Mike wrote: > FTL ships or > Via a stargate, infiltration or small UAV or like) or more brutal and upfront > pushing things thru hard and fast.
Against a defended gate, a small infiltration is likely to fail. The activation alerts the defenders. Against a deserted gate, the strike force will be overkill. First send an expendable scout, like an unarmed individual. If he or she finds defenders, perhaps the scout can fast-talk them. Wait some weeks (and check other gates in the meantime). When the time is up, send a probe that can survive vacuum and other nasty things. Hope that the last transmission can tell if the gate is defended or just a very lethal environment. Assemble the invasion force, which can take months or years. At least the timing of the attack will be a surprise. > Or why Alaska not invaded directly by the USSR Because Soviets play chess and an invasion would have been poker? > One railroad - Siberia Build the BAM. Wait, they did that ... > One road - Alaska > Arctic Ocean/Bering Straits Shorter than Overlord. > One nuke and invasion over. > Nova Sibersk/Vladivosok easy to see the build up. Make a deal with the Chinese, force buildup on both sides of the Sino-Soviet border, then turn both forces around against the common enemy. > Other than Gulag Soldiers? Do you mean guards or inmates? That would be in character for the Goa'uld, BTW. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
