Kiero
2012-10-12, 07:54 AM
In our Mass: the Effecting game, we've taken on a job in the Terminus Systems where we're looking for a mythical ship and a paramilitary/terrorist cell. Since we're way out beyond Council space with no other backup available, we've hired on another merc company as extra muscle/groundside support.
They're a Ukrainian-originating outfit called Warta (Vigil) and bring a dozen personnel, split into two fireteams, each containing a combat engineer and a trio of combat drones. All are outfitted in medium armour and the non-techies have assault rifles.
For our own assets, we have a drop shuttle, two Mantis gunships and our frigate is atmosphere-capable if required.
My character is a former Alliance Systems marine who used to be a squad leader, and it's his job on missions with extended fire support to act as unit commander. There are also four other PCs; a biotic specialist, a vanguard/close combat specialist, a medic/heavy weapons trooper and an engineer/scout-marksman.
We might deploy into hostile environments where the people who own the place don't want us there. Or have to fight off other teams looking for the same information as us.
So how do I go about organising these people? What are some standard small-unit tactics that work well with those sorts of numbers?
They're a Ukrainian-originating outfit called Warta (Vigil) and bring a dozen personnel, split into two fireteams, each containing a combat engineer and a trio of combat drones. All are outfitted in medium armour and the non-techies have assault rifles.
For our own assets, we have a drop shuttle, two Mantis gunships and our frigate is atmosphere-capable if required.
My character is a former Alliance Systems marine who used to be a squad leader, and it's his job on missions with extended fire support to act as unit commander. There are also four other PCs; a biotic specialist, a vanguard/close combat specialist, a medic/heavy weapons trooper and an engineer/scout-marksman.
We might deploy into hostile environments where the people who own the place don't want us there. Or have to fight off other teams looking for the same information as us.
So how do I go about organising these people? What are some standard small-unit tactics that work well with those sorts of numbers?