RE: SG-1 in SG2

At 5:54 PM -0700 7/15/04, J L Hilal wrote:
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>Which sounds like a skirmish game.  I think I already said that we did
>NOT want such a game.	And that we were specifically NOT trying to

I dunno, I've run such a thing in Dirtside and it was hardly a 
skirmish. It was a scenario with a given set of starting and ending 
conditions. If the scenario is setup properly, both sides have a 
great amount of fun in spite of their asymmetrical force numbers.

Do you propose to make Jaffa and SG teams equal in numbers and 
quality? If so, that'll hardly be representative of the TV series and 
you'll likely get some resistance to the game. You'll probably get a 
sore SG team player as he'll have had a set of preconceived notions 
as to how the SG team should fair and will find that confusing once 
the game starts.

>duplicate the show-as-produced, but rather have a game with a good
>number of figures on each side without requiring one side to have a
>huge numerical advantage in order to have any chance of winning, and
>that our solution was to give more reasonable capabilities to the Jaffa
>and raise them from their Keystone Cop-ness.

They're not Keystone Cops. They're what amounts to Primitive troops 
kept such by their Gould Overlords. There isn't a need for greater 
capability because that would 1. Threaten their overlords and 2. 
require greater technical competence which would tie into #1. As you 
may recall, not even Tealc was aware of how to repair many systems 
onboard Gould ships and smaller craft. Lesser Gould perform those 
kinds of tasks it would seem as high technology is the purview of the 
gods. Frankly, I tend to think of the Jaffa as Zulu's with energy 
spears, well motivated, sneaky and capable but not terribly 
technically advanced in the ways of Modern warfare. That doesn't mean 
they're any less dangerous, just somewhat predictable. Again, they 
don't even have frikken radios.

I just relized two things to include.
1. Mortar teams. Imagine if another SG team supported a first team or 
three that were forward with a pair of 60mm mortars at the gate? Can 
you say ouch?
2. The use of the Laser Guided Missiles launched through the gate and 
then designated with the UAV would be interesting. Regular use of 
such missiles as hip pocket (talk about range!) artillery for SG 
teams or the use of UCAV's in the same role would be hell on the 
average Jaffa force. No need to get armored vehicles into to gate 
room and through the gate. Just fire your support weapon through an 
outgoing wormhole to the world the SG team is at and you're golden. 
The SG team could even designate the target themselves if need be.

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