Settlement Name:serenity
Population:350 men, 346 women, 67 kids (Varinian)
59 men, 56 women, 14 kids (tiefling)
Food stuffs: 9 months
Equipment: 350 muskets
21 pistols
5 cannon
100 breast plates
gunpowder for 5,000 shots
300 swords
building tools for 30 workers
105 cows, 13 bulls
130 sheep
210 chickens, 50 roosters
103 pigs
40 horses
21 wolves
31 dogs
4 hippodiles, adult
3 giraffe, adolesent

2 royal stallions
Baron Kaufmann
Duke Alexander
Grand Duchess Vera Feodorovna
Doctor McKidd
Captain Petrovski
Captain Alessandro
Marie Kaufmann

skilled settlers
5 doctor/barbers
2 animal trainers.
5 teachers
55 royal marines
28 fessian mercs
215 standing militia
8 Winged Hussars
11 hunters
13 scouts
69 veteran settlers
40 woodsman
265 farmers
20 Policemen
30 cloth maidens
4 architects
110 sailors
2 blacksmiths
5 gunsmiths
5 bell makers
50 Ship builders
128 miners
20 fishers
11 brewer
5 emissaries/diplomats
4 priest of the holy mother
4 tanners

crops:capable of sustaining 1400 settlers for 6 months
Ale for 600 people if they had 1 flaggon a day


1 dukes fort
Brewery
several houses
stone walls
market place
14 farms
1 windmill
woodsman huts
watch towers
Medium shipbuilder
Small Shipbuilder
blacksmith
dock

Large transport, Eversor

mining camp (10 marines, 34 miners, 36 orc slaves)

Fort loki
(10 Fessians, 30 marines, 4 cannon)

Dothclyde Camp
(40 males, 73 females, 14 children)

Goblin settlement "Danara"
pop: 270 people
30 standing militia
75 pigs
28 cows
25 horses
capable of supporting 500 people
Income of 1 unit of stone per month
income of 3 unit of lumber per month

Fuck year.

>>11727668

Oops, sorry, that was fort rape. Heres the city they are being held in. In addition, you found possible men to help you break them free.

1. A Swabian called Taksony Ladislaus, a former Prisoner of Vodor prison who escaped 6 years ago but has remained in the city due to the lack of funds to get himself out, and to prevent recapture has grown his antlers and beard right out. He has some skills in swordplay but his biggest use is his ability to get in and out of the prison. All he requires as payment is you take him back to serenity as 'anything is better than here'

2. Former Captain of the Guard Renaldo, who was shamed when Taksony Ladislaus escaped from the prison and was forced into retirement last year. He still has contacts within the palace guard and could possibly help you get in and out with a little bit of money, but as payment he requires that you kill Taksony Ladislaus in broad daylight to send a message to the rest of the underworld. He is a fine swordsman.

The captain is located in the left, which is the prison, the Duchess in the right, the cities royal palace

>>11727717

Link to info thread

also, picture of the colony when it first started

>>11727679
I say we get help from Taksony, as he seems less of an ass than former captain Renaldo. Besides Renaldo want's us to kill Taksony, which may attract unwanted attention.

(also: bump)

>>11727863

fuck that, how the fuck do you suppose we get into the fucking prison?

I second Taksony

going to also need to send someone to scout out both the palace and the prison

>>11727888
Isn't getting into the prison supposed to be Taksony's specialty?
Otherwise, I'm not that great at planning.

>>11727888

Renaldo's terms are a bit extreme and will draw lots of unwanted attention to us.

Although thinking about it more Renaldo never did specify where we had to kill him. perhaps kidnapping and executing once we are back in serenity might not be a bad idea.....

>>11727863
>>11727904

After hiring the Swabian, you make walk bys of the prison and palace.

The prison is a formidable structure, most likely capable of holding off any full scale assault until the food supplies run out, but for a small party it may be possible. The front gates are impossible to walk in with, with at most 2 carts a day entering and 1 leaving with waste, rubbish and the occasional body. The walls are around 15m high and are made of rough limestone, and shouldn't be impossible for somebody to climb, with the swabian showing you two blind spots.

Your scouting of the palace is just as frustraiting, while you are able to get onto the grounds under the guise of kaufmanns entourage, you can see if you used this to get in to rescue the duchess, it'd be a problem getting out, with all gates capable of being shut when a large horn onto of the palace is blown, an alarm.

You are able to meet the duchess though, and promise that you will be rescuing her. She says she spends most of the daylight hours on the grounds with no guards, simply because the guards at the gates are informed to not to allow her to leave, and search carts for just this reason, and at night shes confined to the palace.

>>11727969
> but as payment he requires that you kill Taksony Ladislaus in broad daylight to send a message to the rest of the underworld.

I don't think he would agree to that, seeing as he is probably thinking about the underworld in the city.
And 'in broad daylight' pretty much means, in public, where other people can see it and spread the new to the underworld.

>>11727888

Taksony can get us into the prison...

>>11727987

Forgot to mention, the palace gate guards change shifts every 6 hours, starting at 12am, while the palace guards themselves change shifts every 8 hours, starting at 12am

>>11727987
>>11728053
Hmmm... the palace is a tricky one, it would definetly be easier to complete the rescue mission there if the horn was disabled, exactly where was the horn placed? This might be vital.

Also, The guard shifts, and the fact that the duchess is unguarded at day seems like something that can be exploited.

The prison break however, seems much simpler.
Sneak/climb into the prison, disable guards as silently as possible (trying to avoid detection) and then break out the captain.
Then either sneak out again, or if discovered, then try to break out with force.

>>11728107

Its located, from what you can see, a tower ontop of the palace. Observation from a building outside the walls shows that the palace roof top has around 20 guards ontop, but due to the shape of it it could be easy for somebody to sneak around if they were lucky.

>>11728107

for the prison, this plan but have that marie kaufmann take a small group of men to the outer gate, ready to cause a distraction if needed.

>>11728176
That sounds feasible, unless we have to break out the captain and the duchess at the same time. But yeah I like the sound of it.

>>11728209

Well, if you break out one, the guard on the other will most likely rise.

If we make the prison escape grand that would definitely give us something to help the escape from the city after the prison/palace brake. How much spare gun powder do we have on the ship?

>>11728221
Well, it's probably best to break them out one at a time, since that would increase survivability to some degree.
Also, the prison seems as such that if the guard there is raised, it will be infinitely harder to break the captain out, due to them actually being on guard for intruders then.

I think we'll need more input than mine though.

>>11728243

You got around 20 barrels on the ship

We have to do it all in one shot. Some risks do increase but we need to get in, get out, and set sail. If we do it in 2 separate tries then the second attempt will be a ton harder and they will probably send people to look for us.

>>11728296
Yeah that makes sense.
I think I got some semblance of a plan on how to do to.
(coming up)

>>11728319

Very well..

My basic plan was to use some of that gunpowder to basically blow a hole in the prison. Preferably if we can get underneath the prison and pull some gunpowder plot like scheme. Then we have a small team lead by the Baon and Captain raide the prison. Kind of using the prison bomb like a distraction the duke and marie and some fessians attack the palace and save the duchess

>>11728319
So, for the palace breakout, I think we should send Marie Kaufmann, at least half of the fessians (don't know how effective their halberd would be inside the prison walls), and 10 marines.

The first order of business would be to take out that fucking horn, and the gate guards simultaneously.
If this is done during the day, we can get the duchess right out, with the gate guards being dead and the horn silent.

We would have to leave some of troops outside of the gate (not in view of the guards there), and then time try to time the horn and gate guard killing.

that might attract the attention of the other palace guards, but at that point, we will probably making a run for it with the duchess (if it's done during the day).
If done during the night, the variable to the plan would be that they have to get into the palace and kill a lot of the guards there.

>>11728387

two questions

1. What hour will you do this at
2. How do you plan to take the horn out.

Oddly enough I think a day attack might work best in this case. The biggest problem we will have with a day attack though is an increase in guard numbers and they can respond quicker once things are in motion.

>>11728454
Honestly? Night hour sounds the most feasible.
I though that some of the fessians/marines, might sneak around the palace at night, climb up and kill of the guards on top as quietly and quickly as possible, once they are done, they climb down again, and then the gate guards should be killed of.

Then they all break into the mansion, killing a lot of guards, then they locate the duchess and make a run for it.

(unrelated to the palace breakout itself, but at the same time, the prison break should take place).

>>11728387
Don't send guys with a halberd into tight spaces they Won't be able to manuver. Im still working through the reading. Do we have anyone with things like short swords or axes?

>>11728520
The only problem I think with the sneaky plan is that it lacks an element of confusion. If we can confuse the enemy then they will have a harder time striking back before we can set sail. The only problem with confusion is that we have to make a lot of noise.

Honestly either plan can work I just feel our current roster of combat personnel is not the best for sneaky stuff.

>>11728501
A day attack might be the best for getting the duchess out quickly. It might be easier to take out the horn during night time due to lowered visibility. And taking out the horn is vital to the entire breakout, because if that horn blows, our people will be trapper in the palace grounds.

Duck can we get a more exact location of the horn?

>>11728561
Yeah, you got a point there, and if it is done during the day we may not have to deal with the palace guards themselves.

>>11728563
what we might be able to do is plant a strikeforce in at night, they hit the horn, go to ground till the day then we strike them in the gut as they are still looking for the other team.

>>11728640
Crazy enough to work.

>>11728559

You can always buy more arms at the market place, just thats the default weapon for fessians. I mean its a major city, you could buy things from mercenaries too watermelons.

>>11728577

The horn is located in the circle on the map, southeast corner of the palace. The tower it is in is only around 4m higher than the palace itself and is accessable via a ladder. The horn is roughly the size of a sheep.

>>11728655

Your reply makes me feel like you knew what I was going to ask next.. but i'll ask anyway.

Can we hit the tower with the canons from our ship?

>>11728651
set them in two hours ahead, once they get the horn we get them to a pre-planned area to meet up that the guards can't find. That or they keep on the move. During that time we send in a separate team to attack and retrieve the duchess.

>>11728640
That actually sounds somewhat workable, I can't see much problem with it, save for that the guard shifts might get suspicious (That is, if the shifts extend to the horn) if they find any bodies.

They should at least wreck the horn while they are at it, or make it look like it accidentally fell over.

>>11728683

The ships guns have a range of 400m in the best of conditions, its around 4km from the palace

>>11728655

Guys, why don't we just hire 50 mercs to attack one of the gates to cause confusion?

>>11728706
our best bet is either to get a few guards while they are changing shifts, grab their gear and play dress-up. Once they get to the horn, wreck the place and then vamoose.

>>11728734
because we're cheap.Also, mercs could easily turn traitor on us, which would mean the plans blown.

>>11728802

They're mercs, if we only use them for like one mission we should be fine. Plus from what ive read, it seems that Kaufmann and his Fessians are mercs, too

>>11728734
You mean like doing it assasins creed 2 style and hire some goons to distract/kill guards for you so that you can do your mission of vital importance relatively undisturbed?

They could make a good distraction at least, being told to kill the gate guards, attracting some of the palace guards, and then retreating.

>>11728832

Yeah, attack the gate oposite to the one we plan to withdraw through, so all the attention is on them instead of us.

Lets not forget about the gunpowder and massive explosion :P

So you guys seem to have alot going on about the palace, but what about captain Petrovski who's in the Prison?

>>11728887
Gunpowder to make a massive explosion and a way into the prison. The baron and some men storm the place and free prisoners as they go untill they find the captain and the wing hussians. Once they have found the targets they GTFO and head for the ship.

>>11728949

Alright, both plans are done then and ill begin to write up the results.

Question: are you or are you not using the mercs.

>>11728949

Eh, looks like plan is being undertaken without mercs then.

>>11728973
I say we are using mercs, anything to reduce our own casualties (that we will actually care about).

They will provide a decent distraction.

>>11729077

Oh, alrighty

>>11728973

mercs.. use them to block major streets near guard barracks or something like that

October, year 464 of our holy mother

Baron, the Swabian and his Fessians move into position around the prison, swimming across the mote and waiting on the other side, waiting for the signal to move into position.

Meanwhile at the palace grounds, the duke and 18 marines entered in civilian clothing, with 10 of them infiltrating the palace, making it onto the roof and one by one, the dispatched the guardsman in the dead of night. To disable to horn, they push it off the tower onto the rooftop before starting a fire inside it with oil, not enough to be seen but enough to warp it out of shape. Meanwhile the Duke and his men enter the palace via the servant entrance after bribing some slaves, and made their way to the duchess quarters. They had almost made it when a guard stopped them under suspicion, and was about to raise the alarm before the Duke rammed his Sabre into him, and picked up the pace.

Meanwhile at the Prison, marie kaufmann approached the gates with two men pulling a cart, and after using her feminine charms (Which she made quite vocal that the duke would be paying her double for), got the cart up to the gates, where the axel of the wheel suddenly broke. Before the guards could investigate, marie and the two men ran off, before an earthshattering explosion took place, completely decimating the gatehouse and wounding all guards within 50m of it. It was now the baron made his move, his fessians climbing the walls, and under the lead of the swabian they released the captain and 3 of the hussars (the rest had died under torture), before fighting their way to the guardtower after releasing as many prisoners to create a distraction.

>>11729255
FUCK YEAH!
Now: pic related

>>11729345
indeed, As soon as they get within sight of the roboats we probably should start laying down suppressive fire with the broadisde on the damn ship. How far can they shoot again?

After hearing the explosion, the force at the palace picked up the pace and after silently killing two of the guards at her door, they burst in to find the duchess sleeping, til she was awoken by the duke. Despite the fact she was only in her sleeping garments, they were forced to flee at once after one of the guards were discovered, and they made it to the enterance of the palace before they met resistance. It was now that the Edder Mercenaries took to action outside the palace barracks, preventing any of the guards from getting out.

As the baron was fighting his way out, Marie returned with her two men after putting on a simple chain suit and grabbing her Pollaxe, began to cut down any patrols that tried to reach the bridge. Eventually the baron got out after loosing only a few of his men, to discover that marie and her men had been overwhelmed and she laid heavily wounded on the ground. Kaufmann refused to even touch his daughter, and she was to be left behind if it wasn't for Captain Petrovski picking her up, despite weak from his time in the prison.

The dukes force was making great progress, and had escaped the palace and was heading for the eastward gate, which had a total of 20 men guarding it. Leaving the Duchess behind 20m, he charged in with his marines to engage them in close combat, preventing them from bringing their superior firepower to bare. Throughout the small battle, the entire guard force was killed but at a loss of 7 marines and the Dukes right forearm being broken and seriously lacerated from a mace.

The two forces met on their way to the docks, fighting few the through patrols who had recieved word, only loosing two more men. They got onto the ship succesfully, but in the 20 minute wait to get the ship sailing a small skirmish began between the ship and guards, which was single sided after the crew got grapeshot loaded and fired into the dockyards, peppering building and guard alike.

>>11729365
400 meters, also, I'm not sure if they got the duchess yet (though they are closing in).
They got the captain though, so those should make a run for it.

Despite fire from the towers, the frigate made it out of the harbor in one piece, and due to the fact the goblins had said during the treaty signing they did not hold any POWs, they did not give chase.

During the trip, we lost three more men to their grevious wounds due to not being able to get a proper doctor. The dukes left arm, that had been broken and cut up, was forced to be amputated after infection began to set in. Marie kaufmann lost consciousness 3 days into the trips due to her wounds, and is in critical condition. The Baron has several wounds and a broken hand, but insists he'll be fine. Captain Petrovski has several minor wounds and is weak from lack of food, but will be fine. The Swabian had one of his horns broken off when it was hit by a musket ball, and suffers a hurt pride.

Results
+duchess
+Swabian
+Petrovski

-6 Fessians
-11 Marines

The ship will arrive back in a month, but due to the fact you cant do shit on the ship, ill fast forward it and post whats been happening in the settlement since.

>>11729435
> The dukes left arm, that had been broken and cut up, was forced to be amputated after infection began to set in.
Well crap, now he only has one arm.

>>11729435

How much of the arm was lost?

>>11729435

Sorry, his left arm below the elbow, was amputated.

>>11729480

read

>>11729481

On a side note I do believe we now can try to hire the swabian to go around and spy for us

>>11729494

His terms were you take him back with you, so i don't see why he wouldn't be available for hire considering his only skills are sneaking, stealing and beating shit with a club. Oh, and drinking.

Archived: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/11727646/

>>11729512
> sneaking, stealing and beating shit with a club
> beating shit with a club
This guy is the best spy/scout/whatever ever...

>duke lost part of his arm

So, whos up for turning him into this guy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6tz_von_Berlichingen

Which reminds me, in a very odd way, how is the duchesses pregnancy coming along?

>>11729611

Um, the kid is like 2 years old now

>>11729623

Oh, what about that new one thats going to start soon?

>>11729675

What do you mean, are you saying that you want the duchess to have crazy break out sex?

>>11729697

seeing as how dangerous these colonial lands can be the more kids the better.

Anyway, thats the end for tonight, next quest will be at 12:00pm EST.

Email is up for questions, hate mail, etc etc.