Break out the Abacus

[Park Kraken]

Here is the Starfighter Composition of the Fleet:

1,096 TIE Interceptor Mk II (88 Squadrons)

384 TIE Scimitar Mk II (32 Squadrons)

288 TIE Fighter Mk II (24 Squadrons)

Note: Mk II status refers to the upgrading of all starfighters incorporating shield generators/projectors. In the TIE Interceptor, this means slightly less speed. Also, the TIE Scimitar has been upgraded with a rotary launcher in place of the chute dispensers for it's bomb bay, allowing a greater capacity of warheads of all types to be carried.

New carrying capacity:
24 Proton Torpedoes
or
24 Concussion Missiles
or
24 Mag Pulse Torpedoes
or
24 Ion Torpedoes
or
12 Proton Bombs
or
12 Concussion Bombs
or
12 Heavy Rockets
or
6 Space Bombs
or
6 Space Mines
etc
etc

[Travis North]

Thats quite the fleet. I think the Rebels are doomed.

[Tear]

Thats quite the fleet. I think the Rebels are doomed.

Or are they indeed. Didn't you give your two weeks several months ago. Somethings fishy here and its not Reshmar. (for once)

Kraken you can post lists until your blue in the face but the story isn't going to write itself. Go fleet!

[Rossos Atrapes]

Thats quite the fleet. I think the Rebels are doomed.

Or are they indeed. Didn't you give your two weeks several months ago. Somethings fishy here and its not Reshmar. (for once)

Kraken you can post lists until your blue in the face but the story isn't going to write itself. Go fleet!

Tear can be the cheerleader. And isn't Reshmar more like a crustacean than a fish?

[Miranda Tarkin]

Thats quite the fleet. I think the Rebels are doomed.

Or are they indeed. Didn't you give your two weeks several months ago. Somethings fishy here and its not Reshmar. (for once)

Kraken you can post lists until your blue in the face but the story isn't going to write itself. Go fleet!

And this is why he is my Master

[Reshmar]

crustacean.....

anyway.

There is no way the rebels could muster that big a force at this point. Not to defend one target. At this point we can defend one planet maybe two tops with a single battle group. "16 to 20 ships"

We have 5 fleets which in theory have about 100 ships each. But most are spread out and and deployed in small interdictor and picket forces.

A Fleet sized group just is not possible for the rebels. not all in one place. If we lost a whole fleet at one time we could never recover.

I worked on the Mandel battle which was very large and was way way way too much. About a quarter into it I was tired of it and burnt out.

A small fleet engagement of a battle group or less would be possible and interesting but for a fleet sized engagment we just wouldn't commit that kind of force to a defensive action. not even in the Dac system.

[Tear]

I worked on the Mandel battle which was very large and was way way way too much. About a quarter into it I was tired of it and burnt out.

I agree. I believe back in the day before my absence there was a general consensus on the size of fleets for battles. This was done in terms of fair play and to prevent fleeting threads from turning into big scary hair balls that, eventually half way through, no one wanted any part in trying to decipher.

Although to be fair Kraken did say "My newest toy, it may or may not see service above Kashyyyk" maybe hes just in love with the idea of making lists.

In any event I am less concerned about the rebels participating in this thread and more concerned about those originally interested in launching (and actually finishing) this project. We can worry about actual rebel participation in later threads/campaigns.

NPC the wookies, NPC the rebel resistance, make the thread short and sweet but for the love of the Empire... write. *tosses down gauntlet*

[Dasquian Belargic]

What Tear said. Make the thread fun times and the Rebels will flock to it.

[Park Kraken]

The entire fleet won't be in one place though, it will be spread apart in a blockade position above Kashyyyk. Or at least, Squadrons 2 and 3 will be. Each Squadron would be divided into three taskforces, and the Rebels would only have to engage and scatter one taskforce to help their trapped colleagues escape.

Squadrons 1 and 4 with the Empress in tow would then arrive just as the Rebels leave, and to restore his prestige and honor in lieu of the Empress's wrath for letting the Rebels escape, Park orders the forests of Kashyyyk to be razed.

The Imperial fleet then departs, and perhaps some Rebels and wookies come back to try and stop the firefighting efforts.

-----Taskforce 2/1-----------Taskforce 3/1---------
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Taskforce 2/2--------planet-------Taskforce 3/2------
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-------Taskforce 2/3----------Taskforce 3/3----------

[Reshmar]

Make us proud my rebel NPC friends............

A force strong enough to engage 2 of the groups could bye time for forces to escape. Maybe even a hidden Ion Cannon with the bulk of it underground on the surface the resistance had been preparing for just such a need.

The few wookie's that do escape would really hate the empire. I don't think there would be any diplomacy with the wookie's after this.

[Park Kraken]

Why would the Empire want to open diplomacy with something that sounds like a common dog when it speaks?

On a side note however, until all of the potential problems dealing with Hurricane Ida are past, say in the next two days, I won't be spending much time writing.

[Travis North]

Think I could send my fleet in as a recon force to comb the planet before hand to provide data on prime targets. I'll add some additional carriers for air superiority so as no Wookiee decides to interfere.

[Park Kraken]

Well, Ida proved to be no bother. I hope Christin and Charley live on high ground though, looks like most of Alabama is in for a good soaking.

EDIT: We got about six inches of rain here. I hope anyone who lives in the Carolina's, Viriginia, Maryland, and Delaware are battening down the hatches and filling up the sandbags, because it is going to be a very very long few next days for them as the remains of Ida, and 98L combine into a powerful storm system off the East Coast.

[Tear]

*Cough* Seems the Empire is all talk these days.

[Karl Valten]

I'll send ya a PM about a thread we spoke about months ago in a few days time when I have a break from school.

P.S. I type better when I'm drunk.

[Park Kraken]

*Cough* Seems the Empire is all write these days.

Fixed it for ya. =D

http://www.sw-fans.net/forum/showthr...ewpost&t=20181

[Tear]

*Cough* Seems the Empire is all write these days.

Fixed it for ya. =D

Actually you didn't. Keep the wookie thread going and should it get close to finished then, maybe, you will have actually fixed it.

[Park Kraken]

Who all is writing for people on the ground? I thought it was primarily going to be a fleet affair, with exception to the current stormtrooper landings. I didn't think anyone was going to RP defending Alliance assets on the ground though.

[Dasquian Belargic]

We aren't much opposition but we thought a little was better than none!

[Tear]

Rebels are gonna woop' yer ass! Ambushed!