All missions routing

Toybox lab map requires 1/100 luck or an extra turn
actually 1/1600, but it's done
manip not too painful, but might not extend into two week test
Do Reclamation first, move recon onto bridge on turn 5, then 2 West on turn 6
Build inf on turn 4, don't advance rng with APC
On turn 5, move W inf to mountain, advance RNG 10 times (1C85EF5A), 3 back and forths with the decoy inf.
yep, need S inf to attack new decoy inf, and need recon to be more defensive
recon seems 50% 01, 25% 02, 25% 03, need 02
cannot get good recon ai, 10 frames in a row all give 01, need to get here earlier
literally one frame off being able to get 02
Can advance less in reclamation, praise RNGesus
almost lines up with two week test manip, 2 frames ahead, can probably adjust
can only get to one ahead, want 01 tank, 01 md tank, 04 art, maybe others
on day 2, fake move s1e2, then real move se, APC advances on day 4, then on day 5 do 2 forest taps
can then follow this with sr and ss if that's how the route works out


Tanks!!! is 5 days LTC, rout, so manip unlikely
not needed anyway, 5 days seems doable
might be faster/more consistent to go for 6 though
Southern mech a bit random unfortunately
first attempt 1 attack on day 6
second attempt skipped a silo, 2 attacks on turn 6
not sure about power on turn 3, damage range to get mds you attack on that turn to merge, normal hit+silo gets them to 1 anyway
power on turn 3 puts them in repair mode so they join and get blown up by the silo
can skip the second silo and still win in 5

Neotanks!? is super easy, can skip 4th silo or 2nd recon
1:57 with 4 silos
1:57 with 2 recons
See Dingus
seems like there's a bad tank ai, manip? Not worth it to hold since we attack the rockets
20% for aggressive, can we redirect it?
yes, hold recon and APC behind neutral city/base

T minus 15 looks quite long not sure how painful.
Looks not too bad as long as the APC lives if following dingus video
APC dies to 7+ luck, I believe this is 24%
Probably want to save, not feasible to hold manip that far
andy's bomber is a 90% range against the mech
do i need to move anything in the bottom third?
probably stops the bombers bombing the pipe, that seems bad
nope, if you delete all units there, flak won't move anything there
messes up power charging though, but can hopefully play around it
also makes rockets not move, so apc can't bait md tanks
definitely loses a turn, maybe worth it though?
those rockets are a problem that need dealing with
deleting on day 2 fixes that
advancing rockets fixes bottom path
definitely harder without the winter fury
advancing rockets and 1 aair on bottom gives enough star power for winter fury, flak only gets 1 and a bit days of movement there
does deleting the units help, flak spends a lot of time thinking when there are no units
i think that would be better, almost surely
plus we get to here the super power theme which barely happens in any%
missiles are a range on the 8 day strat, 80 or 90%

day by day shamelessly copied from bigusdingus:
day 1: move art w5
move infs w3
load mechs into apc, move w5s1 and w6
move tanks w6
move rockets n1w4
move tank w6
move md tanks w5
move tank w6
delete all s units except rockets and s aair
move rockets s2w3
move aair s1w5
day 1: destroy mech with bomber (80 or 90%) (fairly sure there's a backup that fixes everything, figure that out)
move next 3 bcopters into an L shape above the bomber, attack the apc
move final bcopter w6, attack recon
move apc w3s1
move fighter w7

day 2: move aair and rockets onto bend in the road
move art w4s1
hide apcs in corner
attack pipe with tank
move rockets w5
attack rockets with tank
attack pipe with ne md, move others w5
attack rockets with other tank
move infs s2w1
move tank into gap
day 2: move fighter w2s3
move next 2 bcopters e and s from fighter
move bcopter e2s2, destroy recon
destroy apc with last bcopter
attack pipe with bomber
move apc directly n from pipe

flak should use his co power here, find a backup for if not? (slot 9)
not sure how big a deal it is

day 3: destroy pipe with rockets
move bottom apc to s pipe seam, drop w
move art into corner
move apc s3, drop s
destroy n rockets with pipe md
attack aair with n tank
destroy s rockets with s tank
attack tank with n md tank (problem if no co?)
move infantry s2e1
move final tank into n gap
day 3: destroy pipe with bomber
move fighter between s pipe seams
move bcopters w, nw of fighter
move bcopter nw from that bcopter
move bcopter n1 from bomber
move apc to gap between copter
save

flak should attack the apc with 2 md tanks
attacking the apc and the bcopter might work? no, its a different md tank that attacks the copter
flak uses his super here if he skipped his power
that completely changes everything, any of flak's tanks can choose to attack copters

day 4:load infs into apcs
destroy s tank with md tank on city
destroy aair with artillery
attack ne tank with rockets
destroy tank with ~6 hp tank
attack rockets from e with ~2hp tank if still no power, otherwise just move there
use super
attack ne tank with tank
move md tank e of that tank
destroy missiles with md tank (90%, consider saving?)
destroy aair with md tank
move apc n of enemy md tank, drop w
move tank w of enemy md tank
move n mech towards city
day 4: move fighter w2

day 5: destroy units in south with md tanks
move damaged s tank onto sw city
destroy rockets in nw with md and tank
move art and rockets a bit closer
cap cities
day 5: destroy md tank with bomber
destroy missiles with bcopters

day 6+: clean up units, capture cities

Early rng manip notes:
As long as we don't get a min roll on the first tank attack, tank will always 2hko the rockets
If we get a min roll, 60% to kill on the next turn
Should be possible to find a decent window if needed, but would want to identify which day 1-2 cluster we hit
the 4 early frames I've been getting all have a decent window if you dodge the first 3 frames, could do a diagonal with one of the other units to dodge this.
<<<vv> on the apc advances by 2 on the main frame, which moves the low roll to double first frame, shouldn't mess up the others, except the earliest window which was already unlikely anyway
Don't need to realign at all to ensure Flak uses power, there is a massive window you should always hit
Do we get good clusters for day 2-3? Probably needed to carry manip further in (APC range etc)
Way too many attacks to make APC manip viable, unless it's late enough into the turn for the RNG to have mostly aligned

Show stopper is 12 turns LTC, and has a lab map, but is HQ capture, so manip?
13 for destroying the cannons, and that would probably be slower anyway.
12 day strat requires 1/100 misfire, so manip or destroy the rockets
apparently can get another tank up there instead, hopefully that means can drop manip at some point.
there's a 13 day strat involving landers, might be easier, though i don't think it gets the lab, 16 days with lab mean a horrible manip might be better.
you do bring enough units, but might need to manipulate rng to get them there anyway.
the lab map though, this is going to be awful
all builds post co power seem to be for score, though they may distract enemy units/save time on movement.
adder's day 1 advances rng 90 frames, will be difficult to realign across turns
rng seems to advance at triple speed in attacks here, why?
probably sonja bad luck
this makes realigning rng difficult, since the rng is even more spread out
eg 2 attacks, if hit 5 frame window for each, 9 frames, so 25 rng frame spread
do this like 3 times
i don't think this is viable, variance in damage rolls will propagate across the level, would need a million branching paths potentially.
unless i manipulate the damage roll itself, but that's hard and doesn't completely remove the problem
is it a problem? only really affects counterattacks, and i'm not sure if they come up
aair health matters, need 9hp after bomber
also sonja bad luck makes this even worse

2 attacks on turn 5, followed by major rng event
3 attacks on turn 6
(2 attacks on turn 7, but skippable if build more decoys)
2 attacks on turn 8, can manip misfire, but artillery stays put. also a range, but in heal mode it does nothing
1 attack on turn 9
1 attack on turn 10
3 attacks on turn 11
12 attacks across 6 days

b copters are ranges if get a bad roll on the bomber
destroying the rockets probably also a range
2 tanks would work, but need to build the second on day 5 which doesn't seem to work, but should be possible
i think that just loses a turn though, could have a backup
a lot of backups for the bcopters though
force a good roll on the bomber?
need 9 hp to almost guarantee bcopters, sonja sucks
2 frame window to get 9/2 on the bomber roll, does reduce variance this turn though
could save for it, then double co flash if no reload, but that assumes another window exists, which it doesn't, so one chance
want small early windows for firing just get good man
9/2 bomber messes up charging adder's power
forcing recoil damage on the tank fixes that, need tank attack apc
not that bad, only 1 10/4 frame i can reasonably hit
getting the second misfire is weird, misfire check doesn't seem to line up with targeting
have a 14 day strat that avoids killing the art, should be doable in 13 with the kill
this seems awful, but potentially doable

GOT IT!!!!!!
13 days, but 12 requires good rolls against the hq rockets, or a second tank
Need to fill out the skeleton though, 6 realignments

day 1: build tank nw, 2 infs

day 2: move s inf 3w
move tank 6w
build apc nw, load inf

day 3: move apc 3w
move tank 4w
build aair s, apc nw
cap port

day 4: cap port
move tank nw
move loaded apc n1w3
move aair 5w
move apc 6w
build inf s, aair nw

day 5: this is where the fun begins
move new aair 5w
attack bomber with aair, must hit frame 2 or 3 (9/2)
attack aair with tank, must take 1 damage (9/5)
load inf into apc, realign rng to (123AEECE), move 3w
move apc 5w
move inf 3w
build recon s, apc nw

day 6: move apc 6w
move aair n1w5, destroy copter
destroy aair with tank
move apc n3w2
destroy bomber with other aair
realign rng to (0292B971), move apc n3w3, drop s
move inf w3
move recon w4
build inf s, tank nw, inf w

day 7: move w tank w3
load inf, move w3n1, drop s
move apc w3
move aair n2w1
load inf, move apc w4
move aair n2w3
move tank w6
build inf

day 8: build tank nw, inf s
move tank w4s1, no fire
move inf onto forest
move loaded apc w2
move 9hp aair n2w4
move apc s1w3
move aair w6, no fire
move apc n4w1
advance rng to (3675C0FF)
(LLLLUUDDDRUUULA) tank movement, super scuffed, 8 extra inputs, should be something better

day 9: L move w tank 5w
LL move w aair 6w
move aair 4w, destroy copter
move apc w6, drop s
realign rng to (0E2766AF)
move unloaded apc w5
move e apc s1w5
move e tank n1w5

day 10: move e tank w5
move 9 aair w5n1, destroy bcopter
load apc, move n3
move w tank n5
realign rng to (1AFAA81A)
move aair n3
move apc w5s1, drop e

day 11: move apc w1n3w1, drop n
attack rockets with tank
destroy bcopter with aair
build apc
cap city
realign rng to (1FCB0830)
co flash, end turn

day 12: finish capping city
destroy rockets
start capping hq

day 13: cap hq

8:30 with questionable execution, highly doubt the 16 day start can beat that

realign rng 7 times, aaaaaaaaahhhh
could maybe skip some of the later ones and do a big one on day 12, but not sure if can line up double misfire that way
days 9 and 11 potentially skippable, but might actually be slower
cannot skip both day 11 realignments, maybe day 9 though?
skipping day 9 realignment leads to an inf sometimes capturing nw base on day 12, not worth the headache
still 7 even then
don't need rockets, power skip frame also gets a rocket misfire
5 alignments, don't think i can improve from here

12 turn would require replacing the 2nd aair with a tank, that aair only does one aair thing, so maybe doable? Have a look later
could skip super if build less than 7500 in decoy units, currently 14400 (tank heals)
I believe the number is actually 4500, not 7500, not sure where the error came from
I'm sure there's a way to do it by aligning rng differently on other turns, but so much effort, look into 12 day first
actually, need to solve both these problems for a day 12 win, though stuff built to manip the rocket double misfire doesn't count.
if replacing second aair with a tank, the bomber lives, and will attack a recon or tank
better it attacks the full health tank, can then kill with aair, and still favoured to 2hko the rockets later
12 day strat requires 5000 at most in decoy funds, and if 5000 spent, must have 4hp apc live
could use cannons to get a bit of a buffer, but that's time loss

show stopper 12 day can get 10/4 on day 5 tank attack, since the bomber gets in an extra attack
though i would need to plan on having it, and it was quite unlikely
also, need to move new tank only 4 tiles on day 6
not actually sure the tank substitution is viable, maybe try again later
or just do attack manip against the final rockets
Sonja fight manip is terrible though, which is part of the problem here

APC skip routing:
On day 9 manip, can replace the final 2 movements with UUUURRR, then move the apc 5 west
Or do the diagonals a little higher up might work out faster

Day 10 still realigns, just takes longer since we don't advance as much on day 9
Should probably look for a faster alignment here anyway

Day 11 starts at an earlier RNG now, can hopefully align to (000C3EA3) on a similar window
slightly smaller window, but 7 frames each was generous anyway, shouldn't be a problem
Need a different location for the diagonals, realigns 1 frame late
From (33B8ED1B) UR UR LD UR aligns, but doing this potentially shortens the window further
Changing alignment strat to recognising a specific arrow could potentially be viable

In any case, this makes day 12 super skip seem viable, which sadly requires rerouting manip from day 8 at the latest possibly earlier, since i found the tank build to be necessary.

day 12 power skip:
On day 8, build only a recon nw, move final tank 2n4w, then co flash, gets double misfire

On day 9, just align for consistency, so can do pretty much anything
(2B57C811) then tank move for now

On day 10, need power skip and 1 of 2 misfires, there is an easy power skip, but it doesn't misfire
No other nearby power skip frames
(3CCB9C6B) works, co flash + a little extra

On day 11, we have blown way past both double misfire frames, will need to find a new one here

May have miscalculated, recon kill + 6 hp on infantry triggers super, I thought I had a little extra leeway

destroy 3 bcopters and 1.2 rockets
= 45000
This means adder is allowed <18000 damage to my units from day 8 onwards
Recon: 4000
0.6 APC: 3000
0.4 APC: 2000
Tank: 7000
0.3 APC: 1500
total: 17500

Building the mech over the recon means we do 0.3 extra tank damage, actually more expensive than the recon

so actually, that 0.6 inf was enough to trigger the power, the strat should work
Confirmed that it will, but have no leeway to buy decoy units

But double misfire without buying anything is incredibly difficult, and may end up just losing time

Duty and Honor is a rout map, shouldn't be too hard with kanbei
shy tanks are annoying, not sure how to beat the indirects at the end
move both tanks, both mechs and an md tank, should be enough
can win in 10, not too bad, just need to learn the first few turns, then adapt
Turns out the strat i had assumed was more common is actually the rare strat
5 attacks prior
Unsure if recovering the RNG on day 4 is viable without also realigning on days 2 and 3
Unsure if that's even necessary
Definitely prefer the shy md strat
Could maybe manip good APC while I'm at it
probably worth realigning anyway to avoid shy tank/artillery
Worth messing with Adder's power while I'm at it?
Can get shy units up until adders day 6? 5 realignments or figure out backup strats.
Which is faster in the run though? realignments definitely quicker to route optimally.
Also easier to remember, just have a cheat sheet

Single realignment on day 4 seems viable, but shy md tanks are still a pain on 5 and 6, and APC on 7
Shy md on 5 is fine, maybe loses a day
If I understand Pandora's Sea Fortress manip, she loses 20-40 frames across 11 attacks
Though in this case, the art attack doubles the size of the required window, even if less attacks should mean a smaller window
Getting power skip accidentally on day 3 is annoying, probably worth aligning there tbh
Probably with a tank
If aligning on day 3, is it worth aligning on day 2?
Probably use APC
If aligning on day 3, is power skip good?
Seems to make the APC retreat earlier, will definitely blow up in my face when super triggers early
Actually, earlier super could make Adder's rockets easier to attack due to the attack range glitch
Adder's tank has lower def on day 3/4, so can die in one hit to md tank
Adder will super on day 5
This causes a different mech pattern, slows down the md tanks in the forest
slows down the 2 regular tanks
slightly different indirect movement
Not sure how fixed this pattern is, needs further testing

md tank not in range on day 7, likely a problem
mech's get annihilated, don't think power skip worth investigating further
though this is with east apc, maybe south apc would be better

Back to forcing power on day 3, don't need to fully realign, just need to dodge the 3 frames that skip power
Possibly also don't need to fully realign on day 4 either.
Probably worth doing a full alignment at some point if carrying manip far though
Is shy artillery on day 2 an issue?
None of the first 11 frame get it, so not an issue
have charts done for days 3 and 4, do I need to align anywhere further?
may actually be worth doing a quick, avoid power skip on day 3, then full alignment on day 4, since the majority of the extra frames caused by the artillery go away if you align later (5th arrow rather than 1st, say)
regardless, any other manip?
want a specific apc movement on day 6, probably also need to manip it on day 5 in that case, or have a seperate chart for each possible apc movement
Or just not manip it, don't actually need to do the mission in minimum turns

Rout maps with heavy manip kinda suck
Is this manip actually worth it, mission should be winnable without it
I remember why i stopped routing these missions now.
Don't think manip is worth it past day 4, shy rockets probably lose a turn, but that turn will be quick since most of Adder's units are dead.

Sea of Hope looks ok if i can get the ai to cooperate, not sure how easy that is though
battleships can misfire, causing pain
i really don't want another painful extended manip, please

how see of hope works:
os has to kill the retreating tank and recon, then distract the battleships
can i get a bship attack against the missiles? would really help
yc needs 2 loaded tcopters and 2 b copters
adder must not power on day 5, need to over/undershoot that
shouldn't attack bomber with cruiser
random targeting of ships is terrible, might need a different strat
need to keep sami alive, difficult with the bomber and suiciding into the battleships

manip probably wouldn't need to be whole level, just need good bomber pattern/no misfires
actually don't need to sac sami's navy to occupy the battleships

rta viable 10 day route??:
build 3 bcopters, tcopter+inf, then bcopter
first bcopter circles to the top, dies above ne city
second and third kill rockets, then die below nw city
remaining 2 bcopters kill missiles, then inf caps while aairs are frozen
requires rockets to be w of the hq, not sure how to manip that without manipping that, and if I'm holding manip that long I just win in 8 days
the time it worked, got adder super on 6, first bcopter got hammered
didn't kill the missiles? stayed above the sea?
didn't go too far west?
one of these is probably the key, need to figure it out
the rockets had no safe tile to move to, because the aair was n
adder's super is important, so need to bait north cruiser, by placing a copter in open water
killing missiles is bad because you cannot do the above
super cool strat, really hope i can get this working
i hate this level

rough day to day
day 1: build a bcopter
day 1: destroy rockets with n 2, move s bship to city

no shy apc means n missiles
shy apc means s or c missiles

day 2: move bcopter n1, build bcopter
day 2: attack md tank with s 2, attack tank/recon with city bship

shy cruiser is reset for now

day 3: move both copters n6, attack cruiser, build bcopter
day 3: destroy tank/recon, save

if city bship is destroyed, reset? not 100% on this with current route
yes, but if you put the cruiser next to the city bship, then move one of the s bships to cover the bridge, not a reset point
doing this makes c missiles act as n missiles so faster and safer
sadly only true for some recon/rockets patterns, :(

with s missiles:
day 4: move n bcopter n5, next bcopter n5w1, move other n6, build inf and tcopter
day 4: destroy bcopter, bait bships s2

day 5: move all copter max n, build bcopter
day 5: destroy bcopter if it lived

shy cruiser is reset for now

day 6: attack cruiser from w with 10hp bcopter
move next bcopter n2e1, or maybe n3e2?
move other copters max n
day 6: attack bomber

day 7: move s bcopter n6
move tcopter n5
move w bcopter to port, attack rockets
move ne bcopter w5 destroy cruiser if possible, otherwise w4
move final bcopter w2n1
day 7: attack bomber

day 8: move port bcopter north of ne city
move damaged bcopter n of port
move other bcopter to port, destroy rockets
move tcopter to city, drop n
move final bcopter 6n
day 8: move a battleship to distract battleships

misfiring batteship is a reset here

day 9: destroy missiles with 2 surviving copters
block md tank with tcopter
cap lab

this strat might only work if the md tank is hit to 1hp, not sure
should maybe try to dodge sideslip on day 9, not sure if possible though
day 7 movement probably not optimal but it works and the cruiser is mental so I'll take it

with n missiles:
day 4: move all copter n6, build tcopter and inf
day 4: attack bcopter, bait bships s2

day 5: move first copter 5n, attack missiles with 10hp copter move other copter n6, build another bcopter?
day 5: attack bomber NOT FROM REEF???!!?

day 6: move n bcopter n2e1
attack cruiser with full health bcopter from w
move other copter(s) max n
day 6: destroy bomber

day 7: (move s bcopter n6, destroy bcopter if it's there)
move tcopter n5
move 10hp bcopter n2w3
move w bcopter to port, attack rockets
destroy cruiser with last bcopter
day 7: pass

day 8: move port bcopter n2e3
move 10hp bcopter to port, destroy rockets
move tcopter n5e2, drop w
(move s bcopter n6)
move final bcopter n5e1, attack missiles?
day 8: sacrifice bship to bships (use power if 6 hp)
make sure cruiser is not killed by rockets

day 9: destroy missiles, cap city

when is the 4th bcopter needed here? how did my bcopter get so damaged in my first attempt? probably attacked the cruiser with an 8
I don't believe it is, skip it until it kills a run i guess
4th copter saves a lot of movement in the central island, possibly worth it
should be ~64% to work, needs no shy copters and no misfires on day 8
can possibly find backups for shy cruisers, but that's future Dan's problem
there is a third missile pattern, where the missiles is e of the airport, can we dodge this? or find a route
can treat it the same as s missiles if we can block the annoying tile

just going to rewrite this, since the 3 missiles placements are basically the same now
they aren't the same, don't know what i was thinking

day 1: build bcopter
day 1: destroy rockets, move bship to city

day 2: move bcopter n1, build bcopter
day 2: attack tank, attack md tank twice

reset if shy cruiser

day 3: move bcopter n6, build bcopter, move bcopter n6 attack
day 3: destroy recon with 2 bships, move 3rd w1 from city bship

have 2 bships guarding bridge now, and missiles should usually become exposed

day 4: move bcopters n, be careful of missiles, build tcopter and inf
day 4: destroy tank, attack bcopter

day 5: attack missiles with 10 bcopter, bait cruiser with damaged, move others north
day 5: attack bomber, bait bships s2

reset if shy cruiser

day 6: put damaged bcopter above central eastern reef, attack cruiser with 10hp, move other copters north
day 6: destroy bomber

day 7: attack rockets from port, destroy cruiser, put other bcopter near where cruiser was, tcopter go east a bit
day 7: not much to do here

day 8: port bcopter n of ne city, other 2 kill rockets and occupy it's tile, attacking missiles, tcopter 3e of hq, drop w
day 8: sacrafice bship to bships

there might be a 25% chance to lose here, but it's never happened

day 9: kill missiles, cap lab
day 9: make sure cruiser is not in range of rockets

day 10: win

should probably save on turns 2, 5 and 8, but this seems like my best version of this yet. tank retreating instead of attacking the bship not a problem, at least sometimes
might still have some issues with c missiles
4th copter should prevent some ai movement and may allow dodging sideslip on day 9
slow recon can mess things up with certain bomber attack patterns

there's far too much variance with the bomber and indirect island, need contingency on contingency
seriously considering manip
can i dodge attacks by just forcing shy cruiser after shy cruiser?
would need to bship a bunch of tanks
assuming i do the 8 day strat, can't just shy the first cruiser
8 day strat doesn't look viable with manip, need good ranges against several things

might only take n missiles for now, at least that's consistent
could manip for it, but would also want rocket misfire
if manip that misfire, need to manip no co power
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

I had a whole paragraph about avoiding power here, but it got deleted :(
the gist was, on day 5 you only need to dodge power if you get lowrolls or adder kills a very low health bship, and the best backup is to attack the lander with you're southmost bcopter
On day 9, you have issues with 6-7 hp bships, but no backup that doesn't involve building another copter and attacking something (likely the apc) with it
Didn't realise the lab doesn't repair the missiles, so Adder actually has 0.2 missiles less star power than i thought.
If i build a bcopter on day 5, i should be able to suicide it into an aair on day 9, but is that even faster than just letting adder use his power?
Day 9 power stuff:
0.4*15,000=6,000 (rocket kill)
1*12,000 (missile kill)
1.8*0.5*9,000=8,100 (b copter kills)
damage*0.5*28,000 (bship kill)
need to get to 9,000*3*1.4=37,800, so at least 11,700 from the bship
this is 0.9 bships (0.8 suffices if you deal 0.5 to the rockets)
this is unfortunate, any fix?

Crazy idea: extended rng alignment on day 9 in the event of a shy bship to induce a miss. Window would be insane, and still need to save anyway for aair reasons, but just wanted to put it out there

worth noting that the 12 day backup for shy cruiser does not have to deal with aairs attacking the wrong copters, and it is possible to induce a "shy" cruiser by not advancing any bcopters past the bridge on day 5, though that would force moving the apc off the bridge, or finding a backup for if the rockets hides north of the lab.

Day 2 manip may also need to force unshy recon, or unshy bomber, not sure.
Shy bomber seems to have high odds of n bship kill, definitely want to dodge that
Shy recon is annoying, but seems maybe fine if it moves the next turn?
I hate this mission so much.
I also think I many have messed up the calcs for 3% n bship death, I've been getting it a lot
shy bomber should always attack north bship, probably want to avoid that :(
If forcing unshy cruiser recon and bomber, probably better to just full manip, not just dodge bad frames

Sinking feeling doesn't look awful
can't just copy dingus, ai too random
Is capturing the base needed?
not for 11 days, probably for 10
can use super on t4 if shy rockets, but then cannot deal with southern tank
11 day is easy, just need to build 2 battleships
if everything goes to shit, still win in 12
don't forget the lab though
not sure 10 is doable consistently, or even if it's realistic to go for RTA
look into power usage for later turns
didn't write down the easy 11 day strat, can't figure it out

what i remember:
start turn 4 with a tank 8 tiles from the rockets
one of the tanks survives on low health and attacks the city artillery
therefore the rockets must move, since that's the city
i don't think i stall the rockets for a turn, but maybe i did?
pretty sure the recon usually survived too, what am i supposed to sacrifice?
maybe it does stall a turn here, or maybe it's just an unlikely pattern
very annoying

bad, but working strat:
days 1+2: copy dingus

day 3: destroy inf with inf
destroy tank with art and md
destroy aair with tank and aair
attack md with md
attack w tank from w with tank
move recon s of the tank just attacked
move port mech 1 tile, build bship
move mech e2
move apc n2e2, drop e
move art n2e2
move apc n2
save

recon must survive first attack (old strat avoided this somehow i think)(50%)

day 4: destroy md with art
destroy 4hp tank with 8/9 hp tank
power
destroy rockets with tank
destroy md tank with mds
load apc, move to e city
move rockets s5 from minicannon
move aair e of rockets
move art n4e2
build lander, load

day 5: move lander towards island
attack tank with mech and tank
move battleship to battleships
destroy minicannon with md and rockets
merge mds
advance arts
attack inf with aair and tank

day 6+: destroy bships, use aair to protect indirects
build a second bship on day 6
destroy the minicannon with the md
use tanks to block bcopters?
don't forget to cap the city, can use lander as bait after maybe
maybe use power on day 7 to kill bcopter? could use on day 8 to ohko bomber instead
wish aair didn't have to deal with the base inf

10 turn actually viable with inf range manip, even with a bcopter killing an artillery, or skipping the artillery
Can actually delay the base capture by a turn, useful for non-manip strat?
Nope, need the base for bship a turn early, needed for day 10
Extra artillery only gets first attack off on day 10, better to just win on day 11?
If winning on day 11, can build 2nd bship before lander, but that just helps win on day 10, which would then be impossible.
Actually doesn't even help, build bship on same turn anyway
Don't think the base is a worthy detour, get day 11 win without it, rarely get day 10 win even with it
bcopter ai manip would be amazing, but not sure i can hold it that long, or recover it consistently
built on day 5, currently drop manip on day 2
can i recover after attacks?
All units are either in repair mode, don't use their ai, or are the artillery
Need to decide on base skip or not first though
also, 17 attacks, including the inf, so massive massive variance, almost 100
though if only manipulating copter ai, can do a banded setup, only issue is distinguishing
should be doable in 4 aair arrows, maybe lander more effective?
Is it even worth it? good copter ai does save a turn usually
Need to capture base to get bship on day 5, or make a 600g merge at some point, lose the recon instead of the tank? recon dies to tank too easily

10 turn rta strat:

day 1: copy dingus

Day 2: copy dingus

day 3:

Inf manip notes:
There's a 4 frame window a second or so in, with a 3 frame window a little earlier, and a 4/5 window a little later (XXxXX pattern)

co flash on day 1 hits that last pattern after a beat of the music from previous testing, seems fairly consistent
co flash on day 2 (after advancing past the inf misfire) arrives later

Getting the 4 frame window to align with the first few frames of the attack is slow, since it is 100ish frames away.
Can advance 10 in the intro by pressing b
AAir diagonals seem faster for advancing
Can advance by over 1000 by loading a design map
There is another 4 frame window a little over 1000 frames, but design map overshoots

There is a 5 frame window ~3500 frames away, but I doubt that's worth going for

To the rescue is already done

Danger x9 is easy to beat with good copter RNG (manip?) but the last turns are messy
Jess? stronger units, but no double turn to cheese the rockets
have trouble getting to the infantry at the end
md tanks have no vision and this hurts me
7 turn with jess is free, i think her stronger cruisers make the first turns more consistent
Drake? lol
managed 6 days with jess by kinda winging it, and messed up a bit
built tank, md, md, tank in e base
built art, inf, inf in c base, but never used 2nd inf
built inf d1, then aair d5 in w base
need to corral the bcopters better, and beware the 2nd tank in the w

6 day jess strat:
day 1: recons to airport and s of airport
aair below base, md tank below that
bship n2e2, cruiser n2 from there
build inf, art, tank

day 2: attack tank with md tank
attack recon with recon, join recons
destroy mech with aair
destroy recon with bship
destroy bcopter with cruiser
move inf n3
move art e2s2
build inf
move tank n4e1
build md tank

day 3: destroy a bcopter with cruiser
move recon e3
destroy aair with md tank
destroy tank with aair
attack apc with bship
cap airport
attack md tank with art
destroy md tank with md tank
move tank ne
build md tank

day 4: super
destroy a bcopter with cruiser
destroy tank with md
attack art/apc with recon
hide aair in forest to block apc?
build aair
move airport inf n2e1
move art s1
destroy rockets with md
attack md with md
move tank towards rockets in fog
build tank

day 5+: 2 tanks and md should clear ne
everything else should clear nw
don't let the apc vanish into the woods, maybe build an inf on d3 to help block escape?

some shy movements mess with this a bit, so prepare to adapt
if the tank escapes, it blocks the rocket kill
strat was routed with bcopters attacking bship, they can instead attack recon which is really annoying, fixed by hiding recon in woods
bcopter sometimes attacks aair (i assume if it estimates a kill), but this doesn't usually cost a turn
shy md tank on day 3 does lose a turn though
this seems like a good base to work from, though i am curious how the 5 day win works
need to rework strat for woods mech, currently costs a turn

eagle 8 day capture, almost certainly slower:

day 1: build inf c, tank e

day 2: cap airport, hide tank in woods

send recons and aair to die, build an apc, a bomber and a tank in c, bcopter and fighter w
want to charge super without letting hawke use power, having him attack fighter and cruiser in same day works
use super to save a turn, block chokepoints to protect apc

last 5 turns for showstopper old strat keeping in case the new one doesn't work in some way

day 9: L move w tank 5w
LL move w aair 6w
move aair 4w, destroy copter
move apc w6, drop s
realign rng to (E2766AF)
move unloaded apc w5
move e apc s1w5
build rockets
move tank n1w5


day 10: move e tank w5
move w tank n5
load apc, move n3
move 9 aair w5n1, destroy bcopter
realign rng to (259E6D04)
move aair n3
move apc w5s1, drop e


day 11: move 9 aair s1w2, destroy bcopter
realign rng to (286E1E9A)
move apc w1n3w1, drop n
attack rocket with tank and aair
realign rng to (15CCD70A)

day 12: destroy rockets
start capping hq
realign rng to (12AAD6F9)
build inf nw
start capping city

day 13: cap city, cap hq