RE: Bugs

Whew! This is a LOT more complex than what I had envisioned (OK, maybe
it 
was a copany or 2 of PA dropping from orbit, the ground opens up beneath

them, and they are never seen again - but can you blame a Bug for
trying?). 
 I really like the Tables-As-Areas idea - give travel times between 
sections, and BS some reasons why there's no combat in the 'passes'. 
Make 
it a 'Planet P' or 'Operation Royalty' scenario - go in and dig out the 
brain/queen.  It would be a good reason why the Terrans can't just nuke
the 
Bugs.

As a side note, PA would be quite necessary against the Bugs - they
would 
have a lot of natural Chem attacks.  There's a type of and that has huge

toxin glands running the length of it's body - in hard combat, it
performs 
a very powerful muscle flexion and explodes itself, spraying all the
nearby 
enemies with some nasty chemicals.  A Bug squad 'detonates' and suddenly

becomes a Chem beaten zone.

A campaign like this would have to run all day - and we'd need a lot of 
bugs...
sounds wonderful.

Noah

-----Original Message-----
From:	Los [SMTP:los@cris.com]
Sent:	Thursday, September 24, 1998 08:41 PM
To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
Subject:	Re: Bugs

I'd love to do something at one of these cons where we all hook up. RE: 
this
SST thing. Call is an SST campaign.
First there is the Dirstide part.
I've got this idea which was inspired by someone who ran an incredible 
Custer
Last stand scenario. You get like a half dozen tables. They don't have
to 
be
together, but they can be linked by certain "passes" etc. For instance 
Table 5
may only be accessible from table 3 and 1. If your platoon on table five

runs
into a Bug attack, then platoons on table  2 haveto move through 4 to 3
to 
2 to
get to you. Can lead to getting cut off if the MI commander doesn't play

thing
right. Anyway, under one or more of the tables, the Bug commanders have 
mapped
out a tunnel complex. The rules for this portion could be lifted
straight 
out
of AH SST first edition. There could be nuclear minds plus a few hives
of 
ants
with Brains etc. One of the complex areas leads to teh prisoner area, or
it
could lead to a brain bug OR queen area. Rules for the DS SST combat
came 
come
right from Karl Johnson's rules.

Eventually if the right tunnel area is found, then we interface right
into 
a
Stargrunt thing. A couple of sqauds now head undergorund. Another table 
would
be set up with cavescape or some homespun version of that tunnel
terrain.
Again, the Bug commander has prepositioned forces in the complex as the
MI
commander searches out the area looking for his objective.

Like I said, I saw Pete panzeri do something similar to this with Custer

using
25mm 1:1. He had the whole seventh Cavalry and all the indians and 4 or
5
tables. It was quite a sight to behold and the players all had an
awesome
experience. Now for some ideas to flesh it out.

Anyway, just thinking out loud.  BTW I will palce the antz order
tomorrow. 
I'll
probably order about 15 gross, plus spiders and flies too.

Los