Constantinople, Not Istanbul

We find ourselves besieged by a strong enemy force, and it appears that more may be on the way. While we cannot purchase any more MS or ships while we are under siege, we do have access to services. Against the fleets besieging Constantinople, we are going to see a lot of flight support on their end.

Now, some of our positives: We are a strong group of MS operatives with a member of The Schutzstaffel with us. Plus, we have a fair amount of pull with resources, and the decision by The High Command to allow us to shore up the defenses gives us an even better standing.

And with the arrival of the Deutschland, we have strong support from TAF High Command, as well. So, let us get down to brass tacks.

RP at Constantinople (as of Weekend Update):
Ritter Novosad - 225 RP
Persephone Dawn - 250 RP
Ferusha Glavadeen - 350 RP
Duncan Keystone - 350 RP
David Anderson - 200 RP
Alec Irusk - 225 RP

Total - 1600 RP

Here is the plan. All RP is to be transferred to me. On Monday, I will purchase 1x Artillery Support and 1x Flight Support (Dopps). The Artillery support will aid our bombardment of the enemy forces. As a unit, we will Hole Up. With the cannons they are going to bring to bear, we should be able to protect ourselves for the first day. All of our (A) units should be able to hit them still, as well.

RP after Monday: 1400 RP

Tuesday: I will purchase 1x Trenches (400 RP) and 2x Minefield (one land, and one sea) (600 RP) to help our defenses. If the Fortification worked, and they did not hurt us too badly, I propose we Sally Forth. Services purchased: 1x Artillery Support and 1x Flight Support (Dopps).

RP after Tuesday: 200 RP

At that point, we will have to see where we're sitting. We'll decide what to do on Weds after the Tuesday update, but hopefully, we'll have been able to either break the siege, or destroy the Sir Francis Drake.

If you have any questions or thoughts about this strategy, please feel free to e-mail me.

Sieg Zeon,

Irusk.

Well, I went ahead and posted this here, since it should be on the boards. My bad.

Braddigan made a good point to me. They do have some massive firepower. Day one, we should hole up instead.

The reason why I'm picking up the minefields is orders from the High Command. I figure that having them, we'd know where they are, and they don't. We could lure their MS into traps to destroy them.

What arguments are there against the minefields?

The problem is, we can't buy a ship while being sieged, can we? If we can, screw it, we'll pick up a nice Jukon, stick you on it, and start sinking Charlie with it.

I checked today with Ketara to see if we could have people cover partial costs on the Trenches. We can't, unfortunately, and we can only buy those add-ons on Monday, according to the post copied from the Officer's Forums.

So. Ryocha, if you could join VashHino in purchasing mines on Monday, that would be great, since you can also afford them.

VashHino - Seamines to protect from Task Force Charlie and help support the marine based defenses of Constantinople.

Ryocha - Landmines. Yes, the Big Tray and other Land battleships might not be hindered by them, but the MS and Marines on board will be.

The rest of the RP: We'll be able to purchase four days worth of Services, which is one game week, so that will be a huge boon.

I know it's a lot to ask you guys to combine your RP into mine, so that one person can send in the service purchase e-mail every update, but I think it would make it easier, and really allow us to break the enemy fleets.

If you have any opposition to the plan, please voice your opinions, G-Force/Constantinople Team. Let's hear your ideas!

I thought about using two infantry flight supports one day of the battle and trying to have those 100 men attack the big tray while I would slide into the Brig and kill him but 1) theres too much federal armaments. 2) Theres too many high level marines on board 3) I am injured.

To put it in perspective we discussed Hans Bond going on board to terrorist plant on the flagship, and Hans Bond has more CP than me or my troops at the moment since he had 130 CP. It was designated he wouldn't be able to get on board either because the guys he would be going up against would be as said:

[15:58] <Ketara> So really it's 36 85 CP guys, 12 59 CP guys, and 12 41 CP guys.

The highest man in terms of CP can not sneak on the ship~ This is bad mojo if you send a rogue to try.

And I specifically told him I would pay for a succesful infiltration. If he fails, I wouldn't. And even then, I can support the cost. Just two weeks of my pay. I told him to wait till he's healed, as well, so if we break the siege before then: no skin off my back.

okay got the sea minefields. and just in case anyone is curious yes i am checking the board lol