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On a side note, would be interesting to see the status of the SDI in this world, due to the higher tech-base (Moonbase, Crey, Malta, too many others to name)and the confirmed alien presence. Sometimes, you need big laser satellites to feel safe.
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Big laser satellites are worth zip against all the organisations you're talking about. Orbital lasers suffer excessive loss due to atmospheric interaction and would be close to useless against current threats.
I'd actually say it's more likely that SDI doesn't exist. The UN is clearly a stronger organisation in the game world (Vanguard), and it's possible that nuclear proliferation has been rather more nailed down than in our world.
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Yeah, you would be much better off with kinetic harpoons
I vote for photon torpedoes
Hmmm... orbital guided harpoons... and real them back in after firing....
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Nah, big, orbital anvils. Careful alignment and phenomenal targetting is required to hit the target, but the massive technology requirement is more than made up for when your enemy has an anvil land on his head from orbit.
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Anvils? That's sooo... Chuck Jones of you!
I'm a Quimby man myself, so it's GOT to be piano's! Orbital grand piano's!
OK, so there's a few technical problems with getting them to survive re-entry, but you just can't beat hitting someone in the head with a grand piano dropped from 100 miles up. 
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Hm I'd prefer a massive fly swat. 
Giant fly swat would work. Just don't make the gaps too large. It's either that or stick to the guns and human accuracy which can be blargh but also can be good.
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I'd actually say it's more likely that SDI doesn't exist. The UN is clearly a stronger organisation in the game world (Vanguard), and it's possible that nuclear proliferation has been rather more nailed down than in our world.
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I was using the organisations as more an example of the higher tech-base rather than people to colony drop onto.
Actually, with the Rikti war, while those toys would be fun, chances are most of the money's not gone to 9000% defence budget increases. The UN certainly does appear to be somewhat bulked up, presumably as a result of the war. They'd be the only guys left with a real infrastructure, like the Vanguard were. Says something that they're nuclear armed of their own accord, and IIRC, the Shadow Shard Expedition's a UN expedition and that's seriously tooled up, and presumably well financed both for defence (Impervium doesn't come cheap) and reconstruction.
As for nuclear proliferation, I'd imagine they're seriously locked down due to the rampant brass-clad psychos, evil corporations, Vampire-Werewolf-Robot Nazis etc. Though Terra Volta seems fairly light on the whole security thing, given the number of attacks it gets.
We know the Russians have them and so does Vanguard, presumably most of the existing nuclear states are likewise armed. Rogue Isles appear to be, given the Warburg launcher, though you'd imagine some nasty, nasty repercussions. And heck, mad Science means nukes are so old-hat. I don't see many other villain groups with access nukes, but there's always Malta.
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Anything above a tac-nuke would be too unsubtle for Malta.
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It's Malta. If they did feel the need to use one, there'd be no fingerprints or paper trail, possibly you'd hear about a 'tragic malfunction in transit' or something though.
Whether they'd use them or not though, what's the chances of them *not* knowing where they keys are and what the codes are? That's what they do.
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So, how'd we get from electioneering to Thor Shots and other Orbital Kinetic Impactor Weapons?
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we're all really super villains?
Birdys one is probably more accurate.
But Cass's one is better.
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Oh hell no. Can you imagine the arguments?
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That's why me, you, Z and Gid should be the ones to do it.
3 of us can argue, and Z and tell us to shut up and do it her way.
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Who needs to imagine...
I've seen plenty of those in the past
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To be fair most of that only really seems to happen in Paragon.
I always thought all the Heroes went to Paragon as a kind of way of letting the rest of the public get on with their normal lives!
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Rikti invasions are world-wide at least. Due to them, Bush's popularity won't have suffered due to wars, due to the fact the only major one that happened was one started by Aliens, who did massive damage to all the world's military forces and a fair dent to the population.
At this point, it'd be Bush's leadership/survival during that point that would affect whether he gets re-elected in '04, considering that the bona-fide war hero McCain had already run in '00 and could be seen as a better choice at that time. (Plus, as Republicans go, he's fairly moderate, so would have a broad appeal).
On a side note, would be interesting to see the status of the SDI in this world, due to the higher tech-base (Moonbase, Crey, Malta, too many others to name)and the confirmed alien presence. Sometimes, you need big laser satellites to feel safe.
I like alternate histories. I could be a while here, so I'll stop now.
In your dreams, I'll still be there with all the days that never came.
And I'll be just a story.
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