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GeneralTacticus
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of Melbourne, Australia
Dec 2001
time: 15:17
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Originally posted by Frankychan
who says that they have to be piloted? They can be 'drones' piloted by auto-comps. As for this population center-->workers could be automated robots. Not humans, this results in the high # of ships or whatever. |
I think that's a perfectly logical idea, except that if the ships are going to be totally autmoated it would be best to keep them small and fairly simple, 'cos otherwise their might be problems with damage control (also, in a fascist society, it would prolly actually be cheaper to put humans on the ships, as they cost nothing and if they die, there's more where they came from! )
Anyway, yeah. I think it would be fine to have lot's of AI running the ships to save on manpower, and the small fighters maybe totally automatic, but not huge capital ships. Just my two cents worth.
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Frankychan
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In the Kingdom of Hawaii (CPA Member)
Sep 2001
time: 19:17
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Originally posted by Mellian
Anyway, if you want a lot of Capital ships.....then depending on Tech, Territory, Resources, Population level and etc.... then the amount of smaller ships would lower....... if your fleet is mainly comprise of smaller ships like the Hive i think, then their numbers would considerably be higher.
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You've hit the nail on the head, Mellian. I was thinking Hive fleets would mostly contaiin small ships. If anything, the large ships would be the command ship. Most of the Hive fleets contain a lot of small ships with a couple heavy-hitters.
Hive fleets make optimal use of fighter's and bombers in large space battles...seeing as a small bomber can, in effect, destroy a large capital ship.
However, the largest ship's in the Hive are solely reserved for the Emperor and Warmaster Kang (do I smell Star Wars?)
General Tact,
Yeah, but the G.H.E. uses real pilots cause we have lots of men to go around.
Ahhh,
So the fascist, gun-toting Spartan Federation would stop the manifest destiny of the Terrans in rightfully expanding???
"My good Terran friends, let us talk about those dastardly Spartans..."-----Hive---> <---EC----
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Mellian
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Before i start... I am against super weapons/techs/defences/etc... so be careful with this anti-alien plague now  actually, it is overlly silly for a plague that only kills aliens, not other humans.... (the impression i am getting without reaching to that point in the story) Even if you "program" the plague to sniff living beings DNA and etc to see wether or not their Human, it won't work. In this day and age of BAC, it is rare to find natural bred Humans...with all this genetic engineering, longivity, mutations, telepathy gene, cyborg stuff, etc going on, makes very hard. Even if the plague is Nano related and i having the feeling that Lonestar is to much into Babylon 5 (hidden argument... that essay wether the Shadows ships are bio or nanite base is ridiculous and a lot of the evidence doesn't prove wether their ships are bio or not. just because they use nanites in their plague doesn't mean the Shadow ships' armor is nano base. Since a lot of canon information says Bio armor, that essay is null but i am willing to accept the use of nanites with Bio armor thought...anyway take those Omega-X destroyers )
As for the fleet size issue, makes more sense that all Military fleets have a larger ratio of non-capital ships then capital ships.
Now, as for the Terran Alliance going conquering.... Sprayber, i know it will be hard, especially if the TAF goes after the Spartans.... but one point i made which rest proven without saying it is that, the Chironians and so on will be busy fighting among themselves The Spartans will be kept busy in other fronts. TAF will take advantage of that. The TAF itself is strickly a military base organization and technicly could be considered a seperate faction within Sol. Once war officially declared, the TAF will make sure no nonsence stuff is happening among the members while they completly reorganize the defences of Sol and integrate the members militaries. If a member military causes trouble, being counter productive, the TAF won't twice to blast them away or more justifiable actions.
Since the TAF is a military organization, and when war start, TA politics won't effect them (meaning, members can't choose to boss TAF around concerning defence and so on for example, like the EC and InEn did alot)
The Fleet Admiral knows why he is doing and he knows how costly wars can be, but he is confident the TAF is ready. He is not overconfident, neither does he underestimates. he is a Master Strategist and tactician....like Admiral Thrawn in starwars He doesn't have personal motives either...he is geared to the manifest destiny belief and he knows it won't become reality overnight. Anyway, because of the way he is and being the one who personally organize the TAF since its creation, TAF can be quite tough to beat, despite tech differences. So when i say it is hard to directly acquire intelligence on the TAF via espionage of any form, it is because of the several reasons i gave above. Now, after the TAF's first real ground war against the Morganites(which their troops there get to see first hand for the first time at the dicipline and so on, reminding of the Spartans ), Fleet Admiral Kerensky will see how good the TAF Marines are......which is a mix conventional warfare of Power Armored Marines, Hover Tanks, Siege Tanks, Fighter-Bombers, Goliath Walkers, etc....
Don't forget they are Biometal made
Another point i made, TAF will not simply use Force when they start Conquering out of all the factions in Sol, only the TAF as a strong Intelligence on various Chiron and so on factions...so they generally more about the Universe then rest of Sol.... they will be using Propaganda, Diplomacy, Probin, etc to acquire systems, especially some neutral independent ones.
Anyway, the TAF will surprise many factions of their abilities not invincible, but just Tough and Smart.
Grr, wish i could start writting more into TAF then the Pirates at the moment, lol. After exploring some Babylon 5 sites and so on, I need to redo the specs on the Terran Battlecruiser ...the backbone and mainstay of the TAF.. TAF Ships is mainly the BC, Carrier, Destroyers, Msl Frigates, Multi-Gun Frigates, Heavy Corvettes, and Scouts....a long with Starfury and Thunderbolt Fighters.
-LMP
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Mr. President
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The leaves that are green turn to brown
Jul 2001
time: 15:17
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Boy, what was in this space for the last three years, before I returned here, was so freakin' tame. I should have told them to take their dreams of conquering Firaxis and choke on them. Or worse.
Last edited by Mr. President on 06-04-2005 at 11:11
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Mellian
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybergod
LMP, Maria Sanchez would not like to be bossed around by anyone, whether it is EC, InEn or TA.
One more day... one more day... and I'm gone... (for 12 days only though - d'oh!) |
Knew i forgot to say something... TAF will not expect much of Titan as they barely have any military... the only thing the TAF may bother the Titans is concerning Biotechnology... which if Titan cooperated and get into close relation with the TAF, which would make sense as the TAF will be the ones keeping EC from harassing Titan, which may result to more access to Biometal, if the TAF trusts Titan enough to allow Titanian biotech specialists to study Biometal. 
Anyway, if TAF tells a member to do something during war time, with valid reasoning of course, during war time, they better listen else, Titan looses membership, if they ever got it or not by now, and TAF won't protect Titan from EC TAF would keep an eye on Titan anyway, as they aware of Titan's relationship with the Morganites... TAF Inetlligence doesn't know the details, but they know something is up and could easily guess it is something to do with the Morganite attack and how Titan declared Independence..... to coincedental for their taste
-LMP
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