[DS2] GE Infantry

Pitching in my 0.02:

1) If PA is in fact a force multiplier, then GE PA 
ought to be quite terrible. If they have faster-
than-human reflexes, toughness, and strength, 
and the PA acts as a muscle and reflex amp, 
they'll be even nastier than humans in PA. But 
should cost up the wazoo. 

2) Two sources not mentioned but which 
probably match well with the type of figures you 
have in mind are Universal Soldier and the 
movie Soldier with Kurt Russell. The later 
especially focuses on how much better these 
troops could be - stronger, faster, more 
decisive, better trained, less prone to hesitancy 
or thoughts of fear or self-doubt, etc. Great in 
an infantry battle, probably not so hot as higher 
level strategic assets - because their thinking is 
probably more predictable and therefore they 
can probably be trapped more easily. 

3) It is arguable whether DS granularity allows 
one to capture the extra toughness. I think an 
extra hit might not be outrageous. But it should 
cost. The problem is it doesn't really matter if 
you're a fakir who can ignore pain, if I turn a 
plasma gun on you and melt half your rib cage, 
your pain resistance ain't helping. If I hit you 
with a grenade, the salsa leftover may be more 
pain resistant, but that isn't much of a 
consolation. So its a judgement call. It might 
help for balance not to make these units 
unkillable unless their cost is prohibitively high. 

Tomb.