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Zeus 10/03/18 1:32:44 AM #50:	Unbridled9 posted... Ignoring how stupid them not having forces to spare is... so what? You traded a bunch of crappy bombers which would be useless in a fight and some X-wings... FOR A FUCKING CAPITOL SHIP! It doesn't get much better than that in terms of trades. Plus, let's not forget that, if Poe hadn't made that trade, not only would the resistance taken a lot more damage just escaping, but they would have takes a LOT more in the later fight (removing it's guns and fighters) and had an additional ship trailing them (not that they weren't f'ed anyways). ....you lost a sizable portion of your force -- apparently those were the LAST bombers they owned -- to take out a ship that the FO had dozens of. As far as "trades" go, it's Pyrrhic victory; hell, it's arguably even worse because they didn't even "win" following that engagement. They lost a larger percentage of their force in that failed battle. Unbridled9 posted... In military terms it's like trading a bomber wing and some fighters for an enemy aircraft carrier/battleship. That's NOT a bad trade. Pretty much the only way it could be 'bad' is if the imps hadn't spotted them yet (another stupid bit; how the heck the wing got that close without being detected; as well as why the heck the bombers weren't faster) and Poe's stunt had given them away... which wasn't the case. It's a terrible trade when your only remaining bombers -- ships that could have been used in many other attacks with greater impact -- are sacrificed to take out a ship that the FO has plenty of. This wasn't a Death Star run, this was a far smaller win. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:909867669] in Research F... [t:77060522]...</cite> <quote><cite>Unbridled9 posted...</cite> <quote>Ignoring how stupid them not having forces to spare is... so what? You traded a bunch of crappy bombers which would be useless in a fight and some X-wings... FOR A FUCKING CAPITOL SHIP! It doesn't get much better than that in terms of trades. Plus, let's not forget that, if Poe hadn't made that trade, not only would the resistance taken a lot more damage just escaping, but they would have takes a LOT more in the later fight (removing it's guns and fighters) and had an additional ship trailing them (not that they weren't f'ed anyways).</quote> ....you lost a sizable portion of your force -- apparently those were the LAST bombers they owned -- to take out a ship that the FO had dozens of. As far as "trades" go, it's Pyrrhic victory; hell, it's arguably even worse because they didn't even "win" following that engagement. They lost a larger percentage of their force in that failed battle. <cite>Unbridled9 posted...</cite> <quote>In military terms it's like trading a bomber wing and some fighters for an enemy aircraft carrier/battleship. That's NOT a bad trade. Pretty much the only way it could be 'bad' is if the imps hadn't spotted them yet (another stupid bit; how the heck the wing got that close without being detected; as well as why the heck the bombers weren't faster) and Poe's stunt had given them away... which wasn't the case.</quote> It's a terrible trade when your only remaining bombers -- ships that could have been used in many other attacks with greater impact -- are sacrificed to take out a ship that the FO has plenty of. This wasn't a Death Star run, this was a far smaller win. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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