*coughs* We already have battlecruisers. The Akkon and Dunov are the TEC's, for example. Of course, I, personally, don't really like the way Sins did capital ships, but beggars can't be choosers. Maxiwell: battlecruisers are also heavier than heavy cruisers. >.>
[quote who="noobsauce94" reply="13" id="1955680"]I wonder if stardock will ever announce the true identity of the cause of the downfall of the Vasari Empire. ...And do not answer with the whole "Care-Bears" thing... [/quote] Watch the Babylon 5 movie Third Space. That's pretty much what happened. Except the aliens won. Care Bears...staaaaaare! Anyway, update coming later today or tomorrow. It's almost done, I just have t
Josef086: Omniscient 3rd person knows all.
[quote who="Samurye" reply="24" id="1942804"] Who is Tennyson? What was his poem? I am confused. [/quote] http://poetry.eserver.org/light-brigade.html
Saints of a Solar Empire Book 2, Part 9: Charge of the Light Brigade "...and at last report, our Arcova scouts have detected an additional three phase space transfers in subsector 881 of Lazion. Based on correlations on the scouts at the Naeve star, at least two of the three transfers were additional Exile scout frigates. This brings their total number to approximately twenty three." Fleet Admiral Yuri McKeon nodded as Co
Josef: First things I thought of. When the TEC finds out the 'real' names of the ships, they'll start using them, but until then, they have to keep them straight somehow. Also, I should totally have a Halcyon carrier named Sovereign. Go, go Mass Effect shout-outs! WitchFire says: Go out and vote today, or the TEC gets to carry the idiot ball for another update.
[quote who="eoncommander" reply="8" id="1924644"]im slightly confused - which capital ship (for the advent) is which? i cant tell [/quote] Capital ships: Ravager-Radiance Battleship Raider-Rapture Battlecruiser Reaper-Halcyon (Assault) Carrier Frigates: Dart-Seeker Vessel Dagger-Disciple Vessel Daylight-Illuminator Vessel Dancer-Defense Vessel
Saints of a Solar Empire Chapter 2, Part 8: The Calm Before the Storm The nondescript man toiled away in an office that most systems in known space would find either decadent or eclectic, and all would find it odd. The room was paneled with real wood--100% authentic. Not only was this strange among a world where plastics and high-tensil metals were as common as air, but the fact that it had to be imported fro
*cough* I think I'll just say that I've had Book 2 (and most of the rest of the series) planned long ago, so any genocidal massacres that may or may not appear are entirely coincidental. *cough* Not that you should expect something like that. I'm a wholesome girl who loves kittens and bunnies and happy endings. I'd never kill off sympathetic characters because I feed on misery. Who am I, Joss Whedon?
Josef: Say that after I introduce the new ship types. Oh, am I getting a little too ahead of myself?
HeroicHerald: The Advent are far from invincible. However, they have many, many advantages which will be explained in more detail in the next update. As for the TEC, yes, they've been fighting the Vasari for ten years, but you have to remember that the Trade Order was at peace for a thousand years and hadn't built a dedicated warship in over eight hundred years. The Vasari scout ships were enough to take away whole worlds from the Trade Order when they first arrive
Saints of a Solar Empire Chapter 2, Part 7: Purifying Fire "It's confirmed, sir. Marco Polo's been destroyed. Looks like they used strikecraft this time." Admiral Palmer nodded and gestured to the communications officer to continue on. His forces had been stalking the Nexus-class star in the An'd'vari cluster for several days. Because of its proximity to the Northern Kingdoms and near the edge of the Order space,
In theory, a starbase should be more powerful than their cost in cap ships, because they can take the space a capship does to engines and use it for more weapons, armor, and shields. Plus they're, you know, bigger. On the flip side, unless the starbases can do horrendous DPS, what's to stop your attack fleet form simply flying to the other side of the planet--or if the starbase if guarding the planet itself, what's to keep you from picking at the enemy system with
Thank you for all the support, and, yes, I will be putting up a new story later today or tomorrow, and I should be finishing the book up in three or so updates, at which point I'll take a break from the Advent Front to explore more fertile pastures--which will feature Vasari, weeee. Oh, and sorry for the delay. Compy exploded and then I had to move. Yippee. Cataclysm: Yeah, I've been using the manual instead of in-game data. Woops. <
[B][size="2"]Saints of a Solar Empire Chapter 2, Part 6: Ground Pounders[/size][/B] Captain Donners watched his screen as the massive merchant tradeship approached the phase limit. The Gregor system was wealthy and populous enough to require a fleet presence to disuade would-be raiders (who had annoyingly persisted, despite the efforts of the TEC and Hannover, Gregor's chief planet). As such, Gregor's standard squadron of heavy cruisers and light frigates, under the command of Commod
[quote]Fighters are useless in Space, not enough fuel for them and weak armament.[/quote] It depends on the setting, and if 'fighters' would even be using a consumable fuel such as fossil fuels or plasma. As for the weak armament, I suppose. Unless we're talking nuclear-type weapons (which, obviously, aren't as powerful in space thanks to lack of atmosphere, and such) or, if you want to get fancy, anti-matter weaponry. Weak armament is a matter of perspective. Artillery that could f
[B][size="2"]Saints of a Solar Empire Chapter 2, Part 5.2: The Price of Betrayal [/size][/B] Fleet Mistress Altima could barely believe it. She had read the traitor tactical manuals and the artificer's reports on their weapons and systems, but she still had been surprised at the devastation of the first wave of bombers. A quarter of their capital ships had been destroyed--and half the remaining ships were damaged, many of them severely. Altima felt the elan, not only of hers
noobsauce94: The Advent don't hold more or less of a grudge than most of the human race. Given present day parallels, there have been animosity (mostly between religious sects but sometimes cultural) that have lasted thousands of years. People killing other people for deeds done generations ago (if they were ever done at all) is not anything new. The Trade Order didn't help the Advent, either. They found their planet, designated them debased and craven, and evicted them by f
[B][size="2"]Saints of a Solar Empire Chapter 2, Part 5.1: The Price of Betrayal[/size][/B] Over two hundred light codes dotted Admiral Cambridge's data stream as Task Force 87, known as the White Fleet, flickered into existance at the Nexus Multanna star. The voyage had taken longer than expected. TF 87's lighter combatants--one hundred twenty frigate and cruiser vessels--couldn't hold enough reactor mass to keep up with the larger, better equipped vessels, and Hades' locat
Some realism has to be sacrificed in order to maintain gameplayer. Sure, point defense would be awesome when you're fighting missile heavy enemies, like LRM spam or the Vasari, but then what would be the point for them against the Advent, who only use energy weapons and beams which can't be stopped by PD? It would give the Advent an unfair advantage (however slight). As for hulks, I like that idea, but it'd only work for the larger ships (I imagine frigates blow up quite easil
[B][size="2"]Saints of a Solar Empire Chapter 2, Part Four: Well-laid Plans[/size][/B] Mistress of the Fleet Altima sat in the lounge of Third Fleet's flagship, the carrier Halcyon, sipping her sweet juice. Contrary to most of militaries, the Advent relied more on carrier tactics, and this reflected in their choice of flag vessels. While the TEC and Vasari believed in wrapping their admirals in hundred-thousand tonne battleships, the Advent believed that the carrier was the place in
Saints of a Solar Empire Chapter 2, Part 3: Tears of Osiris Captain Harnill reclined into the command chair of his Dunov-class vessel, the Icarus. The Icarus was an older vessel, almost ten years old, and not nearly as powerful as the newer Dunov-Bs or the rumored Dunov-Cs about to enter the service, but Harnil was proud of her, and he'd earned her. Having spent the first two years of his naval service, like so many others, slugging it out on the Western Front, making his way
Actually, my friend has undergone major surgery. I'll start updating again when she gets back home, and I'm not spending most of my free time going to and from the hospital. :P
Wrong gender d3vild0g, but thanks. ;)
Perhaps, but you cannot win wars on simple guerilla attacks. Eventually, you'd have to hit a hard target, and the Visari would be at a complete disadvantage in those situations without a tank vessel to absorb damage and dish it out in return. Also, the Kortul formed the backbone in every Wing of the Dark Fleet. Lastly, offensively, the Vasari may prefer fast strikes, but they're not always on the offensive. What happens when their small force of fast, quick ships are absolute
