RE: Boone's Company

This is cool John.  Nice and neat with no delusions of grandure.  What
sort of missions do they usually undertake?  I am still trying to hack
together a reasonable outline for my PA mercs.

Eli

>Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 20:22:30 -0800 (PST)
> John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@yahoo.com> Boone's Company Tom Barclay
<tomb@stargrunt.ca>, Adrian Johnson <adrian@stargrunt.ca>Cc: GZG-List
<gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
>Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>
>Copied to the list just for the heck of it.  Time for
>some on-topic Stargrunt stuff.
>
>Boone's Company is completely typical of mercenary
>units.  It's small, with no heavy equipment or armored
>vehicles.  It is not particularly elite, but also not
>bad at what they do either.  Recruits indiscrimately
>from combat veterans of a variety of national armies
>and colonial forces.  Major Boone formed it after
>being RFTed from a NAC light infantry unit.
>
>HQ Section:
>  HQ: CO, XO, 1SG, Operations NCO, 3 drivers, company
>clerk, Supply Sergeant, Armorer.  3 Jeeps, 2 light
>trucks (1 outfitted as TOC and driven by clerk, other
>used by supply sergeant and armorer)
>  Maintinence Section: 6 mechanics, 1 clerk. 1 contact
>truck, 1 shop truck, 1 parts truck
>
>Weapons Platoon
>   HQ: PL, PSG, Medic, EW, 2xDriver, 2xJeeps
>   Machine Gun Section: 8x.50 cal armed jeeps, each
>with 3 man crew.
>   Mortar Section: 4xMortar teams (4 men ea), Section
>Leader, Driver, 5xJeeps
>   Recon Team: Section leader, 4xSnipers, 4xSpotters
>4xRifle Platoons 
>   HQ Section: PL, PSG, Medic, EW
>   Weapons Squad: Section Leader, 3xSAW Gunners
>   3xRifle Squads: SL, 2xTL, PPG, SAW, 4xRiflemen
>Antitank Platoon
>   HQ Section: PL, PSG, Medic, EW, 2xDrivers,
>2xGunners, 2xAGL-armed Jeeps
>   4xAT Sections: 2xAT Jeeps, 3-man crew each
>
>Usual mission configuration is with a sniper team, AT
>section, and 2x.50 cal armed jeeps attached to each
>platoon.  Remaining assets are under the company
>commander's control, including the mortars.  All
>troops notionally carry an automatic rifle, or a
>pistol and a support weapon.  In practice, a mix of
>SMGs, shotgns, and pistols are carried by vehicle
>crewmen and senior leadership instead of rifles.  Any
>of the platoons may be motorized with locally acquired
>assets, either officially or unofficially.
>
>Jeep: Size 1, CFE, Armor 0, HiMob Wheels.  All Jeeps
>except .50 cal Jeeps carry SAWs.  AT Jeeps carry a
>GMS/H launcher, or may be equipped with AGLs if there
>is no armor threat.
>
>Automatic Rifle:  Enfield Liquid Propellant Assault
>Rifle LP3A1, 7.5mm assault rifle with integral 20mm
>grenade launcher.  FP 3 Imp d10
>
>SAW: Enfield Liquid Propellant Light Machine Gun,
>3-barrel rotary SAW.  FP d10 Imp d10.
>
>PPG: Boone recently acquired a new shipment of the
>standard-issue NSL PPG and has adopted them.
>
>The Heavy Machine Gun is the M-2A7E2 .50 caliber HMG. 
>Constructed of composites and firing sabot ammunition,
>this is considerably lighter than it's venerable
>predecessor and includes a muzzle brake to compensate.
> FP d10, Impact d12*.	Range bands are 12".  Takes up
>2 construction slots.	Swapping the integral "free"
>SAW for an HMG costs 1 construction slot. 
>
>Automatic Grenade Launcher: 40mm HV Grenade Launcher. 
>FP d12, Imp d10*
>
>Antitank Missle: Guidance d8
>
>IAVR: FP d10 Imp d12* Armbrust V.  Evolutionary
>development of one of the first soft-launch LAWs.
>
>Armor:  All infantrymen wear a soft torso armor with
>small ceramic plates built in.  d6
>
>John
>
>
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