Wanton use of nukes and the path to galactic conquest!

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Fri, 25. Dec 09, 21:24

Limbo365 wrote: On topic? This thread is so random i dont think its possible to not be on topice!!!!!!!

The thread is SUPPOSED to be about NUKLEAR-SLUG's story and the discussion of it. It's not too hard to keep it on that subject, is it?

Limbo365 · Post by **Limbo365** » Sat, 26. Dec 09, 00:44

pjknibbs wrote:
Limbo365 wrote: On topic? This thread is so random i dont think its possible to not be on topice!!!!!!!
The thread is SUPPOSED to be about NUKLEAR-SLUG's story and the discussion of it. It's not too hard to keep it on that subject, is it?

Oh yeah

Point duely noted

Apollo303 · Post by **Apollo303** » Sat, 26. Dec 09, 13:21

I was on topic

Thought it would be nice to keep the thread going, regardless of subject till N-S comes back from whatever far off place in the X-Universe he`s holidaying in !!

Besides that it`s christmas and i think we can all be forgiven for adding a little variety whilst waiting for the next update, that is unless you want to be labelled as a `Scrooge`....

plawolf · Post by **plawolf** » Sat, 26. Dec 09, 14:00

I think N-S might be going soft, must be all the christmas cheer distracting him. Or the snowflakes. In fact, definitely the snowflakes. All I want to do when I see them is make a snowball and hit someone in the face with it. Does that make me a bad person?

NUKLEAR-SLUG · Post by **NUKLEAR-SLUG** » Sat, 26. Dec 09, 15:01

perkint wrote:
vr01 wrote:IIRC, NS is involved in the retail sector in RL. What time of year is it
Wouldn't swear to it, but I thought he was on the legal side of things...

By which I mean legal issues/implications, not that he behaves within the law

Tim

Legal retail, so yes, it's that time of year when the all you numpties go completely insane and buy enough food to last a month because the shops are all shut for 48 hours and OMGZOR!! WE MIGHT RUN OUT OF BISCUITZ!

plawolf wrote:I think N-S might be going soft, must be all the christmas cheer distracting him. Or the snowflakes. In fact, definitely the snowflakes. All I want to do when I see them is make a snowball and hit someone in the face with it. Does that make me a bad person?

Yes.

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127 - Preparation

I've sent 'Hellbound Handbasket' off to PTNI for outfitting and some systems upgrades. Pleasingly, aside from a few scratches and scorch marks, it's relatively unscathed so won't require any shipyard time. Meantime then I'm getting reports from Green wing that the Tyr is currently approaching Asteroid Belt. This is good news and the ideal situation from here would be for it to head south into Heretics End where I could intercept it in the borderlands well away from any rapid assistance it might be able to call in. Knowing my luck it probably won't, but it won't hurt to be ready so I've recalled all capital ships to homesector for refueling and equipping. With that done I'll leave the fleet on standy ready to jump into action at a moments notice.

As it's looking like mission go is getting closer I've requested some additional intel from Green wing on the exact composition of the ATF fleet we're aiming to hit and they've duly obliged with some nice detailed scans of the main fleet elements..

http://dbbr17626.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/steve/127-1.gif

.. EM2IT-06, the Tyr itself, and while it's rolling with significant undershielding it's also rocking a hell of a lot of firepower there. The EMPCs and Matter/Antimatter launchers aren't going to be a massive problem I think, especially as, while sounding impressive, the M/AM launchers seem to have pretty much run dry on ammo. The Point Singularity Projectors are I think the Terran equivalent of a PPC and against fighters I'm not thinking they'll be able to bring them to bear with a high degree of effectiveness, although having never faced off against a Terran capital ship that's a bit of an assumption. What does concern me are the 27 Starburst Shockwave Cannons as that would be the Terran equivalent of a Flak cannon I'm thinking and 27 is a hell of a lot of them.

Escort wise the Tyr appears to have four Skirnir class M7M's tagging along with it and scans of those four are considerably less depressing than the ones of the Tyr..

http://dbbr17626.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/steve/127-2.gif

.. EM7IT-22 and EM7IT-23 I think we can pretty much ignore as they're not packing any missiles onboard. EM7IT-24 and EM7IT-25 on the other hand do have some and I've really no idea what a Ghoul or Shadow missile is, but I'm going to assume they're at least on par with anything 'Providence' could throw at them so that means nothing I would want thrown back in my direction. My initial thought then is that it would be prudent to take out those two in the initial first-strike. Escorting the capital ships are no less than 15 Thor class M3+. They're packing EMPC and Poltergeist missiles and I've seen the Poltergeist in action a couple of times and they're quite effective, so I don't aim to give the fighter escort much time to put them to good effect. Removing the fighter screen will also be a high priority then.

I don't think the escort is going to prove to be too troublesome. The more dangerous ones the bombers can handle and the fighters 'Providence' can do his 'Blot out the sun' trick on, with my blessing this time. Where things will get hairy will be in bringing those shields down to a controllable level. Initial hammering can be done by the bombers and that will put a sizeable dent in them, but the fine control will need to be done by others and with the amount of potential flak fire that could be in the air I think this may prove to be a costly operation. Still, we're taking on the Terrans biggest and baddest fleet Dreadnought so I wouldn't expect it to be easy.

It's going to be a little while before 'Looky Looky' can provide confirmation of the Tyrs destination so meantime we're still pursuing that Split Elephant for Capt Pearle and in order to get the coordinates we need we've met up with a Terran Odin in Ocean of Fantasy. I'm not quite sure how the Terrans managed to get the Boron to agree to allow them to park an M1 in one of their sectors althought I strongly suspect the Terrans offer to spank some Split may have been a contributory factor. Whatever the reason though the Odin has managed to pinpoint the Elephants current location to a sector near Zyarths Dominion so we're going to jump in and arrest the captain before he can escape.

Piece of cake..

Time: 10-20:50
Credits: 5,587,004
Teladianium: 66,873
Ore: 450,000

Olterin · Post by **Olterin** » Sat, 26. Dec 09, 15:51

All hands, man your stations! All hands, man your stations! This is not a drill! Warm up the jumpdrive! Load up the missile tubes!

... There. The 'Providence' is ready (again).

Dear colleagues in the fighter wings, I wish you good luck, you're going to need it

EmperorJon · Post by **EmperorJon** » Sat, 26. Dec 09, 16:58

Dear colleagues in the fighter wings, I wish you good luck, you're going to need it

*GULP*

Novas aren't meant to engage ships with 12 capital weapons on each side...

Lord of Nothing · Post by **Lord of Nothing** » Sat, 26. Dec 09, 20:40

76 Shadow missles?

I think a very strong opening is definitely called for.

plawolf · Post by **plawolf** » Sat, 26. Dec 09, 21:11

*Looks for lucky charm*

*Can't find lucky charm*

*Puts head between legs and kisses ass goodbye*

brucewarren · Post by **brucewarren** » Sat, 26. Dec 09, 21:19

Why waste fighter drones and flails, we of green wing can distract those
Tyrs turrets for you. Just give us some IREs to tickle them into submission.

Yar this is good fuel <hic>

Mr. Reeves · Post by **Mr. Reeves** » Sat, 26. Dec 09, 21:37

better load the fighters up with plenty of wasps and mosquito missles to spoof the tyrs turrents. Crank the missle launch percentage up to 100%. Let it try to hit a fighter when it is getting 30 to 70 missles launched at it every time it shoots one of your fighters.

I would use green wing as a lure to aggro it to somewhere better suited for capture like 100 km behind the south gate. You can have your force waiting and take out the faster stuff before the M2+ arrives in a ring of steel.

Merdocharr · Post by **Merdocharr** » Sat, 26. Dec 09, 21:38

27 Starburst Shockwave cannons? Even Falcon sentinels will be toast after a few volleys from those. I'd better update my will... I think I'm coming down with the I-die-if-I-go-there-disease. Might I request some fighter drones to distract the turrets? It might not be enough to fool them but it's better than nothing. Now, where did I put that lucky argnu hoof...

Mr. Reeves · Post by **Mr. Reeves** » Sat, 26. Dec 09, 21:47

well there is always the M7M option. Blast and Switch. Gets them every time. Blow everything out of the sky and lead the tyr towards you, flail tunnel it, shields 1%, launch pods, flails, marines are in, wait.

If the tyr is faster than your m7m then you will need to do this while on max throttle in the opposite direction to buy you enough time. I've capped things faster than me by going full throttle away from my target and this slowed there advance to a crawl. So far I've been succesful in capping battleships but never a Tyr.

GOOD LUCK ALL YOUR ALL GONNA DIE IF HE LAUNCHES FIGHTERS. IT'S INSANE! FLACK AND FIGHTERS MAKES OMLETS!!

Please retreat if you lose NS. Your fighters will fight to the death as you fall back. You've come to far to die.

RUMgunner · Post by **RUMgunner** » Sat, 26. Dec 09, 22:34

Mr. Reeves wrote:

GOOD LUCK ALL YOUR ALL GONNA DIE IF HE LAUNCHES FIGHTERS. IT'S INSANE! FLACK AND FIGHTERS MAKES OMLETS!!

Please retreat if you lose NS. Your fighters will fight to the death as you fall back. You've come to far to die.

Completly agree with this.
Also those shadow missiles are one nasty toy, they pack a good punch and blast radius. Tbh, they are my favourite toy to bring down large targets. Even if its very cold, they are the wrong thing to sneeze at

if you are willing to destroy the tyr's complete escort. without capturing a skirnir, bombers should do the trick. Fighter drones would be very welcome indeed.Suppressing undershielded ships, i find very tricky, the regeration rate is higher than usual, and to find the right amount of firepower to keep it low, without damaging the hull, is an act of ingenuity by itself. But hey, its N-S we are talking about. He'll crack that Tyr with a sharpened spoon,and a salt dispenser

masrock · Post by **masrock** » Sat, 26. Dec 09, 22:43

The grizzled veteran sniffs the air and rubs his leg.
"Yep, theres a storm coming."

Masrock

Fendalis · Post by **Fendalis** » Sat, 26. Dec 09, 22:50

This is gonna be good!

Glad I'm already a ghost...

brucewarren · Post by **brucewarren** » Sat, 26. Dec 09, 23:00

Yar, a pox on your craven womanish councils.

WE DIE FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF STEVE.

Who's with us?

Gothsheep · Post by **Gothsheep** » Sun, 27. Dec 09, 01:09

Alright squad, this is it: We're going against the most powerful that the Terran military has to offer.

I won't lie to you. Some of you won't be coming back from this. But we are the ghosts in the machine! We are the best cyborg-enhanced pilots that Steve's forces have to offer! So we're going to go out there! We're going to decompile that escort, and give that destroyer a seg fault that the Terrans will never forget!

Mr. Reeves · Post by **Mr. Reeves** » Sun, 27. Dec 09, 02:10

It's not a destroyer. An M7 is a destroyer. The Tyr is a fine example of a battleship with 12 inches of hull protecting it along with the most powerful countermeasures and weopons availible. It is made to withstand multiple hits by nuclear fire and to gleefully accept punishment by the most powerful weopons the commonwealth has to offer. It does not need max shields. It is no wonder it is not equipped with such. And what kind of moron picks on one anyways? Seriously people. Somebody is going to get killed. Many people will die. This will go down in X-history as the biggest military blunder or a fine example of extraordinary success.

However it is my fear that it will not surrender. It's crew will set an example for all Terrans by fighting to the death. Never will they let it fall into enemy hands. They will sabotage their own ship and accept their fate before allowing such an insult to their confederation. Such is the way of those defending freedom from it's enemies. Nuclear Slug you will be in great peral should you chose to challenge this battlegroup. Prepare for to face the possibility of a military defeat and the anyalation of fleet assets.

JanusTN · Post by **JanusTN** » Sun, 27. Dec 09, 05:26

Bring on the BOMBS!!! I volunteer for Terran Fighter erasing duty!!!

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Wanton use of nukes and the path to galactic conquest!