AOTC Observations

[Sea Skimmer]

Moderately possible, because after the pilot says that there's a scene with Anakin and Obi where you can see the underside of the wing; the air-to-air rockets are still there, that wing's fully stocked.

Shock or minor blast damage could have rendered them useless. Heck a jittery armorer could have forgotten to attach to control wires or to pull out the arming pins, that happens in combat.

[Wild Karrde]

Moderately possible, because after the pilot says that there's a scene with Anakin and Obi where you can see the underside of the wing; the air-to-air rockets are still there, that wing's fully stocked.

Shock or minor blast damage could have rendered them useless. Heck a jittery armorer could have forgotten to attach to control wires or to pull out the arming pins, that happens in combat.

True, true, I'm just suprised no one looked over to the wing, saw it fully stocked, and atleast mention something about them. Just somewhat suprising 'cause Obi and Ani were standing right next to it.

[PainRack]

The US Army can have a brigade anywhere in the world on 24 hours notice, and in terms of relative scale the clone army is massively smaller. When Obi Wan was inspecting the clones we saw them loading onto there transports and they have class .6 hyperdrives, which would allow them to reach Geonosis in a few hours.

With massive pre-planning and prior stocking of equipment in theatre bases. The Clone Army doesn't have the above, or do they? That's the kind of double end trickery the Sith might be able to pull off. Let the Jedi find Kamino just as the Clone Army gets ready to go on a rapid deployment exercise.

1) I think those, who were finished were kept on constant readiness. The only thing they probabely had to do was board their ships.

2) Sidious or Dooku could have given them a credit-order on a secret account (perhaps even from the IntergalacticBanking-Clan). After thousand years there should be a lot of money on the accounts of the Sith.

3) The novels speaks of different ships beside the troop-transports (battlecruisers and fighters). Interdiction-effects were no problem, since the technology was only developed twenty years later (the DS had a prototype of a gravity-well-technology aboard and according to another source, the empire stole the technology from the Hapes).

That doesn't make sense.

1. Keeping troops on board their ships is a gross misuse of their time. They aren't droids. They need to be kept physically fit and in routine training, just to maintain their skills. And its unlikely that all this training would be done on a ship. Furthermore, that still leaves out the massive stocking of weapons, ammunition and other supplies. The Clone Army hasn't been collected by the Jedi yet. There is no reason why they should have put in place stocks and other measures required for a combat ready unit, unless..........

This's an interesting thought the debate thrown up. The Sith might have played this to a fine passionate beat. Those troopers boarding, ready to go on a deployment exercise, Obi-wan get captured, let the Jedi know of this army. Yoda pops up to inspect this army, finds it fully ready to kick ass and chew gum.

2. But will the Kamino have trusted that this deal was coming from the Jedi? After all, the Kaminoians seem to geniunely believe that this deal was a jedi sanctioned one. They may have a no questions ask policy, but their reaction to the Jedi seems to be sincere.

3.I'm seeking names actually. Considering the current claims of Accalamators being battleships, cruisers. gunships and what not in popular media, the term battlecruisers doesn't automatically suggest that another vessel class was in system.

And how did Dooku escape? After all, the GR were successfull in stopping the TF from taking off with their droid army. How did Dooku run? Was his ship stealthed?