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Babylon 5 Ground Combat?

From: "Mark A. Siefert" <cthulhu@c...>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 02:13:01 -0400
Subject: Babylon 5 Ground Combat?

Hello everyone:
	As we all know, we have seen just about every aspect of B5 SPACE
combat. (With a couple of exceptions: e.g. Did that Vorlon CA ram that
Shadow ship in "Interludes and examinations?)  But we have seen little
of ground combat in the B5 universe.  What kind of Dirtside II or
Stargrunt II rules can we come up with?  I do have a few thoughts.

Earth Alliance/Narn/Centauri:  The only kind of ground combat we've seen
so far was in (gag, spit) "GROPOS" and the only vehicle we saw was that
cool EA VTOL.  We could assume that the Earthers and the otheryounger
races have access to other ground vehicles.  Missiles, PPGs (DFFG?), and
other "medium-tech" weapons could be possibilities.  

As for infantry (either DSII or SGII):
	Earth Alliance:  Normal rules apply for DSII.  As for SGII what
kind of
weapon best matches a PPG rifle?
	Narn:  Narn have two aspects that make them different from Human
troops; 1)Strength, 2)psychology (i.e. "battle rage", running directly
into the line of fire to be mowed down by the dozens.).
	Centauri:  Errrr....what makes the "Nazis-with-Reverse-Mohawks"
different in combat?

Minbari: If the Minbari do have AFV I would guess that they employ
anti-grav propulsion, carry energy beam weapons, and would be tough for
members of the younger races to destroy.  Minbari infantry would have
more stamina than humans. (Remember Delenn after her ordeal in "Soul
Hunter"?) I'm not sure what hand weapons they have access to aside from
fighting staffs.

Vorlons/Shadows:  I don't even want to know. (Do the those BIG,
invisble, gut-sucking Shadow Warriors seen in Season 2 count as infantry
or an AFV?)

	I say we go down to JMS's place with pitchforks and torches (ala
"Frankenstein") and demand he tell us about ground combat in the B5
universe.  If that doesn't work, we have to make things up.  Anyone else
have any ideas?

Later,
Mark S.

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