Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20161106163624/@comment-70.195.130.164-20161110193719

I've been wondering for a while the logistics ROE for the standard millitary when fighting grim. There's reason and logic both to carpet bomb Beacon Academy, and reasons not to. Politics likely influence things as well. With people blaming Atlas foe the fall of Beacon it would be a PR nightmate if Atlas bombed beacon to the ground to wipeut the grim.

Then there are other things to consider as well. How many soldiers and huntsman might be lost if the assualt Beacon with the forces they currently have? Would they consider the casualties too high to justify the push to retake Beacon when they've been able to secure the relative safety of the rest of the kingdom? Would those casualties bring the kingdom defense down low enough that the Kingdom would have difficulty defending against future Grim incursions? Does Remnant have the option to use long range missiles? Do they even have the technology? If they did would it be too costly or ineffcient?

Sorrry if that's to many questions but ever since the Atlas military was brought I was think about the differences between standard military and Huntsman. Obviously the Hutnsman are Elites, but the extra cost of training Elites soldiers and Special forces means they need to be efficient enough yo justify the extra cost (at least they always had in Earth's history excluding nobles in the military). One of the huge advantages of Huntsman over traditional military is that Huntsman seem to be very selfsufficient. They have their own gear they maintain, sleep in make shift camps, highly mobile (less people often leads to this) so they can get in and out of dangerous grim infected territory. Where standard army's need forward operating bases built that take up resources and will be targeted by the grim, need a supply chain, and are more like to have casualties to take care of during their operations. With those advantahes in mind its no wonder the Huntsman Acadamies are a big part of the four kingdoms. Not to mention it would explain why Mistril, Vale, and Vacuo, only raise armies in times of war when they need as much manpower as they can muster.

+Defcon Deceiver