Re: GZGL DSII - Hostile Environment Suited Infantry

Andrew & Alex wrote:

> >>For example, Star Grunt II NSL? power armour teams which
> >> ride in one vehicle with their PA in another vehicle.
>     These rules allow PA troops in DSII to do the same. Sure, it may
seem
> foolish to you, but that's what the NSL? do in the Star Grunt II rule
book.
> I think Jon Tuffley may have been thinking of WWII German parachute
troops
> which dropped on different parachutes from their MGs and heavy
infantry
> weapons.

Quite possibly that's what he was thinking.

I'm thinking Crete.  Sure the Germans won, but that silly habit (among
others) gutted the Falschirmjaeger[sp?] so badly they were never used as
parachute troops again.  I'm not saying it might not be done--a lot of
armies have done STUPID things in the past.  For instance one usually
sucessful army sent a batallion into enemy territory with all their ammo
in boxes which required pliers to open, and only sent two pairs of
pliers with it.  Ooops.  

>     HES contain their own atmosphere and pressure. So they can be used
in
> low or no pressure environments.

I'd prefer to use Powered Armor troops in this environment--you don't
have to conquer the entire planet, just the primary life support
centers.  End of story.  But assuming they are busy doing something else
important, then this makes sense.

John M. Atkinson