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[Maxim_inc]

I feel that at our current resource level the dice will not be in our favor for special moves at the moment, thus I feel we need to give the Splatling a more stable firing platform as it is a decent weapon that can help us in the bottlenecks most of the island hosts.

S.A.P. - Splatling Attack Platform
Due to the recent observations about the Splatling it is obvious  that it is a mediocre weapon due to it's unstable platform of fire,this tripod will be three adjustable legs allowing is to set up to cover a large area. It also includes a large ink tank that can be placed in the ground abd filled externally next to the tripod which hold more ink that an octoling can carry. Hopefully this will assist us in our efforts to protect the octoling homeland.

[Happerry]

Revision : Power charge (Average Difficulty)
2+2 = 4: Below average

The addition of a set of Ink Energy capacitors to the hilt of the Krakenblade doesn't solve all of it's issues... but it does solve some of them. Using the capacitors as local reserves allows for increased amounts of energy to be allocated to stabilizing the Krakenblade, as well as allowing some Ink Energy to be reserved to temporarily amplify the user. Now, granted, this doesn't actually solve the problem of the Krakenblade's instability, merely brute forcing the issue, and the actual amplification effect is still crude. Most Octolings can only cross but a few meters with the charge at most due to both the energy cost and the physical feedback of such rapid motion. Of course, 'a few meters' is still a drastic amplification of the Krakenblade's range, making it much easier to actually use on the battlefield. Equally useful is the new hilt's ability to hold a charge for a good ten to twelve seconds between the specials activation and when you must use it or lose it, making it a lot easier for the user to pick their range and timing.

While neither effect make the Krakenblade a special weapon to feel super proud of, they do combine to make it actually usable outside of extremely special circumstances. According to the primary designer, that's 'good enough for me'.

Spoiler: Resources (click to show/hide)

Basic Resources
Plastics : 2
Super Sea Snails : 1

Advanced Resources
Zapfish : 2

Spoiler: Octoling 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. Recent advances in Ink Tank pump speed have increased the Bamboozler's charging speed by around 5%, and an additional redesign of the nozzle and front half of the gun has increased ranged by an astonishing 15%.
  Cheap - Cost : 2 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails.
• Bamboozler Mk.2 : A reconstructed version of the Bamboozler that replaces the old ink compressor and awkward trigger/plunger set up with an entirely new selection of complicated gearing and valves, using a two tank air/ink pressure system to achieve greater range, charging speed, and ink usage efficiency then the Mk.1 Bamboozler. In return the Mk.2 is overly complicated to build and maintain as well as wasteful of its materials, all signs of its extremely unpolished design. This lack of polish degrades its effectiveness in several ways, but the most immediately noticeable one, (a leaky air tank) has been reworked and no longer effects the gun. Lastly it is still not advisable to use a Bamboozler Mk.2 as a melee weapon, despite it being shaped like a hammer. A recent redesign of the front end has increased its viable range by an astonishing 15%.
  Very Expensive -  Cost : 3 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails, Complex.
• Splatling Cannon : A large crank operated automatic ink cannon. Has short range, extreme weight and size, and equally extreme inkpower. Can be operated at either a low firing speed, which actually has accuracy, or a high firing speed which can suck dry an entire ink tank in under thirty seconds using the higher pump speeds made possible by the Rotodynamic Pump but in return can barely hope to hit the broad side of a barn due to the crank and the pump knocking the weapon around as it fires as well as the increased recoil.
  Expensive - Cost : 3 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails.

Sub Weapon

• Balloon Mine : A large balloon, inflated close to bursting with ink. Being sturdy enough to avoid accidental discharges means it requires some amount of focused firepower to detonate, and it takes around a minute and a full ink tank to deploy in the first place. Covers a large area with friendly ink when it does detonate, however, and has an optional automatic pump to allow for deployment without manual operation.
  Cheap - Cost : 2 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails. When used with the Automatic Pump, gains the Complex tag and therefor becomes Expensive.

Specials

• Krakenblade : A average sized blade of raw Ink and Ink Energy, barely stabilized by an anchoring hilt. Takes a moment to form and is only effective at melee range, but does hold the power to splat anything you get a direct hit on. With the new capacitor equipped hilt it can sustain itself around ten to twelve seconds before it fades, and also allows the use of Ink Energy to send the user into a hyperspeed dash covering a few yards, no more then three or four, at the cost of decreasing the time left in the special to around one to one and a half seconds afterwards.
  Very Expensive - Cost : 0 Plastic, 2 Super Sea Snails, Complex.

Ability
No Abilities start out designed.

Personnel

• Octoling Guardsman/Guardswoman: An Octoling member of a volunteer weekend warrior association, where they train in basic military skills and teamwork. The association consistently turns out professionalized militia with consistent if not outstanding fundamental skills as well as a well honed sense of squad wide mutual trust and teamwork.

Cultural Artifacts
So far, nothing has been invented that makes your side Fresher then the other side. You may feel properly ashamed of that fact now.

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.
  
  • Rotodynamic Ink Pumps : A new rotational pump for the Ink Tank. It's smaller size and more efficient form allows for an increased ink reservoir as well as faster pumping, both for refilling the tank and for output to weapons. The increased tank pumping speed for refills is partially countered by the increased tank size however, and ends up only being somewhat faster.
• Octoling Home Guard Program: A volunteer training organization that meets twice a week to train with weapons and with working together. Beyond the teamwork and unity drills, each meeting addresses a different subject of military life, from weapon certification and recognition to maneuvering in Ink Form to theoretical tactical studies, with specially formatted programs meant to drill the basics into the skulls of civilians. And it works. The Home Guard may not be legends nor cutting edge professionals, but they learn the basic skills they'll need to survive a war. And more importantly, they learn to trust one another.
  

Superweapons
So far, no Superweapons have been developed.

Heroes
So far, no Heroes have been recruited for the greater glory of something or another.

The Design Phase of Spring, Year 1 has begun.

[The Ensorceler]

Wide Spread
Gear Ability

An emulsion of Slimy Sea Snail slime and oil, Wide Spread dyes clothing a slick yellow color and increases the splatter size of all Ink spread by the wearer, although not impact power. Best assigned to Octoling Guards equipped with flashy weaponry like Splatlings, Self-Filling Balloons, and Krakenblades for maximum impact.


Other Brain
Superweapon

It has been known since ancient times that Octolings house more than a single mind within themselves, all but the greatest of them slumbering, believing themselves to be mere tentacles. Various cults and fads have produced Octarians by severing an Octoling's tentacles throughout history, usually only one per Octoling. They just... aren't very smart. You can train them to perform simple tasks, but the Octarians are never as enthusiastic about their own existence as their creator.

Enter the Other Brain. Resembling an enormous upright blender with a round bladed mouth and tank treads, it automates Octarian production on a truly staggering scale. Fed Octolings whole, it regurgitates a full set of eight Octarians on a wave of Ink, and adds the Octoling's own brain matter to the tank atop the blender. There, kept alive by a nutritive slurry of Ink and Zapfish energy, the combined psychic emanations of so many minds are able to overpower the weak wills of the Octarians and forge them into an army. Still wet with the Ink of their own creation, these Octarians will throw themselves at their enemies as a living wave, overpowering any resistance by sheer numbers.

[Happerry]

I'd just like to remind people you aren't playing as the Kamabo Corporation.

[dgr11897]

Multi shot resistance.
The reactive super sea snail slime causes our clothing to become charged with ink energy for a short time after being hit. This decreases the damage done by follow up attacks. The effect doesn't do anything to reduce the damage of the first shot though, making the defense offered useless against burst damage.

[The Ensorceler]

Highlight Goggles
Other Gear

Using lenses made from polished fragments of Glassy Sea Snail shells, Ink Energy can be made directly visible. These goggles passively show Octolings and Inklings as having a glowing outline in different colors. Most easily visible are 'lings with charged Specials, as they are chock full of Ink Energy.

[dgr11897]

That kind of works,

Highlight goggles: (1), DGR

[Failbird105]

Highlight goggles: (2) DGR, Failbird

[The Ensorceler]

Giant Octolings
Personnel

Giant Octolings have always existed, of course, but without training on how to best make use of their size and strength in combat they never stood out. This should be remedied as soon as possible, as their natural resistance to being splatted and affinity for heavy weapons will be valuable assets on the battlefield. The average Giant Octoling is twice the height of a common Octoling, with rare individuals growing to enormous statures. Daimyo Octavio is probably the most famous Giant Octoling, but others have dominated superheavyweight sumo wrestling since the category was first created.

Other Brain: (0)
Wide Spread: (1) The Ensorceler
Multi-Shot Resistance: (0)
Highlight Goggles: (2) DGR, Failbird
Giant Octolings: (1) The Ensorceler

[Failbird105]

Other Brain: (0)
Wide Spread: (1) The Ensorceler
Multi-Shot Resistance: (0)
Highlight Goggles: (1) DGR
Giant Octolings: (2) The Ensorceler, Failbird

Sure yeah fuck it I like that idea, I can already thing of an idea for how to let us make use of their strength as well.

[piratejoe]

Other Brain: (0)
Wide Spread: (1) The Ensorceler
Multi-Shot Resistance: (0)
Highlight Goggles: (1) DGR
Giant Octolings: (3) The Ensorceler, Failbird Piratejoe

Well, we did call our sword special a Kraken blade, only fitting to have some krakens giant octo's

[Slick]

Other Brain: (0)
Wide Spread: (1) The Ensorceler
Multi-Shot Resistance: (0)
Highlight Goggles: (1) DGR
Giant Octolings: (4) The Ensorceler, Failbird Piratejoe, Slick

Huh, surprised nobody noticed their being two designs with a Vote from you Ensorceler.

Edit:
Fixed, sorry about that. I'm still not that well versed in Arms Race Etiquette like how you can Vote for more than one design, so long as your reasonable with how many you Vote on.

[Happerry]

Design : Giant Octolings (Hard Difficulty)
3+1-1 = 3: Buggy mess

So, it turns out there's this group known as the Society For Prevention of Biased Species Interaction. SFPBSI for short, and no, I can't pronounce it either. Anyway, they're... well, doing big protests in front of our recruitment centers about our new attempts to specifically recruit Giant Octolings. Apparently specifically designing training regimes and targeted recruitment efforts for them counts as a bias. Either for the Giant Octolings or against all the non-Giant Octolings, they weren't really clear about it when they started ranting loudly from the makeshift podiums outside.

Anyway, what it comes down to is that most of the Giant Octolings are too intimidated to sign on, and the ones that already signed on can't go on the specified specialized training courses without a bunch of sign waving loonies showing up. The SFPBSI will have to be dealt with, one way or another, before recruitment and training can begin.

Spoiler: Resources (click to show/hide)

Basic Resources
Plastics : 2
Super Sea Snails : 1

Advanced Resources
Zapfish : 2

Spoiler: Octoling 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. Recent advances in Ink Tank pump speed have increased the Bamboozler's charging speed by around 5%, and an additional redesign of the nozzle and front half of the gun has increased ranged by an astonishing 15%.
  Cheap - Cost : 2 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails.
• Bamboozler Mk.2 : A reconstructed version of the Bamboozler that replaces the old ink compressor and awkward trigger/plunger set up with an entirely new selection of complicated gearing and valves, using a two tank air/ink pressure system to achieve greater range, charging speed, and ink usage efficiency then the Mk.1 Bamboozler. In return the Mk.2 is overly complicated to build and maintain as well as wasteful of its materials, all signs of its extremely unpolished design. This lack of polish degrades its effectiveness in several ways, but the most immediately noticeable one, (a leaky air tank) has been reworked and no longer effects the gun. Lastly it is still not advisable to use a Bamboozler Mk.2 as a melee weapon, despite it being shaped like a hammer. A recent redesign of the front end has increased its viable range by an astonishing 15%.
  Very Expensive -  Cost : 3 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails, Complex.
• Splatling Cannon : A large crank operated automatic ink cannon. Has short range, extreme weight and size, and equally extreme inkpower. Can be operated at either a low firing speed, which actually has accuracy, or a high firing speed which can suck dry an entire ink tank in under thirty seconds using the higher pump speeds made possible by the Rotodynamic Pump but in return can barely hope to hit the broad side of a barn due to the crank and the pump knocking the weapon around as it fires as well as the increased recoil.
  Expensive - Cost : 3 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails.

Sub Weapon

• Balloon Mine : A large balloon, inflated close to bursting with ink. Being sturdy enough to avoid accidental discharges means it requires some amount of focused firepower to detonate, and it takes around a minute and a full ink tank to deploy in the first place. Covers a large area with friendly ink when it does detonate, however, and has an optional automatic pump to allow for deployment without manual operation.
  Cheap - Cost : 2 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails. When used with the Automatic Pump, gains the Complex tag and therefor becomes Expensive.

Specials

• Krakenblade : A average sized blade of raw Ink and Ink Energy, barely stabilized by an anchoring hilt. Takes a moment to form and is only effective at melee range, but does hold the power to splat anything you get a direct hit on. With the new capacitor equipped hilt it can sustain itself around ten to twelve seconds before it fades, and also allows the use of Ink Energy to send the user into a hyperspeed dash covering a few yards, no more then three or four, at the cost of decreasing the time left in the special to around one to one and a half seconds afterwards.
  Very Expensive - Cost : 0 Plastic, 2 Super Sea Snails, Complex.

Ability
No Abilities start out designed.

Personnel

• Octoling Guardsman/Guardswoman : An Octoling member of a volunteer weekend warrior association, where they train in basic military skills and teamwork. The association consistently turns out professionalized militia with consistent if not outstanding fundamental skills as well as a well honed sense of squad wide mutual trust and teamwork.
• Society For Prevention of Biased Species Interaction : A group of sign waving fanatics whom are against treating any subspecies of Octoling differently in any way, shape, form, or ink. This represents a noticeable issue with any attempts to train Octolings to use their subspecies specific advantages to their, well, advantage.

Cultural Artifacts
So far, nothing has been invented that makes your side Fresher then the other side. You may feel properly ashamed of that fact now.

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.
  
  • Rotodynamic Ink Pumps : A new rotational pump for the Ink Tank. It's smaller size and more efficient form allows for an increased ink reservoir as well as faster pumping, both for refilling the tank and for output to weapons. The increased tank pumping speed for refills is partially countered by the increased tank size however, and ends up only being somewhat faster.
• Octoling Home Guard Program: A volunteer training organization that meets twice a week to train with weapons and with working together. Beyond the teamwork and unity drills, each meeting addresses a different subject of military life, from weapon certification and recognition to maneuvering in Ink Form to theoretical tactical studies, with specially formatted programs meant to drill the basics into the skulls of civilians. And it works. The Home Guard may not be legends nor cutting edge professionals, but they learn the basic skills they'll need to survive a war. And more importantly, they learn to trust one another.
  

Superweapons
So far, no Superweapons have been developed.

Heroes
So far, no Heroes have been recruited for the greater glory of something or another.

The Revision Phase of Spring, Year 1 has begun.

[dgr11897]

Krakenblade spine
Part of why the krakenblade is so complex and expensive is the fact that we have to keep an entire blade stable using just what will fit in the hilt. But only the edge needs to be made of ink, after all, that's what you're hitting with. So we decided to make the spine of the blade a physical part, since the area we have to keep stable is both smaller and closer to where we can put ink blade projectors we need less of them, which means less super sea snails are needed. And making the physical part of the blade bigger means we don't have to fit everything into the hilt, so we can probably reduce the complexity.

krakenblade spine: (1) DGR

[The Ensorceler]

krakenblade spine: (2) DGR, The Ensorceler