I was just recently reading both Victory Streaks and Action Stations, and I was wondering, is Action Stations the WC novel equivalent of the Battle of McAuliffe the manuals speak of. I know there are major differences between the two, but i've hear that the novels aren't completely canon, so its possible that they are two different versions of the same event.
Similarities:
Cryptologist Ches M. Penny decodes Kilrathi transmissions signalling a major offensive on the world of McAuliffe and its orbitting space station Alexandria, Confed dispatches task force to assist.
Kilrathi forces end up being quadruple expected size.
Confed forces are initially pushed back and the Kilrathi take McAuliffe, however a strong counteroffensive pushes the Kilrathi to retreat with losses as extensive as the Terrans.
That's where the similarities end, the major differences are:
Victory Streaks says the Confed fleet arrived in time to set up a formidable defensive perimeter, while Action Stations has the Confed fleet not arriving until the battle has been joined, and Confed forces on McAuliffe being caught totally off guard.
According to VS, phase shields and torpedo technology had not yet been developed, however AS has this battle as being the one that first introduced torpedo technology and has the Kilrathi as the ones introducing it.
VS has the Confed fleet regrouping under then-Captain Tolwyn, while in AS, Tolwyn is still an ensign, and Commander Winston Turner is the one who regroups the fleet with the TCS Concordia as the focal point.
VS speaks of the Confederation mining a jump point and then detonating specific mines to allow reinforcements to come through, however AS has no mines and is able to scare the Kilrathi emporer into ordering retreat by destroying troop transports with Imperial clansmen on them.
Are these two versions of the same event, or two different battles. If they indeed are two different battles, McAuliffe has certainly seen a lot of action, and Ches M. Penny deserves a medal for decoding so many important Kilrathi transmissions.
Similarities:
Cryptologist Ches M. Penny decodes Kilrathi transmissions signalling a major offensive on the world of McAuliffe and its orbitting space station Alexandria, Confed dispatches task force to assist.
Kilrathi forces end up being quadruple expected size.
Confed forces are initially pushed back and the Kilrathi take McAuliffe, however a strong counteroffensive pushes the Kilrathi to retreat with losses as extensive as the Terrans.
That's where the similarities end, the major differences are:
Victory Streaks says the Confed fleet arrived in time to set up a formidable defensive perimeter, while Action Stations has the Confed fleet not arriving until the battle has been joined, and Confed forces on McAuliffe being caught totally off guard.
According to VS, phase shields and torpedo technology had not yet been developed, however AS has this battle as being the one that first introduced torpedo technology and has the Kilrathi as the ones introducing it.
VS has the Confed fleet regrouping under then-Captain Tolwyn, while in AS, Tolwyn is still an ensign, and Commander Winston Turner is the one who regroups the fleet with the TCS Concordia as the focal point.
VS speaks of the Confederation mining a jump point and then detonating specific mines to allow reinforcements to come through, however AS has no mines and is able to scare the Kilrathi emporer into ordering retreat by destroying troop transports with Imperial clansmen on them.
Are these two versions of the same event, or two different battles. If they indeed are two different battles, McAuliffe has certainly seen a lot of action, and Ches M. Penny deserves a medal for decoding so many important Kilrathi transmissions.
more conflict! So for the good of society and the board, lets not and say we did.
