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Originally Posted by mmartin798
The component that is missing is something like this document:
http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/Portals/...R%202012).docx
Surely TMP has some kind of COOP that should be followed in cases where the command structure is disrupted. The COOP should support the mission of: Help the survivors, Reconnect with other teams and Survive. The mission alone is inadequate for continued operations and my players see that as well, though they are making the best of it. |
TMP has an issue that the current military doesn't need to deal with: fully automated systems that recognize command authority. If the COOP is going to be worthwhile it needs to account for how lower-level units will access automated resources when higher-level command is destroyed (or out of contact, which is effectively the same thing, temporarily).
For example: Communications with Regional and higher commands is cut off using local comms sources, the Team Commander is dead, and the only way to contact Regional or Prime is using a nearby automated communications station... which will only grant access to someone at the Team Command level or above. So are they just screwed, or does the comms station have a protocol whereby a temporary Team Commander can be designated until comms are restored and Regional or Prime can send official confirmation.