Farbourne
Rear Admiral
Are there any supplemental sources (i.e. novelizations, supplemental material in the strategy guides, etc) that specifically detail what went down at K'Tithrak Mang (the first time, when the Tiger's Claw was destroyed)? Because playing the games alone leave some ambiguities that I was wondering about.
1). The WC2 intro indicates that the Claw was on "attack approach" to the Kilrathi station at K'Tithrak Mang, but later in WC2, you have to fly a mission where you are told not to destroy certain ships so that they can be followed back to their base, implying that Confed didn't know where K'Tithrak Mang was. Was the Claw just sort of searching around for it hoping to find it, or did it move in the ten years interceding?
2). The TCS Austin was in the system as well--wasn't she a pretty powerful ship as well (a Bengal or a strike cruiser or something?) Why did the loss of the Claw doom the assault on K'Tithrak Mang and, as Thrakhath says, "leave the human colonies" (in Enigma, presumably) "defensless"? As big and powerful as the Claw was, I'm sure Confed had other ships, and time and time again they put up a pretty good defense when outnumbered...
3). Why was the loss of the Claw pinned on Blair alone? The manual says he detected some ships that vanished, so he went to investigate, and meanwhile they used their cloaks to slip past and destroy the Claw. But was Blair the only pilot patrolling? Why was Tolwyn so certain the ships that had destroyed the Claw had come through Blair's patrol route? Space is pretty big and 3D--how do they know the fighters that destroyed the Claw didn't approach from and escape to the complete opposite direction? For that matter, why was Blair flying solo on that mission? How do they know that Joe Somebodyelse who was patrolling the other side of the Claw wasn't guilty of treason or negligence? Just because Blair's was the only flight recorder missing?
4). How did some pilots survive the Claw? Were Iceman, Angel, Spirit, Paladin, Maniac, and Hunter out on patrol at the time as well (or had been transferred off the Claw by then)? Was Knight on board the Claw when she went up?
1). The WC2 intro indicates that the Claw was on "attack approach" to the Kilrathi station at K'Tithrak Mang, but later in WC2, you have to fly a mission where you are told not to destroy certain ships so that they can be followed back to their base, implying that Confed didn't know where K'Tithrak Mang was. Was the Claw just sort of searching around for it hoping to find it, or did it move in the ten years interceding?
2). The TCS Austin was in the system as well--wasn't she a pretty powerful ship as well (a Bengal or a strike cruiser or something?) Why did the loss of the Claw doom the assault on K'Tithrak Mang and, as Thrakhath says, "leave the human colonies" (in Enigma, presumably) "defensless"? As big and powerful as the Claw was, I'm sure Confed had other ships, and time and time again they put up a pretty good defense when outnumbered...
3). Why was the loss of the Claw pinned on Blair alone? The manual says he detected some ships that vanished, so he went to investigate, and meanwhile they used their cloaks to slip past and destroy the Claw. But was Blair the only pilot patrolling? Why was Tolwyn so certain the ships that had destroyed the Claw had come through Blair's patrol route? Space is pretty big and 3D--how do they know the fighters that destroyed the Claw didn't approach from and escape to the complete opposite direction? For that matter, why was Blair flying solo on that mission? How do they know that Joe Somebodyelse who was patrolling the other side of the Claw wasn't guilty of treason or negligence? Just because Blair's was the only flight recorder missing?
4). How did some pilots survive the Claw? Were Iceman, Angel, Spirit, Paladin, Maniac, and Hunter out on patrol at the time as well (or had been transferred off the Claw by then)? Was Knight on board the Claw when she went up?