ThinksMarkedly wrote:I don't think they were limited in control links. The Galton defenders were talking about firing bigger salvos (and did), so it stands to reason there wasn't a limitation this early. So it really does sound like a mistake to fire something that isn't best Sunday punch but exposes
The Hastas are pretty self-sufficient and, by the time the missile launches from them, they're WAY past telemetry range from any non-FTL link. The Grand Fleet was sitting at the hyperlimit, about 10 light-minutes away.
They're beyond any precision control but missiles without guidance have a tendency to lose the target in the face of ECM and once a missile loses it's target it's not likely to find it again. Control links won't help them through the defenses but can keep them from wandering.
Oh, BTW, has anyone noticed how the Apollos now can be controlled at 10 light-minute range, but couldn't when Honor fired at Tourville at 8 light-minutes?
So, there's been some bandwidth upgrades since then. Honor could control them then, just not enough of them to count.
Galton had little reason for a huge sensor net like Manticore has.
I disagree. The fact that you've pulled this attack on someone means you should be prepared for it to be used on you. You can't call Dibs on the strategy.
Galton's only real defense was stealth. Once located it couldn't stand up to the GA anyway. Detecting the survey ship would have bought them some time, it wouldn't have changed the outcome.
Ouch, yup, you're right. She knew something was coming, wedges would be rolled.
And this is both interesting and disappointing. It's interesting that even graser missiles pushed by Hastas managed to make so comparatively little damage. And disappointing because later, mere Cataphracts did more damage.
He blew it badly with the Hastas. At the stated engagement range they would only have hit wedges and done nothing at all. The extended firing would have been very valuable indeed in an ambush scenario, completely useless against a fleet that knows it's under attack.
There shouldn't be anyone on Galton that knows about Darius. And blowing the habitats would reveal that there's another layer.
I don't see how that conclusion would follow. The fact that the remnants of the fortresses blew themselves up instead of letting be captured in Adebayo's Khan moment would be completely understandable for habitats too. The Alignment was perfectly willing to kill even their on on Mesa, which they needed to evacuate. Why not make collective suicide?
On the other hand, if they did blow themselves up, any survivors may be able to tell that. Whereas if Honor had returned fire, even if allowed under the rules of war, could be pushed by survivors as (another) atrocity.
The fortresses blowing doesn't prove anything, again and again we see that the MA won't let itself be captured and there are protocols in place to ensure that. One more such case means nothing. Houdini only suggests secrets and could perfectly well just be to ensure the people don't get caught even if the organization is gone. Blowing the habitats clearly would say there are secrets still hidden which would mean there's another layer to the onion.