Thirdfain wrote:Crossroads, I've sent you the battle-plans the Syndicalists had all lined up before you showed up; keep in mind that despite any conversations we've had, in game the Syndicalist have just met you and were planning on toppling the Chamarrans single-handedly.
Perfectly understood... As ive maintained, im trying to play this as if we have been waiting for this moment for moths, and jumped the moment we saw you passing by... But yes, aside from vague intel reports, this is the first real time either of us have met and caution, in game, is warranted.
I think at the most we can make a strong "enemy of my enemy" to justify cooperation at this point and sort things out later.
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The inherent evil of Chamarran occupation makes us natural allies, and the Syndicalists know about the loss of your battleship, as well as you know about the Syndicalist guerrillas being hunted and eaten on Godwin's Hope. You of all people will receive trust which most other human powers would not enjoy; however, I can't imagine you are too pleased with the Syndicalist's pragmatic, brutal methods...
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The Kushawni are largely controlled by the CityMind, and the CityMind has a warped almost fanatical hold on the preservation of humans. As such his 'servants' we be miffed to say the least to see the liberal use of both orbital bombardment and Nuclear odernance on civilian populations. That they are mixed with heavy enemy forces is something they think can be worked around.
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So what is Thirdfain going to do with his feline prisoners i wonder.
Also i reckon before much more groundside happens the chamarans are going to have finished forming up their fleet and jump in.
Oh man, awesome! We've been needing more antagonist factions, too bad that the new KU probably wouldn't be particularly amenable to an alliance with the 'Trixiat.
Also, because of impending combat between Tanasinn (Lancer too if they send some ships my way) and I, I will be posting an elaboration on Dominatrixiat space and ground weaponry in the OOB thread soon.
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Incidentally, Thirdfain, I could see our nations working together in the long run, despite what would obviously be deep ideological mistrust on both sides of the divide. Petrov/Father is nothing if not pragmatic, and it could be fun to see.
To Lancer, Ohma: I'll post an update tomorrow (or tonight, if I get a reply earlier), if there's no more peep out of you guys in the meeting.
Depending on how this battle plays out, Syndicalist international policy is probably going to change hugely. Many new options will become poltically acceptable to the High Syndicates...
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Thirdfain wrote:-edit- Oh, and I wouldn't be so quick to say that the Syndicalists aren't antagonists. I've committed more atrocities than anyone but the Chamarans
Well compared to man hating space radfems, or alien cannibal catgirls, you're positively...positive.
Tanasinn wrote:To Lancer, Ohma: I'll post an update tomorrow (or tonight, if I get a reply earlier), if there's no more peep out of you guys in the meeting.
Well barring Lancer's rep asking something, Kelly has nothing left to add save for "good luck".
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You know I have to come clean third. Me and DarkEvil have been planning this since the Battle against Neph and her "BETAC" forces in the last game.
There was a reason I was miffed you jumped things so quickly by attacking her srtright away.. I was hoping to set up a bit more sinsiter undertones within the Kushawni, not make this jump QUITE so out of nowhere. but now that the shit has hit the fan as it where, well things are going to get fun real face.
And yes I have NO compunctions about the horirble losses im going to take from this, I fully expect most of my large ships to be wasted by the end of things. But hey, when you stab an army in the back while standing right next to them, you expect to be bloodied up.
Also, for points of clarifications, my olderships the "National Gaurd" task forces are largely flanking you.. the new "Exelion" ships are in the center, and they are primarlly targeting your big ships. The tradeships are hanging back, thpough it seems one is already toast or at least out of commision.
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I don't mean to intrude on you all, but I just looked in on your game and the most recent batlle has been writte quite well and is pretty damn awesome. I now wish I had signed up for this game myself. When the casting call went out, I was working obscene hours at my latest job so I couldn't join in. The fact I've never done such a detailed STGOD also pretty much kept me from speaking up at that time.
Just wanted to let you'll know the detailed storyline is actually read by others and is found interesting.
I guess I suspected as much... The force which DarkEvil deployed would not have been big enough by itself, and your "meet them in 1 big battle and don't attempt to split their forces" plan seemed a little suspect. Now, let's see if I can't get out of this with the Black Banner still a fighting force... You jumped the gun a bit; if you'd waited until my fleet was in close combat with the Chamarans, you'd have likely netted it all. As is, it's probable that the armoured cruisers, with the bulk of my hitting power, will survive and escape.
-edit- Glad to hear you're enjoying it, Raj! I'm sure that if you were still interested in joining, it would be OK...
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Now of course begins an enterilly new and more messy phase of things... Negotiating ship losses. I've got a new post up of putting a bunch of stuff in action, what actually transpiers will depend on what is hashed out here.
I am banking on surpise and confusing for an upperhand on my end as wel las focusing purly on cirppeling the drives of your big ships. Of course I know Im out numbered almost 2 to 1 and the amount of time till Dark can close the gap is still up in the air.
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Keep in mind that your tactic was pretty poor- it's not like 800 points worth of heavy warships can drop out of formation and set up behind a battle-line quickly with no-one noticing. You lost a lot of surprise points there; if you'd juust remained in formation and opened fire from there you'd have done a lot better. I gave you a crippled 45-pointed and a badly damaged 25-pointer as freebies for the surprise, anything else you've got to work for.
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yeah... im kind of new to this.. I guess you could say I got overly eager... I'd been talking with Dark almost all day and she left just before I 'did the deed'
Oy! do you know how to take the fun out of things.. here ive been planning this thing for ages, and I finally do it..and I do it WRONG.
I expect to loose most of my smaller ships in this depending pon which targets you pic. Ive got one 35pt tradeship already in the crapper and with only 4 left I expect most of them will go down.
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Don't be too sad... I expect to lose at least 200 points of ships, mostly major capital vessels, if not more. This spells the defeat of Operation Triphammer and the deaths of a half-million Syndicalist troops on Teldus- you've succeeded in completely blunting the Internationale's offensive force, and that's before the battle is even over. A stunning victory by any count.
I'm afraid I need to get to bed though; I'll write a response tomorrow morning in full pomp and style.
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Thirdfain wrote:Don't be too sad... I expect to lose at least 200 points of ships, mostly major capital vessels, if not more. This spells the defeat of Operation Triphammer and the deaths of a half-million Syndicalist troops on Teldus- you've succeeded in completely blunting the Internationale's offensive force, and that's before the battle is even over. A stunning victory by any count.
I'm afraid I need to get to bed though; I'll write a response tomorrow morning in full pomp and style.
It's going to get horribly bloody and messy for both sides before this is over, but we can always continue tommarow.
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And you thought the Chamarans were bad? meet my new friends
You know after the purge was completed and the Chamarans occupy Newhome/Makay they would of been happy to leave the rest of the galaxy of humanity alone if humanity was willing to play nice. Now of course i've got to return the favour and help Crossroads with his crusade to free you from yourselves.
As an aside i reckon most of the vectors that count as away from the Kushwani will take third past the chamaran fleet so they'll engage one half of Thirdfain's cruiser force for a time before they're carried by momentum into the main part of the Black Banner fleet.
Edit: And let me second it Raj, the more the merrier. Anyone who reads and is interested is welcome to join at any time in the game.
Well, I'd certainly be interested in joining up, now that I have the time to do so. I'm still going over the STGOD wiki and all the background info so I know what the deal is. I'd probably be interested in playing an aggressive/mysterious alien force I've been thinking about (evil catgirls may need an ally after all). I've got to finish reading all the background materiel to make sure my ideas would fit in though.
C: Chamaran ship
S1, S2: Syndicalist cruiser units
S3: Syndicalist battleship unit
K: Kushawni fleet
Figure 1
Positions at start of ambush:
.....................K..K K K K K
S1S1S1S1.......S3S3S3S3S3......S2S2S2S2S2
.........C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
Figure 2:
Syndicalist withdrawal:
S1S1S1S1......................S2S2S2S2S2
..................K K K K K K K
..................S3S3S3S3S3
C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
AS you can see, I can easily retreat in such a way as to avoid your main fleet; especially with the 3rd Expeditionary locked up with the Kushawni in your path. The S3 and K's are in the same place as in Figure 1; the Chamarans have come closer, and the S1 and S2 have retreated past them.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.
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Aha. for some reason i didnt expect you to simply reverse. My mistake i guess.
Edit: Now announcing production of the new Avenger class fast cruisers coming next turn.
The design fast tracked and modified as an answer to the Syndicalist armoured cruiser it mounts eight forward firing torpedo tubes, eight heavy E-cannon turrets and laser based point defence with a higher saturation limit but reduced kill probability to counter the lighter but more numerous missiles armoured cruisers are prone to use. It also mounts a reaction drive supplementing its telekinetic propulsion in order to sprint and close the distance in real space with its opponents.
statline: 26base +4 hyper+5 realspace+ 5 defence= 40
