The Sandman
So Zetta Slowpoke
- Location
- Wherever I am, which isn't where I'm not
Now the real question is how literal the term "cutting-edge shield technology" is, because anything that incentivizes ramming as a tactic is by definition superior.
Petals of Titanium -- My Life as a Mecha Setting Bridge Bunny Quest
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Khona Moshr
Pink Flamingo Cabal Healer(they/them)
- Location
- Alabama
- Pronouns
- They/Them
[X] Cutting edge shield technology
- Location
- New York
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Cutting edge shield technology
Zeroth Jupi
Sporadic Writer and Haver of Ideas
- Location
- Somewhere
- Pronouns
- He/She/They
[X] Cutting edge shield technology
- Location
- Somewhere else
[X] Cutting edge shield technology
- Location
- Somewhere!
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Quasi stealth system
Strunkriidiisk
THE LEGEND
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Cutting edge shield technology
NothingNow
Corpse Wrangler
- Location
- Tampa
[X] Quasi stealth system
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
[X] Cutting edge shield technology
Or as I like to call it, "Cutting edge try not to die technology".
Or as I like to call it, "Cutting edge try not to die technology".
- Pronouns
- They/Them
[X] Improved weapons systems
What's the biggest problem we've run into it combat? That's right: the Rose gets hit at times. Therefore, we need to make sure that we aren't so fragile in future.
I just subscribe to the "enemies can't hear you coming if you deafen them first" school of stealth, so let's get bigger guns to be tougher.
What's the biggest problem we've run into it combat? That's right: the Rose gets hit at times. Therefore, we need to make sure that we aren't so fragile in future.
I just subscribe to the "enemies can't hear you coming if you deafen them first" school of stealth, so let's get bigger guns to be tougher.
[X] Cutting edge shield technology
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Cutting edge shield technology
- Location
- Florida
[X] Cutting edge shield technology
Thors_Alumni
Proud member of Thors Class VII from Liberl
- Location
- Liberl Zemuria.
[X] Quasi stealth system
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NuclearConsensus
Herald of the Thorned One
- Location
- the Philippines
[X] Quasi stealth system
IIRC, the Rose is a reconnaisance craft. Giving her stealth will only improve her performance in that role.
Also, what the hell I missed an update!?
IIRC, the Rose is a reconnaisance craft. Giving her stealth will only improve her performance in that role.
Also, what the hell I missed an update!?
Gazetteer
Alleged poisoner
- Location
- Nova Scotia
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I believe that it is mentioned that they only had access to a quarter of the defense array. The plan was to get the entire thing. Getting the warning out as well as you all did meant that at least some of the civilians had been evacuated, and it resulted in 3/4s of the defense satellites being saved. People still died -- a lot of people, frankly -- but a fraction of the number that would have without Amani figuring that out for Owusu as fast as she did.
Whoa, too soon, give Jackson's corpse a chance to cool first.
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Stardust Falcon
Legendary Creature - Bird Wizard
- Location
- The Infinite Sorrow
As tempted as I am by the RAMMING SPEED! better shields choice...
...we're trying to avoid having our shields pinged at all. And there's a way better choice available for that.
[X] Quasi stealth system
...we're trying to avoid having our shields pinged at all. And there's a way better choice available for that.
[X] Quasi stealth system
PlazmaStryke
Proving why Orbital Bombardment is the way to go
- Location
- High Orbit, maybe?
[] Cutting edge shield technology
As cool as stealth tech would be for the Rose, we also have happened to find that we need to take more hits. There's still plenty of problems with stealth tech on the ship that was built for it, let alone trying to modify a scout ship to handle the same power and otherwise requirements. Bigger guns are always nice, but we already hit above out weight class, and anything we need them for, will likely kill us too quickly to be useful without having that stealth drive for the stealth strike.
Overall, seems to me that shields are the best way to go, at least for a start.
As cool as stealth tech would be for the Rose, we also have happened to find that we need to take more hits. There's still plenty of problems with stealth tech on the ship that was built for it, let alone trying to modify a scout ship to handle the same power and otherwise requirements. Bigger guns are always nice, but we already hit above out weight class, and anything we need them for, will likely kill us too quickly to be useful without having that stealth drive for the stealth strike.
Overall, seems to me that shields are the best way to go, at least for a start.
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- Location
- America
[X] Cutting edge shield technology
[x] Quasi stealth system
Stealth is a game-changer, both IRL and as we've seen in this story. It improves both our chances of getting a punch in and surviving the encounter. While the retrofit can't match a native stealth platform, it still puts the Rose ahead of anything in the enemy fleet, since they've only just become aware that stealth of anything larger than a shuttle is even possible.
It also synergizes well with both the Rose's mission as a reconnaissance platform and Amani's own role as a sensor specialist. Since Amani is the protagonist, this is probably the upgrade that will enhance both her career and the Titanium Rose's prospects on a metal level.
Stealth is a game-changer, both IRL and as we've seen in this story. It improves both our chances of getting a punch in and surviving the encounter. While the retrofit can't match a native stealth platform, it still puts the Rose ahead of anything in the enemy fleet, since they've only just become aware that stealth of anything larger than a shuttle is even possible.
It also synergizes well with both the Rose's mission as a reconnaissance platform and Amani's own role as a sensor specialist. Since Amani is the protagonist, this is probably the upgrade that will enhance both her career and the Titanium Rose's prospects on a metal level.
Hope Amani gets a chance to explain the rest of the deal with Mosi to their mother soon.
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Nervos Belli
Don't think this means you've won!
- Location
- Murica
[X] Quasi stealth system
