Gentlesophonts:
The plot thickens (or the arguement broils?):
PBJuzyk [email removed] writes:
> As a Latter Day Traveller with access to *PoT* info detailing the
> military assets of a world can be found on pages 95-97 of that book
>
> These forces are broken into four branches: wet navy, air force (inc.
> orbital & sub-orbit craft), space force, and ground forces.
>
> Once the number of personnel in each force is established the equipment
> is determined bearing in mind only a small percentage comprise the
> actual crew with the remainder support & logistics.
>
> These numbers seem skewed when put into use, for example:
>
> Gram (pop 6,000,000,000; TL 11)
> 2,250,000 personnel, 750 major ships, 2250 regular ships
>
> Someone tell me my calculations are off!!
Steven M Bonneville [email removed] writes:
> Since people originally asked about the composition of the Sword
> Worlds military, here's the lowdown from 5FW:
>
> Note the paucity of forces available to the SW government. It
> would seem that they aren't really prepared for much of an
> offensive campaign.
>
> Seditious TNE influence: by using _PoT_ rules in a wildly
> inappropriate way, estimated armed forces from UWP. Ground force
> seems a bit low, but probably explainable by needing more hands
> in space in a pre-Collapse professional military. The SW seem to be
> a naval power, anyway.
This is some good work. Thanks folks.
It seems we have a clear conflict here between rules sets. The *5FW*
shows much smaller forces than both *TCS* and *POT* suggest is available.
Nevertheless, *5FW* is the only source of `official' naval and army
forces. On the other hand, the *POT* rules meet the `most recent' criteria
*and* seem to be more comprehensive - dealing with space and planetary
forces.
The question to be resolved seems to be how do were rectify the current
rules (or *TCS* for that matter) when they suggest a world like Tizon in
the Sword Worlds could have dominated the entire battle field in the 5FW?
Happy Travelling,
David Johnson
Houston, Texas, USA