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Message no. 1
From: "Simon.M" <Simon.M@**********.COM>
Subject: Ghengis Kahn.
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 09:52:15 -0000
>Bringing this back OT, Such a guy would make a very cool force in the
>Modern SR world.


Ahhhhhhh, but he'd also be dead.

Unless he was a free spirit of course...
Message no. 2
From: Czar Eggbert <czregbrt@*********.EDU>
Subject: Re: Ghengis Kahn.
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 04:20:28 -0600
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Simon.M wrote:

> >Bringing this back OT, Such a guy would make a very cool force in the
> >Modern SR world.
>
>
> Ahhhhhhh, but he'd also be dead.
>
> Unless he was a free spirit of course...
>
or unless you....

Spoilers for Dreamchipper....

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You can just keep that chip from Dreamchipper in production. I
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-=>Czar

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-Protious when told that he was the one who was bate for Jack

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Message no. 3
From: Mike Bobroff <AirWisp@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Ghengis Kahn.
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 09:08:02 EST
In a message dated 98-02-12 05:04:46 EST, you write:

> >Bringing this back OT, Such a guy would make a very cool force in the
> >Modern SR world.
>
>
> Ahhhhhhh, but he'd also be dead.
>
> Unless he was a free spirit of course...
>

Or a BTL-like persona (like from Dreamchipper ...)

Mike
Message no. 4
From: Mon goose <landsquid@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: Ghengis Kahn.
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 12:27:17 PST
>> >Bringing this back OT, Such a guy would make a very cool force in
the Modern SR world.
>>
>> Ahhhhhhh, but he'd also be dead.
>>
>> Unless he was a free spirit of course...
>
>Or a BTL-like persona (like from Dreamchipper ...)

I didn't mean Khan him,self: Ijust meant a very powerful asian warlord
who depended less on technology and more on relations with the huge mass
of peasents (and probably had some stiff mojo) would be pretty cool.
Aisia is not fully flesshed out yet, but suposedy a lot of it IS warlord
territory- it would be cool if the biggest of them all was'nt some uber
techno nuclear power, but a guy who could send 500,000 troops on
horseback in to just flatten any populace that opposed him. AQrchaic, I
know, but still useful in someparts of the world, especially if you can
use magic to protect them from modern weapons.
Although I like the free spirit idea- a "horde" could be a variation on
the "wild hunt" of the Tir.

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Message no. 5
From: Sascha Pabst <Sascha.Pabst@**********.UNI-OLDENBURG.DE>
Subject: Re: Ghengis Kahn.
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 01:58:07 +0000
On 12 Feb 98 at 12:27, Mon goose wrote:
[snip]
> I didn't mean Khan him,self: Ijust meant a very powerful asian warlord
> who depended less on technology and more on relations with the huge mass
> of peasents (and probably had some stiff mojo) would be pretty cool.
> Aisia is not fully flesshed out yet, but suposedy a lot of it IS warlord
> territory- it would be cool if the biggest of them all was'nt some uber
> techno nuclear power, but a guy who could send 500,000 troops on
> horseback in to just flatten any populace that opposed him. AQrchaic, I
> know, but still useful in someparts of the world, especially if you can
> use magic to protect them from modern weapons.
Well... I am not a military man, but in WW2, when the German forces
attacked Poland, a couple of tanks (IIRC less then 10) destroyed a
whole (?groups size? Batallion?) of cavilery... er... cavelery...
horsemen.

For the magic aspect: Military will have magicians too (check 'Just
Compensation', Robert N. Charrette, or 'Burning Bright', Tom Dowd for
examples). And they'll have chemical, biological, and possibly nuclear
weapons (great to be used against large bodies of men), too. Or
Thorshots, even... "Sure you have a bullet barrier up. But this piece
of rock weights 2.95 tons after having passed the athmosphere, and
moves at <ridiculous high speed I don't dare to guess>. What did you
say the level of your barrier was? Higher then 1,000?" *EGMG*

Sascha
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Message no. 6
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Ghengis Kahn.
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 20:32:45 +0100
Sascha Pabst said on 1:58/14 Feb 98...

> Well... I am not a military man, but in WW2, when the German forces
> attacked Poland, a couple of tanks (IIRC less then 10) destroyed a
> whole (?groups size? Batallion?) of cavilery... er... cavelery...
> horsemen.

Cavalry.

World War I would serve better as an example -- tacticians didn't
understand the effects of well-placed and -served machineguns; the result
was predictable, really. A modern-day or SR Ghengis Kahn would face much
the same consequences, provided the enemy his "troops" are charging are
well-prepared for the coming attack and don't hesitate to fire.

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Message no. 7
From: Fade <runefo@***.UIO.NO>
Subject: Re: Ghengis Kahn.
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 21:59:17 +0000
> World War I would serve better as an example -- tacticians didn't
> understand the effects of well-placed and -served machineguns; the result
> was predictable, really. A modern-day or SR Ghengis Kahn would face much
> the same consequences, provided the enemy his "troops" are charging are
> well-prepared for the coming attack and don't hesitate to fire.

One of the points with a modern time 'Ghengis Kahn' would probably be
that he is also tactically smart. Real smart. In addition to having
charisma enough to get thousands to sacrifice themselves for him.
That is the dangerous combination. Not just one or the other. Those
who think it took no tactical skill to conquer an area from china to
europe should think a bit about the implications.
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Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven."
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