07-26-2017, 12:34 PM | #11 | |
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Re: GT:ISW -- How much of the Terrans' victory over the Ziru Sirka is owed to the Var
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07-26-2017, 01:36 PM | #12 |
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Re: GT:ISW -- How much of the Terrans' victory over the Ziru Sirka is owed to the Var
All of the above is plausible. Consider that early Vilani contact with wildtype humans resulted in exposure to diseases that they had no resistance to, diseases that were then weaponized by Terran black ops biowar programs, and that the WHO, Red Cross/Crescent ect. were still making good faith efforts to treat them, completely ignorant of their origin.
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07-26-2017, 02:45 PM | #13 | |
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Re: GT:ISW -- How much of the Terrans' victory over the Ziru Sirka is owed to the Var
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It's not like the Vilani are aliens who wouldn't be able to catch our diseases or vice-versa. |
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07-26-2017, 03:05 PM | #14 | |
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Re: GT:ISW -- How much of the Terrans' victory over the Ziru Sirka is owed to the Var
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07-26-2017, 03:09 PM | #15 |
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Re: GT:ISW -- How much of the Terrans' victory over the Ziru Sirka is owed to the Var
Diseases wouldn't be terribly effective against fleets anyway; it's way too easy to do quarantines. A ship's crew can go months without ever interacting face to face with an outside human, which prevents sickness from getting in if present, and if it is present, gives it enough time to manifest and burn itself out.
The Terrans succeeding during the early wars can only really be explained by the ZS being dysfunctional. Such dysfunction would also account for the Vargr being a problem, and it's quite plausible; that describes the Imperium board game. |
07-26-2017, 03:14 PM | #16 |
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Re: GT:ISW -- How much of the Terrans' victory over the Ziru Sirka is owed to the Var
Note that the weapons don't have to be successful, or even more prevalent than the natural infection of Vilani populations by Terran diseases to have been attempted at some point in the war.
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07-26-2017, 03:20 PM | #17 |
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Re: GT:ISW -- How much of the Terrans' victory over the Ziru Sirka is owed to the Var
True, but they have to have been successful to materially alter the outcome of the war.
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07-26-2017, 03:28 PM | #18 | |
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Re: GT:ISW -- How much of the Terrans' victory over the Ziru Sirka is owed to the Var
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I think Terrans attempting to exploit the asymmetry in biotechnology is a no-brainer; whether it succeeded or not. |
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07-26-2017, 03:54 PM | #19 | |
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Re: GT:ISW -- How much of the Terrans' victory over the Ziru Sirka is owed to the Var
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07-26-2017, 03:58 PM | #20 |
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Re: GT:ISW -- How much of the Terrans' victory over the Ziru Sirka is owed to the Var
Even if you're in position to infect planetary populations it isn't very effective against fleets in the short term, though it can cause economic havoc in the medium to long term.
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