[Sarafan]

You know, I'm new here and even created this topic but so far nobody said that WELCOME TO HLP stuff.

About the SOC, they have to be big enough to cover most of the GTVA territory but small enough to stay secret, the idea of an small fleet for them would give more indenpence and agility that they might need for completing their mission (a scenario that taking ships from the regular fleet wouldnt be a possibility) plus it would mean that they wouldnt have to worry so much about a possible leak or infiltrated agent. The ideal would be cruisers, corvettes and something with carrier capabilities, that I think an terran version of the Moloch design would be the best for them.

[Flipside]

I've been here since 2001 and never had a welcome beam (cos there wasn't one then iirc)

[Mars]

I never got beamed, I doned colapsed core molybdemum armor.

[Pnakotus]

Call me nuts, but SOC probably tapped Alpha One because he's a great pilot, and they have dangerous missions to do.  As a bonus, Alpha One knows *nothing* about SOC operations and isn't a part of SOCs strength, so if he dies or is captured, who cares?  I saw Snipes as a handler, and he's clearly surprised that either he or Alpha One survive the incredibly dangerous situations they find themselves in.

It's one thing for SOC to have a wing of heavy fighters and a jammer on-call for pickups, and quite another to imagine they somehow move major capships around without anybody noticing.  You can't infiltrate the NTF with a Deimos - a Hermes is probably more the vehicle of a spy.

[Sarafan]

Call me nuts, but SOC probably tapped Alpha One because he's a great pilot, and they have dangerous missions to do.  As a bonus, Alpha One knows *nothing* about SOC operations and isn't a part of SOCs strength, so if he dies or is captured, who cares?  I saw Snipes as a handler, and he's clearly surprised that either he or Alpha One survive the incredibly dangerous situations they find themselves in.

So actually then Alpha1 is not only the GTVA's best fighter pilot but its best spy as well.

Yeah, seriously, I really agree that Snipes was like that (a handler) but in my opinion that he's more surprised that you survived. He never seems surprised with the situations on the loop missions and I think that's because he's real veteran on that, you know, been there, done that.

[Pnakotus]

He certainly seems off-put that an amateur could stay alive so long - perhaps he'd been sent less skilled assistance in the past.    And Alpha One is a *worthless* spy: he doesn't infiltrate anything, con anyone, even SAY anything... he just hangs around being muscle for Snipes.  'Ace pilot required for dangerous mission - brain not required.  Death likely, glory assured'.

[aldo_14]

I've been here since 2001 and never had a welcome beam (cos there wasn't one then iirc)

Still being built

Took ages for the quantum-discombulation matrix to arrive, y'see.  Bloody royal mail.

[Sarafan]

[quote posted by: Pnakotus ] He certainly seems off-put that an amateur could stay alive so long - perhaps he'd been sent less skilled assistance in the past.    [/quote]

The way command is, he probably never got assistance.

[Mars]

No, they gave him a Vasudan for assistance... in infiltrating the NTF.

[TrashMan]

"Command, where the hell is my support? I need assistance!"

"Havn't you noticed the little "assistance" bottun we installed?"

"What does it do?"

"Well, once you press it you hear various messages like "watch your six" and "hold on, help is on the way" ..over and over and over... Think of it as a moral support and a extra wingman that keeps you one your toes"

"How about some real assistance?"

"You see pilot, with the budget and all...well.... I jsut got anotehr call, hold on!"

*your call has been put on hold. please wait.......euer anruf is auf warte gesetzt. bitte warten sie...*

"Erm...Command?"

*You have been disconnected*

[Trivial Psychic]

 

[AlphaOne]

By the looks of GTVA command I wouldnt be that surpised to actualy hear something like that in the campaign nice one u made me spill mi drink.