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mdauben
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 2:12 pm    Post subject: Monitors? Reply with quote

Just a quick background question, is there an established naming convention for Federation Monitors?
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 3:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, Steve! Just what I was looking for. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 12:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So they're all famous defeats of fortresses?
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 2:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 2:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

LOL. That's what I get for glancing through the list instead of studying it.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's okay in South Carolina to spell Clemson as "Clempson," but not Fort Sumter as "Sumpter."

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 12:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
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