RE: Planetery Defense Batteries

Well, the CF of the PDF only represents ground forces _immediately_
available as base defence personnel, rapid reaction forces etc, not the
full military available.  

In FT scale, any ground assault (boarding action) initiated would be
just to establish the planethead & suppress air defences for the full
invasion force to land.  If you wanted to strike a specific objective,
agree on a CF & hull for the facility, or organise a GM to plan this
sort of detail.

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From:	DracSpy@aol.com [SMTP:DracSpy@aol.com]
Sent:	Tuesday, February 02, 1999 1:40 PM
In a message dated 99-02-01 20:10:07 EST, you write:

<< Personally, I abstract planetary defences into a Sa'Vasku vessel with
 1/2 PF & 6" range bands.   >>
With the Gawain Assault that I'm hoping to kill I have worked out that
there
will be A/S Def Towers (think of the missile towers from Dune2k) but the
idea
of a S'V like def system for the entire planet is interestesting, how
would
you do an assault on sites?  The NAC smuggled a group of Mercs on
planet.
-Stephen