[haloboy100]

or just bring in one lucy which is invulnerable to everything

[Snail]

I don't think the Lucy is invulnerable to everything. My take on the sheath shielding system:

Well my personal theory about beams piercing 'sheath' shields is that the sheath shield is basically an extremely strong shield that regenerates extremely quickly, and only a constant barrage of fire can pierce this shield. The damage needed is probably many, many Harbinger bombs exploding on the Lucifer all at once for about a minute constantly without break. Even a pause for a second or two will allow the shield to recharge to half or even full strength. All damage must be constant, with damage being delivered every split second.

The only way this could be done in the FS universe devised is the use of beam weapons. Beam weapons deliver a whole load of damage constantly for as long as the beam is fired at the targeted ship (in this case a Lucifer class destroyer). The beam will be able to pierce the shield after only a few seconds on the shield. Because the beam is always firing upon the shield, the Lucifer does not have enough time to recharge its shield. Thus, the beam will burst through, vomiting all its plasma on the Lucifer.

[haloboy100]

you realize that information is non-canon? (correct me if i'm wrong)

EDIT: fixed typo

[Snail]

Eh? It's not canon, just my take on it. Did you make a typo?

[Vasudan Commander]

I'd love to see a mod where an entirely new species is introduced into the GTVA following the 2nd great war after Capella.

Then the GTVA wipes them out just to vent their stress. 

[Hades]

  That would be cool. I can see them doing that.

NewSpecies:Hello we come in peace
GTVA:Hey look a new Species.
Alpha1:Lets kill them.
NewSpecies:Uhh we don't like were this is going.
Alpha1:DIE!!!!!!!!!!

[Snail]

More like:

New Species: Hello, we come in peace.
GTVA: Hey look a new Species.
COMMAND: Let's kill them.
New Species: Uhh... we don't like where this is going...
COMMAND: Alpha 1...
Alpha 1: DIE!!!!!!

[TrashMan]

Most of the GTVA fleet was destroyed at Capella. That many beams would severely damage a Sath, maybe even destroy it, but multiple Saths incoming would easily destroy that blockade.

Was talking before Capella - what Command should have done to stall the shivans (when they still had that many ships)
And methinks 200+ beams would tear a stahanas apart

the GTVA has a minimun of 20 destroyers + a large number of corvettes and a even larger number of cruisers.

[Hades]

They could send 100 bombers with Helios at them.... That would work but Command is a dumb****.

[haloboy100]

or they could just send ONE ship BEHIND the Sathanas and pound it from there, while destroying the engines so it can't jump out.

But ya, this is command we're talking about, and such tactics are too much for command to contemplate.

[Snail]

or they could just send ONE ship BEHIND the Sathanas and pound it from there, while destroying the engines so it can't jump out.

The Sathanas has six engines, idiot.

[Hades]

And they are hard as hell to kill.They take 3-4 Bgreen Beams to kill it IIRC.

[haloboy100]

Well my as well shoot the engines rather then shoot a random place on the body that has no important systems.

Thats the second time i've been called an idiot by snail in 2 days...

[BlueFlames]

You also need to remember that it takes a while to shuffle ships around.  Even if Command did want to gamble the whole of the GTVA fleet on a blockade of the Knossos jump node, those ships have to come from far and wide to get there.  Moreover, there are other threats and potential threats that demand vigilance in other systems, which would preclude the GTVA from dedicating every destroyer in the galaxy to one massive blockade.  Seriously, if the Alliance pulled every major warship from every system, how would they keep piracy in check or remain prepared for an emerging threat in, say, Altair?

Just as an empire shouldn't spread its defenses too thin, it shouldn't create too dense a concentration either.

[haloboy100]

what can be a bigger threat then the shivans?

[Snail]

what can be a bigger threat then the shivans?

Chuck Norris.

j/k

The Nightmares? The Lizards? The Creators?

[haloboy100]

you?

seriously. You can spam command to hell.

[TrashMan]

Well, they really dont' need the WHOLE fleet....but half of it should do it..

I'm willing to bet the GTVA has hunderds of cruisers, so you can leave them for escort and patrols in other systems, while the big guns make the blockade.

[Snail]

I don't think they have HUNDREDS.

[haloboy100]

well cruisers are easy to produce, if a destroyer takes maybe a year or so to contruct, a cruiser would take a matter of months. Plenty must have been made in the reconstruction era, as well as some left over from the great war.