Re: [SGII] Fire of AT Missiles at disperesed tagets

> > Because "stun" offers such a consequence free environment...
>
>The sort of idiots that would put a stun setting on an infantry weapon
>and expect it to be used on a regular basis are the sort of idiots
>that would wig out when that 1 in 10,000 guy with a weak heart drops
>over dead.  Using even non-lethal force indiscriminately is not
>consequence-free.

True, but that does fit in with the ethos of Startrek

>If you are operating in the sort of universe where there are 100%
>reliable electronics that can calibrate power outputs so precisely as
>to "stun" 100% of all human targets (from a 8 year old child to a 310
>lb man on an adrenaline high) without causing any long-term harm to
>any of them, you are no longer playing a science fiction game.  You're
>playing a fantasy game.

Like I said, Startrek. I have to say I like the (almost) real world
better.

Thankyou John, that made me laugh

Richard