saber964 wrote:Theemile wrote:What did the Andermani find out from that merchie whose transponder was screaming "pirates have boarded me"?
The Torch navy - did they get their 3 Manty built DDs? How much of the PNiE did they decide to man? Did anyone find the demo charges? Are they putting together a Torch Army Battalion (with lots of Manticorian, Havenite, and Beowulfian loaners) to send to Mesa as was discussed in CoG?
What's happening is Silensia. What is Sarnow's "interesting times?"
Will Sidemore join the IEM?
The Andermani - they are never ones to sit on their hands, how will they make their presence known in Galactic affairs?
Steak and Spider drives - when will the Alliance crack them?
Leonard Detweiler SDs - what do they look like, what are their capabilities, and how are they planned to be used?
The Renaissance alliance, how do they shake up?
of course - maps - wormnholes
and fleetlists (even though David doesn't want to give them up) including what got destroyed in the Yawatta Strike.
was that enough?
They've got to have a population to support a military first. Plus IIRC most of the PNE ships are undergoing refit by the RHN. IIRC the HMTS Spartacus is a Mars A class cruiser and has the defective reactor.
Of course, but the questions I am asking are the unresolved questions from Torch.
We know the RHN was refitting the PNIE survivors for Torch, but what will Torch actually use, mothball (just manning the Sparticus would take the crews of half of the 14 Frigates), or gift them someone else? Were the charges found by the refitters?
We know Hauptman was building 3 advanced DDs below cost for Torch - but were they finished in time to escape OB and what were their specs?
In CoG, there was a discussion of Torch taking the lead in a Mesa Occupation - with a small ground organization made from loaner troops from other organizations (most probably ex-slaves or slave descendants), but we never heard more than that (of course that read like a Flint storyline.)
All examples of Checkov's Muskets - hanging over the fireplace and never fired.