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1 hour turns (current)

3 (21.4%)

5 hour turns

5 (35.7%)

Day turns

4 (28.6%)

Other

2 (14.3%)

Total Members Voted: 12

[kingfisher1112]

Solona Malokov: Forgot me turn sky.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

 6 scouts
2 cruisers, strafers, and steamers
1 supply ship, 1 civilian ship, 1 seeder and 1
lumber clipper (Damaged)

[Skyrunner]

I would say a single tile being worked on by a single 'worker' ship would take a day to complete. So three workers on a tile would take .33333 turns to complete a building, I suppose. I'm probably going to change my mind / think up something better, but it's this for now.

@kingf - What do you mean? >.>

[Doomblade187]

A poll is going to go up about whether you like the 1 hour turn, the
5 hour turn, or the day turn. I'm curious about how touthink the pacing is.

Deciding factor should be how long things take to build. I've seen orders be issued for things to be built but I haven't noticed anything be completed yet. Current pacing feels fine, but I think we'd rather not have to wait a real time week for a building to be built.

Exactly- turn length should be based on what's going on at the time, so when it's fast-paced, like right now, we have one-hour turns, and when things are calmer, we go to longer turns.

[IronyOwl]

Yeah, I think the pace depends on what we're doing. If we're waiting for the crops to ripen or something, hour-long turns are going to be too slow. If we're slowly exploring a dangerous landscape filled with ambushes, day-long turns might gloss over too many details.

Incidentally, can we transmit to the entire fleet, or does it have to be a specific target?

[Skyrunner]

If you read turn.. .2, I think, you can see the Imperial ship transmitted its ultimatum to the whole 9 fleets.

[kingfisher1112]

I have no idea how close my clipper is to being repaired.

[IronyOwl]

Salavev De Ravenov, Black Chrysanthemum


Transmission to all ships:

Attention all refuge vessels of the former Empire, this is Salavev De Ravenov, captain of the Black Chrysanthemum and commander of the Ravenov Task Force. We are currently heading due south to establish an outpost further afield. Please relay your general intentions and intended areas of operation, and please transmit important findings, needs, and changes in plan as they occur. General coordination and proper communication and visibility is essential to our success here. Ravenov out.

[kingfisher1112]

Response to Transmission:
This is Solona Malokov, task force commander. We have sustained

[Doomblade187]

Entren Armeni

Response to message:

"Hello there Salavev. It's been a while since I last saw you. Anyway, down to business. I've headed to the west of the cluster of forest to settle, but not in the hills. Take this as a friendly tip: don't land in the hills without making sure that a piece of wood won't rot away- I lost a ship to that, and all the crew melted. But anyway, good luck with your settlement, and feel free to ask if you need help.

Signing off, Entren"

[LordBucket]

vessels of the former Empire

: I appreciate the vote of confidence, captain.


Also...turn edit: I just realized that lumber clippers are the construction ships, not merely gatherers. As such, I've changed:


* Dispatch lumber clippers and one ship with medical facilities to rendezvous with Solana Malokov's fleet. Aid their wounded, and join them in harvesting operations once they're taken care of.
 * Construction ships are to begin work on a ship construction and refit facility.

to this:

* Dispatch one ship with medical facilities to rendezvous with Solana Malokov's fleet to aid their wounded.
* Construction ships are to begin work on a ship construction and refit facility.

[Evil Marahadja]

Jamnans turn

"Sir, the imperial fleet have opened fire...."
Captain Tatarev was speechless, it have only taken a few hours before conflicts had emerged. He had the closest fleet in range, he had to do something.
"Everyone to battlestations. This is not a drill, prepare to engage hostile forces.
However, he still had a crucial decision to make. Who to side with....
"This is commander Tatarev to Azalyn Kementari, we will flank their fleet and hopefully neutralize their fleet without to much casualties on either side. I do hope I am doing the right chooice here, I assume that you won΄t kill any civilians, nor hurt the royal family? Tatarev out."

All frigates, battleformation. Follow me and attack the imperial ship. All frigates (And Dragonfly) will:
Priority 1: Take out there main guns.
Priority 2: Move into boarding position.
Priority 3: Take out any remaning guns.
Boarding party, prepare to engage hostile forces. Move and secure the bridge.
Artillery, start firing ASAP
Arcane ships, try to reduce enemies shields.

Transmission to everyone: I suggest we all share scout reports and map-data, is that acceptable?

Spoiler: Fleet (click to show/hide)

14 civilian ships, with 250 people each, for a total of 3500 people.
8 scouts
4 cruisers
4 supply ships with 700 supplies each, for a total of 2800 supplies
3 seeders, which can enact large scale terraforming to make the land suitable for farming, or mass plant seeds. Holds 300 seeds each
3 lumber clippers, which can construct buildings. Holds 300 building materials.
2 strafers
2 ping dynamos
1 steamer, with 100 fuel
1 arcani, with ten mages

Spoiler: base
(click to show/hide)

Current civilians (3500)
Supplies (2800)
[Civilian dwelling in progress at (4,5), farm creation in progress at (4,6) and lumbering (1,5)] [Perimeter guard is set up]

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

Name: Jamnan Tatarev
Gender/Age: Man 25
Appearance: Blue eyes, short brown hair and a rather skinny body. Usually dressed in his pilot uniform. He also have a few burn marks and scares over his body from old battles.

Background: An engineer and pilot at heart. He have served the fleet most of his life and gladly do so. He is quite obsessed with "glory" and "honor" and would rather die than fight another day. His flagship , the Dragonfly is a customised Frigate he built himself. He have an unhealty love for his ship, and to insult it, would probably make Tatarev challenge the poor man in combat.

Skills : Ship Research, Ship to ship combat, Ship construction, Leadership in battle.
Natural Magic : Life.

Flagship name: Dragonfly
Flagship type: Military, Military (Frigate class)

[Haspen]

//I think that 5 hours per turn is nice, if not day per turn. As far as I noticed, we have magic and kind-of advanced technology, so it would be easy to build something in one day (5 turns), I think?

[EagleV]

"Send message to Armeni: [Scouts report you are losing ships, but couldn't see how or why. Need help?]"
"Broadcast the following: [Temporary research outpost around Coordinates -12, 2. Scouts are exploring hills further west.]"
"Send to the scouts, they should head straight west from now."
"I want every non-scouting ship on the ground. Everyone sleeps in his cabin for now, food and research are priorities. I want one large farming plot, and some tiny plots to try different combinations. Small ones first. Clipper Joseph, leave cargo here and get some trees, need to test wood before we build."

Spoiler: Sergej Genja (click to show/hide)

Name: Sergej Genja
Gender/Age: Male, 61

Appearance: Sergej looks even older than he is - bent back, thin, but long, white hair, a croocked nose in a wrinkled and pockmarked face, and two dull brown eyes which show the misty onsets of cataract. His left arm is nearly completely limp, but he slightly conceals this by always having his left hand in the pocket of his stained labcoat. Instead of hobbling, he prefers to use whatever swift transport is avialable, both outdoor and indoor, and he is often seen moving around in a jury-rigged weelchair.

Background: Even though age has left some slight marks on his memory, Genja is still one of the more brilliant minds of the civilization. He worked on the rift project before the abberations, and hundreds of research projects before that. Often neglecting or ignoring the personal or mundane, he is in a constant state of curiousness to everything he does not understand completely - which is way more than he would ever admit.
Apart from science, he absolutely clings to efficiency. If he loses his keys, he searches for them in a predefined grid pattern. If he moves somewhere, he takes the shortest and fastest route possible - admiring his surroundings is a waste of time, he would probably not know what buildings border the road to his lab. He always has a notebook at hand, and if he has to wait for something, he is always scribbling equations or theories, or simply solving mathematical problems to keep his mind sharp ("and efficient!") He rarely speaks, but if he does, it's a quick ramble, condensing as much information as possible into a short burst of sounds.

Skills : Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Engineering
Natural Magic : Earth

Flagship name: Mephisto
Flagship type: Speed, Scout

Spoiler: Fleet (click to show/hide)

   
14 civilian ships
8 scouts
4 cruisers
4 supply ships
3 seeders
3 lumber clippers "Joseph", "Stephen", "Samuel"
2 strafers
2 ping dynamos
1 steamer "Gabriel" (Fuel: 100/100)
  - Plant Experiment
1 arcani

1 Flagship "Mephisto"

3500 civilians
10 mages
2800 supplies
900 seeds
900 building materials

[Lillipad]

"Sir, the imperial fleet have opened fire...."

Except for the fact that this never happened.

[Evil Marahadja]

"Sir, the imperial fleet have opened fire...."

Except for the fact that this never happened.

I was assuming that that will happen a few moments after Azalyn Kementari opens fire. I might be wrong, Kementari might be able to destroy all their cannons at once, although that chance is quite small. We are doing turns by the hour, of cource. I could react a few moments after Azalyn opens fire.