Prev: OT Re: STL travel Next: Fw: gev units

Re: [SG2] [DS2] A list of questions on TOE and logistics

From: "John M. Atkinson" <john.m.atkinson@e...>
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 00:39:51 -0800
Subject: Re: [SG2] [DS2] A list of questions on TOE and logistics

Michael Brown wrote:

> Makes energy weapons and Fusion power that much more attractive.  your
Mobile Forces have to be more cutting edge with the tech.

That's also a major factor.  A massive percentage of that is fuel.  If
you first-line troops are all FGP-powered grav tanks, than probably 2/3
of that is no longer necessary.  FGPs need refueling once every 20 years
or so.	Then also, your weapons will need less ammo (at least figured by
weight) if MDC or HEL.	MDCs need no propellant and are likely smaller
than an equivelant conventional round, and HELs need no ammo at all.

> Food, water will remain the high bulk, high need items

Even then, both can often be looted.  A FGP-powered Grav-mobile force
may be almost as self-sufficient as a WWI Infantry Corps (See van
Creveld, Supplying War, for discussion of logisitics in WWI).

This is why the local NRE forces (who don't need to load into the bloody
spacecraft that often) are CFE-powered, but the striking force is
FGP/Grav.

John M. Atkinson


Prev: OT Re: STL travel Next: Fw: gev units