Hi all.
Just thought I'd get some discussion going about certain things that could have changed and altered the history of Wing Commander.
For example, When the TCS Tiger's Claw made an attack on K'tithrak Mang, what if she was successful and destroyed the star base thus crippling the Kilrathi command in the Enigma sector?
Once discussion has concluded on this particular 'what if' theory, we can discuss other ones such as:
-What if the TCS Tiger's Claw was never destroyed?
-What if the TCS Concordia never came under attack near Caernavon station thus allowing Maverick to meet up with the carrier and soon serve onboard?
-What if Hobbes never defected?
-Make one up yourself!
For the first topic. I beleive if the Tiger's Claw was not destroyed by stealth fighters and was able to make it to K'tithrak Mang, they may have been able to destroy the starbase (at a cost that would nearly include the carrier itself, heck even most of the crew) but the blow would be astonishing. With the recent loss of a headquarters in the Vega Sector, and now a loss on the Enigma sector, the Kilrathi forces would become scattered and perhaps find themselves flushed out of these systems entirely. Perhaps not entirely but enough to not post a threat to the local Confederation forces in these sectors. The Kilrathi's main forces (such as the Emporer and Prince Thrakath and their fleets) would have to relocate their command posts all the way back to Kilrah thus making it more difficult to control forces when their forces are on the front lines and they are right at the back of the action. Because of this disruption of Kilrathi command, Confederation forces may have been able to overcome the crippled Kilrathi and thus end the war years, perhaps even decades sooner than it did. If not, at least with less losses, such as the battle of earth or the destruction of honoured carriers like the Concordia. Perhaps even the Behemoth would still have been around.
Just thought I'd get some discussion going about certain things that could have changed and altered the history of Wing Commander.
For example, When the TCS Tiger's Claw made an attack on K'tithrak Mang, what if she was successful and destroyed the star base thus crippling the Kilrathi command in the Enigma sector?
Once discussion has concluded on this particular 'what if' theory, we can discuss other ones such as:
-What if the TCS Tiger's Claw was never destroyed?
-What if the TCS Concordia never came under attack near Caernavon station thus allowing Maverick to meet up with the carrier and soon serve onboard?
-What if Hobbes never defected?
-Make one up yourself!
For the first topic. I beleive if the Tiger's Claw was not destroyed by stealth fighters and was able to make it to K'tithrak Mang, they may have been able to destroy the starbase (at a cost that would nearly include the carrier itself, heck even most of the crew) but the blow would be astonishing. With the recent loss of a headquarters in the Vega Sector, and now a loss on the Enigma sector, the Kilrathi forces would become scattered and perhaps find themselves flushed out of these systems entirely. Perhaps not entirely but enough to not post a threat to the local Confederation forces in these sectors. The Kilrathi's main forces (such as the Emporer and Prince Thrakath and their fleets) would have to relocate their command posts all the way back to Kilrah thus making it more difficult to control forces when their forces are on the front lines and they are right at the back of the action. Because of this disruption of Kilrathi command, Confederation forces may have been able to overcome the crippled Kilrathi and thus end the war years, perhaps even decades sooner than it did. If not, at least with less losses, such as the battle of earth or the destruction of honoured carriers like the Concordia. Perhaps even the Behemoth would still have been around.
