RE: Cheese factor

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Francis [SMTP:tony.francis@kuju.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 9:45 AM
> To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject:	Re: Cheese factor
> 
> "Bell, Brian K (Contractor)" wrote:
> 
> > 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)
> 
> -- 
> -----------------------------
> Tony Francis
> Senior Software Engineer
> Kuju Entertainment
-----End Original Message-----

Sorry Yes PL would be 2.

I was using a Company as follows:
1 Command Squad (not Platoon) of 4
3 Rifle Platoons
  Platoon = 2 squads of 4 
1 PA Platoon
  PA Platoon = 1 squad of 6

I was thinking, somewhat, of what I could field with the figures I
purchased. I could field a company of:
1 Command Platoon of 8
3 Rifle Platoons of 8
2 PA Squad of 4
1 PA Command Squad of 4

So it would have a RCC of 
Rifle Squad		5 pts (2 for SL + 3 grunts @ 1)
Platoon Command Squad	5 pts (2 for PL + 3 grunts @ 1)
PA Squad		9 pts (3 for PASL + 3 PA @ 2)
PA Command Squad       11 pts (5 for PAPL + 3 PA @ 2)
CO Command Squad       10 pts (7 for CL + 3 grunts @ 1)

Rifle Platoon	       10 pts (1 PL Command Squad + 1 Rifle Squad)
PA Platoon	       29 pts (1 PAPL Command Squad + 2 PA Squad)
CO Command Platoon     15 pts (1 CO Squad + 1 Rifle Squad)
Company 	       74 pts (3 Rifle Plt + 1 PA Plt + 1 Cmp Command
Plt --
44 figures)

My company has 44 figures, yours has 136 figures. Another reason why
terms
like "company" or "squad" need further investigation for balancing. 

Using your figures I would be able to field...what...A mixed Platoon?
1 Command squad of 8 rifle
3 Squad of 8 rifle
2 PA Squad of 6 PA
So PL would be worth 7 (1+.10*(31 rifle + 12 PA))
And the cost of the mixed platoon would be 67 (27+26+14). So there is a
7
point difference in the way my squads would be organized (represents the
loss of 1 command level).

And yes, if you have a larger organization, the leadership values
increase.
This represents (somewhat) the power of command activation. The more
soldiers you can command activate (directly or indirectly), the higher
the
Rough Comparison Cost of the leader.

Anyway, it is untested.