(SG2) Alternative Interpretation of Leadership

Alternative Leadership (Activations by Leader Level):
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Leadership in SG2 affects confidence checks, but it doesn't seem to affect the
ability to command (which, you might think, it should). An alternative way to
represent this is to assign the number of activations that can be loaned per
turn by an officer.

# activations which can be loaned per turn: 4 - Ldr Rating.
So, a Ldr 1 could loan 3, a Ldr 2 could loan 2 (normal), and a Ldr 3 could
loan only 1. In effect, a Ldr 3 just can't focus or organize well enough to
successfully loan two activations. As a consolation, if he fails the first
time, he may use his second action to try again. If he succeeds the first
time, he can use his second action for something else. In the case of a Ldr 1,
he can always try loan 1 activation, even if he executes 2 other actions (it's
a bonus). If he executes 1 action, he can try to loan two activations. If he
doesn't do anything else, he can try to loan 3.

This makes good officers not only good for morale, but good at command
functions and worth NOT losing. Especially if you get a Ldr 3 replacement...

With Platoon Sergeants in Play:
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If my alternative house rule on Platoon Sergeants is in play, the following
modification to it is made under this scheme: In order to calculate the number
of loaned activations possible for the Platoon Sergeant and the Officer
together, calculate based on the highest leadership.

Thus, a Ldr 1 Officer doesn't gain much from a good NCO (except a good backup
if he is rendered hors de combat). A Ldr 2 officer might gain, but only if his
PSgt is Ldr 1, and a Ldr 3 officer fresh out of ROTC would gain even with an
average Ldr 2 PSgt. If he has a Ldr 1 PSgt to look out for him, he is blessed
(as is his squad).

Out of the total available to the PSgt and Officer, each may use a
maximum determined by his own leadership (4-Ldr).

So, for example, lets say we have a Ldr 3 Officer fresh from ROTC and green as
grass and a crusty old senior warrant as PSgt (Ldr 1). The total activations
available for a turn are calculated from the higher leadership (Ldr 1) and are
therefore three. The maximum number of those
usable by the kind of panicky and lost new Officer is 1 (4 - his
leadership of 3) and the Platoon Sergeant can use up to (4 - his
leadership of 1) which is 3, provided the Officer doesn't use his one. If the
Officer uses his one attempt to loan an activation, the Platoon Sergeant can
only make two attempts (an hope the Officer isn't busy screwing up and getting
HIS Platoon in trouble....)

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