23rd Combined Arms Regimental Combat Team “The Last Chancers”
Brigade
Brigade level units of interest
Air Transport
- 5 x Bacchus transport planes
- 5 x Samson transport helicopters
- 10 x Walfish transport aircraft.
Military Police
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Major Bruce Fox interim commander.
Spends most of his time dealing with the 23rd, since it’s the most troublesome
23rd Combined Arms Regimental Combat Team “The Last Chancers”
The regiment is organised into readily deployable units, often slightly larger than standard MILICIA. The 23rd suffers from a shortage of officers, both commissioned and non-commissioned. Some of the officers available are also considered unsuitable for company or even section level commands. Since they have a shortage of equipment and have difficulty requisitioning some supplies, they field whatever equipment is available. Units tend to be deployed eitheralone for simple patrols, or in overwhelming force in the hopes of ending any engagement decisiviely and quickly, with minimal loss. Plus, it reduces the chances of a squad deciding they have a better chance of survival if they cheese it into the jungle. Typically the regiment is assigned piecemeal to provide support to MILICA or league forces in the surrounding region. Standard missions include long, tedious patrols, low-priority recon, and taking the lead in assaults against rebels, bandits and other low-profile targets. MILICIA command has never officially used the phrase ‘cannon fodder’ of the 23rd, but that’s what it often boils down to. Specialist units like artillery, armour, snipers, etc. get a slightly better deal, but GP infantry or gear assignments in the 23rd tend to be a not-very-drawn-out death sentence.
Lt. Willis interim commander
Armoured Battalion – 31
Lt. Grace Haskell commanding * Heavy Fire Support Company – 31 * Death From Above Cadre – Long Range Artillery – 11 * 3 x Ostrogoth – 9 * 1 x Evil Eye – 2 * Rain Of Fire Cadre – Medium Range Heavy Support – 4 * 2 x Naga Striders * Thunderstorm Cadre – Armoured Assault – 8 * 2 x Hun – 4 * 2 x Ballista – 4 * Spearhead Cadre – Armoured Assault – 8 * 2 x Visigoth – 4 * 2 x Ballista – 4
Light Infantry Company – 400
Lt. Judas Quisling/ Sergent Julius Grassini commanding * Platoon 1 – recon – 40 * 4 x Escouades * 10 x light weapons * Platoon 2-9 – General assault – 320 * 32 x Escouades * Normal squad. * Platoon 10 – Heavy assault – 40 * 4 x escouades – 40 * heavy anti-infantry
Armoured Infantry Company – 107
? Interim commander * Gear Recon & Assault Section – 23
Commanding
* No Chancers Cadre (PCs) -- scout and surprise -- 6
Sous-lt Krystos Agyra commanding
* Command Sidewinder - Sous-lt Agyra
No known issues -- not yet used.
* Razor Fang Spitting Cobra - Sergent Avery Cutler
No known issues -- not yet used.
* Iguana - Sous-caporal Jean-Pierre Janson
Rattling panels, poor handling at top speed
* Razor Fang Black Mamba - Soldat Reginald Poussot
No known issues. Provided as replacment for an Anolis, thanks to friends in high places.
* Jäger Recon - Sous-caporal Jack Johnson
It's a Jäger Recon. But it has two vibro knives.
* Dartjäger 'DJ' - Soldat Akito Takaya
unreliable aircon
* Elint Silverscale - Soldat Pablo Estefan
loose armour panels and broken air recycler.
* Blaze of Glory Cadre -- ambush -- 7
Lt. Morgan Willis/Caporal Geoff Weiss commanding
* 3 x jäger recons
* 1 x dartjager
* (loses sensors at high speed)
* 1 x Sidewinder - Caporal Geoff Weiss
* (delicate electronics)
* 1 x Blitz Iguana - Lt. Morgan Willis, reg. duelist
* (buggy comms)
* Eye Spy Cadre - Spotters and scouts
Sous Sergent Millicent Hunt commanding
* 2 x jäger recon -- red team
* 2 x jäger Observer -- red team
* with target designators
* 1 x silverscale (Caporal Duncan Bell)
* cramped cockpit due to chassis repairs; unusable by bld > -1
* 2 x jäger recon -- blue team
* 2 x jäger observer -- blue team
* with target designators.
* 1 x jäger command (Sous-sergent Millicent Hunt)
* (poor engine -- reduced range, increases sensor signature at high speeds)
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Gear General Section – 24
Sergent Amelia Croix commanding * 4 x general cadres – 24 * 6 x Jäger recons * Gear Fire Support – 12
Sergent Bruce Curry commanding * Big Daddy Cadre -- long range -- 6 * 2 x Support Cobra * 2 x Paxton Crusader * 2 x Sidewinder* Crash And Burn – heavy assault – 6 * 1 x Striking Cobra * 3 x Sidewinder * 2 x Blitz Iguana
Infantry Assault – 48
Sergent Martin Donovan commanding * Gear Rippers – anti-armour assault – 24 * 2 x Crocodile * 24 x heavy infantry (squad support, anti-gear rifles, rockets) * Crispy Chicken – anti-infantry assault – 24 * 2 x Hittite * 24 x Heavy Infantry (flamers, squad support)
Support Company
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Medical Platoon
Lt. Richard Cromwell commanding * 5 x nightingale medical transport * 1 x medical transport hopper * 12 x paramedics * 12 x nurses * 2 x surgeons * Lieutenant Richard Cromwell, commander/surgeon
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Technical Platoon
Lt. Marjorie Basie commanding * 1 x 5-ton * 2 x springer * 2 x stone massons * 1 x engineering cobra Marjorie’s custom engineering gear, built from the chassias of a striking cobra. She’s added armour to the crew compartment, and retained the machine gun, with a reduced capacity ammo drum. It’s still far from perfect, and with few spare parts she can’t repair the sluggish controls. * engineering cobra, * sensors 0/2km, * tool arm (welder) (cannot punch), * light MG(FF,0,x3,1,+4, anti-infantry, 200) * no exposed crew * maneuver -2 * 10 x mechanics * 5 x computer/electronics techs * 5 x field engineers (walls, defenses, etc)
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Cover Cadre - ECM/ECCM support
Sous-sergent Duke Howarth commanding 1 x evil eye 2 x comms wagons
Another of Marjorie's custom jobs, the comms wagons are generally assigned to field units who will need to keep in touch with the base, or to the command unit on the rare occassions that most of the regiment is mobilised. * satellite uplink * comms +1/20km * eccm 1 * vulnerable to haywire * no passengers * crew 2 * no cargo bay* 2 x Umbrella jagers
jury rigged jager recons for electronic warfare and comms, custom modification by Marjorie. A comprehensive electronics, sensors and comms package has been added, but at the expense of heavier weapons and some armour. The chassis isn't designed to take the added parts, and the new packages can't handle airdropping. The mix and match nature of the upgrades has resulted in many clever hacks that are far beyond the normal simple jager systems. The pilots are techs first and pilots second, and require significant protection in combat situations * +1/20kms * eccm 2 * ecm2, * -airdroppable * -easy to modify(aux) * +sensors +1/3km, * +vulnerable to haywire * armour 13/26/40 * -panzerfausts * annoyance: cramped headspace -- bld -1 or -1 to crew tests to stay concious on damage. -
Transport Platoon * 10 x 5-ton * 10 x Barnaby * 10 x caiman * 20 x elan * 20 x springer * 50 x jackrabbit * 10 x fuel tankers * 1 x walfish aircraft
Command/supplies Company
Commanded directly by Regimental commander
- 4 x Evil Eye
- 4 x elan
- 15 x command staff
- Adjutant Gwen Jackson – regimental NCO.
- Caporal William Moran – Regimental commander’s aide.
- Sergent Gillian Molotov - Quartermaster * 5 x supply staff