Joat42 wrote:Chtia, I'm not so sure the alignment of the transition-zone is towards the planet. I'm more inclined to believe it's determined by the local star. I have no textev to support this, but it sounds reasonable since we know that the junctions are created (somehow) by the gravitational interactions between different stars.
Also, I'm pretty sure that any grav eddies for a terminus are very local otherwise it should be pretty easy to find and map them and we know from the books that is not the case.
Regardless, an attack through a wormhole at the MWJ is doomed to fail against prepared defenses. Can an attacker inflict enough damage to degrade the defenses? Possibly, but very unlikely.
Can a traditional attack launched from outside the system succeed? Probably, but the amount of resources you need to accomplish it would be in the extreme.
If we are speculating and if consider the MO of the MAlign it's more likely they would attack the system using some kind subterfuge and/or spoiling attacks, for example managing to smuggle bombs onto the forts.
I forgot to mention this.
An LD (submarine) and indeed a Spider, is the epitome of subterfuge.
An LD = submarine = subterfuge
https://www.jstor.org/stable/44888103
I don't think many of us realize how MAlign technology has altered the paradigm of strategy and tactics here in the Honorverse. It is going to be as eventful as when submarines first appeared on the scene in the 20th century.
Weather forecast: Shipping losses. Warships have always been on the menu.
Rank: What rank is in command of an LD? An LD is equivalent to a flagship in a GA navy. Flagships are commanded by Admirals. Is that …
Admirals that are Alphas or Alphas that are Admirals.