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"It's time to chip away at the boulder people"
Dark Hunter:
I meant why did the Shivans make a cruiser, and a Cain at that, their command ship for that sector? This makes no sense to me.
Clawandfang:
--- Quote from: Dark Hunter on February 25, 2008, 02:25:00 pm ---I meant why did the Shivans make a cruiser, and a Cain at that, their command ship for that sector? This makes no sense to me.
--- End quote ---
How big was the sector again?
Mongoose:
I don't know that it was the Shivans placing any specific importance on the Taranis as much as it was them taking advantage of an opportunity to strike at the GTA in a particularly overwhelming fashion. The Shivans had to assume that the captured Taranis would be taken to a large installation of some sort, so tracking it and attacking its destination would be an easy way to cause some damage. I don't know that the Lucifer was deployed in this situation for any specific reason other than its ability to get the job done easily (and, of course, for dramatic storyline effect); it would have to show up sooner or later anyway.
I'd definitely be interested in playing a mini-campaign of the lead-up to the Taranis's capture; it always felt like a bit of a letdown that we went right from learning about this incredibly daring plan to seeing its conclusion. A creative campaign maker could probably come up with 3 or 4 good missions detailing the elimination of the ship's support and escort.
Dark Hunter:
So the Taranis was bait... that does make more sense, I'll admit.
Clawandfang:
I don't think a craft has to be terribly big to be the source of command for a sector. All you need is a group of shivans who have the time to pour over maps and make decisons, not immense firepower.
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