Re: HARD SCIENCE OR FUN?

>
>i am quite happy knowing that	when the  patrol corvette or wotever
>class of  ship enters orbit, that the drop caps containing MINIME,
other
>troops, vehicles,  decoys, etc,  are	FIRED at the  planet's	surface
>and the  the occupants will arrive on or near the  target after an
>ablative  re-entry and then a final parachute, parawing, rocket pack ,
>or grav pack  trip to the LZ.
>
>i can also handle the idea of	assault  landers carrying troops and
>vehicles to the surface from orbit  in the sci-fi version of a WW II
>amphibious  assault  or RVN air  assault.
>
>i can live  with dicing  for  scatter, malfunctions, enemy defensive
>fires,  wotever, it takes to get  MINIME on the ground and into the
>tabletop fight, vaped, or splattered across the  surface of the LZ.
>
>anything  to push lead, pewter, plastic and toss  them dice!
>
>
>DAWGIE

Well, there is that ;-)

No, you're right, a lot of this depends on what you really want to
portray 
in your game, but it does the old grey cells good to give them an airing

with a bit of orbital physics now and again.

John S.

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