Re: Re[2]: DS2: Design questions of my own.

Flak Magnet Wrote:

>Another way the Cascadians might protect their own population is to
>hire the Mercenaries that have been discussed ad-nauseum in another
thread.
>
>I mean, if they have more money/resources than they have people...
>that's the way to go, right?

They have a small population, but not a miniscule one.	They actually
prefer 
to defend themselves.  The emphasis therefore is not necessarily to
avoid 
Cascadian casualties at all costs - they understand how unrealistic that
is. 
  The emphasis is on making sure the troops they DO have are the best 
equipped, best armed, best trained troops around.  In addition, they
have 
second line defenses comprised of all able-bodied Cascadians of a
certain 
age (much like the Swiss model).

As for force projection and colonial defense, the colonies have well
trained 
militias, but some sort of mercenary/foreign legion arrangement might be

attractive.

Brian B2

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