Re: (FT) Unofficial NSL Order of Battle Jannary 01,2083

On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, It'll be cool, it'll be fun...it's gonna *suck*
wrote:

> 
> >NSL Order of Battle Jannary 01, 2083
> [...]
> 
> (this is supposed to be constructive criticism, but forgive me if it
> comes across a little harsh; I just got done dealing with some idiot
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> Steven.
> 
> Good work, but...it seems like a....'cookie cutter' fleet to me. There
> is almost no variance between any given squadron/group/whatnot. Only
> the names have been changed between forces. For example, *every*
Battle
> Squadron in the First Fleet is identical to every other Battle
Squadron
> in that same fleet. Ditto for the cruiser groups and various
flotillae.
> This is repeated throughout the entire NSL Roster. It doesn't...seem
> very real to me. Does the (contemporary?) German Naval Order of Battle
> reflect this??
> 
MK, 

If you look at any Order of Battle, you will see that on paper, that
they
are all the same - 3 platoons/lances/units/squadrons/whatever = 1
Company.
Each unit is made up of the same forces (again on paper) US Tank forces
have serval verisons of the M1 to choose from, but they are still all
M1s.  
Each company has the same number (again on paper) of M1 as every other
US
Tank company. Even if its equiped with older M60s it still has the same
number of tanks.

If you look at:
http://history.cc.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/naval/jutob.htm You will see
that every unit with out combat loses or mechanical breakdown is the
same.
It just makes it easier to control that way. If I send in a Battle
Squadron, I expect it to have between 3 and 5 Dreadnought/Battleships,
not
1 Dreadnought/Battleship and three light Cruisers. A mistake like that
could cost you a battle, if not the war.. Remember that this is a peace
time force, so it should have a full roster - baring any mechanical
problems, or special assaigments (ie Kra'Vak problems).

I also did not retire any units, such a the US Army did with the 7th
Calvary, after it did not return from the Little Big Horn. This is
another option to break up the "carbon copies".

Steven

> I have no good feedback at the moment than to suggest breaking up the
> numbers and components of the various elements in the Fleets so they
> aren't carbon copies of one another. Give them more identity than just
> different names.
> 
> Mk
>
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			       Steven Arrowsmith
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