>The next time you think 20th Century experience is relevant
>for Traveller planetary combat ask yourself how well a Prussian cavalry
>officer might envision a carrier battle group hunting for attack
>submarines.
Or more appropriately, consider what a member of a Mesoptomanian militiaman
would make of the over-the-horizon high-speed death that characterizes so
much of warfare today. I refer you to GDW's Harpoon game and the satellite
scene from *Patriot Games*.
While I agree that there will be a consolidation of forces, there will
always be those vehicles that, when restricted to a single environment,
will still have a substantial edge over those that are not. Take a grav
tank, for example. Yes, it can fly, but if the design only accounts for
low-level flight and not intercontinental transit, think of how much more
armor and payload it can carry without the extra thruster plates, fuel, or
whatever. Ther will always be room for specialization.
Creativity over Originality.
Consistency is a Flaw.
J Roberson [email removed] [email removed]