bump, do we still have gliders and how many rp do we gotz?

>>6853950
Forgot to mention, we have 2 gliders launched off a truck at the depot as well. The silver mine got expanded last time, and you discovered a vault in the ancient city but got chased off. The french mining company forces have been suspiciously quiet..... 13 rp available. ORDERS? are we following the plan from the last thread?

bumpage lets get the historyfagz in here

just a reminder the plan last time was
Then, I suggest taking 30 Mercs, 20 Soldiers, 10 Grenadiers, 2 Natives, 2 Gatling Trucks, and both Gliders, and take on those Snake Tribe Natives at the Lost City. I suggest the Maxim Gun, but it sounds pretty unreliable. I guess we could post it at the entrance with the 2 gatling trucks? We would lead the expedition, of course, unless someone has another idea.

bump for WINSTON RAGE

Common anon, pls dont let down THE GREATER BRITISH EMPIRE

Can some anon explain this whole concept to me?

Shoot the natives.

>>6854200

That's not an explanation.

Alright guys, this is getting a very slow start, do you anon need explanation of something specifically? I am happy to provide explanation and backround detail if anon asks for it. In the meantime, ORDERS?

>>6853998
yes, enter with yourself, godfriend and the 2 guides, have troops set up a defensive perimeter, draw the natives out by staging a fake 'attack' by the french

> ... 1 at rifle ...

We have an Anti Tank rifle?

For starters, dispatch a two-man cavalry team to scout the surrounding area for danger.

Failure of team to report back in four hours will be assumed to mean ENEMIES UP OUR ASS.

>>6854243

Yeah, AT rifles before tanks exist is interesting.

>>6854255

I'm OK with it. Just sayin'

>>6854236

Assuming the native DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE this sounds like a plan.

>>6854221
if we want to try diplomacy with the natives, have your workers prepare a shipment of grains and silver and guns, also other exclusive british refined goods, maybe some rifles(the weapons not our troops) we need to either eliminate the snake tribe, or turn them to our side against the french.

>>6854236
Alright, for purposes of speeding things up I'll assume you went with the plan outlined last thread which is>>6853998 You might want to take at least a small force inside to draw them out. You and Godfried are not exactly the Thin Red Line all by yourselves.

Also, the AT rifle is for hunting the French "female" type steam tank armed with maxims that you have spotted in the jungle. You decided not to take it with you on the temple assault.

Also, some light, fast detachment to see what those damn frenchies are up to would be useful. If they're dead, well, one less colonial challenge, but if they ARE dead, I'd like to know that it was from native schwarm tactics and not AWAKENED ANCIENT GODS FROM UNDERNEATH THE EARTH because they dug too greedily and too deep.

>>6854255
this is early 1920's steampunkish setting, we have steam tanks, zeppelins, and the like

>>6854267
ALRIGHT, go ahead, send the described force to engage the natives, but bring along a small secondary force, with AT, to lurk on the fringes of the jungle in case of a french flanking movement.

>>6854272

My interest in this quest just tripled.

OP- plan from last thread sounds good, let's roll it.

>>6854271
You send one native and one expert to scout and report back for the French. You tried diplomacy with the natives last time (refer to previous thread). And they Shot Your Hat! They natives know who you are as you did an Indiana Jones style run from the zerg last time you visited. You counted only about 400 natives then, but there might be more.

french have been to quiet lately, our base should be good with only a small contingent of guards however, the mortar and MGs can hold off most any counter attack

>>6854280

>tank

>jungle

I wouldn't sweat the frenchie tank too much, gentlemen. Jungle terrain gives us excellent opportunities to swarm it and stuff explosives in interesting places should we need too, and it's effective firepower is greatly reduced anyhow. Leave the AT rifle at home; it'll be needed for defense.

While we're at it, we need scouts to watch our flanks and keep us informed. Wish we had more goddamn horses.

>>6854287

excellent.

>>6854287
we still got dynamite? if the city is under ground, we could create some havoc, if it is aboveground, launch flares into the sky before entering so we can see what we are shooting

>>6854280
You decided to leave the AT rifle behind last Thread in order to guard your camp. To deal with flankers and the tank you have 2 gliders armed with maxims and ghetto dynamite bundles in the air. Currently you are camped outside of the native city. ORDERS? do you go in and with whom from your force? REFER TO THE LAST THREAD TO AVOID SURPRISES!

>>6854287

excellent. Later we'll have to look into getting more horses from the natives (one way or the other) but for now this will do fine.

we still got dynamite? if the city is under ground, we could create some havoc, if it is aboveground, launch flares into the sky before entering so we can see what we are shooting

To deal with flankers and the tank you have 2 gliders armed with maxims and ghetto dynamite bundles in the air. Currently you are camped outside of the native city. ORDERS? do you go in and with whom from your force? REFER TO THE LAST THREAD TO AVOID SURPRISES!

Just saw this, FUCK YEAH!!!

Did we remember to bring the gliders w/ dynamite bombs like I suggested for in case of enemy Steamtank? I did it just before you left OP, so you might have missed it.

Let's go in with the majority of the troops, leave 10 riflemen and 5 mercs with the trucks and Maxim gun.

we still got dynamite? if the city is underground, we could create some havoc, if it is aboveground, launch flares into the sky before entering so we can see what we are shooting

>>6854333

Request information on construction of the natives city! Stucco, or sun-dried bricks, or what?

We pause for a moment of reflection, & some tea, to get out collective mine in gear.

>>6854333
godfried got anymore flares?

>>6854335
Gah, seems one of my questions was answered for me, ie the gliders. Sorry.

>>6854358

Plasteel.

>>6854338
Refer to >>6854333

SAM! Glad to see you back, lets rock these wogs with British Steel and Fire
You are camped out in front of the city entrance, with all your machine guns and gatlings set up facing the city except one. Everyone is on edge. The plan last time was to lure them out. ORDERS? The city is made of grand temple stone, think Aztecs in africa but more ornate and inscribed.

Sorry for the double post, but It is VERY IMPORTANT that the city is built DOWNWARDS as though into a great chasm, like a hollow reversed pyramid of temples and residences. ORDERS? how does anon and sam plan on luring them out?

>>6854372
Right, it's good to be back. Yeah, I know I just said to go in with most of the guys, but leading a small party to lure them out is better. Shall we use us and the ten Grenadiers?

>>6854372

>grand temple stone

No fucking way I'm taking my men into a city fight where the natives melee weapons are hideously and tellingly effective, and we've no way to bypass strongpoints by going through the walls of buildings.

Without artillery, I'd say our best option is to avoid this strongpoint entirely, and starve them out. Camp the gate(s), it's not like they're going to be offering impressive resistance in an open field.

I hope.

>>6854388
Godfried has one more flare for a sticky situation. Anyways, you have alot of mercs with you that are only kept in check by you and the grens, so you might not want to seperate them. The riflemen are good at running if nothing else, so they might be wise. ORDERS anon?

>>6854383
get the gatlings set up in defensive positions on the high points, giving them a view of the city, but covered/ manned by 5 rifles each, trucks constantly moving, providing ammo/ quick pickup in case of a retreat. split forces in 2, careful not to give mercs too much power, vets balanced with rookies, etc. move in on streets parallell to each other, but dont get separated. gliders circling/ spotting and droping flares

>>6854389
Actually, they aren't any more effective than normal. Hell, none of the men died in our last excursion. The biggest threat is probably the leader who has a looted pistol. And we have gatling and machine guns. And bombs. If we can manage to lure them into the open, victory is almost assured. In b4 Murphy's law.

>>6854389
You are here for REVENGE. Either the native bastards or your army will perish today. Otherwise you take a massive charisma and moral hit and lose some RP. If you can draw them out you can win. This city is important and full of treasure. and it has farms.

>>6854411

Retreat. Scout the area for farms or the like and raze them to the ground. Going into CQB with a vastly numerically superior force is stupid as shit.

>full of treasure. and it has farms
>all your base are belong to us!

>>6854416
buddy, your guys are camped outside, the ground is flat outside of the city. Your trucks cant go in cause it is too narrow, and your gliders cant go in because the ceilings are a touch low. Maybe later they could when you requisition a BRITISH FUCKING ACE. till then, you should draw them out with infantry and keep your forces centered. Please READ LAST THREAD LAST FEW dozen POSTS

>>6854425

>and it has farms.

More then anything else this forces the matter.

Okay, entrench the grenadiers + mercs and lead the greenies closer to the walls, perhaps even up to (but not inside,) the gate. When we draw fire, we'll give a few volleys, then start retreating, then start running.

I don't trust green troops not to ACTUALLY start running like pussies, which is why false retreats are dangerous, but that's why the rear ambush/bastion is made up of grenadiers and mercs.

>>6854416
>>6854411
I was under the impression that we were at the main/only entrance to the city. Are there other gates that would bear guarding?

Right, forgot mercs didn't respect our soldiers. And we left the veteran ones back at the base because they could handle the mercs there. I assume, that's what I remember someone suggesting. Um, then us, Godfried, ten mercs, and, say, 3 Grenadiers?We have MASSIVE CHARISMA, so that should hopefully keep them in line.

>>6854460
great plan, can i get a confirm?

>>6854473
*Seal of Personal Approval*

>>6854418

>Actually, they aren't any more effective than normal.

In close quarters, spears become a hell of a lot more useful. Because guns are lethal because of, you know, the range thing. The british learned this the hard way a few times, and so did the American colonists during the Indian wars.

On the other hand we've got like, what, sixty dudes? And they have a few hundred? Let's hope that the sheer insult of the numbers disparity makes them decide to charge our sorry asses.

>because the ceilings are a touch low
>the city is built DOWNWARDS as though into a great chasm
> Your trucks cant go in
>implying i said that the trucks were in the city and not circling it

clarify/describe shit more mate.

>>6854490
Oh, I thought you meant that they had some sort of plot-based deadliness or magic. My mistake. But yeah, perhaps giving up full plate once gunpower was introduced was not the best idea.

>>6854470
Sorry for the doublepost, But you did take the grens with you. That sounds like a good force. Can i get a confirm on both suggested plans? They are both good and non exclusive.

>>6854473
sounds good, but when this fails, im going with the dude who recommended the 'seige' also, to they have a visible water supply? aquifers? wells?

>>6854503

Confirming for both.

FOR THE GLORY OF BRITTANIA

make sure your gliders are checking the jungles for any movement suggesting a counter attack.

>>6854507

OP said they have farms, which implies water supplies, so sieges are right out. And there's morale and initiative to keep in mind.

I mean I'd love to have six batteries of artillery to pound on their sorry asses with and do it that way, but I'd also like Lanoe Hawker piloting a DEATHBLIMPEN mounting reciprocating 250mm ENDTIMES cannons, so whatever.

>>6854496
>>6854499
Woops im behind on the times. The city is MASSSIVE. There is no way you could encircle it. The city is a series of stepped temples and residences leading down to something at the bottom. however the top is not covered, adn theoretically you could land at the bottom with an airship if you had such a thing

Now that we got the confirm, you proceed warily inside, with Godfried having a flare gun in his hands. You hear native shouting again, and the torches on the walls go out the second you step inside. The mercenaries are tough, so all your troops are fine inside. You see a pile of gold lying on the grounds in a side passage as you advance. And you see gold jewelry in a pile in one of the many halls. No natives yet. ORDERS?

>>6854507
Well it is it's own city, and it was farms. I was under the impression they had some wells going, though since we didn't get too far last time, and our glider scout was captured/killed before he could get much, I can't be sure.

tl;dr- Seige is awesome, but they have self-sustaining city, we have probably not enough supplies to last more than a couple of weeks before we'd have to go back.

we have the maxim with us? set it up in the jungle, but in view of the entrance, mow bitches down, also, im confiring the ambush, but make sure that we are firmly entrenched first, spears will be useless against entrenched british troops firing at them for a couple hundred yards away. also, secondary force patrolling for a counter

>>6854554
in order to preserve farms, they need a water supply, and if our gliders can spot their farms, that leaves them open to firebombing from above

>>6854552
Obvious trap is obvious. Point out that is prolly a trap, but say that if they want to go for it, the mercs can try to take it. We need to get those bastards out one way or another, and if taking their loot does it, then better to make sure it's clear that it's their own decision.

>>6854552

>gold

NOBODY TOUCH THE FUCKING GOLD.

Locate a somewhat-defensible structure and mark it as a fallback position in case we get cut off from the gate.

Keep the men in close ranks, bayonets fixed, and cover the flanks. Advance just a little further. And check the goddamn floor cobbles while we're at it.

The mercenaries start walking over to the gold pile. the grenadiers ask for orders. Godfried says you should get the mercs to stop before they kill us all. ORDERS?

>>6854552
dont touch the gold or head towards it, obvious trap is obvious, however, pretend to act panicked

>>6854575
The last "their" being, the mercs. Make sure they know that it's up to them if they want to risk it. And that if they get it and survive, then it's theirs to keep. There will be much more left for the rest of us.

>>6854584
charisma time, tell the mercs to hold or die, they will be resentful, but hold them back for the time being, appeal to their common sense

>>6854584

Let them die, offer them more money that the gold they are about to take, tell them to go one at a time so only one willl die?

>>6854591
Confirm on letting mercs touch the gold?

>>6854584
Damn. Back away with the not-mercs, warning them that maybe walking right towards loot out in the open is not the smartest thing to do. Yes, this goes against my last two posts, but I trust our trusty manservant.

these natives are suspicious people, so any technology will frighten them, do we have gas lamps? or any fuel? a good pyrotechnics display would scare the shit out of these heathens

>>6854608
>>6854597

serious negative, I want to TRADE the mercs lives for natives on at least a three-to-one basis. Mention that piles of booby-trapped gold are fucking SMALL TIME, in a derisive tone.

>>6854608
nononononononono

>>6854608
FFFFFFFFFFF-

Damn it OP, why do you make me doubt myself so?

You tell the mercs to halt, and they stop. They say this is treasure right here right now. Even if it is a trap, its probably gonna be a long time till we access the vault. We should take what we can get and use this to pay the king for better shipments, and take a cut for ourselves.

>>6854622

Enjoy your mindfuck.

ORDERS? Sam? anon? what do we do?

we need to use the small alleys to our advantage the natives can bring thier numbers to bear and a small number can hold with a good line of fire down the alley

>>6854651
Tell them that if that's the case, we can get it when we come back. We should get to luring out the natives, strike them down in vengeance for our hat, then we can claim the gold.

omg i dont know

>>6854651

Shrug, and tell them to poke one or two, and keep everyone else at a good distance. Hey, a mock retreat is going to take casualties one way or another.

>>6854678
One of the mercs sits down on the pile to take a break. you hear three clicks, and see a fuse ignite. What do you do?

>>6854651
so our party is winston, godfried, 10 mercs and 3 grenaiders?

winston and the mercs are not trustworthy in the least
godfried is a non combatant, and 3 grends are pretty insurmountable
we're fucked

>>6854692
What an odd man, to use a pile of gold as a seat. Retreat to the perimeter.

>>6854692
What an odd man, to use a pile of gold as a seat. Retreat to the perimeter.

Remember, we're not retreating, just advancing in a new direction!

>>6854692
french tech, shoot the merc in the chest and retreat, guess it wont be so fake after all, if the explosion traps us inside the city, we wont stand a chance

>>6854692

I do believe it is time to begin a hurried retreat. We'll let it break into ZOMG RUN LIKE BITCHES if need be. Running like bitches is okay if needed, given our reserve force.

>>6854718
>>6854724
Sorry bout that, dunno what happened.

>>6854711
No, Winston is back at the main camp. With our most veteran soldier, just in case. We have Godfried with us.

A pile of captured french grenades detonates, killing instantly 7 mercs and leaving 3 on the ground wounded. Do you leave them behind? 1 is in critical state, and the other two have had limbs blown off. You hear a vast rumbling, as though the earth itself was coming for you. You notice that the ceiling has eyes and shortbows. ORDERS?

alright, every time we try to enter the city, the natives homefield advantage trumps us always, no matter how many troops we have, i recommend that we eliminate their allies first(the french) and block off their city to the best of our extent, and bomb the shit out of structures from the air, our current strategy is an utter failure

>>6854759
i thought we retreated? never the less, leave them, run, get back to your gun entrenchments quickly before the tunnel/ passage/what ever the fuck we're in collapses, we arent to far from the gate, should get there pretty quick

>>6854759
Advance back towards the main concentration of our forces. Let's try to get those two wounded mercs that aren't critical.

>>6854759

Grab the critically wounded man and RUN LIKE LITTLE BITCHES, SCREAMING LIKE LITTLE BITCHES.

... AFTER feeding the ceiling a few live grenades.

>>6854796
they had their limbs blown off man, not worth it in the least, they (probably) arent even british citizens, and were only guided by greed. leave em and run like the wind

>>6854796
Confirm anon?

Remember at the end of the day if you run from the whole fight you will lose alot of morale, charisma, and rp
(stand at the entrance of the city with gatlings is not running)

leave the wounded for they are already dead, theyll bleed out before we even get out of the city, and medicine isnt exactly our expertise

>>6854814
I think we should leave the guy who probably won't make it. If it was just us and Godfried, I'd be with you 100%. But since their are Royal Grenadiers with us, having it become known that we left 2 not so bad off guys behind might damage our rep.

>>6854818
we are not RUNNING dear sir, we are making a well calculated, tactical retreat back to our gatling entrenchments at the mouth of the city

>>6854818

>(stand at the entrance of the city with gatlings is not running)

Yep, that's the plan. Running like bitches screaming is to entice the enemy to pursue. And we need friendlies right at the gates to make sure they don't CLOSE them on us anyhow.

>>6854835
ok, and have godfried fire the flare to alert our gatling positions

>>6854832
Alright that was the no confirm iI was looking for. Godfried shoot a flare at the ceiling, incinerating 2 natives and making the rest drop like a thump because they are blinded. You shoot the mercs with your revolver to spare them mutilation, and start running. You see a series of wooden barricades covered in french cuirasses running towards you from behind. You also see a native shaman chanting and glowing green standing on a platform. He is protected by the barricades so you cant get a good shot. ORDERS?

>>6854853
frenchies are behind us? in wooden barricades? ahaha, our trenches and machine guns are vastly superior, just get out, dont dwindle, get to your front lines and wait out the frenchies

omg this shit just got BRITISH REAL

>>6854853

>He is protected by the barricades so you cant get a good shot. ORDERS?

Isn't this why we have grenadiers? Send a grenade into his little nest while we continue our false retreat.

>>6854853
glider swoop?

>>6854853
Run faster. Shout to the gatling to start revving up if they are within earshot. My mind is failing me, what are cuirasses? And why didn't we see the barricades earlier?

>>6854886
OP wont let the grenadiers have actual grenades :( theyre just a high class of foot soldier

>>6854877
No, they are WOODEN BARRICADES covered in CAPTURED french mtal armor strapped to them as makeshit reinforceing of the barricades, frenchmen not chasing you. ORDERS? you can see the light at the mouth of the tunnel. Godfried shoots the HOLYFUCKHELP flare and the gliders strafe the mouth of the tunnel after you get through. ORDERS?

>>6854886

Oh, if our retreat has been cut off, then the three grenadiers should direct their grenades at THEM.

>>6854886
Grenadiers is apparently a title; they have no actual grenades (At least, thats what OP said last thread. I won't complain if he changes his mind!)

>>6854877
Have you forgotten the Mangoit (know I'm spelling it wrong) line from WW2?

>CAPTURED french mtal armor
>captured french grenades

hmmm, might we find a tempporary ally in the french, use them to raze the city, and then backstab them?

btw OP, loving this quest

>>6854904

>high class

Yeah, the soldiers who were good at throwing 'nades usually got that higher status attached to them. They were well trained.

Of course that lingered on after they were no longer dedicated grenade troops.

>ORDERS?

Enemies are not in pursuit?

>>6854913
Fire the gatling gun and Maxim facing the entrance at the enemy. (We are out of the way, right?)

Wait to see what happens, try to make sure no one is too unnerved by the fact that the mercs that went in didn't come out.

>>6854932
Maginot line. Anyways, you get to your line of troops. They stressed out but alert. You say- TODAY WE BREAK THE ENEMY, WE outmatch them in every way. For God, KING AND COUNTRY! The natives form up behind the barricades as they get outta the tunnel. The shaman is glowing bright green. ORDERS?

>>6854940

>captured french shit

Do you know how you capture things? You kill the fuckers who used them.

The frenchies are fucking dead, mate. And the natives probably have their tank.

>>6854913
dive wildly into the trench and scream at your rifles to ready for combat, gliders ascend for now, try and draw them out.

>>6854966
glider+dynamite bundle into the middle of the crowd=problem solved

>>6854969
the natives would have no idea how to work a tank or sophisticated weaponry, no prob

>>6854966

Wait just a few seconds more while they form up outside the city, and then begin a hail of gunfire the likes of which these primitive screwheads have never before seen.

While we're at it, Captain Roarke should take up his rifle and apply his personal marksmanship skill towards trying to ding Mr. Green. Or putting a bullet through a weak spot in his barricades to End Him.

>>6854969
Eh, even if they do, they prolly don't know how to use it. And besides, apparently magic works in this setting (Sorry for meta). Also, the French have several spotter balloons and a very large force. I doubt the natives got them all. They said the French had tried to loot them before, those that died then is probably where they got the armor.

>>6854983
One of your gliders swoops in for the kill on the shaman by dropping dynamite. He uses wog magick to fire a bolt of green lightening at your glider. It drops its package of dynamite in the back of the native lines, killing many but not hurting the shaman. The glider skids to a halt relatively slowly behind your lines. thatll need some repairs. ORDERS?

>>6855004
AT rifle to the gut of the shaman.

>>6855004

Yeah, and if we have decent communications with our gliders? I ask one of them to feed Mr. Green Shaman a dynamite bundle. Sure, reduces our anti-tank power, but I really don't want any magic to ruin my day.

>bolt of green lightening
fuck.
kill it.
kill it now.

>>6855021

That hail of lethal lead? Time to use it.

Personally direct one of the Gatling guns at the Shaman and his personal guard. Have the rest sweep the field.

>>6855030
You forgot it at home, Sonny Jim. Do you want to send out a runner for the AT rifle and Winston by horse?

>>6855021
CONCENTRATE ALL FIREPOWER ON THAT SUPER STARDESTROYER!! (The shaman)

>>6855048
can we see what/who/where the shaman is drawing his power from?

>>6855048

I do not like this idea. Base needs AT support if it is indeed true the French are not totally pwnt in this area.

Besides, if we just get on with the machine-gunning of the vast crowd of primitive screwheads, we can deal with the shaman more... directly, very shortly, if we need too.

>>6855047
>>6855049
You tell one of the trucks with a gatling to shoot at the shaman. The bullets ping off the French armor as the shaman charges up. Godfried gets on a horse and starts running back towards the colony camp. The bullets from your gatlings are not getting past the barricades, which are inching forward. The other glider wont swoop cause of the shaman. ORDERS?

>>6855049

Everyone... the Shaman is GLOWING GREEN. All that's going to happen is that he'll stop the bullets in midair and shoot them back at us. Wipe out his followers first, teach them the impotence of their false pagan beliefs.

>>6855048
Are you saying that we'd be able to get that here by the end of this battle? Because you said it takes a week just to get to the city from camp...

Also, when did we get horses? With all due respect OP, little things like this are important. If we don't have something, tell us. If we get it, we need to know. You need to keep track of what we have.

Sorry if that came off as harsh, but this is why DM's keep notes. Not that you're not taking note. Unless you're not. But you might be.

>>6855071
yea, we're imbedded with plenty of ammo and machine guns, keep shooting, shaman prob draws his magic from his people, so kill them all.

>>6855082
Get remaining dynamite bomb from downed glider. Trow them at shaman.

>>6855093
Godfried at max overdrive can reach the encampment in a day. The colony only takes so long to move from cause you move in convoy slow careful mode. You had horses when you started out, and I just never mentioned them again cause you guys never asked after you got the colony established. The royal grenadier captain walks up to you to speak with you. ORDERS? (i do keep notes)

wooden barriers, even with metal reinforcements, would do nothing to slow the bullets, also, have the rifles start throwing cocktails into the crowd, and our small flanking force in the jungle? have them sweep from behind with the maxim

>>6855082

>bullets ping off french armor
>barricades

This is pissing me off INTENSELY. I will be FUCKED SIDEWAYS if I am going to be defeated by FRENCHIE ARMOR and STINKING PRIMITIVES.

I give immediate orders to flank the bastards. Maintain one gantling truck and the grenadiers at the center to put down a base of fire, and have the other trucks + green rifles flank on either side to get past the barricades with enfilading fire.

PURGE THE UNCLEAN

>>6855118
Okay, thanks for the clarification. What does he have to say?

FIRE. as in flame. FIRE, BURN THE HEATHENS, BURN THE BARRICADES, NEVER RETREAT, PRAY FOR GOD TO SAVE YOU

>>6855141
Confirm anon? The royal gren captain shows you a jury rigged sticky bomb from the last stick of dynamite. He says that if you can get him near the shaman, he can bust open the cage. or you could do the other plan. ORDERS?

>>6855118
grenaiders flank with a maxim, rifles and gatlings act as your main troops body, pinning the natives whilst we out flank them

>>6855160
flank like this >>6855172 , have the captain and any remaining mercs run a quick flank from the other side, a quick one two. shatter the cage, surround the natives, and finish the job

>>6855160

Confirm. Inform grenadier captain that we'll use the enfilading fire to thin their ranks, and then the grenadiers (forming our center line) will charge when the oppertunity is right to sticky bomb the shaman.

>>6855160
Fuck that! We'll not put our men in danger! We will personally get the bomb to the shaman! (C'mon plot armor, don't fail me now...)

>>6855172
I'll take that as a confirm. When you start moving the trucks and moving to flank, the shaman waves his hand forward destroying one of the gatling trucks. 5 rifles lost. His men throw down the barriers and charge. Your men attach bayonets and counter charge. The genadier captain is having trouble getting through. ORDERS?

>>6855208
dont charge them head on. theyll get lightninged before we even get there. alt solution, fake surrender, while gren pulls stealth mode and blows the shaman up

>>6855215
DONT HAVE A COUNTER CHARGE YOU FOOL! WE'RE IN TRENCHES! WITH GATLING GUNS! WHY THE HELL WOULD WE CHARGE? JUST MOW THEM DOWN!

cruise control off

>>6855212
You cut through the enemy ranks with your cutlass and get to the captain right as he is speared through the gut. You take the dynamite. The shaman turns to face you and he charges his lightening.

>>6855215
The Maxim is still firing, right? Also, if it hasn't already, get the other gatling truck turned around so it can fire on the natives. Go help the Grenadier. And for Her Majesty's sake, KEEP SHOOTING!

>>6855237
sorry for doublepost, but you dont have a choice. You tried to flank, and while you were moving the big guns they charged. ITS A MELEE NOW! ORDERS?

>>6855247
pull an epic moment throw the bundle in the air, shoot it boom, shaman dead, slow motion action face

>>6855252
Wow, I'm slow tonight. Throw dynamite, take cover.

>>6855215

Status of Shaman as enemy heavy weapon- confirmed.

I'll assume that the enemy took some casualties from rifle fire once they dropped their shields. It is time to commit our reserve, which is apparently, ME. INTO THE GODDAMN BREACH.

Also, assuming the flanking forces can't fire into the melee, they should charge the enemy lines from the sides and sides/rear while the gantlings shoot at whatever they can/bottle up the gate to prevent reinforcements.

>>6855268
this, natives should be spread pretty thin, centered around the shaman, and thining quickly, dynamite will kill their power base, kill the last few, battle won.

>>6855256

>You tried to flank, and while you were moving the big guns they charged

In other words they recognized the instant boning about to be and reacted accordingly. No worries, this is why I kept our mercs + grenadiers in the center of the line, so we didn't fold like wet paper. Flanking infantry into the fray, try to get around/behind their line, heavy weapons bottle up the gate to prevent re-inforcements.

Personally help the captain get that bomb into the shaman.

>>6855264
>>6855263
You throw the dynamite, and when it is at the midpoint between you and the shaman he shoots it with lightening making it explode mid air, killing 10 natives and knocking you down. The glider swoops down and drops the lit final bundle of dynamite in the shaman's lap, and he is out of charge. BOOM. ORDERS?

say a snappy one liner and hurl the bundle, then dive out the way, or pull a rifle in front of you as a human sheild

>>6855286
have your flanks circle up as you ffinish off the last of the heathens, block of the entrance, how much time has passed? fall back to trenches until godfried returns with reinforcements

>>6855286

Enemies are engaged with our center, so, surround them with the flanks and shoot the shit out of the ones not personally engaged in the melee. If that's not possible, then bring them INTO the melee from the flanks, which will be effective enough.

>>6855286
Fuck. Yes. Kill the rest, try to save as many of our wounded as possible once we win.

>>6855286
>>6855308
also how long till our next supply shipment?

Let me summarize situation so far:

Our casualties:

12 men down (7 mercs, 5 rifles)

1 glider damaged

1 gantling truck destroyed

Enemy casualties:

1 shaman out of action

10 native foot soldiers down (possibly more)

i second/confirm the above posts, once flanking manuvers are complete and the natives are crushed, get your wounded back to the trenches and treat them/ wait for reinforcements before venturing into the city, there might be more shamans in there. and fix our other glider whilst we wait.

You dont insta win just cause you killed one man. There are about 500 natives left, and in hand to hand you are at a severe disadvantage. You take advantage of the momentary confusion to form a barricade of your own with the dropped wooden native barriers, this way you have a space where the natives have to filter through. You pull back to this. The rest of your forces are concentrated around the remaining trucks and the maxim. ORDERS?

>>6855342
natives are prob 90% gone
and we prob lost a shitload of troops, though many are prob wounded rather than killed

>>6855346

>reinforcements

Currently our "reinforcements" consist of exactly 1 AT gun and Godfried. Though, the AT gun should be able to cherry pick those goddamn shamans right through their protective shields.

>>6855355
>>6855355

well with out their shaman the natives are fucked, just let your lead fly from the trenches as the natives die from afar

>>6855342
We and they have WAAAAY more casualties than that, ive just been too lazy to write them up yet. Most of the casualties have been from the greener rifles, though they will be veterans when (if) you win. ORDERS?

with out magic? just pull the trigger men, the natives are in the open, out flanked, exposed and weaponless(basically)

>>6855355

>500 natives left
>hand to hand

I was going to say, once we're engaged in hand-to-hand with natives we're de-facto fucked, but once you're engaged you usually cannot DIS-engage with any ease. I'm glad to see wasting the shaman bought us some time.

Well, the enemy has no more shields, right? And their 500 men are arrayed in front of us? I believe this is the part where our english MOAR DAKKA comes into play.

Tell the men to aim at anything that looks like a skulking native and to shoot the hell out of them.

trench fire from trucks and gatlings from the front
greens and grens flanking and firing from the sides,
central prong falls back to the trenches
glider swoops in for easy pickings

>>6855391

>ive just been too lazy to write them up yet.

No problem- it's not like you've got a casualties ticker keeping you abreast of things in the heat of battle.

>>6855355
Well, I sort of hoped that with gatling and Maxim we'd win the day. Yeah, funnel them through, try to get some distance between our two sides so the big guns can fire without hitting our own men. Battle Hymn Tiem?

>>6855400
only a few of our men are fighting them hand to hand, the majority are still in the trenches, so we're good

>>6855408
sounds good.

>>6855411
Hmm, that gives me an idea for our next wishlist...

The Gatlings are all out of ammo, though you still have some lightweight maxim ammo left. The natives retreat inside at nightfall. You regroup in the remains of your trenchworks and fortify it with the native shields. The final battle dawns tmorrow. Moving at night=bad idea. ORDERS?

>>6855400

If you want something more official-sounding, then make damn sure our troops are arrayed in a battle-line again after the chaos of the melee. Also, take care to direct one heavy weapon at the gate if enemy reinforcements should sally forth.

>>6855428
more fucking dakka.

>>6855430

>ORDERS?

Before we continue, could we take stock of our situation, casualties, and morale?

>>6853944

only 2.5 acres? Do you have any fucking clue as to how small that is?

>>6855430
Make sure we have lots of fires and a good 1/3 of our men on guard duty at all times, just to be safe. We will take first shift (If no objection from you, anon). If the gatling is out of ammo, can we salvage some from the truck that asploded? If not, use it as cover. Prepare for the coming battle, and try to keep moral intact. Walk amongst the men.

>>6855430
heal the wounded to the best of you extent, redistribute ammo, if we have any explosive what so ever, lay traps, hav the men reinforce the trenches as much as they can, and on both side of the entrance, set fires burning throughout the night and be watchful of the jungle

Youve lost 8 more mercs, 15 rifles, and 5 grens. and a glider need repairs. Better settle in for the night. ORDERS?

>>6855450

About twice the size of my front lawn (which is a big lawn.)

I don't see a problem with this at all. A small perimeter is much more defensible.

traps, traps every where amn

>>6855467
for the glider that needs repairs, fuck it, strip the maxim and all its ammo

>>6855450
>>6855471
Why you guys talking about this now? youre away from the settlement right now. Think practical. You set watches and turn in. There is chanting in the night but the fires keep the wogs away. Its morning. ORDERS?

>>6855487
Sorry for double post, but that is a great idea. The maxim is fully functional and there is a good 100 rounds of ammo left. Its morning. Time for the last scene of the last samurai/helms deep. Lets see which side wins.

>>6855467

What Sam said is good advice. Also, attempt repairs on the glider if at all possible.

Prepare our earthworks so we have at least two redoubts. Put a lot of effort into preparing an especially hardened position for the AT gun- it will be our only defense against any more Shamans.

Oh, incorporate those french-enchanced barricade shields into our defenses. I don't like arrows, and nor do you.

>>6855487
like this man said, add the maxim from the glider to our dakka, our trenches surround the entrance, and we are watching the forest for flankings, i'd say we are set, boost moral, advocate saving ammo, to entice the mercs set a bounty per head on the natives, is godfried here yet?

>>6855488
Prepare for battle. Shit, should have thought of this earlier, can we find any remains of the shaman? Preferably the head? If so, put it on a pike. ENRAGE THEM into fighting stupid.

Other than that, yeah, like >>6855487 said, get the Maxim off the glider. More dakka is never a bad thing, especially if the gatling is out of ammo.

>>6855487

>or the glider that needs repairs, fuck it, strip the maxim and all its ammo

The Wake Island Gambit. Good show, sir. Good fucking show.

>>6855532

>If so, put it on a pike. ENRAGE THEM into fighting stupid.

I was just about to suggest something similar. making barricades out of the bodies of the natives or some such.

Show them we mean freaking business.

>>6855532
good idea mate, will frighten the superstitious natives into submission, walk towards them carrying it goin 'im your god now bitches'

>>6855553
>>6855547
>>6855532
You mount the heads of natives on their own weapons, all you find is some green dust where the shaman was. Morning time. FINAL PREPARATION ORDERS?

>>6855471

No way in hell all the shit we have is fitting in 2.5 acres. We've got almost what, 200 people? And all the shit needed to support that many guys? You'd want to have at least 20-40 cleared unless you want to start having diseases break out.

>>6855547
Yep. Just hope they don't have some disease that we aren't immune to. God, having most of our men getting incapacitated right now would suck. KEEP YOUR DISTANCE MURPHY!

>>6855575
sprinkle it on yourself, why the fuck not.

>>6855580
OP is more exact in our structures rather than size, so base the size of the camp off that, it prob spans some where around 2 sq miles

>>6855575

>FINAL PREPARATION ORDERS?

Put the two maxim guns closer to the edges of the line (but not all the way out,) to make sure they have a good field of fire and can get some angles on enemies to properly sweep the field. In the center, have the remaining five grenadiers, a few rifles, and Godfried form the nucleus of the center. Our best marksman should be on the AT rifle, and our best fortifications should protect it.

>>6855580
Okay, its unrealistic, lets make it 25 acres, happy now? Anyway, TASK AT HAND

>>6855532
rifles on the flank trenches, grens youself and godf in the center. maxims on the flank, AT in the center.

>>6855580

The defensive redoubt probably doesn't enclose two square miles, but the entire settlement might.

What happened to that mortar we had? Why don't we just lob shit down there to piss em off.

>>6855631
at home base, fixed emplacement

>>6855623
>>6855605
Godfried aint back yet, god save your souls. In the morning as the natives start gathering you see a green glow emminating from the tunnel. The dust flies off the ground and back into the tunnel and there is a green flash. ORDERS?

>>6855635
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

>>6855631

Left it at home. Because we don't want to go home and discover that everything got FRENCH'D.

>>6855635
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

>>6855635
does our glider have any more dynamite?

>>6855658
All dynamite has been used up. However, they dont have the barricades anymore.

God's Wounds, were fucked

>>6855635

Not much we CAN do until Godfried gets his sorry ass back here.

Turn to the five remaining hard asses (grenadiers) and inform them that if any more shamans take the field, they are personally going to use the french-enhanced ubershields to push through the center to bayonet the son of a bitch, with you leading them.

Other then that, there's nothing we CAN do. However, I'm going to order my riflemen to start harrowing fire as soon as the enemy starts emerging from the tunnel. Let's bottle them up.

>>6855635
Again, BATTLE HYMN! Surely we've picked some up in our years of campaigning? Get ready to face another green guy. It looked like it was the armor that stopped the bullets, not the magic. Worse comes to orse, we can concentrate fire on his with everything and shred the armor, assuming the new guy has some. Assuming there will be another shaman.

>>6855667
in that case, as soon as the shaman emerges, have the rifles/maxims focus on cutting down the native foot soldiers with ease from a comfortable distance DO NOT CHARGE. grens, yourself and gatling focus on the shaman. pray godfried gets here

>>6855684

In fact, pass the order along that if the Maxim gunners see a sufficiently tight mass of enemies in the tunnel, they CAN open fire, and the rifles can fire in earnest. Lets keep the shamans standing in line in the back of the pack as long as possible.

do our rifles still have firebombs? (from clearing the wilderness)

>>6855691
The shaman completely healed and the man who shot your hat calmly walk outside followed by 400 natives. When your men fire the shaman motions his hand upwards and a wall of solid earth covers their advance. The wall starts inching forward, covering them from all sides except back

>>6855710
They used torches. And it took hours.

>>6855720
ENTER SURPRISE PLOT TWIST (IM THINKING FRENCH TANK)

so what we gonna do anon, im at wits end

looks like surrender/ troll face time

your moustache comes to life and leaps of your faces, running betwixt the legs of the natives before leaping in the air and bitch slapping shaman/ leader man, mustache smiles triumphantly, british victory

>>6855720

>solid wall of earth

The gantling guns are on trucks, so they can move fast enough, and the Maxims are light enough to move fast.

Begin retreat by squads. I assume we can retreat faster then their wall of earth can move. Better yet- have about ten rifles begin the retreat, and see if the enemy drops their dirt wall to try and charge prematurely.

Can they see through it? Can they see us?

>>6855749
You see a green flare behind you about a mile away, just gotta hold out. The earth wall is startin to weaken, but they are hardly a stones throw away now. ORDERS?

>>6855720
Have the undamaged glider make a pass at them. Tell him to keep out of range of the energy blast, just incase he can manage the wall and blast at the same time. Try to disrupt his concentration.

how high is the wall?

dont waste ammo, use only the maxims to weaken the wall from the sides, have your cont of grends move to the rear of the wall

>>6855774

And to clarify- when we begin retreating by squads, I want the first leg of the retreat to have the "covering force" still in the trenches. It's important to not run like wee bitches, but it's time to GTFO. We didn't know what we were dealing with, before.

>>6855774
>>6855782
you fall back while firing, negating the advantages of your maxims. The glider strafes them and distracts the shaman, and the earth wall break. The natives charge full speed. They are at 1/2 pistol range. ORDERS? BAYONETS?

fall back to the second redoubt

>>6855819
You converged the two redoubts last night...ORDERS?

>>6855775

Well, only one thing to do. Order all men to prepare to volley fire on my command. This is the only way to stop massed native charges at point-blank range.

>>6855811
Start firing! If we still can, fire the Maxims! Shoot to kill! I'm assuming bayonets were affixed prior to the battle. Please tell we we don't have to waste precious seconds doing it now!

>>6855811
bayonets, crouch in the second redoubt, bayonets straight up to impale any advances, set down the maxims, keep the gat firing

to arms men! to arms!

whoever shot that green flare must be here by now

>>6855811

Don't bother with bayonets. A melee fight means we lose anyways.

Rally the men around you, and form ranks. Proceed to fire by volleys.

MEN OF ENGLAND, TO ME!

FIRST RANK, FIRE!

SECOND RANK, FIRE!

etc.

Bayonet wall or volley fire, make up mind anon, confirm one or other. ORDERS?

>>6855851

VOLLEY FIRE. STACK THEM AT OUR FEET.

Also, this will let the Maxims set up to fire again.

>>6855851
Volley. We are screwed numerically and experientially in close combat. So we have to keep out of it.

>>6855851
1st line bayonets, second line volleys, but have the majority keep firing, we're using bolt action, and a couple repeaters, so the natives should fall quickly, status on the shaman?

looks like volley

You using Henry martinis buddy, only single shots. You hear the sounds of men shouting behind you. You attach bayonets then fire by rank. You kill 100 natives, then get into hand to hand. the trucks managed to escape. The shaman and the pistol man are coming towards you. ORDERS?

>>6855867

>status on the shaman?

Given that the dirt wall fell apart, he's probably recharging his juju at the moment.

By the time he's got it back together, Godfried should be ready to put a 13mm bullet through his face.

>>6855895
we either ordered, or received some repeating rifles last shipment, i wasnt sure

fast draw with pistol and blast the dude inna face while the shaman is recharging

>>6855895
Shit. Try to put a couple of shots into the leader, then the shaman. Assuming we can use our pistol, if not, try to keep our distance.

>>6855903
This
10This's

The pistol man takes aim at you and the shaman draws power to himself as he floats on his earth platform a few feet above the ground. They are both gunning for you. ORDERS?

> trucks managed to escape
they just left us?
assholes.

>>6855895

>You kill 100 natives

So there's 400 left. We've got, like, 40 men left, perhaps, in hand-to-hand, trucks escaped, status of maxim guns- unknown. status of godfried- unknown.

If the death of the shaman in the last battle sowed CONSIDERABLE terror in their ranks, then I take my personal vanguard and just rush the motherfucker. If it didn't produce CONSIDERABLE consertation last time, then I guess we just run like bitches. Clearly we've been routed.

charge them cutlas swinging and pistol firing nonstop, take down the leader and the natives will prob relent, is our glider still around??

>>6855943
No, there were 400 with them this time, so only 300 left.

GOOOOOOOOODFRIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEED

>>6855943
You form up with the last of the grenadiers and charge the pistol dude. He fires two shots but you deflect them with your cutlass and cut him in half. The shaman raises his hands to kill you- but then his face explodes. ITS WINSTON! You see the entire population of your town, excluding experts, armed with shovels, pickaxes, and torches charging the natives. The natives start to break and run seeing their leader killed. ORDERS?

Shit. OP, I don't know how to put this... We're autosaging. Congrats on your first autosage thread!

>>6855973
dude, i felt sooooo badass reading this, hold up the leaders head to the chaos and scream for brittania!!!!!!!

>>6855973
Don't loose momentum! Continue forwards, follow them back to their main lair, and gut them all. It's how She would want it.

Yeah we gotta shut down soon. That was an awesome way to end the session. The FIRST LEVEL ONLY of the city is clear for looting minus a couple tiny traps. Great job guys, now itll provide a ton of income. FINAL ORDERS before I archive?

go back to town after cleaning up the rabble, we need to recover.

suptg this OP, we're auto-saging

>>6856002
Can we get an idea of when you'll continue this? I don't want to miss it!

Let's start trying to patch up the wounded.

great job everyone

push them out of the 1st level, then fall back to the base to recover and get more men/heal you wounded and bury your dead. MORAL BOOOOST

probably tomorrow night, not sure, if not then maybe maybe saturday.

>>6856028
Sameish time? Dear god, I will be disappointed if I miss it. Anyway, it was great tonight OP.

Emitting a earth-shattering roar of triumph, Roarke spurs his men into a renewed attack, every single god damned shovel-wielding psychotic one of them, and I say we pursue the sons of bitches right back into the gates. ROUT THEM. PURSUE THEM. And make GOD DAMNED SURE they remember that they were driven back into their city with us screaming like psychotic bastards on their heels.

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