Re: [LoGH] Life expectancy, take 2
Patrick Chester (wolfone@io.com)
Thu, 14 Dec 2000 16:30:50 -0600
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> Spoiler alert for LoGH Gaiden OVA's
> Skip if you haven't seen Silver Valley
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> In the first Gaiden OVA series, Silver Valley, we saw a storyline
> centered on ground combat. Both sides used tanks and infantry, rather
> than oribital bombardments.
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> (I always wondered why they don't just drop some high explosives from
> space, but then war doesn't have to be logical.)
Probably for the same reason why you don't spank a toddler with
an axe.
Ground combat can cause less overall damage than orbital
bombardment.
> Thinking back, I can't recall a situation where both sides duke it out
> with tanks in a populated city? The civian death rate would be much
> higher in that case.
There are references to ground combat, but since it's a show about
space navies duking it out it tends to not get covered as much.
> When the Empire or FPA conquer a planet, it seems that the political
> body just bend over when they see lots of shiny ships decend on their
> capital.
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> But if they actually decide to fight, then what? Bombardment from
> space reduce city to rubble? Armored tanks smash into Starbucks
> Coffee while chasing down rock-throwing students?
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> Also, where's the MAD factor? I can understand the hesitation in
> using NCB/genetic-genocidal weapons due to MAD factor (which leads to
> treaties that the leadership actually abide by). But if they had the
> capability, then it's more likely that both sides would be in a cold
> war instead of a shooting war.
Well, have you seen the 1st Season of LoGH. Particularly the
Imperial Civil War episodes?
Patrick Chester
wolfone@io.com
