[Official Event] A Delicate Balance: Comrades in Arms

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A Delicate Balance: Comrades in Arms
Omega-48 | Omicron Delta | Omicron Theta | Sigma-17 | Honshu
Combat & Trade Event (Part 3)

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art by @Kauket



DATES

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February 2, ~19:00 UTC - February 4, ~23:59 UTC.

OVERVIEW

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As many of the Zoner captains initially feared, their so-called Outcast "allies" have had enough of fighting in Theta. With repair efforts still underway on all sides, the long-awaited window of opportunity that was promised is now a mere porthole. The Corsair empire is simply too big to stumble after only a single blow, already managing to replace its losses by cannibalizing existing dispositions. With Vis redeployed to provide security, only another Outcast battlegroup could threaten a full-scale ground assault, but the Dons had a different purpose in mind for those vessels...

Left holding the short end of the stick, the Zoners in Theta aren't just going to give up after thery've come this far, however. The Core continues to be a valuable ally, and have just as much interest in seeing the Freeport back in their hands, or at least rendered inoperable by the enemy. With commanders on both sides vowing to commit as many forces as can be spared, the only question remains - how to get them on board safely. The Vis after all is but a single ship, and the rest of its battlegroup has its work cut out for them on two fronts. Where an overwhelming focused assault resulted in losses, perhaps a more dispersed approach can still accomplish the same objective. With the breaches already made, it's only a matter of lining up one's landing.

While the damage to Freeport 9 may have been accidentally inflicted by the raging battle in the system, the integrity loss on Atka Research Station has been the result of anything but. Mere days after the Vis's departure, the Outcast reserve force made a play for its long-awaited objective. With little advance warning, the structural weak points around the receiving docks fell in minutes, with the station itself barely energizing its shields in time to prevent critical damage. Not expecting an easy victory, the Outcast battlegroup has already settled in for a siege, hoping that their previous allies buy them enough time in Theta to get the most out of this opportunity.

Though the GMG have gotten used to Outcast forays into the system, the sudden power vacuum has delayed their response. The situation on Atka is deteriorating rapidly, as not even the most pessimistic planners assumed that such a force could threaten the station unchallenged for long. With Cryer security assets doing their best to evacuate staff under fire and run what replenishment ops they can, it falls to the Guild to blunt the Outcast assault itself. At the very least, the Outcasts' Golden Chrysanthemum allies aren't too eager to jump into the fray against their underground Kusari partners, and will likely limit themselves to hitting Cryer convoys to demonstrate their commitment.

DETAILS

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Part 2 outcomes:

• Battlecruiser Vis has been re-positioned near Freeport 9.
  
• Freeport 9's mooring point has been destroyed, which makes it inaccessible to ships larger than freighters.
  
• Atka Research Station is under siege by Battlecruisers Tercio and Augusta.
  
• Atka's mooring point has been destroyed, which makes it inaccessible to ships larger than freighters.
  

Objectives:

• Corsairs: Score points by destroying Zoner and Core ships. Prevent Marine landings onto Freeport 9.
  
• Zoners & Core: Score points by offloading Marines at Freeport 9, as well as destroying Corsair blockading ships.
  
  
• Outcasts: Score points by destroying GMG and Cryer ships. Block the evacuation of Cryer personnel and the delivery of supplies to Atka.
  
• Golden Chrysanthemums: Score points by destroying Cryer ships. Block the evacuation of Cryer personnel and the delivery of supplies to Atka.
  
• Gas Miners Guild: Score points by destroying Outcast ships. Assist Cryer with evacuating Atka's research staff, and the delivery of supplies to shore up the station.
  
• Cryer Pharmaceuticals: Score points by evacuating Atka's research staff, and delivering supplies to shore up the station. Destroy Outcast and Golden Chrysanthemum ships where possible.
  Cryer has an event-only restart EventCryer which puts you on Honshu.
  

Trade Bonuses:
For Zoners (including OFs) and Core:

• Marines from Planet Gran Canaria (Omega-48) to Freeport 9 (Omicron Theta): 11000 SC
  
• Marines from Durban Station (Omicron Delta) to Freeport 9 (Omicron Theta): 4500 SC
  

For Gas Miners Guild and Cryer Pharmaceuticals:

• Scientists from Atka Research Station (Sigma-17) to Planet Honshu (Honshu): 2500 SC
  
• Proprietary Research from Atka Research Station (Sigma-17) to Planet Honshu (Honshu): 200,000 SC
  Enterprising "privateers" who get their hands on these items should consider their sale with care.
  
• Hull Panels from Yukawa Shipyard (Honshu) to Atka Research Station (Sigma-17): 600 SC
  

Bounties:
Designated Systems are Omega-5, Omega-41, Omega-48, Omicron-Delta, and Omicron Theta for Corsairs, Core, and Zoners.

• Corsairs: $200,000 per kill on Core or Zoners.
  
• Zoners & Core: $200,000 per kill on Corsairs.
  

Note: Corsairs can treat Zoners & Core Freighters hauling Marines as combat targets in the designated systems.

Designated Systems are Sigma-17, Sigma-19, and Honshu for Outcasts, Golden Chrysanthemums, GMG, and Cryer.

• Outcasts: $200,000 per kill on GMG or Cryer.
  
• GC: $200,000 per kill on Cryer.
  
• GMG : $200,000 per kill on Outcasts.
  
• Cryer: $200,000 per kill on Outcasts or GC.
  

Note: Outcasts can treat GMG & Cryer Freighters hauling Proprietary Research as combat targets in the designated systems.
Note: Golden Chrysanthemums can treat only Cryer Freighters hauling Proprietary Research as combat targets in the designated systems.

Results

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Hull Panel, Scientist, and Proprietary Research deliveries

Hull Panels	Scientists	Proprietary Research
GMG|Aratama.Maru. 7015 Recovery 5525 GMG|Sonai.Maru 4575 Small.Pharma 4550 Hwacha 4180 Koufu.Maru 4080 Rokumi-gan 3900 GMG|Shirahi.Maru 3300 Higashiazabu 3250 ADvertiser 3170 Yuki 2745 Apple.Day 2600 Mark-Hes 2550 GMG|Namura-15 1830 Lisbeth:Jablon 1650 Shikotan.Maru 1530 Georgica 1375 Enrova 975 Cathinone 325 Shinzo.Himura 325 AOC-LS-Oppai 303 Chemist 35	GMG|Aratama.Maru. 1342 Koufu.Maru 815 GMG|Sonai.Maru 793 Hwacha 785 Rokumi-gan 780 ADvertiser 634 Small.Pharma 585 GMG|Shirahi.Maru 550 Mark-Hes 510 Higashiazabu 487 Apple.Day 455 Yuki 427 Shikotan.Maru 367 GMG|Namura-15 366 Georgica 327 Lisbeth:Jablon 220 Georgel 7	GMG|Aratama.Maru. 71 GMG|Sonai.Maru 58 GMG|Hatchobori 38 Shikotan.Maru 35 GMG|Keiji;Namura 26 Hwacha 19 Koufu.Maru 19 GMG|Namura-15 18 ADvertiser 15 Enrova 14 Mark-Hes 14 Cathinone 13 GMG|Okura.Izanami 13 GMG|Shirahi.Maru 13 CCS-Paracetamol 11 GMGIHanako.Atara 10 Apple.Day 9 Lisbeth:Jablon 9 Chemist 8 Recovery 8 Kabo.Maru 6 Gemma.M.Guh 5 Shinzo.Himura 5 Small.Pharma 4 Yuki 3 GMG|Y.M. 1
Hull Panel total: ~60 / 100k	Scientist total: 10 / 10k	Research total: 456 / 1000

Marine deliveries

Durban Station	Planet Gran Canaria
Arkinson_01 800 Echo.2257 624 The_Macro 494 Chris_Barnes 480 Not-Me 384 APM-Enhanced.Hardware 352 (\^/)Lyra 320 Sailor 224 [BeerRun] 180 [NCC/PG]-Wrath.Delivery 162 Loel 151 Omicron-9 128 Baskin 125 Intercessor 108 Corsair. 96 battleSHIPc 96 Avadora 60 Jezail 59 [NCC/PG]Srg|Josh.Tarly 50 Phoca.Largha 32 Sprinter 32 Moebius.Vankampf 27 'Nomad' 9 [FPKM]-Steven_Hiller 8 Leo.Vasquez 1	APM-Enhanced.Hardware 1344 Marine.Biologist 1088 (\^/)Lyra 672 Joy_McStubby 672 Arkinson_01 480 [NCC/PG]-Wrath.Delivery 459 Nine.Lives 450 Smallboy 447 Echo.2257 416 Not-Me 352 Intercessor 324 battleSHIPc 320 Lilou'Wadoux 273 Core|AV-Buccaneer 251 Octans. 243 RaTa|<>|2 240 RAT>0 210 zRata=4= 180 Wander.Lust 160 Avadora 150 |Rata>3- 150 Sailor 128 Sprinter 128 PAULxT 90 The-Liberation-of-Theta 90 Corsair. 81 (\^/)Smallboy 64 Marine-5 60 [BeerRun] 60 Jezail 59 Agent-K.OO.S 54 //-Ze-rAT-5-\\ 50 Freedom.Nine 50 Baskin 32 Norton-John 32 Omicron-9 32 Swift-15 32 Volans 32 ZS-Lamia 32 Lokria. 31 Loel 30 The_Macro 26 [NCC/PG]Srg|Josh.Tarly 25 [FPKM]-Steven_Hiller 8 Ernest.Nilsen 3 Pictor 3
Durban total: 5 / 5k	Gran Canaria total: ~10 / 20k

• The forum title "Master of Arms" can be claimed by anyone who shipped at least 200 Marines.
  
• The forum title "Stable Support" can be claimed by anyone who shipped at least 400 Scientists, 2000 Hull Panels, or 40 units of Proprietary Research.
  

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Kills in Event Systems

Corsair Kills	Core / Zoner Kills	GC / Outcast Kills	Cryer / GMG Kills
DTR-Sangria, 7 DTR-Toletero, 3 Cacadore[TBH], 1 DTR-Bazuca, 1 DTR-CNS>Cimitarra, 1 DTR-CNS>Diablo.Rojo, 1 DTR-CNS>Diamante, 1 Vindicta.Eterna, 1	Scrap.Melter, 6 'Nomad', 4 Magnifico, 4 Phoca.Largha, 3 Core|WV-Sturgeon, 3 Core|WV-BullHead, 2 Core|WV-Thresher, 2 WV-Apollo, 2 (\^/)Phoenicia, 1 Arkinson_01, 1 Gilad.Gallant, 1 Haunt, 1 Marine.Biologist, 1 Octans, 1 Shredder., 1 WV-Midnight, 1 WV-Unity, 1	HS>Inferno, 1	GMG|Kunigami.Maru, 4 GMG|Namura-4., 4 GMG|Kako.Shimakaze, 1 GMG|Keiji,Namura, 1 GMG|Namura-15, 1 GMG|Yuki:Kuno, 1
Total Corsair kills: 16	Total Core / Zoner kills: 35	Total GC / Outcast kills: 2?	Total Cryer / GMG kills: 13

• The forum title "Arm in Arm" can be claimed by anyone who killed 4 or more Corsair, Outcast, or GC ships.
  
• The forum title "Fly Swatter" can be claimed by anyone who killed 4 or more Cryer, GMG, Core, or Zoner ships.
  
• The forum title "Hand Lender" can be claimed by anyone who killed at least one ship.
  

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• The forum title "Impeccable Posture" can be claimed by anyone who participated in all three events of this arc, being on the scoreboard in any capacity for each one.
  

*ONLY ONE CUSTOM USER TITLE MAY BE ACTIVE. PLEASE, PICK ONE.

Rewards

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All eligible winners get to claim a set number of items from the following list: BERSERKER Shield, FRENZY Shield, ROSEGUARD Shield, Bluebird Thruster, Furnace Performance Thruster, SPRINGROSE Thruster.
Only one shield per person.

• First place on each combined combat and trade scoreboard gets 3 picks
  
• Second place on each combined combat and trade scoreboard gets 2 picks
  
• Third place on each combined combat and trade scoreboard gets 1 pick
  

With two combat and two trade scoreboards over the three phases, there should be at least 1215 "winners" (edit: 15 due to splitting the phase 3 trade events). In case of ties, all tied players get the reward.

*PLEASE POST YOUR COMBINED SCORE IF YOU PLAYED ON MULTIPLE CHARACTERS. NO FUNNY BUSINESS OR YOU FORFEIT YOUR REWARDS.

Story Arc Outcomes

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• Atka Research Station has been destroyed, though all of the staff and most of the important databanks have been evacuated. Cryer are urgently looking for replacement facility options, while the researchers await developments on Planet Honshu. In the meantime, readily available supplies of Stabiline are at an all-time low.
  
• With the successful conclusion of its operation, Tercio has moved back to its previous hunting grounds in Sigma-19, while Augusta has retired to Omicron Alpha for repairs.
  
• Freeport 9 hostages have been partially extracted after heavy fighting, many of whom were hydroponics experts. Reprisals have followed against the remainder, though most were ultimately spared in order to continue servicing and repairing the domes. The Zoner refugees have traveled back to Gran Canaria and will have a hard time settling the limited real estate on the planet. The surviving marines have returned to an uncertain future, as Core and Zoners question the feasibility of further operations.
  
• One of the two currently functional domes has been sabotaged, resulting in a complete loss of its food production capabilities for the foreseeable future, with rumors about it being a Core operation. With resupply from the Freeport seeming less likely, the food situation on Corfu and Pygar is turning critical, requiring convoys from Gran Canaria which remain at risk from pirate and Corsair attacks.
  
• Battlecruiser Vis remains in place as a deterrent against additional attacks as decisions are being made about the future of Freeport 9. Corsairs have continued to reinforce the station against any future assaults, and have begun the difficult work of restoring the domes.
  
• The Omicron Zoners are thankful to the Core for their assistance, but are suspicious that they never wanted to retake the Freeport. Both feel betrayed by the Outcasts due to their abandonment at a critical moment, without even the provision of ground forces to assist the assault. Corsairs are considering retaliating against the Omega Zoners for their involvement.
  

[tommygun209]

This is going to be very messy and very bloody. Awesome stuff

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[Mellony's Acquisitions]

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Scrap is where the heart is...

[BobMacaroni]

looks fun. good stuff

[Semir Gerkhan]

Well, here we go again!

[rwx]

A bit longer than a single weekend would have been nice.

[Lusitano]

A bit longer than a single weekend would have been nice.

+1

[Lemon]

omg, freighter pews and hauling !

[Barrier]

If you want to play Cryer for the event, consider using the new EventCryer restart which puts you on Honshu instead of the regular Manhattan.

[HanCloudstone]

Finally, Zoner Marines

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