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No, SV, You Are the Forest! (Riot Quest)

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[X][Action] Soothe the Hostile Fleet to mess with their coordination (Psychic)
[X][Forest] Yes
[X][Targeting] Katown Carriers
 
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[X][Forest] Yes
[X][Targeting] Katown Carriers
[X][Action] Erect the Shield! (Magnetic)

Not sure what Comms and Res are for a Mind Tree on these actions as it has been y o n k s but shields are good!
 
We're back, saplings!

As a Heart Tree I shall never not raise the shield!
[X][Action] Erect the Shield! (Magnetic)

[X][Forest] Yes

[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x2
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x3
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x4
[X][Targeting] Katown Carriers

I have a feeling we'll be burning through whatever stockpile we may have, but damn if being a crystalline Deathstar isn't worth it.
 
We have a death laser, let's use the death laser!
[X][Action] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)

[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x2
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x3
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x4
 
For now:
[][Action] Work with the Research Base to penetrate hostile ECM (Light, Magnetic, Gravitic)
[X][Action] Try to figure out where Solar-Winds-Distant actually is in relation to the Forest. (Psychic)
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x2
[][Focus] Soothe the Hostile Fleet to mess with their coordination (Psychic)
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x3
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x4

[X][Forest] Yes
 
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[X][Action] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)

[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x2
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x3
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x4

[X][Forest] Yes

[X][Targeting] Katown Assault Vessels
 
[X][Action] Try to figure out where Solar-Winds-Distant actually is in relation to the Forest. (Psychic)
[X][Forest] Yes
[X][Targeting] Katown Carriers
[X][Focus] Erect the Shield! (Magnetic)
[X][Focus] Try to figure out where Solar-Winds-Distant actually is in relation to the Forest. (Psychic)
[X][Focus] Try to figure out where Solar-Winds-Distant actually is in relation to the Forest. (Psychic) x2
[X][Focus] Try to figure out where Solar-Winds-Distant actually is in relation to the Forest. (Psychic) x3

I'd really like to figure out psychic phasing technology so we can just nope out of fights. This should give us 12 potentially tripled dice. Assuming average rolls that's still only 18 but that's a pretty solid chunk out of the 50.
 
[X][Action] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)
[X][Targeting] Katown Assault Vessels
[X][Forest] Yes

[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x2
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x3
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x4
 
Raising Kittens said:
No SV You Are the Forest
A Riot Quest
Turn 010 Event Interrupt 2 part 3
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Not quite the Dreadnought shattering kaboom I was hoping for but very close. The Impeccable Taste is a tough ship. Perhaps we should eat it and see if we can learn anything?

For now however it is time for more lasers!
[X][Action] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x2
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x3
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x4

[X][Forest] Yes
If we aren't going to use them against this then what are we saving them for?

[X][Targeting] Katown Carriers
Kill the minion spawners.
 
...okay, the Dreadnought's mission-killed, at least. That's good news. Means we can focus on the small fry. Now then, to continue voicing my displeasure with their interruption of my activities in the only appropriate manner...

[X][Action] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)
[X][Forest] Yes
[X][Targeting] Katown Assault Vessels

edit: Come to think of it, this "boarding party" (for lack of a better term) is probably their last-ditch effort; losing that to no effect might demoralize them to the point that the Ingaba can easily mop them up (doubt they'd surrender, they sound like fanatics).
 
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They can't repel firepower of this magnitude!

[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x2
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x3
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x4

[X][Action] Work with the Research Base to penetrate hostile ECM (Light, Magnetic, Gravitic)

Which ones are making our poor admiral sad? Shoot those first, maybe. :V
 
[X][Action] Convince the Predators to aggressively aid the Forest

This IS my area of specialty, and I've been trying to get the predators involved for a while.

[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x2
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x3
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x4

[X][Forest] Yes
[X][Targeting] Katown Assault Vessels

I actually feel like the assault vessels are the most efficient targets, not the carriers.

We know from the update that the Katown think that an assault force has better odds of succeeding against the Forest than ship-based attacks.

And the assault vessels are likely smaller and less robust than the carriers, making them easier to kill off with the beam. And there's only 6 of them.

Which means, I speculate, that we can probably kill off all the assault vessels before they reach the Forest, and still have a bunch of dice to throw at secondary targets. Whereas, the carriers are probably tough enough that we can't kill all of them and have much left over for the next group of targets, which makes it more likely the assault force reaches us and this turns into a total furball. Plus, they might be able to capture or destroy the science base, where all our friendly scientists live. Which would not be good, even if we immediately captured it back.

So I'd rather eliminate the assault force first, and then continue hammering the naval forces after that.
 
WOOHOO UPDATE!!!

Raising Kittens said:
...and surely their next move would invite retaliation.

With all other preparations as complete as possible, something unusual began to pick up speed then.

The forest seemed to drink in the light around it, growing dark and dim. It had been doing so for the entire time, but now the process seemed to accelerate. Light and particulates entered the Forest's dominion, and did not escape.
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Oh, yes!

Raising Kittens said:
The Research Trees, in conjunction with the Ingaba Orbital Station, managed to discern the patterns of Katown ECM, and as the Ingaba made sure to send off as much data as they could to their counterparts in the First Division and the courier hanging by the hyperlane, the Forest made sure to identify the truth of the best available target, whittling down options until the expected strength of its strike matched the defenses of said target.

There was only one real option, of course.

The big ship the Katown had brought with them would suffice.
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OH, YES!

Raising Kittens said:
There was a hole through her flagship. A hole.
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I'm around fifty percent thrilled, forty percent satisfied, and ten percent annoyed.
(10%: "If you're leaving scorch marks, you need a bigger gun.")

But, yes. This works. :)


Across the course of round one, we've gone from
Raising Kittens said:
Situation
-Hostile Fleet-group has arrived at the Wormhole. Rough estimate of ship-count:
1x 'Dreadnaught'
~30x Battleships of various kinds
~60x Cruisers of various kinds
~300x smaller ships of various kinds
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Raising Kittens said:
Katown Fleet:
1 Dreadnought, Crippled and incapable of contributing.
~24 Battleships
~6 Carriers
~300 Strikecraft
~60 Cruisers
~165 Escorts
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Which, overall, comes out to:
1->0.25 Dreadnoughts
~30->~24 Battleships
~60->~60 Cruisers
~300->~161 Escorts and Carriers
So we're making progress. Costly progress, but progress.


[X][Action] Soothe the Hostile Fleet to mess with their coordination (Psychic)

[X][Forest] Yes

[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x2
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x3

[X][Targeting] Katown Assault Vessels
(@Phigment 's argument convinced me.)


Raising Kittens said:
galactic rules of war, if you weren't a member
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I'm pretty sure this should be a semicolon.
Raising Kittens said:
and hadn't that been a surprise, both effects, truly, they were sitting on a goldmine of information, if only they had the time to figure it all out and put it to use!
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I think this needs at least one semicolon and probably two, but I believe there are multiple possible correct locations depending on the intent of the sentence.
 
[X][Action] Erect the Shield! (Magnetic)

Making sure my fellow trees live to dakka another day.

[X][Forest] Yes
[X][Targeting] Katown Assault Vessels

[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x2
[X][Focus] Soothe the Hostile Fleet to mess with their coordination (Psychic)

Let's mix in some chill with our dakka.
 
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[X][Action] Try to figure out where Solar-Winds-Distant actually is in relation to the Forest. (Psychic)
[X][Focus] Soothe the Hostile Fleet to mess with their coordination (Psychic)
[X][Focus] Soothe the Hostile Fleet to mess with their coordination (Psychic) x2
[X][Focus] Work with the Research Base to penetrate hostile ECM (Light, Magnetic, Gravitic)
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)

[X][Forest] Yes
[X][Targeting] Katown Assault Vessels

Personal Vote Count: 1 Null, 2 Res
 
[X][Action] Work with the Research Base to penetrate hostile ECM (Light, Magnetic, Gravitic)
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic)
[X][Focus] Fire the Beam! (Crystal, Light, Magnetic) x2
[X][Focus] Try to figure out where Solar-Winds-Distant actually is in relation to the Forest. (Psychic)
 
[X][Action] Try to figure out where Solar-Winds-Distant actually is in relation to the Forest. (Psychic)

[X][Forest] Yes
 
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