From:	Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject:	Re: OT: Babylon 5 news/SR TV
Date:	Sun, 3 May 1998 00:25:05 EDT

In a message dated 5/2/98 8:18:45 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
elfman@*****.NET writes:

> > > Desert Wars, but those are really sports).
> I thought Desert wars was a corporate war fought in a desert.Can someone
> enlighten me about that show?
> (also; I have my old sig back)
>
Desert wars are a kind of "Military Staging Show" IMO. Corporations and
Governments get to field test all their toys in given areas of the world.
They normally would use "non-lethal" action options, and points are tallied by
massive systems (FDDM and IVIS and BTAC would help here I'm sure). There are
stories I've read in some of the books (most of the older sourcebooks mainly)
where Desert Wars groups sometimes get a bit carried away and do something
"not quite by the book"...

And then the word "War" takes over from there :)

-K