Punch Through the Curtain Vespucci | Magellan | Cortez | Coronado Combat & Convoy Event
Crayter, Gaians, Order | Wendigos | Wild
DATE & TIME
Oct 5, 6PM UTC
OVERVIEW
The few diplomatically-inclined members of the Atum command staff have been at their wits' end to prolong their chary welcome. After weeks of guarded half-promises and carefully measured intimidation, Admiral Nilsen can finally announce a way forward. The Atum will once again be on the move - not through the heart of Liberty as many enlisted feared, and not through the chancy Bretonian patrols. Instead, with fresh news from the nearby Borderworlds, the Atum will have a new assignment in Coronado, under the oversight of the Crayter Republic.
With increasing reports of unidentified ships clashing with local patrols in Vespucci, the Gaian contingent could not simply wave goodbye to their unexpected guest. Through promises made in desperation, the support of Artemis and her crack team of veterans of Bretonian aggression, the Atum will make a break with a reinforced escort. While the loan of credits and other favors will need to be paid off eventually, all on the Atum know that the Overwatch will be good for it despite their bluster. Besides, if the ship doesn't get to Coronado in one piece, it won't be their problem anyway.
The Wild, freshly deployed from Trier, have already been drawn to the area by the reverberations of the destruction of one of the rogue war-forms. With the overt nomad presence retreating from the area, the crippled Atum remains an alluring target, worth the risk of operating outside of normal parameters. But even if the escorting force proves too much for the middling resources available on short notice, the mere commitment of local assets will solidify distrust among the human factions in the region. With the Vagrant thralls sure to attempt retribution, there is opportunity to fool the humans into a temporary truce, paving the way for potential operational legitimacy for their new Bretonian dispositions.
While the Wild may choose to play a deeper game, the Wendigos controlled by the mauled Vagrants have a simpler goal in mind: the destruction of their hated adversary. With the accumulation of a steady force of corrupted humans, the rogue Mindshare is willing to risk a substantial fraction in an attempt to delay further Order operations in the area. If the Atum is allowed to be repaired without issue, it will only be a matter of time until it resumes its hunt. And this time around, the chances of getting away have been erased by the simultaneous death of the many sentiences that took it upon themselves to rescue the Wyoming. Either the Atum will come back to finish the job in Vespucci, or it will join forces with local Crayter assets for a push on the Inverness cluster. Neither eventuality can be allowed to happen, no matter the cost.
With any gains towards a Liberty connection erased by the Jericho blast, and lukewarm discussions of continued development, Crayter leadership was more willing to hear out the approach of Order agents on site after disaster struck. In exchange for a comprehensive repair and protection, the Atum and its crew would be put to use, discovering what it is that had happened, and securing resources from Overwatch to deal with the threat. And after the eventual repair, Crayter would no longer need to work with the LSF and their inconvenient priorities to deal with the mounting local threats. After all, if their new guests became unruly, the Republic could always hand them over to their good neighbors, a fact that will surely keep everyone on edge during any eventual cooperation.
DETAILS
Convoy Details:
The Atum will return as a damaged Osiris with ~8 mil effective HP and infinite powercore. It will be flown by a staff member, and cannot dock.
The convoy will proceed from the NPC Atum to Sabah Shipyard along a number of pre-determined waypoints, where it will stop for ~5 minutes before continuing on.
These are: Veracruz orbit (Vespucci), The Barrier edge (Magellan), the Blue Dwarf (Cortez), and the Caminha Comet (Coronado).
The Gaians may escort the convoy into Magellan, but only until the Crayter contingent takes over at the Barrier.
The Atum cannot die, but it can be heavily damaged. It will reach this state at ~1 mil HP.
Bounties:
Event IDs will earn points and a $200k bonus for kills of the opposing team.
Eligible event IDs will earn double points and a $400k bonus for Order kills, and Order will get the same bonus for all enemy kills.
Rule Changes:
Respawns during the event will occur in 10-minute increments. If the current time ends with a 0 while you're dead, you may respawn!
Order snubs may respawn from the Atum en-route.
All event factions are limited to gunboats and below (no Bustards either), with the following exception.
All event factions except the Order can field two heavier ships, which must be registered in advance. Priority: official > unofficial > indie. Registered ships: Crayter: =CR=FV-Blade.of.Woe|178, =CR=CFV-Themis|82 | Gaians - GSS-Waterfall, | 46th|TFA-: 46th|TFA-LNS-Akhetaten (limited to Caminha Comet area in Coronado), 46th|TFA-LNS-Normandy| Wendigos: , | Wild: ,
The Wild and Wendigos have ZOI in event systems for the duration of the event.
The Wild will have a forward base in Manchester, near the Magellan Jump Hole.
Wendigos will have a forward base in Magellan, near the Cortez Jump Hole.
Crayter may not leave the Barrier in Magellan for the duration of the event.
Gaians may not enter Cortez and Coronado for the duration of the event.
Outcomes:
A successful transit will ensure the Atum is ready for further developments within its new AO in a short period of time.
The Atum sustaining heavy damage will relegate it to longer repairs, and a difficult decision for all involved should it be targeted while in dry-dock.
Rewards:
Note: points can now be combined across any characters on the same config given the approval of everyone involved.
Custom Title
Requires an INRP write-up about the event from the point of view of your character. Can be submitted as a report within a relevant faction channel, or as part of a story thread.
Ships
Can be chosen from any ships able to be flown by the event ids at the following exchange rate:
Gunboat: 5 points.
Cruiser: 10 points.
Battlecruiser: 15 points.
Faction Rewards
Kills by tagged ships on the config will be summed, allowing people to request various asset, mechanical, and/or flavor rewards. Faction leaders should pm @Barrier with the final details. All faction rewards require inrp write-ups from the relevant faction, and accumulation of event points in relation to the magnitude of the reward.
Factions currently eligible for this reward (must be on the tracker and have an info page by event end): =CR=, Gaians), Wilde., E\V/, Order|, 34th|., 46th|TFA-
Character Rewards
Established characters have access to a "lesser" version of the above faction reward, and will be placed on an allied config. Players should pm @Barrier to figure out the final details. You are encouraged to register your character in-advance, but this is only necessary if you want to be added to a config.
Characters currently eligible for this reward (must be named and have existed for at least two months by event end): Revenant (Lethe persona) @Kauket
How come Liberty doesn't get any part in this event, even though all four systems involved are within the Navy's ZOI? While I understand that the Navy or the LSF wouldn't be openly contacted about this, how is it that we wouldn't notice all of that going on in systems we have active presence in?
The war against Wendigos and the Wild aren't simply an Order matter, and we have time and time again attempted to do joint roleplay with Order playerbases as Navy regarding infecteds, nomads, auxo, or other common enemies of Liberty and the Order. Roleplaying with other people comes down to more than just who is red and who is green to you, and the staff's stance on this is genuinely confusing.
On one hand, it is frowned upon to roleplay as though the only thing that matters is someone's IFF and if they're red to you they're simply hostile.
On the other hand, any attempts made by players to forego that "stereotype" are being shut down by staff.
There's subgroups within the Navy, such as TFA, that would absolutely put their differences with the Order and the Gaians aside and help in getting the Atum to Coronado so more hands are at bay to help with investigation of the weird events that have been happening between Coronado and Ontario in the past years.
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(09-28-2025, 03:25 PM)Tenshi Wrote: How come Liberty doesn't get any part in this event, even though all four systems involved are within the Navy's ZOI? While I understand that the Navy or the LSF wouldn't be openly contacted about this, how is it that we wouldn't notice all of that going on in systems we have active presence in?
The war against Wendigos and the Wild aren't simply an Order matter, and we have time and time again attempted to do joint roleplay with Order playerbases as Navy regarding infecteds, nomads, auxo, or other common enemies of Liberty and the Order. Roleplaying with other people comes down to more than just who is red and who is green to you, and the staff's stance on this is genuinely confusing.
On one hand, it is frowned upon to roleplay as though the only thing that matters is someone's IFF and if they're red to you they're simply hostile.
On the other hand, any attempts made by players to forego that "stereotype" are being shut down by staff.
There's subgroups within the Navy, such as TFA, that would absolutely put their differences with the Order and the Gaians aside and help in getting the Atum to Coronado so more hands are at bay to help with investigation of the weird events that have been happening between Coronado and Ontario in the past years.
probably because of a) balancing, b) theming, the navy doesn't have to be involved everywhere. this is happening within the IWs. also it doesn't necessarily say you cannot come as a non-event ID, just that you won't get rewards. unless you specifically register characters? surely u can do that as tfa?
Honestly I can't realistically see enough people logging the Nomads side as is because there's 9 gorillion people who want to play Order
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