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To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)

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[X] Attack Further Research Stations (Maximum of 2)
-[X] Attack Iron Hail
-[X] No Second Target

I think we can afford another attack wave. If we can take out their last cruiser and shipyards, then we can take Prime at our leisure.
 
Driven by Apathy said:
You have a point, and I thought much along the same lines.

But on the other hand, there's that Licori cruiser currently in for emergency repairs... and even if we had to retreat without invading after taking orbit, we'd still have an opportunity to blow up the shipyard before we do. Hmm, do we know how much damage exactly the Iron Hail causes?
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We do not, it was deployed against task force 1 but seems to have failed to do significant damage, it's likely some kind of test as opposed to rolled damage.
 
Briefvoice said:
@OneirosTheWriter can you clarify? If we take Ixaria Prime but not Iron Hail, then will the Imperial Fleet still potentially contest the system? Is taking Iron Hail a precondition for holding the system, or just something that has to be taken care of eventually, but the Imperial Fleet is no longer a real threat?
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Intel isn't confident on predicting the Arcadian reaction. You need to destroy Iron Hail before the troop transports can reach Ixaria Prime - if it isn't taken out, you may have the orbit, but you won't have the ability to occupy the planet. However, it is uncertain whether the Arcadians will feel there is any chance of rescuing the situation if you already hold Ixaria orbit.
 
Leila Hann said:
Once we take Ixaria orbit can't we say "shut off the iron hail or we start bombing?"
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It might work as a bluff or if the Ked Padaah do it (though the later would likely cause significant political blowback) but I highly doubt that the Federation would react very positive to news of Starfleet actually conducting large scale bombarding operations against an inhabited planet. Such an action, once it becomes public, would would likely cause massive dissident in large portions of the (fed) population. Indeed any action that does result in high numbers of civilian casualties is a political nightmare waiting to happen, at least in my opinion.
 
Once we take Ixaria Orbit, destroying the remainder of system defences one by one can't be that hard.

Besides which, I wouldn't want to send Transports, even Armed Transports, into an area where they might be potentially shot down.
 
Shard said:
Once we take Ixaria Orbit, destroying the remainder of system defences one by one can't be that hard.

Besides which, I wouldn't want to send Transports, even Armed Transports, into an area where they might be potentially shot down.
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It won't be difficult, I agree. It will take time though, and we don't know how much of that we have.
 
Nervos Belli said:
It won't be difficult, I agree. It will take time though, and we don't know how much of that we have.
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I was under the impression that we had to hold the system up until an outpost or something could be built, because if we lost control of the system at any point, the Arcadian Empire could just apply Planetary Bombardment to any points held on a planet upon acquiring control.
 
Shard said:
I was under the impression that we had to hold the system up until an outpost or something could be built, because if we lost control of the system at any point, the Arcadian Empire could just apply Planetary Bombardment to any points held on a planet upon acquiring control.
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To be precise, we need to hold the system until the Arcadian Empire decides it's not worth the cost of attempting to retake it. I think that will require us to seize the planet's administration. Briefvoice thinks we can do it just holding the planet orbit. An outpost isn't relevant to this assault, where we're talking about a few days of time at most. Besides, the Ked Paddah are going to be the ones occupying the system, so it's their choice what they want to build to defend it.
 
[X] Attack Ixaria Orbit

The possible losses from mines are likely to be similar to the extra bonuses they get from remaining stations. Attacking now, while their ship is under repair gains an advantage.

We can offer safe passage of civilian ships back to the planet from the station (or permit passage of logistical ships for food and non-combat/mad science supplies ) if they stand down the other weapon stations.
 
Driven by Apathy said:
I'm just waiting for the moment the Licori try to use some fancy super-science superweapon against us, and instead of doing what it's supposed to, it just explodes. Or blows up a Licori colony or two, instead of our ships. Or turns all the mentats on board into newts. Or something.

I mean, the whole reason for this war is that Licori super science isn't just super science, it's also super dangerous and unpredictable.

[X] Attack Ixaria Orbit
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Nah, their stuff is completely reliable when it's being used against us, and also totally irreproducible by anyone who isn't a mentat working for the Arcadian Empire as it exists now. It's like trying to loot the armor from enemies in older cRPGs, or perhaps ork tech from Warhammer 40K. And if we "Defeat means Friendship" them, not a single bit of it will be "compatible" with our tech similar to how the Bees work -- it's not technology, it's their species special ability pick.
 
The only facility I would consider attacking is the double shields one, and that's only if they can emergency launch that cruiser. @OneirosTheWriter if it were the Federation or KP would we be capable of launching a ship undergoing emergency repairs in such a situation, or is there something about laying a ship up in dock that prevents this?
 
While we have the strength,
[X] Attack Ixaria Orbit
With the garrison smashed and orbit secure we can use our remaining ships to take the iron hail station
 
SynchronizedWritersBlock said:
The only facility I would consider attacking is the double shields one, and that's only if they can emergency launch that cruiser. @OneirosTheWriter if it were the Federation or KP would we be capable of launching a ship undergoing emergency repairs in such a situation, or is there something about laying a ship up in dock that prevents this?
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Crew is off, warp core and impulse reactors are off-line, operating on station mains. They won't be able to re-join during this phase, but they will during the next.
 
Okay, that changes things. Attacking the cruiser while it's offline is more important than the torpedo defense.

[X] Attack Ixaria Orbit
 
Holy Shit I was right!

[X] Attack Ixaria Orbit
-[X] Attack Iron Hail
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