I counter with the fact that losing this “50 square meters of land” in the grand scheme of things means the total loss of a planet filled with humans, as well as resource, critical to the survival of the human species at large.
Just because we play on a limited map does not mean there is no broader scale at work. For example, losing Trijent Dam would be the loss of a incredibly important heavy and rare earth metals sight as well as a electric power station that is vital to the rim. This means huge losses since it is implied that Trijent Dam is one of the few places which such huge deposits which are needed for both simple applications like kitchen ware to large scale ones like starships.
Hybrisa is a mega city housing hundreds of thousands that we do not see fully represented on the map but suffice to say its a thriving colony with great swathes of humanity in it that need to be preserved and letting the xenos conquer it means the incubation of all those humans into xenomorphic entities.
Due to the fact that there is no internet and communications are sparse as per the lore, your ship might be the ONLY one that comes for MONTHS, and thats enough to completely overwhelm a planet, knowing the xenomorph lifecycle. YOU, the ALMAYER, are the ONLY thing that stands inbetween the life and DEATH of HUMANITY in this sector of space.
When you think about it in those terms, sacrificing a portion of your spaceship for a small chance of victory is worth it. Because the colony you are fighting for might not get a second chance.
If it was a planet that was fully infested, then it would stand no hope other than being orbitaly bombed, as per lore. It would litterary become a giant hive in the spand of actual hours. So I actually do belive that the colonies are as big as the map is. And its not like you need more than that on some planets (especially rare earths. They are called that for a reason, and you would probably only need one mining base per planet if you find a good enough location).
First time i’ve heard of it, or seen it spoken. How earth only managed to find ONE planet with mineable rare earths, and how that ONE planet isn’t being protected to fuck all (especially when its during cold war), and how it is actually used as a xenomorph genetics lab is beyond stupid. Its like you are surprised that your fingers cut off when you play with a chainsaw.
Again, you might have a point. If it wasn’t for the fact that the xenomorphs would “lore wise” have conqured all of the habitable sections of the city if it is the way we find it. The fact that there are ONLY 6-10 survivors from a MEGACITY, tells you how many xenoes we would actually be dealing with. Because unless ALL of the other civilians got evacuated, or got put into litterary impenetrable defences (they don’t exist as of my knowledge to alien lore), then they are either all dead or missing (you know what missing means).
As i stated earlier. Months dosn’t cut it. At all. Especially in a jam packed city with less guns than people, and where the xenomorphs have up to T3 aliens from just infecting humans. (As for the only ship, you forget about the provost ship right behind the alamyer at all times, and the Royce right behind it. And as for communication, faxes go from the ship, directly to high command, and back in the span of minutes. So i don’t think there is much of a problem there).
You say portion, i say the entire ship. Removing INTERIOR WALLS OF THE SPACESHIP is going to put stability in absolute shambles. Most of them are probably load bearing when you factor in how fucking armored the ship is. So you are risking it ALL by taking the floor, the walls, hell, even the doors, off your spaceship, to make that one “tiny” colony that was ALREADY doomed not be as doomed (because as you said, its a xenomorph outbreak across the planet. And from all the rounds i’ve seen, the marines are NOT prepared for it).
yea i have to agree but only for this thread specifically
crashing a ship with a nuclear reactor into hybrisa to save it from the xenomorph hive would be kino as fuck idk why hes being a contrarian
I mean, going by the logic of real world, there is no reason for soldiers to scrap their ship, because they have plenty of dirt under their feet.
All it takes is just some effort to dig a trench and make a mound of dirt in front of it.
That is easier than just cutting sections of metal wall from rooms using welders and such.
Even with almost magical autolathes of CM, they would require enormous ammount of power to essentialy melt and then forge magazines and bullets into neat metal sheets, of which a fully kitted comtech could move literall tons and not be slowed down at all, full stacks in backpack, full stacks in G8 belt pouch, full stacks in construction pouches, full stacks in backpacks held in hands etc.
If you need defences, just dig dirt, or snow. If it is prison station, just use everything around you.
I really don’t see a reason why modern military would need to strip their fully functional ship of stuff that isn’t meant to be stripped just to make some defences. Simply dig dirt, faster, easier, cheaper and almost endless supply.
