From: Glenn M Wilson <triphibious@j...>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:53:17 -0500
Subject: More in my world setting
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 15:41:36 -0700 (PDT) John Atkinson
> <johnmatkinson@yahoo.com> writes:
When you have as many different types of vehicles as the PHR have in a
Battalion - (one Platoon (HMW unless noted) each of: SF300-307,
SF300-307a, DF-S13, Irregular 6 wheel, SF300-607, SF300-607a, SF300-602,
[GHQ M109A1 turret on tracked tank body], SF300-408, SF300-603,
SF300-306
("SGEV cavalry"), and SF-300-602a plus command vehicles and ADS
(pending) you think of standardization as a 'good' thing or at least your
maintenance people do...
These guys are the Low End Low tech guys (limited to CFE and STL ships
due to 'embargo' by IC/ESU/Japan due to their chicanery on Earth.)
One vehicle type? No. But these guys are just the opposite. Has nothing to do
with "Church Politics' at all. <grin> <VBG> Remember
these guys call themselves Christian Communists. LOL! That is a clue
as to why they are where they are 'today'!
> NPC run mostly size 4 to allow the organic infantry
These guys are low tech HMT types (that was one of the decisions that led the
'traditionals' to move to the Southern Continent and distance themselves from
this "White Man's Pollution" and live separately. Of course they are kept out
of "harm" from opportunistic neighbor's by NAC
{support of NPC and $$}/NPC troops via treaty supported by UNSC
"observers" (gave the UNSC an excuse to be on planet.) No research is allowed
on their lands except for the original 'quick and dirty'
First-In
Survey that found the system. It's seen as "hunting and small agricultural"
land with no known major mineral reserves.
> NEA mostly 1/2 or 5 (PA transporters with MDC/5. )
I never said any of them (but especially NEA) were optimal. I created the
doctrine (flawed intentionally in some cases) and designed the forces from the
doctrine. The NEA has never fought anyone but the other people on the planet.
And because of their small population they have not fought unless they thought
they could get a quick win and go to the diplomatic route to cement their
victories. They have been wrong
obviously but not enough to question their doctrine/theory.
Background - There are seceral land masses on planet: I use a schematic
to show relative land mass and relational location between groups;
North - NPC (7 "boxes" of land) lightly populated, much of the
population is researchers and scientists
NW - NPC (9 boxes) - Moderately populated - light industry with a few
heavy industry (limited by policy to necessary military production) sites plus
Agricultural regions.
NE - 6 boxes over all moderate population with most living on the
Western half of the land mass. Light Industry and Starship repair facility.
W - NPC (3 boxes) - dense (relative) population, Industrialized to a
moderate degree, Universities located here, Starship building capability
(small to medium ships) with NAC partnership. Naval buiilding facility
(small - GEV /Hovercraft types) on West side of land mass.
Central PHR 3 boxes densely populated (and growing with an average of 4.25
children per couple (and being single past age 21 is considered 'unseemly' for
one of God's Chosen Ones.) IC has 'bases' on the Land Mass where 'armed
observors' maintain the technological quarantine of the
PHR - or at least try to do so. Starport and starship (originally STL)
building facility present. UNSC is allowed to maintain a limited starport
facilty there.
E - 6 Boxes - NEA - very 'technology can solve anything' and population
struggling to stay at replacement rates - population in 'pockets' but
average light to moderate in density. FSe funded their colony but none
of their neighbors were/are happy to see them.
SW - 15 boxes; 5 to NPC, 5 to LLAR, middle 5 open to exploitation by
joint ventures and autonomously governed internally. NPC light population,
LLAR moderate population. LLAR have Naval and small Starship building
facilities.
The NPC and LLAR have a treaty - you attack one on the SW continent and
you fight both. You attack one anywhere else and you will at least face the
other diplomatically and economically (trade is 'frozen' etc.)
SE 15 blocks - IC lightly populated but a large population in total.
Starship repair facility present.
S - 11 blocks "closed to contact" This is the "Traditionals" moved.
High birth rate is counter balanced by lack of modern medicine and other
"White Devil Seductions" to some degree. Popuklation is estimated to be light
but since no one does a census...
Welcome to Cotu. paradise it ain't but it's "home" to a lot of people.
Gracias,