Art of Domination Thread 04

Ecue me but which cryo artillery do you keep talking about ? did I miss smethin ?

Because if you mean the long range missiles (who happen to have crio warheads among others), as far as I understand, they're free (since they are bild and bought entirey with civilian support or almost ?) but they're only built only one at a time, one per week. and we won't have the first one ready till next week at best.

>What is our RP at? I'm thinking of Spectrum-Shifting Shields, but the artillery might be better.

18 900 RP left.

Here are the details:

We spent 267 900 RP worthof troops first

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4 Blood princes fighter craft
(4*10800 =43200)
20 sonic swaters
(20*1800=36000) (we already have 10, that put us to 30)
8 skyshadows
(8*4500=36 000) (we already have 2 s that put us at 10)
32 APCs
(32*1800= 57 600) (on top of 8 that puts us at 40 total)
20 Sahela-9 Rapid Combat Vehicle
(20*450=9000) (put us a 30 total)
30 sonic mechs
(30*600 = 18000) (remember we have 50 of them already, so that tops at 80)
2 reaver gunships
(2*7200 = 14 500) (we have 3 of them, that give us five)
5 hunter drones
3 laser drones
(5*2700=13 200) (3* 3800=11 400) (we already have 5 Hunter Drones and 3 Laser Drones already, that put us a 10 and 6)
10 seekers drones
(10*900=9000) (we had 10 we go to 20)
10 bataillons
(10*1000 = 10 000)
+Hire 2 BOTAS PMC
(2*5000= 10 000)

(43200+36000+36000+57600+9000+18000+14500+13200+11400+9000+10000+10000 = 267900 RP spending )

remains: 95770 rp

5 void spheres (5*30= 150 AS)
3 vigilance orbs (2*20 = 40 AS)
2 portal wagon (1*20= 20 AS)
(puts us at 3)
5 phantomatic repeater (5*2 =10 AS)
4 usurper knights (4* 20=80 AS)
1 Truth extractor (1*5 AS)
1 Overmind armor (1*15 AS)
Two abyssal artilleries to the mix at 24 AS

Remains 16 AS

then

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You carry out the plan. The weather machine does its work, and the air clears. 20,000 RP is spent, leaving 75,900 RP in reserve.

You can see the transports still pumping out the smoke, but they’re now visible to attack. You see Bodyjackers also pouring out of those transports. You quickly order the construction of 30 SID clusters, 10 Savior Drones.

75 900- 30 000-27 000= 18 900

Yeah, it's not much left from 363,670 RP at the start of the day . My my that was an expensive day.
We bought a lot of troops and the use of the weather machine and building SID on the fly for Cadrow killed what funds had been intend to be left in reserve for research. I sorta take responsability for that
(No regrets, tho, both the SIDS and weather machine did their job great and all those troops we bough before the battle are still standing, leaving us a large reserve for our invasions)

That said:

4) A donation drive campaign and war bonds will be offered to civilians after this operation. Good thing Vora now has a reputation for fighting atrocities.

(Sparing the historic stadium will increase civilian financial support to your cause)

and financial support to your cause will be increased if the hotels remain standing

We have raised the possibility of a civilian finacial suport campaign. So some additional RPs should be comming in in te next days i game. Since you saved both Cadrow hotel district and the Stadium we can expect some bonuses.

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I'd jsut lke to remind also that thre ere some reserch options presented before the battle as well.

RESEARCH PROJECTS YOU CAN BEGIN:

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Laser Urchin: 10,000 RP
Effect: Imagine a flying orb, able to move at near-supersonic speed, with laser cannons pointing in every possible direction. That is essentially the Laser Urchin. The only real weakness is that it requires a recharge after 20 minutes in combat.
Estimated project completion: Week 8, Day 4.

Laser Tank: 10,000 RP
Intended Result: More efficient and safer to drive than the Volcano Tank, the Laser Tank is designed to be a modern combat vehicle that can engage at extreme range. While the Laser Urchin can shoot in every direction, the Laser Tank is more heavily armored and its onboard generators can last for days.
Estimated project completion: Week 8, Day 1.

Bionic Brigade: 30,000 RP
Intended Result: A battalion of troops with implants that allows them to interface seamlessly with weapons systems. The current version of the Bionic Brigade will be armored in a combat suit bristling with more firepower than the average soldier can carry, but without sacrificing mobility. The Bionic Brigade can be upgraded once new insight is discovered.
Estimated project completion: Week 8, Day 6.

Titanium Ally: 40,000 RP
Intended Result: An autonomous quadrupedal unit that functions as an escort and fire support platform for infantry. The Titanium Ally carries an artillery piece and is impervious to small arms fire, capable of running at 90 km/h. It is programmed to perform hit-and-run strikes on enemy units if separated from a combat group.
Estimated project completion: Week 8, Day 6.

Swarm Intelligence Drones Mark 2: 10,000 RP
Intended Result: An improved version of the SID, as they are graceful enough to perform tasks any infantry unit can do and now impervious to small-arms fire.
Estimated project completion: Week 8, Day 1.

(Rainhar's Projects)

Laser Rifle Detectors
Intended Result: The enemy's laser weapons can be detected up to 600 metres. The device will allow our infantry to be aware of the presence of enemy laser rifles and pinpoint their locations. The Laser Rifle Detectors will also be attached to our Seeker Drones.

Estimated project completion: Week 8, Day 3

A Billion Effing Nightmares
Intended Result: Amphibious Hexapedal Battle Robot that requires a crew of 1,000. Gives massive artillery support for troops on land and at sea. Maximum artillery range: 300 kilometres/186.411 miles.

Estimated project completion: ETA Week 11 Day 5.

Since we're increasigly talking of land inasion of egion 1 and 2 with all their underground facilities and indoor stuff, can'thep but feel th laser urchinsoe improved SIDs looks pretty good and cheap.

And the titanium ally is both a good infantry suport (and a gloomy has said we are a very infantry based force) and a nice field artillery option, we don't have a huge lot of those.
(artillery vehicles with the black hole artillry from the author forge, some heavy balsitics with the needefishes missiles and those long range missiles artillery and of course lots of air support, airstrikes and even orbital bombardement but mortars and light movable artillery options are somewhat lacking)

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Aslso last but not least, Rp arent our only resource.

We have 16 Author forge points let from the 400 before the battle. We wer still waiting for 500 more from all the clean up at chaos bed.... And now Cadrow is littered with dead Petenders and bodyjackers on top of it.

Mayu:
How many more author forge points can we expect from that clean up ?
And how long will it take ?
Can we speed the proces ? Maybe send all uor sonich mechsfor a da ? (you may remember we had rudimetary arme intaled on all of them as an upgrade) and a few batallions who earned a borring erepeitive relativly safe task ? Use some civillian auxiliairies ?)