Operation Curveball
- Thread starter NKato
- Start date
No worries, there'll be plenty of TESTies out there with Freelancer DUR's, Aquilas, and Carracks that may participate in this operation, and have need of crew, when the PU spools up. So I'm not too worried about a lack of volunteers, getting 25 ships out of 4,000 potential volunteers shouldn't be very difficult. :)
GrammarGestapo
Pro Chat Necromancer
This sounds exactly the same as Operation Fastball, Operation Forkball, Operation Screwball.
In fact, this is exactly the same as Operation Screwball!
In fact, this is exactly the same as Operation Screwball!
AntiSqueaker
Space Marshal
Designated Drunk
Space Marshal
So, to summarize:
Step 1: Harvest systems for TEST.
Step 2: Make very stupid decision.
Step 3: Get half of TEST blown up.
I'm no master strategician, but wouldn't it be far more effective to dispense with steps 1 and 2 and move straight on to step 3?
Edit: Unless of course the purpose of steps 1 and 2 is to ensure step 3 yields a bigger explosion and/or more beer. In which case, I am all in favor.
CrashMan054
Commander
Well, I didn't write this plan, but I'd assume that the harvesting we're doing is for explosives, and the bad decision is choosing to cover the explosives in beer, then light the beer on fire to see how big of an explosion will be made, presumably taking out most of TEST(and hopefully a couple of unaware noobs).
Agent_Mothman
Space Marshal
There will be beer.
The harvesting of system resources is intended to fund TEST Squadron's beer runs, Aurora Lawndarts, and explosions.
We just need to stockpile.
So the "very stupid" decision is going to be at the end of Curveball, not during. I do imagine, however, that there will be many stupid decisions made by the rank and file participating in Curveball. Hopefully, the harvests will also cover those expenditures.
The harvesting of system resources is intended to fund TEST Squadron's beer runs, Aurora Lawndarts, and explosions.
We just need to stockpile.
So the "very stupid" decision is going to be at the end of Curveball, not during. I do imagine, however, that there will be many stupid decisions made by the rank and file participating in Curveball. Hopefully, the harvests will also cover those expenditures.
Civil Hypocricy
Rear Admiral
A friend of mine has an Aquila that would most definitely be up for the job. For the next steps, my Taurus will be there... Though it may be an MM or caterpillar by then.
CrashMan054
Commander
Cannonball
Lieutenant
Which current ships has the mentioned resource scanners? Will 315p do? Not that I have one, but that would be the cheapest. My MIS has the same sensor boobs than DUR but it doesn't say much about sensors in the spec sheet. I'm however eager to spam some missiles for the mission!
The DUR, Aquila and Carrack should have them. The sensor packages on the 315p are probably also capable of doing resource scans, but it probably isn't as good as the heavier duty sensor packages.
