This topic should be subtitled

"Why you should never let Dep comm"

or possibly

"The sadistic joys of active hive relocation"

Anyways, to the point!
First of all, I love different and wierd strats, so much fun! As marines, it seems like every game is the same, rushing for RTs, and holding out for big stuff. I know this is oversimplification, but bear with me.

In my very humble opinion, the most fun part of the game is rushing hives. So, I propose that the marines just convert the entire game into the hive rush. I've tried this about 8 times (not on TG yet), with 6 successes. Here is the basic plan (optimized for an 8 marine team):


1) Send out 2 guys to rush gorges. I've had the best luck with sending out the BEST shooters; if they take out a couple fatties things become easier later. Recycle the main base RT.
2) The rest of the team rushes straight at their hive, although not using the most common path. E.g, if they have cargo on tanith, go through miasma, not through ventilation. DON'T SHOOT ANYTHING
3) One comm chair, one tf, 3 IPs around the RT. Take the rt down as fast as possible, get the rt up and elec the RT. (You have JUST enough res to do this with the res from the recycled rt at marine start).
4) Rush the hive. Eventually the skulks will come back, but with the utterly superior spawn rate and the difficulty that they have taking out the IPs, you should crush them quickly.
5) In the odd case that they got a second hive up (This happened once), send everyone over to the new hive, get a CC up, 3 IPs, get the node, elec, you get the idea.


Positives:
-The games are intense, and generally don't last 5 minutes. People are screaming at you, chaos reigns!!!
-The sadistic pleasure of sending wave after wave of marines into a very hot zone and gleefully yelling "YOU GET MEDPACKS WHEN YOU GET THE HIVE!!!" :twisted:

Negatives:
-Make or break. If you fail on the first reloc they'll be ready, and you'll have no IPs. Generally the gorge attack squad pulls off enough of the skulks to get the initial base up, but there are no guarentees.
-You can't use it all the time. I tried it twice and a row and before we got the first IP up we got gorge rushed. Ow.
-Your marines will hate you. Dropping a shotgun and quoting "Enemy at the Gates" doesn't help much either ("The guy in front gets the gun! When he dies, the next guy picks up the gun, and shoots!" or something close to that )


Anyways, this is just one of my favorite twisted marine strategies. Give it a go if you want to try something new.

--Dep

(Edit: changed title)