Speaking of it, why does the Behemoth recoil upon firing, being an energy gun?
Recoil is because of conservation of momentum. Even massless particles have momentum.
Speaking of it, why does the Behemoth recoil upon firing, being an energy gun?
TigerDragon said:To one of the posters above that argues that Tolwyn is not a bad leader, I simply based my observations on the games, where Tolwyn seems more than a little disagreeable. BTW, are the books considered canon by Chris Roberts?
Shipgate said:I don't know though. The Behemoth still had a bunch of Paktahns pummelling it until it blew up. It's not like it had this super sweet spot that made it die in one shot.
d3r3k said:I dunno. I would imagine if it survived the attack and Confed kept it around, Tolwyn would have tried to use it against the Border Worlds.
I dunno. I would imagine if it survived the attack and Confed kept it around, Tolwyn would have tried to use it against the Border Worlds.
To one of the posters above that argues that Tolwyn is not a bad leader, I simply based my observations on the games, where Tolwyn seems more than a little disagreeable.
ChrisReid said:Yeah, but it had gaping holes in the hull, gaps in the shielding and other major flaws. The Paktahns weren't randomly shooting. They were surely going for the defenseless sections that Hobbes tipped them off about.
Shipgate said:I still wouldn't say the circumstances to it's destruction were that similar to the Death Star as Lazy Panda was saying. I just think that having soft spots and weak defenses due to an early deployment is much different than having this one spot where if you hit it the whole thing blows up. Unless maybe he's referring to the second Death Star cause I guess you could argue that its destruction was also the result of it simply not being ready since they flew into the middle of it.
Another thing is when you fly around the Behemoth you can plainly see where it's all patchy looking. Hobbes message to the Kilrathi could've simply been, "Shoot those red patchy areas." One thing I don't remember is did Hobbes (along with providing the technical data about the Behemoth) also provide them with the location of ship and where they were headed?
There were a lot of Kilrathi bombers that I'm sure they could've easily taken out any cap ship. It's not even that hard to do with one bomber. That probably sounds lame though. Cause it's not hard either to take out a single bomber that is trying to destroy your carrier.
Shipgate said:I still wouldn't say the circumstances to it's destruction were that similar to the Death Star as Lazy Panda was saying. I just think that having soft spots and weak defenses due to an early deployment is much different than having this one spot where if you hit it the whole thing blows up. Unless maybe he's referring to the second Death Star cause I guess you could argue that its destruction was also the result of it simply not being ready since they flew into the middle of it.
Another thing is when you fly around the Behemoth you can plainly see where it's all patchy looking. Hobbes message to the Kilrathi could've simply been, "Shoot those red patchy areas." One thing I don't remember is did Hobbes (along with providing the technical data about the Behemoth) also provide them with the location of ship and where they were headed?
There were a lot of Kilrathi bombers that I'm sure they could've easily taken out any cap ship. It's not even that hard to do with one bomber. That probably sounds lame though. Cause it's not hard either to take out a single bomber that is trying to destroy your carrier.
Shipgate said:I still wouldn't say the circumstances to it's destruction were that similar to the Death Star as Lazy Panda was saying. I just think that having soft spots and weak defenses due to an early deployment is much different than having this one spot where if you hit it the whole thing blows up. Unless maybe he's referring to the second Death Star cause I guess you could argue that its destruction was also the result of it simply not being ready since they flew into the middle of it.
Shipgate said:Another thing is when you fly around the Behemoth you can plainly see where it's all patchy looking. Hobbes message to the Kilrathi could've simply been, "Shoot those red patchy areas." One thing I don't remember is did Hobbes (along with providing the technical data about the Behemoth) also provide them with the location of ship and where they were headed?
Shipgate said:There were a lot of Kilrathi bombers that I'm sure they could've easily taken out any cap ship. It's not even that hard to do with one bomber. That probably sounds lame though. Cause it's not hard either to take out a single bomber that is trying to destroy your carrier.
It could be that his conflict with Blair was due to Blairs relationship with Angel (Fraternisation between ranks and also between senior officers)or Blairs apparent displeasure with Angels assignment to covert ops.
Side Note, where was Blair assigned to prior to the False Peace? If he was on the concordia it would seem stange that he would be excluded from Tolwyns actions circa the false peace due to his record and his abilites, perhaps his exclusion from Tolwyns inner circle was a factor in their apparent adversarial nature (But LOAF's expanation sounds more logical)
Torpedoes are simply that powerful, and the Paktahn had six of them and was going for a weak spot. Even the Vesuvius goes down easily sans flash-pack if you use both torps and dumbfires and some gunfire inside the hangar.
Bandit LOAF said:When Wing Commander III opens Tolwyn and Blair have been 'friendly' for several years following Blair's exhonoration. The 'new' rift in Wing Commander III is opened by the actual conversation you see at Torgo in the intro.
Yeah, only light is recoilless, supposedly.
Bandit LOAF said:Blair is resentful of Tolwyn and thinks he's being punished - Blair wanted the Wing Commander slot on the Bradshaw and instead wound up on a second string light carrier...
In reality Tolwyn was rewarding Blair - Tolwyn is assigning veterans to the Victory because he plans to use it for his war ending Behemoth campaign.