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Veloxyll
May 3, 2011

Fuck you say?!


At least the planet is still in one piece

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Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets


We get into an epic attack and defend mission, and come out of it with some nice salvage! But oh boy does it take some time!

Not everyone has XP to spend, so if you want to update your orders, go for it!















Veloxyll posted:

At least the planet is still in one piece

FOR NOW!

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker
Current plan is good, 6 across the board. In addition, after that, go for the mastery option you think would be most useful.

biosterous
Feb 23, 2013




... okay the hermes was definitely cursed, but i'm starting to think my pilot is also cursed

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets


This is a bit later than I would have liked, as I had a devils time getting it to upload properly - but we run mission on an easier word for boatloads of cash - and finally get that third bay ordered!

MarmaladeSkies
Jun 16, 2022
Woo-hoo, Mars is back in action!

Here’s wishing the OG Meatbag a productive career somewhere far away from us. I’d hate for us to have to fight him.

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets


Another medium mech joins the force, and we’re starting to look good now - soon we’ll be pushing to more difficult missions.














Serpentis
May 31, 2011

Well, if I really HAVE to shoot you in the bollocks to shut you up, then I guess I'll need to, post-haste, for everyone else's sake.
Gunnery 6 for Vedette II, please!

Serpentis fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Mar 14, 2023

Veloxyll
May 3, 2011

Fuck you say?!

Piloting #7 for Not Comstar

Sherbert Hoover
Dec 12, 2019

Working hard, thank you!

Serpentis posted:

Gunnery 6, please!

:same: for Dogfood

Serpentis
May 31, 2011

Well, if I really HAVE to shoot you in the bollocks to shut you up, then I guess I'll need to, post-haste, for everyone else's sake.
Also, surviving an AC20 shot to the head is no mean feat, Lostech, fair play to you

Gnoman
Feb 12, 2014

Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme




He probably needed a new suit after that one!

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker
:stare:

Good thing Lostech was in cover.

Serpentis posted:

Also, surviving an AC20 shot to the head is no mean feat, Lostech, fair play to you

I do have previous for that happening in Let's Play threads, surviving it is a plus.

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets


Oh boy does this one take some annoying hits - first a swarm of light mechs, then a heavy!

Serpentis
May 31, 2011

Well, if I really HAVE to shoot you in the bollocks to shut you up, then I guess I'll need to, post-haste, for everyone else's sake.
The c.28:00 called shot was clearly on your computer peripherals, seems to have scored a crit on the mouse

Veloxyll
May 3, 2011

Fuck you say?!

A full Griffin goes out. a Torso with a leg comes back.

At least you can rest easy knowing that the fancy PPC didn't get lost to a lucky hit after all the damage the Mech took

Gnoman
Feb 12, 2014

Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme




I think that the Urbie is the thing that mauled you most. Pilot deserves a medal.

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets



A really great day, with new mechs and piles of cash abound!

Now we have to decide if we want to jump to a 2 skull world or take a risk going to a 2.5 skull….


Here is everyone who has XP to spend!






















AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker
Go for a populated world. I think the 2.5 was uninhabited.

Gnoman
Feb 12, 2014

Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme




Hexare has a Comstar presence, and there was a loading tip that suggested this gives the potential for LosTech. Of the available options, that probably makes it one of the best. IIRC, "Battlefield" leads to better contracts, too.

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker
Bad news, it looks like we'll have to earn our lostech mechs the hard way. Got a piece of Royal Griffin, got enough bits of 1N to make one, no option to build the Royal.

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets


We work for more cash and mechs.

AJ_Impy posted:

Bad news, it looks like we'll have to earn our lostech mechs the hard way. Got a piece of Royal Griffin, got enough bits of 1N to make one, no option to build the Royal.

BOOO!!!

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker
You skipped Lostech's service record.

biosterous
Feb 23, 2013




lmao my pilot literally has the jinxed trait, no wonder i keep taking injuries all the time

e:

AJ_Impy posted:

Bad news, it looks like we'll have to earn our lostech mechs the hard way. Got a piece of Royal Griffin, got enough bits of 1N to make one, no option to build the Royal.

yeah, looked into it, and the lostech mechs have different engines (with internal double heat sinks) than their regular counterparts, so they're not compatible :(

biosterous fucked around with this message at 15:49 on Mar 20, 2023

Serpentis
May 31, 2011

Well, if I really HAVE to shoot you in the bollocks to shut you up, then I guess I'll need to, post-haste, for everyone else's sake.
Well I know last time I / Vedette asked for Gunnery 8 I was left to die in a trash can ( :( ), so let's hope lightning doesn't strike twice.

Soylent Pudding
Jun 22, 2007

We've got people!


Getting in close then using cooling vent for a an alpha stroke into the opponent's rear is exactly what I wanted for Soylent. At this point I'd like to keep working on piloting and gunnery in whatever order makes sense.

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets


Lessons are learned about ammo storage.....

biosterous
Feb 23, 2013




what a weird bug on that first mission

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker

biosterous posted:

what a weird bug on that first mission

Sometimes you can get units stuck at the map edge. Sometimes there’s nothing. Legitimate case for loading the pre-battle save and going again.

Gun Jam
Apr 11, 2015
If you only plan on shooting one medium laser to strip evasion, isn't it better to sensor lock instead?

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets

Gun Jam posted:

If you only plan on shooting one medium laser to strip evasion, isn't it better to sensor lock instead?

Not everyone has sensor lock

Gun Jam
Apr 11, 2015

Grey Hunter posted:

Not everyone has sensor lock

Obviously, but Shooting Star has it, and he was in the dervish.

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets

Gun Jam posted:

Obviously, but Shooting Star has it, and he was in the dervish.

Then I'm just dumb.

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets


A shorter one today, and the RNG tries to kill us all again!

MarmaladeSkies
Jun 16, 2022
You forgot to give the Vulcan any ammo. It can’t use that AC/5 now.

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets

MarmaladeSkies posted:

You forgot to give the Vulcan any ammo. It can’t use that AC/5 now.

I am such a muppet!

biosterous
Feb 23, 2013




the Leopard Incident from a few weeks ago gave me a new minigame to play - on the mission where you escort three newbies to capture a base, i try and get them all squashed when the mission ends. it blows up all their stuff but never kills them. i am teaching them the valuable lesson of: these mercenaries can be real jerks :buddy:

i can't remember if the variant where it's a battle and they have to survive has a dropship landing - if i can find one that does, i want to test if i can win and then fail the mission at the same time

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets


Things do not go very well today!

Serpentis
May 31, 2011

Well, if I really HAVE to shoot you in the bollocks to shut you up, then I guess I'll need to, post-haste, for everyone else's sake.
So having just seen Part 27

Grey.

GREY.

STOP LEAVING ME BEHIND AS THE REAR GUARD IN LAST STANDS TO COVER EVACS, YOU EVIL CROCTOPOID GIT

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AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker
Oh hey, it did work!

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