Hello,
first of all, I'd like to mention that I've had a very busy Monday in my time zone. I had to go to both university and work, so I hope that excuses the lateness of me entering the conversation here.
Second, I feel I should address something a bit older, which the writer of @[member=Anja Aj'rou] had said he'd take care of for me. Namely this post by @[member="Draco Vereen"]:
Draco Vereen said:
[member="Anja Aj'Rou"]
Didn't know that. Didn't get tagged When he did it. I will say, those were artillery shells from a mass driver, an upscale tank round (really upscale) not missiles Going stupid fast. I left it open for you guys, but that just means that a coil rules out all mass drivers.
Having those shells shot down by the MIFVs was a decision I landed on after a bit of discussion. If they had been normal shells, I would not have done it. Not because they would be less dangerous, or any reason like that, but because they would be less high-tech. What I mean by that is: the EMP shells would need some kind of sensor, controller or detonator to have them go off at the right moment. That could be targeted by the COILs, and thus disabled. A normal round would have a much less delicate device to do the same effect, and thus would hardly be disabled by COILs.
Coincidentally, this is also why we didn't dispute the first salvo of napalm rockets poofing away rather ineffectively. They were shot down in much the same manner, which leads me nicely into the next issue.
Azrael said:
[member="Mard Szaks"]
In reference to this
post we have a few concerns.
I see two variations of this post in my head, but neither are entirely clear.
Variation 1: As [member="Anja Aj'Rou"] has stated previously, the rockets either on attack or defense could be considered "noise" as in background fodder that doesn't really affect the landscape. If this scenario is the prevailing theme, than I would request an edit be made in the fashion of 'penetrating defenses' but not specifically stating that they hit inside the hangar bay. That is a little too specific for background noise.
Variation 2: However, if this attack is not just "noise" and is attempting to actively affect the defenses of the fort - we have a slight issue. Stating that the rockets reached their target inside the hangar bay is a form of automatic hitting, or basically calling your shots. We would request that this be changed to an attempt and not a confirmed hit, as that would fall under the grounds of going outside the boundaries of fair play.
Azrael said:
[member="Anja Aj'Rou"]
I would warrant that as conjecture, because "their target, inside the hangar bay" is rather specific. If I were to write this post, and generalize it, I may have said something along the lines of "70% of the salvo - attempted to put a hole in the defense of the hangar as their main target." That's just off the top of my head, but it includes an attempt, and a possible destination. That would be my reasoning for generalization.
So I'm still unsatisfied with the wording at this point, mainly because it's still an automatic calling of the shot, and the specificity of said shot doesn't help matters either.
First, before discussing the rest, I'll have to admit the wording on that post is iffy to me too. I had wanted to get to bed quickly, because of the above reasons, and rushed the post out before proof-reading it much. I will think of how I want to rephrase the post, and get back to this in another post, but I will definitely edit it to be less offensive.
My reasoning for why they would have hit was explained pretty well in the post, so I see no reason to elaborate here, and hope it will be respected in the reaction to this, as cooler heads prevail.
After my edit, of course.
However, I also have a few issues with how the battle so far has been handled on the Mandalorian side.
The first is with, and this relates to the rocket issue,
this post by @[member=Arrbi Betna]. While I enjoy my character's homeworld Irn, and hope to meet his character in close combat in the future, the way all of the rockets were shrugged off is simply unrealistic.
To give this some calculations, our rockets could reasonably be expected to move at Mach3, or around that speed. Do some research on Wikipedia if you're sceptical. This would have them traverse the distance between the Hangar (assumed at the centre of the complex) and the launch point in about 0.88 of a second. Add to that the second volley being fired a second later than the first, and you get 1.88 seconds. The distance is taken from
this post by @[member=Olivia Dem'adas]. Did the hangar doors really close in that time?
If they did, there is now a conservatively measured ocean of napalm in front of that hangar. Burning for anything from 8 to 17 hours.
Secondly, I would like a reaction to the attack on the force gate. If I missed it, please tell me, and I'm sorry to bother you with this.
Last, I strongly dislike being told how my APCs are spaced. They are NOT spread across the whole distance (~2000m) of the battlefield. That would be absurd. They would not have been able to move apart that quickly, and this was not my intention for them. This is similarly controlling to my rockets hitting inside the hangar.
To clarify their position, they would be spaced 5 meters apart, having all 20 of them in a line 100m long. The "wide" formation in my post referred simply to them travelling side by side, as opposed to in a column, or other formation, and not to them moving as far away from each other as possible.
Both my and @[member=Boo Chiyo]'s APCs will be taking heavy damage from the full attack coming at us now.
I hope this clears up any misunderstandings or grievances resulting from this whole situation.
