Re: Re: [GZG] [FT] PSB

[<laserlight@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Chris, remember back in '98 when you reminded me of the editor of the The Future of War series being Reginald Bretnor?

Spear of Mars, and Orion's Sword, and one other which I don't think I ever found.

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>Unless you had some place you REALLY had to go. Attack could not occur unless the attacker was willing to face the defender.

Yeah, that's part of the reason I asked this.  Sensor ranges are long enough that, if there's no restriction on where you can jump from, you should *always* be able to avoid an uneven fight. And if you're unrestricted on jumping in, you just pick a random spot near your target planet, jump in, salvo a massive load of missiles, and jump out again. I'm thinking that we really need jump gates that are large enough that you can't just build fixed installations to fortify it, but small enough that a squadron or two can cover it.
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