Re: [SG/DS] Orbital assault was RE: Troop Quality was RE: [SG2] weapons

At 9:56 AM -0500 11/25/03, Imre A. Szabo wrote:
>
>Why land at the polar ice cap or similar remote place?  If the troops
are in
>dropships, you can enter the low atmosphere (within 10,000 feet of the
>surface) of the planet wherever you want, and then fly towards the
targets
>you want to take out and land a reasonable safe distance away.  This
can be
>rather close if you use a NOE flight profile for the last part. 
Obviously,
>drop pods can't do this.  But if the troops in the dropships eliminate
the
>defenses that can take out  then drop pods, then drop pods can be used
to
>reinforce.

Hmm, THAAD near those holes in the network. Good way to loose those 
landers on the way in. How much fuel do they have for a long flight 
and return to orbit?
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