Operation "KNEE IN THE PACKAGE"

Chan
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Operation "KNEE IN THE PACKAGE" Oct 21, 2009 0:13:30 GMT -5

Post by Chan on Oct 21, 2009 0:13:30 GMT -5

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Please see the attached image. It was too wide for easy viewing, so I post the link instead. Each green line represents one day’s worth of travel. The map will be updated constantly to show position of space units.

Operation “KNEE IN THE PACKAGE”

The objective of this Operation is to form the proper economic foundation to supply a full offensive operation into +2DE space.

The location of all player units in space on Day 1 is as follows:

EFSF:
Floppy Lion, Salamis-class (Daren): +2DE
GM (Blackmage): +2DE
GM-E (Radune): +2DE
GM-E (Altoh): +2DE

RX-78-1 (Swoz): Green Noah
GM Juggler (Latooni): Green Noah

Zeon:
Erinyes, Musai-class (Chan): +2DE
Rick Dom (Brittany): +2DE
Rick Dom (Frenzy): +2DE
Zaku II E (Arcaille): +2DE

Dom PPT (Kuriboh): Granada
Zaku II MT (MING): Granada
Prototype Gelgoog (Isaiah): Granada

Zaku I MPSET (pinksoyuz): Solomon

Rogues
Crater Trejour, FTC (jon): Von Braun City
Workhorse, FTC (faultylogic): Von Braun City

The operation consists of three phases. Phase One is an preemptive assault on the EFSF on Day 1 then everyone head to their respective destination at either Side 2, 4, or L3. At the same time, Kuriboh will head to Side 2. Since it takes her one extra day to reach either Side 2, 4, or L3 than the people at +2DE, traveling by this schedule allows us all to arrive at the same time.

For the ambush on Day 1, all Zeon forces at +2DE will assault Daren’s Salamis-class ship. Arcaille will be purchasing a SS Panzergrenadier team to help us in this endeavor. Why? For I want to capture Daren’s ship if possible. We will let him escape in his Salamis Reentry Capsule. The assault plan will be posted in a separate thread.

Phase 2 is fairly simple; everyone will pool their money to construct mines. Due to the new rules on ownership, we cannot shift ownership unless we die, everyone will be building two or three mines apiece, and transferring RP to each other. Here are the perspective construction teams now:

Side 2: Kuriboh and Arcaille
Side 4: Frenzy and Brittany
L3: Chan

This allows the mobile suit players to duel each other in the intervals where we do not have RP to build all of the mines we want. In the end, we will have built the following:

L3: Asteroid Fortress with a Mine attachment, Asteroid Mines x3
Side 2: Asteroid Mines x3
Side 4: Asteroid Mines x3

Upon completion of Phase 2, we will purchase ships and NPC mobile suits. The fleet will join together at +3DE space. Once we are all in the same fleet, we will commence the next phase of the operation.

Phase 3 is to strike deep into Side 5 and establish a forward base of operations. This shortens the traveling time needed to repair our fleet in case of battle damage. Our forward base of operations includes:

Side 5: Asteroid Fortress with a Mine attachment, Asteroid Mines x3

This will turn Side 5 into Zeon territory (the same thing will happen to L3) which will prevent the use of EFSF services if they attack us. The Fortresses also produces 120 RP each for a grand total of 240 RP which is even more due to the 1.5x friendly territory rule. This is about 3 times as much RP as one Asteroid Mine will give us.

From there, we will strike at +2DE at either one of the EFSF defense fleets, Resupply Fleet, or the EFSF PC fleet.

Below are two tables. The first of which is an approximate budget for the first eight weeks of the game. This takes into assumption that no one wins any cash prizes or we don’t raid the Resupply Fleet at an opportune moment.

The second table is a day by day action layout for those who volunteered to be under my personal command. This is as accurate as I can forecast to accomplish the operation as quickly as possible. Delays such as rogues attacking the mines or missed actions will greatly offset the schedule.

Budget Schedule
Week	# of Mines	Build Mines	Cost of Mines	Income (1.0)	Income(1.5)	Budget (Monday)	Loan	Collective Budget (Thurs)
1	0	3	1050	0	0	650	1350	178	Build Space Station at L3 and one unit of Panzergrenadiers
2	3	2	700	240	360	988	550	193
3	5	5	1750	400	600	1243	550	298
4	10	0	0	800	1200	1948	550	528	Buy Musai, 2 Jiccos, and Zaku II Fs
5	10	1	350	800	1200	2178	550	1313	Asteroid Fortress construction at Side 5
6	11	3	1050	880	1320	3083	550	1393	Musai and Zaku II Complement
7	14	0	0	1120	1680	3523	550	4508
8	14	0	0	1120	1680	6638	550	1023	Gwazine and Zaku II complement

Operation Schedule	Note: Every Monday is transfer money day
Week 1	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4
Chan	Attack	Move to L3	In Transit	Nothing
Arcaille	Attack	Move to Side 4	In Transit	Arrive - Build Overlord 5
Kuriboh	Move to Side 2	In Transit	In Transit	Arrive - Build Overlord 8
Frenzy	Attack	Move to Side 4	In Transit	Arrive - Build Overlord 4
Isaiah	Move to Side 2	Arrive –Build Overlord 7	Nothing	Nothing
Brittany	Attack	Move to +3DE	Nothing	Nothing
~
Week 2	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7	Day 8
Chan	Build Space Base	Build Fortress	Build Mine attachment	Leave Space Fortress
Arcaille	Leave Overlord 5 - Move to +2DE	In Transit	In Transit	Arrive - attack
Kuriboh	Leave Overlord 8 – Move to +2DE	In Transit	In Transit	Arrive - attack
Frenzy	Leave Overlord 4 – Move to +2DE	In Transit	In Transit	Arrive - attack
Isaiah	Move to +2DE	In Transit	In Transit	Arrive - attack
Brittany	Nothing	Move to +2DE	In Transit	Arrive - attack
~
Week 3	Day 9	Day 10	Day 11	Day 12
Chan	Build Overlord 1	Leave Overlord 1	Build Overlord 2	Leave Overlord 2
Arcaille	Move to Side 2	In Transit	Build Overlord 9	Leave Overlord 9 – Move to Side 5
Kuriboh	Move to Side 5	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?
Frenzy	Move to Side 4	In Transit	Build Overlord 6	Leave Overlord 6 – Move to Side 5
Isaiah	Move to Side 5	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?
Brittany	Move to Side 5	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?
~
Week 4	Day 13	Day 14	Day 15	Day 16
Chan	Build Overlord 3	Buy Musai & 2 Jiccos - Move to +3DE	In Transit	Arrive at +3DE - Move to Side 5
Arcaille	In Transit	In Transit	Arrive	Nothing or Attack?
Kuriboh	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?
Frenzy	In Transit	In Transit	Arrive	Nothing or Attack?
Isaiah	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?
Brittany	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?
~
Week 5	Day 17	Day 18	Day 19	Day 20
Chan	In Transit	Arrival - Build Asteroid Fortification	Build Fortress	Build Mine Attachment
Arcaille	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?
Kuriboh	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?
Frenzy	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?
Isaiah	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?
Brittany	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?
~
Week 6	Day 21	Day 22	Day 23	Day 24
Chan	Leave Asteroid Fortress	Buy Musai	Nothing	Move to +2DE
Arcaille	Build Overlord 10	Leave Overlord 10	Join Fleet	On Fleet
Kuriboh	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Join Fleet	On Fleet
Frenzy	Build Overlord 12	Leave Overlord 12	Join Fleet	On Fleet
Isaiah	Build Overlord 11	Leave Overlord 11	Join Fleet	On Fleet
Brittany	Nothing or Attack?	Nothing or Attack?	Join Fleett	On Fleet
~
Week 7	Day 25
Chan	Fleet Attacks Blex Fleet or Resupply Fleet or PC Fleet
Arcaille	Fleet Attacks Blex Fleet or Resupply Fleet or PC Fleet
Kuriboh	Fleet Attacks Blex Fleet or Resupply Fleet or PC Fleet
Frenzy	Fleet Attacks Blex Fleet or Resupply Fleet or PC Fleet
Isaiah	Fleet Attacks Blex Fleet or Resupply Fleet or PC Fleet
Brittany	Fleet Attacks Blex Fleet or Resupply Fleet or PC Fleet

If you have any opinions or criticisms or if more of you would like to contribute to this cause, I will be grateful to hear them.

-Wu Jinyuan
“Erinyes”, Musai-class

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Last Edit: Oct 24, 2009 18:22:48 GMT -5 by Chan

"Please let my enemies be so stupid that they think they are smart."

"Nothing is scarier than the vengeance of a patient person."

"The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on."
- Walter Lippmann, 1889-1974

Jun Ghettid
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Operation "KNEE IN THE PACKAGE" Oct 21, 2009 0:18:58 GMT -5

Post by Jun Ghettid on Oct 21, 2009 0:18:58 GMT -5

Wow.

My only concern is this leaves the EFSF too much time to put together a sizeable fleet and launch attacks at our fleets is there no way to cut this down in time and hit the supple fleet to make up for the cash? Also we wont be gettng much vp dueling each other for so long. 1vp a a battle wont be worth the repair days.

Last Edit: Oct 21, 2009 0:22:28 GMT -5 by Jun Ghettid

Chan
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Operation "KNEE IN THE PACKAGE" Oct 21, 2009 0:24:15 GMT -5

Post by Chan on Oct 21, 2009 0:24:15 GMT -5

You only duel twice with each other and its spaced apart.

I won't be surprised if the EFSF forces us to break our schedule in order to block them. The best I can see the EFSF doing right now is Daren changing into a Salamis Kai to hold ALL of the EFSF and perhaps getting a Columbus or two full of Saberfishes.

Besides, during those times in which you guys are dueling, you can instead hop back to +2DE and smack some EFSF around. I really should rename those boxes to "Combat Days".

But hey, Gwazine full of Zaku II Fs by Week 7 and we didn't have to bankrupt ALL of Zeon for it.

"Please let my enemies be so stupid that they think they are smart."

"Nothing is scarier than the vengeance of a patient person."

"The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on."
- Walter Lippmann, 1889-1974

Frenzy
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Could be Ramsus.

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Operation "KNEE IN THE PACKAGE" Oct 21, 2009 7:21:43 GMT -5

Post by Frenzy on Oct 21, 2009 7:21:43 GMT -5

Or some High Mobility Zakus mixed in for good measure. They're pricier, but the extra performance should be worth it. Especially since they have a Gundam, and there's no guarantee that he'll go to Earth like what happened last run. It's also worth keeping in mind that we should also purchase defenses for the mines, as once this kicks into high gear, we won't be able to defend them all without having to ignore the EFSF.

We should plan for the worst as well just in case things go badly for us at some juncture, as complex plans have a way of having all kinds of wrenches thrown in the gears. Money permitting, we should perhaps use your previous tactic of occasionally splitting into two fleets. While it reduces the individual fleet's overall offensive abilities, it would force them to either split their attention and forces to tackle both, or concentrate on one at a time, allowing the ignored force to either hit them while they're distracted or go after a target defended only by NPCs.

We should also keep an eye on our supply fleet. If things look too dicey, taking cover in the Space Supply Fleet might give us some breathing room. After all, anyone who was here last time will remember that Ridden is quite capable of taking on just about any PC that crosses his path. Might not kill them outright, but he could sure give them one hell of a beating. Obviously we shouldn't rely on this, but it is an option.

And finally, well, this doesn't take into account unpredictable things like promotions for any reason (contest prizes, hard work, so on and so forth) prize ships much for the same, and cash prizes for...well, the same reasons.

"It's not how you play the game, it's how you win."

"Success requires making every opportunity count."

Chan
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Operation "KNEE IN THE PACKAGE" Oct 21, 2009 17:46:26 GMT -5

Post by Chan on Oct 21, 2009 17:46:26 GMT -5

Okay, I've edited Week 2, 3, and 4 to show an attack on +2DE. You guys will be attacking while I finish up at L3. Then you guys come back, build the last set of mines and we all saddle up to head to Side 5.

I'll make the change in the big table above.

Week 2	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7	Day 8
Chan	Build Fortress	Build Mine attachment	Leave Space Fortress	Build Overlord 1
Arcaille	Leave Overlord 7 - Move to +2DE	In Transit	In Transit	Arrive - attack
Kuriboh	Leave Overlord 8 – Move to +2DE	In Transit	In Transit	Arrive - attack
Frenzy	Leave Overlord 4 – Move to +2DE	In Transit	In Transit	Arrive - attack
Brittany	Nothing	Move to +2DE	In Transit	Arrive - attack
~
Week 3	Day 9	Day 10	Day 11	Day 12
Chan	Leave Overlord 1	Build Overlord 2	Leave Overlord 2	Build Overlord 3
Arcaille	Move to Side 4	In Transit	Build Overlord 5	Leave Overlord 5 – Move to +3DE
Kuriboh	Move to Side 2	In Transit	Build Overlord 9	Leave Overlord 9 – Move to +3DE
Frenzy	Move to Side 4	In Transit	Build Overlord 6	Leave Overlord 6 – Move to +3DE
Brittany	Move to +3DE	Arrive at +3DE	Nothing	Nothing
~
Week 4	Day 13	Day 14	Day 15	Day 16
Chan	Buy Musai & 2 Jiccos - Move to +3DE	In Transit	Arrive at +3DE - Move to Side 5	In Transit
Arcaille	In Transit	Arrive at +3DE	Join Fleet	On Fleet
Kuriboh	In Transit	Arrive at +3DE	Join Fleet	On Fleet
Frenzy	In Transit	Arrive at +3DE	Join Fleet	On Fleet
Brittany	Nothing	Arrive at +3DE	Join Fleet	On Fleet

"Please let my enemies be so stupid that they think they are smart."

"Nothing is scarier than the vengeance of a patient person."

"The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on."
- Walter Lippmann, 1889-1974

Frenzy
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Could be Ramsus.

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Operation "KNEE IN THE PACKAGE" Oct 22, 2009 7:16:05 GMT -5

Post by Frenzy on Oct 22, 2009 7:16:05 GMT -5

Though it's already been brought up in chat, it's good to keep in mind that RP can't be used on the same day it's transferred.

I will be bringing my list of ship names into this at some point, because A: It's nice to have around and B: It'll help in case names aren't forthcoming when we start buying them.

Additionally, once the game starts I'll be running my analysis of the various enemy ships and fleets so we all have a good idea of threats and what our priority targets should be. Because knowledge is power and all that.

"It's not how you play the game, it's how you win."

"Success requires making every opportunity count."

Chan
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Operation "KNEE IN THE PACKAGE" Oct 22, 2009 13:09:14 GMT -5

Post by Chan on Oct 22, 2009 13:09:14 GMT -5

I've modified the timetable to reflect that we can't purchase/build major things on Mondays due to the RP transfers.

Well, that is until we're making so much per week that we can buy a ship on Monday and fill it on Tuesday.

"Please let my enemies be so stupid that they think they are smart."

"Nothing is scarier than the vengeance of a patient person."

"The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on."
- Walter Lippmann, 1889-1974

Chan ZMF Officer Rear Admiral Posts: 1,348	Operation "KNEE IN THE PACKAGE" Oct 22, 2009 15:18:41 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Chan on Oct 22, 2009 15:18:41 GMT -5 Map updated to include Rogue in Earth's Orbit and loveydoveycakes at +2Space as the GM Light Armor. Use the link, the attachment can't be modified.
	"Please let my enemies be so stupid that they think they are smart." "Nothing is scarier than the vengeance of a patient person." "The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on." - Walter Lippmann, 1889-1974

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Operation "KNEE IN THE PACKAGE" Oct 23, 2009 15:33:41 GMT -5

Post by Chan on Oct 23, 2009 15:33:41 GMT -5

Map updated to include Ravage's new character as Braw Brio in Granada.

Isaiah, MING, and Ravage: I know the three of you probably have plans of your own but I would appreciate it if the three of you are around at +2DE to help us attack the EFSF on Week 2, Day 8 and Week 4/Week 5.

"Please let my enemies be so stupid that they think they are smart."

"Nothing is scarier than the vengeance of a patient person."

"The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on."
- Walter Lippmann, 1889-1974

Chan
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Operation "KNEE IN THE PACKAGE" Oct 24, 2009 18:27:50 GMT -5

Post by Chan on Oct 24, 2009 18:27:50 GMT -5

Congratulations and welcome to Isaiah for joining us in Operation KITP.

The Schedule and Map has been updated. The key differences this time is that, instead of returning to Zeon space to duel, Zeon MS players will attack the forces at +2DE. Then, Kuriboh, Brittany, and Isaiah will move down to Side 5 as an Advance Assault Team. I picked Kuriboh and Isaiah specifically because they missed out on the Day 1 Ambush and should get their share of the action.

"Please let my enemies be so stupid that they think they are smart."

"Nothing is scarier than the vengeance of a patient person."

"The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on."
- Walter Lippmann, 1889-1974

Operation "KNEE IN THE PACKAGE"

Post by Chan on Oct 21, 2009 0:13:30 GMT -5

Post by Jun Ghettid on Oct 21, 2009 0:18:58 GMT -5

Post by Chan on Oct 21, 2009 0:24:15 GMT -5

Post by Frenzy on Oct 21, 2009 7:21:43 GMT -5

Post by Chan on Oct 21, 2009 17:46:26 GMT -5

Post by Frenzy on Oct 22, 2009 7:16:05 GMT -5

Post by Chan on Oct 22, 2009 13:09:14 GMT -5

Post by Chan on Oct 22, 2009 15:18:41 GMT -5

Post by Chan on Oct 23, 2009 15:33:41 GMT -5

Post by Chan on Oct 24, 2009 18:27:50 GMT -5

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