From:	The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Characters and Military
Date:	Tue, 30 Nov 1993 23:31:59 -0600

>since Vietnam has the military actually been in combat? not many and most of
>those times it was not man vs man but man vs machine or Machine vs machine.

Grenada. Panama. Los Angeles. These required infantry.
Libya. This was a machine v machine thing.

>shoot that much (that I know of).

Mon Frere Waisley, speak only of that which you know. Simply advice, no
judgement as to the validity or lack thereof in your statement.

>Police - not everyone wants cyberware like a Sam does. Most police would make
>do without any cyberware just using slightly better weapons. Also people with
>cyberware tend to start thinking they are invincible and get geeked quicker.

I simply think that the value of some cyberware is exxagerated in terms of
game mechanics, and that the average person can get just as much gain as
a techmonger. As point out below, PCs skew the statistics, and therefore
aren't a good gauge of the shape of things to come.

>Stop looking at the guys you create as wimps and begin looking at then as
>highly skilled and powerful.

Sound advice for any game. . .unless you ARE playing normal people (my
friends here just won't go for a 25 point GURPS campaign. . .)

J Roberson