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How hard did Ebenezar try to kill Lord Raith?
morriswalters:
I posted that for fun.
Would the US Government use a hellfire missile on our ground? Sure they would if they thought they had to. They've used them everywhere else on other nations sovereign territory. But Jim just described an attack on American soil by a foreign government that killed 80,000. We've gone to war twice for casualties much less than that. Ford and GM would be manufacturing Thorn Manacles and Cal Tech researching magic suppression devices. But Jim's a better writer than that.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on June 23, 2021, 06:03:08 PM ---I posted that for fun.
Would the US Government use a hellfire missile on our ground? Sure they would if they thought they had to. They've used them everywhere else on other nations sovereign territory. But Jim just described an attack on American soil by a foreign government that killed 80,000. We've gone to war twice for casualties much less than that. Ford and GM would be manufacturing Thorn Manacles and Cal Tech researching magic suppression devices. But Jim's a better writer than that.
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I don’t think you can make these things with mundane technology.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on June 23, 2021, 06:03:08 PM ---I posted that for fun.
Would the US Government use a hellfire missile on our ground? Sure they would if they thought they had to. They've used them everywhere else on other nations sovereign territory. But Jim just described an attack on American soil by a foreign government that killed 80,000. We've gone to war twice for casualties much less than that. Ford and GM would be manufacturing Thorn Manacles and Cal Tech researching magic suppression devices. But Jim's a better writer than that.
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It would be like admitting that we'd been attacked by UFO's without any real evidence of them other than some damage done. The government would simply blame terrorists, with unknown origin with the promise to get them. People would quickly lose interest in it, and worry about something more serious like The Bachelor, or a trending Tik Tok video.
Only those at the very top would know what was going on and would be trying to figure out what we were facing before launching an attack. They have no idea how to measure the weapons, and capabilities of the threat. The likely response would be "more firepower". Troops would be moved to populated area's ad a show of strength, and preparedness.
The most top top secret agents would attempt to detain anyone with supernatural abilities for the purpose of interrogating them. I would not be surprised if some injured baddies were detained after the attack.
Mira:
--- Quote ---It would be like admitting that we'd been attacked by UFO's without any real evidence of them other than some damage done. The government would simply blame terrorists, with unknown origin with the promise to get them.
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They have to be careful there though, people panic, people jump to conclusions, more conspiracy theories, and more innocent people become targets.
vincentric:
--- Quote from: forumghost on June 23, 2021, 10:07:03 AM ---So you're suggesting the Library of Congress would convince the US Military to start throwing about drone strikes on US soil against Civilian targets because "Trust us guys, Vamires and Wizards are for real."
I don't think that's going to fly.
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Why would they need drones and hellfire missiles? The Librarians wouldn't need that against any lone wizard Kincaid may be the best but there are dozens of Special Forces snipers that could make the shot that took out Harry. And they'd go in to confirm the kill rather than leaving because they have the manpower to cordon off the area for the five or so minutes that it would take.
The US military is too blunt an instrument for this but the US Intelligence Agencies(which is the heading the Librarians would fall under) would be all over this and they are really scary.
Plus as Harry as said throughout the books, the Supernatural World needs secrecy because while mortals are weak individually, they outnumber the monsters by a huge factor. Without the Eye, Ethniu would have been the only survivor if they were out in the open when the helicopter squadron showed up. Casualties in a war would be horrendous but humanity took down the Black Court with torches and pitchforks. We've come a long way since then, the numbers advantage is even more heavily in our favor and the Supernatural really hasn't changed much.
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