Re: Police Grav vans

You wrote: 

>or, god forbid, tanks, they're pretty much screwed.  They might make a 
good >showing, but they are not trained or equipped as infantry.  

A lot depends on the unit.  A divisional MP company is better equipped 
and trained for combat than, say, an MP company assigned to a stateside 
REMF base, such as Meade.  The latter might not be a lot better than 
your standard civvie cops.  No heavier equipment, and not much specific 
combat training since Basic.

>sufficient.  Also, grav is the way to go when you have little or no 
roads >(Traveller-style grav, granted).  

Not quite Traveller-style grav, since the FT universe has indeed given 
Mr. Newton the boot and thrown out that law about equal and opposite 
reactions--IOW Reactionless Drives.  The only _good_ Traveller was the 
one where such stuff was non-Canon.  *Flees before MT&CT dinosaurs, or 
God Forbid, T4-loosers, stone me*

>- shot himself dead.  Our sterling local commentary: "We heard a shot 
ring out >about an hour & twenty minutes ago - he hasn't moved much 
since.	We think he >may be dead.  We'll stay live until we get more 
information..."

In the US, ever since Mr. Hoover made it the FBI's business to track 
down bank robbers, only the idiots have made it a profession.  Such as 
the genius who wrote his note demanding money on his own deposit slip. 
. . 

John M. Atkinson