Thread:TrueSoren/@comment-37327532-20190906173136/@comment-38422965-20190906183231

I honestly don't think the Mandator has even a fighting chance against the Palace-class, even if it were an early model, the only weapons that might possibly pose a threat are the autocannons but I dn't think they would be that problematic, these cannons might be dangerous to smaller ships like a Resurgent, but a Palace is significantly larger. Not to mention that it can easily convert a large percentage of its weapon power towards the shields and tank several shots from the autocannons. The Mandator on the other hand is (given the size stats on its page) significantly smaller, the maximum width of the ship is similar to the height of the Palace, the Mandator is barely wider than a Victory-class is long... That wouldn't bode well for its power generation of the ship, especially given the diminutive amount of secondary weapons it has.

The scenario would play out as such, assuming the reason for the encounter is regardless:

The Mandator would jump out of hyperspace near the Palace, holding position while the autocannons take aim and while the Palace crew starts analizing the ship that came out of hyperspace ahead of them, shields raised out of precaution. The Mandator would fire a volley of autocannon fire, taking down the precautionary shields of the Palace while giving the crew of the Palace all the reason they need to retaliate, which they do immidiately, deploying fighters en-masse while bring back up the shields, diverting power from 40% of all weapons to the shields. In the time it takes the mandator to charge up another volley from the autocannons, the Palace already has shield back up and significantly stronger than before, and has it in it's sights.

The Mandator fires a second volley, hitting the shields and not penetrating them as they are now drawing power from weapon systems. Suddenly they now also have their ship swarmed by the Palace's 2,000 fighters, easily overwhelming and defeating the meager 50 anti-fighter cannons of the Mandator. Now without any defenses the Palace pitches up and then back down, alligning itself out of the autocannon's firing arcs while opening fire with its turpedo to disable the shield and then following up with turbolaser fire, easily blowing chunks off the Mandator while tanking the Mandator's own turbolasers. After a few short minutes the Mandator would be reduced to scrap or allowed to retreat.