[Snail]

[stupididiot]
S and t... Hmm... Sagitta Project?
[/stupididiot]

I know, I know.

[Mobius]

We're talking about the obstacles that impede me from FREDding. I want to FRED but I can't!!!

[asyikarea51]

This is definitely meant for the FAQ thread, but it's been locked.

What kind of support ships are being used in INF SCP? Stock, or are there new ones?

Not that it matters, but if I was the creator, I'd make the EA use the good-ol Centaur (upgrade what isn't broke - they didn't fight Shivans in the nebulae anyway) while the GTVA upgrades, or uses whatever ships that succeed the Hygeia/Nephthys (perhaps the events in the second incursion made their current support ships weak in some areas, so they either upgraded or started from scratch).

Just a thought. BTW yesterday I crashed out because of some odd 2_Mission error or something...

[Woomeister]

Actually the EA do currently use the Centaur

The GTVA use new ones.

[asyikarea51]

Hmm.

GTA pilot 1: "OMG! Look! It's the Centaur!"
GTA pilot 2: "So the old stories about Earth were true..."
GTA pilot 3: "(public channel) HAHAHAHA!!! Outdated losers DIE!!!" (opens fire)

EA pilot: "WTF? They're insulting us!! KILL KILL KILL!!!"

Next thing they know they'll have a whole swarm of Claymores flanking their @#%es...

[Snail]

Send in three hundred Centaurs to kamikaze into some poor GTVA destroyer. There's no way they can escape that.

[Mobius]

The EA will never use such a pathetic strategy.

Can you imagine how many weapons will be wasted doing this way?!?

[Snail]

Well, if you have a rape-load of MX-50s which are useless against shields...

[Mobius]

Then the explosion would inflict only light damage. And find someone able to go kamikaze...do you want to use drones? They can be all deactivated by a Charybdis, a Setekh or a Minoa.

[asyikarea51]

What, old missiles about to be scrapped and recycled, or museum pieces for historical purposes?

Nah, wait, we can't use museum pieces... plus, by the end of INFA2, I don't think there'll be any MX-50's left. The newer Hunters (which are soon to be phased out by that time) on the other hand...

[Snail]

Then the explosion would inflict only light damage. And find someone able to go kamikaze...do you want to use drones? They can be all deactivated by a Charybdis, a Setekh or a Minoa.

Just get a whole load of patriots. Humans can express quite a lot of sacrificial loyalty. The Japanese did it. Not only the Vasudans. MX-50s only do light damage to shields. Against a capital ship they could probably do quite some damage. And having around 200 of them in each support ship... And any other retired explosive. Interceptors. Phoenix Vs. Tsunamis. HARBINGERS. You name it.

Nah, wait, we can't use museum pieces... plus, by the end of INFA2, I don't think there'll be any MX-50's left. The newer Hunters (which are soon to be phased out by that time) on the other hand...

The EA didn't phase out the Warrior or Eviscerator which were of the same era... Would they phase out the Hunter?

[Mobius]

Humans can sacrifice their lives, but only if their culture, what they believe on, allows or suggests them to do so. Japanese Kamikaze pilots did their job just because they had a particular culture.

We should compare the Hunter to the Rockeye, for example. If the Hunter is even better than a GTVA Rockeye, it's possible for the EA to maintain that weapon and use it during the war with the GTVA.

[Snail]

Sol is actually quite a bit more advanced than the GTVA at the point of Alliance. Save for beam cannons, the GTI really pushed that quite far for the GTVA already.

The Sol militaries have railguns, better blob turrets, bomber anti-hull primaries (Ripper/Maul), various upgrades to existing ships and useless ships gotten rid of that the GTVA still have in service... Stuff like that.

By the time of Alliance 2 the EA have already invented the Sniper...

On that note, why did the EA decommission the Sniper? It was the only thing the Leda had going for it.

[Mobius]

We all know it... unlike the GTVA, the Sol colonies developed new technologies and weapons because of the constant menace of a war.

[Snail]

Not to mention the Sunaci.

[Woomeister]

On that note, why did the EA decommission the Sniper? It was the only thing the Leda had going for it.

It's very expensive and only works with the Leda.

[Snail]

Well the EA, in light of the Apothess, would probably use the Sniper. I know I would if I were an EA Admiral.

[Woomeister]

The EA don't fight many Vasudan vessels, and the Apothess is easy to take down from the side.

[Mobius]

Not in the first phase of the war, right?

At least in R1, the Apothess was a concrete threat for the EA. But things have changed, right? The EA will react and bring some Gaganas to handle an Apothess.

[Woomeister]

The current Apothess can't defend itself much from the side, so a decent corvette can have a good go at it.