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Originally Posted by copeab
The main problem I see is that such a unit, in the T2K world, is likely to shoot it's officers and become marauders. I think a key factor is that such units will have to be deployed unarmed.
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True. This could account for the more numerous marauder groups of Soviet origin. A GM could also use the premise to justify a particularly deranged group of marauders.
On the other hand, a cohesive penal unit is not impossible, even in 2000. One could always go with the whole "offer of redemption in exchange for completion of a dangerous mission" trope.
@Rainbow and HorseSoldier: I too favor the addition of a couple of Soviet-allied East German units in the WTO ORBAT. You'd think that quite a few E. Germans would have reason to pick the Soviet side of the fence (or Wall, as it were)- i.e. true believers, party members, informants, police, some military personnel, etc.