In reply to Danielle Bell (msg # 955):

I tried to run a Savage Robotech game here in RPOL and a combination of my lack experience with the system and COVID killed it.

One of the biggest issues on RPOL is the GM’s. If the GM flakes or ghosts from a game it just utterly sucks. Especially after as a player you’ve put a lot of time and effort into creating a character.

https://twitter.com/ina_p_pok/.../1545676051577458691

Aksa, I had to watch that several times just to catch all the awesome.

Thanks for sharing.

It was my pleasure.

I thought it was pretty cool. :)

I wonder if I should wait to post until the others have posted to see if we can save some missiles until the real fight?

Well, the incoming missiles are for Flught 3 and Katana flight (backed up by the EW birds). Aksa's 1st Flight and your 2nd flight are attacking that last enemy support craft.

In reply to Aksa Tikkanen (msg # 963):

Wait, I thought it was only shooting down missiles now? Did I read it wrong?

There is one remaining 'Large Support Craft'.

Aksa assigned Flights 1 and 2 of the VTs to try to take that one out. Katanas and VT Flight 3 are on the missiles.

Basically, the incoming missiles are out of range of Flight 1 and 2's short range munitions. Aksa would rather not waste more potent munitions. (You are correct that we need to save missiles for a real fight, but the regular Starstrikes (the non nuclear version) will just tickle an enemy craft, but are perfect for shooting down a missile. However, that option is not available to Flights 1 and 2)

So, in Aksa's thinking, lets kill that support craft, which is dangerous in it's own right, and by killing it fast we keep it from launching more missiles at us, which will force us to use more of our dwindling supply of ammo.

Now... Flight 3 and Katana flight are in range with their little Starstrike missiles (non nuclear version) and the Hunters have CIWS lasers. So, I figure, between all of that, the ECM Jamming from Spyglass and Fisheye, and chaff and flare from everything, should hopefully be enough to kill the enemy missiles.

Also, IIRC, if the Jamming is successful the enemy missiles lose their +8, making them all that much easier to hit and or fool (ECM will blind the missiles radar, leaving them to rely on heat which flare's can counter.

Meanwhile Aksa is hoping to saturate the enemy support craft with a bunch of normally useless non nuke Starstrikes with a few nuclear versions mixed in. The enemy has to honor that threat because it doesn't know which little ones are nukes and which are not. So having to shoot at all, Aksa hopes that will tie up the enemy point defense enough for some , or really just 1, nuke to get thru.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:27, Wed 13 July 2022.

Flight 3 is split up. 1 bird is with flight 1, another with flight 2 and Archer is closest to the enemy support craft is near Katana Flight.

Well, true, but as you said, they are in transit to Each Flight 1 and 2, so that gives Jun and Kotila a crack at the enemy incoming as they form up on Flights 1 and 2. At least, that was my read of that situation.

I'm not sure how to read this.

Archer's flight had to split up in order to take care of anything that launched from the three ships.

Ah, ok...

I guess my situational awareness missed that. I thought they were still back with Katana just locked onto the smaller craft and launched from back there.

They were firing the nukes, and thus had to get closer

Copy,

That tracks.

https://twitter.com/buitengebi.../1547656981002956806

How's everyone doing? Good I hope.

Good, just doing summer travels so posts are a bit slower than usual. I’ll be back to normal in two weeks or so.

I’ll post IC here sooner than that, though.

I'm also fine :) And so is you I hope?

Doing Well.  Started a diet Monday due to not only my weight but my A1C  Went up from 7.9 to 9.4 so the doc and my wife insisted it was time.

In reply to Aksa Tikkanen (msg # 975):

My family is fine! We are on vacation as well right now. We are at a cousin's wedding in Sudbury Ontario, nickel mining capital of the world and home to the world's largest replica nickel coin. Then back for a couple days, then off on a weeklong Alaska cruise where internet is basically non-existent as you pay for it through the nose.

Tony

Reminds me of a mechanical issue that occurred with the VF-4 Viper’s in one of my Robotech games here on RPOL.

https://youtu.be/H8arCugOLk4

Indeed!

In reply to Darkside Trooper (msg # 980):

These guys videos are great!

Tony