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Jingseng Apr 19, 2014 @ 5:00pm
Your Mission: The Rebel's Weakness (spoilers)
The rebel's weakness....

being destroyed.

"Hay yoo gaiz! The secret to beating the rebels is BEATING THE REBELS!"

"Thanks, we couldn't figure out that we should destroy that flagship. Good thing you got here after mucking about in 7 sectors to tell us! Here's some fuel, off you go now."

:pinkdeath::squirtyay:
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a razor named qualia Apr 19, 2014 @ 5:08pm 
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VIDEO GAMES Apr 19, 2014 @ 5:35pm 
Whoa there, step away from the squirt :squirtooh:
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Culain Apr 19, 2014 @ 6:40pm 
This topic sums up my thoughts on the plot
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a razor named qualia Apr 19, 2014 @ 6:41pm 
Originally posted by Culain:
This topic sums up my thoughts on the plot
Accurate thoughts they are.
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Quazimortal Apr 19, 2014 @ 7:07pm 
LOL! Story...
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Psykechan Apr 19, 2014 @ 7:39pm 
At least TC did say "spoilers".
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Gibbles Apr 19, 2014 @ 8:10pm 
To be fair the fact that the rebels have a flagship isn't know to the rest of the federation. Begs the question how YOU got the info though.
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a razor named qualia Apr 19, 2014 @ 8:11pm 
Originally posted by Gibbles1337:
To be fair the fact that the rebels have a flagship isn't know to the rest of the federation. Begs the question how YOU got the info though.

I suspect it has something to do with how the Red Tail looks...
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Star 'Sword Sage' Sil Apr 19, 2014 @ 8:22pm 
Originally posted by Variant:
Originally posted by Gibbles1337:
To be fair the fact that the rebels have a flagship isn't know to the rest of the federation. Begs the question how YOU got the info though.

I suspect it has something to do with how the Red Tail looks...
Hell yeah ,Red Tail going incognito!It's mah favorite ship....
Last edited by Star 'Sword Sage' Sil; Apr 19, 2014 @ 8:23pm
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Psykechan Apr 19, 2014 @ 8:27pm 
Originally posted by Gibbles1337:
To be fair the fact that the rebels have a flagship isn't know to the rest of the federation. Begs the question how YOU got the info though.
One would think that they would find out about it when it showed up in their sector destroying things.

This makes me think that the rebel's plan is to just strike at the Federation base because, although they do have tons of ships there, they are the basic starting models and not upgraded-out-the-ass ones that just flew through 7 progressively tougher sectors.

It's not like the Federation's base even has any defenses.
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a razor named qualia Apr 19, 2014 @ 9:02pm 
Originally posted by Psykechan:
Originally posted by Gibbles1337:
To be fair the fact that the rebels have a flagship isn't know to the rest of the federation. Begs the question how YOU got the info though.
One would think that they would find out about it when it showed up in their sector destroying things.

This makes me think that the rebel's plan is to just strike at the Federation base because, although they do have tons of ships there, they are the basic starting models and not upgraded-out-the-ass ones that just flew through 7 progressively tougher sectors.

It's not like the Federation's base even has any defenses.

Not like Tully's fleet is any good is it?

Originally posted by Star Storm Sil Crystal Vanguard:
Originally posted by Variant:

I suspect it has something to do with how the Red Tail looks...
Hell yeah ,Red Tail going incognito!It's mah favorite ship....

Red Tail is just a Rebel Kestrel.

It fits the description of where they got the rest of the cruisers. (them all seeming older variants of Federation Cruisers.) The Kestrel being an old ship, discontinued in the Federation.

I think that the Kestrel crew are actually ex-Rebels, who escaped the Rebels by living near the outer colonies which where just under harassment by scouts.

Being discovered by the Fleet, they set out to inform the last know Federation Fleet of the Rebel's weakness.

Of course the Rebels can't let that happen now can they?
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WolfieTR56 Apr 19, 2014 @ 11:01pm 
No. You didn't read. The weakness of the Rebels is the Flagship. Its similar to the Death Star in Star Wars if you think about it that way.
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Jingseng Apr 20, 2014 @ 12:38am 
No... You didn't think.

"destroy the rebel's flagship" is not really a weakness... it's not even a strategy.

The deathstar was something they NEEDED to destroy... they all knew that all along. They had to DISCOVER A WEAKNESS to it, which was an exhaust vent. The second time around, it was because the emperor would happen to be there... those are weaknesses. Destroying the death star was, itself, NOT a weakness (if anything, the empire going on to destroy the rebel base on hoth and then build a SECOND deathstar pretty much shows how much of a NOT a weakness the deathstar was).

As for canon, there are lots and lots of contradictions within the story... but this point in particular is frankly weak and anticlimactic.
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