The Rebel Faction

Corise:

Om:

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It stood to reason that if other enemy ships were not in the system, they were nearby. If their system was being probed or if they wanted to know what was going on with the one ship envoy, they would have to be.

The Colonials had guessed correctly.


Outside their system were nine vessels, six of them looking exactly like the 1000 meter craft that entered their system and three of them being 5000 meters in length. The 'port' etchings were much larger and the Colonial ships shadowing them found the armour (while still very thick) was less than what was found on the smaller vessels. Behind the larger 'ports', scans revealed hollow areas causing analysts to believe them to be carriers of some sort.

The Confederation Expeditionary Force’s arrival at the fringes of the gestalt system was probably a record for the sheer number of warships to have ever entered the system. But with its presence not near any of the planets and just outside the system’s oort belt, it was unlikely that they would be spotted by anyone except for the system’s defenders.

There is a possible conflict here. Not that I am suggesting any changes, just a point of clarification. Have your forces arrived contrary to the hyperlane terminus? It was my postulation that the Remorans, following the route, would have their ships outside the system in the proximity of the lane. It follows that your forces would arrive along the same trajectory and, that being the case; likely not only would the Gestalt forces note your arrival, so would the Remorans and, in turn, your forces would likely note their position as well.

Just as a point of clarification; your thoughts/intentions?


Om & Corise:

I have my mother-in-law (so to speak) over for the weekend and as such probably won't get a chance to post before Monday. As such, regarding our subplot and as I have input which I need to... put in... before either of you advances our story-line any further, can you both hold off on posting anything further which may be pertinant to the goings on in and around the Gestalt system until I get a chance to reply?

The Remorans have only probed the Gestalt System to investigate the system at the end of the line (so to speak). They would have seen the Colonials large ship under construction and implimented a plan to destroy it (which they did during it's launch).

After that, there was hesitation in how to proceed with the system proper. Dealing with ships is one thing, dealing with planets and population is something else (at least for the Remorans and how they've been written so far).

With their hardware, they do not probe or scout against starship targets coming from behind as their doctrine is building stuff that can take a severe beating. They would probe where they are going for planning purposes but surprise attacks or whatnot, they are not concerned about at this time.

So they would not necessarily see Corise's fleet. Then again, their scanning/sensors would not be as sophisticated as Gestalt or Confederation. Location, Size, and power readings but nothing that would give them weapon type or such specifics like that. Confederation/Gestalt ships would probably (ship vs ship) have a greater range on sensors and the only way the Remoran range is increased would be through probes (external detachments).


As for Corise's post, Confederation Expeditionary Force, if it was from Kashan, I might question it's speed in getting there but if it's been cobbled together from the rest of the hyperlane's patrol groups and did not stop to investigate or check the sentry stations and made straight to Gestalt, I can see their initial arrival.

But even if it is from Kashan, it's not a big deal to me to object or anything.


So I don't have a problem with his post.


Outside the system leaves alot of empty space after all..

I completely forgot about that part, my fault.

By all means, take your time as far as I'm concerned.

Way to go, Corise. Maybe Beff's mother in law should stay with you to slow you down? :D

*snorts*

My girlfriend does that enough as it is, thank you. ;P