RPG Discussions

[Nik Starskimmer]

Yay.
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"There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force."
Jedi Code

[Kelson Ordo]

Wow, so battles might be real time, and have that authentic Star Wars touch of whimsicalness? AWESOME.
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Captain Kelson Ordo
506th Airborne, Third Drop-Shock Battalion, L-Company, 1st Platoon, 2nd Squad Leader.

"There are two types of people you're gunna encounter. Those who'll try and shoot you, and those you shot first." -Kelson Ordo

Lazer X7

[Ams Jendob]

Yes.
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Emperor Ams Jendob, Ruler of the Imperial Remnant

----"Moff", CMAC Dreamcrusher, Official Administrative Waldorf and Statler----

[Senna Vucora]

[Nik Starskimmer]

In other words, there will be several small battles instead of two or three big ones *cough*Thyferra*cough* that take forever to resolve?
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"There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force."
Jedi Code

[Ams Jendob]

When the Empire goes on a blitzkrieg, we do it right.
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Emperor Ams Jendob, Ruler of the Imperial Remnant

----"Moff", CMAC Dreamcrusher, Official Administrative Waldorf and Statler----

[Kelson Ordo]

Meh, the Russians do it funner.
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Captain Kelson Ordo
506th Airborne, Third Drop-Shock Battalion, L-Company, 1st Platoon, 2nd Squad Leader.

"There are two types of people you're gunna encounter. Those who'll try and shoot you, and those you shot first." -Kelson Ordo

Lazer X7

[Ams Jendob]

Germans. >_>
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Emperor Ams Jendob, Ruler of the Imperial Remnant

----"Moff", CMAC Dreamcrusher, Official Administrative Waldorf and Statler----

[Kelson Ordo]

I know the Germans actually did it, but the Russians do it funner. 1 MILLION TANKS, ASSEMBLE!!!!
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Captain Kelson Ordo
506th Airborne, Third Drop-Shock Battalion, L-Company, 1st Platoon, 2nd Squad Leader.

"There are two types of people you're gunna encounter. Those who'll try and shoot you, and those you shot first." -Kelson Ordo

Lazer X7

[Nik Starskimmer]

It was actually 1 million infantry and something like 10,000 T-34s. Which is still the closest thing in the world to a mobile wall of steel.
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"There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force."
Jedi Code

[Ams Jendob]

I was gonna say... no army in the history of the world had a million tanks.

Hell, even the PT, for all of its overinflated battles, I don't think they've ever actually had a million walkers or hovertanks present in a single battle.
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Emperor Ams Jendob, Ruler of the Imperial Remnant

----"Moff", CMAC Dreamcrusher, Official Administrative Waldorf and Statler----

[Jahan Stresemann]

Them damn commies did have something like 30-40,000 tanks by war's end, but never in one battle

I would like to be in the second battlesystem test or something, sounds fun

WOO NEW VIII

Oh, and when the time is right I can has faction maybe? You said

Woo, excitement ^_^

[Kelson Ordo]

Ams, you just made me add a life goal: start an army with a million tanks.

"Sir, shouldn't we put some assets into other units?"
"No. All in tanks."
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Captain Kelson Ordo
506th Airborne, Third Drop-Shock Battalion, L-Company, 1st Platoon, 2nd Squad Leader.

"There are two types of people you're gunna encounter. Those who'll try and shoot you, and those you shot first." -Kelson Ordo

Lazer X7

[Nik Starskimmer]

Damn, that's got to be intimidating in a briefing.

"What is our force disposition, sir?"
"It's on this piece of paper here."
"I see. And the enemy's?"
"Right below it."
"...All you wrote was 'wall of steel' in capital red letters and underlined the number 1,000,000 underneath it."
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"There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force."
Jedi Code

[Kelson Ordo]

Yah. Even aircraft would have a hard time bombing 'em. Not just because there aren't enough bombs, but, well... it's be hard to hit a plane with a tank, but when you've got a million 120 mm shells flying at you, well...
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Captain Kelson Ordo
506th Airborne, Third Drop-Shock Battalion, L-Company, 1st Platoon, 2nd Squad Leader.

"There are two types of people you're gunna encounter. Those who'll try and shoot you, and those you shot first." -Kelson Ordo

Lazer X7

[Nik Starskimmer]

The T-34 used 66mm shells, if I remember correctly. And they sucked at shooting aircraft.
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"There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force."
Jedi Code

[Jahan Stresemann]

75mm shells, actually. Then the T-34-85 was 85mm. Tanks are not designed to shoot down aircraft

Of course, 1,000,000 tanks would be impossible to supply. The United States, with the largest economy in the world, could barely supply 10 armoured divisions in Europe in WW2 The amount of fuel you'd need would be impossible. Unless they were wind powered...
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Admiral Jahan Stresemann
"The highest rank in the New Republic is that of Civilian."

[Nik Starskimmer]

The United States manufactured roughly 40,000+ Shermans during the course of WWII (That's including mineflayers, flame tanks, atc), so 1,000,000 would be a bit out of reach.
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"There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force."
Jedi Code

[Jahan Stresemann]

And Sovietsky Soyuz managed about 100,000 from 1930-45. So it would take a while, definitely.

So long that by the time you'd finished, you would need to replace one million obsolete tanks with new models...
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Admiral Jahan Stresemann
"The highest rank in the New Republic is that of Civilian."

[Nik Starskimmer]

It would take the entire population of a middle-sized country to crew them.
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"There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force."
Jedi Code

[Kelson Ordo]

Hey, imagine all the jobs you'd create!
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Captain Kelson Ordo
506th Airborne, Third Drop-Shock Battalion, L-Company, 1st Platoon, 2nd Squad Leader.

"There are two types of people you're gunna encounter. Those who'll try and shoot you, and those you shot first." -Kelson Ordo

Lazer X7

[Jahan Stresemann]

You'd need 4 million crew, and about 12 million logistical staff
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Admiral Jahan Stresemann
"The highest rank in the New Republic is that of Civilian."

[Ams Jendob]

Or the equivalent of 50 Imperial Army corps in combat personnel, and another 300 in support.
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Emperor Ams Jendob, Ruler of the Imperial Remnant

----"Moff", CMAC Dreamcrusher, Official Administrative Waldorf and Statler----

[Kelson Ordo]

Battle system works. Get us started now, please.
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Captain Kelson Ordo
506th Airborne, Third Drop-Shock Battalion, L-Company, 1st Platoon, 2nd Squad Leader.

"There are two types of people you're gunna encounter. Those who'll try and shoot you, and those you shot first." -Kelson Ordo

Lazer X7

[Jahan Stresemann]

Behold, my aged dp!
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Admiral Jahan Stresemann
"The highest rank in the New Republic is that of Civilian."