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post Oct 22 2010, 03:35 PM
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The standard issue topic got me thinking, what sort of magical resources do the various militaries (UCAS, CAS, Sioux, and so on) bring to the table? It's one thing to have an entire line company outfitted in Milspec armor, but if one mage can drop them all with a Stunball and then you got 20-odd enemy combatants running around in brand new Milspec suits, that would be a problem.

I imagine that all of the militaries in SR have an asymetrical warfare strategy, and part of this would include how to engage smaller guerilla forces with greater magical resources than they (which is likely to include runner teams, so is perhaps an more apt area of speculation than strategies for force-on-force). How to SR military units avoid being ice cream for freaks against the magical (or paranormal) enemy?
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- Mercer   How Common Are Mages in the Military?   Oct 22 2010, 03:35 PM
- - Yama King   Mages in the military are probably rarer than in t...   Oct 22 2010, 03:39 PM
|- - Karoline   QUOTE (Yama King @ Oct 22 2010, 10:39 AM)...   Oct 22 2010, 03:54 PM
||- - TommyTwoToes   QUOTE (Karoline @ Oct 22 2010, 10:54 AM) ...   Oct 22 2010, 05:57 PM
|- - etherial   QUOTE (Yama King @ Oct 22 2010, 11:39 AM)...   Oct 22 2010, 04:12 PM
- - Aku   I would agree that mages would most likely be kept...   Oct 22 2010, 04:06 PM
|- - Halabis   QUOTE (Aku @ Oct 22 2010, 11:06 AM) Train...   Oct 22 2010, 04:34 PM
|- - Doc Chase   QUOTE (Halabis @ Oct 22 2010, 05:34 PM) W...   Oct 22 2010, 04:44 PM
|- - Aku   QUOTE (Doc Chase @ Oct 22 2010, 11:44 AM)...   Oct 22 2010, 05:45 PM
|- - Doc Chase   QUOTE (Aku @ Oct 22 2010, 06:45 PM) I...   Oct 22 2010, 06:00 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Aku @ Oct 22 2010, 11:45 AM) I...   Oct 23 2010, 02:34 PM
|- - Shinobi Killfist   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Oct 23 2010, 10...   Oct 23 2010, 05:03 PM
||- - Karoline   QUOTE (Shinobi Killfist @ Oct 23 2010, 12...   Oct 23 2010, 05:06 PM
||- - Shinobi Killfist   QUOTE (Karoline @ Oct 23 2010, 12:06 PM) ...   Oct 23 2010, 06:02 PM
|- - Critias   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Oct 23 2010, 09...   Oct 23 2010, 06:04 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Critias @ Oct 23 2010, 12:04 PM) I...   Oct 23 2010, 06:09 PM
|- - KarmaInferno   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Oct 23 2010, 02...   Oct 23 2010, 07:31 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (KarmaInferno @ Oct 23 2010, 12:31 ...   Oct 23 2010, 07:37 PM
|- - kzt   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Oct 23 2010, 01...   Oct 24 2010, 04:06 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (kzt @ Oct 23 2010, 09:06 PM) And p...   Oct 24 2010, 04:00 PM
- - Yama King   QUOTE OTOH, Corps probably pay more for Security M...   Oct 22 2010, 05:59 PM
- - WyldKnight   Ninja'd heh. I highly doubt they would force ...   Oct 22 2010, 06:04 PM
- - AppliedCheese   I would envision it as its own aspect of warfare, ...   Oct 22 2010, 06:14 PM
- - Knight Saber   I'd imagine the military tests all its recruit...   Oct 22 2010, 06:18 PM
|- - CanadianWolverine   QUOTE (Knight Saber @ Oct 22 2010, 11:18 ...   Oct 23 2010, 05:27 PM
- - Mercer   I agree they'd be commissioned officers (perha...   Oct 22 2010, 06:25 PM
- - Makki   dishonorable discharge for whatever reason and des...   Oct 22 2010, 06:44 PM
- - sabs   There are other reasons. Perhaps you're a Rat...   Oct 22 2010, 06:49 PM
- - Critias   I'd say mages are a natural fit for Warrant Of...   Oct 22 2010, 07:09 PM
- - Summerstorm   AND... don't forget the spirits. Especially if...   Oct 22 2010, 11:43 PM
- - Mercer   Unless the Military adopts the Kash for Karma rule...   Oct 23 2010, 02:31 AM
- - Neurosis   Desire to stat a UCAS Army Wagemage rising...risin...   Oct 23 2010, 04:42 AM
- - Neurosis   -glitch-   Oct 23 2010, 04:42 AM
- - Redcrow   While I could certainly envision a place for the c...   Oct 23 2010, 05:09 AM
- - Shinobi Killfist   I think fields of fire dealt with this issue, but ...   Oct 23 2010, 06:28 AM
- - Angelone   In FoF it said mages were rarely used to blow the ...   Oct 23 2010, 10:18 AM
- - Nath   QUOTE New Seattle, page 78 (circa August 2060) The...   Oct 23 2010, 11:03 AM
- - Mercer   On the other side of that (so to speak), you'd...   Oct 23 2010, 04:52 PM
|- - Nath   QUOTE (Mercer @ Oct 23 2010, 06:52 PM) @N...   Oct 23 2010, 07:09 PM
- - Nerdynick   As far as why awakened would join the military, th...   Oct 23 2010, 07:23 PM
- - Ascalaphus   Mages probably have a rather weird place in the hi...   Oct 23 2010, 11:30 PM
- - AppliedCheese   1 Division (1st infantry in this case) = 4 Brigade...   Oct 24 2010, 02:35 AM
- - Whipstitch   Yeah, as far as pure killing power goes, a lot of ...   Oct 24 2010, 02:57 AM
- - kzt   In terms of the numbers of Magicians, Grimoire (SR...   Oct 24 2010, 04:14 AM
|- - Karoline   QUOTE (kzt @ Oct 23 2010, 11:14 PM) In te...   Oct 24 2010, 06:12 AM
|- - Shinobi Killfist   QUOTE (kzt @ Oct 24 2010, 12:14 AM) In te...   Oct 24 2010, 06:13 AM
- - kzt   No, in the current edition they say 1%, but then t...   Oct 24 2010, 06:18 AM
- - Karoline   Well, keep in mind that is the number of people wh...   Oct 24 2010, 12:31 PM
|- - kzt   QUOTE (Karoline @ Oct 24 2010, 06:31 AM) ...   Oct 24 2010, 02:33 PM
- - Ascalaphus   Add to that the complications caused by Tradition ...   Oct 24 2010, 01:06 PM
|- - Hagga   QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Oct 24 2010, 02:06 PM...   Oct 25 2010, 06:50 AM
- - Neurosis   I have a strong feeling that the UCAS Army would h...   Oct 24 2010, 05:55 PM
- - Nerdynick   Well of course they would prefer Hermetics (or Bla...   Oct 24 2010, 06:30 PM
|- - KarmaInferno   QUOTE (Nerdynick @ Oct 24 2010, 02:30 PM)...   Oct 24 2010, 06:34 PM
|- - Karoline   QUOTE (Nerdynick @ Oct 24 2010, 01:30 PM)...   Oct 24 2010, 06:54 PM
- - kzt   It's VERY easy for me to believe that alcohol,...   Oct 24 2010, 07:09 PM
- - Ascalaphus   QUOTE (Nerdynick @ Oct 24 2010, 08:30 PM)...   Oct 24 2010, 07:46 PM
|- - Critias   QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Oct 24 2010, 02:46 PM...   Oct 24 2010, 08:45 PM
|- - Whipstitch   QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Oct 24 2010, 02:46 PM...   Oct 24 2010, 10:06 PM
|- - Karoline   QUOTE (Whipstitch @ Oct 24 2010, 05:06 PM...   Oct 24 2010, 10:40 PM
- - Angelone   Adepts would probably get fast tracked to SF or Ra...   Oct 24 2010, 08:18 PM
|- - CanRay   QUOTE (Angelone @ Oct 24 2010, 03:18 PM) ...   Oct 24 2010, 09:32 PM
- - Nerdynick   In regards to the comments about psionics: While ...   Oct 24 2010, 08:24 PM
|- - Ascalaphus   QUOTE (Nerdynick @ Oct 24 2010, 10:24 PM)...   Oct 24 2010, 09:55 PM
|- - Karoline   QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Oct 24 2010, 05:55 PM...   Oct 24 2010, 10:05 PM
- - Nifft   The government is an attractive employer for a cou...   Oct 24 2010, 09:59 PM
- - Shinobi Killfist   Psionics lost whatever cool factor they might have...   Oct 24 2010, 11:12 PM
- - kzt   The GURPS Magic approch to that always seemed reas...   Oct 24 2010, 11:33 PM
|- - Nifft   QUOTE (kzt @ Oct 24 2010, 07:33 PM) The G...   Oct 24 2010, 11:35 PM
||- - Ascalaphus   QUOTE (Nifft @ Oct 25 2010, 01:35 AM) I d...   Oct 25 2010, 12:04 AM
|||- - Nifft   QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Oct 24 2010, 08:04 PM...   Oct 25 2010, 03:33 AM
|||- - Karoline   QUOTE (Nifft @ Oct 24 2010, 11:33 PM) Ugh...   Oct 25 2010, 03:40 AM
||- - Brainpiercing7.62mm   QUOTE (Nifft @ Oct 25 2010, 01:35 AM) I d...   Oct 25 2010, 03:06 PM
|- - Karoline   QUOTE (kzt @ Oct 24 2010, 07:33 PM) The G...   Oct 25 2010, 03:27 AM
- - Ascalaphus   Yeah, I quit describing them somewhere halfway dow...   Oct 25 2010, 08:28 AM
- - sabs   I think of Magicians in the UCAS Army like Hawkeye...   Oct 25 2010, 11:21 AM
- - Ascalaphus   I propose that mages are used by the military in t...   Oct 25 2010, 02:12 PM


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