From:	Slipspeed atreloar@*********.com
Subject:	"Desert Wars" ?
Date:	Mon, 8 Feb 1999 03:38:34 +1000

> last night I was fleshing out a (rare) mercenary character with one of
> my players, and I wondered.

> the "Desert Wars" are something I've heard alluded to many times,
> but I don't believe I've ever heard any actual information on it, where
> it was, or who the conflicting sides were in it.

> I happen to have a particularly staggering array of out ot print
> sourcebooks, so maybe I'm missing out on some information I don't
> have access too. but can anyone give me a general idea of what
> the "Desert Wars" were?

First, please don't post in HTML. I'm sure GridSec, if they're here, will
point that out.

I'm not sure which sourebook and/or novel Desert Wars was mentioned in, but
it's where the megacorps play. Their armed forces are sent there to train,
to test out new equipment, and to gain some combat experience. From what I
remember, quite a bit of it is like exercises military forces currently do.
No war shots, and computers to govern kills, etc. But now and then,
somebody does something silly/someone deliberately lets a war shot go, and
it's on for young and old for a while. When the dust settles, everyone
takes stock, looks for lessons to be learnt etc.

I might be wrong.

Slipspeed.

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