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Posted - 2012.07.12 14:32:00 -
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Tchulen wrote:Actually, I have problem with this as long as it costs 10 x the price of a titan, has no more than 100,000EHP and has the equivalent mass, speed and agility of a titan but have no jump capabilities, no gate travel capabilities and cannot be passed through a jump bridge or titan bridge.
If people want to one-shot a titan they'd best expect the risk to be huge considering the reward is insane.
You know, I was thinking about flaming this entire post, until I read this response. THIS is logical thought. And I do like the idea another poster stated about shooting from essentially several AU away.
These would be similar to the railguns you saw in Halo around Colonial planets. This is something our military has already been considering for some time, I actually think this would be a VERY viable iteration to EVE.
All 3 turret based weaponry would easily work in this capacity, but it would have to be against targets that have been immobilized. The time it would take for the shot to cross the distance to the Titan would have to take anywhere from 30 seconds to a few minutes if it was to be shot at AU ranges (takes 8 minutes for light from sun to earth (1 AU).
It would have to be the following I think to succeed: -Cheaper than a Titan/SC -More expensive than other capitals -Can only in-system warp while assembled -Cannot Gate, Cyno, Bridge, Dock, or fit into a Ship Maintenance Array -Takes 6 hours to assemble (can be assembled inside POS shields) -Takes 5-30 minutes to recharge the shot -Does about HALF shield or armor damage per shot** -Can fire from 25k-187,000,000k (1/8th of an AU for 1m delay between shot/damage) -Targets must be moving 15-25 m/s or less (actually whatever a titan moves when webbed down hard maybe 5-10 m/s) -Require Starbase Defense Operations 5 (with an advanced skill on same level as carrier training) -Each shot requires some components from either PI, Moon, Planetary Rings(gun platform + ring iteration?!?!) -Gun CAN be used on ANY stationary (0 m/s) targets(if you let someone build one in YOUR system, your own damned fault) -A pilot boards the gun, which can be configured with a password, as he would any ship floating in space -100k EFT max as a poster stated sounds about right -Cannot lock targets, requires targets be designated by target painters (HAHA make them REAL target painters) -Shots calibrated before ship providing target painting is jammed can be fired. -Shots take 30 seconds to calibrate, and 10 to fire. -Secondary and Tertiary Gunnery skills apply to this gun platform -Cannot fit modules -Requires the following Skills at a minimum: ---Capital Ships 5 ---Gunnery 5 ---Related Capital Weapon 5 (Rail, Energy, or Projectile)
This is a highly advanced mobile weapons platform. It *CAN* be made in mass by larger alliances sure, and nothing stops an alliance from fielding a dozen or more of these in addition to Titans because that is how a sandbox works. However it gives a smaller alliance a chance to mount a Defense that wont outright obliterate a titan fleet, but several of these arranged by defensively placed bookmarks around objects can create a perimeter around important objects and provide long range support. With 6 of these taking shots in unison, yes you COULD obliterate a titan. If your being invaded, field an entire fleet of these if you want. But you better bet your ass if you do not defend them they will be attack by enemy support fleets AND destroyed.
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