An idea in which the Coalition, with a little, 'very little' tweaking
[10:23:14 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": 'Owns the entire Sirius Sector'
[10:23:19 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": Theoretically possible
[10:26:38 PM] Lobster_Lord: hmm
[10:26:55 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": All you need
[10:27:03 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": is some advanced tech that existed in some form already
[10:27:08 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": And a single battle carrier
[10:27:23 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": For lack of better things to do I shall elaborate, BRACE FOR IMPACT:
[10:27:43 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": Step 1 - Have a competent military man who's close to the despoting retard dude 'blow his brains out' and assume command
[10:28:17 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": Step 2 - Commission a new CS Pukov battle carrier so that large numbers of fighters and bombers can be sent longer distances, aka force projection
[10:28:46 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": Step 3 - Steal old Rheinland technical data with Nomad equipment along with any other secret crap you can, and a large supply of Gallic Promethium
[10:29:14 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": Step 4 - Develop a series of superweapons which, while not horrendously potent, can still be used correctly in the right situations to utterly dominate. These are as follows:
[10:30:09 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": 1- A refined cloaking mechanism using modified Promethium-charged Nanobots in a screen that absorb all energy except for light and reflect it back. No signature, nothing to see. Since it uses Promethium it can have a very small fuel source and can thus be mounted on even fighters
[10:30:23 PM] Lobster_Lord: hmmmm
[10:31:24 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": 2 - Anti-matter Torpedoes. Not just any torpedoes, gigantic warheads full of Anti-matter, SNAC times Twenty. You might think these are vulnerable no? Wrong: Mount the same kind of Jump Drive that fighters had in Starlancer which let them do lightspeed for short distances. Launch the torpedo, engage the drive, BAM, virtually inescapable SNAC times Twenty barrage
[10:32:12 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": 3 - The same concept only using Promethium-energized EMP explosions, fired in a net around an enemy fleet. Instant shield removal, follow by the torpedo barrage = Death Incarnate
[10:32:22 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": And to top it all off, the coup de grace:
[10:33:17 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": 4 - Steal all data on the Texas Project and develop a trans-stellar 'Warp Projector' ala Starlancer and mount it on the Pukov. Lets it jump to virtually any point in Sirius with a full load of snubfighters and a handful of escorts instantly.
[10:33:53 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": Now, how to employ these weapons, to make a single fleet of ships dominate all of Sirius?
[10:34:15 PM] Lobster_Lord: damn Xander.. please.... keep going.. this is gold
[10:35:13 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": Step 1 - Go to Rheinland with all your Hessian, LWB, and Unioner buddies and vape an entire fleet using your technology, giving one MASSIVE propaganda and political suckerpunch to the face of the Kanzler. With an entire fleet blown up before their eyes, the entire population will become at least 50% more malleable to dissent. Ergo: Let your Hessian/LWB/Unioner pals instigate a Rheinland-wide revolution.
[10:35:52 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": Step 2 - While Rheinland begins to fall apart, you let the Hessians and company try to handle it, knowing full well that they're incompetent and that they will never be able to gain stable control. However, you bank on that because it means they'll be indisposed while you take on bigger fish to fry
[10:37:01 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": Step 3 - Use the jump drive to scream straight to Planet Manhattan. Nuke it to Bits. The Liberty Navy, having just seen the entire Rheinland screen dissolve into anarchy and retreat, will suddenly hear of this atrocity and come back ASAP to find a dead planet. Then, when this massive fleet is assembled, ostensibly to defend Liberty from such a threat, they find nothing
[10:37:01 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": Why?
[10:37:42 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": Because the entire Coalition fleet is cloaked and surrounds it. Have every gunboat and destroyer and even bomber that can hack it pack Anti-matter torpedos, nukes, you name it. Uncloak, launch those EMP nets to snag the whole damn armada, and Obliterate the Liberty Navy
[10:38:44 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": Step 4 - Proclaim Hegemony over Liberty. The people of that House, after having the bulk of their forces, and their capital, wiped out in one stunning series of catastrophes, will probably bend over backwards because they don't have the stubborn fortitude of Rheinlanders or Brits or Japs
[10:39:52 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": Step 5 - Bank on the Gallic Royal Navy deciding to launch its vaunted attack on Sirius, thereby crushing both Bretonia and Kusari which are already weakened from their own war. Then, after the Frenchies clean them up, use the fleet to skip around to all their major fleets and repeat the same process of sneak attack and surprise destruction
[10:40:47 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": Step 6 - Re-mine the entrances to Gallia and post guards to keep them occupied. Then, when all is said and done and all four Houses are trembling at the knees, and probably all the pirates dumped their ****, and dumped in their pants
[10:41:26 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": proclaim the United Coalition of Sirius. In the name of All Mankind. And gain the support of the Order, using Nomads and Wilde as a common enemy and thus political scapegoat
[10:41:50 PM] 44th_Gater "Tim": After that it's just managing to consolidate power over a bunch of people with their asses kicked over their heads.