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The Ishiman gateship appears in the game, and Nathan probably knows how well its armed. The Audemedon Battlecruiser might not even EXIST, so Nathan probably can't tell us its armament.

The Ishiman gateship probably has point defense lasers/repulsers/something-or-other and a group of HVD/carrier/HVC escorts. I can't imagine NOT defending something that important, and it would be hugely important, even if there are 5 of them.

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William Darkk, head of the Darkklight Entrepenurial Federation
Your cargo or your life!!!

I'm thinking along these lines:

1-Electromagnetic Disruptor (weapon that makes your ship systems go nuts, was on Cantharan gateship)

2-Fullerene Pulse Turret

3-Auto-Target Torpedo Repulsor (weapon on Cantharan gateship that makes you go flying)

As for numbers of ships, I'm not exactly sure. Some text bits in Ares hint that the Ishimans only have one. Five gateships seem a bit unrealistic. I mean, the Cantharan Order, which I assume is very large and has access to large amounts of resources, has only built one. If I had enough resources to build two, I would build two. Apparently the Cantharans can't. Since the Ishimans might even be smaller than the Cantharans, I don't see how they could possibly build five gateships. Gateships are big, hard to build, and expensive. They take lots of resources and lots of time.

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They probably have a fleet on standby at all times, and the gateship can bring it in whenever it feels threatened.

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Oi, oi, oi, me smell a ting is near
Me gonna bosh and me gonna nosh
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Response:
a) it is unarmed
there is only one
c) it's shields are near impenetrable.

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Huh. The Cantharan gateship also had NEAR-INPENETRABLE shields, and look how my 50> human gunships tear into it.


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"Sergeant, you can't fire that in here! We're indoors!"
"Only until I pull the trigger, Captain!" -Terry Pratchett

I think Slug meant a different type of shielding (exotic defense systems seem to be in vouge on gateships, how many other ships had shikorelators and em jammers?). Basically, the difference between a kevlar vest and a bunker under a mountain. The gateship almost definatly has a large energy supply, and probably has a few HVC/defense drone or better escorts.

Also, according to Slug on GR, the Ishiman gateship is 3km in length, the Cantharan one was 5km, and a human carrier is 2 miles (3.22km) for purposes of compairison.

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William Darkk, head of the Darkklight Entrepenurial Federation
Your cargo or your life!!!

I think the Ishimans are much more technologically advanced than the Cantharaans, so they can build a much more efficient Jumpstream system, perhaps it costs less and uses less power, hence the Geteship can be smaller, and remember, the Cantharaans are concentrating on a crusade, and are getting resources through slave labor on captured worlds. The Ishimans get resources through highly automated Astrominers. The Ishimans could afford another gateship because they're not building carriers by the thousand, and their infastructure is Civil, not military. A gateship requires extremely specialized equipment, which couldn't be built at a standard military facility. The Ishimans have lots of high tech factories around, and lots of resources to put into them. They have a much more refined production process, which is probably more efficient and produces a much more refined and capable gateship.

(Unless of course that comes from Nathan Lamont, in which case, chuck that out the window)

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Because she cant be beaten!

I think the Ishiman gateship is unarmed. It's tough, they could have fleets on standby, and (big one coming up) gateships can easily RUN. I'd like to see someone kill a healthy gateship before it ran away.

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"I think I have discovered the problem with humans. It is not entirely stupidity, as I once thought. It is their pigheaded and baseless philosophy: "If it isn't me, then it's opinions, feelings, and life do not matter, and it was meant to serve me." They also have this ability for creating excuses that are pointless, but they get others to believe it. A few examples: "It's only some savages. It's only five acres of rain forest. It's only one semi-truck. It's only fifty gallons of toxic waste..." After this realization, I marvelled at how humans, and the rest of the planet, have survived for so very long."
- Me

*cough*Chapter*cough*nineteen*cough*

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Never put all your ranking officers in a shuttle.

*cough*it*cough*ran*cough*away*cough*

That was a Cantharan gateship, commanded by a rather foolish Cantharan. An Ishiman commander would have run at the first sight of resisting humans.

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William Darkk, head of the Darkklight Entrepenurial Federation
Your cargo or your life!!!

Slug, the gateship ran away before it was killed. It was killed later, but it was damaged to the point where it couldn't completely act as a jumpgate inhibitor, and couldn't run away. It also wasn't healthy, which was one of the requirements.

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"I think I have discovered the problem with humans. It is not entirely stupidity, as I once thought. It is their pigheaded and baseless philosophy: "If it isn't me, then it's opinions, feelings, and life do not matter, and it was meant to serve me." They also have this ability for creating excuses that are pointless, but they get others to believe it. A few examples: "It's only some savages. It's only five acres of rain forest. It's only one semi-truck. It's only fifty gallons of toxic waste..." After this realization, I marvelled at how humans, and the rest of the planet, have survived for so very long."
- Me

Here's another question. Can you pilot all of the 8 main races (Aud, Sal, Ish, Can, UNS, Baz, Obish, Gait) on the net? (I don't have internet at home yet [on a mac, anyway] so I can't use GR)

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"Sergeant, you can't fire that in here! We're indoors!"
"Only until I pull the trigger, Captain!" -Terry Pratchett

Baz and Obish (as well as Eleej) don't appear in the factory net scenarios. If you get the beta, they appear in many plugs, as well as the Eleej.

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William Darkk, head of the Darkklight Entrepenurial Federation
Yes, I hate Cantharans. Does the trophy on the wall make it too obvious?

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You can't be Bazidanese, Obish, or Elejeetian, but you can be The Grolk!

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Never put all your ranking officers in a shuttle.

I thought the Grolk only appeared in 'The Rogue'. (Chapters 1 and 2 of that plug are amazingly fun. It's the only plug that works without the Beta that I have found, xcept for 'Secret Levels'. (Thanks, Slug ))

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"Sergeant, you can't fire that in here! We're indoors!"
"Only until I pull the trigger, Captain!" -Terry Pratchett

Dude, the Rogue is UNTRUSTWORTHY. It has been accused of being halucinogen inspired, and is pretty much COMPLETELY FALSE. Sorry Mag.

Don't believe everything you read.

Also, there've been threats to delete your "Eleejeetian Gateship" stuff. Just a warning, make your sacrafice to the mods daily, and work hard to please them.

***Sacrafices an "idea testing ground" plug to the mods

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William Darkk, head of the Darkklight Entrepenurial Federation
"Strategic warfare" is code for "killing civilians", and it's my calling. Yeah, it's barbaric. War's supposed to be.

Darkk: I know it's false. Have known, actually. Ever since about, oh, when I first started making it...

Karrde: They appear in two of the multiplayer levels for Ares.

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"I think I have discovered the problem with humans. It is not entirely stupidity, as I once thought. It is their pigheaded and baseless philosophy: "If it isn't me, then it's opinions, feelings, and life do not matter, and it was meant to serve me." They also have this ability for creating excuses that are pointless, but they get others to believe it. A few examples: "It's only some savages. It's only five acres of rain forest. It's only one semi-truck. It's only fifty gallons of toxic waste..." After this realization, I marvelled at how humans, and the rest of the planet, have survived for so very long."
- Me

[This message has been edited by Mag Steelglass (edited 01-08-2001).]