Aaron Nowack wrote on 12/27/2003, 9:27 PM:

 >
 >
 >
 > David Johnston wrote:
 > > Frankly, I've got to count this one as a defeat for Metallia.
 > > All that's been accomplished is the death of a lot of civilians
 > > who didn't even know they were at war and the death of a thousand
 > > or so youma.  I'm wondering what the objective of this attack was.
 >
 > The objectives of the attack:
 >
 > 1) Test human defenses.
 >
 > 2) Keep the Senshi/Champions pinned and busy.
 >
 > 3) Create as much death and destruction as possible.
 >
 > Also, the few hundred youma casualties (most of the thousand simply got
 > deposited back in the Dark Kingdom) are trivial from Metallia's point of
 > view.  There are far, far more where they came from.
 >
 > Thanks for taking the time to write. (At least I know someone read it
 > now. :) )

     The raw fact is, Metallia can *afford* this kind of attrition, 
easily -- her numerical advantage isn't just big, it's *enormous.*  And 
she's not limited in how many she can send over anymore.
    This spells major, major trouble for the Good Gals/Guys.  Frankly, 
right now I don't see how they can win unless/until something changes 
the strategic situation.  Even if they can somehow hold Juuban and maybe 
Tokyo overall against one thousand Youma per day (heck, why not per 
hour?), Metallia can simply flood other sections of Japan, or Asia, or 
Earth, while the defenders are tied down in one city.
    At this point, if I were running things, I'd have Hermes and Mecury 
dump all their data on Youma vulnerabilities to every government agency 
and military office in Japan (if not worldwide), and hope that mundane 
humans can, with technology, provide enough effective cannon fodder to 
leave the Senshi and Champions free to deal with Generals and other 
high-level threats.
        Of course, there seems to be a third player(s?) in the game now, 
given what happened to Jadeite.  That may well upset the applecart...
    At any rate, it'll be interesting to see how Our Heroes/Heroines dig 
their way out of *this* hole.




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