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To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)
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2325.Q1 - Admiral Patricia Chen, and Discord Part 1
Jenny
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At a young age, you found out you were special. Your father, too young to be on his deathbed, whispering a secret into your ear. That you weren't an ordinary human. That you were destined -- engineered -- for greatness.
You've taken that secret with you your entire life. It has provided comfort in moments of doubt, the promise that you were different, that your setbacks were temporary, of circumstance, or able to be overcome. But when you were in the spotlight, being praised, being told by others without the secret how important and different you were, shocks of terror would race through you. Should you have avoided being Valedictorian at every school you ever attended? Maybe. But something in you, maybe some sick residue of the manufacturing process that made you, that old bit about greater ambition, means you just can't help yourself. You can't help but win.
You are Patricia Chen, and you are what many would call an 'augment.' An imprecise term loaded with its own connotations, but one that served well enough.
The position of Commander, Starfleet is one you have craved for a long time. You have built a staircase to this position with every move in your career, proved your worthiness to all who cared to look as you whipped the STO into shape. But this role itself is but a stepping stone to something greater. You were made for a purpose. That is to shape the Federation. But it is also to surpass your mentor and friend, Vitalia Kahurangi. For ten years the Iron Lady shaped the Federation. A woman with your genes should be able to do even better.
You stare at a holorecording, idly bouncing a ball off your desk. On it, Jacqueline Appel fidgets in a courtyard, hand in her pocket. You can see yourself at the edge of the screen, conferring with a yeoman, literally half-way out the door. Your aide is waiting expectantly on the stairs, and Appel watches you closely. Finally, you see your shoulders shrug, and you go back inside. Immediately, Appel hunches her shoulders and walks away. Was she under the control of the Singers then, you wonder? And what was she going to do to you?
A question for another day. You can't shape the Federation if it is yoked by the Singers, billions of souls turned into half-dreaming playthings of immortal schoolgirls. Perhaps your life is a lie, but you've never forced anyone to do anything; indeed you make sure your demeanour is always pleasant. Manipulative? Only to some degree. But the Singers override free will, change the very perception of reality of those under their 'care.' It is monstrous, and for the good of the people of the Federation, living peaceful lives, they must be opposed.
You were never sure if a crisis would help or hinder your plans. A decade of peaceful expansion would have left a legacy all its own. But the Singers have dealt the cards this time, though it is a hand you have prepared for. You will safeguard the Federation, wrench the deck from their hands, and free the people under the Singers' control. Doing that starts now.
You can use a transporter to get from San Francisco to almost anywhere in orbit, or around the planet - as long as you don't mind an article of technology that to this day periodically turns things inside out. Civilian traffic as a result still has a taste for the more tried and true passenger shuttle or airbus.
But the mysterious Kestrel Station cleaves to the Moon - and like all children of old Earth, it is always still the moon to you. A distinctive looking platform of several sweeping wings, identified only by colours, home to office after nondescript numbered office. Yet there is so much more for those with the clearance to see. Home of Starfleet Intelligence Command and her subsidiary commands, the station is now a sprawling thing, grown out from a humble station to something approaching a starbase. Its growth maps the rise of Starfleet Intelligence from unloved service stepchild to valuable asset.
To bridge the distance, you take the shuttle to Starbase One, Earth Spacedock, one of the most awe-inspiring megastructures in the known galaxy.Thought has been given to holding this meeting there, but the centrality of Starfleet Intelligence's teams, and - more practically - the duranium-hard information security there, gave rise to this plan.
When your old mentor Vitalia, the esteemed Admiral Kahurangi, would step out of the office, she would be followed by an absolute cloud of aides and orderlies. Up until just recently it had seemed a silly conceit, but even a bare month in the job has shown you that it is absolutely vital. So the sensation as you sit down in the modern Type 6 shuttle with no one bar your customary yeoman, it feels ... naked.
Silence and solitude have never been unfriendly to you in the past. Your thoughts and meditations are all the company you need. But today is different. Today you go to tilt the board and upend the plans of a galactic superpower. You want every tool to hand. But Kestrel Station is no place for the curious, or the merely potentially useful. It is a place of purpose. You admire that. But you still feel naked without your small fleet of aides.
Along with your approach comes those of a number of other shuttles, originating from different platforms in orbit. USS Jupiter and Yorkshire, former UESPA vessels now in Starfleet service, watch carefully for any potential mishap. But there is none, and you and the other shuttles arrive at Kestrel station.
This is a land of contrasts. From the legions of the carefully cultivated non-descriptiveness to the many wildly colourful characters who have seen untold adventures, to the downright peculiar and unsettling. These people live and work without glory yet not without satisfaction and pride. It is a trait you appreciate in the service.
Dutiful faces usher you from the shuttlebay and into a turbolift, which takes you to a room, accessible only through turbolift, with every manner of shielding and information security the Federation can muster without crippling your ability to function.
You are not the first to arrive. Director, Starfleet Intelligence, the Tellarite Vice Admiral blasch Fapok, is there waiting. He is deep within his own thoughts, a pensive look on his face. Shortly after you is Vice Admiral Rosalee McAdams - a famed former Explorer Corps captain and now head of Starfleet Tactical.
A tall Rigellian walks in. Pongiyyad, the recently appointed head of the Federation Diplomatic Service. Starfleet Intelligence's Chief of Staff, Bruce Ponting, a distinguished former Oberth captain, is next. Right after him is Councillor Hayley Singh, a perennial expert in tense matters such as these.
The last to arrive at the Council room is President Jime Okaar herself. She could have left this matter to others to debate, but she doesn't want to shy from the responsibility for what she has set in motion.
Task Force Glacier is now impanelled.
Asset - What you use to actually conduct a mission. Assets come in two types: Ground Teams and Ships. Multiple assets are joined into Task Groups, which you assign to missions; they will roll their combined stat to determine successes.
Stats - There are a number of distinct stats involved.
Missions and Events are handled by attempting to roll a number of successes, as per the mission or event profile. A success is, in effect, passing 7, 10, 13, 16, or 19 on your roll, in ascending number of successes.
If you equal the number of successes, you have had a clean success. If you exceed the number of successes you can gain a bonus. If you fall short by no more than two, it is a marginal mission; you accomplish the objective, but you have to roll health and escape checks (needing as many successes as the shortfall to pass). If you fall short by more than that, it is a blown mission, you roll health and escape checks, do not accomplish the objective, and may have to deal with an Incident.
Incidents are why you have political coverage. They usually just cost pp, but could have adverse effects in other areas like tag process, research progress, Harmony Access points, or losing access to some assets for a period of time.
Overall Bonuses:
Lvl 4 Firewall Bonus
This was originally intended to be a penalty against Harmony forces, however, with the event generated system for the Homefront that we eventually went, it will instead be giving you +4 on the generic security responder that handles any event you don't respond to. So the net effect is the same. (We ended up deciding against giving Harmony assets per se, so there was originally nothing for this to act against)
Phase One: Disruption
Terminology:
Target - A person or place known to be a hub of Harmony infiltration.
Mission - An approach to engaging a target. Missions come with required Stats (the number of successes required for each stat in order to pass the mission), and with Disruption and other rewards attached.
Success: On a roll of 2d6+Stat, successes are awarded as follows: 1 Success at 7, 2 Successes at 10, 3 Successes at 13, 4 Successes at 16, 5 Successes at 19.
[ ][OFF] Assign Task Groups to available missions.
You can deploy as many of the available task groups as you like, but cannot double-up on a mission.
Targets:
Federation Border:
Patrol Sweep
Bolian space:
Patrol Sweep
Licori space:
Patrol Sweep
Felis space:
Patrol Sweep
Mission Task Groups
Task Group Wave
Task Group Season
Task Group Sunglass
Task Group Fastener
- Pending arrival of Office 19 in Q2 -
Task Group Fox
- Pending arrival of Office 37 in Q3 -
Task Group Waterfall
You've taken that secret with you your entire life. It has provided comfort in moments of doubt, the promise that you were different, that your setbacks were temporary, of circumstance, or able to be overcome. But when you were in the spotlight, being praised, being told by others without the secret how important and different you were, shocks of terror would race through you. Should you have avoided being Valedictorian at every school you ever attended? Maybe. But something in you, maybe some sick residue of the manufacturing process that made you, that old bit about greater ambition, means you just can't help yourself. You can't help but win.
You are Patricia Chen, and you are what many would call an 'augment.' An imprecise term loaded with its own connotations, but one that served well enough.
The position of Commander, Starfleet is one you have craved for a long time. You have built a staircase to this position with every move in your career, proved your worthiness to all who cared to look as you whipped the STO into shape. But this role itself is but a stepping stone to something greater. You were made for a purpose. That is to shape the Federation. But it is also to surpass your mentor and friend, Vitalia Kahurangi. For ten years the Iron Lady shaped the Federation. A woman with your genes should be able to do even better.
You stare at a holorecording, idly bouncing a ball off your desk. On it, Jacqueline Appel fidgets in a courtyard, hand in her pocket. You can see yourself at the edge of the screen, conferring with a yeoman, literally half-way out the door. Your aide is waiting expectantly on the stairs, and Appel watches you closely. Finally, you see your shoulders shrug, and you go back inside. Immediately, Appel hunches her shoulders and walks away. Was she under the control of the Singers then, you wonder? And what was she going to do to you?
A question for another day. You can't shape the Federation if it is yoked by the Singers, billions of souls turned into half-dreaming playthings of immortal schoolgirls. Perhaps your life is a lie, but you've never forced anyone to do anything; indeed you make sure your demeanour is always pleasant. Manipulative? Only to some degree. But the Singers override free will, change the very perception of reality of those under their 'care.' It is monstrous, and for the good of the people of the Federation, living peaceful lives, they must be opposed.
You were never sure if a crisis would help or hinder your plans. A decade of peaceful expansion would have left a legacy all its own. But the Singers have dealt the cards this time, though it is a hand you have prepared for. You will safeguard the Federation, wrench the deck from their hands, and free the people under the Singers' control. Doing that starts now.
You can use a transporter to get from San Francisco to almost anywhere in orbit, or around the planet - as long as you don't mind an article of technology that to this day periodically turns things inside out. Civilian traffic as a result still has a taste for the more tried and true passenger shuttle or airbus.
But the mysterious Kestrel Station cleaves to the Moon - and like all children of old Earth, it is always still the moon to you. A distinctive looking platform of several sweeping wings, identified only by colours, home to office after nondescript numbered office. Yet there is so much more for those with the clearance to see. Home of Starfleet Intelligence Command and her subsidiary commands, the station is now a sprawling thing, grown out from a humble station to something approaching a starbase. Its growth maps the rise of Starfleet Intelligence from unloved service stepchild to valuable asset.
To bridge the distance, you take the shuttle to Starbase One, Earth Spacedock, one of the most awe-inspiring megastructures in the known galaxy.Thought has been given to holding this meeting there, but the centrality of Starfleet Intelligence's teams, and - more practically - the duranium-hard information security there, gave rise to this plan.
When your old mentor Vitalia, the esteemed Admiral Kahurangi, would step out of the office, she would be followed by an absolute cloud of aides and orderlies. Up until just recently it had seemed a silly conceit, but even a bare month in the job has shown you that it is absolutely vital. So the sensation as you sit down in the modern Type 6 shuttle with no one bar your customary yeoman, it feels ... naked.
Silence and solitude have never been unfriendly to you in the past. Your thoughts and meditations are all the company you need. But today is different. Today you go to tilt the board and upend the plans of a galactic superpower. You want every tool to hand. But Kestrel Station is no place for the curious, or the merely potentially useful. It is a place of purpose. You admire that. But you still feel naked without your small fleet of aides.
Along with your approach comes those of a number of other shuttles, originating from different platforms in orbit. USS Jupiter and Yorkshire, former UESPA vessels now in Starfleet service, watch carefully for any potential mishap. But there is none, and you and the other shuttles arrive at Kestrel station.
This is a land of contrasts. From the legions of the carefully cultivated non-descriptiveness to the many wildly colourful characters who have seen untold adventures, to the downright peculiar and unsettling. These people live and work without glory yet not without satisfaction and pride. It is a trait you appreciate in the service.
Dutiful faces usher you from the shuttlebay and into a turbolift, which takes you to a room, accessible only through turbolift, with every manner of shielding and information security the Federation can muster without crippling your ability to function.
You are not the first to arrive. Director, Starfleet Intelligence, the Tellarite Vice Admiral blasch Fapok, is there waiting. He is deep within his own thoughts, a pensive look on his face. Shortly after you is Vice Admiral Rosalee McAdams - a famed former Explorer Corps captain and now head of Starfleet Tactical.
A tall Rigellian walks in. Pongiyyad, the recently appointed head of the Federation Diplomatic Service. Starfleet Intelligence's Chief of Staff, Bruce Ponting, a distinguished former Oberth captain, is next. Right after him is Councillor Hayley Singh, a perennial expert in tense matters such as these.
The last to arrive at the Council room is President Jime Okaar herself. She could have left this matter to others to debate, but she doesn't want to shy from the responsibility for what she has set in motion.
Task Force Glacier is now impanelled.
[X] Plan Hit Hard and Take the Consequences
-[X][LICORI] Attempt tripartite mediation (2pt, best used with considerable work elsewhere interdicting Harmony support for the Rithe)
-[X][LICORI] Shadow War (6pt, clears Commander, Starfleet to take a very kinetic approach to supporting anti-Harmony Licori assets against pro-Harmony allies)
-[X][FELIS] Padani Cooperation (5pt, Start striking Harmony targets alongside the Padani, gain assets that can be applied)
-[X][HBZ] Give strong political cover (4pt, no pp loss for minor incidents, 50% coverage for significant incidents)
-[X][ECON] Science (3pt, All Teams with Computing, Personal Tech, or Communications gain +1 Skill for the duration of crisis)
-[X][COMM] All Above + Mandate replacement of all Comm Buoys (10pt, Lvl 4 Firewall protection)
-[X][LICORI] Attempt tripartite mediation (2pt, best used with considerable work elsewhere interdicting Harmony support for the Rithe)
-[X][LICORI] Shadow War (6pt, clears Commander, Starfleet to take a very kinetic approach to supporting anti-Harmony Licori assets against pro-Harmony allies)
-[X][FELIS] Padani Cooperation (5pt, Start striking Harmony targets alongside the Padani, gain assets that can be applied)
-[X][HBZ] Give strong political cover (4pt, no pp loss for minor incidents, 50% coverage for significant incidents)
-[X][ECON] Science (3pt, All Teams with Computing, Personal Tech, or Communications gain +1 Skill for the duration of crisis)
-[X][COMM] All Above + Mandate replacement of all Comm Buoys (10pt, Lvl 4 Firewall protection)
Asset - What you use to actually conduct a mission. Assets come in two types: Ground Teams and Ships. Multiple assets are joined into Task Groups, which you assign to missions; they will roll their combined stat to determine successes.
Stats - There are a number of distinct stats involved.
- Kinetic - Shooting, use of lethal force as necessary to secure or destroy a target. If you have no Kinetic value, can use Subdue at 1/2.
- Subdue - Use of less-lethal force to capture a target. If you have no Subdue, you can use Kinetic at 1/2.
- Computer - Hacking, digital intrusion, subverting, coding, firewalling - if it involves modern computing, this skill covers it.
- Analysis - Forensic work, scientific assessments, and other high-technology approaches.
- SophInt - Spy work, acquiring and interacting with informants and other sophont assets.
- Investigation - Policing, inspection, hands-on assessment, beat-work.
- Infiltration - Sneaking into a target. Infiltration marked with an asterisk is for use infiltrating the mission area, and is typically for use by ships to approach protected areas.
- Health - Your ability to get out of a marginal mission without assets becoming disabled or permanently lost. This is handled on a component level.
- Escape - Your ability to exfiltrate. Assets with an asterisk only employ this ability in the event of a failed exfiltration, or a failed mission. A subsequent failure results in the loss of assets, while a success in an emergency exfiltration results in damaged assets.
Missions and Events are handled by attempting to roll a number of successes, as per the mission or event profile. A success is, in effect, passing 7, 10, 13, 16, or 19 on your roll, in ascending number of successes.
If you equal the number of successes, you have had a clean success. If you exceed the number of successes you can gain a bonus. If you fall short by no more than two, it is a marginal mission; you accomplish the objective, but you have to roll health and escape checks (needing as many successes as the shortfall to pass). If you fall short by more than that, it is a blown mission, you roll health and escape checks, do not accomplish the objective, and may have to deal with an Incident.
Incidents are why you have political coverage. They usually just cost pp, but could have adverse effects in other areas like tag process, research progress, Harmony Access points, or losing access to some assets for a period of time.
Overall Bonuses:
Lvl 4 Firewall Bonus
This was originally intended to be a penalty against Harmony forces, however, with the event generated system for the Homefront that we eventually went, it will instead be giving you +4 on the generic security responder that handles any event you don't respond to. So the net effect is the same. (We ended up deciding against giving Harmony assets per se, so there was originally nothing for this to act against)
Phase One: Disruption
Terminology:
Target - A person or place known to be a hub of Harmony infiltration.
Mission - An approach to engaging a target. Missions come with required Stats (the number of successes required for each stat in order to pass the mission), and with Disruption and other rewards attached.
Success: On a roll of 2d6+Stat, successes are awarded as follows: 1 Success at 7, 2 Successes at 10, 3 Successes at 13, 4 Successes at 16, 5 Successes at 19.
[ ][OFF] Assign Task Groups to available missions.
You can deploy as many of the available task groups as you like, but cannot double-up on a mission.
Targets:
Federation Border:
Patrol Sweep
- Trigger a Mapping Event that the HBZ fleet will handle, with a reward of target identification. (You do not need to assign a Task Group to select this mission)
- Mission: Investigate by sending a team to look for signs of Harmony using this as a stop-over. (Req: Investigation 1, SophInt 1), Target ident
- Subvert: Place a team on the ship and modify the core to report passenger manifests. (Req: Computer 2, Infiltration 2), 1 Disruption
- Mission: Surveil the ship by trailing it with a team to identify its destination. (Infiltration 2* - based on your team's transport). Reward: Target Identification
- Mission: Raid the supply ship with a HBZ ship. A risky escalation. (Sci-T event for a HBZ ship), 4 Disruption (You do not need to assign a Task Group to select this mission).
- Mission: Hack ship logs when the cargo ship pulls into its expected next port at the Augr IV waystation by sneaking a team aboard the station. (Req: Computer 1, SophInt 2), Reward 1 Disruption, target identification
Bolian space:
Patrol Sweep
- Trigger a Mapping Event that the Paddah Sector fleet will handle, with a reward of target identification. Chance of Harmony confrontation. (You do not need to assign a Task Group to select this mission)
- Mission: Hack (Req.: Computer 1, Analysis 1). Disruption 1; 75% chance of creating new missions
- Set up the bones of a local Bolian group. Next quarter can be expanded into an operational mission team. (Req: SophInt 2, Infiltration 2), Disruption 1, generate new assets
Licori space:
Patrol Sweep
- Trigger a Mapping Event that the LBZ fleet will handle, with a reward of target identification. (You do not need to assign a Task Group to select this mission)
- Mission: Information Hack (Req.: Computer + Infiltration 3, Escape 2). Disruption 2; d3 new targets.
- Mission: Destroy (Req.: Kinetic 3, Escape 3). Disruption 4.
- Mission: Set up the bones of a local Licori group. Next quarter can be expanded into an operational mission team. (Req: SophInt 2, Infiltration 2), Disruption 1, generate new localised assets
Felis space:
Patrol Sweep
- Trigger a Mapping Event that the HBZ fleet will handle, with a reward of target identification. Chance of Harmony confrontation. (You do not need to assign a Task Group to select this mission)
- Mission: Information Hack (Req.: Computer 5, Analysis 2). Disruption 2; one new target per Analysis success above 2, d2 new missions against the clinic
- Mission: Bureaucratic Harassment (Req.: Analysis 2, SophInt 2, Investigation 2). Disruption 3; d3 new missions against the clinic
- Mission: Information Hack (Req.: Computer 1, Analysis 1, Infiltration 2). Disruption 3
- Mission: Surveil by sneaking a team aboard and working the locals for details. (Investigation 1, SophInt 3). d3 new targets.
- Mission: Subvert Station Security networks to report Harmony activity on Peramrou (Computer 2, Infiltration 2). Disruption 1, d2 new targets.
Starfleet Intelligence
Irregular Operations
Office 46 (Harmony Sector Irregular Ops)
Field Intel
Office 44 Harmony
Office 49 Arcadian
Special Projects Security
Office 19 (Arrive Q2)
Transport Division
Service Ships
Runabout
Shuttle Group
Allied assets:
Yan-Ros:
Ranger Team
Padani:
Tiger Teams:
Tauni:
Gate Teams
Irregular Operations
Office 46 (Harmony Sector Irregular Ops)
- Team A, B, C
- Kinetic 1, Subdue 3, Computer 3, SophInt 3, Infiltration 4, Health 4, Escape 3*
Field Intel
Office 44 Harmony
- Team A, B
- Subdue 1, Computer 3, Analysis 2, SophInt 2, Investigation 3, Health 3, Escape 2*
Office 49 Arcadian
- Team A, B
- Subdue 2, Computer 2, Analysis 2, SophInt 3, Investigation 3, Health 3, Escape 2*
Special Projects Security
Office 19 (Arrive Q2)
- Team A, B, C
- Kinetic 3, Subdue 2, Infiltration 2, Health 4, Escape 4*
- Team A, B, C
- Kinetic 3, Subdue 2, Infiltration 2, Health 4, Escape 4*
- Team A, B, C
- Kinetic 3, Subdue 2, Infiltration 2, Health 4, Escape 4*
Transport Division
Service Ships
- SS Rocinante, NC-2944; SS Appleseed, NC-2653; SS Hummingbird, NC-2821; SS Winter, NC-2765; SS Slipper, NC-2544
- Capacity 4, Infiltration 6*, Escape 9
Runabout
- Capacity 3, Infiltration 3*, Escape 5
Shuttle Group
- Capacity 2, Infiltration 2*, Escape 4
Allied assets:
Yan-Ros:
Ranger Team
- Team 12, 26
- Kinetic 5, Subdue 4, Infiltration 2, Health 5, Escape 4*
- Each use requires 20pp to pre-cover collateral damage potential
Padani:
Tiger Teams:
- Bureau of Foreign Intervention Tiger Team
- Teams Alpha, Bravo, Charlie
- Kinetic 1, Subdue 1, Infiltration 2, Computer 2, SophInt 2, Analysis 3, Investigation 3, Health 3, Escape 2*
- Runabout
- Capacity 3, Infiltration 3*, Escape 5/3*
- Commonwealth Army Commando Team
- Teams Alpha, Bravo, Charlie
- Kinetic 2, Subdue 2, Infiltration 1, Health 4, Escape 3*
- CMF Prosperity
- Capacity 5, Infiltration 5*, Escape 8
Tauni:
Gate Teams
- Team One
- Kinetic 3, Subdue 3, Infiltration 3, SophInt 3, Health 4, Escape 5*
- Runabout Taci
- Capacity 3, Infiltration 4*, Escape 6/4*
- Team Two
- Kinetic 2, Subdue 2, Infiltration 2, SophInt 2, Health 3, Escape 3*
Mission Task Groups
Task Group Wave
- SS Hummingbird, NC-2821
- Special Projects: Office 24 Team A, B
- Field Intel: Office 44 Team A
- Irregular Ops: Office 46, Team C
- Mission Approach Infiltration: 6
- Mission Skills: Kinetic 7, Subdue 8, Computer 6, Analysis 2, Sophint 5, Investigate 4, Infiltrate 3
- Escape: 9, Avg: 4*
Task Group Season
- SS Appleseed, NC-2653
- Field Intel: Office 49 (Arcadian) Team A, B
- Irregular Ops: Office 46, Team B
- Padani Tiger Team: Charlie
- Mission Approach Infiltration: 6
- Mission Skills: Kinetic 3, Subdue 9, Computer 14, Analysis 7, SophInt 12, Infiltration 8, Investigation 3
- Escape 9, Avg: 3*
Task Group Sunglass
- SS Taci, Runabout
- Gate Team One, Gate Team Two
- Starfleet Security Team
- Mission Approach Infiltration 4
- Mission Skills Kinetic 5, Subdue 7, Analysis 2, Computers 2, Investigation 2, Infiltration 5, SophInt 5
- Escape 6, Avg 4*
Task Group Fastener
- Pending arrival of Office 19 in Q2 -
Task Group Fox
- Pending arrival of Office 37 in Q3 -
Task Group Waterfall
- Yan-Ros Ranger Runabout
- Yan-Ros Team 12, Team 26
- Mission Approach Infiltration: 3
- Kinetic 10, Subdue 8, Infiltration 4,
- Escape 5, Avg: 4*
- Requires 20pp to deploy to cover collateral
- CMF Prosperity, Civilian Ship
- Commando Teams Alpha, Bravo, Charlie
- Bureau of Foreign Intervention Tiger Teams Alpha, Bravo
- Mission Approach Infiltration: 5
- Mission Skills Kinetic 8, Subdue 8, Infiltration 7, Computer 4, SophInt 4, Analysis 6, Investigation 6
- Escape 8, Avg. 3*
Credit goes to @Iron Wolf and @OneirosTheWriter for the opening. This is part one of three (we split the Anti-Harmony vote due to complexity).
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10ebbor10
DON'T PANIC
- Location
- Present
Can we take these multiple times?
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Jenny
anonymous user
- Location
- maryland
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Nope, though you can take multiple different Patrol Sweep missions.
Nervos Belli
Don't think this means you've won!
- Location
- Murica
Are we allowed to pull multiple missions against the same target? Like can we hack the Gammon secret base and destroy it in the same quarter?
Okay, so basically Asset Components are not that important, other than as "for your interest" information. What matters are the Task Groups, which come pre-bundled for us and which are what we assign to Missions. We can only assign one Task Group to a mission, so it's a matter of picking the best-fit between mission and Task Group,
As far as I can see, there's no reason not to do "Patrol Sweeps" whenever possible, other than us thinking things are "too hot" and wanting not to cause any more provocation for a quarter. But for starting things off right now, do all the Patrol Sweeps. Am I mistaken?
As far as I can see, there's no reason not to do "Patrol Sweeps" whenever possible, other than us thinking things are "too hot" and wanting not to cause any more provocation for a quarter. But for starting things off right now, do all the Patrol Sweeps. Am I mistaken?
Nervos Belli
Don't think this means you've won!
- Location
- Murica
I'm willing to wager Asset Components will be important once we recruit local assets. Those will probably be added to a TF operating in their territory on a quarterly basis. Doesn't make sense to permanently attach them to a TF that might be in a different sector next month.
If we use the rangers:
Task Group Waterfall
Task Group Waterfall
- Yan-Ros Ranger Runabout
- Yan-Ros Team 12, Team 26
- Kinetic 10, Subdue 8, Infiltration 4, Escape 5, Avg: 4*
- Requires 20pp to deploy to cover collateral
- Mission: Destroy (Req.: Kinetic 3, Escape 3). Disruption 4.
10ebbor10
DON'T PANIC
- Location
- Present
| Skill | Min | Average | Max |
| 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 15 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 16 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 17 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
So we have 5 Task Groups (if we spend 20pp) to cover 4 sectors, two more tasks groups incoming (Q2/Q3) and the potential to set-up 2 more groups (action in Q1 & Q2 to create).
My personal opinion is that we should take at leats 1 of the cell building activities, and at least 1 of the disruption 4 tasks.
I'd try to map out a plan, but I'm at work.
My personal opinion is that we should take at leats 1 of the cell building activities, and at least 1 of the disruption 4 tasks.
I'd try to map out a plan, but I'm at work.
Random Member
Gardener of Human Happiness
- Location
- Behind You
So can we take multiple missions per target or only one of them each?
- Location
- madison
so, it seems chen has something of a complex regarding her nature as an augment.
Nervos Belli
Don't think this means you've won!
- Location
- Murica
She never asked for this.
To start debate on plans i made one that focusses on getting more assets, uses the rangers to destroy a harmony hub and has the other two teams looks for more targets.
Old plan updated plan posted later
Task Group Wave(Kinetic 7, Subdue 8, Computer 6, Analysis 2, Sophint 5, Investigate 4, Infiltrate 3 on Set up Agent Cell on Bolarus Set up the bones of a local Bolian group. Next quarter can be expanded into an operational mission team. (Req: SophInt 2, Infiltration 2), Disruption 1, generate new assets
More assets for Q2
Task Group Sunglass(Kinetic 5, Subdue 7, Analysis 2, Computers 2, Investigation 2, Infiltration 5, SophInt 5 on Edel-Noshad Waystation, an independent station in the Opindi System in the HBZ run by semi-scrupulous Honiani.Mission: Investigate by sending a team to look for signs of Harmony using this as a stop-over. (Req: Investigation 1, SophInt 1), Target ident
Get one more target for Q2
Task Group Guardrail(Kinetic 8, Subdue 8, Infiltration 7, Computer 4, SophInt 4, Analysis 6, Investigation 6 on Set up Agent Cell on Morshadd Mission: Set up the bones of a local Licori group(Req: SophInt 2, Infiltration 2), Disruption 1, generate new localised assets
Get more assets in Licori space where politics are in flux between the commune and the old nobles.
Task Group Season(Kinetic 3, Subdue 9, Computer 14, Analysis 7, SophInt 12, Infiltration 8, Investigation 3 on Peramrou Station Mission: Subvert Station Security networks to report Harmony activity on Peramrou (Computer 2, Infiltration 2). Disruption 1, d2 new targets.
A easy mission to make sure we have targets in Q2
[X] [TASK RANGER] Send the ranger to destroy the hub(cost 20PP)
Task Group Waterfall (Kinetic 10, Subdue 8, Infiltration 4, Escape 5, Avg: 4*) on Known Singer Hub on Narravonn (Gammon's moon) Mission: Destroy (Req.: Kinetic 3, Escape 3). Disruption 4.
Send the rangers to destroy a singer hub.
[] [TASK RANGER] Do not deploy the rangers
None team assignments:
All 3 Patrol Sweeps
[X][TASK RAID] Raid the supply ship
Mission: Raid the supply ship with a HBZ ship. A risky escalation. (Sci-T event for a HBZ ship), 4 Disruption (You do not need to assign a Task Group to select this mission).
[][TASK RAID] Do not raid the supply ship
Old plan updated plan posted later
Task Group Wave(Kinetic 7, Subdue 8, Computer 6, Analysis 2, Sophint 5, Investigate 4, Infiltrate 3 on Set up Agent Cell on Bolarus Set up the bones of a local Bolian group. Next quarter can be expanded into an operational mission team. (Req: SophInt 2, Infiltration 2), Disruption 1, generate new assets
More assets for Q2
Task Group Sunglass(Kinetic 5, Subdue 7, Analysis 2, Computers 2, Investigation 2, Infiltration 5, SophInt 5 on Edel-Noshad Waystation, an independent station in the Opindi System in the HBZ run by semi-scrupulous Honiani.Mission: Investigate by sending a team to look for signs of Harmony using this as a stop-over. (Req: Investigation 1, SophInt 1), Target ident
Get one more target for Q2
Task Group Guardrail(Kinetic 8, Subdue 8, Infiltration 7, Computer 4, SophInt 4, Analysis 6, Investigation 6 on Set up Agent Cell on Morshadd Mission: Set up the bones of a local Licori group(Req: SophInt 2, Infiltration 2), Disruption 1, generate new localised assets
Get more assets in Licori space where politics are in flux between the commune and the old nobles.
Task Group Season(Kinetic 3, Subdue 9, Computer 14, Analysis 7, SophInt 12, Infiltration 8, Investigation 3 on Peramrou Station Mission: Subvert Station Security networks to report Harmony activity on Peramrou (Computer 2, Infiltration 2). Disruption 1, d2 new targets.
A easy mission to make sure we have targets in Q2
[X] [TASK RANGER] Send the ranger to destroy the hub(cost 20PP)
Task Group Waterfall (Kinetic 10, Subdue 8, Infiltration 4, Escape 5, Avg: 4*) on Known Singer Hub on Narravonn (Gammon's moon) Mission: Destroy (Req.: Kinetic 3, Escape 3). Disruption 4.
Send the rangers to destroy a singer hub.
[] [TASK RANGER] Do not deploy the rangers
None team assignments:
All 3 Patrol Sweeps
[X][TASK RAID] Raid the supply ship
Mission: Raid the supply ship with a HBZ ship. A risky escalation. (Sci-T event for a HBZ ship), 4 Disruption (You do not need to assign a Task Group to select this mission).
[][TASK RAID] Do not raid the supply ship
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- Location
- Aotearoa
Long Live Emperor Chen of the Chenkethi Suzerainty! May Her rule be Eternal!
Let's look at the mission groups:
Good at Kinetic and Subdue, decent at Computer and Sophint... not top of the line for anything else, though they're minimally competent at Infiltration and Investigation. Got one of our special SI ships so they're great at Mission Infiltration and Escape.
Good at Subdue and Infiltration but godly at Computers and Sophint. Give these folks our computer missions. Got one of our special SI ships so they're great at Mission Infiltration and Escape.
Not really great at anything... Subdue is okay, Kinetic and Sophint acceptable. Put them on low difficulty stuff.
20pp per deployment... yeah, that's a lot for Kinetic that only goes to 10 anyway. Thinking we hold this crew back for now.
Good at Kinetic, Subdue, and Infiltration. Decent at Analysis and Investigation.
That's five mission groups... maybe just 4 if we don't deploy Waterfall until we really have to.
Let's look at targets. I'm going to leave off Patrol Sweeps as their own thing. With them gone, we still have fifteen potential missions for four/five mission groups.
Overall, I feel like maybe we should spend this quarter in target identification and generating new assets.
Of these, Task Force Season could easily handle Subvert the Passenger Liner or Hack the Supply Ship's logs. It seems like the Supply Ship gives better dividends, as it provides target identification and a little disruption. The Waystation is fine, but all it provides is some Target Indent we can get elsewhere. Reluctant to escalate to raiding the supply ship at this time.
I'd like to set up an Agent Cell and start generating some new assets to use, while getting a little Disruption in. That looks like a Task Group Sunglass mission to me. Let the Hack mission wait a quarter until we have more computer assets.
That Singer Hub looks like a tough nut to crack and I'm not sure we're ready for it, though Waterfall could do it. Task Group Guardrail could set up an agent cell and let us proceed on that one.
Task Group Season would also do well on the Information Hack mission at the Clinic. They fall down some on Analysis against Tailsplitter. Would do excellent in subverting station security networks, though.
Hmmm.... I think I'm about ready to make a plan for this.
Good at Kinetic and Subdue, decent at Computer and Sophint... not top of the line for anything else, though they're minimally competent at Infiltration and Investigation. Got one of our special SI ships so they're great at Mission Infiltration and Escape.
Good at Subdue and Infiltration but godly at Computers and Sophint. Give these folks our computer missions. Got one of our special SI ships so they're great at Mission Infiltration and Escape.
Not really great at anything... Subdue is okay, Kinetic and Sophint acceptable. Put them on low difficulty stuff.
20pp per deployment... yeah, that's a lot for Kinetic that only goes to 10 anyway. Thinking we hold this crew back for now.
Good at Kinetic, Subdue, and Infiltration. Decent at Analysis and Investigation.
That's five mission groups... maybe just 4 if we don't deploy Waterfall until we really have to.
Let's look at targets. I'm going to leave off Patrol Sweeps as their own thing. With them gone, we still have fifteen potential missions for four/five mission groups.
Overall, I feel like maybe we should spend this quarter in target identification and generating new assets.
Of these, Task Force Season could easily handle Subvert the Passenger Liner or Hack the Supply Ship's logs. It seems like the Supply Ship gives better dividends, as it provides target identification and a little disruption. The Waystation is fine, but all it provides is some Target Indent we can get elsewhere. Reluctant to escalate to raiding the supply ship at this time.
I'd like to set up an Agent Cell and start generating some new assets to use, while getting a little Disruption in. That looks like a Task Group Sunglass mission to me. Let the Hack mission wait a quarter until we have more computer assets.
That Singer Hub looks like a tough nut to crack and I'm not sure we're ready for it, though Waterfall could do it. Task Group Guardrail could set up an agent cell and let us proceed on that one.
Task Group Season would also do well on the Information Hack mission at the Clinic. They fall down some on Analysis against Tailsplitter. Would do excellent in subverting station security networks, though.
Hmmm.... I think I'm about ready to make a plan for this.
In my plan below, I start off slow. I want to spend the first quarter finding new leads and building assets. It's not yet time to stir the hornet's nest with extremely provocative actions like destroying the Singer Hub or intercepting ships. Let's see if we can pick up more of their network without driving them to high alert.
[X][OFF] BV Investigation and Asset Building
Deploy following missions
Federation Border:
Patrol Sweep
A Harmony Supply Ship is headed to a suspected listening post at Alpha Apris III.
Bolian space:
Patrol Sweep
Licori space:
Patrol Sweep
Felis space:
Patrol Sweep
No assignment for Task Group Waterfall... we do not yet have a mission appropriate for their "talents" and it is too soon to destroy the Singer hub. I would rather wait a quarter or two until our hacker team is free (or we get another hacker team) and hack it for information (hopefully details on who in Rithe is under control), as well as not placing the Harmony on high alert with a direct assualt.
[X][OFF] BV Investigation and Asset Building
Deploy following missions
Federation Border:
Patrol Sweep
- Trigger a Mapping Event that the HBZ fleet will handle, with a reward of target identification. (You do not need to assign a Task Group to select this mission) - NO TASK GROUP NEEDED
A Harmony Supply Ship is headed to a suspected listening post at Alpha Apris III.
- Mission: Hack ship logs when the cargo ship pulls into its expected next port at the Augr IV waystation by sneaking a team aboard the station. (Req: Computer 1, SophInt 2), Reward 1 Disruption, target identification - ASSIGN TASK GROUP WAVE
Bolian space:
Patrol Sweep
- Trigger a Mapping Event that the Paddah Sector fleet will handle, with a reward of target identification. Chance of Harmony confrontation. (You do not need to assign a Task Group to select this mission) - NO TASK GROUP NEEDED
- Set up the bones of a local Bolian group. Next quarter can be expanded into an operational mission team. (Req: SophInt 2, Infiltration 2), Disruption 1, generate new assets
Licori space:
Patrol Sweep
- Trigger a Mapping Event that the LBZ fleet will handle, with a reward of target identification. (You do not need to assign a Task Group to select this mission) - NO TASK GROUP NEEDED
- Mission: Set up the bones of a local Licori group. Next quarter can be expanded into an operational mission team. (Req: SophInt 2, Infiltration 2), Disruption 1, generate new localised assets
Felis space:
Patrol Sweep
- Trigger a Mapping Event that the HBZ fleet will handle, with a reward of target identification. Chance of Harmony confrontation. (You do not need to assign a Task Group to select this mission) - NO TASK GROUP NEEDED
- Mission: Information Hack (Req.: Computer 5, Analysis 2). Disruption 2; one new target per Analysis success above 2, d2 new missions against the clinic - ASSIGN TASK GROUP SEASON
No assignment for Task Group Waterfall... we do not yet have a mission appropriate for their "talents" and it is too soon to destroy the Singer hub. I would rather wait a quarter or two until our hacker team is free (or we get another hacker team) and hack it for information (hopefully details on who in Rithe is under control), as well as not placing the Harmony on high alert with a direct assualt.
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- Location
- Washington DC
[X][OFF] Plan Hadanelith
[Federation Border][Patrol Sweep]
[Harmony Supply Ship][Hack][TG Wave]
[Bolian Space][Patrol Sweep]
[Bolarus][Agent Cell][TG Sunglass]
[Licori Space][Patrol Sweep]
[Known Singer Hub][Destroy][TG Waterfall]
[Morshadd][Agent Cell][TG Guardrail]
[Health Clinic][Hack][TG Season]
I'd love to take the Bureaucratic Harassment mission against the clinic, but none of our teams have the combination of skills necessary to make that a reasonably sure mission. The Hack mission isn't quite as good, but TG Season's frankly absurd Computer skill makes it a reasonably safe mission.
Sending Team RWBY to go blow up a Singer Hub isn't subtle. Mind you, kidnapping Thuir wasn't subtle either.
Hoping that these missions that generate target idents might give us a path to retrieve Thuir, but I'm not terribly enthused about our chances at this juncture.
Not including a mapping sweep in Felis space so we only hit each fleet once for mapping missions; mostly so we have ships available for phases 2 and 3.
ETA: Heh, my plan is BV's, minus one map mission, plus blowing up a Singer hub.
ETA2: after consideration, I'm kinda ambivalent about the cost of Waterfall + the potential intel loss of blowing up the node, so adding for approval voting:
[X][OFF] BV Investigation and Asset Building
[Federation Border][Patrol Sweep]
[Harmony Supply Ship][Hack][TG Wave]
[Bolian Space][Patrol Sweep]
[Bolarus][Agent Cell][TG Sunglass]
[Licori Space][Patrol Sweep]
[Known Singer Hub][Destroy][TG Waterfall]
[Morshadd][Agent Cell][TG Guardrail]
[Health Clinic][Hack][TG Season]
I'd love to take the Bureaucratic Harassment mission against the clinic, but none of our teams have the combination of skills necessary to make that a reasonably sure mission. The Hack mission isn't quite as good, but TG Season's frankly absurd Computer skill makes it a reasonably safe mission.
Sending Team RWBY to go blow up a Singer Hub isn't subtle. Mind you, kidnapping Thuir wasn't subtle either.
Hoping that these missions that generate target idents might give us a path to retrieve Thuir, but I'm not terribly enthused about our chances at this juncture.
Not including a mapping sweep in Felis space so we only hit each fleet once for mapping missions; mostly so we have ships available for phases 2 and 3.
ETA: Heh, my plan is BV's, minus one map mission, plus blowing up a Singer hub.
ETA2: after consideration, I'm kinda ambivalent about the cost of Waterfall + the potential intel loss of blowing up the node, so adding for approval voting:
[X][OFF] BV Investigation and Asset Building
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- Location
- Aotearoa
What are these?
Something to be explained in later posts? Is there any relevance to decisions we're making here?
- Location
- alphen aan den rijn
i`m feeling cells and subversion / hacks or the name of the game in this?
not strike missions. at least not right of the bat
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as much as this might look like starting the bandwagon again i say this plan looks oke
[X][OFF] BV Investigation and Asset Building
not strike missions. at least not right of the bat
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as much as this might look like starting the bandwagon again i say this plan looks oke
[X][OFF] BV Investigation and Asset Building
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- Location
- Aotearoa
I'm also in favour of moving more discretely, building our local assets to hopefully be able to do more later.
Likewise, blowing up ships and sites seems something to hold off on for the moment, not to tip our hand too far while we get better pieces in place? Plus investigating them promises to generate more leads than taking the kinetic approach immediately.
Likewise, blowing up ships and sites seems something to hold off on for the moment, not to tip our hand too far while we get better pieces in place? Plus investigating them promises to generate more leads than taking the kinetic approach immediately.
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- Location
- Australia
For a couple notes, we chose "Task Group" to avoid confusion with the component Teams or fleet Task Forces.
We've tried to allow for multiple avenues to approach a given target to cater for different playstyles (woo, marketing speak).
To start things out we deliberately left room to expand further. Five moving parts for this phase is hopefully not too overwhelming for a new mechanic.
In future, we'll be posting all three phases together, but for this time around, we'll do them individually so people can consider each in isolation.
Bonus: Can you tell where @Iron Wolf's part of the flavour text ends and mine begins?
We've tried to allow for multiple avenues to approach a given target to cater for different playstyles (woo, marketing speak).
To start things out we deliberately left room to expand further. Five moving parts for this phase is hopefully not too overwhelming for a new mechanic.
In future, we'll be posting all three phases together, but for this time around, we'll do them individually so people can consider each in isolation.
Bonus: Can you tell where @Iron Wolf's part of the flavour text ends and mine begins?
- Location
- Aotearoa
We are all Chen.Bonus: Can you tell where @Iron Wolf's part of the flavour text ends and mine begins?
Himmelhand
Giant Sinkhole 2020
- Location
- Midwestern US
[X][OFF] BV Investigation and Asset Building
Looks good! Definitely want all the patrol sweeps since we deployed to the border so heavily.
One question: will we be able to reserve these task groups for defensive actions if we feel the need arise (and are able to predict/anticipate Harmony action)?
Looks good! Definitely want all the patrol sweeps since we deployed to the border so heavily.
One question: will we be able to reserve these task groups for defensive actions if we feel the need arise (and are able to predict/anticipate Harmony action)?