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You spend just 48 hours after the return from Zion tending to personal matters. You rest, have an Auto-Doc suture and mend every injury you have, clean and repair your weaponry and equipment, and have the few survivors from the Vertibird put up in relative comfort. Your mind is already humming as you think about what to do with the few hundred with Daniel. But before that, there’s a huge stack of reports in front of you….
Yes-Man was given orders to maintain the Mojave, to tweak some things he saw needed attention but otherwise let things keep running themselves. The first of his actions was to send the first and newly graduated second infantry companies along with Securitrons to perform basic maneuvers.
The NVDAF has had limited experience working alongside their robot allies, but nothing to the extent that Kreger oversaw. The results were…. promising overall.
Both companies were deployed in the South Mojave and were ordered to move on the destroyed town of Nipton. First Company came from the direction of Primm while Second Company was deployed from Novac.
Each platoon of 20 soldiers were given 5 Securitrons to augment their heavy weapons/explosive needs and an additional 50 Securitrons were pulled as a mobile reserve to plug holes when needed.
After a week in the field, both companies reached their objective though encountered a series of complications highlighted below.
The roads of the Mojave may be fine for small-scale migration and trade, but slow down the deployment of large-scale forces. The Securitrons met some issues with the broken up roads, but were satisfactory when moving over the open desert of the Mojave. Their wide wheel and heavy tread means they encountered only minor difficulty in deep sand.
The logistical needs of the two companies were greater than previously believed and needed the entirety of the Mojave Rose Caravan Company to keep both companies supplied. A dedicated logistics group will be needed for any military operations, including further expansion of the companies.
Command and Control was handled well through Patton relaying instructions from Kreger to the Securitrons in the field, who then relayed orders to the platoons. While there are some complaints about taking orders from robots, communication on all levels of the command structure was satisfactory.
Both companies are now being reshuffled to send experienced officers and NCOs to Second Company, but even these men have little experience in the way of organized warfare. This will come in time through combat and hard lessons, or we may reach out to the NCR/Legion/Brotherhood or any outside faction for assistance.
Overall, this was a successful training operation and while small, the NVDAF should have no issues dealing with even advanced raider gangs. It is the opinion of both Yes Man and Kreger that the army is not ready for any real combat against the Legion or NCR.
