Board Thread:Off-Topic/@comment-24473056-20160227160219/@comment-24473056-20160302230029

Coolcon12 wrote: I5-2500k wrote:

Um, this scenario isn't supposed to be using game mechanics, although two or three bullets per person sounds decent, I guess. However, the Marines have air support and much more powerful bombs than any of the tribes. Why did you even mention that they have bombs? I doubt that a crude gunpowder bomb will deal any serious damage to even a light APC, never mind anything else. It could probably damage a HMMWV or lighter, but that's about it.

A gunpowder bomb, even if it's crude would be able to take out a group of Marines, also dont forget, they can be mass-produced easily (Magma Island) So yeh.

The poisoned arrows might be able to something in a thick jungle, but other than that, the Marines have a significant range and accuracy advantage everywhere else, so at the very worst, the odds would probably be slightly on the jungle defender's side, although the numerical advantage the Marines have should somewhat nullify it, although they might take casulties. Although, if the Marines were bloodlusted, they could probably just bombard the more difficult islands with their powerful explosive/chemical ranged weapons.

1. Well, what about islands and areas that are hard to reach, assummiing poinson arrows are deployed well, lets say the Marines are attacking Platue, and another tribe is on Spire, well if aimed well, the silent arrows could easily kill the Marines, if they reach that far.

2. Chemical and biological warfare is a War Crime, (assuming they apply) and the explosives would have to damage the hiding places of the tribes.

I'm not sure how much bluesteel would really even the odds, it is exceptionally heavy and fairly difficult to make, most of the Marin'es weapons are long-ranged, so bluesteel probably wouldn't benefit the tribes very much.

Bluesteel is a incredibly powerful alloy, much stronger than steel, and considering most troops use kevlar, if any armor at all, bluesteel could carve through it like butter, just look at iron armor

Oh, and if you read the OP, the tribes definitely have more than 20 people, they actually have about 500+ people per tribe. It's definitely not using game server rules, since that would just be silly.

Truthfully, the 'numerical advantage' of the Marines is lost at this point as the USMC would'nt send 500+ people on a colonizing, or even warfare misson against NATIVES.

All in all it's kinda even

Plateau is an open island with little to no cover, so the Marines could easily clear it out from above. Also, I said if the Marines were bloodlusted, this means they will kill everything as previously stated in the OP, so war crimes will not bother them.

The strength of bluesteel is somewhat irrelevant, especially compared to kevlar armor, since kevlar is designed to protect against bullets, not melee weapons, so stone weapons will probably 'carve through it like butter.' However, since the Marines simply will not let the bluesteel men up close, this will only slow them down.

They may or may not, but they do in this scenario because the OP says they do. Also, if the natives were somehow on-par with the Marines, then they probably would send some sort of security to go with the colonizing parties.