This doesn't sound like no retaliation.

Anytime you can clear out enemy troops early is good in my book.  I'd advocate for opening up earlier rather than later on the assumption that enemy reinforcements will be arriving anyway, and it's better to have a smaller number of the original wave around when that happens.

The concern I have is that Biggs is slow. I don't him to get caught in the flank and get separated from the squad. So he'll be waiting to shoot until his as forward as he can be.

I feel that.  I don’t have Sprint either to make my life nice...yet.  After I swap my heart out or loose both legs and get a pair of reverse legs like a Battletech Marauder mech then I’ll be good ;-)

I think that latter bit can be easily arranged :D

How long will it take you guys to run the 200m?

If I do nothing but run I cover 18m a round.  So I’ll take about 8 rounds to cover 140 meters till we get to right about the 60 meter mark where AC said we could get to and where Zilch is for that first post.

Long as I’m understanding everything right.

I suppose I could run ahead of y'all (at an average of 36m/round) and start semi-autoing 4 rounds ahead of you, in that case.  Or 5-ish rounds of run-shoot plus another 3 of semi-auto once I hit 60m.

Admittedly, since I think I'm the only person with the Hip Shooting talent (built for exactly this scenario), I guess the question is whether we think I can eliminate enough of the enemy shooting on the run to have a net benefit when the earlier reinforcements arrive.

I have hip shooting as well, and my Run action is 24. My Full move (what you use when you use Hip Shooting) is the Full move.

EDIT: To make things easier, someone just tell me when to start shooting.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:29, Wed 19 Sept 2018.

Two hip-shooting fools ain't bad...if we sync our run-and-shoot cycles, we'd have better odds of hitting *something* over the span and making it slightly easier once everyone else starts shooting.

Edit: so it'd be something like:
Round 1: Run
Round 2: Full move+single shot
Round 3: Run
Round 4: Full move+single shot

at this point we'd diverge as I'd almost have reached the target distance so I'd spend three more rounds Full Move+single shot or Run+2 rounds of aimed semi-auto

If Ghost does the run-and-shoot cycle with me, he'd be running only slightly behind Zilch (32m over 2 rounds vs 36m) so that's a fair amount of dakka he can get in before we hit 60m.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:44, Wed 19 Sept 2018.

Keep in mind, all I have is a normie Lasgun. And, you can only make a Standard Attack with Hip Shooting, as well. Melta is saved for big game.

Heh, maximal blasts count as standard attacks (which was my original intent when I took the talent).  The semi-auto wouldn't kick in until I hit 60m and have to wait for the rest of y'allz to catch up :D

I probably won't be using that setting here, however, unless Zilch spots something big.  Now, if only we'd managed to acquire a plasma cannon earlier, *that* would be fun.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:56, Wed 19 Sept 2018.

When I get home I’ll roll the Medicae for Two-Bit and Sleepy and toss it here.

Also, Jansen told us not to fire a weapon. Just saying.

18:11, Today: GSN 1610311843 rolled 87 -- 2 degrees of success using the Only War system with a target number of 100 with rolls of 87.  Medicae Sleepy.
18:11, Today: GSN 1610311843 rolled 83 -- 2 degrees of success using the Only War system with a target number of 100 with rolls of 83.  Medicae Two-Bit.

Sleepy was heavily wounded so there would be an extra -10.  So she is healed 6+1 for 7 wounds.  Two-Bit is healed for 6+2 for 8 wounds.

Okay, so what am I doing here? Also, Zilch, what's your Intelligence bonus? I don't get the Paranoia bonus that you Zakurians have.

Yeah Jack moves at the same pace as Zilch, so he'll close to the target area.

Zilch gives a +6 int bonus instead of your agility bonus, so it's your other initiative bonuses +6

Jack's got it almost right.



So it's his Int bonus of 6 plus one more for a total of +7.  You forget the extra one from the talent itself.  So worst case scenario you're rolling 1d10+7 or if you're like most Zakurians 2d10+9 drop the lowest 1.  It's like Tearing for Initiative having Lightning Reflexes :-D

22:34, Today: GSN 1805141731 rolled 8 using 1d10+7 with rolls of 1.  Initiative.

ahahahahahaahahahahahahahah

Does anyone have strong opinions about not shooting until we hit 60m?  Jansen said to hold fire until after the airstrike, so my intent is to start shooting immediately after that.

I have reservations from an OOC perspective, but I don't think Biggs has the time to share his opinions IC.

Do what you think is right and wwe'll deal with the consequences.

You'll have time, my first round is spent running rather than shooting (to get inside 180m).  The IC post I made was composed before I knew we could start shooting at 200m instead of 60m, so you could have Biggs yelling, "Wait, don't!" or somesuch.

Jack'd rather get close to the area we need to hold and set up some basic firelines, before alerting the horde of our precise location. But each person will do as they do.

Yes, and I was half-hoping for a brief moment where Jansen has to struggle between cursing you for disobeying or silently praising you all for ensuring that the mission goes forward. Ultimately his orders fly out the door once you’re discovered so there’s no harm in shooting at any time.

Also, “may bring reinforcements” isn’t definite. If your kill count is big enough in the first few rounds to convince the hive mind that a battle of attrition within the bowels of the ship is preferred to open slaughter in the pines, then that is what will happen.

And really...

8 rounds of Zilch running to get to that roughly 60m range takes him all of about 40-45 seconds.  How much ‘extra’ time they have to adjust and send more troops is going to be limited by time itself.

Alrighty then, shooting like a maniac it is.

Should I be rolling these "free" shots as group for those 8 rounds it will take Zilch to get to 60m?