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ffc321 No.2733[Last 50 Posts]
In a odd world of machine and magic, different yet connected to ours, live humans and fairies across the lands. In this world, the people enjoy lives under a fragile peace that comes and goes.
Today, the worst day has finally arrived. It was long feared that this day would come, and now it has come as terrible as they feared. It was the worst-case scenario in the predictions of the Guardian Office:
The Abyss Fleet coming ashore at last, in great force.
The Abyss Fleet were the mechanized, warlike undead of the sea. Defying our ideas of common sense and proper knowledge of how natural laws work, these undead legions of flesh and metal rise up from the darkness of the sea. Time and time again, the Abyss comes to lay waste to the living, with powerful naval weaponry, and an unsatiable grudge that spurns on their assaults.
On this day, one island and its people would be prey. Fishermen's ships further out to sea were the first to be taken by surprise, and too slow to make the warning. The hapless fishermen were preyed upon by the circling Abyss destroyers. The I-class, Ro-class, and Ni-class destroyers as they were called, were shaped much like torpedoes with the bestial features and ways of sharks, with eternally-hungry grins and ferocious bites. These destroyers did not bother to shell the wooden boats. With jaws wide, steel teeth gleamed under the light of day, and came down on wood and flesh, as the screams of humans sank beneath the waves. shelled the meager defenses and proceeded with their age-long practice to slay the herds of the living and harvest them as sustenance for themselves and the growth of their already-immense numbers. It was all according to the instincts left in them by the shadow of an old war, buried in a distant, strange eternity…[1/2]
>Rules:
>>10-15 minute voting time.
>>Write-ins *may* be considered at the QM's discretion
>>Roll 1d100s if prompted.
>Other:
>>Breaks will be announced for the duration of the oneshot's runtime.
ffc321 No.2735
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[2/2]
Soon, the sea around the island were infested with schools of the warlike dead. On the island, both humans and fairies scattered in many directions to evade the hungry predations of the Abyss making a beachhead and slowly making inroads into the island.
Some fairies took to hiding inside small nooks and crannies, while others followed as the humans did and scattered amongst the village roads and eventually into the woods, trying to escape sight of the Abyss beings, and yet, their scent was an easy trail for some of these metal beasts.
With little effort, Abyss cruisers light and heavy, overran the docks, shelled the meager defenses and proceeded with their age-long practice to slay the herds of the living and harvest them as sustenance for themselves and the growth of their already-immense numbers. Wooden houses and thatched huts were blown away into innumerable splinters in an instant. Some Abyss, trapped in their aquatic, clumsy forms, could not cross onto land, but those that do, had human shapes to drag their bodies out of the sea. It was all according to a hazy memory, driven on by thoughts that plague them…
"NEVERFORGIVESINKWITHMEBURNITALLMEVERFORGIVE..."
Wa-class transport ships scoot their lumbering bodies across the island, dragging their hungry bodies and heavy cargo holds –a pale, fleshy belly merging into a massive steel tank to carry great volumes.
The island is filled with the cries for help, and terror, as the streets prowl with humanoid Abyss creatures. Some humans tried to ward away the Abyss by trying to scare them with fire, pools of oil lit on the ground bursting into flaming pillars. This was nothing for the Abyss, who scoffed at the attempts to frighten and hurt them, how little it was, a tickle compared to the power of naval artillery. Easily withstanding meager, mundane resistance and desperate assaults, a handful of Abyss light carriers, cruiser and Abyss heavy cruisers herd the humans they capture, and feed lines of them into the waiting bellies of the great Wa-class. With a wet, sloshing sound, the bellies split open at their lips, and push in their human and fairy cargo into the waiting darkness inside.
Overhead, the scene of carnage was witness by a reconnaissance plane. This tiny Zuiun seaplane buzzes overhead the site of carnage, and doubles back in a staggered, winding route back to its origin.
You, the aircraft carrier girl Kaga, watches the plane make its landing approach. The plane, with a tiny fairy at the helm, makes its way back to a lady clad in turbine gear and plane launching racks, the seaplane tender Chitose. The Zuiun seaplane makes a slow landing back, where its guided by hand onto its launching rails, held much in the way of a puppeteer and marionette.
"It's a worsening situation," Chitose says. "The civilians have to get out somehow, or they'll be Abyss food."
You – Kaga, Chitose, Akebono, Maikaze, Ushio, Nagara, are the fleet that's made it past the blockade so far.
It's up to your team to break through and buy time…
[2/2]
ffc321 No.2736
>>Welcome to the first Kantai Collection Quest of the year.
>>Alright, I will need to call for an intermission for now. Feel free to discuss the situation and probably a plan of action.
ffc321 No.2743
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>>2736 (You)
There's a saying long ago that goes, "the greatest number of people in the world, are those that are dead". From that idea, comes the phrase, "The Great Majority".
In this world, The Great Majority can't seem to find peace, and the living find their way of life under threat by the innumerable Abyss fleet that embody the Great Majority. For a long time, the human and fairykind and their armies have ceased turning their weapons at each other, in face of the struggle against the embodied shadow of death at every shore.
It seemed that human civilization, scattered amongst the islands was doomed to a decline, helpless to be culled like cattle, as they mobilized great amount of forces, being matched with equally great, or innumerably great amounts of Abyss, and outmatching the living armies pound for pound, man for man in firepower.
The answer was a force similar to the Abyss, but coming from "the other side". As fairykind were born "of the land", coming into existence with the ever-present essence of magic all around, their help and their very nature was essential to reach into "the other side". Through this connection, did a miracle emerge. A being similar yet different to the Abyss, but just as powerful. This sort of being that emerged was a peculiar female, with a memory and characteristics of its past remembered life from beyond. With the knowledge of this put to use, human and fairykind put themselves to task and gave them the tools to fight back the undead.
Collectively, they were the fleet girls, where one ship girl has naval firepower carried to the scale of a human person. Despite the regular human size, the assistance of fairies with each ship girl made it possible to wield immense firepower, where it would be impossible for humans to wield at that size. Several classes of ships exist, where each ship girl would belong in:
Destroyer
Submarine
Light Cruiser
Heavy Cruiser
Torpedo Cruiser
Light Carrier
Aircraft Carrier
Battleship
and many others, according to the nature of their being.
True, no human military would want to have all that power concentrated, and entrusted in a single soldier, but this is not a normal human navy. To coordinate and unify the efforts against the ever-present Abyss threat, the Guardian Office was established. Each naval base of the office across the many islands of the world is staffed by a structure of Admirals, regardless of their age or origin. Across the world, each naval base has their own fleet of ship girls, originating from the navies of different lands, as recorded from knowledge of "the other side".
With every shipgirl and the record of the past coming to the surface, with each one pushing back the Abyss incursions, the seas, inch by inch regain the chance to become peaceful again…
ffc321 No.2744
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KAGA
=
YOU are the flagship for this fleet, the aircraft carrier Kaga. If it were to fall on someone to be level-headed and cool on matters, it would fall on you to do so. The rest of the other girls rely on you right now to have a grasp on what to do. Right now, this carrier fleet, though cut off from the rest, is still lively and colorful, and it seems like the six of you can take on the challenge for as long as you all would be needed to.
Right now, the report from the recon plane indicates that harvest at gunpoint is ongoing, with token resistance by civilians. They won't last long at this rate. The sea around the island is being blockaded and the civilian ships can't even begin to escape without people being spotted. A sizable amount of Abyss monsters are stuck on land, hunting down any fairies or humans hiding.
Right now, Chitose is equipped with seaplane bombers for recon and attack, pulling double duty for artillery shelling and as a backup carrier. As far as speed goes, with the help of a turbine backpack, she can hang in there with the other two speedy, evasive, Destroyer girls Akebono and Ushio, who have turbine backpacks to push them to speed as well.
This is unlike you, whose entirety of equipment is almost entirely dedicated to carrying and launching planes, hanging back. Your stock of planes was for breaking the blockades, being equipped more for dive bombing, fewer for torpedoes, and a token force for aerial defense. This setup is much unlike Nagara, whose capability to carry heavier cannons means a longer reach and the first to be able to react and fire at the front…
[ ] Break through with brute force and speed
[ ] Have the DDs + Chitose move in quickly as disruption
[ ] Pick off the blockade at range
[ ] (Write-in)
f2f161 No.2745
465593 No.2746
>>2744[x] Have the DDs + Chitose move in quickly as disruption
7d6f02 No.2747
>>2744[X] Have the DDs + Chitose move in quickly as disruption
27ea93 No.2748
>>2744[x] Have the DDs + Chitose move in quickly as disruption
ffc321 No.2750
>>2744Sorry, forgot to mention Maikaze is the third Destroyer in the six-ship formation.
ffc321 No.2751
>>2750I knew I was forgetting something…
ffc321 No.2752
>>2751Durr.
Hope this helps now.
ffc321 No.2753
Brb 15 minute intermission, sorry.
Any questions about the upcoming fight, or current situation, or anything? Feel free to ask.
ffc321 No.2755
brb
ffc321 No.2756
>>2745>>2746>>2747>>2748
>Have the DDs + Chitose move in quickly as disruptionJust to clarify, this is a "split the party" sort of maneuver. You can either change your decision, or you can vote/suggest for the rest of the fleet.
[ ] (change prior decision)
[ ] What if we make the enemy notice us?
[ ] There's probably an opening somewhere to sneak in.
[ ] Backup Nagara
[ ] Maybe we can line up a long-distance shot on the island?
[ ] (Write-in)
a30eec No.2757
>>2756[x] Long distance shot on the Island
993331 No.2758
>>2756[x] There's probably an opening somewhere to sneak in.
f2f161 No.2759
465593 No.2760
>>2756[X] Maybe we can line up a long-distance shot on the island?
ffc321 No.2761
 | Rolled 1 |
>>2756Alright, three votes and no consensus.
I'll roll a 1d6 and then see how this party split goes…
ffc321 No.2762
>>2760Tsk, I knew I missed something when I hit that button and thought it went in a while ago.
ffc321 No.2763
>Anyway at the way the dice rolled, the long distance shot on the island won out.
You give the order. "Alright, Chitose and the DDs, move out at full speed, form up like a separate detachment!"
Akebono and Ushio form up at the front, with Chitose and Maikaze in the rear row. You can hear the turbines roar, as the four of them lean in, and skate across the sea, faster and faster. You thought Akebono grumbled and said something, but it was muffled by the roar of the turbines. From behind, you can see their speed has picked up, their watershoes parting the water around their legs, their wakes growing large with the water being jumbled behind.
Maybe you could subtly coax a grumble out of that DD when this is over?
As it is, your fleet is slowly approaching the circling blockade of Abyssal destroyers, and the island is now in sight, but the shore is still quite a ways from here…
>How do you guys want to go about the long distance? You, an aircraft carrier are paired with a light cruiser (Nagara, but with three 15cm cannons, one single barrel and the other are twin-barrel configurations). This is a write-in/suggest point.
465593 No.2764
>>2763As someone who knows nothing about ships, I feel a bit confused, but can we focus on sending our planes from a distance while Nagara makes her shots with her three cannons?
f2f161 No.2765
>>2763Not sure how to go about this… send out a scout plane with a couple of bombers in case you can cause an adequate distraction?
465593 No.2766
>>2765I feel this could work, we could have Nagare shelling from a distance while the bombers hit the enemy fleet.
ffc321 No.2767
The QM waits warmly.
465593 No.2769
>>2767How about this, we are a carrier, so we can send our planes to attack while Nagare aims her guns and shoots from a safe distance. Let's sink those evil ships!
ffc321 No.2773
>>2764>>2765>>2766>>2767>>2769
>You, Kaga don't have recon planes (Chitose has the recon plane/bomber hybrids), but you can try to launch a fighter to report-in on visuals, but proper observation and spotting isn't gonna work.
>As of the most recent recon, a fair number of Abyssals on land are around the village, mixed up with civilians. Some Abyssals in the forest may be hard to spot from the air, since some are car or human-sized only.Together…
[ ] Make for a hail mary target shot on the island
[ ] Target for the shore
[ ] Other target (Please specify)
801742 No.2774
>>2773[ ] Make for a hail mary target shot on the island
465593 No.2777
>>2773[x] Make for a hail mary target shot on the island
ffc321 No.2782
>>2773>>2774>>2777Alright, roll me a 7d100.
-Aerial report
-Shelling
-Dive Bomber attack
Generally high difficulty.
Just checking the possible bomb payloads on the Val, the Comet and the Zero fighters here….
465593 No.2785
465593 No.2787
| Rolled 68, 55, 77, 99, 87, 49, 63 = 498 |
>>2785>>2782I am bad at this.
ffc321 No.2788
>>2787Welp, I'm calling it now.
IT'S HAPPENING!Writing.
ffc321 No.2793
>>2788Ah, oh shit, oh shit, it ate a couple of my paragraphs.
Repairing~!
ffc321 No.2797
You reach over to your quiver slung at your back, and notch an arrow, aiming for a high arc. Your fingers pull back, drawing the string, gathering up strength, and release. The sound of the arrow rips through the air, gliding for a brief moment, before the arrow takes the form of a Zero fighter, wtih a fairy riding on top. The plane acting as-recon banks around and dives into the distant chaos, amid the smoke and explosions.
Up ahead, you can see the three destroyers and the seaplane carrier harrying the blockade…
===
Meanwhile, Chitose, Maikaze, Akebono and Ushio at the front find themselves in a a tight spot, like a chunk cheese and a nest of mice charging in. Hemmed closer, dodging swips from the occassional destroyer, the four of them thinned and harassed the blockade, and took down destroyers that looked like easy pickings. The waves of Abyssal ships making up the blockade, darting about, gave illusion that they were many enough to stain the waves totally black.
"Fucking DDs, how many did they throw into this mess?" Akebono spits, as she unloads a double dose of 12.7mm shells into a destroyer's maw. The blast shreds the Abyss destroyer from the inside out as its kibble splashes into the water.
Overhead, a couple Zuiun seaplane bombers make passes at other patches of Abyss ships, tagging the occassional light cruiser and riling up several other destroyers in a beeline, bobbing at the plane like a low-hanging fruit, flopping into the water again, and flopping out of the surface trying to nip at it. Some of the smarter destroyers open up their mouths and spray out a couple rounds of anti-aircraft fire, but this leaves them open for an artillery shell aspirin that soon follows. Thankfully, Maikaze is quick on the take today , getting those precious shots in.
"This harvest day for them seems to stoke their animal urges," Chitoe says as she catches one of her planes for a resupply. "There's so many of them, that I haven't seen any of them suddenly being smart to just use AA fire…"
===
The Zero fighter banks into the rising, pillowy pillars of smoke rising up from the scene of carnage. Fire and smoke shroud a proper view from above. The shadows of figures could be seen in and out, with some human shapes struggling against similar figures, and some not-so-similar ones, with the occassional fattened, roly-poly shape of the Abyss' Wa-class transports, hovering a bit off the ground. In some parts of the flattened, burning village, some of the Abyss beings have staked out a couple spots, with sizable numbers nesting temporarily…
(to be continued)
ffc321 No.2798
>We'll continue the second half of this oneshot a bit later from now, probably eight or nine hours from now.
>I'd like to know what hour would be convenient for you folks, as well as any feedback on improving the quest.
>Thanks for showing up today!
ffc321 No.2805
>>2798Writing, and preparing warmly.
412b2c No.2809
>>2735>THME>MEVERYou sure your wrist's fully healed?
820ad8 No.2822
>>2805pretty good start
hoping the quest take off
27cad7 No.2887
I've asked to have the next session announced in the Steam Group.
It's 4:45 PM EST later today or "tomorrow".
cfb464 No.2922
Okay, we're back, but let's see how we power through this.
cfb464 No.2924
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EARLIER:
An island faces the arrival of "The Worst Day", as the Abyss Fleet rolls in and makes landfall, slaughtering with one hand, and harvesting people with the other. As humans and fairies scatter and escape, others put up a token, desperate resistance, and other unforunate ones are coralled into the waiting, cold, wet bellies of Wa-class transport ships, facing an uncertain fate in the bowels of the cold darkness that laps up warm, living flesh.
YOU are Kaga, aircraft carrier of her namesake ship class. Right now, you've gotta take the heat off the front line of destroyers baiting away the blockade. It was a plan to land a long shot into the island. Launching an arrow into the air, it transformed into a Type-52 Zero, acting as an improvised recon and spotter plane. It dived into the billowy smoke of the ongoing chaos, helping mark out targets for the artillery shelling and soon after, the dive bombing.
If all would go well, then there's gonna be another smoking crater to draw away attention to.
cfb464 No.2925
The Zero sweeps above the carnage, trying to avoid being spotted.
Down there, an Abyss To-class Light Cruiser smashes through wall after wall of a wooden house, trying to snatch at what may be escaping humans and fairies hiding under fragile cover. Another To-class forgets its purpose and in excitement and rage, sees a human attempting to escape.The Abyss creature, leaps forth, its three gigantic bestial jaws tearing through their own picks of the body. Meanwhile some of the other Abyss, starved for human flesh, and for the smarter ones, choice harvests, doubled back through houses after their numbers were stretched thin across the town.
cfb464 No.2926
>>2925A Wa-class transport lingers, still starved for cargo. It waits impatiently, impotent to give chase and heave humans into its waiting cold womb, and could only watch the rest of its kind do the hunting for her. The pickings are sparse, coming in trickles, the belly hungrily lapping up every handful of living beings caught.
>>2787>Rolled 68, 55, 77, 99, 87, 49, 63 = 498The fighter , despite being small, got spotted a few moments in, and quickly escaped out of the hot zone, dodging anti-aircraft fire by weaving around the buildings the best it could. Making its way out of the island, it spots Kaga waiting out at sea, her flight deck raised to accommodate the damaged Zero that got barely got away.
"Loading shells, set heading, compensate for wind." Nagara goes through the sequence, as doing a land-based shelling was a rare thing to carry out. After all, this emergency situation, with help pinned down.
"We're ready," the light cruiser says. "Shelling will begin once we get the planes off."
With that, you notch arrows one after the other, turning into fighters equipped with a variety of 200 and 50-pound bombs. Carefully, the formation of dive bombers passes over the open spot where your team of destroyers managed to lure away the Abyss destroyers. This managed to minimize the anti-aircraft fire…
cfb464 No.2927
>>2926In the furthermost rear of the flight, another Zero acts to report the shelling and bombing.
Nagara's shells come down on the Abyss hunting about on land, coming down on a wide area indicated by the spotter. The blasts, manage to catch some of the unaware Abyss, reducing several to flaming metal wrecks.
The dive bombers, seeing the shells impact, sweep in to make their runs amid the bellows of AA fire. Several take hits to the wings, but the bombs come down from the sky anyway. The blasts send some of the beasts flying, others wrecked by the explosive power. However, a Wa-class in the area eats up several hits, slowly being cracked and dismantled by the bombs. However, too many of the bombs hit, and the fattened, beaten Wa-class explodes messily, contents and all, a messy, smoking mess reeking of charred salty meats and burning metals.
There was nothing left in that patch of the island, as the explosions died down.
[ ] Can you check again for survivors?
[ ] What do you mean there was nobody left? What about the humans?
[ ] Is there another spot to shell on the island?
[ ] Maybe the front-team could use some more direct help?
[ ] Write-in
e5a889 No.2928
[x] Can you check again for survivors?
2a0516 No.2929
>>2927[ ] Can you check again for survivors?
60f74f No.2930
>>2927[x] What do you mean there was nobody left? What about the humans?
cfb464 No.2931
cfb464 No.2932
A plane doubles back and comes in low for another pass. At a closer look, the site of the bombing is distressing. Among the burnt-out wooden husks of houses and warped metal hulls of Abyss creatures, not a thing stirred. From the corner of the eye, something caught attention.
It was a hand, or rather, parts of a hand. Around it, poking out of the ash and rubble were body parts. Buried was a vague human shape twisted and broken, and missing certain things.
>Write-in. What do you want to do?
cfb464 No.2933
>Since there's no write-in inputs, I'll leave this up to vote. I'll tally the votes tomorrow and in case, I have a default ready to go.
Knowing what you were just told about the outcome of the long-distance bombardment, it's come down to this, as Nagara waits, and the others further out are left hanging on their own to deal with the blockade…
[ ] Nagara and the others don't need to know, maybe not yet.
[ ] I should take responsibility.
[ ] Nagara should know right now.
[ ] There's other more important things happening right now than this.
[ ] Write-in (specify)
23ce36 No.2934
>>2933[x] Continue seaching for KTKM-sama.
cfb464 No.2935
>>2934Thank you TTK
But our goddess is in another quest!
cfb464 No.2936
>>2933I'll come back tomorrow to pick this up. May you dream of KTKM-sama in the meantime.
9d5edd No.2941
>>2735[ ] I should take responsibility.
7d6f02 No.2955
>>2933[ ] I should take responsibility.
0a30ac No.2959
We're back.
Watching the votes, this might become a sore issue in the plot.
Giving this an extra 10-15 minutes.
57ed97 No.2960
[ ] I should take responsibility.
0a30ac No.2961
>>2941>>2955>>2960Why does this look like a samefag trying to be clever?
Anyway if there won't be any more contending votes, I have something on the way.
0a30ac No.2962
>I should take responsibility.
You didn't want to open your mouth on this, but that heavy feeling inside makes you want to jump and run. In the end, you're really responsible, and word might come out on this sooner or later. Obligated to tell it, you look at Nagara in the eye.
"I didn't…cause this, did I?" Nagara asks. "No, you didn't do this, but, this was a bad turn of events", you say. You repeat the overhead report to her, but in broad strokes. It wasn't quite so, according to the reports on the shelling. The bombing run however, was messier.
How this turned out, there's only the other conclusion. Those 200-pound bombs hit so hard, maybe too hard, but there were so many Abyss ships on the ground there…
There's no turning back from this, not when there's other people caught as hostages by the Abyssal transports, nor that there's people still hiding and on the run, waiting for a ship to escape the island from.
"Get ahold of yourself," you tell Nagara, but it's really you that should get ahold of, being responsible for this…
"Y-yeah…" she says, still shaken from a terrible, but ultimately avoidable mistake that the two of you got caught up in.
[ ] Be calm on this, there's probably somewhere nearest to the island where we can get people out.
[ ] Fire up, push on, unload firepower on the shore to shake up the guard.
[ ] Calm down, we'll relieve the front group and get the situation under control.
[ ] Other (write-in suggestion, specify)
>>As usual, shelling attacks by Kaga and Nagara are the combination of 15cm shells and 50 to 200-pound bombs.
>>Help is stuck, but they're on the way, if a bit slow and plodding through Abyssal resistance.
a5ce36 No.2963
can we hug a wo
0a30ac No.2964
efbce8 No.2965
>>2962[x] Calm down, we'll relieve the front group and get the situation under control.
7ad880 No.2970
>>2962[X] Be calm on this, there's probably somewhere nearest to the island where we can get people out.
0a30ac No.2971
>>2965>>2970Thanks for coming tonight. I'll leave this prompt open for votes until tomorrow night. After that I'll keep going again.
Sadly I won't be able resume this on Friday night (noon to afternoon is a *maybe* , and Saturday evening is a *maybe*).
b4b588 No.2974
>>2961Rest assured it's not. I'm
>>2941.
23ce36 No.2975
>>2962[x] Restock on fairies and reppu, then look for the admiral.
11b1ab No.2976
>>2962>[ ] Calm down, we'll relieve the front group and get the situation under control. 7d6f02 No.2982
>>2962[ ] Fire up, push on, unload firepower on the shore to shake up the guard.
dfe02e No.2983
>>2971I'm here. Checking back on this. Auto-updates and alerts are a great thing.
Vote's still open until I call for the next update.
dfe02e No.2985
====
Writing.
4f132e No.2986
Waiting patiently.
dfe02e No.2987
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>[X] Calm down, we'll relieve the front group and get the situation under control.
The two of you race up to the approach sounds of cannon fire by allies. Nagara moves up ahead to take point, the two 15 cm turrets on her rigging swinging to the sides, and her handheld with the third set of 15cm cannons. Up in the air go another a pair of Zeroes and a pair of Suisei torpedo bombers to protect yourself at range.
As you two move up, unfortunate Abyss stragglers, looking for easy munchies get blown away by Nagara laying in some shells downrange.
Moments later do you regroup with Chitose, Maikaze, Akebono and Ushio, who, bunched up back-to-back for a good while now, skate to your sides and form a diamond formation with you and Chitose at the center.
Groupings for irregular, quick attacks are one thing, but a grouping for firepower and making a stand are another matter.
"It's great you've finally caught up," Chitose sighs, relieved, re-attaching seaplane bomber to a rack. She certainly looks a little worn from being surrounded and chased.
"Hell, I thought we're gonna run out of planes," Akebono snarls, eyeing your pristine flight deck and your mostly-full quiver of arrows. "This is some shit, I'm past halfway through all my shells!"
"That's what you get for going wild," Maikaze says. "Still, we're a full fleet again!" and quickly, she snaps around and fires off a dose of 12.5 cm aspirin. "This our chance! They've turned their attention from hunting people back to us!"
[ ] Skim around the edge of the island and find the nearest escape for the civilians (Roll, slightly adjusts difficulty of later actions)
[ ] Stand our ground and blow a hole in their defenses!
[ ] Retake the docks and beach, for whatever's left (Roll, to assess area conditions)
[ ] Other (write-in)
a3ed82 No.2988
>>2987[ ] Skim around the edge of the island and find the nearest escape for the civilians (Roll, slightly adjusts difficulty of later actions)
4f132e No.2989
| Rolled 76 |
[ ] Skim around the edge of the island and find the nearest escape for the civilians (Roll, slightly adjusts difficulty of later actions)
dfe02e No.2990
>>2989Not bad!
====Writing.
dfe02e No.2991
You turn away from the smouldering mess of the main beach, stained like charcoal. Wood splinters float everywhere, with remains of ships, and burned-down, if not wrecked huts. Meanwhile, your defensive formation lays down fire in its wake, shredding a couple destroyers and the occassional Abyssal light cruiser shepherding them,
You direct one of your planes to scout out ahead in the direction you point to.
There is a second beach at the other side of the island. It's a narrow strip of sand that breaks immediately into high overhanging cliffs, dotted with moss. Underneath, through a rocky path, you see an improvised dock, with a floating walkway held up by improvised rubber tires. You swear you see something rustling in the foliage…
dfe02e No.2992
(brb)
dfe02e No.2993
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…and it's something. No, a someone, and not too far behind, just might be other people, peeking. For a while, the fighting comes to a lull, with Abyss creatures now scattered and disoriented… temporarily. They won't be here, not just yet, unless someone makes a ruckus.
Akebono sighs, with the faint waft of naval cannons cooling their barrels. She furrows her brows as she tries to make out what you're seeing too. "Shit, is this the ONLY way out of the island now?" Akebono spits. "Are you expecting us to drop all our gear and piggyback people to dry land?"
It's a bunch of them hiding and waiting for help. But with all the hostiles waiting to chomp on humans, farm them, blow them away, or incinerate them….
"Can't we do something?" Maikaze asks, a little twitchy, eager to do anything. You try to think quickly, but the sight of another plane, not yours, coming from a different heading, is about to soar overhead…
[ ] I think we shouldn't be here.
[ ] We can't do all this by ourselves.
[ ] Someone has to get onto dry land. (Specify)
[ ] Let's figure out another way to this (write-in suggestion)
4f132e No.2994
| Rolled 72 |
>>2993>[ ] Someone has to get onto dry land. (Specify)Ushio and Akebono maybe? Also, is it possible to identify the plane flying overhead?
4f132e No.2995
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
Since I know people here will enjoy this.
36e855 No.2996
>>2994"Look! Is that one of ours?" Maikaze points. "That's a huge float under the belly of the plane there, two small things hanging…"
"That's definitely it, they've managed to break through," Chitose adds. "That recon plane, Shiun, that was assigned to Kiso this morning…" .
There was some forethought to this, with the fleet's numbers being stretched around. This morning, Chitose was assigned to carry a full complement of Zuiun seaplanes instead of a mixed armament. Since Chitose still had a cannon and AA guns on her rigging by default, it wouldn't be too bad, unlike being stripped entirely of rigging just for plane racks. Chitose was brought back to to the moment, with Akebono rambling in her rough ways – it was very unlike the way she presents herself with the rest of the ships in her class.
"Must be swallowing her pride again. "
Maikaze perks up, "But that also means…Ashigara and Isuzu!"
36e855 No.2997
>>2995Was that meant to be a pic?
4f132e No.2998
>>2997No, click on it. It's the PV that was just uploaded.
36e855 No.2999
36e855 No.3000
>>2993Still waiting on votes. I just posted a bit of story updates in that it would be helpful.
4f132e No.3001
>>3000This is what you get for not setting up a twitter account or some way to announce the next session.
758f2e No.3003
36e855 No.3004
>>3003>[X] Someone has to get onto dry land. >Ushio>AkebonoAkebono is surprised by your decision. She tries to grasp what this entails, as her brows furrow in disappointment. "What? Us? Her?" she points to the other destroyer. Ushio, willowy as she is, hasn't said a word yet, until now.
She musters up the courage to answer. "I-I guess it's okay. I can do it… I can help these people!"
"…on the GROUND!" Akebono furiously waves her arms. "Don't you get it? We're gonna have to carry all our cannons! It's easier to carry it all on WATER."
You butt in. "It's certainly true that our rigging will drag us down on land. If that is that case, you two will have to eject your rigging and use only as many cannons as you can carry on your arms.
Akebono glares. "Fair enough. It's not like torpedoes are good outside water."
This should buy time, you think. With planes overhead, they should'nt be cornered, and with Ashigara and co. on the way, we're covered.
36e855 No.3005
>>3004While the four of you - Chitose, Maikaze and Nagara spread out to stand guard, the two destroyers move up to the shore, and eject their rigging on the beach. With their burden lessened, they no longer sink as far into the sand. It takes a while for them to work their way up the rocks. If they were to ever touch the rickety wooden planks serving as a makeshift dock, they would've fallen through to the water, and that's two people less with cannons.
Overhead, your planes buzz about, loosely passing the area, avoiding a circle that would give away the position of your team.
The two destroyers, without their rigging, disappear into the foliage and try to reassure the people hiding that help is near. It works out, with the two destroyers sneaking in with a couple people to track down and help anyone left escaping.
>roll me a 2d100 each for what's next. (Two destroyers)
>Do you also want to divert a plane to follow the two from above, or keep an overhead watch on the escape point? c324f9 No.3006
>>3005How many planes does Kaga have?
da5466 No.3007
| Rolled 43, 3 = 46 |
>>3006Oops let's try again.
da5466 No.3008
| Rolled 94, 21 = 115 |
>>3007…well fuck.
4f132e No.3009
| Rolled 8, 38 = 46 |
>>3005Keep an overhead watch on the escape point
e03be0 No.3011
>>3008Oops.
A couple of type 52s each to watch over Ushio/Akebono, and another two to watch over the escape point? So 4 in total.
36e855 No.3012
>>3006Suisei 12A x 18
Ryuusei x 12
Type 52 x 25
Doubled up on the Type 52, but the blockades ate up the plane reserves, causing Chitose to (conservatively) pick up the slack since the start of the quest.
36e855 No.3013
Chitose is down to 18 of the Zuiun.
36e855 No.3014
>>3008Alright, I'll take this roll.
Writing. 36e855 No.3017
>>3014>A couple of type 52s each to watch over Ushio/Akebono, and another two to watch over the escape point? So 4 in total.
>>This will do.Minutes later in the woods, Ushio and Akebono sneak around, trying to retrace the steps of the humans. At a certain point in the woods, according to a middle-aged man who got away, their group got separated while running away from certain human-shaped Abyss creatures.
In the distance, the two spot a foraging To-class light cruiser, its huge body constantly struggling against foliage, much of which is torn away and caught in its body. There is a pair, a He-class and a Ho-class light cruiser, both stumbling about, rely on arms to pull around.
Ushio and Akebono swing around, and in the distance, a slowly-fattening Wa-class transport is sitting on its oversized butt, its heavy bottom making little, subtle hops, but unable to be as fast as its other brethren on land.
This was their chance. The two unload on the light cruisers, sitting ducks as they were.
At the same time, their civilian guides, or rather the surviving pair of humans jump for cover.
The firepower in such a close and confined range, left a shockwave, kicking up dirt and wood everywhere. Stuck, the three Abyss creatures were blown to bits of pale meat and metal. However, one of the second volleys sails high into the air.
The Wa-class, stuck in a ditch, tries to fire back with anti-air cannons, but misses due to being unfamiliar with ground combat. The two destroyers hide behind the newly-deformed terrain. Nearby, one of the humans starts trying to crawl for cover next to them.
Frantiaclly, within earshot's reach, the middle-aged man shouts to Ushio, "That's the one, they've taken my family!" he says. The fattened Wa-class has swallowed in those humans. If only there was a way to get rid of the AA fire and get them out….
[ ] Strafe the carrier with fighters' machinegun fire.
[ ] Back up the two with a divebomb this close.
[ ] Let the two handle this one, it's easy.
efbce8 No.3018
>>3017[x] Back up the two with a divebomb this close.
14f093 No.3019
>>3017[x] Back up the two with a divebomb this close.
36e855 No.3020
| Rolled 26 |
>>3018>>3019Alright, even though there's a consequence, I'll be fair, and roll a 1d100 for the bombing.
36e855 No.3023
>>3022The Wa-class , sitting still, was easy pickings. Eating 12cm cannon fire from destroyers, they took chunks out of the body.
And yet, two 50-pound bombs came in from above. It was too much. With great force and speed, the bombs dug into a bloodied wounded gaps on the Wa-class. In a split second, there was a mighty flash.
There was nothing left. Or maybe, with a magnifying glass.
The middle-aged man, peeking up from cover, witnesses the aftermath of the explosion. A clearing bare earth , wood splinters and char was in front of him. He looks around, desperately calling for his loved ones, and nothing answers. He tries to dig through with his bare hands, trying to find something, but it was for nothing.
By his knees he sees a human body part, and it dawns on him.
From the aerial report, you knew there was no getting out of this. There was no time to take it all in, but it pulled you back so hard.
Minutes later, friendly ships began to roll in, guided by the recon plane earlier…
36e855 No.3024
>>Thanks for coming in tonight! We'll resume on Saturday evening at the earliest, and Sunday morning at the latest!
>Twitter is at twitter.com/FreQuenphase
>/qu/ Steam group is at steamcommunity.com/groups/eightygees .
>>How was my writing? How do you think I handled the quest so far? Where can I improve? How do you like the choices presented when asked? I'd like to hear from you.
>>Thank you.
8ee64a No.3028
Would like clariication on whether you're using a roll-over or roll-under system for rolling.
f7c7dc No.3032
>>3028Roll-over for dice.
13dc5f No.3048
We're back. Lemme just warm up…
5c98ee No.3049
| Rolled 62, 2 = 64 |
>>3048Waiting.
13dc5f No.3050
5c98ee No.3051
| Rolled 50, 34 = 84 |
>>3050Eeeehhhhh?
13dc5f No.3052
Sorry, being pulled off the comp again.
13dc5f No.3053
LAST TIME:
An explosive pregnancy goes wrong.
One bomb dropped too many. What was going to be saving captives, became killing them all. With too much power thrown at once, a gorging Wa-class transport violently exploded, taking the contents of its cargo hold with it.
YOU, are Kaga, of the Kaga-class aircraft carriers. From a distance, you could not see what happened, except for the roar and smoke of the explosion you made. For those on the ground, they now had a man on their hands who saw his family get killed.
Minutes from now, Ashigara and co. will be here soon. How you will explain this, and get around this mess is up to you.
>Current Status:Kaga:
Suisei 12A x 18
Ryuusei x 12
Type 52 x 25
Chitose:
Zuiun x 18
Akebono and Ushio: Ejected rigging on the beach. Carrying handheld 12.7cm dual turrets.
>Rules:>>1. 10-15 minute voting time. If no votes happen or if there is no consensus, a choice will be defaulted to, or be determined at a dice roll.
>>2. Write-ins *may* be considered at the QM's discretion>>3. Roll 1d100s if prompted. (Roll-over)
>>4. Breaks will be announced for the duration of the oneshot's runtime.
13dc5f No.3054
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Right now, there are still Wa-class transports on the island. From a view above the island, the planes can see some transports are lurching along, still trying to suck up more humans and fairies into their cold, wet, cavernous belly holds. Some of the utterly fattened Wa-classes, their bellies full and swelling with life, freshly picked, have slowed down. Some Abyssal light cruisers have started to tie chains to a transport to tow them to the shore. It won't be long before the Abyss could pile all the Wa-class together and shove them into the water.
Right now, Akebono and Ushio are stuck on the ground, covering some human escapees. They could either get pick up their rigging all the way down on the beach and back into the water, or they could take the long route on land and try to find and cover more escapees.
Alternatively, you, Chitose and Nagara could try to hit the Abyss gathered on the main beach, or try to disrupt efforts to tow the transports on land. With everyone together, you could have artillery fire spotted and directed, but at risk of massed AA fire.
[ ] Let the two destroyers find the escapees
[ ] Recall the two
[ ] Shell the beach - Artillery spotting
[ ] Slow down the transports - Artillery spotting
5c98ee No.3055
| Rolled 21, 36 = 57 |
>>3054How strong are the girls present? Are they strong enough to rip open the Wa-class transports with their hands?
13dc5f No.3057
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Akebono stomps her foot on a smouldering metal plate, remains from the Abyss transport. She watches Ushio, busy holding down the middle-aged man, and within earshot. "When I get back, that carrier's gonna hear it from me," Akebono sighs, exasperated, dealing both with the mess right now, and trying to stop a man whose lost his mind.
"So close… just pop the fleshy bit, and pull a hole wide open, or find nice big cut in the metal and pull on a one-two-three, that's how it would've gone," she rambles, watching the surroundings for anyone that's noticed the ruckus.
===
5c98ee No.3058
| Rolled 59, 29 = 88 |
[x] Slow down the transports - Artillery spotting
13dc5f No.3059
>>3058The plane hovers overhead some rough terrain, and sees bits of the figure of a Wa-class as it's partially shrouded. Soon enough, shells land, but the volley goes a bit off, the shockwaves causing the humanoid Abyss to run for cover in panic in the midst of dirt and smoke being kicked up everywhere. The Wa-class though, is still intact, rolling off to the side from its sheer weight.
The rest of the beach, and transports, are undisturbed. Smoke from burning trees and houses rises into the air, the plumes slowly making visuals from above, and distant spotting from the sea a bit more difficult…
Meanwhile…
[ ] Let the two destroyers do their own thing
[ ] Recall them back into the water
[ ] Other (write-in)
5c98ee No.3061
| Rolled 55, 20 = 75 |
>>3059[x] Let the two destroyers do their own thing
7ad880 No.3062
>>3059[x] Let the two destroyers do their own thing
13dc5f No.3063
>>3061>>3062==Writing.== You seem to have the dice left on. Sometimes the reply popup window won't have anything up for the dice, but the reply form at the top does (and vice-versa), causing something typed in either form to show up when you don't expect it to.
5c98ee No.3064
| Rolled 89, 42 = 131 |
>>3063Yea I left it in on purpose.
13dc5f No.3065
>>3063Overhead, or what you can make of it, fires have broken out in patches across the island, the flames growing.
The Abyss, besides the simple-minded yet utterly numerous blockade, are beginning to wise up. If they get away with this, it means all those humans and fairies captive will either be monster food, or if you believe some stories, they'll do…things…and make even more Abyss.
The two destroyers have herd the remaining escapees as close to the beach as possible, behind rocks and thicker foliage. Soon, the two disappear past the crater you've made, and back into the woods. In time, those woods would catch fire as well. Escapees, with help of the two girls, come to the escape point by trickles.
Other people, in desperation, fashion rafts or float onto driftwood away from the island…only to be chewed on by waiting Abyssal destroyers further out to sea…
13dc5f No.3066
>>3065Nagara turns around and lays a shell into an unlucky destroyer that's followed you all the way here.
Explosions ring out in the distance, and so do the pained shrieks of Abyss destroyers and light cruisers. Up in the air, you can see the speck of a seaplane circling.
Heavy Cruiser Ashigara, with Light Cruisers Isuzu and Kiso have arrived, their arrays of cannons searing hot recently from constant firing. Behind them, minutes later, a couple barges have come in to pick up escapees.
"Looks like sister's still alright!" Isuzu brightens up at the sight of Nagara.
Meanwhile, Kiso reaches out to retrieve the seaplane earlier and attaches it to her rigging again. "Let's not talk about seaplanes right now," she says to Nagara and Maikaze, who hold back.
Ashigara looks to acknowledge you, and then notices swathes of the island on fire, pillowy pillars of smoke reaching into the sky. "Looks like we're in the middle of battle. We've had to pick up extra boats from the neighboring islands on the way," she says. "Can't miss you from far out. Did you do all this? It's impressive to see you hold out like this and do this much damage."
Hope she doesn't find out right now about casualties, or Akebono or Nagara speaking up suddenly.
"This looks like a good battle so far, I hope I don't steal the credit here," Ashigara laughs.
[ ] Describe in better detail the situation to her
[ ] Soften, sugarcoat describing the situation so far
[ ] Admit it's a mess so far
[ ] Say something else (write-in suggestion)
7d6f02 No.3067
>>3066[x] Describe in better detail the situation to her
5c98ee No.3068
| Rolled 42, 53 = 95 |
>>3066[x] Describe in better detail the situation to her
13dc5f No.3072
>>3066>>3067>>3068
>[x] Describe in better detail the situation to her"It'll be alright. There's not much fighting done yet," you say. "Most of– Actually, all this smoke and fire isn't our doing."
"You were late?" Ashigara asks.
"Not totally. They must've noticed planes and started making smokescreens while we were trying to push through the blockade. Right now, they're not just burning down the villages, but they're also trying to capture humans. There's a several Wa-class transports on the island and beach. Some are being protected and towed by the lighter ships. Still a lot of resistance, too few of us, and a lot of humans and fairies missing."
Ashigara nods.
"We're doing what we can to slow down the transports until we can seize and remove the captives inside," you clarify. "We also sent two destroyers onto land to find anyone who's escaped, and to open up the transports."
"By themselves?"
"We've planes and shelling as a distraction…hopefully…"
You then explain the transports on the way to the beach, as well as the nearby escape point by a narrow cliff and strip of sand, where Akebono and Ushio dropped their rigging.
"…we can do this. All of us here can buy time. If we can't defeat all the Abyss here somehow, we can fight long enough to get all the people to safety," Ashigara says. "Not the best kind of fight, but it will do, for today."
Thankfully, Nagara and Chitose kept together long enough to not talk about the mishandled bombing runs. The day is about to get even longer…
>To be continued 13dc5f No.3073
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>>We'll resume in the evening this week, stay tuned for schedule updates.
>Twitter is at twitter.com/FreQuenphase
>/qu/ Steam group is at steamcommunity.com/groups/eightygees .
>>I'd like to hear from you guys here, how I handled the writing and the quest so far. I hope I can hear what you think I can improve on.
>Thank you.
a087a9 No.3154
Quest will resume in four hours. How have you found things so far?
Anything you might want to see before the quest ends (which might be tonight)?
Maybe a short side-scene of another character?
a087a9 No.3164
Writing OP.
a087a9 No.3166
LAST TIME:
Wait, why are you even lying? Well, you weren't really -lying-, you were just describing things in the most necessary way, right?
Ashigara seems to be satisfied with your explanation of the situation. For now, you've managed to dodge the bullet where someone might speak up about having blown up civilians, while trying to crack open the transports.
Unlike you, you can tell she has something else on her mind, and hopefully, it's got nothing to do with doubting your grasp of the situation. The fleet, still outnumbered by the Abyss on the island, and with some of them still in the water, freeing all the captives inside the wet caverns of the Wa-class transports is going to be a challenge.
YOU, are Kaga, of the Kaga-class aircraft carriers. If you had a guess, you've accidentally blown up over a dozen civilians in all.
Hopefully this too doesn't become YOUR worst day as well.
===
Status:
Health:
Kaga: Light damage
Chitose: Moderate damage
Maikaze: Light damage
Akebono: ??? - last seen close to moderate damage
Ushio: ??? - last seen close to moderate damage
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Ashigara: Light damage
Isuzu: Moderate
Kiso: Light damage
Gear:
Kaga:
-Suisei 12A x 17
-Ryuusei x 12
-Type 52 x 25
Chitose:
-Zuiun x 18
Akebono and Ushio: Ejected rigging on the beach. Carrying handheld 12.7cm dual turrets.
>Several small barges and a couple smaller boats are waiting further behind Ashigara's detachment. The Abyss are slowly regrouping to push you off the island.
===
Rules:
1. 10-15 minute voting time. If no votes happen or if there is no consensus, a choice will be defaulted to, or be determined at a dice roll.
2. Write-ins *may* be considered at the QM's discretion
3. Roll 1d100s if prompted. (Roll-over)
4. Breaks will be announced for the duration of the oneshot's runtime.
4f132e No.3170
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Busy with something?
4f132e No.3171
>>3170Ah, you did post something. Damn that auto update not updating.
a087a9 No.3172
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>sorry, router reset.
Kiso looks out to shore with her one other good eye. From here, the dark specks of Abyss ships teeming on the beach become much like ants swarming over a stash of food.
"Look at that, they're up to something no good," she says.
"By now they know how many of us are there and their leaders have an idea on how to deal with us," you say. "They're getting wise to spread smoke everywhere."
"So you think they probably know what we're here for?" Ashigara asks.
"Yes, the captives" you say.
"And that's what they're going to use to stop us from making any moves. They want us to hold back, try to use more time trying to carefully get the captives out, or have us back off. It's quite a dirty move."
"Dragging us down in a dirty fight, that's not really our way, is it? This isn't their challenge to fight us on the ground?" Kiso asks.
"If we did, getting that close is to let them have all their numbers at us," Ashigara points out. "Getting us on the ground might be a way for them to win."
You consider those moves the Abyss is trying to take. It seems that whatever we do from this point has a lot of risk, but we can't allow them to walk away with being able to make more Abyss for future raids. With neighboring islands having similar attacks today, then tomorrow's overwhelming numbers would be far worse.
[ ] Wait, who's on the ground again?
[ ] Nobody should be on the ground right now.
[ ] Shelling the beach right now should buy us time.
[ ] We should send up planes again to hunt isolated transports on the beach.
[ ] Other suggestion (write-in)
4f132e No.3173
>>3172[x] Shelling the beach right now should buy us time.
I suspect those transports won't move out without escort, and getting rid of the escort present on the island should keep them on there, right?
f2f161 No.3174
>>3172[x] We should send up planes again to hunt isolated transports on the beach.
27ea93 No.3175
>>3172[x] Shelling the beach right now should buy us time.
a087a9 No.3176
>>3173>>3175Alright, this wins. We've waiting long enough.
WRITING. a087a9 No.3177
"The lone transports are the easiest targets. We can make our move if we shell the beach. Even with the smoke, if we just try to hit them wide and not try to hit as close, we can scare them. They can't possibly run as fast as humans on the ground, not with their heavy metal bodies," you say.
Upon hearing this, Maikaze's eyes go wide at something far away, briefly. "Shell the beach…? This is like… shooting someone in the back, trying to get away…but these people haven't done anything wrong…"
For a moment, Maikaze stares into Kaga's back, then to the torpedoes at her side, and back to Kaga again.
"Should be easy… for a second time…" she says, before snapping back to reality.
"Everyone, form up into two groups. We'll use the recon planes on Kiso and Chitose to direct our fire. I'll launch a flight of bombers, but their path will be along the beach, trying to avoid touching the transports. Cutting across the beach would risk hitting it." you say, but you almost had another word that would've slipped, in a bad way.
Ashigara furrows at this, but she turns around to give the order.
"Kiso!"
"Chitose!"
The two of you give commands to your separate detachments. The seaplanes launch off their racks again and enter a smoky sky overhead the beach.
a087a9 No.3179
>>3177Maikaze turns away, reluctant to shell like this, but she forms up with the rest.
On an eeriely calm sea, with destroyers and light cruisers in a row, the shelling commences, with a variety of cannon types roaring and billowing their firepower as as distraction.
Soon enough, do 50-pound bombs fall upon the length of the beach, scattering land-based Abyssals, springing them immediately into AA fire, with help of the handfuls-but-still-many Abyssal destroyers and light cruisers hanging in the water.
You look into the distance, the smoke of fires mixing with the smoke of artillery impacts all along the beach. "This is giving good results. We can get the position of the lone transports now," you say. "We can start freeing captives this way."
Meanwhile, explosions and smoke erupt from distant parts of the island, affirming the situation.
"This should help their chances of success," you say, under your breath.
Moments later, do the Abyss rally a counter-attack after spotting all of you. A game of chicken follows, buying time, and picking off anything trying to get close. Behind you, do the rescue ships swing around, closer into range.
A couple close calls and a few good holes in their numbers later on turns up. Soon, you see in the cliffs, Akebono and Ushio, smoked and ragged, with trails and trails of escaped fairies and humans. Retrieving their rigging on the beach and reporting back, they've sustained quite a beating, compared to their intact seagoing equipment.
Akebono approaches silently, but the air is heavy and cold around her. You can only hope she doesn't get into shouting down what's happened earlier.
"Good job on the rescue. You should take it easy in the back. We need all the help we can get here," you say to them.
>Status: Akebono and Ushio are dangerously close to heavy damage, after factoring in the protection and status of their rigging.[ ] I know what happened, but don't talk about it right here.
[ ] At least these other people are alive, right?
[ ] The next thing we need are the transports on the beach.
[ ] Other (write-in)
>What else do you want to say to them? 4f132e No.3180
>>3179[x] I know what happened, but don't talk about it right here.
a087a9 No.3182
>>3179We'll return tomorrow evening and I'll start the session again with votes.
>>Twitter is at twitter.com/FreQuenphase/
>> /qu/ Steam group is at steamcommunity.com/groups/eightygees .Good night!
946d2f No.3222
>>3182Due to delays, tonight's session is cancelled. See you tomorrow night instead.
e1aa63 No.3248
It's too late in the night to start a quest, schedules of everyone and all. Let's try tomorrow night, or late late tomorrow afternoon.
a37940 No.3266
>>3179[x] At least these other people are alive, right?
Or do votes not count "overnight"
e1aa63 No.3274
>>3266Overnight votes count IF I leave it open specifically at the end of a session, like last time or the other couple of times.
e1aa63 No.3275
Yes, votes are still open.
e1aa63 No.3299
We're back.
I'm defaulting the decision.
Writing.
e1aa63 No.3300
LAST TIME:
Ideally, you'd picture this going buttery smoooth, in your head:
The two fleets regroup - Ashigara and Kaga – you. Convoys of human and fairy hostages – tucked inside swelling bellies of Wa-class transports — are thrown into disarray, and lose precious time. Your combined fleet of nine ships so far begins to close in, and put the pinch on the massive Abyss numbers stuck on the beach.
It's not, not right now.
There's more on your plate. The shadow of a couple of fuck ups tugs at you as you try to cover it up in the mess of things. That one DD with a loose mouth – Akebono, is back. There's not really stopping her from opening her mouth, is it?
The intact condition of her rigging sticks out against what she walked out of a while ago.
You throw back your hair and try to tower over the DD, and as stiff and puffed-up as you would, you waved it off,
"Good job on the rescue. You should take it easy in the back. We need all the help we can get here."
The ragged Akebono just leers at you, baffled. From behind, you can feel Ashigara eyeing you and the DD. Behind your calm face, things become a blur.
The fear of disappointment from someone like Ashigara puts the pinch on you.
Not good. You ____, "Whatever happened back there may be pretty bad, but don't talk about it right here."
She doesn't budge, gaping at what you just said. She's about to throw down in the middle of all this, and if everyone else gets to hear it, this whole operation would go worse. There's probably something you could do to put her in her place.
[ ] Shout her down, get to her first in a shouting match
[ ] She looks bad for trying too hard, point that out.
[ ] Say/Do something else to her (write-in)
a37940 No.3301
>>3300>[x] Say/Do something else to her (write-in)You did the best you could. I fucked up. We can point fingers once the operation is finished, clear?
5c98ee No.3302
>>3301Seconding this. We don't want to escalate things with the DD brat in the middle of a battle.
e1aa63 No.3303
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Ashigara's eyes are all on this,as the combined fleet slides into cover, behind a tall corner of the island. The heat of the fires and smoke spreads further outward, the choking feeling almost here.
There's no time right now for this whining, but you know you've had it coming.
"What do you want? Things got on my head, it was bad, it can't be helped? We did the best we could, but I fucked up, it can't be helped anymore," you say.
Chitose looks on, worried, but turns her back on this.
Akebono is just livid and red at this. "Of course you fucked up, I was on the ground to see it. Ushio, me… we could have done it ourselves, get them out, save them, but you went and had to drop those bombs! You didn't just drop bombs right on top of me, but…but Ushio… she was gonna get blown up too!"
Ushio this, Ushio that, she's getting into rambling about Ushio. Why does she have to go and stick up for her right here?
You narrow your eyes at this. _ is slipping, _____ at the edges of your thought, what were you forgetting?
"That may be true, but it can all wait until the operation is finished. Are we clear?"
It doesn't seem to get through, until Ushio pulls on Akebono. She's a wallflower, certainly, but she's one that can sway Akebono.
Ushio pleads, "Come on, that's enough now. Things are bad they way they are right now." Akebono doesn't pause, and on edge she shakes off Ushio, at when Maikaze and Chitose, find themselves grabbing onto Akebono, holding her back until she's gone off edge, panting it all away.
"Good, that's done," you murmur. But Ashigara is still next to you, her eyes just burning in.
"Kaga" she calls.
Her teeth clench, gleaming sharp, "You said everything was alright. I thought we were getting around to winning here?" she asks. "Now they say you tried to rescue people by shelling them from across the island, and you blew them up?"
You shrug it, "We'll save this for later."
"Is this what you're going to do? Doing something else, making a mess while we try to win the day? Saving people by killing them together with the enemy, in one blow?" she growls.
At this time does your gaze try to escape her burning look of disappointment and outrage, eyes onto smaller barges sneaking along to shore…
They haven't seen you like this, and now it's become the worst time to see the un-formal Kaga under a different, unpleasant kind of pressure.
[ ] Alright, we won't send planes ahead of everyone. We'll do it the way we should and press forward. There's still people to rescue.
[ ] Let's just put this aside for now and get the few people we've got, all away from here. There's no use seizing the last few transports.
[ ] We could break the back of the Abyss right now while we buy time for the rescue.
[ ] Say something else (write-in)
5c98ee No.3304
>>3303[X] We could break the back of the Abyss right now while we buy time for the rescue.
e1aa63 No.3305
We'll take a dinner break while you guys can figure a way out of THIS PINCH.
a37940 No.3306
>>3303[x]Write in
We need to keep the abyss transports on land at all costs. Load up the people that we've saved so far onto the fewest number of our transports and and have the two damaged tin cans escort them to safety.
Available planes should harass the abyss so they can't move their transports while the ships move up, clearing out the abyss on sea and blockading the main port. Empty transports stick close to the rest of the warships.
e1aa63 No.3310
Up and down, up and down, I'm back.
f2f161 No.3311
>>3300>>3303[X] We could break the back of the Abyss right now while we buy time for the rescue.
e1aa63 No.3312
>>3306>>3311Alright.
Writing.
e1aa63 No.3313
>>3303Noted. We'll resume normal operations after further notice.
95effa No.3324
>>3303[X] We could break the back of the Abyss right now while we buy time for the rescue.
a087a9 No.3363
We're back. Writing OP. No more faffing about.
a087a9 No.3364
>>3363LAST TIME:
Ashigara was slapped with disappointment, after you did something that can't be taken back, and much worse, was something that could've been avoided at all.
It would be wonderful right now to crawl under a table and bury under a pillow, waiting for this to blow over, to cool down, and take the matter as more formally, like filling out papers, or something behind closed doors.
But no, this is the open ocean. The seas rock with battle, and the heat and smoke of the burning island radiates and chokes any sign of relief.
Now, it all hinges on the kind of answer you give them, after your screwup. On top of that, in front of everyone, did she shout you down as you tried dodging the captive issue, on top of dropping bombs on top of your own allies.
Amidst these burning glares, you stood there taking in disappointment from people who held you with more respect than the rest. After all, YOU are Kaga, among the first and foremost of the carriers.
"Alright, we'll break the back of the Abyss while they make the escape," you say. This would spiral into a straight-up brawl, for certain, but it would create a chaos big enough for boats to
escape. The only thing that might shake this up are Abyssal support fleets, but they might be instinctually be driven to the fight, much less an intelligent maneuver to hit the boats… right?
Kiso grins at the chance she's gotten. Less reacting, and more brawling. Nothing like making a push to turn the tables after poking around and making do with defending…slowly.
Line versus line, blockade versus blockade.
[ ] If we could help it, we could try to snatch the transports, right?
[ ] This is a straight fight, we can't get distracted or be tricked by the waiting prize.
[ ] We'll certainly break their back, but we'll have to tread this slowly.
[ ] Suggest another battle plan (write-in)
a087a9 No.3365
>Reminders:
> Depending on votes, or lack of, I would default to a decision, or put it to a dice roll.
> I can incorporate write-ins, but at my discrection.
>Dice rolls are a 1d100, to roll over a determined number.
STATUS:
Kaga: Light damage
Chitose: Moderate damage
Maikaze: Light damage
Akebono: Almost at heavy damage
Ushio: Almost at heavy damage
—
Ashigara: Light damage
Isuzu: Moderate
Kiso: Light damage
Gear:
Kaga:
-Suisei 12A x 17
-Ryuusei x 12
-Type 52 x 25
Chitose:
-Zuiun x 18
a087a9 No.3366
>Announcements and updates are at twitter.com/FreQuenphase
5b574d No.3367
>>3364We can't afford slow, but we also can't afford reckless.
Try to break the blockade ASAP. Have some planes harass the abyss that are trying to pull the transports back into the water, just enough to keep them pinned and not hurt the humans and fairies inside the transports.
Also, are the two almost heavily damaged DDs escorting the first wave of transports?
a087a9 No.3368
>>3367No, not yet, but they are to your backs, from a distance. Various small motorboats and barges.
As for heavy damage, if they get to that point, just remember that their rigging is -fairly intact- but they themselves are beat up like hell from tracking down and blowing open grounded Wa-class transports and the bodyguards. (See pic)
5b574d No.3369
>>3368Alright. They should stay back guard our transports as the survivors are being rescued and escort them back to a friendly port or the main fleet or wherever we're based from.
a087a9 No.3370
>>3367>>3369We've defaulted to these suggestions.
Writing. a087a9 No.3371
You look over to Akebono and Ushio, the former looking like she's not done with as her eyes tell something else as you give the order.
"You two aren't in any shape to fight over there. Just because the rigging is still alright, doesn't mean much. It might be the next thing to explode. So, I'll have the two of you go over to the escape ships and escort them. "
Ushio looks relieved to not have to wade through the upcoming slugfest. She takes Akebono by the lead, saluting, "Ushio, Akebono, commencing evacuation escort!"
Their backpacks climb to a roar, and the two turn around, skating to the direction of the escape barges. Their wake throws more and more water behind, splashing a white trail, fading further behind them.
"I hope they can stay safe this time," Chitose says. "To think we asked them of all things to fight on the ground. It's something tanks should've been doing, right?"
"It can't be helped right now," Kiso says. "Whatever the case, it looks like we're all that we've got right now…"
"…so we'll do right by everyone on the island this time," Ashigara continues.
You hide your smile. "Hearing that makes me feel like the sea's calmer," you say. Of course, what you really meant to say was to thank them, in spite of you screwing up. In the back of your head, maybe you'll get what you deserve later, but there's more important things right now.
a087a9 No.3372
>>3371[cont'd]
On the other hand, Maikaze's usual self doesn't seem to be quite there. With the way she looks at you and avoids looking directly, you can feel a dark cloud over her head, something cold, perhaps.
"I won't miss, or overdo it this time," you tell her, also within earshot of Nagara and Isuzu. Maikaze nods silently, and then puts on her usual face. With a chirp she goes, "We're ready to dance with them, but can they keep up with us on the beach?"
All together, the backpack riggings whirr again as all seven of you head towards the island. Kiso and Isuzu form up in the front row, while you – Kaga, and Chitose form up in the center. Ashigara, Maikaze, and Nagara form up to your sides and the rear. You launch your planes overhead.
Kiso and Chitose's seaplanes launch off their rails and head over to the beach , ready for the initial shelling. An assorted array of cannons from your ships billow and belch shells onto the island, opening up for your wing of Suisei to swoop in for their bombing run. Several eat up the salvos of AA fire from scattered Abyssals In disarray, they merely react to anything incoming as the other, higher forms scramble to get their numbers back together.
".. and that's how we bring the fight to the enemy!" Kiso howls in excitement, as she yanks back her hat to see more clearly.
Some of them hurry back into the water as fast as their heavy bodies could. Some of the air-dropped bombs manage to take out a few of those escaping to sea, and a handful more stuck on the ground.
Meanwhile, a transport is being dragged across the sand in the chaos, as the waters splash with several more Abyssals swimming in at high speed to seek you out.
There is a report of a more advanced, higher commanding Abyss that has appeared with a small escort. This might become a problem, you think.
[ ] We can clear the beach, keep going.
[ ] Slow down the newly-arrived elites before they make our job harder
[ ] Hang back, pick off anything in the water headed for us
[ ] Other ideas (Write-in)
f2f161 No.3373
>>3372[x] Hang back, pick off anything in the water headed for us.
5b574d No.3375
Planes:
Keep an eye on the enemy transports. So long as they aren't being pulled to the sea, don't worry too much about them. Have the planes harass any abyss units whenever they try to organize themselves to pull the transports back into the sea, but don't put the planes in unnecessary danger, we have a limited supply. Also, call in any concentrated clumps of abyss that are not near a transport.
Ships:
We're organized, and not too heavily damaged. It's time for shock and awe. Throw the enemy into disarray while clearing a path for the shore. Destroying enemies takes priority for now, however, as soon as it looks like the abyss are going to block the shore or the transports are in danger of reaching the sea, break through and trap as many of the abyss on the shore as possible. Lastly, respond to fire missions whenever the planes request it.
Do we have more of our transports with us? Or did we use all of them to pick up the survivors from the other beach?
a087a9 No.3376
>>3375Machineguns on the planes would hurt humans, but they're barely anything against Abyssals and yourselves.
The escape ships are civilian, they're not as fast and they're certainly not armed. Some are just fishing boats, some are old clunkers mixed in. There are a couple bigger ferries in the back of the flotilla.
5b574d No.3378
>>3376Alright, give a full status of forces. Where are all of our units, including transports, and our best guess as to survivors.
Where are all of the enemy units to the best of our knowledge?
a087a9 No.3379
>>3378>Roll me a 2d100, one for the overall enemy status and one for the survivors.As the beach erupts in a cacophony of firepower, the smaller boats begin to make a shaky beeline to the other beach, loading up people back and forth, prioritizing putting as many people on the ferries, then the bigger boats.
Meanwhile, few of your planes have made it back, some slightly tattered – any more would've erupted them into fireballs like the others. You raise up your arm to retrieve them, as they make a landing approach on the flight deck on your arm. Several fairies pop out, stowing away the planes as they come in one by one.
Chitose on the other hand, holds steady as the seaplanes try to make for the loading cranes on her back, as the fairies riding her rigging do the fine work of loading intact planes onto the launch rails again.
5b574d No.3380
5b574d No.3381
| Rolled 93, 53 = 146 |
>>3379Let's try that again.
a087a9 No.3382
>>3381Alright. Writing. Also getting hungry…
5b574d No.3383
| Rolled 38, 20 = 58 |
>>3382That's fine. I gotta call it a night for now. So you might as well post your next post and end the session.
229e9c No.3384
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>>3381>Rolled 93, 53 = 146The sun overhead begins to its descent toward the horizon, but the sunset is still well away from happening.
As the dust settles from the initial shelling, a Zuiun seaplane banks over to assess the remaining Abyssals on the beach.
Kiso whistles at the aftermath, her cannons smoking hot from the barrage that cleared up the beach. "See that? You morons should've just ran for the water while you could!"
"Hey, they might hear you from out here!" Isuzu nudges Kiso.
"Nah, they can't hear us… probably don't even understand what we're saying…whatever could possibly go wrong?"
In the distance, another wave of Suisei bombers make a pass at stragglers on the sands, the bombs throwing up clouds of debris and dust everywhere as their explosive make their point.
Wrecked terribly by the craters, what remains of the Abyss ships on land are scattered gibs of metal, charred and shattered, along with the odd remains of pale limbs. Three Wa-class transports remain helpless on the sands as
Beyond the reaches of the Abyss' harvest gathering, the elites attempt to rally back, battered but still battle-worthy. They form up, with a distant Wa transport slithering behind their protection. As planes overhead start eating AA fire, their forms are sighted: A Ta-class battleship, flanked by a Ri-class heavy cruiser and a Nu-class light aircraft carrier. In the waters, emerge handfuls of Ni-class Destroyers – the somewhat more advanced forms of the simple-minded, hungry Abyss I and Ro-class destroyers that you've taken down in droves. Still driven by instinct, they still are dangerous, with heavier weapons on them.
The waters begin to splash violently with more Abyss meeting you to take back what they've come for.
"Is this for real? Are you hearing this too?" Isuzu asks, looking back and forth between everyone else.
"Are they trying to pull something on us here?" Kiso wonders. "This doesn't sound too good. Can you feel it? That chill in your nerves, waiting for something to come out?"
You bite your lips at this.
In spite of your success, do you all hear the ghostly cries of agony, mixed with the cacophony of anger and grudges. For a brief moment, you could pick out the cries of still-living people, overwhelmed with the terror of being swallowed, and melting into the screaming cacophony calling for destruction.
"I've overheard reports of these things," you say. "That there's these birth cries happening, and horrible stuff starts coming out."
Kiso turns to you. "That's happening NOW?" In surprise, it's like her eyepatch would just fall off.
"But soon," you say.
"So, do we stop it, or do we run for it?" Kiso asks again.
"Well, I can't accept losing conditions like that," Ashigara adds in.
If there's something for sure, you didn't feel like staying around for what night would bring…
229e9c No.3385
Our next session is supposed to be Thursday this week.
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twitter.com/FreQuenphase.
Thank you all for sitting in for tonight's session. How do you folks like things so far?
229e9c No.3433
Writing. Sorry for the delay, was handed a last minute photoshop rush job for a goddamned powerpoint.
229e9c No.3434
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>>3433Twitter@FreQuenphase
LAST TIME:
The evacuation is underway, but with meager protection up close as your fleets sailed out to put distance, and buy time against the regrouped Abysses.
Ever slowly do you see the sun threaten to retreat beyond the horizon, as the cacophony of groans and fury mix with the shrill wails of the bestial Abysses. Still, you could hear the desperate echoes of human and fairy slowly melding into the tide of darkness. A captivating procession of the dead sweeps the island, as a chorus swells and ebbs, offending the ears with its beat, and freezing the feet of others in terror. Beneath the surface of the water, advances a wriggling carpet of black, with wispy trails of beady shining eyes, opening a way for their elites to stop your meddling.
The icy pale ladies of the Abyss ride forth, persisting in their ominous purpose.
Maikaze, at the front, speeds up. "We have to make it!" she says, as she holds tight to her twin cannon turret, fixated on the distant objective – the handful of stuck Wa-classes, left behind. Though damaged, your planes tell you that they're not wrecked like the last two times. It's a hopeful thought to try and pry them all open, and get the people out. But right now, for your fleet to reach out onto the beach is like an eager hand at a bird's nest while there's a waiting snake, curled around.
229e9c No.3435
>>3434Status:
STATUS:
Kaga: Light damage
Chitose: Moderate damage
Maikaze: Light damage
Akebono: Almost at heavy damage
Ushio: Almost at heavy damage
—
Ashigara: Light damage
Isuzu: Moderate
Kiso: Light damage
Gear:
Kaga:
-Suisei 12A x 9
-Ryuusei x 12
-Type 52 x 25
Chitose:
-Zuiun x 12
229e9c No.3438
>>3435You catch Maikaze starting to veer off from the defensive setup and pull her back. "They got enemy planes, don't run ahead! Everyone, catch up!" you shout, as you force Maikaze back to side defense.
It looks like this is going to be a spearhead collision against the tide of metal and black. Kiso warns Maikaze as she eases back in, "Being easy pickings won't help anyone."
"I was just too worried about what they might do," the ponytailed DD excuses herself.
Right now, there is no one on the beach to run up to the transports and blow them open. If they did, they'd be reduced to pieces, just like what you did to the Abysses earlier. With elites now playing their hand, they wouldn't pass up an easy shot.
What's your assessment of this, Kaga?
[ ] The island might be theirs today, but we'll be back.
[ ] We can't stick around for this, they want us to stay here. Damned nest eggs.
[ ] We can try to get them out from here, but these people are on their own.
[ ] Something else on your mind? (write-in suggestion)
229e9c No.3441
I'll just leave this open for latecomers. See you tomorrow afternoon.
fc9e11 No.3450
>>3438[X] The island might be theirs today, but we'll be back.
3d9c08 No.3452
Back, and watching this thread.
c61be9 No.3454
>>3438[X] The Island might be theirs today, but we'll be back.
Seems like a better choice here.
5c80e0 No.3455
>>3438[ ] We can't stick around for this, they want us to stay here. Damned nest eggs.
3d9c08 No.3456
>>3450>>3454Alright, writing.
Status:
>Remember, the escape boats and ferries are nearing up getting people off the island, but there are still people trapped inside the Wa-classes along the beach.
>Akebono and Ushio managed to pry open the rest of scattered transports caught in the woods. Is why they've taken damage.
>You and Chitose are running out of dedicated dive bombers. For you to be transferring bomb payloads to other plane types in stock will take time – the rest of the stocked planes are stored in arrow form in your quiver.
>There is an Abyss light aircraft carrier up mixed up in the mob ahead. 3d9c08 No.3458
>>3456As tempting as it would be to everything, it's turned out that the Abysses have set up this trap. With their more evolved, intelligent leaders having reared their faces, they seem to know what you would have liked to do.
Not only could you not afford everyone being killed, the living can't resist being a hero. The snake would easily bite your hand trying to snatch those tempting eggs.
Despicable.
Kiso looks at Maikaze, "You could've played hero, but that's what they want to see you do. They've all their guns ready."
You point out the essence to their move. "They want to break us, and those people, by watching you fail to save them. Perhaps they're thinking that if we see you die on the beach, we'd charge in."
Maikaze's at a loss of words, but you try to set her straight.
"Today's been terrible, but this isn't the end. The Abyss might have this island today, but we got out as many people as we could. We took away their harvest. We saved a lot of people today, but we'll be back someday to take back this island– and every other one that's been lost today," you say.
One of your planes returns, escaping from a flight of Abyssal planes. They mean to defend their last scraps, you think.
"Let's show how much we'll rub in their losses!" Kiso says. "How about thinning them out with torpedoes? We've still got some supply of them, isn't that right?"
>What do you say, Kaga? What's our next move?[ ] That's right, we can thin them and leave their leaders opened up with a torpedo spread, and make an orderly retreat.
[ ] Let's try cannon fire straight for their leaders. Let's see how they like scrambling back to take hits for them.
[ ] Sweep the skies first, we don't want any surprises hitting the ferries further in the back.
[ ] I've got something else in mind (write-in suggestion)
7d6f02 No.3459
>>3458[X] Sweep the skies first, we don't want any surprises hitting the ferries further in the back.
f2f161 No.3460
>>3458[X] Let's try cannon fire straight for their leaders. Let's see how they like scrambling back to take hits for them.
5c80e0 No.3461
>>3458[ ] Sweep the skies first, we don't want any surprises hitting the ferries further in the back.
ddd1f7 No.3462
>>3458[x] Sweep the skies first, we don't wan any surprises hitting the ferries further in the back.
d30fa1 No.3464
>>3458[X] Sweep the skies first, we don't want any surprises hitting the ferries further in the back.
73b0c2 No.3465
>>3438[X] Sweep the skies first, we don't want any surprises hitting the ferries further in the back.
3d9c08 No.3466
>Sweep the skies first, we don't want any surprises hitting the ferries further in the back.
>anti-air sweep
Their next move, you guess, after trying to put us in a dilemma, is to reclaim their prize. With a Light Carrier present, they could sneak in a bombing run or a low-angled torpedo run.
Isuzu and Nagara were refitted with 15.5cm triple gun mounts, but these were mounted on a rifle-shaped, handheld cannon as opposed to directly on their rigging. The rest of their rigging was left with additional cannons, but half were still left with purely anti-air guns.
You could leave it to them, you think.
"Alright, they've probably sent in planes to hit the escape ships. Isuzu, Nagara, start clearing the skies!" you shout.
The two Light Cruisers got to work, and banked away from the formation. With their rifle-style mounts pointed, they started sweeping the areas side to side, and above as well. In moments, they immediately braced for the recoil and spewed out a torrent of shells. The bestial Abyssal planes, with their cruel beaks, were just about to angle in for their attack run, but the AA fire snagged them, causing them to erupt into fireballs. As their metal remains fell into the water, things seemed to be calm.
"Keep an eye out," you signal to them.
Good going so far. A little more and we could pull bank.
"Our turn!" Ashigara flares with eagerness. She raises her finger, with Kiso and Maikaze taking off for real. The two veer to the side and pepper the schools of Destroyers, scattering them, and leaving them blindsided with Ashigara's shots.
With holes poked in their swarm, do you send in a bombing run on top of the Abyssal leaders. Some of the bombers tumble in flames wading through Abyssal AA fire, with scant direct hits and many near-hits. Though knocked off their momentum and strong footing, the Abyssals shell back in the distance…
>roll me a 2d100 guys
73b0c2 No.3470
3d9c08 No.3471
| Rolled 32, 6 = 38 |
It's dice 2d100, no plus or quotes
5c80e0 No.3472
| Rolled 77, 17 = 94 |
>>3466 5c80e0 No.3473
| Rolled 44, 18 = 62 |
one more?
3d9c08 No.3474
3d9c08 No.3475
>>3466"Shift our heading on my mark…." you order.
While the Abyssal numbers are caught reacting to your assault, you, Chitose and Ashigara begin to change directions at particular intervals, some shorter, some longer. Kiso and Maikaze have no trouble with this, skating about the water's surface much faster than you two. Your riggings roar and coo as your speeds rise and sink.
By making course and velocity changes at hidden, seemingly irregular intervals, compensating for the aim becomes a longer task with more shots missing.
The duo ahead swing about, making chaos, laying rounds and breaking apart clustered ships, while you two get put on the defensive as the Abyssal battleship and heavy cruiser fire off their rounds.
The Abyss cannons billow, the shells splitting the air. Throwing off their aim has managed to make the blasts pass you by. As the blasts shake the water, waves swell, and a couple shots slam by Chitose's side, wrecking much of her plane launch racks. Some of her rigging has taken a blow.
She tries to recover, trying to skate across the crests of the waves back to a level footing. You reach with your free hand and pull her back in.
That battleship, if this keeps on, will probably get a good bead us, you think, and yet, retreating with their guns trained at us will end up in a tight chase endangering the rescue…
>What do you want to do?[ ] Let's line up our shots again. Hope they'll break off.
[ ] Let's use the opening, pincer them with torpedoes from different angles!
[ ] Pull everyone back and cover our trail with torpedoes.
[ ] Any other ideas? (write-in a suggestion)
77d81c No.3476
>>3475[x Pull everyone back and cover our trail with torpedoes.
73b0c2 No.3477
>>3475[x] Let's line up our shots again. Hope they'll break off.
5c80e0 No.3478
>>3475[ ] Let's line up our shots again. Hope they'll break off.
c61be9 No.3479
>>3475[x] Let's use the opening, Pincer them with torpedoes from different angles!
3d9c08 No.3480
>Let's line up our shots again. Hope they'll break off.
Roll me a 3d100.
dice 3d100 in the email.
3d9c08 No.3481
Let's break off for dinner. I'll be back later.
Dice rolls open.
73b0c2 No.3482
73b0c2 No.3483
| Rolled 89, 12, 48 = 149 |
>>3480Rolling for great justice!
3d9c08 No.3486
>>3475>Let's line up our shots again. Hope they'll break off.The Abyss ladies and their carrier keep up with your own footsies, with theirs, jockeying and trading for shots, with near-hits and misses all the while.
Your flight deck on your arm remains strong, though bits of its defenses and plank have been battered and charred in this exchange. The deck remains flight-worthy overall, in spite of this.
You hold Chitose up until she stands up again on her own. "Nothing will be gained if we don't keep trying. This can't end with everyone downed," you say. "Even pushed back like this, we can still stop them while the others get far away enough from here."
"What are you thinking?" Ashigara says, moving up in front of you two as cover, firing into the distance, some shots incidentally beating down some Abyssal light cruisers acting as shepherds. A couple of her shots manage to land home on the the Abyssal carrier, but it's still not enough to stop the flow of planes.
"Let's line up our shots again. A couple more good shots should stop them at least," you say.
From here, you pull back to Kiso until in range. With a signal, another recon plane goes up, and with your breath held, it tries to weather the defense patches as everyone else tries to prevent, and distract the Abyss ships from laying down AA fire on it. A few tense moments later, the spotting pays off. You immediately send up your remaining stash of planes – bombers, followed by torpedoes, with Chitose's own flight close by.
Ashigara's cannons roar and howl, biting into the enemy again. With a thundering crash, the Abyssal light carrier is knocked out of launching planes, and a bombing pass blows it to splattered chunks.
The pale-haired lady leading it all, their Abyssal battleship, and her other escort, weather through the bombing, persistent.
Not good, you think. With another pass, with Chitose's help, you strike another blow, beating away at their defenses. Your B7A Ryuuseis hurry down the water's surface, but only some torpedoes make it – some strike other targets in the way, but the ones that make it through, utterly smash, but not decidedly defeat the battleship.
>What to do, oh aircraft carrier?[ ] Blow them apart.(Roll 3d100)
[ ] Get in closer with a torpedo strike. Long Lance, go! (Kiso, Maikaze, roll 2d100)
[ ] Send in a volley of torpedoes from all our angles from this distance.(roll 3d100)
5c80e0 No.3487
| Rolled 25, 69, 100 = 194 |
>>3486 5c80e0 No.3489
| Rolled 29, 87, 23 = 139 |
>>3487This is for the >Blow them apart.
3d9c08 No.3490
>>3489I'll only consider the rolls in your first post then. But I'll await others' rolls to see how it all goes down.
3d9c08 No.3491
Reminder how to dice:
dice xdy
where x = # of rolls
y = sided dice
ie, 2d100, 3d100 is rolling a 100 sided dice twice, and three times respectively.
f2f161 No.3492
>>3486[X] Blow them apart.
dice 3d100
f2f161 No.3493
| Rolled 63, 47, 37 = 147 |
>>3492 3d9c08 No.3494
Writing.
3d9c08 No.3495
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>>Blow them apart.
Another try, another pass. Putting your all into it, you force in bombs onto your other planes. Fairies working your flight deck take in the planes below deck and bolt in bombs to plane bellies. While you buy precious seconds in, the others move up to take the heat off you.
Type-52's mounted with 50-pounder bombs later rise out of the elevators move into position and fly off the deck instead of your bow. A slower launch, but it helps to scrape together the remaining airpower you have.
You notch a couple more arrows and let fly, sending planes with pre-loaded ordinance. Chitose turns over to her remaining, intact side and likewise makes do with those launch rails, sending in the last few.
Any more scrape-togethers and that would be the end, with only air-to-air coverage left. You couldn't possibly leave it up to Kiso's scarce supply of purely-for-recon planes, could you? [1/2]
abbca8 No.3496
>>3495Whoops, router died. Playing catchup now.
abbca8 No.3497
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[2/2]
Meanwhile, from the rear of the formation, you had the opportunity to see how you've held up the escape so far. From here, you could see the shrinking figures of the ferries, while the smaller boats are towed in the wake.
Out there, the shells bear down again on the cluster of Abysses, as the pale-haired Ta-class battleship girl tries to skate in and out of artillery fire trying to nail her down.
Your planes jink, dive, and weave in, out, and about the gnashing mad hordes, far and across, toward the target. In the charge do you see crashes and fireballs left behind while the remaining break through.
The Ri-class heavy cruiser was swallowed by Ashigara's firepower, barely hanging on as a charred figure.
With aerial bombs and a low-flying torpedo strike, the Abyss leadership is ruined. The pale lady is reduced to nearly nothing, artillery rigging blown apart and unable to physically pursue. She tries to pull back as she cries for the black swarms to converge on her.
This is it, you thought.
"No, you're not getting away!" Kiso shouts as her torpedo tubes spit out in sequence, snaking towards the weakened Abyss. Several explosions pillar out of the sea, as some Destroyers get hit instead.
Whether or not a torpedo finished off their leader was uncertain, save for a distant plume where she used to be.
"Everyone turn around. Commence orderly retreat!" you cry. Kiso and Maikaze turn back at full speed, relieved. The five of you floor it, your rigging, chugging and racing.
"Shouldn't have overdone it, Kiso," you tell her. "But, that's a good job anyway. Load up torpedoes, you'll fire yours last since you went ahead."
In a staggered vector do you cover your trail with torpedoes fired behind you. Every course change at an angle was covered with a discharge of those Type-93's, until you felt satisfied with having put enough distance.
abbca8 No.3498
The sun's descent begins to slowly wash the sky in new hues.
Coming out of this disaster alive was a relief, but everybody, still on their guard came out beat up like hell. The island was a black, crisped lump sticking out of the sea.
Akebono and Ushio, who came in first to guard the escape all this time, were glad to have linked up with their other fellow destoyers Sazanami and Oboro. The other two managed to come back intact from another distant blockade trying to force Abyss ships to shore.
From all the way out here on sea, the skies of the island were stained with dark hues, foul and fierce. Pained cries of those captives still on the beach haunted you, though faint they became more and more. You look again toward the island, realizing Maikaze did too.
You thought you heard a chorus of shrill cries, of things being born. You reassure the confused Maikaze. "Don't worry about that, you're just tired. You danced non-stop, isn't that right?"
"…I kind of did, yeah" as she tried to buy into your excuse. "Dwelling on it will push you too far," you say.
The cries were a fading reminder of what you're coming back for.
Even if this may have been the worst day, you couldn't let it happen again and again. Ahead, watching those ferries packed with people was some small victory at least. There was some hope of reclaiming the sea, turning it away from the black, metal tide, to a peaceful one just may be in reach.
====
In the corner of the ferry, a few islanders huddle around an old lady, keeping her safe. She strokes a dried, ornamented skull, whispering to it. A chorus of faint, maddened whispers waft about, heard by those faithful.
"We will brave the long wait. Never forgive, never forgive…"
END?
abbca8 No.3499
And that's the end of Kantai Collection Quest: The Worst Day.
You guys did a good job, having avoided one or two disasters toward the end with a good call boosted by a good roll. Kaga avoided another bout or two of SUFFERING, so all's good.
Though the day isn't totally saved, our local girl didn't quite ruin everything either!
Any questions about the quest or my experience QMing this?
Post your questions here, or ask me on twitter @FreQuenphase
Thank you all!
a37940 No.3692
>>3499Thanks for running. Only managed to play for part of it. It was reasonably fun.
d366a1 No.3698
>>3692I'll be civil here and say to play nice with the other Kancolle Quest by that other QM. Show up if you can and stuff, while I set up the next Kancolle Quest… probably one of these:
Maruyu Quest
Yuugumo Division Quest
Makigumo Quest