Re: Planetery Defense Batteries

In a message dated 99-02-01 20:10:07 EST, you write:

<< Personally, I abstract planetary defences into a Sa'Vasku vessel with
 1/2 PF & 6" range bands.  This tends to randomise what weapons are
 available to fire (planetary curve, atmospheric attenuation, etc, etc)
 but gives a place for surface batteries.  Ships need to enter orbit &
 only gain 1d per 5d of normal beam fire, but ortillery acts as an
 anti-surface submunition pack (3d).  This gives a good 'feel' to a
 planetery assault, as you need to suppress the defences before sending
 in assault shuttles, or the PDS will wipe them out in the upper
 atmosphere.
 >>
With the Gawain Assault that I'm hoping to kill I have worked out that
there
will be A/S Def Towers (think of the missile towers from Dune2k) but the
idea
of a S'V like def system for the entire planet is interestesting, how
would
you do an assault on sites?  The NAC smugled a group of Mercs on planet.
-Stephen