oh, btw, about landing in key points. In the even of an alien invasion, both the president and the prime-minister of US(most likely all other countries except the stupid ones will take the same measures) are immediately taken to secret safe places, each in a different one, so nobody except the ones that go there with them will know where they are.
Firstly, they aren't important figureheads in a total war against a superior enemy. The president can be sipping vodka in a WWII bunker with hardlines to several key bases, and his forces will still get annihilated. Simply surviving the initial onslaught means nothing.
Also, once the resisting forces are destroyed/broken, the leaders' authority will erode considerably. They are unimportant.
Lastly, the US doesn't have a prime minister like other countries, so I assume you typo'd.
Also none knows where the other is(refering to president and prime-minister) in case one dies, the other is still safe.
Again, pointless. A head without arms is not going to win the war, and any nation leader will abdicate or lose all formal power before any skirmish against the ISD concludes.
yeah, removing all communication that requires sattelites(by destroying the sattelites), but they could still communicate through antennas that transmit from one to another on closer distances.
What will they be communicating that will do anything other than stir up panic or another suicidal counter attack? And leaving aside the unreliability of short range radios and other communication methods, I think you're completely ignoring the fact that earth has nothing they can use against the ISD to destroy it. And since it can serve as a mobile artillery/air support for its ground forces, this makes it more effective than anything that can be marshaled in short notice.
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
I suggested in the other thread a while back how a grounded ISD and it's contingent would fair against an Earth caught by surprise.
And a few pages later I agreed to that and posted a scenario stating how their Star Destroyer crashed due to a rebel sabotage... and you laughed at it saying that it was stupid.
Originally posted by Janus MariusFirst off, the explosive power of jet fuel will not exceed that of a nuclear bomb. Not by a longshot. So therefore it would take millions upon millions of planes to hit all at once to even approach the energy generated by a bomb which still wouldn't penetrate the shields of something older than the ISD.
If you seriously think that we can just throw planes at it indefinitely until its shields go down, you lack reading comprehension and intelligence on a scale so massive, it would take Stephen Hawkings, Einstein, and Jesus to measure it.
You don't understand. I DIDN'T MEAN KAMIKAZE BOMB THEM, I meant board their ship with troops and take control of the ship. Now WAIT before you get too excited about saying that it's stupid: this happens all of the time in Star Wars where a force would board a ship and storm it pirate style.
AND, why did you complain about me only giving them 500,000 troops and now you claim that 2000 is sufficient? If they were to all airdrop onto DC. then we'd just send in a MUCH larger force and WTF pwn them, true they'd scare the citizens but they'd then proceed to get beaten easily. It's just amazing how you think that 2000 guys can break the will of the entire world...after they get over the shock of aliens invading assuming that they've read Star Wars they'd quickly realize that stormtroopers aren't invincible and that 2000 aren't a threat.
Forgive me for the poor grammer and run on sentences.
Originally posted by HewhoknowsallGoddamn you're oblivious. It's like you retain every insult but forget every fact. 500,000 troops unsupported by air will lose. 2000 troops supported by a floating death-mobile will win. And you are aware that every time a ship was boarded in Star Wars, it was using Star Wars technology? Incidentally, we don't have that. How are the so-called boarding parties going to A.) get close enough to the ship that's hovering in the atmosphere, and B.) get through the shields?
You don't understand. I DIDN'T MEAN KAMIKAZE BOMB THEM, I meant board their ship with troops and take control of the ship. Now WAIT before you get too excited about saying that it's stupid: this happens all of the time in Star Wars where a force would board a ship and storm it pirate style.AND, why did you complain about me only giving them 500,000 troops and now you claim that 2000 is sufficient? If they were to all airdrop onto DC. then we'd just send in a MUCH larger force and WTF pwn them, true they'd scare the citizens but they'd then proceed to get beaten easily. It's just amazing how you think that 2000 guys can break the will of the entire world...after they get over the shock of aliens invading assuming that they've read Star Wars they'd quickly realize that stormtroopers aren't invincible and that 2000 aren't a threat.
Forgive me for the poor grammer and run on sentences.
With these guys and Bruce Willis, asshat.
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Goddamn you're oblivious. It's like you retain every insult but forget every fact. 500,000 troops unsupported by air will lose. 2000 troops supported by a floating death-mobile will win. And you are aware that every time a ship was boarded in Star Wars, it was using Star Wars technology? Incidentally, we don't have that. How are the so-called boarding parties going to A.) get close enough to the ship that's hovering in the atmosphere, and B.) get through the shields?
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but there is no evidence to suggest that Star Wars ships have some special shield bypass tech or anything like that. Based on the movies and books, the shields simply don't block projectiles since most Star Wars weapons are energy and friendly ships need to be able to move in and out freely.
So nukes (assuming that they aren't shot down by defense systems) could go through the shields and blow it up from the inside where it won't be as well armored.
And stop it with complaining about me being oblivious. In the last thread you STILL refuse to answer to my arguments.
Originally posted by HewhoknowsallOK. Then why did the energy field of the Death Star II destroy like 10 fighters when the Rebel Fleet pulled evasive action? I'm tasking you with providing proof that Imperial-era capital ships don't carry energy shields which deflect projectiles. I'm also gonna require proof from you that Confederacy-era ray shields that seemed to line the hallways of Providence-class capital ships didn't stop matter (despite the fact that three human were trapped within it). Because OBVIOUSLY mile-long Star Destroyers designed for intense combat in the far-flung space age are vulnerable to projectiles. That explains why lasers are used. Did all that make sense? No? Now you know how we all feel when we read your crap.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but there is no evidence to suggest that Star Wars ships have some special shield bypass tech or anything like that. Based on the movies and books, the shields simply don't block projectiles since most Star Wars weapons are energy and friendly ships need to be able to move in and out freely.So nukes (assuming that they aren't shot down by defense systems) could go through the shields and blow it up from the inside where it won't be as well armored.
And stop it with complaining about me being oblivious. In the last thread you STILL refuse to answer to my arguments.
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
OK. Then why did the energy field of the Death Star II destroy like 10 fighters when the Rebel Fleet pulled evasive action? I'm tasking you with providing proof that Imperial-era capital ships don't carry energy shields which deflect projectiles. I'm also gonna require proof from you that Confederacy-era ray shields that seemed to line the hallways of Providence-class capital ships didn't stop matter (despite the fact that three human were trapped within it). Because OBVIOUSLY mile-long Star Destroyers designed for intense combat in the far-flung space age are vulnerable to projectiles. That explains why lasers are used. Did all that make sense? No? Now you know how we all feel when we read your crap.
QFT.