NCS response to NI (a bit longish)

On Fri, 26 Feb 1999 08:54:41 -0500 "Izenberg, Noam"
> <Noam.Izenberg@jhuapl.edu> writes:
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That thars uh fuhr cumment ya'll.

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> Cloaking tech would be _much_ easier to get than stealth.
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Perhaps so.

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> Yeah, the NCS inflitrator was booted uncerenmoniously from the
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Shhhhhhhhh, the Budget and Finance Commitee doesn't know about that
little escapade................

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> _I_ know it was a joke. I just don't want to promote NCS delusions of
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Grandeur? Delusions? What Delusions? I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD, NO, KING OF
THE GALAXY, NO, KING OF THE UNIVERSE, NO, I'M GOD, YEAH, THATS IT! HUH? WHAT?
NO, NOT THAT, NOT THE NEEDLE!! NO, NO, no, nononono,
noooooo........snoooooore.................

8^)
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What bridled me was the _method_ of obtaining the
> technology,
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Okay okay, I give in. 8^)

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> If a system/rule is balanced, it's not ubertech.
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Thats true.

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> That being said, some minor powers (like my conception of NI) base
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Now that makes perfect sense. The NCS paid seriously during the first Solar
War, trying to be a player rather than a manipulator. That experience, along
with sitting right in the path of the KV invasion has them moving hard and
fast towards the NI's style of ship construction and combat. Probably only a
small portion of the fleet will use stealth though. They certainly won't be
building anymore of the monstrous Lee class battleships for now. On that note,
heres that ship in FB stats, it really is a monster.

NCSN General Robert E. Lee class Battleship.

Mass 380 Cost 1238 Strong Hull
Hull Integrity 38/38/38/38
Crew Factor 19 Ratings 304 Officers 76 Armor 20 Standard Sensors 4 x Firecon 6
x Class 4 (three arc) 4 x Pulse Torp (F) 2 x PDS

The Lees are meant to form the core of heavy battlegroups. The only example is
the flagship of the NCS Home Fleet. No others of the planned class of four
ships have been started, nor are they expected to be.

How bout this? The NCS agent buys the tech from NI, then engages in a series
of exercises to practice with it on their newer ships? Interested?