Powerplay Faction: Zachary Hudson Hudson Week 24 Strategy

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This is copypasta from: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteHudson/comments/3siibm/week_24_strategy_updated_daily/

Overview


We have victory in AF Leporis!

We are Number One in the Galactic standings and have 1349cc, Winters move up to 4th !

We did exactly what we set out to do last cycle. Our battle cattle, and our battle sheep, did an amazing job fortifying our systems to the point where it was impossible to be put in to turmoil. Our combat CMDRs dominated the race for AF Leporis and made sure it was out of reach from our Imperial rivals.

AF Leporis has been a battle that has raged for a long time, it is good to have the system safe in the bosom of the Federation. We will look after it and keep it safe for perpetuity.

With our expansions last cycle we have improved our core economy, this cycle we have a lot of CC so we need to find 10 good, or not so bad, systems to prepare. There will likely be a damage limitation element to this. Preparation has to be the top priority this cycle.

Priorities this cycle



  1. Preparation - We need to get some good and some ok systems up on the list asap
  2. Fortification - When prep is sorted out we need to fortify our valuable systems
  3. Undermining -
  4. Expansion - The Hudson-Hordetm will look after this for us

For the Federation! o7


CMDR Ant Solo


Preparation

"Choose wisely, for while the true Grail will bring you life, the false Grail will take it from you" -- Grail Knight, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Preparation is the most important thing we can do this week.

SystemDistanceProfitContestedLarge PadCost
Chireni154710341159
Marralteki114620155130
Yu Di Yi9861015135
Pyemsito67600606110
31 Epsilon Librae107580469122
Medzistha1475801618
Huandja133570341163
Chun Tstar147573 - ALD13
Nauo141740No large, Medium at 427156
HR 277693770No large, Medium at 2880135


Fortification


"What is the object of defence? To preserve. To preserve is easier than to acquire." -- Carl von Clausewitz

"To Uddermine is great but to Fortify is Bovine!" -- The Battle Cattle

First off, please review the Fortification for Dummies post to check to make sure you're aware of everything. There are various ship builds there too. Also take a look at the Fortification Backhauling guide to help out with some cost recovery.

The Plan


As always start with Matlehi, Di Kuana, and Nurundere. I encourage everyone to make at least one run to each. Preparation will be really important this cycle, especially these first few days. Try to do 1,000 of preparation too!

PrioritySystemDistanceCC ProfitFortification NeededNotes
1Sol28.91655,211Leave for the Grinders
2Matlehi131.07411,065-
3Di Kuana131.04111,109-
4Nurundere99.5708,425-
5Hanggardi72.9706,759-
6LP 701-777.7677,020-
7LHS 374955.7675,974-
8Vega27.8635,190-
9Korovii72.1496,717-
10BD+42 391769.4476,581-
11Anlave22.1475,105Done
12AF Leporis96.58468,214-
13Brani90.5447,802-
14Wolf 2541.1415,489-
15LP 291-3452.7405,860-
16Wat Yu54.8355,940-
17Phra Mool93.0317,968-
18Mambojas91.6317,872-
19Partha129.03010,919-
20LHS 642743.9285,569-
21Shoujeman38.3275,413-
22Alpha Fornacis67.3266,476-
23LHS 344780.8257,195-
2437 Xi Bootis27.2245,180-
25Mislika89.29237,720-
26Bandjigali96.0218,173-
27Mariyacoch89.9217,763-
28Adeo80.0217,152-
29Atropos75.8216,913-
30LTT 1544970.3216,623-
31Tong101.0208,520-
3219 Phi-2 Ceti69.3186,573-
33Polecteri128.971710,914-
3416 Cygni56.7166,013-
35V2578 Ophiuchii81.0157,205-
36Allowa109.0149,157-
37BD+43 2989105.0128,835-
38NLTT 4662135.3105,341-
39Phanes41.375,492-
40Lalande 3986671.976,708-
41Rana46.175,636-
42LTT 1557490.757,811-
43UBV 15076120.7410,146-
44Katurru149.53913,047-
45Li Jungu157.73913,991-
46Aornum75.3206,887-
47Bhotho120.0910,101-

Total Profit: 1,467 CC




Loss making systems targets


Way too much effort goes into these systems. Please stop! We want these undermined and not fortified.

DO NOT FORTIFY


SystemDistanceCC LossNotes
Epsilon Scorpii83.0-1-
Bhritzameno37.1-2-
DP Camelopardalis71.5-2-
Gliese 86868.6-3-
LTT 7548100.0-3-
Wolf 90673.4-4-
Abi58.6-5-
Venetic73.7-6-
Mulachi60.9-11-
39 Sepentis55.7-16-
LHS 154141.9-20-
Othime83.7-22-
Parutis90.6-22-
Gilgamesh72.4-25-
LHS 388550.7-25-
Wolf 86755.0-25-
Groombridge 16'15.5-27NEVER FORTIFY THIS
Kaushpoos79.92-287,144
Lushertha19.6-35Done
Aura71.9-36-
LP 580-3384.6-38-
Katuri100.0-49-
LHS 14278.6-49-
LHS 3577104.0-50-
Lung32.1-51-
Tun33.29-52-
GD 21969.07-52-
WW Piscis Austrini101.0-53-
LHS 119766.2-54-
G 250-3432.42-62-
Loss after Overheads: -736 CC

CMDR Manwhale



Undermining


"Hence it is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for purposes of spying and thereby they achieve great results." -- Sun Tzu, the art of war

Primary Target - ALD

Lets get the Emperor undermined. There is a plan so please do these systems first:

SystemTrigger
CD-49 36178206
Baal 12086130
AB Pictoris15662
Biliri9938
Nagi14465
HIP 2177810082
HIP 1646020643
Shatrites7529
Xinca7707
Malaikudi9608

CMDR John Casey's Undermining Spreadsheet
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CMDR Ant Solo




Expansion


"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning" -- Benjamin Franklin

Our Hudson-Hordetm will do the work for us but we do want:

  • Picunche

CMDR Ant Solo




Active Combat Zones


"Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war" -- William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

This is a new section for CZ in the Hudson bubble. Please review Local Minor Factions for Dummies to see how these start and can be affected. It's not just about shooting ships in the combat zones.

Reporting


How does it work?

  • When you spot a CZ in a Hudson exploited or controlled system, open this form , fill it, specifying that the conflict is ongoing and submit. That will allow other commanders to see which conflicts are active on this sheet. There's a times


Diplomatic Overview


“America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests” ― Henry Kissinger

Take a look at this excellent post:
Diplomatic Report

If you don't want to read a book - we're good friends with Winters, we're OK with the Alliance, Sirius, Antal, and Kumo Crew, and we're hostile with all of the Imperial powers.
We're open to any diplomatic talks with any of the powers at any time, but they will need to make the first move given the current political climate.

CMDR Driggers




Learning Resources


"If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle". -- Sun Tzu, the art of war

New and existing users will benefit from taking a look at these posts:
Local Minor Factions for Dummies

Ship Building for Dummies

Turmoil for Dummies

CQC for Dummies



For the Federation o7
 
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So, how much prep should we do? I dropped a load of fortification at Vega, then dropped off a bit over 2.5k Prep from Yu Di Yi last night, switching between Brani and Tong for the drops. Should I continue or focus somewhere else? I'm not clear on the mechanics.
 
So, how much prep should we do?

That is the question. What we need to do is sort out our Prep list in game so that it doesn't have any systems that hurt our power badly.

So good systems have a profit of more than 62, this is because overheads are taken off after profit, so more than 62 means real profit. This week, because good sytsems are running low we are happy to have damage limitation systems, so with a profit of 57 we make a small loss of 5cc which isn't so bad.

At the moment we have two systems on our list that are very bad for us:

Ross 1057 - 8cc Profit OR -54cc after overheads
LP 486-49 - -9cc Profit OR -71 after overheads

We need to push these off the list to protect Hudson. So we need to push the systems above those. We will also get anohter sytem on, but we have plans for that.

Who is doing this? It could be enemy CMDRs that have pledged to Hudson to weaken us, or it could be player groups who want these systems for other reasons. It is worth noting that LP 486-49 also hurts Winters by contesting a bunch of her systems, we think this is a 5th column.

If we can sort out this list by the end of the week we will be very secure in our top place for a while I think.
 
Great to see this thread here. :)
But who's able to stick it on top?

edit: Ah, FAQ says Brett C (Communitymanager) can do it for us. Someone (only one) schould PM him. Can you do this, Ant?
 
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Ripbudd

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I'm Hudson player, and i don't get the point of whole powerplay i don't see any difference. :( Lost motivation to keep rank.
 
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