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by Theemile » Thu Aug 22, 2019 4:38 pm | |
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I've always wondered if Matapan was originally supposed supposed to be lynx in the storyline, but was changed as the story progressed.
Both have many similarities - backwater regions from recently found wormhole junctions, with a handful of marginal economies. Unfortunately, I had never heard of Matapan before reading the books. then it occured to me today to look it up... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Matapan for those of you like me, the battle was in WWII where the British got crucial intel of Italian intentions to destroy British merchant shipping in the eastern Med and hamper support for the N. Africa Campaigns against Germany using a heavy force of 1 BB, 6 CA, and ~20 CLs and DDs. Bad intel on the Italian side said the British only had 1 battle wagon and a damaged CV, instead of 3 BB and 1CV at 100%, with accompanying Screen. Long and short, the British intercepted, and the Italians lost an entire Heavy Cruiser squadron (3), and realized they were totally outclassed and never sailed in force again. Was Monica originally supposed to be the Battle of Cape Matapan? ******
RFC said "refitting a Beowulfan SD to Manticoran standards would be just as difficult as refitting a standard SLN SD to those standards. In other words, it would be cheaper and faster to build new ships." |
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Re: While we're discussing Matapan... | |
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by tlb » Thu Aug 22, 2019 5:18 pm | |
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Isn't Matapan in the wrong place for that? According to the Pearls, it is "beyond the Andermani Empire, which gives it even more spatial separation from the Republic than the Empire has". The only other link to the area is from Asgard, which means it would not place Manticore in conflict with the Solarian League's territorial ambitions. It is more of a place someone would go to flee the reach of the OFS.
It is interesting that there was a battle there in WW2, but that just might be a name that RFC needed. |
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by Theemile » Fri Aug 23, 2019 8:22 am | |
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Asgerd might have been the original Cat's paw - who knows. ******
RFC said "refitting a Beowulfan SD to Manticoran standards would be just as difficult as refitting a standard SLN SD to those standards. In other words, it would be cheaper and faster to build new ships." |
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by tlb » Fri Aug 23, 2019 8:31 am | |
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The Pearls say this about Asgard:
So Asgard leads to the Andermani Empite, not to the Solarian League. |
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Re: While we're discussing Matapan... | |
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by Theemile » Fri Aug 23, 2019 8:52 am | |
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I meant Mesa's Cat's Paw. If the story was originally different, who says that the SLN would have had the same involvement. besides, Asgerd is near to the SLN, and has a wormhole to the Matapan cluster. http://gotshifted.com/honorverseglossar ... e_v1.0.png ******
RFC said "refitting a Beowulfan SD to Manticoran standards would be just as difficult as refitting a standard SLN SD to those standards. In other words, it would be cheaper and faster to build new ships." |
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by tlb » Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:58 am | |
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But what the Mesan Alignment was trying to do was to foment a war to destroy the Solarian League and any successor state, other than the Renaissance Factor; not a war between Manticore and Asgard or the Andermani. PS. Very nice picture, but I missed seeing Mesa and the Wormhole that comes close to it. Do I need to look more carefully? |
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by Theemile » Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:05 am | |
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Lot of details are missing on this map, unfortunately. Iowa/Zucker, Visigoth/Mesa, Aguila/Stein, Felix/Darius/Twins, etc etc wormholes are all missing from this map - probably because the creator doesn't know the positions of the wormholes and didn't want to guess. ******
RFC said "refitting a Beowulfan SD to Manticoran standards would be just as difficult as refitting a standard SLN SD to those standards. In other words, it would be cheaper and faster to build new ships." |
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