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Gwyne Fleet
So Gwyne has a fleet coming to attack us. What are some of our options, and the pros and cons thereof?
- Build military space units - This sounds nice in theory, but in practice it would take four turns even to build a rank-1 unit, plus a substantial amount of refined materials. And that doesn't even address the fact that no one has an appropriate factory (although I think a PC action could possibly negate the need for that). I'm not sure if it would be worth it to even try, given that we could be dedicating our resources toward other options.
- Build military air units - This isn't quite so bad, but it would still take at least two turns and require a non-trivial amount of resources (including a factory). And on top of that, the units wouldn't be able to leave the planet they're built on under their own power. I think this might be a "worst of both worlds" option, personally.
- Build ground troops - We can definitely try to do this. I'm not sure if it's better to build them on Elvis (where the materials we need to build them will be) or to ship the materials to another planet that has Good Military (in order to get the discount for that). On the other hand, will ground troops really be that useful against an invasion from space?
- Try to steal some space units from the fleet - The Gwyne fleet is full of military ships. So we could just try to take some of them. If we have collective testicles the size and hardness of an asteroid made of solid astro-diamond. Maybe someone with elite hacking skills could take control of their computers? Or maybe we could just fly up with one of our current rank-1 fighter ships (like the Thunderchild) and boost its effective rank with the help of a PC and a fate point? Or something?
- Take back Vefna - This seems like something we should certainly try at some point. If we throw enough military units at it and add in a PC or two using an Adventure action, then we can probably wrest control of the planet back from Gwyne. I am not sure what exactly this would gain us, but I suspect there should be at least some useful stuff there that we can use in the fight. If we're really lucky, they might even have some space military units there that we can take control of.
- Something else - Any other ideas?
What does everyone else think? Jota 23:13, 14 August 2011 (PDT)
