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Interstellar Corporates. The Outer System belongs to the Jovians! Sign me up! I'll captain a main-line or a raider type combat ship.
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@Intel: What's our latest information on the stats for the IC Patrol Corvettes? Armament, speed, defences, etc.
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May 31, 2017 23:30
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Jun 2, 2017 14:37
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If we go balls out and move the rest of the Division up, IC could just call it a wash because we'll have the better position (and hold the comet) by time their reinforcements arrive from Jupiter. While they could sally a force to deal with us, to do so in a timely manner would be apparent to 3rd Fleet. 3rd Fleet in turn would have to burn hard to reach Tempel 1, would probably be late to the party, but would probably take the comet pretty decisively. Whether or not 9th CruDiv survives at that point, it will have been one hell of a party.
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Jun 3, 2017 01:06
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C - With a heavy cruiser or pocket battle cruiser with escorts baring down on and alone, we should let this one go. I don't think Mars or Terra want a war at this time, so we should give IC this one chance at an out. A - This goes along with previous point, if IC wants to avoid a major conflict over Tempel 1 they can use the justification of a whole Martian fleet moving into the immediate area. B - We need to keep the peace in the Inner Planets, and who knows, we might be able to replace IC on the comet in partnering with Terra and get something major out of it. It looks like the IC has shields on a corvette that can tank a salvo of nukes. And while we're going to have, hopefully, at least one example of an intact generator it'll take a while to reverse engineer. We've already come out a bit ahead in this engagement. However, their larger ships are very likely to have just as capable, if not more capable, defences. So we want 3rd Fleet here pronto just for the missile throw weight.
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Jun 5, 2017 01:46
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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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Jun 7, 2017 01:22
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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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Jun 7, 2017 14:44
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Isn't Jupiter a goodly distance away from the belt, and so very decidedly Outer System? Though for purposes of the LP that would preclude IC interactions in the Inner Planets. Either way, Outer System, Special Branch, Inner System
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Jun 7, 2017 17:52
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The asteroid map north of Uranus looks like it would be a good conquest to help protect supply lines. Do we have rough hull amount/type intel for Corporate Uranus defenses? Though we may want to take out that convoy headed for Pluto before anything else.
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Jun 10, 2017 01:27
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Pink Elephant The interest in the IC Pluto mission is because we, as I see it, need to curry favor with the Terrans to keep the coming war one that we're on the side with two people instead of fighting a war on two fronts. And stopping IC's push towards Pluto is a good start because it weakens the IC's Uranus fleet and helps the Terrans keep territory instead of placing Neptune between two IC locations. We can strike directly at Uranus next mission, but keeping the IC from whatever is has been found on Pluto is pretty important.
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Jun 12, 2017 15:02
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It might be because it looks like OP Independence has one vote.
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Jun 12, 2017 15:12
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Bozikek posted:Whatever happens that Zuckerberg ship needs to go down hard.
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Jun 13, 2017 04:19
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Help the Special Branch. Never not help spooks.
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Jun 14, 2017 14:23
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Might want to start the landing ships toward S-T also, in case we need to liberate it.
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Jun 15, 2017 21:58
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Can our crippled cruisers meet up with the support vessels closer to the life pods to take prisoners/board wrecks while repairs get under way?
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Jun 16, 2017 15:37
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Gibraltar, we're here for the long haul and out at the rear end end of a supply line. Even if it takes a while for it to get here, it will greatly improve our capabilities. The major downside, as I see it, of the Nelson plan is that the IC have been shown to use microwave weapons that appear to not need to penetrate armor to disrupt/destroy electronics (I haven't played far enough into Aurora to tell if this is true or not), so the benefit of a single large ship could very easily be negated with another knife fight. Midway has a very similar problem in that it can be negated by a sensor crew missing even just a single Mayer class Mobile Missile Base, and we're suddenly short a carrier. While both of the other plans would bring an interesting addition (Midway more so, depending on the size of the missiles fired by the fighters), they are easily negated/destroyed. With the repair yard already out here, if this really turns into a shooting war High Command can send whatever additional assets later, but might not be able to send the repair yard.
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Jun 19, 2017 16:07
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koolkevz666 posted:Swift-Tuttle colony Before we got word that war were declared, I was leaning toward liberating the Swift-Tuttle colony. My reasoning was thus: as a semi-independent colony, S-T did us some solids and there's other Mars friendly independent and semi-independent colonies out here, and we will need their eyes and ears. Though we defeated this IC fleet, the population of S-T might not know that. Given that we are now in a full on shooting war with the IC, I have to agree that liberating S-T might be a little too far as far as our current capabilities allow. If we can get word to the colonists that we haven't forgotten them, we should; though it may mean reprisals against the occupied population. Question for Intel/Foreign Ministry: Where is Terra sitting w/r/t the IC-Martian War? Can we expect a Terran fleet to head out system to garrison Pluto?
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Jun 20, 2017 00:28
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Fray posted:Let's send the MI brigades and see what happens. If IC responds in force, we can always just turn around and return to base. If nothing else, it will keep IC busy while we complete salvage ops and whatever the SB is up to. I'm thinking we should avoid major space action until the mobile yard arrives and we can get our BC fixed up. I don't think we should risk throwing away something that is even rarer out here at the rear end end of the Outer Planets, our ground pounders. If we're going to send in the marines or infantry, they're going to need serious support (at least distraction or suppression of defenses) for any surface action which means its not going to be "Let's give this a try" it'll be "Assault Transports + a decent amount of escorts".
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Jun 21, 2017 15:05
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This far out, even the regulars are valuable. Its not like we can raise another battalion in a week, so it'd be at least the better part of a month to get replacements out here. So retaking S-T would have to be a serious endeavor, so we should wait on it until we're better prepared (mobile repair dock at Triton, Pluto expedition escorts back, etc).
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Jun 22, 2017 15:51
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No, install the PDC then liberate S-T. Further proof that the perfidious Outers can't be trusted.
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Jun 22, 2017 16:42
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It could be a move to keep us pinned to Neptune instead of out gallavanting about blowing up IC government or commercial assets. They could also be prepping for a second go at Pluto, though neutralizing us first would probably be more prudent than just heading off to Pluto again.
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Jun 23, 2017 15:44
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However, those same assets would be completely wasted if their group's actives don't pick up an enemy force until missiles have already launched. Moving the non-essential ships into the Kuiper Belt might be the safest plan so should the worst happen and Triton Base falls, they can slow boat to Pluto or towards Mars while trying to limit their exposure to IC raiders closer to their planets/bases.
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Jun 23, 2017 23:29
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Makes sense, think of it like Low Observable aircraft (stealth). The sensor return(s) show a much smaller object than there actually is, so it's either there was enough material blown off by the missiles or some sort of active emission absorbing device got knocked out. Remember, TNEs are Space Magic so that's not ridiculous as it sounds (it is, but ~space magic~).
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Jun 27, 2017 01:14
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Troop Transport, with you leading some ground troops to go liberate a rock.
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Jun 27, 2017 01:39
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Crazycryodude posted:Please don't blow up the priceless archaeological site Can't blow up the priceless archaeological site if it blows itself up
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Jun 28, 2017 16:19
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GunnerJ posted:So on that note, it's a bit outside of what we're here to do but is there anyway to get an evacuation plan in case this goes south? The chance to do a real evac has passed, sadly.
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Jun 30, 2017 17:24
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Sit tight.
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Jul 4, 2017 03:44
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FredMSloniker posted:Given the way engines work in Aurora, I'm inclined to suggest 'aether'. Its basically Star Wars/Trek rules for movement. Inertia-less is easier for everyone involved, but means you can't do wacky poo poo like do a high-speed burn, cut engines and coast in until you're really close (space close, obvs), flip and bring engines back up and waste some nerds.
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Jul 6, 2017 03:43
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This can't possibly go wrong at all, zero chance of it.
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Jul 14, 2017 15:43
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Yeah, pull the corvettes off of Iron Lady intercept duty and back out to merchie hunting.
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Jul 17, 2017 18:16
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Given that Uranus is closer, we should make that our target. Saturn is just too far into IC territory and they're probably itching to hit Triton again with the fleet away. As for how to go about it: We could give a light sandpapering to Titania (to satisfy the war crimes requirement) while concentrating fire on the Umbriel Defence Complex. We should look at bringing the Corvette Raiders back in, or have them come in on an off vector approach to either hit tankers or support craft once the fight begins. If possible, we should wait for 9 CRUDIV to arrive before undertaking the attack, which will also give us a chance to repair Triton Fleet's wounded ships.
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Jul 18, 2017 17:22
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That's why Windhund 1 + 2 need to start scouting both planetary systems.
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Jul 19, 2017 20:17
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They're already frozen so introducing them to the cold embrace of space isn't going to do much. Keep on target.
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Jul 22, 2017 16:12
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Fray posted:Alternately, perhaps the corvette can demand the freighter hand over its maintenance supplies and have the frigate use them? You mean the Corvette? Corvettes sole reason for existing is to die.
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Jul 24, 2017 01:47
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Yeah, none of the raiders are a frigate.
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Jul 24, 2017 03:02
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Dance Officer posted:@SpaceWhale The 'current' denotes that this plane/dimension/universe/space is the standard one, and Outsiders are from any plane/dimension/universe/space other than that.
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Jul 26, 2017 20:32
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Saros posted:Vote time: Yes. We've press ganged the Doc and her team into the Martian Science Corps, right? They're our scientists now.
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Jul 27, 2017 20:31
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Saros posted:A quick look behind the scenes: If they didn't want their civilian populations hit, they shouldn't have tossed nukes at the Martian surface. Since they did, and it hit at least one dome, they're quite welcome in their new home... The gently caress Zone.
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Jul 30, 2017 03:03
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Veloxyll posted:So many captain corpses. Not enough, I say.
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gently caress this Wing Commander wankery. Give every capital level ship a hanger deck and a dozen or so small fighters and let's do Babylon 5.
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