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LANCER: BATTLEGROUP - To Kill the Worthy King
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<blockquote data-quote="Tun Kai Poh" data-source="post: 8406032" data-attributes="member: 6761960"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Two Fleets</span></strong></p><p></p><p>As the engagement begins, all ship NHPs network together through the Omninet to form the fleet legion, a superintelligent composite subjectivity capable of managing the information and systems of the entire fleet.</p><p></p><p>The fleet legion, Aegis, lays out all known data on the two opposing fleets for all captains to see.</p><p></p><p><em>The two fleets:</em></p><p></p><p><strong><em>2nd Crisis Response Group (Union Navy)</em></strong></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Battlegroup Eland (Range 4)</em></p><p><em>Interdiction 1d6+2</em></p><p><em>UNS-BB Nikolai Bukharin (31 HP)</em></p><p><em>UNS-CV Shamokin Rising (16 HP)</em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>2x Fighter Wing (5 HP, 5 HP)</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Destroyer Unicorn (8 HP)</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Destroyer Undine (8 HP)</em></li> </ul><p><em></em></p><p><em>Battlegroup Splinter (Range 5)</em></p><p><em>Interdiction: 1d6+2</em></p><p><em>UNS-BB Richard Wagner (26 HP)</em></p><p><em>UNS-LS Björn Járnsiđa (14 HP)</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Cogent Mind Fleet (Karrakin Trade Baronies)</strong></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Battlegroup Denver (Gyre Center)</em></p><p><em>Interdiction: 1d6</em></p><p><em>Cornicen (25 HP)</em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>2x Battlethread (10 HP, 10 HP)</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Endless Cosmonaut (6 HP)</em></li> </ul><p><em></em></p><p><em>Battlegroup Elvis (Gyre Center)</em></p><p><em>Interdiction: 2d6</em></p><p><em>Hivequeen (30 HP)</em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Diluvia (18 HP)</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>2x Starfield Furies (10 HP, 10 HP)</em></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-left: 20px"> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>4x Fighter Wing (5 HP, 5 HP, 5 HP, 5 HP)</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>2x Bomber Wing (6 HP, 6 HP)</em></li> </ul><p><em></em></p><p><em>The Union fleet is facing solid-state Cogent Mind warships, which means they are immune to critical hits and harder to attack in the Boarding Step. All automated. All machine.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The Cornicen is armed with greywash nanomunitions that inflict ongoing damage, as well as Achiral Abolition, a powerful Legionspace weapon. Battlethreads provide off-board tactical processing power to their flagship, which means better maneuvering, target locks and range band manipulation abilities. The Endless Cosmonaut is a strange enemy mech Ace with paracausal time loop powers that allow it to come back after it dies!</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The other NPC battlegroup is led by a massive Hivequeen, a drone control ship with a lot of abilities involving target locks, such as missiles and boarding drones. It's accompanied by Diluvia, a vast swarm of drones that sacrifice themselves for offensive and defensive effects (including ongoing damage), and two Starfield Furies, escort carriers filled with short-ranged fighters and bombers.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Each Starfield Fury hosts 2 Fighter Wings and 1 Bomber Wing, so if it is taken out, its Wings immediately drop out of the fight. Each NPC Escort, plus the Ace, can transfer to another Flagship if their own is destroyed, although one Escort of the destroying player's choice is also destroyed in the process.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>From the rulebook:</em></p><p></p><p>"The Cornicen is perhaps the more dangerous of the two flagships," advises the fleet legion, as holographic diagrams of the battleship appear in the middle of the CIC. "Its No-Repro Munitions can deliver disruptive greywash payloads to targets within scope range. Its Legionspace primary weapon, Achiral Abolition, will severely degrade fleetmind connections and fleet efficiency, and can be effective anywhere from long to collapsing ranges, but reloading time is quite long."</p><p></p><p></p><p>"These support ships were designed to maximise maneuvering and targeting capabilities for their flagship - they're solid-state ships much like their Cornicen brethren, and while theoretically unarmed, they can be ejected as last-ditch superheavy missile payloads once they are too heavily damaged to function."</p><p></p><p>The tiny speck flitting ahead of the Cornicen should not be of sufficient concern for the fleet legion to mention - and yet! The single mounted chassis emits an alarming amount of exotic radiation - including particles that should not exist under natural physical laws. The target profile matches several others that have been destroyed in engagements over the past decade, and its uncanny ability to return from seeming destruction has earned it the codename Endless Cosmonaut.</p><p></p><p>"This particular attack craft bears monitoring, as it may have paracausal defense, jamming and interdiction functionality beyond conventional mech design," the fleet legion explains. "In fact, we'd wager that it carries a significant amount of Horusian tech on board."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"This heavier ship presents a more difficult target due to its strong defenses. It employs drone missiles, breaching pods packed into solid-state payload munitions, and long-loiter sapper drones that can serve as area-denial minefields. It is possible to avoid many of these weapons, but doing so will greatly limit our effective operational maneuvering space."</p><p></p><p>"Noted, with thanks, Aegis." Tabitha studies the data readouts scrolling in front of her as she steadies herself against the growing momentum of the Bukharin. "Can you advise which of these targets will pose the greatest threat to our command and control capabilities? Anything that might disrupt the smooth unfolding of our fleet actions. I wish to eliminate that threat as a matter of greatest priority."</p><p></p><p>"Either the Cornicen or the Diluvia," replies Aegis. "The drone swarm is able to lash out with various wave attacks at long range, including greywash capability, which can synergize with the Cornicen's nanomunitions. However, the Diluvia is vulnerable only to area effect attacks, something we lack. So, I would recommend focusing on the Cornicen. Its Legionspace disruption could potentially disconnect a capital ship from the fleet legion entirely, rendering it temporarily inoperable."</p><p></p><p>Aegis brings up file footage of the Karrakin escort carriers. The imagery shows two escort carriers, launching wave after wave of automated Passacaglia fighters. Hidden among those: the grim shapes of refurbished Kilauea nuclear bombers, dangerous relics from centuries past.</p><p></p><p>"We believe these to be serious threats only at collapsing and close ranges. The fighters can potentially increase interdiction capability, while the bombers are nuclear delivery platforms."</p><p></p><p>"Very well then." Tabitha looks up at the flickering images of her fellow Battlegroup Captains. "Priority will be the Cornicen and the two Battlethreads. We will deal with the Hivequeen and its escorts later."</p><p></p><p>"The Wagner will only be ready to fire in another few hours. Do you believe you will be able to hold out that long in the face of the Hivequeen?" Caspian asks with a raised eyebrow. "I can provide some long-distance support for you but the Wagner is not built for a knife fight."</p><p></p><p>"We will have to make it work," Tabitha responds. She turns to her fellow battlegroup captains; Elliot Meade of the Shamokin Rising, Ki Su-Lynn of the Undine and Jacinda Evans of the Unicorn, "All of you, follow me. This will be rough."</p><p></p><p>Even as she completes her brief, the first scarlet beams blaze past the Bukharin from the Björn Járnsiđa scouring the hull of one of the Battlethreads, leaving gibbets of molten metal and vaporized plastics in its wake as Caspian's voice coolly reports over the holoscreen.</p><p></p><p>"Battlegroup Splinter, engaging."</p><p></p><p>Next: Entering the Gyre of Battle</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tun Kai Poh, post: 8406032, member: 6761960"] [B][SIZE=5]Two Fleets[/SIZE][/B] As the engagement begins, all ship NHPs network together through the Omninet to form the fleet legion, a superintelligent composite subjectivity capable of managing the information and systems of the entire fleet. The fleet legion, Aegis, lays out all known data on the two opposing fleets for all captains to see. [I]The two fleets:[/I] [B][I]2nd Crisis Response Group (Union Navy)[/I][/B] [I] Battlegroup Eland (Range 4) Interdiction 1d6+2 UNS-BB Nikolai Bukharin (31 HP) UNS-CV Shamokin Rising (16 HP)[/I] [LIST] [*][I]2x Fighter Wing (5 HP, 5 HP)[/I] [*][I]Destroyer Unicorn (8 HP)[/I] [*][I]Destroyer Undine (8 HP)[/I] [/LIST] [I] Battlegroup Splinter (Range 5) Interdiction: 1d6+2 UNS-BB Richard Wagner (26 HP) UNS-LS Björn Járnsiđa (14 HP) [B]Cogent Mind Fleet (Karrakin Trade Baronies)[/B] Battlegroup Denver (Gyre Center) Interdiction: 1d6 Cornicen (25 HP)[/I] [LIST] [*][I]2x Battlethread (10 HP, 10 HP)[/I] [*][I]Endless Cosmonaut (6 HP)[/I] [/LIST] [I] Battlegroup Elvis (Gyre Center) Interdiction: 2d6 Hivequeen (30 HP)[/I] [LIST] [*][I]Diluvia (18 HP)[/I] [*][I]2x Starfield Furies (10 HP, 10 HP)[/I] [/LIST] [INDENT][LIST] [*][I]4x Fighter Wing (5 HP, 5 HP, 5 HP, 5 HP)[/I] [*][I]2x Bomber Wing (6 HP, 6 HP)[/I] [/LIST][/INDENT] [I] The Union fleet is facing solid-state Cogent Mind warships, which means they are immune to critical hits and harder to attack in the Boarding Step. All automated. All machine. The Cornicen is armed with greywash nanomunitions that inflict ongoing damage, as well as Achiral Abolition, a powerful Legionspace weapon. Battlethreads provide off-board tactical processing power to their flagship, which means better maneuvering, target locks and range band manipulation abilities. The Endless Cosmonaut is a strange enemy mech Ace with paracausal time loop powers that allow it to come back after it dies! The other NPC battlegroup is led by a massive Hivequeen, a drone control ship with a lot of abilities involving target locks, such as missiles and boarding drones. It's accompanied by Diluvia, a vast swarm of drones that sacrifice themselves for offensive and defensive effects (including ongoing damage), and two Starfield Furies, escort carriers filled with short-ranged fighters and bombers. Each Starfield Fury hosts 2 Fighter Wings and 1 Bomber Wing, so if it is taken out, its Wings immediately drop out of the fight. Each NPC Escort, plus the Ace, can transfer to another Flagship if their own is destroyed, although one Escort of the destroying player's choice is also destroyed in the process. From the rulebook:[/I] "The Cornicen is perhaps the more dangerous of the two flagships," advises the fleet legion, as holographic diagrams of the battleship appear in the middle of the CIC. "Its No-Repro Munitions can deliver disruptive greywash payloads to targets within scope range. Its Legionspace primary weapon, Achiral Abolition, will severely degrade fleetmind connections and fleet efficiency, and can be effective anywhere from long to collapsing ranges, but reloading time is quite long." "These support ships were designed to maximise maneuvering and targeting capabilities for their flagship - they're solid-state ships much like their Cornicen brethren, and while theoretically unarmed, they can be ejected as last-ditch superheavy missile payloads once they are too heavily damaged to function." The tiny speck flitting ahead of the Cornicen should not be of sufficient concern for the fleet legion to mention - and yet! The single mounted chassis emits an alarming amount of exotic radiation - including particles that should not exist under natural physical laws. The target profile matches several others that have been destroyed in engagements over the past decade, and its uncanny ability to return from seeming destruction has earned it the codename Endless Cosmonaut. "This particular attack craft bears monitoring, as it may have paracausal defense, jamming and interdiction functionality beyond conventional mech design," the fleet legion explains. "In fact, we'd wager that it carries a significant amount of Horusian tech on board." "This heavier ship presents a more difficult target due to its strong defenses. It employs drone missiles, breaching pods packed into solid-state payload munitions, and long-loiter sapper drones that can serve as area-denial minefields. It is possible to avoid many of these weapons, but doing so will greatly limit our effective operational maneuvering space." "Noted, with thanks, Aegis." Tabitha studies the data readouts scrolling in front of her as she steadies herself against the growing momentum of the Bukharin. "Can you advise which of these targets will pose the greatest threat to our command and control capabilities? Anything that might disrupt the smooth unfolding of our fleet actions. I wish to eliminate that threat as a matter of greatest priority." "Either the Cornicen or the Diluvia," replies Aegis. "The drone swarm is able to lash out with various wave attacks at long range, including greywash capability, which can synergize with the Cornicen's nanomunitions. However, the Diluvia is vulnerable only to area effect attacks, something we lack. So, I would recommend focusing on the Cornicen. Its Legionspace disruption could potentially disconnect a capital ship from the fleet legion entirely, rendering it temporarily inoperable." Aegis brings up file footage of the Karrakin escort carriers. The imagery shows two escort carriers, launching wave after wave of automated Passacaglia fighters. Hidden among those: the grim shapes of refurbished Kilauea nuclear bombers, dangerous relics from centuries past. "We believe these to be serious threats only at collapsing and close ranges. The fighters can potentially increase interdiction capability, while the bombers are nuclear delivery platforms." "Very well then." Tabitha looks up at the flickering images of her fellow Battlegroup Captains. "Priority will be the Cornicen and the two Battlethreads. We will deal with the Hivequeen and its escorts later." "The Wagner will only be ready to fire in another few hours. Do you believe you will be able to hold out that long in the face of the Hivequeen?" Caspian asks with a raised eyebrow. "I can provide some long-distance support for you but the Wagner is not built for a knife fight." "We will have to make it work," Tabitha responds. She turns to her fellow battlegroup captains; Elliot Meade of the Shamokin Rising, Ki Su-Lynn of the Undine and Jacinda Evans of the Unicorn, "All of you, follow me. This will be rough." Even as she completes her brief, the first scarlet beams blaze past the Bukharin from the Björn Járnsiđa scouring the hull of one of the Battlethreads, leaving gibbets of molten metal and vaporized plastics in its wake as Caspian's voice coolly reports over the holoscreen. "Battlegroup Splinter, engaging." Next: Entering the Gyre of Battle [/QUOTE]
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