BetterThanLife
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They woudl fit equally well with either. Though they would be pretty much stuck on one planet. Exercises eating 5-6 weeks at a pop once a year. One weekend a month otherwise to do things like maintenance, training, etc. THe fact that they would be making a home on a planet with a Naval base and not having a civilian occupation that would send them off planet on a regular basis is why I wouldn't let a Player Character do this. Remember the vast majority of the population of the Imperium never leaves their home system. I can see all the view ports crowded when arriving in a new system for exercises with most of the crew snapping pictures instead of manning battlestations during the 5-6 weeks annual training.Originally posted by Sigg Oddra:
These part time reservists would have to go and live on planets with Navy bases wouldn't they?
Would these reservists not fit better into planetary navies? Then they can hold down a day job and train every weekend, fortnight, or month, whatever is required.
I can't think there'd be too many employers happy with the idea of their workers disappearing off on jump maneuvers more than once a year though
I can also see all the ships in this type of reserve fleet being fitted with demolitions charges, in case the enemy shows up at a Naval Base as the opening move of a war, so the unmanned (or virtually so) craft aren't captured.
Could you imagine how bad it would suck if you were the attacking force and happened to show up on a Drill Weekend? "What the hell is all this traffic? Why are there so many ships here? Someone at Naval Intelligence messed up big time!"
