--- On Wed, 7/13/11, Onno Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Brandon replied to me: > > No, the non-Atlantean earth forces really don't have a > chance against the > > Mars attack. > > If each dropship carries one TL6 tank, or a motorized rifle > > platoon, or a towed howitzer, the force could probably > take > any one building or city block on Earth, but it could not > reinforce the LZ under fire. Still, imagine a situation > where a reinforced tank company gets delivered behind enemy > > lines every six to twelve hours ... the first companies > may > be little more than kamikazes, but sooner or later the > rear > area will break down in confusion, and then the raiders > can > run wild.
I'll note it will be easier for the Martians to land in Axis controlled territory, then attack from there (much like how the US used England) than to directly try to land in Allied territory. Oh, two rather significant alternate history events: * Russia was knocked out of the war in 1941 * Turkey joined the Axis in 1942 > > Sometime in the past, Mars managed to set up several > two way gates on > > Earth, each leading to a specific point on Mars. If it > weren't for the PCs > > discovering one, the Atlanteans still wouldn't know > about the gates. > > Do the Martians still use them, or are they in conveniently > ruined > temples scattered about the landscape? All but one of the gates are known to be active (turned on) and their approximate locations known. The PCs destroyed one in an underground temple in Madagascar and just recovered a gate in Brazil stolen by Soviet forces (and that gate was in an underground temple, as well). > > There are less than 10 gates and they are only 10' by > 10', so they aren't > > suitable for invasions, > > Lay tracks through the gate, and you have a single rail > line. After the gates are relocated to an open area; all are hidden from casual view. Here are the locations of the known gates: Franz Josef Land (Arctic) New Caledonia Mato Grosso (Brazil) Mount Kailash (Tibet) Madagascar Newgrange, Ireland Timbuktu, Mali Brandon _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
