Ground Forces Planning - Week 2

Hrm, that should be fine. Thursday should be just as good.

Chris: I think we're both proposing essentially the same plan, with the key difference being that you would rather capture or disable the ships and I am aiming to outright destroy them through sheer force. I see the value of your idea, and as subs are your thing I am perfectly okay with leaving that under your discretion - either way should work fine.

There is one request I'd like to make - would you mind sending me a little more RP to complete purchases for the fleet? We are going to need 2x Fighter Support for the attack in the form of 10x Dopp, so...well let me list what I think we could use to fill up.

2x Flight Support (10x Dopp) - 200 RP.
6x Dodai (so the mobile suits not on board can fly across the ocean quickly and efficiently) - 168 RP
(these would hypothetically go in the fleet "support fighter" slots - we could also do 6x Dopp instead for more conventional fighting methods for 132 RP)
5x Magella Attack Tank (on board the Gaw, leaving one slot open in case Scarth can't fit for some weird reason) - 110 RP

Total cost - 478 RP (Dodais) or 432 RP (Dopps)

I have 309 RP right now, so I only need a little bit more. If you'd like to send 169 or 200 RP or something to me today (Wednesday) I would obviously be more than willing to pay you back the next time I get paid.

Also just to clarify, I asked Ketara and we won't be able to form the fleet on Wednesday, since all the ships involved will be moving to the location and thus won't have any actions left - we'll have to do it on Thursday, but we will also be able to attack that day even though the fleet will just have been formed.

Edit - I forgot to ask, can we actually legitimately shoot marines out on torpedoes and have them board ships that way? That seems exceptionally dangerous.

Certainly!

Do you think it would be better to scatter the artillery units at different landing points to hit the base from different sides, or just put them all together for a single line of fire? I'm kind of partial to the numerous small teams idea I talked about in my earlier Zeon side board post, to be honest.

Edit - Decided to do a full write-up since I'm waiting on laundry and so we can get a plan finalized before I go to work tonight. Again, here are both the map Chan did (thanks a lot btw Chan <3) and the basic one I did so we can have an overview of the assault.





A listing of our expected forces for the event:
Gaplant - Ando Shoji, TAF (Zaku II S)
Zero - Marko Dresner, TAF (Zaku II S - 2x Zaku II J, L2 Zaku II K )
Ender - Markos Steiner, TAF (Gouf - Zaku II J, Zaku II K, Dodai YS)
MyTitan - Noelle Everett, TAF (Dom - L2 Zaku II J, L2 Zaku II K, L2 Luggun)
Ryocha - Ferusha Glavadeen, MAF (Zaku II F)
Scarth - Kasey Greer, MAF (Infantry - 2x L2 Marines)
Cloud - Yuji Takeshi, SS (Apsalus)
Chris - Xaviar Brennan, SS (Z'gok - Luggun, L2I Acquy, L2 Aggugguy, Acguy )
Orichi - Ernest Till, TAF (Zaku II K - L2 Luggun, L2 Zaku II J, L2 Zaku II K)
Andrew - Alain Grace, TAF (Efreet)
Dan - Ritter Novosad, SS (Panzergrenadiers)


Allied Forces

PC mobile suits - 8 (2x Zaku II S, Zaku II F, Zaku II K, Dom, Gouf, Efreet, Z'gok)
PC mobile armors - 1 (Apsalas)
PC infantry units - 1 (Scarth - Marines)
NPC infantry units - 2 (2x Marines)
PC panzergrenadier units - (Dan - Panzergrenadiers)
NPC Panzergrenadier units - 2 (2x Panzergrenadiers)
NPC mobile suits - 12 (4x Zaku II K, 2x Acguy, Agguguy, 5x Zaku II J)
NPC aircraft - 10 (4x Dopp, 3x Dodai YS, 3x Luggun)
PC ships - 3 (Gaw, Jukon II, Jukon)

I'm going to purchase the following over today and tomorrow:
5x Magella Attack Tank (Gaw)
6x Dodai YS (Fleet)
2x Flight Support / 10x Dopp (Attack)

This brings our total NPC aircraft numbers up to 26.

Here are the ideas I had for how to divide our forces in the beginning of the battle:


Recommended Deployment - Air/Ground Forces

Group Alpha
Members - 1x Gaw, Apsalas, 1x lvl2 Luggun, 4x Dopp (the aircraft are currently on the Gaw), Ender (Gouf and Zaku II J, Zaku II K), MyTitan (Dom and L2 Zaku II J, L2 Zaku II K), 5x Magella Attack Tank (will be on the Gaw).
Overview - Proceeds to most southern, most western drop zone in the mountains indicated on the rough map. Mobile suits and tanks drop and begin to hunt any nearby enemy suits or tanks outside the safety of the bases using Luggun data. Zaku II K's begin bombarding the base, prioritizing walls and Radar / Communication tower. Gaw and Luggun ascend to high altitude, covered by Dopps and Apsalas, and begin high altitude bombing of base. Dopps in this group attempt to destroy any and all Dish aircraft encountered. Apsalas acts as point defense for Gaw against enemy aircraft and missile fire. Once confirmation of exterior patrols is destroyed, mobile suits and tanks proceed to advance towards base in direction of second waypoint (phase 2).
Note - All mobile suits currently on the Gaw are part of this group, and will be para-dropped onto the landing zone.



Group Beta
Members - 3x Dodai YS (currently on Gaw), lvl2 Zaku II K (Zero / Marko Dresner's MS team), Orichi (Zaku II K and lvl2 Zaku II K), 5x Dopp (Flight Support)
Overview - All units proceed to slightly-south west drop zone, all mobile suits in this group will be riding Dodai's to cross the sea. Mobile suits dismount Dodai's in mountains, and begin shelling installation. Dodai's group up with Dodai's in Group Cappa and begin bombing base, priority targets are fixed defenses and Radar / Communication tower. Dopp's in this group fly cover for Dodai's and attempt to prevent enemy fighters from engaging the Gaw.



Group Cappa
Members - 6x Dodai YS (Fleet Support), Gaplant (Zaku II S), Zero (Zaku II S and 2x Zaku II J), Ryocha (Zaku II F), Andrew (Efreet), lvl2 Luggun and lvl2 Zaku II J (Orichi / Ernest Till MS Team), 5x Dopp (Flight Support)
Overview - All units proceed to eastern-most terrestrial drop zone. All mobile suits (with the exception of the NPC lvl2 Zaku II J from Ernest Till's team) are going to ride Dodai's to cross the sea quickly and efficiently. Mobile suits dismount Dodai's and begin to hunt down any enemy forces located outside the base. Dodai's group up with Dodai's in Group Betaand begin bombing base, priority targets are fixed defenses and Radar / Communication tower. Dopps in this group proceed to eastern side of island to rendezvous with Group Delta and fly cover for them. Primary target for Dopps are Don Escargots. Luggun remains high altitude to assist in supplying of targeting data and battlefield overview. Once confirmation of exterior patrols is destroyed, mobile suits proceed to advance towards base in direction of second waypoint (phase 2).



Recommended Deployment - Naval Forces

Group Delta
Members - Jukon II, Jukon, Chris (Z'gok and Luggun, L2I Acquy, L2 Aggugguy, Acguy, Panzergrenadiers), Dan (Panzergrenadiers and Marines, Panzergrenadiers)
Overview - Jukons proceed, submerged, to a position outside of base harbors. Once deployment of ground troops is confirmed, mobile suits and infantry launch towards enemy carrier - primary objective is to capture or tactically disable, if this fails then the carrier will be destroyed. Once escort to carrier is complete, mobile suits and Jukons open fire on enemy battleship, under cover of flight support from Group Cappa Dopps squadron.




Endgame

Once destruction of enemy vessels and fixed defenses is confirmed, all units converge on base and artillery bombardment cease. Panzergrenadier and infantry units storm HQ and capture command personnel, all enemy mobile suits are to be destroyed.



Phase Overview

Phase 0 Completion
Phase 0 will be complete when all units are suitably gathered, armed, and equipped to begin the assault, and task forces begin transport towards objectives.


Phase 1 Completion
Phase 1 will be complete when all ground units are successfully landed onto the island, and naval units have established a perimeter around eastern harbors.


Phase 2 Completion
Phase 2 will be complete when all ground forces outside of the base, the majority of the fixed emplacements inside the base, and all naval forces are destroyed or otherwise disabled.


Phase 3 Completion
Phase 3 will be complete when destruction all enemy mobile suits and tanks is confirmed, and infantry units have successfully stormed the HQ.
Note - Phase 3 can also be completed by another victory condition, such as the enemy surrendering before enemy HQ is captured.

Well, just to amke sure everything goes well I purchased a Flight Support. I figure if it's not used this time around, it'll get used eventually. If not, oh well. I'm also attempting to upgrade all of the mobile suits in my MS Team to Level 3.

Eh, I'd already sent the action out.