Some idea I randomly thought of, and could be fun. So:
If Bretonia ever managed to disable the jump gate to Edinburgh, which is in Leeds, Gallic ships would only be able to come trough Tau-31, which would be turned into a bottleneck. And you know of the Outcasts and the Colonials, and about their love for the Taus. Besides that, there is a jump hole in Newcastle leading there. I won't even talk about what could happen if the Shogun returned to power.
Disabling a whole jump gate probably isn't an easy task, and I'd like to know what should be used for it, how long would it last, etc... If it is possible to destroy it in a certain period of time, this is the plan:
The jump gate to Edinburgh is not guarded by any NPC stations, and NPC patrols seem to be rarer around it than around other objects in Leeds. That doesn't only mean that Leeds is weak there, but also that Gallia doesn't expect an attack at Edinburgh jump gate. The trade lane separating it from planet Leeds, and the nearest Gallic fleet, has been cut. The jump hole to New London is fairly close. Magellan, a Libertonian springboard, isn't far either. If Liberty manages to pull off a diversion at planet Leeds, Bretonia from Dundee in Edinburgh, and disrupt what has left of the mentioned lane with a few fighters, they might be able to place a small deconstructive fleet near the gate, which will do what deconstructive fleets are meant to do.
Nether Bretonia, nor Liberty, should use large fleets, since all that don't manage to run away might be lost.
Is it possible? Fun? Or just another one of those funny ideas you get at 11:12pm, after a difficult day?
Be careful what you wish for with regards to anything even tangentially related to destroying gates. The Devs decided that Rheinland plans to coordinate the destruction of gates between the Rheinland/Lib buffer systems and Kusari/Lib buffer systems as just a possible backup plan would become Rheinland just blowing its gates, pissing off Ageira, and Kusari not doing anything - because apparently Liberty can only be protected from its enemies and not cut off from its unfriendly trading partners. - TLDNR - planning things like this is like making wishes with a monkey's paw.
Assuming that Liberty and Bretonia do use big fleets (counter to what you suggested) because if a small fleet could easily destroy gates, then the Gallics would have simply gone around destroying gates in Magellan to cut off Liberty supply lines into Bretonia long ago.
Even if the Gallics can't react quickly enough to protect the Edinburgh gate, they'd certainly be ready to cut off the Bretonian/Liberty fleet retreat - and/or launch a devastating counter offensive into a vulnerable New London.
Also dont forget there still Kusari Exiles / Council forces nearby tau 29 and newcastle they shure are not just sit idle to.
And with the opening of the rishi lyonnais gate/hole there are even (if also a risky) a way for Redemption Reinforcement slipping threw if hogosha / farmers dont mind it.
Related to the previous responses: why blow it up? Why not get Ageira involved? Have an Ageira technical team scramble the Jump Gate innards from point blank. This way you don't need a large fleet, just a distraction and fighter wing to give cover to the technical team on site.
I guess if its done like this the gate won't be taken out permanently, but it would still provide for a special operations mission.
(02-11-2014, 11:39 PM)EisenSeele Wrote: pissing off Ageira
Why would it piss Ageira off?
Ageira doesn't pay for the Gates. Rheinland's the one that's going to be throwing billions, if not trillions at Ageira for the parts necessary to rebuild them, if it ever comes to it.
I hate to break it to you but there is a Leeds - Edinbough jumphole up by LD-14. In Edinbough this jumphole isn't all that far from the Battleship stationed in that system, so I think it's fair to say that the Gallics would be aware of this route. Destroying the jumpgate will not have the impact you are expecting, in my humble opinion.
Gallic forces are already docked at BS near the Leeds. This 'bottleneck' you're talking about is an illusion since I don't see anyone going through TAU except IMG because all the others are not neutral to the GRN and thus have a big deal of headache with all those stationed caps on every single corner. Bottlenecks are only work well for trading activity.
Liberty is bias, all other houses get to gth but not liberty oh no, liberty in a sane world will consist only NewYork.
I'd like to see California burn, finaly the pisshole can get what it rightfully deserve.
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