Re: Loss of platoon/company leaders, was Re: SG2 Rules and such,

In message <199803182119.QAA01826@icx.net>, Thomas Barclay writes:
>  
> A smaller force with more leaders (more command elements) even 
> redudnant ones, should be more capable than a comparable or larger 
> force with less command integrity. You could have two small command 

Interestingly enough, this whole idea is the result of a game I ran
for some newcomers that demonstrated this quite well.  It consisted 
of a high tech force that needed to cross 4' of table in 10 turns:

1 command (5 elements, 3/d10 w/ SAW, d8 armor, Reg 3, ortiller obs)
1 rifletem (5 elements, 3/d10 w/ SAW, d8 armor, Vet 2)
1 Light PA (5 elements, 3/d10, d10 armor, 8" move, Green 1)
1 Heavy PA (5 elements, 3/d10 w/ Gauss SAW, d12 armor, Reg 2)
 After second turn, can call 6" radius orty, drops in 3 turns

Attempting to stop them were the following:

1 company command (5 elems, 3/d10 w/ SAW, d6 armor, Vet 2, forw. obs)
1 platoon A command (5 elems, 2/d8 w/ SAW, d4 armor, 8" move, Reg 2)
2 platoon A's (5 elems, 2/d8 w/ SAW, d4 armor, 8" move, Green 2/3)
1 platoon B command (5 elems, 2/d8 w/ SAW, d4 armor, Reg 2)
2 platoon B's (5 elems, 2/d8 w/ SAW, d4 armor, Green 2/Reg 2)
 After second turn, can call 3" radius arty, drops next turn

The expanded hierarchy of command helped them tremendously, even though
I limited each squad to only two activations a turn.  The HPA got stuck
at the edge of a wood.	The arty and the 2 platoon B teams being
activated
twice a turn stopped them cold.  My questions came from the LPA managing
to mangle the platoon B command unit to stop it!

The higher tech force players kept complaining about their Reg 3 command
unit.  I refused to let them frag him like they wanted!  :)  Even so, he
managed to call his orty 2/2, beating a 6 on a d8.  It was ineffectual,
though.

> This is an interesting 
>  component of th SG2 rules such that you can model different levels 
> of command integrity or different levels of force competence with 
> simple changes like this. I like this flexibility. It lets you give 
> each force a "look and feel" you think appropriate. 

Oh, yeah, I agree 100%.

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