that is all.
as for going inside hives....
why, exactly, would we even do that?
shoot it with the Ion Cannon.
a lot.
failing that, freeing up the TSFs for nothing but assaulting Hives can only be a good thing.
Firstly, you have to realise that these things dig really really deep. So you'd need to fire through several hundred meters of dirt and rock. This is before the fact that these things have armor thick enough to take shell fire from battleships.
Oh and these guys actually move pretty fast. Good luck trying to actually hit it with a ion cannon. Which takes several seconds to actually release that blast of energy. A fun fact. The ion cannon in cnc 3 shares characteristics with a weapon known as a electrolaser cannon. Those small lasers are used to ionise the atmosphere to set up that really big blast at the end, so it's really going to take awhile for it to actually build to full power.
As for the idea of having multiple ion cannon satellites. Well. In which unmodded cnc 3 game, are you allowed to fire more than one ion cannon blast without waiting for recharge? Sorry. You are only allowed access to one satellite per base. If you want more bases. If you want more bases, you need more MCVs. If you want more MCVs, you need more commanders. And you are kinda short of commanders at the moment.
Plus the fact that battalions come out mauled from a hive assualt despite several attempts over the course of decades. If you think a mere increase in numbers is enough for you to clinch a win. Well. You are going to be sorely, sorely disappointed. Canon wise, all the hives that were taken before and during Ouka all required the use of G elemebt heavy superweapons. That had serious advantages like completely ignoring any all barriers in it's blast radius (G bombs.)and literal floating fortresses that had way serious defenses such that no beta could get close to it or could they even fire upon it. Hell, Ouka only succeeded when they had clear intel on where all the Beta are, allowing them to move through areas that aren't filled with swarms.
These things are just the canon stuff. If you think it's going to be that easy, then lol. You really should think again.
So you telling me you can beat those advantages with what you have now. Sure you have the numbers. But well. Can you actually use them effectively?
Actually. I'll stop hinting about things and tell you what's next on a platter. The locals are here for a hive assualt. So you guys probably ought to figure something out. We planned out some things that might suprise you all. So well. Best go in without any expectations and pre concieved notions.