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:Only theta makes good FTL. Only ZOCU had that in quantity. The | :Only theta makes good FTL. Only ZOCU had that in quantity. The League had some, but was limited to painstakingly hand-crafted courier and gunboat-scale drives. | ||
:The | :The magnates were motivated by conquest. Theta was important, but by no means the central purpose. | ||
:You can make bad FTL with first-generation drives. These | :You can make bad FTL with first-generation drives. These take a month or more to recycle and are far from reliable. | ||
:Everyone has crappy tech. Apart from anything else, it's only 2160. | :Everyone has crappy tech. Apart from anything else, it's only 2160. If in doubt, assume you don't have it. | ||
:ZOCU is wholly responsible for inventing mecha | :ZOCU is wholly responsible for inventing mecha. Sophisticated combat frames did not appear until the ZOCU war. | ||
:The Magnates invented Alephs which were hideously superior pilots | :The Magnates invented Alephs which were hideously superior pilots. | ||
: | :Fabbers were important to produce supplies, equipment and small vehicles on-site. Advanced or large craft were mostly built with real industry and shipped in. | ||
To start with let's confirm what every system's role was. Bear in mind this is all 2-4 decades ago and could be very much different to their modern bent. | To start with let's confirm what every system's role was. Bear in mind this is all 2-4 decades ago and could be very much different to their modern bent. | ||
Revision as of 06:16, 16 February 2010
General principles:
- Only theta makes good FTL. Only ZOCU had that in quantity. The League had some, but was limited to painstakingly hand-crafted courier and gunboat-scale drives.
- The magnates were motivated by conquest. Theta was important, but by no means the central purpose.
- You can make bad FTL with first-generation drives. These take a month or more to recycle and are far from reliable.
- Everyone has crappy tech. Apart from anything else, it's only 2160. If in doubt, assume you don't have it.
- ZOCU is wholly responsible for inventing mecha. Sophisticated combat frames did not appear until the ZOCU war.
- The Magnates invented Alephs which were hideously superior pilots.
- Fabbers were important to produce supplies, equipment and small vehicles on-site. Advanced or large craft were mostly built with real industry and shipped in.
To start with let's confirm what every system's role was. Bear in mind this is all 2-4 decades ago and could be very much different to their modern bent.
- Minkowski: converted slowdrives to jumpships, made things to carry with them, assembled relief forces.
- Nidaros/Vrijheid: Got invaded by the Magnates. This arm of the invasion probably went very badly since/once ZOCU could move craft at speed.
- Delten: Took forefront as the Magnate manufacturing world during the war. Ended up becoming the primary shipyard facility after the breakdown ended.
- Eternal Dawn: Supersoldiers with advanced (for the Rim anyways) armor and railguns, landing in your cities!
- Bilad Al-Rafigayn: Probably invaded by the Magnates during the early or middle part of the war.
Structure of the war:
- Sarreva, Bilad and Finnegan's Folly took the brunt of the Magnate invasion.
- The war was for theta, so Altus and Vimelan are priority targets, but they were never invaded in force
- Minkowski was not invaded significantly but instead shipped things around.
- Cook recieved refugees.
- This suggests a structure for the League of Bilad, Sarreva and Finnegan facing the Magnates directly, and Altus/Vimelan/Minkowski/Cook 'behind the lines'.