Twilight:2000-Different Direction

[mikeo80]

Originally Posted by weswood

There was never an "Ace in the Hole" for earth, I never got that far in the planning. It's even worse than I posted earlier, I'm a hard corps conservative, I was going to poke at the liberals. In my America, private ownership of firearms have been illegalized except for reproduction black powder weapons and single shot cartridge weapons. Ammo is regulated to 20 rounds purchased per year. Not only would the civilians who would take up arms to defend themselves from alien invaders, they would have to deal with "a civilian police force as well trained and as well armed as the US Army" reporting to a radical liberal president.

Wes

I would think that the "radical lilberal president" would be the last probelm local defenders would have to worry about. After all Washington, DC is at the south end of the brightest congregation of nighttime lights (Some have called this area the Megaopolis, northeast corridor, whatever.)

IMHO, that concentration of light, radio, TV and other EM signatures would make certain that they received either a nuke or a rock.

Now the remainder of the civilian/military is going to be fragmented due to nuke/kinetic strikes. As soon as they get confirmed reports of "Large humanoid warriors", the gloves come off, and every armory left gets emptied into the hands of what ever voluteers show up to go "critter hunting".

And yes, I can see some modern day Daniel Boone or Davy Crockett setting up at 200+ yards with his/her Kentucky Long Rifle..... Or Sharps Buffalo Rifle...

There has got to be some kind of leadership cadre in with the orcs..

SOOOO...

As soon as these "other critters" (read drow) are identified...

THey get introduced to .45 or .54 soft lead at (moderately) high speeds... Right between the eyes.

My $0.02

Mike