part 1
marvel. It was far from it.
He lost that battle. He turned what would have been his finest hour into one
of his most humiliating defeats
He had the element of Surprise.
He had a superior number of troops and quality of troops.
He would be striking into the heart of the city, its most vulnerable spot.
He would have Devestator on his side, a gestalt capable of laying waste to
the Dinobots collective asses.
Now lets look at how he bungled it up.
He didn't try to seal the shuttle hole.
Because of this, he lost his element of surprise. And because of that, he
wasn't able to strike the heart of city.
Some have said that G1 Megatron wasnÕt counting on Hot Rod being there. This is irrelevant howevr. Megatron KNEW he was going to go right over Autobot city. He KNEW that autobots were going to look up. He should have sealed the hole to prevent the decepticons from being intercepted.
So now all he is left with is a large number of high quality forces against a
lightly defended city.
The city walls are down (after fighting through the night. Pathetically long
if you think about his advantage of numbers)
His forces move in for the kill. But look, in the sky! An autobot shuttle,
almost certainly carrying re-enforcments.
Does Megatron order the decepticons to concentrate their fire on the
defensless shuttle and prevent his forces from suffering much grief?
NO! He lets the shuttle unload the dinobots. He got by this on luck. They ran
into Devestator first.
Some have said that he may have been inside Autobot city at the time, thus excusing him from any error of missing the shuttle. Yet Megatron, above all, was supposed to be a leader. NOT soldier. Leaders command. Soldiers fight. Megtron may be a good soldier, but if he wonÕt even take up command and actually oversee the battle, he is a poor leader.
Also the very fact that re-inforcemnts arrived at all is a serious tactical
error.
From the very moment his forces got into range of autobot city, he should
have started desrtoying all the communication towers. If they canÕt call for
re-enforcements than theyÕre as good as dead.
But no, again he makes this fatal flaw.
So what are the mistakes heÕs made thus far?
He didnÕt take down communications
He didnÕt conceal his forces in the shuttle
He didnÕt destroy the autobot re-inforcements when they were defenseless.
And now, Optimus Prime, his arch-nemesis steps out of the shuttle and rolls
into Autobot city, to the astonishment of the decepticons.
Why should they be surprised? I mean, all that heÕs ever done is foil all
your plans. Why should you have considered him in your attack strategy?
Some have said that because he thought he left Prime on another planet, he was excused from not including him in his battle strategy. This is another common mistake. Seeing how quickly Prime was able to get to earth from CybertronÕs moons, Megarton should have anticipated having re-enforcements. And knowing his old nemesis, he should have known Prime would have come. He has no excuse.
But now megatron is there, face to face with his mortal enemy. And whatÕs
more: HeÕs within perfect firing range for his cannon. A point blank shot,
you canÕt possibly miss....and he does. He misses, and the cannon is knocked
out of his hand.
He probably could have hit Prime if he had actually decided NOT to fire at full power with a stance that says ÒIÕm going to shoot youÓ. One lesson which all FPS players learn is donÕt kill an enemy with a rocket. Kill the enemy with the splash damage from the rocket. He could have shot the ground in front of Prime, causing the great autobot leader to fall. And then Megatron could have had his way with Prime. But that was not the case. So back to the painful reality of the fight: