From:	Rune Fostervoll <runefo@***.UIO.NO>
Subject:	Re: Sniping in SR
Date:	Sun, 31 May 1998 22:13:50 GMT

Renegade wrote:
*snip*
> Basically, what I'm saying is that unless the person attemping to see
>the sniper is also a sniper, he's probably not going to be alive long
>enough to do anything about the sniper! Like I said before, "If you run,
>you only die tired!"

The original question was your chance to notice someone at 400 meters. That
would be guard posts, bodyguards, whomever able to spot that sniper. They will
have a chance to see someone moving, even though it's slim. Neither is a
sniper infallible, nor immune to bad luck. And if the sniper starts shooting
everyone that might notice him, he's ruined the mission as it's fairly obvious
there's a sniper out there... unless the mission is simply to wreck havoc, of
course. And after the first shot everyone'll be scrambling for cover, making
the job that much harder.

At least that's what logic tells me.

If you mean a farmer sitting in the middle of the open area the sniper is
planning to move across, sure the sniper can spot him. Or a ten man patrol
moving close to the sniper's position. But shooting isn't the best option in
either case, and definitely not the only option.

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