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From: Bob Ooton <topcat@**.CENCOM.NET>
Subject: Re: In the army now
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 16:52:19 -0500
>> 2. About how big is the UCAS military? And how is it viewed by
>> the corps and other countries, do they hold it in contempt, respect
>> or fear?
>
>In my campaign, the UCAS military is third in size behind Aztlan and NAN,
with a close runner-up being the CAS. Better training/tech goes to UCAS,
CAS, Atzlan, and NAN in that order. Corporate "armies" don't come anywhere
near the capabilities of those listed above. CAS and UCAS have absolutely
monstrous armies for their size due primarily to the threat of the Native
American Nations (UCAS) and Aztlan (CAS). Aztlan and NAN have great size
due to the fact that they place a great deal of importance on their military
strength. The corporations may have hefty resources, but they still aren't
at the level of a nation like the UCAS or CAS (NAN, maybe...). And they
definitely don't have the manpower or military "gene pool" to draw from like
the nations do. All in all, I'd say that every military is feared and
rightly so. Maybe not by each other (publicly anyway) but definitely by the
populace of the 6th world as a whole (including corporations... not too many
things have the destructive might of an army). As usual, this is just the
way I run the show here. You can go any way you wish, but if you look at it
long enough, you should at least see where I'm coming from with this.
>
>
>-- Bob Ooton <topcat2cencom.net>
>

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