Infantry

[CombatSquirrel]

I haven't seen anything definate about Infantry from the community, so here is what is currently working nicely for me:


VehicleSize.txt


Name := Infantry Unit
Short Name := Infantry
Description := Foot soldiers of your race.
Code := CM
Bitmap Name := TroopSmall (this will change later to conform with Neostandards)
Vehicle Type := Troop
Tonnage := 5
Cost Minerals := 45
Cost Organics := 15
Cost Radioactives := 0
Engines Per Move := 0
Number of Tech Req := 1
Tech Area Req 1 := Military Science
Tech Level Req 1 := 1
Number of Abilities := 0
Requirement Must Have Bridge := False
Requirement Can Have Aux Con := False
Requirement Min Life Support := 1
Requirement Min Crew Quarters := 0
Requirement Uses Engines := False
Requirement Max Engines := 0
Requirement Pct Fighter Bays := 0
Requirement Pct Colony Mods := 0
Requirement Pct Cargo := 0
Launched from Ship := False
Launched from Planet := False


Components.Txt:

Name := Infantry Hostile Environment Gear
Description := Artificial means that allow infantry to work and fight in hostile environments.
Pic Num := 4 (need a better picture)
Tonnage Space Taken := 1
Tonnage Structure := 1
Cost Minerals := 5
Cost Organics := 5
Cost Radioactives := 5
Vehicle Type := Troop
Supply Amount Used := 0
Restrictions := None
General Group := Vehicle Control
Family := 501 (Yours may need to be different)
Roman Numeral := 0
Custom Group := 0
Number of Tech Req := 1
Tech Area Req 1 := Biology (works well with no tech requirement also)
Tech Level Req 1 := 1
Number of Abilities := 1
Ability 1 Type := Ship Life Support
Ability 1 Descr := Life Support for an Infantry Troop.
Ability 1 Val 1 := 0
Ability 1 Val 2 := 0
Weapon Type := None


CompEnhancement.txt


Long Name := Infantry Beam Mount
Short Name := I.B. Mount
Description := Smaller Beam weapons can usually be made into rifle- or bazooka-sized units more suitable for infantry.
Code := IB
Cost Percent := 80
Tonnage Percent := 66
Tonnage Structure Percent := 50
Damage Percent := 50
Supply Percent := 100
Range Modifier := 0 (I've also tried -1)
Weapon To Hit Modifier := -5
Vehicle Size Minimum := 3
Weapon Type Requirement := Direct Fire
Vehicle Type := Troop

Long Name := Infantry Seeker Mount
Short Name := I.S. Mount
Description := Smaller Seeker weapons can usually be made into rifle- or bazooka-sized units more suitable for infantry.
Code := IS
Cost Percent := 80
Tonnage Percent := 66
Tonnage Structure Percent := 50
Damage Percent := 50
Supply Percent := 100
Range Modifier := -1
Weapon To Hit Modifier := 0
Vehicle Size Minimum := 3
Weapon Type Requirement := Seeking
Vehicle Type := Troop

Long Name := Normal Troop Mount Beam
Short Name := Norm Trp Mt
Description := Normal sized mount for A.I.
Code := NTB
Cost Percent := 100
Tonnage Percent := 100
Tonnage Structure Percent := 100
Damage Percent := 100
Supply Percent := 100
Range Modifier := 0
Weapon To Hit Modifier := 0
Vehicle Size Minimum := 9
Weapon Type Requirement := Direct Fire
Vehicle Type := Troop

Long Name := Normal Troop Mount Seeker
Short Name := Norm Trp Mt
Description := Normal sized mount for A.I.
Code := NTS
Cost Percent := 100
Tonnage Percent := 100
Tonnage Structure Percent := 100
Damage Percent := 100
Supply Percent := 100
Range Modifier := 0
Weapon To Hit Modifier := 0
Vehicle Size Minimum := 9
Weapon Type Requirement := Seeking
Vehicle Type := Troop

Anyway this has been alot of fun for me. Not too cheap, not too tough...

CombatSquirrel

[dogscoff]

Nice... I like the way you use mounts rather than specialised components. Tidy.

The neo-standard filname is "TroopInfantry". There are at least 3 shipsets which support it already. Go have a look at the neo thread, this whole SEIV Gold thing has shaken things up a little. (In a good way=-)

[CombatSquirrel]

This seemed about right to me. It allows a unit with a weapon, and maybe have enough space left over for a single armor, or combat sensor.

Does anyone else have a better fit? I'd love to use it if so.


CombatSquirrel

[Noble713]

What I did instead was turn the 3 troop sizes into operational units (battalion, regiment, and division). Components then become individual companies, or squadrons/wings of aircraft. For example, a 10kT Light Infantry Battalion might have:

1 Command HQ (cockpit)
3 Light Infantry Companies


while a 30kT Assault Regiment might have

1 Command HQ
2 Heavy Armor Companies
2 Medium Armor Companies
5 Heavy Infantry Companies.

[Val]

I worked out some Infantry for the B5 Mod when talk began in the Non-Standard Hulls thread and had come up with something along similiar lines.

I broke Infantry into 3 classes (light, standard & heavy) and 2 matching "cockpits" (1 & 2 ton) and a 1 ton armor (so you could make up to 5 different infantry types). I had also used mounts, but not to the same effect as you and hadn't even started on the AI side of things. After looking at yours I was rethinking the way I set them up and may go all for multiple mount types and only 1 class of Infantry.

Some other ideas I had were: making the mounts various degrees of training/arming (Militia/Garrison/Standard/Elite/SpecOps) and also bioengineered troops (for the Gaim race in B5).

[ 05 December 2001: Message edited by: Val ]

[Andrés]

I had made 1kt and 2 kt infantry, without bridge and without life support.
I had made special tiny weapons but the weapon mount looks like a good idea, I'll have to try it.