Brandon replied to me: > > Who has space superiority? > > I haven't decided yet. It's been 10,000 years since Atlantis and Mars last > went to war. Atlanteans have a technological edge, Martians have much > larger numbers. > > There are still armed and operational remote defense stations in orbit > over earth, so this slightly offsets the Martian numerical surperiority. > > Still, if the Martians choose to go all in -- "We conquor or we die" -- > they could overwhelm the Altlantean defenses.
Hello Brandon, a TL9 dropship should be able to run circles around any mere TL6 air defense. Turtledove's Worldwar series comes to the mind. The TL6 air defenses rely on large barrages of HE fragments, aimed in the approximate direction and altitude of the target, and 3E suggests DR 100+ for landing-capable spacecraft. Light AA might do better than heavy AA, if it can fire SAPHE or API instead of HE/HEPF. I wonder if the Allies will field lots and lots of self-propelled 37mm or 40mm quad AA anytime soon ... or tanks with a main gun which can be elevated for air targets. TL10 aerospace defenses, on the other hand, should be very effective. The TL9 ships probably rely on very hot reaction drives, which will show up on IR sensors and missile seekers, while the TL10 craft may have reactionless thrust and better stealth and EW. I wonder how that ties into Mike's question about invasions, a few weeks ago. The assumption back then was the present day vs. alien invaders, but how big is the difference from a TL10 vantage point? Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
