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[[Real sorry, I would have got back to this today, but the Tavern got in the way. I've got nothing to do after I've eaten breakfast tomorrow, so I'll do it then :)]]

 *Hey, don't worry about it. The tavern is quite fun, anyways* 

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[[Real sorry, I would have got back to this today, but the Tavern got in the way. I've got nothing to do after I've eaten breakfast tomorrow, so I'll do it then :)]]

 *Hey, don't worry about it. The tavern is quite fun, anyways* 

 [[Thanks :)]]

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Lazaren is tense as he sits in his leach craft, but proceeds with the plan. 

 Your fleet takes off, heading for one of the high integrity Acros ships (Roque's handling the other one) 

Time for some percentage dice! 

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As your ship weaves between the enemy flank, you have a few close calls, but are not hit.  Mave, who is the only other gold on this leach craft, begins to speak.

"Sir, Pax and his squad have connected with the enemy hull, with a 69% latch rate. They are entering the enemy cruiser now."  She puts her hand on her ear, as if listening to a com. "Sir, our part of this leach squad is ready to latch and follow after Pax on your command."

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As your ship weaves between the enemy flank, you have a few close calls, but are not hit.  Mave, who is the only other gold on this leach craft, begins to speak.

"Sir, Pax and his squad have connected with the enemy hull, with a 69% latch rate. They are entering the enemy cruiser now."  She puts her hand on her ear, as if listening to a com. "Sir, our part of this leach squad is ready to latch and follow after Pax on your command."

 

 [[ ...nice ]] 

"Let's latch on then. Proceed with the plan." 

[[OOC: Does Lazaren have a com of any kind? ]] 

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As your ship weaves between the enemy flank, you have a few close calls, but are not hit.  Mave, who is the only other gold on this leach craft, begins to speak.

"Sir, Pax and his squad have connected with the enemy hull, with a 69% latch rate. They are entering the enemy cruiser now."  She puts her hand on her ear, as if listening to a com. "Sir, our part of this leach squad is ready to latch and follow after Pax on your command."

 

 [[ ...nice ]] 

"Let's latch on then. Proceed with the plan." 

[[OOC: Does Lazaren have a com of any kind? ]] 

 [[No, but you can ask for one]]

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As your ship weaves between the enemy flank, you have a few close calls, but are not hit.  Mave, who is the only other gold on this leach craft, begins to speak.

"Sir, Pax and his squad have connected with the enemy hull, with a 69% latch rate. They are entering the enemy cruiser now."  She puts her hand on her ear, as if listening to a com. "Sir, our part of this leach squad is ready to latch and follow after Pax on your command."

 

 [[ ...nice ]] 

"Let's latch on then. Proceed with the plan." 

[[OOC: Does Lazaren have a com of any kind? ]] 

 [[No, but you can ask for one]]

 "And Mave, do we have extra coms? I might need one." 

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"Phobos's gift is in range of our long range flank support, but not our high intensity short range yet. Commander Roque's leech squad is fighting against flank, but is doing well, with 16 confirmed infiltrations so far and a 40 percent latch rate. Commander Lazaren's squad is now departing, heading for the other high integrity Acros ship."

 

"Sir, our nukes are so far ineffective, as enemy flank shots per second are higher than average. If you want a decisive blow on the weakened ship, then blockade 2 would have to risk enemy close range HBR's to bombard the damaged ship with MEP's from its broadside cannons." [[MEP stands for magnetic explosive payload]] 

 

"Sir, we have regained coms with the rest of the fleet, but the Acros ships are making fast progress at blasting their way through the blockades and Phobos's gift."

 [[OOC: sorry for the delay]]

"Send a message-" says Garagas, "a secure message to Phobos' Gift. I want a status update from Victra as she should have a closer handle on what's going on with the Blockades." He pauses, "I also want the long-range flanks of these ships to go to protecting Phobos' Gift and the Blockades. Also send a secure message to Cassius to direct excess flank from the Logjams to protecting the Blockades&Gift."

[[OOC: We have the 3 Logjams with Cassius focusing on the two higher-integrity ships to keep their flank occupied with nukes. There's 4 ships focusing on the damaged one which is being further protected by the 2-high's flanks. And the Blockades are taking damage from the 2 high-integrity.

Also, what's the battlefield layout? Since I'm a little confused as to why it would have to be Blockade 2 to go in close. Here's roughly how I've been picturing the layout. 

 So part of me's thinking along the lines of a different ship that could protected via closer-range flank.]]

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"Phobos's gift is in range of our long range flank support, but not our high intensity short range yet. Commander Roque's leech squad is fighting against flank, but is doing well, with 16 confirmed infiltrations so far and a 40 percent latch rate. Commander Lazaren's squad is now departing, heading for the other high integrity Acros ship."

 

"Sir, our nukes are so far ineffective, as enemy flank shots per second are higher than average. If you want a decisive blow on the weakened ship, then blockade 2 would have to risk enemy close range HBR's to bombard the damaged ship with MEP's from its broadside cannons." [[MEP stands for magnetic explosive payload]] 

 

"Sir, we have regained coms with the rest of the fleet, but the Acros ships are making fast progress at blasting their way through the blockades and Phobos's gift."

 [[OOC: sorry for the delay]]

"Send a message-" says Garagas, "a secure message to Phobos' Gift. I want a status update from Victra as she should have a closer handle on what's going on with the Blockades." He pauses, "I also want the long-range flanks of these ships to go to protecting Phobos' Gift and the Blockades. Also send a secure message to Cassius to direct excess flank from the Logjams to protecting the Blockades&Gift."

[[OOC: We have the 3 Logjams with Cassius focusing on the two higher-integrity ships to keep their flank occupied with nukes. There's 4 ships focusing on the damaged one which is being further protected by the 2-high's flanks. And the Blockades are taking damage from the 2 high-integrity.

Also, what's the battlefield layout? Since I'm a little confused as to why it would have to be Blockade 2 to go in close. Here's roughly how I've been picturing the layout. 

 So part of me's thinking along the lines of a different ship that could protected via closer-range flank.]]

 [[OOC: I’ve seen this, and can’t wait to act out the coming scenarios, but it might be hard on mobile. I’ll get back to you both once I’ve got back home.]]

[[*So, how has this been going? I saw that Yondor and Vitus changed their locations. Does that have anything to do with this? Also, am I the only one who finds it hilarious that I started this campaign, and then immediately died? I'm like Steve Jobs, but faster...*]]

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[[*So, how has this been going? I saw that Yondor and Vitus changed their locations. Does that have anything to do with this? Also, am I the only one who finds it hilarious that I started this campaign, and then immediately died? I'm like Steve Jobs, but faster...*]]

 [[It's going good! Yondor and Vitus's new locations don't have anything to do with this, but their titles do. I don't necessarily find it hilarious that you died, but it is slightly ironic. You're welcome to join back, but you might have to do so with a new character after the practice war.]]

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As your ship weaves between the enemy flank, you have a few close calls, but are not hit.  Mave, who is the only other gold on this leach craft, begins to speak.

"Sir, Pax and his squad have connected with the enemy hull, with a 69% latch rate. They are entering the enemy cruiser now."  She puts her hand on her ear, as if listening to a com. "Sir, our part of this leach squad is ready to latch and follow after Pax on your command."

 

 [[ ...nice ]] 

"Let's latch on then. Proceed with the plan." 

[[OOC: Does Lazaren have a com of any kind? ]] 

 [[No, but you can ask for one]]

 "And Mave, do we have extra coms? I might need one." 

 Mave passes you a com. "That will give a direct link to Pax, and me, whenever you need to give orders."

Mave activates her com again. "All forces left in the air, prepare to latch on."  She looks back at you. "Anything you would like to say to the squad before we begin this? I can get you an announcement on their coms."

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"Phobos's gift is in range of our long range flank support, but not our high intensity short range yet. Commander Roque's leech squad is fighting against flank, but is doing well, with 16 confirmed infiltrations so far and a 40 percent latch rate. Commander Lazaren's squad is now departing, heading for the other high integrity Acros ship."

 

"Sir, our nukes are so far ineffective, as enemy flank shots per second are higher than average. If you want a decisive blow on the weakened ship, then blockade 2 would have to risk enemy close range HBR's to bombard the damaged ship with MEP's from its broadside cannons." [[MEP stands for magnetic explosive payload]] 

 

"Sir, we have regained coms with the rest of the fleet, but the Acros ships are making fast progress at blasting their way through the blockades and Phobos's gift."

 [[OOC: sorry for the delay]]

"Send a message-" says Garagas, "a secure message to Phobos' Gift. I want a status update from Victra as she should have a closer handle on what's going on with the Blockades." He pauses, "I also want the long-range flanks of these ships to go to protecting Phobos' Gift and the Blockades. Also send a secure message to Cassius to direct excess flank from the Logjams to protecting the Blockades&Gift."

[[OOC: We have the 3 Logjams with Cassius focusing on the two higher-integrity ships to keep their flank occupied with nukes. There's 4 ships focusing on the damaged one which is being further protected by the 2-high's flanks. And the Blockades are taking damage from the 2 high-integrity.

Also, what's the battlefield layout? Since I'm a little confused as to why it would have to be Blockade 2 to go in close. Here's roughly how I've been picturing the layout. 

 So part of me's thinking along the lines of a different ship that could protected via closer-range flank.]]

 "Yes sir, sending orders."  A few words are exchanged between the pilots as they work together to broadcast the orders securely.

The coms buzz, and Victra's voice rings through. "Commander, do you read? I heard you wanted a status report." 

[[OOC: Funnily enough, that great illustration of the battle you made is almost completely correct. The only difference is that the damaged acros ship is slightly nearer to the high integrity ones, and the Phobos gift/blockade formation is currently in more of a slant then a triangle. This means that blockade 2, which is at the end of the slant, is the nearest to the high integrity ships and so would be best suited to launch the MEP's.]]

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As your ship weaves between the enemy flank, you have a few close calls, but are not hit.  Mave, who is the only other gold on this leach craft, begins to speak.

"Sir, Pax and his squad have connected with the enemy hull, with a 69% latch rate. They are entering the enemy cruiser now."  She puts her hand on her ear, as if listening to a com. "Sir, our part of this leach squad is ready to latch and follow after Pax on your command."

 

 [[ ...nice ]] 

"Let's latch on then. Proceed with the plan." 

[[OOC: Does Lazaren have a com of any kind? ]] 

 [[No, but you can ask for one]]

 "And Mave, do we have extra coms? I might need one." 

 Mave passes you a com. "That will give a direct link to Pax, and me, whenever you need to give orders."

Mave activates her com again. "All forces left in the air, prepare to latch on."  She looks back at you. "Anything you would like to say to the squad before we begin this? I can get you an announcement on their coms."

 "Thank you," he says to Mave privately. "And sure, start an announcement." 

"Alrighty, listen up. These people, they think that we have no chance of defeating them. Except, that's not true. They want us to feel desperate. To feel like we have no choice. Because it's them who're trembling in their boots, knowing that we are coming for them. So let's show 'em our true selves. See you in the battlefield." 

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As your ship weaves between the enemy flank, you have a few close calls, but are not hit.  Mave, who is the only other gold on this leach craft, begins to speak.

"Sir, Pax and his squad have connected with the enemy hull, with a 69% latch rate. They are entering the enemy cruiser now."  She puts her hand on her ear, as if listening to a com. "Sir, our part of this leach squad is ready to latch and follow after Pax on your command."

 

 [[ ...nice ]] 

"Let's latch on then. Proceed with the plan." 

[[OOC: Does Lazaren have a com of any kind? ]] 

 [[No, but you can ask for one]]

 "And Mave, do we have extra coms? I might need one." 

 Mave passes you a com. "That will give a direct link to Pax, and me, whenever you need to give orders."

Mave activates her com again. "All forces left in the air, prepare to latch on."  She looks back at you. "Anything you would like to say to the squad before we begin this? I can get you an announcement on their coms."

 "Thank you," he says to Mave privately. "And sure, start an announcement." 

"Alrighty, listen up. These people, they think that we have no chance of defeating them. Except, that's not true. They want us to feel desperate. To feel like we have no choice. Because it's them who're trembling in their boots, knowing that we are coming for them. So let's show 'em our true selves. See you in the battlefield." 

 The com cuts out.

"Nice speech, cap."

Your ship, as well as the rest of the leeches, start connecting to the enemy cruiser.  There's a large shake as the magnets in your ship activate and pull you in, and a loud grinding noise as the laser cutters get to work. In 15 seconds flat, you now have a perfectly cut entrance into the heart of the enemy. You seem to be near the front of the cruiser, about 400 meters from where the bridge should be.

Your com buzzes again, and Pax's voice rings through. "Ship seems practically clear, must'a sent all their troops elsewhere. Should be no one to try and stop you making your way to the bridge, cap."

*I can't remember what colour I did Pax's speech before, so I gave him a new colour*

"Yes." says Garagas to Victra, "I would like a status report. As you're on Phobos' Gift and with the Blockades I figure you're the better on-the-ground source for the status of these ships. And as a question, do you need additional assistance of another ship's flank guns for protection or is the addition of our long-range flank sufficient for the time being?"

[[OOC: gonna take care of other task-items at hand in a later post; just getting something quick right now; thinking of the possibility of taking one of the 4 ships and getting it closer to the damaged one, but gonna mull that in addition with Victra report]]

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"Yes." says Garagas to Victra, "I would like a status report. As you're on Phobos' Gift and with the Blockades I figure you're the better on-the-ground source for the status of these ships. And as a question, do you need additional assistance of another ship's flank guns for protection or is the addition of our long-range flank sufficient for the time being?"

[[OOC: gonna take care of other task-items at hand in a later post; just getting something quick right now; thinking of the possibility of taking one of the 4 ships and getting it closer to the damaged one, but gonna mull that in addition with Victra report]]

 "The blockades seem fine, they're both at at least 80% integrity. The gift, however, is being targeted by basically everything the Acros fleet has. She's holding in there, with 48% hull integrity, but could use a little more flank support if you have any."

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The com cuts out.

"Nice speech, cap."

Your ship, as well as the rest of the leeches, start connecting to the enemy cruiser.  There's a large shake as the magnets in your ship activate and pull you in, and a loud grinding noise as the laser cutters get to work. In 15 seconds flat, you now have a perfectly cut entrance into the heart of the enemy. You seem to be near the front of the cruiser, about 400 meters from where the bridge should be.

Your com buzzes again, and Pax's voice rings through. "Ship seems practically clear, must'a sent all their troops elsewhere. Should be no one to try and stop you making your way to the bridge, cap."

*I can't remember what colour I did Pax's speech before, so I gave him a new colour*

 "Empty..." Lazaren mutters to himself. Then, using the com, "Proceed as planned. And stay on your toes. We don't know if they're trying to trick us or somethin'. Pax, get as close as you can to the bridge, then let us know if you run into anyone. We'll follow once you contact us." Lazaren orders everyone to exit the leeches, even the ones that will be waiting with him and Mave. 

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The com cuts out.

"Nice speech, cap."

Your ship, as well as the rest of the leeches, start connecting to the enemy cruiser.  There's a large shake as the magnets in your ship activate and pull you in, and a loud grinding noise as the laser cutters get to work. In 15 seconds flat, you now have a perfectly cut entrance into the heart of the enemy. You seem to be near the front of the cruiser, about 400 meters from where the bridge should be.

Your com buzzes again, and Pax's voice rings through. "Ship seems practically clear, must'a sent all their troops elsewhere. Should be no one to try and stop you making your way to the bridge, cap."

*I can't remember what colour I did Pax's speech before, so I gave him a new colour*

 "Empty..." Lazaren mutters to himself. Then, using the com, "Proceed as planned. And stay on your toes. We don't know if they're trying to trick us or somethin'. Pax, get as close as you can to the bridge, then let us know if you run into anyone. We'll follow once you contact us." Lazaren orders everyone to exit the leeches, even the ones that will be waiting with him and Mave. 

 Your orders are followed, and Pax moves forward.  A few seconds later, the com starts up again.

"We're at the door to the bridge, no hostiles in sight. Doors sealed, but we can probably get through."

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The com cuts out.

"Nice speech, cap."

Your ship, as well as the rest of the leeches, start connecting to the enemy cruiser.  There's a large shake as the magnets in your ship activate and pull you in, and a loud grinding noise as the laser cutters get to work. In 15 seconds flat, you now have a perfectly cut entrance into the heart of the enemy. You seem to be near the front of the cruiser, about 400 meters from where the bridge should be.

Your com buzzes again, and Pax's voice rings through. "Ship seems practically clear, must'a sent all their troops elsewhere. Should be no one to try and stop you making your way to the bridge, cap."

*I can't remember what colour I did Pax's speech before, so I gave him a new colour*

 "Empty..." Lazaren mutters to himself. Then, using the com, "Proceed as planned. And stay on your toes. We don't know if they're trying to trick us or somethin'. Pax, get as close as you can to the bridge, then let us know if you run into anyone. We'll follow once you contact us." Lazaren orders everyone to exit the leeches, even the ones that will be waiting with him and Mave. 

 Your orders are followed, and Pax moves forward.  A few seconds later, the com starts up again.

"We're at the door to the bridge, no hostiles in sight. Doors sealed, but we can probably get through."

 "Send out, maybe 5 scouts, to explore the ship. Give them coms, and instruct them to let us know if they find anything unusual." Lazaren says to Mave, and lets Pa know that this is happening, too. Using his com, he says to Pax, "Knock 'em down. We gotta find these cowards. Mave, the troops, and I are heading towards you now."