How does ground combat work, exactly?

[Zereth]

Yeah, but do the numbers favor using 2000 bio-engineered fanatics, or a lot of troopsusing fanatics as cockpits? (Although the huge pile of fanatics in drop pods backed up by one with ECM sounds like it might work well...)

[Suicide Junkie]

Well, that really is all up to how they were changed for devnull.

Just compare the damage and hp per kt of transport cargo space. And maybe the cost.

But considering that they are a racial crossover tech, they'd better be awesomely powerful

PS:
Even if troops to turn out better, you can always use a fanatic in the driver's seat instead of a troop cockpit, for that extra punch.

[Zereth]

Oh, I was planning on it. My anaylisis wasn't going to be "Normal troop vs Fanatic Drop Pods", it was going to be "Fanatic Drop Pods vs Fanatic Piloted Troops".