RE: Orbital Insertion (& other stuff)

	About the nukes (I have been accused of being a bit nuke-happy,
but...), 
as soon as the local governor sees the Bloody Huge Dropship coming down 
with multiple battalions in its hold, the 'Oh Crap!' factor begins to 
increase, and a nuke strike would be pretty easy to push through - or
just 
go ahead an do - and worry later, if you're alive.  But the politics of
the 
whole thing would make for a fun random events chart during the game. 
'OK, 
I roll a 12 on the political table and...FILIBUSTER?  Darnit, I need
that 
release!  Can't we shoot a couple of Senators to prove our point, sir?'

	A BHD could be useful, if you armor it real heavily, and escort
it down, 
to make a high atmospheric pass, pop out LOTS of PA troops, and then
burn 
for orbit again.  It'd peobably take damage from ground fire, but the
whole 
image of a big ship blazing in, braking from Mach 12 to Mach 1, farting
out 
troops like a cloud of gnats, and then lumbering away is pretty cool.

	The arrival of a BHD would also be a sign that a serious effort
was being 
made, and this was a 'big' war, not a little colonial dispute or raid. 
I 
could see that happening, but rarely.  A monster atmospheric-capable 
Assault Transport would also be a real white elephant to most
governments, 
and would have an interesting background...

	Speaking of cool, I found a couple of models at a local hobby
store today 
(Hobbytown USA).  They were a pair of the Zentraedi (alien) ships from
the 
'Robotech' cartoon/anime.  There was a 'Standard Battle Ship', about
11.5 
cm long - sort of a bulging wedge, and a 'Landing Ship Tank', about 15
cm 
long, a cigar-type hull with minor protrusions.  All come with alien 
marking decals, and have base mountings that will easily (with a little 
filing) accept a larger flight base.  These are small enough to be
really 
good 'BIG' alien ships, and will look great when painted up.  The
'small' 
one is about the size & mass of a Komarov-class SDN, and the large one
is 
about half again as massive as the Von Theurdank-class CVA.  Detail is a

little light, but some stuff from the bits box should fix that.  If
anybody 
wants more detail on the models (manufacturer, model number, etc), I'd
be 
more than happy to post or reply privately.

Noah