Doomed Wombat
Let's go Darling!
- Location
- Dancing on wires!
Well time to break the orks upon our walls.
Lets hope we've got enough bullets.
Lets hope we've got enough bullets.
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The Long Night Part One: Embers in the Dusk: A Planetary Governor Quest (43k) Complete Sequel Up
- Thread starter Durin
- Start date
- Location
- Brazil, Minas gerais
- Location
- Asia
Wow the Orks are good at naval combat. Looks like we will have to focus on heavies and super heavies in the future and also increase the survivability of our escorts.
- Location
- England
Planning Session
RogueInquisitor
Unexpected!
Planning Session
"In the void, our target does not seem to have received significant reinforcements. While the fleet and orbital defenses are formidable, they should fall easily enough before the might of the Crusade Fleet," intoned the officer assigned to present the latest intelligence to Crusade Command.
Herrion nodded and turned to the Ecclesiarch communing with the Angyls maintaining the chambers wards. His constant checking may be irritating, but all agreed that it was best not to learn their protections had been breached after the intruder had heard everything.
"There have been attempts, but the wards remain intact and uncompromised. Unfortunately, we believe the intruder survived their blasphemous assault," came the response, unchanged in wording and intonation since the last time.
Herrion turned back to the officer delivering the briefing and gestured for him to continue. "On the surface, our reports are less certain. We can, however, confirm that the forces there have been reinforced by at least a company, and perhaps as much as three companies, of Traitor Astartes. There has also been an increase in the number of Knight Titans deployed there, though not enough to pose a threat to Legio Crucis. Our analysis in light of these factors is that we believe the Crusade to remain unknown to the Enemy. Their deployments appear to be more precautionary against a potential attack on the False Saint by regional forces only, due to reinforcements being pulled away by the Greenskin WAAAAAGH on the other side of the Chaos Domain."
The meeting paused again while the Lord General Militant again verified that the meeting was secure. After receiving a confirmation that could have been a recording of the previous ones, he dismissed the briefing officer and turned to address the rest of Crusade Command. "Our target is the False Saint. So long as that Heretic is slain, our mission is complete. I say this because the world he has chosen is a Death World, one that is so steeped in the Warp that it was halfway to becoming a Daemon World even before the Second Age of Strife. Attrition from the environment will be significant, especially in the first days, as we learn its many dangers..."
***
Governor Rotbart looked at Ridcully, who had just delivered the transcript of the salient parts of the Crusade's planning session. "They have no idea what they're in for, do they?" he mused, already thinking of ways he could exploit Herrion's seeming compulsion to keep checking his security. Just making it look like the Wards had been penetrated would likely cause the Lord General Militant to cancel the meeting and re-establish his defenses, which could fatally delay his responses. There were also some weaknesses in the deployment plans Herrion was making that Rotbart knew just how to exploit. And it looked like the projections for attrition due to wildlife to be hopelessly optimistic.
"In the void, our target does not seem to have received significant reinforcements. While the fleet and orbital defenses are formidable, they should fall easily enough before the might of the Crusade Fleet," intoned the officer assigned to present the latest intelligence to Crusade Command.
Herrion nodded and turned to the Ecclesiarch communing with the Angyls maintaining the chambers wards. His constant checking may be irritating, but all agreed that it was best not to learn their protections had been breached after the intruder had heard everything.
"There have been attempts, but the wards remain intact and uncompromised. Unfortunately, we believe the intruder survived their blasphemous assault," came the response, unchanged in wording and intonation since the last time.
Herrion turned back to the officer delivering the briefing and gestured for him to continue. "On the surface, our reports are less certain. We can, however, confirm that the forces there have been reinforced by at least a company, and perhaps as much as three companies, of Traitor Astartes. There has also been an increase in the number of Knight Titans deployed there, though not enough to pose a threat to Legio Crucis. Our analysis in light of these factors is that we believe the Crusade to remain unknown to the Enemy. Their deployments appear to be more precautionary against a potential attack on the False Saint by regional forces only, due to reinforcements being pulled away by the Greenskin WAAAAAGH on the other side of the Chaos Domain."
The meeting paused again while the Lord General Militant again verified that the meeting was secure. After receiving a confirmation that could have been a recording of the previous ones, he dismissed the briefing officer and turned to address the rest of Crusade Command. "Our target is the False Saint. So long as that Heretic is slain, our mission is complete. I say this because the world he has chosen is a Death World, one that is so steeped in the Warp that it was halfway to becoming a Daemon World even before the Second Age of Strife. Attrition from the environment will be significant, especially in the first days, as we learn its many dangers..."
***
Governor Rotbart looked at Ridcully, who had just delivered the transcript of the salient parts of the Crusade's planning session. "They have no idea what they're in for, do they?" he mused, already thinking of ways he could exploit Herrion's seeming compulsion to keep checking his security. Just making it look like the Wards had been penetrated would likely cause the Lord General Militant to cancel the meeting and re-establish his defenses, which could fatally delay his responses. There were also some weaknesses in the deployment plans Herrion was making that Rotbart knew just how to exploit. And it looked like the projections for attrition due to wildlife to be hopelessly optimistic.
Shard
One and Many
- Location
- Malaysia
Armor erosion? Have attacks stack against armor diminishingly?
- Location
- Estonia
100 cruiser should be able to kill 1 battleship but im pretty sure that it would take a salvo or two to take damage but we had similar numbers of ships and the point should be that wuldnt be happening very often and battleships especially our kind and other armored stuff are around battle barge toughness wich is even sillier than regular ships anyway so it as strange as you might think , maybe abit of a nerf but as extensive as it sounds ur think about? Also our tech level for ships is very high compared to general tech level since im pretty sure we have full daot tech for them but not for other stuff ..
and in a fight like this i doubt that it would happen very often for example and there is the option of retreating for abit while ur sheild recharge or something or u do damage control instead with the amount of ships we got? Maybe squadrons work like this , half are reserve and the other half are fighting and they switch when sheilds go down / take damage?
and in a fight like this i doubt that it would happen very often for example and there is the option of retreating for abit while ur sheild recharge or something or u do damage control instead with the amount of ships we got? Maybe squadrons work like this , half are reserve and the other half are fighting and they switch when sheilds go down / take damage?
Avernite Wildlife for Golden Legionnaires: A Field Guide
- Location
- England
First of all. Don't panic.
Our discipline is our strongest asset. If any of you panic the great Star Father, holiest and mightiest, will take a personal vendetta against you and all your ancestors and never allow your soul to join him in his golden hall.
As you should know we are attacking the recently founded world of Averneus, to destroy the arch-heretic spewing false words in the name of our master.
We have been greatly aided by our allies across the segmentum. A vast fleet has arrived from Hydraphur. A billion slave-soldiers from the death corps of Kreig have been handed over to us, despite the ongoing rebel trouble the world is having. The entire emperor's talons chapter, glorious in their decendence from the mighty emperor himself, have elected to fight with us.
We shall crush the heretical scum.
Averneus, thrice damned place, is a deathworld of terror unmatched in the sector. Colonised briefly before the ascension, due to the horrific wildlife combined with missadministration half the colonists died.
The wildlife:
Spiders
The locals have developed a fear of spiders. This is not unfounded. The blink spider, so called because it runs so fast can kill if it's bites untreated. Other, slower moving creatures are even more lethal. Orders are to work towards killing any small animal on sight.
Beasts:
Monsters roam the lands of Averneus, from giant crocodiles, to twenty foot lizards, and massive herds of beasts. All of these creatures will be easy prey to sustained impaler fire, but are not to be underestimated. Rumours abound through the ranks of larger, and more terrifying beasts. Our infiltration has informed us that this is utter bunk and soldiers should not be afraid of being suddenly murdered by giant monsters. Attempts will be made to hunt the vast herds of beasts roaming the central plain to improve the rations of deployed troops.
The plants:
Information on Averneus' flora is limited, but expect to be clawed at and poisoned by almost everything. Carapace armour has been heavily issued to leading units in order to reduce it, and they have orders to clear a path for the following lighter troops. Information will be dispensed as it becomes available.
Xenos Scum
Not only have the cursed traitors embraced the arch-heretic, but they have also had the audacity to declare that Xenos are to be befriended. Rather than eradicating the local Xenos the weak and spineless Governor Frederick has been bent to their will, giving them human souls, which they then eat, in order to maintain peace. Other Xenos have also extracted tribute- the Quartok, a race the Imperium has crushed once before, forced him to take them in.
We shall attack all Xenos we encounter, give them no quarter and purge this world in his holy name.
The Heretics
The locals are weak and cowardly, hiding behind their high walls rather than taming their planet. Expect them to be well equipped, for the heretics beliefs extend to technology, and foul and hateful practices have been applied to the gear they use to make it more ferocious. They have become reliant on this however. Once we close to bayonet range, they will become easy fodder for our hardened soldiers.
Our discipline is our strongest asset. If any of you panic the great Star Father, holiest and mightiest, will take a personal vendetta against you and all your ancestors and never allow your soul to join him in his golden hall.
As you should know we are attacking the recently founded world of Averneus, to destroy the arch-heretic spewing false words in the name of our master.
We have been greatly aided by our allies across the segmentum. A vast fleet has arrived from Hydraphur. A billion slave-soldiers from the death corps of Kreig have been handed over to us, despite the ongoing rebel trouble the world is having. The entire emperor's talons chapter, glorious in their decendence from the mighty emperor himself, have elected to fight with us.
We shall crush the heretical scum.
Averneus, thrice damned place, is a deathworld of terror unmatched in the sector. Colonised briefly before the ascension, due to the horrific wildlife combined with missadministration half the colonists died.
The wildlife:
Spiders
The locals have developed a fear of spiders. This is not unfounded. The blink spider, so called because it runs so fast can kill if it's bites untreated. Other, slower moving creatures are even more lethal. Orders are to work towards killing any small animal on sight.
Beasts:
Monsters roam the lands of Averneus, from giant crocodiles, to twenty foot lizards, and massive herds of beasts. All of these creatures will be easy prey to sustained impaler fire, but are not to be underestimated. Rumours abound through the ranks of larger, and more terrifying beasts. Our infiltration has informed us that this is utter bunk and soldiers should not be afraid of being suddenly murdered by giant monsters. Attempts will be made to hunt the vast herds of beasts roaming the central plain to improve the rations of deployed troops.
The plants:
Information on Averneus' flora is limited, but expect to be clawed at and poisoned by almost everything. Carapace armour has been heavily issued to leading units in order to reduce it, and they have orders to clear a path for the following lighter troops. Information will be dispensed as it becomes available.
Xenos Scum
Not only have the cursed traitors embraced the arch-heretic, but they have also had the audacity to declare that Xenos are to be befriended. Rather than eradicating the local Xenos the weak and spineless Governor Frederick has been bent to their will, giving them human souls, which they then eat, in order to maintain peace. Other Xenos have also extracted tribute- the Quartok, a race the Imperium has crushed once before, forced him to take them in.
We shall attack all Xenos we encounter, give them no quarter and purge this world in his holy name.
The Heretics
The locals are weak and cowardly, hiding behind their high walls rather than taming their planet. Expect them to be well equipped, for the heretics beliefs extend to technology, and foul and hateful practices have been applied to the gear they use to make it more ferocious. They have become reliant on this however. Once we close to bayonet range, they will become easy fodder for our hardened soldiers.
Some of this is propaganda to stop the troops freaking out. The rumours have gotten a bit out of control.
Other things, they just don't know.
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Last time I checked she was on a cruiser and in charge of a cruiser flotilla.
dragon
Ancalagon the Black
- Location
- The Skies of Arda
Iirc she was leading a cruiser Squadron. A lot of whom got wrecked. We can only hope that she wasn't with the harassment forces.
The cruiser in the light elements got wrecked the Heavey fleet and thier cruisers are somewhat ok.
- Location
- To the left. No, not there, the other left.
@RogueInquisitor - I think the plans should include discussion about Cumea (something along lines of "Cumea planetary system boast significant Dark Mechanicus presence upon it's moons and sizeable shipyards, however heavy orbital defences makes any attack on it too costly for what is a secondary objective. It may serve as a fallback point for remains of the Heretic fleet once we beat them back, but as long as we archieve orbital superiority over Avernus to launch asault against Arch-Heretic they will be of no consequence.")
- Location
- Toronto, Ontario(occasionally)
The Regimental Standard said:
I'm going to keep quoting the Regimental Standard at every opportunity I get until we're no longer fighting the forces of the Abomination.
- Location
- Reno Nv
They dead, and very screwed. Like completely screwed, like if their was a word to describe how screwed they are it would be KASCREWADISHISH, they are that screwed. Then when they try to bombard the planet, and wake up an old one, this will be their muted reaction, " I have Errored".
RogueInquisitor
Unexpected!
The purpose of this Crusade is to kill Saint Lin. Lin isn't on Cumea, so they don't really care, as the defenses there can't threaten them unless they allow themselves to be drawn into a fight in reach of those defenses. They don't intend to conquer or raze the system, just kill one person. Cumea's irrelevance to killing Lin has been known to them for years, so it just isn't mentioned anymore. They do have plans in storage for invading Cumea if Lin moved there, but there isn't much that they would need to account for and update in them if we were dumb enough to actually do it.
There's also the fact that this briefing is primarily about what might be new in the Avernus system and how that will affect the Crusade, not what is already there. The attrition due to the environment is mentioned because Herrion really doesn't want to get into a protracted, bloody siege on a world that, in such a situation, would probably kill more of his men than enemy fire. That would just be embarrassing.
Doomed Wombat
Let's go Darling!
- Location
- Dancing on wires!
Opinion poll on where we should put Lin
Dis: Our toughest city, has the most troops in it, in the mountains so we have Troll support and unless they take one of the support cities in the Spine, unlikely to fall even with a battleship suicide.
Azyre Isles: Practically impossible to land there, most Siren support tough defences.
Dis: Our toughest city, has the most troops in it, in the mountains so we have Troll support and unless they take one of the support cities in the Spine, unlikely to fall even with a battleship suicide.
Azyre Isles: Practically impossible to land there, most Siren support tough defences.
- Location
- Toronto, Ontario(occasionally)
Snap opinion is Dis, the Azure Islands still aren't connected to the rail network, having to shift troops around to defend them against serious assault will be much more difficult.
Edit: That said, if they were connected to the rail network I'd bet on the deeper tunnels preventing the enemy from cutting the tracks like the orkz did.
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- Location
- To the left. No, not there, the other left.
@RogueInquisitor
I think it should still be mentioned along lines "Instead of engaging our superior vessels in direct combat the Heretic fleet may instead leverage they greater speed in Materium granted by their foul tech-heresies to adopt ambush and harrasment tactics akin to cowardly pirate scum, using Cumean system, who recently received even further orbital fortifications, as a fallback point."
I think it should still be mentioned along lines "Instead of engaging our superior vessels in direct combat the Heretic fleet may instead leverage they greater speed in Materium granted by their foul tech-heresies to adopt ambush and harrasment tactics akin to cowardly pirate scum, using Cumean system, who recently received even further orbital fortifications, as a fallback point."
HanEmpire
Delicious
I'd say the Gubernatorial Palace. It's at the best human-protected place on Avernus.
- Location
- Brazil
So, the orks are trading better than even in the cruiser weight category, their escorts are stupidly tough, ours are akin to wet paper, and now heavy armour won't work?
Fantastic.
Fantastic.
Guess we need to alter fleet composition for it, more superlances to keep a range advantage, more ragnarok cannons for hulk killing and additional anti escort vessels.