[Dilmah G]

Yes that was my fault, I hadn't seen Battuta's interpretation of Severanti before I started work. As the war goes on, both sides begin to see the futility.

[General Battuta]

Well, that too, but the GTVA has its reasons for fighting, and they're not going to abandon BETAC, ethical conduct, and the dedicated pursuit of a quick, clean victory just because they're no longer the player's home faction.

A certain Admiral Censored is a good example of someone totally committed to defeating the UEF yet still ethically intact.

[Mongoose]

From what I could read, the dialogue in this is some of the most combat-esque I've ever seen implemented in an FS2 mission.  Can't wait to play it.

[Dilmah G]

You should see the briefing .

[-Norbert-]

The GTVA seems cruel and unreasonable in this. I almost hope they lose.

If you mean only the first battle for Neptune, you can read about the outcome in General Battutas first prose Darius put in the Media section of the BP website.
For the conclusion of the war, we'll have to wait a bit longer.

Anyway here's the last paragraph of the prose, which is about the first battle of Neptune:

Spoiler:

The 13th‘s initial assault on Neptune was repelled. While the defending force – two frigates and four cruisers – was annihilated by beam fire, the UEF fighter corps ripped apart the 13th’s screen and close-assaulted the GTD Meridian with gunship-mounted weapons, demonstrating the UEF’s main advantage over its GTVA counterparts. The Meridian withdrew, losing a Deimos escort in the process (The casualty rate amongst the Aeolus class was low throughout the war, proving the wisdom of the decision to reopen production lines).

[Dilmah G]

Just a heads up, both of the BP prose pieces were written by Battuta and critiqued by Darius. However the Inferno piece is Darius' work.

[High Max]

;-)

[Dilmah G]

I think we may be able to get it done this year, however don't take my word as fact, Battuta and Darius are the men you seek on that issue .

Well that's assuming a hostile species is going to leap in and go "wtfpwn" on every Terran ship . But if you have read Battuta's piece, you'll understand why the GTVA had to resort to attacking the UEF in order to take control.

[Commander Zane]

Hopefully the release is before I'm in Iraq.

[General Battuta]

And don't forget the GTVA only commits a few destroyers (no more than five at a time, I believe?) to operations in Sol. There are strategic reserves.

[-Norbert-]

Just a heads up, both of the BP prose pieces were written by Battuta and critiqued by Darius. However the Inferno piece is Darius' work.

I know. I guess I framed the sentence badly. Now I corrected my previous post.

[Snail]

Question, should the Shivans return, would the GTVA and UEF make peace or continue their pointless war?

[Dilmah G]

You'll have to see if the Shivans return first .

[General Battuta]

I will answer no questions, Command!

[Snail]

Nah, cuz I wos just thinking, a GTVA-UEF fleet would be pretty damned badass.

[Maverick]

With all these teasers that have been released as of late, I was thinking the actual release was not far off at all but from above posts saying anywhere between this year and next year, I'm just hoping this is just a ruse to throw us off lol. Anyways, this keeps looking better and better. The only thing about the video that i kinda didn't like was the fact that Neptune itself made some of the comm chatter unreadable.

[Angelus]

The vid is cool!

About the shivan thingy...

*takes a look in the Palantir...

...yes they return, then both parties ( GTVA and UEF ) realizor that they have to set aside their conflict for a while and kick some shivan ass, and right after that they...

*Palantir says: please insert coin to continue

[General Battuta]

Yeah, some of the skyboxen do that.

As for the release, we're plowing forward. We've been releasing a ton of material lately because we have really enthusiastic team members who've been producing even more material internally.

[-Norbert-]

And because it is summer and thus they have more free time to do the things I'd guess

[Aurora Paradox]

That video was epic.  Can't wait till this campaign is released.