Zeon Ground Week 22: Operation Pre-Jaburo

That wasn't a schedule so much as a possible timeline that I came up with for what we're expecting from the enemy fleets. We're going to have to be very flexible with it especially since our foes are pretty wily and unlikely to follow the easy route.

The chat going down really screwed me up; me and Chris were right in the middle of discussing things when it went out. I'm more of a data type than a planning type, and without knowing what Chris is thinking, I'm somewhat lost. I'll try to do my best though:

We're taking Jaburo and ending the game this week.

Right now, I need everyone to get off California Base. Proceed to North America if you have not already. I believe that Chris will be purchasing and moving our new fleet from North America to South America on Monday. I'd like for anyone in North America to join that fleet on Monday. That fleet will be crossing the border and most likely tripping a ton of patrols on the way in. Because of this, everyone who joins the fleet must go on overwatch to help out.

So in short...

- Everyone must move to North America.
- If your character is already in North America, join the new fleet AND go on overwatch.

We'll figure out what to do with everyone who just left California Base (i.e. moved from California Base to North America with their Monday action) in a short while. You guys will most likely have a tough fight ahead of you from the patrols, but once we get an idea of who exactly falls under this category, I'll do my best to to make sure you all get inside South America intact.

Talked it over with Chris.

Everyone please transfer RP over to Chris as soon as possible.

So in short...

- Transfer all RP to Sebastian Brennan
- Everyone must move to North America (unless you are part of the STFU)
- If your character is already in North America, join the new fleet AND go on overwatch.

Moving into NA now. I'll send the RP tomorrow.

All MSM (which I think are just Kale and I, plus some NPCS), remember: load up freeze-yards for the Jaburo assault. With their sea based mines, we're going to need the defense to get through it.

As far as the STFU is concerned, we're at a bit of a crossroads here. The 42nd is already in South America and they're heading for Jaburo, the 87th is lurking in the pacific, and we've expressed a general desire to attack Rio before the main fighting begins. Plus there's a supply fleet just asking to get its ass kicked.

Chris seems to be favoring the Rio attack. A quick look at Rio right now, however, reveals that they have been reinforced. There's a fully stocked Himalaya and Medea fleet sitting there; all very nasty potential additions to Jaburo. Hitting them hard has the potential to deny them some powerful assets up ahead and I think we can win here without taking significant losses especially if the goal is mainly to destroy their vessels.

The STFU could also engage in a patrol action and attempt to catch the 87th as it moves in. I highly believe that if our patrol action is successful in catching them, we'll slaughter their Big Trays off the coast in a relatively one sided affair. This is pretty risky though because we can't catch their fleet with 100% certainty. There is also a Big Tray moving in at the same time that we might accidentally catch instead.

Attacking the 42nd is also an option. They have a relatively weak naval force protecting their Himalaya. With the right battle plan, it should be trivial to destroy the Himalaya or at least trim down their forces a bit for the coming conflict.

There's also Woody's Supply Fleet. It's protected by 13 low level Tin Cod fighters and one Medea Revised. It contains 6 Medea B Types that are worth 500 RP a pop or a total of 3000 RP - that would be collected next week.

What do you guys think?

I'm with the assault on Rio, myself. We can hit it hard. I'll purchase a level 3 Hygogg to shore up the MS assault team on it.

Took a bit more damage than I would have liked with that attack, going to restock, move it to South America and join up with Char's fleet. Gonna purchase ships with remaining RP, I need people to send more my way so I can fill them with suits and defenses tomorrow. This means you zepp :-p