Sirius Business - a C# Aurora forum game. v2.5

[blue emu]

In other news, Red 6 is approaching the inner star system.

Will he walk into our Fighter ambush?

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Meanwhile, the pursuit of Red 2 continues, now at a range of under 200 million km.

 

[blue emu]

Red 6 has spotted another captured Drop-ship.

Drop-ship must die!

613 plus 14 more is 627 missiles expended.

 

[Acheron]

Are captured own ships a high-priority target for the enemy?

 

[randakar]

Are captured own ships a high-priority target for the enemy?

Apparently. But I suppose troop transports also qualify as high priority targets. You don't want aliens to invade after all.

 

[blue emu]

Are captured own ships a high-priority target for the enemy?

I have no idea.

It would make a certain amount of sense, to deny the enemy both intel and tech boosts.

 

[randakar]

Hopefully that should deplete his stock.

Only thing is that the Deux Sèvres also carry a bunch of that and those we can tank a lot more easily. But we can't tell what ship fired it

 

[blue emu]

Is this Red 2 firing at the nearest General, 186 million km away?

He'll reverse course and let the next General in line take the lead.

 

[blue emu]

... or is it just Red 6, being Red 6?

Missile count 641.

Here's the combat log... three interrupts, but only two visible salvos.

 

[blue emu]

Red 6 being Red 6.

Missile count 655.

They appear to be aimed at the anchorage.

Everything in there is immobilized and 90% wrecked anyway. A waste of missiles.

Everything that can still move headed for the jump point ages ago.

 

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Somebody running out of missiles? Missile count 663.

All four of those ships should be missile boats, though. So far, only two have been firing at any one time.

 

[blue emu]

Red 6 opens up with one of the other two missile boats... at our Fighters? Missile count 670.

He is welcome to fire as many salvos at those Fighters as he likes.

 

[blue emu]

The missile salvos start arriving at the anchorage.

How many will our STO-PD shoot down?

 

[blue emu]

Another salvo launched at the Fighters. Missile count 677.

 

[blue emu]

The STO-PD shot down nearly half of the missiles... 6 out of 14... but the remaining 8 missiles destroyed the last surviving module of the Naval Base.

It was mostly wrecked anyway.

 

[blue emu]

The Fighters are also under attack.

The salvo of seven enemy missiles killed two of our most obsolete Fighters (they were X-Wing III-B, we are currently building X-Wing VII).

A very favorable trade for us.

 

[blue emu]

... and a third salvo aimed at the Fighters. Missile count 684.

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And more red hot anchorage action.

Is he gunning for the Troop Transport? Or the Tender?

Or is he going to obsess over the Drop-ship again?

It's already a bit beat up...

 

[blue emu]

Nine of the incoming missiles were shot down by STO-PD. The remaining five missiles all hit the Tender... which survived.

 

[blue emu]

Oh, ho!

At last the mask is torn aside!

That salvo is from a Lot-et-Garonne, which has 7-7-6 missile tubes.

So he still has teeth...

Missile count 697.

 

[SteveZAX]

Red 6 opens up with one of the other two missile boats... at our Fighters? Missile count 670.

He is welcome to fire as many salvos at those Fighters as he likes.

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and unless they are different than the ones he fired at the anchorage, that's 12 missiles wasted !

 

[blue emu]

Evasive action proves to be fruitless...

... and 13 hits destroys a General.

So... we now know that his heavy missile boats are NOT yet out of ammo.