Greetings. I'm new to the list, though I've now read the archives. I see from the bulletin boards on the AdAstra site that there is a plan to have a half...
... in ... you ... create ... such ... First, a favor to ask: Can you sign your full name to your account here? It helps somewhat for keeping track of who's...
... Should I be pedantic? 8) Doctrine, Strategy, Operations, Tactics and Battle Drills, from high to low. I'm not very fond of how the US Army distinguishes...
... There are several different kinds of military forces. Since I normally deal with armies, this is focussed that way, but some is transferrable, especially...
The UN (not Terran Federation) did, in fact, grow out of the modern day UN. It gained some significant powers, including tacit control over extraterrestrial...
Sorry I haven't been around much lately, works been keeping me out of town for the last several weeks drilling for bridge foundations. But, now I've got some...
Sorry I haven't been around much lately, works been keeping me out of town for the last several weeks drilling for bridge foundations. But, now I've got some...
... I was trying to avoid calling it the UN to avoid making assumptions about it. Now if it did indeed grow out of the UN, I think there is a zero percent...
... Here's what's been set in stone. War of a Thousand Martyrs (the Nth Arab/Israeli Conflict). I'd originally set it in the 2020s or 30s. Alas, it looks...
... Sigh. If I knew what to do about that place... The good news is that currently it'll take time to get to the level you write of here. The bad news is...
... Medina. ... Brazil ... usable ... I ... due ... provide ... Feel free to bring your team on; the list has been pretty moribund with regards to developing...
... I would suggest amending this list to Israel, Syria, Iran and Iraq. Jordan under King Abdullah appears to be taking a more moderate stance with respect to...
... lost ... Iraq. ... stance ... I'm also trying to avoid putting hard dates on anything before about 2060. But I understand the temptation. What I really...
... My prejudice, sure, but I think it's a *really* good idea to stay vague about the period 2002-2060. Pin too much down and your future history can become...
... Well, it has been fairly endemic historically, unless someone with a major navy had the will and energy to stamp it out. A fairly severe constraint in DV...
... *cough* Well I know I've been unfortunatly busy due to work et al which has been cutting down on my time *grumble* Oceanus seems to have been nicely...
... lost ... Iraq. ... stance ... I wouldn't worry too much about that. Given the time to start the war, and the time to carry the war to an end, there is...
... future ... of ... True enough, this is why I said it really didn't matter except to a historian as to whether there are cease-fires during the War of a ...
... awfully ... I suspect this is going to be harder than you'd expect. A surprising amount of the ships are going to get a boost in responsibility when they...
... I think quite a few crews will indeed see themselves exactly like this. But it's also a question of what nationality/ethnic group the crew is composed of....
One main problem with piracy is this: These are not "ships of the spanish main" that run off of wind power. Nor are they modern fast attack boats with a...
... Well, my thinking is that by the time you can operate starships, you really aren't much in the way of third world country. It's like operating modern...
... the ... Well, the distinction between this and roguery could get pretty blurred - and depends a good deal on who's drawing the distinctions. Even if you...
... Yes. Which, come to think of it, has some other implications, especially in the pre-Whatever era and the Dim Age. Why is NSWR fuel expensive? Because a)...
... and ... rather ... 1 ... Over on the Ad Astra Games BBS, I've posted a question for this sort of information translated into "game terms". ... at ... the ...
... distinctions. ... behave ... Exactly. It's a more subtle way to achieve ends than obvious villany, and the payoff is higher and probably more likely. I'm...
... <Expense, danger and rarity of nuclear fuel> ... for ... colonies, ... hold ... of ... be ... be ... Good point. This ought to be one of the most obvious...
I've put the updated Rafik and Wasp classes on the Ad Astra web site; they're available from the download library there, and are linked from the What's New...
... F- ... get ... B) ... The ... My instinctive reaction is horror at not having access to all the acceleration you can possibly get. :> But some other...
... beside ... Gee, and I thought I was being clever for simply not ignoring it. It being about the only feature left to ADD to DV's maneuver model... ... ...
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