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--- starrangers:army [2015/05/28 16:50] – weby
+++ starrangers:army [2018/07/31 23:23] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====Personnel====
-Total personnel: about 400 million. \\
+Total personnel: about 400 million actives. \\
 Active reserve: about 16 billion that train at least yearly.\\
 Wartime personnel: about 40 billion after the activation of all reserves and general call up, with 60 billion after a training period and 140 billion eventually if need be.\\
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 The shooter or sniper training packages are most common. Though there specialists of all sorts.
-Note that active army has Monocrys Subdermal Armor implant instead of bioplast skin(21 more points).
+Note that active army has Monocrys/Nanoweave Subdermal Armor implant instead of bioplast skin.
 ====Deployment====
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 The basic army structure is a fire team with a corporal in charge.
-   * Infantry fire teams consist of 3 troops. They tend to be in heavy powered armor  in the main army and have:
+  * An field army consists of 3 corps and support elements. Typical size is 55764 troops.
-     * Corporal with a 10mm smg+grenade launcher
+     * Corps consist of 3 divisions and support elements. Typical size is 16884 troops.
-     * Sniper with a sniper rifle (15mm for powered armor troops, 10mm for non powered)
+        * Divisions consist of 3 regiments and support elements. Typical size is 5112 troops.
-     * Machine gunner with a chaingun.
+           * Regiments consist of 3 battalions and support elements. Typical size is 1548 troops.
-   * 3 Fire teams and a sergeant make up a squad for a total of 10 in the infantry. In vehicles the squad leader is normally one of the vehicle leaders.
+              * Battalions consist of 3 brigades and support elements. Typical size is 468 troops.
-   * Armor and vehicle crews are normally squads and tend to have 2 people in most cases.
+                 * Companies consist of 3 platoons and a HQ platoon (for a total of 144 troops).  In vehicles there are normally 10 vehicles+support/supply vehicles.
-   * 3 Squads,a 3 person command element and a 3 person heavy fire team make up a platoon of 36 troops. In vehicles there are normally 3 vehicles.
+                    * Hq platoon consists of:
-     * command element: Second Lieutenant, commo/EW technician, Gunnery Sergeant
+                       * 3 man company command element: First Lieutenant+2 commo/EW
-     * Heavy fire team: 3 troops with pistols and one MLAWs and one IML.
+                       * 3 man medical: doctor, 2 medic.
-   * 3 platoons and a HQ platoon make up a company(for a total of 144 troops).  In vehicles there are normally 10
+                       * 10 man Supply squad: Master sergeant.
-vehicles+support/supply vehicles.
+                       * 3 man hq element: scribe, commo, Forward observer
-     * Hq platoon is:
+                       * 3 man transport: 3 drivers.
-       * 3 man company command element: First Lieutenant+2 commo/EW
+                       * 3 man supply: cook, supply, tech.
-       * 3 man medical: doctor, 2 medic.
+                       * 10 man scout squad
-       * 10 man Supply squad: Master sergeant.
+                          * 3*3 man scout/forward observer fire teams+sergeant.
-         * 3 man hq element: scribe, commo, Forward observer
+                       * 10 man heavy weapons squad
-         * 3 man transport: 3 drivers.
+                       * 2 cannon teams with a  25mm autocannon.
-         * 3 man supply: cook, supply, tech.
+                       * 1 heavy missile team with TML
-       * 10 man scout squad
+                    * A platoon consists of 3 Squads,a 3 person command element and a 3 person heavy fire (for a total of 36 troops). In vehicles there are normally 3 vehicles.
-         * 3*3 man scout/forward observer fire teams
+                       * command element: Second Lieutenant, commo/EW technician, Gunnery Sergeant
-       * 10 man heavy weapons squad
+                       * Heavy fire team: 3 troops with pistols and one MLAWs and one IML.
-         * 2 cannon teams with a  25mm autocannon.
+                       * A squad consists of 3 Fire teams and a sergeant (for a total of 10 in the infantry). In vehicles the squad leader is normally one of the vehicle leaders.
-         * 1 heavy missile team with TML
+                           * Infantry fire teams consist of 3 troops. They tend to be in heavy powered armor in the main army and have:
+                           * Corporal with a 10mm smg+grenade launcher
+                           * Sniper with a sniper rifle (15mm for powered armor troops, 10mm for non powered)
+                           * Machine gunner with a chaingun.
+                      * Armor and vehicle crews are normally squads and tend to have 2 people in most cases.
 ====Equipment====
-Armor:
+===Armor===
 Infantry:
-    * Army active infantry is switching to Dreadnought Battlesuits with 22 million in service and 4.5 million more/year.
+    * Army active infantry is switching to medium/heavy cybersuits with 31 million heavy and 103 million medium in service and 6.25/20.6 million more/year.
-    * The rest of active infantry is in Heavy Battlesuits(225 million).
+    * The rest of active infantry is in Heavy Battlesuits(200 million).
-    * Colonial troops and colonial marines tend to use Heavy Cybersuits(50 million).
+    * Category 1 reserve infantry is converting to Heavy Battlesuits, with about 200 million in reserve service. The rest(200 million) use Commando Battlesuits.
-    * In about 10 more years all active infantry will have extra heavy shields, though more than half will still use Heavy battlesuits.
+    * Category 2 reserve infantry have mostly Commando Battlesuits, with about 1 billion total in service. About 300 million still use increasingly hard to maintain ancient(TL9) Powered combat armors.
-    * Category 1 reserve infantry is converting to Heavy Battlesuits, with about 175 million in reserve service. The rest(225 million) use Commando Battlesuits.
+    * Category 3 reserve infantry have Powered Space Armor(3.5 billion) or Powered Combat Hardsuit(7.5 billion) (all TL 10 models)
-    * Category 2 reserve infantry have mostly Commando Battlesuits, with about 1 billion total in service. About 350 million still use increasingly hard to maintain ancient Powered combat armors.
-    * Category 3 reserve infantry have Powered Space Armor(3.5 billion) or Powered Combat Hardsuit(7.5 billion)
     * Category 4 reserve infantry have nanoweave tacsuits(15 billion).
     * Category 5 reserve infantry have nanoweave tacsuits(10 billion) or nanoweave suits with nanoweave tac vest(6 billion).
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 Specialists and support:
-    * Army actives have motly switched to Heavy Cybersuits with 125 million total in use and 25 million produced/year, about 50 million Commando battle suits are still in use.
+    * Army actives have mostly switched to Light Cybersuits with 136 million light total in use and 27.4 million produced for the army/year the rest is in Commando battle suits.
-    * Category 1 reserve uses Commando Battlesuits or Monocrys Tacsuit.
+    * Category 1 reserve uses Commando Battlesuits or Powered Combat Armor.
-    * Category 2 reserve uses Powered Combat Armor or Powered Space Armor or Powered Combat Hardsuits or Monocrys Tacsuit .
+    * Category 2 reserve uses Powered Combat Armor or Powered Space Armor.
-    * Category 3 reserve uses Monocrys Suits.
+    * Category 3 reserve uses mostly Nanoweave Suits though some use the Powered Combat Armor or Powered Space Armor.
     * Category 4 and 5 reserves have Nanoweave Suits.
     * Category 6 reserve has reflex suits reserved.
-Implants:
+===Implants===
-    * Active duty troops have the implants listed under [[character_creation#ranger_bionic_package_73|Ranger bionics]] but with Monocrys(about 125 mil) or nanoweave(rest) subdermal armor instead of the Bioplastic Skin.
+    * Active duty troops have the implants listed under [[basic bionic enchantment|Ranger bionics]] but with Monocrys(about 125 mil) or nanoweave(rest) subdermal armor instead of the Bioplastic Skin.
     * Category 1-2 reserves have basically the same,but with nanoweave subdermal armor.
     * Category 3 and 4 reserves have troops that have the same implants as category 1-2(about 3 billion-most being previously higher category reserve), but most only have video comm and biomonitor.
-Weapons:
+===Weapons===
     * Most heavy power armor infantry uses ETC 15mm rifles with 15mm etc chain guns as squad heavy weapons.
-    * Most Dreadnaught suit infantry use heavy blasters with semi portable blasters as squad heavy weapons.
+    * Other active infantry and category 1-3 reserve infantry use 10mm ETC rifle/carbine with ETC storm chain guns as squad heavy weapons. Few units use blaster rifles with heavy blasters as support weapons.
-    * Other active infantry and category 1-3 reserve infantry use 10mm ETC rifle/carbine with ETC storm chain guns  as squad heavy weapons.
     * Category 5-6 infantry only have 10mm ETC pistol/smg type weapons.
-    * Most non infantry actives have heavy blaster pistols
+    * Most non infantry actives have heavy blaster pistols or 10mm etc pistols/smgs.
     * All other non infantry has 10mm ETC pistol/smg type weapons.
-Vehicles:
+===Vehicles===
     * Active infantry use grav IFVs and dragon heavy tanks.
     * Colonial troops use g-carriers and scout speeders mostly.
-    * Marines and colonial marines do no normally have vehicles assigned as they are mostly transported by navy/patrol assets like assault shuttles, though some units have some speeders assigned.
+    * Marines and colonial marines do no normally have vehicles assigned as they are mostly transported by navy/patrol assets like assault shuttles, though most units have some speeders and maybe a few grav cars assigned.
-    * Category 1-2 reserves use grav IFVs and Armored grav sleds
+    * Category 1-2 reserves use grav IFVs and Armored grav sleds.
-    * Most category 3 reserves do not have vehicles assigned. About 12% train on older combat vehicles like air cushion tanks/IFVs and would receive them from mothballs in mobilization. Rest are deployed from g-carriers in training and would use civilian vehicles in actual deployment.
+    * Most category 3 reserves do not have vehicles assigned. About 12% train on older combat vehicles like air cushion tanks/IFVs and would receive them from mothballs in mobilization. Rest are deployed from g-carriers in training and would mostly use civilian vehicles in actual deployment.
     * Higher category reserves do not have vehicles assigned and would use civilian vehicles in deployment.
 ====Interaction====