Well I just hope Kahurangi's OP-ness is not a mistake
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@OneirosTheWriter: Thoughts? Also, can the Academy have Suvek as a simulator/training ship?)
Just PM him. Most guaranteed way of getting the info you need.
Given the shape of an Oberth it's possible to cut one in half without touching the drive systems .
However that would not produce the damage described.
Edit: Actually the damage described is impossibe. Main engineering is center of mass in the top disk, so the only bisection that can plausibly miss it is cutting the two hulls apart. Which leaves a whole damn lot of things untouched and cannot plausibly cause broad life support and power failures in only parts of the upper disk because the required failure zone is a ring.
It would largely cripple the ship because the main computer core is in the secondary hull.
Well, from a ship design perspective, the Oberth
is an impossible ship already for its supposed 150kt tonnage and 2260s technology.
Could simply be a case of the TBG Oberth just being different from canon - or alternatively, it could be one of the larger
speculated canon sizes. While the ship is iconic enough that its shape and model shouldn't be different in TBG, its internal schematics could easily be tweaked around.
So what is Gammon going to be bringing to the table? Assuming that TF1 and TF2 can prevent them from getting reinforcements from the rest of the Empire, I'll estimate that they have about 1/5 of the Empire's forces, not counting the 2 Explorers that the Imperial house controls.
1 cruiser equivalent of a Connie-B
4 to 5 frigates (likely only 4), either equal to a Centaur-A or the weaker version with only H1, L2
1 Starbase
Unknown number of minefields and other fixed defenses and super-science traps.
Maybe ~C29, H19, L24 total? With the Starbase being the biggest contributor (I'm assuming a Starbase is C10, H10, L10.)
May not work out like that - although the houses do have their own House Fleets,
they are all levied to the Imperial Fleet as a unified force. In practice, if the Licori fleet command truly does supersede house loyalties, then we may encounter half of the Licori fleet in an all-out battle over Gammon, with the rest defending against the Ked Paddah or very lightly garrisoning other major worlds.
Eaton could force such a battle and very likely win, but it's still a large gamble, and the Licori basically have the advantage of AOE attacks with their presumed superweapons (edit: even if these superweapons don't manifest as AOE attacks, they still will likely act as either some sort of force multiplier or major attritional factor).
Instead, Eaton could try forcing the Licori into a defeat in detail scenario with her 3-4 offensive task forces plus the Ked Paddah's own task forces. Ideally that means that when TF3 (C+S+H+L of around 200) finally does "knock the door to Gammon", they will see a defense amounting to less than 100 of C+S+H+L (including S in here, given this is the Licori we're talking about).
How much has FDS increased affiliate score in the last decade vs Starfleet?
If anything the recent FDS has been performing way above par.
It's not fair to compare Starfleet and FDS at all here. FDS is supposed to take primary responsibility in diplomacy - they're called the Federation
Diplomatic Service!
That our FYMs and other starships are getting us great first contacts and some +25 event successes is just the cherry on top. Keep in mind that all those diplo pushes we take in the snakepit are also mostly FDS - they're Starfleet convincing FDS (or the Council to order the FDS) to partake on more targeted external diplomacy ostensibly with some Starfleet ship support.