At 12:10 PM 10/14/98 -0400, Burnett/Edwards residence wrote:

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Hears a new idea i've been playing with since i started reading your
R.5/Starcraft crossovers.  Just set a few years in the future and throw in
BGC as well.  Genom would undoubatly try to replicate a protoss shielding
device.  Say there success, Ranam and crew go in and steal a few.  Or just
a few zerg scouts have landed on planet, say one base, and since at the
present time they cant find any vespine gas, they simple produce zerglings.
So Ranma gets a slight challange without killing himself.  And it can go
up from there, he captures a Carrier or something :)
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	Interesting... but as I've told him, a BGC/Starcraft crossover would 
stand quite well on its own and not even need Ranma.  Now, as long as we're 
here, does anyone else have a take on this new idea?

-Arthur Edwards

If anything, I think Ranma 1/2 is the wrong series to cross with a military
styled game like that. 

I would lean more in the direction of the following series where the
power-level of the characters gives them a believable chance of survival:
Tenchi Muyo
Iria
Jojo's Bizarre adventure (lots of PSI power here)
Harmageddon (PSI power here too)
Devilman
Dragonball Z
and I have to agree the BGC might be viable.

The problem with Ranma is that although the CHI-based attacks are powerful,
the CHI reserve isn't limitless. Even Ryouga tends to fall after a single
Shi-shi hokoudan, which tells me that although they could probably do
well... at first. They would quickly run out of energy... then die.

Now, if you are dead-set on having Ranma and company in there, they would
have to be used as heros and well protected. That way, if they get caught
up in a large conflict, they can be used for tactical strikes where they
can bring their power to bear, then get away before the counter-strike
nails them while they are depleted.

Just my thoughts.

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