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Attempting to avoid Disaster: An Earth Defense Plan Quest
- Thread starter BOTcommander
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[X] Plan Logistics, Research & Outsourcing
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- Southampton, Great Britain
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To elaborate on this, this means that CRAM, SAM and even Laser point defenses are nearly worthless against a, side-character- or protagonist-level ace pilot. Right now we are still in the backstory-creation arc of pilots, but they might pop up sooner or later.
Does that also mean that somehow they are always have good music following wherever they go.
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The AWACs of these pilots are all ex DJs and putting on some nice music, yes.
...Ace pilots from that are pure BS. I mean, the sheer capabilities caused that verse to be behind on military strategy and tactics because wars typically boiled down to conflict between the aces. At least the sane ammunition counts limits stuff like traumatizing a whole nation to the point whole armies could break and rout on seeing one of the veteran aces...
Now one question is if there might be potential for similar notables in other fields, since it seems to be something tied to the comeback of magic...
The vampires might not even quite know why. 🤷♂️We might want to see about making a synthetic alternative to human blood for the Vamps, if anything, that would let us gain a supernatural ally of sorts and get our foot in the door. Of course, that's going to be a pain in the ass, even more so as they don't seem to want to tell us just what they need from human blood to nourish them-
they needed human blood from the source due to something they might not even know for sure. I mean, while it may be unusual circumstances, the first vampire we encountered seems to have experimented to see if blood bank sourced blood might work as a substitute, which simply wasn't potent enough to work.
So the vampire negaverse probably is highly frustrated by the situation, both by the incoming threats, and the fact that they may not even know where exactly to start trying to deal with the big problem that is currently preventing any form of cooperation beyond happenstance or them nudging us through infiltrated agents...
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- Location
- New England
Gonna put a plan together in a little bit; it'll have a drastically different military focus than the other two.
Vampyre Negaverse I [Semi-canon]
Vampire house on Modern Earth Negaverse
A/N: Tried to do a bit of a vampire negaverse with the cover blown bit being an interlude. A group that might have been allies if it weren't for the 12 people per vampire per year thing needed to maintain Sapience. And well, went with them not really being that tech literate considering I really don't think an agent would have not anticipated the jamming of communications. Honestly, thinking back, we have invested a lot into security, and we throw a LOT of resources picking over our organization looking for infiltrators, since we use it as a dice sink, throwing in dice that otherwise wouldn't be used. Anyone have anything to add to this?
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I think the vamps don't drink Blood like food but as a medium to get someone's "essence" which i believe to be a Soul of a human
[X] Plan Logistics, Research & Outsourcing
Out of curiosity if we developed the gene editing would it be possible to use it on the Wereolfs to cure them down the line if we pursued that research path? Same with vampires as well to be honest though I hold out less hope for that and it's likely to be harder considering they're actively resisting all the time.
Also short term solution to the problem with the werewolf containment, is it possible to let the infected intermingle and have community housing for them outside of full moon times. So they're still in isolation from the uninfected but get proper human contact.
Also short term solution to the problem with the werewolf containment, is it possible to let the infected intermingle and have community housing for them outside of full moon times. So they're still in isolation from the uninfected but get proper human contact.
Werewolves appear to be infected with a protein/prion. It's unlikely that gene editing can cure them.
But with the right treatments it is likely able to help, and there are so, so many things unknown about the way magic works that anything might happen. UNDC simply has no idea. We're firmly in the 'throw stuff at the wall and study what sticks' area of magic sciencing.
But with the right treatments it is likely able to help, and there are so, so many things unknown about the way magic works that anything might happen. UNDC simply has no idea. We're firmly in the 'throw stuff at the wall and study what sticks' area of magic sciencing.
- Location
- New England
[X] Plan Slight Diversion
-[X] Ushaia Air Base (+log/maint, plan goal), 4OD, 120R, 4 cap (+log, +maint, plan goal)
-[X] Rail and Road Expansion, 2OD, 40R, 2 cap (+log, +cs)
-[X] Logistical Port Construction
--[X] Vitoria (Brazil) 1D, 20R, 2 cap
--[X] Montevideo (Argentina) 1D, 20R, 2 cap
--[X] Port Elizabeth (South Africa) 1D, 20R, 2 cap
--[X] Chennai (India) 1D, 20R, 2 cap
--[X] Wenzhou (China) 1MilD, 20R, 2 cap
-[X] UNDC Auxiliary Ship Fleet (Phase 3), 4 OD, 260R, 4 cap
-[X] Fuel Extraction and Refining Expansion (Phase 6), 2 OD, 40R, 2 cap
-[X] Utility Vehicle Production Complexes
--[X] Glasgow, 1OD, 30R, 1 cap (plan goal)
-[X] Medical Support Ships, 2OD, 50R, 2 cap (+med, +log)
-[X] Human Magical Sensitivity Research, 1D, 20R, 1 cap (+CS, plan goal?)
-[X] Magic Geometry Research Program, 1D, 25R, 1 cap (+CS, plan goal?)
-[X] Antarctica Anomaly Research Expedition, 2D, 70R, 4 cap (plan goal)
-[X] Psychological Health Service, 3OD, 45R, 3 cap (plan goal)
-[X] Lycain Inhibitor Protein Development, 2 DARPA dice
-[X] HE Shell Factory Plants, 3OD, 90R, 3 cap (+ammo)
-[X] Hail Missile Plant, 1OD, 30R, 1 cap (+ammo)
-[X] ASM/AGM Missile Factories (Phase 1), 4 OD, 120R, 5 cap (+ammo)
-[X] Frigate Yard Construction
--[X] Ullapool, 1IndD, 2D, 75R, 6 cap (plan goal)
-[X] Convene with Cairngorms Spirits for assistance, 1D, 2 cap
--[X] Is there an alternate way for vampires to derive sustenance other than killing and eating people? (I swear, if you just say "yes" or "no", I'm going to burn the whole goddamn forest down, "lol jk")
-[X] Seek National Space Program Assistance, 1D, 2 cap (towards plan goal)
-[X] Plan UNDC Space Lift Capabilities, 2D, 4 cap (towards plan goal)
I count 55 dice cap, and a whopping 1135 resources. Good lord.
I was originally going to go "all in" on naval stuff, but two problems have emerged that need to be addressed. First, we have an issue with our logistics; second, our military forces apparently don't have any ammo to shoot at the bad guys. So, I kind of had to scale our naval ambitions back a little bit.
Infrastructure-wise, this plan goes "all in" on logistics. Five logistics ports get started, along with building roads and rails to get to them; Ushaia gets a good number of dice so we can fly supplies over to Antarctica for the upcoming expedition. We also, crank out another round of auxiliary fleet ships.
Industry wise, we put one die into the Glasgow utility vehicle plant to hopefully finish it off (or put it into 100% guaranteed with a die territory next quarter), then get some more fuel lined up so we don't have to keep buying the overpriced and watered down Saudi and American crap once all our new ships come online.
Service-wise, we continue some magical research we've started, hopefully finish off the medical fleet, start working on Antarctica, and start working on the psychological services, so that when the guys come back from Antarctica, our options for mental health aren't limited to "take a week off, go get drunk". We throw DARPA dice towards Lycain Inhibitor so we can hopefully stop keeping werewolf-infected individuals on ice forever.
In military terms, we address our ammo problems by building a bunch of ammo that's useful against our current opposition - artillery and air-to-ground ordnance. We still get started on frigate construction yards, though.
Our Admin guys will be busy talking to people and try to get our orbital launch capabilities going.
-[X] Ushaia Air Base (+log/maint, plan goal), 4OD, 120R, 4 cap (+log, +maint, plan goal)
-[X] Rail and Road Expansion, 2OD, 40R, 2 cap (+log, +cs)
-[X] Logistical Port Construction
--[X] Vitoria (Brazil) 1D, 20R, 2 cap
--[X] Montevideo (Argentina) 1D, 20R, 2 cap
--[X] Port Elizabeth (South Africa) 1D, 20R, 2 cap
--[X] Chennai (India) 1D, 20R, 2 cap
--[X] Wenzhou (China) 1MilD, 20R, 2 cap
-[X] UNDC Auxiliary Ship Fleet (Phase 3), 4 OD, 260R, 4 cap
-[X] Fuel Extraction and Refining Expansion (Phase 6), 2 OD, 40R, 2 cap
-[X] Utility Vehicle Production Complexes
--[X] Glasgow, 1OD, 30R, 1 cap (plan goal)
-[X] Medical Support Ships, 2OD, 50R, 2 cap (+med, +log)
-[X] Human Magical Sensitivity Research, 1D, 20R, 1 cap (+CS, plan goal?)
-[X] Magic Geometry Research Program, 1D, 25R, 1 cap (+CS, plan goal?)
-[X] Antarctica Anomaly Research Expedition, 2D, 70R, 4 cap (plan goal)
-[X] Psychological Health Service, 3OD, 45R, 3 cap (plan goal)
-[X] Lycain Inhibitor Protein Development, 2 DARPA dice
-[X] HE Shell Factory Plants, 3OD, 90R, 3 cap (+ammo)
-[X] Hail Missile Plant, 1OD, 30R, 1 cap (+ammo)
-[X] ASM/AGM Missile Factories (Phase 1), 4 OD, 120R, 5 cap (+ammo)
-[X] Frigate Yard Construction
--[X] Ullapool, 1IndD, 2D, 75R, 6 cap (plan goal)
-[X] Convene with Cairngorms Spirits for assistance, 1D, 2 cap
--[X] Is there an alternate way for vampires to derive sustenance other than killing and eating people? (I swear, if you just say "yes" or "no", I'm going to burn the whole goddamn forest down, "lol jk")
-[X] Seek National Space Program Assistance, 1D, 2 cap (towards plan goal)
-[X] Plan UNDC Space Lift Capabilities, 2D, 4 cap (towards plan goal)
I count 55 dice cap, and a whopping 1135 resources. Good lord.
I was originally going to go "all in" on naval stuff, but two problems have emerged that need to be addressed. First, we have an issue with our logistics; second, our military forces apparently don't have any ammo to shoot at the bad guys. So, I kind of had to scale our naval ambitions back a little bit.
Infrastructure-wise, this plan goes "all in" on logistics. Five logistics ports get started, along with building roads and rails to get to them; Ushaia gets a good number of dice so we can fly supplies over to Antarctica for the upcoming expedition. We also, crank out another round of auxiliary fleet ships.
Industry wise, we put one die into the Glasgow utility vehicle plant to hopefully finish it off (or put it into 100% guaranteed with a die territory next quarter), then get some more fuel lined up so we don't have to keep buying the overpriced and watered down Saudi and American crap once all our new ships come online.
Service-wise, we continue some magical research we've started, hopefully finish off the medical fleet, start working on Antarctica, and start working on the psychological services, so that when the guys come back from Antarctica, our options for mental health aren't limited to "take a week off, go get drunk". We throw DARPA dice towards Lycain Inhibitor so we can hopefully stop keeping werewolf-infected individuals on ice forever.
In military terms, we address our ammo problems by building a bunch of ammo that's useful against our current opposition - artillery and air-to-ground ordnance. We still get started on frigate construction yards, though.
Our Admin guys will be busy talking to people and try to get our orbital launch capabilities going.
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
I'm pretty sure vampires who don't feed on actual people become nonsentient.
There may just legitimately be no way to "fix" this that doesn't, at a minimum, involve every vampire killing dozens of people while we research a cure.
I don't think that an obligate cannibal (that is, someone who has to eat people, not just meat or blood but people) to live really has much of a claim to a right to life of their own. Even if it'd arguably be "genocide" to make them stop killing and eating people.
Maybe we should be asking "how can we simplify communications" first. It'd be kind of awkward, when we are bottlenecked by the number of questions we can ask, to realize that we could have been asking 2/turn for several turns.
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- alphen aan den rijn
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Nah, there is a much simpler reason for this. You see, I respect people who play DCS and like realistic air combat, but I find it to be excruciatingly unfun when air engagements are decided by which side has a few seconds advantage in the combined system made up of radar, jamming, stealth, tracking, missile-speed and countermeasures. Nothing puts me to sleep more than people microanalysing the performance and stats of real aircraft. So as the QM I am upfront about it and declare that while these factors are all important, one side wont win because their theater wide radar network has a 1% better target acquisition or something. Experience, grit and strength of will of pilots remains a larger factor overall, which I think makes for a better "fun" story.
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- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
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Probably, but I want to do something to help the people infected with lycain. I'll stick with asking about a werewolf cure for now and then next turn ask them about better methods of communications rather than vampires.
- Location
- Fort Worth, TX
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I think I will let this one run out.
