Farbourne
Rear Admiral
Just finished reading Fleet Action. Good book.
Anyway, it brings to mind a question. The Kilrathi constructed twelve Hakaga-class supercarriers. Only five were involved in the Battle of Earth (the other seven either weren't completed or didn't have enough pilots in time to launch the assault). Of those five, three were destroyed, and two retreated heavily damaged (albeit at the cost of most of their fighter wings).
The Cats also had, according to Fleet Action, something like a dozen other fleet carriers (presumably Snakeirs or something like that) and their normal scores of cruisers and destroyers.
Post-battle, Confed had a grand total of two fleet carriers operational (at least in the vicinity of Earth...I guess they may have had others in far-flung reaches that couldn't get there in time)...both heavily damaged (indeed, one, the Concordia, would be lost shortly thereafter). Also, they presumably had a number of lighter carriers (escort carriers and light carriers...Yorktowns and such).
Still, it seems that post battle, the Kilrathi still had an overwhelming advantage. Why didn't the nine surviving Hakagas simply decend on Confed and end the war within the year, once their fighters had been restocked (which Thrakhath implied in the book would take about a year)? I assume this is part of the rationale why things are so bad for Confed in WC3, but it seems like it should never even have gotten that far? Was there a major revolution in technology that negated the Hakagas and drew the war on? Did the "stealth dreadnoughts" that Tolwyn mentions (I assume he didn't mean the Behemoth) stave off the Hakagas? Did the Kilrathi take too long recovering the pilot losses? Did Confed manage to bring a bunch of new ships online quickly and miraculously?
Is there any further mention in the canonical material as to what happened to the other nine Hakagas, and how they factored into the subsequent war?
Anyway, it brings to mind a question. The Kilrathi constructed twelve Hakaga-class supercarriers. Only five were involved in the Battle of Earth (the other seven either weren't completed or didn't have enough pilots in time to launch the assault). Of those five, three were destroyed, and two retreated heavily damaged (albeit at the cost of most of their fighter wings).
The Cats also had, according to Fleet Action, something like a dozen other fleet carriers (presumably Snakeirs or something like that) and their normal scores of cruisers and destroyers.
Post-battle, Confed had a grand total of two fleet carriers operational (at least in the vicinity of Earth...I guess they may have had others in far-flung reaches that couldn't get there in time)...both heavily damaged (indeed, one, the Concordia, would be lost shortly thereafter). Also, they presumably had a number of lighter carriers (escort carriers and light carriers...Yorktowns and such).
Still, it seems that post battle, the Kilrathi still had an overwhelming advantage. Why didn't the nine surviving Hakagas simply decend on Confed and end the war within the year, once their fighters had been restocked (which Thrakhath implied in the book would take about a year)? I assume this is part of the rationale why things are so bad for Confed in WC3, but it seems like it should never even have gotten that far? Was there a major revolution in technology that negated the Hakagas and drew the war on? Did the "stealth dreadnoughts" that Tolwyn mentions (I assume he didn't mean the Behemoth) stave off the Hakagas? Did the Kilrathi take too long recovering the pilot losses? Did Confed manage to bring a bunch of new ships online quickly and miraculously?
Is there any further mention in the canonical material as to what happened to the other nine Hakagas, and how they factored into the subsequent war?