From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 16:41:44 -0400
Subject: IJN vs IFN
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 03:29:39PM -0400, laserlight@quixnet.net wrote: > But if you assume they are, then you've got Roger said: > We have _got_ to try a PBEM game with IJSF vs IFed. Nicely color coded--White and red vs black and green. I can see it now... Two fleets approach around the curve of the planet. Target acquisition ladars lock on. Seconds later, the face of the planet is illuminated by massed missile launches. Colonists and animals look up in wonder; IJA veterans scramble to take cover against radiation. Four minutes later, the first flashes begin, as missiles explode and their bomb-pumped lasers slash through enemy hulls. The explosions strobe for nearly three minutes, punctuated by the glare of particle beams raking through debris clouds and lost air. Eight minutes after first contact, it's over. Dirtside, the infantrymen watch a dying battlecruiser etch a stark red line down the western sky....