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Is transit time both way so a quarter each way or is the there and back included
As others have already said, could be worse. So unless the Licori war finishes unexpectedly quickly and we can move in reinforcements from there, here is what Starfleet will have in the Gabriel Border Zone over the next year. We are basically all the way to 2314.Q4 now
Gabriel Border Zone – Requirement Left to Starfleet judgment
You can see it'll be a year before Ainsworth is really back up to full fighting strength, and that assumes no more damage in the meantime. The only really good news is that no ships were lost, so she'll get them all back eventually. Probably. Unless we pull them for something more urgent.
- 2314.Q4 - 1 Excelsior (6) [Avandar], 4 Constitution-B (20) [Korolev, Defiant, Exeter, Saratoga], 4 Miranda-A (8) [T'Kumbra, Agile, Bantam, Clarion] = 38 C.
- 2315.Q1 - 1 Excelsior (6) [Avandar], 6 Constitution-B (30) [Korolev, Defiant, Exeter, Saratoga, Republic, Valiant], 4 Miranda-A (8) [T'Kumbra, Agile, Bantam, Clarion] = 48 C.
- 2315.Q2 - 2 Excelsiors (6) [Avandar, Kumari], 7 Constitution-B (35) [Korolev, Defiant, Exeter, Saratoga, Republic, Valiant, LOCF Build], 1 Constellation [Challorn], 4 Miranda-A (8) [T'Kumbra, Agile, Bantam, Clarion] = 64 C.
- 2315.Q3 - 2 Excelsiors (6) [Avandar, Kumari], 7 Constitution-B (35) [Korolev, Defiant, Exeter, Saratoga, Republic, Valiant, LOCF Build], 1 Constellation [Challorn], 7 Miranda-A (14) [T'Kumbra, Agile, Bantam, Clarion, Fidelity, Bon Vivant, Shield] = 73 C.
- Notes: Challorn, Kumari, Republic, and Fidelity out for repair. As of 2314.Q2.M2 battle Valiant, Bon Vivant, and Shield out for repair. Saratoga returns in Q4. Republic and Valiant return in 2315.Q1. Kumari and Challorn return in 2315.Q2. Fidelity, Bon Vivant, and Shield return in 2315.Q3.
Is transit time both way so a quarter each way or is the there and back included
I have to say that if I were the commander of the Cardassians in the GBZ now would be the perfect moment to go on the offensive (providedie they know of the Licori campaign which seems likely considering previrus activities of their intelligence agencies).
The probe last "year" gives them a nearly perfect impression of our capabilities and resources and with their colony up and running (and Iikely well fortified) they have a perfect base to strike back from, or to fall back on if necessary.
Get the two northern clients to join in and it should be possible to assemble a significantly bigger force.
Indeed now that I think of it I would be quite disappointed if we don't get amessage from Ainsworth that she is under attack and needs reinforcements from the Western fed members.
I have to say that if I were the commander of the Cardassians in the GBZ now would be the perfect moment to go on the offensive (providedie they know of the Licori campaign which seems likely considering previrus activities of their intelligence agencies).
The probe last "year" gives them a nearly perfect impression of our capabilities and resources and with their colony up and running (and Iikely well fortified) they have a perfect base to strike back from, or to fall back on if necessary.
Get the two northern clients to join in and it should be possible to assemble a significantly bigger force.
Indeed now that I think of it I would be quite disappointed if we don't get amessage from Ainsworth that she is under attack and needs reinforcements from the Western fed members.
They already did that, minus the "rally the coreward clients" bit. The apiata ambushed their attack fleet and damaged a bunch of their ships.
The cardassians are in basically the same situation as us right now. They need to either get reinforcements from their more ambivalent clients or wait for their repairs to finish before they can make another push.
Their kaldur was likely knocked into repair for two quarters and two more ships in for a quarter of repairs in addition they lost a ship. If they wait for the kaldur that would be q2 next year and we will have a lot of strength back. As it is for the coming quarter I imagine we will be playing defensive letting our repairs finish.In my eyes this was less of an offensive and more of a probe in force whose main objective was to screen the Sydraxian evacuation and maybe, if circumstances were right, capitalises on our forces being still disorganized from the attack. Now though the strategic situation has changed significantly which in my opinion makes it entirely believable and logical that Cardassian command would try its hardest to assemble strikeforce capable of booting us out of the GBZ or at least seriously hurting our operations there. The benefits from such an action are in my eyes simple to good for them not to take advantage (provided the Cardassians are not currently busy with something else) and well worth whatever it takes to convince their clients to join in.
Because we moved generic team 3 to hospital ship design where it had been working on that and you have progress to both, this is to correct that as it should not have finished then.Why did people vote for 2310s Escort - Engineering again? It's a completed frame?
Also this quarter and last quarter I believe we took options that cost is 10 PP each. I know one was prepping against casualties
Also this quarter and last quarter I believe we took options that cost is 10 PP each. I know one was prepping against casualties
In my eyes this was less of an offensive and more of a probe in force whose main objective was to screen the Sydraxian evacuation and maybe, if circumstances were right, capitalises on our forces being still disorganized from the attack. Now though the strategic situation has changed significantly which in my opinion makes it entirely believable and logical that Cardassian command would try its hardest to assemble strikeforce capable of booting us out of the GBZ or at least seriously hurting our operations there. The benefits from such an action are in my eyes simple to good for them not to take advantage (provided the Cardassians are not currently busy with something else) and well worth whatever it takes to convince their clients to join in.
Why did people vote for 2310s Escort - Engineering again? It's a completed frame?
I think you had also shorted us in some other technology slide and he was asking about that too.
How much of this are you predicating on the Licori war? Because even though that's been very visible to us, it hasn't really kicked off yet and probably won't until Q1 of next year. Considering it's on the other side of the Federation from the Cardassians, I don't think they'll be confident to act on anything until they have confirmation our ships are actually fighting. So I'd expect to see a Cardassian attack maybe Q2 next year, but I doubt any sooner.
Something to keep in mind is that while the CDF is much, much larger than just the Gabriel fleet, the fact that they haven't sent more ships suggests that they probably can't, or at least couldn't at the time.
Like us, the Cardassian Union is a sprawling polity with its fingers in a lot of pies. They probably don't have the same D requirements as us due to being a military junta, but their borders are probably much more dangerous due to their less diplomatic foreign policy, and they probably have hostile minor powers to fend off just like we do. For all we know, they could even have something like the Licori War going on.
We can't depend on this, of course, but neither can we assume that all of their ships are available to be thrown at us at all times. Because if we do the latter, there's no point in even fighting for Gabriel, they've already won.
USS Kumari - Combat 5.47/7, Shield 2.81/60, Hull 39.10/50 - Crew 6-5-5/6-5-5 - Ships killed: 1 - Status:
Fired: 43, Fired On: 34, Hits Received: 32, Damage Dealt: 113.31
USS Avandar - Combat 5.86/6, Shield 7.02/50, Hull 39.06/40 - Crew 6-5-5/6-5-5 - Ships killed: 2 - Status:
Fired: 51, Fired On: 36, Hits Received: 32, Damage Dealt: 114.27
[Fidelity repair, 25br, 15sr, 1 Officer - 6 months repair, 2 months transit, Vega]
[Republic repair, 15br, 15sr, 1 Officer - 3 months repair, 1 month transit, Indoria]
[Kumari repair, 40br, 20sr - 3 months repair, transit TBD]
[Sundry others: 10br, 10sr]
[Total: 90br, 60sr, 2 Officer]