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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: June 04, 2015, 01:28:31 PM »

what the hell are you going on about

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: June 04, 2015, 01:20:44 PM »

Artist's depiction of a Huit 10 meter long armored carnivorous fish

fixed that for you

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: June 04, 2015, 01:12:41 PM »

well he knows there's sharks and stuff

Correction:
He knows there are carnivorous armored fish that reach 10 meters long that live around the Huits' territorial waters. They are often seen following and attacking large ships, and debates rage on whether they are so monumentally stupid they think boats are whales, or are clever enough to realize that boats are huge tins of bite-sized food morsels.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: June 04, 2015, 12:58:26 PM »

"Fanak Flight, how are you on munitions?"

: Between myself and Lieutenant Pagodin, we've got three torcreepes, four Anti-Ship missiles, and three AGMs. We don't have to resupply just yet.

I open fire on the sabre with my guns.

You finally manage to take it down.

I flip the ejection safety and pull the lever.

: [Hm. Hmm. For his sake I do hope our activities here haven't disturbed the local fauna.]

How knowledgeable is lefty on marine life?

: Pilots, we took some engine damage during the missile engagement that's only now becoming apparent. We cannot outrun the enemy fleet, we need you to take out that gun before it gets in range to use it. You won't be able to lock on to it, so you'd better get improvising.

The Mercanan fleet will be in range in THREE turns.

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Games / Re: XCOM 2 CONFIRMED. HYPE GET

« on: June 03, 2015, 11:54:25 PM »

god at least post a non-blurry version

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: June 03, 2015, 10:00:04 PM »

ok guys im back from volunteering at a airplane museu- holy forget so many posts

mission theme

Tippy and Hawkeye are unable to see any significant developments through the mist.

Walt grunts in a spike of panic
" please let this work "
I pull up to reduce my speed then turn my jets using the vtol to flip my aircraft around towards the Shiva from a higher angle.(attempting -if this breaks off my wings or something so be it.)
Given I'm successful I lock and fire off an rgm towards the Shiva along with ac5 fire

As Harm and Comr4de shed tears back on Holy Terra at the implausibility of the maneuver, Walt does this. Though you're too close to connect with the RGM, you manage a few good hits with your gun.

"forget! I'm out! Got to resupply, I'll get as many AShM's as this thing can carry!" I report, kicking the afterburners and heading for the COMRO craft.

This happens, and you begin the long-ass flight to the COMRO boat.

Roger goes in for frigate 4 dropping his last torcreep. While dropping chaff of course.

Corvette-6 sees the torcreep coming and takes the bullet for the AA ship. Frigate-4 attempts to avenge its fallen meatshield by firing a pair of SAMs at you, one of which is immediately thrown off by the chaff.

Faw fires his MMS at the Shiva.

You hit the Shiva head-on with a full salvo as it comes out of evading Walt's barrage, and yet it still continues to fly. It retaliates with a salvo of LBX fire that punches dozens of fist-sized holes in your wing and fuselage.

I try to draw the frigate's fire. I turn on full afterburner.

You get bipped by a LAMS installation and feel your plane begin to disintegrate around you. Now may be a good time to think about what you've done. And also bail.

B5

you miss

Bell drops a torcreep for FFG-1 and flies away after dispersing chaff. "I'll help out with the enemy planes."

It hits the water but due to the mist you have no idea if it's going to be a hit yet.

Yet again, I pull a high G maneuver, and as I do so clouds briefly form on my wings as the sheer force of the pitch causes water in the air to condensate.
When I go vertical, I unlock the AoA limiter and push the thrust vectoring on my engines to the max in order to stop the sabre from getting on my tail, rather, I try to get on his.

You are now behind the Sabre once again.

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Games / Re: Fallout 4 Countdown?

« on: June 03, 2015, 01:18:29 PM »

So im seriously unimpressed by the character models in the trailer. Hope they're nicer on launch.

my favorite part was the civvies running on top of the vault just using the stock-standard ingame run animation from 3 and NV
god i hope they fix animations, the setting, stylization, and environments look great but it'll just be immersion-shattering to have the bethesda-trademarked expressionless bodysnatchers populating the whole place
at LEAST get rid of the good ol' diagonal run stuffe

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Games / Re: Fallout 4 Countdown?

« on: June 03, 2015, 01:08:16 PM »

what the forget why did they stick rocket boosters on the USS constitution
did that thing seriously survive the war and all the years that followed
this isnt criticism im legitimately confused and curious
glad they got rid of that disgusting filter though

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: June 03, 2015, 01:03:52 PM »

mission theme

Heavy breathing ensues.
"stuff, that was close!"

"What the forget?!"
I pull up hard and break away, hoping not to catch any fire on my way out, and drop two packs of chaff.

: [Magnificent! Damn Zentragoths said it couldn't be done, but we've accomplished in a single shot what takes their "world-class" navy entire engagements!]

"What the forget? Who the forget brought Armageddon here? Was that a forgetin' thermo-nuclear bomb?"

: It can't be, those tend to explode in every direction, not just one. I can't even imagine what else they're capable of if they can build something to direct a blast of magnitude.

"That can be their only use, right?
Right?!"

: [Load the next charge! Thrust ahead, full! We'll chase down these roaches and see how they like the light!]

"Hey any of you guys with torps or ASMs, It's a narrow target but try and aim for the bow of the dreadnought, if we get that thing aiming downward it's range will go down too."

"Sure, if you want to get loving vaporized."

: forget it, if you're going to bitch out, I'll take care of this myself.
: Wait! You don't even have any anti-ship munitions! Going down there is a death sentence!

The Kintharian squad leader dives into the fog to set up a run on the bow of the dreadnought. Though you lose visual sight of their plane, you do see an explosion centered on their HUD contact, and then another that removes it from your display entirely.
: [Get a crew down there to assess the damage and scoop the wreckage out of the barrel, we can't afford any interference.]

The Sabre attempts to get back on Yes-Man's tail, and the Shiva reminds Walt of its' presence by firing with one of its' LBX cannons.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: June 02, 2015, 11:51:22 PM »

mission theme

I continue firing at the sabre, using my cannons.

It goes down in flames, going critical as it hits the water.

Bell pops chaff and jinks right towards the west to avoid the missiles.

Your chaff breaks the missiles' locks, and no further launches are made.

I pull up with my plane and enter a loop to the left

The Shiva goes after you instead of Gladiator, as evidenced by the pair of heavy shells zipping past your canopy.

I do some evasive manuvers and drop chaff.

You now have no more missiles chasing you.

I drop Chaff and maneuver back into formation with Tippy

The missile is spoofed and you are back with Tippy.

After gaining the Shiva's attention, Faw guns his plane to a little under max speed and pushes his nose down, entering a 45 degree dive.

The Shiva is currently pursuing Walt instead.

The Kintharians open fire with their rairguns, taking out a handful of corvettes and patrol boats.
: [Someone made a mistake.]

The circular crest on the bow of the Huit dreadnought lowers out of the way to reveal what appears to be a huge-bore gun barrel built into the ship. At the end of the barrel, near the breech, lies a nuclear device.
: [Someone made a big goddamn mistake.]

The admiral depresses the activation trigger, and the nuclear device detonates. Rather than destroying the dreadnought and its entire escort, the entirety of the destructive force is channeled down the barrel of the cannon, emerging as a blinding cone of light. The Kintharian detachment is entirely obliterated; whatever ships weren't completely atomized had their crews boiled alive and were drawn in and capsized as the ocean rushed in to fill the channel left behind by the beam. The battlefield is now covered in an eerie, visibility reducing mist, a result of the millions of gallons of vaporized water. The only reason the Mercanan fleet remains is due to their captain's caution, which put them just out of reach of the weapon.
: What the forget just happened!?
: Pilots? Are any of you still flying? You had front-row seats to whatever the hell that thing just did, someone report!
: I have no idea, sir! Some kind of directed energy weapon mounted in the bow?
: Whatever it is, it just wiped out the Kintharians. I'm not taking any more chances with that monster, we're falling back until that thing is gone.

I guess qwepir forgot about the microtorcreep defenses that we brainstormed

oh well

oops :(
oh well they have enough on their plate already

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: June 02, 2015, 09:40:24 PM »

but how many missiles can i evade with one chaff

guaranteed 1 missile per chaff for balance reasons

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: June 02, 2015, 09:13:46 PM »

mission theme

Bell drops a torcreep for FFG-3.

The torcreep slams into the side of the frigate, causing it to list heavily to starboard. Unable to pump out the sudden influx of water, the ship capsizes and goes under the waves. However, you pick up a pair of SAMs from Frigate-4

I punch the afterburners and dive after rolling to the right.
I think to myself "There's no way I can take that thing on from the front - It's armed to the teeth, I'll have to try and out maneuver it."
"Tippy and Whiskey he's lost interest in you guys, I'll try to keep him busy with me."

The Shiva opens fire with its quad LBXs, clipping you in the wing despite you being well out of a normal gun's attack angle.

Faw fires energy bursts at the Shiva, then accelerates to top speed and attempts to maneuver himself in-front of the Shiva, behind Walt.

You get its attention, and it pulls a high-G maneuver to get behind you and Walt.

"spare me the grouping of my name with hers right now."

Whisky drops a torcreep near on of the ships
8:25 PM - locketbox: ok i'll go for the k6 and start small

You drop the fish in the water and it begins swimming towards the small and nimble corvette. The corvette increases speed and changes heading, and the torcreep sails straight past.
: [Incoming torcreep! Decelerate to quarter speed!]

The Battleship and some of the rest of the fleet slows down and the torcreep shoots right on through without hitting anything. You also pick up a SAM.

Yes-Man opens up on the sabre with his guns, and cuts the turbochargers.

You deliver a crippling blow to the Sabre, but it remains airworthy.

I pop flares, and then fire an ASM at K-10. I bank off, heading for FFG-3

You are clobbered by the SAM, which are and always have been radar-guided, and your missile is shot down by the LAMS emplacement. FFG-4 fires another SAM at you.

I dive down low, leveling off near the water's surface and dropping a torcreep for FFG-2.

The torcreep splits the boat in half and sends it to the bottom. You also receive a pair of SAMs.

: There's our opening! Take down that cruiser!

The remaining K-20s dive in on the cruiser and open up with everything they have. Dozens of rockets and missiles tear the cruiser asunder, sending it below the waves in at least four separate chunks.

The Kintharian ships, seeing this, begin advancing on the Huits in an attempt to bring their railguns to bear.
: Where are you going? Get back in formation!
: [Ah, the children want to have a good old-fashioned gunfight like they've seen in the movies. Number two, get our real gun ready!]

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: June 02, 2015, 07:11:00 PM »

i don't want to force people to install skype because frankly its a steamy pile of poopydoodoo and i have you all on steam already, i suppose the question is really just "should i make a steam group"

Yes

period race is now a poll again

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Off Topic / Re: Velveta Shells and Cheese

« on: June 02, 2015, 05:35:10 PM »

velveeta is to kraft what kraft is to homemade
that sauce is just gross

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: June 02, 2015, 04:47:56 PM »

mission theme

" shoot this guys really confident, watch your backs he's coming in hot!"
I continue the ac5 fire and fire off an AAM missile at Shiva

The incoming missile convinces the Shiva that you are the bigger threat, and as it drops flares it turns to face you instead. You are now playing chicken with one of the deadliest alpha strikers in the war.

Faw fires a TAG Beacon missile at the Shiva.

The same flare that dropped the AAM also drops the TAG.

Yes-Man pulls directly up, taking advantage of his aircraft's maneuverability. As it starts stalling, he hits the afterburners -- and then the tubochargers -- not only to strengthen the thrust vectoring, but to maintain his speed. He attempts to do a complete flip onto the bird chasing him.

The Sabre attempts to follow you, its fusion plant more than capable of keeping up with your speed as you climb. However it is unable to match your maneuverability, and you find yourself coming up behind it as you come out of the flip.

"I have two- …one? Two? -loving stuff. They weren't in range at the time-"

I wrestle the belts to see the target, and strain my eyes to look behind me. I lock up the Sabre and fire two AAMs. They reverse course and fly towards him.

The Sabre attempts to drop flares, but it's too late for the first missile. It takes a hit to the front and dives to avoid the second, only to run afoul of the J-20's cannon barrage.

In the meantime, the Kintharians lose a J-20 to the rafales and the Mercanans lose a K-20 to a SAM. The next long-range missile exchange occurs and it seems like the GTO are getting the worst of it.
: [Keep firing! More missiles! The only reason your ship shouldn't be shooting is if you're at the bottom of the ocean!]
: Fanak, Mjolnir, those cruisers are tearing us to pieces out here. The Kintharian flagship for this operation is going under, and a quarter of our ships are too damaged to continue.
: Sir, we're doing our best out here but these Frigates are making life miserable.
: What about the admiral- our admiral?
: Alive, but injured. He's being picked up by the Nicholson now.
: Alright, here's the plan. Mjolnir, if any of you are carrying anti-ship ordnance, drop what you're doing and take out these two frigates I'm marking. Then Fanak can take out that cruiser and buy our fleet some more time. We will do our best to distract the fighters.

Two frigates get highlighted on your HUD.
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