Strategy Phase
This season saw a mine for
Gavrilium dug out in the
Dusty Mesas, resulting in the following armory changes:
None.
After-Action Report
With a little finesse and a lot of money, Tonngaza Refinery and its access to
different wealth has been pulled under the SFS intelligence umbrella and will begin to provide the Federation with whatever it can siphon off.
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Nadia Antonova arched backward until she touched the floor, practically folded in half, and slowly somersaulted a half-dozen times across the stage. She was focused on her performance at this moment and nothing more. She was the memory of love, snatched away by a thief of the mind. She was
not an agent of the SFS intelligence community, and neither were her peers performing alongside her.
The rest of them though? Yeah, they were
definitely SFS agents at the moment. Not only had the Circus gotten it's hands on legitimate Northern papers to pass along, but every whisper and utterance could find itself weaving a thread they could follow, and follow they did. If it's easily accessed information, chances are it'll fall into the laps of the Circus' people.
And Nadia? Well, she's finally rolled off-stage, symbolizing a loss most permanent. And now she is
definitely an SFS agent. If nothing else, the GITGUD and codebook she takes out in her private room prove it.
143.12.4спагеттиWith the proper codeword, Spaghetti, entered into the GITGUD, Nadia was able to relay information about enemy activities in slightly better detail than previously possible through passive means.
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Kirill Popov had an apartment across the street from the building housing the Loz and Sons Law Firm with a nice view of the entrance. He also had a job as security at the front desk. He
also had access to the entire building and was under orders to make sure any attempts at interfering with SFS operations were promptly handled. Loz and his sons were under orders to report any suspicious activity directly to Kirill, and for a couple weeks it seemed like this would be an easy post. A
boring post.
That is, until a recently hired secretary in the Law Firm itself started making some minor waves. It was nothing out of the ordinary at first, seemingly typical ambitions of someone seeking to pull themself up equal to their betters. Respectable. But Loz' youngest son, Aleks, began to get suspicious when the new hire seemed to want to cozy up to him specifically. They'd been part of a group that went out to drink regularly, and the couple of times this "Fedor Petrov" got him alone their conversation always seemed to swing to politics - sometimes without Aleks noticing until they were already deep into it. More suspiciously, Aleks noticed the man rarely actually drank.
Kirill didn't like it, but he needed proof that this wasn't just some lightweight discussing nonsense. A few evenings later he set the bait for the final test. Aleks was to open up to Fedor, and if Northern sympathies were uncovered, Aleks would signal Kirill and he'd deal with it.
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"I just don't understand, yeah? If we're in someone's pocket can we really be impartial? Is - will justice be blind to us getting pocketfuls of money from big, bad people? Isn't that a conflict of interest?"
Fedor poured another shot of vodka for Aleks. He'd noticed that Fedor hadn't filled his own glass for the last four, five, six shots? Somewhere around there. But Fedor definitely thought Aleks was more drunk than he thought he looked.
"That's what I'm trying to say! Look, I'm not some big city lawyer, but I feel like the state shouldn't be so directly involved with a group that could be representing people opposed to them or their system," Fedor agreed.
"You're smarter than most of my coworkers," Aleks downed his shot, gave his head a quick shake, and continued, "Hell, maybe even my brothers. But what can we do about it? My dad runs the firm, my brothers outrank me, I've got little to my own name. Fuck, I wish I could get paid
not to be a corrupt
mudak..."
Fedor leaned in close, his intensity almost magnetically drawing Aleks likewise forward, "What if I knew a way you
could?"
The veil was lifted, and over the next couple of hours they discussed what, exactly, Aleks would have to do in order to get "paid not to be corrupt" - including getting a "briefcase full of cash". It was well past 1 AM by the time they'd finished, and Aleks had Fedor thinking he was wrapped around his little finger. Aleks refused to let Fedor drive him home when they'd stumbled outside - some more honestly than others - and into Aleks' car. Fedor opted to get a cab and now Aleks needed to remember what he was doing here.
Right, the lights.Aleks had to tell Kirill that Fedor was a Northern Sympathizer! And he had to turn his lights on and off to do so!
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Blyad, idiot is going to give it all away, Kirill thought to himself as he put in earplugs while Aleks gave him the signal that Fedor was acting against the Federation. He pulled the cab he'd acquired out of an alleyway a couple blocks away, circled around, and pulled up in front of Fedor as he hailed the cab down.
Kirill watched through the mirror as Fedor spoke a few street names he'd half heard, half lipread. Kirill simply grunted an affirmative and started to wind through the city streets.
"Here you are," Kirill said as he pulled up along the sidewalk of an empty, dark street a few minutes later.
"Oh this isn't it," Fedor said as he looked around. As the man leaned forward between the driver and passenger seat he came face to face with Kirill's suppressed Nebolshoy. Two shots to the forehead redecorated the back of the cab. Kirill pulled into an abandoned lot, pulled Fedor's corpse to the front, and doused him and the car in alcohol before setting it on fire.
It seems a little bribery wasn't enough to interfere with a properly secured point of interest.
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As everybody knows, there was a recent incident in the waters off of South Harren. A seaplane, apparently called the crashed into the water off the coast of Harren City, but instead of letting an SFS vessel provide rescue and recovery, these new cutters in use by the UNSA coast guard violated SFS waters in order to recover the aircraft and crew. While certainly something that is generally disapproved of by Federation folk, it showed off the capabilities of their ship somewhat. While the front resembles the UNSA Herring-class Destroyer including the front gun and torpedoes, the rear was modified with a crane as well as a flat deck they were able to secure the aircraft to. It also had a bunch of antennas stabbing out of the tower, but the Eve-Class Coast Guard Cutter is a rescue and recovery ship and those are definitely just to pick up emergency transmissions. Right?
The seaplane itself, the
PC-46 "Firefly SPIE" (pronounced SPY), is definitely just a seagoing variant of the civilian
PC-46 Private Aircraft 'Firefly' seen in the skies to the north recently, regardless of how dumb and provocative the name is. That's just how capitalists are.
The documents provided by the Circus show that UNSA has severely stepped up their border security. Not only are papers color-coded based on the reason for travel into North Harren, but they get stamped at every port, checkpoint, border, and government building in the Fortress-City, allowing law enforcement and the like to trace peoples paths almost exactly to the street. While all of that can be faked fairly easily (if it needs to be), the biometric database (visas contain eye and hair color and a numerical code referencing fingerprints on file) their officers and soldiers can call up is practically immune to tampering, and if it
is tampered with somehow, they have means to identify which applicant interviewers could or should have been involved. Anyway, the database shouldn't prove to be a problem unless someone draws too much attention to themselves.
It is now the Design Phase. You have two designs to create once again. I'll continue providing estimates and feedback until I feel you've gotten the hang of things.
You win! You get a prize! One
SECRET PROJECT "CREDIT"! Unlike your other designs and revisions, proposals with a Secret Project credit prevent details from leaking out passively either through civilian eyes and ears or enemy infiltration. These credits are best used on proposals for things you want to keep secret for a bit before you actually use them. While some more covert options may receive this treatment without the need for a Secret Project Credit, this also prevents details getting out about your massive space elevator, or your metal gear, or whatever other megaproject you may want to keep secret no matter how big (within somewhat reasonable limits - a Death Star would be noticed). Secret Projects do
not affect World Tension. Designs and revisions meant to solely impact the Secret Project itself will also remain undetected (unless I state otherwise), but variants (like revising Metal Gear REX into RAY as a bad example) will
not be provided with the same protections. I'll chime in if an addition to a project would threaten secrecy. Secret Projects will be labeled as such in their armory entry. There will be more "contests" for both sides to receive more of these credits from in the future.
Land
"Temnaya Vintovka" Semiautomatic Rifle: A 110 cm, 4 kg dark wood rifle. 7.7mm rounds are fed via 15-round box magazine, and can also be loaded with rounds individually through an open bolt. It has an adjustable rear sight with 100 meter increments. Effective out to 800m. It also has a bayonet lug and comes with a bayonet. Padded for operator comfort. Costs 2 Ore and 2 Wood. (CHEAP)
No.3 Fragmentation Grenade: A fragmentation grenade with a lethal radius of 5m and debilitating within 15m, but can cause injury out much further if you're (un)lucky. Has a cap that can be pulled off for a 7 second fuse or twisted and pulled for impact. Shaped like an egg, but can have a stick screwed into the bottom if desired. Costs 2 Ore. (CHEAP)
"Nebolshoy" Pistol: A light, easy to conceal 8.8mm handgun. Sturdy, reliable, and easy to fix when it isn't. A suppressor helps facilitate covert actions. Costs 3 Ore. (CHEAP)
Pulemet No.4: An 8.5mm automatic machine gun utilizing 20- or 40-round box magazines. Rate of fire is sacrificed for an effective range of 1200m. Costs 4 Ore. (CHEAP)
-Pulemet No.6: An 8.5mm automatic machine gun utilizing 20- or 40-round box magazines or fed by belts. Rate of fire increases from 450 to 800RPM, but effective range drops down to 1000m. Very reliable but has a bit of a kick. Costs 6 Ore (EXPENSIVE)
Bol'shoy 108mm: A 108-mm artillery piece on a split-tail carriage and easily towable with a barrel that can be pulled back to reduce profile. Currently fires HE and smoke rounds out to 16km. Has a gun shield for some protection. Costs 6 Ore. (EXPENSIVE)
Salviosi Jacks: Steel beams welded together to provide obstacles for vehicles. Only usable during defense. Costs 2 Ore. CHEAP
Sea
Okhotnik-Class Destroyer: A 115m long ship with 120mm belt armor and 100mm elsewhere. Travels at 35 knots. Armed with a triple torpedo mount and 3x2 120mm rapid firing guns capable of firing AP and APHE. Costs 5 Ore and 3 Oil. (EXPENSIVE)
Air
Sakonet Fighter: A three-bladed propeller aircraft capable of reaching speeds of 690km/h. Has a high rate of climb, but suffers when it comes to horizontal maneuverability. Armed with four 23mm cannons. Costs 3 Ore and 3 Oil. (CHEAP)
Lizing Li-4 Strategic Bomber: A large high-altitude bomber powered by four propellers for a maximum speed of 558 km/h. Can protect itself with 10 23mm cannons paired in four turrets and the tail barbette to provide almost total coverage. Can haul up to 6000kg of bombs or a nuclear device. Costs 4 Ore and 5 Oil. (VERY EXPENSIVE)
-Lizing Li-GG Longhaul Cargo Plane: A long-range cargo transport powered by four GGPRO Engines. It can haul 15000kg of cargo out to 6500km at 575 km/h. Costs 3 Ore and 3 Gavrilium. (CHEAP)
Other
Gasified Gavrilium Perpetual Revolution Output Engine: A multi-chamber engine that uses Gasified Gavrilium to power an electric motor. Depleted GG can be pumped out of the fuel tank. GGPROEs are lighter than ICEs of equivalent size but many times more efficient, and much easier to take care of. Power is modulated by controlling the fuel-air mix in the motor chamber. Relative to an ICE, will reduce Ore Cost and replace Oil Cost with a significantly discounted Gavrilium Cost.
-GGPRO High Pressure: A more thickly lined engine capable of utilizing much higher densities of Gasified Gavrilium than the GGPRO. Ore Cost will lean closer to ICE costs, and Gavrilium Costs will replace Oil at a less discounted rate, but provides much greater power than either an ICE or the GGPRO. High performance pumps and valves allow for much more rapid changes to power in the engine. Also has improved resilience!
GITGUD: Comprised of a (R)ead and (W)rite remote messaging device. Uses Vigenere Cypher for encryption (named for the book used to identify the 8-letter keyword). A battery with an hour-long life can be recharged by hand. Internal components are secure and well-protected, and can be swapped out quickly by any operator with a screwdriver. Fits nicely into a slightly overly large briefcase. Costs 3 Ore, 4 Wood, and 3 Gavrilium. (EXPENSIVE)
Fabricated Papers: False identification papers that should allow relatively easy access to enemy territory across The Wall. Costs 2 Wood. (CHEAP)
Tsirk Neznakomtsa (Circus of the Stranger): A globally (at least the half that matters) well-received troupe of the best performers available in the Selicate Federation. All participants are masters in their craft and (secretly) loyal to the Communist cause. Greatly improves the chances of successful intelligence operations in North Harren City and provides a significant level of detail on publicly visible advancements made by UNSA. Always a (NATIONAL EFFORT).
Enriched Uranium Bomb: A fission bomb utilizing 64kg of Uranium-235 in order to achieve an explosive blast equivalent to 15 kilotons of TNT. Can be deployed via Strategic Bomber. Two Available [Availability based on available Fissile resources].
Special Resource
Gasified Gavrilium: A gaseous form of gavrilium that is slightly heavier than helium and equally flammable. Sustains and amplifies currents passing within it while not conducting currents itself.
-Depleted Gasified Gavrilium: A neutrally air-buoyant inert gas created as a result of Gasified Gavrilium being used to sustain a current.
Ore: 3
Wood: 2
Oil: 2
Fissiles: 2
Gavrilium: 3
Dusty Mesas: Gavrilium x1, None x2
Lowlands: Ore x1, None x2
Desert: None x3
Volcanic Heights: None x3
Hills: None x3
Badlands: None x3
Southern Range: None x3
Southern Scar: None x3
War-torn Savannah: None x3
SFS
Tonngaza Refinery: A fuel refinery built on the southernmost tip of the Fortress-City. Provides an Expense Credit each turn. AFFILIATED
Loz and Sons Law Firm: A building housing all the knowledge of law (and peoples secrets) that one might need. Provides an Advantage Credit each turn. AFFILIATED
Harren University of the Sciences: The most prestigious education center on the island. Provides a Research Credit each turn. AFFILIATED
Glaza Private Detective Agency: A popular investigative service among locals. Provides a Sabotage Credit each turn. NEUTRAL
UNSA
Abbera Central Allied Banking: A bank in the walled upper-class community in the east of the Fortress-City with ties to the defunct monarchy that ran the northern island for a few years. Provides and Expense Credit each turn. AFFILIATED
Westlan Broadcast Center: A tall building used for both radio and television broadcasts locally. Provides an Advantage Credit each turn. AFFILIATED
North Point Observatory: A building used to study the skies. Provides a Research Credit each turn. AFFILIATED
Tri-Dream Telecoms: A telecommunications business that provides service to the (northern half of the) Harren Islands. Provides a Sabotage Credit each turn. NEUTRAL
Expense Credit x1
Advantage Credit x1
Research Credit x1
Secret Project Credit x1
Key:
Red=SFS Territory
Green=UNSA Territory
Grey=Neutral Nations
Orange=Old World
Key:
Red=SFS Territory
Green=UNSA Territory
Dark Grey=The Wall
Blue=Ocean
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Topic: CWAR: SFS Thread // Revision Phase // Warm Seasons 1947 (Read 11122 times)