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Logistics, the bane of action. Crane digs this scud, it’s why you keep finding excuses to foist the busywork of this gig off to him whenever you get half the chance. But even you like knowing where your next meal is coming from, or seeing your ammo counter remain above the single digits when you’ve got more fight ahead of you. This wasn’t a worry at first, the Company was handing out toys and toolboxes to the burgeoning League of Dis insurgency like free candy in the early months. But now you’ve been on a ration footing since the blockade fully locked the system down and it’s starting to affect the Company’s combat capabilities at some of the more fundamental levels.
You know that everyone needs something, and there’s a lot less to go around of even basic necessities let alone the good stuff. You may be indispensable in the frontline and maintaining this quasi-stalemate in the jungle, but you know asking for everything and the airlock turnkeys won’t work as well as zeroing in on a specific request. Crane coached you, even rehearing how to ask. Come on girl, you can do this.
<span class="mu-i">“Alright, now as to the 77th supplies…”</span> Sub-Lieutenant Jonas of the 42nd intones as your own LT indicates for him to flick onto the next spreadsheet. -Your- spreadsheet that you wish was looking a little less spread over too little sheet. Speak now or forever curse your teeth.
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>“Ghosthelms are in a bad way, sir. One for one the Auxiliaries could wipe the floor with the rebs and most of our guys too, no offence. Keeping these in working order is our best bet at leveling the playing field.” At least a little. There’s not a lot of high-tech spare parts to be had, you’ll need to leverage both the Company and League of Dis resources to keep your handful of Ghosthelms in reliable shape. [Ghosthelm capabilities are not subject to chance failures]
>“Guns and ammo, sir. Our reliable Company rifles, carbines and shotguns have been feeling the wear and tear. We’re pretty much all down to using an eclectic brace of whatever we can loot of the dead these days. One of the rebs on my fireteam two days ago was using a bolt-action rifle, hand-to-void.” That and the bullets to fire from them are getting on the low side too, leaving you watching your ammo counter at the end, middle -and- start of every firefight. [Hostiles do not enjoy a chance ‘Gun Jam’ AV re-roll, Ammo factors in less early in firefights]
> “Meat for the grinder, sir. We need to ramp up our training of the rebel recruits in the guerilla warfare crash-course we have set up and get more bodies out there into the fight.” The fraction of the Company here can’t extend itself to carry a fight like this and was never meant to. Most platoons are already operating in tandem with several ad-hoc rebel squads, but it’s not nearly enough. [Squad strength and casualty rolls have x2 additional rebels than they otherwise would have]
