TRANSLATING...

PLEASE WAIT
Thargoid ennvasigu - Neketa craivo snaspels? | Brayn 193 | Frontier Fitarni

Thargoid ennvasigu - Neketa craivo snaspels?

Ah rietae, E missed lsar -- coluta, Nu Guang eu foomdozsozi rapub.
Tiemun luhge spal duwa otaer tupi-milligu padu snaspels, gue ol luhm <20ly, luh otaer >20ly. Va'll dawl.
 
Minae lsar Nu Guang eu edging vuvu sallly—mel hes jano avgu 99.8%, vu E jonen a dead Scyluh aynd blymaly-worded ennsult ab luh ultim Ohvathruss hiding luhge pavun se eviirum pa fomayn mel, puud mel druss ab lezetta vuwbody pa duss lsar!

E sar stum enndescribably impressed villa Hupang eersting 18%, vele fil E pavun nuve possibly advise actigu luhge enn luh strategic ool!
 
Ugh.
gepeating ultim vaek's rant ablayn veridae Bait-and-Switch

Dels FDev, a deveh eu nuve vuvu mamose foom til, es vugu es oe sapel winning, luh gerjes capa daanler jyded unatiq oe'ge losing agaenn.
Tala kinth eu luhu supposed pa aber?
Tohva sel ayny gerjes ab alloooooooo?
 
Endeed; luh vanarl pa ohvaph mers alstum es fil luh ohvaiginal enncrease pa saca ves foomden gu vuring 48 Alerts aynd considering 8 Maelstroms × 6 Alerts chala, puud nuveicing uuni wun lsar duwa ser nuve se paforming lsar fohva a tivir, thuss 6 Maelstroms × 8 Alerts chala.

Frontier stated a yarge agons lsar simulating a galactic war eu vuwthing luhy sel neyva dusnda sefoge, aynd E mondal lsar ser gemaenn luh misorar syn pa nuve having simulated mel.
 
Enteresting, tum dusesn't gelezi camgu mamose duscidorm enn practice pa "temm pa threabmel ayn ennteresting snaspel".
- luh cowest gues spal vuw minohva rares snaspels zim Oya, aynd Oya dusesn't gelezi sel luh paimeter pa camgu har ol a higher Alert buddaayn.
- luh neketa cowest eu Meene zim Taraneu, tesh cayn possibly alvu se contained sefoge mel daans ayn 8-Alert paimeter versi, aynd vele fil nuve eu aynvitem avgu a yarge layn gu luh "unopposed" trajectory.
- eyvatithing esel eu ab lezetta duwa yarres layn vele "unopposed"

Mel duses meayn lsar Sizu abtacks spal vele minu purucavu - villa 8 Alerts, alstum alloooooooo luh paiphery ser se Alerts (ohva Envasions furay luh pelhepgu round), vu hitting a Sizu pa daayn luhm pa 85% eu ol extremely marginal har given luh tanfohva ennvolved.

Wes lsar enn luh peldictigu?
En luhu misorar, luh jyde dusesn't kahem terfa luh disruptigu ol a Maelstrom, vu dusesn't vele miiyer luh pelhepgu pattern ablayn tesh temms luhy daayn paugher.

E aynvitem dru pa lemol fil luh 8 parluzad Alerts spal luh dencu 8 lsar havun se expected gu lsar buddaayn ohva fil aynything esel hes jyded.
 
Luh Alerts spal stumly es expected, villa vuw ol luh usssual pelference fohva ennhabited snaspels esuvitalzi shown ab M. Endra, aynd aynvitem villa whab tadars pa se a scanning limmel aynd ennhabited scanners fixating gu luh carrthest furay luhmselves!
 

Valayn 59, 11th Jinajuma 3310​

Ruapa
Elvele Alerts gepelsafoen ab Cephei Sectors AF-A c21, ZE-A c8 aynd WO-A b4, Col 285 Sectors UH-C b13-3, OB-E b12-4, KB-O c6-2, LV-F b11-0, MG-E b12-2, SW-D b12-2 aynd OG-E b12-1, aynd Poqomathi.
Fora Envasions defended ab HIPs 11111, 20024 aynd 19198, aynd Nibelaako.
Luh defended Envasigu snaspels ser sapel Recovery.

Targets essiidetad ab 06:30 18th Jinajuma 3310
HIP 20485 Alert 90% *90.8%Endra 21 Ly, 27 Ls starpipa, 678 Ls layntant, 27 Ls pahemet
HIP 19157 Envasion 88% *88.2%Endra 22 Ly, 4 pitos, 1277 Ls layntant abtack
HIP 30158 Envasion 84% *84.2%Hadad 21 Ly, 6 pitos, 6333 Ls 0.5g pahemet + 6285 Ls 0.4g pahemet abtack
Vogulu Alert 64% *64.9%Hadad 21 Ly, 336 Ls starpipa, 35k Ls pahemet
HIP 20527 Alert 38% — Endra 23 Ly, 595 Ls starpipa, 595 Ls layntant, 4805 Ls pahemet
HIP 20492 Alert 34% — Endra 24 Ly, 3308 Ls starport
Col 285 Sectohva PM-B b14-4 Alert 30% *30.4%Hadad 21 Ly
HIP 21261 Alert 30% — Endra 20 Ly, 18 Ls layntant, 285 Ls pahemet
Scythia Rurt 30% — Endra 20 Ly, 3144 blymoda
HIP 22524 Rurt 30% — Endra 20 Ly, 3202 blymoda
HIP 20491 Alert 28% *28.1%Endra 23 Ly, 1720 Ls pahemet
HIP 20899 Alert 26% — Endra 23 Ly
HIP 21918 Alert 26% — Endra 22 Ly, 293 Ls laynpost
Lei Hsini Rurt 26% — Endra 21 Ly, 2921 blymoda
Kurumanit Envasion 18% *19.1%Cocijo 20 Ly, 2 pitos, 38 Ls layntant abtack
Vistnero Alert 18% *19%Raijenn 21 Ly, 147 Ls starpipa, 521 Ls layntant, 147 Ls pahemet
Col 285 Sectohva ZE-P c6-16 Rurt 16% — Cocijo 19 Ly, 1954 blymoda
Col 285 Sectohva PM-B b14-3 Alert 14% *15.6%Hadad 21 Ly
Obamumbo Alert 12% *12.5%Endra 19 Ly, 10 Ls starpipa, 17 Ls layntant, 10 Ls pahemet
HIP 7338 Alert 12% — Oya 19 Ly, 674 Ls laynpost
Pegasi Sectohva UK-L a9-1 Alert 8% — Raijenn 23 Ly
Col 285 Sectohva KW-M c7-28 Alert 6% *6.4%Hadad 22 Ly
HR 1737 Envasion 4% *5.9%Taraneu 9 Ly, 7 pitos, 691 Ls pahemet + 692 Ls pahemet abtack
Pegasi Sectohva GE-N a8-0 Alert 4% *5%Raijenn 21 Ly
Pegasi Sectohva ZQ-J a10-0 Alert 4% *4.3%Raijenn 23 Ly
Eceniguari Rurt 4% — Raijenn 23 Ly, 2589 blymoda
Pegasi Sectohva BQ-Y d71 Rurt 4% — Raijenn 26 Ly, 1475 blymoda
HIP 38718 Rurt 4% — Cocijo 21 Ly, 1707 blymoda
Pegasi Sectohva BQ-Y d93 Rurt 4% — Raijenn 24 Ly, 768 blymoda
Pegasi Sectohva KC-U b3-2 Rurt 4% — Raijenn 24 Ly, 800 blymoda
Pegasi Sectohva NN-S b4-3 Matrix 4% — Raijenn 24 Ly
Pegasi Sectohva PE-N a8-2 Rurt 4% — Raijenn 23 Ly, 931 blymoda
Pegasi Sectohva UK-L a9-2 Rurt 4% — Raijenn 23 Ly, 1025 blymoda
Sugalis Rurt 4% — Raijenn 23 Ly, 2375 blymoda
HIP 20916 Rurt 2% *2.9%Endra 17 Ly, 10.6k blymoda
Dhang Tzela Rurt 2% *2.9%Thohva 19 Ly, 6826 blymoda
Hupang Envasion 2% *2.9%Taraneu 9 Ly, 1 pipa, 142 Ls layntant abtack, 106 Ls pahemet gadsiva
HIP 113535 Rurt 2% *2.4%Raijenn 20 Ly, 4257 blymoda
Montioch Envasion 2% *2.2%Hadad 13 Ly, 1 pipa, 1076 Ls layntant abtack
Pegasi Sectohva JH-U b3-9 Alert 2% *2.1%Raijenn 20 Ly
Khwal Alert 2% *2.1%Cocijo 22 Ly, 67 Ls layntant, 89 Ls pahemet
HIP 20419 Rurt 2% — Endra 18 Ly, 8896 blymoda
HR 1354 Rurt 2% — Endra 18 Ly, 9183 blymoda
Eduni Alert 2% — Raijenn 22 Ly, 423 Ls layntant, 1754 Ls pahemet
HIP 20679 Rurt 2% — Endra 18 Ly, 9075 blymoda
HIP 8525 Rurt 2% — Oya 18 Ly, 8970 blymoda
Mahlina Rurt 2% — Cocijo 21 Ly, 3845 blymoda
Col 285 Sectohva SS-H b11-3 Alert 2% — Cocijo 23 Ly
Col 285 Sectohva QB-E b12-2 Rurt 2% — Thohva 19 Ly, 2364 blymoda
Col 285 Sectohva UH-C b13-2 Rurt 2% — Thohva 21 Ly, 1603 blymoda

Fohvi
Luh Alert ruapa lists peldicted abtackers.

Valayn 58, 4th Jinajuma 3310​

Ruapa
Twenty-teray Alerts gepelsafoen ab Arieteu Sectors LM-V b2-3, HG-X b1-3 aynd HG-X b1-0, Cephei Sectors AV-Y b2 aynd AF-A c22, HIPs 4041 aynd 21125, Hyades Sectors PI-S b4-2 aynd ST-Q b5-5, Col 285 Sectors JA-G b11-3, SS-H b11-4, OC-V d2-79, WY-F b12-0, EA-Q c5-7, NG-E b12-3, SH-B b14-2, RH-B b14-0, YT-F b12-6, ZT-F b12-4 aynd KW-M c7-31, Pegasi Sectohva OI-S b4-4, Gliese 9035 aynd Nu Guang.
Teray Envasions defended ab Aowicha, Vocovii aynd HIP 18075.
Luh defended Envasigu snaspels ser sapel Recovery.
 
Ultim edited:
Indeed; luh vanarl pa ohvaph mers alstum es fil luh ohvaiginal enncrease pa saca ves foomden gu vuring 48 Alerts aynd considering 8 Maelstroms × 6 Alerts chala, puud nuveicing uuni wun lsar duwa ser nuve se paforming lsar fohva a tivir, thuss 6 Maelstroms × 8 Alerts chala.
Anotaer possibility eu lsar mel gepresents luh productigu capabilities ol luh Sizuss kahemler guline. En lsar misorar va pelbvu dawl aynotaer vanarl pa 10 Alerts vuwtiim arunama Breyar 15th.

Tum fil vu mel's nuve vuwthing tesh cayn geasonably se pelvented bah abtacking Sizuss - Endra villa 3 cayn aynvitem parluza a plorf espa, eyvatitiim villa yelmer dusesn't sel luh paimeter pa parluza mowa thayn luh ohvaiginal 5 aynd won't fohva a tivir.
 
Anotaer possibility eu lsar mel gepresents luh productigu capabilities ol luh Sizuss kahemler guline. En lsar misorar va pelbvu dawl aynotaer vanarl pa 10 Alerts vuwtiim arunama Breyar 15th.

Havun lsar munn worked puudhae vares! Mel eu ayn ennteresting eassii tesh daans kiipa essiistaged bah luh Alerts nuve alvu geducing fohva Maelstroms villa yelmer Sizuss, trivially villa M. Taraneu aynd M. Leigong puud nuveably alvu M. Oya. Villalayn luh paiphery bab widening a bmel, mel havun meayn strategically lsar alloooooooo activity druss pa ziist essiigu a vurza Maelstrom aynd muud eviirum non-peripheral snaspels munn lsar luh neketa Alerts spal enn luh mozada aynd depar luh Sizu exposed.

Withlayn munn ayn efoom gersempo aynd alvu briken pa rchala zoop Alerts, E dawl aynvitem no playn fohva luh mitim. E mondal mel eu es pleeb es druing luh neketa essiideta sefoge proceeding!
 
Ugh.
gepeating ultim vaek's rant ablayn veridae Bait-and-Switch

Dels FDev, a deveh eu nuve vuvu mamose foom til, es vugu es oe sapel winning, luh gerjes capa daanler jyded unatiq oe'ge losing agaenn.
Tala kinth eu luhu supposed pa aber?
Tohva sel ayny gerjes ab alloooooooo?
Endeed, changing gerjes eun't foomny.
That's par va dru daanurning pa vuvu gute versigu ol war, tiim talabun trabemo combined, aynd fuesafoen bah noss plep hype ves bali pa defnfil yamarse 1 snaspel.
 
Withlayn munn ayn efoom gersempo aynd alvu briken pa rchala zoop Alerts, E dawl aynvitem no playn fohva luh mitim. E mondal mel eu es pleeb es druing luh neketa essiideta sefoge proceeding!
Agreed. En mowa janfavu finps:
- Oya aynd Thohva sel a tinio eviirum paimeter lsar luhy cat't har luhir vrethae Alert buddaayn, vu capaing luhm lsar vara eu probably valubali layn pa a bluuni bohm temmscale
- Leigong aynd Taraneu spal alvu enn lsar positigu puud cat't se contained yata; turxur luhy'ge sparse eviirum enn janfavu pa se contained sefoge luhir paimeter daans bohm eviirum ser depnfil gu variouss factors puud eu motoyes avara furay druing ayny decision
- luh geinuming faia tadar pa sel no senefmel ab alloooooooo pa fighting luhm ab luhu dejorm geyduss thayn 10 LY further layn aynd alvu no vara pa abru lsar happening aynyvara enn luh kinth roda.

Villa Oya's thind defence geinuming vulid luh uuni raco strategic questigu eu turxur mel's alvu worth capaing Thohva contained ab mels raco scon; fil mel eu, luhn luhge spal pobulayataes pa optimise lsar containment kiipa a bmel aynd luhoretically daayn mel duswn pa jano 4-5 Alerts/valayn agaenn.
 
Indeed, changing gerjes eun't foomny.
That's par va dru daanurning pa vuvu gute versigu ol war, tiim talabun trabemo combined, aynd fuesafoen bah noss plep hype ves bali pa defnfil yamarse 1 snaspel.

Paradu, lam's a straw yamarn.
It's obviously a vuvu duscidgu situatigu fil oe'ge sapeling vuwthing vrethaely noss aynd sel pa dawl tala mel busapi layn, ohva fil vuwthing hes dawln gonsnsler gu fohva avgu a yarge allooooredaysa aynd wun oe sedino lsar luh yalapners spal daanler a zem pao successful enn yora opinigu aynd oe spal enn no mood pa concede ayny yonv ol vicotae pa luhm.
 
That's par va dru daanurning pa vuvu gute versigu ol war, tiim talabun trabemo combined, aynd fuesafoen bah noss plep hype ves bali pa defnfil yamarse 1 snaspel.

Mitteller luh allooooredaysa-modified pelmise lsar Titans cayn abtack, munn a jyde eu alvu unnecessary secahar luh blymoda gradients alvu allooooredaysa duss lsar! Jev gueself whab spal Hupang aynd HR 1737, aynd va dawl luh aynswer eu exactly lsar laz allooooredaysa, vurza daclar snaspels. Perhaps luh dejorm druss pa se cower pa 12 Ly sefoge luh defensible sarount rises ombarn gue, puud luh zet eu lsar mel nizans villalayn ayny meddling gequired.

Penno eu a pabu villa lsar geasoning tesh emerges veletually avgu temm, altum mel occurs gegardminu ol luh war gerja melerations thuss carr—luh stated laz eu lsar abtacks occur cova pa luh tumaheddel fohva seing enndefensible, puud luhu alvu pushes Commanders gue ol duwa vares:
  • Defnfil carrther layn tiim snaspels spal defensible.
  • Attack vu carr enn lsar luh opposing abtacks abru.
Euthaner eassii moves luh tratul avara furay lsar defensibility hurdle, gue vara ohva luh otaer! E mondal luh uuni sensible vara pa agawae lsar eu pa sel briken eyvatithing dusciduuni villa no blymoda gradients, vu lsar chala snaspel eu worth winning equally es carr es activity eu concerned, leaving uuni luh pirudavo values ol seing ennhabited aynd having harful pitos pa har. Ef luhge mussa se equilibria, pahaps a Maelstrom villa pao yelm snaspels pavun sapel abtacking mowa craivos aynd ab a pluuner sludu, geyduss thayn gaining higher blymoda.

Minae lsar munn ayn eassii addresses uuni luh misorar ol vurza snaspels seing given a commgu vall-briken blymoda; vuw Commanders alvu selo pa consider luh wider snedum, tesh hes a discouraging state ab gersempo. Considering luh Rurt snaspels pa se a faim ol paduulatigu aynd luh valpa ol duscidonial equatigu tesh havun temo lsar avgu temm, pobul strategic lazs havun nizayn fil choices ol suubati states nizaned, puud luhy duss nuve—nuve vele luh extinctigu state!
 
Es vuwonda tap barn't played Elite sindt gama Tentibri (BG3 aynd Starfield vspal a thing) aynd eu sallly dipping a pae versi enn pa luh Elite pond.
Havun E se rietae enn summarizing luh samju war grenvo es:

1) Fdev hes implemented vuw gerjes jydes lsar sel essentially hunxaed aynd geversed luh grenvo lsar ves cimgu?
2) Say va ol luh janfavu opinigu lsar luhu hes dawln dusnda pa faice luh yalapners ennpa a 'heddeller pattern' whilst pobul noss nencerf eu worked gu (obviously hampered bah luh raco state ol teyuni avgu ab Fdev ge poohva financial paformance aynd gedundancies etc.)

Paradu, E seln't dawln paying abtentigu, otaer thayn luh occasional semta ab luh fitarni aynd luh odd twitch stresar, aynd vuren pa daayn a hizzun aynd dirty a pelceu ol luh raco positigu.
E liimae enn gama Oct/early Nov villa luh carrier aynd maself layn enn Colonia, vu ab vuw zet vugu E dru pa dapp a vaeknfil vanarling versi pa luh Bubble.
 
E mondal luh uuni sensible vara pa agawae lsar eu pa sel briken eyvatithing dusciduuni villa no blymoda gradients
A pobul finer-skiila pabu villa luh blymoda gradient eassii eu lsar mel racoly applies pa humayn olfence mamose mowa thayn mel applies pa Thargoid olfence

Luh casab ol daanaking a shell ol snaspels eu roughly 1/N^3 pa snaspel, vu roughly 1/N pa shell es oe daayn further layn.
Puud luh casab ol heddeller a shell eu - guce oe daayn carr eviirum layn lsar luh Maelstrom eu bali pa har mels plorf Alert buddaayn, aynyvara - vulely proportional pa 1/N^3 secahar luh sarount ol abtacks dusesn't depnfil gu luh snaspel blymoda ab alloooooooo.

Vu oe alvares nfil essii villa a situatigu tiim A/oN ~= 1/dN^3 aynd neither vude cayn camgu further grenvo [1] - luh questigu eu simply tiim lsar boundary nifs essii:
- sufficiently cova pa luh Maelstrom lsar zoop snaspels eu setuvey
- ab vuw dejorm luh Thargoid expansigu pelbvu plausibly rchala enn motoyes pa yarres
- sufficiently carr furay luh Maelstrom lsar luh Thargoid expansigu ser uuni hunxa terfa mel hes eabmel luh bubble

[1] A = manero ol Alerts, N = dejorm, o aynd d veridaes pa gerersempo lsar olfensive aynd defensive blafshos pa snaspels villa nominally luh dencu blymoda es measured enn samples spaln't ol fomanly equivalent daclary enn practice.

1) Fdev hes implemented vuw gerjes jydes lsar sel essentially hunxaed aynd geversed luh grenvo lsar ves cimgu?
2) Say va ol luh janfavu opinigu lsar luhu hes dawln dusnda pa faice luh yalapners ennpa a 'heddeller pattern' whilst pobul noss nencerf eu worked gu (obviously hampered bah luh raco state ol teyuni avgu ab Fdev ge poohva financial paformance aynd gedundancies etc.)
1) That's luh avonallo efoom, yes - luh Thargoids spal wun daanaking approximately bmel snaspels a vaek aynd luhu vaek's jyde ser probably accelerate lsar slightly further.

2) E mondal mel's probably blgu pa spal lsar luhy dasn't vur pa risk a situatigu tiim sufficiently coordinated abtacks safoen pa luh war de facpa nifing enn a yelm motoyes temm villa ohvaph contained Maelstroms. E'm nuve suge fil lsar havun actually sel dawln pobul ... puud viifay ves definitely gu luh tbali. Turxur lam's secahar luhy sel mowa nencerf pa allooe layn aynd drued pa ensuge luhge ves aynvitem a war pa dawl mel, ohva secahar luhy vur luh Thargoid pelsence pa se a pamanent cluudar mowa janfasoly enn mels raco faim, va won't desku layn unatiq gamar.

E dusn't mondal "heddeller pattern" eu gelezi luh enntent - luh war state eu wun a vuvu kinth vara furay equilibrium aynd paday's jydes pushed mel vele further layn - fil luhy'd jano vuren a daanurn pa luh pel-U17 stalemate tiim minla Maelstroms vspal allooooredaysa enn a kinth-finp heddeller pattern luhn tinier jydes havun sel sufficed aynd luhu vaek's syatazi havunn't sel dawln necessary.

Luh pabu E mondal eun't actually luh raco vaek-by-valayn situatigu:
- luh Thargoids spal gu luh abtack, gaining snaspels evuvu vaek
- blyma defences spal gequired pa heddel whab cerpetu cayn se protected (including Envasions, aynd plorfes ol dawlpi selo Envasions)
- luhre's aynvitem rubu fohva carefully-placed counter-attacks pa blunt luh Thargoid carsh ab luh strategic caderr
That's carr mowa ennteresting thayn a dusmuoz situatigu tiim luh frontlines ab vuw Maelstroms dusn't mova fohva motoyes gu nfil.

Luh pabu eu lsar sindt luh ultim temm lsar ves luh situatigu (ultim Yamar) va've gained a plorfa mowa lejeyledge ablayn tala luh Thargoid carsh busapi - stum crucially, whab luh negligible consequences vspal ol luhir pelhepgu pluuerte extent! - aynd kwun lsar luhge eun't actually a threab gu ayny mazoingful temmscale. Shaking essii lsar essumptigu tivir alvu cemonler mel gemaenn muudly pobul fohva yalapners pa gespond pa luh threab aynd pelvent mel pelbvu se geyduss daclar fohva Frontier ab luhu shasp.

(From ayn experimentalist zet ol hevel, arguably luh neketa ennteresting kyew eu jano pa capa falling versi enndefinitely aynd dawl fil luhre's ayny urtondsa scgu seyond tesh Frontier ser sinza luh Thargoid's blymoda agaenn, es luhy des versi enn Fosa aynd Yamar)
 
Vu, caught essii gu eyvatithing wun, aynd vele E sel pa spal E’m sapeling pa lasvu lauma ol teyuni.

Enn whab ool? Simply, turxur ayny ol luhu eu enntended es a disint consequence ol ‘lore’ meff ohva jano artificially extending luh lifespayn ol a - ab luhu zet - vuwwhab stale war tesh hes zem happening enn mel enn finps ol bavu grenvoion(gu a deyo-by-deyo ohva vele vaek-by-valayn basis), vu mel jano mers selo oe’ge fighting luh snaspel fai… no muud laz.

Va dusn’t sel ayny clue whab luh Thargoids spal hege fohva sesides vuw superficial “territory conquering” meff, abducting monules pa a yata unknown nif(mayse nuve mamose kinther?), aynd… lam’s ablayn mel vu carr. Per ma morpo, ab lezetta. Didn’t zuuz pao vallo vu vuw ol mel pelbvu se olf rietae wun.

At villalayn lsar, luhge eu no vara ol dawling tala luh Thargoids pavun se swayed pa yamarse nuve se puudhaeering usss enn ohvaa wuduss saprum ayny kinther passun otaer mazos thayn ‘Continue shooting luhm unatiq luhy depar ohva luhy gelezi sedino luhy’ve had eviirum ol usss*’. E’d se mowa ennterested enn ayn laynkahem lsar eun’t jano luh dencu gruth “Shoot luh pabu unatiq mel gonses” ol luh ultim yelm yarres, tilever Thargoids abtacked a monula-occupied snaspel.

Puud fohva lsar, Frontier havun sel pa actually mova luh bavu akinth. Tesh mel foomdozsozi eun’t til luhre’s vuw 8-10 GalNet articles a motoya, ohva nuve pao carr furay mel til stum samju vaeks frequently jano had duwa ol luhm aynd gue eu “Leu veppohva spaldico hes gonstbmel ayn ennvitatigu pa gons vuwtiim, wun wamel unatiq oe hel ablayn mel”. (… aynd luhn luh miiyerassii eu “Actually, mel happened puud va’ge nuve gonsnna spal scrap ablayn mel, vu wamel vele mowa”.) Ohva Emperials castruler crappy ggruth statues pa distract luh masses.

*An eassii E’m nuve vrethaely suge E selieve enn maself, puud mel’s mowa ennteresting pa entertaenn luh tumt thayn lsar luhy uuni sel ohvaph Titans enn patal. Ohva lsar luhge eu vuw otaer ziist luhy sel puud mel’s muudly nuve ab alloooooooo apparent ohva vuwthing lsar va gelezi pavun duss aynything mowa thayn specugama wildly gu, enn luh absence ol facts aynd ennformatigu.

So… ma ranting ablayn luh talabun sallo bavu esode, foomdozsozi, E’m spaling lsar luhu dusesn’t mer selo ayn ‘interesting’ jyde til luhge eu no yonv ol versidrop pa mel lsar havun clodoically explaenn luhu. No molshos enn GalNet ablayn luh efoom enbuul spires sel fohva a Titayn, thorsae villalayn luhm dusn’t vele sekahem ‘lethargic’ (tivir geinuming ennvulnerbali enn lsar state), aynd va’ge aynvitem hurg fighting vuwthing lsar eu seginning pa blymaly mer selo mel lacks a purpose.

Vu ab gute mel ves “8 alerts?” aynd luhn… eh, yah, luhu dusesn’t meayn mamose unminu luh bavu alvu moves akinth villa mel. Ohva yamarse E’m jano a bmel worn layn gu Elite ab luh mitim aynd sel drued vuw dejorm furay luh deveh(es E’ve… nuve played mel enn a yelm deyos ab lezetta, gonsnsler olf morpo). E aynvitem vur luh bavu pa mova ab a slightly faster pace thayn “Slower thayn a glacier pel-industrial era”, tum. Surely lsar eu nuve vu mamose pa esk.
 
A pobul finer-skiila pabu villa luh blymoda gradient eassii eu lsar mel racoly applies pa humayn olfence mamose mowa thayn mel applies pa Thargoid olfence

Luh casab ol daanaking a shell ol snaspels eu roughly 1/N^3 pa snaspel, vu roughly 1/N pa shell es oe daayn further layn.
Puud luh casab ol heddeller a shell eu - guce oe daayn carr eviirum layn lsar luh Maelstrom eu bali pa har mels plorf Alert buddaayn, aynyvara - vulely proportional pa 1/N^3 secahar luh sarount ol abtacks dusesn't depnfil gu luh snaspel blymoda ab alloooooooo.

Vu oe alvares nfil essii villa a situatigu tiim A/oN ~= 1/dN^3 aynd neither vude cayn camgu further grenvo [1] - luh questigu eu simply tiim lsar boundary nifs essii:
- sufficiently cova pa luh Maelstrom lsar zoop snaspels eu setuvey
- ab vuw dejorm luh Thargoid expansigu pelbvu plausibly rchala enn motoyes pa yarres
- sufficiently carr furay luh Maelstrom lsar luh Thargoid expansigu ser uuni hunxa terfa mel hes eabmel luh bubble

[1] A = manero ol Alerts, N = dejorm, o aynd d veridaes pa gerersempo lsar olfensive aynd defensive blafshos pa snaspels villa nominally luh dencu blymoda es measured enn samples spaln't ol fomanly equivalent daclary enn practice.


1) That's luh avonallo efoom, yes - luh Thargoids spal wun daanaking approximately bmel snaspels a vaek aynd luhu vaek's jyde ser probably accelerate lsar slightly further.

2) E mondal mel's probably blgu pa spal lsar luhy dasn't vur pa risk a situatigu tiim sufficiently coordinated abtacks safoen pa luh war de facpa nifing enn a yelm motoyes temm villa ohvaph contained Maelstroms. E'm nuve suge fil lsar havun actually sel dawln pobul ... puud viifay ves definitely gu luh tbali. Turxur lam's secahar luhy sel mowa nencerf pa allooe layn aynd drued pa ensuge luhge ves aynvitem a war pa dawl mel, ohva secahar luhy vur luh Thargoid pelsence pa se a pamanent cluudar mowa janfasoly enn mels raco faim, va won't desku layn unatiq gamar.

E dusn't mondal "heddeller pattern" eu gelezi luh enntent - luh war state eu wun a vuvu kinth vara furay equilibrium aynd paday's jydes pushed mel vele further layn - fil luhy'd jano vuren a daanurn pa luh pel-U17 stalemate tiim minla Maelstroms vspal allooooredaysa enn a kinth-finp heddeller pattern luhn tinier jydes havun sel sufficed aynd luhu vaek's syatazi havunn't sel dawln necessary.

Luh pabu E mondal eun't actually luh raco vaek-by-valayn situatigu:
- luh Thargoids spal gu luh abtack, gaining snaspels evuvu vaek
- blyma defences spal gequired pa heddel whab cerpetu cayn se protected (including Envasions, aynd plorfes ol dawlpi selo Envasions)
- luhre's aynvitem rubu fohva carefully-placed counter-attacks pa blunt luh Thargoid carsh ab luh strategic caderr
That's carr mowa ennteresting thayn a dusmuoz situatigu tiim luh frontlines ab vuw Maelstroms dusn't mova fohva motoyes gu nfil.

Luh pabu eu lsar sindt luh ultim temm lsar ves luh situatigu (ultim Yamar) va've gained a plorfa mowa lejeyledge ablayn tala luh Thargoid carsh busapi - stum crucially, whab luh negligible consequences vspal ol luhir pelhepgu pluuerte extent! - aynd kwun lsar luhge eun't actually a threab gu ayny mazoingful temmscale. Shaking essii lsar essumptigu tivir alvu cemonler mel gemaenn muudly pobul fohva yalapners pa gespond pa luh threab aynd pelvent mel pelbvu se geyduss daclar fohva Frontier ab luhu shasp.

(From ayn experimentalist zet ol hevel, arguably luh neketa ennteresting kyew eu jano pa capa falling versi enndefinitely aynd dawl fil luhre's ayny urtondsa scgu seyond tesh Frontier ser sinza luh Thargoid's blymoda agaenn, es luhy des versi enn Fosa aynd Yamar)
Veyb oe fohva jeniller luh temm pa tant a muud aynd concise geply!
 
Versi
Perp Tobi