Re: War at sea!

Wallace (C.I.Cavanagh@qmw.ac.uk)
17 Nov 1997 08:20:06 +0000

In <01bcf146$b3b4b320$0dcb19ce@milan1.onslowonline.net>, milan1 wrote:
>I can too spell boat you Navy squid scum you.
>
>Marines
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Hendrickson <mrhendri@gulftel.com>
>To: Tim Whalen <whalen@digitalboardwalk.com>; WALTER NEILL
><bopone@erols.com>
>Cc: g2-list@pbm.com <g2-list@pbm.com>
>Date: Friday, November 14, 1997 2:41 PM
>Subject: Re: War at sea!
>
>
>>At 10:41 -0800 11/14/1997, Tim Whalen wrote:
>>>The problem I always had with naval warfare was this. How do I attack
>>>someone from within my own ship? I never had a need to figure this one
>>>out but isn't this impossible to do with the sighting rules? I would
>>>have to move out of my ship in order to attack the other ship, and to
>>>do so at sea I'd have to be able to fly. And if my attacking stack can
>>>fly, why do I need a boat? Similarly, it seems to be impossible to
>>>initiate
>>>an attack from within a structure on folks outside that structure.
>>
>>My understanding, based not on experience to be sure, but nonetheless... is
>>that boat attacks are different from all other structures, insofar as the
>>captain is able to "see" outside the structure, unlike a castle, for
>>instance.
>>
>>>
>>>> Also, do pirates (wouldn't marines be a better name, BTW?)
>operate
>>>> at full strength on islands?
>>>
>>>Marines can't sail a boat though can they?
>>
>>Most certainly not. They're lucky if they can spell it.
>>
>>-Mark
>>
>>>From the desk of:
>>
>>Mark Hendrickson
>>Ensign, USN
>>VAW 120
>>NAS, Norfolk, VA
>>
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>>
>>
>

oh this should be interesting a row between a bunch of webfeet and a
bunch of blocks who couldn't drill to save there lives.

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