[OT] And the doubles keep coming...

Well, here is the first double message of the day...

	Wish I knew what was up with this.

		Daniel

> -----Original Message-----
> From: agoodall@canada.com [mailto:agoodall@canada.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 8:37 AM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: [SG] Leader Loss Questions
> 
> 
> On Wed, 04 April 2001, "Bell, Brian K (Contractor)" wrote:
> 
> > If a Squad Leader is lost, does command of the squad 
> usually fall to the
> > other Fire Team Leader? Or is the 1st and 2nd most senior 
> soldiers in the
> > same team?
> 
> I've been playing around with fire team rules of my own (I'm 
> still not convinced, though, that SG2 should model fire 
> teams...) I have a squad leader as a member of a fireteam, 
> but he is an independent leader figure. He can activate only 
> the two fireteams. He does this with a transfer action. But 
> in essence, it's the same situation you have created.
> 
> If the squad leader is wounded, the fire team gets a new fire 
> team leader as per the usual rules for replacing a "squad" 
> leader. Then, which ever fire team leader ends up with the 
> higher leader value becomes the squad leader. In the case of 
> a tie, the squad leader is in the fireteam that just had the 
> squad leader as a casualty.
>  
> > In the same way if the Platoon Leader buys it, would one of 
> the squad
> > leaders take over, or do they usually group the most senior 
> soldiers in the
> > command Squad (or Command Team)?
> 
> Usually, if a platoon leader buys it, I just create a new 
> platoon leader, using the standard replacement rules, from 
> within the platoon leader squad. If this squad is totally 
> wiped out, the platoon does not have that level of command. I 
> would probably allow a reorganization action to split off a 
> squad leader from another squad in order to form a new 
> platoon squad. Or I'd allow a reorganization action for one 
> of the other squads to become the new command squad. In your 
> case, I'd let a fireteam do this. 
> 
> You could force the highest quality, highest leadership value 
> squad be that new command squad, if you prefer.
>  
> > Going beyond my example, I will ask the same question about 
> the loss of a
> > Company Commander.
> 
> I would say the same thing: company commander is wounded, 
> next guy in the squad takes over. If the entire company 
> command squad is lost, let a platoon squad take over with a 
> reorganize action, but that would leave a "hole" where a 
> platoon squad should be.
> 
> > Related question: If a Platoon Leader is lost does the 
> entire platoon have
> > to spend an action for reorganization or just the Command Squad (or
> > something in-between)?
> 
> Just the platoon command squad. Losing the ability to 
> activate another squad, and taking the automatic suppression 
> for losing a "squad" leader, as well as the suppression 
> marker they would get from taking casualties, is enough of a penalty.
> 
> Allan Goodall - agoodall@canada.com
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