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On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:02:30 -0700 (PDT) John Atkinson
> <johnmatkinson@yahoo.com> writes:

Excellent.

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> Backwards. Colonial Forces with a single brigade or

AH, assumption difference! I do not assume that.

My setting has multiple groups (NPC, LLAR, PHR, NEA, IC, and RH) on a slightly
less than Earth sized planet and with much smaller
sub-colonies
(PHR, NPC, LLAR) on a dry slightly larger, drier planet in the same system
plus PHR, UNSC and NPC stations on the large moon that orbits the 'main'
planet.

And a backwater system at that. The people putting the most money into the
planetside forces beyond enough to have basic forces are the locals (NPC
because they have the most resources due to most land and largest population,
PHR because this is their 'Promised Land') and the IC (and that ain't a
bunch...) more because they see it as a symbol of their importance then any
return; with the NEA living off their own smaller resources and FSE support,
and the RH seeing it as a colony where new
officers get their first assignments and (out of favor) pre-retiring
officers get their last active duty assignments. UNSC is meddling... observing
and doing 'research' on the planet.

> Forces in a

None of these are anywhere near major power status (RH and IC assume that role
more by default then actual power.)

> Well, I don't like the odds of a size 5 going down

PHR have mostly 4 or 3 with sizes ranging from 1 to 5. Standardization is 'a
goal'.

NPC run mostly size 4 to allow the organic infantry in many of their vehicles.
Fair numbers of Infantry Walkers too.

IC run almost exclusively size 2 or 3.

RH run mostly 3 but have a fair percentage of larger vehicles.

NEA mostly 1/2 or 5 (PA transporters with MDC/5. )  *
And a strange attraction to Combat Walkers (I use rules from DS group.)

LLAR Size 2 and 3 mostly.

* I don't personally like Size 5 because of the increased "Firer Down" odds
but the NEA likes them on their 'Extra Heavy Assault Tanks'...

Gracias,

> --- warbeads@juno.com wrote:

> PHR have mostly 4 or 3 with sizes ranging from 1 to

I really dislike standardization. Trying to
consolidate too many roles on an all-singing,
all-dancing single vehicle ends up with compromises
like the Bradley which not completely awful at anything, but not really good
at anything either.

> NPC run mostly size 4 to allow the organic infantry

Size 4 is just too expensive per hull.  I have 1-2 BNs
of those per first-line division, and 1 company per
second-line division.

> NEA mostly 1/2 or 5 (PA transporters with MDC/5. )

WTF? Why would you want to stick that much
money/points in one hull?  You want it to do
everything? You can't fit a decent PDS on it, and you can't afford to stealth
it at all... And at a minimum, no bells and whistles, it is running about the
same as my size 3 medium grav tanks with stealth, basic PDS, maxed out firecon
and ECM, and APFCs. Oh,
and an MDC/4 which is almost certain to punch size 5
armor.