SHADOWBlood ASSASSIN
The Hundred Acre Hood
Rise Of Legion.
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Posted - 2015.07.04 04:04:00 -
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Let's be serious for a moment... I know that doesn't come easy to this community, so I'll give you a moment...
This response does not account for respawning
The premise of this comes down to numbers over tech. DUST mercenaries have tech beyond the wildest dreams of the US Army, but there are only 2,500 or so DUST mercs ready to fight, assuming that every Faction came to terms to fight this common enemy (which would never happen, Lucent mercs would immediately turn on STF mercs and PIE mercs would scrambler all of these jumpy Min assaults). But, putting aside all of the lore and differences, lets say that Molden Heath's entire existence is on the line and we all came together to attack (or defend against) the US Army. Let's get into the nitty gritty, shall we?
DUST has tech that could crush the US Army, and every gun (even the low damage per shot sidearms) would do enough damage in just a few shots to kill any US Soldier. By our current standards, any DUST merc, from Scout to Sentinel, is a Supersoldier, dealing massive amounts of damage and taking a lot of hits before going down. So I could run out in a 'Dren' Sentinel and crush everything near me as long as I was repping at a good rate and was being careful with ammo. The US Army would have to push 4-8 men at me in order to take me down, even though I was running solo. And even then, I would still be taking many of them down with me. But, there are 3 weapons that even the playing field; snipers, shotguns and grenades.
Assuming the US Army troops weren't picked up on our passive scans, the US Army troops could decimate our ranks with grenades. The Core Locus works the same way as a classic American Pineapple grenade, and the Pineapple 'nade would decimate us just as much as a Core would. The Snipers used in DUST have worse range (looks puzzled) than the snipers we have today, and as long as the US had marksmen, they could kill us across the map with ease. The shotgun is fairly self explanatory, because if the US Army can stay off of our passive scans, they can shotgun us with ease. However, DUST has two CLEAR advantage that would absolutely turn the tables in its favor; It's vehicles, and the Logistics class and it's equipment.
Let's start with the vehicles. The tanks in DUST are faster, stronger and pack more firepower than our current US Army tanks, plus, our tanks can fit modules (hardeners/heat sinks) that allow for people like Duna to have only 1 death per month (he's 251/1). With the right people at the helm, our 3 person gv.0's/cv.0's could take out upwards of 5 tanks with ease, and be very good at Anti-Infantry with the gunners. And our dropships allow for deployment to any location in the battlefield and the ability to attack other air units with the ADS and help from Swarm/FG users.
Now lets move on to the Logistics class (and equipment, which I'm lumping in here as well). The Logi can allow troops to start anywhere on the battlefield through use of the uplink, can allow troops to have tons of ammo with the nanohive, can allow troops to be revived by use of the Needle, and can allow troops to never go down by use of the rep tool/repping hives. The US soldiers don't have instantaneous reps like us DUST mercs. If a US soldiers takes a bullet, he may take months to recover, and still suffer psychological trauma after the fact. However, if an Amarr Sentinel is just a bullet sponge, as long as he has a Logi on him, he can be at full strength in less than 10 seconds. DUST soldiers have the ability to make themselves almost invincible with the right equipment. 2 Allotek Hives + 2 Wiyrkomi Triage Hives + Boundless Repair Tool + Min Logi V = DEATH. The US army could pump out a thousand rounds and our beloved Sentinels would never die. And with scanners preventing any troops from hiding, I just don't think the US Army would stand a chance...
Available Troops - US Army
Vehicular Domination - DUST Mercs
Map Layout - DUST Mercs (assuming the US attacked Molden Heath)
Weapons - With the exception of a few evenly matched weapons, DUST Mercs
Equipment - DUST Mercs
Health per soldier - DUST Mercs
Mental faculties post war - DUST Mercs
Just my opinion
"You only need a hundred acres to have one helluva hood"
-Shadow
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