[X] Plan Press On
-[X] Prepare secondary pilot team. (free action)
-[X] Clean up the Blue. (-150) (free action)
-[X] Build 3x HF-2 Fangblades (-1,500) (2 for immediate use, 1 as a backup just in case)
-[X] Repair and Refit Tacit Ronin. Install HF-2 Fangblades. (-50)
-[X] Upgrade Population to 6 (-3,000)
-[X] Research more advanced Arges Laser-Targeting System, with a focus on allowing aim assist for units without guided projectiles
-[X] Research Anti-Kaiju Ocean Gunships w/modular weapons system; initial weapon outfit intended to be HF+ Missiles, but should allow for relatively easy swap to other weapon systems once they're designed, including anti-kaiju torpedoes and miniaturized railgun systems.
(3700 Spent, 550 Left)
The week is a surge of activity. Crews are immediately dispatched to deal with the Blue, and neutralization is swift.
Not two, but three of the new HF-2s are built, massive things of titanium made to sheer through flesh and armour like nothing. Tacit's own Fangblades are finally removed, placed into storage just in case.
3 HF-2 Fangblades constructed!
2 Fangblades in storage!
1 HF-2 Fangblade in storage!
Tacit Ronin comes under repairs, and it's not too much to deal with. The conpod damage is swiftly repaired, and the arms are partially disassembled to fit the new weapons in. Each Fangblade isn't just a massive sword-- it's also the rail system and (in the HF-2s) the oscillators and power feeds. By the end of the week, the new weapons should be ready to go.
Additionally, an
error is found; Tacit Ronin's power distribution is at fault, causing excess energy to be lost as heat! A few bright sparks are quick to rectify this, diverting the excess power from the reactor into the jaeger's artificial musculature.
Tacit Ronin is at 100% functionality! HF-2 Fangblades installed! Tacit Ronin to Strength 2!
An explanation; I am become error. Tacit was supposed to start with ten points of stats; I accidentally gave him nine. Since you guys probably want a bit more punching power, I threw the extra stat into Strength for free!
But what's a weapon without a user? What's a Jaeger without a pilot? Neither Noah nor Alec are in any shape to pilot, even if the latter's recovering far faster than anticipated.
Something has to be done. And it is.
Of the candidates who were available to pilot Tacit, Noah and Alec were only the ones with the best Drift. Now, it's time to see what the second best can do. The council is briefed on the new pilots: Ashley Langley and Maria Vinerra. They're stepsisters, with a... complicated family history on Ashley's side. The style they exhibit can be summed up as showy and aggressive; Maria being the showy one, while Ashley's the aggression.
Apologies for the bare bones/little bit sloppy character descriptions. As I write, you'll get a better feel for them.
They're totally not a reference nosireebob.
Ashley takes Right, Maria takes Left. Using the CAvTW Adjective Chart, Ashley is Hotblooded/Skilled, and Maria is Disciplined/Direct, though this won't really do anything for you right now.
Yet more people surge in, the city's total population jumping by nearly ten thousand. In reply, some of the old skyscrapers are opened up, reinforced, and set up as apartment complexes.
Population increases to 6!
Yet more work is thrown at the Arges system, this time trying to expand what it can work with. Some of the scientists throw back the comment that they should just get more missiles instead-- before apparently realizing something, and rushing off.
Three days later, the head scientist of the Conventional Military Research division drops a rocket the size of his forearm down at the council table. They've found a few compromises, he says.
First off, guiding the dumb-fire rockets by Arges is nearly impossible, and would be a stupid thing to try to do. So instead, they've just made the rockets into micro missiles, allowing them to work with Arges normally.
'Kaiju-Buster' Super RPGs upgraded to Micro Missiles! Micro Missiles benefit from Arges!
The second thing they did was develop a scanner of sorts to help the gunner crews lock onto Arges. It's not much, just an over glorified photosensitive infrared camera, but it should help them point at the glowy circles better.
All 120mm Cannons now benefit from Arges!
It appears that the 'B' research team was actually sent to work on the other task! However, in Seattle, something like a boat is very,
very hard to screw up, even if it has a missile launcher on it. The end result is seaworthy, if not very impressive. The team also forgot about the whole 'modular weapons' thing.
New Conventional Military unit available for purchase: Anti Kaiju Missile Gunboat!
Anti Kaiju Missile Gunboat
Costs 500 Resources
- Move up to 4 units a turn on water only
- Hellfire+ Missile: 1d10 Fire damage. +0 Damage. Range 20/-/-. Hits on 4+. Cauterises Wounds. Benefits from Arges.
Other than that, not much goes on.
Roll me 1d10+1 for scanners.
