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This would be a great victory if we had not destroyed the Deep Impact Site.
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Grizzwold posted:Fun fact: because of this Triton's orbit is slowly decaying and it will pass Neptune's Roche Limit sometime in the next couple billion years. This will cause the moon to get ripped apart by tidal forces and create a really nice ring around the planet. It's absolutely typical for the Martian government to not have planned for the future.
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The isolated convoy is the best target, as it allows us to destroy a relatively small IC task force and disrupt whatever operation they are performing without risking the defensive installations around Uranus or Saturn.
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Jun 10, 2017 01:35
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Our priority really should be the IC convoy to Pluto. Not only is it a fat, juicy target (troop transports with minimal escort) but the find on Pluto is possibly one of the most important discoveries in human history and allowing the IC control of it would be a huge mistake.
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Strike hard and fast now. We can't afford to send the entire task force off to Pluto because our primary objective is still to defend Neptune. If we lose Neptune, then we're hosed because it's our main source of fuel. Wiping out an isolated detachment of IC ships while they're attacking a neutral settlement is a great start to the war. Especially if Special Branch is able to deliver an intact data core from their command ship. If you lot got your way the entire fleet would be around Pluto and not able to respond to a serious IC attack on Triton. Morrow fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Jun 16, 2017 |
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That's probably a pretty significant chunk of their support fleet. If they're operating with a smaller fleet than Mars to begin with then they may have severe difficulties in supporting any offensives going forward. Our next move should be to return to Neptune and let the shipyard patch some armor onto our cruisers. This engagement and the Battle for Tempel One suggest that they are actually the most vulnerable elements of our fleet, as they can be hit with the IC's missile armament at longer ranges while our smaller ships can't be targeted. Morrow fucked around with this message at 01:10 on Jun 18, 2017 |
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GunnerJ posted:I've been assuming that most of the interrogations of captured IC personnel has consisted of calling them glassholes until they relent. We've been pretty unsuccessful in extracting much timely intel from IC prisoners. Maybe if we offered them state-provided dental and vision plans?
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Affi posted:I think we have two frigates escorting our scout ship? Those two against a Marissa Meyer? Might be worth losing both to have a shot at four defenceless iron ladies? As one of those frigates, I'm pretty sure my ship can't take 25 missiles to the face, but I'm down for it. I think it's been confirmed that the Martian fleet is bigger than the IC's, so unless the inner system fights are going incredibly poorly for us we should be good as we've been knocking out big ships left and right while not permanently losing any of our own.
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Jul 7, 2017 15:11
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bro, Hostile Takeover
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Crazycryodude posted:So... you wanna get hulked three times and then be unceremoniously destroyed by fighters? USA! USA! USA!
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Crazycryodude posted:So those look like cruisers headed our way. On the plus side, I guess we've at least drawn more forces rimward? The Home Fleet better make damned good use of this, because it looks like our cake walk is already over. I'd actually say that we've been through the worst of it. It's important to remember that the IC has less assets than us, and they just lost most of their Uranus fleet. They may be scraping the bottom of the barrel just to provide fresh defenders.
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unwantedplatypus posted:The forces under our control represent 1/3rd of the Martian fleet, and we Mars has more ships than IC The number given was 15%. If we're suddenly 33%, that means the inner system is going badly.
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There's no point in the 1/3 of the way to uranus bit, as the two planets are almost perfectly aligned to Neptune.
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Jul 18, 2017 19:54
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Yay I died. Can I get back in the Captain queue?
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LLSix posted:Gotta be Blitzball! Spaceball!
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It's more habitable than Mars, tho.
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Cathode Raymond posted:You know who I think might be brainwormed? The Fleet Archon. I think we should elect a new Interim Fleet Archon whose responsibilities will include: How do we know you're not brainwormed? I nominate myself. As I am dead, there's no possibility that I am brainwormed.
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The easy explanation is, like some ancient Terran city that was continuously inhabited for thousands of years, it's simply a good spot to settle. Even more attractive because you can study all the ancient ruins. Status Update: Not insane, don't feel like nuking Mars.
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I think we load up our entire civilization into colony ships, along with all of our fleet, and fly everything into the cylinder. Because look at it this way: the ships inside are the first survivors of any non-human civilization we've encountered. They're obviously doing something right.
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The Graveyard is great evidence as to why we should all hide in the Sunskimmer. With that in mind, head to the Pit.
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There's two effective options: 1) Try to evade and regroup with the main fleet. 2) Let them catch up. If 1, we should gun it at max speed. If 2, we should come to a dead stop to make it unambiguous that we are not disengaging.
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Nov 6, 2017 18:28
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Is it good or bad that we've moved on from calls to conquer and enslave their civilization to suggesting different ways of cooking and eating them?
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Nov 27, 2017 22:42
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The comet base definitely suggests a long-term deployment. It may be that the cryopods are ubiquitous just because the crabs want to minimize resource use when their crew isn't actively performing their duties. Then the comet's systems wakes up the crew of the Imps when it detects an unidentified contact in the system. The escape pods meanwhile are all cryopods because they want to maximize how long they can go before being recovered, which may be a long time if they have very intermittent resupply/rotation. OTOH the fact that they can't be easily removed from the pods suggests that they're not meant to be removed.
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OwlFancier posted:4, I think, given there's a 3x and a separate 1. It carries the jump drive.
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The heavy hitters are about to enter the system, perhaps it would be better to disengage and wait for them? No need to take a battle unnecessarily.
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Dec 1, 2017 22:08
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1) An unknown extrasolar force has attacked our ships multiple times in the Pit system. 2) They are moving towards the transit point to Nova Sol. 3) In every engagement they have fired first and made no attempt at communication.
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It was me wonder why the Rakshesha (the slightly larger fourth ship) didn't do anything. Even if it was just a jump tender it should have some armament. It may be that it's carrying a significant support package, including sensors, while the Rakshasas (with an a) rely on it.
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We should make sure to inform the Terrans immediately after our fleet fights to defend (successfully or not) Nova Sol to make them go slightly less absolutely berserk at us hiding an advanced alien AI. And then we can debate whether to tell them about the, ah, Intruders.
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Whoever modified them, I hope they're suitably embarrassed when they tell us.
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I'm still waiting for Speedy to tell us what the fartcrabs are, since he seems to have a fairly concrete idea.
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Why would you think that? The worm loves us.
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I'd prefer we take the money that people are proposing to spend buying a low-value has giant system on economic investments for Mars itself. More money means more industry means more ships. Also Mars First and all that: what's the point of an interstellar empire if we're not using it to enrich ourselves?
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I think instead of messing around with Terran politics, where we are both strategic rivals to their government but also need them for common defence against aliens, we focus on internal development and terraforming. Remember that the bulk of our power and economy come from Mars itself.
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Dec 21, 2017 21:46
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Mars First, Crabs Second, Earth Last is the only patriotic plan. Project Eden Crabs First (technically Crabs 2nd)
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Dec 24, 2017 18:36
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The dog has doomed mankind.
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It's a terrible plan and you're probably causing a major intra-system conflict at the same time we've discovered multiple existential threats to humanity.
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Dec 27, 2017 03:58
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Donate 100,000 marsbucks to the terraforming effort and learn more of our secret history!
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Nevets posted:It won't "help" anything, but the idea is it will hurt the UT more than Mars. It helps the Crabs.
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