----- Original Message ----- > From: Onno Meyer <[email protected]> > > What is the right size for the battlesuited Marine detachment on a > starship?
This really depends on the ship's mission. > * Traveller had squad-sized detachments on some ships. I don't recall if > the type was specified, maybe Patrol Cruisers? The 400 ton Patrol Cruisers were anti-piracy. The 1,250 ton Frontier Cruisers were a bit more general purpose. > * How many Marines in one place do you need for proper training and > administration? Really depends on how long the Marines are kept on ship. If they are rotated to ground bases often enough, training can mostly be handled there. Small detatchments can rely on the ship's administration structure. > * How would three Marine platoons from three different ships have to be > organized so that they can form an effective company? Best guess: most senior platoon CO takes charge, with his XO or senior NCO taking command of his platoon. He would pull men from the three platoons and ships to fill out his HQ section (ship crew used this way are normally predetermined). > The headquarters > and specialists would have to integrate -- three corpsmen and no > surgeon? I would guess probably the most junior (not senior) doctor on the three ships would accompany the Marines. Would company and battalion officers ship out with the > platoons, in the hope that any random assembly of shipboard platoons > has a few senior officers to run the show? I think if the Marines were expected to deploy in company or battalion-sized force (rather than an ad hoc operation) company HQ would be on the ship with any additional company assets and battalion HQ on a ship with other battalion assets. Or the entire unit is loaded onto one larger ship. > What is the right size for a dropship/shuttle? It should be able to carry at least one squad/vehicle, more likely two. > * If there are two or three people in each shuttle, what percentage of > the total manpower are crew? Twenty percent? Ten percent? Is that too > much? Anyone not a Marine is a shuttle crewman. I don't understand your point. > * In the real world, amphibian crews are Marines, landing craft crews > are Navy, right? Yes. Although Marines often operate their own close support aircraft instead of relying on the Navy. > On a different note, would a battlesuit unit need battlesuit recovery > vehicles? Probably, but this could be as simple as a hovercraft with a flatbed cargo area and A-frame. Note i'd use this to get a suit, empty or occupied, to a rear area. I would not have a medic try to fight through a battlesuit to treat the soldier inside. (doesn't Mecha have a medpack you can put in a battlesuit, or am I thinking of another game?) > Are those other suits or wheeled/tracked/grav vehicles? Battlesuits with free hands can move around damaged battlesuits. Brandon _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
