Macro-Tactics, Monday

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"Now, this is a class on macro-tactics. Top down. That's the theory." Kerrigan was grinning like a shark today. The walls of their usual Danger Shop hideout weren't metal this time, either. They were solid brick, old brick, cracked brick. "But sometimes, you need to know a little bit about what goes on on the floor to make it work."

Her eyes slid across the students, looking for Blackagar if he was there. "Some of you wanted to know how to combat the tactics we talked about last week," she said. "I'm graciously giving you a chance to figure it out for yourself. Let's do this the classic way."

She kicked open a door in the corner of the room. "Medieval castle," she said, smoothly. "You're surrounded right now, and your enemy's going to be trying all kinds of tactics to get in here. You can command whatever moddable NPC soldiers, archers and knights you run into. I have five kinds of battle stations. Pick yours, swap it around if you're through with it. You do learn by doing..."

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Defensively!

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Leia Organa

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Shane Gooseman

Listen to the Instructions

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You've got some five minutes afterwards to talk shop with your classmates, too. Then Kerrigan expects you to get in there. Grab a sword or a stick, and get to it.

Re: Listen to the Instructions

[likes_scoundrels]

Leia grabbed a sword for herself and swung it experimentally. She couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to wield a lightsaber instead.

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[eyesofahero.livejournal.com]

Sword in hand -because there was no way he would go with a bow-, Cloud decided this was the best way to start the week.

Re: Listen to the Instructions

[glacial_queen]

Karla found a sword that wasn't too different from her cinquedea and a pair of sticks that could almost pass as Eyrien, and then glanced around at her classmates.

"Since we have a bit of time, we might want to come up with a few tactics now?" she suggested. Based on what we're all good at?"

Re: Listen to the Instructions

[icecoldfrost]

Emma looked at the swords with a horrified expression. "Someone tell me she's kidding."

She knew Kerrigan wasn't kidding, but Emma was a fencer, not an actual fighter. Her powers weren't going to work against holograms, however, so she grabbed a bow and cast about for a working plan. Pressing some knights into service would be a good way to start, at least.

Re: Listen to the Instructions

[onlymistaken]

Cally's ability to fight with anything that didn't have a trigger was nigh unto nil; she'd be more of a handicap than a help on the front lines of this siege.

She felt a little guilty about that, which was ridiculous in a simulated environment -- but what might happen if she were to find herself without modern weapons?

Something else to add to the ever-growing list of things she ought to learn, then.

Re: Listen to the Instructions

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Considering how completely accurate and useful this was for Alexander, he grabbed a sword with excited alacrity, his mind already racing with the excitement of the situation.

Re: Listen to the Instructions

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

Lion-o tested a few swords to see if he could find one that felt as comfortable in his hands as the Sword of Omens. It took him the full five minutes to pick.

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[notagoose]

Goose debated on the weapons for a few seconds before settling on a sword.

The Castle

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The Castle - The Walls

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

There are plenty of soldiers milling around here, which is a good thing: the enemy's thrown ladders at the walls, and the bad guys could be coming up any minute.

Re: The Castle - The Walls

[likes_scoundrels]

Leia went up on the walls to command the soldiers, directing them to push back the ladders, or better yet destroy them, and to pour or throw whatever they had on hand down on the invaders below, from boiling water to hot oil to rocks.

The Castle - The Gates

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

The enemy's pelting your gates with supreme force; a battering ram seems to be the prime tool, though there could be other machines of war gearing up.

Stay with the doors to fight them off, or figure out another way of stopping them from ramming their way in. (Feel free to head elsewhere than the castle gates to do it.)

Re: The Castle - The Gates

[eyesofahero.livejournal.com]

On the gates, Cloud started to direct the soldiers there to both reinforce them, and to prepare to fend the enemies off. And to think in a way to stop them before they broke in.

Re: The Castle - The Gates

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

As Cloud was reinforcing the gate, Faramir pulled an officer aside and gave him orders to create barricades to block off the roads so they could make a stand if the gates did fail.

Then he grabbed whichever archers he could find and moved up to the battlements to attempt to take out the ram.

The Castle - Courtyard

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

There's a bunch of men with shovels around here, working. Somewhere underground, the enemy is trying to tunnel their way under the castle, in hopes of setting off a bomb. You should probably do something about that...

The Castle - Storage

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

...or you can be boring but functional, and take a tally of the remaining food and water and determine a good ration. There's a couple hundred people in the castle, and storage is half-full. There's also a well in the courtyard.

Talk to the TAs

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If you can find them!

Re: Talk to the TAs

[icecoldfrost]

Emma was there, and most likely rather easy to find by the end of class, given that by that point she was rather shiny and disgruntled.

Re: Talk to the TAs

[likethestore.livejournal.com]

K-Mart was around, coming off the adrenaline high of battle.

Talk to Kerrigan

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Who's going to be minding her own business in the 'classroom' during the exercise.

OOC

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Everyone can be armed with staff, sword, or bow and arrow. NPCs are programmed to die nothing worse than a Disney death, or a simple wipe of their 3D model, depending on character needs.