Werewolf: A World at War Novel (World at War Online Book 4) by Mitchell T. Jacobs Page B
Authors: Mitchell T. Jacobs
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“I know,” Paige said. “It's a wonder what we can do with a schematic and the right materials. This is just straight repair. Nothing really tricky.”
“Still,” Nora said, looking at the crews, “You have what, twenty people working here? You'd think that command would want them at the Forge making assault guns and APCs.”
“You'd think,” Paige agreed. “But my orders were to take a crew this size to repair the ship. It's the lynchpin of the plan in the north, after all. And you should be glad. It means you can go north as well.”
Nora nodded happily. There was easily enough room on the deck to fit all of the mech suits, and if they sailed near the Michigan coast they were out of range of Ragnarok's air force. She could be back in the thick of things with Black Wolf in no time, if everything went according to plan. If.
“How are you guys going to get ammunition and supplies up here?” she asked.
“We're going to extend the rail link up to this point,” Paige told her. “The people not in my engineering team will be doing that.”
“And can they guard it?”
“We're fine,” Paige said, “though we're pretty lucky that they banned vehicles in Old Chicago. Otherwise, this might be a problem.”
“Yeah, it would,” Nora agreed.
Old Chicago was considered a neutral zone, and thus none of the alliances could engage each other in the immediate area around the city. It meant that Ragnarok would have to make a push from the area around Fort Odin if it wanted to reach Hydra territory, and that would lead them into the teeth of Hydra's defensive fortifications. They could send infantry units through the city, but without armored support it was likely they would be cut off in enemy territory.
Besides, Ronin's alliance might take the opportunity to sucker punch them while they were occupied, and Ragnarok wouldn't have any way to respond if its troops were far to the east. Even so, they probably needed at least one defensive fortification to protect their newly created port. Nora said as much.
Paige frowned. “Not that I'm disagreeing with you, but that's probably low on our list of priorities. We have the rail link, we have Lerna Bastion, the north, and we'll probably have to replace losses after the next battle in Indianapolis. And there's only so many of us to do it all.”
“Any luck with recruitment?”
“They're trickling in, but it's slow,” Paige admitted. “Certainly not enough to keep up with the demand for our skills.”
“The 2.0 patch might help,” Nora offered. “If every player can do resource gather and crafting without skill points, you'll have a much larger recruitment pool.”
“The mentality doesn't always fit, though,” Paige said. “Don't you have people in your company that spent skill points in mining and metallurgy?”
“Yeah, and they were Danny and Selene, interestingly enough,” Nora said. “Javy has some skills in the pharmaceutical tree, but your ammo production kind of made his skill obsolete.”
“Hey, overdrive sells for a good price on the market,” Paige said. “It bought several of our ammo presses.”
“Problem being that we can't mass produce it because we can't get the resources,” Nora said. “And it doesn't help that Ragnarok cut down on their usage.”
“I'm surprised it took them so long to do it,” Paige commented. They walked past a crew working on the main gun.
“They were naïve. Like we all were. That was back before we realized the difference between this game and some of the others. Economic warfare is really possible in this world, and it took people forever to realize it.”
“You realized it right off the bat, from what I heard,” Paige said.
Nora shrugged. “Well, the same goes for you guys. You might be the most powerful company in the entire region. Or, at least the one with the most impact.”
Paige smiled. “That's flattering.”
“But true,” Nora added. “There's no way we would be this far
“I know,” Paige said. “It's a wonder what we can do with a schematic and the right materials. This is just straight repair. Nothing really tricky.”
“Still,” Nora said, looking at the crews, “You have what, twenty people working here? You'd think that command would want them at the Forge making assault guns and APCs.”
“You'd think,” Paige agreed. “But my orders were to take a crew this size to repair the ship. It's the lynchpin of the plan in the north, after all. And you should be glad. It means you can go north as well.”
Nora nodded happily. There was easily enough room on the deck to fit all of the mech suits, and if they sailed near the Michigan coast they were out of range of Ragnarok's air force. She could be back in the thick of things with Black Wolf in no time, if everything went according to plan. If.
“How are you guys going to get ammunition and supplies up here?” she asked.
“We're going to extend the rail link up to this point,” Paige told her. “The people not in my engineering team will be doing that.”
“And can they guard it?”
“We're fine,” Paige said, “though we're pretty lucky that they banned vehicles in Old Chicago. Otherwise, this might be a problem.”
“Yeah, it would,” Nora agreed.
Old Chicago was considered a neutral zone, and thus none of the alliances could engage each other in the immediate area around the city. It meant that Ragnarok would have to make a push from the area around Fort Odin if it wanted to reach Hydra territory, and that would lead them into the teeth of Hydra's defensive fortifications. They could send infantry units through the city, but without armored support it was likely they would be cut off in enemy territory.
Besides, Ronin's alliance might take the opportunity to sucker punch them while they were occupied, and Ragnarok wouldn't have any way to respond if its troops were far to the east. Even so, they probably needed at least one defensive fortification to protect their newly created port. Nora said as much.
Paige frowned. “Not that I'm disagreeing with you, but that's probably low on our list of priorities. We have the rail link, we have Lerna Bastion, the north, and we'll probably have to replace losses after the next battle in Indianapolis. And there's only so many of us to do it all.”
“Any luck with recruitment?”
“They're trickling in, but it's slow,” Paige admitted. “Certainly not enough to keep up with the demand for our skills.”
“The 2.0 patch might help,” Nora offered. “If every player can do resource gather and crafting without skill points, you'll have a much larger recruitment pool.”
“The mentality doesn't always fit, though,” Paige said. “Don't you have people in your company that spent skill points in mining and metallurgy?”
“Yeah, and they were Danny and Selene, interestingly enough,” Nora said. “Javy has some skills in the pharmaceutical tree, but your ammo production kind of made his skill obsolete.”
“Hey, overdrive sells for a good price on the market,” Paige said. “It bought several of our ammo presses.”
“Problem being that we can't mass produce it because we can't get the resources,” Nora said. “And it doesn't help that Ragnarok cut down on their usage.”
“I'm surprised it took them so long to do it,” Paige commented. They walked past a crew working on the main gun.
“They were naïve. Like we all were. That was back before we realized the difference between this game and some of the others. Economic warfare is really possible in this world, and it took people forever to realize it.”
“You realized it right off the bat, from what I heard,” Paige said.
Nora shrugged. “Well, the same goes for you guys. You might be the most powerful company in the entire region. Or, at least the one with the most impact.”
Paige smiled. “That's flattering.”
“But true,” Nora added. “There's no way we would be this far
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