[deathfun]

I wonder what would be going through Koths head if he escaped into an escape pod to see his ship fail to destroy the monstrosity

[stuart133]

I wonder what would be going through Koths head if he escaped into an escape pod to see his ship fail to destroy the monstrosity

Oh shi-

Obviously he would have about 1 sec after seeing the Repulse destroyed before the pathetic escape pod exploded.

[Colonol Dekker]

INSERTS FAIL / FACEPALM IMAGE

NERVOUS SMILEY

[deathfun]

I was thinking a piece of shrapnel

[Lucika]

While it may not be a mistake, I do consider it weird that Command gave no capital escort to the Bastion. It's okay that you don't want to attract unwanted attention but we DO know that the Shivans attack everything - and that most of them would go to the blockade anyway.

[TrashMan]

Definately agree on that.
Doing what command did makes sense if fighting against a regular enemy - one that conserves resources and prioritizes and picks targets. Shivan pretty much attack anything that moves.

[Asakura]

What better escort could they send than Alpha 1

On that note from the looks of the 3 severely damaged Aeolus cruisers, it is possible that the Bastion's escort did include corvettes or higher, but were decimated by the time of the mission.

[stuart133]

I was thinking a piece of shrapnel

You would think it would make sense to make them tough enough to survive the shock wave.

[Enigmatic Entity]

The Collie could've swung aside so the debris wouldn't crash into the "bridge" and comms/sensors areas, and would've allowed more time for gunners to break it up into smaler pieces.

But no, it just kept on going straight...

[TrashMan]

Hey, don't diss Sgt. Asshole. He's a good driver. And my cousin!

[Thaeris]

I'm surrounded by assholes!

[TrashMan]

Shall we keep fireing Sir?

[Androgeos Exeunt]

To the Colossus during High Noon:

Keep firing Assholes!

[Paladin327]

so why has a discussion about command mistakes turned into a video game physics discussion?

And remember in the beginning of clash of the titans II one of the badly damaged escort fighters says the shivas threw everything they had against them fighters, bombers, etc. the response was "what class of bombers pilot. the other pilot answers "Niphilim, Seraphim, Nahema, you name it." the main reason you are tasked with escorting the bastion is because they were under heavy assault from the shivans

[ChronoReverse]

Not to mention the bulk of the Shivan task force was in fact diverted as expected.  They still assigned warships (three Aeolus cruisers survived to when we arrive) to protect the Bastion as well as sending you Alpha 1 and the elite Blue Lions.

Considering the Shivans were sending massive numbers of bombers over and over, the task force must have been pretty good to get that close and still have the Bastion alive.

[Lucika]

I wonder what would be going through Koths head if he escaped into an escape pod to see his ship fail to destroy the monstrosity

I'd love to see an .ani

[karajorma]

I wonder what would be going through Koths head if he escaped into an escape pod to see his ship fail to destroy the monstrosity

Shrapnel.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Either shrapnel or raw energy.

[stuart133]

Oi, we have already made that joke, stop stealing it.

[Aardwolf]

He really should have surrendered. The only downside then is that the GTVA gets the Repulse, but considering it's probably low on resources/supplies anyway, it might not have been that beneficial to them.

Heck, considering BETAC probably has a lot of rules about the situation, 10000 officers and crew might be a rather hefty burden on the GTVA.

There's also no guarantee, if Koth were to surrender, that the entirety of his crew would have surrendered quite as willingly, and loyalists among the crew might try to sabotage key components of the ship to keep it from being useful to the GTVA.