From:	"Ojaste,James [NCR]" <James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA>
Subject:	Re: Eurowars
Date:	Fri, 1 May 1998 09:58:13 -0400

Ereskanti wrote:
>> It's an interesting concept and probably won't/didn't fly considering the
>> relatively limited role it would have combined with the tremendous costs.
>> But still interesting.
>
>Within the RL of today, who knows the exact limits. Within the realms of SR,
>let's just say there is another option available. Take the Verticle
>Launching
>System of a missile upon a given craft (submersible or otherwise). Instead
>of
>a missile, place within it a drone or -very- small craft (hell, could be a
>retracting Nightglider using Mike's VGW modification from a while ago for all
>I care). Put it within the shell and launch it in the missile. Missile goes
>screaming off and carries the object to a given region or destination.

This sounds familiar...

>Deployment occurs at this stage. What was a missile sheds it's "skin" and
>becomes the drone/craft that it contains therein. Drones with higher rating
>Pilot Programs or Satlinked Rigger Interfaces (chuckling at the evil in that
>option) could easily be deployed by the military over such distances. Hell,
>some corps would LOVE to do this just to raise the fur on some "currently on
>our shitlist target" probably.

Why not skip the middle man? Stick a Runner in there with a 'chute.
Straight from WWII to Paranoia's 2000mm Clone Insertion Rounds. :-)

>Okay, the retrieval part is not quite perfect of course, as it could mean
>anything from sacrificing a specially made drone/craft to a rendevous with
>another target or site somewhere else in allied territory.

In Paranoia, it usually just meant subtracting 1 from the number of
clones left... :-)

James Ojaste