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(...) what the (...) Well, the whole 'pieces' thing is just a suggestion, if you have some other way to keep track of which pistol (or any other type of weapon) is which then of course feel free to use it. out the to-hits (...) remember exactly (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) ...The pieces thing is a great idea, conceptually, it makes it easy to tell weapons apart without making them all the exact same... It just didn't work rite in practice... (...) ...I wanted to avoid paper as much as possible, mostly in the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) The organized attack rules might be good for lower Tech Level games, but at higher levels I would think nearly anybody would be able to organize a combined attack. From the upper end of TL4 and higher I'd say that nearly every soldier would (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) It's something that takes some getting used to. The important thing is to have a way to tell them apart when you need to, the method isn't really that important. (...) Did you really think so? I'll make a note to put siege weapon ranges up for (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Well, that's why it's an Optional Rule. (...) Nah, no extra CP's. All communications equipment comes for free. There's no real reason to use Radios if you don't want, I just think it's more fun that way. (...) Well, that's why the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) ...All the troopers would have a helmet comm, but you would still have chain of command and distraction. The average field guy does not want to be distracted with the assorted coordination chatter that would go on at 'command' frequencies, so (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) ...They are more complex both beforehand and during, but if the player came up with a 'claw arm' during design, he could equip all his vehicles with them so it wouldn't be as complex during the game. that's the kind of idea I was thinkin of. (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) usually the field guys will be on their squad freq, while the squad commander is on both squad freq and command freq... but no one in their right mind will turn off his radio in a battle. Not unless you're looking for a warm place in a body (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) ...:-) I didn't mean theyd turn off their comm, just they'd turn off the command frequency... leave the command frequency to the higher paygrades and all. (...) ...This is more like 'shoot that tank there!!' where all the members of a squad (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) 'sides, usually command traffic is encrypted, which the average trooper won't have the eq to decode... (...) I'm not sure it should count as two attacks... I've seen batteries 20 miles apart shoot at the same target, at the very same second... (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I suppose it depends on exactly how the comm system is set up. I picture individual talk groups for each squad with the capability of squads or larger groups to switch to a common talk group if initiated by a higher authority. That is, one (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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Have you read "Starship Troopers"? Not the craptacular Paul Verhoeven movie, but the Heinlein novel? RAH goes into quite a bit of detail on how his cap troops are in communication with each other; basically the grunts have radios with one channel (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I read it, but it was many, many years ago. About all I remember is how the power armor worked, movement wise, and the dropships. I think I still have a copy somewhere, but its probably still packed up after moving two years ago. Jeff (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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