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[The_Two_Eternities]

Inkantry Obstacle Course, Try 2 (1) TricMagic
Camp Booyah (2) Birdy51, TTE

[TricMagic]

Of course, if the Inkantry aren’t up for shooting pop-ups, then they can always just shoot each other for fun. That’s basically why the Firink Range is there too, right?

That is not what the Firink Range was made for.

Also, I still maintain having a specialist revision rather than this booster CQC camp is better. The Inking skill, movement ability, and quick reactions all help in combat, close or otherwise. Don't let the bad roll from before deter this. It wasn't any fault of the design.

[testmen]

Oh man, has the weekend gone by fast.

Inkantry Obstacle Course, Try 2 (1) TricMagic
Camp Booyah (3) Birdy51, TTE, testmen

When we set out to make the Firink Range, we didn't specify we wanted to make a specialist as well, but we got one anyways.  I feel Camp Booyah is better than retrying the obstacle course because  the curriculum for the Camp is more comprehensive than that for the Obstacle Course.  The Obstacle Course aims for quick and reactive reactive troops, but it only describes training for mobility (Stretches and difficult paths), while the Camp describes training for mobility (Laps and hurdles), and reactions (Shoot the target before the buzzer goes off).

[TricMagic]

Inkantry Obstacle Course V1

A bevy of long stretches, twisting curved paths, and jumps. Walls to ink and swim along, half-pipes, full spiral pipes. As well as plenty of spots that need an inking to advance. Pop-ups as well. It comes in three stages, as well as a Point-based Ranking System and the Timed Runs. This course will push our Inkantry to their limit to get the best score for their class, as well as the coveted top ranking. Inkantry who complete this course may yet become known as the InkRunners on the fields of battle. Best known for their quick reaction speed, impressive movement capability, as well as their ability to ink any surface quickly and to maximum effect while moving. And at times of CQC, insane dodges, and deadly counterstrikes.

Given the issues with the last try, it is recommended that ink pools be used instead of deadly spikes. Drop in, and you fail.

Inkantry Obstacle Course, V1 (1) TricMagic
Camp Booyah (3) Birdy51, TTE, testmen

Edited everyone.

[The_Two_Eternities]

General punctuation advice: you use periods where a comma would suffice.

[Emral282]

Inkantry Obstacle Course, V1 (1) TricMagic
Camp Booyah (4) Birdy51, TTE, testmen, Emral282

[TricMagic]

Inkantry Obstacle Course, V1 (1) TricMagic
Camp Booyah (4) Birdy51, TTE, testmen, Emral282

I note, not for fun, even if Doof pop-ups are there.

[Happerry]

Design : Camp Booyah (Average Difficulty)
3+3 = 6: Above average

Hailing from Camp Booyah come the first of the Inkrunners, specialized Inkantry that train less for weapons mastery and more for maneuverability and agility, as well as quick thinking. Inkrunners are light on their feet, fast moving and quick dodging, as well as having learned the strange technique known as the 'dodge role'. No, wait, it's 'Dodge Roll', right? One of the two. Despite their superior mobility and cool looking dodges, however, Inkrunners are not superior to the standard Inkantry in actually using their weapons, just in dodging attempts to use weapons on them.

However, to maximize their superior agility and flashy moves, Inkrunners are unable to use heavy or otherwise awkward to use weapon types, which basically limits them to the Rapid-Shooter for now. Some attempts at using the Inkerial Blotter were made, but the weapon kept catching on things and otherwise getting in the way when the Inkrunners tried to dodge-troll out from incoming fire. Of course, the Rapid-Shooter is a perfectly good weapons, but certain figures at high command pouted for days when told they couldn't have 'turbo snipers'.

Spoiler: Resources (click to show/hide)

Basic Resources
Plastics : 2
Super Sea Snails : 1

Advanced Resources
Zapfish : 2

Spoiler: Inkling Armory (click to show/hide)

Primary Weapon

• Bamboozler : A compression powered ink gun that was recently invented before the Great Turf War. It charges somewhat slowly, is hard to charge on the move, can not store a charge, has limited maximum range, has low ink usage efficiency hampering repeated use before one must refill their ink tank, and can not be fired while uncharged. In other words, a revolutionary improvement over all that came before. Despite being shaped somewhat like a hammer, it is not advisable to use it in melee to hit someone over the head with.
  Cheap - Cost : 2 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails.
  
  • Bamboozler Quickcharge Cartridges : A modification of the Bamboozler that adds a socket for a pre-filled and pressurized cartridge of ink. A simple lever allows the user to switch between normal firing mode and using the cartridge to fire an instant and fully charged shot, if one at only around 85% the range and power of a normal charged shot. Takes a little bit to unscrew the old cartridge and then screw another one in, limiting their ability to be used more then once in an exchange.
• Inkerial Blotter : An ink shell launching gun powered by super sea snail homeopathy and applied anti-logic. It fires blobs of ink that burst upon contact with a target, splattering a small area around said target with ink. It is hampered by its relatively short range, but uses a triple firing chamber array to permit an acceptable rate of fire. It's ink shells are also fired in an arc, instead of having a straight trajectory like other inkarms, permitting a limited amount of indirect fire. The recent addition of a proper pressurization chamber has both increased the AOE of the shells to a more average radius, and also has somewhat increased the range of fire to 'below average'. Also has snazzy new stone triggers.
  Expensive - Cost : 3 Plastic, 2 Super Sea Snails.
• ⑨-Scope : A powerful charger that uses eight Quickcharge Cartridges arranged around the primary compression chamber to achieve the forces needed for long ranged fire. The necessity to replace all the Cartridges between shots as well as re-compress the ink in the primary chamber ensure the ⑨-Scope has an absurdly low firing speed as well as a ferocious amount of recoil when fired. On the other hand, with a normal compression chamber and eight cartridges powering the shot, at least it hits hard. Also, the designers ran out of time and never got around to designing a scope for the gun, hindering its accuracy at its maximum range.
  Very Expensive - Cost : 4 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails, Complex.
• 3D-Scope : A powerful charger that uses three secondary compression chambers around the primary chamber to power its shots. Using all three of the secondary chambers requires more charging time then using fewer of them for a weaker shot, but only when all chambers are used does the 3D-Scope gain its true power and range. Comes with a simple scope for accurate fire out into the long range bracket, but uses up lots and lots of ink when being fired out to its full range and power. Unlike the ⑨-Scope, using it will no longer cover your entire shoulder and or arms in bruises from the recoil.
  Expensive - Cost : 4 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails.
• Rapid Shooter : A short ranged triple chambered gun, the Rapid Shooter is the first proper Shooter to be put into production in the Great Turf War. It's short ranged and has minor accuracy issues at the edge of its range, but it is also light, handy, and can recharge its compression chamber on the go. As such, as long as one doesn't literally hold the trigger down until the compression chamber is empty, it can maintain a continual stream of fire no other gun in the turf war can yet match.
  Cheap - Cost : 2 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails.

Sub Weapon

• Inkdisc-A Bomb/Mine : A disk shaped plastic casing for ink filled balloons that can be used as a thrown projectile detonated upon impact with a needle of hardened ink, or with the flip of a lever the needle may remain unused to allow for the deployment of the Inkdisc as a sort of non-stealthy mine. While limited in range, despite and because of its frisbee like shape, by the muscle power and throwing ability of its user one good direct hit within its range can splat the average target. Takes a few seconds to inflate though.
  Cheap - Cost : 2 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails.

Specials

• Vortex Armor : A defensive special that generates a vortex of ink around the user. Its immense energy expenses prevent it from lasting beyond four to six seconds, with its time falling to half of that while being heavily used. While the vortex lasts it will cover anything nearby in friendly ink, turf or foe, as well as intercept enemy shots with its own ink. Its defensive coverage isn't perfect though, and well aimed, sufficiently lucky, or singularly powerful enough shots can penetrate its defensive shroud.
  Cheap - Cost 1 Plastic, 1 Super Sea Snail

Ability
No Abilities start out designed.

Personnel

• Inkantry : Brave Inklings, run through basic training and drilled repeatedly in weapon use and other skills needed on the modern battlefield. The Inkantry not only know how to use a gun, but also hold a basic understanding of the concepts of planning, crossfires, flanking maneuvers, and actually communicating with each other, and have superior running and swimming speed from all those athletic drills. They're still fairly basic soldiers, but they actually are soldiers now.
• Markslings: Inklings whom have powered through the frequent and blatant distractions and misuse of the Firink Field to maximize their accuracy, snapshot skills, and ability to assess cover to as high as the Firink Field could take them. While few are dedicated enough to become known as a Marksling, those whom are are rightfully known for their skills.
  Uncommon Specialist.
• Inkrunners: Inklings trained in Camp Booyah for speed, agility, and the arcane are of the Dodge Roll. Not actually better in direct combat then a normal Inkantry, but harder to hit and able to get to the fight, or any other location of interest, faster then a normal Inkantry. They need to use a light and easy to use weapon to be able to properly employ their skills however, preventing them from using most of the current armory.

Cultural Artifacts

• The Inkspire : A vast and continual open air market and cultural festival without end that has grown around Inkopolis Tower, better known as the Inkspire in those times. While of little direct military use, it's presence as a sign of what all Inklings fought for had noticeable effects on their overall morale. And besides, I found the cutest pair of booties there last time I went! Must visit again soon. And this time, I'll avoid drinking that homemade fire-water.

Other Gear

• Mark 1 Ink Tank : A basic ink tank, invented by the same inventor that invented the Bamboozler, and designed to work with the Bamboozler. A quarter of its mass is taken up with the complicated gearing that connects it to a Lings primary weapon and the generator for the subweapon, limiting how much ink it can store. Still better then having to produce ink manually whenever you need a refill though.
  Cheap - Cost : 2 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails.
  
  • Super Sea Snail Filters: The heavy valves that controlled ink flow in the Mark 1 Ink Tank have been replaced with a system of Super Sea Snail derived filters, which control the flow of ink without any jams or needed maintenance. The decreased size of the filters, in comparison to the original valve system, allows the non-tank part of the Ink Tank to decrease to taking up only around 15% of its mass instead of 25%. This does, however, mean that the Ink Tank now needs Super Sea Snails for construction.
    +1 Super Sea Snails (Cheap)
• Military Inkline Camp : A camp that teaches a two month course on the basics of military skills, with plenty of athletic and accuracy drills, as well as a new standardized basic training program to teach students how to be proper soldiers whom actually have basic military skills. Doesn't stand out as being awesome, but grants all students whom are put through its training a solid foundation for their new roll as Inkantry.
• Firink Range : An expanded weapons testing and training field with automatic targets that do things such as move and shoot back, as well as a multitude of different firing positions to practice from. For some reason the Inkantry have taken to using the place as a tournament ground, hindering attempts to train within it. Still, for those whom persist and fail to be distracted by the team verses team playfights, a noticeable level of skill can emerge. Markslings may not be common, but they have learned the lessons of the Firink Range well and full-heartedly.
• Camp Booyah : An alternate training area, Camp Booyah is an obstacle course that specializes in training Inkrunners instead of long ranged combatants. Unlike earlier obstacle courses it is far less likely to traumatize and splat it's victim-, er, trainees. On the other tentacle, it also produces far less lawsuits.
• Spike Covered Crevasses : It turns out that these are illegal to drop Inklings into, and do not in fact make good obstacle courses.

Superweapons
So far, no Superweapons have been developed.

Heroes

• Commander Cauldo : A former instructor of the Inkantry Brevetted to Commander and deployed to battle. Armed with a refined Inkerial Blotter using lighter materials and a five-firing chamber arrangement for greater firing speed and usability, as well as experimental ink energy batteries that are no longer mildly explosive when things go wrong. Commander Cauldo is known for his tactical skill and ability at small scale unit command, skills which seem to come from his days as an instructor, and unlike most heroes works closely with an attached squad of Inkantry. His presence is inspiring to said squad and any other Inklings around, and he can use his reputation to get other squads to listen to him, increasing local coordination.

The Deployment Phase of Winter, Year 1 has begun.

[TricMagic]

Been a while.

Lost Outpost (1) TricMagic
The Mount (-)
Calimari Country (1) TricMagic

It's winter, and the mount is bound to be slippery. Good luck to them taking the top. On the other side however, no leaves. No more surprises, and no hero on their side either, it's time to take the Country like a Vortex of Ink.

As for where the Commander goes, should it be close range or long? Given our only problem on the outpost was taking targets, the Inkrunners and Markslings can deal inky splatting there. Which leaves our Commander going to the Country.

Country Hunting(1) TricMagic

[The_Two_Eternities]

Lost Outpost (2) TricMagic, TTE
The Mount (-)
Calimari Country (2) TricMagic, TTE

Country Hunting(2) TricMagic, TTE

[testmen]

Lost Outpost (2) : TricMagic, TTE
The Mount (1) : testmen
Calimari Country (3) : TricMagic, TTE, testmen

Country Hunting(2) TricMagic, TTE
Holding out at the Outpost (1) : testmen

We lost pretty badly the last time we tried to push Lost Outpost, and while the Runners would be more able to close the distance,  they are currently limited to only be able to use the lightweight rapid-shooter, which means they have even more of a distance to run to close the range gap.  I think I would rather push the medium and close range spots while putting Cauldo on defensive at the outpost so if they attack there he can pull them into range.  Cauldo would be helpful with dealing with the Giants in the Country, but hopefully swarming and circle-strafing them with shooters will take care of them as well.

[Emral282]

Lost Outpost (2) : TricMagic, TTE
The Mount (2) : testmen, Emral282
Calimari Country (4) : TricMagic, TTE, testmen, Emral282

Country Hunting(3) : TricMagic, TTE, Emral282
Holding out at the Outpost (1) : testmen

[TricMagic]

The same applies on the mount. They still have range, and open areas are not to our benefit.

As well, we have the Vortex Armor, which was key to closing the distance back when we had the blotters there. We lost at the Outpost last time due to their better training regularly hitting us, and having a limited amount of shots. This shooter, if you remember, is the best of it's class, and can reasonably keep firing skirmish to skirmish inside. And we still dominate the long range.

Point being, Point Capture occurs inside the buildings, where shooters shine, and we control long range. They literally had to bunker done last time, and that won't help them now that the Shooter is in production.


Aa, it's also winter, so... Mount is slippery, making defense of the top easy for us. And the spring rains will do the same next season. Also, no leaves in country, so it's open season.

[testmen]

Lost Outpost (2) : TricMagic, TTE
The Mount (1) : Emral282
Calimari Country (4) : TricMagic, TTE, testmen, Emral282

Country Hunting(3) : TricMagic, TTE, Emral282
Holding out at the Outpost (1) : testmen

[Happerry]

The Great Turf War of Winter, Year 1, has now Finished.

The Design Phase of Spring, Year 2 has begun.