paulobrito
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Started in 3015, has been a long ride.
One of the things that caused concerns in both Periphery nations was the number and types of WarShips the invading Clans had.
The clanners are never accused of been masters of logistics.
Indeed, i don't see any data on clanner yardships / tender ships. They maybe exist, but my research failed to discover them.
I think they have about 200 warships, and the capability to built some - less than the IS+ Periphery right now, but they can build/have some very big ones. The modern designs - (future) Leviathan and Nightlord have decent ASF/missile defenses, the rest (ex-SLDF)? Not so much.
The main benifits of the warships for the clanners is big cargo holds and lots of jump collars. They also probably have some tricks to stretch the endurance of their ships from the exodus that have been engineered into their naval refits.
Is a pity if someone sends wings of Alamo-loaded ASFs against these fat targets. Because the FWL Civil war and the 1st SW show that is one of the best ways to deal with warships. Just an idea.
Agreed with Adventwolf. Situation being what it is, Hanse would never have put Victor on the front lines.The final result of the attack was that the 10th ceased to exist as a viable force with only 10% of its members surviving, including the Archon-Prince that was seriously wounded when he ejected his Victor VTR-9D.
Yes that would be true if Victor hadn't been explicitly recalled from the front so he could get training to actually rule the FedCom. And if he was deployed it wouldn't be with the 10th it would be with the Royal Guard or with the Davion Guard instead. This is frankly just a hamfisted attempt to get him on the front and hurt even though it makes no sense. And bringing up Ian doesn't help you here since Hanse would remember his brother getting himself killed and so would be even more ready to keep his son and heir out of the first wave into an unknown enemy force. Same with his wife not allowing such a stupid action to take place.Aaaah, but you forget the Davion lead from the front complex. Countless of them done that, several of them died (including Ian. Hanse's older brother) doing that.
At extreme range, both WarShips started to exchange shots, while the surviving heavy ASFs made their first attack pass on the JFS Hawk Eye, which lead to a nasty surprise for the Falcons as several of the ASFs were loaded with Alamos and the Heavy Cruiser did not survive more than a dozen nuclear impacts.
But it didn’t die alone, the FCS Strong Arm (Overlord A3) took several hits that destroyed it, the FCS Lisa Steiner received heavy damage and the FCS Ian Davion only light one.
Freed from their nuclear payload, the Stukas helped the Seydlitzs in eliminating the remaining Omni Fighters, losing 76 of them against the 84 from the Clans.
Both the Heavy Guards and the Kell Hounds took heavy damage and would need months to be considered operational again. On the plus side, they had captured a lot of Clan salvage, including DropShips.
Enraged by the use of nukes, the Falcons didn’t offer safcon and disregarded zellbrigen, because they considered the AFFC forces dezgra.
This is why they launched an immediate and furious attack on the disembarking forces. So enraged were they that the picket units deployed to protect the landing zones couldn’t do their job and were so quickly obliterated that they couldn’t warn the 10th Lyran Guards that was caught still disembarking.
For the first time too, the Soldier Battle Armor was used in great numbers, the Federated model was a copy (illegal of course) of the Taurian Jack design.
Again if this had been before he was recalled then it would make sense. But it is not I won't say anymore since it is your story but I am very disappointed that instead of going with what should have been a competent and smarter FedCom and more importantly a smarter Victor with both his parents around to keep him in line you are instead letting them hold the Idiot ball. I really hope you fix this because it is eye rolling at best.The border is not as weak as in OTL, just not the better defended. The best / better-equipped units are in the direct borders with the Combine. On average, the AFFC units have more advanced hardware than in the novels by the time the clans arrive. Same for the DCMS. The KungsArme not so much, is a poor nation, after all. I have not written that the invasion advanced has much or as easy as OTL. In fact, I have said nothing about that. Until Victor, indeed the Heir / Archon / First Prince serves with the Royal Guard or the Davion Guard. Victor (and Hohiro) are the first to serve on regular units. Gamming the system a bit, at least in the case of Victor, his last serving unit (the 10th Lyran Guards), has been fully upgraded like a Royal / Davion Guard.
Victor has been Victor, demanded to command the first counter-attack. At least to be part of it. Hanse and Melissa are not happy, but let him go.
The number of warships is limited at this time (less than 10), so all are in the Combine border until now.
The force that victor is a member of has some of the best units, lots of ASFs, and two warships. Is not a half-made force.
The problem is that the Falcons react with much speed and ferocity, caught the 10th by surprise.
Hanse is still alive, even if less active, Katherine/Katrina is under medical treatment, no risk of Melissa been assassinated by The Bitch. Victor still has his Davion Hero complex. Rest assured, Hanse and Melissa, don't let him go again in the first wave. All in all, the FedCon don't receive the idiot ball. But is not all perfect, some faults still persist.