ZGMF: Post-Garma Event Discussion

Hey guys!

With the RPG paused for the week and us having a few days "off," I thought it would be cool to get threads up on both the Zeon and the Zeon Command boards. Basically what I want to do is both break down what we've achieved in the RPG so far and explore possibilities as to what we might do when the RPG reopens after the event.

For my part, at least in the thread on this board, I will mostly only be making lots of lists and such. Pretty much it'd be awesome if you guys who don't have access to the Zeon Command board would use this thread (for now) to post any ideas you have with what we should be doing or could be doing differently, I know a few of you have caught cool things that slipped by (by me, at least) before, so your insights are appreciated. ^.^



ALLIED FORCES (PRE-GARMA)

TAF
- Alain Grace [Efreet Custom]: 74 VP, 100 RP Salary
- Ando Shoji [Zaku II S]: 53 VP, 250+40 RP Salary
- Duncan Keystone [Gouf: 1x lvl4 Zaku II K, 1x lvl3 Rhinocerous (A)]: 43 VP, 150 RP Salary
- Ernest Till [Zaku II K: 1x lvl4 Luggun (D) ]: 38 VP, 100 RP Salary
- Marko Dresner [Dowadge: 1x lvl4 Dom, 1x lvl4 Zaku II J ]: 41 VP, 250 RP Salary
- Markos Steiner [Dom]: 72 VP, 150 RP Salary
- Noelle Everett [Dom]: 62 VP, 125 RP Salary
- Ota Naomi [Gouf: 2x lvl3 Gouf]: 19 VP, 125 RP Salary
- Rhett Paruta [Zaku II K: 1x lvl2 Dodai YS, 1x lvl4 Gouf+Dodai YS, 1x lvl3 Zaku II G+Dodai YS]: 75 VP, 175 RP Salary

MAF
- Aldo P. Armistad [Dom S: 2x lvl5 Dom]: 57 VP, 275 RP Salary
- Ferusha Glavadeen [Zaku II F: 1x lvl3 Zaku II F]: 55 VP, 150 RP Salary
- Persephone Dawn [Zaku II Manipulator Type]: 56 VP, 25 RP Salary

SS
- Finus Yamamoto [Gouf Custom: 2x Dom, 1x Gouf]: 23 VP, 150 RP Salary
- Ritter Novosad [Panzergrenadiers: 1x lvl4 Panzergrenadiers, 2x Panzergrenadiers]: 74 CP, 175+50 RP Salary
- Xaviar Brennan [Z'gok: 1x lvl4I Captain (Marina)]: 55 VP, 275+50 RP Salary
- Yuji Takeshi [Apsalus II]: 65 VP, 25 RP Salary

ZGMF Income
- Total salary income is 2640 RP.



Ships
- Dragon [lvl5 Gaw]
- Scmerz [Dobday]
- Excelsior [lvl5 Recon Gaw]
- Stilva [lvl5 Gaw]
- U-88 Baekhesten [Jukon II]
- Jukon [Jukon] (I believe Xaviar purchased this one in preparation for the Garma operation).

Note - All PC-owned ZGMF ships are currently in North America.


After the Garma event, every player who participated (with the exception of Aldo and I) will go up one rank. However, unless I understand incorrectly Ferusha will also be leaving shorty thereafter to head to space and continue the war in that theater. This is sad and we would like her to stay as long as possible, but in preparation for that, this is the most likely scenario for how the ground campaign's finances will be affected:

ALLIED FORCES (POST-GARMA)

TAF
- Alain Grace: 125 RP Salary
- Ando Shoji: 250+40 RP Salary
- Duncan Keystone: 175 RP Salary
- Ernest Till: 100 RP Salary
- Marko Dresner: 275 RP Salary
- Markos Steiner: 175 RP Salary
- Noelle Everett: 150 RP Salary
- Ota Naomi: 150 RP Salary
- Rhett Paruta: 225 RP Salary

MAF
- Aldo P. Armistad: 275 RP Salary
- Persephone Dawn: 50 RP Salary

SS
- Finus Yamamoto: 150 RP Salary
- Ritter Novosad: 225+50 RP Salary
- Xaviar Brennan: 300+50 RP Salary
- Yuji Takeshi: 25 RP Salary

ZGMF Income
- Total salary income will be 2790 RP. This is a net gain, even if Ferusha goes to space as planned, which isn't too bad at all.





ENEMY FORCES (PRE-GARMA)

EFGF
- Aurem Senaiha [GM Ground Sniper: 1x lvl5 Land Combat GM (A) (Arieta)]: 92 VP, 100 RP Salary
- Cray Vermillion [Type 61: GM]: 71 VP, 225 RP Salary
- Jack Murphy [Guntank MPT]: 66 VP, 175 RP Salary
- Jay Tessa [GMPGT: 2x Tin Cod, 1x lvl2 Marines]: 61 VP, 200 RP Salary
- Jim Irwin [Tin Cod]: 67 VP, 225 RP Salary
- Seth Yamanu [Marines: 1x lvl3 GM, 1x lvl2 Type 74 (D)]: 57 CP, 225 RP Salary

Officers
- Arden Massenfer [GM Sniper Custom: 1x GMPGT, 1x lvl4 GM G, 1x lvl2 Dish]: 38 VP, 300 RP Salary
- Jarvis Ackart [GM Command: 1x lvl2 GM, 1x lvl2 GM CCT]: 58 VP, 300 RP Salary
- Nigel Ferdinand [Medea Revised]: 61 VP, 325+180 RP Salary
- Suzaku Selffaw [GMPGT:1x lvl2 GMPGT]: 18 VP, 300 RP Salary

Test Pilots
- Bigby Wolfe [GM Desert Type]: 58 VP, 150 RP Salary
- Hirsch Munchek [Aqua GM: 2x lvl5 GM Diver, 1x Don Escargot]: 62 VP, 150 RP Salary
- Jane Sheppard [GM S Type: 1x lvl5 Dracken E (Ela), 1x lvl3 Type 74 (D)]: 83 VP, 100 RP Salary
- Jack Verse [GMPGT]: 59 VP, 100 RP Salary)
- Thorvald Siggurdson [Blue Destiny: 1x Dish]: 71 VP, 100 RP Salary

EFGF Income
- Total salary income is 3155 RP.



Ships
- Black Hawk [lvl3 Big Tray]
- Chicken Little [lvl5/5 Medea Revised]
- Gilfaethwy [lvl5 Hillock]
- Lleu Llaw Gyffes [Himalaya]

Note - All PC-owned EFGF ships are currently at New Amsterdam, in West Arctic.


The EF has far fewer people participating in the Major Event, though. Here they are:

EFGF Event Personnel
- Jim Irwin [Tin Cod]
- Arden Massenfer [GM Sniper Custom]
- Jarvis Ackart [GM Command]
- Bigby Wolfe [GM Desert Type]
- Hirsch Munchek [Aqua GM]
- Jane Sheppard [GM S Type]
- Jack Verse [GMPGT]
- Thorvald Siggurdson [Blue Destiny]

As such, these personnel will (presumably) be in North America after the major event, and will be the only ones receiving promotions. I don't expect that the EFGF's lineup will change between now and then unless someone randomly quits or gets removed for inactivity. Meanwhile, the majority of the EFGF is in West Arctic at the moment to reinforce New Amsterdam (more on this later).



ENEMY FORCES (POST-GARMA)

EFGF
- Aurem Senaiha: 100 RP Salary
- Cray Vermillion: 225 RP Salary
- Jack Murphy: 175 RP Salary
- Jay Tessa: 200 RP Salary
- Jim Irwin: 275 RP Salary
- Seth Yamanu: 225 RP Salary

Officers
- Arden Massenfer: 325 RP
- Jarvis Ackart: 325 RP
- Nigel Ferdinand: 325+180 RP Salary
- Suzaku Selffaw: 300 RP Salary

Test Pilots
- Bigby Wolfe: 175 RP Salary
- Hirsch Munchek: 175 RP Salary
- Jane Sheppard: 150 RP Salary
- Jack Verse: 150 RP Salary
- Thorvald Siggurdson: 150 RP Salary

EFGF Income
- Total salary income will be 3455 RP.

Please note that in predicting these increased incomes for both sides, I am assuming that each player participating only receives one promotion. If particular players do well they could receive multiple promotions in theory, and dead players move up a rank and acquire a higher salary as well.



The next section is a broad listing of places and objectives that we are interested in pursuing, based on both my conversations with various officers and non-officers.

POINTS OF INTEREST

Friendly Installations
- Ruins of RF-1 (Rhett Paruta)


- Ruins of RF-4 (Marko Dresner)


- RF-2 (Zeon)


- Malta (Ando Shoji)


Scouted Installations
- Belfast


- New Amsterdam


- Southeast Asia HQ


Un-scouted Installations
- Augusta


- Ruins of Manila


Fleets
- EFGF 1st Resupply Fleet (South America)


- EFGF 2nd Resupply Fleet


- EFGF 1st Naval Convoy (Atlantic Ocean)


- EFGF 2nd Naval Convoy (Indian Ocean)


- EFGF 3rd Naval Convoy (Pacific Ocean)


Patrols
- West Arctic


- South America


- Atlantic Ocean


- Pacific Ocean


- Indian Ocean


Enemies of the State
- Des Mielle [lvl5N Guerrillas]: 76 CP, 0 RP, Hidden
- Aisha Vumeinto [GM Ground Type]: 37 VP, 110 RP, North Africa





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And there it is - a ton of stuff. Sorry my post seems like information overload, but I thought all of this would be relevant to the discussion and would be more useful if it was compiled like this. I'll probably try to find a better way to edit this into a more readable form, but for now please try to bear with me.

Like I said, I am very much looking forward to what you guys think about the topics I've listed - I will probably be doing most of my talking on the Zeon Command board as I have a very specific set of plans in mind for what we could do after the Garma event, and I know Chris does as well. For now, though, I'll leave you with a few observations of mine:

Observations
- Des is low on funds at the moment, so in all likelihood RF-2 won't face another attack for at least a few days barring outside funding.
- We really need to find a way to RP more, right now the EFGF is beating us in RP-related RPG commendations by a score of 4-3.
- We need to find a way to integrate Samsons into the fleet, especially if we are going to be conducting operations in Enemy Territory anytime soon.
- It appears that the EFGF is heavily investing in West Arctic in an appear to cut us off from the rest of the world.
- Dodai + ground MS is evidently a money combo - Dodai II's could be very useful indeed.
- Gaws have (so far) proven to be a valuable investment, while we have been unable to reinforce our Jukons enough to make them last against Aquaman and the EF's legions of snails.
- Ando kitty is awesome.
- We need to find a way to complement Ritter's infantry awesome with ground suppression, Fanfans are mean to Panzers.

That's all from me for now! 7:19 AM in the morning, I began this post a little over an hour ago. I look forward to seeing your contributions. ^.^