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I think the only way the Marines can pull it off is destabilizing the Roman leaders. Infiltrate Rome somehow and kill the high-placed guys. They can't

Posted by Guigue (aka Guigue) Nov 1 '11, 13:00

take the armies for very long

Save their explosive for the big cities, not for the little guys

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with massive fire power ancients have no experience with it would seem magical and therefore they would seem like Gods, kill the emporer and the - Sugar Hangover Geist Nov 1, 13:03 9
- the problem is resupply. once they expend the ordinance they will have to de-evolve thier tech to 18th century weapons that they could make -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 13:07 8
  - Right...could they make weapons from 1,000AD? 1500 AD? 1800 AD? - Mel Profit Nov 1, 13:11 7
    - oh sure. But one of the 1st things I'd think they'd do after the intial engagements is look at the supplies in the area..what can the Marines make - Remlik Nov 1, 13:19 6
      - I agree... - Mel Profit Nov 1, 13:23 5
        
        oh I think they use thier weapons asap to establish whatever they want, a takeover or carving out a place... -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 13:27 4
        
        I think someone who mentioned that they simply get close to the Emperor and either take over themselves or become the Praetorian Guard is the most - Mel Profit Nov 1, 13:35 3
        
        in a dictatorship like that, once you take the top, you control the generals through fear and they order the guards and troops - zeit's another piece of candy and feels bleeh Nov 1, 13:59
        
        depending what time of the Roman Empire they enter, I think they do that and - Remlik Nov 1, 13:39 1
        
        About 3:30pm on a Tuesday. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 13:49
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- Sniper + acting skills = God -- nm - Guigue Nov 1, 13:05 1
  - Sniper + acting skills + Ability to translate movie quotes to latin on the fly ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 13:06
and...what the hell? Go after leadership!? *puts on his divine right of kings expression* -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 1, 13:03
Too bad you don't play a war simulation ga...damn. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 1, 13:02 2
- :) It's so weird not having Ika opened on my second monitor all the time. I don't know what to do with all the space now... -- nm - Guigue Nov 1, 13:04
- indeed - this shouldn't be a movie, this should be a game. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 13:03

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