Only four missiles in this salvo.
Looks like somebody is running out of ammo.
Missile count: 1053.
Looks like somebody is running out of ammo.
Missile count: 1053.
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Two shield hits... and that should be that for the Deux-Sevres.
We resume the pursuit at 63 million km from Red 2.
We resume the pursuit at 63 million km from Red 2.
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Now 50 million km away.
Note that Red 3 is also in missile range, if he has any ammo left.
Note that Red 3 is also in missile range, if he has any ammo left.
Twenty-eight boarding shuttles, each carrying a dozen Marine Troopers, plus one with a rocket launcher and one officer.
Fourteen people in each shuttle. 392 in total .
But some of them may be below strength.
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Now 20 million km away.
At about 5 million km, we'll enter his point defense envelope and he'll open fire with his AMM-PD ships, the Gards.
At about 5 million km, we'll enter his point defense envelope and he'll open fire with his AMM-PD ships, the Gards.
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Still closing in. Now less than 10 million km away. Missile storm coming up.
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The missile storm begins.
Sixty size-1 AMM-PD every five seconds.
These are even less of a problem than the Deux-Sevres.
The Modron's AMM-PD missiles have no ECCM.
Our ECM alone will tank them.
Sixty size-1 AMM-PD every five seconds.
These are even less of a problem than the Deux-Sevres.
The Modron's AMM-PD missiles have no ECCM.
Our ECM alone will tank them.
Be told, people... if the ship has any ECM, then you'll want ECCM on the missile.
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I guess the AI was not expecting these AMMs to be fired at missiles with ECM (can missiles even have ECM?)
... several thousand missiles later...
The missile storm ends, with no hits.
Yes, but it's in the form of decoys.
Pen-aids. (Penetration Aids).
The missile storm ends, with no hits.
Yes, but it's in the form of decoys.
Pen-aids. (Penetration Aids).
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I think @Wagonlitz is hoping to capture their gun. That said, if you immobilise and then ignore, how long do you end up spending in range of the Sarthes guns as you chase the rest of the fleet? I think you either need to send in the landing parties with the rest of their fleet relatively close, or you need to remove the Sarthe from the battle completely. That thing is dangerous to get too close to!
Looking good. I know we were hyper-paranoid, but this looks like it is going to be another turkey shoot now.
So general thing: 2x Deux Sevres isn't enough to bother the gunships, if they turn out to have a third fleet anywhere. If they don't, this war is over in all but name.
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Now 1.5 million km away.
The damned Sarthe will open up at 600,000 km, which is well outside our maximun range.
So we will start by dog-piling the Sarthe and pounding on it until its speed is down to 2,700 kps (which will seperate it from the Red 2 squadron, and which is twenty times slower than a boarding shuttle), then we will evade, leave the crippled Sarthe's gun range, and chase the rest of the Red 2 squadron.
The damned Sarthe will open up at 600,000 km, which is well outside our maximun range.
So we will start by dog-piling the Sarthe and pounding on it until its speed is down to 2,700 kps (which will seperate it from the Red 2 squadron, and which is twenty times slower than a boarding shuttle), then we will evade, leave the crippled Sarthe's gun range, and chase the rest of the Red 2 squadron.
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Skip back to December 2024, somewhere around the 20th.
Neither is necessary. Slow it down below 10.800 km/s and we can board it. At that point it will drop out of formation and boarding will commence, but it will take enough time for them to be far away once that bit completes.
It's not 20 to 1.
It's 5 to 1.
C-Ship-Combat - AuroraWiki
Of course keeping components intact is the hard part.
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Just about to enter Sarthe range.
That link says 10-to-1.
So we want to reduce them to 5,300 kps.
That link says 10-to-1.
So we want to reduce them to 5,300 kps.
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Next paragraph. Boarding capable designs in the next line.
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Yup. 585,000 km.
Well, I stand corrected on that point.
We could just blow a hole in their armor and then board them.
We still need to damage their engines if we want to seperate them from their PD screen, though.
Well, I stand corrected on that point.
We could just blow a hole in their armor and then board them.
We still need to damage their engines if we want to seperate them from their PD screen, though.
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Since ECM works differently for missiles, it's entirely reasonable to not waste tonnage on ECCM. Especially since that on it's own is large enough to require bigger missile sizes.
Does it have it's own active sensor? If it doesn't taking that out of the equation is an option.
If that wiki speaks true you only need it down a little bit.
Might be wise to test it with one shuttle just to make sure it's accurate. It used to be more difficult -- that 20-1 ratio is what it was in the VB6 era I believe.