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AdmiralTigerclaw · 2009-01-20, 01:53

The writer's aren't idiots. They just have no idea how military tactics and strategy operate. Some of the mistakes they've made are things you could learn not to make playing against BOTS in an RTS game. Their strategy shows how n00b they'd be in a game of starcraft. ZERG RUSH with mook units or toss in some elites... Or both if you've built up for it... and try to cover for your superweapon.

Hell, realisticly, if we applied Jail's drones to the real world... say the Pentagon... Even if the president was secretly ordering the Secretary of Defense to let Jail do his thing, his drones would NEVER be allowed to get within five hundred miles of DC.

EVER.

Intercepts would occure at the six-hundred mile range... Not: Just outside the city limits.

The first line of defense in a defense is having some kind of network that can track the enemy approach from way beyond their ability to actually strike so you can either evacuate, or launch a counter attack in advance. (Or both.) The fact that the drones could get right up to the bay in Cranagan on a regular basis is borderline criminal negligence. I could understand not being able to pin them down once the intelligence network was knocked out. But there should have been some kind of long range perimiter around Cranagan that would detect the drones until that intel was knocked out, so that even if you don't know where they are, you know they're X-hundred miles out and have to still clear the distance. Enough to get your aces rearmed and back topside to kick ass well before arrival.

Instead, the enemy, their drones, and their elites are allowed to get well within twenty miles of Cranagan, a hugely populated city, before anyone things "Maybe we should go destroy them now..."

Ya'know... if they approached from the ocean, they'd stick out like a sore thumb. If they approached from land directions... someone would notice and call in about hundreds of flying drones if they were low enough to terrain mask.

Which leaves only Quattro's obnoxious IS to explain things, but then she's not there every single time.

Such things could have been more dramatic if the writer's had done that kind of research. Instead of the TSAB's gaping holes. You could actually depict them as capable and tough, but Jail's Cyborgs were JUST THAT GOOD to get drones inside a 500 mile radius perimiter and into striking range quickly AND manage to not only survive doing so, but achieve the mission objective with trivial losses.

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AdmiralTigerclaw Sword Wielding Penguin Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Subspace, Texas Age: 39	The writer's aren't idiots. They just have no idea how military tactics and strategy operate. Some of the mistakes they've made are things you could learn not to make playing against BOTS in an RTS game. Their strategy shows how n00b they'd be in a game of starcraft. ZERG RUSH with mook units or toss in some elites... Or both if you've built up for it... and try to cover for your superweapon. Hell, realisticly, if we applied Jail's drones to the real world... say the Pentagon... Even if the president was secretly ordering the Secretary of Defense to let Jail do his thing, his drones would NEVER be allowed to get within five hundred miles of DC. EVER. Intercepts would occure at the six-hundred mile range... Not: Just outside the city limits. The first line of defense in a defense is having some kind of network that can track the enemy approach from way beyond their ability to actually strike so you can either evacuate, or launch a counter attack in advance. (Or both.) The fact that the drones could get right up to the bay in Cranagan on a regular basis is borderline criminal negligence. I could understand not being able to pin them down once the intelligence network was knocked out. But there should have been some kind of long range perimiter around Cranagan that would detect the drones until that intel was knocked out, so that even if you don't know where they are, you know they're X-hundred miles out and have to still clear the distance. Enough to get your aces rearmed and back topside to kick ass well before arrival. Instead, the enemy, their drones, and their elites are allowed to get well within twenty miles of Cranagan, a hugely populated city, before anyone things "Maybe we should go destroy them now..." Ya'know... if they approached from the ocean, they'd stick out like a sore thumb. If they approached from land directions... someone would notice and call in about hundreds of flying drones if they were low enough to terrain mask. Which leaves only Quattro's obnoxious IS to explain things, but then she's not there every single time. Such things could have been more dramatic if the writer's had done that kind of research. Instead of the TSAB's gaping holes. You could actually depict them as capable and tough, but Jail's Cyborgs were JUST THAT GOOD to get drones inside a 500 mile radius perimiter and into striking range quickly AND manage to not only survive doing so, but achieve the mission objective with trivial losses.