From: "WeOurselves"
To. Soc.Fen.Military
SubjL RE: Worst case scenario
We wargamed against Stingray once just after the war and it was a learning experience (Especially when we exchanged a few people. DBF!). Don't underestimate them. They knew our tactics inside out - all the stuff we'd learned during the Boskon War. It frightened Ray something fierce and really informed our last refit. I guarantee they have, in some dusty office somewhere, a 'what if' scenario for just such an occasion. That's how they work.
An accident with a rock. Halliburton or Lockheed's profit forecasts dropping. Oil pricing going funny again. An arch-duke congressman's relative from some backwater getting shot for being an ass on Phobos. Wars find funny ways of starting themselves when the wealthy need them to. Especially if it starts lookin like we're harming their interests rather than helping.
Right now, and I heard this from the horses mouth, it's currently in the US interest to have us floating around up here and reasonably capable of looking after ourselves. Probably because at least we're effectively keeping China out. They didn't get called in as the legitimate White Knight like they really wanted, but they'll settle for this instead.
But really, these countries are like Cthulhu right now. Best not riled. The most dangerous thing we can do is overestimate how strong we are, or underestimate them.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
To. Soc.Fen.Military
SubjL RE: Worst case scenario
We wargamed against Stingray once just after the war and it was a learning experience (Especially when we exchanged a few people. DBF!). Don't underestimate them. They knew our tactics inside out - all the stuff we'd learned during the Boskon War. It frightened Ray something fierce and really informed our last refit. I guarantee they have, in some dusty office somewhere, a 'what if' scenario for just such an occasion. That's how they work.
An accident with a rock. Halliburton or Lockheed's profit forecasts dropping. Oil pricing going funny again. An arch-duke congressman's relative from some backwater getting shot for being an ass on Phobos. Wars find funny ways of starting themselves when the wealthy need them to. Especially if it starts lookin like we're harming their interests rather than helping.
Right now, and I heard this from the horses mouth, it's currently in the US interest to have us floating around up here and reasonably capable of looking after ourselves. Probably because at least we're effectively keeping China out. They didn't get called in as the legitimate White Knight like they really wanted, but they'll settle for this instead.
But really, these countries are like Cthulhu right now. Best not riled. The most dangerous thing we can do is overestimate how strong we are, or underestimate them.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?