Dragaera

High Tech vs. the Orb WAS Re: the honing of Vlad

Thu Jan 19 12:42:12 PST 2006

Jeff G. wrote:

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Ken Koester" <kkoester at email.ers.usda.gov>
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>>Sure.  But high tech hasn't *ever* fought sorcery, so far as we know.
>>Learning curve for new battle experiences is ferocious.
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>>Snarkhunter
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>Sure it has. Look at the campaigns against Africa and India. The locals
>thought that their swords/spears and bows were high tech.
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Neither side was high tech or sorcery in those set-to's.  And the Brits 
got their lunches handed to them in Afghanistan, even so.

>- wonders what effect the haze over the empire would have on laser
>designators.
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Little to none, if used below haze level.

Snarkhunter