I don't think they will do planetary bombardment. Something about an ancient 13 days war when nukes were used. Also, I don't think the energy beams are very effective in atmosphere, having to shot through a few hundred miles/km of it. Now what is weird is that there arn't that much close air support. Ofcouse the novel was written before Desert Storm. But the German blitz use lots of aircraft with ground troops. And we don't see much of that in the LoGH planetary battles. Ofcourse the battles are just things to move the stories along. --Josh __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/