Re: [HOE] Re: What is wrong with the sourcebook adventures?

[Darrin Bright <darrin@neobright.net>]

Dusarat@aol.com wrote:

> Why would they?  They cause EMP's and they destroy themselves doing so.
> Usually, the only thing that causes an EMP is a Bomb (Capital Bomb, as in
> 'The Bomb") exploding in close proximity.  Now if your Bomb was deactivated
> because some other yahoo hit your target first with a Bomb and yours got the
> EMP..... is that really a problem?

That was my initial thought, but on the other hand... if you know your
entire stockpile of nuclear weapons can be knocked out with an EMP,
wouldn't you do something to make sure that doesn't happens? If you did
get into a nuclear war, you'd want to make sure the missles you haven't
launched yet would still be viable after the other side hits you. And
this goes beyond just a first strike/second strike scenario... you
wouldn't want the other side to get the upper hand if they figured out
another way to generate an EMP close enough to knock out your warheads.