On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 11:54:10 -0400 John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 07/06/07, Dr. Core <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > advantage, what really decided the victory was plain old numerical > > superiority of (non-NT) manpower. A GM is no match for Gelgoog, a > > Ball is no match for Zaku, but Fed just flooded A Bao A Qu with Mao > > Zedong-like "sea of men tactic". > > How many GM and Ball units were there? I seem to remember the Feds > still being vastly outnumbered, at Solomon and at A Bao A Qu.
At Solomon it was more of an even match. But even there, I think the Feds were fielding something like 2 Balls for every GM. The real mismatch was Abaoaqu, which was basically the equivalent of the Marianas Turkeyshoot during WW2. The Feds had the remnants of the Colony Ray fleet and the veterans from Solomon Island and the rest of the war versus a bunch of kids. If anything, the Colony Ray attack hurt the Zeons more than it did the Feds. The Federation lost a fleet commander and maybe half of a fleet, the Zeons lost their soveriegn, his battleship, the escort fleet, and Degin's Honor Guard; which you can guarantee in Zeon's ability-based nobility system were among the best MS pilots left to the Zeons. There's no way Zeon could have won Abaoaqu, but by having those vets there leading cadres of cadets, Zeon would have made a better showing of itself. -- Linwood Foster, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Moderator 3 of 6, Rec.Games.Mecha Moderation Team 10th Lyran Guards, The Revenants. http://www.geocities.com/the_devillin -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
