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[link.the.first]

Problem: It takes more than water vapor to create a storm. Otherwise we're all gonna get hit by lightning. There has to be a charge difference between the clouds and ground, which builds up randomly and there is no way to predict whether it will be a full storm over Bejing. Even if you time it right, if it is possible to get a storm over there then they would already have precautions because they already would have had lots of storms. The GLA would be better off either melting the ice caps to raise the oceans to drown beaches or hitting Bejing directly with a particle beam. Either way it would still get the Chinese pissed at the USA.

[00 Nobody]

the storm isn't to blow up buildings in Beijing, it's to flood it with so much water everyone leaves, making the leaders easy targets.

[link.the.first]

The storm clouds would also break up and scatter everywhere long before they got to Bejing.

Also, he would probably have a way out.

[00 Nobody]

the particle cannon would crate enough clouds for a deluge to occur, and although the Chinese leaders would get out, GLA forces would wait in hiding, and ambush them, effectively shutting down a large portion of the army.

[Jsmooth13]

what map was i supposed to test again
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[00 Nobody]

Full Frontal Assualt.


EDIT: I've almost finished the 4th mission. Will double post to announce arrival (I'll post again).

Edited by 00 Nobody, 26 January 2006 - 01:56 AM.

[00 Nobody]

ok, finished testing. sorry though, as I can't post it today. gotta go.

[spartan 117]

nvm

Edited by spartan 117, 26 January 2006 - 02:49 PM.

[Jsmooth13]

@00 Nobody, so what, i don't get to test it now or somthing?

[link.the.first]

But there's still the problem of the clouds breaking up long before they hit land. Hurricanes can't go very far inland because going over land weakens them, same with storms, which is why you get more storms on the coast. If Bejing is close enough to shore for this to hit them hard then they would get this sort of thing all the time and be prepared for it. Trust me: The GLA are much better off hitting Bejing directly because there is no warning and it looks lots more like a USA attack than a bunch of guys with AKs ambushing him.

[spartan 117]

yeah lik u're right

y wouldn't gla just capture a nuke missile and hit us west coast.... > tsunami

u see my point here again why not hit em directly

Edited by spartan 117, 26 January 2006 - 10:01 PM.

[link.the.first]

Spartan: Missiles would work too.

Tsunami actually sounds like a good idea. It would hit several countries and wipe out their coastal settlements. Everyone would blame the USA (despite the fact that they took losses too) because it was their missile that was fired, and pretty much everyone would gang up on them. That would be a pretty good strike.

[Jsmooth13]

can u make a big wave like that in Worldbuilder though?

[link.the.first]

No idea, but I know you can raise the water level and maybe have a wave-looking thing (which may be nearly impossible without EA behind you) because in one USA mission a dam blew up and the river rose. Might be possible to flood a city.

[00 Nobody]

The strom would be so big that it would be considered a tropical storm. besides, I'm not going to get too technical on this...

@Jsmooth13

I think I've already sent it to you. look through your PMs, unless you recently cleaned the folder out.

[Jsmooth13]

mission 4?? nah i never got it, can u send it again please?

[link.the.first]

A tropical stom would a) require more than just clouds and b) still break up over land. So, like I said, they would be better off hitting Bejing directly, or as Jsmooth said, a cruise missile in the ocean would work.

[00 Nobody]

Ok, BIG announcement, the 4th Militia Mission is finished!

Now, the only problem is that the highly complex AI scripting (currently being worked on by the highly experienced spartan117) for the 3rd mission is currently INCOMPLETE. Therefore, the 4th mission CANNOT be sent out today, but will instead be released with the third.

Sorry for the delay.


Beijing is actually near-enough the ocean for a storm to hit it without breaking up. Therefore, it would work. besides, China wouldn't attack itself (napalm), and only the USA (other than China) has the capability to evaporate such a large amount of water at once.

Edited by 00 Nobody, 27 January 2006 - 12:58 AM.

[link.the.first]

If it's close enough to get hit by a hurricane then they would have precautions in place to make sure that won't be a problem. Kind of like us here in Florida; hurricane evac routes, lots of shutters for sale, etc. Besides, I took three hurricanes in a row the year before last, another last year (this time Cat 3) and I'm still around. All those things with broken windows and missing roofs from Cat 3s are just people who don't prepare and/or have cheaply built houses. I don't think there's any way for a storm to destroy Bejing or drive out the government, certainly not from just rain.

Also, like I said, why not just hit Bejing directly with the particle beam? That would be an undeniable US attack and would be the most likely way to provoke a response.

[Jsmooth13]

Look, I am the weather expert here (I plan one being a meteorologist)

Link is right, you can't evaporate that much water, it would disperse and wouldn't do what you wanted.

Also, @ both of you, Beijing gets it with Typhoons as well, the states aren't the only ones.

Plus why is the GLA attacking china with a Particle Cannon, and whats the point of using a USA weapon?

Edited by Jsmooth13, 27 January 2006 - 01:53 AM.