Re: Planetary Forces (was Anti-Grav)

> From: George,Eugene M <Eugene.M.George@kp.ORG>
> To: 'FT/GZG Mailing List' <FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk>
> Subject: RE: Anti Grav......
> Date: Tuesday, April 22, 1997 6:43 PM
> 
> [snip] The job of the Planetary Forces is to buy time
> while the 'Real' troops (the Imperials) get their act together, along
> with protecting government interests and policing. If these folks are
> actually modern fighting units, more the better.....

This depends on the background of your campaign. If you are assuming
that
many worlds are colonized, then each world will probably have a small
population and therefore a small armed force. This being the case the
above
fits well.

However, if you have a campaign with a small number of life-sustaining
worlds, the population of these worlds will be quite large. And there
will
probably be a correspondingly large armed force. If this background is
used
the planetary force would be the major force and little or no backup
would
be expected (naval help maybe). In a setting like this, you would have
to
commit _major_ ground forces. Imagine the ground forces it would take to
subdue present day earth (if you only had conventional weapons). 

Brian Bell
pdga6560@csi.com
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pdga6560/fthome.html