Alright everyone, the last mission is winding down and it is time to work out a plan for a new one.  What I can guarantee to you is that we will be in our fighters this time around.

I have come up with two ideas for a mission.

1. Ambush.

In this scenario, we would be sent (I have to talk to Heth about transport) on an interception mission.  Imperial Intel has gotten word of a rendezvous of rebel ships.  A series of freighters carrying new hovertanks and ground based anti-capital ship guns will be arriving from a secret rebel manufacturing facility.  They will be escorted by a squadron of fighters.  They are meeting with a pair of corvettes and another squadron of fighters to escort the ships to their destination.  Our mission is to arrive in advance, move to the entry vector and ambush the shipment once it arrives.  The goal is to destroy as many fighters as possible before the escort arrives.  If the escort arrives first, our transport will move to intercept the corvettes while we take on the enemy fighters before engaging the damaged corvettes.

An optional part would be to move from the ambush and strike the manufacturing facility itself.

2. Ground Strikes.

Imperial Intel has learned of a new secret, rebel manufacturing facility constructing new ground equipment (same as above).  We are dispatched to the system to attack the facility before its first shipment leaves.  If it has left, we will attempt to intercept as it leaves the atmosphere before heading in to make attack runs at the facility.

By tomorrow I want us to have decided on which option and then I will post a more detailed framework of what I have in mind based upon your choice.  Think it over and let me know asap.
 
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XO/ESN Corran "Arturus" Hargraves/Nazgul 2/Phoenix Wing/M-SSD Atrus/VE/VEN/(=A=)(=SA=)(=*MA*=)(=JCPA=)(=SCPA=)[MC:1](x2)[SV][BRC][VC:B][LSM][LoC]


"The way of war is a way of deception. When able, feign inability; when deploying troops, appear not to be. When near, appear far; when far, appear near. Lure with bait; strike with chaos. If the enemy is full, be prepared. If strong, avoid him. If he is angry, disconcert him. If he is weak, stir him to pride. If he is relaxed, harry him; if his men are harmonious, split them. Attack where he is unprepared; appear where you are unexpected. This is victory in warfare; it cannot be divulged in advance. Victory belongs to the side that scores most in the temple calculations before battle. Most spells victory; least spells defeat; none, surer defeat. I see it in this way, and the outcome is apparent." -- Sun Tzu

Another Wing Story? I'd like that. It would be nice to have all three squadrons get together for a single mission. Or if it was just another Nazgul Squadron mission. I'd like either way, really.

I just have one idea for the first scenario. In case if the transports continue to move to the exit vector, why not have a transport of ours (if we could make the wing into a strike group for the mission, it could be an ISD) to make sure they don't jump into hyperspace while we're busy with the fighters.

And speaking of strike forces, Japheth, sir, would Pheonix Wing be considered a strike force or not?
 
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Revenge is what holds this galaxy together. Without it, the universe would be a boring place.

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Senior Chief Petty Officer and Reporter Jack Nebulax (*Formerly and No-Longer a ComNet Spammer*), Imperial Navy and VE Today Staff, Vast Empire.
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Admiral Jack Nebulax, third-in-command of the Auroran Defense Fleet (ADF) and leader of Nemesis Wing (Wing I)

I'm going to be in and out a lot on IRC today, trying to coordinate moving a washer and dryer 50 miles from my parents to this house plus I've got an Iaido lesson in an hour...

Anyhow, I'll let you work out the details, assume for the moment that if its some sort of ambush that we're setting up you have use of either the ISDII Dominant or the ISD Coruscant, pick one, and the Interdictor cruiser Anvil as the main components of the strike force (nix the interdictor if you don't actually need to rip them out of hyperspace). These ships will be accompanied by a small group of other ships, which aren't able to carry extra fighters, likely a few corvettes and maybe a strike cruiser modified for extra missile firing duty or something.

Work out with representitives of each squadron what everyone will be flying, ideally everyone should launch from the capital ship and there will be one squadron each of T/I, T/B and T/F. If you -really- want you could even break this up by flight per squadron, but that might get a little icky.

Anyway, gotta run, I'll try to provide more commentary on anything else I see here when I have the chance.
 
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Admiral Japheth Cappadocious, Krath Templar
Naval Commander in Chief, Captain of the mSSD Atrus
Headmaster of the Dark Jedi Order Academy
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HM/KT Japheth Cappadocious/DC-3/Krath Order/Elite Griffen Sect/VEDJ/VE/[SoY][EoP]

Alright, here is a backgrounder to the story plus some planning.  I will be e-mail this to the Squadron Commanders and XOs and hope to have all input in by the meeting Sunday (or Sunday evening at the latest I hope).  The briefing is not posted in story form, rather just as a guide to what the framework of this mission will be.

***Briefing***

Imperial Intel has gotten information about a convoy of new NR hovertanks and ground based anti-capital ship guns and missile launchers.  The information suggests that the NR could be preparing to strengthen its perimeter, allowing parts of its fleet to act offensively.

By good fortune, an imperial capital ship managed to intercept part of a rebel transmission while on mission near NR space.  From this, intel has managed to decode and discern the coordinates of where the first shipment of material will be transferred.  According to transmission, the convoy will exit hyperspace near the ------- sector (I'm looking for something outside the NR perimeter, will fill in shortly).  There, it will meet with rebel ships waiting to escort them the rest of the way.  Our mission is to enter the system before they arrive and destroy the convoy.  Our secondary mission is to try and acquire information about the location of the new facility so that we can immediately move to strike it.

For this mission, the Vast Empire Navy has assigned a taskforce with the ISD Coruscant as the flagship.  It will be accompanied by the Interdictor Cruiser Anvil, three Modified Corellian Corvettes, and two Carrack Cruisers.  If we managed to acquire the location of the facility, a modified Strike Cruiser will join the force in order to add additional firepower when we blockade the planet the facility is located on.

The best estimate is that the convoy will be escorted only by fighters initially as it is leaving a secret location and thus is not immediately endanger.  The force arriving to escort it will logically contain fresh squadrons of fighters and a couple of small capital ships, possibly a couple of Corellian Corvettes.  It is possible that the rebels might also use a Nebulon-B Frigate but we are not sure.

In addition to the capital ships, Nazgul, Aegis, and Kaph squadrons will engage in combat.  One squadron will have T/Is, one T/Bs, and one T/Fs. (Heth, is there the option of gunboats?  If so two squadrons of T/Is and one of G/Bs would work too.  Let me know).  As Nazgul squadron has the most pilots, they will be assigned T/Is and will be responsible for space superiority.  In Kaph and Aegis, one squadron will be in T/Bs and responsible for hitting the convoy and the escorting capital ships while the other squadron will be in T/Is or T/Fs (TBA) and will be responsible for escorting.

The goal is to arrive before there rebels and destroy as many of the fighters from the arriving escort before the convoy arrives.  Since we have an interdictor, the enemy capital ships can be destroyed before the convoy so that will be the primary target of the bombers, followed by a full assault from all units on the convoy once the offensive threat is eliminated.

***End Briefing***


There are still a couple of holes that I will fill shortly.  Just doing a bit of research on a good place for this to actually take place.  Let me know your thoughts.
 
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XO/ESN Corran "Arturus" Hargraves/Nazgul 2/Phoenix Wing/M-SSD Atrus/VE/VEN/(=A=)(=SA=)(=*MA*=)(=JCPA=)(=SCPA=)[MC:1](x2)[SV][BRC][VC:B][LSM][LoC]


"The way of war is a way of deception. When able, feign inability; when deploying troops, appear not to be. When near, appear far; when far, appear near. Lure with bait; strike with chaos. If the enemy is full, be prepared. If strong, avoid him. If he is angry, disconcert him. If he is weak, stir him to pride. If he is relaxed, harry him; if his men are harmonious, split them. Attack where he is unprepared; appear where you are unexpected. This is victory in warfare; it cannot be divulged in advance. Victory belongs to the side that scores most in the temple calculations before battle. Most spells victory; least spells defeat; none, surer defeat. I see it in this way, and the outcome is apparent." -- Sun Tzu

Ok, I sent the e-mail to Chip and Jaden.  Heth, can you send it back to me or forward it to Hunter yourself?  I forgot to copy it to myself.
 
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XO/ESN Corran "Arturus" Hargraves/Nazgul 2/Phoenix Wing/M-SSD Atrus/VE/VEN/(=A=)(=SA=)(=*MA*=)(=JCPA=)(=SCPA=)[MC:1](x2)[SV][BRC][VC:B][LSM][LoC]


"The way of war is a way of deception. When able, feign inability; when deploying troops, appear not to be. When near, appear far; when far, appear near. Lure with bait; strike with chaos. If the enemy is full, be prepared. If strong, avoid him. If he is angry, disconcert him. If he is weak, stir him to pride. If he is relaxed, harry him; if his men are harmonious, split them. Attack where he is unprepared; appear where you are unexpected. This is victory in warfare; it cannot be divulged in advance. Victory belongs to the side that scores most in the temple calculations before battle. Most spells victory; least spells defeat; none, surer defeat. I see it in this way, and the outcome is apparent." -- Sun Tzu

Well if you want to use T/Fs you can.  I just thought that since we could essentially take something other than them, you might want something different.  If you want T/Fs, they're yours and Aegis will get gunboats.  We're still finishing up planning so if you want itchanged let me know while I'm still working on the opening post (probably to be up for a Monday start for the story I hope).
 
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XO/ESN Corran "Arturus" Hargraves/Nazgul 2/Phoenix Wing/M-SSD Atrus/VE/VEN/(=A=)(=SA=)(=*MA*=)(=JCPA=)(=SCPA=)[MC:1](x2)[SV][BRC][VC:B][LSM][LoC]


"The way of war is a way of deception. When able, feign inability; when deploying troops, appear not to be. When near, appear far; when far, appear near. Lure with bait; strike with chaos. If the enemy is full, be prepared. If strong, avoid him. If he is angry, disconcert him. If he is weak, stir him to pride. If he is relaxed, harry him; if his men are harmonious, split them. Attack where he is unprepared; appear where you are unexpected. This is victory in warfare; it cannot be divulged in advance. Victory belongs to the side that scores most in the temple calculations before battle. Most spells victory; least spells defeat; none, surer defeat. I see it in this way, and the outcome is apparent." -- Sun Tzu

It sounds like it's all coming together.  I'm looking forward to a wing story.  Last time we had one, I wasn't part of it because I was somewhat new.  This sounds like it's going to be fun.
 
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Feed a womp rat a food ration, he'll want an energy stim. Give him an energy stim, and he'll rip your throat out.

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