Re: Wire Obstacles

You wrote: 

>The real point of Monomolocular Filiament is that it is a dirty 
weapon. My >thinking on it has completely changed since this discussion 
began. In the >Mercenary campaign I plan to run the mercs will have the 
opportunity to use >'dirty tricks'. It's in the literature and it's in 
real life so why avoid >it? Now then, if you deploy something as nasty 
as land mines or MF as one >of your 'dirty tricks' then you risk - 

*SNX*  I realize I havn't put out my post on mines yet, but to classify 
*properly utilized* mines as a 'dirty trick' is. . . how to say this 
without insulting someone's intelligence. . . a little pathetic?  
Speaks of someone buying into a lot of poorly thought-out propaganda 
put out by people who have the luxury of knowing they'll never come 
near a combat zone.  An unmarked land mine next to a villiage's only 
well is a terror weapon, a properly laid out AT minefield with proper 
AP mines and Anti-handling devices is a militarily useful and legally 
and morally acceptable weapon.

>things begin to happen. If the Rebels get too dirty, they lose the 
support >of the people and their cell system falls apart. If the mercs 

If the rebels get too dirty and the Mercs can utilize that effectively 
in their propaganda, then the power supporting the Rebels (no such 
thing as a dangerous rebellion without outside support) kisses them 
off.

>MF really falls into the realm of Nova Cannons and so forth - things 

I agree.  The PSB factor on it is way too high.

>understanding how things like this might work. I think the further we 
get >from assuming Total War in our games, the more realistic they will 
become.

Sounds like someone's been reading Clausewitz and actually 
understanding it, which is a pleasant change.

John M. Atkinson