyk. Loved those games. Anyways, got another question for you, this one is serious:  Can we purchase 'specialist' units, like infantry or certain guys who can 'attach' themselves to a group (or reinforce them) that are experts in anti-tank warfare, urban fighting, speak multiple languages, etc. etc., and so confer a direct bonus to the unit engaging in any such related action?

Spoiler: Spoils of War & Appropriations (click to show/hide)

Spoils of War & Appropriations

I request Novosibirsk Bundle 2 - Defence.

Spoiler: Research & Development (click to show/hide)

The Small Laboratory is to immediately begin analyzing the anti-missile systems on the 'Novotanks' -- the ECM and chaff, in that order -- and try to find some sort of way past them which can be applied to our own guided missiles to improve hit rate, or at least find out which conventional guidance system can best negate the effect. We will consider sharing the results of this research with other agencies and governments so that they can gain an edge, too.

The Pocket Laboratory will commence Werewolf Autopsy immediately. I want to know just what we're dealing with, here, and if they have any weaknesses we can exploit. Run tests on their skin and see if it is vulnerable to fire or conventional acids or anything, too.

I'll also have my Small Workshop turn its focus towards producing as many suits of Combined Tactical Armor (using public blueprints) as it can, at maximum production rate. Time to give our guys an edge.

The Pocket Ammo Workshop should start cranking out High-Caliber Bullets using publicly-available blueprints, with which to outfit our current infantry. Spend as much as necessary on military-grade metal (if this is required as a resource) to maximize production. If possible, also try and find a way to fit these bullets effectively into our current High-Capacity Magazine blueprints.

The "Splodeyville" Pocket Workshop should immediately begin cranking out Advanced Tactical Helmets. Have the troops on base test the prototypes extensively. Spend as much as necessary on electronics and metal (if required) to maximize production.

Spoiler: Extra-agency dealings/Diplomacy/Marketing (click to show/hide)

FADE will acquiesce to RTC's request for the Gene Sampler (Shapeshifter) blueprints in exchange for their Gene Sampler (Vampire) blueprints.

Offer to release the blueprints for High-Capacity Magazines to other agencies and local governments if they would care to purchase it, for the price of 75cr (or best offer).

Spoiler: Training/Deployments/Procurement (click to show/hide)

The Secret Agent in London (female, codenamed "Gaze") is to assist RTC with their operations against the Shapeshifters in any way possible. Notify them of what leads we picked up on that may point to additional cells of them, too. Contact London government and request police- or executive-level authority for FADE and RTC agents in London and the surrounding area so that we can legally operate and make arrests on suspected shapeshifters as necessary, as well as submit them to non-invasive gene sampling (all we should really need is a bit of saliva or something).

My other Secret Agent (male, codenamed "Brown") will be sent to Ratlam, India to investigate the mysterious activity there. It's closest to my base, so I should be able to respond effectively if it turns out to be bad.

Begin conducting full-scale training between all 3 squads of infantry and both Special Forces teams on base. Show the infantry and Storm-Two some sanitized footage of Storm-One deploying against the werewolves in Australia (for the love of God do not show that to Storm-One if we can avoid it, we don't want to invoke PTSD) to let them know what they're gonna be up against, inform them that they can be killed, and that Santa and his merry elves are already in the workshop making new toys to let them do that even better. Aside from general combat and squad cohesion training, priority should be given to exercises between the squads and the new HWP platform, which will give them all a baseline of how to work with such drones in combat, since FADE plans to make extensive use of these later. This'll also give our crewmen a chance to figure out how to use the damn thing. Additionally, if possible to do it in the same turn, make sure to instruct everyone present in the operation of portable TOW missile launchers (since I'm gonna be buying them; keep reading). I will spend a whopping 130cr to make all this happen. Make me proud, boys.

Reinforce Storm-One's casualties if possible. I guess they'd be 3cr a guy, so 6cr for two to bring them from 8/10 to 10/10 strength?

Repair the "Badger" IFV on base for 40cr. Spend an additional 40-50cr to outfit the Badger with a TOW wire-guided anti-tank missile launcher, enabling it to engage and defeat armored vehicles and low-flying aircraft with a shaped HEAT charge capable of penetrating up to 900mm of conventional armor (including explosive reactive armor). The dual-wire guidance system makes it far less vulnerable to ECM because a physical line is used to provide guidance information, as opposed to waves or light radiation. We'll see how those Novotanks fare against a little human ingenuity... heh heh.

Attempt to procure a number of portable heavy TOW missile launchers; 160-200cr for 4 launchers (3 for our infantry, 1 for the HWP) and complement of ordnance sounds about right. They are ridiculously common on the black market these days, anyway. Make sure we get HEAT warheads for them so we can b****-slap those enemy tanks into oblivion, but if we can, procuring AP warheads in case we run into 'soft' targets as well would not be remiss. But priorities are priorities.

Spoiler: Expenses, total (click to show/hide)

160/200 + 40 + 40/50 + 120 + 6 = 376/426 (low/high estimate)

The leftover will be surplus, or spent on whatever research/engineering materials are needed by our labs and workshops.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on December 08, 2014, 10:46:08 am

I hadn't thought of that, but I like the idea, and it fits with the mechanics of such individuals as Arthur and HydroBlade. So... if you want to hire an individual with a certain speciality, pay a minimum of 10cr towards finding them, and name the kind of specialism you are looking for. More money will improve your chances of finding what you want, and them being better at the job.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Taricus on December 10, 2014, 11:26:45 pm

How's the turn coming along for this Kashyyk? It's been a few days since we got all the turns in >.>

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Kashyyk on December 11, 2014, 08:57:00 am

It's about half done, I'm just low on time at the moment as I'm moving out of uni accomodation tomorrow.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase One
Post by: Taricus on December 14, 2014, 11:57:08 am

And it's been a week since all the posts were in now.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Kashyyk on December 16, 2014, 12:43:43 pm

Don't worry, this isn't dead. I'm just lazy and easily distracted :P

Spoiler: RTC (click to show/hide)

Finances
Total Income     635
 - Funding       635
 - Sales           0
 - Other           0
Total Expenses   878
 - Upkeep        265
 - Purchases     605
 - Other           0
Previous Balance 895
Net Change      -235
New Balance      660

Units
HydroBlade
 - Hydrokinetic
Arthur
 - Agency leader
 - Combat-Oriented
SpecOps "Alpha"  7/10 Strength
 - Hostile Ground
 - Hit-and-Run
SpecOps "Beta"   6/10 Strength
 - Unshakeable
SpecOps "Gamma"
 - Sharpshooters
SpecOps "Delta"
 - Sword Proficiency
 - Disconnected
SpecOps "Epsilon"
 - Veteran
Infantry "Alpha"
 - Elite
Infantry "Beta"  5/10 Strength
 - Line-Breaker
 - Survivalist
Dropship "The Steed"
 - Crewman x1
Dropship "The Mare"
 - Crewman x1

Additional Personnel
Crewman x3
SS Agent x5

Research
Small Laboratory “Library”
Small Laboratory “Merlin's Loft”
 - ArcanoTech

Manufacturing
Small Workshop “The Forge”
Small Workshop “The Anvil”

Barracks Space 120
 - Medium       1
Beds Used      38
Remaining      82

Hangers                2
 - Large Vehicle       2
Hanger Space Remaining 0

Containment Space      10
 - Small                1
 Current Residents
 - Vampire Follower     4
 - Egyptian Fire Wizard 1
Available Cells         5

Other Buildings
Small Airstrip

Resources and Equipment
High Cal Ammo            20
Combined Tactical Armour 10
Holy Water               13
Vampire Ash               8
Gene Sampler (vamp|shift) 3
Troodon Rifle             9
Troodon Hvy Rifle         3
Troodon Pistol           10
Troodon Corpse           10
Troodon Carapace Armour  10
Troodon Holo-Barrier      6
Troodon Alloy            15

Spoiler: Whitewater Inc (click to show/hide)

Finances
Total Income    1020
 - Funding      1020
 - Sales           0
 - Other           0
Total Expenses  1057
 - Upkeep        448
 - Purchases     594
 - Other           5
Previous Balance 970
Net Change       -37
New Balance      933

Units
Main Battle Tank “Alpha”
 - Crewman x4
Main Battle Tank “Beta”
 - Crewman x4
Main Battle Tank “Gamma”
 - Crewman x4
 - AA Quad Cannon Mod
Dropship “Alpha”
 - Crewman x1
Dropship “Beta”
 - Crewman x1
SpecOps “Alpha” - 6/10 Strength
SpecOps “Beta” - 7/10 Strength
 - Hardened

Additional Personnel
Crewman x2
SS Agent x2

Research
Medium Laboratory
Medium Laboratory

Manufacturing
Medium Workshop

Barracks Space 50
 - Small        1
Beds Used      31
Remaining      19

Hangers                3
 - Medium Vehicle      3
 - Large Vehicle       2
Hanger Space Remaining 0

Containment Space  0
Current Residents
 - Troodon Soldier 1
Available Cells   -1
Cell Space Deficit 5cr/m fee

Other Buildings
Small Airstrip

Resources and Equipment
UFO Alloy                 1
Killbot Wreck             1
KS-23K Shotgun           27
KS-23K “Shrapnel-25”     27
Werewolf Corpse          20
Troodon Rifle             9
Troodon Pistol           10
Troodon Corpse            9
Troodon Carapace Armour  10
Troodon Dataslate         6
Troodon Alloy            15
Novotank Alloy            8
Novotank Engine           2
Novotank Power-Source     1
Novotank Track Suspension 1

Spoiler: AMSOU (click to show/hide)

Finances
Total Income     720
 - Funding       720
 - Sales           0
 - Other           0
Total Expenses   980
 - Upkeep        345
 - Purchases     635
 - Other           0
Previous Balance 477
Net Change      -260
New Balance      217

Units
SpecOps Platoon “Alpha”
 - SpecOps “Alpha”
 - SpecOps “Beta”
    - Defy Death
 - SpecOps “Gamma”
 - Cohesion
SpecOps Platoon “Beta”
 - SpecOps “Delta”
 - SpecOps “Epsilon”
 - SpecOps “Zeta”
 - Cohesion
Dropship “Thunderstruck”
 - Crewman x1
Dropship “Lightningcrash”
 - Crewman x1
IFV “Beagle”
 - Crewman x3

Additional Personnel
Secret Agent  3

Research
Medium Laboratory “Alpha”
Medium Laboratory “Beta”

Manufacturing
Medium Workshop

Barracks Space 120
 - Medium        1
Beds Used       68
Remaining       52

Hangers                 4
 - Medium Vehicle       1
 - Large Vehicle        2
Hanger Space Remaining 15

Containment Space  20
 - Large            1
Current Residents
 - Werewolf Victim  6
Cells Remaining    14

Resources and Equipment
Combined Tactical Armour 60
High Cal Ammo            54
Book of Berathraben       1
Book (Egyptian Fire Mage) 6
Troodon Rifle             9
Troodon Pistol           10
Troodon Corpse           10
Troodon Carapace Armour  10
Troodon Alloy            15
Troodon Nav-System        1
Troodon Power-Source      1
Troodon Engine            1

Spoiler: FADE (click to show/hide)

Finances
Total Income     950
 - Funding       950
 - Sales           0
 - Other           0
Total Expenses   775
 - Upkeep        375
 - Purchases     400
 - Other           0
Previous Balance 463
Net Change       180
New Balance      643

Units
Infantry “Ranger One”
 - TOW Proficiency
Infantry “Ranger Two”
 - Basic TOW
Infantry “Ranger Three”
 - Basic TOW
SpecOps “Storm One”
 - Tracking Mastery
 - Basic TOW
SpecOps “Storm Two”
 - Basic TOW
IFV “Badger”
 - TOW Mod
 - Crewman x3
Interceptor “Paradigm-2”
 - Crewman x1
Dropship “Devil Fish”
 - Crewman x1
HWP “Big Momma”
 - Heavy Machinegun Mod
 - Crewman x2

Additional Personnel
Crewman x7
Secret Agent x2

Research
Pocket Laboratory
Small Laboratory

Manufacturing
Pocket Workshop
Pocket Ammoshop
Small Workshop   

Barracks Space 120
 - Medium        1
Beds Used       67
Remaining       53

Hangers                2
 - Small Vehicle       1
 - Medium Vehicle      2
 - Large Vehicle       1
Hanger Space Remaining 2

No Containment Facilities

Other Buildings
Medium Airstrip

Resources and Equipment
High Cal Ammo           30
Combined Tactical Armour 5
Advanced Tactical Helm   7
TOW Anti-Tank Launcher   3
TOW HEAT Round           4
Shapeshifter Corpse      1
Werewolf Corpse         20
Novotank Alloy          15
Novotank Chaff Launcher  1
Novotank Precision ECM   2

Spoiler: Brownwood HR (click to show/hide)

Finances
Total Income     550
 - Funding       550
 - Sales           0
 - Other           0
Total Expenses   463
 - Upkeep        438
 - Purchases       0
 - Other          25
Previous Balance 548
Net Change        87
New Balance      635

Units
SpecOps "Alpha"
SpecOps "Beta"
Main Battle Tank "Alpha"
 - Crewman x4
Infantry Fighting Vehicle "Alpha"
 - Crewman x3
Interceptor "Alpha"
Dropship "Alpha"

Additional Personnel
Crewman       1
Secret Agent  2

Research
Small Laboratory

Manufacturing
Small Workshop

Barracks Space 50
 - Small        1
Beds Used      30
Remaining      20

Hangers           1
 - Medium Vehicle 3
 - Large Vehicle  1
Hanger Space Remaining -9
Hanger Space Deficit 25cr/m rent

No Containment Facilities

Other Buildings


Resources and Equipment
Military-Grade Metals      8
Electronics                8
Roswell Prime corpse       1
Roswell Servant corpse     2
Roswell Pistol             1
Roswell Alloy              8
damaged Roswell Nav-System 1
Roswell Power Source       1
Combined Tactical Armour  10

Turn Results

Spoiler: RTC (click to show/hide)

Acquired SpecOps “Gamma” - Originally a dedicated sniper team, these men are skilled Sharpshooters.
Acquired SpecOps “Delta” - Your intent to find a unit of Swordwielders proved partially successful. Enough soldiers passed the necessary exam, but they weren't part of the same squad. This amalgamation of soldiers is disconnected from one another, a flaw that may prove fatal. Enough time in combat should alleviate this however.
Acquired SpecOps “Epsilon” -  These men are Veterans of multiple conflicts.
Acquired Secret Agents x3
Acquired Combined Tactical Armour x10

ArcanoTech Laboratory constructed. This facility is specifically designed for studying any mundane technology that has been enchanted, augmented or modified by magic.

The fallen received a military service befitting of their position as the defenders of humanity, the solitary souls standing against the darkness. Or so Arthur's speech read. Regardless, the comrades of the fallen felt their memory had been suitably commemorated.

Research Find Excalibur Complete – It was fairly easy to establish that the sword  had been returned to the /lady in the Lake. The whereabouts of the lake was harder to confirm. However, after way too much time delving in old books and tomes, the lake was discovered in a remote section of Wales. The next step is to go to the lake and recover the sword.

The Museum of London has a number of swords, some are exceedingly rare and some are even serviceable. But as far as Arthur can tell none of them are magical, although considering he didn't have any special equipment or skills that is unsurprising. Further more, the Museum is loath to sell their swords, especially considering the existence of modern weaponry. On returning, one of his aides points out that swords could be made in the workshop for less than the cost of buying “some old relic”.

Spoiler: Whitewater (click to show/hide)

Acquired Dropship “Beta”
Main Battle Tank “Gamma” gained Quad-Cannon Turret Mod

Research Killbot Autopsy Complete – Despite the damage it has received, this machine is a marvel of robotics. Already we've picked up a few tricks to improve the machinery in our vehicles. With enough study, human robotics could be launched into the future. That sort of work would require some serious work however, and various council nations are willing to buy it, and any future examples you come across. It would also be possible to scavenge some advanced electronics from the wreck, which could be used for manufacturing projects.

Spoiler: AMSOU (click to show/hide)

Acquired SpecOps “Delta”
Acquired SpecOps “Epsilon”
Acquired SpecOps “Zeta”
Acquired Combined Tactical Armour x30
Acquired High-Caliber Ammo x24 (Not enough PP for last 6 units)

The platoon training went well. A mixture of blank fire and paintball exercises occurred, which included standard platoon on platoon field combat, and other scenarios such as VIP escort, fortified defence and kill teams. Both platoons have thus gained a sense of cohesion between their constituent squads, and will fight better because of this.

Research Werewolf Interrogation Complete – Having spent considerable time together, the subjects have developed an almost psychic bond with one another, and have developed a pack hierarchy identical to that held by dogs and true wolves. Although unable to communicate telepathically, they are very sensitive to one another's emotions and actions, and are able recognise minute 'tells' from one another from which they can discern intent and emotional state. They also have an innate knowledge of each other's whereabouts. This link requires regular contact to maintain, and slowly decays over the period of a month. It is re-established in about the same amount of time. Physically, they have a higher metabolism than the average human, allowing them to recover from injuries better, and exert themselves longer before tiring. Otherwise they are like a normal human, when in their normal form.
The transformation to wolf form takes approximately one minute, during which the subject is effectively incapacitated. The transformation seems to occur at the cellular level, and is both tiring and considerably painful. Subjects can change form at will, but must take the form of a wolf on the night of the full moon, attempting to resist the compulsion is, again, painful and no subject has yet succeeded. When in wolf form the subject retains free thought and sentience, but gains a mild compulsion towards animalistic behaviour. This can be resisted with relative ease however. Whilst in wolf form the subject still comprehends human speech, but cannot speak it.
Finally, all subjects feel an innate fear of silver, and feel pain when in contact with it. They are also repulsed by strongly presented religious symbols, but this can be overcome.
Psychologically speaking, subjects are fit to return to active duty, with the proviso that we have no idea what the effects of battlefield stress on the subjects when in wolf-form could be. A six man unit will be created and begin training once we receive approval from the agency director.

Spoiler: FADE (click to show/hide)

Acquired High Cal Ammo x30
Acquired Combined Tactical Armour x5
Acquired Advanced Tactical Helm x7
Acquired TOW Anti-Tank Launcher x3
Acquired TOW HEAT Round x4
IFV “Badger” Acquired TOW Mod

Research Novotank Precision ECM progressing slowly – The system is complex, and it took most of the month to access the control systems and power supply. At current rate of progress, we will have a full report in a few months.

Research Werewolf Autopsy progressing slowly – It'll take another few months to complete this study. In our opinion it might be more efficient to acquire AMSOU's report on this subject.

Combined Workshop report – The modification to the High Capacity Magazine blueprint was trivial, but we remind you that we'll have to construct the Magazines before they can be used. The ammo shop will cope easily. Finally, the Advanced Tactical Helms were tested by our front-line units, and after getting used to it, the general consensus was “slightly complex, but really useful”. They were even tested out in the training detailed later in this report.

After a brief video full of stuttery head-cam shots, gunfire, the occasional swearword  and stills of dead werewolves, the forty men and women who hadn't been there on that fateful Australian night were a little nervous at the prospect of what they'd be facing. However a grim determination seemed to pervade through. This mixed feeling was quickly forgotten when they were thrown into training.

The TOW training went well, the target mock ups were a good representation of both modern vehicles and precision targets and the squads can now reliably hit targets at range, and smaller targets closer. They've also gotten used to the presence of the HWP, and are able to cover both it's blind spots and enhance it's capabilities. Ranger-One showed particular talent, outshining the other squads in both accuracy, precision and speed. Also of note is Storm-One who turned a last stand against the full ranger platoon into a series of successful ambushes reminiscent of the predator series.

Spoiler: BHR (click to show/hide)

Research Roswell Prime Autopsy Progressing well – At the current rate of progress we'll be able to provide a full autopsy next month.

Spoiler: Known Events (click to show/hide)

In the aftermath of Novosibirsk, the world has lost track of five of the original seven vehicles. Finding them is paramount.

A "Man of Iron" has been beating up criminals in Detroit.

Banks have been robbed in South Africa, Japan and The United Kingdom. What makes it interesting is that appears to be the same man robbing each bank. What makes it important is that each robbery  occurred simultaneously.

Suspicious Events have occurred in Ratlam (India), Cordoba (Argentina), Quebec (Canada) and Tokyo (Japan).

Finally, a few leads have been uncovered in London that might point to more Shapeshifter activity.

With possession of the Find Excalibur study, an agency can attempt to recover this Sword of Legend.

Alert! A huge reptile, as tall as a skyscraper, appears to be moving towards New York City. A passenger ship unlucky enough to come across it was destroyed by the beast. It is assumed that this 'Kaiju' has the same plan in mind for New York City.

After a rather sedate start, Brownwood Human Resources has fully entered the field as the new fifth Agency.

Spoiler: Alternative Income (click to show/hide)

Officially, your primary source of income is Council Funding, this can be supplemented by Sales of recovered artifacts and manufactured items to members of the Council. (I'll get around to making a buy/sell chart at some point). Occasionally a council member will submit a specific request for something. They will always offer more than the standard price.

However, for those of you who feel that such income is not enough, it may be possible to make direct contact with Council Nations, and non-members, for a private defence contract. The nation will pay a stipend directly to the agency, in exchange for priority in defence. If the agency doesn't intervene in every event that occurs in that nation's territory, the contract will be terminated. As this technically goes against the rules of the Council, a nation will not hesitate to deny all knowledge.

There is the potential for other income sources (Feel free to suggest).

Spoiler: GM Note (click to show/hide)

Because of the new Agency sheet format, I lost some of your building names. Please tell me what they were.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Xvareon on December 16, 2014, 01:22:02 pm

One of my Pocket Labs was named "The Farm", a Pocket Workshop was named "Splodeyville", and another Pocket Workshop was named "The Foundry."

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on December 16, 2014, 01:55:45 pm

... Well that could be a problem. Right, I'm gonna take care of that as best I can, sending in units as back up to this problem, hopefully the alien weaponry will leave a dent. And everything else should work just fine... I hope.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

 I'm going to load Alpha and Gamma, specops, into the Steed and send them to NYC to support anyone who knows how to bring this big thing down. If their ammunition is unable to damage the beast, their jobs are evacuation and survival. I don't want to lose any more men because of some giant lizard. I'm also going to allow the use of 5 of the Troodon Rifles and the use of 1 of the Heavy Rifles. This thing needs to be taken DOWN. Also, take Hydroblade, with permission to decapitate the thing if necessary.

I'll leave the infantry and Delta on standby, to track the Shapeshifters in London, and to make sure that we find their aim before violence is necessary. If needed, force is authorized to protect themselves. They are also to be given code words to designate themselves from the shapeshifters.

Sending out 4 agents, one to Tokyo (Lewis), one to Quebec (Johnny), one to Ratlam (Baker), and one to Cordoba (Smith.) They are to investigate and wire for backup if needed.

Arthur will be taking the Fifth agent (Amelia) as well as Specops Beta with him to converse with the Lady of the Lake, using the Mare. The Mare will ALSO take Epsilon to Detroit to try to recruit the Man of Iron we've got going on there.

CHANGED MY PLAN OF ATTACK BECAUSE IT MAKES MORE SENSE THIS WAY WHOOPS.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Xvareon on December 16, 2014, 02:12:46 pm

Are you NUTS? In Pacific Rim, the only way they could reliably take down a Kaiju before the advent of the Jaegers was with NUKES! Small arms aren't gonna do shit! About the only thing I can think of is hitting its eyes or vital sensory organs with airborne missiles, but there's no guarantee that would even work, and it might just make it go completely berserk. NYC is boned either way unless some kind of superhero shows up.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on December 16, 2014, 02:22:59 pm

... I just realized I HAVE some kind of super hero.... I'm gonna change my action.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Xvareon on December 16, 2014, 02:39:00 pm

Hydroblade could barely take down those summoned fire monsters in Egypt. What do you think is going to happen against a skyscraper-tall genetically-engineered Cat-3 Kaiju designed to demolish entire cities? x_x

Let's face it -- none of the Agencies currently have the firepower to kill this thing. Only piss it off. If we want to kill it for good, we would need to launch a coordinated effort to procure the YAL-1 airborne laser (200 mile range) or Railgun from the US, although the latter would suffer from problems with actually hitting the damn thing. Perhaps a concentrated barrage of Tomahawk cruise missiles could do something, but at this point, it's pretty clear that we NEED more firepower than we have right now. I'm not sure if we can leverage our authority with the Funding Council for some kind of new toys or at least more funding for this particular issue, but if they want us to help, we're gonna need moar dakka.

(No seriously, could there be a bonus given to any agency committed to solving the Kaiju threat? A subsidy, if you will.)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on December 16, 2014, 02:46:41 pm

I was kinda hoping Hydroblade would use part of the OCEAN to make a giant blade. But yeah we kinda need EVERYONE ON THIS OR NYC IS GONNA DIE.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Stirk on December 16, 2014, 03:06:00 pm

I guess the NYC event is a *bit* more important than tracking down broken tanks....

Both dropships filled with tanks instead change their destination to the Kaiju. We are really close to New York, this shouldn't take too long. Have my Boy's aim for the eyes, or whatever else shows to be a "weak point". My infantry goes into the cities to evacuate, hoping the tanks buy enough time to at least do that. A few guys with shotguns can evacuate a large city easily, right :-\.

To the others:

You guys are overestimating the enemy, which is just as bad as underestimating it! Cannon fire can bring this thing down fine, if you use enough of it. Cannon fire can bring down anything if you use enough of it! That isn't to say we wouldn't appreciate some help-but it does mean we shouldn't ignore the other events. Let Whitewater do what it does best-blow up things with tanks-while you continue to act on the more subtle things.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Taricus on December 16, 2014, 03:37:05 pm

Or we could assume this thing is a lot more realistic than something that needs a nuke to take down. Really, just take a few explosives At key points like the joints and it should topple over.

Anyway, I'll get my own turn up soon.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on December 16, 2014, 03:44:57 pm

I don't care about estimations, I just want this thing down before it hurts more innocents.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: 3man75 on December 16, 2014, 03:50:01 pm

((Far from me to suggest things since i'm not in the game but why not ask for a man-portable nuke from the council? I think a sky-scrapper sized monster and little firepower could get them to award a subsidized nuke to those fighting the monster. Get portable nuke on it or under it and hope it blows the lizard up. Or just go full ICBM.

I like Stirks idea of concentrated firepower on the lizard so yeah..Maybe you can call the U.S Navy for Tomahawk support? As an America I would like it if my military took things into their own hands where possible in a fight against a giant lizard monster.))

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Stirk on December 16, 2014, 03:59:00 pm

(Of course, Narrative an Story examination states that any explosions we bring in from outside will do nothing, as they are fired from NPC redshirts. Besides, it will cut into our profits and set a bad precedent for future missions! If we are made useless by the government solving their own problems, then what will we do?)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on December 16, 2014, 04:00:55 pm

(Using last mission, the alien weaponry was VERY effective against armor, so I'm hoping that it'll be able to punch through whatever natural armor the Kaiju has.)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Stirk on December 16, 2014, 04:09:38 pm

Quote from: FelixSparks on December 16, 2014, 04:00:55 pm

(Using last mission, the alien weaponry was VERY effective against armor, so I'm hoping that it'll be able to punch through whatever natural armor the Kaiju has.)

(No it wasn't :-\. My tank received almost no damage. If I remember correctly, less than 100 creds worth.)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on December 16, 2014, 04:10:59 pm

(Well the Kaiju's gotta be unarmored SOMEWHERE.)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Stirk on December 16, 2014, 04:24:32 pm

Quote from: FelixSparks on December 16, 2014, 04:10:59 pm

(Well the Kaiju's gotta be unarmored SOMEWHERE.)

(That defeats your purpose for using ET weapons  ????)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on December 16, 2014, 04:28:49 pm

(It's in case the regular bullets can't penetrate the unarmored or less armored parts.)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Stirk on December 16, 2014, 04:32:16 pm

Quote from: FelixSparks on December 16, 2014, 04:28:49 pm

(It's in case the regular bullets can't penetrate the unarmored or less armored parts.)

(....But the ET weapons have not shown increased penetration over conventional weaponry. Which, as I said, defeats the purpose of using them :-\)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on December 16, 2014, 04:32:41 pm

(No one said I knew how to think things through.)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: 3man75 on December 16, 2014, 05:54:12 pm

((Hit them with everything you got is all im going to say. Good luck players :D))

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Kashyyk on December 16, 2014, 06:56:29 pm

Heheh, I thought this would get your attention. Anyway, laws of physics wise, I am playing it as close as I can get to it considering I only studied it until A-level (which according to google is USA AP equivelant), however rule of cool is still a thing. So whilst I will happily let you work your way up to building jaegers, nukes are not the only other option.

And since this is quite a serious threat to the USA, they will be present in full force. But as some of you have noted agency units are instantly better because they're part of an agency.

Also Felix: Whilst I will not stop you, are you sure you want your soldiers to use weapons which no-one knows how to aim, fire, reload, maintain or use in any way, that aren't even designed to be ergonomic for the human form?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Taricus on December 16, 2014, 07:16:27 pm

Anyway, new york is entirely your guys problem, I don't have much that could really dent that thing by virtue of being a primarily infantry operator.


Between the large monster attacking New York, and the absence of any other threats means AMSOU takes it easy for the current month, sending an agent to try meeting, and potentially recruiting the 'man of iron', along with agents sent to Ratlam and Tokyo. The spec-ops teams are put on standby for these agents, one platoon per agent, in-case anything suddenly gets out of hand.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Stirk on December 16, 2014, 07:17:56 pm

(Someone needs to get to work designing anti-kaiju artillery trucks.

....I volunteer)

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on December 16, 2014, 10:56:25 pm

... I'll just send them with regular weapons then. Their main objective is not to slay the beast, but to keep it occupied while keeping themselves out of as much danger as possible.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Kashyyk on December 17, 2014, 01:56:38 pm

I'm still looking for orders from Xvareon and playergamer.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Xvareon on December 17, 2014, 02:20:24 pm

Are we allowed to upgrade our existing labs/workshops by paying the minimum cost between 'small' and 'medium', etc.? Of course, this would mean that they can't do research or produce weapons in the meantime. I'm just wondering.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Kashyyk on December 17, 2014, 02:35:28 pm

Yes, you may.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Playergamer on December 17, 2014, 05:56:04 pm

Yeah, I was sleeping on this, trying to figure out what to do.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The tank and interceptor are tasked with killing, or at least delaying, the beast, while one SpecOps squad tries to find copious amount of explosives they can detonate as the beast walks over them. The other squad and the dropship are sent after "Iron Man" while agents are sent to Cordoba and Quebec. Don't provoke the possible super, but if he attacks them, they're to defend themselves. Otherwise, they should try to recruit him.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Taricus on December 17, 2014, 06:00:33 pm

Hey man, I'm already trying to recruit the man of iron ;-;

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Playergamer on December 17, 2014, 06:02:32 pm

Yeah, well I just got in the game, man. Give me something!

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Kashyyk on December 17, 2014, 06:07:00 pm

I see there is some direct competition. Muhahaha! Surprised it took so long.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Taricus on December 17, 2014, 06:08:33 pm

I think up to this point we were trying to work cohesively :P

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on December 17, 2014, 06:45:47 pm

You realize I'm trying to recruit the Man of Iron as well, right?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Taricus on December 17, 2014, 06:50:03 pm

But you already have a superhero though...

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on December 17, 2014, 06:59:15 pm

What I do NOT have is a tech expert.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Stirk on December 17, 2014, 07:01:07 pm

Pfff. Who needs superheroes anyway, when you have Tanks? About all this one might be good for is engineering, and I can always kidnap/bribe him away from you.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Taricus on December 17, 2014, 07:01:33 pm

Well, nobody does so...

That, and man of iron could be indicative of a lot of things. Could be a literal man of iron doing all this so :P

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on December 17, 2014, 07:34:02 pm

Quote from: Stirk on December 17, 2014, 07:01:07 pm

Pfff. Who needs superheroes anyway, when you have Tanks? About all this one might be good for is engineering, and I can always kidnap/bribe him away from you.

If you do this I will murder your entire organization.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Stirk on December 17, 2014, 07:39:42 pm

Quote

If you do this I will murder your entire organization.

Your using swords and fighting the guy who specializes in tanks?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Taricus on December 17, 2014, 07:42:48 pm

Children please, shoot that big lizard rather than one another.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on December 17, 2014, 07:43:30 pm

I'm still gonna shoot the big lizard. And Stirk, I do not ONLY deal in swords.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Stirk on December 17, 2014, 07:45:18 pm

Quote from: FelixSparks on December 17, 2014, 07:43:30 pm

I'm still gonna shoot the big lizard. And Stirk, I do not ONLY deal in swords.

No, you got that superhero too, right? What was his name again? Hydrosword?

Quote from: Taricus on December 17, 2014, 07:42:48 pm

Children please, shoot that big lizard rather than one another.

With your track record, I am surprised you haven't attempted to recruit it.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on December 17, 2014, 07:47:04 pm

Hydroblade, and he chose his name, not me. I only JUST got a group of swordsmen, everyone else uses guns. And I'm fairly certain they'd be more than capable of taking out a tank.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Stirk on December 17, 2014, 07:50:32 pm

Quote

Hydroblade, and he chose his name, not me. I only JUST got a group of swordsmen, everyone else uses guns. And I'm fairly certain they'd be more than capable of taking out a tank.

The swordsmen, or literally your entire organization? Because my four tanks could easily beat your entire group.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on December 17, 2014, 07:51:57 pm

You're sending them at the lizard, right?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Stirk on December 17, 2014, 07:52:33 pm

Quote from: FelixSparks on December 17, 2014, 07:51:57 pm

You're sending them at the lizard, right?

Yep.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: FelixSparks on December 17, 2014, 07:53:37 pm

Cool, let's stop having this contest until after that's dealt with.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: 3man75 on December 17, 2014, 10:11:13 pm

((Smell that GM? That's the smell of crumbling from within.))

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Xvareon on December 20, 2014, 02:26:50 am

I'll post my turn tomorrow. This week has been... hectic. Anyway, Kashyyk, one thing I wanted to mention:  You should probably include the name of the person in charge of their respective agency listed in every turn report, for the benefit of those who may not have read the first page of this thread. It might be a little more difficult to follow otherwise.

And guys. I've got 4 TOW Launchers but only 4 TOW Missiles, and there's 5 of those tanks out there. This isn't even counting possible misses, equipment failure, or the tanks shooting us before the missile can hit them. I'm at a disadvantage. Can Whitewater Inc. please send that other tank they're not using this turn so that I have some actual consistent heavy firepower behind me? My guys have no tank hunter experience and limited ammo. And my interceptor is butt-useless in this case without advanced lock-on tech (can I get that, btw, Brownwood HR? I'd like to have advanced lock-on tech for my missile-armed drones/aircraft in the future. I'll pay big $$$ for it).

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Stirk on December 20, 2014, 02:31:44 am

Quote from: Xvareon on December 20, 2014, 02:26:50 am

I'll post my turn tomorrow. This week has been... hectic. Anyway, Kashyyk, one thing I wanted to mention:  You should probably include the name of the person in charge of the agencies listed in every turn report, for the benefit of those who may not have read the first page of this thread. It might be a little more difficult to follow otherwise.

And guys. I've got 4 TOW Launchers but only 4 TOW Missiles, and there's 5 of those tanks out there. This isn't even counting possible misses, equipment failure, or the tanks shooting us before the missile can hit them. I'm at a disadvantage. Can Whitewater Inc. please send that other tank they're not using this turn so that I have some actual consistent heavy firepower behind me? My guys have no tank hunter experience and limited ammo. And my interceptor is butt-useless in this case without advanced lock-on tech (can I get that, btw, Brownwood HR? I'd like to have advanced lock-on tech for my missile-armed drones/aircraft in the future. I'll pay big $$$ for it).

The tanks will still be there next turn. The Kaiju won't. All of Whitewater's assets are tied down fighting it, it is essentially in our backyard after all. If you don't think you can fight them off yourself, wait until next turn. Make another missile, and have Whitewater back you up. If you want to do some damage anyway, just have your troops retreat after expending their ammunition. We can't help-Sorry!

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Kashyyk on December 20, 2014, 05:31:55 am

Regarding ammo:
Because I can't be bothered tracking ammo count on an agency level, if you have 1 unit of ammo you have enough ammo to supply 1 weapon of the appropriate time for ever more, however it cannot stretch to 2 weapons because there is not enough ammo. Very arbitrary, but it makes my life simpler. Also on this topic, all weapons come with an unlimited 1 unit supply of generic ammo for that weapon. In the case of the TOWs, that's AP.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Xvareon on December 20, 2014, 11:33:36 pm

Welp, here's my turn. Should be !!fun!! seeing how badly I get my ass kicked.

Incidentally... Kashyyk, how are you calculating this? Do you roll a D6 to decide how well our guys do versus the aliens in a given situation? And how do you account for differing rolls from infantry/SpecOps and such?

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

I thought about this a lot, and I've come to a decision about Novosibirsk that's probably gonna bite me in the ass later.

Since those tanks are obviously here on some sort of mission, and their losses likely weren't enough to discourage them, they're doubtless going to try again, so we need to stay on top. Paradigm-2 will fly overwatch around the area and try to locate the tanks, but is not to engage under any circumstances. Should they be located, every single unit I've got (all 50 men, the IFV, and the HWP, plus every TOW launcher with HEAT ammo, suit of combined tac. armor, and all the adv. tac helms, plus 6 units of high cal. ammo per squad) will be deployed far enough ahead of their most likely path to set up the TOW launchers for an ambush, but not in a place easily identifiable as an anti-tank emplacement. The HWP will be used as a forward scout and distraction, sacrificed if necessary to buy time. The Devil Fish will be used to deploy the HWP, Ranger-One and Storm-Two at least a few minutes before the rest arrive, in this case.

If something especially high-priority (like a weapons facility or major bridge) appears to be the tanks' target, Ranger-One, Storm-Two and the HWP will go with 2 TOW launchers in the Devil Fish and fortify that location, whilst the others catch up later. In EITHER CASE, all teams should NOT engage in offensive operations unless at least 3 enemy tank kills have been confirmed so far (and that is far too generous, IMO). Stick to defense and ambushes.

I expect a slaughter worthy of X-COM. Make me proud, my Redshirt Army. (x.x)Q--(^.^)Q

Meanwhile, both of my Secret Agents will visit the Black Market, looking for any trace of alien tech/organs/new species that may turn up there -- and I have no doubt there'll be plenty of them in these !!fun!! times. If potentially valuable artifacts are discovered for sale, they should attempt to purchase at least a few samples in exchange for credit value of up to, say... 100cr. But they had better damn well be good samples. Prioritize anything computer- or genetics-related. I want smart bombs and superior drones pronto.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Kashyyk on December 21, 2014, 09:27:28 am

Modifiers are given to each unit (and hostile) based on their orders, their equipment, any oustanding damage and any situational stuff. During each 'event', every unit and hostile rolls 11d10-10 (normal distribution, something I've always wanted to implement in a game) and applies their modifier. All the numbers get compared, and then via a bit of GM fiat a result is found.

I believe everyone has now posted their turns, so assuming no-one changes their mind we should have the next turn within the week! :P

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Taricus on December 28, 2014, 08:48:57 pm

Hey, it's been a week already. Where's the turn? :P

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Kashyyk on December 29, 2014, 08:17:41 am

There's this thing that happened, everyone seems to think it's a big deal and that I shouldn't be on the laptop because of it or something. I think it's called Curstmast? I've got pretty much everything but the Kaiju fight written up though :P

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Taricus on January 09, 2015, 09:26:07 am

Alright, holiday season's over. Any progress with that big, scaly monster?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: 3man75 on January 09, 2015, 09:37:44 am

Somewhere in a cult hideout..

*Kaiju Kaiju Kaiju Kaiju*

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Kashyyk on January 09, 2015, 10:24:36 am

I'm getting there, I just have uni assignments now. Not like I didn't before Christmas, but you know. Anyway, assuming I don't forget, it should be up by Monday.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Taricus on January 14, 2015, 07:25:43 pm

Alright, it's Wednesday now and still no turn. Did the kaiju steal it or something? xD

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: 3man75 on January 15, 2015, 10:01:18 am

Maybe his professors copyrighted his forum game for themselves. lol.

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Xvareon on March 08, 2015, 10:51:07 pm

Bump?

Title: Re: World Task Force - Turn Three Phase Two
Post by: Stirk on March 08, 2015, 11:05:13 pm

Quote from: Xvareon on March 08, 2015, 10:51:07 pm

Bump?

It is dead, let the dead rest. Let them rest.