STGOD 4 OOC Thread

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-05-31 11:16pm

Also how would it effect fighters, power armor, etc???

It would short them out, assuming it went off close enough. Heavier, better-hardened and shielded powerarmor and fighters will be less vulnerable to such weapons.

Which reminds me, I think the first use by the Hajr of it's recently aquired magic will be an upgrade to standard-issue the Stratiatoi light powr-armor will be an enchanted EMP hardening package which reduces the effectiveness of EMP against Ouster infantry from "Totally Devastating" to merely "Dangerous"

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-05-31 11:17pm

frigidmagi wrote:However I have no damn idea how EMP would really effect them as they're based to a dregee on the Honorverse missles.

And I'm using an evolved Honorverse missle. The missles basic sheilding should sheild it from all but a fairly close range EMP blast. In other words missles will get through.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2004-05-31 11:18pm

How do you want that wrap-up, Thirdfain? I got alot of stuff to reveal.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-05-31 11:21pm

I figure I'll post the finishin post now, then- The cleanup action, the successful capturing of 2 of the DNs, the hundred thousand dead bodies....

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2004-05-31 11:23pm

Thirdfain wrote:I figure I'll post the finishin post now, then- The cleanup action, the successful capturing of 2 of the DNs, the hundred thousand dead bodies....

I'll post what was found following it, then.

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2004-05-31 11:24pm

Pablo Sanchez wrote:
consequences wrote:Pity about that purely mechanical backup detonator though.
Yeah, nice try. Unfortunately they aren't going to hit shit without active guidance, because space is a big place and ships are very very small

Which is why those were area effect wepons designed to clear away decoys and such in the first place. If your ship radically changes its manuevering profile to avoid the effect, its going to do my work for me by standing out. At least, that's the theory.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2004-05-31 11:30pm

consequences wrote:Which is why those were area effect wepons designed to clear away decoys and such in the first place. If your ship radically changes its manuevering profile to avoid the effect,

It won't have to. Just launching my own charges and changing attitude by a single degree would make 90% of them miss by hundreds of kilometers. You have to remember that we're engaging from very long ranges, here.

And anyway, ships in this STGOD are shielded, running with active engines, and shooting out far more heat and energy than the state, county, and city of New York. They already stick out like a sore thumb, clearing away decoys and changing maneuvering profiles is wasted time, because you can already see them just fine.

its going to do my work for me by standing out. At least, that's the theory.

The theory is bunk, and if you're wasting space towards that end, then you're not going to have sufficient firepower to stand against my ships and their guns. I would suggest concentrating on heavy missiles and large guns, the tech level favors them.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-05-31 11:32pm

Consequences, you didin't even try to open up relations with me! I'm dismayed. You REALLY should talk to our PR department before painting me as a threat

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-05-31 11:35pm

Perhaps he didn't buy your press line?

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2004-05-31 11:36pm

Bah. Clearly he made the correct choice by choosing to open towards me.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-05-31 11:40pm

Perhaps he didn't buy your press line?

Press line? I don't have a press (well, none broadcast to you flatlanders...), or a press line to go along with it, for that matter.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-05-31 11:42pm

None we know of yet.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-05-31 11:42pm

Well, that's true.

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2004-05-31 11:47pm

Thirdfain wrote:Consequences, you didin't even try to open up relations with me! I'm dismayed. You REALLY should talk to our PR department before painting me as a threat

Oh, we''ll try to open a relationship with you, its just that the shadowy people meeting in dark rooms don't think much good is going to come of it.

For one thing, your whole 'brief flame' life philosophy is more than slightly against my culture's leanings.

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2004-05-31 11:50pm

Pablo Sanchez wrote:
consequences wrote:Which is why those were area effect wepons designed to clear away decoys and such in the first place. If your ship radically changes its manuevering profile to avoid the effect,
It won't have to. Just launching my own charges and changing attitude by a single degree would make 90% of them miss by hundreds of kilometers. You have to remember that we're engaging from very long ranges, here.

And anyway, ships in this STGOD are shielded, running with active engines, and shooting out far more heat and energy than the state, county, and city of New York. They already stick out like a sore thumb, clearing away decoys and changing maneuvering profiles is wasted time, because you can already see them just fine.

its going to do my work for me by standing out. At least, that's the theory.
The theory is bunk, and if you're wasting space towards that end, then you're not going to have sufficient firepower to stand against my ships and their guns. I would suggest concentrating on heavy missiles and large guns, the tech level favors them.

In that case, with my revised understanding of the mechanics involved, we'll have better missiles, and lots fewer of them("Waah" cries the little Macross Junkie in my head). Cheap Nuclear Death will be reserved for not-quite last ditch point defense purposes.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-05-31 11:56pm

Missle pods are your friend. Seriously EMPs will wreck a missle pod but they allow for bigger tougher missles than normal. Plus every hit on a missle pod is one less hit on your ships right?

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-06-01 12:15am

I'll bet you are happy as a pig in shit bout this, frigidmagi

No worries, it won't stick. It just doesn't make any sense. If we had been in collusion, the allied fleet would have arrived to find half the Hajr navy, a set of interdictor vessels, and a Machine communications jammer the size of half a planet

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-06-01 12:30am

I already told Nitram that it wouldn't stick. Of course knowing himit's all a cover for some deeper plot to get somebody else completly. Perhaps he seeks to slander one of your allies. Quite franky I doubt anyone going to buy it. The UP won't be attacking you over this anytime soon unless something dramatic changes.

Don't like dancing to a tune if I can't see the band and all that.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-06-01 12:33am

Yeah, me neither- and I strongly suspect that I'm doing the Macarena to a baroque waltz.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-06-01 12:36am

A Hajr doing the Macarena... That video would most likey double your GNP!

Baroque music seems to fit the machines quite well...

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2004-06-01 12:38am

frigidmagi wrote:A Hajr doing the Macarena... That video would most likey double your GNP!

Baroque music seems to fit the machines quite well...

Hellmarch fits well too.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-06-01 12:39am

Good point.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-06-01 12:41am

By the way, Nitram, how good is this copy of a Military Womb? More precisely, did you model it after some long-distance surveillance footage of an Ouster shipyard, which would be easy to come by, or did you somehow examine one in detail?

Unless you examined one in detail, you probably wouldn't be able to replicate a lot of the Ouster technology.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2004-06-01 12:47am

Thirdfain wrote:By the way, Nitram, how good is this copy of a Military Womb? More precisely, did you model it after some long-distance surveillance footage of an Ouster shipyard, which would be easy to come by, or did you somehow examine one in detail?

Unless you examined one in detail, you probably wouldn't be able to replicate a lot of the Ouster technology.

It's a perfect duplicate. Have AIM or MSN? I'll explain via PM if I must.

Murazor · Post by **Murazor** » 2004-06-01 05:31am

May I join or it is too late?