RE: [SG] Climate/Environment Aclamation

OK. I thought that I encluded enough disclaimers, but obviously not.

First let me indicate what I am NOT speaking (typing?) of. 
1) I am not refering to Power Armor. I am making the assumption that
most PA
is environmentally sealed and designed for a variety of conditions. I am
also taking for grated that PA troops are highly trained in the use of
the
armor. Now if you have inferior PA, poorly trained troops, or PA that is
at
the end of its endurance (filters need cleaned, low on oxygen, power
low,
etc.) or is breached, it may be another thing all together.
2) Vehicles. Hopefully the vehicles have been adapted for the
conditions. If
not, there may be some adverse conditions.
3) Troops that have been stationed in this environment for an extended
period of time.
4) Untrained troops. I am inquiring about troops with training for the
conditions. Howerver, it takes some time to aclimate one's self. Also,
even
with good training, people tend to minimize or ignore procedures that
are
ackward or uncomfortable (until the casualty list starts to grow, then
the
wisdom of following the procedure is suddenly more clear).

What I meant to indicate is when non-PA troops are inserted from one
environment to another without adequite time to adapt to the new
conditions.

Examples:
Going from Hot to Cold or Cold to Hot.
Going from Dry to Humid or Humid to Dry
Going from High to Low Oxygen/Atmosphere or Low to High
Oxygen/Atmosphere
Going from a friendly environment to one where an Environment or NBC
suit is
required.

What would be a good modifier to apply to unaclimated troops? I
suggested
shifting the quality down 1. Any other suggestions?

What would be a good amount of time to indicate that a unit is aclimated
to
local conditions? Part of it would depend on the difficulty of the
conditions. 
Environmental Changes: 
Change	Aclimation Time  Treat Level Retest Period
Nominal None		 No Test     N/A
Minor	1 week		 +1	     Each Day
Major	1 month 	 +2	     Each Week
Severe	6 months	 +3	     Each Month
When troops first arrive in the new environment, they make a quality
test at
x2 the environmental change threat level. If they succeed, training and
leadership allow the unit to function as normal. If they fail, they have
thier quality shifted down 1 until aclimated. After the retest period,
they
may test again (at normal threat level). If they succeed, they are
restored
to normal quality level. If they fail they continue to operate under a
down-shifted quality. At the end of the Aclimation Time, all units use
normal quality (even if they fail every test).

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://www.ftsr.org
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-----Original Message-----
From:	Laserlight [SMTP:laserlight@quixnet.net]
Sent:	Tuesday, March 27, 2001 6:09 PM
To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject:	Re: [SG] Climate/Environment Aclamation (was RE: [OT]
Canadians are C OLD....)
[snip]
Not a heck of a lot.  Yes, IF planets have arctic areas, but that
doesn't mean anyone lives there, or has any cause to fight there.  If
you only have a few million people on a planet, you can usually pick
the prime real estate rather than places like Canad...ah, that is,
places where it's much too cold for sensible people to live.

-----Original Message-----
From:	Beth Fulton [SMTP:beth.fulton@marine.csiro.au]
Sent:	Tuesday, November 27, 2001 6:18 PM
To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject:	Re: [SG] Climate/Environment Aclamation (was RE: [OT]
Canadians are C OLD....)
[snip]
While I'm touched you thought of my guys, I'd like to point out that it 
says "most IAS colonies are joint ventures in marginally habitable areas
of 
systems (hot or cold) claimed by another nation" - though the cold ones 
seem to be the ones I get offered the most ;)

-----Original Message-----
From:	John Atkinson [SMTP:johnmatkinson@yahoo.com]
Sent:	Tuesday, March 27, 2001 11:21 PM
To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject:	Re: [SG] Climate/Environment Aclamation (was RE: [OT]
Canadians are C OLD....)
[snip]
Of course, Imperial Thematic Mechanized Infantry
(Skutatoi), NRE Panzergrenadiers, and New Israeli
infantry all wear fully environmental combat armor
which serves as NBC, has built-in compressor for high
altitude, automatic filters, etc.  And probably
(certaintly for Imperials--I can't speak for anyone
else) climate control.	This would only come into play
with the light infantry forces that wear partial body
armor.	And since the reason to have light infantry is
for lousy terrain (mountains, jungles, cities, etc.)
they should have been training under all sorts of
adverse conditions.

John

-----Original Message-----
From:	KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de [SMTP:KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de]
Sent:	Wednesday, March 28, 2001 1:47 AM
To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject:	RE: [SG] Climate/Environment Aclamation (was RE: [OT]
Canadians are C OLD....)
[snip]
Even on present-day Earth, peoples who follow Islam live in a fair 
variety of environments: Arabia, Afghanistan, Central Asia (pretty cold
in 
winter), Indonesia... Not to mention the emigrants to Europe or America.

Not all of these are IF territory, of course.

Greetings