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LANCER: BATTLEGROUP - To Kill the Worthy King
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<blockquote data-quote="Tun Kai Poh" data-source="post: 8481794" data-attributes="member: 6761960"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>A Talk in the Boneyard</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"Holding steady, Captain. We will be at close range in an hour or two. At that distance, our main guns will make short work of whoever we choose to aim at." CGO Petrov reports without taking her eyes off the constantly shifting firing solutions on her screen.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"Björn's away," Meade notes, "Splinter's completely off the table now. Its just us left."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"Well, let's hope they bite then," Tabitha says, straightening up her uniform and speaking directly on open comms to the remaining Purview ships.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"Attention, Hannibal and Ching Shih, this is Captain Tabitha Saint-Germaine of the UNS-BB Nikolai Bukharin. At this point, we are within optimal range of all our Battlegroup's weapons and our main guns are fully charged," The Bukharin's weapons track the newly arrived Carrier menacingly, "The Hannibal is overrun and vulnerable to being overwhelmed and you've already lost half your initial fleet," she pauses for a moment.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"Our forces are not in much better condition and you have a fully operational Battleship on the way in. Everything hangs in the balance and the desire to push that little bit harder is overwhelming," another pause, she looks down a moment, "However," looking back up, squarely at the screen.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"At this point any victory today will be a pyrrhic one for the Purview. Continuation of hostilities will ensure the loss of at least one more Purview capital ship. Possibly both currently in the field to achieve nothing more than to weaken a Union presence that might otherwise be deployed to prevent Karrakin reinforcements entering the exclusion zone should they choose to do so. Our mandate in the Dawnline Shore does not apply solely to the Purview after all."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"Our orders are to prevent additional belligerents from entering the Dawnline shore and I intend to follow those orders to the best of my abilities as I am sure you intend to follow yours. But given the situation as I have outlined, I cannot see how further hostilities will be anything but the needless sacrifice of lives for no reason other than pride."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"I am therefore proposing a truce. Both sides will cease hostilities temporarily, both sides will be allowed to recover survivors and casualties without hinderance. Both sides will exchange any prisoners taken."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"In addition, I would also propose negotiations on the nature of your mission and if it would in any way be possible for nonmilitary or neutral intervention to achieve your goals. In exchange, the Purview would withdraw your surviving ships out of the conflict zone."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"I don't think we're authorized to offer them anything, Captain," Ki says, cocking her head as the commline closes, awaiting a response. "We have to throw them a bone, Ki. At least start talking. We can work out the issues from there," Tabitha responds as she turns away from the comms and looks at her crew. "In the meantime, stay alert. If they try anything we blow them out of space."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><em>Round 5. </em></span></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">State of the fleets: </span></em></p><p></p><p><strong>2nd Crisis Response Group (Union Navy)</strong></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Battlegroup Eland (Range 3)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Interdiction 1d6+2</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">UNS-BB Nikolai Bukharin (22 HP), 2 volley counters on 3x3 Block Short-Spool Cannons, 2 greywash counters.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">UNS-CV Shamokin Rising (16 HP)</span></em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">2x Fighter Wing (5 HP, 5 HP)</span></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Destroyer Unicorn (6 HP)</span></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Destroyer Undine (8 HP)</span></em></li> </ul><p></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Battlegroup Splinter (Range 2), </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">UNS-BB Richard Wagner (-7 HP).</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">UNS-LS Björn Járnsiđa (2 HP), nearlight eject. </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Battlegroup Sour Brains (Range 2)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Interdiction: 1d6+2</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">MSMCS We Demand Hazard Pay (13 HP), 2 reloading counters on Scrapcaster.</span></em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">MSMCS Facefirst (6 HP)</span></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">MSMCS Fool's Gold (4 HP)</span></em></li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>2nd Expeditionary Fleet (Harrison Armory Colonial Legionate)</strong></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Battlegroup Hannibal (Gyre Center)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Interdiction: 1d6</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">PCV-DN Hannibal (Turtleback) (19 HP), Boarded by 2x Tenacity 10 Marines. Deploy Ontological Payload: All Wings and Escorts are disabled until end of next turn. Sabotage Fire Control: The boarded ship makes all attacks with +2 Difficulty until the end of their next turn. Incoming Razorback Missiles, 2 flight counters.</span></em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Ace: Albedo Cavalier (8 HP), 2 heat counters on 1 Beam. </span></em></li> </ul><p></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Battlegroup Shaka Zulu (Gyre Center)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">PCV-DN Shaka Zulu (Paladin) (-6 HP) </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Battlegroup Titania (Gyre Center)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">PCV-DN Titania (UNKNOWN Man O'War) (-15 HP) </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Battlegroup Arminius (Gyre Center)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">PCV-GC Arminius (Mastermind Breakwater) (0 HP) </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Battlegroup Ching Shih (Gyre Center)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Interdiction: 1d6</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">PCV-GC Chang Shih (Corsair) (25 HP)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">2 reloading counters on Scrapcaster.</span></em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">2x Mounted Chassis Wing (5 HP, 5 HP)</span></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">2x Stalwarts (10 HP, 10 HP)</span></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em>2x Daggerflight (4 HP, 4 HP)</em></span></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tun Kai Poh, post: 8481794, member: 6761960"] [SIZE=5][B]A Talk in the Boneyard[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]"Holding steady, Captain. We will be at close range in an hour or two. At that distance, our main guns will make short work of whoever we choose to aim at." CGO Petrov reports without taking her eyes off the constantly shifting firing solutions on her screen. "Björn's away," Meade notes, "Splinter's completely off the table now. Its just us left." "Well, let's hope they bite then," Tabitha says, straightening up her uniform and speaking directly on open comms to the remaining Purview ships. "Attention, Hannibal and Ching Shih, this is Captain Tabitha Saint-Germaine of the UNS-BB Nikolai Bukharin. At this point, we are within optimal range of all our Battlegroup's weapons and our main guns are fully charged," The Bukharin's weapons track the newly arrived Carrier menacingly, "The Hannibal is overrun and vulnerable to being overwhelmed and you've already lost half your initial fleet," she pauses for a moment. "Our forces are not in much better condition and you have a fully operational Battleship on the way in. Everything hangs in the balance and the desire to push that little bit harder is overwhelming," another pause, she looks down a moment, "However," looking back up, squarely at the screen. "At this point any victory today will be a pyrrhic one for the Purview. Continuation of hostilities will ensure the loss of at least one more Purview capital ship. Possibly both currently in the field to achieve nothing more than to weaken a Union presence that might otherwise be deployed to prevent Karrakin reinforcements entering the exclusion zone should they choose to do so. Our mandate in the Dawnline Shore does not apply solely to the Purview after all." "Our orders are to prevent additional belligerents from entering the Dawnline shore and I intend to follow those orders to the best of my abilities as I am sure you intend to follow yours. But given the situation as I have outlined, I cannot see how further hostilities will be anything but the needless sacrifice of lives for no reason other than pride." "I am therefore proposing a truce. Both sides will cease hostilities temporarily, both sides will be allowed to recover survivors and casualties without hinderance. Both sides will exchange any prisoners taken." "In addition, I would also propose negotiations on the nature of your mission and if it would in any way be possible for nonmilitary or neutral intervention to achieve your goals. In exchange, the Purview would withdraw your surviving ships out of the conflict zone." "I don't think we're authorized to offer them anything, Captain," Ki says, cocking her head as the commline closes, awaiting a response. "We have to throw them a bone, Ki. At least start talking. We can work out the issues from there," Tabitha responds as she turns away from the comms and looks at her crew. "In the meantime, stay alert. If they try anything we blow them out of space." [I]Round 5. [/I][/SIZE] [I][SIZE=4]State of the fleets: [/SIZE][/I] [B]2nd Crisis Response Group (Union Navy)[/B] [I][SIZE=4]Battlegroup Eland (Range 3) Interdiction 1d6+2 UNS-BB Nikolai Bukharin (22 HP), 2 volley counters on 3x3 Block Short-Spool Cannons, 2 greywash counters. UNS-CV Shamokin Rising (16 HP)[/SIZE][/I] [LIST] [*][I][SIZE=4]2x Fighter Wing (5 HP, 5 HP)[/SIZE][/I] [*][I][SIZE=4]Destroyer Unicorn (6 HP)[/SIZE][/I] [*][I][SIZE=4]Destroyer Undine (8 HP)[/SIZE][/I] [/LIST] [I][SIZE=4]Battlegroup Splinter (Range 2), UNS-BB Richard Wagner (-7 HP). UNS-LS Björn Járnsiđa (2 HP), nearlight eject. Battlegroup Sour Brains (Range 2) Interdiction: 1d6+2 MSMCS We Demand Hazard Pay (13 HP), 2 reloading counters on Scrapcaster.[/SIZE][/I] [LIST] [*][I][SIZE=4]MSMCS Facefirst (6 HP)[/SIZE][/I] [*][I][SIZE=4]MSMCS Fool's Gold (4 HP)[/SIZE][/I] [/LIST] [B]2nd Expeditionary Fleet (Harrison Armory Colonial Legionate)[/B] [I][SIZE=4]Battlegroup Hannibal (Gyre Center) Interdiction: 1d6 PCV-DN Hannibal (Turtleback) (19 HP), Boarded by 2x Tenacity 10 Marines. Deploy Ontological Payload: All Wings and Escorts are disabled until end of next turn. Sabotage Fire Control: The boarded ship makes all attacks with +2 Difficulty until the end of their next turn. Incoming Razorback Missiles, 2 flight counters.[/SIZE][/I] [LIST] [*][I][SIZE=4]Ace: Albedo Cavalier (8 HP), 2 heat counters on 1 Beam. [/SIZE][/I] [/LIST] [I][SIZE=4]Battlegroup Shaka Zulu (Gyre Center) PCV-DN Shaka Zulu (Paladin) (-6 HP) Battlegroup Titania (Gyre Center) PCV-DN Titania (UNKNOWN Man O'War) (-15 HP) Battlegroup Arminius (Gyre Center) PCV-GC Arminius (Mastermind Breakwater) (0 HP) Battlegroup Ching Shih (Gyre Center) Interdiction: 1d6 PCV-GC Chang Shih (Corsair) (25 HP) 2 reloading counters on Scrapcaster.[/SIZE][/I] [LIST] [*][I][SIZE=4]2x Mounted Chassis Wing (5 HP, 5 HP)[/SIZE][/I] [*][I][SIZE=4]2x Stalwarts (10 HP, 10 HP)[/SIZE][/I] [*][SIZE=4][I]2x Daggerflight (4 HP, 4 HP)[/I][/SIZE] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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