Defend the Alamo: Time Travel Fantasy

Visit Luke Skywalker on the way there, and bring him and one (or more) of those tripod-mounted ray guns...

Visit Arnie as the Terminator and bring it along (that would scare them, and nothing less than a direct hit with artillery would stop him)...

Visit MiB ... remember the tiny little pistol ...
 
Several years ago Saturday Night Live did a
skit called "What if Spartacus had a Piper Cub?" They had Spartacus and someone else flying around checking out the Roman army.
What made it funny was that it was so ridiculous. :)
 
Two radios...one for the alamo..one for the backup that never showed.
night vision scopes
The balance of weight in four M-16's and ammo,2 20 rd mags per...all tracer.
I'm assuming that any ammo and powder originally there will still be there.
I visited the alamo a few years back..it was far from defensable...kinda reminded me of Camerone..
I'd try to fight a retrograde movement to get people out alive.. and link up with friendlies.. dump the non combatants in a safe area
 
A refinement of Gary's idea:
*200 chemical suits /w masks
*5 gallons of GB(non-persistent nerve gas)
The 48 hour frame would be enough to learn
the basics of using the gear.
Divide the GB into bottles/jugs and seal.
Place around perimeter evenly and assign
several sharpshooters per container.
As the Mexican troops near a container break it. The rest would be history.

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Trust to your instinct
If it's safely restrained
Lightning reactions
Must be carefully trained
-Music by Lee and Lifeson/Lyrics by Peart
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mongrel66:

I'd try to fight a retrograde movement to get people out alive.. and link up with friendlies.. dump the non combatants in a safe area [/quote]

...and thereby would remove The Battle of The Alamo from its great prominence in history, forever. If Travis had retreated and "tried to link up with friendlies," I'd be speaking Spanish right now. The brave sacrifice of the men and women at the Alamo directly led to Houston's victory over Santa Ana and Cosa at The Battle of San Jacinto.

(Of course, I suppose there would be that footnote in history regarding the oddly effective withdrawal of a ragtag band of Texans who had "rapid-fire muskets". :)

While "winning" would be the goal of my attempt to help at the Alamo, living might not necessarily be the eventual outcome, nor even the actual goal.

Everyone there had the opportunity to leave earlier, and many probably could have left after the battle began. (More than one did.) They chose to be there.
 
If I'm not allowed to spare some lives with my 300#...and if death is the ultimate goal of the fight...
Then I'd like 200# in bar-b-que ribs, 25# of slaw,and the balance in a keg on ice..about 9 gallons..
that would make a little more than a pound of ribs for each alamo occupant..enough slaw for sides..and beer to wash it down waiting for that bullet, shot or bayonet...at least for the first day or so.
 
All,

The eyes of Texas are upon you......

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Stick it to 'em! RKBA!
 
Cole Slaw. Yech! :eek:

I brewed 10 gallons of beer for my wedding reception a couple of years ago, and barely got to enjoy a glass, and I only had about 60 adult guests at the party; 9 gallons amidst all the Alamo fighters isn't going far!

Part of the point here is that you're supporting men who wouldn't run-- now give 'em the tools to maybe WIN. (Winning would be as huge [huger?], historically, as the Battle of San Jacinto.]

In retrospect, I've been thinking that a couple of remote clackers and a sack full of detonation devices should be included, for use with existing onsite black powder charges. (With all the .22's, there's going to be a nice savings on black powder!) Then spend the 48 hours burying surprises around the perimeter of the mission. So what's that add? 15 lbs? Take it out of .22 LR. Still gives me about 100 lbs of .22 LR ammo.

Oh, and to make life easier on my fellow fighters? One pocket full of heavy-duty Leg-In-A-BearTrap?-No-Problem! modern painkillers, and the other pocket full of pepper-pills-- perhaps ephedrine. Desperate times-- desperate measures.

[This message has been edited by Long Path (edited March 16, 2000).]
 
LP, that slaw could be used as a distraction. Fling the crap at Santa Anna's boys, and they'll go nuts trying to wipe it off. :D
 
One fly by, Puff the Magic Dragon.


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Good idea Christopher. We can make martyrs out of some politicos, save ourselves, and not ruin any history around the Alamo. Timemaster, I'd like to nominate Feinswine to go with Janet and will be happy to pay any excess baggage fee.
 
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