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[Emral282]

Creating the vote box because no one else has done it yet:

Agent Zephyr: Emral282 (1)
Ink Propelled Grenade - Special Weapon:
Zephyr Squad: Emral282 (1)

[TricMagic]

Creating the vote box because no one else has done it yet:

Agent Zephyr: TricMagic, Emral282 (2)
Ink Propelled Grenade - Special Weapon:
Zephyr Squad: Emral282 (1)

Actually did put one at the bottom of the post before.

[SamSpeeds]

Agent Zephyr: TricMagic, Emral282, SamSpeeds (3)
Ink Propelled Grenade - Special Weapon:
Zephyr Squad: Emral282 (1)

I've come to this decision after much deliberation and thought. The future has been shown to me and this is the path to glory.

[The_Two_Eternities]

Agent Zephyr (4): TricMagic, Emral282, SamSpeeds, TTE
Ink Propelled Grenade - Special Weapon (0):
Zephyr Squad (1): Emral282

[testmen]

I still object to the whole "Hardlight" thing.   Not only is it ridiculous with our level of tech (do we even have computers?), but it also drags down the rest of the design.  It isn't like this is something that just gets dropped if the roll isn't high enough, it is going to push the difficulty of the design up and negate the bonus of the roll we would have gotten.  There is only so much effort we can put in each design each phrase, and if a part of the design does not end up working, that's basically time and effort wasted.

The worst thing that could happen is that we get a penalty to the roll that drops a average design to a buggy mess and makes it so our flying hero can't fly and can only use her special to just boost around on the ground.

Also, rereading the definition, I am not sure the bonus applies to it unless 'wind in general' is valid enough for the bonus.  The definition of zephyr is 'a gentle breeze', which is the opposite strong wind.

[TricMagic]

that sufficently references or is based off the concept of the Zephyr.

1a: A breeze from the west.

1b: A gentle breeze.

Zephyrus, the Greek God of the West Wind.

Zephyrus, the personified west wind, eventually evolved into zephyr, a word for a breeze that is westerly or gentle, or both.


Wind Brush, Check.

West Field, Check.

Inkflight, Check.

Agent Zephyr, Check.

Sufficient References, and use of wind in the Wind Brush and Inkflight. And West Field could be considered a Divine token, given such an effort to make use of Light from Ink. It also sounds sufficiently Science-y, which is a little important for it. Much more so for Inklings.


I took the Concept, and ran with it. Those were the results.



Vortex Armor base plus Fax = Wind Aura in the Inkflight Special. Inkflight --> West Field design.

Wind Brush is S-T linking with Spacial Warps. And the SSS Proteins and Wind as a vector for the ink slashes. And of course, using the shell for it's defensive properties in the shaft.

The jump is the use of turning Ink Energy to another form. Be it Wind, Light, or as we currently use, Ink. It isn't beyond us to make that jump. And the +1 makes it likely on what is a hero gear design for our new hero.

She also is the one Dofley Slashed, so she has narrative on her side at least.

[Happerry]

Design : Agent Zephyr (Ludicrous Difficulty)
2+4-3+1 = 4: Below average

High Command really needs to stop reading the propaganda manga and taking it as actual fact. Yes, Aoi was very embarrassed to be taken down so easily, yes, she was taken down by Dofley, and yes, she has been undergoing training. No, she was not training with the desire to take out Dofley in a dramatic duel for vengeance, she does not have 'light speed reflexes', and nor has the wind been so impressed by her oath of vengeance (which she did not make) that it's willing to carry her around and let her fly. She has, on the other hand, mocked up a prototype weapon that uses a capsule of pressurized air to allow what's basically a giant brush to 'puff' bursts of inks off of it, but the thing is so complicated that she's the only one able to maintain and repair it. Mass production is a pipe dream.

On the whole 'West Field' thing, the scientists really have no idea where to start with that. For one thing, if you turned ink into light, how would they get it to hang on the air instead of flying off somewhere at light speed? They did do some experiments with anti-light... but that lab imploded in on itself last week while the scientists were out on their second breakfast break and all work on it was lost. Supposedly it was really spooky anyway. On the other hand, they did figure out how to make glowing ink! No one is really sure what advantage that would be in combat, but Aoi has been using it for facepaint and looks a little more fresh that way.

Anyway, she was willing to sign up as a special agent, but people need to stop thinking she's the same as the Aoi in the manga, who's writers can just make stuff up and cram random words in whenever an invaluable precursor relic goes off and expect that to actually work.

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.
• "Big Smoke" Smoke Bomb : A shell shaped throwing weapon that emits aerosolized ink from three separate ports, providing concealment, soothing friendly Inkantry, and serving as a low level ablative defense verses enemy shots. Enemies moving through a cloud will feel like they're moving through a cloud of itching powder, and the cloud is pretty effective at blocking line of sight. Of course, like other smoke weapons, that includes friendly line of sight...
  Expensive - Cost : 2 Plastic, 3 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.
• Aoi the Painter: A former security guard and self employed manga artist, Aoi has been recruited into the ranks of the special Inkling Agents as Agent 2. She's armed with a self designed giant paintbrush weapon able to really paint some turf as long as the enemy is at point blank range, and uses compressed air to let her throw the ink off the brush farther when she swings it around. Even if the compressed air capsule has to be replaces every few minutes as it runs out of air, it still gives her a bit of extra range. Aoi is pretty fast on her feet and nimble, if not unreasonably so. Lastly, her glowing facepaint makes her look extra fresh.

The Revision Phase of Summer, Year 2 has begun.

[testmen]

Well then.

Ink Blotter - Bloatar Configuration
Long range and indirect fire has been a thing Inkanrty have been requesting since they entered the field, so this design was created in response to those requests.  The two extra firing chambers are replaced with a expanded pressure pump and a bipod, swapping out the bloater's heavy firepower for the ability to shoot at further distances and at indirect targets.

Reposting this design, might be even more effective since smoke can singal targets for it.

[TricMagic]

opps. There's an Aoi manga?

Revision: Big Air Ink Bomb
Class: Special/Support

Super Sea Snail homeopathy, and a lot of ink. This special takes the form of a very big cannon that mounts itself to the ground. The Shell is filled with high pressure ink. And a series of high pressure air canisters serve as the launch mechanism, giving the shell a slow spin for accuracy.

The blast radius is very large, and it's range on a full trajectory can easily go into the extra-long range. Oh, and the ink glows in the dark, quite brightly, making any that do survive the edge of the bomb exploding ink everywhere are lit up for our inklings to finish off with a snipe to the head.

This is also good for night operation, since it can be used to light up areas import. Given the speed of the shot, close range isn't a range this special has, but mid, the shell can easily be fired into a window.

One use only, but a very good supporting weapon. And for forests? Find a clearing, a clear arc, and fire away. It will still explode when it hits the branches.

Anything in the open can be splatted, easily, with a taste of their own superweapon's damage, and can be deployed to most inklings near anywhere. Also good to give to our Markslings, given the Vortex Armor does not do them much good at the ranges they fight at.


Night Ops: Zephyr Squad

So ah, turns out we had the whole wrong idea about that squad we lost in the woods. It wasn't that we were bad at seeking, it's more that they were too good at hiding. A season in the dark woods have left the survivors seasoned experts in the art of infiltration and night operation; soldiers capable of passing around through enemy lines like 'a soft breeze'. Untouchable. Unnoticeable. Unstoppable. By the time our Octoling foes realize they are there, it will be too late, as they will have already completed their objectives, if they even notice them at all..


These lings are very capable of fighting in low light conditions, and use darker inks to blend in, as well as special low-intensity Glowink light for when they do need a bit of lighting.. It's basically just some of our new glow ink with a sliding latched shutter to keep the light under wraps. Handheld, and good for signalling if necessary. Their weapons are the standard arsenal too, though paired more for working in a group.. Sniper, Blotter, Shooter. Gear more suited to sabotage and infiltration than prolonged combat. They make the biggest contribution messing with enemy supply and performing behind enemy lines. Diversion also counts among their tactics, if an enemy is stronger than them, they draw them away before letting another part of their group do the rest. This tends to be a last resort though, making their way through stealth is there usual skill....

While this Group does count under personal, they can be directed to deal with an single objective. Such as taking down the Radio Towers, or stealing from the Octolings, and as such, are only deployed to a single battlefield at a time...

This actually makes it a Special Group, similar to heroes in operation... Can a Group like the Zephyr Squad be classed under the Hero class?

Spoiler: Birdy's Idea (click to show/hide)

Zephyr Squad:

So ah, turns out we had the whole wrong idea about that squad we lost in the woods. It wasn't that we were bad at seeking, it's more that they were too good at hiding. A season in the woods have left the survivors seasoned experts in the art of infiltration; soldiers capable falling into enemy lines like 'a soft breeze'. Untouchable. Unnoticeable. Undefeatable. By the time our Octoling foes realize they are there, they will already be splatted.

New Shutterlights are classed under Other Gear, being simple and cheap to produce, made with Glowink and Plastic. {This is not part of the revision, simply an observation. They're so cheap though that they may prove a suitable quality of life improvement, or even a social Design later.}

Ink Blotter - Bloater Configuration (-)
Big Air Ink Bomb (1) TricMagic
Night Ops: Zephyr Squad (1) TricMagic

[testmen]

Voting for my thing, I feel being able to fire off more often might help more than bigger explosions. (And I guess because it's my thing so I'm biased)

Ink Blotter - Bloatar Configuration (1) testmen
Big Air Ink Bomb (1) TricMagic
Night Ops: Zephyr Squad (1) TricMagic

[TricMagic]

I have typed a lot in discord, but here are some of the specifics.

Ink Blotter - Bloatar Configuration
Long range and indirect fire has been a thing Inkanrty have been requesting since they entered the field, so this design was created in response to those requests.  The two extra firing chambers are replaced with a expanded pressure pump and a bipod, swapping out the bloater's heavy firepower for the ability to shoot at further distances and at indirect targets.

Reposting this design, might be even more effective since smoke can singal targets for it.

First, this is off of the Blotter. One chamber means one shot, so it's fire rate is slow.

 Long Range and Indirect Fire. Counter to that is the Enemy's Punt Bombs.

Another thing.. swapping out the bloater's heavy firepower, we have no bloaters..

Disregarding that, it says nothing about increasing it's blast radius, nor any specifics on accuracy. Just, an Arc. Moray Towers is either Windy Roofs, or Enclosed Hallways. Maybe Windy Bridges. Our Markslings are probably the only ones who can fire them LR in such a situation, and that means less 3D-Scopes. And the 3D-Scopes are better all around. In CR, Blotters are better; MR, user is in range of bamboozlers. LR, Punt Bombs, which are a Sub-weapon.

You would be better off designing a Bazooka,

Inkzooka

A long barrel and a some handles make up the stock of this weapon, gravity and air fed through tubes with mini bombs that are launched out by compressed air. Those mini bombs are made in the same way as the Blotter's ammo, with Five Chambers making more and dropping them in the ammo chamber.

It has an Ammo Limit of 30, each rolling down the tube into the barrel each time the cartridge of the weapon is drawn back via handle to let one in.. The Chambers stop producing once the number of Mini Bombs hits 30. 24 in the ammo feed, 5 in the chambers themsleves, and 1 in the barrel. Like the Blotter, the chambers produce as soon as they are empty, so this isn't the amount of shots you can fire in a row..

The Compressed Air comes from three tanks, which are filled via a compressor on the user. The fire rate of this weapon is methodical, based on their own users skill, but on the whole, it can fire once every two seconds with a degree of fluidity. Any faster, and the parts get messed up. It's not mechanically possible.

Range is well into and past mid, and the shots come out in a minor spin due to grooves in the barrel. This is mostly cause you can angle the barrel to get more range. It can technically reach long range if you are firing down from a height, more room for the shots to fall..

 As with any Arc Weapon, you can fire up, though given this weapons max launch speed, it may be wise to add an adjuster to choose how much air is used to fire.

The Numbers for this are 5, 3, & {3} 1s(User, Air Compressor, Cannon.)
Anti-logic was used in the original Blotter design, so we need to be prudent not to mess it up.

There. Now that that's out of the way-

Big Air Ink Bomb
Special; It's a special weapon, meaning the user doesn't need to give up their own. This also renders the One-shot aspect mute, since the user can still attack after firing it. Though it does act as a Trump in fights, so in the open, you can just fire at midrange foes, then DUCK.

LR-MR, ARC; Long Range, Mid Range, and an Arc fire pattern.

Boom; Big boom, gotta boom. Very nice Radius on the blast, good for disrupting encampments sitting in the open, and managing to fire it in a window means a cleared room.

Shiny Light; Ink is Glowink, making it good for night vision. Ruin theirs and paint a target on them. Being a good intensity also helps our snipers.

Bomb; Boom. Can be carried and fired at delicate machinery, making it pretty useful. Can also be fired down halls, but make sure you take cover behind a corner, there is a Reason Close Range is not a place to fire it.

Lotta Ink; More a disadvantage/advantage. Takes a Long time to charge. And all that ink, it acts more like a flood of force, so CR, their is a chance to splat from high speed impact. Of Course, you could just blow up your enemy with you.


I think that's all the bonuses. Disadvantage is also listed. Markslings can't make much use from Vortex Armor, so this complementary Special will be in good hands with them. We can also employ the same tactics those Octolings employed against us last season.

List of specialties needed, Glowink, Air Compression, Homeopathy... That's it? I guess SSS, but still...

[SamSpeeds]

Ink Blotter - Bloatar Configuration (1) testmen
Big Air Ink Bomb (2) TricMagic, SamSpeeds
Night Ops: Zephyr Squad (1) TricMagic

Wake up boys!!! Wake up!!! WOOO!

[Taricus]

Ink Blotter - Bloatar Configuration (1) testmen
Big Air Ink Bomb (2) TricMagic, SamSpeeds
Night Ops: Zephyr Squad (2) TricMagic, Taricus

[TricMagic]

Ink Blotter - Bloatar Configuration (1) testmen
Big Air Ink Bomb (1) SamSpeeds
Night Ops: Zephyr Squad (2) TricMagic, Taricus

I can assume it would be better for either of these to fall in a design phase, but I'll go with something we need right now for battle, an infil squad to turn the tides.

[testmen]

Ink Blotter - Bloatar Configuration (0)
Big Air Ink Bomb (2) SamSpeeds, testmen
Night Ops: Zephyr Squad (2) TricMagic, Taricus