Re: RE: FT Scenarios (was: Re: [GZG] Re: Points systems)

[Ground Zero Games <jon@xxxxxxx>]

> On 1/13/06, Ken Bywaters <argentnova@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  Hmm.  I thought that one of the British royals served in the Falklands
> >  campaign.  Allegedly he was flying a helicopter while the helos were
> >  routinely being used as decoys against the Exocets.
>
> Prince Andrew, I think?
>
> Can't be bothered to google it, but I think it was him, and if he'd
> bought it the Brits would hardly have "automatically lost" the entire
> battle...


That suggestion for the special effect card was SLIGHTLY 
tongue-in-cheek, and followed on from the earlier discussions on this 
topic.....
I fully agree it's an unlikely scenario, unless you assume that the 
loss of said VIP snotty would cause such a huge fuss with the public 
back home that the political fallout would outweigh the military 
outcome of the battle.....  in which case, as John A mentioned, he 
shouldn't be out in the firing line but back on some support or 
training ship in the home system.

For a more realistic view of it, assuming the kid gets into that 
situation before he can be reassigned to a nice safe berth, then 
maybe just a lesser penalty of some sort on the player's victory 
conditions rather than an outright loss. But don't let's all get too 
hung up on it, it was only one example suggestion to get the ball 
rolling!  ;-)

Jon (GZG)

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