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12-04-2019, 12:39 AM
Tyroc
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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I don't use the chrome motif of Sky Patrol either but I did find a way to use the vehicles, the radar resistance etc.
Each of my line Squadrons are divided into 6 troops based on infiltration method (Air, Amphibious, Open Water, Mountain / Cold Weather, Tactical Vehicle, Advanced Recon / Sniper)
All Joes are Airborne and Dive qualified but I still differentiate mostly because realistically trying to be masters of each infiltration method is hard, they're all finite skills and some operators will tend to prefer one to another (Recondo hates hot weather, the SEALs prefer the water, the Arctic guys hate the heat etc).
So I'll have 4 Air Troops, 4 Mountain troops etc but I want to make each troop have a sub-specialty;
A Squadron's Air Troop specializes in Air Glider infiltration
B Squadron's Air Troop is Sky Patrol
C Squadron's Air Troop specializes in using JUMP jet packs
D Squadron's Air Troop specializes in HAPSL / Extremely High Altitude aka Space Jumping (Star Brigade)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_diving
Sky Patrol specializes in conducting counter-terrorism / hostage rescue whilst the aircraft is underway. Basically they specialize in flying underneath aircraft that have been taken hostage by using specially designed aircraft that have refractive anti-radar coating to mask them from detection and then connect and re-take the aircraft. They either storm the captured craft or use knockout gas to render everyone asleep and land the plane safely (all operational members have civilian FAA accreditation as private pilots).
It's of course inspired by the movie Executive Decision
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Decision
This is the way I can rationalize why a small subunit would have active duty pilots, aircraft, all of them can fly planes (DIC cartoon), the 'chrome' invisibility paint, etc.
Keep in mind, that this sub specialty maybe what they specialize in and train heavily for but these type of actual missions are quite rare so most of the time, their mission sets are more run of the mill recon / patrol / direct action / foreign training.
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