Re: Saturday at the Con. . .

Aaron Teske wrote:

> Um... next time, *you* try being the one skosh fuel.	Ya wanna know
why I
> was plinking away at you from range with my warships?  It wasn't
because I
> was afraid of losing ships, though in the end I did decide that, for a
> fledgling UNSC Navy, that probably would've been a consideration.

Given the Mercutian attitude, I'd have been going all-out anyway.

For those who don't know, the Mercutians had a catastrophic failure of
their habitat's life-support system and the Venusians sent them parts to
replace it.  However, they refused to hand over the parts until the
Mercutians essentially sold themselves into slavery.  So a few years
later, the Mercutians revolt and kick the living hell out of the
Venusians, although at great cost to themselves.  So the Mercutians have
this militant culture, no fear of death in battle, a hatred for the
Venutians and their UNSC flunkies, and an attitude of "never again" that
makes the Israelis look positively pacifistic.
 
> Though nothing beats the rolls you got early on, and I'm still a bit
> dumbfounded by Jerry's early rotation maneuver.  (Kinda like I am by
Noam's
> decision to not evade missile salvos in Showdown!... speaking of
which, I
> should prolly work on orders.  Oh well.  Soon.)

*Whistle*  As I was telling Mark, I _will_ roll well.  I can count on
it.
 
> >Andy then
> >negotiated terms for the UNSC's withdrawl, making this a decisive
> >victory for the Martians, who basically had done a little firing at
the
> >Venusians and otherwise basically drifted in a straight line not
doing
> >anything or talking to anyone.
> 
> Not true, actually.  I talked to him a few times, and he talked with
Andy a
> bunch... but then, the latter you weren't worried about.  I'm still
not
> sure if he would've fired on you, though, if you'd come back to hunt
me
> down.  (It was sounding like it, a bit, but since you couldn't stop it
was
> kinda irrelevant.)

I could have stopped.  Velocity 3, 8 points of fuel, I would even have
gotten going in the right direction, as your carrier was too short on
fuel to evade.	

> While the UNSC didn't achieve it's listed objectives, I don't think
that
> was a bad thing since all the listed objectives were derived from
> information given to the UNSC by the Venusians.  (I hadn't even read
the
> background history in the packet Keith handed out... oops.)  So, as
more
> information came to light, I changed my own objectives.... <shrug> 
Kinda
> like pre-radio fleets, I'd guess.  Commander's gotta have autonomy....

To what?  Getting out in one piece?  At least once your colonial allies
went 'poof' and you lost most of your fighters. . . :)

John M. Atkinson