Corise Lucerne:
I realize that the Dictator is making the jump and leaving for hyperspace, but I think it would have some serious damage in certain sections of the ship due to the railguns, and that there would be crew losses from the gravitational field disruptors for future reference when those weapons are used.
From what I have read I do not think that there are no defences on the Dictator that would be very effective against a the weapons being used by the some of the ships. A single railgun, let alone against the 9 heavy railguns currently being used on by the Cavalier-class. Aside from numerous canonical sources, Kas has shown the merits of using high-speed projectile weapons, particularly those that fire slugs: “The projectiles are unharmed by ray shielding, and strike only particle shielding and hull. Although particle shielding is designed to specifically to stop asteroids and other space debris with ease, it is ill equipped for the speed and intent of the Medium Gauss Gun's slug.” While the KDI III-7 is not a Gauss Gun, it is a 70 meter long Railgun, and would have similar performance in terms of how its projectiles interact with shields.
If you would prefer not to look at it from that perspective, recognize the SAC shells are being used. The SAC-style shell starts a small, but superheated plasma fusion process when it hits the ship, which is basically like getting hit by an armor-piercing nuclear fusion warhead; that’s going to leave a little mark. Moreover, the gravitational field disruptors of the Juaire’s are not affected by shields or any armor at all, since it disrupts the Dictator’s own gravitational field.
I'm no expert in projectiles, but I do know that by design the
Dictator is exceptionally heavily shielded for its size. The R&D does not differentiate between ray and particle shields, but I think that declaring a weapon is immune to any shields is iffy, at best.
*shrug*
I can give that the
Dictator has suffered damage (hence its present retreat), though.
Could I get a comparative rating for a SH-F in terms of heavy turbolasers? I think a single heavy turbolaser could also slag a moderately sized freighter pretty easily, and I would rather not jip you on the amount of damage that would be done to my ships.
A single SH-F emplacement is more than twice as powerful as a single Heavy Turbolaser. The
Cayman's weapons, fired as one, are supposed to be able to cripple a smaller capital ship in a single firing.
Um…what? In my previous post, the freighters are out of the firing arcs altogether between the two fleets, while the starfighters are admittedly within the no-man’s space. Thus, there would be no maneuvering by the freighters to give the impression that they were dodging something.
Actually, you put them there:
And as the forces of both superpowers began their engagement, the surviving freighters fled between the no-man's space between the two fleets, heading towards the Coalition formation, taking care to stay out of the firing vectors and arcs of both fleets. It wasn't a large convoy, and was made up mostly of a small group of light transports, mainly YT-1300s and Muurian Transports; several of which were already destroyed. While the remaining survivors of the ambush had taken some damage and casualities, that did not stop them for fighting their way through and passing through the unseen ranks of Kashan starfighters.
I object. One does not simply roleplay what another forces would too; especially in a fleeting engagement. As it is, that is exactly what Kashan starfighters never do at the beginning; the starfighters generally go with alpha strikes using their stealthed missiles to first decimate the enemy ranks. After the initial missile attack, then the KDF ships break up and engage for hit-and-runs.
If you'd rather your ships don't return fire, I can deal with that.
I'm a little confused. Don't you have interdictor mines up right now to block all hyperspace travel in the nearby vicinity?
I have Interdictor mines laid across the space you're in, yes. Mines produce a significantly smaller grav shadow than my Interdictor, and with the distance between our fleets (I'm assuming at this point they're at maximum firing range, more or less), my ships aren't quite within the grav shadow.
[size=1]"So the woman asked me what I wanted on the sandwich and I said I do not care it is for a duck, and she was like oh then it's free. I was not aware that ducks eat for free at Subway. It's like give me a chicken fajita sub, but don't worry about ringing it up, it is for a duck.”
-Mitch Hedberg
[/size]
