[General Battuta]

I hope the Earth ships don't get beams.

Also, Darius, what happened to your badge? Or are badges down forum-wide? I will go attempt to see.

[Snail]

Nothing wrong that I can see.

[Droid803]

Yup. I'm seeing all badges just fine.

[General Battuta]

Agreed, they're working. Must've been a brief problem on my end. Silly!

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Can all UEF fighters work like the GTF Pegasus and GVF Ptah?

[Darius]

Not all of them, that would be unbalanced.

[nuone]

My money is on the UE, because unless I miss my guess, ALPHA ONE is on their side.

Amen brother.

[Titan]

[nuone]

Damn. I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I was emotionally moved by the events finalizing AoA. I cannot imagine fighting my own kind (Trauma from Halo universe and watching "The Day the Earth Stood Still" perhaps). Even more upsetting, is to imagine that Earth defenses and technology would be that much more inferior to the GTVA's. Earth is the hub of humanity's intellect and greatest assets. Surely after the first Great War, they would have captured Shivan vessels and acquired some of there technology. Nonetheless, I believe War in Heaven will be a worthy successor to AoA. I trust in Darius.

[Snail]

Earth is the hub of humanity's intellect and greatest assets. Surely after the first Great War, they would have captured Shivan vessels and acquired some of there technology. Nonetheless, I believe War in Heaven will be a worthy successor to AoA. I trust in Darius.

Well, after 32+ years of galactic expansion I assume the GTVA would have grown a lot more than an isolated capital world which was probably reliant on its outlying colony systems. And the Lucifer went boom. No Shivan vessels/technology to aquire.

[nuone]

Well, after 32+ years of galactic expansion I assume the GTVA would have grown a lot more than an isolated capital world which was probably reliant on its outlying colony systems. And the Lucifer went boom. No Shivan vessels/technology to aquire.

Far be it for me to change the status quo; yet, if you read about other great epics, Core worlds are normally the most advanced regardless of rebellions. Mind you, the fleet was tasked with locating Earth AND its colonies. There were more colonies and outposts. Even so, as mentioned by a member earlier, Earth is unique because it inherently has a greater abundance of resources than all other colonies combined.

Having said that, be it known, I understand how the situation in War in Heaven makes for a more interesting scenario. We like being the under-dog that triumphs.

[eliex]

Even so, as mentioned by a member earlier, Earth is unique because it inherently has a greater abundance of resources than all other colonies combined.

  I don't get it.  Earth is one planet. Earth's colonies can reach up to whole systems like Polaris or Capella, or if you mean Jupiter or Mars even so, combined, their resources far exceed Earth's.

[CaptJosh]

There are the Asteroids, too. But there are asteroid fields and belts in MANY systems.

[-Norbert-]

And the Lucifer went boom. No Shivan vessels/technology to aquire.

But it would be logical that before the Sol node(s) collapsed the GTA would sent anything the capture form the Shivans to Sol for study (well... apart from the Taranis and that Azrael that was borded in the cutscene).
Things like the captured containers or the Dragon with which Alpha one scouted out the Eva and Lucifer prior to Vasudas destruction.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Railguns could even be a supersized Shivan Mega Laser for all we know.

[Droid803]

Railguns could even be a supersized Shivan Mega Laser for all we know.

Funnily, I do use a supersized shivan mega laser (graphic) as a heavy railgun in one of my mods...

[General Battuta]

Railguns could even be a supersized Shivan Mega Laser for all we know.

Except for how it's a railgun.

[MarkN]

The Shivan Mega Laser could be a railgun, for all we know. After all if it is a laser it is breaking several major laws of physics (something to do with the fact that light travels at the speed of light)

[General Battuta]

The Shivan Mega Laser could be a railgun, for all we know. After all if it is a laser it is breaking several major laws of physics (something to do with the fact that light travels at the speed of light)

It's a blob laser. They have their own special Freespace physics.

If it is a railgun, it's the pokiest railgun of all time.

[eliex]

I hope that blob lasers will be much faster then . . .