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Message no. 1
From: WILLIAM FRIERSON <will1am@*****.ASU.EDU>
Subject: Banshee "Stealth"
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 01:16:53 -0700
IIS3APO@*******.NOVELL.LEEDS.AC.UK ("A.P. O'KEEFE") wrote:

>OTOH Banshees are the vehicle most of the North Americian smugglers
>use (see the Denver source book esp.) they certainly seem covert
>enough when they need to be.

I don't have the Denver sourcebook, so I don't know what's in it. The way
I see the Banshee in smuggling operations is like the stealth that
small aircraft smuggling drugs over Cuba have. A wink and a nod from the
controlling authorities, like the Cascade Crow, who take a cut from
the drivers.

I don't think you could cross a hostile, well monitored frontier with it.
(Of course there was that kid who flew to Moscow in a small airplane,
evading defenses and countermeasures). I guess it all depends on the
environment and situation. I just have a hard time thinking of armored
vehicles as covert and stealthy.

Later


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Message no. 2
From: Paul Jonathan Adam <Paul@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Banshee "Stealth"
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 19:37:15 GMT
In message <9506130816.AA15703@*****.asu.edu> will1am@*****.asu.edu writes:
> >OTOH Banshees are the vehicle most of the North Americian smugglers
> >use (see the Denver source book esp.) they certainly seem covert
> >enough when they need to be.
>
> I don't think you could cross a hostile, well monitored frontier with it.
> (Of course there was that kid who flew to Moscow in a small airplane,
> evading defenses and countermeasures). I guess it all depends on the
> environment and situation. I just have a hard time thinking of armored
> vehicles as covert and stealthy.

The deal around Denver is the Rockies, tthe Banshee's low-altitude
capability, and the apparent lack of any AWACS in the area. Of course,
a military system like AWACS would be a treaty violation... kind of like
orbiting an E-3 over West Berlin "because there's been some smuggling
going on". Yeah, and the fighters are there to catch them, and the two
tank divisions in case they put up a fight...

The Denver book repeatedly states that Banshees on the plains tend to become
smoke markers: too easily spotted. It seems simply a combination of speed
and terrain masking.

The shadowchat also suggests renting a civilian GEV to scout routes legally
before running them in a T-bird, and generally suggests Banshees live in
ground effect.

--
When you have shot and killed a man, you have defined your attitude towards
him. You have offered a definite answer to a definite problem. For better
or for worse, you have acted decisively.
In fact, the next move is up to him.

Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk

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