*This being a bit after the prior stuff in this thread... got prompted by the With Liberty... thread which I think is neat but I'm damned sure not a political mover and shaker*
From: Sgt. KJ (2501@globalfrequency.fen)
To: $whatever_your_rank_is_now Mal, USSRAF (23@globalfrequency.fen)
Subject: Spiders
Date Posted: May 18th, 2013
Hiya bossman... Dee says hi too. Ptichka and the rest doing well? I know I've been out of contact for quite a while... opsec and all that jazz, plus just damned busy. On leave at the moment and poking through the mailing lists which prompted this.
I don't know how well you've been keeping up with what I'm up to, so I'll give an overview. The normal marine senshi have been more than pulling their weight, but the casualty rates tend to go up to... well, frankly unacceptable levels on some of the really hard targets. Hardsuits are death on wheels for that sorta thing, but if there's any others operational I've not been let known about it. Yes, yes, you predicted something like that would happen, so I came up with my own solution.
Some of the senshi perform better than others in close quarters boarding; I've been recruiting some of the best ones and forming special forces 'toons. Up-geared, up-trained, etc. I'm not going to talk about numbers or results here (I'm breaking enough regs as is)... suffice to say that they can keep up.
Now, how does any of this apply? Well, what I'm proposing is an expansion on the normal boarding role. Using the 'Maru or something like her (oops, I'm not supposed to know about that either... nevermind being deployed to her before) we capture a small-medium sized vessel intact, interrogate the crew for codes and protocol, and inflitrate... as far as possible. Focus more on intelligence gathering than the traditional "extreme prejudice" roles for as long as feasible, then do other actions depending on circumstances.
The reason I'm bringing this to you is... well, we're pretty far in the black end of things and the chain of command's... fuzzy. If I had access to something like the 'Maru easily I'd just go and do it, but since I don't there's no direct person to propose this to who can admit to our existence and command naval assets. You're better at navigating these waters.
That's the brief anyway, hope to hear back.
-KJ (not Kali, not Cal either even if I'm borrowing his reaction to spiders)
From: Sgt. KJ (2501@globalfrequency.fen)
To: $whatever_your_rank_is_now Mal, USSRAF (23@globalfrequency.fen)
Subject: Spiders
Date Posted: May 18th, 2013
Hiya bossman... Dee says hi too. Ptichka and the rest doing well? I know I've been out of contact for quite a while... opsec and all that jazz, plus just damned busy. On leave at the moment and poking through the mailing lists which prompted this.
I don't know how well you've been keeping up with what I'm up to, so I'll give an overview. The normal marine senshi have been more than pulling their weight, but the casualty rates tend to go up to... well, frankly unacceptable levels on some of the really hard targets. Hardsuits are death on wheels for that sorta thing, but if there's any others operational I've not been let known about it. Yes, yes, you predicted something like that would happen, so I came up with my own solution.
Some of the senshi perform better than others in close quarters boarding; I've been recruiting some of the best ones and forming special forces 'toons. Up-geared, up-trained, etc. I'm not going to talk about numbers or results here (I'm breaking enough regs as is)... suffice to say that they can keep up.
Now, how does any of this apply? Well, what I'm proposing is an expansion on the normal boarding role. Using the 'Maru or something like her (oops, I'm not supposed to know about that either... nevermind being deployed to her before) we capture a small-medium sized vessel intact, interrogate the crew for codes and protocol, and inflitrate... as far as possible. Focus more on intelligence gathering than the traditional "extreme prejudice" roles for as long as feasible, then do other actions depending on circumstances.
The reason I'm bringing this to you is... well, we're pretty far in the black end of things and the chain of command's... fuzzy. If I had access to something like the 'Maru easily I'd just go and do it, but since I don't there's no direct person to propose this to who can admit to our existence and command naval assets. You're better at navigating these waters.
That's the brief anyway, hope to hear back.
-KJ (not Kali, not Cal either even if I'm borrowing his reaction to spiders)