FUCK YES ZEONQUEST

A lack of tactical oversight is likely the cause of this.

Regardless, what is the exact situation around us?

>>8545524
>Bad Day (tm)

Pic related.

Here's a map of the city, with the expected direction of the enemy forces.

hey guys

Ao Boa Qu falls, feddies will win the war. sorry zeonfags

>>8545603
What do our defenses look like? These guys have had the last few hours to get things set up, I expect at least some MS-sized trenches and barricades. Any minefields? Pitfalls or other traps? Static AA emplacements? What are our current forces here? I know there's the Laredo battalion, but I thought that one or two near cities were sending their troops to help as well. And just how many tanks and aircraft are we expecting the enemy to throw at us?

Are they literally just storming across the country side or are they takeing that little road?

>>8545671

Current defensive layout is this.

The initial thick red line represents the first primary line of defence. This is roughly 18 miles long, mostly quickly erected MS grade barricades, plus several quickly made fire towers with AT guns.
The hashed red area behind that repesents the strategic retreat zone. further trenches and bunker have been constructed in this zone that will allow retreating forces to hole themselves up in for a while and try to counterattack the enemy if they are forces to move off the first line. There are about 5 "redoubt zone" that a Zeon force can retreat to if required. This are is also rife with AA guns and small scale artillery.

The final line of defence is the thin red line, this is the last stand area. The engineering corps are still reinforcing it now, and you have landed and disembarked in this area.

>Are they literally just storming across the country side or are they takeing that little road?

You honestly don't know. Don Martin cost Zeonic forces in this area much of their air support and recon assets, they're fairly sure that the enemy forces are coming in this direction, and they still have scouts on the flanks to tell them if they're trying to outflank them, but so far no sign.

Current forces station in Nuevo Laredo

1 Zeonic Mobile Suit Battallion consisting of:
103rd Company
108th Company
57th Company

1 Engineering Corps

3 Squadrons of Dopp Fighters
12 Dodai Planes
2 Tank Companies.

A Reinforced Mechanised Infantry Battalion.

And you: the Nachtmaren Unit.

>>8545892

Also, there are about 6 Fat Uncle Transports, any Gaws have been called away to the East Mexican front.

As for the Nachtmaren Unit itself you currently consist of:

2 MS-09 Doms
1 MS-09-k2 Dom Cannon
1 MS-07B-3 Gouf Custom
1 MS-06E3 Flipper Zaku (Recon)
Rhinoceros MA

Currently accompanying you is Corporal Ramirez Janson from the 103rd in his MS-06J Zaku II.

Well, your currently an independant unit still so if you can think of something to do, then the local forces can't say no to it.

Alternatively you could just attatch yourself to one of the MS companies and do what they're doing.

IDEAS GENTLEMEN?

>>8545995
>IDEAS GENTLEMEN?
Take on a Rapid Response role. They're the shield that does the blocking & we're the sword that guts the enemy. We hit where we're needed most & we hit hard & keep moving.

Also: probably have Hovis assist the defense with his awesome firepower.

>>8545995
Okay, well, whatever happens, Calvin will be on scout duty with a Dodai. He can feed targeting information to the artillery you said was scattered throughout the defensive zone to help them coordinate. Can we get an idea of what MS the Zeon Battalion has? Is it all just Zaku 2s?

As for things we can do right off the bat, I'm thinking Calvin heading off on a Dodai with Zol to scout the enemy forces and see where they're headed, and get an estimate on their numbers. See if they have anymore feddie suits with them, and if they've more than just the two Big Trays we saw before.

Does the mechanized infantry battalion have wappas? Unguided RPGs? I'm thinking they can hole up in the city and give the feddies a taste of the guerrilla warfare we got back at Chihuahua.

>>8546123
>Can we get an idea of what MS the Zeon Battalion has? Is it all just Zaku 2s?

Mostly, the occaisonal Gouf as well, but that's it. Most of the Zaku's are of the J type variety, and there's no Desert or Cannon types.

>Does the mechanized infantry battalion have wappas? Unguided RPGs? I'm thinking they can hole up in the city and give the feddies a taste of the guerrilla warfare we got back at Chihuahua.

Some Wappas, but mostly APC's, and most of this battle takes place on the outskirts of the city.

>As for things we can do right off the bat, I'm thinking Calvin heading off on a Dodai with Zol to scout the enemy forces and see where they're headed, and get an estimate on their numbers. See if they have anymore feddie suits with them, and if they've more than just the two Big Trays we saw before.

So, do this first?

What is the particle density at?

>>8546261
Yeah, scout out first. While they're doing that, the rest of us go to survey the line. We should try to stay centered so that we can respond to the enemy wherever they strike. Hovis and Jolyne stay back and give artillery support, Elaine, Zol (When he gets back and the battle actually starts) and us will be the rapid response force.

>>8546261

Yeah, that first, but make it clear that they should retreat quickly rather than take on any enemy forces. Mostly I guess we need to know how many land battleships, MS, and air forces they have. Tanks are likely to be endless anyways.

>>8545770
What about the Airport? Do we have any assets there?

>>8546261
Alright, one post before I'm off to class. Have Zol, Elaine, and David as a rapid response/hit and run unit. Hovis and Jol are rapid response arty, ready to put rounds wherever Calvin tells them to in a moments notice. Calvin is flying about on his Dodai, relaying enemy strength and position, and targeting telemetry.

I wouldn't send Calvin in on a Dodai with Zol. If you recall during our last mission they fucking scrubbed our Air Cover, so they'll probably have enough aircraft to make a mission like that a fool's errand.

>>8546261

Probably good to get all our info to local command elements, and get Ramirez a full debrief of the last battle.

>>8546414
We just need Calvin to get close enough for his advanced sensors to register the enemy's numbers. Even if their airpower is flying ahead, he should be able to get an estimate of their air power at least.

>>8546352

Between 65% and 75% depending on where you are. Short to medium range radio and short range radar are viable.

>Yeah, scout out first. While they're doing that, the rest of us go to survey the line. We should try to stay centered so that we can respond to the enemy wherever they strike. Hovis and Jolyne stay back and give artillery support, Elaine, Zol (When he gets back and the battle actually starts) and us will be the rapid response force.

You send Zolomon and Calvin out on Dodai's to scout the enemy positions. They keep low to resist detection and to avoid enemy air units. After about half an hour they return, a sporting a couple of dents from some bullets, but otherwise unharmed.

They report that the enemy advance is roughly as follows. The primary thrust is heading up the main road towards Dependecia, but several smaller forces have split off and are making their way cross country towards the enemy lines.
Whilst they were able to spot both Big Tray battleships they didn't see any more, also they can't be sure if the enemy has more.
On the other hand they also didn't see any enemy Mobile Suits.

>>8546469

Are the Big Tray's seperate or together? In the middle of the Feddie lines, ahead or behind? Also, what's the size of those splinter forces? Any idea on enemy air strength?

Unless the Big Trays are leaving themselves open (which would be awesome) I think our best bet would be to try to head out and wipe out those splinter forces. If we're lucky and take a few out maybe we could try to get Hovis and Jolyne some shots on the Big Trays.

>>8546506
Keep in mind those are only KNOWN splinter forces, they're could be others that you aren't aware of.

As for the Big Tray's they are staying with the primary thrust along the motorway, and are supported by at least three companies of tanks, as well as the lions share of air assets.

It's likely that there are mobile suits either far behind enemy lines or in the Big Trays. Let us send David, Ruubens and Jolyn after those two northen detachments. Attach Zolomon to a unit defending against the main thrust for now, and have Calvin fly with us to relay communication with the main forces.

>>8546550

Well in that case, given our units speed advantage, lets head out quickly and go for an attack on the northern splinter force. If we can destroy it, lets loop around behind, attack any supply train or artillery support and possibly plan on going after those other splinter forces from the rear.

Of course we should inform local command of our intentions, get their input, and get Ramirez debriefed before we head out. As long as we can do it quickly, before it's too late.

BRB Dinner

What is the general plan? I mean - there's a line of defense and all, Somebody must've planned on how to hold this place even before we came.

>>8546567
I doubt they have any MS left; we took out their squad in San-Whateverit'snamewas.

>>8546605
Pretty sure it was Don Martin

>>8546605

Plan for the worst but hope for the best.

Brief all MS command groups about possible Federation MSes. Have Nachtmaren go around and talk to the front line troops about how to deal with them.

KEEP THEM PREPARED. And motivated. Joke with them. Keep them informed.

... Have us and Jolyne go, so her normally abrasive nature doesn't get the better of her... <_<

>>8546667
Yep, that was it. Curse my bad memory.

we should probably do something to make sure we keep that airport

Or at the very least, have the engineers rig up demo charge to make the runways unusable if we have to retreat.
Airports are a major logistical/strategic asset, we don't want to give the feddies anything.

>>8546854
Yup. But with any luck, we'll withstand the assault and won't need to blow it up.

Hmm, we are pretty famous among the Zeon forces right? Might be a good idea to give a pep talk/speech and show the Nachtmaren flag to the frontline troops so to speak.
MORALE +20.

>>8547043
you know, this brings up something I've been wondering about.

Just how famous are we, exactly? And whatever happened to our special ops buddy from waaayyyy back when? We should tell him to spread rumors about our unit. Some true, some glorified. We should be famous by now, ffs we've killed feddy MS's, saved hawaii, led the charge against Jaburo, and have generally fucking ruined everything we've ever come up against including several feddy prototype and experimental units.

If I knew half of the shit that nachtmaren had done, I would be stoked to see them joining my garrison if I was some foot-slogging feddy redshirt. (apologies for the cross reference)

>>8547094
Might wanna downplay Hawaii.

>>8547094
We should have quite the reputation among Zeon by now, at least. We did beat the Tri-Stars in MS spaceketball after all.

As for the Feds, we've probably cemented ourselves as nightmare figures for everyone below the Mason-Dixon line for the next few years.

Damn, Ramirez is a stylish gentleman!

I concur with informing all troops about the potential enemy MS threat, advising them of weak spots, mobility, etc. The Fed pilots won't be very experienced in combat, or will be tired from the rapid pace of their advance, so we may have an advantage in pilots.

>>8547094
Well we know that the One Armed bandit thinks we are a special kind of pain in the ass. Considering we ruined the Feddie NA Army, their Fleets and rampaged through Jaburo and back again (netting us what, 5+ land battleship kills?). I'd be surprised if anyone, Zeon or Feddie in the Americas DIDN'T know about us.

Maybe less so in Africa or space.

>>8547094
>>8547043

Well I guess you're pretty well known, but lets keep in mind that you aren't THAT much better than the Midnight Fenrir from Zeonic Front, and they weren't THAT famous, admittedly you're probably in the lead on that front due to having gotten close to Garma but still the Zeonic propaganda machine hasn't concentrated that hard on you in comparison to say: Char Aznable or Anavel Gato.
Your fame is mostly word of mouth, you get mucho respect points, but people don't quite go FUCK YEAR IT'S THE NACHTMAREN in the same way they do about Char.

The enemy however is definately beginning to learn to go OH SHIT when they see you however.

Okay, the enemy are roughly an hour, hour and a half away.

What is it you want to do?
Attack one of the splinter forces?
Make a speech?

>>8547192
Probably less well known in Australia and Asia too.

>>8547241
Make a speech. A rousing speech. If you give me a minute, I can write one up. Also, did we ever get the footage of us attacking Jaburo overlayed with the "Zeon is exhausted" speech distributed to our forces?

>>8547241
>Okay, the enemy are roughly an hour, hour and a half away

Mount our unit on the dodai's. Activate our PA system and make low passes over our defenses while blasting a properly epic and motivational speech. (like that scene in braveheart, except with giant robots and shit yo)

Prepare everyone on our team to be ready for rapid response actions at first contact with the enemy.
Personally, I would lead our unit up north and flank the main spearhead as I suspect the feddies may try to push for the airport.

>>8547241

Attack the northern splinter force after a brief conversation about our intentions with the local commander, and see if we can get Ramirez squared away, either get him out of the line of fire or onto the defense line somewhere, whatever he prefers. He should also get debriefed by local forces. What he knows about the previous attack could be useful.

Attack northern splinter forces!

>>8547289
"Gentlemen, I like war. Gentlemen, I love war. But that pales in comparison to my love of peace. And that is the best thing about war; once it's over, peace reigns. It is up to us make sure that Zeon wins this war, so that we may have peace. Remember what you're fighting for. To stop the tyranny of the Federation, and to replace it with our own glorious regime.

Zeon will not falter for even a moment. We have stuck at the very heart of the Federation forces but a few days ago, and managed to gain valuable information and inflict severe damage to their ship facilities. While they may be implementing new designs and even producing mobile suits of their own, they have neither the experience nor the numbers that Zeon holds in that regard. As long as we continue to hold against them and push back, they won't stand a chance."

>>8546684

Can we make a speech while we attack the northern splinter forces?

>>8547428

If you want to give away your position then sure.

How about we let the rest of the squads do some rest, wheil we do some force recon?

Plot some trajectories that Hovis can take advantage of, give Calvin some rest.

And of course while we force Recon with Zol, and Ruubens.... the rest recuperate by spending a rousing time with the other forces highlighting the finer points of anti MS warfare?

As a rule, It'd look pretty wierd if you came out of nowhere and started giving speeches to the whole defence force, but a speech to your team would probably work better.

Afterwards you can attack the northern splinter forces that is currently heading cross country, okay?

>>8547437
>If you want to give away your position

how about not doing this, for a start

>>8547476
>David Lister
>look pretty weird

Yeah, I'm not sure I see the problem here. But, point taken.

>>8547241
Make a speech. I'll have text for it momentarily. Do NOT go after the splinter forces. Too easy for the main thrust to cut us off, or throw enough Air at us that we take an unpleasant amount of damage. Remember, we don't have the OH, so our out of battle mobility is far less than what it has been. I'd say my previous suggestion: >>8546414

Speech; David standing in front of his Dom, twinned Zeon and Nachtmaren Flags waving on either side of him. Rest of Nachtmaren at stiff attention flanking him. Troops assembled in front of this in a Mobile Suit Bay.

Please, no speeches

Speech: "Greetings Patriots. Greetings Heroes. Greeting Soldiers of Zeon."
Pause
"I call you these things because it is the truth. This war has gone long enough that every Zeon Soldier is a patriot and a hero. We have all seen the Federation try to drown us in our own blood for all these months, and have all stood strong, down to our very foundations, and responded with a resounding NO MORE!"
David looks across the assembled troops.
"But TODAY it is time to show the FEDERATION what we already know as FACT. We. Are. Heroes."
Pause for applause.
"They're on their way here. Right now. Trying with all their might to push us from what they SQUANDERED. Hundreds of tanks and aircraft, tens of Land Battleships and yes, even Mobile Suits, are on their way right now with nothing on their minds other than murdering the sons and daughters of Zeon. But I tell you right now: THEY SHALL NOT FIND THESE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF ZEON EASY TO MURDER!"
Pause for cheering.
"WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT THIS PLACE WITH NOTHING OTHER THAN MURDER AND DISCONTENT ON THEIR MINDS THEY SHALL BE SHOWN THAT WHAT IT IS LIKE TO FIGHT A HERO. THEY SHALL LEARN WHAT IT IS LIKE TO FIGHT MEN AND WOMEN WITH NOTHING BUT THE PRIDE OF THEIR HOMELAND IN THEIR HEARTS. THEY SHALL LEARN FEAR. THEY SHALL HAVE THEIR OWN HATRED TURNED BACK UPON THEM. THEY SHALL HAVE NOTHING AT ALL, SAVE DEFEAT!"
Pause for cheering.
"GO NOW, PATRIOTS, HEROES, SOLDIERS OF ZEON! GO NOW AND MAKE YOURSELVES READY! FOR IT IS WE WHO WILL EDUCATE THIS SCUM ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TRUE WARRIOR! IT IS WE WHO WILL EDUCATE THIS SCUM ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TRUE HERO! IT IS WE WHO WILL EDUCATE THIS SCUM ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TRUE HUMAN! GO NOW! GO NOW AND FIGHT! FIGHT FOR YOU! FIGHT FOR YOUR FELLOW SOLDIER! FIGHT FOR THE ZABI FAMILY! AND FIGHT FOR ZEON! GO NOW, HEROES! GO NOW!"
Speech ends.

You deliver >>8547415 suggested speech to your team and then opt to move out over the defensive line to intercept the northern splinter force.

>>8547491
My view of ZEONQUEST's David Lister is that he's sort of a cross between the Red Dwarf version and Solid Snake. His voice is basically Snakes Gravelly-actually-quite-easy-to-copy-if-you-try voice with a faint Manchester/liverpool twang and sentence structure.

Anyway.

YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN YOUR DOM
CHOOSE YOUR TEAM LOADOUT AND GENERAL STRATEGY.

I'll get a closer map of the supsected combat area in a second.

>>8547665
AWH APOLOGISED I WORKED SO HARD ON MINE! (Not really I wrote it in like 2 minutes) D:

Anyway:
David: Dom; 330mm Bazooka, 90mm MG, Reloads, Panzerfausts, Heat Saber
Elaine: ^
Jolyn: Dom Cannon: 90mm MG, Reloads, Panzerfausts (If possible) Heat Saber
Zol: Gouf Zolomon Custom, Gatling Shield, 35mm Wrist Gatlings, Twin Heat Hawks, Heat Rod, Shotgun for anti-ms Work.
Hovis: Rhino, 'nuff said
Calvin: Flipper Zaku on Dodai

Again, I recommend that David, Elaine, and Zol move as a rapid response unit, with Hovis and Jol as mobile artillery, with Calvin spotting for us. I don't like the idea of attacking a splinter without solid intel and no air support. Strikes me as generally stupid. Especially when Federation MS could be involved. I say we stick with the defensive line, and perform lightning strikes through gaps in the Feddie lines.

Here's a map of the local area. The faded blue circle represents the distance the forces could have reached since the last time you spotted them.

The green bits are trees, though the landscape is fairly flat at least, and dusty, so look out for dust trails.

rolled 5 = 5

Haha, I forgot Zeonquest was on. Good thing I stumbled across it.

>>8547665
General strategy: Hovis and Jolyne stay back with the rest of the artillery and take targeting information from Hobbes, who does his usual job of scouting on a dodai. Our team, the rapid response force, starts at the center of the line and heads to wherever the fighting is fiercest, to give our side the push it needs to hold the line.

Loadout:
Us and Elaine- 90mm MG, 330mm bazooka, crackers, extra reloads, panzerfaust.
Zol-Two Heat Hawks, all built-in weaponry, shotgun, crackers, panzerfaust, extra ammo.
Jolyne- 90mm MG, panzerfaust, crackers, extra ammo.

>>8547645
This needs to be saved for when we go on national TV.

>>8547752
Fine. I guess it is more suited to a more climactic battle. Odessa maybe?

>>8547724
Agreeing vis-a-vis not attacking any of their splinter groups.

>>8547752
>national TV.

I think you mean GALACTIC TV FUCK YEAR

hello?

apologized?

Is anybody out there?

Wow. Sudden drop in activity.

How very odd.

Well, maybe Apologised is still eating or something.

>>8547973
Eh, this wouldn't be the first time he got called away or something happened. He'll be back eventually.

>>8547995
Word.

Naptime.

>Us and Elaine- 90mm MG, 330mm bazooka, crackers, extra reloads, panzerfaust.
>Zol-Two Heat Hawks, all built-in weaponry, shotgun, crackers, panzerfaust, extra ammo.
>Jolyne- 90mm MG, panzerfaust, crackers, extra ammo.

Okay, so the generla gist is that you don't actually want to go out and attack any of the splinter groups, so you'll wait for the first signs of trouble and use your Dom's high speed to rapidly respond to the attack.

Your team situates itself in the green X. It is one of the defensive boltholes dug out by the engineering corps, there is also an artillery battery here which have also linked in with your teams spotter data.

After a tense wait for about a further 30 minutes, the first attacks come.

We can expect that the Feddies are going to try to break out towards the bridge north of the city proper; if they can use it, they're across the Rio Grande and behind our defenses, without having to fight their way through the city to do it.

So we want to have that bridge ready to be blown. Preferably, pre-sited artillery to drop it into the river. But if we can, we want to do this after the Feddies have started to cross; that way, we kill anything they have on the bridge when it comes down.

And we can harass them all the way back from the river to their startline west of Nuevo Laredo.

>>8548441
Looks to me like they're going straight for the city.

>>8548484
Well, yes, for now at least. But better to be prepared to blow the bridge to the north and not have to than to need to blow it and not be able to.

As a more immediate concern, we're going to want to find and kill the Feddie Big Trays.

We also might want the local commander to call up Matamoros and tell them that the main Feddie strike in this part of the Rio Grande Defense Line is here at Laredo, and that we could use their help.

As you can see, the enemy has attacked simultaneously in multiple areas of the defensive line.

The upper prong is a mixed Infantry/Tank unit that is staging a blitzkrieg attack on the defence line. The infantry are using the Farm houses in this area for cover, and the tanks are routinely popping smoke. Artillery is shelling the area and enemy fighter/bombers are also assisting, however an AA encampment is reducing their effectiveness.

Local forces consist of one squad of Zaku's and two squadrons of Magella Tanks.

Below that, the Blue X signifies the location of 1 Big Tray battleship, supported by at least one Mobile Assault Gun squadron that are providing close range artillery support for the nearby area. There is a heavy amount of enemy air forces covering this site as well.
They are currently encamped in a power station (I think, It's hard to tell with google maps.)

(field too long, continue in next post)

The second attack prong is taking place in a woodland area that is providing cover for the tanks, forces appear light, and a firendly artillery unit is providing firepower, but the lack of accurate recon data is making it ineffectual. There are two squads of Mobile Suits here and two platoons of Mech Inf. here as well.

The third force appears to be backed up by the second Big Tray, which is using the heavy trees as cover, the assault is mostly tanks and some Mobile Artillery Guns, there is a notable fighter presence as well. A squadron of Magella Tanks and a Company of Mech Infantry are holding this area, and enemy fighters are thick in the area. The 57th MS Company is stationed nearby and is moving to assist.

The final prong is a force of high speed light vehicles mounting unguided AT and A-MS weapons, they appear to be trying to breach the defences with supporting bombers escorted by TinCods so that this raiding force can breach the defensive line and assault the positions behind. So far, the 2 MS Squads and a squadron of Magella's aren't letting them but the Bombing is taking it's toll.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>8548648
So much for them not producing those assault guntanks...

>>8548676
Go for the second Big Tray in the woods. Try to keep low and fast; ideally we stay below the treeline, hit the Big Tray with some bazooka rounds, blow it up, then retreat back before they know what hit them.

What exactly is a Mobile Assualt Gun anyway? Just a standard piece of self propelled artillery?

>>8548648
The first Big Tray is close enough that it can shell any of our emplacements, and the assault gun team lets them spearhead in to finish off anything left standing. I'd say we go after them, but the enemy air cover is giving me second thoughts.

>>8548791
Not to mention they seem to have a defensible position. Still, Hovis should be able to out-range them; can we get him to fling a few shells their way?

>>8548701
Maybe its more like Stugs.

>Blue X
Hovis, Jolyne, you know what to do

>The third force appears to be backed up by the second Big Tray
Zolomon with us, time to get close and personal.
Use our DOMSPEED to get close FAST, so that the enemy fighters/bombers can't shoot at us without risking hitting their units. Move hard and fast, take attacks on targets of opportunity but do not slow down the assault on the big tray. Concentrate fire on it's main batteries while closing to melee range. Hack the bridge up and get out of their. With it disabled, it will be a problem for the feddies and they will have to divide resources to save/secure it, which means less units in the fight.

>>8548876
*there

I'm just so excited I can't even spell.

>>8548876
Hell, if we're throwing 'zook rounds at it's main cannons, it's possible that it'll set off a reaction and blow it up completely like the last one we destroyed.

>>8548926
that's the idea :)

>>8548791
Take the first Big Tray.

We can draw off air cover from that motorized infantry force the Feddies are sending forward that way.

And more air cover over the Tray means more of an opportunity to kill it.

>>8548876
Don't forget to coordinate with the 57th. Get them to deal with the Type 61s and the MAGs, and give us a little AA fire to keep the enemy air support off our backs while we hit the Big Tray.

>>8548950
I'm sorry, you want us to lead even more enemy air assets to the big tray to help defend it? And you think that will make it easier to destroy? I'm not sure I follow your logic. Have I misunderstood something?

>>8548958
And by 'deal with' I just mean 'hold off and delay'. Can't afford to get bogged down, so once we blow Big Tray #2 we can fall back quickly and hit Big Tray #1 if Hovis and Jolyne haven't killed it.

>>8548975
No, I think it'll make it easier for our other forces to hold off the Feddie prongs if the Feddies are stripping away air support from them to defend the Big Tray.

And that beyond a certain point, more Feddie airpower concentrated at one spot stops meaning "they can do even more damage" and starts meaning "we have a target-rich environment".

>>8548980
I dunno, I'm not sure even we can take out a big tray alone if it has mobile assault guns and lots of air cover.

>>8549024
See:
>>8548958
>>8548980

>>8549042
I meant the first big tray. It's set up in an electrical plant, has at least one mobile assault gun squad, probably more, guarding it, along with lots of aircraft. The second big tray, yeah, we can probably do it since the trees give us cover, but trying to get the first one, while it's in cover and we're out in the open, doesn't seem doable unless we get some serious support. Which is why I say we should just have Hovis shell it to Kingdom Come.

>>8549123
The Rhino only has a single artillery-grade cannon on it, not nearly enough to take on a Big Tray. All he would be doing is drawing attention to himself.

>>8549123
Ah, I see the source of our confusion. BT1 has Mobile ASSAULT Guns, BT2 has Mobile ARTLLERY Guns. Curse my use of confusing acronyms. Yeah, Hovis shells BT1 while we and the 57th deal with BT2.

>>8548701

They're not Guntanks, they're mechanised artillery, like the Stug or Priest used in WW2. >>8548854 has it right.

So the general gist appears to be torn between going for the first or the second Big Tray's.
I'm going to have to press you, which one do you want?

Just took a closer look on Google Maps.

We hit Big Tray #2 first. Not just because we can use the woods for cover on our approach, but because once we kill it there's a road about three-quarters of a mile northwest that we can take which brings us out literally right behind Big Tray #1.

>>8549311
See >>8549326 for my vote.

>>8549208
Both mean more or less the same thing, a motorised artillery gun carriage, decent against soft targets and fixed emplacements, but not all that effective against armour or Mobile Suits

>>8549326
>>8549336

Okay then, we'll take Big Tray 2 and then take a walk up the road and try to gank Big Tray number 1 then.

Is the Support squad coming with you or will they be supporting with artillery fire from your current position?

>>8549481
Come with, I think.

Because that way we can temporarily detach Calvin and have him spot for the other Zeon artillery in the area. We're getting up close and personal with a Big Tray, so we aren't going to need targeting data as much as the other Zeon forces will.

>>8549530
Also forgot to add: Jolyne and Hovis load up for AA work. Dave, Zol and Elaine will kill the Tray; Jolyne and Hovis need to swat as many Feddies out of the sky as possible.

>>8549481
I say let Jolyne and Hovis distract it and draw counter-battery fire while we go and gank it from behind. Their mobility will allow them to pretty much pepper them with impunity.

Depending on how the strike against the 2nd big tray goes, we need to keep on the move, constantly. Guerrilla war style. Constant hit and run strikes before the Feddies can pin us down.

>>8549481
Leave them to support us from afar. They're artillery, that's what artillery does.

>>8549530
>>8549553

Okay, so Jolyne and Hovis are on AA duty, though perhaps not right there on the front combat zone.

Orders given the five of you head off into the combat zone.
You zip across the web of defensive outcropping towards the combat zone, on the way you meet up with the 57th Mobile suit company.

"You people going after the Big Tray?" it's CO asks you.

"Affirmative."

"Right, we'll hold the line whilst you go ahead and take it out."

"Thanks!"

You get to the line ahead of the MS company, you can see smoke and explosions. It looks like the Tanks and infantry have taken a pounding, and there are several breaches in the defensive wall, and a AT firetower has been toppled.
The infantry have set themselves up in defensive postions around the breach and are ambushing tanks that try to pass through with close range AT weapons. But they're getting shelled pretty heavily now.

You can leap over the walls or you can exit through the breaches, the Support team can follow you or stay here.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>8550040
Have the support team stay here and provide counter-fire against the enemy artillery. Give our troops some slack.

Over the walls. Don't want to get caught in the infantry's killzone.

>>8550040
Through the breaches. If we jump, we might be seen. Leave the support here to provide close support to the infantry.

>>8550040
>>8550040
OVER THE WALLS!

>>8550040
I'm with >>8550112 on this one.

Low hop, of course, just enough to get us over the wall and no more. We want to land on the other side as quickly as possible. Strafe the tanks as we move past them to disorganize them a bit, but our primary target here is the Tray.

>>8550197
>>8550112

Okay, finally, the majority has it, the Support team stays back, shells enemy air forces from here, whilst the rest of you jump over the walls.

You all leap over the walls, for a second all of the enemy forces can see you, a couple send shots your way, but you're advance was too fast for them to get any real advance warning and the shots do little damage.
Your then dashing though the trees and enemy tanks, several shots from your bazooka's are able to leave some big holes in the front line, and your able to dash through and into the rear.
You follow the trail west towards the heavy cannon fire, occaisionally having to dodge the odd shell, or take out a stray tank or Motor Artillery, the enemy air forces attempt to slow you down or pin you so that the artillery can shell you, but your support team and the 57th company are able to suppress them with flak.

You reach a small lake, on the other side is the big tray and about 5 tanks and 5 Mech.Artillery.
Your Dom's can go across the water but the Gouf cant.

YOUR ORDERS?

Dom team over the Water to disable the Big Tray, Gouf runs around it or tries to find a way to cross? (With heat wire + airplane. Aw yeah).

>>8550377
>You all leap over the walls, for a second all of the enemy forces can see you

God damnit, this is exactly why I said we shouldn't do that.

Doms take to the water, zook the Big Tray's guns. Zol turns back to hit their tank forces from behind.

>>8550377
Hand Zol Elaine's bazooka, and have him provide cover fire while he circles around the lake.

Elain uses 'fausts and her 90mm to engage the screen while we cross the lake itself. We hit the Big Tray with our own bazooka, with an emphasis on the bridge and its artillery guns.

>>8550455
>Bridge
>artillery guns...

in that order

>>8550417
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc-hJTHJ6wo&feature=related
this heat wire thing... DO IT!

>>8550455
What? Zol has a panzerfaust, and his suit can't handle the 330mm's recoil.

>>8550551
he has a Panzer Faust...

hehehe

Zol goes around, taking potshots at the tanks while he does it. Elaine and Dave sprint across the lake. Dave hits the bridge of the Tray with a bazooka shot, Elaine aims for the guns with hers. After that, meet up with Zol, finish off the tanks and artillery, then head for Tray #2.

Cal is spotting for anyone who needs it, right, not just Jolyne and Hovis?

After a disease shattering nap I return!

Kemal! Good to see you.

>>8550612 Gets my vote. Except maybe having Elaine donate her round to the Tray's magazine, if there's any hope of getting through the armor to hit it.

>>8550417
>>8550449
>>8550455
>>8550483

for the record, the lake is about this big, don't know if that helps any. The Big Tray and company is on the left side.

>>8550726
Right, so Zol will go around the bottom side to get to them.

*pant**wheeze*
Ok. Made it.

>in b4 next time on zeonquest

Tell me we showed the local base commander footage of our unit's tangle with the Feddie MS team. Tell me we did this. It'll talk me half an hour to catch up on the thread.

Can't mobile suits operate underwater? Why doesn't he just walk across the bottom of the lake?

>>8550912
He'll be as slow as hell.

>>8550751
Agreed.

>>8551025

I Concur.

>>8550751

You dash towards the enemy Land Battleship across the lake, leaving plumes of steam behind you, coincidentially obscuring Zolomon as he begins his around route. The tanks and battleship see you and begin to send shells your way, taking a gracefully zig-zagging path you and elaine avoid their fire whilst firing your Bazooka's at the battleship guns.
There are a couple of near misses, but eventually the guns fall silent and you make it onto the shore.

You are now in close range of the enemy, and the Big Tray attempts to make a retreat, you dash forward, but have to pull away to avoid a concentrated counter-attack by the tanks. You swing your Bazooka around and fire into the mass of them, tanks fly into the air.
Unfortunately your Bazooka has run it's clip out.
Elaine sends her last shot at the Big Tray's bridge, but you know from past experiance it will take more than one hit to take it down. You pull out a Panzerfaust and shoot it at the bridge, the RPG flies erratically though and only manages a glancing blow against the superstructure.

The tanks are firing again, and you pull out the 90mm. Your armour is taking some hits, but it's nothing serious.
You spray the enemy tanks, trying to get them to retreat, but they proess on with the attack and you are forced to put some distance between the two of you to survive.
Luckily at this point you see Zolomon ambush the retreating Big Tray.
Presently there is a large explosion and Zolomon adds another Battleship kill to his ever expanding kill markings.

You finish off the tanks.

ENEMY AIR ASSETS ARE MAKING EVEN MORE PRESSING ATTACKS AGAINST YOU NOW, AND FEDERATION FORCES KNOW YOU ARE HERE.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>8551111
retreat back to our lines, figure out the status of the defenses and then go after the 2nd land battleship if our lines can hold without our help...

also WE NEED AMMO!

>>8551111

Fall back into those woods, and then plan out a blitzkrieg flanking assault that kills the second Big Tray and gets us back to or lines in the same thrust.

Also reload our guns.

>>8551111
Retreat into the trees. This took too long and they know we're here. If we head for the other battleship they'll know we're coming and react accordingly, and we'll be blown to bits, especially if we're being harried by aircraft on the way there. Head back into the trees so that the planes can't see us.

>>8551160
Reload. Follow the woods line north to the road, then run up it at top speed to get to the power station where the second Tray is.

Once we kill it, we just go straight east along the main road, into the rear of one of the Feddie prongs.

Only bother shooting at the Feddie aircraft if we can do it without slowing down.

>>8551221
On second thought, after looking at the maps, scratch the road part of that.

The woods north of the lake go right to the southern edge of the power station, and only thin out in a couple of places. We use that for cover as we move north towards the other Big Tray.

>>8551256
I was actually about to suggest this. Good call. Anyway, yeah, this. Don't spare time for aircraft. If they get too pesky have Jol and Hovis drop some flak into them.

>>8551160
>>8551181
>>8551221

You all reload and move north quickly to try and stop enemy forces from encircling and trapping you.

You get a Laser Communication from Calvin.

"We're moving along the line as well, we'll be supporting you from there if were able!"

After reloading your Bazooka, you quickly head North whilst enemy air planes start strafing you, you return fire a couple of times with your 90mm, and take a few out. But they're also able to get a few hits in as well, nothing hazardous, but it's still all adding up.

You travel for about 10 minutes like this, occaisionally discovering pockets of straggling or reloading Federation tanks, and taking them out with a bazooka or Panzerfaust. Until you eventually reach the end of the treeline.

From here it's about 8-900 meters to the power station, but there are at least three squads of tanks as well as IFV's and mounted infantry here. The terrain is open, and you will be easily spotted. With your speed you MIGHT make it through alive, but you're sure to take some hits on the way...

YOUR ORDERS?

>>8551398
call in artillery on there position

>>8551256
Supporting this. Dont know how much damage we'll be able to cause after we kill that second Big Tray though.

>>8551442

Artillery is the king of the battlefield.

Infantry and armor are the queen.

Show them what the king does to the queen.

Arty arty arty

>>8551398
Start hitting them with bazooka shots from the trees. keep moving, don't let them see us. Make t seem like there's more of us than there really is. Once the tanks are thinned out, circle around a bit through the forest to try and hit the plant itself from a different side.

>>8551398
What's the range on our bazookas?

A Big Tray is, as the name implies, an enormous target. So if we have the range to hit it from where we're standing, I suggest we do just that. It's not going to be able to dodge.

Two bazooka shots apiece from Dave and Elaine, then one shot from each at a squad of tanks (each one at a different squad), then the final shots in the clip at the Big Tray. If the first four Bazooka rounds were enough to destroy the Tray, then use the final shots on the tanks and IFVs.

After we empty the clips, pull back south into the trees and try to lure surviving vehicles in after us, where we can heat saber and heat hawk them to death.

Zol shoots at targets of opportunity.

>>8551398
>>8551442
You know, if Hovis were able to land a couple APFSDS from his main gun into the Big Tray's bridge that would do the job nicely.

>>8551398

Have Jo and Hovis shell them for a moment, the the rest of us just blitz whoever's left in the confusion. Then keep moving.

>>8551480
>>8551484
COMPROMISE

use the artillery to kill off the little ones and then take out shots off on the Big Tray... that way if we need to get close the artillery has already dealt with the little guys

>>8551484
I say this, but as we lure them, have Jol and Hovis drop their Arty on the Big Tray, providing it survives. If its dead, just create a no-man's land for the advancing tanks and IFVs with it.

>>8551442
>>8551452
>>8551478

You quickly call in a heavy artillery barrage on the area. Meanwhile the tanks, having seen you move up to intercept, from the cover of the trees, you fire your bazooka into clustered formations, taking out several before they take a wider formation.

Then the artillery shells begin falling.
Explosions and plumes of dirt erupt all over the area, and in the distance you can see the Big Tray and it's Artillery assets begin counter barrage.

Seeing that you aren't going to get a better chance than this you dash forwards into the barrage zone, using your improved mobilty to keep yourself from being shelled, with the chaos of the artillery attack, few enemy units are able to target you and you make it to the Power Plant without incurring much further damage.

The enemy artillery area is on the other side of the buildings that you've taken cover against.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>8551484

How much of the Big Tray is actually visible to us through the power station?

Range might not be the problem but cover/visibility might be.

If we have clear lines of fire to vital components go for the ranged approach.

If we don't have them, then shoot up the tanks/mechanised infantry after which we close in on the power station to take out the Big Tray.

>>8551560

Our lines are taking a shelling. We should remove the Artillery, then work on taking apart the Big Tray.

>>8551560
Zol jumps up and over, lands in the middle of the Mobile Guns and near the Big Tray and begins Gouf-ey time. As he goes over Elaine and David break left and right around it, respectively, leading with the Scattering Beam Guns right before Zol lands, and dumping Bazooka rounds into the Big Tray and anything capable of damaging Zol. If we close, and anything is alive, MG or Heatsaber it. If the Big Tray is alive, Heat Saber it, and get Zol to donate Heat Hawks.

>>8551560
I think it's time for a trio of Kool-Aid Man impressions.

We OH YEAH our way straight through the building, out the other side, and jump on the Big Tray before it can react. Then we carve it into scrap.

Once it's dead, we squash the rest of the artillery and head home.

>>8551560
Reload if we have to, then charge it. We're small and fast, and very close to it. And it's still trying to counter-artillery the support team, we should be able to avoid getting hit.

>>8551560
pop a smoke gernade and call off the artillery strike... charge out zig zagging and get in close with the Big Trey and take it down with your HEAT SABER!

>>8551590
Oh, the Big Tray isn't with the Arty. Nvm. Well Zol jumps up and over, takes out the Mobile Guns, jumping away and back into cover when he has finished his task. Elaine and David move through the Power Station, and engage the Big Tray, donating 330mm rounds and Panzerfausts to it. Target Priority is Bridge, Turret, Magazine, Engine.

>>8551604
Nevermind. This works.

>>8551631
I'm pretty sure that >>8551590 is wrong. Partly from how Apologized wrote it, partly because the Big Tray itself mounts the heaviest artillery the Feddies are going to have in this area.

>>8551604
You're Crazy! I like it.

>>8551560
David & Elain use their Beam Spray (cant believe we're not abusing it like nuts) blind some fools and then kill them.

/tg/ wont let me Post dammit! 4th attempt.

WELL FUCK. i missed the last load of zeonquests because some fagmod banned me! and i missed the ones during the archive were down! GRAAAAAAH

>>8551700
You too? I've been trying, and it fails like 2-3 times, then I reload the goddamn page and it works.

>>8551719
mods on /tg/

>>8551739
They're a lot like the Gundam is to us: incredibly rare, and the chances of seeing one at work even rarer, but if one turns up you're totally fucked.

So, in summary, go through the Building, Scattering Beam Gun the Big Tray, engage it. Destroy it. Destroy the Mobile Guns. RTB.

>>8551739
Yeah, they exist. They just don't do their jobs very well.

>>8551605
>>8551604

You take the time to reload, then using one of Elaine's Panzerfausts you blow a hole through the facing wall and force yourself an exit hole with a Bazooka shot. You quickly move through and into a mass of mechanised artillery towards the big tray. It's still firing, and it reacts slowly to you, you take the chance and fire a pair of 330mm missiles into the gun turrets closest to you, and are rewarded with them exploding, sending the turret flying into the air. Zipping between the firing Artillery you have to be careful not to catch a stray artillery shell in the face, and through the smoke the Point Defence guns on the Big Tray send shells pinging off your armour.
You all keep firing at it whilst it sideslips away from you, slowly rotating to bring it's front guns to bear.
You accellerate forwards, luckily ducking under the shell of an Artillery Carriage that sails overhead, and leap over the front guns before they fire at you. The shells sail harmlessly underneath you, altohugh you see Zolomon having to dive out of the way.

You bring down the Bazooka on the enemy bridge and fire the last rocket at point blank.

KILLS
DAVID LISTER: 1 LAND BATTLESHIP

>>8551768
crazy...

i will just look for them golden V's for now on...

>>8551739

Maybe he said one of the FORBIDDEN WORDS that results in this place automatically banning you from all boards for a few days?

>>8551804

Moot with a V fin antenna... D:

>>8551797

Sweet, lets see if we can mop up some artillery while withdrawing, I don't think we should stick around too long.

>>8551797
Yeeeesss...

Now destroy the enemy Mobile Guns, and return to our own lines before they toss a million Depp Roggs at us.

>>8551819
where is the list of these words...

>>8551797
Excellent.

Let's finish off the Feddie artillery park and then head back to our lines at top speed.

>>8551797
Wow, that went waaaaaay better than I thought it would. Mop up the mobile arty guns, then GTF back to our lines.

>>8551797
Start blinding any remaining feddies, kill their arty and then GTFO.

The enemy Assault Guns are retreating away from you, but the enemy air assets are still circling overhead.

On the LAserCom, Calvin is able to get back in touch with you.

"Good Job Commander, most of the attacks are now pulling back! However were getting reports that an enemy raiding team has broken through the defensive line and is causing havoc in the defence zone. What are your orders?"

It is 4pm on September 14th 0079.

TO BE CONTINUED.

>>8551894
this

>>8551904
Is that date significant?

I wonder: Does the Federation still have any land battleships?

>>8551904
Probably those folks to the south.

Well, we'll deal with them tomorrow. GG, Apologized.

Also, if I'm guessing correctly about where ZQ stands in respect to the canon TL, and if the canon TL is running on GMT...

Then MSG episode one should happen about 12 hours from now.

Just so you know, my Pathfinder group is FINALLY back together so I have game on sunday, so no ZEONQUEST on sunday.

Otherwise GG everybody, it's 1pm over here and I had to take a headache pill just to last this long, so I'm going to bed.

Although we are quickly getting to the point where my Omakes would just be quoting from the original series wholesale.

>>8551927
no he's just letting us know how much time we have until White Base enters the area/we all die.

Btw, in terms of anti-MS/Gundam tactics for our unit when does the Chain Mine become available and could we rig up a couple? Have some ideas on attacks we could try with them against the Bandit.

To keep that idea kicking around:

After this attack is over for good or ill, we should definitely add an infantry component to Nachtmaren.

>>8551938
There's bound to be several in the East Asian and European fronts, which we haven't been to yet.

>>8551927
And this is about when Char attacks Side 7. We're about to enter the home stretch of the war.

>>8551967
Do it. Some of us haven't watched Gundam and would be appreciative of it.

>>8551904
Sounds like its time to have our way with more Feddie MS.

The date is 4 days before the Side 7 Incident according to this timeline: http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/uc/background/timeline.html

>>8551965

Not according to Mark Simmons's timeline it aint. In the conventional timeline tommorow was when the White Base was SUPPOSED to launch from Jaburo to Luna 2, but your attack and Project Terminus spooked them enough to launch 5 whole days early.

Anyway, well done chaps!

See you tomorrow.

>>8551967
I still like to see those Omakes. We need to see how we can make our mark on the world around us in a way that doesn't involve explosions.

Oh, how long is Zeonquest going to last? Will we actually be running through the entire war?

>>8552027
So since it launched early, does that mean it might have loaded up the Gundam early and left already, without Amuro ever piloting it?

>>8552027
Speaking of Terminus, I'm write fagging a bit on it after you made the thing capable of chucking minovski emitters and thumpers into South America. Also going to have them dig the DOM teams out of the rubble so that they're not a total loss.
Most will have suffered damage though so it'll take awhile until they're redeployed elsewhere. Dont need to be breaking the timeline more by screwing over 90% of Zeon's Dom's built by this point in the war.

>>8552072

I think that's more lucky than we tend to get. If Char followed it like normal, there shouldn't really be any change.

>>8552072

No, the Gundam was still in testing right up until just before's Chars attack, so the WB is simply waiting about twiddling it's thumbs during this time. It might have spent an extra amount of time in Luna 2 as well.

>>8552027
Project Terminus?

actually i received my ban while on /b/
.
for posting "inb4 404" in a jailbait thread o_o never going back to that shithole again

>>8552098

Um. Actually I just had the Terminus defended with Zaku's and tanks, as the Zeon doesn't really have the resources to defend it with the kind of forces you were suggesting at the time.

>>8552184
That's even better then!

>>8552154
Something I came up with the draw out a Federation attack awhile back. The original idea was to turn it into a trap and destroy the Federation forces attempting to attack the site. Had hoped that the feddies might have thrown early MS against it even.

Instead it was used to distract the majority of the Federation airforce while we attacked Jaburo. The site was bombed from altitude with 'super heavy bunker busters' or Earthquake bombs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_quake_bomb

>>8552184
Uh, I think I remember some of the plans and posts saying that it was being defended by heavy MS. But whatever, you're the OP.

>>8552098
So we're going to hear the story of the assault on Jaburo from their perspective? Sounds good, can't wait to read it.

>>8552275 'super heavy bunker busters'
And rubber baby buggy bumpers!

And a secret death ray that made the sixth sheik's sixth sheep sick!

And a hundred more secret weapons with unpronounceable names.

>>8552184
>Um. Actually I just had the Terminus defended with Zaku's and tanks, as the Zeon doesn't really have the resources to defend it with the kind of forces you were suggesting at the time.

oops. In order to chuck projectiles into the area around Jaburo carrying Minovski emitters and thumpers I had to redesign the system. Instead of a classic artillery style gun I had them ship in the salvaged remains of the Lunar Mass Driver that the Feddies had destroyed at the start of the war. Since it would have required a lot of power I figured I'd hook it up to the beam weapons from the Dom's that were supposed to be there since they wouldn't be needed until the Feddies began their attack.

>>8552295

I also support seeing Jaburo from the Feddie's perspective.

>>8552295
>>8552463
What? No it's supposed to be from the POV of the Zeon engineers building the gun half of them genuinely think is supposed to win the war.

>>8552591
Yeah, I want to see their part of the attack. Their part being the building of the Terminus and it's defense.

One thing we could try is getting M'Quve subordinated to Garma and the Earth Attack Force, instead of having two entirely separate Zeon command structures active on Earth at the same time.

I'm not sure if we can prevent Odessa from happening, barring mass introduction of Doms and/or Gelgoogs before then, but we should at least be able to change it into a fighting retreat instead of the disorderly rout that it turned into. The Feddies will actually have to work to pry us off the rest of Earth this time, instead of mopping up the remnants.

>>8552640

Well... we have a gundam birthday present for whoever is in California.

Wether it be Zeonic, Zimmand, or the 603rd.

>>8552709
>603rd

>>8552709
Well, that should be nice at least.

As long as the 603rd doesn't ask us to test anything. Maybe we can see about having them drop Zudahs from high altitude? Testing how much damage a mobile suit does when you drop it on someone's head could be useful. Well, more useful than anything else you could do with a Zudah.

On a more pleasant note, perhaps we'll be getting a Gelgoog prototype to test soon? I'm hoping we end the war in a Galbaldy.

>>8552789
Non-GUndam nerd here. Whats so bad about 603?

>>8553051
They're an experimental weapon test regiment/battalion/whatever, and most of their test pilots die in the tests.