++++++++++++++++++++GEV List Thingy, Oct 2nd++++++++++++++++++++

	[This list has been dead for ages, so let me give it one last
try before rolling it up.

	Mr Jackson is now on the list.  (Well Cole's on the SFB list and
that seemed to help a bit.)

	So let me take up a subject that he was "thinking about", last time
it came up: Infantry Defence.

	My view is that most of the "defence strength" of an infantry unit
comes from "collaborative jamming" and their thin suits mostly just keep
out diffuse blast effects. (diffuse NUCLEAR blast effects that is...)

	In this light the stacked defence of platoons makes sense, as the
network can only extend so far and the extended area of the "region of
uncertainty" makes up for putting more bodies at risk.

	So I would like to see the rather overpriced and wimpy marines
replaced by ranger units that depend on stealth for defence (so that their
defence does not "stack"), have a little bit more speed and get to deploy
entirely hidden.

	The fear of having your OGRE stumble into an overrun is a very good
reason to cover it with AP guns.  (Think of it as "limpet protection" ;-)
		-HJC]

	Henry J. Cobb	hcobb@fly2.berkeley.edu	SFB Tyrant
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