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[Draignean]

Oh. Right.

Well, that's because I almost gave you Wreth's resources, and I got most of the way through before I realized things were terribly, terribly wrong, but I'd already ticked that on my checklist.

[Doomblade187]

I would rather we direct the AIM die to the Topaz Lance, unless that would limit our Crystal bank.

[Kashyyk]

If we want to launch the Causinae this year, we'll need 18 crystal. So we could put two dice into lances, but we'd have to choose between Topaz products and the Medium Core.

Conversely, we could finally build a bunch of hanging gardens at the demi-spires. For 2 of each cows we increase our crystal output by 1. If we did nothing with our crystal and ore but build gardens we can deploy 8 of 15 to our demi-spires, increasing our crystal output even more.

We seriously need to increase our ore output.

[NAV]

I think we should focus all efforts for the next couple turns to to building a battlebarge and filling it with troops and landing at Three Captains. The sooner we accomplish that the sooner we can move the blockading ships. We already have most of the topaz stuff necessary for the barge.

We should probably make a tactic for landing under fire or landing sneakily behind enemy lines.

[Kashyyk]

I imagine they've designed some sort of defensive tactic as well by now, so I would quite like to improve our offensive ability as well. Either taking another look at long range grenades (be it grenade-bows or something else) as well as an offensive tactic as powerful as bait-and-strike.

[Talion]

We haven't tried a rifle grenade yet.

[Talion]

[3] Battle Barge (2 dice, 4o, 20w) + AIM (1 die) + Hold 2 dice: Kashyyk, NAV, Talion

[BBBence1111]

[4] Battle Barge (2 dice, 4o, 20w) + AIM (1 die) + Hold 2 dice: Kashyyk, NAV, Talion, BBBence

[NAV]

We haven't tried a rifle grenade yet.

Great idea, shoot grenades out of a glorified grenade! If the musket fails (which it will) it won't just kill you but your whole fireteam!
(In case you can't tell I am actually in favour of this. It would be an amazing counter to their cannons. Just feel sorry for any soldier issued the weapon.)

[Doomblade187]

We haven't tried a rifle grenade yet.

Great idea, shoot grenades out of a glorified grenade! If the musket fails (which it will) it won't just kill you but your whole fireteam!
(In case you can't tell I am actually in favour of this. It would be an amazing counter to their cannons. Just feel sorry for any soldier issued the weapon.)

((We have considered crossbow-launched grenades before.

Also we could build small ballistas and use them to kill cannons.))

[NAV]

Considered? We've tried that revision twice!

Hmm. Could we revise a big witch-hunter, fired from tripod, treated as crew-served instead of personal weapon? Might be worthwhile. If only to get a form of artillery from revision instead of design.

[Doomblade187]

On the other hand, we could leave the sniper weapon until the Lance is done, as Helmacon suggested.

And humans move a lot slower than airships, making the time of contact much more reasonable.

[helmacon]

Giving a squad or 2 grappling gear means they could make full use of flanking tactics even during an initial assault. Additionally, we could have a skiff or 2 use strafe infrastructure before deploying to create a safe landing zone at the very least, so we aren't landing under fire.

Regardless of thier state of preparedness, using our ambush tactic should put us on near even terms. It doesn't work as a true ambush, but it should mean that our men are within grenade throwing distance when the battle starts, which should be all we need to deal with any defenses they might have, and might even kill a cannon or two.

I would expect about even losses using said strategies.  Without equipment upgrades, I don't think we could get it much better than that.

[Draignean]

Battle Barge
Progress: 8/8 (3,4)

The Battle Barge blueprints are finalized, stamped with the seal of approval, and the testing hull is relinquished to military use. Then, and only then, are the engineers allowed to scamper back to working on the Lance project.


AIM
Progress: 8/27 (2)

Engineers working on AIM, despite it being an interesting project, are still unhappy that they aren't working on death beams. Progress is made, but it's hardly what one would hope for.


Spire Kasgyre's Production stands at
13(+10)/y Crystal, 24/115 Banked
17/y Ore, 13/85 banked
19/y Wood, 70/95 banked
10/y Silk, 37/50 banked

It is now the revision phase. You have 2 dice to spend.

Imperial Topaz will be available in the production stage.

Spoiler: Projects (click to show/hide)

Viper Production Line: 1/35 | 7C + 5O + 5W + 2S, +15 From any combination of any resource | Rushed 0 Times | Nothing Invested
Vertical Envelopment 2/10 | 3 from each of COWS + 4 from Any combination of COWS | Rushed 0 times | Nothing Invested
AIM (Special Project) 8/27 | - | Rushed 0 times | Nothing Invested
Lance Crystals: 1/25 | 3 Crystal | Rushed 0 Times | Nothing Invested

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

The Calm: The calm is a region of the aerosphere with almost no wind beyond fleeting turbulence, and absolutely no aetheric currents. It's frigidly cold, and filled with fine red 'snow' that barely moves. Traversing it with a conventional vessel is impossible due to the lack of energy to fuel the lift and trim crystals.
The Everstorm: As the name suggests, the everstorm is a region of the aerosphere dominated by an enormous and eternal thunderstorm. It's a chaotic region of raging winds and surging aetheric energy that manifests in terrible bursts of prismatic flame. No conventional vessel could hope to survive the nightmarish storm conditions.


Kasgyre Territory

Blackstone
Marine Presence: K 0/14 |  W 0/14
Territory: 4/4 | 0/4
Resources: 1C, 5O, 2W, 0S
Conditions: Rocky, large caverns, very dark

The Hive
Marine Presence: K 0/10 |  W 0/10
Territory: 4/4 | 0/4
Resources: 1C, 2O, 1W, 4S
Conditions: Spider Nursery, narrow and twisting tunnels

Glowcove
Marine Presence: K 0/20 |  W 0/20
Territory: 4/4 | 0/4
Resources: 1C, 2O, 6W, 1S
Conditions: Verdant galleries, significant bio-luminescence


The Belt

Three Captains
Marine Presence: K 0/20 |  W ?/20
Territory: 0/4 | 4/4
Resources: 1C, 6O, 2W, 6S
Conditions: Kinetoluminescent Ores, Heavily Infested

Wrackspire
Marine Presence: K 0/12 |  W ?/12
Territory: 0/4 | ?/4
Resources: 3C, 4O, 4W, 2S
Conditions: Unstable Aetheric Phenomena, Broken Spire

Burned Mountain
Marine Presence: K 2/24 |  W ?/24
Territory: 1/4 | ?/4
--->Marine Squad Siegward: Aetheric Pistols (3/4) | Witchhunters (2/4) | Aetheric Grenades (1 per squad)
--->Marine Squad Siegmeyer: Aetheric Pistols (3/3) | Witchhunters (1/3) | Aetheric Grenades (1 per squad) [75%]
Resources: 1C, 10O, 1W, 0S
Conditions: Inexplicably Molten Core, Hundreds of narrow tunnels and small galleries.

The Unfinished
Marine Presence: K 0/45 |  W ?/45
Territory: 0/4 | ?/4
Resources: 8C, 0O, 6W, 2S
Conditions: Unfinished infrastructure, Massive open rooms and halls.

Spoiler: Ships (click to show/hide)

RKNV Ophidian - Viper Class
Loadout
1 Communications Officer
1 Vanguard Cannon (forward Mount)
8 Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [6 front, 2 rear]
2 Sections Light Copper Armor
1 Medium Core Crystal 
1 Small Basic Lift Crystal
8 Trim Webs
4 Trim Crystals
6 reams of webbing
Location: Three Captains
Status: Shipshape

RKNV Anguis - Viper Class
Loadout
1 Communications Officer
3 Light Topaz Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [2 front, 1 rear]
5 Light Aether Cannon+ (Kettlegun) [4 Front, 1 Rear]
1 Topaz Vanguard Cannon (Front)
2 Sections Light Copper Armor
1 Medium Topaz Core Crystal 
1 Small Topaz Lift Crystal
10 Topaz Trim Webs
2 Topaz Trim Crystals
6 reams of webbing
Location: Three Captains
Status: Shipshape

RKNV Viperidea - Viper Class
Loadout
1 Communications Officer
10 Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [8 front, 2 rear]
Bronzewood Hull
2 Sections Light Copper Armor
1 Medium Topaz Core Crystal 
1 Small Topaz Lift Crystal
6 Topaz Trim Crystals
8 Trim Webs Bronzewood reinforced
6 reams of webbing
Location: The Hive
Status: Shipshape

Canary - Skyskiff Class (x1)
Loadout
Communications Officer
2 Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun).
1 Very Small Basic Core Crystal
1 Very Small Basic Lift Crystal
4 Trim Crystals
2 reams of webbing
Location:  Three Captains
Status: Shipshape

Natalies - Skyskiff Class (x3)
Loadout
Comms Officer
2 Light Topaz Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun)
1 Very Small Topaz Core Crystal
1 Very Small Topaz Lift Crystal
4 Topaz Trim Webs
2 reams of webbing
Location: Three Captains
Status: Shipshape

Dionysus - Transport Class
Loadout
Comms Officer
1 Small Topaz Core Crystal
1 Small Lift Crystal
2 Topaz Trim Crystals
1 ream of webbing
Carrying: 0/6
Location: Burned Mountain
Status: Shipshape

One Eyed-Will - Skyskiff Class (x1)
Loadout
Communications Officer
2 Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun).
1 Very Small Basic Core Crystal
1 Very Small Basic Lift Crystal
4 Trim Crystals
2 reams of webbing
Location:  Burned Mountain
Status: Shipshape

Natalies - Skyskiff Class (x2)
Loadout
Comms Officer
2 Light Topaz Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun)
1 Very Small Topaz Core Crystal
1 Very Small Topaz Lift Crystal
4 Topaz Trim Webs
2 reams of webbing
Location:Burned Mountain
Status: Shipshape

Natalie VIII - Skyskiff Class (x1)
Loadout
2 Light Topaz Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun)
1 Very Small Topaz Core Crystal
1 Very Small Topaz Lift Crystal
4 Topaz Trim Webs
2 reams of webbing
Location: Spire Kasgyre
Status: Shipshape

RKNV Causinae - Viper Class
Loadout
1 Communications Officer
10 Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [8 front, 2 rear]
Standard Hull
NO CORE CRYSTAL
1 Small Standard Lift Crystal
12 Standard Trim Crystals
6 reams of webbing
Location: Spire Kasgyre
Status: DRYDOCKED, NOT FLIGHT CAPABLE: Requires Core

Spoiler: Goods Stockpile (click to show/hide)

Topaz Gauntlet x1
Topaz Pistols x1
Topaz Grenades x1
Topaz VS Core x1
Topaz VS core
Topaz S Lift x2
Topaz Trim pair x2
Topaz Medium Core

Battle Barge Hull x1

Spoiler: Infantry (click to show/hide)

Marines x20

Current Technology

[Kashyyk]

Awesome.

Hey Draig. Do we have to transport Hanging Crystal Gardens out to our demi-spires, or can we just build them there?

My suggestions:

Grenade Bolts round three. Or if you guys think that's throwing too much at the same dead end:

Grenade Sling - Slings have been used since Neolithic times on Earth, so it should be very simple to both produce and train our marines to use. With a bit of practice, they should be able to reliably launch grenades many times further than they can be thrown.

Specialised Lance Crystals - Lance Crystals are a completely new concept, so there are naturally going to be inefficiencies in the production line. Improved chemical baths, alterations in the vat temperatures as well as refined growth mediums produce a higher number of satisfactory crystals. This should drive down the cost of the weapon primarily, and potentially making it less likely to violently self-destruct when quenched.