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Re: WARNING - ON TOPIC - INDEPENDANCE DAY

From: Mark Reindl <mreindl@p...>
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 20:28:22 -0700
Subject: Re: WARNING - ON TOPIC - INDEPENDANCE DAY

Oh please.  This would never happen, as any *true* student of
geopolitics
should- oh, wait, sorry, not used to on topic posts :).  Seems like an
interesting idea, but one thing the film seems to indicate is that the
air
forces (the only branch that could really even take the fight to the
aliens)
were beaten up pretty badly.  Even if you assume that the bases
stateside (or
island-side if you Brits prefer :) were smacked pretty hard, the US
would still
have quite a bit of equipment cached in other areas of the world,
including the
Third World area you're speaking of.  IIRC, we cached some gear in
either S.A.
or Kuwait after the Gulf War so as not to have to haul it all back
there.	I
also wonder how the Israelis would fare right now ("Merkava tanks for
everyone!!!").	Still, I like the idea, and may have to give it a go one
of
these here days.

Mark

Neil wrote:

> Just to try and bring something related to playing with toy soldiers
to the
> list here is an alternate background.
>
> Independance Day/Gulf War 2
> After the destruction of the Alien mother ship in the movie
Independance
> Day not all of the Aliens were destroyed. Some fled to certain third
world
> countries that would have them, notably Iraq. This sets the stage for
the
> Gulf War2. This will give you a chance to use your modern armour
figures
> with some Sci-Fi stuff.
>
> Aliens
> I figure the aliens would be represented by fighters, power armour and
> walkers. The aliens would still have their force fields but these
would not
> be as powerful as in the movies because in the meantime counters had
been
> developed by examining captured vehicles ( ie if we coat our rounds
with a
> non-conductor they have a 50/50 chance of passing through the force
field)
>
> Iraq
> Would have pretty much  the military it has today, I am sure some list
> members can give some ideas of TOE with some Alien technology added
(T-72
> with force field). For game purposes, consider that Iraq and some of
it's
> allies were not hit as hard as the western powers because they were
not
> seen as a big threat, so suddenly it's military has become the big
fish by
> default.
>
> The West
> During the initial Alien assault, western powers were badly damaged
and
> much of their best weapons and equipment were destroyed. So going into
the
> gulf they are bringing in second line troops and equipment (M60's
instead
> of Abrams) also some minor allies that escaped the notice of the
Aliens now
> have some of most undisrupted units ( Denmark, Canada etc) and have
become
> major players. The allies would also be making use of captured Alien
> equipment and modifyng their equipment (M113-L the new and improved
apc
> with laser pintal mount)
>
> These are just some ideas to hopefully give some new scenarios and
> hopefully not degenerate into another flame war. That way you can have
the
> US coast guard taking on Alien grav tanks trying to attack Florida
from
> Cuba.
>


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