Re: War Games
Cerise listens to everyone's final comments and suggestions, then signals that its time to head out with a final upload of maps and notes about what is known about Invid Hives, Brains, and troops. "Ok, thank you all for your input, I think I've devised a strategy that will make a maximum balance between operational success and a chance to escape. The distraction team will consist of all of the fast flyers except the evacuation alpha-beta combo; that will be piloted by Batgirl and Air. The distraction team will split into smaller squads and use hit and run tactics to harass stalks, utilizing their speed and maneuverability to stay one step ahead of the Invid. Remember, you're trying to generate as much noise as possible; destruction isn't the goal here, but drawing as much resistance away from the Hive as possible is. Once you get the signal that the infiltration team is evacuating, you will turn your cloaking systems on and evade or destroy any remaining pursuit, then return to Hyena and evacuate. K'Chek will be the main command for this team for this operation, but, since you'll all be in different groups, you'll probably need lots of individual leads to keep things coordinated, especially since part of the point is to be random and unpredictable to the enemy. If the Brain ever starts to corner you, switch from hit and run to just run; keep what you can away from the Hive, but don't allow yourself to get stuck in a toe to toe fight.
The remainder of us will head down the hole. Cyclone units will load onto the beta and only deploy once we're in the Hive and have made contact with the enemy, Sillia, you will as well. I've laid out optimal pathways on the maps, depending on where we enter the Hive. We have two possible objectives; the power core or the Brain. Either one fulfills out mission objective, which is to disable the Hive shield. Everyone going down the hole should make sure they are loaded for a fight with Invid; for example flares/decoys should be protoculture flares. I'll do the same. Severian, Xavier, and Sillia, be ready to utilize your special talents to fight these Invid. Severian, also please be ready to try to aid our escape with your invisibility spells. Keep in midn that we'll be forced to leave mecha behind, and that we're going to be pretty crowded in the Beta for the evac; avoid taking anything down that you wouldn't want to leave behind. Reader, you're going to act as my Ex-O for this team, in addition to being squad leader for Banshee. Everyone listen for her command; don't hesitate to follow it. As much as possible, save your missiles until we know for sure if we're going after the power core. If we can rig them to detonate they're probably our best bet for making the explosion more damaging, and even if we can't we can use them on the power core to weaken it or try to breech it.
If the resistance in the Hive is simply too strong, we may need to utilize Severian's invisibility to get a small group into the power core and attempt to blow it up. I believe that, though, is a last option, as I believe escape would likely become impossible, at very least for that group of infiltrators."
OOC: Instead of my normal mini-missile load out, I'll bring all Plasma for this attack, including the full reload.
edited to reflect changes discussed in OOC
This message was last edited by the player at 15:06, Thu 06 July 2017.