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From: joel@peora.UUCP (Joel Upchurch)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Empire Troops
Message-ID: <1519@peora.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 16:12:55 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 23 16:12:55 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 00:27:00 EDT
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        As far as the ineffectiveness of the imperial  personal  armor
        is  concerned,  one  need  only  postulate a recent advance in
        blaster technology that renders that  armor  ineffective,  but
        better  armor hasn't been developed or isn't in general usage,
        or the regulations requiring the wearing of said armor haven't
        been  relaxed.  If  you think about it, military history could
        provide many similar cases, from ancient  times  right  up  to
        Vietnam.

        How long did it take for the Medieval  knights  to  adjust  to
        crossbow,  and  the  English  longbow?  How  long  did it take
        infantry tactics to adjust to the machine gun?

        Of course it would be nice to see if the armor works when they
        get around to making the earlier stories.