[TrashMan]

Originally posted by aldo_14


8 new destroyer types in a period of about 30-40 years which includes no less than 4 major wars (and no less than 3 complete reorganizations of the government and society)?

Put it this way.... imagine a movie where Cuba invades USa on it's own, wins, and occupies.  How enjoyable could that premise be, given that it blatantly screams 'not real!' ?

30-40 years is a LOT of time mind you...

[Blaise Russel]

Why do I think you are thinking of Mace Wiindu's character here?

Actually, mate, I was thinking of Samuel L. Jackson.

I certainly wasn't thinking of Mace Windu, given that I haven't seen the new Star Wars movies nor intend to. If anything, I was thinking of Jules from Pulp Fiction... but really, I was just thinking of Jackson's reputation as a badass mofo.

So no.

What did I do?

[TopAce]

Originally posted by Blaise Russel

Actually, mate, I was thinking of Samuel L. Jackson.

....given that I haven't seen the new Star Wars movies nor intend to.....

It's a sin. Go watch them.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by TrashMan


30-40 years is a LOT of time mind you...

For the equivalent of 4 world wars? (we're talking all-encompassing of society wars here, not the relatively minor conflicts of, say, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ethiopia, Yugoslavia, etc)

And then followed by the re-organization of society multiple times?

That can't be good for your infrastructure or accounting, let along the simple problems of rebuilding and repairing war damaged 'stuff'.

(In fact, why do we need 3 for this story?  why not just one?)

It's not logic in gameplay environment, it's logic in storyline.  I hate plots which rely upon assumptions or fluke coincidence - or which simply don't make sense.

[TopAce]

Originally posted by aldo_14
....
It's not logic in gameplay environment, it's logic in storyline.  I hate plots which rely upon assumptions or fluke coincidence - or which simply don't make sense.

Then you probably hate the FS2 storyline.

[Gapie]

Originally posted by Blaise Russel


Whatever happened to merely competent officers, pilots and politicians? Does everybody have to be played by Samuel L. Jackson?

Competence? In the GTVA?

[Unknown Target]

Adm.Vladimir Alexander
Status: married
Age:42
Height: 1.89 m
Weight: 90 kg

[Mary-Sue? I don't know.]

If he's 1.89 meters tall and only 90 kg...he's a midget, isn't he? And a lightweight one at that?

[Hippo]

1.89 meters is like, 6 foot 2

[TopAce]

Originally posted by Unknown Target


If he's 1.89 meters tall and only 90 kg...he's a midget, isn't he? And a lightweight one at that?

What's the problem with that? 90 kilogramms is normal for a 1.89 metre tall man.

[TrashMan]

I'm 1.88m and I weigh 85-90kg...
and I'm not skinny ether - boardshouldered, well built, in fact.. (alltough I do have to work a bit more on my chest and back)

[Ghostavo]

I think Unknown Target is being sarcastic. At least I hope so.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by TopAce


Then you probably hate the FS2 storyline.

Why?  I find it perfectly plausible within the context of the universe and background information provided.

[AlphaOne]

The "sequel" !
Note: There was a tiping error in the previous post the stations werent 5 km from the jump node but 50 km from the jump node!
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As Petrov issued orders to his fighter/bommber pilots he also positioned the GFD Independence closer to the jump node in order to fire at incoming ships from as far back as posible this wai reducing the damage his own ship would take. He also ordered the frigate the Intrepid to take similar position paralel to his own ship.

Adm.P:"I want 8 wings of interceptors to provide bommber protection for us and the Intrepid. I want the rest of them to take defensive positions around the 2 stations."
First officer:" Sir arent 8 wings of interceptors a little few for 2 capships....I mean..."
Petrov then abrupty interupts him.
Petrov:" I know but we cant keep to many interceptors on bommber protection we are outnumbered as it is so i need as many interceptors as I can spare to attack the enemy bommbers before they can reach the stations. I have a little surprise for them...."

Petrov asigned the 8 wings of stealth fighters he had on board. These were state of the art ships only a handfull of them reached the fleets most of them went to SOC,GFI, the Madjai fleets and the Preatorian Guard.
He had to pull a lot of favors to recieve these fighters. He knew they would come in usefull some day soon  he just nevere thought he would usem them this fast.

The Saphire Stealt fighter/interceptor

These ships are the result of more then 8 decades of intense research into shivan technology and stealth technology. They benefit from a new experimental reflective armour as well as brand new weapon sistems and sensor sistems as well as advanced subspace engines and shiled technology.The fact that theyr engines are based partialy on shivan technology means that they can achieve a very high topspeed and have a lot of power for the weapons and shileds sistems.

Speed:90m/s max.speed 90m/s+45 m/s using the burners.
Armour:experimental reflective armour (cand deflect almost 57% of total energy based  weapons fire).
Shilelds:Advanced independent trifazic shields
Weapons sitems:-4 primary banks
                           -3 missile  banks

[Unknown Target]

Originally posted by TopAce



What's the problem with that? 90 kilogramms is normal for a 1.89 metre tall man.

Then why do I have the notion that 1 meter = about 3 feet?
Oh well, then I guess my bad. Shows you why NASA plowed that one probe into the dirt

[TopAce]

@AlphaOne: The correct spelling is 'system'. This is not the first time you misspell it. There are other mistakes, but this is the most serious and one, I think.

[Taristin]

Originally posted by Unknown Target


Then why do I have the notion that 1 meter = about 3 feet?
Oh well, then I guess my bad. Shows you why NASA plowed that one probe into the dirt

It is, kinda. 6 feet = 1.8288 meters

2 meters is quite tall.

[Hippo]

UT: here's your answer http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&safe=off&q=1+meter+in+feet&btnG=Search

[AlphaOne]

The story continues!

After he managed to issue the orders to his pilots and crew the enemy began to show up.
Sensors Officer:"Incoming jump signature, hostile configuration, its and Orion MK III sir with its cruiser, fighter/bommber and corvette escort. "

Petrov wanted the first enemy wave out of his "skies" as soon as posible. So he ordered all nearby fighters to engage the enemy bommbers. He gave orders to his bommbers to take out the 2 cruisers and the corvette and ordered the Intrepid to open fire all guns on the Orion.

He had a trick up his sleave and didn't want the enemy to know about it. This was the main gun of the Independence the RBFB. This weapon was capable of delivering a cripling blow to eny ship smaller than a destroyer or severely damage a destroyer and so on and so on depending on the size and armour of the ship.

He wanted to use this weapon as a means of last resort. This beamcannon used so much power that it left the ship almost powerless for about 50 seconds. This was a timeperiod on wich he had to rely on his other ship the Intrepin to take care and keep ocupied any enemy ship that may arive.  

A perfect situation would be if he could manage to disable the enemy beamcannons then use his superweapon this way he minimized the riscs to his ship to an acceptable level.  But this was to prove enything but a perfect situation..!

[aldo_14]

What, he's not using the SFHBGBOD on the GTVSD Generic Nameplate Mk.IIV?!

[Knight Templar]

"And so on and so on."

I like that. I should start doing that. Who needs details, or even plot development? I mean, hell, you get the idea already.