Re: [GZG] Still "colinies" :)

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imagine that any sort of colonial strike forces would be highly mobile
for just these reasons. Heavier forces would be reserved for full
invasion forces or planetary forces on homeworlds or major colonies.

-Eli

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From: Oerjan Ariander <orjan.ariander1@comhem.se> 

> John Atkinson wrote: 
> 
> > >Obviously, the locals would have larger stores 
> > 
> >Not obviously--prestrike intelligence should identify major locations

> >of ammunition storage and other militarily significant stockpiles. 
> 
> Hm. We're talking about interstellar pre-strike intelligence with com 
> delays measured in days or weeks here, not intelligence about a place
on 
> the same planet you start from where you already had a bunch of recon
sats 
> in place months or years before the strike. 
> 
> How do you get that interstellar up-to-date pre-strike intelligence? 
> Sending scoutships in advance or keeping the invasion force in orbit
for 
> some time while trying to locate the defenders' stockpiles etc. sounds
like 
> a good way to allow the defenders to get their act together before you
go 
> in. Sending an undercover SF team to locate those stockpiles in
advance of 
> the invasion fleet... well, there's that "small unsupported SF team on
a 
> hostile planet" scenario again. 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Oerjan 
> orjan.ariander1@comhem.se 
> 
> "Life is like a sewer. 
> What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it." 
> -Hen3ry 
> 
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