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[Devastator]

Two scientists are up for bid this month.

Early detections show the next kaiju is slightly less strong than the last one.  It is also back in the Mediterranean.

The black market is empty this month.

Spoiler: Egan_BW (click to show/hide)

Emerald Robin:
Intel

You suffered no casulties and brought back no loot.  The battle was a defeat, but your jet scored multiple damaging hits before leaving due to running out of ammunition.

Your new Kaiju detection array finishes.  Information on the incoming kaiju is as follows:

Strength: 14.  Last one was 15.

Detectable weapons are yet another one of those long range missile launchers, as well as what looks to be a more powerful version of the lightning ball launcher found on the most recent Kaiju.

In addition, it has a system that resembles the blue ooze organ.  Returns seem to indicate that this goop makes the kaiju no stronger, but able to take more hits, filling in missing or damaged sections of the kaiju.
There is no regeneration system or the metallic glass shroud found on the last Kaiju.

Information comes in about Red Sands.  It seems they are going to try some kind of PR push this month, demonstrating something they claim is new.  You know enough to not trust them.

Finally, one of your lead scientists has left your service.

Base (Greece), 10

Large Hangar, 10
-> Air Transport.  (Large, capacity 2xMedium)

Large Airstrip, 20

Barracks, 10
-> 51804 Infantry Platoon 10
Barracks, 10
Large Hangar 10
-> Battered Combat Jet with Dual-Warhead Missiles. 40
Medium Hangar 5
Medium Lab, 20
-> Neko Armoured Infantry, 4 months remain.
Small Lab, 10
-> Extraversal Research & Development Facility, 2 months remain
Kaiju Lab, 20
Medium Workshop, 20
Small Workshop, 10
Intel Hub, 20
Kaiju Detection Array, 40
Stores, 0
-> Damaged Placebo: GMG Technical + armour kit + ERA +  NA Grenades (20)
-> 3x Kaiju Gut Sample
-> 2x Advanced ERA armour
-> Blueprints for Happytime Atrocity's PR Centre

2 Lead Scientists.  One expires after one further month
2 x Kaiju Skin
1 x Depleted Uranium rounds for small arms.
8 x Operatives from the Hand.

Base 2, (Greenland), 10
Barracks, 10
->518-Omega-1 Lazy Finches: Infantry Platoon, 10.
Kaiju Detection Array 40

Designs:
Laser Technical.  50.  Zippy four-wheel drive truck armed with a powerful bed-mounted laser.  This design may be combined with the technical armour kit design to be produced in one turn at a cost of 75.
Technical Armour Kits.  25.  Adds armour to unarmored small vehicles like Technicals.  Also applicable to artillery pieces.  Qualifies for combination with the Advanced ERA plates.
Advanced ERA plates.  25.  Improves armour on any small, medium or large vehicle that is already armoured.
Kaiju Detection Array: 200 cost, increases detection of Kaiju incursions.  4 turns to build, 1/base max.
Small Laser Drone, 6 months remain

Intel Teams:

Council of Funding Nations -> looking for orgs
Happytime Atrocities.
USSCCI
ADD

Total Upkeep: 335/month.

Money: 150
Funding: 475/month.

Spoiler: Stirk (click to show/hide)

ADD
Business

You suffered a few casulties in the last battle.  You also did some damage.. but overall it didn't go that well.  Just not enough firepower.  Hopefully your new exoskeletons (and any heavier weapons designed for them) and the new Jaegers will help.

The harpoon AFV did survive.

Base (New Mexico) 10

Large Hangar, 10
-> Air Transport.  (Large, capacity 2xMedium)
Large Hangar, 10
-> Modern Transport. (Large, capacity 2xMedium), 10

Large Airstrip, 20

Barracks, 10.
Small Lab, 10.
->Hoplite Exoskeleton Project, 2 months remain.
Large Lab, 30.
-> Jaeger Project.  2 months remaining.
Small Lab, 10.
-> Manportable nuclear arms, <2 years remaining.
Kaiju Lab, 20.
High Energy Physics Lab, 100
Medium Workshop, 20
-> Harpoon AFV, 10
Stores, 0
->Internal Checkpoints, 20
->Storage Vaults, 20
->Hardened Perimiter, 30
->3x Kaiju Muscle samples
->1x Kaiju Skin
->1x Kaiju Muscle

Total Upkeep: 340/month.
Base security rating: 12

3 x Lead Scientist, one will leave after two more months.
4 x Kaiju Skin
1 x Kaiju Bone

Money: 429
Funding: 660/month.

Spoiler: Syvarris (click to show/hide)

USSCCI
Military

The battle went okay.  You did suffer the downing of a jet, but you also scored a few notable hits.  Not ideal, but it could have been worse.

One of your lead scientists leaves your service, as expected.

Base (Florida) 10

Large Hangar, 10
-> Air Transport.  (Large, capacity 2xMedium)
Large Hangar, 10
-> Battered Combat Jet, 40
Large Hangar, 10
-> Battered Combat Jet, 40
Large Hangar, 10
-> T-55, 5
Large Airstrip, 20
Proving Grounds, 20

Barracks, 10
-> Infantry Platoon, 10
Large Lab, 30
Small Lab, 10
Medium Workshop, 20
Large Workshop, 30
Large Workshop, 30
Large Workshop, 30
Stores, 0
-> 1x Kaiju Heart
-> 5x Processed Kaiju Fat
-> 1x 40mm Gas Grenades
-> 1x High Quality Body Armour
-> 1x Cut Down Autocannon
-> 1x Processed Kaiju Muscle
-> 3x Infantry SAM Launchers.

Designs:
Battered Combat Jet: Large, Cost 200, Power, D.  AP, E.  Range, D.   Payload, D.  Speed, C.  Armour, F.  Durability, F.   (Flies) (Ammo-Short)
Artillery Piece:  Small, Cost 50,  Power, E.  AP, F.  Range, D.  Payload, D.  Speed, F.  Armour, -.  Durability, F.
Air Transport: Large, Cost 100, Power .. AP, ..  Range, ..  Payload, ..  Speed, F.  Armour, -.  Durability, F.  (Flies), Capacity 2xMedium.
Air Transport, New: Large, Cost 125, Power .. AP, ..  Range, ..  Payload, ..  Speed, F.  Armour, -.  Durability, F.  (Flies), Capacity 1xMedium, 1x Large.

Improved Explosives: Payload, built in batches of 18 (3xD payload)  Improves power score +1 rank if power is the same as payload.  +2 ranks if payload is two or more ranks above power.  Cost 25.

Total Upkeep: 345/month.

3 Lead Scientists.  One expires after three more months
1 x Kaiju Muscle

Money: 105
Funding: 450/month.

Spoiler: IronyOwl (click to show/hide)

Happytime Atrocities, Inc.
Political

You lose your modified Challenger II, and an infantry platoon.  The battle went less than ideally overall, but you still did some damage.

And the gun bug swarm, but, no, there is always a new batch, happily buzzing around at random.

Base (Hong Kong) 10

Large Hangar, 10
-> Air Transport.  (Large, capacity 2xMedium)
Large Hanger, 10
Large Hangar, 10
Large Hangar, 10
->Flying Box, 20. (Medium, capacity 1xSmall.)
Large Hangar, 10
Aqua Giant Hangar, 10
->Russian Submarine, 20. (Huge) (Boat) (Slow)

Large Airstrip, 20

FriendCo Omnihive, 125
-> Gatling Insect Swarm.

Barracks, 10
PR Centre, 40
->Acid-Washed Tank.
Small Lab, 10
Kaiju Lab, 20
->Kaiju Dissection Annex, 20
Kaiju Lab, 20
->Kaiju Dissection Annex, 20
Medium Workshop, 20
Stores, 0
->2x Kaiju Muscle samples
->1x 40mm Gas Grenades.
->1x High Quality Body Armour.
->2x Processed Kaiju Muscle
->11x  Kaiju Acid
->1x Kaiju Communication Rectifier
Internal Checkpoints, 20
Security rating: 11

Designs:
PR building, 200, 2 turns to build.
Kaiju Dissection Annex, 100, 1 turn to build.
Giant Aquatic Hangar, 50, 1 turn to build.
Giant Laboratory, 250, 6 turns to build.

Total Upkeep: 435/month.

3 Lead Scientists.  One leaves after this month, one after next month
6 x Kaiju Skin
1 x Kaiju Muscle
4 x Kaiju Guts

Money: 535
Funding: 805/month.

Spoiler: Shadowclaw777 (click to show/hide)

"Coke" Knights
Black Market

Your units proved durable, if less than ideal at causing damage for the Kaiju.  In particular, the Modern Tank held out quite a while.  The AC-130 still seemed pretty vulnerable, but it was basically just a civilian airliner in a force field.

Building the FFG went fine.

Your black market contacts mostly come up empty, but with things quiet they think they can find you something specific for next month.  If you have an armoury-item that you'd like to see things related to it show up, let me know.  And indicate if you want a cheaper varient of it, a small modification based on something. (like the DU ammo) a fairly mundane improvement (Like IO's Challenger II tank) or a slightly mad version of something.

Base (Peru), 10

Large Hangar, 10
-> Air Transport.  (Large, capacity 2xMedium)
Large Hangar, 10
Large Hangar, 10
Large Airstrip, 20

Barracks, 10
-> Infantry Platoon 10
Large Lab, 30
-> Armoured MRLS project.  7 months until completion.
Small Lab, 10
-> Personnel Force Fields project.  2 months remain.
Small Lab, 10
Kaiju Lab, 20
High-Energy Physics Lab, 100
Large Workshop, 30
Medium Workshop, 20
Listening Post, 50
Stores, 0
-> (Artillery Piece) 10 -> Currently in Lima.
1x Kaiju Heart
1x Kaiju Blizzard Organ
4x Dual-head Warheads
3x Processed Kaiju Guts
Tank-load of advanced thermal smoke generators
6x DU Ammo for small arms.
2x Dual-Warhead ammo for infantry rockets.

Infiltration teams:
Council of funding nations: schmooze campaign
USA: schmooze campaign
Brazil: schmear campaign
China: schmooze campaign
Emerald Robin: Ready for action.

Designs: Electromagnetic Force Field Generators, Mk I.  50.  Applicable to all vehicles of small, medium or large size, improves toughness.

Electromagnetic Force Field Generators, Mk II.  50.  Applicable to all vehicles of small, medium, or large size.  Extra toughness.

Total Upkeep: 360/month.

2 Lead Scientists.
1 x Kaiju Skin
1 x Kaiju Muscle

Money: 290
Funding: 625/month.

Spoiler: King Zultan (click to show/hide)

Dr. Unpleasant.

Finding additional room in the high-tech lab wasn't too hard, actually.  It seems there was a basement, so you just knocked out the floor, and liberally spread around a bunch of cable bundles and fancy, science lights.

The giant kangaroo continues to laze about when it isn't bouncing around.  At least it hasn't gotten into the drugs.  You think.

Base Details:
Command Chamber
Mad Science: Low quality chemistry lab
Awesome Drug Front income +16
Large Lab Zone: Giant Kangaroo

Money: 96.
Upkeep: (110/month)
Income: 28/month.

Spoiler: Naturegirl1999 (click to show/hide)

Ashley Flare.

The insects you turn into the wasp hive work pretty well.  Except for the nightmare-inducing moments when they see food they want and everything collapses into some kind of mass swarm.

The queen part doesn't quite go right, as the wasps need their own queens to keep up their numbers, but they will follow your orders as the one who delivered them this new form of existance.

There is no loot as the battle was a defeat.  With no dead kaiju to harvest there was nothing they could return with.

The science goes well, and the pincers certainly work.  Your cat-thing is now capable of crushing most kinds of soft metal and cleaving through bone cleanly.  Still, there's always more that can be done, and it seems fairly calm and contented at this point.  Except it now seems to have discovered how to leap up and hang from the ceiling.

Base Details:
Command Chamber
Agent's Lair
-> Collectivist Wasp Hive Organism
Mad Science: Biology Lab.
Large Lab Zone.
-> Extra Bug Jaguar.  With Pincers and Explosives!

Money: 231.
Upkeep: (100/month)
Income: 12/month.

Spoiler: Happerry (click to show/hide)

Lord Silver.
Given certain previous events involving self-willed vehicles, you decide a more permanent watch on the gifted tank is in order.

To that end, you hire a bunch of thick-necked goons, and set them up with a bunch of pool tables, comfy chairs, and a crude firing range where they can shoot off some weapons for amusement.

They seem pretty well taken with the obviously evil looking silver tank, and seem to have it properly under wraps.  Mostly with regular exercise from driving it around at all hours, and the occasional trick shot contest.

Base Details:
Command Chamber
Mad Science: Laboratory of Evil Physics.
Mad Science: Laboratory of Evil Physics II: Morally Gray Physics.
Large Lab Zone:
->Gift-wrapped T-55 Tank, with ERA and Regeneration  Of Lord Silver!  With Portal Gun.
Agent's Lair:
->Minions of E.V.I.L.
Mercenary Barracks.

1x Processed Kaiju Bone.
Money: 42
Upkeep: (150)/month
Income: 12/month.

Spoiler: NJW2000 (click to show/hide)

Claudia.

(Trying to trade for some kind of blizzard organ with the coke knights?  Well, that works fine, but it won't take up much time.)

(If you'd like to retcon in some official actions or a trade or something, I'm fine.  Otherwise you'll just take the second half of the month off.)

Base details:
Command Chamber
Mad Science:  Chaos Theory Supercomputer
Medium Lab Zone.  The Rainbow Fog Machine
Agent's Lair:
->Barrel of Monkeys

2x processed Kaiju Fat
Money: 36.
Upkeep: (100/month)
Income: 12/month.

It is now the purchase phase of September, 1999

[Stirk]

Lord Silver will once gain send his agents out to collect monster parts for the second time in this battle, and will also build a Mercenary Barracks at his base.

Also next phase, if people are interested, I'll be selling a tank. It started as a T-55 Tank, but it's been given ERA, a time rewind based self regen ability, and a portal gun that causes shells to teleport forwards a bit when they hit something, hopefully bypassing enemy armor.

What do you want for it? I should have increased my defenses enough to avoid a repeat of the vampire truck.

The bare minimum I need for selling something is enough money to cover the monthly upkeep I'll face when I make a delivery, which is currently 120 but may rise because I'm building another building in the form of a Mercenary Barracks to prevent any issues at my own base. Beyond that, what are you offering? I'll take money or monster bits, and if you have any other thing you think I might be interested in, feel free to suggest it.

Now that I know what I have...lets say 140 and the Harpoon AFV since you like tricking out vehicles so much. I might be able to throw in additional monster bits if you want to combine them into the vehicle to see what happens.

[Naturegirl1999]

Spoiler: @Devastator (click to show/hide)

Uh, what explosives? Did you mean to type Exoskeleton?

[Shadowclaw777]

Spoiler: The Coke Knight’s Zeal (click to show/hide)

(-40) Continue Research on Armored MRLS and Personnel Shields
(-150) Buy 2x Artillery Pieces, Apply EFFG Mk 2 on one of them
(-50) Construct EFFG Mk2
(+20) Sell 1 Kaiju Processed Guts
For the last infiltration team, maybe go and discover and research secret organizations and societies, maybe there are kaiju-worshipping cults? (@Devestator could multiple infiltration team be attempting to schmoozing a nation, maybe so they could put it in a good word to the Council for funding?)

As for the Black Market items, DU ammos sounds neat but we need the kind that can be applied to tank and artillery cannons?, so maybe DU cannon ammo. Ask request a mad version of a... let’s see... why not a German Shepherd or any animals really, because why not a steroided up or magical dog. Maybe their also selling elephants as well.

Send the Blizzard Organ to Claudia (NJW2000)
Send EFFG Mk2 to Happytime Atrocities
(-30) Send over 30 to USSCCI for Improved Explosives

I do have a open small lab slot and a High-Energy Lab, so USSCI, I would like to spend time research better missiles or cannon with that Scientist if the needs be?

[Devastator]

Spoiler: Naturegirl1999 (click to show/hide)

Uh, what explosives? Did you mean to type Exoskeleton?

Explosive Reactive Armour

[Naturegirl1999]

Spoiler: Naturegirl1999 (click to show/hide)

Uh, what explosives? Did you mean to type Exoskeleton?

Explosive Reactive Armour

Spoiler: Devastator (click to show/hide)

Thanks for clarifying

Currently thinking of actions, will post them either tomorrow or around 3 days from today

[Devastator]

Spoiler: Shadowclaw777 (click to show/hide)

Those BM options are just fine.

[King Zultan]

After finishing busting out the floor the expansion of the lab Dr. Unpleasant finally ready to get back to the thing he was doing, what ever that was....    oh yeah it was something to do with a kangaroo. So its probably time to get back to that by making the kangaroo even bigger with drugs science! and maybe see if whatever causes the sunglasses to regenerate can be used to regenerate other things on the kangaroo.

[Happerry]

The bare minimum I need for selling something is enough money to cover the monthly upkeep I'll face when I make a delivery, which is currently 120 but may rise because I'm building another building in the form of a Mercenary Barracks to prevent any issues at my own base. Beyond that, what are you offering? I'll take money or monster bits, and if you have any other thing you think I might be interested in, feel free to suggest it.

Now that I know what I have...lets say 140 and the Harpoon AFV since you like tricking out vehicles so much. I might be able to throw in additional monster bits if you want to combine them into the vehicle to see what happens.

With the addition of the Merc Barracks, my upkeep is now 150. So I'd be willing to sell it for 160, the Harpoon AFV, and a spare monster part if that sounds good?

[Egan_BW]

Give HA an ERA

[IronyOwl]

Could our resident mad scientists let me know how interested they are in working on my submarine? It requires a Giant (Large+2) sized lab, but I'm willing to pay for lab upgrades. Note that they do require a turn for each step of size upgrade (Large->Huge is one turn, Huge->Giant is another, etc), and the lab has to be empty.

I'm still considering the specifics, but quite likely I'll be going for a stealth alpha striker. It'll need camouflaging kaiju-skin cladding, a silent propulsion system capable of boosting it to at least Medium speed (possibly using kaiju muscle), and a fuckoff-huge torpedo/missile launcher to fire the largest kaiju-acid-laden projectile a Giant sized thing can carry. The idea is for it to lurk silently off the coast, wait for the kaiju to make landfall, and then severely maim/armor-shred the kaiju with one hit before slinking away.

Needless to say, I can provide all of the required processed bits. I'm also open to other ideas, might change my mind on some of this, and a single mad scientist doesn't need to do everything. General upgrades (making it tougher, for instance) might also be nice, since the base item is total crap. I can pay in cold hard cash or processed kaiju samples, or process unprocessed chunks for you more efficiently than you could.

[Stirk]

The bare minimum I need for selling something is enough money to cover the monthly upkeep I'll face when I make a delivery, which is currently 120 but may rise because I'm building another building in the form of a Mercenary Barracks to prevent any issues at my own base. Beyond that, what are you offering? I'll take money or monster bits, and if you have any other thing you think I might be interested in, feel free to suggest it.

Now that I know what I have...lets say 140 and the Harpoon AFV since you like tricking out vehicles so much. I might be able to throw in additional monster bits if you want to combine them into the vehicle to see what happens.

With the addition of the Merc Barracks, my upkeep is now 150. So I'd be willing to sell it for 160, the Harpoon AFV, and a spare monster part if that sounds good?

That is acceptable. Money is going to be tight this turn, but I should be able to get at least a passing grade as long as I can at least deploy this baby.

Transfer 160, the Harpoon AFV, and a unit of skin to the good evil scientist in return for the super special tank.

Spoiler: Turn Budget (click to show/hide)

160-Transfer to Lord Silver.
60-Continue Researching everything that I've been reaching.
100-Upgrade medium workshop to Large
50- Large Hangar
50- Infantry Platoon

429-160-60-100-50-50 = 9

Parameter change for Man Portable Nuclear weapons as our definition of "Man Portable" has changed. The project increases target size to [Small] for use with our exoskeletons.

ADD Memo for public release: The Calm Before the Storm.

We here at Ares Development and Defense are proud to announce that many of our long term projects will soon come to fruition. Preparations are being made to create and deploy Jaegers during the next month. This long awaited addition to our force's firepower should be just the thing our world needs to turn the tide after several devastating battles. Our Jaeger tanks are designed to be a significant upgrade to traditional tanks, with vastly superior firepower and armor allowing us to hit harder and make it back in one piece. Coincidentally our new Hoplite project will reach completion at the same time, allowing upgraded infantry to assist our new weapons systems. They will soon be capable of deploying weapons traditionally fit only for vehicles, bringing further hurt to the enemies of humanity.

Speaking of enemies of humanity, Lord Silver has once again sold us a powerful tank of his own design to deploy this month. We have upgraded our security and insurance policies to insure that only the beneficial part of our last trade repeats itself. ADD will likely be cooperating with other organizations capable of deploying our plus-sized tanks to insure their speedy transition to the battlefield without additional resources placed into developing an in-house solution.

However due to the expenses incurred preparing to deploy our new development, we will be scaling back this month's deployment to our traditional two units. Our new super-tank is expected to be worth its cost in artillery that would likely be replaced by upgraded infantry should it survive anyway.

[syvarris]

FOR EVERYONE'S ATTENTION:

I have two jets to sell this month.  Yes, TWWOOO JET!  Both jets will actually be a little more than twice as effective as they were in the last battle because I'll be selling them with improved explosives--something I finished this month.  The jets are being sold for a minimum price of 225 credits, which is a profit of ~12 per jet.  Yeah, I'm not making real money off of this, I just want to kill more damn kaiju.

Speaking of those improved explosives, they don't only fit in jets.  Basically anything we field can equip the stuff, including infantry small arms and infantry rockets.  You can expect the explosives to multiply a unit's damage by about 2-2.5x, but at the cost of causing the units to have limited ammo; they'll probably only fire three or four times before retreating, just like jets.  This isn't a bad trade at all, since it means your units will be more likely to survive, and they're unlikely to survive to fire six-eight times in a single battle anyway.  Plus, if they do survive, their ammo will magically replenish at no further cost; you don't ever have to buy additional lots of ammo.  Prices for explosives are as follows:

Infantry rockets, infantry small arms, technicals: 5 credits per weapon upgraded (10 for full infantry kit, which isn't a great idea)
Tanks: 10 credits per tank cannon upgraded
Artillery, MRLS, Jets, AC-130s: 15 credits per unit upgraded (All jets I sell from now on will come upgraded, and the cost is already included.)

Supply is probably not at all limited, since these prices are basically the cost of manufacturing.  Still, buy now!

...Also, I have three scientists, but only two labs!  I'd hate for science to be wasted, so I'll happily loan the scientist out to work in someone else's lab, gratis!  If you let me work on my own projects (probably improving jets), I'll pay the cost of research.  If you work on your own projects, you have to foot the cost, but at least you get a free scientist!

Finally, I am finally able to sell upgraded transports.  They cost 125 to manufacture, and can carry one large unit, with one medium unit.  Or three medium units.  They're not a priority to manufacture though, so if a lot of people want explosives and I actually do run out of workshops, you'll need to offer me an actual profit to make me build transports instead of bombs.

[Naturegirl1999]

Make a drink for the jaguar that will sharpen its claws and/or increase pincer strength and/or sharpen its teeth

[Happerry]

Could our resident mad scientists let me know how interested they are in working on my submarine? It requires a Giant (Large+2) sized lab, but I'm willing to pay for lab upgrades. Note that they do require a turn for each step of size upgrade (Large->Huge is one turn, Huge->Giant is another, etc), and the lab has to be empty.

I keep meaning to get around to it, but other stuff keeps distracting me from inventing that super-cavitation engine for it. ^_^; Or torpedo mounted cruise missiles.

Like my new Harpoon vehicle.

Send Stirk the Tank.