Order Guard ID/Tag - Zoner Juggernought

[Jinx]

that would be one of those very hard decision.

on the one hand, zoner juggernauts are more than battleships. - they are a symbol of the ( hidden ) military power of the zoners. - i have described it in other threads before - the power of the ship is enhanced by myth and hearsay.

no one really saw a juggernaut in real action yet - or should have. - they are a bit like the flying dutchman. - you know its there ( that means, you re totally convinced that its there ) - and every tale makes it stronger and more powerful.

right now, its powerful enough to be of consideration for the corsairs not to simply "harvest" FP9. - and the corsairs wouldn t just back off from a common battleship, even if it was a very good one. - but they would back off from a myth - from uncertainty.

and there is the crux. - if the juggernauts saw common action, their power could easily be measured - and their greatest strength ( uncertainty ) would fall away ... leaving a very good, but rather normal battleship.

that doesn t mean that juggernauts must not see any combat at all. - but one must choose wisely - a time when it is literally "inevitable" to use it... in a situation when using it can mean success and not using it certain doom.

for zoners ... most conflicts and tasks can be done with much smaller ships - easily... and the capabilities aren t even depleted. - zoners have many destroyers... .

there is a quote from babylon 5:

"when you re in a war, you have countless small weapons, some medium weapons... and for the very desperate times, when all your weapons have run out.... you have very few BIG weapons"

the juggernaut is such a "big weapon". - everony would try not to use it at ALL COSTS... untill there is no choice anymore. ( that doesn t mean "not showing it or flying around" - even a myth needs to show itself from time to time to refresh the memories )


so even if - by the rules - the tech chart is "green" - you can be asured that the zoners ( at least a majority of those on the forum ) would be rather ... displeased.

from the orders point of view - a juggernaut is a LOT more expensive. - zoners have a huge economical power. - they can afford to build them, and even for zoners, they are quite expensive - not only to build, but also to operate.


but all those arguments aside - i m always open for RP. - so i wouldn t point blank say "it cannot happen" - but it certainly would be something that caused more than ripples within the zoner community.

for your RP, think of what i wrote about the myth and its power. - if the RP applied to such a ship had the risk to destroy that myth, zoners would be very displeased. - and a misused juggernaut weighs a lot more than a misused zoner gunboat.

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