[NGTM-1R]

They are? I thought it was all deuterium fluoride and similar stuff. I've usually heard of krypton and argon being used in gas lasers.

I've heard of a few that were working on it, as a less-hazardous alternative. I have no idea where it went.

[TrashMan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GqqDCe4Yrs&feature=related

[SypheDMar]

The Alliance mourns the loss of the GTC Monitor. Thousands of courageous officers and crew sacrificed their lives for the GTVA. We as a squadron must ask ourselves what could have been done to avert this tragedy.

The Alliance mourns the loss of the GTC Fortune. Thousands of courageous officers and crew sacrificed their lives for the GTVA. We as a squadron must ask ourselves what could have been done to avert this tragedy.

http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Briefing_texts_%28FS2%29

There are, in fact, thousands aboard a Cruiser.

[Snail]

The Monitor is a corvette.


There's actually an inconsistency here anyway, it's stated as dozens in FS1 (Orff) but thousands in FS2 (as above). I'm more inclined to go with thousands.

[Scotty]

The Orff was a skeleton crewed nav buoy with guns for all intents and purposes.

Doesn't take anywhere near a full complement to crew that.

[SypheDMar]

Oh right. I knew it was a corvette because we mentioned this on IRC multiple times. Anyway, I took it that the Orff was skeleton-crewed and had all non-essentials evacuated because of its current status.  The Fortune, however, is battle-ready at the time of the mission.

ninja'd.