>>5128443
Ahh shit here we go again

>>5128443
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO

>>5128443
AY IT'S BACK!

>>5128443
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

There, now that we have that out of the way, welcome back!

>>5128443
I can't wait to lose half our fleet trying to capture a single ship again.

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Your shuttle touches down within a landing pad on the inside of a lush yard. You dismount with some trooper guards, and see several house guards and servants caring for the estate or watching over it. Several run forwards to refuel your shuttle as you disembark, and one of the men, more stiff and along in his years then the rest, approaches you and bows before making his aquaintance.

"Ah, you must be Commander Caimes, welcome to the estate of House Shesh, please follow me to the dining hall, your guards will wait with the shuttle."

As you enter the building yourself, you notice it's more ritzy then anywhere you've really been before, outside some house parties in the Academy. The sheer size of it, plus the lack of people beyond the occasional worker scurrying on the side of the halls leaves it feeling more like a vacant building then one people really live in.

>>5128663
just dont roll bad and you wont need to worry

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After some time through the sterile quiet halls, you arrive to a large dinner table, easily able to accomodate dozens upon it. You see all the chairs pushed in, however, save 4 chairs, places set and pulled out at one end of the table, 1 already occupied. It's lone occupant arises to greet you, a stunning woman in her 30s to 40s, in a dress that tells you she is one of the house's nobility. As you approach, she walks to meet you, and begins her introduction before you get to offer your own.
"Hello, young Commander, I am pleased to make your aquaintance. I am Rayqi Shesh, Head of the Shesh family as of this time. I hope you've enjoyed your little tour of the Estate before you've arrived?"

>How do you respond?

>>5128771
>I have, my Lady, but I’m afraid the beauty of your estate is outshined by your radiance. *Kiss hand*

>>5128718
>woo her

>>5128771
>It's certainly impressive. But I assume you didn't invite me here for a simple tour of your estate, and a friendly dinner?

>>5128776
>>5128787
Go to horny jail.

Thread theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z56uEsUuUzo

>>5128876
>support

>>5128876
Just trying to play the smooth operator. Way I figure it, the more we charm her, the better deal we get. Cheap high quality fighters is something to lay on the charm for.

>>5128876
Supporting

>>5128876
+1

>>5128876
+1

>>5128876
+1

>>5128876
support

>>5128787
Support

I don't care for smut but we are a casanova.

>>5128876
support, if she is in her 30s or 40s and is of the nobility she is likely already married, lets not get ourselves executed by hitting on noble's wife

>>5128771
Supporting >>5128876

>>5128876
+1 No seducing the lady that likely knows about the duchess.

>>5128876
+1

>>5128771
A few questions if you want : For recruit/replenish imperial army grunts we would just need some barracks ? I imagine stormtroopers and other specialize types of troops would require more proper buildings.
It s possible to recruit mercenaries or bounty hunters ?
We don't use land vehicles in our operations is that right ? (Or do we have even operations where we need to attack planets/moons on land ?)

>>5130727
I mean we have attached half an Imperial army legion/Battlegroup and 1/4 of an Imperial Stormtrooper legion. A standard Imperial Army Line battlegroup consists of three line regiments, an assault regiment and a command element (14,410 men, 511 Repulsor craft and 53 heavy tanks) though it may be augmented with additional units, if the legion/battlegroup we have attached is close to the standard then we do have heavy vehicles attached though around half the above.

As for recruitment I imagine that depends on where our fleet is currently stationed and whether we have the pull or connections to get an army or stormtrooper unit Re-assigned and attached to our fleet (current ground/boarding forces consist of 1/2 an imperial army Battlegroup/Legion, 1/4 of an imperial stormtrooper legion, 1 Squad of Space/Zero G troopers, 1 company of Dark trooper MK 1's and half a legions worth of assorted battle droids).

As for mercenaries we've hired some in the past but that's only occurred once and it was a consortium star destroyer and it's attached starfighter squadrons. But I do believe we can hire mercenaries yes. And on the topic of barracks and such that's the entire reason we are here in the first place, neither we nor the new order directly administer or control any recruitment worlds... we just have shipyards/repair yards so we are reliant on the wider imperial logistic chain for replacement naval personnel or additional ground forces (hence why were here to get our men back after our more experience personnel were requisitioned by an imperial grand admiral for his own campaign and our men replaced with raw recruits and conscripts).

>>5130763
Thanks for answering anon, i am currently reading the other threads so I was wondering.

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>>5128876
Apologies for late reply, covid sucks donot recommend
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"My, you're rather straight to the point when it comes to business, aren't you? Or is it that you could have something more important to deal with then networking with a Kuati Noble house?"

While you try to explain you don't mean any harm, it seems she does take some offence to the blowing off of banter.

"Regardless of how hurrisome you are, I believe I have a deal worth as much of your time as I desire, Commander. You see, the Fighter Factories of Kuat produce 13% of the Empire's fighters. Thats tens of thousands of fighters leaving annually. And of those, my family has control of 10% of the total. As I understand your situation, you are one who uses fighters like very few naval officers do, and that means that you putting yourself at my beck and call, would be invaluable to your own little missions."

"My offer is such. You remain at my call for when I require it, and I'll give you access to the fighters coming fresh off my house's lines. Interceptors, avengers, maybe even some Defenders from time to time. The missions would be simple, Shows of force, hostile negotiations, dealing with criminal elements as needed. I expect you to show whenever you are requested though, Commander."

>What do you say in response? If you ask questions right now I will answer from either Your own knowledge or Lady Shesh's.

>>5131750
>Charm offensive, regain lost ground with our social networking.
>Agree

Anons, stop self-sabotaging our social networking. Some minor banter with a noble lady won't lead to sex, you incels.

>>5131806
+1

>>5131750
>>woo her
going with this again.

>>5131750
>Refuse the deal

We cannot accept such a one-sided agreement. She wants us to answer her calls 24/7 and act as an enforcer for her family, and all we get in return are some fighters. Either she gives us a constant supply of Defenders,or the deal is off. Know your worth, Kings.

>>5131750
>Write In
"I could agree but those conditions are quite high. I am not sure i can guarantee to always be ready, or near to Kuat. But i am willing to test the waters, Lady Shes. Offer me a set of missions to choose, i will take one, and then you show me what reward i get once i return."
"If i consider the reward enough to satisfy me, we can even continue our working relations with your terms. If not we can simply work together time to time, it would still be beneficial don't you think ?"

Oh nice you're back and still alive!

>>5131806
+1

>>5131806
>Support

>>5131806
>+1
First vote and anon’s shitty social skills have already offended a contact lol.

>>5131806
+1

>>5131806
+1 kek

>>5131750
>Why yes in fact, I have an entire galaxy full of errands to run already. But perhaps we can work something out here.
No way I'm gonna take that deal, that'd be like signing up to be her chief astromech technician and get paid in hyrdospanners. But maybe we can make a deal from some defenders. At least we can get a free dinner out of this.

>>5131750
>Agree

>>5131806
*unzips dick*

Support, buncha spastics

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>>5131806
"Apologies, Ma'am I wasn't intending to cause offence when I skipped to the point, I merely was intending to hurry the meeting, as I do have priorly scheduled meetings to attend, I just had not wanted to ignore your own invitation." You only were slightly lying, but covering your own ass is the most important thing here.

"Regardless, I accept your proposal. Is there any immediate work you were seeking to be done right now?"

Her rather stern look softens some after you accept her proposal, so at the very least it must be relaxing her down some.
"We are not in immediate need of work, but having contacts within the navy is a standard part of doing business in the upper class. Our house had suffered heavily under recent events, but we are regaining our footage. Regardless, I can offer you some initial gifts as an offering to our new partnership. I will have my offices pass along contact information as well to your bridge."

She pulls out a Datapad, and passes it to you, containing production figures for hundreds of fighters build recently, with 2 shipments earmarked for "Special assignment".

"I can offer you one of the 2 following shipments, whichever you pick, I will have sent up to your fleet immediately, then you can get on to your own business you have here."

>Which shipment will you pick?

>Shipment 1: 2 Squadrons of TIE Avengers:Shielded Hyperdrive capable fighters

>Shipment 2: 4 Squadrons of TIE Interceptors

>>5134077
>Shipment 1: 2 Squadrons of TIE Avengers:Shielded Hyperdrive capable fighters

>>5134077
>Shipment 2: 4 Squadrons of TIE Interceptors

We need enough fighters to fill out our republic era vessels.

>>5134077
>Shipment 2: 4 Squadrons of TIE Interceptors

>>5134077
>>Shipment 1: 2 Squadrons of TIE Avengers:Shielded Hyperdrive capable fighters

>>5134077
>Shipment 1: 2 Squadrons of TIE Avengers:Shielded Hyperdrive capable fighters

>>5134077
>Shipment 1: 2 Squadrons of TIE Avengers:Shielded Hyperdrive capable fighters

>>5134077
>>Shipment 1: 2 Squadrons of TIE Avengers:Shielded Hyperdrive capable fighters

>>5134077
>Shipment 2: 4 Squadrons of TIE Interceptors
We've needed TIE interceptors for a while, I'd rather not pass up the opportunity.

>>5134077
>>Shipment 2: 4 Squadrons of TIE Interceptors

>>5134077
>>Shipment 2: 4 Squadrons of TIE Interceptors

>>5134077
>Shipment 1: 2 Squadrons of TIE Avengers:Shielded Hyperdrive capable fighters
Quantity over quality, especially for retaining veteran pilots. Also, I feel that we're more likely to pick up Interceptors in the future than Avengers or similar quality fighters.

>>5134077
>Shipment 2: 4 Squadrons of TIE Interceptors.

>>5134077
>Shipment 2: 4 Squadrons of TIE Interceptors

While usually I prefer quality over quantity, in this case we've been hurting from lack of access to what was previously easily accessible TIE Interceptors in large numbers. So, in this case I'll take the ultra-fast and maneuverable unshielded fighter with adequate firepower over the more protected and strategically versatile fighter.

>>5134077
>>Shipment 1: 2 Squadrons of TIE Avengers:Shielded Hyperdrive capable fighters

It’s pretty much a slightly inferior Defender (just a bit slowe/manuverability)and lacks Ion cannons however it is still superior in speed, matched in manuverability, and superior in survivability and firepower (has multirole missile tubes that can carry proton torps, concussion missiles etc.) compared to the interceptors also with us now having links directly to a major star fighter manufacturer we will likely have an easier time getting our hands on interceptors in the future. Better picking up the avengers now for free than later down the line for the price of a picket warship.

>>5134451
Correction it’s faster but in terms of manuverability it’s matched with the interceptor. think of avengers as defender Lite.

>>5134077
>>Shipment 2: 4 Squadrons of TIE Interceptors

>>5134077
Eh, I'll switch again, sorry for tying things up.

Switching to...
>Shipment 1: 2 Squadrons of TIE Avengers:Shielded Hyperdrive capable fighters

We'll retain our pilots better with them, and if you think about it, by retaining the Avengers through their superior protection we'll save influence because the Interceptors have a high enough attrition rate with no shields that we'll just end up buying more again to replace losses, our numbers will only be higher than if we had paid for a more expensive fighter for a couple of battles at most before losses mount up.

Plus, who knows when we'll be able to get avengers again soon? Just let the TIE/LN's do their job as fodder and if we have a chance to get Interceptors again to supplement them all the better.

Sure, we aren't making the best use of our hanger capacity, but it isn't like we are critically low on fighters even if we aren't at full capacity.

>>5134077
>Shipment 1: 2 Squadrons of TIE Avengers:Shielded Hyperdrive capable fighter

>>5134077
>Shipment 1: 2 Squadrons of TIE Avengers:Shielded Hyperdrive capable fighters

Given it looks like we will be fighting a lot of TIE's in the near future, having the edge in survivability is probably the best bet.

>>5134077
>Shipment 1: 2 Squadrons of TIE Avengers:Shielded Hyperdrive capable fighters

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You mark off for the Avengers to be sent your way, and after a nice dinner with Lady Shesh, you're back on your way to space. You return to notifications of cargo shuttles moving to drop off unspecified cargo to the fleet. Beyond that, your XO had scheduled a meeting with the Grand Admiral, who will take you in an hour in the comms room.

After your time elapses waiting, your Conference room's holoprojector activates, and you have a sapphire image of the Grand Admiral in front of you. He breaks the ice rather abruptly, before you get the first words in.

"Commander Caimes? I assume you have a good reason for interrupting me while I'm planning an operation?

>"I mean no disrespect, interrupting you sir, I merely came to request to join your fleet in this coming mission."(Diplomatic route
>"Grand Admiral, I have come because you've stolen my men without my consent. I'm here to get them back."
>Write ins acceptable as always

>>5136501
>>"I mean no disrespect, interrupting you sir, I merely came to request to join your fleet in this coming mission."(Diplomatic route)
This was our plan

>>5136501
>>"I mean no disrespect, interrupting you sir, I merely came to request to join your fleet in this coming mission."(Diplomatic route

>>5136501
>"I mean no disrespect, interrupting you sir, I merely came to request to join your fleet in this coming mission."(Diplomatic route)
Trust EL PLAN.

>>5136501
>I mean no disrespect, interrupting you sir. I'm here to resolve a matter of urgent importance. A substantial number of my men have gone missing, and intelligence indicates that through some sort of clerical error they may have been inadvertently reassigned to this system. I trust it is within your power to return them to my fleet at once.

>>5136501
>>"I mean no disrespect, interrupting you sir, I merely came to request to join your fleet in this coming mission."(Diplomatic route

>>5136501
>>"Grand Admiral, I have come because you've stolen my men without my consent. I'm here to get them back."

Don't grovel.

>>5136528
+1

>>5136501
>"I mean no disrespect, interrupting you sir, I merely came to request to join your fleet in this coming mission."(Diplomatic route

>>5136501
>"I mean no disrespect, interrupting you sir, I merely came to request to join your fleet in this coming mission."(Diplomatic route

>>5136501
>"I mean no disrespect, interrupting you sir, I merely came to request to join your fleet in this coming mission."

>>5136501
>>"I mean no disrespect, interrupting you sir, I merely came to request to join your fleet in this coming mission."(Diplomatic route

>>5136501
>"I mean no disrespect, interrupting you sir, I merely came to request to join your fleet in this coming mission."(Diplomatic route
Once he accepts us in (hopefully) we can then go about stealing our men back. By force if necessary.

>>5136501
>"Grand Admiral, I have come because you've stolen my men without my consent. I'm here to get them back."
>that being said I'm willing to join you in your upcoming mission.

>>5136501
>>"I mean no disrespect, interrupting you sir, I merely came to request to join your fleet in this coming mission."(Diplomatic route)

>>5136818
Well I hope we don't have to do it by force as that's going to be pretty one sided.

>>5136501
>>"Grand Admiral, I have come because you've stolen my men without my consent. I'm here to get them back."

>>5136501
>>"I mean no disrespect, interrupting you sir, I merely came to request to join your fleet in this coming mission."(Diplomatic route

apologies on slow updates, am back into school but staying in work so freetime is reduced. Will aim for at least 1 to 2 posts a day.

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"Well, that's odd. Normally officers don't jump at a mission they don't understand. I've been briefed on your service record, and you play the political game well. Unfortunately though, you've decided to involve yourself in errant factions within the Imperial Navy, and now you've come crawling back once we took a tithe of the Empire's finest back. I assume you want your men back in exchange for your assistance as well? Explain to me why I should accept such mercenary terms from an officer who is participating in the factionalism infesting my Navy."

>What say? write what you want to say to reply, will post his reply in 5 hours

>>5138499
>because, factionalism aside, I actually care for my men. Also they are experienced, unlike the children currently working aboard my ship.(have random turbolaser fire off) I will fight with you, for you, as long as I get my men back.

>>5138499
>"Frankly, sir, factionalism is inherent in any system that experiences destabilization. My duty has always been to the the Emperor's will as best I could perceive it, and the citizens of the Empire . I'm not just here to get my men back- I am here because you represent a chance to deal with a threat to what remains of the Empire's loyal backbone."

>>5138499
>I may not be the most polished naval officer under the Imperial Navy, nor do I have the cleanest record. I am a veteran commander, having survived multiple battles, and I have always fought the Empire's enemies to the best of my abilities. I offer my ships and my service to fight this three-eyed puppet and his cabal of traitors, not only to get my men back on their ships, but because I am a true believer in the Empire, and with the Empire surrounded by rebels, traitors, and defectors, the Empire needs it's loyal officers now more than ever.

>>5138499
>Because you know that my ships and myself are assets worth having in this endeavor.

>>5138499
>"I must admit I don't take pride in engaging with these factions, but I have been stuck beyond reliable supply lines sir, I must do everything I can to ensure the execution of the empires will and the survival of my men. I made a promise to my men that under my watch none of them will be left behind. I want to make good on that promise sir and to that end I offer my my entire force to crush this pretender and take this step to see the empire restore order to the galaxy. "

>>5138552
>>5138652
Some combination of these, playing up our desire to see the Empire as a whole advanced rather than our own goals. The faction is simply a means to an end; that of course being the return of imperial stability to a war-torn galaxy filled with enemies.

>>5138552
+1

>>5138552
>>5138652
I like these two.

>>5138552
>>5138652
+1

>>5138552
Support.

>>5138552
Long 5 hours huh?
Writing

kek

>>5138552
>support

"Frankly, sir, factionalism is inherent in any system that experiences destabilization. My duty has always been to the the Emperor's will as best I could perceive it, and the citizens of the Empire . I'm not just here to get my men back- I am here because you represent a chance to deal with a threat to what remains of the Empire's loyal backbone."

The Grand admiral's seems to straighten up, and his brow furrows before he replies.
"if you believe in the Emperor's will, surely you wouldn't be associating with forces outside the regular navy? You are a captain with a history of politicking since Endor, and it is not agreeable with my Command that you do such a thing."


"I must admit I don't take pride in engaging with these factions, but I have been stuck beyond reliable supply lines sir, I must do everything I can to ensure the execution of the Empire's will and the survival of my men. I made a promise to my men that under my watch none of them will be left behind. I want to make good on that promise sir, and to that end I offer my my entire force to crush this pretender and take this step to see the empire restore order to the galaxy. "

"Well then," He grins, "If you truly believe in the order of the Empire, and you're willing to fight, then I shall see you prove it in combat. You will follow my orders to the letter and join my campaign to resolve the issue of traitors and seditionists."

>Yes sir, I'll be happy to serve the empire in this!

>I'm sorry, where in this plan do I get my men back?

>>5140031
>I'm sorry, where in this plan do I get my men back?
Order to the letter, ow hell naw.

>>5140031
>>Yes sir, I'll be happy to serve the empire in this!

on one hand, this seems like a trap, on the other if it isn't and we protest it looks bad on us.

>>5140031
>Yes sir, I'll be happy to serve the empire in this!
Don't antagonise him, we can bully some quartermaster into gibing us our men back later by claiming the Grand admiral approved it or something.

>>5140031
>Yes sir, I'll be happy to serve the empire in this!
Great, another suicide mission.

>>5140031
>Yes sir, I'll be happy to serve the empire in this!

>>5140031
>>Yes sir, I'll be happy to serve the empire in this!

>>5140031
>>I'm sorry, where in this plan do I get my men back?

We are such a shitty warlord

>>5140326
I mean we cant be a shitty warlord if we aint a warlord to begin with yet

>>5140031
>Yes sir, I'll be happy to serve the empire in this!
I think he's likely gonna hold onto our men until after the first battle or something to prove our trustworthiness.

>>5140326
Yall haven't warlorded yet, yer still a cog in another mans machine

>>5140384
We'll never get there I feel like

>>5140523
>still a cog in another mans machine

Eternally

>>5140031
>Yes sir, I'll be happy to serve the empire in this!

>>5140536
I'm not nob, but becoming a warlord will not be easy. We've progressed a lot since the beginning of the quest, from a small escort carrier and frigates to a full battlegroup with an ISD and 2 venators (and a praetor soon, hopefully). If we continue like this we'll have an entire fleet eventually.

>>5140031
>Yes sir, I'll be happy to serve the empire in this!

>>5140031
>My apologies sir, I am retarded and gravely misspoke, what I meant to say is give me my men back or I'm taking my remaining crew and finding a more worthy successor to the Emperor.

Maybe say something like. Yes sir. I will await for my men to rejoin us. Or something.

>>5141306
ballsy, witnessed.

>>5140536
Just do yer best, you've come a long way in 1.5 years or so since you were a captain in an escort carrier

>Yes sir, I'll be happy to serve the empire in this!
writing

Alright ill have a map for next post in an hour or 2 when I get off work but I'm going to need to clarify one thing on hyperspace, as I've had it moving very slowly due to my own misunderstanding, but I now have a proper speed chart to understand speeds, so im putting this to a quick vote for future reference.

>Keep slow speeds
>Go to more regular fast speeds

>>5142470
>Go to more regular fast speeds

>>5142470
>>Go to more regular fast speeds

>>5142470
>Go to more regular fast speeds

>>5142470
>Go to more regular fast speeds

>>5142470
Gotta go fast.
Can we start space drifting our ships?

>>5142470
>Go to more regular fast speeds
It depends on the hyperspace route we use, right?

>>5142673
yes, using the hyperlanes will result in the speeds of crossing core worlds to outer rims in a week, while trips throughout non hyperlanes will add days to weeks to that amount

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>>5143053
forgot my name, oops, either way speedy hyperspace is a go

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Your agreement seems to please the Grand Admiral, who rapidly signs off to return to his own operations planning, and orders you into a waiting pattern. Over the course of several days, your Avengers and their pilots arrive aboard, while Makati's fleet gathers. In all, it soon has it's tactical data transmitted to you, consisting of 5 Divisions:
1st Division- Makati and his flagship, with assorted escorts
2nd Division- 4 Star Destroyers and escorts led by Admiral Spriegue
3rd Division- 4 More Star Destroyers with escorts led by Admiral Hower
4th Division- Escort force, consists of 4 Dreadnoughts and other Screen elements operating independently
5th Division- Your own fleet, acting as an operational reserve.

The plan is transmitted to you, labelled...

>Operation Blackout: Using Hyperlanes through Onderon to Bypass Kashykk, The fleet will arrive to the Outer rim area near Kessel where Traitorous Moffs and their fleets have gathered to support Trioculus. Your fleet will lead a campaign to reclaim the rebellious sectors, and you shall act as a reserve element for any force that makes contact.

>Operation Swamp Hammer: A daring plan in which all forces upon arriving into hostile space, will concentrate and besiege Kessel, forcing the enemy to gather and defeat them in a single decisive battle, hopefully finding and killing Trioculus in the engagement

>>5143090
>Operation Swamp Hammer: A daring plan in which all forces upon arriving into hostile space, will concentrate and besiege Kessel, forcing the enemy to gather and defeat them in a single decisive battle, hopefully finding and killing Trioculus in the engagement

Trioculus is a fuckin bitch. Let's hammer his ass.

>>5143090
>Operation Blackout: Using Hyperlanes through Onderon to Bypass Kashykk, The fleet will arrive to the Outer rim area near Kessel where Traitorous Moffs and their fleets have gathered to support Trioculus. Your fleet will lead a campaign to reclaim the rebellious sectors, and you shall act as a reserve element for any force that makes contact.
Sweet, a chance to ditch this asshole and join Trioculus in one move!

>>5143090
>>Operation Swamp Hammer

>>5143090
>>Operation Blackout: Using Hyperlanes through Onderon to Bypass Kashykk, The fleet will arrive to the Outer rim area near Kessel where Traitorous Moffs and their fleets have gathered to support Trioculus. Your fleet will lead a campaign to reclaim the rebellious sectors, and you shall act as a reserve element for any force that makes contact.

More likely to reduce casualties without a massive pitch battle when we can kill off individual moffs or convince them to return to the fold. Dont damage troops that we can still utilise which will be needed against the New Republic.

>>5143090
>Operation Blackout: Using Hyperlanes through Onderon to Bypass Kashykk, The fleet will arrive to the Outer rim area near Kessel where Traitorous Moffs and their fleets have gathered to support Trioculus. Your fleet will lead a campaign to reclaim the rebellious sectors, and you shall act as a reserve element for any force that makes contact.

>>5143090
>Operation Blackout: Using Hyperlanes through Onderon to Bypass Kashykk, The fleet will arrive to the Outer rim area near Kessel where Traitorous Moffs and their fleets have gathered to support Trioculus. Your fleet will lead a campaign to reclaim the rebellious sectors, and you shall act as a reserve element for any force that makes contact.

>>5143090
>>Operation Swamp Hammer: A daring plan in which all forces upon arriving into hostile space, will concentrate and besiege Kessel, forcing the enemy to gather and defeat them in a single decisive battle, hopefully finding and killing Trioculus in the engagement

>>5143090
>Operation Blackout: Using Hyperlanes through Onderon to Bypass Kashykk, The fleet will arrive to the Outer rim area near Kessel where Traitorous Moffs and their fleets have gathered to support Trioculus. Your fleet will lead a campaign to reclaim the rebellious sectors, and you shall act as a reserve element for any force that makes contact.
Blackout sounds cooler.

>>5143090
>Operation Swamp Hammer: A daring plan in which all forces upon arriving into hostile space, will concentrate and besiege Kessel, forcing the enemy to gather and defeat them in a single decisive battle, hopefully finding and killing Trioculus in the engagement

>>5143090
>Operation Blackout: Using Hyperlanes through Onderon to Bypass Kashykk, The fleet will arrive to the Outer rim area near Kessel where Traitorous Moffs and their fleets have gathered to support Trioculus. Your fleet will lead a campaign to reclaim the rebellious sectors, and you shall act as a reserve element for any force that makes contact.

Break them and cause piecemeal defections. All in a days work.

>>5143090
>>>Operation Blackout: Using Hyperlanes through Onderon to Bypass Kashykk, The fleet will arrive to the Outer rim area near Kessel where Traitorous Moffs and their fleets have gathered to support Trioculus. Your fleet will lead a campaign to reclaim the rebellious sectors, and you shall act as a reserve element for any force that makes contact.

>>5143090
>>Operation Blackout: Using Hyperlanes through Onderon to Bypass Kashykk, The fleet will arrive to the Outer rim area near Kessel where Traitorous Moffs and their fleets have gathered to support Trioculus. Your fleet will lead a campaign to reclaim the rebellious sectors, and you shall act as a reserve element for any force that makes contact.
This seems like the perfect mission for us, a good amount of independence and serving as a quick reaction force plays to our strength as a fleet based around fighters and artillery

>>5143090
>>Operation Blackout: Using Hyperlanes through Onderon to Bypass Kashykk, The fleet will arrive to the Outer rim area near Kessel where Traitorous Moffs and their fleets have gathered to support Trioculus. Your fleet will lead a campaign to reclaim the rebellious sectors, and you shall act as a reserve element for any force that makes contact.

>>5143090
>>Operation Blackout: Using Hyperlanes through Onderon to Bypass Kashykk, The fleet will arrive to the Outer rim area near Kessel where Traitorous Moffs and their fleets have gathered to support Trioculus. Your fleet will lead a campaign to reclaim the rebellious sectors, and you shall act as a reserve element for any force that makes contact.

Here's to hoping we can get some defectors.

So we got our men back right?

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A few hours of briefing and meeting the other Division leads, you've got their general personalities down.

Admiral Spriegue is very aggressive and loud, if anyone would have been a good big stormtrooper in another life, it would be him.

Admiral Hower is alot quieter, seeming to more be trying to dissect you in the time spent together then really conversing with you like you were another human.

Pretty soon though, the supply ships loading the fleet up finished their laborous journeys, and your fleet began advancing along the route, hoping to avoid Rebel forces...

>Roll 1d100 for fleet evasion, roll under a 60, best of 3 to avoid rebel detection along the route.

Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>5146026

Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>5146026

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>5146026

>>5146035
nice

>>5146035
good job

>>5146035
Okay were not going to be gang-banged by rebels wanting revenge for Bracca.. Good.

>>5146035
Nice save.

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Rolled 19, 57, 86, 17 = 179 (4d100)

The journey is smooth, with the only rebel units along the path consisting of rather easily cowed Planetary militias, who understood how fast you could make stains of them if they tried to be heroes.

Within a few hours of arriving over the orbit of Bimmisaari, a remaining imperial bastion defended by it's own loyalist garrison that welcomes the fleet, and happily resupplies the the divisions, before each one begins on it's route, 2nd Divisions departing towards Boonta, 3rd Division leaving to take Nimban, and 4th Division sending pickets behind both forces to maintain communications lines and secure supply routes. Grand Admiral Makati also takes his leave, joining 2nd division in the march to Boonta, while you're being left in Bimmisaari to await a call from any force.

>Rolling 4d100, first 2 are Allied forces at Boonta and Nimban respectively, and the next 2 are hostile forces encountering, rolling lower is better.

wait do you mean you want us to roll 4d100 or the 4d100 you rolled are the results?
>>5146709

>>5146729
ones I roll are the results, writing next part now

>>5146709
So one of those forces has run into trouble...

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2 days pass, before you start receiving a flurry of communications. Reports back form Boonta report victory over the defenders, and request you mobilize your own ground forces to take over the occupation.

More pressing however, is reports from Nimban. While technically a section of hutt space, Traitor forces have built a Defensive station at the Jump point, and have drawn 3rd division into a siege of the lines until they can break down the Gravity well equipped Starfort.

>Shoot a message to 2nd Division and Makati informing them of the situation in Nimban, then move to help

>Split off some ships to carry troops to garrison the worlds taken in the north, but take the bulk of the fleet to support Nimban(if so, which ships will carry the ground troops and be unavailable for the fight.

>write-ins available

willl upodate in 12 hours

>>5147286
>>Split off some ships to carry troops to garrison the worlds taken in the north, but take the bulk of the fleet to support Nimban(if so, which ships will carry the ground troops and be unavailable for the fight.

Ground Assault Component:
1x Venator star destroyer (Carida Brave- Regular)
2x Arquitens AA Frigates
2x Armed Freighters

1x ARC-170 Squadron
1x TIE Brute Squadron
1x TIE Interceptor Squadron
3x TIE Fighter Squadrons
3x TIE Bomber Squadrons

-half a Legion of Imperial army forces aboard
-Stormtrooper contingent of 1/4 of a legion aboard the flagship

Assuming the 2nd Division is still there to consolidate, this force should be sufficient to protect our ground assets while providing air cover for our ground operations. The armed freighters will be better utilised in a more sanitised enviro where enemy attacks are less likely to be as strong as a siege. Furthermore, they provide additional void to ground transport capability should more flexibility be required.

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3rd Division Reinforcements:
1x ISD II (The Imperial Star destroyer Irrefutable- Regular)
1x Vindicator Heavy cruiser (Steadfast Regular)
1x Dreadnought Cruiser(D-78- Regular)
2x Proclamator (Proclamator -Green & Promulgator -Green
1x Experimental Missile cruiser (Tyrant- Green)
1x Ton Falk escort Carrier (INS Irreputable-Veteran)
3x Lancer AA frigates


2x ARC-170 Squadrons
3x XG-1 Starwing Squadrons
5x TIE Brute Squadrons

Fighters:
1x TIE Defender Squadron-50% integrity
2x TIE Avenger Squadrons
2.5x TIE Interceptor Squadrons
7x TIE Fighter Squadrons

Bombers:
1x TIE Interdictor Squadron
8x TIE Bomber Squadrons

-1 squad of Spacetroopers
-1 Company's worth of Dark Trooper Mk 1s
-1/2 Legion worth of assorted combat droids

The remainder of our forces will be centered around our Imp Star Deuce, retaining our Spacetroopers, Dark Troopers and the combat droids for risky space borne assaults should the situation call for it.

>>5147286
>Split off some ships to carry troops to garrison the worlds taken in the north, but take the bulk of the fleet to support Nimban(if so, which ships will carry the ground troops and be unavailable for the fight.


>>5147318
support plan

>>5147318
+1

>>5147318
Sounds good however I propose a slight alteration, swap out the Irreputable for the Carrida brave, we don’t need to deploy a star destroyer (even a dated one) for garrison duties especially when we could bring more firepower to break the siege at Nimban that and it saves us (Caimes) having to fuck about transferring flag from one ship to another (the carrida brave is the battle groups flagship) and the Irreputable has been with us since the beginning, I trust her captain and crew to be the most capable of operating from the rest of the fleet being the most experienced men we have (excluding one of our ARC squadrons) as for ground forces I would swap the droids and stormtroopers… we have about a regiment worth of stormtroopers (1/4 a legion) a regiment is rated to be capable of seizing a class A planetary star port, garrisoning is better suited to the army troops and droids.

>>5147318
Support, though I'm not too happy with splitting the fleet.

>>5147371
I originally wanted the droids with us as they were an expendable force we could readily commit but I see your point.

Also I misread and thought that Group 2 was asking us to take over ground operations to capture the planet. If thats the case then a planetary assault craft isnt required and your change is more than warranted.

>>5147371
I can support this alteration, everything else looks good to go.

>>5147371
>Support, a balanced and well thought out proposal.

>>5147371
+1

>>5147286
>>Shoot a message to 2nd Division and Makati informing them of the situation in Nimban, then move to help

Splitting our fleet, great now that'll get us plenty of losses.

>>5147286
Supporting >>5147318

>>5147286
Do we know which ships/divisions our men are in? I wholeheartedly propose
>Show up at Nimban, blast Makati's forces in the rear and say hi to our new boss Trioculus
but not if it means attacking the men we swore to protect.

>>5147371
>>5147318
>support

>>5147371
Supporting this

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Your force detaches the Carida Brave and several escorts to send off your garrisons, and before long, the rest of your considerable Fleet is departing to Nimban.

A day of Travel later, you arrive to the sight of 3rd division ,battered and bloody. One of her Star Destroyers is missing, and the other 3 are damaged to varying extents, while a debris field of enemy and friendly vessels separates the Enemy and your own forces. Jade bolts dot and decorate the wreckage, as fighters from both sides skirmish throughout the No man's land.

Admiral Hower calls you soon after arrival, his bruised and bandaged face telling you exactly how it went for him.

"Commander Caimes, you are a sight for sore eyes. The enemy has battered and bloodied my fleet, and exhausted my men in maintaining the cordon against them counterattacking. I believe we must regroup and get the Grand Admiral, or we will be destroyed here."

>"Calm yourself, Admiral, there is still a chance, listen to my plan."(What do you propose)
>"Your fleet has seen enough, allow me to fight a rear guard here while you quit the field and call reinforcements."(Stay and fight)
>"The enemy seems to have all the cards here, we should leave and conserve our strength."(All units Quit the field.)
>Write-ins acceptable

>>5148784
>"Calm yourself, Admiral, there is still a chance, listen to my plan."
>As you can see, I happen to have a cutting edge new weapon that can turn the tide of this battle. But only the men who were in my fleet before being kidn- I mean reassigned for this mission are trained to use it. I assume some of them found their way into your fleet. Transfer them to my flagship and then I'll hold the enemy off so you can get clear.
As soon as he jumps out, inform the fine folks in front of us that we mean no harm, in fact we're actually here to join them.

>>5148784
>"Admiral, any data on the enemy force's commander, vessels and capabilities?"

I'd like to see what we know about the enemies and what they've got here before we formulate strategy.

>>5148784
>"The enemy seems to have all the cards here, we should leave and conserve our strength."(All units Quit the field.)

Whatever that is it's big and intimidating
I'll happily change my vote should another anon come up with a fezable plan, I mean we do have that experimental ship, though I forgot what it does exactly, something like a long range cannon? Missiles? Not shure would have to go back in the threads but to lazy

>>5148784
>>"The enemy seems to have all the cards here, we should leave and conserve our strength."(All units Quit the field.)

>>5148837
The experimental ship is a tyrant-class missile cruiser, it basically shoots a shitload of concussion missiles, if we can disable the shields and get in a clear shot we might be able to just gun down that bigass ship they have.
>>5148831
+1, we need a better description of just what the enemy forces are before we do anything stupid

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>>5148831
"The Enemy is Anchored around a Golan III Platform, equipped with Gravity well projectors. It is built to guard the other Hyperspace point in the system, and is preventing us from advancing further along this hyperlane. Beyond that, it's got enough firepower to account for 1 or 2 ISDs alone, on top of it's compliment of ISDs, Victories, and other escorts.

>>5148784
>"The enemy seems to have all the cards here, we should leave and conserve our strength."(All units Quit the field.)

While I could see us winning by focusing our firepower in intelligent ways or using the debris in the middle of the battle-space for tricky shenanigans like using debris as shields with tractor beams or hiding missiles to be used as mines in a trap, or hiding boarding units amongst the debris, I think Admiral Hower is correct. The enemy seems to be superior despite them being badly mauled and technically having less Imperial class SDs. We could eek out a win, but to what purpose? We'd take high losses for sure, regardless of the rolls or unique stratagems. Better to retain our forces and regroup and reassess the situation and come back here with superior strength to reduce losses on our side than risk losing entirely or succeeding but with higher losses than necessary.

>>5148830
Unless this is a trick, I don't see the point in switching sides. Makati has the New Order in a bind, and remember that we have a HUGE fleet being fixed up back in the territory of the people you are now suggesting we abandon. We'd lose a shit ton of progress and invested influence to join some loser pretender. Not to mention we'd be joining a pretender for the throne, and I'm pretty sure that would piss off the secret faction that the dark prophet is a part of which I think was revealed to be Palps dark empire.

>>5148852
Ah, then it seems like a nearly symmetrical engagement with a slight-moderate edge in heavier firepower for the enemy and perhaps a slight edge for us in fighters depending on what fighters we have with us in these ships. Two of our fresher ISDs could possibly survive if we engaged and won against the Golan, both sides would probably lose the damaged ISDs, and it'd be a toss up who won in regards to fighters and smaller medium sized ships or the Victories.

Again, I don't see us having good odds of winning, though maybe with some shenanigans involving the debris cloud we could pull it off.

>>5148861
>I don't see the point in switching sides
Because our side fucked us over, that's why.

>Makati has the New Order in a bind
He needs us to do his dirty work and give him manpower, we need him like a bleeding hole in the head.

>I'm pretty sure that would piss off the secret faction that the dark prophet is a part of
The oldest Sith teaching of all is when your leader shows signs of weakness, screw him. Only a pathetically weak leader treats his followers like a fleshlight and then puts them in a position to abandon him so easily. Continuing to follow him would be the very last thing a true Sith would do.

>>5148784
>"Calm yourself, Admiral, there is still a chance, listen to my plan."

>"We have no need to throw ourselves into the enemy's jaws to achieve our objectives here- merely crippling the gravity projectors will provide us the ability to flank and outmaneuver the enemy. To that end, I propose a right-flank drive with a contingent of my fighters screening your intact ISD in lead element, with your remaining ships supporting. My element will push up the middle as though to support yours, when in actuality the Tyrant will put a ruinous display of missiles on for the defense platform. We pull back if the enemy is too tenuous on the right flank or catches on too early. Is this palatable to you, Admiral?"

So good news at least is that Golan III's don't really have good point defense so our specialty of star fighters are a good match up against it, especially with our juicy new fighters. If we can mop up the enemy fighters, we could use the mauled ships as bait to draw in the escorts and ISD's and fuck them up with either our own capital ships or our anti-ship fighters. Once they're out of the way, we just spam missiles with the tyrant and bomb it to hell with fighters until it dies. Even if we take some causalities, proving ourselves a capable commander here could seriously get us some good influence with the grand admiral.
>>5148880
Don't forget Makati was threatening to cut us off from imperial logistics if we don't play nice with him. Betraying him for some 3-eyed mutant pretender is fucking retarded. You also forget that we aren't his sole manpower source, he'll get more from other places, he was even agreeing to give back the men after the operation is over before we decided to march our asses down here. Also, the emperor isn't training us to be a sith or anything like that, he needs reliable and capable officers to fight back the new republic, he can't waste manpower by having officers stab each other in the back.

>>5148903
>Don't forget Makati was threatening to cut us off from imperial logistics if we don't play nice with him
Doesn't scare me. This "pretender" must've gotten a Golan III from fucken somewhere.

>You also forget that we aren't his sole manpower source
I didn't forget, I just remembered the number's not infinity, and it's gonna drop by quite a bit soon if we're not the only commander with a pair of nuts.

>he was even agreeing to give back the men after the operation is over before we decided to march our asses down here
I missed the hell out of that part, when did he say that?

>Also, the emperor isn't training us to be a sith or anything like that, he needs reliable and capable officers to fight back the new republic
All the more reason he'll support us ditching Makati.

>>5148784
>>"Calm yourself, Admiral, there is still a chance, listen to my plan."

Forming up in a tight formation and using the debris as cover, we move all our forces along the right flank, leveraging our overwhelming firepower to destroy their ISD on that side before focusing fire on the Golan. Our fighters and bombers will mop up in the middle and move on to harass their damaged star destroyer, preventing it from engaging us or at least damaging it further. The admiral should also probably move his damaged ISDs to the rear of the formation, to minimise any further damage.

>>5148941
>>5148900
Supporting pushing on the right flank and taking the middle, trying to keep the friendly damaged ships out of the fighting as much as possible. If things get rough we should keep an avenue open to fall back and regroup. The key to winning this battle still lies with the Tyrant's concussion missiles, whether it's to destroy or simply disable the platform will be a bridge to cross when we get there.

>>5148880
Our "side" has been fucking us over in minor ways since the beginning of the quest, from our allies and leaders abandoning us when the rebels show up, to our Imperial Intel suicide mission, to this sort of interference.

It doesn't change the fact that we'd be gaining a reputation for treachery, joining an alien pretender who seems to have a good chunk of the imperial hierarchy (including force-related factions) against him, and there is the fact that we know basically nothing about this faction we'd be joining in-character.

We'd be abandoning the however many old CIS ships (it was a lot, maybe dozens) we worked so hard to get in the hands of the faction we are abandoning in addition to the ships of ours that are being repaired, and to make matters worse you would essentially be abandoning the men we lost to Makati that spurred your own (and others) anger. It is fucking pointless, we'd have no hope of getting them back, you'd be handing us a triple loss of reputation, ships, and skilled personnel just over a fit.

We'd also lose access to the logistical support we'd had access to in exchange for an uncertain future with a leader who we know nothing about and who knows little about our own reliability, which will be in question given we'd be a traitor. The three-eyed freak could just steal our men or ships like Makati.

The stuff about the sith is just plain weird. I don't give a fuck about sith ideology, the point is that we'd be suffering worse losses from betraying the New Order than if we stuck with them. I'm not arguing for what I did for adherence to sith ideology, I'm trying to avoid pissing off the prophet and Palps himself.

Finally, and I've said this before in prior threads in some form or another, but Makati ABSOLUTELY has the right to requisition our men. He's a fucking grand admiral, we are in the Imperial Navy. A military organization serving an ultra authoritarian state. We aren't a warlord yet, and we've still been gaining more ships despite our losses, we have no reason to defect. Imagine if every one of our captains or subordinate commanders acted like you are suggesting we act because we needed to shuffle around resources to priority tasks. It is just insanity.

Frankly is there a point to attacking if we mean to quit the field.

The gravity well projectors can only project so far.

Recall our fighters, begin a staged withdrawal out of range. The enemy can neither give chase nor bombard us at range and if they even attempt to chase us down, we need merely wait till they are beyond help from the golan to slaughter them.

>>5148912
Golan platforms are a dime a dozen for major planets or space lanes if I remember correctly, they are like the default space defence platform. This guy having some doesn't mean anything.

>>5148784
Wait, something is wrong with this image. Shouldn't the Vindicator and our Dreadnought be with us as well? Unless I didn't read the vote that won carefully enough or am mistaken about which vote won.

>>5148997
>Our "side" has been fucking us over in minor ways since the beginning of the quest,
We allowed ourselves to be cucked before, therefore we should continue being cucks?

>It doesn't change the fact that we'd be gaining a reputation for treachery
Worse than our boss's? Doubt it.

>We'd be abandoning the however many old CIS ships (it was a lot, maybe dozens) we worked so hard to get in the hands of the faction we are abandoning in addition to the ships of ours that are being repaired
Oh yeah I totally forgot about those old Clone War barges. We can come back and get those another time, don't worry. Might have to be a little more clever about it but that's what we're good at.

>and to make matters worse you would essentially be abandoning the men we lost to Makati
Go back and read my plan again, slowly.

>we'd have no hope of getting them back
Hardly seems like we do anyway, and even if we do groveling for them isn't my idea of a good time

>We'd also lose access to the logistical support we'd had access to
Fat load of good that did us, having to scavenge junkyards for literal Clone War scraps.

>in exchange for an uncertain future with a leader who we know nothing about
Fair but in this case I'm perfectly willing to take the devil I don't know.

>The stuff about the sith is just plain weird. I don't give a fuck about sith ideology
Maybe you should because it's important when you get to this part:
>I'm trying to avoid pissing off the prophet and Palps himself.

>Makati ABSOLUTELY has the right to requisition our men.
Only if we give it to him.

>we have no reason to defect
Except not being cucks.

>Imagine if every one of our captains or subordinate commanders acted like you are suggesting we act because we needed to shuffle around resources to priority tasks
That'd be nice.

>>5148784
>>"Calm yourself, Admiral, there is still a chance, listen to my plan."
>”As you can see, one of my ships is unlike any other you may have seen. It is in fact an advanced missile ship, and I believe it may be the key to breaking this deadlock. I propose to launch my fighters to engage the enemy as we collectively push up to the left flank. Once we enter stand-off range, I will show you and those damned traitors what my new weapon is capable of. As I do so, I ask you to protect my flank to ensure we are not outmaneuvered. Once we have finished our demonstration, they will likely move their right flank to engage us as well, at that time, I will break off some of my fighters and send a squadron of star wings to punch a hole in the stations exposed flank. If they do not commit the rest of their fleet, we will break their left flank and punch in there instead.”
Basically engage at stand-off range where our ships are able to harass without committing, launching fighters to distract their screen, then once we have hit their front most ship’s shields a bit, open up on it with a long range barrage from our missile boat and torpedo boat. Once we make a hole there, we can saturate their point defense and snipe out their remaining ships while keeping stand-off distance from the platform and keeping the platform more or less between us and their right flank of ships. If the right flank of ships moves towards us and leaves the stations right side more open, we can break off a squadron of starwings which are good against emplacements and an escort of fighters to punch a hole there and get our space troopers and droids onto that thing.

>>5149003
This is the first time I'm seeing one.

>>5149008
Fairly sure they got damaged in that operation over Bracca. They're in drydock with our CIS ships and other Venator.

>>5149022
We saw some in three 3 halfway down the thread during Bestine. The QM showed a 3d image model from either fanart of official art. Plus a anon (or the QM with his name off) made a map with the golan in it that the QM then used. Then another anon summed up its armaments in another post later. They are super common, maybe not ultra common in this quest so far (though to be fair we haven't been fighting battles over the major worlds where they'd be) but common in the source materiel.

>read my plan, slowly

You don't have a plan. You wrote a couple of short lines with no plans of any sort, unless your plan is under a different ID. First off, you said to show up behind Makati's forces at Nimban and shoot them in the rear. That isn't likely to happen given that we are on the hyperlane to Nimban right now adjacent to the forces you want us to shoot, not in their rear. They also outgun us and the enemy is some distance away, perhaps too far away to help us should they elect to.

Makati has already achieved success in his area with the 2nd division, we aren't likely to overcome him by surprise now.

Fair enough about getting our men back.

I will contest the bit about our logistical support not being worth shit. We got our men taken from us recently, but before that we owe our success to having had easy access to men and repairs, the part about repairs still apply, not to mention us being paid in "influence" which the QM has mentioned is an abstract representation of credits, favours, materiel, etc, is supplied by the hierarchy we are apart of, it hasn't been worthless.

If you are going to vaguely allude to how doing what you want us to do will help avoid pissing off Sheev then you ought to explain it instead of just leaving others to figure out your internal thoughts. Remember, the prophet was working with the New Order, the faction you now want us to abandon.

I'm guessing you didn't get what I meant about "what if our subordinate commanders act like you" bit. What I'm saying that is that if our subordinates act like you suggest we act, then they'd rightfully turn traitors and abandon us the moment we do any of the normal logistics and bureaucracy that is part of any normal functioning military system involving personnel or war materiel.

But, I doubt I'll convince you or the other anon, so I'll leave it for now. It seems like we'll both be outvoted anyways by people who just want to attack.

>>5149035
Ah, did they? I can't remember and am too lazy to go back and check. They seem to be part of our fleet in the fleet picture near the start of the thread, so I assumed they were still with us.

>>5149048
>You don't have a plan. You wrote a couple of short lines with no plans of any sort, unless your plan is under a different ID
Well yeah, I'm Captain Underpants, have to change my underwear every so often.
>>5148830

>the part about repairs still apply
Surely Trioculus has some of his own if he's made it this far.

>not to mention us being paid in "influence" which the QM has mentioned is an abstract representation of credits, favours, materiel, etc, is supplied by the hierarchy we are apart of
Same

>If you are going to vaguely allude to how doing what you want us to do will help avoid pissing off Sheev then you ought to explain it
I'm not too worried about pissing off a corpse.

>Remember, the prophet was working with the New Order
Seems to me like he was doing his own thing. I doubt he's any more beholden to it than we are.

>What I'm saying that is that if our subordinates act like you suggest we act, then they'd rightfully turn traitors and abandon us the moment we do any of the normal logistics and bureaucracy that is part of any normal functioning military system involving personnel or war materiel.
Well in that case you're making a big 'ol strawman, what Makati did to us is not normal. There's nothing we could even do to the men that would be analogous, besides maybe confiscate their uniforms and use them as costumes for a musical.

>It seems like we'll both be outvoted anyways by people who just want to attack.
It's a close vote, 4-3 attack vs. skedattle by my count and there's certainly no consensus on how to attack.

>>5149085
You do realize that every time we send a star destroyer into battle, we are potentially signing the death warrants of thousands of our own men right? Every ship that we use as vanguard we are basically telling them something that can be easily interpreted as "Go risk your lives so the rest of us can sit back here and live because we are more important than you." To me that seems like as good a reason(more like 100x better a reason) to turn traitor than having your commanding officer reassign men out of your fleet for a strategic operation.

We are an honorable captain of the Galactic Empire, not a fucking child, act like it you whiny brat.

If you want to continue reeeing about this nonsense, remember, we don't even have our men, currently we are staffed by greens, many of which are not personally loyal to us, and would certainly see betraying the empire and firing on our own team as traitorous and a good reason to mutiny.

>>5149109
>To me that seems like as good a reason(more like 100x better a reason) to turn traitor than having your commanding officer reassign men out of your fleet for a strategic operation.
We're not "turning traitor" any more than you betrayed your boss at the last shitty job you quit. Makati is not the Emperor.

>We are an honorable captain of the Galactic Empire, not a fucking child, act like it you whiny brat.
There's nothing honorable about allowing ourselves to be cucked, and being cucked out of fulfilling our own obligation to our crew no less, poopooface.

>betraying the empire and firing on our own team
Why does no one read?
>>5148830

>>5149116
You are suggesting we abandon the empire, taking all our ships with us that we got as a part of the empire, then join their enemy with the intent to attack the empire's navy, that is the literal definition of turning traitor, what is wrong with your brain anon

We serve the people of the empire, not ourselves. We signed up for this military position knowing we would be subject to the whims of our superior officers, as that is literally how the military works, and how it MUST work to function properly. Imagine if a US army platoon decided to join the Taliban because a bunch of their guys got transferred to another platoon, that is approximately what you are suggesting. Not only would we be betraying our "country", but also our ideals and our men.

I did read that, that doesn't mean its intelligent enough to be worth considering. If they went along with it, that would still only be about 1/4 of our men assuming they were assigned evenly, and they would still be heavily outnumbered by the other personnel on board, even assuming 100% of our guys would also turn traitor on the empire, which I doubt, you still don't have a winning plan. Furthermore, if 1 comms officer doesn't turn traitor and radios the fleet saying us and our guys are traitors, we would be a huge target and likely have the other 3/4 of our men serving on their vessels in other fleets imprisoned or executed. Furthermore, we would be making ourselves an enemy of the imperial navy, imperial intelligence, our old faction where we left our ships to get refit, and the sith order. We stand to gain practically nothing from what you propose. I get that you want to greif the quest, but at least try to be clever enough in your execution of doing so to come up with a workable plan.

>>5149049
Actually no, you're right about them appearing in the fleet overview. Maybe just an oversight by QM, or maybe they're with the other fleet.

>>5149116
>You are suggesting we abandon the empire
Stopped reading right there because you clearly didn't read any of my posts.

>>5149133
>>5149128

>>5149133
>>5149134
>Haha i just said we should betray every single organization in the empire, not the empire it self! I bet u feel real dum right now xddd
t. you

>>5149142
Makati isn't every single organization in the empire, take your meds.

>>5149148
>He is a grand admiral in the imperial navy
>He is currently working with Isard from imperial intelligence for this operation
>The New Order, our current faction is working with him enough to send him troops
>He is exterminating an enemy of the sith's doctrine
So which imperial organizations are we not betraying? Please remind me.

>>5149149
>He is currently working with Isard from imperial intelligence for this operation
>He is exterminating an enemy of the sith's doctrine
[citation needed]

>So which imperial organizations are we not betraying?
All the ones we're not working for, which is to say most of them.

>>5149156
Thread 4, ctrl f Isard
>He enters your meeting room, arms open, as though to signal he isn't hostile to you or your fleet. "Commander, I don't think we've had the pleasure of meeting, but I understand things are tense, so I will keep this short. The Grand Admiral, Afsheen Makati has offered us a deal on behalf of Director Isard. As it is, there is a 3 eyed mutant named Trioculus trying to claim the throne of emperor. The good Admiral is demanding we prove our loyalty to the empire, by claiming 200,000 of our fleet's crew, to form a new squadron in Kuat, meant to deal with secessionist forces related to the bloody Trioculus Bastard for a few months, then have the vessels and their crew returned to us. He informed us we could refuse, but would be cut off from imperial logistics, something he is holding over our heads already. We decided to allow them to take their tithe, as an investment in gaining those future vessels."

as for the Sith, hes a heretic claiming to be the son of palpatine, its pretty likely they arent a fan of him

>>5149149
Makati is under the command of Issard who at the moment is the de-facto leader of the empire (controlling the Imperial capital). Betraying Makati would essentially be betraying the empire.

>>5149164
OK, you win, but only because I'm not interested in having assassins on my tail. As soon as the mission's over I say we go west at the next opportunity.

>as for the Sith, hes a heretic claiming to be the son of palpatine
That gives him precisely as good a claim as anyone else right now.

>>5149168
But seriously what the fuck have I come back too.

>>5148784
Okay so it seems we decided to send of the Carida brave instead of the Ton falk... that's problematic the Carrida brave carries most of our fighter Squadrons. So this is going to be hairy. (the ships we have here can carry 23 at minimum or 27 at maximum (dependent on how many the proclamators can carry) so just about half of our total fighter compliment, questions is which ones are they carrying (did we accidently leave chatterbox on garrison duty)

>>5149008
Probably a mistake on the QM's part we should atleast have the Vindicator and Dreadnaught as well.

>>5148941
>>5148900
+1 Supporting this combination.

>>5148784
>>"The enemy seems to have all the cards here, we should leave and conserve our strength."(All units Quit the field.)

>>5148830
I would support you if our fleet had not been split.

Seriously fuck these guys, and you cucks need to stop groveling.

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>>5148784
>"Calm yourself, Admiral, there is still a chance, listen to my plan.

We have two fully operational ISD's whilst they have two that have sustained damage, using the Tyrant Missile cruiser we can engage any target we please beyond standoff ranges and with the additional starfighters we have brought along we can secure control of this No man's land that has developed.

From our stand off point the tyrant will bombard the Golan platform outside of the reach of it's turbo lasers forcing it's screen to come to us to prevent the Golan's destruction where they will be harried by our strike craft and brought into gun range of our own destroyers whilst taking them away from the firepower of the Golan, should they not take the bait the tyrant will shift it's fire to the left most ISD and the Victory star destroyer there, either they come to us or we knock them out one piece at a time.

>>5149271
we essentially have a warship designed for eliminating space defences and sieges... may well use it in it's intended role.

>>5149085
I said I'd drop it, but I guess I may as well respond. Discussion may as well happen now rather than later when people are thinking about changing sides or not in a future discussion.

>changing ID and complaining about people not reading

I didn't know that was you since it was a different ID, you didn't refer to the post you wanted me to read so I assumed that was a different anon. I just forgot to quote the other post by what I assumed was the other anon in between responding regarding the Golans and the other stuff.

>logistics and repair

That is fair, but my point wasn't that he was a helpless retard with no logistics. I was responding to you saying "fat load of good that did us". My point is that the logistical support did help us. Us raiding a junkyard was something out of our own initiative, we didn't do it because there was literally no ships to buy as far as I recall.

>Palps corpse

To be fair, in character you are right. Out of character I was worried about it because I recall (perhaps incorrectly) that the QM revealed the secret faction the prophet was working for to be the Dark Empire, so I assumed Palps has his clones.

>Nothing analogous

On the contrary there is something that would be analogous now in the present and in the future. Supposing that every captain in our fleet (or subordinate fleet commander in the future when we are a warlord with more fleets) acted or thought like we are thinking about acting both now and in the future as a warlord then they would have every right to be constantly mad at us.

Lets say that due to losses suffered during boarding or battle or whatever our flagship or another subordinate ship is low on either manpower or supplies or needs supplies from another ship for maintenance. And lets also say that each captain is ultra self interested and thinks like the players in this quest and thus actually considers themselves to be a potential future warlord in the making and wholly sovereign and unwilling to part with the men and materiel organic to their ship or fleet. (in the future case of them being a fleet commander) If we ask them for their supplies or a shift in what they consider "their" personnel then they would be mad like us. The same would apply to in the future when we are larger with subordinate fleet commanders. Any operation that must take ships or men away from "their" fleet to support a priority operation would make them mad at us for "cucking" them, even though they serve under us in a military hierarchy and it is our right (just like Makati) to make such personnel and materiel transfers. The same could be said of order said commanders or captains to do even basic things like commit their stormtrooper detachments that are organic to their ships/fleet to a basic boarding/ground operation, they'd be mad we were using "their" stormtroopers.

Do you see, or is there some issue with this that you don't think is analogous?

>>5148784
I don't support the part of >>5148830 that wants us to turn traitor, but I'm up for trying to trick Hower into giving us back our men if he has any of them.

>>5149129
The plan voted in here >>5147318 has the Vindicator and the Dreadnought coming with us. Only the Venator, armed freighters, Arquitens and some ground troops plus a few squadrons of fighters/bombers were assigning to support the other operation.

>>5149335
Well there not much we can do with the fighters but we can only bring half our total compliment because well we’re not bringing our biggest fighter carrier

>>5149368
Yeah. Honestly, I wish I tried to persuade people earlier to make use of a modified version of that anons plan. I didn't read it carefully enough as I was in a hurry. I'm confused as to why we chose to send the Venator instead of our Accalamators, aren't Acclamators planetary assault ships meant for the ground assault/garrison duty we were sending the Venator off for?

>>5149271
supporting anon here

>>5149271
I like the idea, but why wouldn't we just start off with bombarding their capital ships at range if we're not going to commit our tyrant to destroying the Golan outright?

>>5149271

changing from >>5148843
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>>5149008
THIS GUY IS CORRECT i will add them in next battle map image, apologies

>>5149445
ISD’s are pretty much open to being boarded or bombed to oblivion, same with the golan as their armaments are not well suited to dealing with small craft.

>>5149550
>>5149445

Okay so it didn’t paste all my text, but essentially atleast at a stand off range the golan will be easier to hit as it cannot manuever this will be less of an issue for the ISD’s if we force them closer, of course depending on the outcomes of the Roll’s and how the enemy reacts we can change targets accordingly.

>>5149271
>support

The golan has almost no point defence, so our goal should be to either destroy the picket craft so we can punch a hole in it with the missile boat or pull ships guarding one of the flanks away from it so we can send in fighters and starwings to bomb it.
To do this, our best maneuver would be to try to put the golan between us and the far flank so they are forced to move off the far flank to engage us. If they do not come, we outnumber the near flank with all our ships and wipe them with little risk, if they do come, we launch chatterbox's arc 170 squadron and a couple other squadrons of ties escorting a squadron of starwings, which are really good against emplacements, to punch in the far flank of the golan.

>>5149578
I understand we want to lure them closer away from the station. My point is that why not force them closer by shooting the ISDs themselves first and foremost? I'm questioning why we start the barage with the golan.

>>5148784
>>"Calm yourself, Admiral, there is still a chance, listen to my plan."(What do you propose)
fighter screen the middle

Well I suppose we will have to see if we get a post tonight.

>>5149271
Supporting this

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>>5149271
this wins, but am tired, but have dayo ff tomorrow, will get immediate post out in morning, then post preferably get 2 to 3 more posts out tomorrow. Writing and drawing

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"As you can see, one of my ships is unlike any other you may have seen. It is in fact an advanced missile ship, and I believe it may be the key to breaking this deadlock. We have two fully operational ISD's whilst they have two that have sustained damage, using the Tyrant Missile cruiser we can engage any target we please beyond standoff ranges and with the additional starfighters we have brought along we can secure control of this No man's land that has developed.

From our stand off point the tyrant will bombard the Golan platform outside of the reach of it's turbo lasers forcing it's screen to come to us to prevent the Golan's destruction where they will be harried by our strike craft and brought into gun range of our own destroyers whilst taking them away from the firepower of the Golan, should they not take the bait the tyrant will shift it's fire to the left most ISD and the Victory star destroyer there, either they come to us or we knock them out one piece at a time."

Your plan laid out, Hower takes a minute, before deciding to agree, before declaring as well, he will return his fighter wings as close fleet defense when yours relieve them.

Soon after, your own air wings are launching, and you launch out...

>all the starfighters. Every single one

>Only fighters, maintain bombers.
Updating in 90 minutes

>>5150466
>Only fighters, maintain bombers

>Launch multiple fighter waves- enough to contest the enemies and have a relief force in reserve, if possible

>>5150466
>Only fighters, maintain bombers.

>>5150466
>>Only fighters, maintain bombers.

>>5150466
>>>Only fighters, maintain bombers.

>>5150466
>Only fighters, maintain bombers.

>>5150471
+1
we need to have a reserve in case of shenanigans and also maybe send out some engineer vrws to the 2 ISDs to see if we can rig them into impromptu bombs like we did in the first battle of this quest i think

>>5150466

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Your fighters disgorge in their multitudes, fighters flowing like streams to meet the enemy. While your bombers waited, ready to launch in the hangars, your fighters would clear the way for your missile ship, then the bombers could move for the kills.The Admiral's fighters see their relief on the way, and begin to turn about, several getting blasted as they disengage to return and cover the fleet.

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Chatterbox's squadron leads the way, watching the wings form up behind him, he makes steady calls, designating sectors for each wing to fly towards before the chaos of a dogfight breaks out and most control is lost.

As both sides reach missile range, proton torpedoes from your own fighters reach out to touch whatever they can before initial contact is made.

>Roll 1d100, best of 3, DC:80, roll under

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>5150518

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>5150518

Rolled 10 (1d100)

>>5150518

>>5150519
>>5150528
>>5150534
oh yea it's all coming together

so when the fleet engagment is set to happen what ship should we focus on to take via boarding. Probably could take a couple escorts with our small droid complement given how small they are, but should we instead focus on taking a bigger ship to bolster our line more?

>>5150550
No. we need our troops to take the Station itself.

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>>5150518
>The enemy fleet has magically fixed all their ships to full strength

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>>5150582
Quick fix whilst waiting on the QM

>>5150600
>didnt remove a ship or two
For shame.

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the salvo flies true, concussion missiles and proton torpedoes slamming into fighters, removing a squadron from the line, while another half dozen TIEs are reduced to atoms. The fighters entangle soon after, and you watch the carnage from the bridge, while your own fleet advances forwards. The enemy fleet seems content to stay waiting, while your own fleet begins to lumber forwards. You position your Star destroyer ahead of the Tyrant, while the rest of the fleets remain arrayed to screen. The enemy fighters fail to breakthrough, and soon you enter range to fire missiles from maximum range. You could fire from here, or close the distance to increase missile accuracy, and the chance to hit the station.

Update in 1 hour

>Close the distance further

>Fire at maximum

>>5150806
>Fire at maximum
STICK WITH THE PLAN BOYS

>>5150806
>Fire at maximum

Perfect accuracy doesn't matter that much to the plan anyway

>>5150806
>Close the distance further

>>5150806
fire at maximum and tighten up our right flank of fighters towards the center

>>5150806
>>Fire at maximum

>>5150809
that golan is basically a barn and its broad side is facing us, if we manage to miss we probably need to refund this ship

>>5150806
>Fire at maximum

>Fire at maximum

>>5150806
>Fire at maximum

Stick with it it's shooting at the broadside of a barn

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so i was thinking about some ideas for the battle and how to position our forces. A quick and dirty paint operation latter.

>>5150921
all the yellow stars are battles between star fighters and im trying to make sure we are never going 1 on 1 even if its superior craft. I want the central craft to divert left after skimming the middle section to hopefully drag them and the X1s into the furball so we can destroy them before they make runs on our escorts. After the furball is over id like to position our bombers in the wrecks of the 2 ISDs before we launch missiles so that when the ships advance they can swoop out from behind the wrecks and onto the escorts and capitals like how the Thrawn Pincer is executed. The Brawlers and XQ1s are to reinforce the line in case of any miracle break throughs and Defender and regular ties to mop up the left before retreating

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Rolled 45, 97, 26 = 168 (3d100)

Settling in at furthest range, you begin preparing your missiles for a full barrage.

over 200 Proton Torpedoes exit in a massive barrage, slowly arcing towards the Golan, before enemy Point Defense guns begin to fire to intercept as they close....

>roll me 1d100+15, best of 3 versus my roll, also best of 3. highest wins

Rolled 16 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>5150969

Rolled 28 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>5150969

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>5150969

>>5150969
f

>>5150991
In all honesty, it was over when he rolled that 97.

>>5150992
oh for sure.
still throwing an f out for the RNGod

>>5150990
Oh well our foe for the most part seems content to sit it out for the time being, we can probably send a message for resupply if it looks like it’s going to carry on a while, furthermore we can also put in a request to bring our flagship and the rest of the battle group over from occupation duties if we need to break the deadlock the classic way via overwhelming star fighter supremacy.

>>5150969
F

Hey QM, would you considerincreasing the number of rolls? It feels really limiting that only three people can participate in battles.

>>5151127
That just increases the likelihood of us getting a crit fail.

>>5151127
That seems like a horrible idea. We already have good odds with a best of 3 system, which was made with allowing more people than necessary to roll anyways. Like >>5151141 says, all that does is increase our chances of crit failing. The main part of participation is in the voting and discussion.

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Apologies on the long wait
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The missiles fly, unharmed through the debris, before passing through the dogfight unscathed, before enemy fleet ships start moving. Aruitens and Victories start filing forwards, as their ISDs fire barrages along the path of the torpedoes, while victories and arquitens use their laser cannons to reduce numbers. One badly damaged Victory flies ahead, disgorging escape pods, before ramming into a missile stream and stopping one of the missile barrages outright.

Regardless, over 50 of the missiles make it on target, their heavy payloads reaping their toll on the station, obliterating the lighter armored areas surrounding the Hangar bays, and opening several sectyions of the station to space. The impact had is horrific on the visual, but the shields remain up and the Gravity well is still active. A strike by bombers into the heart of the station or another salvo may well bring a more agreeable effect.

>Send out the bombers

>Reload missile tubes and give it another go.

>Close the distance and try a gunfight.

>>5153497
How many more rounds of missiles do we have?

>>5153497
>>Reload missile tubes and give it another go.

>>5153497
>Reload missile tubes and give it another go.

>>5153497
>Send out the bombers
better to send them now since the enemy will want to try and close in on us

>>5153497
>Reload missile tubes and give it another go.

if we have enough for a third or fourth volley for those goes, once enemy fighters have been thinned out we could time the bomb run's and the missile barrage so that enemy point defence has to choose which to focus on (or target both at the cost of effectiveness)