Death said:
Such hints/comments do exist. However, as we saw in the post-vote trial scene, at least some Black Lance forces were testifying against the BL (Specificially, "... and I couldn't go on!"). Between the trial and Confed/UBW picking the brains of the captured/surrendered BL forces, it's unlikely that those stashed resources would remain secret. Also, in spite of the superiority of BL equipment at that time, most of it was destroyed during the crackdown, and what may remain in secret storage is vastly outnumbered. With the infamy of Telamon and destruction of civilian transports, the BL remainders wouldn't remain unreported for long if they actually decided to do anything.
Remember who said those things? They were the ones that were captured. The guy Robert's played, and a couple of other pilots who I am assuming were from the Vesuvious. All those pilots you shot down, a few were sure to eject. They can't all be
that stupid. I'd say plea bargins had to do with what they testified for, etc. And I doubt they'd have trouble getting 20 Drags off of Axius. Look at the WCP map. With even the quickest jump times, you're looking at a good span of time from when Blair alerts The Assembly on, and with as many people as Axius had on board, it wouldn't take much to get those Drag's movin'. Not to mention the UBW ships there.
And look at how soldiers are trained now. #1, if you're on a need to know basis and you don't need to know, YOU DON'T KNOW, because THEY WON'T TELL YOU! #2, A bunch of suped up warriors like the BL aren't likely to just babble on everything they know about. The two or three that testified might have known a bit about what was at Axius, but like I said, they had time to get alot of that off. (Compare times. They could get out of the way, and into Kilrathi space in a hurry, and hide
somewhere. I doubt that every member was informed of these secure elements, not to mention, why would you say secure, if they weren't?
Tolwyn wasn't stupid about setting up the BL. We know that already. So why should we assume he was stupid about how he set it up? Like Zero said in WCP (negatively about hte Midway) "They put all their eggs into one little basket with no backup." When Tolwyn set up the BL, it wasn't his first ride on the Merry-go-round. He'd did things like this before, only legally. Stratigically and tactically speaking, of course, the moving of forces, the keeping of forces secure, and hush-hush. (Hell, he hid the
Behemoth(SP?) didn't he? Tell me that didn't take some work
)
Just like Quarto said, we're not saying there's enough to come back and take over Confed. But I highly doubt that a well-set-up, well funded organization like the BL, is just going to go under because of something like that. That's why there's a chain of command, so if one goes down, another can pop up. I mean, it was a
signifigant drawback, but again, we don't know how much credits, forces, etc were diverted to the BL's cause. Like I said, or at least tried to, Tolwyn wasn't going to put that much time into realizing his dream, and put it all in one little basket (but I wouldn't call Axius a "little basket"
).
And about Dragons being spotted leaving, Let me get this strait, the Drag can't get set up for the jump, decloak and be outta town in a heartbeat? If the pilot was any good at all, (and the BL were the "elite"), he could pull it off, and even if Confed fighters picked him up, he could be in the next system cloaked, on his way, before the Confed fighters got through the jump. And if enough of them got through, which I'm following the fact that they weren't completely broke, as some have portrayed, they could begin their own band of pirates, except not use the Dragons. I know it sounds stupid to let a piece of hardware like that just sit around, but I mean, if they were going to keep it secure til they could figure out their bearings, they could do it.
As for the religious things, I prefer not to talk about politics, religion, and her, so I'll stay out of it.
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