Hero said:
I mean the fleet we see at the end of WC3, before the last mission or the one before it
But that fleet doesen't attack Kilrah.
It's in a system from which you jump to Kilrah, and it's mission is to distract the Kilrathi from detecting Blair and his wingman.
DH says: I'm not so certain the Midway is so vulverable as it appears. If it used the launchers to fire real cap-ship missiles, and the double-barreled medium ions were brought to bear, the Midway should make a stand against at least a Leviathan, remember that ship's armor is very thin, and Midway's shields are very strong.
I don't think the Midway would use the launch tubes to fire capship missiles. It would rather have seperate launchers like many other capships have for launching torps.
The armor on the Leviathan's bridge is stronger, and it has similar shielding. Plus it has the shielding with the additional, external shield generators, that make it invurneable to all fighter based weapons. And it would probably stop capship weapons too.
The Midway isn't supposed to opperate alone if escorts can be diverted, but early in the bug skirmishes, Midway was forced to do so.
Yeah, and that's one of the things I don't like about Prophecy. There's no way a single carrier would get through couple dozen Nephilim capships. Including the Krakens, and the Tiamat.
The Midway was designed to opperate with as few escorts as possible, but picket ships, refuelers, and line ships are always necessary to engage large numbers of capships by locating them quickly and effectivly with fighters and light capships then kill them with a combiation of SEAD missions, bomber strikes and capship firepower.
The Midway is desinged to be at a center of a fleet, not with few escorts. And if you had a Nephilim capship coming straight at the Midway, destroying it wouldn't be as easy as it is in the game. The Neph capships like destroyers and cruisers have stronger armor, some heavy guns, and fighters. They could very well make it within striking range of the Midway without any damage.
[This message has been edited by Earthworm (edited April 29, 2000).]