Post-Yawata Strike Survivors in Grayson

gdkorps wrote:We know that the Blackbird Yard was completely destroyed in the Yawata Strike along with 99% of its work force. We also know that Wesley Matthews was there for a conference when it happened and perished. My question is, what happened to Mark Brentworth (He was the CO of Blackbird according to Companion). Did he survive?

cthia wrote:IINM, there were NO Treecat casualties in the Grayson leg of Oyster Bay?

Also, the RoH was originally on the hit list, but time betrayed that order. I've often wondered what form Oyster Bay's attack on the RoH would take? They weren't aware of the location of Bolthole.

"A very few of you are aware that Benjamin has been working for quite some time now on an operation codenamed Oyster Bay. Those of you who know about it, also know we're still far short of all of our projected readiness dates for mounting it. However, Oyster Bay was originally intended to strike Manticore, Grayson, and all of the major Havenite building centers simultaneously. It would be impossible for us to launch an operation on that scale before the Manties' new construction comes out of the yards. But the fact that that new construction is still in the yards, concentrated in a limited volume of space where we can find it and get at it, and without the ability to defend itself, represents an enormous force multiplier for the Oyster Bay resources already available to us. In addition, we don't need to strike the Havenites at this moment. Their wall of battle has been effectively destroyed; their construction rates are still much slower than those of the Manties or the Graysons; and they don't have this new targeting system the Manties have deployed. In other words, we can deal with them later, using more conventional tactics if we have to.
"So, what it comes down to is this. The Manties' new technology is more dangerous than ever, but their combat strength has been cut back to no more than forty to sixty ships of the wall, and they have to be reeling strategically from the losses they've already taken. Despite their new tech, they're vulnerable in a way they've never been before. We have the means already in place in or approaching Talbott to cut off that entire lobe of this new 'Star Empire' of theirs, and get them into the shooting war with the League we've always wanted. And, after discussing our own readiness states with Benjamin and Daniel, I believe we're in a position to launch a modified, downscaled Oyster Bay, targeted on Manticore and Grayson only, within six T-months."

tlb wrote:If the Malign wanted Haven to destroy the Solarian League, then the only reason to strike major Havenite building sites would be to slow down that destruction so that Haven would be hurt also.

kzt wrote:Ideally they wanted Haven and the SL to fight to their mutual destruction. Leaving no strong governmental organization around to provide order and security. Until one arises.

cthia wrote: As a result of that, they should have learned something from the Yawata Strike and the recent Beowulfan disaster. I assume Haven's Space Stations would be targeted. If they are as close to the planet as the Manticoran stations, then shouldn't they move them further out?

kzt wrote:Ideally they wanted Haven and the SL to fight to their mutual destruction. Leaving no strong governmental organization around to provide order and security. Until one arises.