J. Michael Looney wrote:
>
> Thane Morgan wrote:
>
> > > Drop pods CAN be shot at by flak units, so any thing that is protected
> > > vs t-hawks has some protection against DBFF
> >
> > True, but the flak will only kill one or two units, instead of six. If I
> > were assaulting a planet, I'd much prefer to be a tiny target in a
> > swarm, at least by these rules.
>
> This is true. In the book (vs the movie) "Starship Troopers" he makes a
> big deal about how confusing a drop pod assult is, both to the naked eye
> and to radar.
>
> To reflect how the MI does it, you would need about a 6:1 dummy to real
> ratio for your drop chits.
>
> --
> Sillyness is the last refuse of the doomed. P. Opus
> http://www.spellbooksoftware.com
> --(gradually drifting off topic). This was one of the big problems with
stars wars defense systems. It was very easy to defeat even really
efficient simulations with a swarm of cheap non-warhead missiles.
Thane
Received on Thu Mar 12 1998 - 00:42:07 UTC