First off, apologies for narrative videos. Been having trouble getting the footage. Vocals and scripts are done. Week 5 will have some footage coming one way or another since we are prepping a special story cutscene for it. Hoping to add it on to the narration from week 4 but I may release it separate.
This is the aforementioned CP week. We've cleared the special gametype weeks and now the event returns to it's roots for CP battles. Going into the finals, this is still anyone's game for many of the teams and this week will decide who fights in the final battles. It also decides who ultimately wins the conflict. All battles will have a 550 hardcap on points even if some maps go past 550.
As such there are new Weekly Commander options that have been crafted just for this week:
Week 5 CommanderSpecial thanks to Kirk and Lasall for giving a lot of input and even devising a few of the options. Because some are carry overs but have been tweaked, they've agreed this week should be a fresh start and all options open for play. Again, apologies for the lack of foresight regarding the course of this event. I really should have gotta team signups first before defining the length of the event, but I'm glad it worked out. Thanks to all teams for your patience and help in resolving the issues.
So here we go...
Episode 5: King and CountryWith Coalition forces on the run and the situation looking grimmer by the moment, the King, ruler of the Baronies, has had enough.
In a bold move to silence critics and attempt to salvage the war, the King and Queen have not only stripped the command from their own daughter, Princess Nulia, but also banished her from the Fjordlands.
While this move signals a shift in Coalition leadership, it also has allayed anger among their Chaladonian allies, that Nulia was purposely sending them into the heaviest fighting. All to spare Fjordlander forces who have quietly remained on home defense.
Will the King’s new strategies be able to turn this war back to Coalition favor? Or will his efforts be too little too late?
Match 1: The Storm Ryders vs Hydra
Map: Raid on the Refinery
With Coalition frontlines crumbling and fleets being reshuffled with fresh Fjordlander home defense forces, The Storm Ryders have pushed back into Coalition airspace. Their target, the previously defended Refinery off the coast of Blackcliff.
With it’s defenders en-route to reinforce the forward positions, a strike here in the heart of the Coalition would potentially deal critical damage to their war machine.
Battered but returning to the fight, the surviving Hydra special forces have been rerouted to Blackcliff. If they can hold the line and force the Ryders back, they may be able to get reinforcements in time from Chaladon.
Will the Ryders be able to plant a solid boot in the groin of the Coalition, that is frantically trying to get back up? Or will Hydra show it still has plenty of heads that haven’t been cut?
Match 2: Dragontown Bombers vs SPQR
Map: Anglean RaidersRecognizing their achievements in this war, the King has tasked the SPQR fleet with a daring assault on Anglea, instead of regrouping with frontline forces.
Believing they are his best hope of putting a stop to the Pact’s advance from the north, he is more than willing to risk such a maneuver.
Unfortunately for SPQR, scouts spotted the movement of the Coalition’s vanguard fleet and Pact command has dispatched the Dragontown Bombers to Anglea to cut them off.
While attempts to take Anglea have failed in the past under Nulia’s command, will the King’s gambit with the vanguard fleet, be the key in turning the tide? Or will the Bombers repel the Coalition for the third time and send the SPQR fleet back to where they belong?
Match 3: Green Sun vs WoD & Clan Clan
Map: Desert ScrapHolding onto the last bit of ground in the desert, the combined forces of Deadalus and Clan Clan are frantically trying to buy Coalition forces time to mount a counter attack. Coming to uproot them, are the reformed forces from Green Sun Trading.
After losing a precious friend in the Black Channel, the Green Sun fleet managed to escape through the southern trade route. However their grief quickly turned to anger, and knowing the frontlines of the Coalition were in disarray, they circled around and are now pressing hard with their remaining ships.
Will Green Sun be able to successfully rout the remaining Coalition forces? Or will this action by Deadalus and Clan Clan buy the time the Coalition needs to surge once more?
Match 4: Flamefled Minelayers vs Crimson Sky Menace
Map: Raid on the RefineryReeling from their defeat over Anglea, the Sky Menace fleet has decided if they are going to go down, they’re going to strike the very place the Ryders won their victory at in the past war. The Yeshan refinery, a place of great bloodshed from both the Yeshans and the Angleans.
Early warning sirens have sounded and Pact command has immediately recalled the Flamefled Minelayer fleet from it’s frontline engagements to catch up to the Menace fleet and prevent them from striking one of the Pact’s key refineries.
After moving at flank speed nonstop from the Fjords, will the Minelayers get back in time to put a stop to the villainous Crimson Sky Menace? Or will the Menace leave their mark on the refinery as the ultimate act of defiance against their former comrades?
Nitty GrittyStreaming channel:
http://www.twitch.tv/therobanddanshowTime will be 3pm EST/12pm PST/8pm GMT Saturday. This may help resolve time issues for you:
http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/est-to-gmt-converterTeams are requested to be in game and start forming up 15mins prior if not sooner. Bully Buddies and Scorekeepers will have lobbies preloaded and ready to go well in advance and passwords will be given out ahead of time too. Teams may join in and start filling their lobby at any time during the event, earlier the better. But they will be requested to hold off starting until all clear is given. The match ref/scorekeeper will handle that.
We will continue to use both the Aerodrome Steam Group and the Skype group to communicate between the teams.
Anyone who has not responded to my personal messages regarding either skype or the steam group needs to do so now so I can add you.
The Bully Boys will attempt to have ships ready to fill in but new ships able to join or alliance ships with players interested in flying an extra match, please state interest.
