It is a system-system web of mail. Choir Q gets a message meant for Choir D, so they pass it along the line to Choir P with a note that the message is for Choir D, which then does the same until the message reaches its destination.
I agree with the people below that it's probably better to take the [] Build a Fleet action here, since the Kil'drabi bonus is at 36 and caps out at 40, so we should do it this turn or next turn. Also, then we can build ships not currently part of our SBGs.
This, very much this. I'm thinking that our forces would be aided dramatically by like 20 Loyalty's Bloom destroyers which can be one hell of a stealthed alpha strike, as well as a few more Sagitarriuses to actually give us a long-ranged component to guarantee kills against priority targets. For example, those Flyssa psytech ships that seem to be the foundation of van Zandt navel doctrine.
Hmm. Okay I see the upgrade tree to it then. Cause from there it could scale up to one choir having being able to send messages 2 systems or more over. Or even working on a subsector basis(at least the smaller ones) with the highest tier being like subsector level to sector level communications.
Hey. Let's be kind. I understand your proposal. I also think we can do the same with a single action next turn and then 4 actions on the first emergency turn.
Hmm. It's not that SBGs aren't powerful. We built them to be as strong as possible. But they're straightforward. They're strength against strength. We take losses to inflict losses in a somewhat balanced way (actually unbalanced because 2d6 vs. 3d6...)
You have this Turn (4), next Turn (3), and the Turn after where you need to trigger the Revolution (2/3), so you have 9 Actions left.
OH! Ok. That's one more turn than I was envisioning! I'm fine with this plan, though I think it would also be great to do the song of grounding this turn
Hmm, I have an idea. Next turn we could bumrush Civ XV. Might be our last shot at getting it before we get hit with a hard reset, so we rush that then the turn after we finish up the Civillian Fleet the turn we start the Revolution.
We already have 5 SBGs, the minimum needed to stand a chance if we don't play dirty (and we're playing hella dirty here). And that Civ XV milestone could really help us out a lot.
Can I ask for a tiny amount of grace here? We're both coming from reasonable places, and I would like to try and identify the places where our assumptions differ.
Yeah, pretty much this. Before now, we couldn't afford a one-trick pony, because we didn't have the fleet to back it up. Now we do, so we can afford hyper-specialized tools.
True - but I think there's a chance that the alpha strike is so impressive it saves us nearly a whole SBG's worth of casualties. They're the fastest possible ships we have, so they won't all die. Or, you know, our admirals can be smart enough to have them sneak up behind the enemy and fire off all their missiles at the enemy backline 1/4 of the way into the battle.
Yeah, honestly fair. I think I'm waiting for QM feedback on this idea, and if it's not positive I'll abandon it. But it's worth exploring!
Ah. This... is a strong argument. Hmm. I'd be down for this as well.
I think it's inarguable that we could improve the SBGs, if nothing else because we have new ships we didn't have when they were designed. Specifically, the Saggitarius and the Loyalty's bloom, adding like 6 of each would round out the SAGs with powerful new capabilities. Then we can design some specialty versions to fight other foes like Orcs or Drukhari, as well as an infiltration/sabotage version for producing Chameleons, Lupus' and the Loyalty's Bloom, and a civilian aid version to canonize our existing Hive Aid fleet for the next time we can do that.
For the purpose of Voxx Primus (and Free Duchy), they are, possibly, the worst kind of ship to have. They rely on stealth to get close, mag-dump their munitions, then GTFO ASAP. The Voxxian SDF is...not in a position where you could stealthily approach with ~30 ships and not get detected by conventional means.
If the Lamenters join you *coughcoughwinkwinkcoughcough* doing as you say could work.
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