TMS|- The Macduff Spitfires

[Dark.Star]

Well, its still WIP, so things like those are normal, but are covered usually soon as now

- How did the Cromwell's wreckage, which I assume to be massive and very loud in regards to EM signature, manage to escape the eye of Gallic patrols for so long, particularly along the way of a very frequented path for Gallic forces ? This is a bit of a stretch, particularly when considering that the ship was embattled and on the run in hostile territory, and squawked an emergency broadcast before going dark. Seems like a lot of noise to simply ignore for a pursuing armada.
- Similarily, how did a large battleship in critical condition, having suffered extensive battle damage and almost a decade of drifting through the void, get back to working order within mere months ? Not only did it not have any access to a shipyard, it was located smack in the middle of one of the most strategically important corridors for the Gallic navy. A enemy battleship suddenly appearing in your vital logistics artery would be a cause for concern, for one thing ; for another, how could it possibly repair itself away from the presumably considerable infrastucture it needed ? That's not even mentioning the restoration of its fighter groups and these repair drones, seemingly able to repair ("slowly but fast enough") another battleship, and delivering parts (from where ?!) to fix it...

1.A. As the Cromwell-class was still in its early stages and a very new class, made to be technologically be over the previous classes, it should've been obvious that everything about it was better than the previous class. Increased armor or firepower, or more agility, and in this case, a prototype low-emission core. The Cromwell class was supposed to be a version of the normal Dunkirk-class, but with more agility and low-emmission core that was lower in power sparing for the weapons as a part of it was used to make low-signatures, i mean, i think you got the idea on this one.

1.B. How it escaped the Garlic Gallic eye for so long? Well, as the new replacements were scattered around in different staging grounds to conduct strikes etc., they would break down in the middle of nowhere sort of, and Tau-31 was mostly focused on drawing the remaining BAF forces out, mainly all known. The Gallics were aware, yes, about the two new battleships that arrived, but as they have seen them fight and get damaged they presumed it made it to Newcastle, and combined with the fact Tau-31 is the most de-guarded Gaul-invaded system as far as im told (Or at least one of the) and that Tau-31 is also full of asteroids that cause sensor efficiency-decrease, it was almost the perfect cover-up.

1.C. How did they not alert the Gauls when they sent another recent emergency broadcast? Well, as you know, in war, the transmission codes etc., basically cryptonyms, change over time. In 8 years iRP the codes have evolved and changed very much, and since the codes the Spitfires have are the same as 8 years ago, detection via transmissions would be highly-doubtful due to the fact the codes are outdated.

1.D. How did we repair the battleships? Well, apparently, I am an idiot as you all know it, and have the tendency to mess up dates of different things in stories (Yes I will modify it to some proper dates), because for a period of time the Cromwell couldn't do anything. They managed to restore only two snubs and a Clydesdale freighter, enough to bring spare parts. Where the spare parts from? Piracy from Gallic traders. Now another question arises: Hold yer horses m8, where are all of our traders goin'?? Due to the Toulouse events, with the siege of perpignan etc., the Outcasts have become significantly more active too, and they were the most likely to take the blame, for the cargo piracy, as the GRN is still not aware about the threat from the inside. And we repaired the battleships with 1 Briller and 1 Mender, as our snubs disguised themselves as Outcasts in civillian ships, since iRP civillian ships are the most easy to repair, and of course, the Royal Caridea and Cromwell had some of those, capturing those. And in combination with the supplies saved up over time, slowly the Cromwell was repaired 'til it could be used as a staging ground at least.

I might have missed some things in this too as im busy with RL too

EDIT:

I suggest another font and color, really unpleasant to the eye

That is our least concern right now, nothing against, didnt take the time to care about looks, but I'll get to that shortly

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