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New House? - Linkus - 05-22-2008
Rheinland and Frenchyland, should be interesting.
Sirius War 1
To the space trenches!
New House? - pim - 05-22-2008
About "french couldn't reach Sirius" : 3 ships destroyed... If you can't make at least ONE working ship with the remains, I think you desserve to die... No ?
New House? - BaconSoda - 05-22-2008
' Wrote:All I can really say about this is...
The Brets are gonna have one helluva fun kicking them French butts.:lol:
Why would the Brets fight the French, though? They were always good friends before the escape from Sol, so why wouldn't the Bretonians strive to create an alliance with the Frechys?
New House? - Heartless - 05-22-2008
wait, the thing said that they (the french) will have revenge on the allies or something, right?
So is it possible that this new faction will be a pirate faction that maybe allies with the outcast or corsairs or something?
I mean, if they just got here then they are heavily outmatched and outnumbered by the rest of sirius.
Or did I just miss something since I last read this topic last night?
New House? - Dieter Schprokets - 05-22-2008
' Wrote:wait, the thing said that they (the french) will have revenge on the allies or something, right?
So is it possible that this new faction will be a pirate faction that maybe allies with the outcast or corsairs or something?
I mean, if they just got here then they are heavily outmatched and outnumbered by the rest of sirius.
Or did I just miss something since I last read this topic last night?
No you didnt miss anything.
They were abandoned, and will be grumpy.
How will that translate into their diplomacy? Dunno.
Xenophobia, but not neccessarily war, with the other houses?
New House? - jammi - 05-22-2008
*imagines a whole house of French Xenos* *Stops imagining and laughs*
Oh man I am so looking forward to this. By the way, where is this bonus material that describes what happened to the French and how they managed to build a second sleeper? Just had another thought too, the Sleeper ship didn't just require materials but had people invested in it too. All the top civilian leaders, military stratigists, social elite, briliant scientists and other asorted celebrities would have been on the 1st sleeper. The French house might find itself a bit barren on the important people side of things.
Plus the French would nessicarily follow the rest of the other houses in becoming obsessed with their origins. Think about it, the other Houses have been in Sirius for say 800 years and have gone back to their roots in that time, so the French, freshly arrived might have some new ideas about their design. A Eiffel Tower shaped battleship sure would be funny though:)
New House? - bluntpencil2001 - 05-22-2008
' Wrote:I believe I can shed light on the skull-duggery and lack of sun killing explosives on the Nomads' part.
First off, Sol was heavily weakened from decades (centuries?) of war, and while their technology was advanced, they were taken completely off guard and didn't have time to respond to the ZOMG ALIENS -> OMG NO SUN. They never got the chance to say "we come in peace."
Secondly, the humans in Sirius had eight hundred years of access to Daam K'Vosh artifacts and their own ingenuity to advance beyond what Sol ever saw, and worked miracles with it. Jump gates and trade lanes are evidence to this. They were powerful beyond reckoning when the Nomads in Sirius woke up, and the Nomads had no chance to simply "tank" humanity in an arms contest. To get control of Sirius, they needed to play humanity's strength against itself, and only apply themselves where absolutely necessary. Like in Alaska, or Omicron Minor.
Thirdly, the sun killer would NEVER get used in Sirius because that was not the will of the Daam K'Vosh. Sirius was set up as a playground for the Nomads (see published backstories) and humanity simply got there before the Nomads woke up. The Nomads were not too happy at this, and set about purging the human invaders defiling their birthright, while trying to bring it the least harm possible.
That, and there are some doubts to where exactly the sun killer came from. It is entirely possible that the Nomads from Sol are not the same Nomads from Sirius- possibly a splinter that stayed loyal to the Daam K'Vosh rather than sleeping, and would thus have developed much more advanced technology.
Right... the Coalition had jump gates. In Starlancer. So...?
As to 'not destroying their birthright'... that's also ridiculous. If they have the tech to destroy a solar system, they should have the tech to equip a single fighter with enough to destroy the whole of the weakened alliance military without breaking too much.
Another branch seems unlikely, as I doubt they'd miss the fact that humanity had colonised Sirius.
New House? - Igiss - 05-22-2008
You can never know precisely what Nomads are thinking and what are the reasons for their actions. They are not humans. They have other categories, other motives.
As for the French... well, let's just say that their isolation was intentional, but breaking the isolation was not quite what they initially planned. They did plan it, but probably much later.
New House? - bluntpencil2001 - 05-22-2008
Ooh. Hints. I love it.:D
Heheh, this is exciting.
New House? - jammi - 05-22-2008
The plot thickens! Dun dun duuuh!
Heh, on first read that nearly made me fall off my chair, I though you were compairing the french to Nomads:P Anyways, I'm really looking forward to this!