Timeline for What kind of support forces would accompany a one-noble armored fighting vehicle into the mountains on a propagandized anti-insurgent mission?
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| Sep 2, 2021 at 12:08 | comment | added | Willk | @nullpointer - that mashup concept could really work | |
| Sep 2, 2021 at 6:05 | comment | added | GrumpyYoungMan | @KEY_ABRADE The other thing in favor of this answer is that the real insurgency has no reason to come out to get butchered by the nobility. The sensible thing for them to do is to go to ground and stay hidden until the battalion is withdrawn or, better yet, conduct guerilla attacks on other holdings of the nobility far away from the battalion's location. | |
| Sep 2, 2021 at 3:40 | comment | added | nullpointer | @KEY_ABRADE "Tangible evidence" can be created by SFX teams or practical effects. It seems like what your nobles really want is a mashup between a mecha anime and Hurt Locker starring themselves | |
| Sep 2, 2021 at 2:45 | comment | added | Ash | @KEY_ABRADE If the main point is fame and the appearance of gloriously holding the line against the rebel scum then this is the way to go. If the nobles are actually trying to suppress the rebellion then a totally different approach is absolutely mandatory with standing patrols and permanent garrisons in the hills, as well as check points, travel documents, etc... to make rebellion harder to start and easier to spot, throughout the empire. | |
| Sep 2, 2021 at 2:23 | comment | added | Willk | You give up the real game here: /even if they're not actually crushing the insurgency, since it brings them fame, public recognition/. The only real military attached are there to get the noble out fast if things go south. No-one is killed. Why should they be? The nobles like the insurgency as you point out. There is no reason for violence when you can accomplish your ends more spectacularly with much less risk. | |
| Sep 2, 2021 at 2:13 | comment | added | KEY_ABRADE | It's a good idea, but the end-goal is them generating tangible evidence of having "reduced the autonomous peasant population" - i.e. dead bodies, blown-up camps, etc. The fighting isn't staged, it's just that the noble isn't actually doing much of the actual fighting beyond posing their vehicle in front of a TV camera as it "fires on distant insurgent positions". Who cares if it hits? Rockets are cheap, the viewers can't see them landing anyway, the actual military forces attached will mop the insurgents up even if you don't kill them, and there'll always be more. | |
| Sep 2, 2021 at 2:09 | history | answered | Willk | CC BY-SA 4.0 |