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[Andres]

I altered my last post a fair bit. Probably worth checking out if I do say so myself.

[Again_Dejavu]

((You. I like you.))

[Kansa]

Lilly gave one last look around at her team-mates.
"Do we continue sir?"

[Stirk]

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The commander would have to go in-between a horde of titans every time he went to get new recruits. Based on his reaction at losing some of them, it's a wonder he hasn't gone insane from losing so many kids.

Obviously, he has gone insane. There was never any HQ to start with. He was leading them to their deaths the whole time!

Any new recruits would have to make their way to the HQ, which as we've seen tends to promote high mortality rates (eaten, suicide, crashed into a tree) and above-average (for Scouts, even) levels of PTSD/outright insanity.

Exactly! Mechanically, he promised the Scouts actions and chose to deliver this way. So new scouts get to fight right out of the get-go. We haven't lost any walls yet this AU, so where else are the scouts supposed to fight?

> Assuming the base is big and obvious enough to attract Titans.

I think it was based on the "Former Scout HQ"

The Scouts probably couldn't make the walls as big as the main Walls, which may allow the surrounding Titans to damage it. Repairing the walls would require the titans to be killed off (cannonfire requires ammunition and is loud enough to attract titans, and manual killing is dangerous and also requires gas and blades), wall-repair materials to be available, a large chunk of time would need to be reserved to repair it, and it could be risky even with all the requirements met:

In all likelihood, they just used a castle that was already there. No need to build a new one.

But yeah, in real life building a headquarters in enemy territory would be stupid. Story wise, it lets all the scouts get into fights right of the bat. They could have gone on a different mission, but then wouldn't have gotten to stay in HQ if they succeeded.

[Yourmaster]

"I can't say I didn't try." Get into positon

[kj1225]

Kyle sighs and scratches the back of his head.
"Eh... I'm no good at this.... forget I said anything."
Kyle stands up.

[Chromatic Wasp]

((Andrea, you make me feel like such an idiot XD))

((The HQ was based on the former Scout HQ. I don't know why they built it out there either, but the way I see is the advantage being they have a place to stop on long-distance missions.))

((I'm not going to be able to do much for the next couple of days, because Real Life. Sorry about that.))

((Hold is going to be how long you can maintain position as a Titan. Think of it as like a gun- there are only so many bullets.))

"You wanted to kill a Titan, didn't you? Now's your bloody time!"
Get into position.

Result: 9

((Instead of a normal disadvantage, just scroll down a bit.))

"I can't say I didn't try." Get into positon

Result: 9

Erik and Alex collide in midair, landing together on the Titan's head. The Titan begins trying to shake you off.

((Am I with Erik and everyone else, or with Tobias and everyone else?))

((You're with Tobias and them.))

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Michael
Gender: Male
Agility: 1
Execution:2
Awareness:0
Discipline:1
Rage:-1
Garrison

Gah! If I can't even keep my cool here, how will I ever survive a Titan attack?

"I....I....I forgot to test fire the cannon! I am so embarrassed that I am blushing! How will I ever know if all the work I put into it means anything if I don't test fire it!?"

....Come to think of it, is anyone watching this? Because I might be required to shoot them later.

She just sort of stares.

Starn is totally watching this trainwreck, and if he wanted to blackmail you over it, I wouldn't stop him.

Kyle sighs and scratches the back of his head.
"Eh... I'm no good at this.... forget I said anything."
Kyle stands up.

She grabs your arm. "Please...Don't leave me alone."

[kj1225]

Kyle looks surprised but stops and sits down next to the girl.
"I'm Kyle by the way."

[Stirk]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Michael
Gender: Male
Agility: 1
Execution:2
Awareness:0
Discipline:1
Rage:-1
Garrison

Starn, that jerk! Sean would have just quietly vanished until called upon! I miss Sean....

On to more pressing matters....

....My mind still blank, I just kind of stare back. I quickly decide that saying literally anything would make this situation less awkward, and open my mouth to let whatever comes out come out.

"Fire the cannons!"

..................I was wrong.

"......I mean, I must go fire the cannon! Right now. Before we need it. I could use a loader...."

[Again_Dejavu]

Taking advantage of his location, Erik attempts to execute the Titan.

[Yourmaster]

Dig into the titan's head to hold on

[Salsacookies]

(Gonna drop out, I don't post in this enough. Good luck you

[Andres]

((Hold is going to be how long you can maintain position as a Titan. Think of it as like a gun- there are only so many bullets.))

((So Hold is basically gun bullets. That makes sense considering that Tacticians use Hold as well.))

((I don't know why they built it out there either))

((Wow they actually built a castle? A castle in the real world would've taken about a decade to build and that's with ample access to resources and dedicated labourers. The HQ must've taken decades to build due to logistics. Unless of course I "misread" and they just found the castle which just so happens to look like the old HQ (actually not very unlikely. Castles weren't all unique works of art after all.) ))

-snip-

((This is hilarious. XD))

((Is the slave trade active in this universe? If so then that's something you can get the MP Players to deal with.

This game is really fun to read (despite the plot holes) so don't be discouraged by my nitpicking. I think I might even join after the next update maybe. Don't worry, I won't play a Tactician.  ))

EDIT:

Spoiler: MORE THEORYCRAFTING (click to show/hide)

The base that eventually became the HQ used to be safe because of the Tall Trees and low-to-no Titan activity around the area, making movements between the HQ, other bases, and the Walls fairly risk-free. It's only now because of the Über Titan that more titans have started appearing. This makes sense because, again, Commander Tobias would've gone mad ages ago if recruit casualties were always this high. He obviously hasn't so casualties must've been pretty low up until very recently. If I've read everything right the Über Titan only started showing up very recently as well so the likelihood that these two events are tied is very possible. It manages to solve a lot of plot holes and could possibly give a long-term goal for Scout Players (kill the Über Titan). It would obviously be very difficult seeing as it's half the size of the Colossal Titan, but Players don't choose to play Scouts because it's easy.

[Chromatic Wasp]

((Your theory is now canon.))

[blazing glory]

Kick a stone out of boredom.