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regarding gatling/minigun
Winter:
--- Quote from: Darkpriest667 on June 02, 2008, 07:19:25 pm ---winter i read your post and understand where you are coming from however, i have one issue to address with it.. this response here
using a rocket launcher or even a minigun against persons is against the geneva conventions.. including a minigun.. which is why i said you shoot at the wall not at the guy behind it... to us it seems like wasting ammo.. to a general its the difference between a warcrime and war....
As someone highly more experienced in using weaponry than you are Im almost 100% sure of that.. i will say several times i have seen soldiers use 1000 rounds of 50 calibre (much larger than what is in a standard minigun) to shoot the crap out of concrete walls for minutes (no more than 15 second bursts dont want to melt the barrel) until the wall was completely destroyed and all the enemies behind it dead (what was left of them)
WHY? Because according to geneva conventions its a war crime to shoot at a person with a weapon that heavy.. however.. shooting at the wall is perfectly legitimate... is it efficient hell no.. but its legal according to the articles of war.
My whole issue was that a rocket launcher is a silly weapon to have in ufo:ai because it serves no purpose with the sole exception of shooting alien MWP like the flying discs from xcom.. (which i always used heavy plasma against making the rocket launcher nill again)
Im only stating i see no purpose to code a rocket launcher.. that was all.. you guys are spot on and im humbled by the expertise in the many fields that ufo:ai entails
--- End quote ---
. . . You know, I don't think the Geneva convention applies to alien invaders whose sole aim is to butcher and enslave the human race.
I wish there was an 'absolutely flabbergasted' smiley I could use at this point.
Regards,
Winter
Darkpriest667:
.... winter... you might want to read it brother... foreign invaders can be construed or understood to mean alien invaders.. :D sorry i just like you i cant help it...
DanielOR:
Ummm. hate to point it out... Geneva convention got effed when we reasearched gas grenades. Maybe they qualify as "non-lethal", but it is pretty well against the spirit. I think there was mention of experimenting on a living alien, too.
The aliens appear hell-bent on genocide, so ethically - they should not be covered by a convention that they violate.
Darkpriest667:
that makes me happy and somewhat disturbed at the same time :D i think this topic can be closed winter :D
btw i never signed nor supported the geneva conventions
BTAxis:
Your overlords did it for you, you minion.
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