Personally, I’d use modernfour-man US Marine fire teams as a model, at least for the smallest unit of deployment. The question would then be how many fire teams a typical dropship would be designed to transport.
On Jan 15, 2014, at 12:44 PM, "Mike Adams" <[email protected]> wrote: > Going back to the days of sail. > > Marines manned at least one of the ships guns, or why the Marine NCO in > charge was a "Gunnery Sergeant" is likely from those times. Naval ranks often > being like "Gunner Mate" and like by their profession/rating. > > To provide security for the captain be it to keep the crew in line, to repeal > boarders and to provide protection for shore parties. > > So yes, detachment is based on ship size and needs. > > 3rd Lieutenant a rank much like the current Warrant Officer, to give the > often contracted civilian purser a rank so if captured, they was treated like > an officer and not like a lowly enlisted person. > > Mike > Oregon > > Semper Fidelis was my uncle Ed. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon Cope" <[email protected]> > To: "The GURPSnet mailing list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 12:02 PM > Subject: Re: [gurps] Battlesuit TO&E > > > ----- 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 > > _______________________________________________ > GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
