Preparing for Benfal (Everyone)

[Iron Dragoon]

Well, Surraruthru is probably the second best dispeller we have. I think there's only a +1 difference between him and Jaela. The Tapestry lends him to being in a small-ish team and powering them up, I can connect 9 people to it right now. Other than that, standard wizard tricks with monk stuff; the amulet he just got bumped his attacks to 38/35/28/23, before magical buffs. So I guess for him a strike team to take out big casters or something? I don't really have a preference here.

[Yuthirin]

Tryll and Calleigh specialize in infiltration and area denial/control, with a minor in huge explosions and mass healing at a fraction of the cost. They are very good in small strike groups and barricade groups. They're also willing to go with Bubbles to help her stay safe, as water does not bother them.

[Nephrite]

He's going with Jaela, but for reference Moore is a buff bot and swiss army knife. He's also good at talking.

[Anastasia]

I can add NPC summaries if you need them.

[Ebiris]

I have good ideas on all of them, but having a summary might be cool for future reference. Stick it in the Aurora topic or something if you have time for it?

Also do we know if the Beautyseers have a specific main base in the city and where it is?

[Ebiris]

Operation Radiant Shadow

Forces

Reserves

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Tepen, Baleruk, Vul'lath, Morniel, Tannin, Rosa, Ilsenine
Battle horror
219 elven warriors
50 fire elementals of medium size
12 githyanki acolytes of medium size
28 air elementals of shinear
50 elven detachment of the confederation of liberators
100 satyrs of the sunrise
50 dire lions
50 griffons
25 awakened cryohydras
30 brownfeather squires
15 war hounds
15 griffons

The reserves will remain within or close to Aurora for the purposes of defending it against counterattack or infiltration, as well as providing forces that can be quickly despatched to any trouble spots, and so comprises a mix of slow heavy units with fast mobile groups.

Blocking Force

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Simmer, Canderella, Kascha, Arrel, Goldanariux, Smrgol
205 air elementals of small, medium and large size
63 dire wolves
22 conflagration oozes of large size
143 tortles of medium size
100 triune courre
300 refugees from the burning aeropolis
83 pixies of the purple pixie brigade
120 fey-blooded centaurs of halas
30 ladies of the butterfly kinship
50 freed eidolons of rimefire

The blocking force is tasked with encircling Elons Rapids and preventing enemies from escaping the city or enemy reinforcements from attacking. Due to devil teleportation capabilities it should be expected that these will mostly be fighting mortal collaborators barring the event of heavy reinforcements which will most likely want to mass themselves for a push into the city rather than risk being destroyed piecemeal by teleporting in separately. By using the new airships for deployment, mobility is less of a concern and this force will be further augmented with those who's powers are too destructive for city fighting but would prove ruinous to any armies massing on the open plains.

Vanguard

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Afina, Ebony, Hanna, Balyss, Dana, Crystal, Master, Meillarberyl, Moonlight, Finnegan
77 firre warrior/clerics
100 triune movanic devas
62 female students of the Graceful Blow
60 lillend
92 refugees from the burning aeropolis
100 Ysgardian Regulars of medium size

The vanguard will be the first to attack Elons Rapid and will move swiftly to take and hold various strongholds and strategic points around the city. This is the most dangerous role as they will be unsupported and isolated for the beginning of the battle, and so much of Aurora's elites will be concentrated here.

Infiltrators

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Tryll, Surraruthru, Bubbles
Shredstorm
77 courre scouts
50 earth elementals of medium size
50 water elementals of medium size
12 earth elementals of large size
50 phase spiders of large size
46 mineral quasi-elementals

While the vanguard attacks in force at devil strongholds, the infiltrators will attack from below using a mixture of earth movement abilities and aquatic movement through the city sewers so as to cut off hidden lines of reinforcement and supply while undermining structures that the vanguard are having trouble dislodging. Predominantly made of those with special movement modes.

Siege

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Jaela, Moore, Sylvie, Mirima, Mirajane, Stille, Cresiel, Adrian, Misalea
3 Slaughterstone behemoths
94 Ysgardian warriors
62 female students of the Graceful Blow
31 refugee-warriors from Lifasa
55 cloud giant warriors from Elysium
40 pixies from Lifasa
50 air elementals of medium size
163 catfolk warriors of medium size
400 Ysgardian Regulars of medium size
42 Sylican regulars of medium size
80 healers of medium size
20 elite healers of medium size
20 knights of the wise convent
600 refugees from the burning aeropolis
100 lantern archons
200 hound archons
200 justice archons
150 lillend
30 brownfeather knights

The bulk of Aurora's forces will be deployed here to take the city block by block, capturing and holding ground so as not to grow overextended or cut off while steadily linking up with the vanguard wherever they're found.

Strategy

Prior to arrival, the infiltrators and half of the blocking force will be gated to the Northern and Southern portions of the riverside outside of Elons Rapids. The blocking force will immediately begin deploying and providing cover for the infiltrators who will access the city either via subterranean movement or accessing the sewer tunnels via the river. Once these have all been passed through the gates, Aurora itself will gate to the far side of the city and deploy the remaining half of the blocking force who will move to link up with their remainder on either flank of the city.

The vanguard will deploy next, split into teams to begin capturing strategic points within the city. Finally the siege force will deploy to capture the area surrounding Aurora's arrival point and spreading out from there. The airships used to ferry the blockade force will circle outside of the city to return to Aurora without being caught up in the battles below, after which they can be used for fast deployment of reinforcements or to evacuate civilians out of the battlezone.

As our control over the city spreads, Aurora will slowly float over and above so as to keep its main gates close to our front lines, this will ease the movement of reinforcements/evacuees/prisoners and avoid leaving our forces overstretched. Quarter is to be given to enemy forces who request surrender, though confirm names of any prisoners with Tepen via interplanar telepathic bond, as any not on the list provided by Syala will be deserving of extra security.

Once the city is secure under our control, forces will be reorganised into a garrison to hold the city and defend Aurora and two separate flanks which will march on Fairwater and Liber under Operation Brown Well and Operation Silver Chain respectively. Details on those assaults are forthcoming and their exact layout will depend on how devil forces respond to the attack on Elons Rapid and the extent of casaulties suffered by Aurora.

[Yuthirin]

* Yuthirin salutes.

[Anastasia]

Locking thread.