Relax wrote:Something that has not been brought up:
Can the SLN BC cruiser grade missiles actually take down the Hercules SD? No, barely even penetrate or not penetration at all of the SD's sidewall. Would end up in a graser duel. At which point all 14 BC's are so much toast against the single SD. As was seen in SVW against a DN and once again in FiE against BB's. BB's are far better than pipsqueek BC's...
Do remember that David's coached argument in favor of a squadron of BC's taking down an SD was their missile totals. In this example he was thinking of RMN missiles. SLN laser head throughput is ~.~.~..... in comparison.
So, best bet would be for the 14 BC's to not attack the SD at all. Pound the planets and other light ships and wait for FF to show up. Of course the Hercules is then free to take out the junction pods with proximity kills.So, toasted.
It was never about Monica taking/holding quadrant unless one is delusional. It was sending for help, OFS, FF in time to "settle" the situation.
I would suppose that there would always the chance of laserheads penetrating the bow or the hammerhead. But given the number of missiles those BCs could throw, that might be like a golden beebee...
Don