Re: Wet Navy in the future was Re: Questions regarding NAC ground units, was SG IF morale

--- Glenn M Wilson <triphibious@juno.com> wrote:
> Another thought - what presence will there be on
> planets of 'traditional
> wet' Navy forces?  And how would you present that in
> DS 2?  (Or SG 2 if
> you wanted to?)

NRE Doctrine:

Local police will have most of the "Coast Guard" type
functions with small coastal craft.

Planetary Defense Commands (the same guys who operate
the system defense boats and
planet/moon/asteroid-based fighters) will operate
"boomers", submarines equipped with SMRs as an option
to supplement land-based aerospace defense assets.  

Brown-water assets are organic to Thematic Light
Infantry brigades which have coastal or riverine
responsibilities in their sector.

Other than that, I doubt it.  There just ain't the
same call for blue-water naval supremacy.  You can
plink from orbit--there's no terrain to hide in and
there are no high-value targets to hide next too
(ie--you don't orbitally bombard a factory complex you
want to use, but most patches of ocean aren't that
important).  Same factors that led theorists to
believe that nukes would be used more at sea than on
land in WWIII.

John

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