Anybody know which pre-4th edition sourcebooks talk about the UCAS military? Could prove useful for my next game.

Thanks.

I can't think of more than a passing mention to the UCAS military in the books I own. Most of the military info is more fluff than hard data. They talk about who's badass and who's where, but they don't really get into specifics. What sort of information are you looking for?

Data available about the UCAS armed forces is thinly spread in a lot of books. From what I remember...

- Seattle Sourcebook, New Seattle and Runners Havens describe Fort Lewis, McChord AFB and Everett Naval Station.
- Neo-Anarchist Guide to North America mentions the last UCAS submarine base in New London, Connecticut. Plus, the maps in NAGNA and Shadows of North America show that Norfolk is in the CAS (and San Diego in Aztlan, but that was more obvious).
- NAN1 tells the Sioux Wildcats bombed a radar base within UCAS territory.
- Fields of Fire says the Colt Cobra is the standard SMG in the UCAS Army.
- Rigger 3 and SOTA:2063 gives the name for some UCAS armed forces vehicles

According to Street Samurai Catalog both Colt M22A2 and H&K G12A3z were contenders in UCAS Army assault rifle trials in 2050 while the Ares M107 was the standard HMG.

One shadowtalk mentioned a hiring plan by the US marines to bring in orks in preference to humans.

Hm, okay. Sad to see the data fragmented. I was specifically looking for strength levels or the land, air, and naval forces. Thanks for the information, though, it's something.

I think the unspoken assumption (which is actually spoken a lot) is that if the shadowrunners are dealing with the military, they're already hosed. So hard numbers aren't really required. If you need to know the UCAS table of organization for a run, odds are that run is doomed from the start.

From that perspective, there's really no numbers from a book that would be any better than numbers you just make up. I'd guess the Aztlan has the largest military in North America, followed closely by the UCAS, and then the CAS, Sioux and PCC and on down the line. How those militaries are structured is anybody's guess.

Figuring that the UCAS military is pretty similar to the current US military in structure (if not size), then the US Army Table of Organization might be a good place to start.

Since the president is trying to increase the army NOW, maybe the current strength would be a good idea for 2070. Clinton reduced the army from its size in the 1st Gulf War, so I think it is currently a good idea for am uch smaller UCAS.

I know the country is smaller in land mass than the USA but it does have the bulk of the population and has to keep armed borders with CAS and Souix Nation so they do need a good standing army, right?

You may want to review the Compensation Army affair and the situation in North Virginia. There is bad blood between the two countries.

~J

Clinton did the most damage- the USS Cole can be blamed on him directly. they kept up the fighting fleet but stripped the support fleet- like deep water tankers, so we needed to be in Yemen for refueling.

but to keep this on topic. Yeah the size of the army has never been defined. gotta figure if you are up against regulars with gun ships, MBT's and lots of tech toys, you a seriously hosed.

An interesting definition of "directly".

~J

I did try to keep on topic but.

if Clinton hadn't gotten rid of the support ships, the navy would have stayed at sea to refuel and nott been sent into a terrorist hotspot. also the hwite house gave orders limiting the guards on the ship, unloaded rifles, don't want to offend the Yemeni so even if a sentry did see the obat in time, he couldn't do anything to stop them with an empty rifle.

How dare facts get in the way of a good rant!

I seem to remember hearing about Bangor. With the loss of Hampton Roads Where would the UCAS base their fleet out of? Brooklyn and Philadelphia navy yards are given over to commercial shi-s. New York and boston are really convoluted harbors.

Baltimore maybe or is that too close to CAS?