(10-23-2013, 02:13 AM)kikatsu Wrote: Also maybe Gallia should get on the phone with the Corsairs and coordinate attacks with them, I mean, the Corsairs attack Cambridge all the time and some coordination can grind down the BAF even more.
Sadly, it seems that ever since the CCCP raids in Alpha together with Corsairs, the current GRN and Corsairs factions have gotten afraid of resuming actual talks to coordinate or even ally against a common enemy.
(10-23-2013, 09:38 AM)FallenKnight Wrote: Why are RM in the title? LN-BAF are in alliance, BAF are in alliance with council and friendly(from hostile) to CR. Zoners? They are out of the image...BAF/LN/C/ - alliance forces vs GRN, the alliance is supported by CR. Thats the official stance, as for RM/Zoner...ingame scenarios with such indies =/= lore RP...so...
Zoners are in there, because punishers rage over TAZ and our..... discordian-ness.
RM... well im with you. where do they come in to it?
(10-23-2013, 02:13 AM)kikatsu Wrote: Also maybe Gallia should get on the phone with the Corsairs and coordinate attacks with them, I mean, the Corsairs attack Cambridge all the time and some coordination can grind down the BAF even more.
Sadly, it seems that ever since the CCCP raids in Alpha together with Corsairs, the current GRN and Corsairs factions have gotten afraid of resuming actual talks to coordinate or even ally against a common enemy.
Corsairs were invading Cambridge all summer. Even daily raids took place. Than both sides got tired, ships got too damaged. Come cows were left on planet for the next time. Now main fleet repairs, pirate fleet will keep pirating as always.
About Gallic issue I'd like to say:
1. More cooperation between officials and Punishers, in battle and inRP. It's about time for:
- a Royal visit to Punishers, boost battle morale inRP. Maybe even Capture the King event, idk...
- announce/emergency chat for all Gallics, NO SPAM. So raids can be timed, Leeds defense as well
2. more RP. It's crazy nation triggered somehow to conquer rest of the Universe. People hate what they do not know. Maybe system music forced Gallics out, heheheeee
3. More tagged players involved. More fairplay, balance and responsibility comes with factions. Freedom with no liability is so appealing, but...
@Pepe, you are talking about ingame raids not lore raids. There is huge difference between ingame and lore. If we were following the ingame scenarios then Bretonia would conquer Gallia due to its activity and player base cuz you know how Gallia was during .85 and .86....but what happens? We lose Leeds due to 30 players while bret playerbase is like 200+. ( numbers are not accurate but you got the idea)
If the lore suggests that corsairs are preparing a huge strike on cambridge and possibly gona conquer it...somehow - fine do ingame raids. But without lore support - ingame raids of 200 vs 2 everyday, wont bring you anything.
(10-23-2013, 09:38 AM)FallenKnight Wrote: - All bretonian fleets from Leeds have been successfully evacuated to the other systems with minor casualties while there is only one big loss - Derby. The rest of its fleet is now in York, New London, repairing.
- Gaians are "gone" and their numbers in RP is insignificant in order to do a huge act against New London.
- Bretonia is fighting in Leeds and other systems around ONLY with guerilla units - from fighter to gunboat or destroyer - doing hit and run attacks with expectations of minor casualties.
- Most bretonian fleets are now restoring their numbers for the "last battle"if such ever happens. In short - brave people from whole Bretonia are now going to take their startracker, fight and die, if necessary.
- The moral boost is tremendously huge overall cuz the captail can be assaulted and must be protected.
- New London contains 50% of the BAF forces, others are scattered in newcastle.
- After the loss of Leeds, Cambridge is been protected even further cuz loosing it may be equal to lose new london.
- In last place - GRN are not going to fight bretonia (we dont know that in RP but soon we shall, which will only make us stronger)
My usual tempering of Bretonia's strength coming right up
Although I said plenty here, will be more specific.
The fleets are fairly intact though 'scratched' at the very least, as I said here.
The Gaians, while not particularly significant in a military way, can still be pretty disruptive to the Bretonia-Liberty traders (given their ZoI has extended to California), the colonisation attempts in Omega-3 and the integration of Poole into core space.
Your spread of BAF forces seems a bit weird, being only in Leeds and Newcastle... but also defending Cambridge heavily (and I assume you'd include Dublin too). The Norfolk fleet is strong enough to repel any significant attack by the Corsairs, but the majority of defence around there is actually the CDI - that civilian militia you've mentioned. Loyal and numerous but not exactly well-trained...
(10-23-2013, 09:38 AM)FallenKnight Wrote: PS: Why are RM in the title? LN-BAF are in alliance, BAF are in alliance with council and friendly(from hostile) to CR. Zoners? They are out of the image...BAF/LN/C/ - alliance forces vs GRN, the alliance is supported by CR. Thats the official stance, as for RM/Zoner...ingame scenarios with such indies =/= lore RP...so...
The Colonials haven't been hostile with Bretonia for a couple of years now, and by now we're getting towards an alliance. Liberty (the only house we haven't actually been at war with so far) as a house hasn't had that much cooperation with the CR, although the Navy in particular has become a military ally of the Military. Council seems to be allied with all three (although, Liberty appears more to be a trade alliance given the distance of Roussillon from the Navy - this has changed now though).
Zoners in general aren't involved, although TAZ is (and/or was, it seems to change) hostile to Gallia and is in a triumvirate alliance with the Council and Colonials.
EDIT: And Fallen, the actual game doesn't need to be about lore - some people play for fun instead of to win the RP wars
Calm thine mammaries and let's have a fun filled discussion.
Lore can be waxed upon and manipulated and turned on it's head any way you want. It's fiction, fiction is malleable. I have the ability to counter your bretonian lore spreads with Gallic lore spreads, but I won't. That is something that takes backseat to fun interactions ingame.
As GRN Leader, this is how I see it. Gallia would be smart to put Liberty on the backfoot and just dedicate a small fleet towards sieging and wearing down the Bretonians. Comparatively, the Bretonian fleet is insignificant enough and hemmed into a few systems that they can afford to do this.
As a result, The focus is shifted from Leeds and a bretonian fight towards Magellan-Manchester corridor and a Liberty fight. Liberty is likely to have it's toughest battle yet with a fleet that can actually counter and destroy theirs in the right circumstances. That's how the basic premise looks for now.
As the focus of power shifts in the Bretonian region, different factions have tough calls to make. Risk Gallic wrath and ally against them for what may quite potentially be a loss, or take advantage of the victory bandwagon and ally WITH the house whose warmongering intent may quite possibly help them achieve goals they couldn't by their own strength? The corsairs are a prime example...Pepe, drop me a PM with your skype please.
But I'd strongly urge more factions to consider it from a logical standpoint, either roleplay decision is...well, roleplay. But allying "with" Gallia to achieve your goals is also equally legitimate, and the GRN is willing to facilitate such roleplay.
My mammaries appear to be aligned with yours, Rod, don't worry. I've been calling for all these random groups popping up that they should consider actually allying with Gallia since there are already more than 10 enemy groups for them and no allied ones.
Other than the Corsairs, who would actually bring some military might to the equation, the most feasible way to do this (to me) would be a Gaian group that is funded by the GRN to raid Bretonia and the places they can't reach (California and Omega-3 in particular). This can be RPed as hoping to get your own goals achieved after Gallia has won (this is the angle the Mollys are taking), or being forced to by having Planet Gaia and Islay under the cannons of some Valors. You could just have Bretonia, Liberty, the Colonials and Council all being pretty heavily into terraforming to simply be happy to shoot them and get paid for it.
An active Gallic Junker group as the equivalent of the Privateers (decent ZoI, 90% GRN tech) is also a possibility, Lane Hackers are intelligent enough to work against Liberty in other ways (they've dealt with BDM| and GRP to this effect in the past), the Hogosha could hire themselves out against their shared enemies of the Outcasts, Liberty traders in Kepler/Galileo, BD/GC etc. The Farmers might not like it of course, but they don't need to know.
Just make sure zoners dont step in, we dont need that -_-, also I am keen to know why gallia doesn't have its own "intelligence" agency to do sneak attacks, and because liberty is involved i believe rheinland should invade liberty to keep them busy while the french.. do the french fries. This is the chance that the germans were waiting for, yet all the economy crap rumors cloacked it. In any staff academy they will tell you, do not attack unless you have ATLEASt 2 to 1 advantage, and.. they have it.