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 War Kitten wrote:
There's a benefit to having more than one company on station I see

There's also a benefit to bringing your whole chapter:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:
There's a benefit to having more than one company on station I see

There's also a benefit to bringing your whole chapter:

Spoiler:

Istavaan III

Well if I brought entire 6th edition templers I might be guilty of the worst meta gaming!
6000 ish marines...

I should have played Dark Angels, then I could have brought the entire first legion...

And here's me, and I've not expanded my strikeforce beyond a base Demi-Company at all, bar a few tanks and another squad of Terminators.

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:
And here's me, and I've not expanded my strikeforce beyond a base Demi-Company at all, bar a few tanks and another squad of Terminators.

I don't know how your strikeforce is still alive. I brought a force over double the size of yours and I've been struggling to stay functional

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:
And here's me, and I've not expanded my strikeforce beyond a base Demi-Company at all, bar a few tanks and another squad of Terminators.

I've experienced the vertitable Horus Heresy and the Drop Site Massacre in the same crusade... What is you point?

 War Kitten wrote:

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:
And here's me, and I've not expanded my strikeforce beyond a base Demi-Company at all, bar a few tanks and another squad of Terminators.

I don't know how your strikeforce is still alive. I brought a force over double the size of yours and I've been struggling to stay functional

I just keep mine off frontlines long enough to replenish losses. Let's face it, Praetoria has been on escort and guard duty since Gallor.

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:
And here's me, and I've not expanded my strikeforce beyond a base Demi-Company at all, bar a few tanks and another squad of Terminators.

I don't know how your strikeforce is still alive. I brought a force over double the size of yours and I've been struggling to stay functional

I just keep mine off frontlines long enough to replenish losses. Let's face it, Praetoria has been on escort and guard duty since Gallor.

Aye, yeah, your been bodyguard alot of time.

 jhe90 wrote:

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:
And here's me, and I've not expanded my strikeforce beyond a base Demi-Company at all, bar a few tanks and another squad of Terminators.

I don't know how your strikeforce is still alive. I brought a force over double the size of yours and I've been struggling to stay functional

I just keep mine off frontlines long enough to replenish losses. Let's face it, Praetoria has been on escort and guard duty since Gallor.

Aye, yeah, your been bodyguard alot of time.

Well, I couldn't exactly take part in many battles for fear of rigging.

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:
And here's me, and I've not expanded my strikeforce beyond a base Demi-Company at all, bar a few tanks and another squad of Terminators.

I don't know how your strikeforce is still alive. I brought a force over double the size of yours and I've been struggling to stay functional

I just keep mine off frontlines long enough to replenish losses. Let's face it, Praetoria has been on escort and guard duty since Gallor.

Aye, yeah, your been bodyguard alot of time.

Well, I couldn't exactly take part in many battles for fear of rigging.

True, but we trust you to be fair so, don,t have to be a total hermit.
Or just ask someone to give you a 1-100 number.

 jhe90 wrote:

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:
And here's me, and I've not expanded my strikeforce beyond a base Demi-Company at all, bar a few tanks and another squad of Terminators.

I don't know how your strikeforce is still alive. I brought a force over double the size of yours and I've been struggling to stay functional

I just keep mine off frontlines long enough to replenish losses. Let's face it, Praetoria has been on escort and guard duty since Gallor.

Aye, yeah, your been bodyguard alot of time.

Well, I couldn't exactly take part in many battles for fear of rigging.

True, but we trust you to be fair so, don,t have to be a total hermit.
Or just ask someone to give you a 1-100 number.

Say he asks me, I might give him a better outcome because I always get a good outcome.

Okay, so I've settled on an endgame plan. (I know, pretty unbelievable! )

Here's the plan, spoilers, in case you don't want to know how I'm looking at ending this.


Battle works in the same way as before: everyone involved rolls a number - whoever gets closer gets the victory, and what they desire. Everyone else not affiliated loses out. Of course, alliances would fare better, but if you set up a betrayal, and your number is best, you can take all your former allies down too, without them knowing of your treacherous ways before it's too late.

How badly do you want the glory?

However, in order to plan stuff, and know how far I can take things, I need to know a few things from all of you in here.

1) How much of your force are you prepared to lose in the case of total defeat?
It can be as little or as much as you like, but bear in mind that it would need to be a fairly large amount of bodies to lose, as this represents your destruction or complete scattering.

2) How would your leader react if they won/lost?
Secure the area? Move on? Prepare a counter-offensive? Move to a new location? Seek penance? Be punished by superiors?

3) Who do you show allegiance to above all in the case of a final conflict?
Zonand?
Pavus?
Archarus?
Kageros?
Rakzsan?
Nox?
Lilliana?
None - you prefer to wage war alone and for no-one else?
Do you intend to betray your allies for ultimate power?

I'd need to know please!

4) Any specific battle strategems? Superweapons, reinforcements, innovative tactics, other stuff that could come out in a final showdown? All good to know.

5) The fate of your leaders. Are you prepared to have your leader killed off in a climatic battle? Whisked away by a transport shuttle, desperately wounded? Fleeing before they can be injured? Captured by the enemy? I'll need to know this the most.

Here's my main point: I need this info in within by next Sunday, the 31st of January, so everyone has a chance to at least see this and respond. So, if you don't respond by then with these details, I won't include you in the final showdown. Terribly sorry, but it's a whole week and a bit, if you miss that, I can't do much about that.

I can have these responses in via a message in this chat, if you're not worried about what people know, or if you do mind (perhaps setting up a sneaky betrayal), you can hit me up with a PM, preferably titled "Final Showdown Details" (it helps with filtering through stuff )

Any questions?

I forgot to mention it to anyone, but BlackJack possesses 2/3 of my chapter...

I'll have the info by sundown

I don't know what to do with my Marines. I have so many Orks coming after me on Novus Regulus, but I don't want to miss out on the End Times. Hmm

If I manage to bring mushroom op planet in line I can always crash the party lol.

And smudge Il be glad to join the impiral alliance and avert the apocalypse in glorious battle.

Lol, Archarus/Kageros 2016

Looks like I have a fair bit to do before the End Times come.... I just need to kill all 3 Ork WAAAAAGH's on Novus Regulus by the end of next week. Easy.

 War Kitten wrote:
Looks like I have a fair bit to do before the End Times come.... I just need to kill all 3 Ork WAAAAAGH's on Novus Regulus by the end of next week. Easy.

I bet you wish you had the Warpath Furnace right now.

I really do. Have you seen how many fethin' Orks there are?

 War Kitten wrote:
I really do. Have you seen how many fethin' Orks there are?

Have you seen how many Marines I have? >120 Trained Astartes (albeit they are all veterans). I have less than half a Company, bearing in mind the NO companies are 300 strong (Reference), and around 40 Neophytes on Kattifrakk.

I needed to pull out.

I didn't say you didn't need to pull out of the Crusade. I'm just saying. There's a LOT of Orks down here.

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:
I really do. Have you seen how many fethin' Orks there are?

Have you seen how many Marines I have? >120 Trained Astartes (albeit they are all veterans). I have less than half a Company, bearing in mind the NO companies are 300 strong (Reference), and around 40 Neophytes on Kattifrakk.

I needed to pull out.

You think that's a small force?

Just around 70 Ultramarines in Strikeforce Praetoria. That number has never increased, and they spearheaded the capture of at least two planets.

I just noticed the huge inconsistency of 120 dudes highjacking two huge vessels and getting them to some super secret lair...

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:
I really do. Have you seen how many fethin' Orks there are?

Have you seen how many Marines I have? >120 Trained Astartes (albeit they are all veterans). I have less than half a Company, bearing in mind the NO companies are 300 strong (Reference), and around 40 Neophytes on Kattifrakk.

I needed to pull out.

You think that's a small force?

Just around 70 Ultramarines in Strikeforce Praetoria. That number has never increased, and they spearheaded the capture of at least two planets.

When that is the remnants of my Chapter... yes.

Crikey, that sounds epic. Assuming I can wrap up on Trisburg by then, I'll pitch in.

Unrelated question, I know whoever's nearest can do the pest control (or planetary boom), but who in play would benefit most from insider insight of how genestealers function?
Fairfax is an information broker as much as a trader, and plans to "sell" any findings (in the way he "charged" so ruthlessly for the Histan's aid).

I just hope I can resolve Novus Regulus before it all ends, even If I have to start nuking Orks from orbit.

I better recover Grulahk before the ET

Wrapping up some Histan stuff, then I'll work on Archarus' next move. I have to say, this crusade has been lots of fun. Yes, I'll shut up about farewell marks until it's done now.

Does the Histan stuff involve fighting the feth-ton of Orks that are on planet, or about to land? And don't feel sad 2BJ1, the next Crusade will call you to war.