Re: Just what will we see on the GZGVerse battlefield?

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Michael Brown wrote:

> After slogging through the SG/DS stuff, I think we need to set some
perspective 
> on just what will confront the lads once they are on the ground. 
Think about 
> what systems will be available on a colony 30-50 years old.  Will they
have any 
> heavy industry?  How much will be devoted to armaments?  Does the
colony have 
> the raw materials/means of production to make anything more than small
arms?
> 
> What I see is only the regulars will have anything approaching armor
and 
> artillery.  The numbers are limited by shipping.  Battles in the Inner
Sphere 
> or on Earth would see the full gamut of weapons systems, but colonies
/ 
> independents would have the last war's equipment (Surplus/hand me
downs) 
> instead of "Low tech".  It is just not cost effective in terms of
shipping or 
> production. When a colony can afford (is allowed?) to arm, they will
probably 
> want to get the most bang for the buck.
> 
> My vision is full combined arms teams of regulars against well
motivated or 
> numerous infantry (militia), or small task forces of regulars fighting
over key 
> objectives (spaceport, mines, alien artifacts...).

Peter F Hamilton's "Reality Disfunction" describes the settling process 
very nicely, dropships with supplies was converted after alnding to a 
small town, who used the onboard power generator for 20 or so years
until 
they had built a reactor of their own...

Well, my 2 öre.

///Magnus

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