Re: The economics of interstellar invasions

On Fri, 5 May 2000, Robert W. Hofrichter wrote:

> Well, when you talk about shipping a few regiments (including
> INFANTRY) and divisions between planets (not to mention HORDES of
> colonists and their supplies) then the basic premise almost MUST be
> rather cheap ground-to-orbit costs.

there is a widely (if not *that* widely) accepted model of combat in the
Tuffleyverse which doesn't have all that much in the way of large forces
being transported - forces in the majority of campaigns consist of lots
of
local planetary troops with heavy equipment, but not super tech or
training, and smaller numbers of interstellar troops (marines,
basically),
with super tech and training, but lacking hordes of tanks. the key
exceptions come in times of intense interstellar war, when big powers
start slapping divisions all over the place, and things get rather messy
and expensive. of course, this is only a minority view.

tom