| From: | shadowrn@*********.com (Scott Peterson) |
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| Subject: | Military data and Scott |
| Date: | Thu Jun 14 02:35:01 2001 |
Me too
>1) Do you really think such detailed info would be made available to th
>public? Maybe a country like the US would... thats just sorta their
>attitude... but for Algeria? Israel? Etc?
Actualy its quite easy to find now, go hit the CIA fact book online.
>2) If this is for an RPG (shadowrun in th is case)... why don't you just
>make it up?
Nothing like factual baseline, but then I got a copy of the USASF mission
background list wich gives such pointers.
>3) Unless your PCs are planning on killing every soldier or reserve of a
>country and heist every piece of military equipment they have, I can't see
>much use in really having this info. It might give some of the gun nuts
>asemi, but I doubt it'd be enough to get them fully excited.>
Well for those of us whom are working merc campaigns especialy long term
ones it is a big factor, and even if not a merc game, haveing some idea of
what proportion of what you might face in a passing military encounter might
be nice. i tend to ground them as close to rl as possible. But then my
games conutry hop alot.
>4) By our timeline, I'd say alot of the countries in Africa today, won't
>bethere 60 years from now... then add in the immortal elves taking over
>thecongo, the resource rush of the corporations, desert wars, etc... and
>that gives an even slimmer chance that the face of africa would even be
>remotely similar to what it is today.
no beef here though i think you are forgetting that cival war has been going
on a long time therein and they might be a tough nut to crack.
>5) Alot changes. What good would knowing the number of units and types of
>equipment if its not going to be around 60 years from now (even 3rd world
>countries would have gotten rid of the stuff by then)?
>
Aheing material yes, but it does give you an insight as to what the various
military thinkers care to use. If a country has 600 81mm mortars you can
bet they will have a fetish for indirect fire 60 years down the road, hell
look at the brits and 7.62 now.
>
you might want to try writing/visiting/phoning your
>local consulate/embassy for the countries you are interested in
>(assumingyou live in or near a big city) and asking them for info. Most of
>them maintain a large library of pamphlets and official propaganda
>available to the public... though even then I doubt the information would
>be as detailed as you'd want it
CIA fact book onlie as I said before
Scott
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