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Title: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: nomad0305 on August 01, 2011, 04:19:04 am
Hi everyone, although this is my first real post on this forum ..I have been a lurker & a frequent visitor here to get my daily dose of BP Verse !!  ;7 I really wanted to congratulate the entire BP Team for making the greatest game+story ever !! I have played WiH2 about 20 times till now & still the ending makes me cringe from the inside ! The fact that this forums is filled with people bickering over the smallest things/plot points is testament to the fact that you guys have hit the nail square on the head !!! ( I havent seen debates over story lines with such passion of any other game !)  JOB WELL DONE !! My humble hats off to you !!!

Now with that out of the way :  :D.. I was wondering what all your opinion is about the events post delenda est...because I read somewhere here that the Solaris, Eris, Toutatis , Hood, Atruse (spell  :confused:), Serker Corvette team were all engaged in battle during the events near Saturn ..and the fact that one of the Devs said something to the effect of 'there is nothing such as in inconclusive engagement'

So if we see the cutscene/ending of BP:WiH 1  where both the Fed & Tev forces are shown ..we see the Solaris parked at earth , Toutatis  at Mars & Eris with her flotilla of ships likewise the Hood,Toutatis, Carthage is shown from the Tev side

Missing conspicuously is the ... Serker Corvette team ;7  ..does that mean the Serker menace has been finally wiped for good this time !! :nod: :nod: while the Solaris, Eris, Toutatis , Steele & Hood survived their engagements ?? :confused:


P.S : Bring out BP:WiH2 already  :D ..i'm ready to pay for it!
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: The E on August 01, 2011, 04:28:46 am
Smilies are best used in moderation.

That being said, no, Serkr is definitely not wiped out.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: nomad0305 on August 01, 2011, 04:45:45 am
So that would mean no major losses were taken by either side in all other major engagements at the time (apart from the loss of 3 Karuna frigates & 2 Sanctus cruisers of the Wargods)
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: The E on August 01, 2011, 05:01:58 am
And a few Corvettes and Cruisers on the GTVA side, depending on player actions.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Deadly in a Shadow on August 01, 2011, 06:52:17 am
Well, I think there's a lot of fighter/bomber casualities and damaged capships on both sides.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on August 01, 2011, 08:07:49 am
Well, for one, the Carthage's whole fighter complement is down. Will take a while to replace.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: crizza on August 01, 2011, 08:28:17 am
Do you really think it will take a while?
We are talking about Steele, who threw the fighter complement into the meat grinder, while most likely another logistic ship is inbound with a replacement complement...
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: nomad0305 on August 01, 2011, 09:39:26 am
I agree .. i dont think we're at a stage where dwindling fighters/bombers are an issue for the TEV's yet.

But for the Fed's its just the opposite ...i mean Calder/Netreba gambled EVERYTHING (including their own command carriers) into this operation, so they must have already lost quite a few of the increasingly scare Uriel gunships...only to get totally owned by Steele's gambit.

I just keep drawing blanks thinking "What would I do now if I were in Calder/Netreba's shoes?" I would probably be forced to think that Admiral Bryne was right all along..Man I hate Steele  :mad:
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Deadly in a Shadow on August 01, 2011, 09:46:06 am

I agree .. i dont think we're at a stage where dwindling fighters/bombers are an issue for the TEV's yet.

But for the Fed's its just the opposite ...i mean Calder/Netreba gambled EVERYTHING (including their own command carriers) into this operation, so they must have already lost quite a few of the increasingly scare Uriel gunships...only to get totally owned by Steele's gambit.

I just keep drawing blanks thinking "What would I do now if I were in Calder/Netreba's shoes?" ..Man I hate Steele  :mad:
Keep fighting and hoping that Byrne isn't just the crouching moron hidden badass in R2 anymore.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on August 01, 2011, 09:52:45 am
As far as I gathered they too believe in whatever secret project Byrne has going, they just don't believe that they can hold out untill it is finished, if they don't disrupt the GTVAs preparations.
The whole point of the Wargods earlier operations was to slow down the GTVA buildup and make sure the inevitable attack on Earth is delayed as much as possible, so the project has time to get completed.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: The E on August 01, 2011, 10:10:09 am
At the end of WiH, the war is effectively lost, with both 2FM and 3JRF being reduced to a shadow of their former selves. Supporting Byrne and whatever his endgame plan is is pretty much the only option they have.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Killer Whale on August 02, 2011, 05:56:09 am
Mars as well? I didn't notice 2nd fleet taking a pounding...
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: crizza on August 02, 2011, 06:30:47 am
I guess two frigates and the cruisers belonged to the 2nd fleet mars.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Mars on August 02, 2011, 06:40:16 am
They lost a bunch of cruisers too IIRC, throughout the campagin (as in, most of them)

I'd need to double check that though

EDIT:

Looks like I was wrong, although maybe all those cruisers that are unaccounted for?

UEF Potential losses

Jovian Rim Fleet
FA 3311 Ranvir - Narayana class
FG 3101 Nelson - Karuna class
FG 3102 Cormorant - Karuna class
FG 3103 Katana - Karuna class
FG 3104 Altan Orde - Karuna class
FG 3107 Akula - Karuna class
FG 3108 Rhineland - Karuna class


CA 32XX Dea Nemetona - Sanctus class
CA 32XX St Vincent - Sanctus class
CA 32XX Dea Soucanna - Sanctus class
CA 32XX Sabaragamuwa - Sanctus class
CA 3240 Ironhide - Sanctus class
CA 3241 Suffron - Sanctus class
CA 3242 Dea Bricta - Sanctus class
CA 3243 Auxerre - Sanctus class


Second Fleet Mars
FG 2102 Yangtze - Karuna class


CA 2231 Dea Icaunis - Sanctus class
CA 2233 Kyoto - Sanctus class
CA 2234 Insuperable - Sanctus class

Home Fleet
CA 1225 Vilnius - Sanctus class

Unknown

X3XX - Narayana class
X3XX - Narayana class
X1XX - Karuna class
X1XX - Karuna class
X2XX - Sanctus class
X2XX - Sanctus class
X2XX - Sanctus class
X2XX - Sanctus class

Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Drogoth on August 02, 2011, 03:13:24 pm
Yeah screw those UEF newbs! Go Go Steele! Long live the Tevs!

But maybe i read the name wrong but wasn't one of the Serkr Corvettes cruising next to the Imperiuse when they ambushed the Wargods? I'd hit up the mission to check right now, except that i'm in a game of League of Legends and my team is already pissed that I'm half afk reading the forums on my other screen xD

Also the GTVA can just rotate another battlegroup in if losses were to heavy, withdraw the current for repairs. The UEF don't have that luxury.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: The E on August 02, 2011, 03:25:39 pm
Also the GTVA can just rotate another battlegroup in if losses were to heavy, withdraw the current for repairs. The UEF don't have that luxury.

Nope, they can't. Not without making an already complicated logistical and political issue even more complicated.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Drogoth on August 02, 2011, 04:04:27 pm
Also the GTVA can just rotate another battlegroup in if losses were to heavy, withdraw the current for repairs. The UEF don't have that luxury.

Nope, they can't. Not without making an already complicated logistical and political issue even more complicated.

Ok fair enough

Also it seems that i dont have a pilot file able to currently access Delenda Est, (restarted campaign a bit ago), can anyone else confirm that one of the corvettes escorting the Imperiuse was part of Serkr? I may have just read the name wrong but I was pretty sure
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: crizza on August 02, 2011, 04:54:15 pm
Simply look up the vp-files.
It was the Hydra, part of Serkr indeed.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: LordPomposity on August 02, 2011, 05:13:25 pm
No, it was the Hydra#. Not sure where the real Hydra was at the time. :p
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: niffiwan on August 02, 2011, 05:20:31 pm
At the end of WiH, the war is effectively lost, with both 2FM and 3JRF being reduced to a shadow of their former selves. Supporting Byrne and whatever his endgame plan is is pretty much the only option they have.

Makes me wonder what black-ops trickery the Laporte & the Fedayeen (sp) are going to get up to in WiH part 2...
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Drogoth on August 02, 2011, 05:21:00 pm
Simply look up the vp-files.
It was the Hydra, part of Serkr indeed.

Which introduces the possibility that Serkr was split up for this operation, (which seems odd as they are supposed to work as a team) or they took some significant losses. Not wiped out clearly, but if the Hydra was there one has to ask why the Pilum and the Marcus Glaive were not

At the end of WiH, the war is effectively lost, with both 2FM and 3JRF being reduced to a shadow of their former selves. Supporting Byrne and whatever his endgame plan is is pretty much the only option they have.

Makes me wonder what black-ops trickery the Laporte & the Fedayeen (sp) are going to get up to in WiH part 2...


The strong inner Tev within me says 'hopefully nothing' xD

Also @ Mars (since i dont want to quote his massive casualty chart in order to save space haha) I think we can safely add the Indus as a possible loss (unless there has been info saying the indus makes it out) Because that ship is friggen torched, and in a decaying solar orbit when we leave it. I'm inclined to think that the Fedayeen would save the crew and not bother to attempt to tow the indus. They didnt bring anything capable of towing it with them, unless some freighters jump in right after the screen cuts away, and the Indus was on a pretty tight clock for the point of no return.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: LordPomposity on August 02, 2011, 05:34:34 pm
Quote from: Masyaf
Fear not, Indus. Careful listening is our...specialty. We are preparing engineering teams to assist with repairs, and shuttles to evacuate your casualties.


...which is pretty damned surprising considering how thoroughly the Indus has been thrashed. But it appears they're at least trying.

Also, IIRC one of the many Ttutas has posted a picture of the rest of Serkr Team engaging either the Eris or Toutatis simultaneous with Delenda Est.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Drogoth on August 02, 2011, 05:51:24 pm
OK im just retarded then haha, stupid indus refuses to die.

And neat, i hadnt seen that picture, good to know
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: nomad0305 on August 02, 2011, 08:03:04 pm

The strong inner Tev within me says 'hopefully nothing' xD

The strongER inner Fed in me prays that you have seen s**t yet !! 

Remember the Fedayeen have access to 'considerable' resources .. so that could mean some significant technology/fleet assets/intelligence etc that could just help turn the tides and they were'nt a factor .... unit now .


Also the GTVA can just rotate another battlegroup in if losses were to heavy, withdraw the current for repairs. The UEF don't have that luxury.

Nope, they can't. Not without making an already complicated logistical and political issue even more complicated.

In the end cutscene we see that the Vasudans too have committed a Task Force/Battlegroup to the Sol theater ..so that would mean that the Tev's are doing well both logistically & politically  :nervous:
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: LordPomposity on August 02, 2011, 08:13:29 pm
Dug up the picture. It's the third screenshot in the initial post of this thread. http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=76041.msg1508712#msg1508712
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Drogoth on August 02, 2011, 11:25:04 pm
The Fedayen's 'considerable resources' are about to meet the Tevs + the Zods I hope.

Also thanks for the picture, its an epic screen shot xD
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: nomad0305 on August 03, 2011, 08:14:47 am
Remember the ants ?    :P
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Drogoth on August 03, 2011, 03:16:44 pm
Remember the ants ?    :P

Just because Noemi wants one side to win, and just because one side must win, doesn't mean it will be her side
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: crizza on August 03, 2011, 03:48:27 pm
Yeah, the red ants will win...shivans ftw...that would be ludicrous^^
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Mars on August 06, 2011, 12:32:20 am
Honestly, given only the UEF and GTVA, what would a realistic win scenario be for the UEF? Not really anything like a win in an ant war (utter extermination)

I wonder if the Vasudans could be the red ants.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on August 06, 2011, 04:18:41 am
I wonder if the Vasudans could be the red ants.

Now that would be something interesting. We have yet to see the vasudans make a move, maybe this will be what bp3 is about.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: crizza on August 06, 2011, 06:25:32 am
Hm...I don't think that Khonsu would waste military assets against the UEF.
Right now it would make sense to strengthen their position in Sol and force the TEVs and FEDs to negotiate again.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Deadly in a Shadow on August 06, 2011, 07:01:34 am
Khonsu prepares most of it's military assets against the "apocalypse". That was mentioned in one tech room entry.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: crizza on August 06, 2011, 07:04:56 am
I know, but that apocalypse surely involves Shivans and not some flowergirls in Sol;)
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Deadly in a Shadow on August 06, 2011, 07:11:56 am
I know, but that apocalypse surely involves Shivans and not some flowergirls in Sol;)
Are you sure that the shivans are the possible apocalypse? maybe, there is another species around in the BP-verse?

That's the problem of BP. All those mysteries :D
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: crizza on August 06, 2011, 07:39:44 am
Touché, maybe the TEVs and FEDs fight their little war to the bloody end, only for the vishnans to appear saying "Gotcha" and firing their lazorz.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Snail on August 07, 2011, 09:08:12 am
BP3 will be about fighting giant ants in space suits, I'm sure
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Deadly in a Shadow on August 07, 2011, 09:10:12 am
BP3 will be about fighting giant ants in space suits, I'm sure
You will be an ant! You must choose your side!
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Snail on August 07, 2011, 09:33:37 am
BP3 will be about fighting giant ants in space suits, I'm sure
oh wait, those are shivans sorry didn't notice that when i was posting
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: LordPomposity on August 07, 2011, 09:59:05 am
And the water hose is the super soaker Colossus.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Trivial Psychic on August 07, 2011, 11:21:19 am
I thought that giant ants were really the Shadows.  :lol:
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Flak on August 09, 2011, 03:40:33 am
I believe you can see the Marcus Glaive and Pilum fighting the Eris battlegroup in some of the latest the promotional screenshots.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on August 26, 2011, 06:47:53 pm
What about those ships that defected to the UEF at the end of AOA? Do we have any info on what they are doing?
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Logistics on August 26, 2011, 07:12:15 pm
What about those ships that defected to the UEF at the end of AOA? Do we have any info on what they are doing?

While I won't hold my breath in anticipation, it would be interesting to see the Sanctuary enter the field retrofitted in some hurried way. I was rather fond of that 'gattling gun' projection on the front that didn't seem to do anything.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on August 26, 2011, 07:37:13 pm
What about those ships that defected to the UEF at the end of AOA? Do we have any info on what they are doing?

While I won't hold my breath in anticipation, it would be interesting to see the Sanctuary enter the field retrofitted in some hurried way. I was rather fond of that 'gattling gun' projection on the front that didn't seem to do anything.
Other than the Sanctuary, there was the GTC Duke and the GTL Solace. I think that I'm missing one.
Has there been enough time for the UEF to use the beams on them for anything, I wonder?
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Mars on August 26, 2011, 09:11:35 pm
Well; think about US armor during WWII. The Sherman tank continued to be produced widely, despite the fact that theoretically speaking, producing a tank with better armor and firepower would not have been that difficult, simply because it was cheaper and more efficient to do so.

I think the question for the UEF regarding beams isn't as much "is it possible" as it is, "is it practical." With dwindling production capabilities and resources its even more vital for the UEF to produce efficiently. Their current designs even seem to have failed in production efficiency; and switching to technology that requires a whole new set of requirements in design would probably only hamper it further.

Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on August 26, 2011, 09:33:11 pm
In that case, I wonder about what the GTC Duke (and that other one) is doing now. I remember the GTL Solace being mentioned at one point, but still...

Personally, I thought that Admiral Carey seemed like the type of person who would be tempted to defect to Earth too, but that was too bad that she didn't since I thought she had a fair chance of convincing her crew to come with.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Mars on August 26, 2011, 09:41:12 pm
Admiral Carey
Spoiler:
does in fact support the UEF, her dissimination of information plays a key role throughout the second half of War in Heaven
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on August 27, 2011, 03:20:03 pm
I think "the other one" was the Chimera class corvette GTCv Labouchere.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Droid803 on August 27, 2011, 10:28:41 pm
Admiral Carey
Spoiler:
does in fact support the UEF, her dissimination of information plays a key role throughout the second half of War in Heaven

too bad it was a carp.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on August 27, 2011, 11:41:59 pm
I'd be willing to wager that the ships that defected will make an appearance. Chekhov's Gun demands it. I'm thinking the reason we haven't seen them is because either Adm. Byrne or the Fedayeen are in command of them as assets, otherwise I imagine they would have been a hell of thing to throw at the Carthage in Delenda Est and despite their rarity and importance, I think that Adm. Netreba and Adm. Calder would have committed at least one of them if they'd been able.

Using those ships in a decisive battle that concludes in the UEF's favor would have huge psychological impact on the GTVA, sort of like salt in the proverbial wounds. The UEF is in a bad way, but they don't necessarily need a total military victory. Psychological impact is gonna be a lot more important in part 3. On one side, you've got a brilliant but underhanded strategic and tactical genius whose exploits would pretty much cause the defecation to hit the ventilation if they ever got revealed. On the other side, you've got a despairing former flower-child civilization fighting like a cornered animal.

Whatever happens, this is gonna get REALLY interesting.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Drogoth on August 28, 2011, 01:22:31 am
Admiral Carey
Spoiler:
does in fact support the UEF, her dissimination of information plays a key role throughout the second half of War in Heaven

too bad it was a carp.

Indeed. Why choose the red or black ants when one can choose a fish?
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on August 28, 2011, 04:31:52 am
Using those ships in a decisive battle that concludes in the UEF's favor would have huge psychological impact on the GTVA, sort of like salt in the proverbial wounds.
Or it would send the message "we can't win with our own ships, so we need to use GTVA ships to win" to both sides and thus reduce the morale impact on the GTVA while hampering the morale gain of the UEF troops.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: The E on August 28, 2011, 04:38:21 am
Also, a single Hyperion and a single Chimera operated by inexperienced crews really do not bring in enough combat ability to decisively sway any battle in the UEF's favour.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Deadly in a Shadow on August 28, 2011, 05:15:00 am
Admiral Carey
Spoiler:
does in fact support the UEF, her dissimination of information plays a key role throughout the second half of War in Heaven

too bad it was a carp.

Indeed. Why choose the red or black ants when one can choose a fish?
I wanna choose the cat.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on August 29, 2011, 06:10:18 pm
Also, a single Hyperion and a single Chimera operated by inexperienced crews really do not bring in enough combat ability to decisively sway any battle in the UEF's favour.
Who says they would be inexperienced? Didn't their crews manage to defect along with the ships?
Or did the ships just jettison the people before going to Earth~?
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Mars on August 29, 2011, 06:23:04 pm
. . . it's like the idea that a Arleigh Burke and an Oliver Hazard Perry could take on a whole US Carrier battle group.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on August 29, 2011, 06:28:45 pm
. . . it's like the idea that a Arleigh Burke and an Oliver Hazard Perry could take on a whole US Carrier battle group.
Do you think that Steele could?
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Mars on August 29, 2011, 07:33:03 pm
Obviously a good strategy would help, but I don't think it'd be the first choice of a field commander
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Black Wolf on August 29, 2011, 07:44:20 pm
Also, a single Hyperion and a single Chimera operated by inexperienced crews really do not bring in enough combat ability to decisively sway any battle in the UEF's favour.
Who says they would be inexperienced? Didn't their crews manage to defect along with the ships?
Or did the ships just jettison the people before going to Earth~?
The crews may have defected, but that doesn't neccesarily mean that they'd be willing to turn around and kill their former comrades. Plus there's a high likelihood that a significant  fraction of the crew disagreed with the decision to defect, so at least part of the crew would be new by neccessity. Finally, the UEF might not entirely trust the entire crew enough to allow them to stay with their ship - you might not be able to guarantee they'd follow orders, for example, to kill rather than disable GTVA ships - and replaced the crews entirely.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on August 29, 2011, 07:59:59 pm
The crews may have defected, but that doesn't neccesarily mean that they'd be willing to turn around and kill their former comrades. Plus there's a high likelihood that a significant  fraction of the crew disagreed with the decision to defect, so at least part of the crew would be new by neccessity. Finally, the UEF might not entirely trust the entire crew enough to allow them to stay with their ship - you might not be able to guarantee they'd follow orders, for example, to kill rather than disable GTVA ships - and replaced the crews entirely.
True, but even if most (if not all) of the crew was replaced with UEF personnel, I think that the war has been going on long enough for them to be at least competent in the running of the ship.
Personally, I suspect the Fedayeen to be controlling the Duke and Labouchere. That could be how they are brought into the game again (when Noemi sees them in action).

The Solice, I think, was mentioned in reference to that mysterious "project".

Also, I wasn't arguing that the two ships would make a world of difference, but every ship counts, right? As for that physiological thing - I think that lends support to the Fedayeen controlling them secretly, and them avoiding the problems associated with using them publicly.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Drogoth on August 29, 2011, 09:37:33 pm
I completely disagree that 18 months is long enough to get up to snuff running the kind of hardware we're talking about here. Not only are the UEF personnel not trained with this hardware, there is no way to replace defective parts in a timely fashion. It's probably far more effective to hold these ships for a research role then it is to operate them. I doubt the UEF has the capacity to replace parts that could be defective or damaged in combat on the ships. (I'm looking at you beam weapons). While the Solace and Agincourt would undoubtedly be able to handle those repairs, it only goes on for so long. Factor in that the Duke and Labouchere are the only ships with this kind of offensive hardware that the UEF has access to and putting them into combat is frankly far to much of a risk.

IF they are being operated in a military fashion rather then just serving as technological treasure troves then we are at least in agreement that highly senior elements of the military or the Fedayeen are the ones handling them. Either way, the people on those ships possess sky high clearance levels ad have intricate knowledge of deeply classified data (Byrne's project for example). It would be a nightmare for the UEF if Steele were to capture these vessels and their personnel, and I guarantee Steele would know the weaknesses of those ships far better then the UEF would, and he would exploit it to recapture them ASAP

They also don't fit into the deployment posture of the UEF very well. Corvettes simply don't fit as independent operators in a Frigate heavy fleet, they don't bring enough combat power to sustain themselves on their own, doubly so for the Chimera, with all of its heavy firepower directed forward. Easy to outmaneuver, and the UEF does not have the capacity to keep that corvette secure from ambush unless its tied down in defensive posture. The Hyperion could fit into the role of the Sanctus I suppose, but it would be awkward fitting that into effective doctrine with a fleet that is well trained and works well together. The new crew would be green, inexperienced, and their fellow ships would not be able to support them effectively, or be supported effectively due to lack of familiarity.

Factor in UEF fighter doctrine and its a total recipe for disastor. We've read the reasons that UEF fighters stay close to their ships... and why Tevs don't. As soon as we start telling UEF fighters to avoids the beams so they wont get hit, they push far from their ships and into an unsupported environment. Superior fighters or not, the UEF is best served by serving in the element it is used to. Introducing these ships for PR value could be a tactical and ultimately strategic misstep on the highest order. The firepower they bring to bear isn't enough to change that
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on August 31, 2011, 12:18:46 pm
Using those ships in a decisive battle that concludes in the UEF's favor would have huge psychological impact on the GTVA, sort of like salt in the proverbial wounds.
Or it would send the message "we can't win with our own ships, so we need to use GTVA ships to win" to both sides and thus reduce the morale impact on the GTVA while hampering the morale gain of the UEF troops.

I don't mean that two ships would be enough to turn the tide of battle in the UEF's favor, but if they were present in a battle that already favored the UEF in outcome, it reminds the GTVA crews fighting against them that they have very little moral support. What effect that might have, I don't know - the psychologists and sociologists and are undoubtedly employed by both sides would be better able to say than I. But after taking as many pictures as possible, evaluating the technology, and debriefing the crews, what else is there to do with those two warships but use them (aside from moral objection, see the 2nd paragraph)? The UEF is up against a wall, it would be ridiculous to keep two perfectly good warships in space dock. 18 months is more than enough time for experienced techs to learn all they can from the ships, keeping in mind that it's likely they got a few GTVA engineers in the defection.

It would be a mistake to overestimate the usefulness of reverse engineering - it can actually be harder to reverse engineer and build a replica than it would to simply develop the technology yourself. I don't think we'll see the UEF making beam cannons anytime soon. They have the same data from the Lucifer as the GTA did after the end of the Great War, and comparable industrial and research capacity. Recall that in the first mission of War in Heaven, the comms officer in one of the cruisers says something about "watching the ghosts of the Lucifer's own weapons" carving up his comrades. That suggests that the UEF didn't go down the path of building their own beam weapons because in their ideology, it seemed too much like they would become the Shivans. And the GTVA seems to be doing just that. They copied their weapons, they copied their tactics, and now they're even willing to destroy their own race because they don't agree with their politics. It's a dark road.

I think it's more likely that, instead of seeing beams on UEF ships, we'll simply be seeing more ECM and ECCM. Reverse engineering may not be good for copying hardware but they'll certainly learn a hell of a lot about the computer systems aboard GTVA vessels. Targeting, automation, navigation, etc. A targeted computer virus that will shut down a whole GTVA fleet for a few minutes? A wing of Vajrahadras with ECM that will spoof GTVA targeting systems and essentially render them invisible to GTVA sensors? The possibilities are staggering, and I know the BP team is going to come up with something awesome.  ;7
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on August 31, 2011, 02:37:17 pm
Would the UEF even need to reverse engineer beamcannons from the parts in the Labouchere and Duke?
I mean they got two logistics ships and while the Solace might have been depleted, the Agincourt surely was well supplyed when it was taken over. That includes parts for beamcannons or maybe even fully assembled pieces of the smaller ones (AAA or the cruiser beams come to mind).
And unless both Anemois databanks were completely purged by GTVA loyal crewmembers, the UEF is bound to have very extensive data on beamcannon technology from one or both of those ships too (and a few technicians who defected, like TwentyPercentCooler already said). There should really be no need to take apart the two combatships, unless it has something to do with studying their meson reactors perhaps.


As for mixing GTVA and UEF crews on those two ships, I think that might be a bad idea. We don't have much information about the training of GTVA and UEF crews, but considering the differences in culture, philosophy and government I suspect it to be quite extensive. And in the missions we already heard (or rather saw) that the UEF seems to use different terminology ("vampires approaching, fangs out"or somesuch for example).
Put the terminology and crew taining differences together and possibly some crewmembers feeling themselfs superiour to the member of the other faction and you likely end up with a mixed crew working less effective than a crew of greenhorns that all had the same training.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on August 31, 2011, 08:48:22 pm
Would the UEF even need to reverse engineer beamcannons from the parts in the Labouchere and Duke?
I mean they got two logistics ships and while the Solace might have been depleted, the Agincourt surely was well supplyed when it was taken over. That includes parts for beamcannons or maybe even fully assembled pieces of the smaller ones (AAA or the cruiser beams come to mind).
And unless both Anemois databanks were completely purged by GTVA loyal crewmembers, the UEF is bound to have very extensive data on beamcannon technology from one or both of those ships too (and a few technicians who defected, like TwentyPercentCooler already said). There should really be no need to take apart the two combatships, unless it has something to do with studying their meson reactors perhaps.


As for mixing GTVA and UEF crews on those two ships, I think that might be a bad idea. We don't have much information about the training of GTVA and UEF crews, but considering the differences in culture, philosophy and government I suspect it to be quite extensive. And in the missions we already heard (or rather saw) that the UEF seems to use different terminology ("vampires approaching, fangs out"or somesuch for example).
Put the terminology and crew taining differences together and possibly some crewmembers feeling themselfs superiour to the member of the other faction and you likely end up with a mixed crew working less effective than a crew of greenhorns that all had the same training.

Yeah, reverse engineering is pretty unlikely - it never works as well as people think it would. Like I said, the UEF started in parity with the GTA after the Great War with the data from studying the Shivan technology. I don't think they really want beam weaponry. The Labouchere and the Duke, plus the two Anemois, are a veritable treasure trove of information, though. They have all the GTVAs computer systems to break down and study, information on armor composition, reactor design, propulsion systems, and information on weapons like the Balor and TAG missiles. Information is power, and the more the UEF knows about all of those things, the better it can combat them. Studying the TAG beacons would be especially helpful in avoiding losing assets to TAG-assisted targeting. Since there's no canon information saying that the GTVA has captured any UEF vessels (unless I'm mistaken; I'm hardly an expert), the UEF seems to have the upper hand in information warfare at the moment.

Since they have a smaller Navy that's rapidly dwindling, they need that kind of force multiplication. There's a whole bag of tricks they can pull from if they're smart about using the information that they have. Spoofing GTVA sensors to sneak-attack a destroyer with some Sledgehammer-armed Durgas to disable it and leave it vulnerable before it can react? Converting TAG-C missiles to plant beacons for their own subspace missile strikes? Improving their reactor design to increase the maximum speed of their remaining ships, or increase the intensity of the magnetic field on mass driver cannons for a higher muzzle velocity? Developing better penetrator rounds specifically designed to smash GTVA alloys on their newer vessels (which happen to be the most dangerous)? I just came up with those off the top of my head. No doubt the BP team has even more surprises in mind.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: StargateSpankyHam on September 05, 2011, 01:55:03 am
If anything, I think that the closest thing to a UEF ace-in-the-hole, if there's going to be one, will likely be the GTC Duke. The ship's crew was completely overtaken by the Vishnans during AoA, and at the very least, they managed to push the subspace drive far beyond its standard operating limits. It's quite conceivable that there's still Vishnan data floating around inside the Duke's computers.

If this is the case, the imagination truly is the limit. Will we see superweapons? Some anti-subspace device? Telepathic hacking?

Never mind, the GTC Duke is the perfect ship for a behind-the-scenes, secret escort mission. Cruisers are weak and vulnerable, and some random heavy fighter squadron could pose a significant threat to it. Unlike escorting a destroyer, the Tevs would not need to discover the UEF's secret mission and mount a full-scale assault, to have a decent shot at taking it out.

Never mind, if they can somehow sneak through the Delta Serpentis node (cloaking device, decoys, diversion, extensive jamming, etc), there's the N-362 Knossos portal. The Vishnans needed a giant ship to alter the node for trans-dimensional transit. A reconfiguration of the portal may be able to accomplish the same thing. They could perhaps open a node through space and time.

The BP team never fails to impress. Just when I thought it couldn't get any cooler than a mod involving travelling to a parallel universe infested with Shivans, they launched War in Heaven...which was the best gaming experience I've ever had. Whatever they are planning for BP3, I have little doubt that it will be awesome. :cool:
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on September 05, 2011, 02:35:44 pm
If anything, I think that the closest thing to a UEF ace-in-the-hole, if there's going to be one, will likely be the GTC Duke. The ship's crew was completely overtaken by the Vishnans during AoA, and at the very least, they managed to push the subspace drive far beyond its standard operating limits. It's quite conceivable that there's still Vishnan data floating around inside the Duke's computers.

If this is the case, the imagination truly is the limit. Will we see superweapons? Some anti-subspace device? Telepathic hacking?

Never mind, the GTC Duke is the perfect ship for a behind-the-scenes, secret escort mission. Cruisers are weak and vulnerable, and some random heavy fighter squadron could pose a significant threat to it. Unlike escorting a destroyer, the Tevs would not need to discover the UEF's secret mission and mount a full-scale assault, to have a decent shot at taking it out.

Never mind, if they can somehow sneak through the Delta Serpentis node (cloaking device, decoys, diversion, extensive jamming, etc), there's the N-362 Knossos portal. The Vishnans needed a giant ship to alter the node for trans-dimensional transit. A reconfiguration of the portal may be able to accomplish the same thing. They could perhaps open a node through space and time.

The BP team never fails to impress. Just when I thought it couldn't get any cooler than a mod involving travelling to a parallel universe infested with Shivans, they launched War in Heaven...which was the best gaming experience I've ever had. Whatever they are planning for BP3, I have little doubt that it will be awesome. :cool:

Yeah, they have a ridiculous spectrum of possibilities to draw from. And it'll definitely be awesome.

Personally, I'm hoping it will be something a little more conventional than relying on anything Vishnan, though. I don't trust those...things. Their motives are questionable, at best. The UEF seems to me like they like to rely on human ingenuity and creativity to solve problems.

But, it's not my story, so I'll just patiently wait for WiH R2 and allow it to blow my mind when it comes out anyway.  :P
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on September 07, 2011, 11:19:34 pm
I recently played through FS1 again, and I noticed that most of the best weapon projects seemed to have been built in, or around, Sol system. Plus, like you guys said, they already had the data that they really needed for analyzing beam weapon technology, in essence. Likely, they didn't want to associate with it.

On the other hand, what do you think of supplementing some 1st Fleet frigates with a forward (and maybe aft) beam cannon? The pilots would know to stay away from there because of the railguns and such. Why not add a bit of firepower to the ships that have (possibly) access to the Solice and Agincourt?

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I still don't think that they would risk using greenhorns to pilot such important(?) ships, though. Considering the level of trust that they (I'm assuming) are placing in the Bei family, why couldn't the original crew use their ships? If they are being used in a military capacity, of course. Putting aside the issue with parts of the crew disagreeing the defecting decision (the ships would be unlikely to defect in the first place if that large of a portion of the crew disagreed, I think)
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: LordPomposity on September 08, 2011, 12:38:50 am
On the other hand, what do you think of supplementing some 1st Fleet frigates with a forward (and maybe aft) beam cannon? The pilots would know to stay away from there because of the railguns and such. Why not add a bit of firepower to the ships that have (possibly) access to the Solice and Agincourt?

I doubt it's that easy. The Chimera and Bellerephon models are essentially beam cannons with engines; any UEF ships that used beams would similarly need to be designed and built around the beam cannons rather than have them added post-construction.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Scotty on September 08, 2011, 01:34:43 am
The Fenris, Leviathan, and Orion laugh at your statement.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Flak on September 08, 2011, 01:40:39 am
Reverse engineering is one thing, but putting them into mass production is another. It is actually easier to just salvage them from destroyed tev ships and jury rig them to ships that can carry them.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on September 08, 2011, 04:41:11 am
Considering that in WiH ships try to escape before death and usually the beam cannons are the first thing that is disabled, there isn't really much so salvage in this regard. The "than can carry them" part is also problematic. Can UEF ships carry beamweapons without extensive rebuilding?

On the other hand, what do you think of supplementing some 1st Fleet frigates with a forward (and maybe aft) beam cannon? The pilots would know to stay away from there because of the railguns and such. Why not add a bit of firepower to the ships that have (possibly) access to the Solice and Agincourt?

I doubt it's that easy. The Chimera and Bellerephon models are essentially beam cannons with engines; any UEF ships that used beams would similarly need to be designed and built around the beam cannons rather than have them added post-construction.
On the other hand the Naras big guns also have quite long barrels.

I think the bigger problem might be the power/ammunition supply.
Do we know how exactly beamcannons get their plasma? Are they supplyed with some "raw material" that is heated up inside the cannon, or do they drain plasma right out of the reactor? If it is the latter you'd need some delivery system from the reactor to the cannon, were right now the UEF only needs cables, since electricity is enough to make gausscannons and massdrivers fire (plus the ammunition of course). Either way it's likely they'd need a stronger reactor to sustain the ship functions and the beams.

I suppose if they replaced the ammunition-based weapons with beams, they could always use the room that was used to store ammunition to cram in auxilary reactors for the beams, but that would also mean they'd need take out the ammunition delivery systems and replace them with conduits, build in cooling systems for the auxilary reactors, ect.
For all those reasons I very much doubt putting beamcannons on UEF ships is something done quickly, if it's even possible.

Better to incorporate the beams into ships, currently under construction than to try jury-rigging the currently active ships, or better yet, design a new shiptype from the ground up.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on September 08, 2011, 09:48:44 pm
Couldn't the UEF update some of their own Orion-class ships? We've seen what the Carthage was able to do, and how much damage it was able to take.

Also, considering how quickly the Agincourt was able to repair/replace parts of the UEF ships that captured it, I'm not so sure that the process would be entirely too time-consuming if they had the right facility. The Agincourt wasn't designed to repair ships of those specs, and yet...

Also, speaking of the Agincourt, how quickly would it be able to repair the disabled/destroyed beam-cannons of captured ships? Just putting that out there.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on September 09, 2011, 02:12:13 am
Did you just compare the fixing up of fighters with completely rebuilding a capital ships?
As for the Orions, I suppose they were scrapped when the GTA was dissolved. They were after all a symbol of GTA authority and militarism, so getting rid of them would discourage any remaining followers from rebelling in the period were the Ubuntu party rose to power.
Also, unlike the GTVAs Hecate, the Solaris is superiour to the (old, non beam) Orion in every way, except perhaps the ability to fly independently without any supply - a situation being unlikely in the extreme within sol.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Flak on September 09, 2011, 02:25:17 am
It appears possible to rig the SBlues and SGreens from destroyed tev cruisers into the Sanctus, at the cost of stripping its railguns and torpedoes. It is still quite doubtful if the Karunas and Narayanas can use the Chimera beams, considering how much modifications it would require. The anti fighter beams on the other hand is quite readily used, but considering how deadly effective the PDS turrets on UEF ships are, they are unecessary modifications.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: LordPomposity on September 09, 2011, 10:58:36 am
The Fenris, Leviathan, and Orion laugh at your statement.

Not really a fair comparison. The Fenris, Leviathan, and Orion weren't designed with beams in mind, but the beams were presumably designed with the Fenris, Leviathan, and Orion in mind.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on September 12, 2011, 03:44:06 am
Did you just compare the fixing up of fighters with completely rebuilding a capital ships?
As for the Orions, I suppose they were scrapped when the GTA was dissolved. They were after all a symbol of GTA authority and militarism, so getting rid of them would discourage any remaining followers from rebelling in the period were the Ubuntu party rose to power.
Also, unlike the GTVAs Hecate, the Solaris is superiour to the (old, non beam) Orion in every way, except perhaps the ability to fly independently without any supply - a situation being unlikely in the extreme within sol.
-No, I didn't... I'm pretty sure that ship partially repaired the frigates. Although, I'd have to replay to be sure. I know it said something about running on full efficiency, and I think the frigates were at full health for the next mission.

-More likely, the Orions were "mothballed". I know about what happens to old ships like that. So, I don't see the problem with breaking out one or two. Unless of course, the GTVA attack on Earth specifically targeted mothball fleets too.
-Also, I doubt I'm the only one who remembers the existence of the Sanctuary. Although, I will admit that ship was really different from your standard Orion.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on September 12, 2011, 04:20:41 am
Now that you mention it, the Sanctuary does have one advantage. It was designed to be self sufficient and sustain a lot of people in cold sleep.
If they switch those systems off, they got a lot of excess energy and if they completely remove them, they also got a lot of free space (no pun intended) inside the ship. At the very least this should enable them to put in loads of massdrivers, even if they can't outfit it with beams.

As for the frigates, I think they were able to do all those repairs not so much because of the parts the Agincourt carried, but because of the personel, raw materials (for hull repairs) and most of all several days (wasn't it two weeks?) without anything else to do and very little danger of getting into battle, since they were making a silent run in the middle of nowhere.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: The E on September 12, 2011, 04:31:33 am
-More likely, the Orions were "mothballed". I know about what happens to old ships like that. So, I don't see the problem with breaking out one or two. Unless of course, the GTVA attack on Earth specifically targeted mothball fleets too.

Wrong. There are no ex-GTA Orions available for reactivation. Even if they were, the UEF does not have the ressources to spare to bring them up to serviceable condition (all yard space is taken up by repair work or for new construction), and their manpower requirements are such that the UEF does not have the personnel required to operate them.

And that's assuming that there still are old Orions in mothballs; there are none.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 12, 2011, 04:41:11 am
Contrary to remaining GTVA Orions in service, that were probably built 10 or even 20 years after the Great War, UEF's hypothetical GW-era Orions would probably be far to be in anything near a serviceable state after half a century of mothballing anyway. At that state of decay, it's not worth retrofitting.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: The E on September 12, 2011, 04:56:34 am
Well, technically speaking, mothballing ships in space stops a lot of the decay you'd see on Earth. However, given that there aren't any GW-era ships left mothballed (mostly because they were scrapped), it's a moot point.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Ypoknons on September 12, 2011, 06:05:33 am
The UEF isn't going to beat the GTVA through brute military strength anyways. Beams, more ships, these things the GTVA can counter, easily. There'll b e something else.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Rodo on September 12, 2011, 09:51:09 am
secret projects are secret  :p
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 12, 2011, 09:59:33 am
The UEF isn't going to beat the GTVA through brute military strength anyways. Beams, more ships, these things the GTVA can counter, easily.
Nope, but the UEF is at a point where it needs to gain as much time as possible for the Elder's project. Every ship counts.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on September 12, 2011, 09:14:14 pm
Now that you mention it, the Sanctuary does have one advantage. It was designed to be self sufficient and sustain a lot of people in cold sleep.
If they switch those systems off, they got a lot of excess energy and if they completely remove them, they also got a lot of free space (no pun intended) inside the ship. At the very least this should enable them to put in loads of massdrivers, even if they can't outfit it with beams.

As for the frigates, I think they were able to do all those repairs not so much because of the parts the Agincourt carried, but because of the personel, raw materials (for hull repairs) and most of all several days (wasn't it two weeks?) without anything else to do and very little danger of getting into battle, since they were making a silent run in the middle of nowhere.
-There you go.

-Maybe maybe. Like I said, I don't have a convincing statement ready without replaying.

-More likely, the Orions were "mothballed". I know about what happens to old ships like that. So, I don't see the problem with breaking out one or two. Unless of course, the GTVA attack on Earth specifically targeted mothball fleets too.

Wrong. There are no ex-GTA Orions available for reactivation. Even if they were, the UEF does not have the ressources to spare to bring them up to serviceable condition (all yard space is taken up by repair work or for new construction), and their manpower requirements are such that the UEF does not have the personnel required to operate them.

And that's assuming that there still are old Orions in mothballs; there are none.
How would you know that...?
I seem to remember a certain GTA Washington sitting right there at the end of the remade FS1. Besides, governments that have military don't just scrap fully-built warships - Especially not all of them. That would never happen. They would just stick them somewhere that nobody cares about - somewhere forgettable.

[joke] Like Pluto... [/joke]

Now, if the Washington (or whatever other Orion) was the only one left, then I could understand maybe the Gaian Effort stealing it for a mobile base... don't really see them being able to exist WITHOUT a mobile base of some sort, and they do seem to have plenty of fighters around...

-And you're still forgetting the Sanctuary.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 12, 2011, 09:27:55 pm
How would you know that...?
Dude, he's in the BP team.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on September 12, 2011, 10:13:33 pm
How would you know that...?
Dude, he's in the BP team.
I knew you would say that, and that worries me since we know that (even according to BP-verse lore) there was at least two Orions in Sol at the end of the Great War.

Sanctuary, and that one that would have fought with the Lucifer. Given that it didn't fight with the Lucifer, it must still exist. I'd believe that it could have been stripped of non-essentials, but it would take a huge suspension of disbelief for me to accept ALL functioning destroyers to just be scrapped for no reason.
Pluto's looking like less of a joke now...

Unless, it was at Jupiter. Then, it's gone.

EDIT:
Oh yeah. I forgot to mention the Agincourt again...
... no need for all that space to be taken up in some base hangar~

Speaking of the name "Agincourt"... wasn't that in Mass Effect too? Or did they originally take it from somewhere else?
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on September 12, 2011, 10:53:19 pm
How would you know that...?
Dude, he's in the BP team.
I knew you would say that, and that worries me since we know that (even according to BP-verse lore) there was at least two Orions in Sol at the end of the Great War.

Sanctuary, and that one that would have fought with the Lucifer. Given that it didn't fight with the Lucifer, it must still exist. I'd believe that it could have been stripped of non-essentials, but it would take a huge suspension of disbelief for me to accept ALL functioning destroyers to just be scrapped for no reason.
Pluto's looking like less of a joke now...

Unless, it was at Jupiter. Then, it's gone.

EDIT:
Oh yeah. I forgot to mention the Agincourt again...
... no need for all that space to be taken up in some base hangar~

Speaking of the name "Agincourt"... wasn't that in Mass Effect too? Or did they originally take it from somewhere else?

Or, it was scrapped for raw materials to use in the Solaris destroyers, a cost-saving measure to soften the budget numbers to sell them to a pacifistic populace that resents the military's existence. It's a pretty sensible move from where I'm sitting, given the information about the UEF that we have. I know that technology has obviously advanced a great deal between the Orion and the Solaris, but besides the electronics systems and the armor, the interior bulkheads, struts, and various other miscellaneous components should be similar enough to be able to use recycled materials. I know it's tough to get a sense of scale because we don't actually get to see the destroyers with our own eyes, but that is a metric asston of alloys, ceramics, superconductors, etc., and some of them have got to be reusable.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on September 13, 2011, 05:05:41 am
Also according to even the FS1 techroom the Orion were not just a symbold but THE symbol of GTA authority. If I was a fledling semi-pacifistic government that just took over from a military government like the GTA, I'd try to get rid of their symbold of authority.
Even it it's just flying them into the sun with a lot of press and pomp and dessing it up as a funeral for those destroyers, or better yet take them apart and use the parts not for a new warships, but for something peacefull.
"And now those parts that were once used to take lives will be used in preserving lives by being used to build several medical frigates" or somesuch.
That certainly would make a powerfull symbol and show everyone what Ubuntu is all about.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: The E on September 13, 2011, 05:40:14 am
I knew you would say that, and that worries me since we know that (even according to BP-verse lore) there was at least two Orions in Sol at the end of the Great War.

And? Let's look at this again.

First of all, after the node collapse, the GTA 1st Fleet slowly collapsed as funding was withdrawn. Which, probably, meant that its ships were initially mothballed or scrapped.
When the UEF emerged as a governing body and started to rebuild a fleet, they chose to move away from the "One big Destroyer supported by numerous cruisers" approach of the GTA towards a fleet model of having numerous sub-Destroyer ships (termed Frigates), where each fleet element had the same or equal firepower as a Destroyer while having smaller crew requirements and higher maneuverability overall. In other words, they built a fleet better suited to the task of policing a single star system as opposed to a multi-system alliance.

When Byrne started arguing for the Solaris class, his main argument was that while the Frigate Navy was very good at policing the solar system, in the event of a shivan incursion into Sol heavily concentrated firepower and distributed command were a necessity. As the UEF economy had recovered enough to absorb the cost of designing, building and maintaining these beasts, he was able to acquire the funding necessary.

Now, could the UEF have reactivated and refurbished the Orion class? Yes, certainly. But it was argued that Orions would have required a massive refitting in order to work within the tactical and strategic framework developed by the UEF Navy, while at the same time sending an unwanted political signal.

As a result, if the Orions hadn't been scrapped already, they certainly would have been after the Solaris class was approved; after all why keep those dinosaurs around when you can get a completely new, made-to-fit design that can slot right into the existing fleet doctrine? A design that is, in all aspects, superior to the Orion?

Now, you're arguing that reactivating these ships would be a good way to bolster the fleet in the face of the GTVA invasion. As previously discussed, doing so (presupposing that there are hulls waiting to be reactivated that is, which ISN'T THE CASE) would divert ressources away from building and repairing fighters, cruisers and frigates that the crews are used to.
In the UEF's estimation, old Orions would require a significant amount of up-gunning, as their point defense is sorely lacking by UEF standards. Their primary firepower comes from obsolete blob turrets, replacing those with mass drivers or missile launchers is prohibitively complicated; it would be like taking an Iowa-class battleship and remodelling it into an aircraft carrier with ICBM capability. So no. It does not make one bit of sense to keep them around, or reactivate them.

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Sanctuary, and that one that would have fought with the Lucifer.

As discussed above re: the GTD Washington. Regarding the Sanctuary, pretty much the same caveats apply, plus added concerns regarding her structural integrity and the fact that after 5 decades of being a sleeper ship, it pretty much can't be relied upon in a modern combat environment.
There are also a few other story reasons why it hasn't made an appearance, but those are, for the moment, classified.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 13, 2011, 07:58:46 am
I think he also was talking about the Sanctuary that was built in our universe, the one that was never used as a sleeper ship. This one had the same fate as the Washington : mothballed.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on September 13, 2011, 08:20:33 am
If I got the backstory right in my head, there never was a Santuary in our universe.
Unless I misremember there were two Orions under construction. When Earth fell, they scrapped one to upgrade the other from standard Orion to the Sanctuary (in the apocalypse universe).

Considering how massively different the Sanctuary is from an Orion, I'd guess they couldn't have been too far to completion of either Orion and with Sol being cut off from the rest of the universe construction of those two was surely halted. And due to the economic and political problems I don't think they would ever have resumed their construction.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 13, 2011, 08:28:14 am
Well, they had to remove em from the shipyards at some point. And hence they probably ended up alongside the mothballed Washington.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: StargateSpankyHam on September 16, 2011, 12:59:18 am
Never mind that even IF the practically ancient Orion hulks weren't flown into the sun, they would be stripped of all usable components.

What this equates to is bringing in a team of engineers to completely rebuild every single component of a scrapped aircraft sitting in a museum (such as an XB-70 or a SR-71). There's a reason it doesn't work. It's obsolete technology, and they'd have to engineer old and obsolete parts for it. Or spend exorbitant amounts of time adapting new technology to such an old frame.

Even if the Solace and Aginourt could take an orion hulk and poop out a fully functioning destroyer a week later, the UEF would be infinitely better off using such a strategic resource to build a fourth Solaris. And this assumes that the logistics ships can even construct capital ships. All we know for certain is that it repairs them.

Much more likely: Byrne is still sitting at Earth. Netreba is still sitting at Mars. Calder doesn't have the Jovian worlds to defend, so there's no reason the Toutatis can't go on the offensive. The Sanctuary might join up with Calder, along with the two logistics ships, a handful of Naranyas, Karunas, and Sanctuses, and...wait, this fleet format seems vaguely familiar (from Age of Aquarius).
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on September 16, 2011, 03:55:16 am
Why would the handfull of ships Calder has left need two logistic ships.... or any for that matter, considering they operate in their own solar system. And using the Sancutary for battle without massive modifications (practically a rebuild) would be unwise.
It is armed with 18 blobs and two fusion mortars. And not even new blobs, but outdated blobs (Terran turret to be exact). And purely from the tables the Sanc has the same HP as a standard Orion (100.000) while being bigger. Now add to it the lack of 50 years of armor development and you're only missing a big "please shoot me" sign.

The only military functions I can see the Sancutary possibly being usefull in, in the UEF-GTVA war would be carrier or decoy/bait (IF the subspace sensor readings of a Solaris and the Sancutary using their jumpdrives are similar enough to fool the GTVA).
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: StargateSpankyHam on September 16, 2011, 05:19:03 am
...And those huge batteries of seven guns, on the front and sides?

Why else would those be there, if not to mount UEF anti-capital ballistic weapons?

I'd be astonished if that ship didn't become a mega-Naranya. And yes, its fighter capacity remains unknown. :drevil:
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 16, 2011, 05:37:14 am
They mount Fusion Mortars. Look at the tables, guys.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on September 16, 2011, 09:54:58 am
Yes I know and already wrote so in my previous post.

As for the seeming multi-barrel turrets:
In the original model those were indeed weaponsystems (Dawn of Sol for example used them for beams IIRC), but in the BP version those turrets were deactivated or something. They still show up in FRED, but you can't assign them any weapons and they also aren't targetable ingame.
As for backstory, they might have something to do with the purpose of the Sanctuary. It was supposed to be self-sufficient enough to endure 50 years of being hidden away in some nebula. They might be a means to gather gas from the nebula used for a variety of purposes (source of fuel and water, maybe air) or they might just have been transport tubes for bringing in the sleeper tubes.

Or it's just a legacy of the original model that Darius had to live with, due to no better suited model being available. Remember that the first version of AoA didn't have a team of people, nor any modelers. It was done by Darius alone.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on September 18, 2011, 02:24:16 am
stuff here
Guess it's time to start shoring up my ability to suspend disbelief for the next time  :rolleyes:

They mount Fusion Mortars. Look at the tables, guys.
Where are those tables, again? I'd like to look at those.

Yes I know and already wrote so in my previous post.

As for the seeming multi-barrel turrets:
In the original model those were indeed weaponsystems (Dawn of Sol for example used them for beams IIRC), but in the BP version those turrets were deactivated or something. They still show up in FRED, but you can't assign them any weapons and they also aren't targetable ingame.
As for backstory, they might have something to do with the purpose of the Sanctuary. It was supposed to be self-sufficient enough to endure 50 years of being hidden away in some nebula. They might be a means to gather gas from the nebula used for a variety of purposes (source of fuel and water, maybe air) or they might just have been transport tubes for bringing in the sleeper tubes.

Or it's just a legacy of the original model that Darius had to live with, due to no better suited model being available. Remember that the first version of AoA didn't have a team of people, nor any modelers. It was done by Darius alone.
Well, yes. There is that. Although, this game has a team of people who are up to the task of altering the old design of the Sanctuary, if necessary.

Never mind that even IF the practically ancient Orion hulks weren't flown into the sun, they would be stripped of all usable components.

What this equates to is bringing in a team of engineers to completely rebuild every single component of a scrapped aircraft sitting in a museum (such as an XB-70 or a SR-71). There's a reason it doesn't work. It's obsolete technology, and they'd have to engineer old and obsolete parts for it. Or spend exorbitant amounts of time adapting new technology to such an old frame.

Even if the Solace and Aginourt could take an orion hulk and poop out a fully functioning destroyer a week later, the UEF would be infinitely better off using such a strategic resource to build a fourth Solaris. And this assumes that the logistics ships can even construct capital ships. All we know for certain is that it repairs them.

Much more likely: Byrne is still sitting at Earth. Netreba is still sitting at Mars. Calder doesn't have the Jovian worlds to defend, so there's no reason the Toutatis can't go on the offensive. The Sanctuary might join up with Calder, along with the two logistics ships, a handful of Naranyas, Karunas, and Sanctuses, and...wait, this fleet format seems vaguely familiar (from Age of Aquarius).
-repairs like on just such a hulk?
Keep in mind just how amazing WiH paints ships like the Agincourt as being. Just three terran ships for all of the GTVA fleet?
Unless we're just supposed to forget all that now~

Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: The E on September 18, 2011, 03:30:28 am
stuff here
Guess it's time to start shoring up my ability to suspend disbelief for the next time  :rolleyes:

Look, I gave you a perfectly reasonable, in-universe reasoning as to why the UEF does not use and does not intend to use Great War era craft. You can take it or leave it, but please, don't just say "I don't buy it" and :rolleyes: at me. That's more than a bit disrespectful.

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-repairs like on just such a hulk?
Keep in mind just how amazing WiH paints ships like the Agincourt as being. Just three terran ships for all of the GTVA fleet?
Unless we're just supposed to forget all that now~

Disregards several important factors.
One, Anemoi-class ships, while very useful, need a trained crew to operate at peak capacity. Which is something the UEF just doesn't have, given their lack of Anemois or GTVA equipment in general. While they can make them work for their purposes (the Tech base hasn't drifted that much between the two), that's something else than the high turnaround a trained GTVA crew could manage. Also, there are no Orion hulks left to be refurbished in Sol, as I believe to have stated previously.
Two, Byrne's secret project, which he believes to be enough of a gamechanger to win this war, is a massive engineering project being rushed to completion using the ressources of (Post-Aristeia) two Anemois.
Three, the Solaris IS a very very capable class. It can take on two or three GTVA Destroyers at once and come out on top (Provided there's adequate fighter support, if there isn't, a Solaris can still go toe-to-toe with at least one Destroyer, more if none of its opponents are Titans or Raynors).
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Hellstryker on September 18, 2011, 09:43:49 am
When Byrne started arguing for the Solaris class, his main argument was that while the Frigate Navy was very good at policing the solar system, in the event of a shivan incursion into Sol heavily concentrated firepower and distributed command were a necessity. As the UEF economy had recovered enough to absorb the cost of designing, building and maintaining these beasts, he was able to acquire the funding necessary.

I know this is off topic and I might not get a straight answer at all, but how well would a Solaris honestly fare against a Lucifer? Would those Hwacha launchers penetrate the shields or what, seeing as how the Solaris, while powerful, doesn't exactly make use of beams or anything else I could think of to crack shields.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Damage on September 18, 2011, 12:39:24 pm
One of my hobbies is running capital ship simulations on various "duels" and exchanging weapons systems, etc... I've run this one a few times and on a straight run, with no scripting and no outside interference (in other words, planned maneuvers or support ships).  The thing to keep in mind with the Lucy is that it is supposed to be "invulnerable" except in subspace (where shields don't work) and it's apparently possible that beam weapons would penetrate those shields as well, and that this invulnerability is setup in FRED.

However, without that, the Solaris owns the Lucifer every time--usually without Lucifer's beams coming into firing range.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 18, 2011, 01:02:24 pm
With what, SReds ? Switch the beam loadout to the one in AoA and try again.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Mars on September 18, 2011, 02:14:08 pm
Were those BFReds or just LReds. . . I can't remember
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 18, 2011, 02:21:09 pm
HReds on the front, LReds on the sides.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Damage on September 18, 2011, 05:11:52 pm
I'm probably going to regret this, so here goes....

They are HReds, and they will do the job on a Solaris in short order.  BUT--in BP2 the range of the Solaris' Apocalypse torpedoes is greater than that of the Lucifer's HReds.  And those turrets can get knocked out very rapidly by the torpedoes--and the Lucifer can't close the distance fast enough to fire more than one volley with those two beams.

Note that I said "without scripting" above.  If you just let the two ships go at it they'll eventually run into each other and the Solaris will get destroyed by its own torpedoes as they impact both ships.

I've also run this as a lightly scripted encounter, getting both ships to fire at max-range, allowing them to target each other in critical areas (like targetting the Lucifer's arm turrets, for example).  The Lucifer still loses, but not by much.  The important factor is those "arm turrets" and how quickly they get knocked out.  If the Solaris doesn't nail them in the first volley, it's going to suffer.  But if even one of the turrets is destroyed before it can fire (which is what usually happens) then the Solaris is usually only heavily damaged by the end of the fight--yet it survives.

(Changing the beams to LRSReds doesn't help the situation, even though they have longer range, they're underpowered.)

I just think it's too bad Blue Planet didn't use the SSL beams for the Lucifer, but that might've defeated the purpose of having the Lucifer missions in AoA in the first place.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: CaptJosh on September 18, 2011, 05:25:45 pm
I would note that I figured that the "invulnerability" of the Lucifer in FS1 was just a way to show that they simply did not have anything powerful enough to break its shields. By the time FS2 comes, and especially the time that BP occurs, I should think that they long since would have figured out how to break those shields, so an invulnerable Lucifer doesn't make much sense in BP from a technological standpoint as well as a story telling one.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Mars on September 18, 2011, 05:59:56 pm
Sure it does. . . did you see how long it took the a Raynor, a Bellerophon, a Chimera and a Hyperion to take out that Lucifer? A long time. Though its not invulnerable, its still remarkably tough.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 18, 2011, 06:11:19 pm
No kidding. It's got 80% of the healthpoints of the Sath while being 3-4 times smaller.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: CaptJosh on September 18, 2011, 08:22:10 pm
A long time to kill does not equal invulnerable. The fact that they CAN do it means a lot when in the FS1 era it's entirely impossible except in hyperspace.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Mars on September 18, 2011, 08:42:16 pm
A long time to kill does not equal invulnerable. The fact that they CAN do it means a lot when in the FS1 era it's entirely impossible except in hyperspace.

Not necessarily for the UEF. Your argument was that since "the "invulnerability" of the Lucifer in FS1 was . . . a way to show that they . . . did not have anything powerful enough to break its shields. . . they. . .would have figured out how to break those shields, so an invulnerable Lucifer doesn't make much sense in BP from a technological standpoint"

The UEF tends to do less concentrated damage than the GTVA. . . I think its possible the Lucifer is still "invulnerable" to them, to a certain extent.

EDIT:

I'm seeing it as shields on a fighter. It could be that in order to break through them a certain amount of damage / second needs to be dealt. The GTVA is better at raw DPS
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Scotty on September 18, 2011, 09:28:52 pm
Sure it does. . . did you see how long it took the a Raynor, a Bellerophon, a Chimera and a Hyperion to take out that Lucifer? A long time. Though its not invulnerable, its still remarkably tough.

In this case, the Lucifer stopped putting power towards its shields to put it into weapons and charging the jump drive.  The shields are still there, and impenetrable to anything but beams for all intents and purposes.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on September 18, 2011, 10:55:24 pm
stuff here
Guess it's time to start shoring up my ability to suspend disbelief for the next time  :rolleyes:

Look, I gave you a perfectly reasonable, in-universe reasoning as to why the UEF does not use and does not intend to use Great War era craft. You can take it or leave it, but please, don't just say "I don't buy it" and :rolleyes: at me. That's more than a bit disrespectful.

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-repairs like on just such a hulk?
Keep in mind just how amazing WiH paints ships like the Agincourt as being. Just three terran ships for all of the GTVA fleet?
Unless we're just supposed to forget all that now~

Disregards several important factors.
One, Anemoi-class ships, while very useful, need a trained crew to operate at peak capacity. Which is something the UEF just doesn't have, given their lack of Anemois or GTVA equipment in general. While they can make them work for their purposes (the Tech base hasn't drifted that much between the two), that's something else than the high turnaround a trained GTVA crew could manage. Also, there are no Orion hulks left to be refurbished in Sol, as I believe to have stated previously.
Two, Byrne's secret project, which he believes to be enough of a gamechanger to win this war, is a massive engineering project being rushed to completion using the ressources of (Post-Aristeia) two Anemois.
Three, the Solaris IS a very very capable class. It can take on two or three GTVA Destroyers at once and come out on top (Provided there's adequate fighter support, if there isn't, a Solaris can still go toe-to-toe with at least one Destroyer, more if none of its opponents are Titans or Raynors).

-Well, sure. I can accept what you said before, to a certain extent. It was only when you hit that "hulks, there are none" bombshell that I lost the ability to suspend disbelief. Of course they would be there. I'm sure that there are plenty of reasons why they don't want to, or can't, use them. Several possible explanations (more plausible) were thrown out (destroyed in war, too far away, completely stripped, too costly, I could go on).
In other words, it isn't the result that is the problem; It is the reason behind it.
I rolled my eyes because I thought that you were too stuck on what you already decided was the case, despite much better explanations being out there. Like an argument that one side can't win because the other side will never budge from their preconceived notions of the truth. If that isn't the case, then I'm sorry that I did that.

-I guess I can believe that. Although, there were a bunch of trained GTVA defectors a while back...
Unless they required very SPECIAL training? Training that they didn't have?
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Mars on September 18, 2011, 11:01:50 pm
Buddy. . .

Why is it so hard to believe that a new government of idealistic pacifists threw away a bunch of old warships?

How is that hard to believe?
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on September 18, 2011, 11:36:52 pm
because throwing them away would be more expensive than just leaving them to drift?
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: The E on September 19, 2011, 02:49:52 am
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-I guess I can believe that. Although, there were a bunch of trained GTVA defectors a while back...
Unless they required very SPECIAL training? Training that they didn't have?

Problem is, you don't want an entire crew that defected to your side working on a highly secret project right after they defected. After all, their loyalty isn't exactly assured. And yes, the training required to operate an Anemoi at peak efficiency is rather special (although mostly identical to the training GTVA shipyard workers get). It's one thing to get the machinery onboard these ships to work, it's another to know all the little quirks and shortcuts that can be taken.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on September 19, 2011, 03:38:44 am
because throwing them away would be more expensive than just leaving them to drift?
How is pointing it toward the sun, giving it a little shove and letting sir isaac newton do the rest expensive?
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: The E on September 19, 2011, 03:59:04 am
Or, you know, dismantling them to reuse the materials.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: yomi on September 19, 2011, 07:05:31 am

How is pointing it toward the sun, giving it a little shove and letting sir isaac newton do the rest expensive?


physics in FS universe is different than physics is our universe.
For exmple ships in FS will stop when you destroy their engines. And antimatery warheads are doing smaller explosions than exploding ships. Even if this was possible i would say that's not good idea, cuz anyone could steal  it before it would reach the sun(for example gefs).

because throwing them away would be more expensive than just leaving them to drift?
Well there would be danger that someone would take that warship, (gefs for example).
We don't see US army leaving obsolete on roads, farms etc. I don't think that leaving few bombs inside of warship, and than  detonating it would be very expensive.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: The E on September 19, 2011, 07:26:10 am
Yes, because stealing a huge hulk of old metal is sooo easy in FS (Given that you can just fit it with single-use jump drives and jump it into close solar orbit).
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on September 19, 2011, 09:46:35 am

How is pointing it toward the sun, giving it a little shove and letting sir isaac newton do the rest expensive?


physics in FS universe is different than physics is our universe.
For exmple ships in FS will stop when you destroy their engines. And antimatery warheads are doing smaller explosions than exploding ships. Even if this was possible i would say that's not good idea, cuz anyone could steal  it before it would reach the sun(for example gefs).
I'll let the physics quote stand for itself, but preventing theft is very easy. Send two or three fighters along and have them yell for help if any suspicous ships appear.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 19, 2011, 10:30:33 am
Unless the thieves can jam comms.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on September 19, 2011, 11:18:30 am
Then the pilots would drop out of communication and thus the military would know somethings wrong.
Just have them report in every 10 minutes or so. I doubt the Gefs have the ressources to steal something as big as an Orion in under 10 minutes (if they do at all).
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Mars on September 19, 2011, 12:28:46 pm
You'll notice the US mothball fleet, which includes some pretty impressive firepower, isn't under extremely heavy security?

Stealing a whole ship takes some serious effort.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on September 19, 2011, 02:21:22 pm
Remember that the Gefs, at this point, have GTVA support. Stealing the ship within 10 minutes isn't impossible, not for the GTVA. Especially, not for the GTVI (who I believe would handle the operation).
Now, if you're talking about before the war, then that's different.

Still, it doesn't match with the mindset of the military to destroy a ship like that, it doesn't match with the politics of the ruling party either. Taking apart the ship's materials wouldn't help much because of the obsolete parts, and it might cost more to do than just use materials they have on hand.

It makes much more sense to just throw the ship somewhere out of the way, and forget about it. (a museum to remember the mistakes of the past, perhaps?) (er, yeah, I see the irony in what I just said, but it still applies.)

Also, Pluto, as a place to toss old stuff, comes to mind again. It would also be a good reason why no one could use the hulk anyway... too far, too risky to go get it.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: crizza on September 19, 2011, 02:41:06 pm
Guys...if a member of the BP team says, that there are no great war era ships somewhere mothballed...then you'll see no retrofittet Orion...
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Scotty on September 19, 2011, 03:51:31 pm
BP team member discussion in the public forum is, fortunately or unfortunately, NOT Word of God for BP.  Not until it's mentioned in a campaign or some other official release like the dossiers on UEF/GTVA/etc.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: The E on September 19, 2011, 03:59:53 pm
Indeed. But I can state with absolute certainty that we do not plan to bring in any GW-era craft on the UEF side.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on September 19, 2011, 05:32:25 pm
Indeed. But I can state with absolute certainty that we do not plan to bring in any GW-era craft on the UEF side.
Nothing wrong with a little speculation, is there?

Anyway, I did say that it was the reason for the result, not the result itself, that bothered me. There are plenty of reasons for GW-era craft to not show up on the UEF side, some of which I put forward.

Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Destiny on September 19, 2011, 07:11:54 pm

How is pointing it toward the sun, giving it a little shove and letting sir isaac newton do the rest expensive?
physics in FS universe is different than physics is our universe.
For exmple ships in FS will stop when you destroy their engines.
Oh, so you're implying that the Indus should've blown up its own engines so it wouldn't get sucked into the sun?
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: QuakeIV on September 19, 2011, 07:51:45 pm
Naturally.

You'll notice the engineers emergency 'repairs' on the Indus seem to have consisted of blowing the engines off of the ship.

It was impossible for the crew to fully repair the engines in time, the only option was to destroy them and wait for rescue.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on September 20, 2011, 05:36:36 am
Remember that the Gefs, at this point, have GTVA support. Stealing the ship within 10 minutes isn't impossible, not for the GTVA. Especially, not for the GTVI (who I believe would handle the operation).
Now, if you're talking about before the war, then that's different.
We were in fact talking about the time the Orions were either taken apart or destroyed, which was done long before the war started. My guess would be, that it was one of the first things the Ubuntu did after they had controll over the entire Earth and Luna, at the latest when Mars and Jupiter joined up.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Flak on September 21, 2011, 02:31:49 am
But you can expect some old Fenrises (with no beams) in the hands of the Gefs, probably.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on September 21, 2011, 04:27:10 am
Or maybe even with beams, depending on how generous the GTVA was with their gifts.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on September 21, 2011, 01:08:09 pm
Remember that the Gefs, at this point, have GTVA support. Stealing the ship within 10 minutes isn't impossible, not for the GTVA. Especially, not for the GTVI (who I believe would handle the operation).
Now, if you're talking about before the war, then that's different.
We were in fact talking about the time the Orions were either taken apart or destroyed, which was done long before the war started. My guess would be, that it was one of the first things the Ubuntu did after they had controll over the entire Earth and Luna, at the latest when Mars and Jupiter joined up.
-As far as destroying them is concerned, I would see that as hypocrisy on the part of the government; Using violent means to end the memory of a violent past. Political Fallout ensues. If they really are the great understanding pacifists that they say they are, they wouldn't even consider the option anyway.
-I've already supplied my refutation to taking them completely apart. Now, stripping the useful systems out, I could see that.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on September 21, 2011, 02:28:20 pm
Political Fallout?
Why would people who just got dragged out of the worst economic crisis in Human history go totally berserk at their saviours, because the ships that represent the previous government, who was at fault for those problems, are destroyed, violently or not? It's far more likely that they would gather in public places, watch the spectacle on big screens and cheer to the pictures of the Orion(s) blowing up.

The Ubuntu, while being peace loving, are NOT hardcore pacifists who avoid violence at any and all costs like Mahatma Ghandi. They do employ force and violence if it is the best option. But since force is very, very seldom the best option, they use violence hardly at all. But two years of bloody conflict show that they are capable controlled violence, without the civilians going haywire over it.

Besides, letting the ships glide into the sun can hardly be called violent means. Rather than a violent destruction, that has more the feel of a space funeral that many other Sci-Fi franchises employ (Babylon 5 and Star Trek being two famous ones) - though for people, not ships obviously.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on September 21, 2011, 06:12:58 pm
Political Fallout?
Why would people who just got dragged out of the worst economic crisis in Human history go totally berserk at their saviours, because the ships that represent the previous government, who was at fault for those problems, are destroyed, violently or not? It's far more likely that they would gather in public places, watch the spectacle on big screens and cheer to the pictures of the Orion(s) blowing up.

The Ubuntu, while being peace loving, are NOT hardcore pacifists who avoid violence at any and all costs like Mahatma Ghandi. They do employ force and violence if it is the best option. But since force is very, very seldom the best option, they use violence hardly at all. But two years of bloody conflict show that they are capable controlled violence, without the civilians going haywire over it.
You're missing the point.
The use of any destructive actions by the current government (no doubt immediately after making promise this, that, and what-have-you to never let that happen again) would not exactly cast a good shade on the future. Anyone taking a stance against the current government would point this out.

Further, it wouldn't be the best option at all. I can think of few things more stupid than just destroying those ships (besides handing them over to the Gaian Effort).

Besides, letting the ships glide into the sun can hardly be called violent means. Rather than a violent destruction, that has more the feel of a space funeral that many other Sci-Fi franchises employ (Babylon 5 and Star Trek being two famous ones) - though for people, not ships obviously.
Talk to the crew of the Indus about the sun being non-violent.
Plus, it's also a gigantic waste of a potential resource. (see above)
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Mars on September 21, 2011, 06:57:31 pm
Please state what your trying to say again, I'm not sure if I get it.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on September 21, 2011, 07:19:32 pm
Please state what your trying to say again, I'm not sure if I get it.
Me or him?

Well, I'll try to re-phrase:
Immediately after the end of a great war, the new Earth government that is mostly pacifist (the fighting was done mostly by Mars and Jupiter anyway) has a few destroyers sitting around. It would be too costly to keep them in service, of course. So, some might suggest putting them away. In storage.

Of course, they wouldn't do anything immediately. They can't be sure that the Shivans wouldn't be able to repair the portal, or enter through some other means (Ross 128 unexplained?).

So, they sit on the ships for a while. Maybe a year passes.

After that, they are fairly sure that the Shivans aren't going to come through to them. (maybe not a full year, but long enough to be sure)
So, the subject of the destroyers comes again. They can't keep them on active duty; That's a given. Destroying them would clash with their political platform as it would make more sense (practically too) to keep them around as a reminder of what they have triumphed over. Overcome.

But, there is this ship sitting around now... filled with systems. Systems that they can use. So, they probably take those.
At this point, most people have probably forgotten about these ships in favor of the new stuff that is being designed/built for the military.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on September 21, 2011, 07:38:28 pm
As I already pointed out before the Ubuntu party is NOT PACIFISTIC!
They are economists and scientists.
They didn't come to power because they promised pacificm. They came to power because they fixed the collapsing economy (first locally on a small scale and then further and further), made sure people got jobs, food and a roof over their heads, not to mention good education.
The only time "pacifists" is mentioned in the backstory is in the half propaganda half-informative FAQ-like article in which the GTVA high command informs it's crews what Ubuntu is.
Pacifists don't have armies. Pacifists don't try to kill Gefs. Pacifists don't resist a superiour enemy for two years.

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But, there is this ship sitting around now... filled with systems. Systems that they can use. So, they probably take those.
Actually in my previous post I typed out that the destroyers would be gutted of anything usefull before they get destroyed, but then removed it again before posting to keep the text shorter, because I assumed it was unneccesary to point out something so obvious.... guess I was wrong about that.

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At this point, most people have probably forgotten about these ships in favor of the new stuff that is being designed/built for the military.
"At this point" was right after the Ubuntu party took over from the GTA (on Earth anyway) in my original argument. So no, people wouldn't have forgotten about those ships. Besides the Orion was around for a very long time and was the very symbol of GTA authority. That isn't something people just forget after one or two years.... or a decade for that matter.

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Talk to the crew of the Indus about the sun being non-violent.
A great arguement, except for a "tiny" flaw. The Indus' crew was hurting and dying from the radiation. If they shot the Orions into the sun they would naturally be completely unmanned at that time and the people back on Earth who watch it would be millions of kilometers away from danger.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on September 21, 2011, 08:57:51 pm
As I already pointed out before the Ubuntu party is NOT PACIFISTIC!
They are economists and scientists.
They didn't come to power because they promised pacificm. They came to power because they fixed the collapsing economy (first locally on a small scale and then further and further), made sure people got jobs, food and a roof over their heads, not to mention good education.
The only time "pacifists" is mentioned in the backstory is in the half propaganda half-informative FAQ-like article in which the GTVA high command informs it's crews what Ubuntu is.
Pacifists don't have armies. Pacifists don't try to kill Gefs. Pacifists don't resist a superiour enemy for two years.
Shooting away from the point again.
What you're saying does not, at all, conflict with what I said besides a little semantics arguing that I'm not even fighting.

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But, there is this ship sitting around now... filled with systems. Systems that they can use. So, they probably take those.
Actually in my previous post I typed out that the destroyers would be gutted of anything usefull before they get destroyed, but then removed it again before posting to keep the text shorter, because I assumed it was unneccesary to point out something so obvious.... guess I was wrong about that.
Insulting, and missing a point. I already stated that the ships would be removed of useful systems regardless of final result.

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At this point, most people have probably forgotten about these ships in favor of the new stuff that is being designed/built for the military.
"At this point" was right after the Ubuntu party took over from the GTA (on Earth anyway) in my original argument. So no, people wouldn't have forgotten about those ships. Besides the Orion was around for a very long time and was the very symbol of GTA authority. That isn't something people just forget after one or two years.... or a decade for that matter.
Perhaps not. Although, I think that you're underestimating the fickle masses. It still doesn't matter though.

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Talk to the crew of the Indus about the sun being non-violent.
A great arguement, except for a "tiny" flaw. The Indus' crew was hurting and dying from the radiation. If they shot the Orions into the sun they would naturally be completely unmanned at that time and the people back on Earth who watch it would be millions of kilometers away from danger.
Thanks~ Unless you're being sarcastic which is, again, insulting.
... and missing the point. The sun is still quite violent... and hot.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 21, 2011, 09:05:59 pm
Please guys, chill. KThksBai.

Orions were decommissioned. Whether they were destroyed, thrown to the sun, scavenged for spare parts, transformed into museum or into an orbital nightclub is irrelevant to the fact that they are not reactivatable in any meaningful military fashion back at the time of WiH. Which is what really matters for us here.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on September 22, 2011, 04:17:02 am
I am not trying to diss or insult you, I'm only trying to point out to you the errors you made in your assumtions, or what I think are errors at any rate.
Like everyone else you are of course entitled to your opinion, but you have to give me the same courtesy and not write off everything I say as insulting and irrelevant just because it contradicts your view of the matter.
And yes, I use a lot of sarcasm, cynism and irony in my posts. It's just the way I talk in the real world too (well.... actually I use it even more in the real world, come to think of it), though there I have facial expressions and tone of voice to convey it better than the raw text of forums with the occasional emoticon.

Considering how the discussion developed, I'm going to heed Matts advice and just keep any further stuff I'd have to say about the matter to myself.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: The E on September 22, 2011, 04:39:44 am
This discussion is effectively over.

Jericho, you are right now repeating your opinion over and over. Doing so does not make it right. I and others have given several possible explanations why your dream scenario of UEF-operated GW ships won't happen. You saying "This does not make sense to me" will not change our opinion on the matter, and given that there's no reason for us to include such information in the canon, there will never be a definitive answer to the issue.

My advice would be to drop this topic effective immediately.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: crizza on September 22, 2011, 06:51:41 am
There was a time, when you simply crushed a house and let the remains rot...
Today, you must seperate the wire from the brick etc...so:
Rather than blow two Orions up or send them into the sun, you would disassemble it piece for bloody piece and use the metall, armor etc to build new ships.
Who realy knows how much metall from an Orion was used to built the Solaris?
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Trivial Psychic on September 22, 2011, 07:49:25 am
How about keeping a few ships around as museum pieces as a reminder of what Earth used to be and as a nod to its victory over the Lucifer?
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: crizza on September 22, 2011, 08:07:53 am
The Lucifer was defeated by strikecraft, properbly the reason, why the UEF has their "super" strikecraft...
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Trivial Psychic on September 22, 2011, 08:21:42 am
I was referring to the GTA's Victory, and the most prominent symbol of a government's military power is typically its capital ships.  It used to be its battleships, but after WWII it became carriers.  The Orion fulfills both.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Hellstryker on September 22, 2011, 05:40:54 pm
Are you guys still talking about Orions? :blah:
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: JerichoDeath on September 22, 2011, 07:29:54 pm
This discussion is effectively over.

Jericho, you are right now repeating your opinion over and over. Doing so does not make it right. I and others have given several possible explanations why your dream scenario of UEF-operated GW ships won't happen. You saying "This does not make sense to me" will not change our opinion on the matter, and given that there's no reason for us to include such information in the canon, there will never be a definitive answer to the issue.

My advice would be to drop this topic effective immediately.
You didn't even read my posts, did you? If I'm just going to be ignored, then there really is no reason to continue... or no reason to use subtlety.
"the result is not important, the reason for the result is what matters"

Turning subtlety off:
"You don't have to respond to this"

How about keeping a few ships around as museum pieces as a reminder of what Earth used to be and as a nod to its victory over the Lucifer?
I believe that I suggested something similar.

I was referring to the GTA's Victory, and the most prominent symbol of a government's military power is typically its capital ships.  It used to be its battleships, but after WWII it became carriers.  The Orion fulfills both.
Those strikecraft were also sent in by an Orion, but that's just picking at details.

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NOW, what about the Carthage?
... anyone?

I know I didn't manage to destroy any GTVA Destroyers in WiH Part 1.
(can the GTD Hood be destroyed in that one level?)
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: -Norbert- on September 23, 2011, 03:00:49 am
No, her engines are protected by FRED if I remember correctly.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: Mars on September 23, 2011, 04:37:30 am
Indeed, there are no destroyable destroyers in the game.

Also, out of curiosity, what happened to Batt?
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 23, 2011, 06:05:44 am
Neither the Hood nor the Meridian can be destroyed. Although you can destroy the Meridian in Post Meridian Coop, that's non canonical ;p.
Title: Re: Post Delenda Est ?
Post by: CaptJosh on September 23, 2011, 11:57:16 am
People talk about using the Orions for raw materials. This is actually a real world practice. It's called sending a ship to the breakers. You break it down and you use all the materials for other things, like razor blades.