Originally by: Orangir

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Edited by: Orangir on 03/09/2007 06:27:56

Originally by: Taran Summers

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Not unless your looking for a pilot with less than 20 million sp. But witty as all get out.

And when I bribe its with untraceable precious jewels. Or veldspar if its Chribba.

Seriously though. No, I don't think any single standing force right now could defeat the MC. From what I've read and what after battle footage I've taken the time to analyze, they're so very professional in their approach to combat (within the limits of a game environment) it allows them to fight much larger numbers of lesser organized forces at any time, even on multiple fronts (even taking the superiority of a lot of their equipment out of the equation).

If you managed to stand up to the raw firepower that they will surprise you with (right where your weakest defense is, bet on it). And then cleared out their manufacturing strength and pushed them into a guerilla war, it would just get worse for the aggressor. Because once freed from territorial defense responsibilities, they'd truly be able to focus entirely on their attacker, which given the way eve is setup, would find it nearly impossible to defend against a highly mobile hit-and-run force. So instead of being crushed by a surprise sledgehammer blow, you'd suffer the death of a thousand cuts later. Either way, an attacking force would lose. They day you took their territory would be when they shifted from intimidating to terrifying.

I'd also be absolutely stunned if the MC didn't have the materials in reserve to get new manufacturing outposts up and running within a few days of losing their entire current territory. They seem like they've got one or more tacticians that understand that three plans are best. The one you show, the one you do, and the ace in the hole that lets you reset the board if you start losing.

So no. Right now, ship for ship or leader for leader, MC wouldn't lose. You might be able to get them with a massive superiority of numbers. But, risking being cliche here, it would be like watching 300. They might go, but they won't go alone, and they'd cripple whoever it was that tried that approach.

Sorry for rambling, that's what happens when you marry into a family of military historians, it starts rubbing off on you.

I got quoted by Seleene. Forum crit \o/.

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I thought this was some sort of awesome meta troll at first, what with the use of :twisted: and the whole "taking MC's space will only free them from the shackles of territorial warfare" bit, but my God, you're serious aren't you?


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I've just got to point out how disgustingly brown-nosed your post was. I literally dry heaved as I neared the end, it's that terrible. I don't think I've ever seen anybody plead for attention and respect more blatantly than you have here, and this is from somebody who's been fighting BoB pets constantly for the past few months.

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