 Skillset for Military Archetypes, What would it be? |
 Oct 2 2006, 03:03 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 433 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Somewhere in Iraq Member No.: 1,789  |
I've noticed that most people have made a character with some type of military background and that sometimes the skills don't really make sense for the background. So, I was wondering what would be a normal skillset for a soldier in the UCAS/CAS/Sioux/Pueblo/Aztlan army? I'm talking standard infantry soldier and then from there what would be the specialized skills for say, a drone rigger, magic support, heavy weapons support, and several other MOSs. I'm also kind of interested because of a future campaign idea as well. Thanks.
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Oct 3 2006, 05:24 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
Because, if you just grab someone off the street and slap skillwires on them and send them into battle, they're going to act like some schmoe you just grabbed off the street. They'll probably panic, freak out, and shoot the wrong thing (but with very high skill), or just do something catastrophically stupid. I'm suggesting that the training exists for purposes other than imparting skill. Although, like Lagomorph said, you could chip them with weapon skills, knowledge skills, and a personafix, but at that point why don't you just save a whole bunch of money and buy a drone? |
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WhiskeyMac Skillset for Military Archetypes Oct 2 2006, 03:03 PM
Slithery D Infantry rifleman with about two years in, finishe... Oct 2 2006, 04:56 PM Butterblume Looks fine to me.
I am not entirely sure if long ... Oct 2 2006, 05:28 PM lorechaser For those of us outside the miliatry, what are rea... Oct 2 2006, 05:43 PM blakkie I see the Knowledge skill selection being very imp... Oct 2 2006, 06:49 PM Slithery D I chose long distance running speciality because w... Oct 2 2006, 07:14 PM WhiskeyMac Thanks, those are quite helpful. Now, what about s... Oct 2 2006, 07:16 PM Moon-Hawk What would be a reasonable cyberware budget? Hmmm... Oct 2 2006, 07:19 PM blakkie I think they are likely to retain hard Datajacks w... Oct 2 2006, 07:25 PM Butterblume Since soldiers almost always wear some kind of hel... Oct 2 2006, 07:43 PM Critias QUOTE (WhiskeyMac) Thanks, those are quite helpful... Oct 2 2006, 08:01 PM Slithery D I think a case can be made for Wired 1 or Control ... Oct 2 2006, 08:11 PM Moon-Hawk Some quick internet research says that the US spen... Oct 2 2006, 08:17 PM DireRadiant Need to feed them you know.... Oct 2 2006, 08:21 PM Moon-Hawk Um, yeah, that comes out of the $200,000 per ... Oct 2 2006, 08:24 PM Slithery D Full body armor w/helmet, environmental adaptation... Oct 2 2006, 08:26 PM Moon-Hawk Even unhardened, if the enemy is wearing armor hal... Oct 2 2006, 08:34 PM blakkie Keep in mind too that those are retail prices.
In... Oct 2 2006, 08:37 PM Slithery D I wonder about the legality of advanced ammo types... Oct 2 2006, 08:39 PM lorechaser What's the recovery time on something like Wir... Oct 2 2006, 08:41 PM Moon-Hawk QUOTE (lorechaser) What's the recovery time on... Oct 2 2006, 08:46 PM lorechaser Excellent counterpoint!
Although I think most... Oct 2 2006, 08:49 PM Moon-Hawk Hahahaha.
It occurs to me that a sleep regulator w... Oct 2 2006, 08:52 PM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (blakkie)Incidentally what's the current... Oct 2 2006, 09:02 PM Butterblume After you have trained your soldier to a reasonabl... Oct 2 2006, 09:04 PM kzt QUOTE (blakkie) Keep in mind too that those are re... Oct 2 2006, 09:05 PM Austere Emancipator Heh, that stuff they sell is well above the qualit... Oct 2 2006, 09:22 PM FlakJacket QUOTE (WhiskeyMac)Thanks, those are quite helpful.... Oct 2 2006, 09:30 PM kzt QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) Heh, that stuff they s... Oct 2 2006, 09:31 PM Austere Emancipator Wow. Checked it out, and had no idea the basic SAP... Oct 2 2006, 09:54 PM Slithery D QUOTE (Butterblume) I think the basic rifleman wou... Oct 2 2006, 09:58 PM Brahm Per plate Austere Emancipator? So about $5000... Oct 2 2006, 09:59 PM Austere Emancipator The standard SAPI plates are apparently worth arou... Oct 2 2006, 10:07 PM kzt QUOTE (Brahm) Per plate Austere Emancipator? So ab... Oct 2 2006, 10:15 PM FlakJacket QUOTE (Slithery D)QUOTE (Butterblume @ Oct 2 ... Oct 2 2006, 10:15 PM kzt QUOTE (FlakJacket) Wear it under armoured clothing... Oct 2 2006, 10:35 PM Slithery D The camouflage suit already provides 8/6 armor, se... Oct 2 2006, 10:35 PM dabigz732 QUOTE (Austere Emancipator)The standard SAPI plate... Oct 3 2006, 11:15 AM Austere Emancipator Crikey, that's fast. Good to hear they're ... Oct 3 2006, 11:50 AM dabigz732 QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) Crikey, that's fas... Oct 3 2006, 01:06 PM Shrike30 I can easily see Flare Comp and Dampening being st... Oct 3 2006, 04:31 PM Rotbart van Dainig Skillwires.
Honestly, it's quite expensive to ... Oct 3 2006, 04:46 PM Moon-Hawk QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig) Skillwires.
Honestly, i... Oct 3 2006, 04:55 PM Mistwalker But software can be compromised in all kinds of wa... Oct 3 2006, 04:55 PM Lagomorph QUOTE (Moon-Hawk) if you skip firearms training, a... Oct 3 2006, 05:04 PM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (Moon-Hawk) Sure, you could save millions of... Oct 3 2006, 05:16 PM lorechaser For the same reason you need an editor, even when ... Oct 3 2006, 05:25 PM Rotbart van Dainig Training them to get used to combat situations is ... Oct 3 2006, 05:30 PM Shrike30 "Grunts" in a combat situation that last... Oct 3 2006, 07:26 PM WhiskeyMac I would say no to skillwires simply because it mak... Oct 3 2006, 07:30 PM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (Shrike30) "Grunts" in a combat si... Oct 3 2006, 07:53 PM Shrike30 Assuming you allocate 3 to each of those nifty ski... Oct 3 2006, 08:59 PM Rotbart van Dainig You would be better off buying skillgroups - only ... Oct 3 2006, 10:11 PM Crusher Bob Also, exploit specialties. A skill of automatics ... Oct 4 2006, 06:03 AM WhiskeyMac The thing is Rotbart, skillwires aren't a good... Oct 4 2006, 06:51 AM Zen Shooter01 You don't actually need skills for a lot of th... Oct 4 2006, 06:55 AM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (WhiskeyMac)Yes they give you training cheap... Oct 4 2006, 10:12 AM Critias I think it's kind of funny that some people wi... Oct 4 2006, 10:28 AM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (Critias) I think it's kind of funny tha... Oct 4 2006, 10:44 AM morlock76 To cyber or not, is the question...
Even though t... Oct 4 2006, 11:38 AM Ranneko I would expect the no skill wires for your typical... Oct 4 2006, 11:42 AM 6thDragon On average, conscripts serve much shorter service ... Oct 4 2006, 12:56 PM Zen Shooter01 I think that in the 6th World the "average gr... Oct 4 2006, 01:00 PM Narmio QUOTE (Zen Shooter01) I think that in the 6th Worl... Oct 4 2006, 01:55 PM Crusher Bob Here, how do these looks for basic training and ad... Oct 4 2006, 02:50 PM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (Zen Shooter01)I think that in the 6th World... Oct 4 2006, 04:18 PM Dragonscript Swap out Blade for Unarmed.
What people are forge... Oct 4 2006, 04:21 PM Slithery D Athletics group is probably unrealistic past level... Oct 4 2006, 04:30 PM Critias QUOTE (Dragonscript) Swap out Blade for Unarmed.
... Oct 4 2006, 04:31 PM Moon-Hawk QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig) QUOTE (WhiskeyMac)Yes t... Oct 4 2006, 04:31 PM Slithery D QUOTE (Critias) QUOTE (Dragonscript @ Oct 4 2... Oct 4 2006, 04:35 PM Butterblume QUOTE (Slithery D)Athletics group is probably unre... Oct 4 2006, 05:44 PM Shrike30 Having grunts that can do things like keep their b... Oct 4 2006, 05:58 PM Dragonscript QUOTE (Critias) QUOTE (Dragonscript @ Oct 4 2... Oct 4 2006, 06:04 PM dabigz732 QUOTE (Dragonscript) lol, 1 rank in first aid is m... Oct 4 2006, 06:38 PM blakkie QUOTE (dabigz732 @ Oct 4 2006, 12:38 PM) What... Oct 4 2006, 07:08 PM dabigz732 QUOTE (blakkie) QUOTE (dabigz732 @ Oct 4 2006... Oct 4 2006, 07:11 PM blakkie QUOTE (dabigz732 @ Oct 4 2006, 01:11 PM) QUOT... Oct 4 2006, 07:18 PM Zen Shooter01 Where wired reflexes would really shine is in squa... Oct 4 2006, 07:33 PM Shrike30 Yeah, but then you gotta carry it around. And go ... Oct 4 2006, 07:37 PM Crusher Bob QUOTE (Dragonscript @ Oct 5 2006, 12:21 AM) S... Oct 5 2006, 01:21 AM
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