<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=157975.msg7572257#msg7572257">Quote from: Sel Nar on 20-01-2013, 19:20:54</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Honestly, the only thing I can actually point at in regards to Perkins as a source of 'Dude, what the hell?' is the fact that, despite contracting reinforcements, he didn't tell Erich, who was in overall command on the ground. (Also, he damn well should be giving bonii to the aerojocks; a strafing or bombing run is pretty dangerous, even with the fact that most heavy Aerofighters have as much or more armour than most 'Mechs do)<br/><br/>For all his reputation of being someone impossible to please, it seems, to me, that Erich is probably the most laid-back of the command structure; Sure, he makes mistakes, but he couldn't have factored in the disappearance of one of the assault lance, nor the apparent ability of a backwater planet in Capellan territory to have mounted guardian ECM systems on every telephone pole in the urban area, or the apparent inability of Recon to use more than their eyes, or common sense.<br/><br/>The fact that an Assault 'mech ambushed the two 'mechs that should have ~always~ been moving at top speed can be blamed on the pilots thinking more on what they'd like to be doing once the mission is over; It's not Perkins', Walt's, or Erich's fault that the intel given (2 lances of 70-tonners, 1 lance of Assault, with one confirmed using Lostech) was completely out-of date.<br/><br/>Honestly, Recon would have been ~savaged~ if they had gone for the Research base; with a full battalion of enemy 'mechs within 2 kilometres of the base's walls, plus infantry support acting as early warning systems, plus a bunch of 2-ton dune buggies carrying 3 tons of weapons playing 'eye spy', There would have been no possible way for recon to sneak into the base and extract the frankenmech and its pilot, especially as the volume of firepower being thrown around would have been able to amputate limbs on anything lighter than 60 tons without notice.<br/><br/>What Erich hadn't considered was that the Enemy Assault Lance would attack southwards first, because, at that point the Recon lance had only destroyed a half-dozen buggies, and that's it, while the Assault lance had lit around half of the research base on fire by that point. (Eg; he was pulling the 'Designated Idiot' Ploy, as per paintball; Be as loud and as obnoxious as possible to cause the enemy force to focus on his location, while everyone else gets the job done.) So, really, if anyone wants to give out flak, they have to go up the chain of command, instead of howling for blood like a bunch of vampire babies.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I certainly expect Erich to have a meeting with Perkins about the reinforcement. I made it his fuck-up after all. And again like with the whole "I'm going to kill everyone and start over"-line, the pilot bonus line is due to my own incompetence as a writer in that regard. The line should be "get as much bonus as you fancy pants MechJocks". Chalk that up to my fingers farting while typing.<br/><br/>Also I am not taking a piss at Erich's tactical decisions. Walter might be, but he's being a grump again. Speaking of which, I know you don't like it how I seem to give you the stick after each mission, but that is the intention. Both Walter and Perkins have grown up as mercs with a man like Ol' Bones who was even more of a jerk and try to emulate that. What they fail to remember is that Ol' Bones wasn't always a jerk. There is a reason the company liked him and that is the side that Walter has failed to emulate. Perhaps it's about time one of the veterans that had the pleasure of being under the old commander reminds him of that. There will be plenty of downtime for doing so ahead and I would love it if you straight up threw it in his face at the debrief. Again, my fault for not fleshing out Bones more than I have been, perhaps I should make use of my Word-documents and do that, but first I want to resolve this issue.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=157975.msg7572295#msg7572295">Quote from: mvo33 on 20-01-2013, 19:30:29</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">is Janos an NPC?  Or is someone going to play him who just hasn't had time to pop in yet?<br/><br/>Matt<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>He was planned to be my mission-guy since I felt like I was doing some meta-play with Walter as active commander. I'm not too sure if that is going to work now though since I will have to take more direct control of the enemies. But he'll be a staple around the Mechbay anyway, so don't worry, you'll get that rewiring you yearn so for.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=157975.msg7572307#msg7572307">Quote from: Sara Nilsson on 20-01-2013, 19:34:16</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">pardon? I think i specifically stated miyoko was keeping her eyes on the screens..<br/><br/>"She follows the other recon making sure she is behind them with all her eyes and sensors up,"<br/><br/>"she mumbles to herself and keeps a close eye on her instruments,"<br/><br/>etc<br/><br/>in fact almost every post i made as miyoko shows her keeping her eyes on the scanners<br/><br/>if i dont pick anything up as a player.. well i dont know what the GM have in store and i hate to just invent stuff in a gm run campaign. So if the GM doesn't mention i pick anything up when mentioning several times my eyes are glued to the sensors.. then i as a player will assume there is nothing there or that they are hidden from me. but dont say recon couldnt use anything but their eyes.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I think he meant the zombiefied Locust and Spider. As circumstances had it, I used them for a heroic last effort against Godot since the players were dropping out because of lack of time.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=157975.msg7572337#msg7572337">Quote from: Phaia on 20-01-2013, 19:41:41</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I was going to have a long detailed post with quotes from the thread instead I will see how it plays out ...the only thing I will note is that ... Perkins has so far been protrayed more as the Compnay Commnader with Walter as the cringing ExO {during the first breifing Walter cringed when Perkins starts evaluation and docking people their salary}<br/><br/>I will just have megan blow off some steam and take apart a couple of points Walter made in the debrief and then let it go...<br/><br/>I will TRUST that you know what is going on here with Perkins and handle it accordingly...<br/>Hell look at it this way...there is no division at the moment, in the unit. The only finger pointing is at Perkins and not at each other!! so Something better came out of it. <br/>I will say the first time Perkins starts in on an Evalution of Megan she is going to have a WTH moment and snap back!<br/><br/><br/>Phaia<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I had a whole lot written in answer to this, but I dropped it since it was just me going over the same thing again. Can't we just pretend that what the GM says is the truth and accept that he screwed it up?<br/><br/><br/>Anything more on the subject or are we done with Perkins?