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LANCER: BATTLEGROUP - To Kill the Worthy King
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<blockquote data-quote="Tun Kai Poh" data-source="post: 8405248" data-attributes="member: 6761960"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Inbound. Uptime.</span></strong></p><p></p><p>Within the 1st Dawnline Response Fleet, Battlegroups Eland and Splinter are grouped under the 2nd Crisis Response Group under the veteran Vice Admiral Reality Gentle. Gentle, counter to her name, is furious at the vicious nature of the attack. Her response comes within minutes.</p><p></p><p>"Who does this son of a bitch think he is, committing war crimes within light days of our corridor? Captains, complete your sweep for survivors and then pull back to the corridor once you're under nearlight speed again. Mark the debris for DOJ/HR inspection - we'll send some hounds to sniff around as soon as we're able. F--- me, I've got to put up a flag on this Rex. There will be nowhere in the DLS for her captain to hide!"</p><p></p><p>The battlegroups don't get much respite before the next piece of business announces itself. "We have two Karrakin capital ships inbound," reports Bernd. "They appear to have come in from Baronic territory around DS11 Gloria, headed for Lighthouse through the no-fly corridor. But they've diverted, presumably to investigate the distress call here."</p><p></p><p>And shortly after, the inbound ships drop out of nearlight, just hours short of extreme weapons range, and begin maneuvers.</p><p></p><p>"Confirmed Cogent Mind vessels, not responding to our hails," says Vera to Tabitha. "We've given them ample warning. They don't seem to care that we're carrying a dozen Karrakin survivors of the massacre. High confidence of moving to engagement. We should be in scope range within a day - and unfortunately not all of our drives will be spooled up before then. Unfortunately for them, that is. So much for these vaunted solid-state intelligences." The NHP emotes a smirk on their holographic face. Is that...arrogance? Smug superiority? GRANDMOTHER SPIDER NHPs are known for reliability and stability, but Vera has grown to become a rather confident digital demon in their time serving the fleet.</p><p></p><p><em>As per the rulebook:</em></p><p></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The player battlegroups are going into an engagement with an equal number of enemy Battlegroups, each consisting of a Cogent Mind vessel with attached escorts. The players deliberate on which of their ships carries the Karrakin survivors, then choose their Uptime Actions.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Survivors will be placed aboard the USN-BB Richard Wagner.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Uptime is what cosmonauts call non-stasis time, when crews have been cycled up into subjective time, to engage in training, maintenance and pre-theater operations. Each player may choose an Uptime Action in an attempt to gain certain strategic or tactical benefits before going into battle.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Tabitha's player chooses Set Nominal Posture, which affects the starting deployment of the ships under command. Battlegroup Eland will begin engagement from Long Range (range 4).</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>For Battlegroup Splinter, the Uptime Action is Consult Gunnery and Engineering, in an effort to gain tactical benefits related to weapons and attacks. Caspian rolls 3 on a d20, which is a failure. This means his battlegroup only gets a minor effect: +1 Accuracy dice to one single-target attack roll this engagement.</em></p><p></p><p>After an hour, as the shuttle carrying the survivors of the Shirline dock with the Wagner, Chief Gunnery Officer Samantha Bryant grimaces at her screen, then looks up at Captain Var.</p><p></p><p>"Engineering says that they cannot boost the charge to either of the weapons any further at this point. I've run the calculations and tried to fine-tune the charge rails but all I can give you is a little finer range control on our starboard SPK."</p><p></p><p>"Unfortunate", Caspian shrugs with a twinge of irritation, "Carry on then."</p><p></p><p>He turns back to the holoscreen as the energy signatures of the oncoming Karrakin battlegroups come into greater and greater focus.</p><p></p><p>"All hands prepare to engage."</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]144253[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><em>Lancer: Battlegroup art preview from Utopie Selective: </em><a href="https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nYOBrK" target="_blank"><em>https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nYOBrK</em></a></p><p></p><p>Next: Two fleets stand before you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tun Kai Poh, post: 8405248, member: 6761960"] [B][SIZE=5]Inbound. Uptime.[/SIZE][/B] Within the 1st Dawnline Response Fleet, Battlegroups Eland and Splinter are grouped under the 2nd Crisis Response Group under the veteran Vice Admiral Reality Gentle. Gentle, counter to her name, is furious at the vicious nature of the attack. Her response comes within minutes. "Who does this son of a bitch think he is, committing war crimes within light days of our corridor? Captains, complete your sweep for survivors and then pull back to the corridor once you're under nearlight speed again. Mark the debris for DOJ/HR inspection - we'll send some hounds to sniff around as soon as we're able. F--- me, I've got to put up a flag on this Rex. There will be nowhere in the DLS for her captain to hide!" The battlegroups don't get much respite before the next piece of business announces itself. "We have two Karrakin capital ships inbound," reports Bernd. "They appear to have come in from Baronic territory around DS11 Gloria, headed for Lighthouse through the no-fly corridor. But they've diverted, presumably to investigate the distress call here." And shortly after, the inbound ships drop out of nearlight, just hours short of extreme weapons range, and begin maneuvers. "Confirmed Cogent Mind vessels, not responding to our hails," says Vera to Tabitha. "We've given them ample warning. They don't seem to care that we're carrying a dozen Karrakin survivors of the massacre. High confidence of moving to engagement. We should be in scope range within a day - and unfortunately not all of our drives will be spooled up before then. Unfortunately for them, that is. So much for these vaunted solid-state intelligences." The NHP emotes a smirk on their holographic face. Is that...arrogance? Smug superiority? GRANDMOTHER SPIDER NHPs are known for reliability and stability, but Vera has grown to become a rather confident digital demon in their time serving the fleet. [I]As per the rulebook:[/I] [I] The player battlegroups are going into an engagement with an equal number of enemy Battlegroups, each consisting of a Cogent Mind vessel with attached escorts. The players deliberate on which of their ships carries the Karrakin survivors, then choose their Uptime Actions. Survivors will be placed aboard the USN-BB Richard Wagner. Uptime is what cosmonauts call non-stasis time, when crews have been cycled up into subjective time, to engage in training, maintenance and pre-theater operations. Each player may choose an Uptime Action in an attempt to gain certain strategic or tactical benefits before going into battle. Tabitha's player chooses Set Nominal Posture, which affects the starting deployment of the ships under command. Battlegroup Eland will begin engagement from Long Range (range 4). For Battlegroup Splinter, the Uptime Action is Consult Gunnery and Engineering, in an effort to gain tactical benefits related to weapons and attacks. Caspian rolls 3 on a d20, which is a failure. This means his battlegroup only gets a minor effect: +1 Accuracy dice to one single-target attack roll this engagement.[/I] After an hour, as the shuttle carrying the survivors of the Shirline dock with the Wagner, Chief Gunnery Officer Samantha Bryant grimaces at her screen, then looks up at Captain Var. "Engineering says that they cannot boost the charge to either of the weapons any further at this point. I've run the calculations and tried to fine-tune the charge rails but all I can give you is a little finer range control on our starboard SPK." "Unfortunate", Caspian shrugs with a twinge of irritation, "Carry on then." He turns back to the holoscreen as the energy signatures of the oncoming Karrakin battlegroups come into greater and greater focus. "All hands prepare to engage." [ATTACH type="full" alt="utopie-selective-cic5-final2.jpg"]144253[/ATTACH] [I]Lancer: Battlegroup art preview from Utopie Selective: [/I][URL='https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nYOBrK'][I]https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nYOBrK[/I][/URL] Next: Two fleets stand before you. [/QUOTE]
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