I take it a McGuffin is a fictional device of some sort? :)

Desalination is definitely a good option but would only really be a life saver if you follow the HW line. I also like the cold fusion link, like that SLOWPOKE reactor tied to a desalination plant. Perfect for the reactors small size/output.

Sort of like a "thingamabob in US slang.

MacGuffin

Examples would include the Maltese Falcon and the Case from Pulp Fiction.

Important reference for anyone interested in writing fiction for fun or profit.

TROPES

And the article Pacific Fleet has the 3rd Wing in Alaska and the 15th Wing in Hawaii. Two more down...

Now I need a list of the ones active at the time and start to walk back the list.

A "mcGuffin" is an object that is the goal of a plot, wherein it is being sought, fought over, destroyed, or whatever. IIRC the term was originated by Alfred Hitchcock to describe such a plot device. One "Remington Steele" episode had a McGuffin that was the recipe for a fat-free, calorie-free, absolutely delicious chocolate chip cookie. People were being killed for getting in the way of baddies obtaining it.

And the SLOWPOKE reactor (or even a cheap Radionucleide Thermal Reactor like the kind that is currently on a space probe wending its way out of the solar system) would be even better, since it really does exist and can apparently be constructed relatively simply.

Actually a lot people have issues with the East European Sourcebook - as has been said by many people here the orders of battle listed for the various countries have all kinds of errors in them

And Silesia was nuked to hell and back invaded and fought over multiple times, etc.. - most of the US didn't have that happen - I don't see any issue with big depopulation occurring where you have multiple armies fighting over the areas for four years and add in a couple of dozen plus nukes in the same area over that time - that description (with a few very limited areas - i.e. LA and some areas in Texas) doesn't apply to the US

Really? Who?
There are 780 members of this forum. Which ones have a problem with the books?
Perhaps we should take a poll?

Why Leg?

As usual, you play the game your way and others will theirs. I will assume by your response that you agree with everything written and have no issues with anything GDW has written. Noted.

I for one, do.

Oh I don't know Leg - how about his whole thread - http://forum.juhlin.com/showthread.p...ean+sourcebook

which had various people on the board discussing the issues they had with how the 8th ended up in Latvia and the fact that the Turkish and Greek armies have Russian tanks in it instead of the actual tanks they was equipped with in real life or the tanks that it was equipped with in both NATO books that described the Turkish Army for example - both forces should be equipped with older NATO tanks as both of them were in NATO in 1996 and Turkey still is

To quote President Merkin Muffley: "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is the War Room"

So this is all I can get canon or fan materials:

1st Air Wing - Colorado?
3rd Air Wing - UK
14th Air Wing - Colorado?
15th Air Wing - Hawaii
16th Air Wing - Spain - possibly Middel East after?
17th Air Wing - Germany
18th Air Wing - Japan
36th Air Wing - Guam
60th Air Mobility Wing - CA
374th Airlift Wing - Japan
92nd Air Refueling Wing - OR
940th Air Refueling Wing - CA
7th Air Division - Germany
322nd Airlift Division: Germany
352nd Special Operations Wing - UK
7455th Tactical Intelligence Wing - Germany

I prefer Slim Pickens riding that nuke down myself

... Or perhaps "There has been a limited nuclear war, and you are a soldier fighting with the remnants of the US army in Europe. Your division makes a successful raid into Poland, only to find itself surrounded by Soviet and Warsaw pact units..." :)

Uncle Ted

From Wikipedia:
"In some FCC catalysts, the Brønsted sites may be later replaced by rare earth metals such as cerium and lanthanum to provide alternative activity and stability levels."
Lanthanum! aha! another connection to the stategic material of the Traveller future. Not in the 2300 AD universe, albeit.

2091 AD* is coming sooner than you think!

Uncle Ted



* 2091 AD is when the Solomani (us here on Terra) discover Traveller Jump Drive technology, using Lanthanum, setting the Traveller universe in motion for the nasty Terrans to topple the Vilani First Imperium, set up the brief Second Empire, collapse it into the Long Night and then start the Third Imperium which grows for 1000 years until it reaches the Classic Traveller period...