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Event #14: THE GIFT OF BLESSED SILENCE

Though the vote was contentious, the Corsairs have decided to capture the facility. This will require an enormous mobilization of forces, but it is fortunate that the Corsairs are on they fight, unbeknownst to the Empire, on their own domain. In a real sense, the Vault has been preparing for this moment for decades.

The forges burn bright as rail and cannon are brought to bear. This ambitious plan will see Skysplitters placed across the continent as a crack strike force tears through the facility and kills or captures its personnel without putting the site itself to the sword. An operation both forceful and delicate, difficult, but hardly impossible for the Corsairs’ finest.

Missions:

Build the Rail, Ignite the Powder: The Corsairs, working under the cover of night, will need to establish a perimeter around the research facility.
Description: The continent of Bavrecht is usually where the Adamant Curtain, a major airship Legion, makes its base, testing munitions on the continent with constant carpet bombings. Their schedule is a bit irregular, but there are times where their bombing isn’t active. The Corsairs will need to take this opportunity to encircle the research facility and quickly erect temporary rail lines and set up Skysplitters to keep the airspace clear.

Rip Down the Curtain: The Corsairs will need to drive away the Adamant Curtain when it returns.
Description: The Adamant Curtain airship legion is a minor legion primarily concerned with munition testing. Their airships shuttle back and forth to gather new test munitions from the mainland and rest before returning to bombard the continent, and even then often in staggered groups. The Corsairs seek to employ one of these gaps to set up their perimeter, but once they return they will need to then destroy the legion so they can’t provide aid to the research facility or, in desperation, destroy it.

Laboratory Conquest: The Corsairs will need to enter the research facility and sweep it of hostiles, one way or another.
Description: Log Leader required. The Corsairs will be pitted against the 13th Legion Legatus Dr. Emric Folken and his legion of scientists. While not frontline combatants, they have any number of horrific abominations and weaponry available to bring to bear against the Corsair forces. Defeating them in their home turf will be a herculean effort indeed.

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vivalamods

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vivalamods

If you're going to be a log leader, please specify in your reply. The log leader may determine how many people they want to let in, we recommend 4

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purplexing

*Sitting in here* -not it! o_o

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singlemilletgrain

i can do it
but only if i get to have a zombie werewolf army

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vivalamods

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bearsperminute

Kanna... Is back in her baby again. And even if it's currently attached to a rail leveler, it's like returning home after a deployment to her.

"Kirishima. Watch your angle, we can't curve too quickly."

With the lights and the limited visibility afforded by her Armor, she wasn't exactly surprised. People in the dark tended to walk in circles. "Aye, Survey. How'm I curving?"

"Counterclockwise, too tight."

"Adjusting." That said, she was a little nervous. Any second the base guns could start going off. The searchlights could come up. This is always the worst part to her-- the waiting.

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frost_and_shinies

Kaitlyn has chosen to get a bit clever, rather than join the main operation this time.

She's with Kanna, and carefully creating short bursts of ice to slick the ground - not where Kanna's stepping, but rather, to help position the rails, one by one.

The night is cool. She's cool. The chaos that will come soon... She'll just have to make it cool, when the time comes.

For now, just keep the rail sliding until she wants it to stop. Repeat for the next. And the next.

And look for where the searchlights could go off - not right at them, but their direction.

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bearsperminute

Having someone to lay rail and lubricate for the welder is worth it. She clicks off the transmitter, though she maintains the receiver.

In the distance, the searchlights sweep the night, their beams caught in the dust of the continent. Watching the skies, as the Empire does. She turns on the vox, her voice cutting through the silence of the night in the moonscape that the continent's become. "... Might risk a scan."

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frost_and_shinies

This draws a pause from Kaitlyn. "... I think that may be prudent, as long as the risk of the rails being preemptively discovered remain low."

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bearsperminute

"That's the thing. It's easier to 'hear' something than 'echo' something."

The armor's aperture opened. "Survey, we on pace?"

The surveyor looked up. "We have lookouts, Kirishima. They'll inform us."

"And if they're jammed?"

"Flares."

"... Right. I'm not working with a bunch of people in pain and drugged."

"Habits get to all of us," the surveyor adds with a shrug. "Being buttoned up all the time can't help."

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frost_and_shinies

"I could manually scout a few spots for you if that'd help... Buuuut I think it's better I stick here."

She checked an already-set rail - the ice underneath it was already melted and the water evaporating, exactly like planned.

Railways back home needed much sturdier ground, but Skysplitters seemed to be made of somewhat sterner stuff... And, just as important, they had ways to shore the ground up if it came to it. Ice magic wouldn't stiffen a spot for long, but long enough was more doable.

Creativity was such a friend.