Covert Operations - Angels

[Googlie]

(The hackers hacked!)

[Googlie]

Report as of 2120

Here's what we know about the Angels:

• 2101: simultaneous founding of 2 bases (so population is 2)
• 2102 - 2111 population stagnant at 2
• 2112: population grows to 4
• 2113-2114; pop remains at 4
• 2115: population drops to 3, so we assume a colony pod built
• 2116: pop grows to 4, so we assume a 3rd base founded (closelu spaced as per the first 2)
• 2117: pop drops to 3, so assumption is another CP is commissioned)
• 2118: no change (CP in transit)
• 2119: pop grows to 4 again, so 4th base is founded
• 2120: population grows to 5

2120 Summary: 4 bases with 5 population

[Googlie]

2123 Report

• 2101: simultaneous founding of 2 bases (so population is 2)
• 2102 - 2111 population stagnant at 2
• 2112: population grows to 4
• 2113-2114; pop remains at 4
• 2115: population drops to 3, so we assume a colony pod built
• 2116: pop grows to 4, so we assume a 3rd base founded (closelu spaced as per the first 2)
• 2117: pop drops to 3, so assumption is another CP is commissioned)
• 2118: no change (CP in transit)
• 2119: pop grows to 4 again, so 4th base is founded
• 2120: population grows to 5
• 2123 population still at 5
• sometime before 2122, Angels met Hive or acquired Yang's commlink
• 2123 Summary: 4 bases with 5 population

[Googlie]

2126 update to Report

2124:

• We have purchased Applied Physics from the Hive. The Angels do not yet have this tech

2125:

• Population: 6 (up from 5 - but no CP in transit, so natural base growth)

2126:

• Population: 6 (same as previous year)
• SE choices: running Frontier/Simple/Survival

Summary: 4 bases with 6 population
They have not yet met the University

[Googlie]

2127 Update:

Population remains at 6

Still running Frontier/Simple/Survival

Are still lacking:

• Applied Physics
• Doctrine Mobility
• Doctrine Flexibility
• University Comm Frequency
• Peacekeepers' Comm Frequency

(Our estimate: 4 bases, 6 population, no Colony Pods in transit)

[Googlie]

2128 update:

Pop has grown to 7, otherwise no changes from previous year

[Googlie]

2129 update:

No changes this year - population remains at 7

[Googlie]

Copied from the Sparta-gaian Thread

Data Angels in 2140

We have the least amount of information on the Angels

They have the Hive and the Gaians commlinks, don't have ours or the PK's or the Uni, and we don't know if they have Morgan's

They don't have Applied Physics nor Nonlinear Math, so their best weapon is still the level 1 gun

Their best armor is Synthmetal, as they don't yet have Applied Physics, a building block to HEC's Plasma Armor - but they do have Industrial Base, a stepping stone to ind Auto, which they have (running Wealth)

The techs they have that we know for sure:

Level 1 techs

• Ind Base (see above)
• Infonets (they start with that)
• Centauri Ecology (It doesn't show up for us as a tech we can trade them)

Level 2 techs

• Planetary Networks (they start with that)
• Industrial Economics (also a prereq for Ind Auto)

Level 3 techs

• Industrial Automation

That's only 6 techs (compared to our 8 techs) and we're just slightly ahead in the powerbar charts, which might easily be explained by our 15 pops versus their 13

They are lacking Applied Physics and Doc Mobility from the level 1 techlist, so I'm guessing that they've researched Social Psych (rec commons are essential for the Angels to offset their -1 POLICE ) and Scerets of the Human Brain (to try for the HGP and alleviate their drone problems)

These latter 2 are surmises, though, lacking information on them as we are.

But right now I wouldn't be overly worried about the Data Angels

[KrysiasKrusader]

People I have an idea about in this camp are; FlameFlash, Hercules, and mart7x5.

What's about the rest of you?

[Kassiopeia]

I think we did some good analysis in the Foreign Office thread, back when we were assuming we'd meet the Angels first.

[KrysiasKrusader]

Ah. Thanks.
Okay. I'll run over there...

[Maniac]

I don't' have a screenshot at hand right now, but yesterday I noticed an Angel scout rover in the base radius of that most southwestern Hive base, the one that's building a probe team.

[Googlie]

Originally posted by Maniac
yesterday I noticed an Angel scout rover in the base radius of that most southwestern Hive base

(And look at that heavily damaged Hive Impact Rover - and they're not in Vendetta with the Angels, so must have been a Gaian battle or a native mindworm fight)

[Snoddasmannen]

And look at that heavily damaged Hive Impact Rover - and they're not in Vendetta with the Angels, so must have been a Gaian battle or a native mindworm fight

That's an artillery unit. It must have been in psi-combat, or it would have lost (I doubt it found an artillery buddy to duel with) And why would the Gaians attack an artillery unit?! No I think it's been in combat with the natives.

I guess the Angels are just scouting around. Perhaps they were rifted, but I doubt it.

[Googlie]

I'll wager that the Angels won't be much of a military threat for some time to come.

They have already said that they are going on a Network Node building binge (for research boost and drone control via their VW)

That'll be followed by a chreche building binge for their pop-booming: