Re: DS2: Design questions of my own.

Ryan M Gill wrote:

>How about a more compact and flexible design from Lockheed-Alvis
systems:
>
>Class 3
>Armor 3 (add on R if desired adding 9K MCR)
>Fast Tracked, CFE (could go HMT)
>Sup systems (FC/ECM)
>1 infantry
>GMS-H/Sup
>RFAC-2
>APSW x2
>Backup Systems
>
>205 Pts or 205,000 CR

A couple of problems with it from the POV of CAF Mech Inf doctrine:

1. It doesn't carry enough men.  2 Inf elements/vehicle is a fixed 
requirement.
2. (Game Flavor) There are enough environmentalists in the RC government

that HMT/FGP is a must - NO CFE.

>(its a Variation on the NAC's Med Tracked brigade forces used on more
>core NAC worlds for Home Guard, wheeled being the dominant form of
>automotive components for

It might be more useful as a second-line vehicle for militia forces on 
Cascadian colonies like Olympia or New Vancouver.

Now, Cascadian Cav doctrine is different.  The emphasis there is on
speed 
over the terrain versatility of the Armor/Mech inf units (Its job is to
get 
around things or to them fast).  Both the TG-13 Timberwolf and IVG-23
Cougar 
are based on this chassis:

Class 3 Grav, FGP
Armor 3, Stealth 2
Superior ECM & FireCon

The Timberwolf Cav Tank has:
MDC 4
EPDS

The Cougar CIFV Has:
1 PA Infantry Element
MDC 1
GMS(H)

Cascadian Cav is used primarily for screening, recon, and fast response.
 
The most interesting use of it's grav capability was in the Second
Northwest 
War of 2093-2096.  Early in the war, the Californians had driven as far 
north into Cascadia as the old Cal/Oregon Border in what is now the 
Cascadian Provincial State of Jefferson.  Driving north from Fort Ord,
they 
had reached Crescent City, and cut off the road from Medford.  They were

driving inland towards the prov capitol of Yreka.  They still had naval 
superiority over Cascadia (This was the last war where that held true),
and 
so had Cascadian Marine/Navy Amphibious forces tied up in harbor.  D
Troop, 
3rd CasCav, was dispatched from Roseburg, travelled west to the coast,
and 
went Feet Wet at Pistol river.	They travelled south along the coast,
then 
struck land at Fortuna, Jefferson, and struck the Bear Flag forces from 
behind.  While the took heavy casualties, it disrupted BFR forces 
sufficiently to buy time for the main CAF force to reach Yreka and mount
a 
counter attack.  The NBFR force was cut to ribbons, and the lines were 
driven as far back to the southwest as Laytonville, CA, just across the 
border from Cascadia.  For the rest of the war, the battle was confined
to 
the central valley, NBFR never threatened the coast again.

Brian B2

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