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imperial marine combat battalion

We're talking an orbital reach commo
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I'm sure it has the reach. a 5-watt shortwave can transmit and receive all the way around the world - in good conditions. but conditions are not always good, and opponents frequently have ecm of their own. anyway, if anyone doesn't like or can't see a squad-level comm spec, drop or reassign him. he could be a squad-level fgmp-14 carrier, or all of them could be reassigned to the special teams as the designated high-speed operator squad.

(I've been led astray a bit though into seeing him just as a comms specialist. he's part of the electronic warfare company, operating in a web with the ew gigs, the drone surveillance systems, the comm systems, and the operations center. I envision net combat systems as being very relevant and specialists in those systems and the physics of em/ecm/ew will be very important players on the battlefield.)
 
since I mentioned the cherry-class destroyer providing fire support, probably should spec it out a little bit here.

(system based loosely on hg2)
cherry-class battlerider, tech 15 (living spaces tech 12), 2126MCr
hull: 1900 dtons, spheroid streamlined, computer 9fib, maneuver/agility6, fuel purifier/scoops
weapons: beam laser turret battery factor 9 x1, missile turret batteries factor 3 x2
defenses: armor 18, meson screen 9, nuke damper field 9, sand caster turret battery factor 7 x1
crew: 58. command (including 4 pilots and 3 navigators) 18, engineering 16, gunnery 17, other 7
boats: 2 lifeboats, 1 gig, 1 airraft
misc: extra power plant output to allow double shot rate for beam laser battery
 
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Straight to the Black Hole of Quality(tm), Fly!
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yeah ... sad, that.

guess people do use things from time to time though. a ref posted saying they used the lu hao. made my day. heh - "scouts? scout ships are pushovers" the player said ....
 
flykiller said:
the battalion structure or the boats?
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Boats.

MTU is TL8-10 nationalist/merc forces in an untested Confederacy, so sort of TC standards, but not really, and different ideas about force structure. Imperial Marines are not really a thing there.

Spec Ops is the major universe feature, which those snub boats excel at.
 
for comparison, a u.s. marine corp rifle battalion.

Code: 
us marine rifle battalion
 
5 lt colonel
4 major
3 captain
2 1st lieutenant
1 2nd lieutenant
F 1st sergeant
S staff sergeant
s sergeant
c corporal
l lance corporal
p private
 
o officer
e enlisted
 
o forward observer
r radioman

v vehicle-mount
 
headquarters and support company
hq             communications     services          medical     chaplain
hq oo          hq     o           hq    o           oo          o
   eee                eeee eeee         eeee        eeee eeee   e
co 54                 e           spply eeee eeee   eeee eeee
   eeee        wire   eeee eee    trans o           eeee eeee
s1 oo          radio  eeee eeee         eeee eeee   eeee eeee
   eeee eeee          eeee eeee         eeee eeee   eeee eeee
   eeee eeee          ee                eeee        eeee eeee
   eeee eee    tacp   eeee eeee   mess  eeee eeee   eeee eeee
s2 oo                 eeee              eeee eeee   eeee eeee
   eeee eeee   mortar eeee eeee         eeee eeee   e
   eeee eeee     sppt eeee e            e
   eeee                           armor eeee
s3 oooo oooo
   eeee eee
s4 ooo
   eeee
 
rifle company
32FGsp
1Ssp (rifle plt)   1Ssp               1Ssp               1G (weapons plt)
s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp   S s clp clp         2 7.62 mg's
s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp     s clp clp         2 7.62 mg's
s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp     s clp clp         2 7.62 mg's
                                                         S   clp clp clp     3 61mm mortars
                                                         s   cplp cplp cplp  6 81mm rockets
rifle company
32FGsp
1Ssp               1Ssp               1Ssp               1G
s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp   S s clp clp
s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp     s clp clp
s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp     s clp clp
                                                         S   clp clp clp
                                                         s   cplp cplp cplp
rifle company
32FGsp
1Ssp               1Ssp               1Ssp               1G
s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp   S s clp clp
s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp     s clp clp
s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp   s clpp clpp clpp     s clp clp
                                                         S   clp clp clp
                                                         s   cplp cplp cplp
weapons company
32FSspp
(81mm mrtrs)  (javelins)       (.50/40mm mg's)
1Gcpp         1Gp(v)           1Gpp(v)
S rpp or or   S splp cplp      sclp(v) sclp(v)
  sclppp        splp cplp      sclp(v) sclp(v)
  sclppp        splp cplp      sclp(v) sclp(v)
  sclppp      (TOW launchers)
  sclppp      Sc(v)
S rpp or or     slp(v) cp(v)
  sclppp        slp(v) cp(v)
  sclppp        slp(v) cp(v)
  sclppp        slp(v) cp(v)
  sclppp
 
(attached/associated/support/assigned/available/on-call)
artillery battery       - 2 radiomen, 1 forward observer, 6 155mm howitzers
armor platoon           - 16 men, 4 M1A1 tanks
amphib assault platoon  - ? men, ? vehicles
recon platoon           - ? men, ? vehicles
combat engineer platoon - 36 men, ? vehicles
air support             - ?
 
for further comparison, found this description of a modern chinese pla infantry squad.

fire team 1
squad leader
rocket-propelled grenade operator
rifleman
rifleman

fire team 2
rocket-propelled grenade operator
rifleman
rifleman

fire team 3
light machinegun operator
rifleman
rifleman

looks like loads of fun ....
 
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