11-28-2016, 11:48 AM
I have a plan for a mission that would be a little unconventional for us. Essentially a mission that would show some of the difficulties of calling in support.
Players would be an FST (Fire Support Team), so something along the lines of a leader, a (FSO)Fire Support Officer, a JTAC a medic and maybe a couple of riflemen, an officer in command of an AI platoon, air support and then a single player in the FDC (Fire Direction Centre) well away from the actual fight.
The idea being that only the JTAC has a line of communication to the air support, and only the FDC can control the artillery support, and only the FSO has a line to the FDC (and thinking about it, I could have an air ops room who has a line to both air and the FDC so they can deconflict and coordinate support), and the AI platoon has an objective to take, and the players have overwhelming support, it's just there is a disconnect in being able to call it in. And the challenge in the mission is coordinating support to allow the AI platoon to win. Using ACRE makes this easier, but you'd have to have separate long range frequencies for the various lines of communication.
I'm pretty much just putting this here so I don't bottle this on here.
Players would be an FST (Fire Support Team), so something along the lines of a leader, a (FSO)Fire Support Officer, a JTAC a medic and maybe a couple of riflemen, an officer in command of an AI platoon, air support and then a single player in the FDC (Fire Direction Centre) well away from the actual fight.
The idea being that only the JTAC has a line of communication to the air support, and only the FDC can control the artillery support, and only the FSO has a line to the FDC (and thinking about it, I could have an air ops room who has a line to both air and the FDC so they can deconflict and coordinate support), and the AI platoon has an objective to take, and the players have overwhelming support, it's just there is a disconnect in being able to call it in. And the challenge in the mission is coordinating support to allow the AI platoon to win. Using ACRE makes this easier, but you'd have to have separate long range frequencies for the various lines of communication.
I'm pretty much just putting this here so I don't bottle this on here.
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