I typed this up about the same time I did Glentract’s. Thanks for the consideration, Janus.
Originally posted by Fishy
Okay about my battle....So okay...
I have Malak with 750 Star Forge droids
And Bastila with 700 Dark Jedi...
I'm not even going to send Obi Wan, because he might be good but he and his forces are going to be useless cannon food in this battle (well most really. But I don't need cannon food here) What I need is a way around the damn bridge.... But i'm obviously not going to find that and i'm going to have a hard time going across the canyon without the bridge too...
Okay. . .
Originally posted by Fishy
Now its obvious that i'm going to have to cross the bridge... The Dark Jedi however are going to die by the dozens if I make them pass, they are not Soldiers but warriors. So first things first. Bastila and her battle meditation now we all know that her battle meditation is incredibe and can influence entire battles. Yes her using battle meditation will practically make her worthless. But when you consider that the greatest military minds had a hard time defeating that even when a stupid assed general was leading the battle meditated army's then its pretty easy to see the importance. The Stormtroopers will be scared as hell when the fight will start. Now not only that but they will have a superior army in front of them. They are going to have a hard time wielding their weapons and their morale will be low, meaning that they will be more likely to route. Afterall thats what battle meditation does and Bastila is great with it.
Good. You've set Bastila and her Battle Meditation as the focal point of your strategy. Smart move. And as for the worthless comment. . . I'd prefer to have someone playing God, pulling the strings of battle to favor me, than a warrior, no matter how skilled. So this is a good setup, I suppose.
Originally posted by Fishy
And then droids.... Now these droids are going to pass the bridge first there is no doubt about that in my mind... They will have to take the initial blow of the attack, levitating just above the bridge they are probably going to move fast. Now they were also made with Rakatan technology so they are going to be powerful. According to Malak powerful enough to destroy even some of the most powerful Jedi's. Now there is no way those guys are going to be fighting with a sword, so there fire power would have to be great. I'm guessing they can open a cross fire effectively forcing the clones to hide behind their weak walls.
Well, no matter how strong, no droid can take the brunt of T-21's blasts without being obliterated in the process. Even if the troopers are weakened by Bastila's meditation, they won't be completely incapable. They'd likely be able to blast through the droids with some difficulty attributed to Shan. So your droid strategy would result in some heavy losses, alhough the Meditation prevents what would have been a slaughter.
Originally posted by Fishy
Now there weapons are going to be powerful perhaps more powerful then what the droids have, but the weapons can only fire once a minute. Now this is obviously when somebody who knows whats he's doing is using it. These troopers will know what they are doing but they are going to be scared, there attacks won't be as good as normal anymore and they will start to fail. I would not be surprised if no more then 50 droids fall down the bridge at the initial attack.
Have you considered the possibility that the troopers could shoot out the bridge? Where would that put you?
And on the noth of the T-21. Yes, they can fire once per minute. But unless I'm mistaken it is a semi-auto shot. And there are five hundred of them in play. Meaning that even if the troopers used volleys of three or four shots per second, they could blow through a good amount of your droids, fearful or not. As I've said, the Battle Meditation doesn't incapacitate troops. It weakens them, but not to the point of uselessness.
Originally posted by Fishy
Once the droids have set up a perimiter behind the bridge (shouldn't take to long) and their fire is still shooting the Dark Jedi will move across. Keep in mind that the weak walls and houses can catch flame by what is happening now. Of course I will assume they won't because it makes it easier but the town is going to be in a very bad shape and most of the cover will probably be destroyed by the fire. So at that time the droids will move forward the Jedi walking behind them. Once the droids near the weaker wooden walls and houses and god knows what else on the small platue the droids will have to stop firing and the Jedi will go in to finish of the rest.
Well, this is if the droids can actually get across the bridge. What if, as I've said, it is shot out?
Originally posted by Fishy
Now keep in mind this operation depends on two things, primarily Bastila her battle meditation and Malak his great way of attacking head on. Also keep in mind that Malak himself will be joining in the battle once the guys are over the bridge and the droids stop firing its 700 Dark Jedi + Plus Malak jumping into a weak scattered and scared base trying to destroy what little remains, if the troops haven't routed by then yet.
In general a well thought out and effective strategy. But I would like a response on my bridge statement. Outside of that, good.
However, since this is a very late reply, I suppose Fishy has the bridge defense down pat. I say you take this with pretty low casualties.