Current status of the Nachtmaren Team

Jolyne and David: Currently pursuing a lone Core Booster that launched from the Trojan horse as he attempts to lead them on a merry chase. That said, if he keeps following the path of the orbiting debris he'll end up back where he started sooner or later...

Option and Rance: Finished a tactical retreat from a berzerk Kai in the Guncannon. Currently debating whether or not to continue attacking the White Base.

Zolomon and Elaine: Survived Amuro for about five minutes, managed to strip him of his Solomon Express Boosters but at the cost of Zolomon's Shield. Luckily Char in his CA Gundam attacked at this moment, demanding that the two of them escort Lalah, Dr Flanagan and a wounded M'Quve away from the combat zone.

ANY QUESTIONS?
YOUR ORDERS?

>>14622688
Zol and Elaine: Do as Char ordered, and get the three of them out of there. Attempt emergency repairs and refit, and then come to the assist of the rest of the team.

Option and Rance: Kai must be low on ammo by now, and the White Base still has too strong of close-in defenses to be taken out by just them. Continue attacking Kai.

David and Jol: Take a vector back towards the White Base to make it look like they're going to attack it. Force the Core Booster to try to chase them, and then tag it with a few well-timed cracker/flash grenades and railgun shot to the cockpit.

>>14622734
Oh, if Zolomon's lost his custom shield, I assume that he doesn't have a backup back on the OH, right?

If that's the case, have him use one of the spare GM shields; it's better than nothing.

As for Nell, have the Elmeth sneak the bits through the debris field and park behind the White Base and use some asteroids for cover.
Wait for the AB chaff to either dissipate, or for the White Base to move out of the chaff, then strike it in the engine blocks and bridge.

>>14622734
Make sure Elaine tops off the Heavy Gatling's ammo while she's at the Outer Heaven.

>>14622734
>>14622825
>>14622834

I'm fine with all of these suggestions.

Do we need any more seconds for consensus?
Any other suggestions or tweaks to the plan?

I'm a bit leery of continuing to chase after the core fighter, but as I'm new to both Zeonquest and the gundam franchise as a whole, I'm not sure if it would be a good idea to break off the chase and go support Option and Rance instead.

>>14622982
Any attempt to break off and assist Rance and Option would only result in the Core Fighter turning around and then shooting at David and Jolyne with a Heavy Gatling.
There's just no good way to ignore an enemy unit like that, especially since it's piloted by a named plot character.
It's probably better if we use our numerical superiority and keep the Core Fighter and the Guncannon separated and unable to support each other.

>>Battle with Amuro for five minutes.
>>Still alive.
>>Char pops out to start taking on the gundam.
>>Two other pilots than Char in the area.
>>Amuro is opponent.
>>Realize they are seconds away from becoming wingmen for Char due to Char's normal tactics.

RUN AWAY IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIVES.

>>14623039
EXACTLY. While stealing personal glory away from Char would be awesome, it's simply not worth the risk of losing Zolomon and Elaine.

Okay, looks like we've got some pretty good consensus then.
We're going with these:
>>14622834
>>14622825
>>14622734

Are you still waiting on something, Apologised, or are you writing it up now?

>>14622834
>>14622734
>>14622825
Zol and Elaine

Whilst the two gundams continue to duel with each other, Elaine encourages Flanagan and Lalah to move out of the combat zone. Of course the only vehicle they have is a horse drawn wagon. Not the best for speedy get aways, but they quickly make best speed to escape.
Both Elaine and Zol continue to cover them whilst Char attempts to draw the Gundam away from the local area.

"You know if this was a colony ran by people who weren't fucking degenerates they could have escaped in a car." Elaine cheerfully points out.

"Give it a rest Elaine." Zolomon asks her.

Option and Rance

Marshalling their courage, the two of them resume their assault on the Trojan Horse. Advancing stealthily through the debris field the two manage to avoid encountering any enemies as they close the gap.
They discover however that the Trojan Horse is moving forwards, towards the colony, and also your allied ships, backed up by it's own Salamis Cruiser Escorts.

Obviously the only thing to do here is to push on anyway right? But the ships are in close formation, enemy Flak is going to be harsh, even without having to worry about their Beam Cannons...

Jolyne and David

Deciding that just chasing him isn't going to work, you both decide to try and lure him out by moving back towards the Trojan Horse. You also notice at this point that the Trojan Horse is attempting to advance whilst you were pursuing the enemy Core Booster. Which also fails to take your bait.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>14623283
Zol and Elaine: Where's M'Quve? In the wagon? Wouldn't it be faster for Zolomon to carry the wagon with Lalah, M'Quve and Flanagan while Elaine covers them?

Option and Rance: They were supposed to be attacking Kai in the Guncannon. Did they just not find him?

David and Jolyne: If the Core Fighter won't take the bait, then it's going to have to come to the defense of White Base when we attack it. David and Jol are to link up with Option and Rance.

Option, Rance, David, and Jolyne are to take out the Core Fighter and the Guncannon before the White Base and its escorts can leave the debris field.

Also, what's the status on the bits? Are they in position or still in transit?

>>14623385
To be more specific and precise:
Elaine and Zolomon: Escort M'Quve, Lalah, and Flanagan out of the Colony and to the Zeon ships outside. Once they dock with the Outer Heaven to get emergency repairs and rearming, Zolomon picks up a GM shield to replace the one he lost, and Elaine tops off the ammo for her Heavy Gatling. They'll then link up with the rest of the team.

Option, Rance, David, Jolyne: Since Option and Rance didn't engage the Guncannon, and the Core Fighter didn't take the bait, have all four find and destroy the Guncannon. That will force the Core Fighter to come and assist, which will make it vulnerable to attack.

Nell is to get the bits into position to hit the White Base, but is not to attack until the full team can be readied for the assault.

>>14623385
God yes I didn't miss ZQ. This? All of it. Sound advice. As soon as possible everyone links up upstairs and takes down the White Base as a team. Where's the Outer Haven? I feel like Mauser and the OH could lend us their skill and support in getting a kill on the OH before the Gundam and it link up.

1) Zol picks up the wagon, Elaine covers if Amuro suddenly feels like killing noncoms.
2) Everyone upstairs links up and takes down the core and the guncannon.
3) Once out of the debris field it has no cover- and hopefully the core and gc are dead. We've killed over fifteen Pegasi- this is our moment to show our experience. This is where it counts. Get a mobility Kill at least on the thing- it can not link up with Amuro.

Why are they even attacking Texas colony? It isn't like S3 is it? I thought it was non-military. Does it give us some sort of economic support?

>>14623529
The Outer Heaven is with the other Zeon cruisers outside the colony. By themselves, probably not enough to fight the White Base and her escorts, but with the full Nachtmaren team, might be enough.

But first things first: Zol and Elaine need to get out of the Colony with the two civvies and M'Quve, and then rearm.
David, Jol, Option, and Rance need to kill the Core Fighter and the Guncannon; that will leave the White Base task force with no MS support.

>>14623385
>Zol and Elaine: Where's M'Quve? In the wagon? Wouldn't it be faster for Zolomon to carry the wagon with Lalah, M'Quve and Flanagan while Elaine covers them?

That could make his injuries worse. Plust the Wagon could fall apart in your hands ("fucking shoddy cosplayer workmanship" Elaine grumbles under her breath)

>Option and Rance: They were supposed to be attacking Kai in the Guncannon. Did they just not find him?

They didn't, but they were actually supposed to be attacking the White-Base, Kai just happened to get in the way, and after their last encounter, they'll less than willing to go for a repeat performance.

>David and Jolyne: If the Core Fighter won't take the bait, then it's going to have to come to the defense of White Base when we attack it. David and Jol are to link up with Option and Rance.

Roger that.

>Also, what's the status on the bits? Are they in position or still in transit?

Bit's are available, but until the ships move out of the anti-beam chaff envelope, they aren't really much use except as scouting assets. EXPENSIVE scouting assets.

>>14623529
Maybe they're attacking Texas Colony because it's on the way to Side 3? That's the only thing I can think of.

>>14623588
Okay, that's good. New info. Here's some changed orders:

Orders for David, Jolyne, Rance, and Option: Have the 4 of them link up and attack the Guncannon. The Core Fighter will likely come to its defense, and become vulnerable. We should not attack the White Base until our full team is ready.

Elaine and Zolomon: Keep escorting. Be on the lookout for a better vehicle, but otherwise make best-speed to get to the ships outside.

Nell: Keep her bits hidden in the debris field. We'll wait for the White Base to become vulnerable before sending in her bits.

>>14623579
I'm the guy you responded to. I'm down with holding off on WB with the OH until Jol/Davy/Option/Rance are all linked up and take down its escort.

Also- guys? I had a thought on last friday. You remember that crazed son of a bitch who knifed people in the debris field and went apeshit berserk on our guys at Side 4?

I think that was supposed to be the last surviving member of Midnight Pixy Death Squad, bros. Hovis's murderer. And now he doesn't have a neat little tricked out little soul-powered killing machine to back him up anymore. I hope we see him when we retake Side 4. . .

>>14623592
They're trying to backdoor granada

>>14623592

It's actually right between Pezun and Grenada at the moment. If the Fed's took that Grenada and Solomon would become isolated from one another unless they made a deal with the Loyalist forces to use their territory to move troops. A deal which would probably be highly disadvatageous to the Legitimacy.

>>14623631
>>14623640
Ah, okay.
Seconding this >>14623624

>>14623592
>>Why are they even attacking Texas colony? It isn't like S3 is it? I thought it was non-military. Does it give us some sort of economic support?

No one there gives a fuck about it the colony, but the place is abandoned. M'Quve is an idiot and decided to try and kill the gundam himself in a duel that obviously didn't work out for him. I recall the Trojan Horse being lead there in some manner in the first place. Only meaningful difference here is that Char isn't trying to off M'Quve anymore, so hence the current horse drawn escort.

Luckily for Elaine and Zolomon the two of them come across an abandoned Jeep. The vehicle appears to have been used by the Military when they were overseeing the evacuation of the Texas Colony population. You swap over into that and start making better time.

Behind them, the battle between Gundams continues to intensify, as explosions can be felt through the ground.
"He'll breach the outer colony skin if they keep this up!" Zolomon states.

BRB DINNER.

>>14623766
Let Char's plot armor keep him safe and occupying Amuro's attention; that's what it's good for, after all.

Plan is still unchanged for Zol and Elaine: get out with the two civilians and M'Quve, slap some armor patches on, reload weapons, make sure that Elaine's Gatling is fully reloaded and Zolomon picks up a new shield.

>>14623766

Oh shit, I haven't had breakfast yet.

Guys, should we try to sink the White Base's escorts before the Outer Heaven comes up to reinforce the team for the sinking of the White Base?
Or should we engage the entire White Base task force with the entire Nacht team plus the OH and other Zeon cruisers?

>>14623879
I say sinking the white base escort is better by that point... Since if the White base has to retreat it leave amuro stranded on Texas

>>14623894
The only problem is that we can't be sure that Zol and Elaine will be ready by the time we start trying to sink the Salamis cruisers. It might be safer to wait until the OH, Zol, and Elaine can move up to reinforce Dave, Jol, Rance, and Option.

>>14623927
Salamis are mostly made of cardboard by that point since they lack luna titanium so standard weaponry will hurt them. It will also force the white base to chose either retrieving Amuro out of the beam chaff and meet laser spam or retreat back to more defendable position. By that point attacking the white base is not an option because of no beam.

>>14623955
Hey, with Salamis cruisers in a tight formation, don't discount their Anti-MS defenses. They've got a lot of missiles and heavy machine guns, and our suits aren't in the best of conditions.

>>14623711
>>14623640
>>14623631


Right, right, right. Let me just post a couple images to try to make sense of these shenanigans then.

>>14624007
I'm not but unless there is almost no minovsky particle they can't aim for us in any other fashion than by eyeing it. So if any of us has a bazooka or explosive left I think we could tempt a hit and run whitout too much damage...

Right, so:

Feddies got:
Side 7, Luna 2
ERF (Earth)
(NEW) Side 4

(Side 1 is right next to Side 4, who has that?)

Loyalist Gihren Zeon got:

Side 3
A Baoa Qu
Delaz Fleet, which is tooling around somewhere- probably reinforcing ABQ

Legitimacy (Kycillia, technically, but read as THE REST OF ZEON) got:

Von Braun (The Moon)
Side 6 (Which has Libot Colony and Bernie and Davy's parents)
(HAD Side 4)
Pezun
Solomon
Side 5 (Which has Texas Colony in it)

Who has Side 2?

I'm back.

Option and Rance choose to observe the enemy ships movements whilst David and Jolyne rejoin up with them.
When you eventually do so, you take stock of the situation. Instead of attempting to engage your friendly fleet vessels (which they currently outnumber 5 to 3) they seem instead intent of keeping Texas Colony between themselves and the enemy. It's possible that they are unwilling to take the chance that your three ships still have a sizable Mobile Suit reserve. This hint's that they're own forces have largely been depleted.

"Okay, with it's heavy armour, we won't stand much of a chance trying to take the Trojan Horse down, so let's concentrate on picking off it's escort cruisers. We'll make several high speed passes, coming in from an angle that minimises friendly defensive cover and pick off the ships one at a time." you order the rest of your team.

You haven't heard anything from Zolomon and Elaine, but you trust them to stay out of trouble...

Well, more trouble than they can handle in any case.

Keeping a careful eye on your rear camera in case that escape Core Booster makes a return your order the attack to begin.

The four ships are surrounding the Trojan Horse in a loose vertical orbit and your first attack hit's the top right Salamis from above. Despite this being the thinnest section of defensive cover, heavy fire still cascades about you. Missiles fill the void as you return fire, a heavy burst of bullets from your Bullpup whilst the others fire explosive rockets, shield sabots and rail gun rounds. Explosions rake up and down the vessel and you're forced to turn away before the flak get's too accurate.
The ship appears damaged, having lose several of it's topside turrets. It's upper beam cannon has been clearly destroyed. However, it still appears to be moving and capable of fighting.

A second pass however finishes it off. It's explosion covering a follow up attack on the bottom right Salamis. The manouver exposes you to a large amount of enemy fire, but your able to pass close enough to use your close combat weapons. Beam Sabers lash out, severing several turrents, and you manage to cleanly slice off the entire bridge structure with a well timed attack.

The headless ship begins to fall out of formation, still firing flak, but now isolated.

The other ships begin reforming their formation to try and deal with you.

>>14624533
Two down it's now an even fight... Break off and regroup. Musai are better than salami and since we're getting ready to snipe the white base as soon as it make a wrong move there's no need to risk taking more damage.

>>14624533
>>14624525

I don't see "YOUR ORDERS" but keep on trucking regardless with the team. GO NACHTMAREN.

>>14624533
Take out one more Salamis, and that should mean only 1 Salamis escort and the White Base itself.

At that point we should have David, Jol, Option and Rance fall back to the Outer Heaven for reloads.
The Feddies will undoubtedly try to take advantage of this; Nell should be ready to exploit any opening that appear to either carve up the White Base with her bits, or if the Core Fighter is still buzzing around, to take it out.

>>14624589

You regroup within a Debris field to take stock of the situation. It seems that the other Cruisers appear to be moving to assist their crippled compatriot. The Trojan Horse is making a beeline for the colony dock. That will probably move them out of the Anti-Beam Chaff zone.

You decide to change targets to the Trojan Horse when they become seperated enough, but at that point you receive a Laser Comm message from Nell.

"A lone Core Booster has attacked the ships, I'm using my Bit's to engage it, but he's using the ships themselves as cover, and the best I can do is keep him supressed. I fear he will not present a kill-shot before my bits run low on power and they need to be recharged. The ships themselves are moving out of formation in response, but they are having similar problems with targeting the enemy. At the very least I do not believe I will be able to support you if you engage the Trojan horse"

YOUR ORDERS?

>>14624925
Jolyne heads back to support. They're trying to draw us away from the WB and split us in half. David, Option, and Rance continue to support. Tell Mauser to be the best goddamn Pilot Zeon has and show up Char. If he can cut a goddamn ms in half with a wing swipe, he can keep our lil' sis safe and tool around with one core booster. Tell Nell to take her bits back to keep herself safe, we got this.

>>14624925
I'm not sure on that one... I'd say that those with beam weaponry keep chasing the white base while the others go back have fun with the core booster...

>>14624925

Have some cool tea and a pill, bro. What've you got in the medicine cabinet? Got any tylenol? You weigh 9 stones right?

>>14624925
I hate to split the team up again just as things were going so well, but it can't be helped.

Jolyne fall back to the ships and assist Nell in fighting off the Core Fighter.

David, Option, and Rance: Sink the White Base.

>>14624973

I *wish* I weighed 9 stone. It's closer to 6.5 actually, which weighs in as exactly 40 kg. Plus Tabs always ages to start working with me, I have no idea why.

Anyway, I'll take a Syndol (Paracetamol+Codine mix) and a cup of Dandelion and Burdock.

Oh, question- If and when we head back to earth after we sort out shit in space, is the Elmeth Space only or is it Ground and Space? Is there anything we can mount Nell in that's ground-capable?

>>14624925

Have our ships deploy AB chaff (I can't recall having deployed any lately and I'm fairly sure we picked some up during our resupply).

laugh as the core booster's beam-based weaponry is rendered useless.

Nell can then duel it with her bits outside of the AB chaff cloud. She has permission to ram it with a bit for a kill.

>>14625058
We're probably not going back to earth... We don't have the manpower for it anymore. Bit don't work with gravity anyways

>>14625048
Sweet fuck, you're minuscule. How tall are you?

Good choice with the drink too, I had that when I visited. Cool tea is what we (I) would have down here in the toasty south right now to relax and help keep the mind a-going in the heat.

>>14625077

Oh shit, that's right, our ships have Beam Chaff. Good memory bro. Disregard what I said earlier about separating Jol, just do what you said. elmeth stays inside the cloud, bits stay outside the cloud. If necessary, ram that fucking core fighter with the bits if it heads inside the cloud.

>>14625090

I'm about 5'4

>>14625088
What, even if we link back up with Loyalist Zeon we won't head back to earth?

If we reunite I thought that we could handle space at least. Oh, and Gihren's military forces have been doing anti-fed shit too I thought. Just don't know where, since, you know, we aren't in their network anymore.

We link up, I thought we could definitely dominate space, but that earth might be at a bit of a loss. So basically it'd either be a siege or a stalemate. We could become the sole buyers for Jupiter Fleet and strategically set up a blockade around earth and they make do with Garma running interference on the ground and we drop him supply drops every now and then. Reunite, kick them off Side 4, take Side 7, hit Luna 2.

>>14625127
. . . Right, minuscule is the wrong word, you're tiny. Then again, I'm kind of tall.

>>14625077
>>14625106
The Core Fighter still has a Heavy Gatling that can do a lot of damage if you underestimate it.

I'll support the spreading of AB-chaff, and continuing to attack the White Base with Jol, David, Rance, and Option. Make sure that Nell stays safe inside the AB cloud, and just because the Core Fighter can't use its beam weapons, don't underestimate it.

>>14625127
6 and a half stone still sounds pretty underweight?

>>14625152
Like I said unless we have another colony drop we don't have the manpower, experience and production the federation has currently. At best we could take back side 4 and that would be a major achievement.

>>14625171

It IS, by about 2 stone or so.

>>14625165

true, but solid munitions aren't near-light speed and have to penetrate armor. and the rounded designs of most zeon ships will give those solid munitions a fun time trying to get a hit that doesn't just result in a deflection.

How close is the Zeon fleet to David, Option, Rance, and Jolyne?
Anyone close enough to assist vs. the Salamis and White base?
How far away is Nell (and that core booster)?

We need to split up, but I don't know exactly where to send forces.

>>14625222


They're on the other side of Texas colony. Travelling back would take about 10 to 15 minutes.

>>14625165
I should point out that the Elemeth becomes effectively defenseless if it's inside an anti-beam chaff cloud.

>>14625198
Well, eat up? I hope you don't have cancer or anorexia or something, if you die there won't be anyone else mentioning Warhammer Quest.

>>14625266
Can we have Nell put herself back inside the OH and have the bits work their magic outside of it?

>>14625266
>I should point out that the Elemeth becomes effectively defenseless if it's inside an anti-beam chaff cloud.

Which is why it will be inside the anti-beam chaff cloud, defended by the AA envelopes of friendly ships.

It can also use bits SLEGGAR LAW style.

Or the bit could spin and MAKE A PULPY PILOT like that one poor bastard in Gundam Seed

>>14625266
Balls. Better let the fleet + Nell handle the core booster (keep Nell behind cover), while David, Jolyne, and Newbies take out the support complement of the White base.
The goal isn't to kill the WB, just make it so it needs to retreat and abandon Amuro.

>>14625339
Hell, whilst a retreat is nice and abandons Amuro, I think we have a shot at getting at least a mobility kill on it.

>>14625313

Bah, forgot my pulpypilot pic! (sadly poor as fuck quality)

>>14625288

I'm going to have to call it a day here folks. My tabs stubbornly refusing to kick in, possibly because I had one yesterday as well to deal with my Travelsickness, and I don't really feel up to continuing this.

We'll continue this at the usual time next friday. Sorry again to everyone who contributed.

>>14625471
You must Grab additional Peelz.

Also, can I advertise my new blog here, or will I get banned?

>>14625471

Ohy. Feel better, apologized.

>>14625489
:I

I want that smiley to represent all my sum total frownyness. I'm one frowny motherfucker right now.

Any shot you can come back later tonight if you feel better? Also- we so need to get a kill on WB, be it mission kill with it retreating, mobility, or neutralized.

>>14625471

Hey, it's cool bro. Better to have you healthy and doing a late quest than to have you giving us a shitty one on time. Relax, take a bit, then come back when your head doesn't feel like it's gonna burst. We all want you to get better, bro.

>What, even if we link back up with Loyalist Zeon we won't head back to earth?

Link back up? Is it finally time for this? Can we put all this tragically needless bloodshed between brothers behind us? To stand united again - as spacenoids, all - and brave the waves of degenerate filth welling up from the cesspits of federation controlled earth?

...

A man may dream.

>>14625628
Omake from the last session:
Degwin received a top secret communique from Side 3: Proposal for Zeonic Reunification.

It's not just a pipe dream.

>>14625820
In the incredibly unlikely event that it works the first thing we'll need to do is get about 50 Gelgoogs and run them through UMP upgrades.
They'll mainly have A types though. S and A types dont even have backpacks do they?
So they'd be upgraded to a mix of B,C, F and Jg types or some combination.

>>14627627
If the plan actually works, and we have Zeon re-unified before the war ends, do you think we could begin mass-production of the Gelgoog?
Do we have enough veteran pilots that could take advantage of the Gelgoog's power, rather than the situation in the canon timeline, where they were putting rookies in Gelgoogs to fight against veteran Feddie pilots in GM's?

>>14628040
>>14627627

This assumes after that disaster a few episodes we even HAVE any say in such things.

>>14628399
You have a point, and it's a very good one.
Which is why we NEED to sink the White Base. Even if Amuro gets away because of his plot armor, if we can sink the White Base, then I think it would go a long way in getting some of our credibility back.
Successfully defending Side 5 and Texas Colony from the White Devil will also work, too.

>>14628040
>do you think we could begin mass-production of the Gelgoog?

Gihren's faction put it into mass production, that's why we fought MS-14A's that one time and how Rance ended up fighting one. Our faction only has very limited numbers of them because of the split.
Gelgoog Marines seem to be somewhere between the A type and the Jg which is why we've never seen any of them.

...actually I'm looking at it now and the MS-14F has a lower acceleration and slower turn speed than the A type, WTF?