The BL HQ in Axius
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Since the Axius system has no real stratigic value I would guess Confed scrapped it.
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They've got use surrounded. Poor bastards.
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Try it. What could it hurt.
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They've got use surrounded. Poor bastards.
http://www.sballiance.com/cgi-bin/UBBCGI/Ultimate.cgi
Try it. What could it hurt.
Do you have any suggestions to where to put it?
Personally... I can't think of any other places to place it. Do you?
Considering everything that has happened after Wing Commander IV (which is the time period BL plays on), I can't think of another place to have it.
But remember.... the BLS Krakatoa is where the main action takes place (considering I'm its new Engineer >
).
The last time I checked.... Capital Ships DID move..... (just very slowly ;P)
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Personally... I can't think of any other places to place it. Do you?
Considering everything that has happened after Wing Commander IV (which is the time period BL plays on), I can't think of another place to have it.
But remember.... the BLS Krakatoa is where the main action takes place (considering I'm its new Engineer >
).The last time I checked.... Capital Ships DID move..... (just very slowly ;P)
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Death
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Considering the base probably masses many hundreds of thousands of tonnes, and definitely wasn't given any propulsion method (beyond maybe stationkeeping thrusters), it wouldn't be worth the hassle.
Besides, given it's previous use (as the Black Lance HQ), Confed continuing to use it would be a public relations disaster. Likewise using the Dragon.
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SubCrid Death
Official Net.Nazi, LOAF's Merry Guild
Besides, given it's previous use (as the Black Lance HQ), Confed continuing to use it would be a public relations disaster. Likewise using the Dragon.
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I don't think CONFED would scrap Axius. It was not only a military base but an R & D base also. It is a valuable military resource. Confed did not have the money to waste. At the moment I can think of a parallel example. In WWII, the Germans had a test facility in E. Germany know as Penumende. This is the place where the V-1 and V-2s were developed and some of the Early ME-262 tests conducted. When Germany fell both the USSR and the E. Germans continued to use the facility for R & D and also for live weapons fire training for Eastern German pilots.
Axius was a military facility and its locale made a valuable resource to the CONFED.
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Founder of the Blacklance HQ
Axius was a military facility and its locale made a valuable resource to the CONFED.
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Death
gh0d (Administrator)
Confed still supporting the Black Lance
Yeah, that'll sound good as the intro soundbite of a special report on TCN Nightly News...
Besides, after the public airing-out of Confed's 'dirty laundry' (so to speak) in Tolwyn's trial, what makes you think Axius would remain a secret?
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SubCrid Death
Official Net.Nazi, LOAF's Merry Guild
Yeah, that'll sound good as the intro soundbite of a special report on TCN Nightly News...
Besides, after the public airing-out of Confed's 'dirty laundry' (so to speak) in Tolwyn's trial, what makes you think Axius would remain a secret?
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There is another point that is bothering me:
What happened to the remains of the BL troops? As Tolwyn stated in the end of TPoF (in his thoughts before his suicide, that is) there are still some of them hiding out.
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What happened to the remains of the BL troops? As Tolwyn stated in the end of TPoF (in his thoughts before his suicide, that is) there are still some of them hiding out.
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Knight
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Death says:
Confed still supporting the Black Lance
Yeah, that'll sound good as the intro soundbite of a special report on TCN Nightly News...
Death, who said anything about them still supporting the BL? Just because they use the base, doesn't mean that they are continuing to develop the Genetic Enhancement, flashpack, or the Gen-Select. Anyway, its anyones guess, because OSI isn't saying a damn thing, so I don't see how anyone's opinions can be considered wrong, no matter how far off they may seem. Remember, OSI had a reputation of doing things that seemed far off, but worked out in the end.
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Confed still supporting the Black Lance
Yeah, that'll sound good as the intro soundbite of a special report on TCN Nightly News...
Death, who said anything about them still supporting the BL? Just because they use the base, doesn't mean that they are continuing to develop the Genetic Enhancement, flashpack, or the Gen-Select. Anyway, its anyones guess, because OSI isn't saying a damn thing, so I don't see how anyone's opinions can be considered wrong, no matter how far off they may seem. Remember, OSI had a reputation of doing things that seemed far off, but worked out in the end.
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I didn't say that Confed would be supporting the BL by continuing to use the Axius base. But you can bet that if there's a way for a reporter to misinterpret something to make the military/government look bad (particularly with the martial law that's still in effect, as per the WC4 novel), it's a pretty safe bet they'll find it, and make it the front-page news (or a special report, for TV-type stuff).
(The bold text was to make it more like a newspaper headline. I suppose I should've used quotation marks to indicate it being a quote.)
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SubCrid Death
Official Net.Nazi, LOAF's Merry Guild
(The bold text was to make it more like a newspaper headline. I suppose I should've used quotation marks to indicate it being a quote.)
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Nighthawk- The remains of the Black Lance was hunted down and destroyed by combined Confed/Border Worlds forces. Contrary to some beliefs, there wasnt 87 billion Dragons(Yeah, exaggeration, I know) but only around 40 or so. The UBW captured some during WC4, and the rest were destroyed in combat. LOAF can probably give additional details/correct any mistakes I made in here.
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"Building ships, harvesting and transporting Flowers, cooking up the Protoculture, and assembling weapons systems just hadn't been enough for them. Not when word had gotten around that the Terrans' homeworld had fallen to the Invid. Jack liked it-the loyalty and Espirit de Corps, the Sentinels' way with payback." -- Robotech: The Sentinels #5, 'Rubicon'
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About the Dragons, BW got 10 of them when they captured the Black Lance transport in the game, or the Confed Carrier in Speradon, and other 10 were destroyed in the Confed space station in Speradon. That leaves only 20 for the Black Lance.
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Yes, there was some talk about them not having enough fighters in the WC4 novel, maybe they could have destroyed the Intrepid if they had more fighters.
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Death's Head
Spaceman
Did you see that shipyard building Bearcats? I don't think with the ability to put out expensive ships like the interceptor and the Veuvius Heavy carriers just after the war, it's so much a question of having enough ships as much as being able to deploy them to trouble spots.
Hmm...it is too bad that the other WCP script was not used for it shows that Axius is still being used.
We don't know the exact number of Dragons and where they were actually constructed.
I wouldn't be surprised if...
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Founder of the Blacklance HQ
We don't know the exact number of Dragons and where they were actually constructed.
I wouldn't be surprised if...
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Founder of the Blacklance HQ
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