Comments: Earth Defence Authority

[IanD (OP)]

This started out about when v5.02 hit the streets and has gone through several iterations since. The aim was to start with a planet of 6 billion and see if I could cut it down to a manageable number in game time rather than in the prologue. I also hope to have a more deliberate exploration policy. I have failed in the former so far, though if I had known about Steve's surprise in v5.13 it would have worked but been a very short story! Still there is still an option for the old standby, a limited nuclear war.

All mineral concentrations are as found except for Mars which harks back to the first iteration.

Regards

[welchbloke]

Interesting setup.  I'm intrigued as to how things will develop.  The Indian and Iranian FACs have MFCs that are significantly shorter ranged than their missiles.  Any tactical reason for this or is it just driven by technology?

[IanD (OP)]

The Indian and Iranian FACs have MFCs that are significantly shorter ranged than their missiles. Any tactical reason for this or is it just driven by technology?

It was intended to represent obsolete FAC but modern missiles, the ships being the more expensive items with the Islamic block being strapped for cash while the Indian Confederation was beginning the construction of its new cloaked Gomati class Missile Boat class.

Hope you find the first instalment interesting, didn't reduce the population by as much as intended, it appears one missile kills one million population even if its got a 10 point warhead.  

Regards

[welchbloke]

The Indian and Iranian FACs have MFCs that are significantly shorter ranged than their missiles. Any tactical reason for this or is it just driven by technology?

It was intended to represent obsolete FAC but modern missiles, the ships being the more expensive items with the Islamic block being strapped for cash while the Indian Confederation was beginning the construction of its new cloaked Gomati class Missile Boat class.

Hope you find the first instalment interesting, didn't reduce the population by as much as intended, it appears one missile kills one million population even if its got a 10 point warhead.  :)
Anyone out there know how to transfer fighter squadrons from one population to another? I wish there was an SM merge population button. :(

Regards

6 Billion is a lot of people to kill; I suspect the fallout and change in environment will kill more off.....

[Sotak246]

A very gripping start to your story, definately got me wanting more.  Keep up the good work.

Mark

[SteveAlt]

Great start to the story - looking forward to reading the next installament!

Steve

[IanD (OP)]

A very gripping start to your story, definately got me wanting more. Keep up the good work.

Great start to the story - looking forward to reading the next installament!

Thank you both for your kind words. The next instalment may take a little time; although with the elimination of the extra solar threat things will hopefully become a little easier. Still not decided whether to do a “Steve” and evacuate the population of Earth to Mars.
Regards

[procyon]

Quite the story.  I was definitely concerned for a bit that the first installment and the last would be the same.  Hopefully the follow up to the first group will be a looonnng time in showing up.  

Can't wait to see where it goes from here.

[IanD (OP)]

Quite the story. I was definitely concerned for a bit that the first installment and the last would be the same. Hopefully the follow up to the first group will be a looonnng time in showing up.

Can't wait to see where it goes from here.

While it was my first real use of fighters I hoped they would act like Fast Attack Craft, and they did an adequate job, although in a couple of iterations when I messed up the PDC attacks it was touch and go whether I could rearm the fighters in time.
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[spoiler:26v0r4s2]There is no worry about that particular race returning as it was a race created especially for the purpose and only had those four ships.[/spoiler:26v0r4s2]

Regards

[symon]

Seems to be a very bad time to be human at present!

[Beersatron]

I am liking it! Very bare bones :)

[IanD (OP)]

Seems to be a very bad time to be human at present!

The effects of a nuclear war are not pretty! The internet provided most of the detail.

I am liking it! Very bare bones :cry: .

Regards

[backstab]

Ian,


Great write up ... look foward to more !

[IanD (OP)]

Great write up ... look foward to more !

Thank you for your kind words. There will be a hiatus as I seem to have messed up the database, not irretrievably but in a very irritating way  . I have sent Steve the database in the hope he can reassign the World Free States administrators back to their classification, they are lost in a black hole at the moment! Some would say that is the best place for administrators, but they cause an Error in GetCommanderFullName Error94 some 26 times, then Aurora tends to crash!

Regards

[backstab]

Great write up ... look foward to more !

Thank you for your kind words. There will be a hiatus as I seem to have messed up the database, not irretrievably but in a very irritating way :cry:  . I have sent Steve the database in the hope he can reassign the World Free States administrators back to their classification, they are lost in a black hole at the moment! Some would say that is the best place for administrators, but they cause an Error in GetCommanderFullName Error94 some 26 times, then Aurora tends to crash!

Regards

Know that feeling ... I spent weeks writing up a background and setting a game up ant had a computer HD failure which whiped everything after a few game months ... not happy.