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[PiotraperPL]

Fifteen credits?! You must be joking, that sort of thing would be worth much more than that. I'll pay you 30cr for it.

Well, Stirk was first to ask, and our engineers did not manage to salvage anything, so that junk is not really worth anything to us.
And I think that 15cr is a reasonable price. Look at it this way: Pocket Laboratory costs 70cr. And that's the combined cost of building equipment, building materials, equipment designed for !!SCIENCE!!, various chemicals, nerds to populate it with and a lifetime supply of safety glasses^_*. 15cr for a piece of broken machinery might be even too much.

^{* - safety glasses are too cool to not have a lifetime supply of them}

Piotraper (and everyone else for that matter): Council nations are willing to buy extra-terrestrial and supernatural artifacts, so if none of the players want it, you've still got a buyer in them. Occasionally the council will even issue requests for certain things, which they will pay extra money for.

Alright. If Council nations are willing to buy these alien corpses, I'm okay with it, but triple the price for them (and don't tell them that is a tripled price, because that might make them angry). We are doing our best to make the Earth safe, and we need that money to actually make it safe.

[FelixSparks]

If you ever get your hands on some alien tech, lemme know, alright? Gotta keep my boys armed. And the women too, can't forget them.

[Stirk]

ET tech is corrupted heresy. Better of just putting it in a warehouse with everything else.

[Taricus]

No such thing as heresy. We don't follow any organised religions. as for ET tech, I wouldn't mind a few samples of the more easily replicable stuff.

[Stirk]

No such thing as heresy. We don't follow any organised religions. as for ET tech, I wouldn't mind a few samples of the more easily replicable stuff.

Money is god. Bow before it.

[Kashyyk]

Cool. Got about half the turn written up, just waiting on Xvareon now.

Felix asked about Holy Water: one unit costs 5cr, and can be given to units as is where they will use it essentially as holywater splash grenades. It can also be used as an ingredient in other things (such as Whitewater's Omnibullets).

Taricus brought up a memorial idea. Give me some fluff, and I'll provide a price and a suitable effect for honouring your fallen.

[FelixSparks]

Let's got for 20 units of Holy water, and send Hydroblade with 2, for emergencies. 15 will be kept at base, and 3 units will be studied later.

[Taricus]

Man, I was just planning a service, not a whole monument. But hey, I'll roll with it.

[Xvareon]

I've split this turn into actions and purchases to make it a little cleaner. Hope it helps.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

"The Farm" (Pocket Laboratory) is to proceed with Shapeshifter Autopsy. I expect a report by the end of the month.

Inform the lead engineer that the new Pocket Workshop "The Foundry" is to be specialized for the production of ammunition (seriously, was "Silver Bullets" not enough of a hint?). Give him everything he needs to ensure that we can manufacture both conventional and specialized ordnance on demand as quickly as possible. I plan to expand said workshop later to include heavier ordnance like aircraft cannon rounds and grenades, but let's stick to small arms rounds for now. We need the capacity to outshine common military forces ASAP.

Since we can create blueprints for things that are well-understood, I task "Splodeyville" (Pocket Workshop) with designing a blueprint for High-Capacity Magazines -- I would like the soldiers to be able to have at least 45 rounds to an assault rifle clip, if not more, since it seems like it's gonna take a hell of a lot to bring down most of the things we come across. This should be fairly simple to do, because things like drum magazines for SMG's and shotguns already exist. Please ensure that the design is modular enough to be quickly adapted for different sizes and types of bullets, as well.

Storm-One is to work as close as possible with other agency forces in the field to exterminate the werewolf threat. Share weapons and ammo if they have to. Any infected individuals from the werewolf attack should be put under strict surveillance, and killed the moment they start showing signs of turning. Any info on how quickly the infection spreads (if there is indeed one, which I'm fairly sure there is) will be most valuable. HOWEVER, they are NOT to be let out of sight once night falls. The last thing we want is werewolves behind our line and flanking us. Storm-One should also have someone try to make a necklace or some sort of decoration out of a werewolf tooth; trophies like that can usually be sold as valuable collectibles, and they're also a good reminder that seemingly supernatural beings like that are, in fact, mortal, and can be killed. The outbackers may like to try their hand at this.

Run an unscheduled simulation at FADE headquarters, in which Ranger-One and Ranger-Two will be judged for their response time and unit cohesion by dropping whatever they are doing, preparing their weapons and kit, and coming to the main Dropship/transport hangar ASAP. If they manage to react quickly, equip themselves in a timely manner, and not leave any of their squadmates behind while they're at it (this would include aiding them with finding and equipping their kit, or supplying spares of their own to save time), they will be informed of such and extolled for their prowess. Should they be found lacking (like if one guy forgets his pistol), they may require additional review before being assigned to any major combat operations.

Send one Secret Service operative to London to act as FADE's representative there, showing that we have a vested interest in countering the threat of shapeshifters in their government. This operative should attempt to dig up any information on other possible suspects, and apprehend or kill one if possible.

Spoiler: Purchases/Construction/Expenses (click to show/hide)

Order construction of a Hangar, Small Laboratory, and Small Workshop at FADE headquarters. (Total: 50+125+100 = 275cr)

Hire an additional Infantry Squad (Ranger-Three), Special Forces Squad (Storm-Two), and 12 Crewmen. (Total: 20+50+48 = 118cr)

Forget repairing the IFV for now; we probably can't handle that outside of the base, anyway. Instead, let's see if we can order a UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle) heavy infantry weapons platform, nicknamed "Big Momma" and armed with a heavy machinegun (85cr, 7cr/m). It wouldn't be able to carry any soldiers, but it's ideal for the kind of urban or close-quarters operations we seem to find ourselves in now. Think of it like buying infantry, except you get one very powerful soldier instead of a squad. It would require a crewman back at base to operate in the field, or someone on site who can control the drone remotely. It's perfect for everything from bomb disposal to room clearing, and modular enough to suit our needs at the drop of a hat. Think of the SHIVs from XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

GRAND TOTAL: 275+118+85 = 478cr, 35+12+7 = 54 cr/m

[Taricus]

When is the update going to be finished by Kashyyk?

[Xvareon]

I feel I should point out, Taricus, that FADE doesn't really see a point in selling non-field tested blueprints for a computerized tactical helmet that hasn't even entered production, yet. God only knows how many glitches we might have to iron out before it's actually released.

[Taricus]

That's fair enough, I can wait for the system to be tested and certified.

[Kashyyk]

When is the update going to be finished by Kashyyk?

Sorry, I've had a busy few days. It should be up by wednesday though.

[Kashyyk]

Spoiler: RTC (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 830cr
Income - 595cr
Expenses - 570cr
New Balance - 855cr

Buildings
Small Lab "The Library"
Small Workshop "The Forge"
Medium Barracks
Hanger x2 "The Stables"
Small Airstrip

Units
Arthur – Combat-Oriented Agency Leader
Special Forces Alpha - Hostile Ground, Hit-and-Run
Special Forces Beta – Unshakeable
Infantry Alpha – Elite
Infantry Beta – Line-Breaker, Survivalist
Crewman x5
Secret Agent x2
Dropship "The Steed"
Dropship "The Mare"
HydroBlade

Available Hanger Space: 0

Resources and Equipment
Vampire Ashes
Standard High Cal Ammo x20
Holy Water x20
Gene Sampler (Vampire) x3

Spoiler: Whitewater Inc (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 828cr
Income - 895cr
Expenses - 858cr
New Balance - 865cr

Buildings
Medium Laboratory
Medium Workshop
Small Airstrip
Hanger x2
Small Barracks

Units
Dropship
Main Battle Tank Alpha
Main Battle Tank Beta
Main Battle Tank Gamma
Crewman x16
Special Forces Alpha
Special Forces Beta
 
Available Hanger Space - 0

Resources and Equipment
UFO Alloy x1
Killbot Wreck x1
KS-23K Shotgun x30
KS-23K "Shrapnel-25" x30
Werewolf Corpse x9
AA Quad-Cannon x1

Spoiler: AMSOU (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 400cr
Income - 650cr
Expenses - 643cr
New Balance - 407cr

Buildings
Medium Barracks
Medium Workshop
Medium Laboratory
Large Containment
Hangar x3

Units
Special Forces Alpha
Special Forces Beta - Defy Death
Special Forces Gamma
Dropship "Thunderstruck"
Dropship "Lightningcrash"
IFV "Beagle"
Crewman x5
Secret Agent x3

Available Hanger Space - 2 Medium Vehicles

Prisoners
Werewolf Victim x6

Resources and Equipment
Book of Berahthraben
Combined Tactical Armour x30
Standard High Cal Ammo x30
Werewolf Corpse x16

Spoiler: E-TAG (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 390cr
Income - 665cr
Expenses - 540cr
New Balance - 515cr

Buildings
Medium Workshop
Medium Laboratory
Small Barracks
Small Airstrip
Satellite Uplink

Units
Special Forces Omega-One - Toughened
Special Forces Omega-Two - Hardened
Crewman x10
Interceptor "Hornet 1"
Dropship "The Queen""

Available Hanger Space - 2 Medium

Resources and Equipment
Military-Grade Metals x8
Electronics x8
Roswell Prime Corpse x1
Roswell Servant Corpse x2
Roswell Pistol x1
Roswell Alloy x8
Damaged Roswell Nav-System x1
Roswell Power Source x1
Combined Tactical Armour x10

Spoiler: FADE (click to show/hide)

Finances
Previous Balance - 484cr
Income - 895cr
Expenses - 976cr
New Balance - 403cr

Buildings
Pocket Laboratory "The Farm"
Small Laboratory
Pocket Workshop "Splodeyville"
Pocket Ammo Workshop "The Foundry"
Small Workshop
Medium Barracks
Hanger x2
Medium Airstrip

Units
Infantry "Ranger-One"
Infantry "Ranger-Two"
Infantry "Ranger-Three"
Special Forces "Storm-One" - Basic Tracking
Special Forces "Storm-Two"
Crewman x15
SS Agent x2
IFV "Badger" 40cr repair cost
Interceptor "Paradigm-1"
Interceptor "Paradigm-2"
Dropship "Devil Fish"
HWP "Big Momma"

Hanger Space Deficit - 0

Resources and Equipment
Shapeshifter Corpse x1
Small ischemic storage unit x1
Werewolf Corpse x9
Fresh Werewolf Teeth x1
Fresh Werewolf Saliva x1
Fresh Werewolf Claw x1
Werewolf Victim Blood Sample x1
HWP Heavy Machinegun Mod x1

Phase 1 Results

Spoiler: RTC (click to show/hide)

Built Hanger
Acquired Dropship "The Mare"
Acquired Infantry "Alpha" – Veterans of countless engagements, these soldiers were the Elite division of their home regiment
Acquired Infantry "Beta" – Skilled at both breaking through fortified defences and surviving in the wilderness without support for extended periods of time. Line-Breaker, Survivalist

Acquired Holy Water x20
Acquired Gene Sampler (Vampire) x3 (The workshop is unfortunately a little too small to get such complicated items built quickly)

Research Completed: Swords of Legend – After a deep and in-depth study of legends, myths and other stories, requiring repeated trips to the local library and very specific google searches we have found three swords that we believe are nested in some form of truth. Specifically, Excaliber, Uriel's Flaming Sword and Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi. We will need a more detailed study of each individual sword before their location can be surmised however.

Finally the head of RTC, codenamed Arthur, has been officially cleared for active duty. As an individual, he is highly skilled in everything his Agency may need him to do, but his speciality is combat. Guns, swords, you name it. He's better than you with it. One thing to remember however, if he is ever killed in action it will be a severe set-back for the Agency until a suitable replacement can be brought up to speed.

Spoiler: Whitewater Inc (click to show/hide)

Acquired Main Battle Tank "Gamma"
Acquired SS Agent x2
Acquired AA Quad-Cannon
Main Battle Tank "Alpha" and "Beta" fully repaired
Killbot Wreck purchased from E-TAG for 15cr

Research Omnibullets progresses well – Your lead scientist assures you that these bullets will be effective against anything susceptible to Silver, Wood or Holy Water. If any additional materials are required later, then the design will have to be modified.

Spoiler: AMSOU (click to show/hide)

Acquired Large Containment
SpecOps "Alpha", "Beta" and "Gamma" fully reinforced
Acquired IFV "Beagle"


Research Werewolf Autopsy Complete – As you could guess the body is highly resistant to every known compound or element other than Silver and Holy Water. There appears to be an untraceable presence within the body that resists all other objects. Fire is also particularly effective. The internal organs are almost identical to that of a human's in both form and DNA. The hide is very different however, but still contains traces of Human DNA. The mutated gene has been identified however, and it is now possible to produce a Gene Sampler that can detect the werewolf gene when provided with a sample.

Research Werewolf Interrogation progresses well. Whilst technically not an interrogation, as the subjects are perfectly willing, another month of study will be enough to complete the report.

Spoiler: E-TAG (click to show/hide)

Built Satellite Uplink
Killbot Wreck sold to Whitewater Inc for 15cr
Acquired Combined Tactical Armor x10

SpecOps "Omega One" gained trait – Toughened
SpecOps "Omega Two" gained trait – Hardened

Research Roswell Alloy progressing well. The composite is unlike that ever seen before, and as such needs another month of work before a full report can be compiled.

Research Roswell Power Source progressing slowly. The Roswell aliens are far beyond us in terms of power generation, and as such, this power source will require several more months of concerted effort.

Engineering study Roswell Pistol stalled. It would appear the aliens are powering their weapons with a minituarised version of the Roswell Power Source. The rest of the pistol seems to follow the same structure as a conventional firearm. As a weapon, it is very effective, able to put small holes in the armour plating used in our Main Battle Tanks with worrying regularity. Once we have an understanding of the power source, we will be able to work on converting the design to our own ends.

Engineering Study Missile-Lock II Complete – As we have no idea how the UFO was able to jam the Missile-Lock, we have instead chosen to let the Missile-Lock detect as many different wavelengths as possible, including Infrared, the Visible Spectrum, Gamma and the electro-magnetic Spectrum. Hopefully this will mean that if a certain spectrum is jammed, the system will possess an unjammed one.

Engineering Study damaged Roswell Nav-System progressing poorly. It would appear the Nav-System has some sort of internal power supply, and we have no idea how to access it to provide an external one without damaging the sample further. The User Input has been damaged as well, but we have managed to rig our own input system. Unfortunately we are working with an Operating System that we have never encountered, written in a Programming Language we have never encountered, based in an Alien Language we have never encountered. Therefore we have no idea how long this will take, or how much progress will be made before the internal power supply runs out.

Spoiler: FADE (click to show/hide)

Built Hanger
Built Small Lab
Built Small Workshop

Hired Infantry "Ranger-Three"
Hired Special Forces "Storm-Two"
Hired Crewmen x12

Purchased Heavy Weapons Platform "Big Momma" – An unmanned fighting vehicle, about the size of a small car, it is remotely controlled by a crewman. HWPs can be quickly modified at the base to fit multiple roles, including anti-personnel, recon and bomb disposal. Costs 85cr, and an additional 30cr/m

Research Completed Shapeshifter Autopsy – In death, the internal organs are almost indistinguishable from one another, as if they were reverting back to a 'Stem Cell'-like state. There is a slight trace of human DNA, but it seems to be generated as part of the shapeshifting process. It would be possible to test for this marker, and as such a Gene Sampler blueprint has been designed. With more research it may also be possible to improve our knowldge of medicine and possibly design gene mods for our soldiers.

Engineering Study Extended Magazines – It was quite simple to double, and in some cases, triple the ammo capacity of the magazines. The real challenge was to make it ergonomic enough to be of use. This was achieved with a modification of the box mag used with some heavy machine guns.

Both squads performed well during the drill. The Majority of Ranger-One and Two arrived within a minute of each other, with the stragglers from Two arriving half a minute later. Two minutes after that, the last three members of Ranger-One arrived. On investigation one of the three had misplaced the key to his kit locker, and so his squadmates had helped him break into it. The squaddie got admonished for causing his buddies to be late and potentially costing the agency money, but they were congratulated for their resourcefulness.

Current Technologies and Blueprints

Spoiler: Known Threats (click to show/hide)

A Fire Wizard has taken control of a small town in Egypt. He has the locals enslaved and is using them as hostages to prevent the Egyptian Military from acting. They have asked you to intervene. Intelligence reports say his force consists of fire elementals. They also speak of a resistance group within the region.

In Australia a pack of werewolves have been attacking villages and towns before retreating into the outback. They have been severely weakened, but are still a significant threat.

Mysterious disappearances have also occurred in Siberia, Sao Paulo and Dusseldorf. The authorities are out of their depth, so have asked you to investigate.

During an audit of the councils expenses, it was discovered that certain individuals had been siphoning funds. The matter has been resolved, and all agencies have been credited the correct amount.

Alert! A number of hostile vehicles of unknown design or origin have appeared in the outskirts of Novosibirsk. Latest intilligence suggests there are seven such vehicles, and the Russian Military are responding in force, however they have requested assistance and emphasised their weight in the council.

Alert! A UFO has landed in Hubei province, China. The design is nothing like the previous UFOs encountered, and is significantly larger than the Roswell Ship recovered last month. Expect a strong presence.

Spoiler: Traits (click to show/hide)

Traits can be gained during missions & through training. You are more likely to gain a trait if money is invested in training. Most traits come in tiers, for example Hardened, Toughened and Unshakeable. They each do the same thing, but naturally the higher tier is better.

Spoiler: GM Note (click to show/hide)

As always, if I've missed something, let me know.

[FelixSparks]

Dibs on russia! I will post an action plan when I am home.