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SVC, Thanks

That does add some nuance to my thoughts.

1) On PASSIVE special sensors
2) Plows along. So moving, even if slowly.
3) Reinforcements gotta be far enough away that there is no chance for them to beat the Andros when the Base/ Ship spot each other.

So basically you can't hunt AT ALL unless you have the firepower in your Special Sensor equipped to kill at least the smallest of bases.

That begs the question of why bother with the reinforcement groups at all then? I presume that occasionally the Andros can't get there before the reinforcements. VERY rarely.

And that if you are plowing along with a smaller special sensor equipped ship you at least get the benefit of disrupting the Andros... Even if your F5S isn't going to even attempt to attack. I guess they could close enough to at least get some S level tac intel before they have to disengage by acceperation/ distance.

By MarkSHoyle (Bolo) on Sunday, June 28, 2020 - 05:42 pm: Edit

Haven't seen a lot on exactly how RTN works...
Though, it seems if a missing node disrupts it,
then the ones closest to the Galactic Rim would be the ones you would want to track down....
Then flood zones where a new one could be put...
Even a smaller ship, able to observe, would keep Andros from placing new ones....

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By Richard Eitzen (Rbeitzen) on Sunday, June 28, 2020 - 05:44 pm: Edit

I think the Andromedans are not forced to enter at the galactic rim but do so from above or below at various points.

BELOW, NOT RIM.— SVC

By Gregory S Flusche (Vandar) on Sunday, June 28, 2020 - 06:21 pm: Edit

Might be that the small ship is not picked up by the Andro base? While a bigger ship even under passive and all that is. Then it is a race as the reinforcement group is picked up heading toward the base?

Why do the Andros fight the way they do? They have Mother ships carrying smaller ones. The mother ships use the DD to cover large distances.

The DD disrupts space around the ships. Making it hard to deploy a lot of ships using the DD. carrying the smaller ships inside gives you more firepower.

The RTN made it possible for the Andros to cover even more area.

So with out the DD galactic conquest can not happen. With the DD you are limited in the number of large ships deployed in a area.

So like strategic bombing. Hit the infrastructure and Manufacturing. Bomb them back into the stone age if you have to. When you have ruined the economy to the point when they are ready. You disband there fleets and control the population. You then have even more resources to conquer even more Galaxies.

So if your ships are better then the other side. That you can put your forces any were and strike any were as you please. They can not protect everything. When individual worlds start pulling in and trying to protect only themselves. Divide and conquer.

Why did they fail? The Alpha quadrant was built up. All the Home worlds well protected because of the general war and the ISC pacification? They could not take out the economy? Then there were the X ships. X-ships kill Andros. Every one knows that. Then cut off there most valuable advantage the RTN. They are done.

So did I miss something?

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Monday, June 29, 2020 - 07:29 pm: Edit

SVC says that both the base and ship know instantly.

And is the DD crucial for using the RTN? I don't think that is in the SVC canon.

By Richard Eitzen (Rbeitzen) on Monday, June 29, 2020 - 07:33 pm: Edit

Yes. the DisDev is crucial to using the RTN. Without it, Andro ships are slower than galactic ships.

By Stewart Frazier (Frazikar3) on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 08:28 pm: Edit

SVC says that both the base and ship know instantly.

(D17.4-S1) 'A base trying to hide (passive sweeps) would not be found at strategic levels ... '

Though the base might find the hunter since it IS moving and movement cost can be detected at strategic levels.

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 09:21 pm: Edit

Again, SVC said. So that is the way it is.