Will a Federation v Empire war happen in the foreseeable future?

[William J Smith]

A fed/impie war you say?

Sounds like fun, count me in

However one incident from a couple of years ago springs to mind
In that an Alliance player group attempted to to take over/surround Sol with alliance controlled systems, several federal groups reponded to the threat and fought back using all the tools the BGS could offer, and although the alliance side had more pilots/resources, federal pilots were always able to stop any attack, and indeed launch a few surprise takeovers of their own.
The war lasted over 3 months, at the end of which both sides were tired of the hostilities and came to an armistice agreement in that both sides would not be able to achieve their aims

Several pilots I know went on holiday to Sgr A* and all points beyond after that.

So.... if FDev come up with "All out superpower war" they are going to have to make it so us mere pilots WANT to take part....

Bill

Personally.... DEATH TO THE IMPIES! except those involved with sanitation, viniculture, law and order and any others that may be of benefit to federals of both sexes and hermaphrodites

 

[RellTyr]

You’re missing the point - there is no line.
It’s just as easy to provide logistical support from 500LY away as it is from the system next door.

Basically, nowhere is safe and the glorious leaders can’t sit in safety while the grunts take the bullets.
No safe havens for them means no all out war.

So just varying states of proxy wars? But surely in interstellar space a frontline makes no sense, so the war would be literally anywhere and everywhere - a battle in every system, instead of just on one front. This would actually be more exciting in my opinion.

But surely, couldn't the superpower just permit-lock any opposing power's ship under NPC federal command/pledged to the Federation? I suppose players would have to either pledge to either power before they are even allowed into "at war" systems, otherwise permit lock for "safety" reasons.

Personally.... DEATH TO THE IMPIES! except those involved with sanitation, viniculture, law and order and any others that may be of benefit to federals of both sexes and hermaphrodites

You're makin' me cringe, Dutch.

 

[Sublime]

We also need more destroyer and cruiser class ships (non flyable of course) and they all (along with existing cap ships) need to be fully destructible... non of this forced retreat via heat sinks nonsense..

 

[Agony_Aunt]

Yes, but battles would be fought over focal points, like stations or settlements - it wouldn't make sense to zip behind the line, you'd be sitting ducks with no logistical support. A carrier could easily get jumped by a fleet of Cutters or Majestics for example.

I guess in order to fix this, when in a state of war, make every system be on Defcon 1, with NPC's or players waiting to pounce.
Huzzah, a man of quality!
Pretty difficult without a proper military!

The Alliance has a military.

 

[RellTyr]

The Alliance has a military.

Yes, but I thought that the Alliance was primarily a trading cooperative - and compared to the Empire or the Feds their military might was negligible?