jthoma8318 wrote:Did I misread? I thought they were only talking about the termi of their worm hole. If it is every known termini, then no I do not think they have the ships at this time to do it. Even with RH ships to bolster Manticore's defense, the spider ships are quite capable of making hit and run raids all over the place. Most likely that will be what MAN will start doing. That is really their only use. They are was too slow for really engaging another conventionally powered fleet. No matter how much armor is on them, without the wedge they are extremely vulnerable to missile attack. Eventually someone will be able to detect them. No advantage in war lasts.Thirdbase wrote:Everyone seems to be ignoring the fact that Manticore by implementing Lacoon II will be effectively declaring war upon the star nation that controls the Worm Hole. Effectively this would be like England seizing control of the Suez and Panama Canals.
Yes I realize that none of these star nations would be a threat to Manticore, but it is what they are doing.
Lacoon I is the closure of all Manticoran controlled wormholes to Sollie ships. Lacoon II is the seizure and control of all known wormholes.
"Case Lacoön was the Royal Manticoran Navy's plan to close all wormhole nexii under its control to Solarian traffic. Or, rather, that was the first phase of Lacoön. The second phase included active commerce raiding and the extension of de facto Manticoran control to every wormhole nexus within its reach, regardless of who that nexus nominally belonged to."
Mining the wormholes is a bad idea, because they still want to use them.