Alternative Tactics, Wednesday Period One, 31/10

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"Today, we're going to be talking about elemental weaponry. That is to say, weapons involving the elements, not basic knives. I think we've got another teacher for that."

Kerrigan wasted no time in the Danger Room today: she was lecturing from another simulated rooftop, all suited up and ready. On the ground, the armor was lined up for the taking, too, although they were outfitted with strange canons on the arms.

"Obviously, different weapons mean different strategies. In a micro tactics situation such as we're dealing with here, they can make all the difference between winning the game and getting your buttcheeks burnt off by a stray Firebat. You'll have to adapt your strategy based on the availability of elemental weapons as well as the situation, of course - in a close-combat aggressive situation, you'll want a fire-based weapon on your side. When stealth or escape are more of the issue, anything related to ice will help you lock your opponent down for long enough to reach your objective. Earth-based forces will help destabilize a large area in case of great numbers. As for air -- we'll deal with that next week."

She went on a long and impressively technical tangent about earth- and ice-related attacks (referring to the latter mostly as 'lockdown' for some reason) before coming around to the actual details of the day's exercise.

"Just to show you what a good grasp on your weaponry will do, we'll be working as Firebats today. Firebats are close-range fighters with flamethrowers attached - they won't help you one bit if you're up shit creek while the bad guys are firing canons at your posterior, but nothing gets a close assailant down like a case of fire to the face. This means you'll have to maneuver in a way that keeps you close to potentially deadly long-range enemies.

Like everything, though, remember that you can't break an army with one type of attack alone. Combining a Firebat with marines and stealth agents will get you a maneuverable strike force that can take out and infiltrate the long distance defenses while still keeping an eye sharp for any nasty little surprises. Just remember to keep your close range in your close range and your long range in your long range, or you're pretty much screwed. Use the assets you've got, kids."

[ OCD up! ]

Comments

Sign In

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Color-coded for your armor.

Re: Sign In

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely Booth, black

Re: Sign In

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter Pevensie, Royal Blue. Duh.

Listen to the Lecture

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Do try and stay awake. You don't want a flamethrower up your rear.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter listened very carefully and even jotted down notes. Ending up on fire or 'locked down' was definitely, definitely a bad idea here.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn took careful notes on the lecture.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel was attempting to take notes. This was a bit difficult since her right hand was actually a pumpkin at the moment.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka, with his gigantic pumpkin for a nose and another one for an ear, blinked at Isabel's hand and gave a sigh of relief.

"Oh, thank goodness!" he exclaimed. "I'm not the only fruit!"

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[im-afrog.livejournal.com]

Adam was taking notes, making sure not to miss anything important.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Anemone was diligently taking notes, occasionally illustrating her text with little pictures of stick-figures wielding flamethrowers to demonstrate the ideas.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka, for once, wasn't bothering to take good notes. This? He had down. He knew elemental combat like the back of his hand! Well, okay, like the back of his friends' hands, but, almost the same thing, right?

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[solo_sword]

Jaina wasn't much of a note-taker, but she was listening carefully. Because you wanna listen when flamethrowers are involved.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly listened to the lecture and hoped that the sim would account for her pumpkin hair and keep it from getting damaged.

Pair Up, Suit Up

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Get a friend and a set of Firebat armor. Try not to flame each other in the face. It makes Kerrigan very annoyed.

Re: Pair Up, Suit Up

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter glanced around for someone to pair up with.

Re: Pair Up, Suit Up

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Want to pair up?" Isabel asked.

Re: Pair Up, Suit Up

[im-afrog.livejournal.com]

Adam looked around for someone to partner up with.

Re: Pair Up, Suit Up

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"We've got to stop meeting like this."

Re: Pair Up, Suit Up

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka got all fired up -- well, almost; the helmet didn't fit over his pumpkins -- and looked around for a partner.

Re: Pair Up, Suit Up

[multiplez]

Z eyed Sokka and his pumpkins warily, but decided to bite the bullet since, well, he was right there. "Wanna pair up?"

The Exercise

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Your objective is a big flashing signal off in the distance. However, between here and there lies a canyon full of bad guys. Good luck.

Talk to the TA

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Royal Blue is on FIYAH.

Re: Talk to the TA

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

...no, no fire. Fire is bad.

Peter, however, is here.

Talk to Kerrigan

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

As always, she's messing with the sim after class. Oh, the tinkering.

Better not ask her about it. She'll get technical again.

OOC

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Fluctuating levels of SP during the day as I do Important Stuff.