Quote:
Originally Posted by RN7
1) Military Rivalry: Attack by a foreign rival? America doesn't have a military equal since the Soviet Union collapsed. Russia remains the second most powerful military nation in the world, but it's not up to taking on America anywhere outside of its own territory.
|
This...
Quote:
Originally Posted by RN7
China is the number three military power and is the second largest defence spender. It clearly is on a path to establishing some sort of parity with America in the Pacific and it might partly do so by 2030, although that could depend on its future economic situation and if it can bridge the very wide technological and logistical gap that America has over it. However beyond the Pacific (really the Far East) China's military power will never match America's.
|
And this...emphasis mine...is pretty much what my original thoughts were…
The US is taking on Russia in its territory (or at least in the Baltic States, so right on the Russian border). It is taking China on in the Far East. So the number one military power is taking on the number two and number three military powers simultaneously. In their own respective spheres of influence. I think that could be a fairly major challenge to the US.
And no one is disparaging the US military or any other military -we're dealing with this in the context of a game, and maybe eventually creating scenarios that allow us to mix the "old" T2K with new technologies, equipment, vehicles, etc...so we can maybe create a situation where instead of replaying Escape From Kalisz the PC's can be stuck behind Russian lines in the Baltic States, or on the front line against the Chinese in Vietnam. There were things in the original T2K that some people didn’t like…I’ve seen some of the debates where people have said that such and such just couldn’t happen or wouldn’t be possible…personally I don’t think anything that has been put forward in this thread is utterly impossible…whether some parts are implausible or not is another matter, and perhaps one where opinions may vary, but Kato said the above upthread and I think it’s part of what makes T2K what it is…
Quote:
Originally Posted by kato13
One thing I think we have to remember if we are following the spirit of the original game. You sometimes include things that don't make complete sense to give a greater variety of potential for combat.
|