 Nuking Boston, Repercussions and shockwaves |
 Mar 19 2011, 08:01 AM
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So what, hypothetically, might happen if 6th world Boston got hit with a ballistic missile? I ask because an, erm, friend of mine might have had this come up in a game session the other day and he's not quite sure what the global fallout (no pun intended (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ) should be.
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Loch Nuking Boston Mar 19 2011, 08:01 AM
Epicedion I.. suppose that would depend a lot on why. Mar 19 2011, 08:01 AM Loch Long story short, an AI got its mitts on a Saeder-... Mar 19 2011, 08:20 AM KCKitsune Well I hope that AI can find a hole to jump in and... Mar 19 2011, 10:22 AM kzt SK just committed an act of war against the UCAS A... Mar 19 2011, 05:48 PM Pepsi Jedi It wouldn't do anything good for Boston either... Mar 19 2011, 05:54 PM kzt You have a lot of orbital platforms armed with ver... Mar 19 2011, 06:16 PM Epicedion It's 2070. Doesn't the UCAS have some sort... Mar 19 2011, 06:24 PM tagz Wow. This is straight out of my first story arc. ... Mar 19 2011, 06:52 PM Ascalaphus Remember that this is Lofwyr we're talking abo... Mar 20 2011, 12:58 AM kzt At which point the corporate court issues an omega... Mar 20 2011, 02:14 AM Manunancy One point that rubs me the wrong way : WTF sort of... Mar 20 2011, 07:58 AM
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Manunancy QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Mar 20 2011, 03... Mar 20 2011, 07:08 PM Tymeaus Jalynsfein QUOTE (Manunancy @ Mar 20 2011, 01:08 PM)... Mar 20 2011, 08:43 PM Rasumichin QUOTE (Manunancy @ Mar 20 2011, 08:58 AM)... Mar 21 2011, 12:11 AM kzt QUOTE (Rasumichin @ Mar 20 2011, 05:11 PM... Mar 21 2011, 01:57 AM Tymeaus Jalynsfein QUOTE (kzt @ Mar 20 2011, 06:57 PM) Aztec... Mar 21 2011, 02:46 AM Manunancy QUOTE (Rasumichin @ Mar 21 2011, 01:11 AM... Mar 21 2011, 07:14 AM Rasumichin QUOTE (Manunancy @ Mar 21 2011, 08:14 AM)... Mar 21 2011, 03:05 PM Insomnia Bob I'm guessing Red Sox fans are going to be VERY... Mar 20 2011, 08:57 AM Critias QUOTE (Insomnia Bob @ Mar 20 2011, 03:57 ... Mar 20 2011, 11:33 PM kzt The ROI on military hardware is pretty low, it... Mar 20 2011, 10:11 PM CanRay QUOTE (kzt @ Mar 20 2011, 05:11 PM) The R... Mar 20 2011, 10:43 PM KarmaInferno All this is assuming the nuke goes off properly at... Mar 20 2011, 10:45 PM kzt I believe that it was stated in by the OP that it ... Mar 20 2011, 11:30 PM Pepsi Jedi Bugs.... In case the bugs come back and take over ... Mar 21 2011, 12:33 AM Ascalaphus Maybe he just has them because he bought up a comp... Mar 21 2011, 01:21 AM Pepsi Jedi He doesn't really strike me as the sort to do ... Mar 21 2011, 01:25 AM CanRay QUOTE (Pepsi Jedi @ Mar 20 2011, 08:25 PM... Mar 21 2011, 03:16 AM Pepsi Jedi Note I said "Often" I was thinking of Ru... Mar 21 2011, 03:19 AM CanRay Fair enough. And, to be honest, they're most ... Mar 21 2011, 03:23 AM Manunancy Even with extraterritoriality and the like, ICBM s... Mar 21 2011, 03:47 PM kzt QUOTE (Manunancy @ Mar 21 2011, 08:47 AM)... Mar 21 2011, 03:53 PM sabs Lofwyr can also go astral. Noone saw the missile ... Mar 21 2011, 03:55 PM hyzmarca QUOTE (sabs @ Mar 21 2011, 11:55 AM) The ... Mar 24 2011, 05:07 AM kzt QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Mar 23 2011, 10:07 PM) ... Mar 24 2011, 06:20 AM Ascalaphus "If you declare an Omega Order on me, I launc... Mar 21 2011, 04:00 PM kzt QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Mar 21 2011, 09:00 AM... Mar 21 2011, 04:17 PM Sixgun_Sage I'm betting on SK finding evidence implicating... Mar 21 2011, 04:10 PM Dahrken A move like trying to nuke several UCAS cities is ... Mar 21 2011, 07:20 PM Pepsi Jedi And do so before you're turned into a glowing ... Mar 21 2011, 07:23 PM Manunancy I don't think there will be insntant retaliati... Mar 22 2011, 06:55 AM kzt QUOTE (Manunancy @ Mar 21 2011, 11:55 PM)... Mar 23 2011, 03:33 AM Pepsi Jedi Corps do have military assets. And not small one... Mar 22 2011, 01:00 PM Manunancy Maintaining the sort of surveillance assets requir... Mar 23 2011, 07:31 AM Pepsi Jedi QUOTE (Manunancy @ Mar 23 2011, 02:31 AM)... Mar 23 2011, 03:13 PM Ascalaphus Suppose Ares is that trigger-happy. Then all that ... Mar 23 2011, 01:16 PM CanRay QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Mar 23 2011, 08:16 AM... Mar 23 2011, 02:42 PM Dahrken If submarines were so easy to locate/follow/engage... Mar 23 2011, 07:28 PM Pepsi Jedi QUOTE (Dahrken @ Mar 23 2011, 02:28 PM) I... Mar 23 2011, 07:39 PM Manunancy I don't think a cheap drone would have the req... Mar 23 2011, 07:59 PM Pepsi Jedi Just off the top of my head..
Small drone. goes ... Mar 23 2011, 09:55 PM Manunancy On teh sub's end you can have a shoal of drone... Mar 24 2011, 03:20 AM Pepsi Jedi QUOTE (Manunancy @ Mar 23 2011, 11:20 PM)... Mar 24 2011, 03:28 AM Dahrken To Kzt : The missile signatures can prove that the... Mar 24 2011, 05:34 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (Loch @ Mar 19 2011, 04:01 AM) So w... Mar 24 2011, 05:27 PM kzt QUOTE (RainOfSteel @ Mar 24 2011, 10:27 A... Mar 24 2011, 09:37 PM Manunancy The Fallout manual also includes a good descritpio... Mar 24 2011, 05:33 PM Dahrken HERE IS A LINK to the Fallout manual. Mar 24 2011, 06:45 PM Ogrebear My thoughts on this are given the OP said the nuke... Mar 26 2011, 09:53 AM Pepsi Jedi Very unlikely they can do much about it? If you la... Mar 26 2011, 03:03 PM Nath QUOTE (Pepsi Jedi @ Mar 26 2011, 04:03 PM... Mar 26 2011, 03:39 PM CanRay Wouldn't he just shot-put the nukes from Germa... Mar 26 2011, 03:12 PM Pepsi Jedi That's just the thing. Having nukes and USING ... Mar 26 2011, 04:17 PM Ascalaphus Instant massive retaliation is such a bad idea.
-... Mar 26 2011, 04:29 PM kzt QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Mar 26 2011, 09:29 AM... Mar 26 2011, 09:20 PM hyzmarca QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Mar 26 2011, 11:29 AM... Mar 26 2011, 09:43 PM CanRay They'll have to switch from the Nuyen to the B... Mar 26 2011, 04:33 PM Nath QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Mar 26 2011, 10:43 PM) ... Mar 26 2011, 11:33 PM Pepsi Jedi While that was a very nicely thought out and very ... Mar 26 2011, 11:51 PM Ogrebear Thing is... yes part of Boston got nuked. Yes lots... Mar 27 2011, 12:46 AM Pepsi Jedi You're failing to see the base point of the eq... Mar 27 2011, 01:33 AM kzt At the very least it's likely hit a record hig... Mar 27 2011, 02:30 AM Ascalaphus The UCAS could go to war, but then the most likely... Mar 27 2011, 01:19 PM Nath QUOTE (Pepsi Jedi @ Mar 27 2011, 01:51 AM... Mar 27 2011, 01:23 PM Manunancy I didn't think about Aztechnology's bout o... Mar 27 2011, 02:49 PM Pepsi Jedi You people are cracking me up. Honestly it's l... Mar 27 2011, 04:18 PM Tymeaus Jalynsfein QUOTE (Pepsi Jedi @ Mar 27 2011, 09:18 AM... Mar 27 2011, 04:46 PM Pepsi Jedi QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Mar 27 2011, 11... Mar 27 2011, 04:54 PM Tymeaus Jalynsfein QUOTE (Pepsi Jedi @ Mar 27 2011, 09:54 AM... Mar 27 2011, 05:28 PM Manunancy QUOTE (Pepsi Jedi @ Mar 27 2011, 06:18 PM... Mar 27 2011, 06:51 PM Pepsi Jedi QUOTE (Manunancy @ Mar 27 2011, 02:51 PM)... Mar 27 2011, 11:56 PM Manunancy QUOTE (Pepsi Jedi @ Mar 28 2011, 01:56 AM... Mar 28 2011, 06:30 AM Pepsi Jedi QUOTE (Manunancy @ Mar 28 2011, 02:30 AM)... Mar 28 2011, 07:35 AM Dahrken QUOTE (Pepsi Jedi @ Mar 28 2011, 09:35 AM... Mar 28 2011, 10:56 AM Pepsi Jedi QUOTE (Dahrken @ Mar 28 2011, 05:56 AM) W... Mar 28 2011, 06:24 PM Dahrken QUOTE (Pepsi Jedi @ Mar 28 2011, 08:24 PM... Mar 28 2011, 07:57 PM Pepsi Jedi QUOTE (Dahrken @ Mar 28 2011, 02:57 PM) T... Mar 28 2011, 09:25 PM Ascalaphus It's like this. The UCAS president can choose ... Mar 27 2011, 04:32 PM Pepsi Jedi QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Mar 27 2011, 11:32 AM... Mar 27 2011, 04:51 PM Ogrebear QUOTE (Pepsi Jedi @ Mar 27 2011, 05:51 PM... Mar 27 2011, 11:51 PM Nath On a second thought, now we started a comparison w... Mar 27 2011, 06:13 PM Pepsi Jedi QUOTE (Nath @ Mar 27 2011, 02:13 PM) On a... Mar 27 2011, 11:57 PM Tymeaus Jalynsfein QUOTE (Pepsi Jedi @ Mar 27 2011, 04:57 PM... Mar 28 2011, 02:27 AM kzt Airplanes with crews? How 20th century. It's... Mar 27 2011, 07:55 PM Ogrebear @Loch
When you say Boston got hit could you give ... Mar 27 2011, 11:57 PM Ascalaphus Look at the Arcology, too: about a hundred thousan... Mar 28 2011, 11:16 AM CanRay QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Mar 28 2011, 06:16 AM... Mar 28 2011, 02:46 PM Ascalaphus Yeah - they responded with politics.
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