[-Norbert-]

Or they turn their heat sinks into makeshift beam weapons on you.

I so wanna see this in WiH2

[Luis Dias]

See, now you've jumped to conclusions again. You once again mistake in-engine values for in-universe reality. This effective number of hitpoints is just a balancing tool for us so that we can make sure the mission plays out as we want it to; it does not not NOT mean that the Carthage is suddenly four times as tough as a Sathanas.

Okay, fair enough. I thought the in-engine values for canon FS1/2 were fair game, but I was mistaken.

I think I understand (finally, I know) the overall approach; in-story feats are the empirical standard, not hard stats beyond what is solidly confirmed by the story/exposition.

Thattaboy . That's exactly it.

[General Battuta]

If an upgraded Orion can have that many EHP in Blue Planet surely you'd expect the Colossus or a Sathanas to have even more.

[bfobar]

*Alpha One shoots at the Carthage*

Alpha One: "Command, what the hell did you do to my Maxims? It's like I'm throwing jelly beans at this thing! I could have sworn that it said high hull damage in the manual! What's going on around here?!"

[X3N0-Life-Form]

Command: "Well, either someone is abusing armor table entries, or someone didn't check '$disable weapon damage scaling for player' in the ai_profile table" ^^

[bfobar]

I blame the AWACS ships.

[CT27]

How will Steele put the new Cretheus light cruisers to use?

[Drogoth]

How will Steele put the new Cretheus light cruisers to use?

Like a boss, that's how

[QuakeIV]

Use them to suddenly start tearing the **** out of UEF fighters I'd imagine, they would probably make things living hell in compound with the normal anti-fighter assets available.

[SaltyWaffles]

Use them to suddenly start tearing the **** out of UEF fighters I'd imagine, they would probably make things living hell in compound with the normal anti-fighter assets available.

Basically, deploy them to work alongside fighter squadrons or bomber squadrons where possible. Give them cover, escort, and fire support against the qualitatively superior UEF fighters, whom are becoming more and more inexperienced and poorly trained as the war continues. They could also serve as excellent point-defense backup for larger ships, in small skirmishes or large battles.

[CT27]

In US Civil War terms:

Steele kind of seems like General Grant

Severanti-McClellan

[SaltyWaffles]

In US Civil War terms:

Steele kind of seems like General Grant

Severanti-McClellan

Huh. That's actually a pretty close parallel. I wonder if there's any possible parallel for Adm. Lopez in there (or Byrne, Netreba, or Calder).

[CT27]

Huh. That's actually a pretty close parallel. I wonder if there's any possible parallel for Adm. Lopez in there (or Byrne, Netreba, or Calder).

If I had to make more U.S. Civil War parallels:

Lopez-Union General George Meade

Byrne-Confederate General Johnston

Calder-General Robert E. Lee

Netreba-General James Longstreet


I could explain my thoughts if you'd like.

[SaltyWaffles]

Huh. That's actually a pretty close parallel. I wonder if there's any possible parallel for Adm. Lopez in there (or Byrne, Netreba, or Calder).

If I had to make more U.S. Civil War parallels:

Lopez-Union General George Meade

Byrne-Confederate General Johnston

Calder-General Robert E. Lee

Netreba-General James Longstreet


I could explain my thoughts if you'd like.

Please do; I'm sorry to say that I've let my Civil War knowledge slip over the years. I definitely get the Stonewall pick, but the others leave me curious about the specific similarities.

[CT27]

I never referred to General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

[SaltyWaffles]

I never referred to General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

Well, I guess I just reinforced my shortcoming even more

I'm puzzled as to how I confused the two...Johnston and Jackson aren't too similar of names. Huh.

[CT27]

It's not a perfect analogy but I thought there were some comparisons:

Admiral Anita Lopez/U.S. General George Meade-Competent soldiers who could probably do a good job of being the overall military leader, but aren't gloryhounds

Admiral Byrne/Confederate General Joe Johnston-Military leaders who are defensively minded and disliked by some in the own militaries for not being aggressive enough

Admiral Calder/Confederate General Robert E. Lee-Very aggressive soldiers who want to take the fight to the enemy as much as possible and want to focus less on defensive campaigns

Admiral Netreba/Confederate General James Longstreet-Somewhere in the middle of the previous two

[CT27]

Since it's been said the UEF will likely be more prepared for another large scale Blitz type attack, in that case then what should the next major strategic move for Steele be?

[SpardaSon21]

As I've said before plenty of times, all Steele needs to do is just attrit the UEF war machine through limited strikes and not do another Blitz or Carthage.  If he can just wear down the UEF fleet and make them run out of armor plating, cannon rounds, and replacement fighters he's won.

[General Battuta]

That's assuming he doesn't feel any sort of time pressure.