Re: Cheese factor

"Bell, Brian K (Contractor)" wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> [Bri] I have often seen PA selected as roughly equivilent to 2 normal
> soldiers. Has anyone toyed with the idea of making command worth more
in
> this rough firguring?
> An untested example would be to make Leaders = 1 soldier x command
level. So
> it would be: Squad Leader x2 soldier, Platoon Leader x3 soldier,
Company
> Commander x5 soldier (then 10x, 20x, 40x...).
> Or Leader = 1 + 0.10 (round up) of the forces he leads (PA count as
2). So a
> Squad Leader would be 1 + .10 * 3 soldiers = 2 soldiers.

> Platoon (8) Leader would be 1 + .10 * 7 soldiers = 3 soldiers.

? - 1 + .10 * 7 = 1.7 = 2, surely ?

> A PA Platoon (6) Leader would be
> 2 + .10 * (2 * 5 soldiers) = 3 soldiers. A Company Leader (1 PA
Platoon, 3
> Rifle Platoon, 1 Command Squad (4)) would be 1 + ((.10 * 6 * 2) + (3 *
(.10
> * 8)) + (.10 * 3)) = 1 + 1.2 + 2.4 + .3 = 4.9 = 5 soldiers
> So taking a Company of 1 Command Squad, 1 PA Platoons and 3 Rifle
Platoons
> (34 soldiers) would count as 44.

This is a small company !

A squad / section is generally around 6-8 figures, a platoon is 3-4
squads (so 24-32 figures / platoon).

This would make your SL worth 2 (1.7) for an eight man squad and PL 5
(4.1) for a 4-squad platoon. Company commander could then be worth up to
17 or so points if the company is large (say 3 regular 32-man platoons,
1 24-suit PA platoon, 8 man company command squad).

So an example ToE could be :

Rifle Squad - 9 pts (2 for SL plus 7 grunts @ 1pt)
Platoon Command Squad - 12 pts (5 for PL plus 7 grunts @ 1pt)
Rifle Platoon - 39 pts (Command squad + 3 rifle squads)

PA Squad - 13 pts (3 for SL plus 5 suits @ 2pts)
PA Command Squad - 17 pts (7 for PL plus 5 suits @ 2pts)
PA Platoon - 56 pts (Command squad + 3 squads)

Company Command Squad - 24 pts (17 for CL plus 7 grunts)
Company - 197 pts (Command Squad, 3 Rifle Platoons plus PA platoon)

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Tony Francis
Senior Software Engineer
Kuju Entertainment