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06-02-2015, 08:45 AM | #19501 |
Hog Driver
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06-02-2015, 08:49 AM | #19502 |
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Does anyone include the other paratroopers in Sky Patrol? Ripcord, Freefall, Crazylegs, Airborne, Star-Duster, Barrel Roll? Then there is Manleh and Stormavik and Big Bear? Who am I missing?
I leave the Russians out but include all them plus Sneak-Peek, and add Rapid-Fire as commander and Countdown as Air-Liason officer. I suppose I should add Bombstrike but maybe not. If Crazy-Legs is listed as Forward Observer would that make him a radio guy? |
06-02-2015, 11:19 AM | #19503 |
W.O.R.M.S. Commander
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Do you have a separate Forward Observer team?
A separate JTAC team? A separate ANGLICO team? I could see this being a great use for the Joes in the modern battlefield as Fire Support / Air Support boots on the ground / Combat Controllers This whole group of modern operators is sort of underrepresented. I am even a little unaware of who does what. It's not like there are only Air Combat Controllers going on every mission. The Army has it's own assets to do the same things. So Airwave is probably a 18E. Dial-Tone made the jump to Special FOrces in the Brazil Con set. Recoil looks like another SF 18E to me Breaker? Sneak-Peek? WHite-out? I assume the techie Computer specialists are all radio operators as well: Mainframe, Hi-Tech, Sgt Hacker, Hard Drive, Firewall. What about the Laser guys like Red-Spot and now Sightline. Seems like there would be a COLT team as well or would that mix in with Forward Observers? What about Artillery Coordinators like Grunt and Duke? Then what about all the recon types who get some of this same training?
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06-02-2015, 02:12 PM | #19504 |
Commando
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I used Freefall and Ripcord in a Sky Patrol fan-fic I did as additional members, just to boost numbers.
For my one future fan-fic I have planned, I have an airborne unit which includes Freefall, Ripcord, Sparrowhawk of AF, Sky Patrol, Alado, Albatross, Condor, Fuego, Aguia Commando and Manleh. (Fuego is Brazilian Ripcord, Alado is Argentine Crazy Legs. Their filecards indicate completely different characters.) |
06-02-2015, 02:20 PM | #19505 |
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Oh I forgot about Sparrowhawk (Retaliation Airborne) and Sokerk. They are part of Expanded Sky Patrol for me. Along with SKymate and Cloudburst.
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06-02-2015, 05:26 PM | #19506 |
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Do you have a separate Forward Observer team?
A separate JTAC team? A separate ANGLICO team? I could see this being a great use for the Joes in the modern battlefield as Fire Support / Air Support boots on the ground / Combat Controllers This whole group of modern operators is sort of underrepresented. I am even a little unaware of who does what. It's not like there are only Air Combat Controllers going on every mission. The Army has it's own assets to do the same things. I also find it more interesting to explore the clash of cultures. Joe is a mix of Rangers (light infantry raiders), Green Berets (weird advisers), SEALS (commandos at home in the sea), Marines (light infantry with a nautical bias) and all the extic add-ons like intelligence, comms specialists, CBRN specialists and technical geeks. Throw in the FBI (what do they do when they run the risk of intelligence contaminating their evidence collection?), make leaders with different backgrounds clash over how to solve problems, and the results can be pretty dynamic. |
06-02-2015, 06:39 PM | #19507 |
just a Marine
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Location: central PA
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Do you have a separate Forward Observer team?
A separate JTAC team? A separate ANGLICO team? I could see this being a great use for the Joes in the modern battlefield as Fire Support / Air Support boots on the ground / Combat Controllers This whole group of modern operators is sort of underrepresented. I am even a little unaware of who does what. It's not like there are only Air Combat Controllers going on every mission. The Army has it's own assets to do the same things. So Airwave is probably a 18E. Dial-Tone made the jump to Special FOrces in the Brazil Con set. Recoil looks like another SF 18E to me Breaker? Sneak-Peek? WHite-out? I assume the techie Computer specialists are all radio operators as well: Mainframe, Hi-Tech, Sgt Hacker, Hard Drive, Firewall. What about the Laser guys like Red-Spot and now Sightline. Seems like there would be a COLT team as well or would that mix in with Forward Observers? What about Artillery Coordinators like Grunt and Duke? Then what about all the recon types who get some of this same training? ANGLICO (Army Navy Gunfire Liason Company, if I remember right), specializes in calling in Naval gunfire for the Army. Naval gunfire has an exceptionally flat trajectory compared to howitzers, has a longer ranger, needing various corrections such as for the Coriolis effect, and rotation of the earth. All of these guys can all do each other's jobs to a point. If you have an FO not qualified at a JTAC, he can still call in air strikes, but he may not be able to give a pilot all the information a pilot would like to have, but, they can do the important stuff-where they are, where the target is, what the target is, and what effect they want on the target. Oh, also, scout snipers are also skilled at call for fire. During the big wars, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, etc something like 90% of casualties are due to indirect fire (arty, mortars, etc this factoid probably includes air strikes now too), hence the need for a bunch of guys to tell people where to put the the hot steel. Sorry for the ramble. |
06-02-2015, 07:19 PM | #19508 |
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Does anyone include the other paratroopers in Sky Patrol? Ripcord, Freefall, Crazylegs, Airborne, Star-Duster, Barrel Roll? Then there is Manleh and Stormavik and Big Bear? Who am I missing?
I leave the Russians out but include all them plus Sneak-Peek, and add Rapid-Fire as commander and Countdown as Air-Liason officer. I suppose I should add Bombstrike but maybe not. If Crazy-Legs is listed as Forward Observer would that make him a radio guy? Flint (Troop Commander) Skydive Altitude Drop Zone Static Line Air Raid (Airborne v2) Airwave Freefall Ripcord Crazy Legs Airborne Barrel Roll Cloudburst Skymate Starduster +1 one more to make it a 16-man Troop |
06-02-2015, 07:37 PM | #19509 |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: over here
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Do you have a separate Forward Observer team?
A separate JTAC team? A separate ANGLICO team? I could see this being a great use for the Joes in the modern battlefield as Fire Support / Air Support boots on the ground / Combat Controllers This whole group of modern operators is sort of underrepresented. I am even a little unaware of who does what. It's not like there are only Air Combat Controllers going on every mission. The Army has it's own assets to do the same things. So Airwave is probably a 18E. Dial-Tone made the jump to Special FOrces in the Brazil Con set. Recoil looks like another SF 18E to me Breaker? Sneak-Peek? WHite-out? I assume the techie Computer specialists are all radio operators as well: Mainframe, Hi-Tech, Sgt Hacker, Hard Drive, Firewall. What about the Laser guys like Red-Spot and now Sightline. Seems like there would be a COLT team as well or would that mix in with Forward Observers? What about Artillery Coordinators like Grunt and Duke? Then what about all the recon types who get some of this same training? I am definitely making Breaker Special Forces, especially with proficiency in seven languages and the fact he was part of Project Gamma. Of course my modern Breaker would have been too young to participate in the Vietnam War but I still like to retain as much similarity as possible. Maybe he participated in a current SF operation? I honestly do not know what to do with my computer specialists. Hi-Tech is part of my R&D team that usually stays put at HQ. Don't know what to do with the rest of them. It seems like their skills would be too valuable to place them in a direct-action/reconnaissance Troop. |
06-02-2015, 08:11 PM | #19510 |
W.O.R.M.S. Commander
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That's a great looking custom! I like the job you did on the three-color desert pattern!
I have two different ways that I classify my Joes when I categorize them as Sabre Squadrons. One is by year (as I stated earlier) and the second is by year/insertion method. My HALO Troop would consist of: Flint (Troop Commander) Skydive Altitude Drop Zone Static Line Air Raid (Airborne v2) Airwave Freefall Ripcord Crazy Legs Airborne Barrel Roll Cloudburst Skymate Starduster +1 one more to make it a 16-man Troop
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