Yeah sorry, I have had a rough weekend, one of my cats got hit by a car and was killed and I found him on the road when I was leaving for work on Friday. It kind of has disrupted my whole weekend. Looking forward to getting back to a normal schedule, so my writing should improve.
Oh my gosh! That's terrible! Eon, my heart goes out to you. Yow!
I actually have five other cats in my household. My wife and daughter have a hard time saying no to strays. One of the five was a buddy of the deceased and we are watching him carefully as he seems a bit distraught, we'll see. I am trying to keep their number at five though as food, litter, and vet services are expensive.
No doubt. Good on you for being a friend to strays who would otherwise have little future at all! =)
I have been a cat person for most of my life, and it is never easy to lose a fluffy guy, no matter what the circumstances. Hopefully you can feel better soon.
There is an inhabited planet here, so it is likely that these two ships came from there. It is possible that the Invid came from there, but you are right in the fact that there may be a clamship somewhere nearby that launched these Invid into orbit. The other option is that there is another source of Invid nearby.Sherwood If any of this is data you don't feel C'osmo should know or whatnot, just let me know and I'll adjust. =)
Just to make sure that everyone is on the same page here, the two ships are roughly the same size as a modern US Nimitz-class aircraft carrier (1,600 feet long, 650 feet wide, and 900 feet tall), and are capable of carrying up to 350 bioroids - 400 if they crowd their hangar bays - along with six ground-to-orbit shuttles that can carry up to 50 bioroids on hover sleds. There are no big guns on these ships, but they do have teeth in the form of several dozen tri-barrel laser turrets that are usually tasked to protect the ship from fighter class targets.
You are fairly certain that the Invid can go from ground to space on their own. The Clam ship is used to transport the baddies because it can carry so many at once, and can fly much faster than the Invid themselves can.Just thinking out loud here. Are these Invid mecha capable of reaching orbit on their own from this planet's gravity and atmosphere (whatever it is made up of)?
Because if they aren't, then whatever brought them all here is, at least in terms of starship distances, nearby. =)
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Sherwood
If this was answered, I missed it. What's the case here, please? I thought we were ordered by the Normandy to follow the Fire Cats in and board (ASAP from the sound of things), but do we have the option of taking Onni's suggestion to Pyrrah and bailing on the Fire Cats to try and sneak our way there?
You need to get to your target as soon as possible, and inside an active dogfight, powering down and coasting the distance between ships might not be the best idea. You will not be able to take advantage of your automatic dodge in case you are spotted. If there was more time, the sneak approach could come in handy, but right now you are on a time crunch to save the ship from the Invid boarders.Re: This post.
Good to know, but my core question is - the Normandy appeared to give our squad orders (to follow the Fire Cats in, etc.). I know what to expect out of Real Life military, but in this game, does the UEEF give 2ndLt Pyrrah the option of changing the plan?
The plan is to get to the ship and deal with the boarders as soon as possible. The exact how of this is up to you.
Cool!
No worries, but thank you for correcting that.
Details matter! Go Psychie! =)
