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Re: Stupid pilots... Beergod: Don't worry, there's a lot of good stuff to come regarding the reserve forces and Tanfen. We're moving away from the Loki battle for the next few chapters to llok at what's happening elsewhere in the Universe, and a good chunk of that focuses on the reserves...

Hmmm, I never thought of the fact that being an outsider could also be an *advantage* for Kyra. As Max seems destined to be one of the future leaders of the Corp, the viewpoint that Kyra provides could do him a lot of good. The Tanfen Corp has its own distinct culture and identity, but it also...

I tend to view the Kilrathi (around WC:P) as a loose grouping clans which pretty much go their own way. They probably use the Assembly to settle disputes (make sure there isn't an all out clan war) and present a more or less united face to the Humans, but it doesn't have an real power over the...

Hey all, Raptor here. Here's something that I've been thinking about. While the HTL battles to date have caused some major casualties, there are a lot more to come. One of the things I do as the co-ordinator is pick which ships and units get "written out". :D It would be interesting to see...

Well, old age and cunning will beat youth and enthusiasm everytime. :D for the Intrepid, she's chalked up some pretty good big capship kills/disables, including the Lexington and the Vesuvius. Best, Raptor

It's bigger, with a longer range and a much heavier warhead. On the flipside, it's a lot easier to shoot down, and you can't fire salvoes of them like you can with torpedoes. Best, Raptor

You can find pictures of most of the new Border Worlds fighters at the Battlegroup Valkyrie website. It also has their histories and stats. http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~theraj/battlegroupval/ Best, Raptor

Besides which, any pilot who is a good enough shot to accurately fire on a fighter sized gun mount can do the same thing to your cockpit. :D Best, Raptor

I always thought of Insys as being similar to the Coast Guard. They're a service branch, but mainly concerned with peacekeeping/security of the Inner Territories. [Edit] Oops, that's pretty much what LOAF said a couple pf posts down. :) Best, Raptor

The entire WCL sub-directory has been taken down. The HTL account is mine, but I was letting Neo use WCL to put up some of his club related sites. Some of the material wasn't really what I had in mind though, so the directory got taken down. Best, Raptor

That's probably the reason is Hitler is more notorious, actually. His policies had an impact on a huge swathe of the world, not just on Russia. PS: Are you sure that the 5 million figure for Hitler is accurate? From what I remember of my history, 6 million Jews alone died in the death camps...

I don't think the boarder worlds would win, either. They never pay their rent on time. The Border Worlds, on the other hand... :D Best, Raptor

[/B] I should point out here that Tolwyn did intend to take his "enhancement" program not just to a Confed wide level, but to a humanity wide level. Telamon was a test run for sowing the Gen-Select on other worlds, and removing the "chaff" (or "genetic pollution" to borrow LeHah's term) from...

If I remember correctly, those wrre Blair's thoughts rather than Paulsen's words. He was thinking that the Border Worlders made the perfect bogeymen because..ect, ect. When you're carrying out a campaign of misinformation/propaganda though, it's usually best not to lie about independantly...

Maybe, and maybe notl. Given what happened to Iceman after the cats got hold of him, I can well see pilots choosing to go down shooting if they were tractored in (maybe making a few hull punctures at the same time *G*) rather than be tortured to death. Best, Raptor

And if the Border Worlders were continuing to get Confed training *after* the conflict (as well as having their officers serve in Confed as exchange officers) that would boost the quality of their pilots further. Best, Raptor

But what could you get in exchange for a dozen or so state of the art war machines? Quite a bit, especially if you played nice and did it without delay or publicity. In international relations, thse things usually work on a quid pro quo basis. And if the Landreich were able to buy things like...

The Landreich only links up to a backwater of Kilrathi space, and even during the war was considered a low priority area. The BW is in a direct line with a lot of the Kilrathi front, so claiming that BW pilots have more experiance post war is hardly invalid. Plus if the Border Worlders fought as...

There's at least one (really long) jump line on LOAF's map that connects Landreich and Border Worlds systems, so you could get from one nation to another without having to cross Confed or Kilrathi space. Trying to fight a war though (with flanking moves and what not) without infringing either...

Yep, though heavy fighters seem to have advanced a lot more than the lights. Early on, the lights could count on on being faster and more manueverable, even though the heavies had more shielding, armour and firepower. When the Excal, Bearcat and Dragon were introduced, the heavies could just...