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I'd vote Salvage now, then focus on least-damaged mechs, then most damaged last.

My thinking is that we've got a few days before we're going to have any heavy fighting. If we do need to fight, we can probably get away with just having our best fit mechs doing the fighting. Worst case we have them escape first and have the rest of the team do a fighting retreat.

Salvage, at least of ammo and armor, seems like the highest priority since we've absolutely used up a bunch of our stockpiles taking out the first two objectives.

Very cool!

Nice!

That all seems good in general.

For ammo I'd agree that LRM and LB10X ammo is the most important by far. We can make do if we run out of MG or SRM ammo, and we can likely scavenge some of that. Especially from vehicles.

For parts, sticking to mostly armor seems reasonable. Should we bring some leg actuators? I feel like a legged mech would be the worst thing for us on this kind of operation.

Personally, I'm in favor of doing Lightning strike. Having a stationary base would open us up to a strong counter-attack if it gets found, and frankly we don't want to have to pay for a Union if things go pear-shaped on arrival.

However, I think this is one of those occasions where we live up to our names. The lances going should volunteer for this, and ultimately they get to decide what happens. That said, Drake is happy to lead the Destroyer's on this if the rest are ok to go. He's not going to order anyone to do something this dangerous that he's not willing to do himself.

If all of First Company goes, then we've got a very powerful team on the ground both in terms of mechs and pilots. Downside is they aren't that fast, which might hinder us in doing strike missions like this.

If all of Second Company goes we're looking at a much faster set of mechs overall, but also less firepower and experience going into a difficult situation.

We can also break things up and choose lances that make a better mix of firepower and maneuverability, which might not be a bad idea.

Not sure from a mechanical standpoint how things like lance weight work for this sort of deal in MegaMek. So, DM's prerogative if there are solid reasons to restrict what lances we bring (including stuff just being too big a pain).

I'm fine with the Advance raid. Pay sounds great, and our lances are all quite capable. We should be able to manage pretty well.

For the Raven, I'd say go with the 3L model. Having some EW capabilities is handy.

For the Awesome, what are our options? I'd rather go something like a 9Q, but I don't know how hard that is to get to.

No strong preferences on the PHs.

Marauders make excellent sniper platforms for a pilot with high gunnery, in my experience. Though most of my modern BT experience comes from the HBS game these days. I'd be comfortable adding either mech to our stable. Maybe both, depending on the price. We've got a healthy cushion of credits available right now, and those are solid investments.

I'd say that unless someone super wants a tank added to the company it's better sold or salvaged.

Alright, I'm in favor of keeping it then. Having at least a full lance of mechs in reserve in case things do downhill sounds pretty handy.