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You're the Admiral! -- Valten Sector, Part I
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shik: [QB] Q4 answers: [b]A.1)[/b] (akb1979) I'm really not liking this. All your forces are essentially massed in a single spot, waiting to be attacked. Despite your plans for coverage, the response times are likely to mean that when the bulk of your main force gets to the attack site, the Cardassians will already be well-entrenched. Also, use of your logistic support ships as combatants is an A-1 no-no in tactics; you'll need those ships to move in troops & move out civilians & wounded, so why risk them in battle if you don't have to? Furthermore, why do you have an [i]Oberth[/i] on the thick of things? Will you ram an enemy with it? Better to have it far out in front, at an oblique to the most likely threat force flight path, using its sensor arrays as an advance early-warning & intel picket. [b]A.2)[/b] Shit, I don't know that there's anything that I [i]could[/i] do with this plan. I mean, the main force is blown to shit, Cardie boots are tromping on Federation soil wih no or minimal way to remove them, the sector wide open & the command post destroyed or occupied. It's a real clusterfuck. The only thing I could see to do is retreat behind a farther defense perimeter & amass forces enought to go in & dig the fuckers out in a frontal assault, which is a fucking awful thing to have to do. Get ready for a fuckton of attrition. [b]B)[/b] Fuck, I KNEW it! EnTRENCHing little bastards...! With the colony & the outpost, this now puts them within striking distance of Beaumonde & the as-yet-unnamed/unclaimed sister world (which is their next target, I bet), as well as the three primary targets I outlined: Baro Foro, Amanda & DS3. As far as fleet deployment goes, [i]Vermont[/i] is closest, as is [i]Zhiao Lok[/i]; let's put them on station nearby & have [i]Sumati[/i] expand her patrol to that region. [i]Zheng Zhilong[/i] can resume he rest of her mission—no, she can pick up [i]Nsenga[/i]'s mission, & [i]Nsenga[/i] willloiter in the area of Baro Foro. This doesn't really alter my development plans, but it does put a damper on my suggested border line. [b]C)[/b] "Might be?" Or [i]are[/i]? There's a big difference, & we're not in a war yet. No, Commander, I understand the need for vigilance—however, we can't be detaining foreign.nationals because they might be spies. Bring me proof & we'll see what we can do. Besides, sometimes having a known spy can work towards one's advantage. So. Get me that proof & we'll go from there. Dismissed. [b]D.1)[/b] Definitely the smaller ships; I can do more with numbers. If they send me another light cruiser, one of those new [i]Saber[/i]s would be swell...those, or maybe a [i]Steamrunner[/i] or [i]Bastille[/i]. I'd rather have swifter, smaller armed vessels that can handle patrol duties & be able to swarm any threat vessel. They'd also fit in well with my defence-indepth. The big ships are nice, but until or unless we'll be seeing serious fleet action they're just a hindrance in a place like this & an excuse for escalation. Let them go handle somethibg big & important...until this becomes big & important. [b]D.2)[/b] Guh. Well, the established three (Iadara, Valten, Minos Korva) I'm less worried about—they're well defended both technologically & by distance from the disputed area. Baro Foro & Amanda, though...Honestly? Neither of them are set up for heavy defense or fighting; those folks just got to those rocks. I'm thinking...I'm thinking small & simple: mines & drones. We can seed those systems with tiered minefields & give them drones akin to the ones used in core world defenses. It's about the best we can do for them, & might slow up the Cardassians until the fleet can respond. [b]E.1)[/b] Holy fucking underwear. Do the Cardassians know yet? I'm sure they know. Fuck fuck fuckity fuck fuck. OK. We grab the swag. Establishment of the colony automatically made the system Federation territory, & if the Cardassians or Xepolites don't like it, too fucking bad. But now that's a major.military target; the Cards would LOVE to strip it bare & who knows what else they might do with the wonderstuff. So know our tiny little potentially-temporarily-abandonable colony in the middle of fuck-all nowhere has just become prime real estate. Faboo. It goes without saying that Baro Foro is now one of the spots for primary defense...& it means that there won't be any sideways slinking from the Cardassians. They'll strike right for that system, & probably try to claim it in border negotiations. [b]E.2)[/b] Nothing really changes, except I'll have to keep a cruiser or frigate in or near Baro Foro indefinitely; thank fuck I had the foresight to leave [i]Nsenga[/i] in the area. The planned mines & drones will still aid in the defence with minimal cost & effort. I'm slightly regretting asking for the smaller ships, but I can deal, & I'm sure that I'll have more cruisers & explorer than I'll know what to do with if...when...the scrum starts. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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