This is bad for the Drang’lex – every time they change position another Dreadstorm will, you guessed it, turn up in the worst possible position when jumping out of Super L They have to disengage and retreat – there must have been enough Federation ships for an overwhelmingly lethal response close enough to the distress signal for them to be coming in as fast as possible: – instead of holding off and building up forces Sure the Prince’s wild and reckless gamble might still pay off, but is a single starcaster really worth losing half to almost 2/3rds of the… Read more »
I’m going to go so far as to say, yes. We just saw the power of a Starcaster, but we also saw the toll it took on Vectanix. When it was assumed that the Feds and Drang were equal, they were in a stalemate. They know that the Odrossian Starcaster has been found, and that one way or another it’ll be in the hands of the Federation. Three to one, they stand no chance. If Vectanix wears himself out, it makes them vulnerable. A fleet is extremely important, but comparing a fleet to a Starcaster is like comparing an aircraft… Read more »
They’ll be out of commission for a while if anyone does put it on at the moment. Means it won’t be of use either way. The best thing the Prince did was remove it from the current holder to ensure it doesn’t heal him up.
Gonfrask
3 months ago
For some reason, I think this all will end with the Prince dead and the starcaster destroyed…
The starcaster is nigh indestructible, as it needs to channel the power of the sun. Though they do not know the full extent of how strong they are, as we see them not sure if mimmion acid could damage it. Yet it would probably be fine from a few explosions and high speed debris. The prince himself was ok risking it by destroying the ship and getting it from the debris if the battle didn’t go his way.
Doesn’t mean the starcaster couldn’t fly off in a random direction at high speeds as a result of the prince’s transport or even ship being destroyed and we get a battle where both sides are chasing after the starcaster drifting in space until it ends up flying into a sun or black hole.
That or we could get something like one of the Federation’s starcasters destroy the prince’s ship and inadvertently destroys the Starcaster.
He does seem to have managed to place a steel beartrap over his own head…
Happy Wyvern
3 months ago
Yey fleet battles, so if I pay money for this, are there ship specs anywhere that I can completely geek out over. Or as I suspect is Tim a little to busy to be writing that sort of thing to cater to nutters who could wall paper their house with tech manuals for stuff that doesn’t actually exist. I assume Dreadstorms are pretty high tier from the reactions to their appearance and the fact losing several of them to sun beam attacks was considered a blow… Also what is a Magcannon, some sort of mass driver? It appears to be… Read more »
Szczepan
3 months ago
Starcaster has joined the game.
Robert
3 months ago
Ooooh, actual competent Federation ship captains? That’s a new wrinkle.
Ben
3 months ago
Smart. Always reroute from the Dorsal shields first. They create too much drag in a firefight anyway.
James
3 months ago
Pew pew, you genocidal bastards.
Bryan
3 months ago
Suddenly the cannons go silent. The fighters’ engines shut down while they and the large cruisers start drifting in space.
Crowdstrike has taken effect.
Lets see if the Federation Snubfighters are any good
Darkhorse
3 months ago
The Aurorum (the first ship) has covered their mag ports again? How quick does that happen? Even if it is the other ship (shouldn’t be), both shoot from their right side. The fighters are launched from the right side, so either the physical shields are quick to be covered and uncovered, or they should still be open. With it’s ‘sliding door’ technique of opening and closing I would expect this to be a slow endeavour. It is a LOT of shield that needs to move.
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Interrupted by more dreadstorms incoming, or a beam of solar powered destruction?
Doubtful the latter. Cort and La’ni are onboard the Aldoricut, and thus far it seems only the Jesthera and Aurorum are in the fight.
You’re right. I can never remember the names of the ships.
Remember the Xelghos!
This is bad for the Drang’lex – every time they change position another Dreadstorm will, you guessed it, turn up in the worst possible position when jumping out of Super L They have to disengage and retreat – there must have been enough Federation ships for an overwhelmingly lethal response close enough to the distress signal for them to be coming in as fast as possible: – instead of holding off and building up forces Sure the Prince’s wild and reckless gamble might still pay off, but is a single starcaster really worth losing half to almost 2/3rds of the… Read more »
I’m going to go so far as to say, yes. We just saw the power of a Starcaster, but we also saw the toll it took on Vectanix. When it was assumed that the Feds and Drang were equal, they were in a stalemate. They know that the Odrossian Starcaster has been found, and that one way or another it’ll be in the hands of the Federation. Three to one, they stand no chance. If Vectanix wears himself out, it makes them vulnerable. A fleet is extremely important, but comparing a fleet to a Starcaster is like comparing an aircraft… Read more »
there IS a star caster in play at the scene….. it just has not been attached to a drang arm yet… i think someone is gonna make a brash decision.
They’ll be out of commission for a while if anyone does put it on at the moment. Means it won’t be of use either way. The best thing the Prince did was remove it from the current holder to ensure it doesn’t heal him up.
For some reason, I think this all will end with the Prince dead and the starcaster destroyed…
The starcaster is nigh indestructible, as it needs to channel the power of the sun. Though they do not know the full extent of how strong they are, as we see them not sure if mimmion acid could damage it. Yet it would probably be fine from a few explosions and high speed debris. The prince himself was ok risking it by destroying the ship and getting it from the debris if the battle didn’t go his way.
Doesn’t mean the starcaster couldn’t fly off in a random direction at high speeds as a result of the prince’s transport or even ship being destroyed and we get a battle where both sides are chasing after the starcaster drifting in space until it ends up flying into a sun or black hole.
That or we could get something like one of the Federation’s starcasters destroy the prince’s ship and inadvertently destroys the Starcaster.
I’ve been entertaining the question of what happens when a single person wears 2 star casters. Maybe the creation functions require more than 1?
Guns Akimbo (2019)
He does seem to have managed to place a steel beartrap over his own head…
Yey fleet battles, so if I pay money for this, are there ship specs anywhere that I can completely geek out over. Or as I suspect is Tim a little to busy to be writing that sort of thing to cater to nutters who could wall paper their house with tech manuals for stuff that doesn’t actually exist. I assume Dreadstorms are pretty high tier from the reactions to their appearance and the fact losing several of them to sun beam attacks was considered a blow… Also what is a Magcannon, some sort of mass driver? It appears to be… Read more »
Starcaster has joined the game.
Ooooh, actual competent Federation ship captains? That’s a new wrinkle.
Smart. Always reroute from the Dorsal shields first. They create too much drag in a firefight anyway.
Pew pew, you genocidal bastards.
Suddenly the cannons go silent. The fighters’ engines shut down while they and the large cruisers start drifting in space.
Crowdstrike has taken effect.
Pesky software bugs!! 🤭
oooooh, Vipers
Lets see if the Federation Snubfighters are any good
The Aurorum (the first ship) has covered their mag ports again? How quick does that happen? Even if it is the other ship (shouldn’t be), both shoot from their right side. The fighters are launched from the right side, so either the physical shields are quick to be covered and uncovered, or they should still be open. With it’s ‘sliding door’ technique of opening and closing I would expect this to be a slow endeavour. It is a LOT of shield that needs to move.