kzt wrote:n7axw wrote:It depends on how heavily wormhole is fortified. With Manticorian junction you are correct. With Torch Harvest Joy got taken out by BCs. A squadron of Nikes mass transited would make mincemeat of the bad guys on the other end. But of course, the Manties don't know that...
No, they would get shot to pieces by 200+ grasers while having no sidewalls. Note that the sensors of the Harvest Joy were just beginning to resolve the situation when it blowed up. This, plus no sidewalls, really limits your ability to be anything other then a target. This assumes the MAN didn't also drop a few thousand mines.[/quote
For years Manticore worried about a mass transit from Trevor's Star. That was why the junction forts were built to start with. Further, they were placed outside the terminus far enough to give them a chance to react to surprise because in the event of an an attack the attacker has the advantage of the defense not knowing when the event is coming.
Why are you taking about 200+ grasers? Honest question by the way. I know of no text evidence to support it. As for the mines could they be emplaced near enough to the terminus to make them difficult to avoid? Again, I don't know.
As for Harvest Joy, she was an unarmed survey ship not expecting trouble. IIRC she was taken out by a single BC. I am proposing a squadron of Nikes mass transited and expecting trouble which would be a very different proposition.
Should this be done? I don't know. I am visualizing how I would go about it rather than advocating a course of action. I suspect that MAlign defenses haven't been upgraded strongly, but I don't know that. I suppose that what it comes down to is how important the GA thinks it is to know what's on the other side and what kind of a risk they are willing to take to get it.
What they should be doing is providing a strong defense of Torch against whatever lies on the other side. It would be a pity for Torch to be destroyed and the MAlign have free access to the Haven Quadrant becase that little detail wasn't tended to.
Don