----- Original Message ----- > From: Onno Meyer <[email protected]> > > Brandon replied to me: >> > I would have 33% fewer battlesuit platoons in total. >> >> But the same number of suits, with more flexibility in a battallion >> commander using them. > > I wrote that I'm assuming that in the not too distant future one > battalion of non-battlesuit infantry gets reinforced by a single > battlesuit platoon (with nine suits). If the total number of > suits stays the same and the battlesuit platoons are larger to > make them more capable, then yes, some battalion commanders will > gain, but others will have to do without their reinforcement.
You could treat the battlesuit platoon much the same way that the US Army used independent tank companies (or even platoons) attached to infantry companies. >> > That would mean frequent changes in the chain of command. If you >> > have two-suit teams, two teams per squad, two or three squads per >> > platoon, the teams always stay the same. If you split a six-suit >> > squad into two-suit or three-suit teams, the teams must be >> > reorganized. >> >> I don't see this as a problem. Command goes to the higher rank in >> the team, or if two men have equal rank, the more senior. > > On paper, no problem at all. In the field, I wonder. Troops are > better in stressful conditions if there is good unit cohesion. If there is a clear chain of command, my suggestion should work. >> Actually, I don't see anything in the Battlesuit skill description >> that if there aren't integral weapons, you must use the Exoskeleton >> skill. I also don't see why lack of built-in weapons would impose a >> -2 to kill. > > The Exoskeleton skill doesn't cover any built-in weapons. So if > it has built-in weapons, you need Battlesuit skill. Yeah ... I always had a problem with the Battlesuit skill giving free Guns, Gunner and Beam Weapons skills. I'd rather it not cover weapon use, built in or not. Brandon _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
