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Jerick, according to the GM it needs to include engines, which'd give it the 5th, unless we want a mothballed fleet. Which I mean doesn't sound like a bad way to get a bunch of half-designs to work on, but I'd rather not.Ah yes you are correct, in my defense the system is a little confusing.
Unfortunately my proposal is completely invalid, as I didn't include costs for systems, like, say, the A-10s laser receiver, nav systems, gps, fire control computers and ejector seats, which would come up to at least 10 points extra, not including being doubled for the Large size.Unless I'm misunderstanding the rules it isn't invalid. Large is determined by subsystem count and looks to be more about complexity than size and subsystems that are not mentioned are not included in the variant we get. It's perfectly valid to get an A10 that's stripped down to the bare essentials it requires to fly and a GAU but it may not be the most effective.
Plan C: Iron In my bones, Ice in my veins and fire on my Enemy (2): frostgiant, Jerick
Abbera:
Doomblade187
Jerick
Organic and ProductionPretty much a carbon copy of rockeaters plan but with the Juliet forces staying where they are and the pp is spent on a partial undying.
Black Market:
Take those two offer on all they have:
- WTS: 5000 Organics | 1 Metal per unit
- WTB: 10,000 Metals | 1 Organic per 1 unit
Offer:
- WTB: 15,000 Organic | 9 Metals per 10 unit
Construction
Production points:
1 Undying
1 Undying (partial 7054pp)
TOMES
Hotel( HEP 5, Mining 2, Synthesis 5)
Foxtrot(HEP 5, Agri 2, Mining 1, Synthesis 5)
(Jeric's plan for reference)
Fleet OrdersSpoiler (click to show/hide)
TacticsSpoiler: Cover retreat (click to show/hide)Spoiler: In case of Hivers break glass (click to show/hide)Spoiler: In case of Gaian break glass (click to show/hide)
Rockeater Plan ():
Plan Juliet Front (1): Jerick
Val'den general update:(3) Rockeater, Doomblade, FrostgiantDoesn't really change anything but what the hell.
Project Sheet music; Doom arrangement:(4) Rockeater, Doomblade, Jerick, Frostgiant
Hold one dice for next turn:(1)Jerick
Val'den general update:(2) Rockeater, DoombladeI've said it before but I think attempting to armour up the corvettes is the wrong path. They'll be in battle against ships with larger weapon mounts than them. They'll always be outgunned. No matter how much we armour them up we'll still be losing some in every battle we send them into. Losing them is fine so long as the effect they have on the battle is worth it. Thorium glow reactors, boredrives and all that other stuff just so we can bring four more evil eyes into the battle? Currently they're not worth it. Giving them more amour isn't going to change that. My vote is too either abandon corvettes altogether or drastically rethink our doctrine regarding our corvettes.
Project Sheet music; Doom arrangement:(3) Rockeater, Doomblade, Jerick
Mind Jammer focusing upgrade:(1)Jerick
The current version of the mind jammer is at best a mild annoyance to psionic foes and may potentially be ineffective against the gaians. It needs a major overhaul in order to fulfill it's function. Firstly we need to increase it's output and it's potency, for this lessons can be learned from the spine launcher rounds. Pouring similar quantities of emotion into the minds of our enemies may be very effective. We should modify the mind jammer to besiege the enemy with hostile emotions of such intensity that all other thoughts are eclipsed. Further more the mind jammer would likely be more effective if it was concentrated on a single area. Its current wide area of effect diffuses its effectiveness somewhat. So by limiting the area and focusing it's effects we can increase its effects. Instead of a wide area we will project its effect in a narrow cone towards the enemy.
DesignI'm not too hot on the Maelstrom launcher as it's a large mount weapon that's primarily aimed at PD. I much prefer the spore field design as it shouldn't take up any new mounts being alternate ammo for the spine launcher and appendage. It should have the deployment range of the spine launcher which should be more than enough for our purposes. Secondly I think we should save our large mounts for weapons that can deal considerable damage to the larger ships. In fact it's something I think we should work on soon.
Maelstrom launcher [3 dice] (3): Frostgiant, Doomblade, Rockeater
Spore Field[3 dice](1): Jerick
Progress allocation
1 dice to Void piercer (0):
2 Dice to void piercer (0):
1 dice (Rush) to void piercer (4): Frostgiant, Doomblade, Rockeater, Jerick
2 Dice (1 rush) to void piercer (0):
Black market Tech:
Rune stones (1):Frostgiant
Anti-Entropy Generator (1): Doomblade
Atomomancy (1): Jerick
Initial Bid:
10,000 Production points (2): Frostgiant, Jerick
Wait for now (1): Rockeater
ResourceI think air superiority will have a bigger impact than the FMJ/G rounds
Promethium to Snow-capped Mountains (1): m1895
K-wool to Snow-capped Mountains (1): Jerick
Fortify
Fortify North peaks (2): m1895, Jerick
Fortify Plains ():
Attack
Double push Savanna (2): m1895, Jerick
Espionage
save the credit ():
steal FMJ/G (1): m1895
steal the Charybdis (1): Jerick
