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I do not see that anywhere in your OOB. It does mention the point defense turret under computer control, but nothing else. Also, while that is certainly reasonable, I can't see why you'd want to do that, but whatever floats your boat.Alyrium Denryle wrote:read my OOB, it is computer controlled. In fact, my fighters are unmanned, but rather use a computer brain.
you really should read my posts more carefully Alyrium. Not only do I have active an untouched ECM generators in the cities, but I have them all over the damned country side. That is the only way to keep my mobile forces from getting pwned by your orbital superiority. As such, your decision to NOT engage my ECM forces at all either through EMP or ARM usage, will cost you. Furthermore, the spotters are using UV targetting lasers, that are not going to show up via dust, so feel free to try again.Alyrium Denryle wrote:"Captain Nevir, I am picking up low level energy spikes. ECM from the cities are weak out at this range, I think it is from a spotter, tracing it now"
Even if you have mm wave fire finding radar (which exist today) or anything similar, you are going to have to get through the massive amounts of ECM that the pirate forces are putting out. Tracking them with the interference, chaff and ECM generators that I have put out will be far more difficult than you seem to suggest.Alyrium Denryle wrote:"Those were balistic missiles, tracing their trajectories(doable with simple trig). Here are the coordinates, give them to the railgun batteries"
I am well aware of your OOB aly, but what you seem to be lacking is that these ships are facing a great deal of ECM. Furthermore, these troop transports point defense flak mode or not, is going to have to contend with a great deal of stress. I dislike the idea that your "uber" shields will simply protect you from anything other than orbital bombardment. I don't think anyone else will go for that either. I have no problem believing that your shields and point defense are potent, but they are not going to make you invulnerable to losses, especially in a situation when I have electronic superiority over your forces.Alyrium Denryle wrote:OOC: The point defense we use is better than that, and is capable of flak-bursting check the OOB occasionally
The rockets were sub-kiloton, and didnt really scratch the shields, which were mean to withstand nuclear weapon bombardment. However they did tie up the point defense.
Dude, they were ballistic, that means they have an arc, and using an optical scanner and a computer from the 1950s you can figure ot where those shells and ballistc rockets came from. No active scanning required. ECM and chaff wont do anything against light.Even if you have mm wave fire finding radar (which exist today) or anything similar, you are going to have to get through the massive amounts of ECM that the pirate forces are putting out. Tracking them with the interference, chaff and ECM generators that I have put out will be far more difficult than you seem to suggest.
you really should read my posts more carefully Alyrium. Not only do I have active an untouched ECM generators in the cities, but I have them all over the damned country side. That is the only way to keep my mobile forces from getting pwned by your orbital superiority. As such, your decision to NOT engage my ECM forces at all either through EMP or ARM usage, will cost you. Furthermore, the spotters are using UV targetting lasers, that are not going to show up via dust, so feel free to try again.
Being destroyed in a single volley of tac nukes defeats the purpose of having a shield. Flak bursting plasma that detonates in a 60 meter burst is not doing to be pleasant for any missile. Your numbers stand for now, I just like putting in"It cold have been worse" into my posts.I am well aware of your OOB aly, but what you seem to be lacking is that these ships are facing a great deal of ECM. Furthermore, these troop transports point defense flak mode or not, is going to have to contend with a great deal of stress. I dislike the idea that your "uber" shields will simply protect you from anything other than orbital bombardment. I don't think anyone else will go for that either. I have no problem believing that your shields and point defense are potent, but they are not going to make you invulnerable to losses, especially in a situation when I have electronic superiority over your forces.
If you are utilizing purely passive means of detecting the incoming salvos by all means, do so. I will play it as being far less efficient than a dedicated active system such as millimeter wave radar.Alyrium Denryle wrote:Dude, they were ballistic, that means they have an arc, and using an optical scanner and a computer from the 1950s you can figure ot where those shells and ballistc rockets came from. No active scanning required. ECM and chaff wont do anything against light.
It would be appreciated.I can delete that section of you want.
I have already asserted that 1/3 of the weapons employed against you were not merely tactical nukes. These missiles exploded well beyond the target, creating an x-ray laser in the Mt range to gut your forces.Alyrium Denryle wrote:Being destroyed in a single volley of tac nukes defeats the purpose of having a shield. Flak bursting plasma that detonates in a 60 meter burst is not doing to be pleasant for any missile. Your numbers stand for now, I just like putting in"It cold have been worse" into my posts.
And again, electronic superiority means nothing against an optical scanner which uses IR, UV and visual light.
I am working with what I was led to believe. The pirate fleet was capable, composed of 2 dreadnoughts, eight cruisers and one hundred or so escorts. That is roughly equivalent to one of of my own sector fleets. Everything that I have been told, has suggested to me that this is not simply a minor colony with some resupply bases. As far as I am aware of, the pirates are heavily invested in the world and due to this, it is logical that they would have a heavy ground presence.Rogue 9 wrote:Okay, I'd just like to put in that this is beginning to border on ludicrous. I mean, come on, this is a major fleet vs. the space version of Tortuga, here! Pirates with major dedicated ground formations? Why would they have them? I submit that it is patently ridiculous for pirates to invest themselves heavily in a world like this, precisely because they would wish to prevent the current situation. I can see them terrorizing a populace into resupplying and housing them on a semi-permanent basis, but permanently rooting themselves to a planet is suicide.
That is fine, and I just wanted to let you know that I was watching the post and wanted to touch upon your concerns.Rogue 9 wrote:That wasn't aimed entirely at you. I'm not blaming you for having such a large fleet have a well-protected base. At least half of the ridiculousness stems from having such a gigantic pirate flotilla in one place in the first place, which isn't your doing.
Even now, I am willing to work with the involved parties. If changes are desired to be made to the scope and scale of the pirate world, I am more than willing to accomodate them. Either way, all these escapees will make loads of fun for Sixth Fleet as the fleeing pirates need to steal ship parts... Time to start up operation Justice of the Void, I think. (Its something I've been cooking up over vacation, and you'll just have to wait and see what it involves.) I look forward to seeing it! The pirate fleet is still under my control. I have plans for it, oh yes.Rogue 9 wrote:Oh well. All good, then.
x_x *Steps up patrol patterns around Verling Station, even though the plans probably don't involve me.* (Yeah, I really will do that. Its convoys would be a logical target for supply-starved pirates. The ones out of Pinnacle are juicier, but I don't think these boys are utterly suicidal.Marcao wrote:I look forward to seeing it! The pirate fleet is still under my control. I have plans for it, oh yes.Rogue 9 wrote:Oh well. All good, then.
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