[Aesaar]

Sparda: That was Severanti's strategy.  Steele wants to win as quickly as possible, because a lot of casualties in a few weeks time is better than even more over another years time.

[MatthTheGeek]

Or rather, a few casualties now are better than a civil war at home. Or being caught by a third Shivan Incursion pants down.

[rubixcube]

A third Shivan Incursion could mean a GTVA peace treaty with the UEF

[QuakeIV]

Shortly before the UEF is murderized by the shivans.

[MatthTheGeek]

Yeah, peace doesn't matter much when everyone at peace is dead.

[rubixcube]

Well they'd stand a better chance at surviving a Third shivan incursion if they stopped fighting each other

[Crybertrance]

Well they'd stand a better chance at surviving a Third shivan incursion if they stopped fighting each other

Yeah, like, right now...Not after another theoretical 18-months.

[Phantom Hoover]

The team have said that the war will come to a proper conclusion, without any cop-outs like a Shivan incursion.

[Luis Dias]

The team have said that the war will come to a proper conclusion, without any cop-outs like a Shivan incursion.

The title of the fifth act does somewhat give the hint that the Shivans will enter the stage at some point (perhaps after the conclusion of the tev-uef war).

[Crybertrance]

The team have said that the war will come to a proper conclusion, without any cop-outs like a Shivan incursion.

The title of the fifth act does somewhat give the hint that the Shivans will enter the stage at some point (perhaps after the conclusion of the tev-uef war).

Maybe not the Shivans; but in AoA the Vishnans did say "We will return when your people are ready" or something like that...

[redsniper]

Yeah, ready to DIE!

[Colonol Dekker]

Yeah, ready to DIE!

any sort of
time pressure.

[CT27]

Or rather, a few casualties now are better than a civil war at home. Or being caught by a third Shivan Incursion pants down.

So maybe try to sacrifice a few ships to take out a Solaris?

[SpardaSon21]

I don't see him intentionally sacrificing ships to take down a Solaris.  Gambling with a few corvettes or even an entire battlegroup, definitely, but certainly not sending them to an inevitable death and just marking them up on a chart as acceptable losses.  Steele's a calculating chess player who won't make a sacrifice play without a contingency or two, not a butcher who will order men to go to their certain deaths in the hopes the enemy loses more in that attack than he does.

[Trivial Psychic]

Reminds me of Zapp Branaghan. 

[Rodo]

Thank you for reminding me of those awesome posts back on Diaspora's board, priceless.

[CT27]

I don't see him intentionally sacrificing ships to take down a Solaris.  Gambling with a few corvettes or even an entire battlegroup, definitely, but certainly not sending them to an inevitable death and just marking them up on a chart as acceptable losses.  Steele's a calculating chess player who won't make a sacrifice play without a contingency or two, not a butcher who will order men to go to their certain deaths in the hopes the enemy loses more in that attack than he does.

I didn't mean intentionally throwing them away carlessly (space Zerg rush).  I meant he'd be willing to try a risky operation to take down a Solaris.


Or do you think it would serve a better strategic/tactical focus for Steele to not focus on Solari and that he should focus on the more numerous Karunas and Narayanas?

[General Battuta]

More than anything else Steele needs an intact, fresh, trained fighter corps to prosecute a final attack on Earth. The alternative is still bloodbath.

[MatthTheGeek]

Yap. Because Durgas and Vajras. You need skilled pilots to fly escort for your capships or any kind of major assault against critical UEF targets is suicide.

[CT27]

With the new part of WIH being released...

Any new thoughts on what the GTVA needs to do militarily?