2012-08-28, 06:18 | Link #261 |
Sensei, aishite imasu
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Hong Kong Shatterdome
|
I think the Chinese politicians aren't quite aware of the census data for their own population. Last I heard there were 1.3 billion screaming Chinamen...
Overall I'm not sure how practical the Chinese plan is. What they're basically talking about is getting the Japanese to agree to process tens of millions of Chinese citizens, and to accept permanent Chinese military bases in the center of Tokyo to process these colonists, and all the logistical and military supplies needed to immigrate them. At the scale we're talking about here, Japan would essentially be giving up their national sovereignty to China. This is complete political insanity. For another thing, I don't think the United States would accept such a heavy Chinese military presence in Japan even without the gate. ...of course this was written by a right wing Japanese author, so maybe we shouldn't be expecting anyone to be acting normally.
__________________
|
2012-08-28, 07:41 | Link #265 |
Sensei, aishite imasu
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Hong Kong Shatterdome
|
America might accept a Japanese takeover of Taiwan for various reasons, but Japan is far too big of an American priority for anything like this to happen...even if it meant WW3.
...well at least IRL USA wouldn't allow anything like this to happen. The America in the Gate universe somehow is so strapped that it can't send a couple battalions of Marines through the Gate. ...I always do find it interesting how allot of Japanese right wing authors assume modern USA's first reaction to Japan in most political crises to to scheme against them.
__________________
|
2012-08-28, 09:13 | Link #267 | |
Lurker on the threshold
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: France
Age: 46
|
Quote:
- it's the US that stopped the japanese expension - and after the war is the US that turned Japan into a client state. |
|
2012-08-28, 13:51 | Link #268 | |
Sensei, aishite imasu
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Hong Kong Shatterdome
|
Quote:
...still. I'm actually kinda surprised that more people aren't concerned about the strategic implications of people in the other world possessing the capacity to open up gates on earth. The Fantasy world inhabitants have fairly limited means to take advantage of the gates, but what if a Modern Earth Nation came to control something like that? Half a dozen of these gates and you'd be able to invade and conquer almost any country on earth. I'd think it'd be the inclination of every country on earth to find out more of the extent of the gate creation capability was.
__________________
|
|
2012-08-28, 13:58 | Link #269 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
|
Quote:
__________________
|
|
2012-08-28, 14:07 | Link #270 | |
Not Enough Sleep
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: R'lyeh
Age: 48
|
Quote:
The location of the Gate to me seem as if someone else left it and the Empire stumble on to it and manage to figure out how to open it.
__________________
|
|
2012-08-28, 14:29 | Link #271 |
Extra Superior Otaku
Join Date: Sep 2008
|
As much that i want modern warfare dakadaka .... I am pissed/ ticked me off the scene that empires soldiers slaughter, rape civilians and captured female soldiers ( the level of society is mixture rome, greek, viking time etc which kinda reflex's how cheap human life is/elf/ other race ) well at least they got Curb-Stomp ....
|
2012-08-28, 14:32 | Link #272 | ||
Sensei, aishite imasu
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Hong Kong Shatterdome
|
Quote:
Until the mechanics of the gate are understood, this is really somewhat of a global security issue for every nation on earth. edit: Something else to consider is that right now the JSDF is limited to exploring a what looks to be a single continent. While the JSDF is doing good against the local continents super power, that doesn't mean comparatively that they're the strongest power on the planet. (I.E. Maybe the Empire doesn't have thousands of warriors as good as Rory, but what about the people living on the other side of the planet?) Quote:
I mean think about it. They sent a prepared army through the gate...with a bloody edict of conquest. That suggests they were very much aware that what they were going through a gate that lead to another world, that they could make their way back through the gate. You wouldn't do any of this without prior knowledge of the gates mechanics.
__________________
|
||
2012-08-28, 14:34 | Link #273 | ||
Not Enough Sleep
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: R'lyeh
Age: 48
|
Quote:
Quote:
Thinking about it i am not sure if the Empire knew even how to turn the Gate off. Logically speaking if the enemy defeated your invading army and was counterattacking. You would turn the Gate off instead of letting the enemy size the Gate and its surrounding area.
__________________
Last edited by Xellos-_^; 2012-08-28 at 20:03. |
||
2012-08-28, 19:59 | Link #274 | |
どうだろうね。ふふ
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Chile
|
Quote:
About the Gates, it's certainly possible that more than anything, creating one could be a major pain in the ass, thus "why" they aren't doing zillions of them in one go. In theory closing one should be as easy as wreck it, but you need to get there to do so Also I bet that they have no way of choosing which world is going to be connected to a Gate. I doubt that making more Gates would end up in also leading to Earth.
__________________
|
|
2012-08-28, 20:50 | Link #275 |
Moderate Haruhiist
|
Heh, I kind of agree with the theory, as there's just no way that the Empire can still be convinced that keeping open the gate is strategically feasible in the long run if they could just close it... Which makes me think that they can't. Kind of like a Webway Gate, except there's no Eldar to help the bumbling Monkeigh.
__________________
|
2012-08-29, 07:08 | Link #280 |
Sleepy Lurker
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Nun'yabiznehz
Age: 38
|
Go to post #193 (pg.10), copy-paste the links within and replace "/12/" by "/13/".
__________________
Last edited by Renegade334; 2012-10-27 at 02:52. |
Tags |
fantasy, harem, military science fiction |
|
|