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There are a ton of anti-aircraft cannons, machine guns, and missiles surrounding their base. We can't just 'bomb' them, if someone flew in they'd get torn to shreds. We can't attack them head on in fear of destroying the main base, but we don't want to be wasteful and just dump troops in to overpower them. So that's where the story plot comes in.

Also, apparently, only 14 people are engaged in the battleground. You feel free to get the other 359 to participate. wink

You get me the satellites and bring them to me then! blaugh

Currently, there are roughly 10-16 NPC's engaged in the battle. Also, yes, there is a lot that 8 battleships can do. It's a wonder why we don't have more planes... but as a matter of fact, we don't use battleship in the Navy anymore.

There is also a limited amount of bombs you can drop from a satellite- first of all, they don't drop, and second of all you have to go 350 miles above the surface of the earth to re-arm them- which we don't do.



Besides, let's get real here. This isn't a full out engagement. We have a few other battlegrounds going. How many people are in the U.S. Military? Three million total. How many people total are involved in the Iraq war? Tops, including special ops and the command center, 150,000. How many combat units that experience live fire from an enemy in a hostile territory? Throughout the entire engagement, I think 80,000. 60,000 at most during any given time.

We aren't going to use every single plane in our arsenal- we aren't going to use every single tank- we aren't going to use every single ship- we aren't going to be using every single infantry unit. This isn't a full out war. It's a simple engagement.

In truth, your right, I could just randomly spawn 1,000,000,000 nuclear warheads and get them to go and bomb the island- Hell, I could introduce 1,000,000,000 Gundam Mechs that blow the s**t out of everything just in spite.

But this is a battle fought by the guild people- I.E. them and their 1-5 NPC's (if any.) If you want to use a plane you best join the airforce. whee

I didn't say sattelite-deployed bombs. I said sattelite guided.



Even the incursion into Mogadishu involved more people than this, and that was a simple smash and grab job (at least until the Black Hawk got shot down). There were about a hundred people that put boots down in the city, however there were hundreds more who supported them both back at base and in the air.

Fourteen people and a Stryker against main battle tanks, super heavy tanks, Mechs and a combined naval and air force isn't a simple engagement. It's suicide.

Military operations have risks but they also have planners who are willing to look at an operation from a logical standpoint. The success or failure of a mission rests in the people who plan it, those they send to carry out those plans and the ones who support them from behind the scenes. Equipment is fianite and logistics are always a concern, however not even the US military would be so reckless as to carry out such a hopeless endever.

You know full well that I'm not calling for an all-out international Warsaw/NATO combined galaxy assault. I don't need you making fun of me. However the diversion of at least some forces more than what is required to condem a Stryker APC and it's crew to their death would help.

I would suggest aborting the mission. We may run out of ammo and be unable to continue by the time we few soldiers get around to destroying the submarines.

No, really. How do you plan on destroying the submarines with fourteen people, a Stryker and no NPCs?

Ah.

oh damn thats what i forgot