Naotw:
Cruise missile: the cruise missile would be pointed at the ship, meaning that the large, depleted uranium block would be what's absorbing the guardian lasers, and even if the engine is destroyed, it is irrelevant as it is stated that guardian lasers are short range, and by the time the missile would reach its range it would have already used up all its fuel and hit It's maximum velocity. The smaller missiles either A. Deploy kinetic munitions
B. are not meant for use against ships (the neutron warhead's [They are real, they are nukes specifically designed for increased radiation, but not fallout] are meant for use against missiles and fighters [Most of the time see D]).
C. Are used in such a large numbers and at such close range (like the torpedoes in mass effect) that the guardian lasers cannot intercept them all.
Or D. Can detonate at the edge of the outside of guardian laser range, and still do damage (a neutron bomb will still screw with electronics and give meat bags cancer 200 km away and a nuclear shaped charge doesn't have to explode on the hull to drench a ship in plasma)
combat: I based that it was a requirement on the fact they chose to let their cruisers and frigates engage, or let the dreadnoughts engage.
Mass relay: For the ramming, I meant that one of the codex entries (I think the one about tactics for fighting the reapers)that is in M.E three says that using mass effect based FTL engines to ram an enemy ship does not work. The mass effect engine requirement for relays is my reasoning for why they didn't just slam engines on a hollowed out multi kilometer astroid and call it a ship.
Narn: yes, but only a little. I still wanna fun hyper nationalistic Narn to play with.
As for the info dumps slowing down the plot. I'll be honest, I'm using the info dumps to procrastinate on actually doing dialogue because I'm not sure about my abilities with that.
Guest: I am not planning for the story to make it past first contact (might do a sequel, dealing with things further into the story of Mass Effect), so I had a stray Shepherd that I thought I had to at least mention. I was getting bored while I was altering all the dates to account for me changing the timeline, so I decided to make his/her mother a cult leader, then added that she died while pregnant as an afterthought. The war will be caused by miscommunication.
King of summer: I already added a few years from Ftl to first contact compared to Cannon (13 years compared to nine) , but I might change it to later (20 to 25 years?).
Ninth cruiser group:
commanding officer : commodore Isaac Jackson (flagship, SSV Pufferfish)
components: three cruisers (SSV Edinburgh, SSV Beijing, SSV Mombasa) , one light carrier (SSV puffer fish), eight frigates (SSV Hampton roads, SSV Yorktown, SSV Tsushima, SSV Kursk, SSV Kharkiv, SSV Popasna, SSV Midway, SSV Samar)
Objective: escort and protection of relay expedition flotilla 4
192nd patrol flotilla:
Commanding officer: commodore Primus Evasius
combatants : three cruisers (valtrux kasveldovis (spirit of kasveldovis, city on Palaven),valtrux praveltris (spirit of praveltris, city on Palaven), valtrux sepvastis (spirit of sepvastis, city on Palaven), 15 frigates
Objective: patrol the system and ensure no tampering with relay 314
Dà Líng Sān system defense force:
Commanding officers : Lieutenant, General Douglas Williams, rear admiral (UH) Julia Hawkins (flagship SSV Montana),governor Wú Xiu (apologies to any Chinese readers if I butchered that),
Components: 1'st Shanxi flotilla (one carrier, six frigates, 24 pt boats), 2'nd Shanxi flotilla (2 cruisers, eight frigates, 16 PT boats),1'st Hebei flotilla (one light carrier, eight PT boats, 4 frigates), first belt flotilla (one cruiser, 12 frigates, 16 PT boats), second belt flotilla (2 cruisers, eight frigates, eight PT boats), 165th Army Corps,Shanxi colonial guard, miscellaneous militias and minor colonial guards. Seven light gunboats (at Hebei)
Objective: protect the Dà Líng Sān system
32'nd fleet
commanding officers: admiral Septimus Velanius, General Desolas Arterius,
components: 192nd flotilla, 191st flotilla, 190th flotilla, 189th flotilla, 187th flotilla, 188th flotilla, 32nd Legion,32nd Navy logistics flotilla
Objective: protect and patrol Goliath system and neighboring systems
Goliath defense force:
commanding officers: sub-admiral vibius Ebetius, general nonus Eranius, system primarch sivana Oscius
components: 80 Corvette, three army corps, miscellaneous militia,
Objective: defense of the Goliath system
Systems, Alliance second fleet
commanding officer: admiral:Kastanie Drescher
components: second battle group, fourth carrier group, fifth carrier group, sixth carrier group, 6th cruiser group, seventh cruiser group, eighth cruiser group, ninth cruiser group, 10th cruiser group
Objective: escort relay, exploration flotillas and act as a rapid response force against any threat in Systems Alliance space