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[Andres]

Interrogate prisoners on Procedure 61 and other procedures. Get checked in the medical bay for any microchips in our brain that could cause us to become a Manchurian agent or something. Fix the security key. Ask engineering about armouring the Telemachus with regular alloys.

+1

Mostly +1, but um... microchips in our brain?

While reading the Uarks talk about our revolution I thought it was accidentally getting beamed into our brain via microchip. I kept reading and it turned out to be wrong but you can never be too sure.

[evilcherry]

Interrogate prisoners on Procedure 61 and other procedures. Get checked in the medical bay for any microchips in our brain that could cause us to become a Manchurian agent or something. Fix the security key. Ask engineering about armouring the Telemachus with regular alloys.

+1

Mostly +1, but um... microchips in our brain?

While reading the Uarks talk about our revolution I thought it was accidentally getting beamed into our brain via microchip. I kept reading and it turned out to be wrong but you can never be too sure.

Don't think the Uarks are that dumb. Perhaps a Mayday call was fired off by the Uarks before their base fell into our hands.

[Andres]

Interrogate prisoners on Procedure 61 and other procedures. Get checked in the medical bay for any microchips in our brain that could cause us to become a Manchurian agent or something. Fix the security key. Ask engineering about armouring the Telemachus with regular alloys.

+1

Mostly +1, but um... microchips in our brain?

While reading the Uarks talk about our revolution I thought it was accidentally getting beamed into our brain via microchip. I kept reading and it turned out to be wrong but you can never be too sure.

Don't think the Uarks are that dumb. Perhaps a Mayday call was fired off by the Uarks before their base fell into our hands.

So you're saying we shouldn't check our brain for any Manchurian chips? That's not very genre-savvy of you.

[evilcherry]

Interrogate prisoners on Procedure 61 and other procedures. Get checked in the medical bay for any microchips in our brain that could cause us to become a Manchurian agent or something. Fix the security key. Ask engineering about armouring the Telemachus with regular alloys.

+1

Mostly +1, but um... microchips in our brain?

While reading the Uarks talk about our revolution I thought it was accidentally getting beamed into our brain via microchip. I kept reading and it turned out to be wrong but you can never be too sure.

Don't think the Uarks are that dumb. Perhaps a Mayday call was fired off by the Uarks before their base fell into our hands.

So you're saying we shouldn't check our brain for any Manchurian chips? That's not very genre-savvy of you.

This kind of checks might be sensible but not very sensitive in this situation.

Plus we fully expect them to know our attack, just not in advance.

[Sheb]

Yeah, we could have done that earlier. So we need to grab that laser beam intact...

Is there any other sort of AA defense in Prime? I guess that big anti-capital ship isn't fast enough to track our Darts.

[The Froggy Ninja]

Interrogate prisoners on Procedure 61 and other procedures. Get checked in the medical bay for any microchips in our brain that could cause us to become a Manchurian agent or something. Fix the security key. Ask engineering about armouring the Telemachus with regular alloys.

+1

Mostly +1, but um... microchips in our brain?

+1

[Kashyyk]

I assume there's a similar set-up to where we are.

[Chiefwaffles]

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Guard Prisoners - Support: 1
Interrogate Prisoners on Key - Support: 1. Skipped due to not being useful.
Interrogate Prisoners on Procedures - Support: 4
Inquire about armoring Telemachus w/ Reg. Alloys - Support: 4
Investigate head/brain (in medbay) - Nonconsequential Action; Support: 3?
Fix Security Key - Support: 4

"...and in response to your request, we cannot properly armor the Telemachus against anti ship weaponry with regular alloy. Regular Alloy is best used for the structure of the ship. We use specially made armor plating to armor the hull, and would need to find some to armor the ship."
"Adding on regular alloy plating would just increase the mass of the ship. It protects fine against most infantry weapons, but it can veery easily be penetrated or melted by any actual round designed to combat a ship." Hensen calmly states as you wonder how the hell he keeps on bursting in on these things.
"Advanced Alloy is out of the question as well. It just isn't designed for usage as armor. It's just the issue of its structure."
You close the comms uplink as you walk over to the automated medical station. The Telemachus has an automated Medical Station inside the barracks, designed for diagnosing injuries and dispensing first aid. Larger ships have actual medbays and human doctors, but the Telemachus didn't get fitted with one. You start a basic scan of your head.

"ERROR - CLEARANCE LEVEL NOT VALID"
[Knowledge Roll: 2] Huh. Strange.

Later, after setting up a guard routine for the prisoners and ordering Lip to do some more interrogation, you get contacted by Donnely again.
"Alright. The key's ready to go. We used 2u of advanced alloy and 2u of crystal wiring to do so. We modified it to fit into any U.E.F. armor's short-range console uplink, so the person it's fitted to should be able to access restricted Uark consoles nearby."
2u Advanced Alloy, 2u Crystal Wiring consumed. Functional Security Key acquired.
Just as Donnely shuts off her link, Lip comes on. "Heey, Captain. Finished the second round of interrogation. Got one to crack again. I have no idea where your question came from, but the interrogated person told me that they overheard talk of Procedure 61 over the comms in the brief period between our attack of that patrol and the assault of the base. [Knowledge Roll: 1] He heard something about a soldier platoon. As for the concept of procedures in general, they're mainly plans made to deal with various situations as they arise, so the Uark commanders can act fast in a situation. I'll keep interrogating the others. I may crack them yet."

[Pencil_Art]

So, some real bad rolls.

[evilcherry]

In two days.

Aside from the bad rolls, what we precisely won't like are human wave attacks - they yield nothing useful, yet as hard to deal as anything.

Try to reengineer the AAs so they can at least shoot on land-based targets. The darts should start to run regular sorties to spot any land-based threat.

Otherwise try to fortify the place.

[Andres]

In two days.

Aside from the bad rolls, what we precisely won't like are human wave attacks - they yield nothing useful, yet as hard to deal as anything.

Try to reengineer the AAs so they can at least shoot on land-based targets. The darts should start to run regular sorties to spot any land-based threat.

Otherwise try to fortify the place.

+1. Also, manchurian chip confirmed. Ask Lip about not having access to the ship. We should also scan for any nearby Uark consoles. Who knows, maybe it'll give us access to the laser, the shipyard, some ground-based turrets, or maybe we can get some blueprints or an enemy troop count.

[evilcherry]

Actually I might digress but I guess we should not develop too much on the Manchurian chip/agent idea. I guess forumites are more interested in actual combat and 4x.

[Chiefwaffles]

Actually I might digress but I guess we should not develop too much on the Manchurian chip/agent idea. I guess forumites are more interested in actual combat and 4x.

Spoiler: Spoiler? (click to show/hide)

The "manchurian chip" as you reference it is something more of a second story people can pursue on the side, if they wish. The focus will remain on what it was before.

Basically a second story.

[Chiefwaffles]

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Configure AAs to aim against land targets: +2 Support
Dart patrol against land-based threats: +2 Support
Fortify HMC: +2 Support

The engineers get to work on attempting to modify the perimeter AA defense while the marines oversee the general fortification of the HMC by the civilian miners.
The morning two days later is fairly uneventful. Hensen reports in, stating "Captain, the progress has been good. The third division just fini-"
ERROR - COMMUNICATIONS MALFUNCTION
ERROR - CANNOT LOCATE SIGNAL
Alarms start going off - the communications were jammed and you just lost contact with the control center and your officers.

...

"Hensen! Did you know the communications are being jammed?"
"Yeah, I gathered." you annoyingly state as you quickly walk through the streets to the control room. Once you arrive, you're greeted by a worried looking Lip.
"Bad news. Sensors show we've got hostiles surrounding the HMC. I estimate about an hour before we can have visuals on the invaders. Appears to mostly be land."

You've got an hour to prepare the HMC against hostile forces. Luckily, the engineers were able to modify the AA turrets to fire against land targets. They're not accurate, but they're good for crowd control and perhaps nearby vehicles.
What do you do, Hensen?

Spoiler: Defense Grid (click to show/hide)

ALERT - Unknown hostiles approaching by land. ETV: 1 hour.
Options:
Broadcast System - Broadcast a message to all buildings and EVA suits with connected communications
AA Uplink - Fire at any target located over the HMC with at least 2 AA turrets, or a target near the HMC borders' with at least 1 AA turret. Can fire at land targets.
Long-range Communications - Send a long-range message to anything in the Galaxy with a decent speed. (1 Use?) ERROR - COMMUNICATIONS JAMMED
Landline Communications - Send a message to anywhere on the moon.
Shipyard Uplink - Access to the orbiting shipyard's systems, making hacking easier, but not definite. (1 Use?) ERROR - COMMUNICATIONS JAMMED
Sensors (Passive) - Detects any enemy ship in the local area. Can be configured to detect different types other than enemies.

Spoiler: Storage (click to show/hide)

At Telemachus:
168u/200u Regular Alloy
14u Mining Charges
19u Advanced Alloy
17u Crystal Wiring
Utility Slicer

At HMC Control Center:
Armory: 21 sidearms left
Functional Uark Security Key

Spoiler: Personnel (click to show/hide)

At Control Center:
Officer Hensen:
--Battle Suit, Rapid Laser Rifle.
Officer Donnely:
--Light Combat Suit, Energy Revolver
Officer Lip:
--Light Combat Suit, Energy Revolver

3 Trained Marines:
--Light Combat Suit, Laser Marksman Rifle
32 Recruits:
--Uark Light EVA Armor, Uark Projectile Assault Rifle
29 Recruits:
--Mining EVA Suit, Uark Projectile Sidearm


4 Uark Soldier (Prisoner)
--Located at Mining Equipment Shed, can't escape?

Spoiler: GM Note (click to show/hide)

I skipped time ahead because it was getting menial. As for the Hensen gimmick thing, you can switch back to being the Captain whenever you want, but communications will still be severed.