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[Madman198237]

Plan Move All Zig (2): Maximum Spin, Thanatos
Plan Bide our Time (2): Jilladilla, Madman

Since a vote for "do nothing because we'll just be outmatched for sure" is kind of depressing, have a possible design for next turn, to make our weaponry far, far more effective.

Gjallarhorn
When Ragnarok arrives, Gjallarhorn will sound. The Day of Death is here, we are its heralds, and our horns shall be numerous, their calls deadly. Through the use of brand-new room-temperature superconductors, the barrel weight and complexity of the Mjolnir coilgun is greatly cut down. An integrated, upgraded Huginn system capable of incredibly precise fire control and coil sequencing improves range and raw impact. Gjallarhorn will fire tungsten-cased slugs with superconducting cores, exploiting the Meissner effect for incredible boosts to projectile velocity. The superconductor cores will be closed circuits pumped full of electricity, to allow the Meissner effect to actually happen. The tungsten casings will allow the shells to punch through an atmosphere to strike ground targets, with the upgraded Huginn using data from both radar and groundside spotters to direct strikes.

[SamSpeeds]

Plan Move All Zig (2): Maximum Spin, Thanatos
Plan Bide our Time (3): Jilladilla, Madman, SamSpeeds

Yeah, in hindsight, this was caused by a pretty yuge tactical oversight. If we wanna blockade planets after we win a fleet engagement we should equip our ITCs with some cheap weaponry or something.

[Thanatos Russ]

holy fuck.

Next invention needs to be a fucking upgraded coil gun. It's been 5 turns.

We could be smashing them faster, but we have just been doing hp and armour.

We need some dps.

Gjallarhorn
When Ragnarok arrives, Gjallarhorn will sound. The Day of Death is here, we are its heralds, and our horns shall be numerous, their calls deadly. Through the use of brand-new room-temperature superconductors, the barrel weight and complexity of the Mjolnir coilgun is greatly cut down. An integrated, upgraded Huginn system capable of incredibly precise fire control and coil sequencing improves range and raw impact. Gjallarhorn will fire tungsten-cased slugs with superconducting cores, exploiting the Meissner effect for incredible boosts to projectile velocity. The superconductor cores will be closed circuits pumped full of electricity, to allow the Meissner effect to actually happen. The tungsten casings will allow the shells to punch through an atmosphere to strike ground targets, with the upgraded Huginn using data from both radar and groundside spotters to direct strikes.

Actually this works.

This is my vote for next design phase.

[NUKE9.13]

Battle Report for SY106

It is now the Design Phase of SY107.

[Madman198237]

Gjallarhorn
When Ragnarok arrives, Gjallarhorn will summon the very gods to their deaths. That day is here, we are its heralds, and our horns shall be numerous, their calls deadly. Through the use of brand-new room-temperature superconductors based on the superconductors we have used for so long, the barrel weight and complexity of the Mjolnir coilgun is greatly cut down. An integrated, upgraded Huginn system capable of incredibly precise fire control and coil sequencing improves projectile velocity, which means more range and far more destructive power. Gjallarhorn will fire tungsten-cased slugs with superconducting cores, exploiting the Meissner effect for incredible boosts to projectile velocity. The superconductor cores will be closed circuits pumped full of electricity, to allow the Meissner effect to actually happen. The tungsten casings will allow the shells to punch through an atmosphere to strike ground targets, with the upgraded Huginn using data from both radar and groundside spotters to direct strikes.

Alternative options?

[Jilladilla]

Someone yell at me if I made a derp. But here is my suggestion to get started on with the EWAR stuff.

QS-EWS-07 'Baugrinn'
The Baugrinn Electronic Warfare System is an impressive assortment of transmitters and computing hardware, containing a highly advanced neural network with one purpose: To interact with and interfere with Ertex's Athena system. As the Athena is reliant on communication with other nodes, Baugrinn will have an easy avenue of attack, and from there it will be able to inflict all manners of mayhem on their system, such as feeding false sensor data, creating ghost targets, feeding Athena evasive data back to Huginn, and more. Baugrinn's transmitters are exceptionally powerful as well, enabling it to flood the frequencies Athena communicates on, in order to jam their ability to communicate with other nodes in the event that it isn't able to gain a foothold in their system. Of course, Baugrinn is designed to be integrated onto an Odin, or as part of an ITC's 'cargo'.

(Final Pre-Post Edit: The following is a bit of a mess of many pre-post edits. It may derp a bit.)

Overall, my assessment is that all their stuff on D is reliant on Athena. Their drones will become nonfunctional if they're exposed to jamming, and it should drop the effectiveness of their new tank as well. We might need a revision to get this in a ground deployable package, but it'd probably go a long way for winning us D. (Or maybe a revision towards upgrading our Mjolnir? It'd let us punch through their damn miracle material.. Or just a better infantry weapon, that shouldn't cost GPP, and we have enough big ticket GPP things. And it'd be so much easier to ship out to the troops on the ground. Although we already have to replace the tanks with the OM4 variant sooo...)

Baugrinn wouldn't help us at A. They aren't fielding any Athena stuff. Sure, their new rifles can hook into nodes, but they don't have nodes there. Anyway, we'd need to send more tangible equipment to win. Tempted to send a OM4 plated ITC, and try to stealth drop Heimdallr's.

At F? I don't think it'd be enough on its own to swing the fighting back in our favor. Stall, maybe, probably not though. But definitely not win, not alone.


Overall plan suggestion is break the ground stalemate at D, and mop up at either A or F; allowing us to re-direct those forces to the other planet to win there. The problem is, that their 5th unit just respawned, and is fully capable of punting the scales badly for us on its own.

[Madman198237]

I recommend improving our coilguns over AI because AI will be harder to improve and make viable on the battlefield, I suspect. More destruction, however, is NEVER a bad plan* and so we should always endeavor to blow more things into possibly-faintly-radioactive splinters.

Also, if they can squeeze instant-tank-murdering out of a LASER, we can CERTAINLY pull off the same thing ourselves.

[SamSpeeds]

QS-EWS-O7 'Baugrinn': (1) Jilladilla
Gjallarhorn: (2) SamSpeeds, Madman

Let's move this along then.

[NUKE9.13]

Gjallarhorn
When Ragnarok arrives, Gjallarhorn will summon the very gods to their deaths. That day is here, we are its heralds, and our horns shall be numerous, their calls deadly. Through the use of brand-new room-temperature superconductors based on the superconductors we have used for so long, the barrel weight and complexity of the Mjolnir coilgun is greatly cut down. An integrated, upgraded Huginn system capable of incredibly precise fire control and coil sequencing improves projectile velocity, which means more range and far more destructive power. Gjallarhorn will fire tungsten-cased slugs with superconducting cores, exploiting the Meissner effect for incredible boosts to projectile velocity. The superconductor cores will be closed circuits pumped full of electricity, to allow the Meissner effect to actually happen. The tungsten casings will allow the shells to punch through an atmosphere to strike ground targets, with the upgraded Huginn using data from both radar and groundside spotters to direct strikes.

Gjallarhorn (Normal): (1+3)=4: Below Average
The Gjallarhorn is an upgrade to the old Mjolnir coilgun. Maybe not as big of an upgrade as we hoped, but still. It uses newly-designed "Warmish Superconductors" which operate at temperatures of 250K, reducing the weight and power requirements of the weapon a small amount, and slightly increasing projectile velocity. The new slugs must be chilled and charged before being fired, which requires a somewhat complex setup, but it does result in an increased muzzle velocity. Not as much as was projected, unfortunately- but still a fairly respectable 50% increase, on top of the 10% offered by the improved barrel.
The orbit-to-surface capability... exists, yes, but requires fairly precise angles in order to do appreciable amounts of damage, and even then suffers from poor accuracy, as Huginn is just not up to the task. We need total control of an orbit in order to be able to set up the appropriate angles without being disturbed, in which case our troops would be able to call down orbital fire if they had the necessary communication equipment. Without such equipment, the best they can manage is to relay coordinates of stationary positions.

The good news is that the Gjallarhorn does not cost anything extra compared to the Mjolnir, and can be refitted to existing Odins and Lokis without cost. We can also deploy the Hrungnir using a downsized Gjallarhorn, although the ammunition-cooling-and-charging equipment doesn't fit in the tank, meaning it will still fire regular slugs.


It is now the Revision Phase of SY107.

[Madman198237]

Finally RTSC
No, really.
I mean it this time.
Designed as an upgrade to the Gjallarhorn and our fusion plants, this new room-temperature superconductor will superconduct at actual honest-to-goodness room temperature, of the sort you might find in rooms occupied by human beings. Not like the Warmish Superconductors, which work in rooms that you might find occupied by the Abominable Snowman. These superconductors will decrease the cost, complexity, size, and mass of all our coilguns and fusion reactors, and allow our new superconductor shot to be charged in the factory, since electricity will circulate, theoretically, inside a superconductor for ~100000 years at minimum.

Finally RTSC: (1) Madman

[Maximum Spin]

Finally RTSC: (2) Madman, Maximum Spin

Sure, this is fine.

[Thanatos Russ]

Finally RTSC: (3) Madman, Maximum Spin, Thanatos Russ

[NUKE9.13]

Finally RTSC
No, really.
I mean it this time.
Designed as an upgrade to the Gjallarhorn and our fusion plants, this new room-temperature superconductor will superconduct at actual honest-to-goodness room temperature, of the sort you might find in rooms occupied by human beings. Not like the Warmish Superconductors, which work in rooms that you might find occupied by the Abominable Snowman. These superconductors will decrease the cost, complexity, size, and mass of all our coilguns and fusion reactors, and allow our new superconductor shot to be charged in the factory, since electricity will circulate, theoretically, inside a superconductor for ~100000 years at minimum.

Finally RTSC (Easy): (4+2)+1=7: Superior Craftsmanship
How technology advances. Where once we struggled to make even chilly superconductors, the lessons we have learnt over the years mean that creating a "Room Temperature" superconductor was a walk in the park. I use quotation marks, because any room hot enough to cause Lorfium to stop superconducting would be a rather unpleasant place to live. It is, in fact, capable of operating at temperatures of up to 500K. Now, it will still require cooling in certain environments, but for many applications cooling will be unnecessary.
Miraculously, Lorfium can be synthesized remarkably easily, using fairly simple equipment, at astonishingly low costs. The civilian applications were deemed sufficiently valuable that the method has been distributed publicly, and the benefits are tangible- already our industry is adopting the new material to astonishing effects.

Lorfium has been integrated into our Stardust reactors (slightly increasing power output and decreasing weight), our coilguns (further increasing projectile velocity and reducing weight), and the slugs for the Gjallarhorn, which are now available for the Hrungnir as well.
In addition, the expansion of industry increases our production capacity by 2GPP/1SPP.


It is now the Strategy Phase of SY107.

Spoiler: Tech List (click to show/hide)

Ships
ITC (Interplanetary Transport Craft): The ships that carried colonists to your homeworld, now repurposed as military transports. They use rocket shuttles to ferry things to and from the surface. These shuttles have a limited capacity, meaning that with the exception of troops, the ITC cannot carry any equipment of a size greater than 1TC. It has 4TC. It uses chemical engines for propulsion. It has no armour or armaments. It is Very Slow, and quite large.
Cost: 2SPP
  QS-RAS-00 'Dove': A heavier shuttle for the ITC, powered by a Loki-class Stardust reactor and fitted with Apollo thrusters. It has light armour and two 30mm Hayks. Can carry 3TC. Adds 1SPP to the cost of an ITC.

QS-CA-99 'Odin': A heavily armoured medium-sized spaceship. Her hull is all slope, the front being a point, from which slopes lead up to the widest point, then slopes lead down at the same angle, before being cut off, leaving a large flat area in the back, where the main thrusters are. Aforementioned main thrusters are three Apollos. She has five smaller thrusters mounted pointing in other directions, providing excellent manoeuvrability. Her powerplant is a Stardust reactor. She is armed with four Gjallarhorn turrets providing excellent coverage, and a single spinal-mount extra-long Gjallarhorn. Her weapons are aimed by the Huginn System, which automatically collects data from her improved radar. Her armour consists of a layer of Heavy titanium with faraday insulation, with a layer of Light ceramics mounted a full three meters away from the main hull. Despite her bulk, she moves at a Moderate pace.
Can be given Mirage Plating for an extra 0.5SPP
Cost: 3SPP

QS-SF-00 'Loki': A small-ish fighter, capable of independent operation for a few days before needing to resupply. A substantially downsized Stardust reactor provides power to the Apollo thrusters, as well as the singular Gjallarhorn coilgun. Has light armour, and a radio capable of same-orbit communication. Requires a transport to act as 'mothership'- two Lokis take up 1TC. They are now equipped with Mirage Plating.
Cost: 1SPP for two.

Equipment
Printed Pistol: Issued to security guards before the war, the only real weapon both colonies started with. They are 3D-printed out of plastic, a process which is not entirely reliable, meaning the gun has a tendency to break after prolonged use... or any use, really.
Cost: Cheap

X100 Space Suit: A civilian space suit, totally unarmoured and cumbersome to walk in. At least it works well enough, and has a self-sealing lining meaning a single shot isn't an immediate death sentence... most of the time. Necessary for deployment to worlds without breathable atmospheres.
Cost: Cheap

QS-PIA-05 'Heimdallr': A great big suit of powered armour, providing atmospherically sealed protection for infantry where ever they may go. It uses Eitr batteries to provide 3-4 hours of operation before needing to recharge (it can be plugged into a Hrungnir, or a generator at a camp). The armour plating is not especially thick, and somewhat awkwardly designed- slightly less awkward than the X100, though. It has Mirage Plating... but whilst it protects reasonably against visible-light lasers at all times, the 'invisibility' only works when standing perfectly still in the correct pose, otherwise light gets redirected in, uh, interesting ways, turning it into a wild light show. Fortunately, the plating can be turned off if desired.
Cost: 3GPP (up to two sets may be equipped by a single unit)
Weight: 1TC (0.5 in shuttle)

Interplanetary Radio: Essentially just a very big radio set, capable of reliable communication between planets. Too big to fit on an ITC. Currently only useful for taunting Ertex.
Cost: 2GPP
Weight: 2TC

QS-IRW-99 'Hayk': The Hayk is a micromissile-firing rifle. It is magazine fed, has a reasonable rate of fire, and is accurate at a surprising distance- theoretically out to Long range, although few are capable of such superhuman feats. There is an ammo variant which explodes on contact, though it is less accurate and in shorter supply.
Cost: Cheap

QS-GL-02 'Fog Machine': The Fog Machine is a simple grenade launcher, basically nothing more than an oversized Hayk with a shortened barrel. It fires either smoke/chaff or explosives. Range/accuracy is a bit of an issue.
Cost: Cheap


Vehicles
QS-MBT-02 'Hrungnir': The Hrungnir is a big tank, with fairly heavy armour in the form of a layer of ceramics atop a layer of titanium (all sloped). It is powered by a Stardust reactor, basically the same one used by the Loki. The energy is used to drive electric motors which in turn drive the treads upon which the Hrungnir sits. It is equipped with a 50mm stabilized auto-loading Gjallarhorn coilgun, the barrel of which can also be used to fire upsized explosive Hayk rockets. It has an electronics package that handles fire control and sensors. It also has smoke/chaff dispensers, which automatically cloud the vehicle in smoke/chaff (for atmosphereless planets) when sensors detect unusual heating.
It has an Ullr system mounted on the roof, and can be made mostly invisible with Mirage Plating for an additional 1GPP.
Cost: 4GPP
Weight: 3TC


Infrastructure

Colony Defence Grid: The reason you can't instantly invade the enemy homeworld. A series of surface-to-orbit missile launchers, the only real concession to self defence the planners of the colony made. How they work is a mystery, and no one wants to risk taking them apart to find out.

QS-CPP-96 'Stardust': A fusion reactor, copies of which can be found across Quillus, powering industry. Utilises powerful niobium-tin superconductors, cooled by liquid helium, to contain plasma in a Tokamak-style. The "Brokkr's Forge" improvements have made it slightly more effective, to the point where it reaches ignition. Grants 2GPP and 2SPP. A smaller version designed for use in spaceships also exists.


Loose Parts
QS-MAC-97 'Mjolnir': A coilgun (and definitely not a railgun) capable of firing 150mm slugs at considerable speeds. Requires a substantial power supply. Ground installations cost 1GPP for four. Ship mountings cost 1SPP for eight.

Gjallarhorn: An improved version of the Mjolnir, featuring Lorfium superconductors that increase muzzle velocity by 15%, as well as special shells that feature a superconducting core, which drastically increases muzzle velocity due to the Meissner effect.

QS-MHD-98 'Apollo': A magneto-plasma-dynamic thruster of exceptional efficiency. Uses hydrogen plasma by default; heavier elements can be injected into the mix for a boost in thrust.

QS-MAMG-04 'Ullr': A highly effective CIWS system, using a miniaturised coilgun firing 6mm slugs, using Huginn-based aiming assistance. Excellent at shooting down missiles and enemy infantry alike.


Misc Tech

QS-PMP-96 'Auto-Forge': A 3D-printer that prints using metal. Not astonishingly accurate, but QC weeds out any pieces that aren't of acceptable standards.

Optical Metamaterial 3 'Mirage Plating': A miracle substance that defies what were once considered laws of physics. OM3 consists of complicated (yet not impractically so for production purposes) layers of materials that together can redirect light in essentially arbitrary ways. It is not perfect, and can only affect 90% of light, and requires a small amount of power to function. OM3 must be created to affect a specific wavelength of light, and only works on light in a band around that wavelength. Only wavelengths from near-X-Ray to the lower end of microwave can be affected.
Shrouds of OM3 can be constructed for your vehicle of choice, offering either a degree of invisibility, or pretty good protection from lasers, or both.
  Optical Metamaterial 4: New and improved, OM4 works without power, in which case it defaults to the upper half of visible light. If it is powered, the exact voltage used will change the properties, letting the material be tuned on the fly. This can be done manually or automatically.

Eitr Rechargeable Superconducting Battery: A battery with 10x the capacity of conventional batteries.

Rigr Construction Harness: A hastily put together modification of the Heimdallr, to replace the X100 in industrial use cases. The lack of cohesive engineering means the performance leaves a lot to be desired. Nevertheless, it provides 2SPP, and boosts the output of atmosphereless worlds.

Lorfium RTSC: A "Room Temperature" superconductor, it operates at temperatures of up to 500K. It is remarkably cheap and simple to manufacture, allowing it to be put to good use by civilian industry as well as the military.

Spoiler: Observed enemy tech (click to show/hide)

Ships
ITC (Interplanetary Transport Craft):
  2a Shuttle: A substantially larger shuttle, capable of carrying 4TC. The Hermes thrusters and Caduceus reactors provide thrust, and remarkable range, letting its mothership park well away from the planet, outside of commonly patrolled orbits. It is delta-shaped thanks to its wings, which provide a little extra lift and agility in atmosphere.
  Cost: +0.5SPP

ESC-FS 1 'Cuttlefish' laser corvette: A medium-sized spaceship. The Cuttlefish's hull vaguely resembles its namesake. The 'beak' is a "Hermes" variable-water-injected fusion thruster, which draws plasma from the Helios-S reactor. It has very light armour, and has three AX4-Spear turrets, which are automatically aimed by the Athena RL System, which also handles evasive manoeuvres. The more ships in the fleet, the better Athena performs, due to her distributed computing. Its speed is Moderate, though it can inject extra water into the thruster for a temporary speed boost.
Cost: 2SPP
  Insalloy Armour: A few plates of Insalloy, formed into a basic armour covering for the Cuttlefish. Despite being thin, they increase survivability by as much as 100%.
  Cost: Negligible increase.


Equipment
Printed Pistol: No differences noticed.

X100 Space Suit: No differences noticed.

EAF-X1 "Ranger" Laser Rifle: A big, bulky firearm, weighing in at 15kg- just barely wieldable whilst standing. Works best against stationary targets. Can fire 30 shots in pulse mode before reloading, or 15 seconds in beam mode. Beam mode has pretty good armour penetration against conventional armour. Comes with basic scope and bipod. With the scope it is accurate at Long range.
Cost: Cheap
  EAF-PX3 Raider: A variant of the Ranger, using the new Picasso Pattern. Weighs a 'mere' 7.5kg. Fires shorter pulses, and deals more damage against moving targets. Does not have a beam mode.
  EAF-PX4 Raider: Superior in every way to the PX3, the PX4 deals twice the damage, weighs a far more reasonable 5kg, and can switch between three preset laser frequencies (although the non-default ones deal less damage). It also has cool holographic sights, which can link to a nearby Athena node to provide better targeting information.
 
Interplanetary Radio: No differences noticed.


Vehicles
EAC-TML1 Sarissa Missile Launcher: A nuclear-missile launcher consisting of three shuttle-loads worth of stuff: a small electric truck, a launch trailer, and the missiles themselves. The launch trailer loads 8 missiles, tipped with extremely small nuclear warheads for maximum 'tactical' performance. The missiles are controlled by Athena, who is now capable of flying missiles and identifying ground targets. Their range isn't great, and the launcher misfires (harmlessly) about 25% of the time, the guidance system is a bit wonky even under Athena's capable control, and the truck+trailer is slow and unwieldy, but still, nuclear-missile launcher!
Cost: 2GPP
Weight 2TC/1TC in shuttle.

EAF-ACD1 "Aegis": an Athena-controlled drone with an Insalloy frame. It has some trouble walking, shooting straight, and possesses sensors that aren't great, but it is not totally incompetent. Due to a lack of on-board processing power, they require a nearby Aegis Commander- just a big Athena node with an antenna, carried by two Aegis drones- to do anything useful. Do not say "Roger roger" repeatedly.
Cost: 1.5GPP
Weight: 0.2TC for a 100 drone complement. (Units may equip an unlimited number of drones)

EAF-HDW1 "Alke" Spider Tank: a (counterintuitively) six-legged vehicle, clad in Insalloy armour, armed with a downsized AX5 Spear, and entirely Athena-controlled. It moves at a Moderate pace, can clamber over most obstacles, and is reasonably accurate. In addition to its main armaments, it has two turreted Raiders providing anti-infantry support- not amazing, but a whole lot better than nothing.
Cost: 4GPP
Weight: 3TC


Infrastructure
Colony Defence Grid: No differences noticed.

"Helios" Fusion Reactor: A large, Tokamak style reactor. Performs He3-He3 fusion, though it does not take full advantage of this. Provides 2SPP and 2GPP.
  Helios-S: A variety specifically designed for use in spaceships. A 'twisted' plasma flow allows for plasma to be siphoned off without disrupting the reaction.


Misc Tech
NQ Cells: About 15 times better than chemical batteries. Palm-sized, weigh about a kilo each. Despite their apparent complexity, manufacture and usage is simple.

Libum-265K: A near-room temperature superconductor. Manufacture is complicated.

Hephaestus Synthesis: A complicated process that produces small amounts of Insulanium- an isotope of a certain element that resides in the "Island of Stability"; it is very heavy, yet relatively stable. Produced in too small amounts to make anything practical out of it, it is instead alloyed with more common metals, which substantially increases their strength even with only 0.25% Insulanium added.
  Hephaestus Mark 2: A new method of Insulanium production. Substantially lowers the cost of Insulanium-using designs.

Spoiler: Production (click to show/hide)

Ship Production Points: 16+5+2(C)=23
  2 points: 1xITC
    Locations: Quillus
  6 points: 2xITC with Dove
    Locations: Quillus
  10.5 points: 3xOdin (OM4 Mirage Plating)
    Locations: Quillus
  1 points: 2xLoki
    Locations: In ITC over Quillus
  3.5 points: -

Ground Production Points: 16+4+4(C)=24
  4 points: 1xHrungnir (102 Model)
    Location: F
  10 Points: 2xHrungnir with (OM3)Mirage Plating
    Location: D
  3 Points: 1xHeimdallr Power Armour
    Location: D
  7 points: -
 
Units: 5
  2 Units on planet A (No extra equipment)
  2 Unit on planet D (2xHrungnir MBT (w/ OM3 Mirage Plating), 1xHeimdallr (OM3), Fog Machines)
  1 Unit on planet F (1xHrungnir MBT (102 Model), Fog Machines)

Spoiler: The Map (click to show/hide)

Don't even worry about this looking nothing like a solar system. Its, uh, optimal transfers or something. Look, it's dumb, but what do you want from me?

Key:
A: A volcanic world. Constant eruptions and earthquakes result in a thoroughly unpleasant environment. 4SPP, 2GPP
  E:1/6, Q:5/6
B: Rocky world. (Almost) no atmosphere, no major tectonic activity, this planets is... boring. The most notable terrain features are the craters that litter the surface. 2SPP, 2GPP
C: An ocean world. Covered in 94% water, with a breathable atmosphere, and a few inhabitable islands. Prepare for lots of island-hopping. 2SPP, 4GPP
  Q:6/6
D: An earthlike world. Covered in 69% water, with a breathable atmosphere, most of the surface being inhabitable. Terrain varies wildly, from open plains to thick jungles- and of course vast seas. 5SPP, 5GPP
  E:3/6, Q:3/6
E: A frozen world. Almost entirely covered in ice, with an atmosphere too thin to breathe. Ice sheets make for treacherous terrain, with snow-covered mountains being not much better. 2SPP, 4GPP
  E:6/6
F: Rocky world. (Almost) no atmosphere, no major tectonic activity, this planets is... boring. The most notable terrain features are the craters that litter the surface. 2SPP, 2GPP
  Q:5/6, E:1/6
G: A desert world. With a few salty 'seas' covering a mere 12% of the surface, the majority of this planet is dry as a bone. Vast sandscapes dominate, punctured by low, rocky hills, and the ocassional oasis. The atmosphere is breathable. 2SPP, 4GPP.
Ertex&Quillus: Earthlike worlds. Capturing the enemy homeworld results in victory. Yield no Production Points. I mean, they do, but those are already accounted for in your basic industry.

[Madman198237]

I step out for FIFTEEN MINUTES and Nemonole's named the RTSC which really didn't need a name.

It is all his fault, every bit of it.

Start: 3.5 SPP + 10.5 (Odins, used) + 9 (Assorted, used)
Group One,  Action: Get Recycled
One ITC (No Doves) At Quillus
One ITC (With Doves) At Quillus
One set of Doves (Not the ITC) At Quillus
Two Lokis At Quillus
+ 7 SPP

Group Two,  Action: Attack A, hold orbit, bombard and deploy troops if possible/necessary
6 Odin-class with all the bells and whistles (It's a long list now)
   (Odin, Thought, Memory, Geri, Freki, Sleipnir)
1 ITC
---2 Heimdallr powered armor
- 21 SPP (Odins) - 2 SPP (ITC) = 0 remaining

Darn, I hope they concentrate over A with all their Cuddlefishes. We'd have a numerical advantage, plus (I think?) radar stealth, and we retain the metamaterials advantage, and now our guns are more powerful as well. Plus any change on the surface of A is going to let us win the ground, and our Odins can produce a limited bombardment if necessary.

Apocalypse: (1) Madman

[Jilladilla]

LET'S DO THIS!

Apocalypse: (2) Madman, Jilladilla