Re: AI's in full thrust

On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Samuel Penn wrote:

> In message
<Pine.GSO.3.95.970713174924.28087C-100000@larry.cc.emory.edu>
>	    Ryan Montieth Gill <labrg@emory.edu> wrote:
> 
> The marines failed because they didn't understand the
> threat they were facing. If they'd been equipped with
> WWII equipment, they probably would have died even
> quicker.

I was speaking more along the lines that the extraction was difficult
because their was no command crew in orbit. Relying on a series of auto
mated procesess can get you in trouble when murphy strikes. When the APC
got zapped, they were in deep already. Having a bunch of guys upstairs
to
say, you know, we just monitored a largish explosion and the surface and
now we can raise the assault lander or APC. Why don't we send the other
Assault lander down for a looksie. 

Entire reliance upon a computer and few contigency actions can hurt. The
crew could have been extracted and then bombarded the facility from
Orbit.

Also a big mistake was no tactical reserve!!!

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