Re: [SGII] Suppression of Alien Races

Los wrote:
> 
> Uncorrection: Though the Heinlen bugs had ranged weapons, they're
> tactics were still to close within very close range for overrun
attacks.
> There was never any mention in the book of them using fire and
manuever
> at all. In virtually every encounter they were on the move to grapple
> with the troopers even if they used ranged weapons in conjunction with
> the attack.

Recorrection.  There was very little mention of HTH combat.  There was a
lot of mention of the Bug Warrior's "beam weapon, that could slice
through your armor like a hard-boiled egg" (which incidentally, the
humans seemed to have no equivalent for).  Bug Warriors were fast, canny
(if not actually intelligent) and made excellent use of the terrain,
including the 'terrain' of Bug Workers for cover.  Underground movement
was used to concentrate forces without worrying about air/surface
interdiction, and to achieve local numerical superiority.  The only
mention of HTH is when MI were being carried off as prisoners.

Now, if you want to talk about John Steakley's ARMOR, that's a whole
different kettle of fish (HTH & Ant wave attacks galore!)