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|  Message 143,266 of 144,799  |
|  J.Pascal to Shawn Wilson  |
|  Re: Plausible Characters?  |
|  28 Jul 14 15:59:30  |
 From: julie@pascal.org On Monday, July 28, 2014 4:49:41 PM UTC-6, Shawn Wilson wrote: > On Monday, July 28, 2014 3:30:55 PM UTC-7, J.Pascal wrote: > > > > > > > > Excuse me, but in the 21st century combat jobs are limited to men as well. > > > > > > > > > > > > Only true if you don't count most of the combat jobs. > > > > > > Infantry, Armor, Artillery, Special Forces, Combat Engineers, all men only. > > > What combat job do you think admits women? Pilots. MPs (mounted.) More pilots. > > > > > > Some jobs require strength that women simply don't possess, and combat infantryman is near the top. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, it is. But give each squad a robot pack mule or three or have infantry be "mounted" or have a great need to reduce the total size of your power-suited spaceship boarding parties to fit through standard spaceship corridors, and strength might become a secondary concern. > > > > > > Until your mule breaks down/runs out of gas... So? What's your point? The track on your tank breaks and *boom* your tank is useless. Never stopped the military from building and using tanks. -Julie --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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