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Bah, we appear to have a large number of yellow bellied men and women among our ranks, such a sickening thought. Pure martian men died due to those corvettes actions and you voted to let the last escape. Pitiful. Hopefully we can make those IC Tempel 1 defenders pay for their superiors mistakes.Pharnakes posted:Right, so assuming the site is glassed what's our damage control? Do you think we could get away with throwing HannibalBarca under the bus and claiming the one casualty was his relation and he went rogue and bombarded Tempel against orders? What!! of course we don't turn on our own we blame the IC for not surrendering to clear odds being stacked against them and inform Terra that any damage sustained on the landing site is clearly ICs fault for trying to use it as a defense.
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So we're gonna glass the historical site that's keeping Earth on our side, and let the corvette that we've demonstrated can be easily overtaken and outgunned get away. To be fair, welcome to SA I guess.
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koolkevz666 posted:Bah, we appear to have a large number of yellow bellied men and women among our ranks, such a sickening thought. Pure martian men died due to those corvettes actions and you voted to let the last escape. Pitiful. Hopefully we can make those IC Tempel 1 defenders pay for their superiors mistakes. Exactly!
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So.. What's the over-under of these missile/beam strikes wiping out our own men on Temple? Just wondering considering the apparent yields of the ship-mounted weapons.
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At least 1 dead and 5 wounded in corvette attack and Crazycryodude says "This is not the time to start one." Sad!
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Pharnakes posted:Right, so assuming the site is glassed what's our damage control? Do you think we could get away with throwing HannibalBarca under the bus and claiming the one casualty was his relation and he went rogue and bombarded Tempel against orders? 
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Crazycryodude posted:So we're gonna glass the historical site that's keeping Earth on our side, and let the corvette that we've demonstrated can be easily overtaken and outgunned get away. Goons.txt
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Well that was quite the little shitshow, its late and I have to go to bed so I wont be able to write up until tomorrow. We do have our first Goon casualty of war however!  Lt-General Fray apparently you got yourself offed leading bravely from the front.
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 3 Feb 1358hrs  Boy what a mess, anyway. Tharsis shrugs off the missile salvo with ease and continues to pace the fleeing Corvette. Orders come through to pull back as the IC response force closes leaving the Corvette free to flee. Hannibal looks longingly at the dot on his targeting board for a few seconds. “Tactical, lock up that Corvette with everything we have and prime the weapons. Hold for thirty seconds then depower. Helm, come about, make for the rest of the squadron.” ‘That ought to make it explicit that we are letting them go’, he thinks.  The surrendered corvettes are given orders to proceed back to Tempel 1 at 500kps and surrender there. Lt-General Fray watches the display as the Marines slowly push forward across the comet. Colonel Autoshades reports in, “Sir we are advancing but it will still be several hours before we have overcome the defenders, if you are in a hurry we will need heavy support from above!” Fray considers, but eventually the incoming track of the IC warships tips the scales. “Co-ordinate with Colonel Autoshades” he orders “and work up a fireplan.” A few minutes later he watches as a single missile streaks towards the surface of the comet.  “300kt detonation, clean burst over primary enemy position” his tactical officer reports, “No civilian damage but the Deep impact site was on the edge of it, it’s pretty beat up…”  Shortly the reports start to come in from the ground, the enemy garrison troops are surrendering and standing down and the Marines are occupying the settlement and PDC. Fray dispatches the landers from the troops transports laden with all the relief supplies he can and orders the Marines to put all their efforts towards assisting the civilian population. Casualties appear to not be as bad as initially feared, while the main hab-dome was breached most of the people had been forewarned by the PDC commander and were in shelters or secure rooms. The casualty count is estimated at over 21,000 however, mostly IC civilians and employees. The Martian casualty count stands at one unlucky crewmember of Tharsis and a dozen marines killed on the comet.   The PDC was also captured largely intact, its captain is dead and many crew seem to have abandoned their positions but it is still capable of fighting. The CIWS and active sensor are out of action but the weaponry and targeting systems are intact. A skeleton crew of Marines reactivates it and mans the necessary positions stoically ignoring the frozen sprays of blood across the command level and the giant holes in the roof leaving it open to space.  The PDC doesn’t contain any fascinating technology or surprises except for the ECCM suite, it is very advanced and much more capable than it’s Martian equivalent. Tempel 1  All the facilities are destroyed by the bombardment, you can see the wrecks of a number of automated mining facilities and what was once a deep space tracking system. Looks like it was a listening post after all. The Marines are sending a squad to investigate the Deep Impact site and will have a report shortly. Well done Goons! First objective accomplished! Saros fucked around with this message at 22:55 on Jun 6, 2017 |
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So is the historic site glassed or not? If the missile was a direct hit to the defenders could we claim they actually self destructed in an attempt to destroy evidence?
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Saros posted:“300kt detonation, clean burst over primary enemy position” his tactical officer reports, “No civilian damage but the Deep impact site was on the edge of it, it’s pretty beat up…” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axo1XNjB4Qs
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 3 Feb 1524hrs   Third fleet accelerates to 2500kps, the reaction from the incoming IC ships comes five minutes later. The contact of the 10850T Bill gates class suring ahead at 3200kps while the destroyers follow behind at 2200kps. They must have spotted the capital ships of third fleet with Jupiter's DSTS. 1624hrs  An hour later Admiral Mukaikubo concludes that the IC contacts are likely trying to get into missile range of Tempel 1, possibly to destroy evidence on the surface. He orders CruDiv 9 to move far enough forward to intercept them short of potential missile range as 3rd Fleet will not arrive in time. Lt-General Fray selects a spot about 60m km out from the comet and orders CruDiv 9 and third Fleet's fighters to rondevous there. 1744hrs  The IC contacts continue to close, Lt-General Fray attempts to hail them several times but receives no response. 2109hrs  A few hours pass and Crudiv 9 and the fighters assemble at the designated point, WindHund is of to the NW providing tracking on the incoming ships. 2201hrs  Another hour and the Bill Gates class has closed to within 50m km. Fray offers a final warning to the ship but it goes unheeded. "All ships go active, missile ships target the contact and prepare for max rate salvo fire." 2222hrs  Windhund finally gets a read on the ships EM signature as it crosses the 45m km mark. An EM field wrapping it is five times as strong as those on the Corvettes! 2242hrs  The contact moves into range of CruDiv 9's missiles. "Commence max rate salvo fire, hold 20% ammunition reserve". 2246hrs  In four minutes the task force puts two hundred missiles into space, all bearing down on the IC contact. 2306hrs  Half way, no sign of response from the IC yet. 2316hrs  Seconds before contact the speed of the IC ship increases slightly and it starts to weave and dodge, "Too late fucker" Fray thinks as he watches his display intently.   "Ten missiles splashed, five missed and only three impacts Sir!" a worried looking weapons officer calls out.  The next salvo goes much better however with ten hits, dropping its shield strength to almost zero.  By the fourth salvo the ship is beginning to trail streamers of atmosphere as the armor is breached. By the sixth its point defense and speed both drop dramatically and even more missiles are getting through.  Eighth salvo a generator explodes snapping the spine of the ship.  Final transmision from a missile camera.  DD Diehard claims the kill! Saros fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Jun 6, 2017 |
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 3 Feb 2325hrs  'Time to finish this' Fray thinks as he orders the fighters to pursue and destroy the enemy destroyers. They are still out of range of his own missile ships but a suspicion starts gnawing at him as the IC continues to close even after the destruction of their primary asset. 2351hrs   20 minutes later it is confirmed, the missile search sensor on Tharsis picks up thirteen 750 ton gunboats closing at 4665kps, they must have been escorting the cruiser.  With two squadrons of his own fighters headed by the ace wing Commader Yooper he is unconcerned and orders them on a vector to intercept. At roughly the same time the IC destroyers enter missile range and he orders his missile ships to target the one emitting an active sensor pulse and flush all their magazines and begin withdrawal towards Tempel 1 (the FAC are too small to be targeted by his fire controls at this range.) 4 Feb 0004hrs  His missiles targetted at the enemy destroyers are just starting to overtake his fighters when alarms start screaming on all the bridges of 9 CruDiv  two enormous salvoes of 50x size three missiles each are bearing down upon them at 17892kps. At roughly the same time the three destroyer contacts increase speed to 2300kps and turn around to head back towards Jupiter. Oh dear. 0006hrs  The missiles scream past the direct fire elements of CruDiv 9, their potshots ineffectual at the long ranges and head for Fray's Argyre. "All hands BRACE BRACE BRACE!" he yells into the shipwide com as one hundred missiles descend upon his cruiser.   The pilot weaves desperately as her CIWS fill the sky with streams of projectiles. Five missiles are shot down and thirty eight miss and detonate ineffectally but fifty seven reach attack range and CG Argyre disappears behind an enormous sheet of flame.   Through some miracle of fate CG Argyre emerges intact from the cauldron of fire. Her armor is simply peeled off, her engines are little more than slag as she shudders to a halt and nearly every system is reduced to wreckage but incredibly her fire control center is intact and the brave sailors there continue to direct her misilles towards the enemy. Tragically the Flag Bridge suffered a direct hit and Lt-General Fray, CO 9 CruDiv and all his staff were instantly incinerated. RIP Lt-General Fray Shouts of dismay fill the com channels as Yooper's fighters descend upon the unreacting FAC's.   Closing to very close range they detect more shields protecting the FAC's which also appear to be sporting a small ECM suite!  Yooper leads his fighters in a charge against the wall of FAC's, only at the last second do they slew about The first exchange of fire mostly just burns away shields on the FAC's but Yooper waits until the absolute last second before discharging his plasma cannon. The cannon blows straight through the shield and armor and a millisecond later the FAC is nothing but a flaming wreck as it's generator loses containment and blows it apart.  Piece entitled "Yooper Strikes" kindly donated to the Martian Arts Council.  The next pass is less kind to the Martians, the superior toughness of the IC gunboats begins to tell as three Deimos spin out of formation with engines disabled by laser fire from the IC ships. Two more are reporting all sensors and targeting equipment completely destroyed by electrical surges including Yooper himself.  Two more passes sees 9/16 Deimos destroyed or out of the battle with wrecked engines for another three FAC's. Yooper, unable to fire his weapons is faking attack runs and co-ordinating the remnants of the squadron as the fast passes degenerate into a point blank range brawl.  Two minutes later as the Capital ships of 9 CruDiv bear down on them the FAC decide enough is enough and burn north leaving behind five of their number with several of the fleeing ships trailing atmosphere. Seconds before they do Yoopers fighter is hit by a laser and it spins away dark and shedding parts into the vaccum. 4 Feb 0043hrs   Goons, it would appear at great cost that we have held the field of battle. The enemy is in retreat towards Jupiter, Tempel 1 is secure and third fleet is moving in for SAR operations and to capture prisoners for interrogation. Saros fucked around with this message at 10:26 on Jun 7, 2017 |
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Honestly we won that fight, we captured Temple and a pair of corvettes. Also we destroyed almost half a dozen FAC's and killed their cruiser. In exchange we lost a few marines, fighters and the Argyre however it technically survived albeit crippled. Mars supposedly has a larger fleet / industry base over the IC so we can probably replace our losses easier as well all in all while not a total victory I think we can count this a pretty good success.
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Agreed, we very decisively won this battle both by objectives and holding the field. The large amount of wreckage and prisoners, along with the two complete corvettes, should give us a good jump on shield technology let alone whatever was going on on Tempel 1.
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This would be a great victory if we had not destroyed the Deep Impact Site.
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Morrow posted:This would be a great victory if we had not destroyed the Deep Impact Site. If the IC hadn't destroyed the site. Such a shame.
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sniper4625 posted:If the IC hadn't destroyed the site. Such a shame. They shot a hundred missiles at the comet. We all saw it. 
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And the listening post. You know, the thing we were here to CAPTURE INTACT. Goons. Goons never change.
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Sometimes you have to destroy a listening post in order to save it.
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Hmm, so I'm assuming we have at least some salvagers? Hope so, because with the better capacitors, better ECCM, possibly faster engines, that weird EM field, and whatever caused those strange electrical surges in the fighters that burned out their sensors, we've got a lot of interesting tech to pick apart. And quite a few brains to pick, too... BTW Saros, can you post the specs on the Deimos fighters since we've used them already? And is it too groggy to ask for a tech rundown of what Mars has researched/is researching?
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Do we have a tug to recover the barely-functioning husk of the Argyre? Can you even actually repair a ship that is that badly damaged in this game?
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Wow this action makes me think that large capital ships are somewhat useless/ not cost effective. In light of this wouldn't it be better to construct more carriers that can launch waves of fighters that have missiles which in numbers are just as good as the big anti-ship missiles? Fighters are faster, less detectable and cheaper. This also solves the problem of detecting the enemies smaller ships which seems to always surprise us. So modern carrier battle groups are the way forward?
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 Operation FORTHRIGHT after action report: Overall command considers this a good performance in the face of still enemy resistance. You secured your objective, captured valuable enemy materiel and came out in control of the battle area while sustaining limited casualties. However the destruction of the Terran historical site and heavy civilian casualties mean that Earth has moved to intervene. After the Terrans recovered from their initial;  reaction a vote by the Terran security council and assent from the Director-General resulted in a full carrier task force flagged by the battleship Agamemnon departing Luna and coming at high burn towards Tempel 1, ostensibly to 'restore order.' Command suspects the Terrans intend to try keep a lid on the situation by force if necessary as already Sorium prices are spiking out of control thanks to the uncertainty as the markets try and grapple with what happened around Tempel 1.Casualty estimates for operation FORTHRIGHT: Search & Rescue is ongoing and specialised salvage ships have already departed from the Mars orbital yards to pick over the wreckage. Third fleet's tender the Oh God Why! captained by Commander AshnJack has pulled alongside the drifting CG Argyre and is attempting to restore an engine to functionality to allow her to limp home or if not will use her tractor beams to take her under tow to Mars. Wing Commander Yooper is also missing in action, we have ships scouring the area but as of yet have had no luck, the sheer amount of debris makes it a challenging task. Goons: KIA: Lt-General Fray MIA: Wing Commander Yooper Martian losses: CG Argyre: 86 KIA CA Tharsis: 1 KIA 3rd fleet fighters: 31 KIA/MIA - SAR operations continue Marines: 12 KIA IC Losses [Estimated]: Civilian losses: ~21000 KIA PDC: 14 KIA Corvettes: 5 KIA  Heavy Cruiser Thunderchild: ~300 KIA/MIA/Captured Third Attack Wing: ~100 KIA/MIA/Captured Terran losses:  Deep impact mission, forever in our hearts.Stock Market status:  Sorium Futures:  Martian Civilian morale: 
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Baron-of-hell posted:Wow this action makes me think that large capital ships are somewhat useless/ not cost effective. Well yes and no. Part of the reason the small craft were so effective at sneaking about is that none of the ships in-theater were really equipped or designed for anti-fighter operations. Its worth noting that you have to give your carriers both crew quarters for all the fighter crews as well as magazine space for all the missiles you want your fighters to sling on top of room for the fighters themselves. You'll note how many missiles it took to disable a 8kt cruiser like the Argyre so unless the force balance is really out of whack its hard to get enough fighters into space to just wipe out an opposing force. Martian missile fighter designs can carry 10-12 missile size worth of missiles each in single shot launchers and you can boost the missile performance over what is carried by a capital ship by sacrificing range for speed/warhead which helps but it still comes down as dedicated missile ships being able to carry a lot more overall hurt-per-ton. Missile fighters do excel at long range alpha strikes on crucial enemy ships, you get in as close as possible, launch and run for home ideally while a long range sensor ship provides over-watch but fighter-scout models also exist. Beam fighters are incredibly nasty if they manage to close, their high speed means standard ship to ship weapons will have a hard time tracking them and they can stay out of range of common PD weapons like autocannons. Laser PD ships like the Argyre work well against them however. Drone posted:Do we have a tug to recover the barely-functioning husk of the Argyre? Oh God Why! has a tractor beam and will double as a tow ship if we cant get Argyre's main engine back online. You can in fact restore a ship with any amount of damage as long as it isn't totally destroyed. Of course it might cost nearly as much as a whole new ship in some cases... Veloxyll posted:And the listening post. You know, the thing we were here to CAPTURE INTACT.  sniper4625 posted:If only the IC hadn't destroyed the site. Such a shame. 
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So what happened to the Agyre exactly? Single shot launchers on the 750ton gunboats?
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The origin of the missiles is unknown but initial reports indicate the FAC's were armed with either a 10cm laser or what looks like some sort of microwave focusing array. No sign of missile tubes. The obvious culprit is the three destroyer contacts. By the way if any goons feel like volunteering for some voice acting work for the LP shoot me a PM or hit me up in discord. Oh and if you have signed up as an officer for the LP but not indicated a preferred ship name please go update your entry on the spreadsheet. Saros fucked around with this message at 14:55 on Jun 7, 2017 |
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Goddamn, my repair yard's going to be busy for a while now.
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Oh, the site that was supposed to be protected was some lovely probe from the by-gone pre-Space Colonization days? Fah, I thought it was some alien site being studied. Yeah, blame it on IC or whatever who cares.quote:
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Coffeehitler posted:Oh, the site that was supposed to be protected was some lovely probe from the by-gone pre-Space Colonization days? Fah, I thought it was some alien site being studied. Yeah, blame it on IC or whatever who cares. quote:URGING THE JURY FLYING Not sure this is exactly a good name generator. or  ?
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You could also copy what seems like half the thread and pick something from the Culture name list. In fact if people come up and haven't got a name selected I might do that myself.
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Saros posted:However the destruction of the Terran historical site and heavy civilian casualties mean that Earth has moved to intervene. After the Terrans recovered from their initial; lmao I bet we sure wished we'd relied on the backup we asked for from 3rd Fleet to hold off IC while the troops got the job done carefully, huh!
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We don't actually want the rock, right? We just wanted to kill the IC and take their stuff? I say we contact Earth, say 'our bad, send us the bill' (in more diplomatic terms), scoop up as much as we can, and bug out.
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IIRC we wanted to expose the fact that IC was using a comet for spying which is a no-no according to space law. This relied on Earth having our back if we showed that IC was in the wrong... which also partially relied on not destroying a historic site Terrans value highly. I dunno what the diplomatic situation is but from what I can tell of how Saros is running this show, it's beyond the realm of audience participation. But I imagine ambassadors are running damage control harder than anyone on the Argyle.
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Yeah, Terra moving a peacekeeping operation into the area doesn't seem like necessarily a bad thing for us? Seems like it would forestall any retaliation from the IC.
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