STGOD 4 OOC Thread

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-05-05 02:41pm

Badum CHING!

A million bucks to Straha

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2004-05-05 02:42pm

Thirdfain wrote:Your balls have gotta be made of solid steel....

Titanium-Adamantite composite, actually, but thanks for asking!

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-05-05 03:04pm

*Is afraid to look.* I have a carrier battle group at Alpha Centauri for just this eventuality...

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-05-05 03:46pm

You know, every time someone obviously doesn't read my OOB I die a little more inside...

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-05-05 03:48pm

Ehhhh... I don't think my battle group at Alpha Centauri stands a chance against that.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2004-05-05 03:48pm

Straha wrote:You know, every time someone obviously doesn't read my OOB I die a little more inside...

I know you have shields for the screening of large craft. That's why you're getting tiny pods, like from the novel of Starship Troopers raining down. Like bird poop, in HELL.

A shield that just prevents all engagements is dull! You get to show off your army this way.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-05-05 03:51pm

SirNitram wrote:
Straha wrote:You know, every time someone obviously doesn't read my OOB I die a little more inside...

I know you have shields for the screening of large craft. That's why you're getting tiny pods, like from the novel of Starship Troopers raining down. Like bird poop, in HELL.

A shield that just prevents all engagements is dull! You get to show off your army this way.

I know.

The shields under your bombardment are going to last two hours, three hours tops. The entire idea is to allow my Army more time to prepare, deploy, and rip to shreds. Not to prevent engagements...

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2004-05-05 03:52pm

Straha wrote:
SirNitram wrote:
Straha wrote:You know, every time someone obviously doesn't read my OOB I die a little more inside...

I know you have shields for the screening of large craft. That's why you're getting tiny pods, like from the novel of Starship Troopers raining down. Like bird poop, in HELL.

A shield that just prevents all engagements is dull! You get to show off your army this way.
I know.

The shields under your bombardment are going to last two hours, three hours tops. The entire idea is to allow my Army more time to prepare, deploy, and rip to shreds. Not to prevent engagements...

Okay. Rogue 9's posts have pushed up two hours or so, should we just run with it for now then?

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-05-05 04:00pm

SirNitram wrote:
Straha wrote:
SirNitram wrote: I know you have shields for the screening of large craft. That's why you're getting tiny pods, like from the novel of Starship Troopers raining down. Like bird poop, in HELL.

A shield that just prevents all engagements is dull! You get to show off your army this way.
I know.

The shields under your bombardment are going to last two hours, three hours tops. The entire idea is to allow my Army more time to prepare, deploy, and rip to shreds. Not to prevent engagements...
Okay. Rogue 9's posts have pushed up two hours or so, should we just run with it for now then?

Go ahead, see my post.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-05-05 04:05pm

Rogue 9, your guys are already hidden far away from the Ballroom.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-05-05 04:09pm

Ah. Consider that a rewind, then. The guards would do that at the first sign of trouble.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2004-05-05 04:10pm

Fighting the Overseer, Lesson 1: Do not cluster where the Overseer is landing. He will nuke you til you glow, THEN land.

Bugsby · Post by **Bugsby** » 2004-05-05 04:10pm

Nitram, dont make planetfall yet. I am assuimng that many fleets will be on their way to help, and would have a good 3 hours of transit time under their belts by the time you broke through the shield. Posting a breakthrough now is cheap becaue it doesnt give the people who are logged off time to rally at Alpha Cent to counter.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2004-05-05 04:11pm

SirNitram wrote:Fighting the Overseer, Lesson 1: Do not cluster where the Overseer is landing. He will nuke you til you glow, THEN land.

Fighting the KSN lesson one: Do not threaten the emperor, or they will bend you over and make you squeal like a pig.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-05-05 04:12pm

Nitram, dont make planetfall yet. I am assuimng that many fleets will be on their way to help, and would have a good 3 hours of transit time under their belts by the time you broke through the shield. Posting a breakthrough now is cheap becaue it doesnt give the people who are logged off time to rally at Alpha Cent to counter.

That would still give him an hour and half until the Camaro reinforcements arrived. It's safe to say that only cursory reinforcements could arrive prior to that- they'd be better off waiting for the main fleets to return.

Bugsby · Post by **Bugsby** » 2004-05-05 04:14pm

Thirdfain wrote:
Nitram, dont make planetfall yet. I am assuimng that many fleets will be on their way to help, and would have a good 3 hours of transit time under their belts by the time you broke through the shield. Posting a breakthrough now is cheap becaue it doesnt give the people who are logged off time to rally at Alpha Cent to counter.
That would still give him an hour and half until the Camaro reinforcements arrived. It's safe to say that only cursory reinforcements could arrive prior to that- they'd be better off waiting for the main fleets to return.

I know. I am just saying that he should know what is coming. If someone logs on later tonight and says "oh, I was moving with everyone else and so I'm there now, horribly tilting the battle" isnt fair to anyone.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-05-05 04:15pm

I have Sixth Fleet deployed all over the place. I think its fair to say that I could boost the battle group already at Alpha Centauri by a couple destroyer squadrons and maybe a couple of cruisers, but nothing big enough to make an immediate attack feasible.

By the by, my missile volley got ignored as usual. At least it was just a battleship's refit complement this time instead of a Warhammer cruiser's honking huge wave of nukes, but can we please not just ignore me when I start lobbing missiles?

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-05-05 04:16pm

Heh- this has played more or less perfectly into out friend Nitram's hands- All my fast-response mobile fleet assets are currently deployed, as are those of most powers. Krynor really did a numb er on us, eh?

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2004-05-05 04:16pm

Bugsby wrote:
Thirdfain wrote:
Nitram, dont make planetfall yet. I am assuimng that many fleets will be on their way to help, and would have a good 3 hours of transit time under their belts by the time you broke through the shield. Posting a breakthrough now is cheap becaue it doesnt give the people who are logged off time to rally at Alpha Cent to counter.
That would still give him an hour and half until the Camaro reinforcements arrived. It's safe to say that only cursory reinforcements could arrive prior to that- they'd be better off waiting for the main fleets to return.
I know. I am just saying that he should know what is coming. If someone logs on later tonight and says "oh, I was moving with everyone else and so I'm there now, horribly tilting the battle" isnt fair to anyone.

I fully expect a fleet capable of several asskicking to come down upon me. I think it would be unthinkable for a nation not to scramble back to Alpha Cent in this situation to join the massive party.

Bugsby · Post by **Bugsby** » 2004-05-05 04:16pm

Straha, please post wherein our leaders are being protected. Seeing as how I have placed my nation's leadership in your hands, I would be very much interested in knowing how they are being protected....

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2004-05-05 04:17pm

Rogue 9 wrote:I have Sixth Fleet deployed all over the place. I think its fair to say that I could boost the battle group already at Alpha Centauri by a couple destroyer squadrons and maybe a couple of cruisers, but nothing big enough to make an immediate attack feasible.

By the by, my missile volley got ignored as usual. At least it was just a battleship's refit complement this time instead of a Warhammer cruiser's honking huge wave of nukes, but can we please not just ignore me when I start lobbing missiles?

You lobbed sixty missiles against something on the other of a hundred thousand ready and waiting Point Defense guns. Would you like to know the numerical chances?

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-05-05 04:18pm

By the by, my missile volley got ignored as usual. At least it was just a battleship's refit complement this time instead of a Warhammer cruiser's honking huge wave of nukes, but can we please not just ignore me when I start lobbing missiles?

A single battleship's single volley against a full fleet would almost certainly be shot down to the last missile.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-05-05 04:19pm

SirNitram wrote:Fighting the Overseer, Lesson 1: Do not cluster where the Overseer is landing. He will nuke you til you glow, THEN land.

Original SD.Net STGOD, Lesson 1: NEVER ever underestimate the use of EMPs. Ever.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2004-05-05 04:20pm

Straha wrote:
SirNitram wrote:Fighting the Overseer, Lesson 1: Do not cluster where the Overseer is landing. He will nuke you til you glow, THEN land.
Original SD.Net STGOD, Lesson 1: NEVER ever underestimate the use of EMPs. Ever.

I am somewhat upset by the notion that my entire force just got hosed by some EMPs.

Okay, I'm over it. More bird poop from HELL, coming right up.

Bugsby · Post by **Bugsby** » 2004-05-05 04:20pm

SirNitram wrote:
Bugsby wrote:
Thirdfain wrote: That would still give him an hour and half until the Camaro reinforcements arrived. It's safe to say that only cursory reinforcements could arrive prior to that- they'd be better off waiting for the main fleets to return.
I know. I am just saying that he should know what is coming. If someone logs on later tonight and says "oh, I was moving with everyone else and so I'm there now, horribly tilting the battle" isnt fair to anyone.
I fully expect a fleet capable of several asskicking to come down upon me. I think it would be unthinkable for a nation not to scramble back to Alpha Cent in this situation to join the massive party.

Fair enough. As long as you are willing to accept anyone who says they have showed up. And given estimates on shield power and travel time.... what say you to having the fleet arrive about an hour after you first break through the shield? Not only is that a realistic estimate, that seems to be enough time for you to do some damage while leaving us enough time to make the save.