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mdauben Lieutenant JG
Joined: 15 Aug 2013 Posts: 92 Location: Rocket City
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 2:12 pm Post subject: Monitors? |
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Just a quick background question, is there an established naming convention for Federation Monitors? _________________ Mike
"The best diplomat that I know is a fully-loaded phaser bank." |
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Steve Cole Site Admin
Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 3841
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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3301 Bastille
3302 Dien Bien Phu
3303 Leningrad
3304 Stalingrad
3305 Monte Casino
3306 Vicksburg
3307 Tobruk
3308 Alamo
3309 Tientsin
3310 Eban Emael
3311 Lucknow
3312 Fort Sumter
3313 Gibraltar
3314 Fort Niagara
3315 Atlanta
3316 Malakof Bastion _________________ The Guy Who Designed Fed Commander
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mdauben Lieutenant JG
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, Steve! Just what I was looking for. _________________ Mike
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DNordeen Commander
Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 564
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 12:24 am Post subject: |
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So they're all famous defeats of fortresses? _________________ Speed is life; Patience is victory
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Bolo_MK_XL Captain
Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 836 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 2:07 am Post subject: |
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Don't think so.
Neither Leningrad nor Stalingrad fell.
Monte Casino was destroyed by bombing, but the
Germans used the rubble effectively for a long time. |
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Steve Cole Site Admin
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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Gibraltar never fell.
Sumpter (in CSA hands) didn't fall until the whole south did.
Tobruk was famous for holding out.
Lucknow was not defeated, it held out. _________________ The Guy Who Designed Fed Commander
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DNordeen Commander
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:26 am Post subject: |
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LOL. That's what I get for glancing through the list instead of studying it. _________________ Speed is life; Patience is victory
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Mike Fleet Captain
Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 1675 Location: South Carolina
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:42 am Post subject: |
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It's okay in South Carolina to spell Clemson as "Clempson," but not Fort Sumter as "Sumpter."
_________________ Mike
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Klingon of Gor Lieutenant SG
Joined: 01 Jun 2011 Posts: 150
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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One could point out that even a fortress which falls may accomplish something of value. It may delay the enemy, or discombobulate his plans. It may cost him more than he afford to lose, or it may simply mount a prolonged defense that becomes an inspiring example. (In this respect, Corregidor and the Alamo come to mind) federation monitors, even if destroyed, might do any or all of these things before they finally stop twitching.
On the other hand, limiting the naming to fortresses that held out might leave one short of names. To quote a wise man, there never was an oyster that a starfish couldn't bore into. _________________ "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away" - Philip K Dick |
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mdauben Lieutenant JG
Joined: 15 Aug 2013 Posts: 92 Location: Rocket City
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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DNordeen wrote: | So they're all famous defeats of fortresses? |
Actually, it looks like the locations of famous sieges, rather than fortresses. While some of the names are indeed forts (Bastille, Eben Emel, Sumpter) others were towns or cities (Atlanta, Stalingrad, Dien Bien Phu) that were the locations of protracted battles. _________________ Mike
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