Aeronautico
Rear Admiral
Curious: How many Bengals were there? There was:
Kyoto
Tiger's Claw
Eagle's Talon
How many and what names?
Kyoto
Tiger's Claw
Eagle's Talon
How many and what names?
The way Thrakath's message reads, Blair's title of Heart of the Tiger is actually means Heart of the Tiger's Claw. As you should know Blair is actually supposed to be Wing Commander, or if you prefer Commander of Air Group, of the Tiger's Claw by that point. The implication he's both a exceptional pilot and CAG is carried on pretty much throughout the series.If there were so many Bengals around, not to mention all the other ships Confed had here and there, then why was the loss of the Claw at K'tithrak Mang such a crushing blow? The general implication from the WC2 intro is that losing the Claw pretty much delayed Confed from winning in Enigma for 10 years. And Thrakhath seemed pretty confident that "without the Tiger's Claw, the humans are defenseless" or something like that. He said they would sweep through the defensless human colonies, and only the loss of Ghorar Khar seemed to slow him down.
Loss of the Tiger's Claw would mean loss of the data they had aquired to be able to find Kithrak Mang, which extended the war.
The general implication from the WC2 intro is that losing the Claw pretty much delayed Confed from winning in Enigma for 10 years. And Thrakhath seemed pretty confident that "without the Tiger's Claw, the humans are defenseless" or something like that. He said they would sweep through the defensless human colonies, and only the loss of Ghorar Khar seemed to slow him down.
Was Thrakhath being flippant and overconfident? Was he putting that much stock in the prowess of Blair and the other top pilots on the Claw? Was the Confed fleet extremely depleted at that point through losses and attrition (that is not the implication at the end of SM2...if anything, it seems like the disruption of the Sivar Eshrad ceremony has the Kilrathi on the run all across the Galaxy)
I'm just curious how one single Bengal carrier could have been the key to the entire Confederate defenses in an entire sector.
Curious: How many Bengals were there? There was:
Bengals were produced at the Trojan IV Yards from 2619 to 2656 at a rate of one per year.
A total of 37 Bengals were built, broken down into 25 Block 1 ships (2619-2643) and 12 Block 2 ships (2644-2656).
Kyoto
If there were so many Bengals around, not to mention all the other ships Confed had here and there, then why was the loss of the Claw at K'tithrak Mang such a crushing blow? The general implication from the WC2 intro is that losing the Claw pretty much delayed Confed from winning in Enigma for 10 years. And Thrakhath seemed pretty confident that "without the Tiger's Claw, the humans are defenseless" or something like that. He said they would sweep through the defensless human colonies, and only the loss of Ghorar Khar seemed to slow him down.
Was Thrakhath being flippant and overconfident? Was he putting that much stock in the prowess of Blair and the other top pilots on the Claw? Was the Confed fleet extremely depleted at that point through losses and attrition (that is not the implication at the end of SM2...if anything, it seems like the disruption of the Sivar Eshrad ceremony has the Kilrathi on the run all across the Galaxy)
I'm just curious how one single Bengal carrier could have been the key to the entire Confederate defenses in an entire sector.
You may have 37 odd Bengals, but this is Confed on the back of a lot of victories. Victories mean an expansion of territory and that means that more and more of your fleet has to be used simply to guard the territory you already have.
The way Thrakath's message reads, Blair's title of Heart of the Tiger is actually means Heart of the Tiger's Claw. As you should know Blair is actually supposed to be Wing Commander, or if you prefer Commander of Air Group, of the Tiger's Claw by that point. The implication he's both a exceptional pilot and CAG is carried on pretty much throughout the series.
I don't think so. The location of the HQ was most likely known by many in Confed. The Claw was on a deep penetration raid to destroy it when it was taken out. Confed was probably not willing to risk another precious carrier on a deep penetration raid. In fact, we don't really see another deep raid like this till the Tarawa in 2667.
and then there's, arguably, the ship in the Armada introduction.
I'm surprised. No info on how many Bengals were produced? Like the Midway-class?
That's what I meant. There was a history of Midway-class capships, but there was on written history for the Bengal-class?