Aftermath discussion thread (OOC)

Sounds good to me.

I see. But with a breach, we're looking for speed, surprise, and rapid neutralization.

In a correctly done breach, Cael would never have the time to turn around to throw the frag - whoever is coming through the door behind him will shoot those two on the right.

When breaching a door, you're looking for a fast, violent action. You're putting as many bodies and rifles through that door as possible, as fast as possible, to the point that when one slips and falls, he stays down so that others may walk over him. You're also trying to get the hell out of the fatal funnel, which is what is created by the enemy interest on the door. NEVER stay in the door - it's a fatal funnel, and there are more than likely enemy rifles aimed right at it.

You also split your sectors - intuitively, if you can. What I did is, Cael and Kato straight in my perception, taking on the two most obvious targets, which mean Sar went left, and number four would ideally go right to cover all sectors and corners. Five follows Sar, six follows four. That's what I did.

To show how fast breaching can be, look at the ArmA 3 Apex E3 teaser.



The speed and violence of action in first person shooters like CoD and Medal of Honor is correct - you go through, you shoot shit real fast. What is not realistic on those two is that the player almost always takes tare of 100 percent of the contact while staying in the fatal funnel, that somehow the enemy is never covering. This is why the time slows, so you can take out even four enemies, and I have to wonder if the weapon would have the time to cycle a new round in the chamber in the brief moment you usually take between shots in FPS games while already in slow-motion.

Quick question: whats the posting order now??? Ive kinda lost track of pretty much everything haha

Wait, am I before Laughing Man??? Because my last post was when they were all still in the triage station, I havent done anything else yet haha

Yeah, you're third and I can't remember anything for my life.

Sar finished off that last guy. If you find survivors, interrogate, but the newcomer NPC is her spotter.


Also, did we just come for the comms? Well, yes, we did! There's static. Radios might function relatively soon, but until then, didn't we establish the presence of a QEC at that outpost?

Let's see where it leads.

Skyla might have a very interesting method of interrogation

Skyla could potentially talk to the Alliance on behalf of the group, I mean... shes working for them after all

...are we forgetting Ben, the former N7 who's somehow back on duty (and no I will not inquire into details)?

But yes, deniable assets for the most part. Basically the only ones that have any sort of official backing are Sar (officially, with the Migrant Fleet's Heavy Fleet), Zahn and Cael (both with the Turian Hierarchy) and Ben (on his hometurf, back with the Alliance unless I missed something).

It's a human outpost. The QEC definitely goes somewhere to the Systems Alliance.
What I'm wondering is, with four people on the Cerberus comms, did we take down both the remaining agents?

I think we should confirm the neutralization of local Cerberus cell (could be wiped out, confirmations need to be made), establish radio contact in the process because of the EMP wearing off, and once we're done, there should be enough time for Command to realize something is amiss and that stuff needs to be done. Of course, they'll presume hostilities are mostly over, which is why they'll be fine having a team of six running around doing errands rather than reinforce them to platoon strength.

Right. Probably should put up a reminder. Nobody (except Caelus) actually knows Sar's real name. Her and Skyla probably have that in common, but only people close enough to her (friends, people she served with long enough, family) earned to know her name. In front of anyone else, they only use nicknames. This, by extension, means that her and her spotter will only call each other by nicknames (if you remember, her spotter does have a real name in addition to his nickname - both of which are somewhat generic).

You may have noticed the nickname in use already when Ghost/Rael'Gazu makes his entrance, not calling Sar by her name, but instead "Hisha" - her nickname. I know I'm nitpicking, but were it up to her, none of the others would know her name, not even Caelus. Same thing with Ghost.


Second thing: he doesn't come in shouting "friendly fire," instead coming in when the job is done. I have a reasoning behind that, which can be easily explained and probably should be explored. Before entering the room and revealing himself, he clearly states that he is a friendly, and is going to enter the room ("Frienly, coming in!") before he examines that.

So, the reasoning, in case someone wants to delve into explanations without moving the story along too far:


Also, and this is important: We have a slight issue when it comes to communicating. We have to talk to each other, otherwise issues and misunderstandings will keep appearing.

This is why I take days at a time to post, being active in the discussion here, hoping to get as much info as possible. While it may be sub-ideal, I believe that is the best way for me, as I get loads of time to consider the situation and find out as much about it as possible. (And you probably noticed how perfectionistic I CAN be by now...)