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Point being that Russia's conventional military power would be useless against a nuclear weapon.

The current strength of SG 51 is as follows: 12 Warhammer class Destroyers (Org. 13 Thunderbolt lost in action) 8 Scimitar class Heavy Cruisers 3 Rapier class Escort Cruisers (Org. 4 Winter Tide lost in action) 1 Katana class War Cruiser 1 Vanguard class Battlecruiser 1 Vortex class Group Command Sh...

fredgiblet wrote:Stalling tactics for something that they know is going to happen onboard the Loroi ships (sabotage, hidden infiltration team that snuck in during the attack etc.)

Tempo is the infiltrator.

These kinds of discussions happen, and have happened since before I got here. Just because someone lacks a diploma does not mean that they lack relevant knowledge in the field. It helps, obviously, but to dismiss someone's point of view simply because they lack a degree in the area of discussion is ...

TrashMan wrote:Now, while I love talking about 40K, let's not derail this thread further...ok?...filthy xeno.

This is pretty much the way things go around here. Don't worry too much about it.

Some Useless Geek wrote:I was kinda hoping to talk about Outsider some.

If you have a question, ask! People will be more than happy to jump in with their opinion. Just be sure to read the Insider first, since a lot of the details on the setting can be found there.

Trantor wrote:No wonder. She was a relic of WWI.

I know. You seemed confused why fredge called Hood a "lesser" class.

Hood was a battlecruiser, not designed to go toe-to-toe with enemy battleships. She was a glass cannon, built with heavy guns but without the armor necessary to take the kind of punishment a similarly armed enemy could inflict. Whatever their displacement, the design doctrine of the two ships was v...

According to Fireblade's character sheet, the Loroi use both laser and "blaster" small arms.

Wow. This should be interesting.

I had no idea. Hence my caution at making assertions on topics where I know very little.

That's what I had understood from my readings. However, I'm no naval historian, and I wasn't sure if the navy had used other methods to increase the effective strength of the armor beyond the actual thickness of the steel.

Also armor numbers dont make sense.. at all. Terran ship weapons are more powerful then Loroi/Umiak weapons in general.. yet our armor is utter crap. [...] Real world Navy as an example... increasing armor on ships was found to be ineffective during ww2. Most anti ship missiles today couldnt penetr...

I think Tempo's expression might have more behind it than the incoming Umiak alone. I think it's safe to say that Tempo's reaction is to the unusual presence of the superheavy in the Umiak fleet. While others on the bridge might have similar reactions, as an intel officer, she knows just how rare i...

Yeah. I think Tempo's expression pretty much sums it up.

Rosen_Ritter_1 wrote:Because this is what they're planning for each other right now.

I know; I was trying to be funny. Sadly, I'm no comedian.

And what's so implausible about that?

Remember that the Umiak silhouettes shown in Insider are rough estimations of general class types--not hard and fast classifications. Umiak ships vary significantly depending on where/when they were built; there is apparently very little effort towards standardization, and even then only across broa...

According to Insider, it took four years for Loroi scientists to back-engineer the pulse-cannon from Historian technology. They already knew the basic principles of its creation, and it's just a weapon--nothing so drastic as a complete revolution in ship-design and manufacture. In-universe , I think...

Pff, you forgot that humanity has bald spess muhreens! Those sonsabitches can win any war! They'll daringly raid the Umiak homeworld in a 50 year old corvette, infiltrate their hive and kill their conspicuously exposed Queen. Then they'll walk away in slow motion as a reactor explodes. Damn right. ...