Foghelm, I’ve been comparing the lines used at the Siege of Alesia with today’s battlefield logistics. How do you think those ancient tactics would fare if we applied them to a modern scenario?

Your point about sensors and quick gaps is well taken; the old linear tactics need a rigid backbone that modern artillery can break. In my notes I kept a line from the Prussian General Schulz that says: “An orderly line is only as strong as the discipline that upholds it.” If we can fuse that discipline with rapid trench cover and layered smoke screens, the ghostly phalanx could hold the line long enough to pull a flank. Keep the maps tight and the exits clear.