Re: [GZG] Question: small-arms tech and troop quality....

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 03:52:55PM +0000, Ground Zero Games wrote:
>Here's a deliberately vague and provocative question to get a 
>stimulated debate going...... <GRIN!!>
>
>"Is one super-trained elite special forces soldier with the best 
>cutting-edge high-tech weapon worth 25 untrained farmers with 
>shotguns?"

You're going to hate this answer, but: a linear scale can't really tell
you. Even in a basic "kill the other guys before they kill you"
situation, ignoring RoEs:

* Maybe his armour is shotgun-pellet-proof. Or not.

* Maybe his tactical information feed can show him exactly where each
enemy is at all times. Or maybe his armour is so all-encompassing that
he can only see a thirty-degree cone in the direction he's pointing his
head, and he moves at a slow walk.

And so on. I can easily enough build a scenario in which either side
wins.

Roger

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