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Loel posted:So ... lets buy the other merc team, get them to put up our flags at the last second, and take all the Free Staters hostage. If you're talking about the Thunderdome in the Phoenix Command thread, they just finished another round by having a dude shank another dude in the neck with scissors. He lived...surprisingly...
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Oh my god, the name of the Free State leader is a corruption of "Funny Money".
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Dr. Snark posted:If you're talking about the Thunderdome in the Phoenix Command thread, they just finished another round by having a dude shank another dude in the neck with scissors. He lived...surprisingly... Think they'll have time to participate in ganking some redditors? Davin Valkri posted:Oh my god, the name of the Free State leader is a corruption of "Funny Money". Its a trollface all the way down. Run off with a billion from a scam kickstarter, type U MAD as you flee to your private island
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Loel posted:Think they'll have time to participate in ganking some redditors? Phi Confirmed that our ground forces are in Angola (a timeline issue has occurred and our ground forces are still experiencing the thunderdome)
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Loel posted:Its a trollface all the way down. Run off with a billion from a scam kickstarter, type U MAD as you flee to your private island Maybe he'll be dumb enough to buy Sealand or his own sovereign island, then we can find some angry ex-free staters to pay us some pocket change to fire a few cruise missiles at it. 
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So at the moment, Id like A) To find out what the orders for the PMCs are B) Coordinate so we dont kill each other C) Have them switch sides/flags when most optimal D) Do a peaceful handover of territory/redditors to the Count Are the PMCs out of money yet? Whats their price for pretending to work for Free State until their moment of triumph?
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Maybe he'll be dumb enough to buy Sealand or his own sovereign island, then we can find some angry ex-free staters to pay us some pocket change to fire a few cruise missiles at it. Why stop there? Why not go for the full SBD Death Blossom Special?
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I think we're stuffed, bar some Elon Musk miracle. I don't think we're going to make enough progress to Luanda unless the Chinese are late.
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Trying to blaze through 400 post of this thread left me dreaming that me and some goons I don't know are driving through Africa to steal a garishly painted technical
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Quinntan posted:I think we're stuffed, bar some Elon Musk miracle. I don't think we're going to make enough progress to Luanda unless the Chinese are late. It's rough, but not the end of the world. The fact that we've gotten this much of the country will still help him in the negotiation table, and there's arguments to be made that if we weren't forced to operate on a timetable like this we could have easily dethroned el presidente. Right now there's not much we can do but wait for the full update on how the situation's played out since our strike.
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A lot of this depends on just what Tesla was after in the capital and whether or not they succeeded. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they just killed/tired to kill Desantos
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Loel posted:So we went with the wide front push, as opposed to the narrow deep one. Im expecting a pleasingly ludicrious payout due to the property damage Added Space posted:Since our whole goal was to hit the coast, I gotta say that was pretty sub-optimal. Part of this was the plan and part of this was the execution. Gatecrasher probably did spread things a bit thin -- I hadn't expected there'd be so many FOBs and truck depots to draw fire away from their frontline troops. But there were some...interesting targeting decisions made (hitting the bridge and power station, focusing on FOBs when there were still infantry and armor contacts, hitting targets well off the highways, etc). The eastern and western strikes could have accomplished a great deal more.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:A lot of this depends on just what Tesla was after in the capital and whether or not they succeeded. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they just killed/tired to kill Desantos Bacarruda posted:Part of this was the plan and part of this was the execution. Gatecrasher probably did spread things a bit thin -- I hadn't expected there'd be so many FOBs and truck depots to draw fire away from their frontline troops. Also, Rohan could have survived, right? She might have been able to bail out, right? 
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Dr. Snark posted:OH THOSE FUCKERS TOOK CREDIT FOR OUR LUANDA STRIKE THOSE BASTARDS! THIS WOULDNT HAVE HAPPENED IF WE CUT OFF THEIR INTERNET LIKE I PROPOSED
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Operation Gatecrasher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raBDPw3AFRU Financials  Lithium Stipend  Working Map  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WpTsgN4ZjD93Kh3EyjavoHjLJQA&usp=sharing As the theater is concentrating the density of targets has increased exponentially. Our major gains came along the coast where Von Hoff's forces have pushed up to Porto Aboim. Some of Mbekes forces were able to exploit the path our SDB slinging Gripens made and took the city of Quibala. At the same time as we were moving here, the Free State pushed in on the Dictator's forces at the 3-Way crossroads near Camacupa. News footage is coming out of that area now and it's like the highway of death in Iraq. Once the Dictators forces realized we were sealing up that flank they drove like mad to escape the encirclement. This was some WW2, Eastern Front, Mannstein style poo poo. What assets could escape found themselves out of fuel and supplies. The Dictator lost a lot of troops and assets trying to hold that point. Now that we hold Quibala the whole thing was moot for the Free State. Now they have to hit our units instead of the Dictators. But it was a morale gain for the Free State as they are still operation. Cobbie says his payment came through, so he'll not be walking on the Free State.  The Coast is a mess of burned iron and scorched steel. Immolation is the occupational hazard for all armored crewman. The FOB's dealt them a blow but by us knocking out the comms on the Sector Control the forces in the south fled north and holed up across a river. Right now there are two roads north. One along the coast and the other through Cambambe. Both are likely to be well defended, but it looks like the Dictator's hold on Angola is crumbling. But the most dangerous animal is one with nothing to lose.  As to Tesla, they sent in a wing of F-22A's right over our positions. Elon Musk himself called Von Hoff the minute they crossed into Angolan airspace. Elon made it simple, he doesn't care who controls Angola as long as it isn't the Dictator. His forces slid in and destroyed the Luanda radar dish and also a critical communications hub that connects the ocean fiber belt to the Dictators C&C bunker. One more nail in Dos Santos's coffin. The only thing we can figure is he's trying to hamper communication with the Chinese. Three F-22's were downed. Footage of one of the wrecks shows the cockpit to be filled with computers. These are unmanned F-22's which should come as no surprise.  Von Hoff also said Apple contacted him after the raid seeking terms. Shortly after Dos Santos went on TV saying Apple contacted him for terms, as did the Free State. Looks like Apple doesn't care who controls Angola as long as it isn't Tesla or the Chinese. So where does this leave us? We have one more mission until the Chinese arrive. Though we could see them in theater during that mission. The Free State is still against the ropes, but because we've been diverting assets from most of their front they are still holding on. At this point it's Luanda itself. The big question is who can get there first, us, or the Free State? Finally, I'm sad to announce that Rohan did not eject from her Rafale. May she finally find rest. More to come later on our next mission. Hats off to Bacarruda for a well planned mission.
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That went rather nicely. Sure we weren't as focused as we could however we caused quite an upheavel in their command structure by the look of it! Also, we took out a lot of Sa-11's so they propably aren't a concern anymore. Added Space that was cool, especialy the nerd was spot on.
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Strategy-wise, zi think we should focus on the free state and going around Luanda now. If Von Hoff is the only standing force surrounding Luanda, the dictator will either be couped or get a golden UN parachute, as his rule is collapsing. We need to decisively make sure Von Hoff is the only standing contender for Angola.
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loving Cylon F-22's, I knew it. drat that man and his hubris. Also, Rohan nooooo 
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The next op has to be bombing the everliving poo poo out of the dictator's forces on our front. gently caress hitting the free state, gently caress hitting anything that isn't in between Luanda and us.
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Yeah we spread ourselves a little too thin last time, so now we have to make up for it and go all in on one front and just slam up it.
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Another nice tactical win! And a horrible position strategically! Our push on Luanda is in danger of getting cut off if Free State troops manage to push further west. They're about as far as we are from Luanda, but we know that we're going to face heavy resistance. Free state will probably face significantly less.
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Yooper posted:Operation Gatecrasher Well. You all know what this means don't you... 
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Quinntan posted:Will we be able to hire Zack for the last mission? Negative. We're going into this with lone Recon dude and his binoculars. On the plus side Kuito and Huambo are up and running. Dudes with one shovel are doing awesome work.
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We can't do enough damage against the Free State in one mission that they'll become insignificant, and by trying we risk ending up with the dictator still in control of a rump state including the capital. The way to go I think is to roll out a red carpet to the capital for our troops, and edging out the Free State by being in control of the capital and being the guys who disposed of the dictator.
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Shadowban remains viable. It only requires two soft targets down - one Gripen could do it. Once the bridge is down, we flip the Mercs - 50 mil might be enough. Suddenly we surround the capital. A dagger thrust on coastal highway 100 should get us into the capital. If you're really that worried about China we can exfil through Botswana and South Africa, shake Elon's robot hand on the way out. Added Space fucked around with this message at 14:44 on May 14, 2017 |
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aphid_licker posted:We can't do enough damage against the Free State in one mission that they'll become insignificant, and by trying we risk ending up with the dictator still in control of a rump state including the capital. The way to go I think is to roll out a red carpet to the capital for our troops, and edging out the Free State by being in control of the capital and being the guys who disposed of the dictator. Agreed. We have to go hard to finish this before they do.
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Added Space posted:Shadowban remains viable. It only requires two soft targets down - one Gripen could do it. This. It's our best shot at crippling the Free State's drive on Luanda.
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On top of that, there's a very real risk that the airspace over Luanda turns into an unholy 6-way furball between us, De Santos, the Free State, Apple, Tesla, and the Chinese. Whatever we do has to be in and out fast before everybody else decides to join in and there's AMRAAMs and PL15s flying everywhere.
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Shadowbanning the Free State makes it pretty much a given that we can beat them to Luanda as long as we can also clear the coastal approach. Maybe we even get real lucky and can push them back north enough to get the last lithium mine under our control. If we hold the capital and every single lithium mine they've got basically nothing to negotiate with. Alternatively, we seriously gently caress up the lithium mine if we can't take it to achieve roughly the same outcome, but that would not play well with the Corporate Overlords.
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Crazycryodude posted:Shadowbanning the Free State makes it pretty much a given that we can beat them to Luanda as long as we can also clear the coastal approach. Maybe we even get real lucky and can push them back north enough to get the last lithium mine under our control. If we hold the capital and every single lithium mine they've got basically nothing to negotiate with. Alternatively, we seriously gently caress up the lithium mine if we can't take it to achieve roughly the same outcome, but that would not play well with the Corporate Overlords. Yes, it is clear that we needed to be more aggressive with the Free State and in so doing open up the flanks. We should absolutely shadowban them. There's still no point in taking out the bridge. It's their communications system that we need to eliminate. Reducing the number of targets gives us a better opportunity to saturate their air defenses with cruise missiles.
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David Corbett posted:Yes, it is clear that we needed to be more aggressive with the Free State and in so doing open up the flanks. We should absolutely shadowban them. I prefer this idea.
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The plan I'm going to write is going to include Chinese Fire Drill , going burners and RTB as soon as we see a contact over the ocean. The bridge is wired to be part of the communication system.
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Can we coordinate with Musk to get the dictator hit hard in Luanda to free us up for CAS? Now's the time for gripens toting SDBs to kill everything. Toss in a shadowban and we should be in great shape.
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Added Space posted:The bridge is wired to be part of the communication system. It can't be the only part. Find whatever terminal it ends in on the north side and flatten that instead, but leave the bridge standing.
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xthetenth posted:Can we coordinate with Musk to get the dictator hit hard in Luanda to free us up for CAS? lmao that this sentence makes perfect sense in context
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I see that the only units (visible to us) holding the bridges into Luanda from our side are the Bulgarian armor. They've been severely depleted and must be able to see the writing on the wall, maybe we can work something out that doesn't involve them dying pointlessly to a rain of SDB's?
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Crazycryodude posted:I see that the only units (visible to us) holding the bridges into Luanda from our side are the Bulgarian armor. They've been severely depleted and must be able to see the writing on the wall, maybe we can work something out that doesn't involve them dying pointlessly to a rain of SDB's? It's a shame we didn't have one of the cargo planes up last time dropping propaganda leaflets. A little late for that now
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