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[NAV]

I'm not opposed to sending a small force to distrupt them. But not a large or well equipped one, and not our fleet. Because we need that to reinforce Three Captains. The only thing we gain from landing at Unfinished is distruption of Wreth resources, and a small landing party should be enough to accomplish that.

[Rockeater]

Trim Turret Gearing: (5) NAV, Kashyyk, banelord, Jerick, Rockeater

[NAV]

Since we have a consensus for the revision, I am posting my plans for finishing upgrading our fleet.

Notable Notes:
-Finished new viper, named Booidae
-Distributed topaz kettleguns among 3 good vipers
-Upgraded all of Viperidae's trim webs to topaz
-Gave prototype lance cannon to Viperidae
-Can't afford much if any topaz stuff this turn. Probably limited to a single trim crystal, kettlegun, pistols, or grenades.

Spoiler: Changes to make: (click to show/hide)

Remove 2 topaz kettleguns (1 front, 1 rear) from Anguis
Equip 2 kettleguns (1 front, 1 rear) to Anguis

Remove 2 kettlguns (front) from Viperidae
Equip 1 topaz kettlegun to Viperidae
Equip prototype lance cannon to Viperidae
Remove 8 trim webs from Viperidae
Equip 8 topaz trim webs to Viperidae

Construct bronzewood viper hull with medium mount (5o, 18w)
Christen new hull "Booidae"
Construct and equip copper light frontal armour (6o)
Construct and equip 6 silk reams (12s)
Equip topaz medium core
Equip topaz small lift
Equip 6 topaz trim crystals
Construct and equip 4 trim crystals (4c)
Equip topaz vanguard cannon
Equip 1 topaz kettlegun (front)
Equip 5 kettleguns (3 front, 2 rear)
Equip 1 Comm officer

Equip 1 comm officer to Natalie XI

Cost: 4 crystal, 11 ore, 18 wood, 12 silk

Spoiler: Our final ship list should look like: (click to show/hide)

RKNV Viperidea - Viper Class
Loadout
1 Communications Officer
1 Topaz Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [front]
1 Lance Cannon [front]
4 Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [2 front, 2 rear]
1 Topaz Vanguard Cannon (Top Brz. Manual-Turret, Med Mount)
Bronzewood Hull
2 Sections Light Copper Armor
1 Medium Topaz Core Crystal
1 Small Topaz Lift Crystal
2 Topaz Trim Crystals
8 Topaz  Trim Webs Bronzewood reinforced
6 reams of webbing
Location: Three Captains
Status: Shipshape

RKNV Anguis II - Viper Class
Loadout
Bronzewood Hull: Medium Turret Mod
1 Communications Officer
1 Light Topaz Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [front]
5 Light Aether Cannon+ (Kettlegun) [3 Front, 2 Rear]
1 Topaz Vanguard Cannon (Top Brz. Manual-Turret, Med Mount)
2 Sections Light Copper Armor
1 Medium Topaz Core Crystal
1 Small Topaz Lift Crystal
2 Topaz Trim Webs, Brz. Reinforced.
8 Topaz Trim Crystals
6 reams of webbing
Location: Spire Kasgyre
Status: Shipshape

RKNV Booidae - Viper Class
Loadout
Bronzewood Hull: Medium Turret Mod
1 Communications Officer
1 Light Topaz Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [front]
5 Light Aether Cannon+ (Kettlegun) [3 Front, 2 Rear]
1 Topaz Vanguard Cannon (Top Brz. Manual-Turret, Med Mount)
2 Sections Light Copper Armor
1 Medium Topaz Core Crystal
1 Small Topaz Lift Crystal
6 Topaz Trim Crystals
4 Trim Crystals
6 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
Small Topaz Core
1 Small Standard Lift Crystal
12 Standard Trim Crystals
6 reams of webbing
Location: Spire Kasgyre
Status: Shipshape

RKNV Jupiter - Battlebarge Class
Loadout
1 Communications Officer
4 Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [2 front, 2 rear]
Bronzewood Hull
Medium Topaz Core
1 Small Topaz Lift Crystal
12 Standard Trim Crystals
5 reams of webbing
Location: Spire Kasgyre
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: Spire Kasgyre
Status: Shipshape

Natalies - Skyskiff Class (x7)
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: Spire Kasgyre
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

Spoiler: Storage (click to show/hide)

Topaz trim webs x2
Trim webs x8
Kettleguns x3
Anguis Hull (Viper: 1x vanguard conversion, 10x web conversion)

[Rockeater]

I might be misundestending, but don;t we need the prototype to keep the project?

[NAV]

Edit:
Hold on, searching for rules.

Edit:
You are misunderstanding. We need the prototype at base if we want to revise it before the project is complete. Otherwise there are no penalties to sending it out or losing it.

[helmacon]

So, do we want to revise it before it is done then? I would certainly like to.

[NAV]

I think it is more important to deploy the cannon in the next major battle than to revise it immediately.

[Kashyyk]

We'll be wanting to finish the project more then we'll want to revise it, so I'm happy to deploy the lance.

[Draignean]

Trim Turret Gearing
Efficacy: 6
While the original hand cranks are left intact for the sake of emergency, they're now largely obsolete. Trim crystals attached to linear gears (in order to allow them to be simplified into a push/pull mode instead of accounting for rotation) are linked into the original gearing system, so that a few simply rheostat adjustments causes precise turret rotation, controllable in all axes. This allows guns to aim regardless of the ship's maneuvers (up to the sighting ability of the gunners), lets our gunners basically disregard cannon weight, and it also allows the guns to be aimed remotely- a particularly intriguing concept for the brass, but one whose exploration was well beyond the scope of the revision.

The new turrets are applied to the ships around Spire Kasgyre, leaving only the One-Eyed-Will short the new upgrades.


Spire Kasgyre's Production stands at
13(+10)/y Crystal, 12/115 Banked
17/y Ore, 23/85 banked
19/y Wood, 19/95 banked
10/y Silk, 20/50 banked

It is now the production, deployment, and tactics phase.

Spoiler: Imperial Topaz (click to show/hide)

Topaz VS Core x2

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) 16/27 | - | Rushed 0 times | Nothing Invested
Lance Crystals: 16/25 | 3 Crystal | Rushed 0 Times | Nothing Invested
Medium Docks: 5/40 | 5C + 5O + 5W + 5S, +30 From any combination of any resource | 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 4/20 |  W ?/20
Territory: 1/4 | 3/4
Squad Alpha: Captain Helm | Officer Vests | Brz. Tower Shields 1/4 | 1/4 Tpz. Pistols | 1/4 Pistols | 2/4 Witch-Hunters | 2 Squad Topaz Grenades | Brz. Tpz. Light Mobile Cover

Squad Beta: Captain Helm | Officer Vests | Brz. Tower Shields 1/4 | 1/4 Tpz. Pistols | 1/4 Pistols | 2/4 Witch-Hunters | 1 Squads Grenades | Brz. Tpz. Light Mobile Cover

Squad Gamma: Captain Helm | Officer Vests | 1/4 Tpz. Pistols | 1/4 Witch-Hunters |  Brz. Tpz. Light Mobile Cover [25%]

Squad Delta: Captain Helm | Officer Vests | 1/4 Witch-Hunters | 1/4 Topaz Pistols |  Brz. Light Mobile Cover [25%]
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 Anguis II - Viper Class
Loadout
Bronzewood Hull: Medium Turret Mod
1 Communications Officer
3 Light Topaz Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [2 front, 1 rear]
3 Light Aether Cannon+ (Kettlegun) [2 Front, 1 Rear]
1 Topaz Vanguard Cannon (Top Brz. Manual-Turret, Med Mount)
2 Sections Light Copper Armor
1 Medium Topaz Core Crystal 
1 Small Topaz Lift Crystal
2 Topaz Trim Webs, Brz. Reinforced.
8 Topaz Trim Crystals
6 reams of webbing
Location: Spire Kasgyre
Status: Shipshape

RKNV Viperidea - Viper Class
Loadout
1 Communications Officer
6 Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [4 front, 2 rear]
1 Topaz Vanguard Cannon (Top Brz. Manual-Turret, Med Mount)
Bronzewood Hull
2 Sections Light Copper Armor
1 Medium Topaz Core Crystal 
1 Small Topaz Lift Crystal
2 Topaz Trim Crystals
8 Trim Webs Bronzewood reinforced
6 reams of webbing
Location: Spire Kasgyre
Status: Shipshape

Natalies - Skyskiff Class (x6)
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: Spire Kasgyre
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: Spire Kasgyre
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

Natalie XI - 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
Small Topaz Core
1 Small Standard Lift Crystal
12 Standard Trim Crystals
6 reams of webbing
Location: Spire Kasgyre
Status: Shipshape

RKNV Jupiter - Battlebarge Class
Loadout
1 Communications Officer
4 Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [2 front, 2 rear]
Bronzewood Hull
Medium Topaz Core
1 Small Topaz Lift Crystal
12 Standard Trim Crystals
5 reams of webbing
Location: Spire Kasgyre
Status: Shipshape

Spoiler: Goods Stockpile (click to show/hide)

Topaz Med Core
Topaz S lift
Topaz Trim Webs x10
Topaz trim crystals x6
Topaz vanguard x1
Kettleguns x8
Comm officers x2
Anguis Hull (Viper: 1x vanguard conversion, 10x web conversion)
Prototype Topaz Lance

Spoiler: Infantry (click to show/hide)

Marines x19

Current Technology

[NAV]

Spoiler: Purchases and Fleet Upgrades: (click to show/hide)

Buy 2 topaz VS core crystals (6c). For topaz mobile covers.

Remove 2 topaz kettleguns (1 front, 1 rear) from Anguis
Equip 2 kettleguns (1 front, 1 rear) to Anguis

Remove 2 kettlguns (front) from Viperidae
Equip 1 topaz kettlegun to Viperidae
Equip prototype lance cannon to Viperidae
Remove 8 trim webs from Viperidae
Equip 8 topaz trim webs to Viperidae

Construct bronzewood viper hull with medium mount (5o, 18w)
Christen new hull "Booidae"
Construct and equip copper light frontal armour (6o)
Construct and equip 6 silk reams (12s)
Equip topaz medium core
Equip topaz small lift
Equip 6 topaz trim crystals
Construct and equip 4 trim crystals (2c)
Equip topaz vanguard cannon
Equip 1 topaz kettlegun (front)
Equip 5 kettleguns (3 front, 2 rear)
Equip 1 Comm officer

Equip 1 comm officer to Natalie XI

Upgrade every ship at Kasgyre to include the new Trim Turret Gearing.

Cost: 8 crystal, 11 ore, 18 wood, 12 silk

Spoiler: Our final ship list should look like: (click to show/hide)

RKNV Viperidea - Viper Class
Loadout
1 Communications Officer
1 Topaz Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [front]
1 Lance Cannon [front]
4 Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [2 front, 2 rear]
1 Topaz Vanguard Cannon (Top Brz. Manual-Turret, Med Mount)
Bronzewood Hull
2 Sections Light Copper Armor
1 Medium Topaz Core Crystal
1 Small Topaz Lift Crystal
2 Topaz Trim Crystals
8 Topaz  Trim Webs Bronzewood reinforced
6 reams of webbing
Location: Three Captains
Status: Shipshape

RKNV Anguis II - Viper Class
Loadout
Bronzewood Hull: Medium Turret Mod
1 Communications Officer
1 Light Topaz Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [front]
5 Light Aether Cannon+ (Kettlegun) [3 Front, 2 Rear]
1 Topaz Vanguard Cannon (Top Brz. Manual-Turret, Med Mount)
2 Sections Light Copper Armor
1 Medium Topaz Core Crystal
1 Small Topaz Lift Crystal
2 Topaz Trim Webs, Brz. Reinforced.
8 Topaz Trim Crystals
6 reams of webbing
Location: Spire Kasgyre
Status: Shipshape

RKNV Booidae - Viper Class
Loadout
Bronzewood Hull: Medium Turret Mod
1 Communications Officer
1 Light Topaz Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [front]
5 Light Aether Cannon+ (Kettlegun) [3 Front, 2 Rear]
1 Topaz Vanguard Cannon (Top Brz. Manual-Turret, Med Mount)
2 Sections Light Copper Armor
1 Medium Topaz Core Crystal
1 Small Topaz Lift Crystal
6 Topaz Trim Crystals
4 Trim Crystals
6 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
Small Topaz Core
1 Small Standard Lift Crystal
12 Standard Trim Crystals
6 reams of webbing
Location: Spire Kasgyre
Status: Shipshape

RKNV Jupiter - Battlebarge Class
Loadout
1 Communications Officer
4 Light Aether Cannons+ (Kettlegun) [2 front, 2 rear]
Bronzewood Hull
Medium Topaz Core
1 Small Topaz Lift Crystal
12 Standard Trim Crystals
5 reams of webbing
Location: Spire Kasgyre
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: Spire Kasgyre
Status: Shipshape

Natalies - Skyskiff Class (x7)
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: Spire Kasgyre
Status: Shipshape

Natalie ?? - Skyskiff Class
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

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

Spoiler: Storage (click to show/hide)

Topaz trim webs x2
Trim webs x8
Kettleguns x3
Topaz VS Core Crystal x2
Anguis Hull (Viper: 1x vanguard conversion, 10x web conversion)

All marines at Three Captains keep using shield wall.
(Also Note that squad Delta should have topaz gauntlets, not pistols).

All marines at Burned Mountain continue using prepared bait and strike.

One-Eyed Will, go strafe the infrastructure at Unfinished.

Load up three marine squads on the Dionysus. Equipped with just slings and leather helmets. Send them to the Unfinished and have them brutalise untrained and unarmed civilians with fist sized rocks and their bare hands. Defensive fire tactics, if tactics matter for this "battle".

About sending One-Eyed Will to strafe:
We don't know if the insanity is caused by taking agressive action against the spire, or by lingering in the airspace for two turns. I am willing to bet it is caused by staying there too long. Because we have fough Wreth ships there before and not gone insane. Our only ship that stayed there two turns went insane.

By sending Will to strafe we both distrupt the docks and find out if the insanity is caused by time or agression. The only potential cost is the sanity of an incredibly weak obsolete vessel.

If Will's crew goes insane, we can still order them back home and they will obey. It will take one turn. Then we can give the crew therapy or replace them and send Will back out, slightly less obsolete with its new trim turrets.

[helmacon]

They took UF. They probably still have a military garrison there. It's not like anyone is strapped for marine squads. Unarmed marines will just get slaughtered.

Why not land in force? Deny them a spires worth of resources and open a second front? Maybe even take the spire before they can respond.

[NAV]

They took UF. They probably still have a military garrison there. It's not like anyone is strapped for marine squads. Unarmed marines will just get slaughtered.

Why not land in force? Deny them a spires worth of resources and open a second front? Maybe even take the spire before they can respond.

We cant land a force there because we badly need to reinforce Three Captains. Our marines there are advancing for now but taking unsustainable losses. We need to use any resources not spent upgrading our fleet to equip new squads for Three Captains. We need the battlebarge to send those reinforcements. The most we can afford to send to Unfinished is a basic transport of unarmed marines.

We don't have enough resources left over from fleet upgrades to meaningfully equip squads this turn. We will next turn but those have to go to TC.

There is a very high chance their military garrison either went insane or was transferred to TC. If not, oh well we find our and waste three squads of unarmed marines.

Edit: Literally our entire fleet except for that transport and One-Eyed Will is refitting right now. When they are done we need our entire fleet to break the Three Captains blockade and get our reinforcements through.

[Kashyyk]

Draig: is it a year-long action to refit our cannon with trim swivels, or do they just need to be at Kasgyre at some point?

[banelord]

That’s already been answered, all the ones in dock have been refitted, with only the one eyed willy being devoid of said upgrades.

[NAV]

I am pretty sure they still have to finish this turn at Kasgyre for the refits to happen. The tech being newly developed and refits taking year regardless.