[quote=@WilsonTurner] [hider=Here's some disadvantages of yours, Zoldyck] -You're fighting Draconians fighting for their land and for their bloodlust, and for the fear of getting their head chopped off by Draconia, who are better trained and are better warriors than you- the NATION specializes in ground warfare, next to warfare itself -Satellite defenses will shoot your droppods, resulting in losses because you're clumping and they have missiles, lasers, and railguns -anti-air defenses will shoot your droppods, resulting in losses because you're following straight, predictable trajectories and are rather easy to detect, being all super-heated from atmo and all -Armored units, heavy infantry units, mechanized infantry units, infantry units, helicopters, Rebel fighters, and Shrike strike fighters will all be targeting your soldiers, while your soldiers are essentially on great open fields -You are landing on primarily open fields -You are fighting entrenched soldiers -You are fighting in your own virus, which will eat any exposed piece -Ten million troops is a shitton of people, and getting them all down will take weeks -Ten million troops is a shitton of people, and getting them all vaccinated (which would be unnecessary and expensive before) will take weeks -Ten million troops is a shitton of people, and getting them all organized quickly will take hours -Ten million troops won't be ten million by the time they hit the ground- very heavy losses will likely ensue -Your troops are attacking a random people who look very ready for them. They will look at a display and see half of their friends gone before they touch the ground, they'll get out and see half of the rest get killed, and then they'll look up and start fighting to meet even more soldiers. There's getting angry because you're losing people, then there's realizing that nothing you're doing is doing anything worthwhile, and surrendering may save your life and the lives of thousands of others. Morale is important- and getting slaughtered is very bad for it.[/hider] [/quote] Yup... Pretty much sums it all up. Though the virus is not covering the entire planet and by this point already devoured itself, so that is a couple of your points removed. About the close combat, this is basically the best soldier I have. I already described that the basic infantry were getting slaugthered by your troops in close combat. Thirdly, the gathering of this invasion force already took months of prepping before but that seemed logical to me so I didnt write it down. These troops have been indoctrinated from birth to give their life for the Confederacy and are reminded by very friendly commissars that thinking about surrendering is not really appreciated. Your defence satalites are kinda occupied with the massive fleet which just jumped in, plus I already said that my fleet had engaged them in my previous post. Half of the ships which just jumped in are dropships themselves, although I admit I should have clarified on that. These ships carry entire regiments of troops, complete with armoured support and everything. Some carry 10.000 soldiers while others carry 100 tanks or mechs. The Confederacy is about quantity, having a few heroes who are excelling but most of whom are just cannonfodder. So yes, I can deploy my troops enmasse like this. I dont want to sound like a dick or anything but come on! Give some leniancy. I could have told you that the moment your ships came into visual range they would have been ripped to pieces by heavy torpedoes. I could have nuked the entire planet to oblivon because there was litterally nothing stopping me from doing that. Remember you basically insta-killing my two cruisers with barely any casualties and being able to disrupt my systems already before we even made contact? (me not being able to spot your defencestations) I even ruined my own invasion to make it more fair by jumping straight in your combat fleet, losing a high amount of my forces in the proces. Heck, I have planet cracking capabilities (in my background I destroyed one of my own planets to destroy an invading alien species.) but I dont use that because it wouldnt be fair. I have one very strong main character, but as I showed in my post, the basic infantry are getting torn to shreds. Come on, atleast give me some advantages... EDIT: Also, it's 50 million, not 10 :P EDIT EDIT: Also about the surface anti-air, so you pretty much cover the entire planet with troops who are capable of knocking down my droppods? And how can you be sure that your troops are better? Having a warrior culture doesnt mean your troops are better and I have a militaristic culture aswell, basically space nazis. Drill and dicipline are the things my nation excels at, they are average in closecombat but they lack physical strenght and agility to make them be really good at it.