From: Brian Bell <bkb@b...>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 07:21:08 -0500
Subject: RE: [SG] Climate/Environment Aclamation
OK. I thought that I encluded enough disclaimers, but obviously not. First let me indicate what I am NOT speaking (typing?) of. 1) I am not refering to Power Armor. I am making the assumption that most PA is environmentally sealed and designed for a variety of conditions. I am also taking for grated that PA troops are highly trained in the use of the armor. Now if you have inferior PA, poorly trained troops, or PA that is at the end of its endurance (filters need cleaned, low on oxygen, power low, etc.) or is breached, it may be another thing all together. 2) Vehicles. Hopefully the vehicles have been adapted for the conditions. If not, there may be some adverse conditions. 3) Troops that have been stationed in this environment for an extended period of time. 4) Untrained troops. I am inquiring about troops with training for the conditions. Howerver, it takes some time to aclimate one's self. Also, even with good training, people tend to minimize or ignore procedures that are ackward or uncomfortable (until the casualty list starts to grow, then the wisdom of following the procedure is suddenly more clear). What I meant to indicate is when non-PA troops are inserted from one environment to another without adequite time to adapt to the new conditions. Examples: Going from Hot to Cold or Cold to Hot. Going from Dry to Humid or Humid to Dry Going from High to Low Oxygen/Atmosphere or Low to High Oxygen/Atmosphere Going from a friendly environment to one where an Environment or NBC suit is required. What would be a good modifier to apply to unaclimated troops? I suggested shifting the quality down 1. Any other suggestions? What would be a good amount of time to indicate that a unit is aclimated to local conditions? Part of it would depend on the difficulty of the conditions. Environmental Changes: Change Aclimation Time Treat Level Retest Period Nominal None No Test N/A Minor 1 week +1 Each Day Major 1 month +2 Each Week Severe 6 months +3 Each Month When troops first arrive in the new environment, they make a quality test at x2 the environmental change threat level. If they succeed, training and leadership allow the unit to function as normal. If they fail, they have thier quality shifted down 1 until aclimated. After the retest period, they may test again (at normal threat level). If they succeed, they are restored to normal quality level. If they fail they continue to operate under a down-shifted quality. At the end of the Aclimation Time, all units use normal quality (even if they fail every test). ----- Brian Bell bkb@beol.net http://www.ftsr.org ----- [quoted original message omitted]