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[milo christiansen]

Aether forge efficacy upgrade: (2) Andrea, Milo
EMERALD length review: (2) Andrea, Milo
Tapering EMERALD (scientific evidence edition): (1) Andrea
ESP reduction: (1) Andrea
ESP Transmitter Size Reduction: (1) Milo
Feeder coil: (1) Milo
Impulse core: (0)
Cheaper EMERALD gun: (0)
COIL: (0)

[Tack]

I am posting to reserve votes for now.
Consider me having voted ambivalently until further notice.

[Madman198237]

Dragun Shell
Stuffing explosives into confined spaces is a time-honored practice of the Department of Destruction, and firing them out of cannons is just another good use of them. By taking a sorta-thin-walled bronze sphere, filling it with our most powerful explosive compound (Be it gunpowder or otherwise), and then giving it a fuse (Which will be lit by the gun's firing), we get an explosion, complete with bronze shrapnel.

Shooting shells should give us quite the boost to killing things. We won't be reliant on fire starting on the enemy ship, we'll do more damage on a successful shot (Cannons explode, and losing crystals is bad), and we get to explode more things.

Aether forge efficacy upgrade: (3) Andrea, Milo, Madman
EMERALD length review: (3) Andrea, Milo, Madman
Tapering EMERALD (scientific evidence edition): (2) Andrea, Madman
ESP reduction: (1) Andrea
ESP Transmitter Size Reduction: (1) Milo
Feeder coil: (1) Milo
Impulse core: (0)
Cheaper EMERALD gun: (0)
COIL: (0)
Dragun Shells: (1) Madman

Voting Ambivalently (Four dice): (1) Tack

[Jilladilla]

REVISION TIME!

Aether forge efficacy upgrade: (4) Andrea, Milo, Madman, Jilladilla
EMERALD length review: (3) Andrea, Milo, Madman
Tapering EMERALD (scientific evidence edition): (2) Andrea, Madman
ESP reduction: (1) Andrea
ESP Transmitter Size Reduction: (1) Milo
Feeder coil: (2) Milo, Jilladilla
Impulse core: (1) Jilladilla
Cheaper EMERALD gun: (0)
COIL: (0)
Dragun Shells: (2) Madman, Jilladilla

Voting Ambivalently (Four dice): (1) Tack

[NUKE9.13]

Aether forge efficacy upgrade: (5) Andrea, Milo, Madman, Jilladilla, NUKE9.13
EMERALD length review: (4) Andrea, Milo, Madman, NUKE9.13
Tapering EMERALD (scientific evidence edition): (3) Andrea, Madman, NUKE9.13
ESP reduction: (2) Andrea, NUKE9.13
ESP Transmitter Size Reduction: (1) Milo
Feeder coil: (2) Milo, Jilladilla
Impulse core: (1) Jilladilla
Cheaper EMERALD gun: (0)
COIL: (0)
Dragun Shells: (2) Madman, Jilladilla

Voting Ambivalently (Four dice): (1) Tack

[10ebbor10]

Aether forge efficacy upgrade: (6) Andrea, Milo, Madman, Jilladilla, NUKE9.13,10ebbor10
EMERALD length review: (4) Andrea, Milo, Madman, NUKE9.13
Tapering EMERALD (scientific evidence edition): (3) Andrea, Madman, NUKE9.13
ESP reduction: (2) Andrea, NUKE9.13
ESP Transmitter Size Reduction: (2) Milo, 10ebbor10
Feeder coil: (3) Milo, Jilladilla, 10ebbor10
Impulse core: (1) Jilladilla
Cheaper EMERALD gun: (0)
COIL: 10ebbor10(1)
Dragun Shells: (2) Madman, Jilladilla

Voting Ambivalently (Four dice): (1) Tack

[johiah]

Aether forge efficacy upgrade: (7) Andrea, Milo, Madman, Jilladilla, NUKE9.13, 10ebbor10, Johiah
EMERALD length review: (5) Andrea, Milo, Madman, NUKE9.13, Johiah
Tapering EMERALD (scientific evidence edition): (4) Andrea, Madman, NUKE9.13, Johiah
ESP reduction: (2) Andrea, NUKE9.13
ESP Transmitter Size Reduction: (2) Milo, 10ebbor10
Feeder coil: (4) Milo, Jilladilla, 10ebbor10, Johiah
Impulse core: (1) Jilladilla
Cheaper EMERALD gun: (0)
COIL: 10ebbor10(1)
Dragun Shells: (2) Madman, Jilladilla

Voting Ambivalently (Four dice): (1) Tack

[Draignean]

Aether Forge Efficacy Upgrade
Efficacy: 5
The savant, while a brilliant innovator, was not a forge master by trade. While there are precious few changes in the devices themselves, experienced tradesmen have a number of contributions on how the rig can be set up to increase efficiency and make the design much more commercially viable.

Furnace Upgrades: 2 Crystal 2 Ore 4 Silk | Modernization of existing furnaces allow for ore to be extracted more quickly and efficiently. Increase's a spire's ore production by 1, up to a max of 4 or its max ore production, whichever is higher.


EMERALD Length Review
Efficacy: 4
Truly, it is not the size of the cannon that counts, but how you use it. Early SUCKERPUNCH experiments did a great deal to validate the idea that MOAR BARREL isn't always better, and careful trimming of the EMERALD cannon's barrel reveals there is still some resource recovery that can be done without noticeably impacting performance. In the end, around a sixth of the end of the barrel is reduced, which is sufficient for the bean counters to grumble away and reduce the requisition costs.

In order to differentiate the shortened EMERALD cannons from their counterparts and reduce administrative congestion, the new versions are painted red. Superstitious sailors immediately begin claiming that this will cause the bolts to fly faster- but there is no scientific consensus behind this phenomenon.

EMERALD LAC: 1 Crystal, 3 Ore for 1 | An LAC modified with electromagnetic focusing coil on the barrel, resulting in a tripling of cold-fire times, an 18 second hot fire delay, a 40% range increase, and a slight improvement of accuracy. The cost is that she's heavy, draws considerably more power, and the long barrel can get in the way a bit.


Tapering EMERALD
Efficacy: 3
Additional mucking about with the EMERALD's barrel has... lesser results. Clenching the taper near the end can only be done so much before the bolt begins to behave in very unusual ways- such as dramatic losses of accuracy and burning its way out of the barrel edges. Engineers scale back their compression estimates and enforce a slightly gentler slope than originally hoped, which yields a slight reduction in weight for the same performance.

The slight reduction of weight isn't enough to diminish the cost substantially during individual manufacture, but it should have an impact on larger orders.

EMERALD LAC: 1 Crystal, 3 Ore for 1 | 2 Crystal, 5 Ore for 2 | An LAC modified with electromagnetic focusing coil on the barrel, resulting in a tripling of cold-fire times, an 18 second hot fire delay, a 40% range increase, and a slight improvement of accuracy. The cost is that she's heavy, draws considerably more power, and the long barrel can get in the way a bit.


Feeder Coil
Efficacy: 1
The proposal for the added creation of a feeder coil, sadly, is mostly defunded after a couple of unfortunate tests. While the electro-aetheric sympathy effect was demonstrated between coils, and the altered current was successfully run through weapon's coils, but it yielded little to no effect on the bolts formation. Further testing as to why was cut after a short between the altered current used for the barrel windings and the weapon crystal feed line caused a critical failure- destroying one of the precious working models and killing the attendant engineer.


Spire Wreth's Production Stands At,
13(+8)/y Crystal, 22/65 Banked
19/y Ore, 30/95 banked
19(+6)/y Wood, 30/95 banked
10/y Silk, 10/50 banked

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

Spoiler: Projects (click to show/hide)

E.S.P: 4/20 | 2 Ore, 2 Crystal | Rushed 0 Times | Nothing Invested
Aether Forge 2/27 | - | Rushed 0 Times | Nothing Invested
EMERALD 5/12 | 3 Crystal, 3 Ore, +4 of either C or O | Rushed 0 Times | 7 Crystal, 3 ore 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.

Wreth Territory

Haze-Maze
Marine Presence: K 0/8 |  W 1/8
--->Marines
---> Squad G (No Equip)
Territory: 0/4 | 4/4
Resources: 1C, 3O, 1W, 2S
Conditions: Deadly Gas Pockets, significant vertical shafts and steep tunnels.

Miner's Folly
Marine Presence: K 0/18 |  W 1/18
--->Marines
---> Squad G (No Equip)
Territory: 0/4 | 4/4
Resources: 1C, 6O, 0W, 1S
Conditions: Toxic Stone, Massive Caverns, pitch-black

The Verdant Vista
Marine Presence: K 0/18 |  W 0/18
Territory: 0/4 | 4/4
Resources: 1C, 0O, 8W, 2S
Conditions: Mostly earth and soil, Unstable pocket caves


The Belt

Three Captains
Marine Presence: K 0/20 |  W 6/20
--->Marines
---> Defense Squad D:  Silk Vest (Officer) | Pincushion (1/4) | Suppressor (1/4) | Gauntlets (2/4) | BLOCK | PLACE | Envenomed Bolts
---> Defense Squad E:  Silk Vest (Officer) | Pincushion (2/4) | Gauntlets (2/4) | BLOCK | PLACE
---> Support Squad F:  Silk Vest (Officer) | Pincushion (3/4) | Suppressor (1/4) | PLACE | Envenomed Bolts
---> Support Squad G:  Silk Vest (Officer) | Pincushion (3/4) | Suppressor (1/4) | PLACE | Envenomed Bolts
---> H:   Silk Vest (Officer) | Pincushion (1/4) | Gauntlets (1/4) |  [50%]
---> I:  Silk Vest (Officer) | Suppressors (3/4) | Gauntlets (1/4) | Envenomed Bolts
Territory: 0/4 | 4/4
Resources: 1C, 6O, 2W, 6S
Conditions: Kinetoluminescent Ores, Heavily Infested

Wrackspire
Marine Presence: K ?/12 |  W 1/12
--->Marines
-->Marine Unit B-A | Cutlass (Full Squad) | Grappling Gear (full squad) [25%]
Territory: ?/4 | 1/4
Resources: 3C, 4O, 4W, 2S
Conditions: Unstable Aetheric Phenomena, Broken Spire

Burned Mountain
Marine Presence: K ?/24 |  W 0/24
Territory: ?/4 | 0/4
Resources: 1C, 10O, 1W, 0S
Conditions: Inexplicably Molten Core, Hundreds of narrow tunnels and small galleries.

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

Spoiler: Ships (click to show/hide)

WOSV Chimera - Windrider Class
Loadout
8 SUCKERPUNCH Light Aether Cannons+ (Flanged Heatsinks, Itshana Select) [4 unit Broadsides]
1 Dragun Cannon+ (Sapshot) [Specialized Dragun Bow Mount]
1 Medium Ikusasa Core Crystal
2 Small Basic Lift Crystal+ (Itshana Refinement)
12 Itshana Select Trim Crystals
4 Itshana Trim Crystals+ (Itshana Refinement)
8 reams of webbing
Armored Skin 
2 Unit of Armor
Location: The Unfinished
Status: All papers are in order.

WOSV Marge - Transport Barge
Loadout
1 Small Core Crystal+ (Itshana Refinement)
1 Small Basic Lift Crystal+ (Itshana Refinement)
2 Trim Crystals+ (Itshana Refinement)
1 reams of webbing
Carrying: 0/6
Location: Spire Wreth
Status:  All papers are in order.

WOSV Shibboleth - Transport Barge
Loadout
1 Small Core Crystal+ (Itshana Refinement)
1 Small Basic Lift Crystal+ (Itshana Refinement)
2 Trim Crystals+ (Itshana Refinement)
1 reams of webbing
Carrying: 0/6
Location: The Unfinished
Status:  All papers are in order.

Comets - Skyskiff Class (x6)
Loadout
2 SUCKERPUNCH Light Aether Cannons (Flanged Heat Sinks)
1 Very Small Select Core Crystal
1 Very Small Select Lift Crystal
4 Select Trim Crystals
2 reams of webbing
Location:The Unfinished
Status: All papers are in order.

Comets - Skyskiff Class (x1)
Loadout
2 SUCKERPUNCH Light Aether Cannons (Flanged Heat Sinks)
1 Very Small Select Core Crystal
1 Very Small Select Lift Crystal
4 Select Trim Crystals
2 reams of webbing
Location: Three Captains
Status: All papers are in order.

Comets - Skyskiff Class (x2)
Loadout
2 SUCKERPUNCH Light Aether Cannons (Flanged Heat Sinks)
1 Very Small Select Core Crystal
1 Very Small Select Lift Crystal
4 Select Trim Crystals
2 reams of webbing
Location: Spire Wreth
Status: All papers are in order.

WOSV Longlast - Windrider Class
Loadout
8 SUCKERPUNCH Light Aether Cannons+ (Flanged Heatsinks, Itshana Select) [4 unit Broadsides]
1 Dragun Cannon+ (Sapshot) [Specialized Dragun Bow Mount]
1 Medium Ikusasa Core Crystal
2 Small Basic Lift Crystal+ (Itshana Refinement)
12 Itshana Select Trim Crystals
4 Itshana Trim Crystals+ (Itshana Refinement)
8 reams of webbing
Armored Skin 
2 Unit of Armor
Location: Spire Wreth
Status: All papers are in order.

Spoiler: Infantry (click to show/hide)

Marines 9

Spoiler: Misc. Goods (click to show/hide)

1x Prototype ESP Transmitter
3x Prototype ESP Receiver
MOVE-PLACE x2

Current Technology

[NUKE9.13]

Production: -

Ships:
WOSV Shibboleth: Move to Wreth.
WOSV Marge: Load 3 Marine squads. Move to TU. Unload marines.
WOSV Longlast: Accompany Marge. Tactic: AGILE

Skiff @ TC: Stay put. Tactic: PEEK-A-BOO

3 Skiffs @ TU: Move to central Kasgyr Demispire. Tactic: YARR
Other 3 Skiffs @ TU: Stay put. Tactic: High Vigil
WOSV Chimera: Stay put. Tactic: AGILE

Marines:
All Marines @ Three Captains: Fortify.
Marines @ Wrackspire: Fortify. Help is coming if you just hold on.

[Tack]

Plan A: (1) Nike

Voting abivalently (1) Tack

It’s a good plan but I stand by never voting for feeding the master.

[NUKE9.13]

Production: -

Ships:
Skiff @ TC: Stay put. Tactic: PEEK-A-BOO

1x Skiff @ TU: Stay put. Tactic: PEEK-A-BOO

All other ships: Return to Wreth.

Marines:
Marines @ TC: Fortify

Marines @ Wrackspire: Fortify.

Preparing for an all-out assault on TC next turn.

[milo christiansen]

Plan A: (1) Nuke
Plan B: (1) Milo
Voting ambivalently (1) Tack

[NUKE9.13]

Plan A:
Plan B: (2) Milo, NUKE9.13
Voting ambivalently (1) Tack

[andrea]

Plan A:
Plan B: (3) Milo, NUKE9.13, Andrea
Voting ambivalently (1) Tack

[Jilladilla]

Right, here's a plan, it'll hopefully allow us to actually save an expedition force, while still maintaining our ability to perform a full force assault at TC next turn:

Production: -

Ships:
Skiff @ TC: Stay put. Tactic: PEEK-A-BOO

Ships @ The Unfinished; Move to Wrackspire
 -Shibboleth Save the Troops!
 -2 Skiff: High Vigil
 -Rest: AGILE

Marines:
Marines @ TC: Fortify

Marines @ Wrackspire: Fortify; prepare to evacuate.

Or, we can do Plan B but with some recruitment of Khipha Teams.

Plan A:
Plan B: (3) Milo, NUKE9.13, Andrea
Plan Glorious Rescue: (1) Jilladilla
  -Recruit 2 Khipha Teams as well: (1) Jilladilla
Voting ambivalently (1) Tack