[The E]

One problem with that: Charging the Carthage would be just as effective as charging the Imperieuse. In both cases, the Imp has enough time to set up full-power beam shots (To say nothing about Hydra) at the charging vessels.

As such, charging the Imperieuse to make absolutely sure that she will fire on the charging vessels instead of the fleeing ones is the correct choice to make under the circumstances. Let's be clear here, the order to charge was given in the full knowledge that it probably won't work. The only objective was to delay the Imperieuse, not to damage the Carthage.

[MatthTheGeek]

FS2 retail already busted the Ramming Always Works trope with the Repulse and the Colie. There's no reason it would work better now.

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[Rodo]

The Wargods ****ed bad in the last mission, they had the Carthage right there and just choose to give their buddies a few more minutes to escape, which was not necessary because they where already that far away to make it out alive.

The choice was to slug the Carthage, ram it and KILL ALL THE THINGS!, then think about getting someone out alive.

[MatthTheGeek]

They would have needed much more time than they had to make a dent to the Carthage armor. That thing is tougher than it looks by a huge margin.

[Rodo]

You just need to make catastrophic damage on it, a Narayana ramming full speed against the engine section will effectively turn an Orion into a useless floating hulk.

It will never move again, there... one less destroyer.

[MatthTheGeek]

Excepted that in FS, Ramming Does Not Work, as said above.

[Luis Dias]

Perhaps they'll get a clue next time and bring their own version of a meson bomb with them, in case things fk up again. That would have had brought down Steele's smile quite fast.

[LordPomposity]

One problem with that: Charging the Carthage would be just as effective as charging the Imperieuse. In both cases, the Imp has enough time to set up full-power beam shots (To say nothing about Hydra) at the charging vessels.

Really? I distinctly recall noticing the Altan Orde bump into the side of the Carthage while turning to face the Imperieuse.

Excepted that in FS, Ramming Does Not Work, as said above.

Sometimes it doesn't, sometimes it does. The GTD Goliath was destroyed by ramming during the Terran-Vasudan War (FS1 tech room description of the PVF Anubis).

Something happening a couple times in a game does not make it an inviolable physical law of the game's universe (not even if it's on tvtropes).

EDIT: It's also worth noting that Silent Threat: Reborn is canonical within the backstory of Blue Planet, so we also have to consider the Hope's kamikaze attack on the Hades. The Hades wasn't destroyed, but the damage done to its engines allowed the Soyakaze to destroy it before it could start Vasudan Superlaser Bombardment Holocaust Part 2: GTVI Boogaloo. I think that qualifies as ramming working.