| From: | jjvanp@*****.com (Jan Jaap van Poelgeest) |
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| Subject: | Tracking (was: Cyber for Soldiers (was: Std. equipment for military |
| Date: | Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:39:16 -0800 (PST) |
upon could be solved by having relatively weak
broadcasting devices that are either amplified by a
nearby strong relay, or passed on by a network of
similarly weak drone relays spread throughout an area.
This cuts down on the radio visibility of a force and
makes it far less likely that actual forces, rather
than the communications network, will be targeted.
Drone relays could in fact be used in a number of
interesting ways to alter the dynamics of
communications on the battlefield. If the relay
network is reasonably redundant and mobile, it'd be
too time-consuming to specifically target and take
out. In addition, the relays could incorporate a
number of sensors, too, thereby providing the ground
troops with oodles of information.
If the above sounds dubious, consider that any modern
army in SR will naturally have a number of riggers on
their side who'd be capable of running such a drone
network. Perhaps they might not be using it for
communications alone, but it seems like a useful thing
for it to do.
This is of course besides the fact that army units
could use magical means of communication as well; not
every squad would have a mage added, but somewhere
between the levels of regiment and company an army
unit ought to have one mage at least (or risk being
utterly revealed by opposing reconnoitering mages
anyway).
Cheers,
Jan Jaap
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