Tracian Empire wrote:The Gonzen Corrective wrote:
Oh, for sure. But a morally and physically damaged one after their victory/defeat over/at-the-hands-of the Martians? Sure they are tough, but they would have expended ammo, faced losses, and of course quite a few would likely be quite tired, especially any foot soldiers battling planet-side. Imagine yourself in a condition like that, wounded, low on ammo, tired and morally damaged after the loss of your buddies. Suddenly, giant motherf***ing space monsters are eating your little friends faces off and barreling into your ships. Doesn't sound like much fun. Anyway, helping out the martians would be fun, then just attacking them once the battle ends. Either way, we will kill some folk and have some fun, and ain't that all that really matters?
You are forgetting some things.
1. The Sol System is Holy for most of the humans. There is no way any human would leave it to be eaten, they would fight with desperation.
2. The AI known as Alice has reahced such a level it can control battlestars with no crew members inside. I don't need soldiers.
3. Immediately after the victory, at least in my case, it's a standard procedure, I would bring reinforcements and install defense systems.
1. Oh, I am sure that many humans would fight to the end. But that doesn't change that they are wounded and exhausted, and unless you have an army exclusively made up of inhumanly devout zealots and perfect human beings I am willing to bet that you will have a few mutiny's and cowards on your hand, though less than if Sol were just some other system.
2. Ok then, but even so, it is likely the ships would be damaged after the battle, and even if Alice is capable of controlling the ship by itself, if there are any humans left it is likely that a few will try to override the system and save their own arses. Unless, once again, all of your soldiers are brainwashed/inhumanly perfect. I have no doubt Alice could destroy a good amount of my fleet, but once a crewless-ship is boarded I would suspect it would be easy enough to blow your way through it and cut the power, unless of course you have combat bots.
3. That is a very odd strategy. Unless your reinforcements are literally waiting on the edges of their seats for a victory instead of aiding their compatriots, the Hiveminds (Who will be waiting on the edges of their seats.) will get their far before them, unless as previously said you have men in range to turn the tide of the battle but that you instead have reserved for when you win it. And, of course, I don't expect to hold earth for more than a few hours at most, just hop fully enough to herd up as many humans as possible and warp the hell out of there. Then I can come back with an even larger army using the delicious Terran biomass!






