[Sololop]

I wonder why they didn't do what they did with the Bastion. They learned from the Lucifer that a large enough explosion during a jump would destroy the node. This is how they sealed off Capella. They could have employed this tactic in Gamma Draconis, as well.

I guess maybe they didn't have enough Meson Bombs, or the time to scrap out a destroyer.

[Klaustrophobia]

1) they didn't think they needed to
2) they weren't even sure that would work when they actually DID do it.

[MatthTheGeek]

Really, they didn't have enough bombs. Did you remember how many bombs they stuffed in the Bastion ? You can see something like two f*cking dozens of em in the command ani.

[Klaustrophobia]

it looked like about 5 to me...

[MatthTheGeek]

Well, I might remember wrong. I don't have the ani in front of me. Will doublecheck.

[BlasterNT]

I recall a series of posts about the ani when it was being remade, and how each of the bomb "pods" actually were holders of several of the bomb containers or something like that...  so there were a lot of bombs. 

[Klaustrophobia]

granted i've never seen them next to each other in game, but meson bombs are pretty damn big.  they are about the size of TACs.  i can't imagine very many more than 5 or so fitting inside an orion, even if it was a completely empty shell.

[MatthTheGeek]

The meson bomb container is pretty damn big. The bomb itself, the blue thing in the middle, is barely Elysium-sized.