[Official Event] Heavy Rain

[Barrier]

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Heavy Rain
Omicron Mu | Omicron Zeta
Combat, PvE, & Siege Event

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Core | Order, Dragons | KOI, [KNF], KuWild

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DATE & TIME

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PvE & PvP: Jan 25 - Feb 2, 4-11:59 PM UTC
Sieges: Feb 1 - 2, 6-8 PM UTC

OVERVIEW

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For years, the Core has been integrating powerful AI technologies into their vessels, and replicating deadly AI fighter drones. All of these secrets were ripped from the unwilling depths of Planet Gammu. Meticulous alignment training saw replica Gammu personas tortured to death in repeating batteries of simulations, until the Core were content these protocols were incapable of disobedience. Sentient, autonomous AI was unanimously banned in the Houses by the earliest of pan-Colony treaties. What the Core needs is a field demonstration of their chained golems' efficacy: a prize so tantalizing the law will no longer apply. A sales pitch to induce terror that this new capability could be obtained by a rival; the spark to inflame a bidding war between neighbours.

The Battleship Mars is the most heavily modified vessel in the fleet, and has assumed command of this most deadly of marketing exercises. The Core battlegroup now prowls Omicron Zeta at the head of a cloud of corrupted AI drones. For a proper demonstration to the Houses, they need to highlight their deadly power against fellow humans. The defenders of Cairo Station have long been a nuisance, The Order persistently sabotaging the Core's ambitions of reckless self-enrichment in the upper Omicrons. Now however, Order garrisons have been stretched thin by deployments to simultaneous crisis points across Sirius. Many local agents have been rushed to Omicron Theta, where they are now battling Wild incursions around Planet Pygar.

Means and motive combine, and the Core makes their move...

The Core are not the only opportunists to strike. Veiled powers observe with glee, watching carefully calculated feints plant the bait that is seized; long awaited plans are set in motion. In Tohoku, Infiltrators and Thralls stoke fury, demanding retribution for the dishonour of the raid on the Ichigaya Drydock. Paranoia wracks the KOI, fuelled by the Chochinbi Special Operations Division -- Liberty and Order saboteurs hide in every shadow; Kusari is in mortal peril -- decisive action must be taken. The Wild have a target in mind: Carthage Capital Yards, the beating heart of the Order's forces in the deep Omicrons. Carefully, they manoeuvre their puppets to strike, timing the operation to coincide with the suspected movements of the Core in Omicron Zeta. The KOI muster their vessels, and rendezvous with the ghost ship Hakodate.

As the creeping doom of battle approaches, the Nomads are conspicuously absent. They remain quiet on all fronts, vanishing across the Omicrons. The Zoners sigh a breath of relief. Despite this, the most grizzled veterans of the Order feel nothing but a deep sense of dread. They cast their minds back 16 years to the Fall of Toledo. The receding tide before the tsunami struck.

DETAILS

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PvE & PvP:

• Event IDs will earn points and a double bounty bonus for kills of the other sides' NPCs in event systems.
  
• Event IDs will earn points and a $400k bonus for kills of the other sides' player ships in event systems.
  
• The configs will only be active during peak server hours (4pm-11:59pm UTC), and in specific systems based on id.

Event systems:

• Core: Omicron Zeta.
  
• KOI/KuWild/[KNF]: Omicron Mu.
  
• Dragons: Omicron Mu.
  
• Order: Omicron Mu, Omicron Zeta.
  

Sieges

• During the siege windows, the following assets will become vulnerable:
  
  • Carthage Dry Dock: a drydock will be positioned nearby, and two battlecruisers will be positioned near the station, guarding the approach from Tohoku.
    
  • Cairo & Capetown Station: a battlecruiser will be positioned near Cairo under the control of the Order; a battlecruiser and a cruiser will be positioned in-between Cairo and Capetown under control of the Core.
  Zeta Assets

  D3 & E4
  
• Damage dealt to any asset will be rewarded based on player contribution.
  
• The Mars and the Hakodate will participate in the sieges as reinforced ships with unlimited power core and docking bays. The Mars must remain in Zeta, and the Hakodate must remain in Mu.
  
• The siege of all targets will occur simultaneously.

Rule Changes:

• Non-event IDs may not deal damage to any asset, or engage defenders during the siege windows.
  
• During the siege windows, all event participants are limited to battlecruisers and below, with the exception of one registered battleship/dreadnought from the Core in Zeta, the [KNF] in Mu, and two from the Order (one in each system).
  
• During the siege windows, respawn timer is reduced to 15 minutes for all event participants.
  
  Registered Ships

  [KNF]IKN-Takatenjin - Omicron Mu
  Order|CV-Calamity - Omicron Mu
  OCV-Cerberus - Omicron Zeta
  <ARM>WV-Lockdown - Omicron Zeta

Gameplay Guidelines:

• The Core and Kusari/Wild sides are disincentivized from cooperating. They are forbidden from combining forces during the sieges.
  
• All sieges are happening simultaneously. The Order must split their forces accordingly.
  
• The siege objectives will drive the main RP outcomes, much more so than any leaderboard. Keep this in mind when deciding what to shoot.
  

Outcomes:

• Cairo and Capetown will be protected by POB capital ships, that if destroyed will represent the damage or destruction of their parent station.
  Based on the Order roleplay consultation:
  
• Carthage has received additional POB capital ships instead of Cairo.
  
• The Hakodate will be destroyed if put out of action.
  

Rewards:
All rewards require an INRP write-up about the event from the point of view of your character. Can be submitted as a report within the comm section, in a relevant faction channel, or as part of a story thread.

Custom Title
Requires participation in the event, event IDs only.

Core AI Drone/Bomber
Available from the event-only restarts (fcCoreAId & fcCoreAIb). Custom "Corrupt AI" engines & thruster require participation in the event (engine after patch for the bomber).

Exotic Systems (50)
Requires 300 NPC kills. You may combine kills across all characters you played during the event. Can be claimed multiple times.

Jump Drives
Requires 6/9/12 kills (for jump drive mk 2/3/4). You may combine kills across all characters you played during the event. Can only be claimed once.

Shared Ships
Kills by tagged ships on the config will be summed, allowing the purchase of faction shareds with the resulting points at the following rates: BS = 32, BC = 22, Cruiser = 14, Gunboat = 8. Faction leaders should pm @Barrier with the final details. Please note that techcompat remains in effect for these ships, and locking is for official factions only.
Factions currently eligible for this reward: Order (Order|), Eclipse Vanguard (E\V/), True Sons of Kusari ([TSK]), Das Wilde (Wilde.), KNF ([KNF]), Core (<ARM>).

Results

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After an unending bloody skirmish, all sides with the exception of the punitive Kusari taskforce have achieved some of their stated objectives. The Hakodate lies in smoking ruins, its fearsome reputation broken against waves of Order and Dragon reinforcements from Carthage. The drydocks themselves are unscathed, but with heavy losses among the defenders, who are lauded at achieving the impossible. This victory comes at a cost - Cairo Station is completely undefended against further assaults from the Core. But worse things than bounty-hunter built vessels and their pet AIs are lurking in the nebula, and Cairo has no defenders left to repel them.

On the other side of the system, Capetown reels from the loss of Mars, and the betrayal of most of its AI battlegroup. With the tip of the spear pointed at Cairo also lost, only the most optimistic commanders believe that anything can be salvaged from this disaster. The grimly humorous refrain of "Bollocks, Interspace wont like this." has been heard across many a mess hall, and things are going from bad to worse. With the confirmed sightings of approaching nomads and the need to secure existing assets against the rogue Mars, all agree that a pullout is all but inevitable.

The Wild assets embedded among the KOI celebrate another victory against humanity, if indeed they are capable of any feelings at all. KNF commanders seethe at the failure and search for likely targets to blame, but the Hakodate's command staff are nowhere to be found. With demands regarding mission-critical intelligence falling on deaf ears, some conservative strategists are electing to blockade the Mu connection and forget about the Order. This is being harshly criticized by KOI firebrands, who propose a shift in strategy against their old foe. But for the time being, the Arch again becomes silent and forbidding, as existing KNF assets trickle back into the bloodstream of their House. Many would be glad to never return.

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Event Bounties

Core	Kusari	Order
<ARM>WV-Ureparapara 29 Chi-13 11 Chi-26 10 WV-Mars 7 Interdictor-1 7 Unit-3FM713BM15 6 Magnus's.Other.Hound 5 <ARM>WV-Lockdown 5 Softball 4 Prefect|Five 4 CWV-Night.Hammer 4 APM-EX-Kee 4 Chi-55 4 WV-Howdah 3 Core|WV-Sparviero 3 CH-E-X105A 3 <ARM>Patricia 3 WV-Midnight 2 WV-Manifest.Destiny 2 The.Future 2 Paid.Contractor 2 Delta-7 2 Core|WV-Mako 2 Core|APM-776-28X-AI 2 Chi-43 2 Chi-22 2 baap-biip 2 WV-Virtuosa 1 WV-Ludenkarre 1 WV-Love 1 WV-From.This.Valley 1 Wraith#441 1 Victor 1 Theta-A81-B 1 Minsk 1 Flitterer 1 Coresair 1 Core|WV-Sturgeon 1 Chi-56 1 Chi-42 1 Catomatic 1 C-AIB.843249 1 Brightspark 1 B-Kontrol 1 Arctic.Spirit 1 APM-WV-Maritima 1 =;n>wv-ambiramus 1 [Hunter]Magnus 1 Rome 1	Zhao 31 Disani|Aoi 26 Doragon-no-ikari 20 Maverick|Aoi 12 IKN-Hakodate 11 Akito.Koyuki 8 Umihebi 8 [KNF]IKN-Raiu|39th 7 Aka.Manto|Aoi 6 IKN-Motoyaki 6 Miyuki.Saito 6 Burning.Light 5 Hannya|Aoi 5 Suiko|Tonbo-5 5 Suzuki-6 5 Tonbo-69 5 Hachimen 3 IKN-Kenryu 3 IKN-Kusentei|39th 3 Mendez'|Aoi 3 Nekomata 3 [KNF]IKN-Asahi|66th 3 [KNF]IKN-Yamamoto|39th 3 Anzen.Takegawa 2 IKN-Morikaze 2 Kuzunoha|Aoi 2 Lynn.Soyamaru 2 Suiko|Arakawa 2 Suiko|Yamashiro-2 2 [KNF]IKN-Ashikaga|39th 2 [KNF]IKN-Yudachi 2 IKN-Izumo 1 IKN-Mikasa 1 IKN-Mitsubishi 1 KNS-Rishiri 1 Shiroi.Hasu 1 Suiko|Iwasaki:Sakiko 1 TDK-KiraYoshikage 1 Utsukushi.Kizoku 1 Wilde.Wesen 1 Yamazaki 1 [KNF]IKN-Kuidaore 1 [KNF]IKN-Numazu 1 [KNF]Ii.Kazu.Chidori 1 [KNF]Matsu-2 1	E\V/-Bastet 10 Order|Jack.Harper 10 CV-Erikson 9 E\V/-OCV-Myrtel 8 E\V/-OCV-Sak'An 7 E\V/-OCV-DERS-Escort-1 6 E\V/-OCV-Hermes 6 E\V/-OCV-Venom 6 Toledo.Guardian 6 E\V/-OCV-Hathor 6 "Hound" 5 E\V/-OCV-Elysium 5 E\V/-OCV-Gouvernante 5 OCV-Griffin 5 Order|CV-Lembos 5 Order|CV-Calamity 4 "Asim" 3 Black.Dragoon 3 E\V/-OCV-Scarbantia 3 Hager.Masuda 3 Lancer|S8 3 Order|Jack.Harper[B] 3 Order|Matthew.Mckinley 3 E\V/-Garrus 2 E\V/-OCV-Bennu 2 E\V/-OCV-Hades 2 E\V/-OCV-Mafdet 2 E\V/-Tanit 2 James.Baxter 2 Lambda-28 2 OCV-Hydra 2 OCV-Kek 2 OCV-Ma'at-Sekhmet 2 OCV-Toledo 2 OCV-Waves 2 Order|SP>Agent.A 2 Ryu.Okamura 2 Striker-1 2 |O|-CV-Hatshepsut 2 Billy.Herringdon 1 Cargonia 1 Dracul 1 E\V/-H-Blackjack 1 E\V/-H-Seth 1 E\V/-Nail.of.Helena 1 E\V/-OCV-Aya 1 E\V/-OCV-Dim'Mak 1 E\V/-OCV-Geb 1 E\V/-OCV-Helena 1 E\V/-OCV-Khebeth 1 E\V/-OCV-Laevatain 1 E\V/-OCV-Lahav 1 E\V/-OCV-Maric 1 E\V/-OCV-Resheph 1 E\V/-OCV-White-Wolf 1 E\V/-Ptolemais 1 E\V/-Reden 1 E\V/-Trevor.Tugev 1 E\V/-Wolf 1 Gidran-2 1 Itto-Ryu 1 Julett 1 Nikushimi 1 Norio.Kanegawa 1 OCV-Cerberus 1 OCV-Djet 1 OCV-Ordo.Rizzius 1 OCV-Rapha 1 OCV-Tarsus 1 OCV-Waver 1 Order-Lysor 1 Order|CV-Dikaiosyne 1 Order|Sepa 1 Shadow.of.Toledo 1 Solaris-1 1 Solaris-2 1 Tapioca 1 Tremorr 1 Udyat.Osirion 1 VHF-Igris 1 VermilionZ 1 Wendigo 1 [TSK]BD-Shinryuu 1
Core total: 154	Total: 217	Order Total: 200

Event PvE

Core	Kusari	Order
Maria.Santos 21 <ARM>WV-Lockdown 12 Softball 9 <ARM>WV-Patras 7 Theta-A81-B 5 <ARM>WV-Gunship-08 4 =;n>wv-ambiramus 3 WV-Manifest.Destiny 3 <ARM>WV-Ureparapara 1 =;n>wv-ategnatos 1 Core|Nathan.Archos 1 D-Kontrol 1 Victor 1	Lynn.Soyamaru 62 Suiko|Sisudatu 59 Ujisato.Gamo 58 Suiko-1 37 Akito.Koyuki 9 Yuki.Matsunada 7 KOI:3 5 IKN-Morikaze 3 Umihebi 3 Suiko|Iwasaki:Sakiko 2 Suiko|Iwasaki.Wasaki 2 Tonbo-69 2 Zhao 1	E\V/-OCV-WREX 413 M4A1 154 Gidran-1 148 Keope_III 99 E\V/-OCV-Scarbantia 60 Neferhotep 54 E\V/-Talousem 36 E\V/-Sweet.Revenge 33 E\V/-OCV-White-Wolf 31 E\V/-Dim'Mak-2 28 E\V/-H-Desolator 24 Lancer|S8 24 Gidran-2 23 E\V/-Mansour 20 Marcus.Hudson 19 VermilionX 19 E\V/-Reden 17 E\V/-Tanit 16 =anubis4= 15 E\V/-OCV-Sak'An 14 E\V/-Ptolemais 14 [TSK]BD-Zuikaku 13 Order|CV_Khufu 13 Turul 13 Baking-Soda 12 E\V/-Altiniyn 12 E\V/-OCV-Virgoth 11 OCV-Cerberus 10 E\V/-Gidran-3 8 E\V/-OCV-Bennu 8 Aeria.Gloris 7 Drecon 7 E\V/-Advespa 7 E\V/-OCV-Tanit 7 Shepherd 7 E\V/-Garrus 6 E\V/-H-Korriban 6 E\V/-Maric.Vuk 6 E\V/-OCV-Seth 6 E\V/-Dim'Mak-6 5 E\V/-H-Seth 5 E\V/-Nephthys 5 E\V/-OCV-Myrtel 5 Order|SP>Agent.A 5 E\V/-Vuk.Maric-B 4 Order|Jack.Harper[B] 4 Drecon 3 E\V/-H-Monolith 3 E\V/-OCV-Gladiia 3 E\V/-Bastet 2 E\V/-OCV-BlindStrike 2 Order|Damien 2 Squid_Fryer 2 WV-Howdah 2 "Hound" 1 |O|-CV-Hatshepsut 1 Cargonia 1 Daxn2 1 E\V/-Nail.of.Helena 1 E\V/-OCV-Mafdet 1 E\V/-OCV-Omega-5 1 E\V/-OCV-White-Tiger 1 Order-Topcat 1 Theta-A81 1
Core total: 69	Total: 250	Order Total: 1482

Players of characters eligible for 50 Exotic Systems:

• E\V/-OCV-WREX (413)
  

Players of characters eligible for a Jump Drive:

• <ARM>WV-Ureparapara (29) - any
  
• Zhao (31) - any
  
• Disani|Aoi (26) - any
  
• Doragon-no-ikari (20) - any
  
• Maverick|Aoi (12) - any
  
• Chi-13 (11) - mk2 or mk3
  
• IKN-Hakodate (11) - mk2 or mk3
  
• Chi-26 (10) - mk2 or mk3
  
• E\V/-Bastet (10) - mk2 or mk3
  
• Order|Jack.Harper (10) - mk2 or mk3
  
• CV-Erikson (9) - mk2 or mk3
  
• E\V/-OCV-Myrtel (8) - mk2
  
• Akito.Koyuki (8) - mk2
  
• Umihebi (8) - mk2
  
• WV-Mars (7) - mk2
  
• Interdictor-1 (7) - mk2
  
• [KNF]IKN-Raiu|39th (7) - mk2
  
• E\V/-OCV-Sak'An (7) - mk2
  
• Unit-3FM713BM15 (6) - mk2
  
• Aka.Manto|Aoi (6) - mk2
  
• IKN-Motoyaki (6) - mk2
  
• Miyuki.Saito (6) - mk2
  
• E\V/-OCV-DERS-Escort-1 (6) - mk2
  
• E\V/-OCV-Hermes (6) - mk2
  
• E\V/-OCV-Venom (6) - mk2
  
• E\V/-OCV-Hathor (6) - mk2
  
• Toledo.Guardian (6) - mk2
  

Furthermore, players of tagged factions accumulated the following point totals:
(rates: BS = 32, BC = 22, Cruiser = 14, Gunboat = 8.)

• E\V/ = 89
  
• Order| = 29
  
• [TSK] = 1
  
• Wilde. = 1
  
• [KNF] = 21
  
• <ARM> = 37
  

[Antonio]

To help the community be more organized and coordinated, we'll be dedicating three voice channels on the main Discovery discord during the sieges (for joining click here):

• One for Wild/KOI forces
  
• One for Order and allies
  
• One for Core forces
  

Everyone is encouraged to join the voice chats, especially for the siege part of the event. Even if you don't have a microphone or do not wish to speak, just listening will help your team greatly.

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SNAC Montage Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Thruster SNAC

[Toaster]

Sentient, autonomous AI was unanimously banned in the Houses by the earliest of pan-Colony treaties.

God bless.

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Olivia Sable
On hiatus

[Slimalou]

Order|CV-Montana as one of the siege part Dreadnoughts (Mu)

[Nika]

Nvm, my reading comprehension is awful.

[Promotheus]

To help the community be more organized and coordinated, we'll be dedicating three voice channels on the main Discovery discord during the sieges (for joining click here):

• One for Wild/KOI forces
  
• One for Order and allies
  
• One for Core forces
  

Everyone is encouraged to join the voice chats, especially for the siege part of the event. Even if you don't have a microphone or do not wish to speak, just listening will help your team greatly.

Could we make 2 for Order and alies? Coordination will get mixed if people shout Mu targets and Zeta people get confused, and the other way around

[Antonio]

To help the community be more organized and coordinated, we'll be dedicating three voice channels on the main Discovery discord during the sieges (for joining click here):

• One for Wild/KOI forces
  
• One for Order and allies
  
• One for Core forces
  

Everyone is encouraged to join the voice chats, especially for the siege part of the event. Even if you don't have a microphone or do not wish to speak, just listening will help your team greatly.

Could we make 2 for Order and alies? Coordination will get mixed if people shout Mu targets and Zeta people get confused, and the other way around

Done. I encourage players to use it during the week as well, for any kind of group activity - be it PvE or PvP.

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SNAC Montage Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Thruster SNAC

[The_Godslayer]

Could we add [KNF] official ID to the Kusari side? Part of the reason for the reclassification request was to allow KNF to participate in aggression against Mu. We were present in defending Heaven's Gate, and this event does take the form of a counter-attack/retaliation from that PoV.

(I wanna use my imp ships please please please please please please)

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I'll do something about my superiority complex when I cease to be superior.

"Whatever happened to catchin' a good old-fashioned passionate ass-whoopin and gettin' your shoes, coat, and your hat tooken?"

[Anguirus]

I offer up my Mako class battleship =|N>WV-Blahaj for registration. Though seeing as how I played a last registered BS in the previous Earhart event. I'm willing to step down so someone else can experience the privilege, but if nobody takes it.... There'll be sharks in the water.

[Emperor Tekagi]

Could we add [KNF] official ID to the Kusari side? Part of the reason for the reclassification request was to allow KNF to participate in aggression against Mu. We were present in defending Heaven's Gate, and this event does take the form of a counter-attack/retaliation from that PoV.

(I wanna use my imp ships please please please please please please)

I'll laugh if this works again.
Good stuff that event though. Will I betray my ideals (The whispered demands of Tekagi) or will I join the Order this time, we shall find out!
Someone get a hold of Antonio, so we can have the Musashi appear.