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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Note that B Coy, 116th ACR had no connection whatsoever with the SFG tasked with recovering Reset. B Coy mission which was never actually relayed to them (their contact never showed up), was the retrieval of something else rather important to the stabilisation (or destabilisation depending on who's hands it was in) of the region.
What Corps is the Colonel? While they may have the rank, do they have the training to command an armoured unit?
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Have a copy of Black Madonna so I do know the canon background, however, does the Colonel know this?
As for the corps that the Colonel belongs to; the Green Machine posts officers just about everywhere, regardless of their original training. I have seen armor officers, straight from Judge Advocate, take over tank companies. And they don't necessarily have to complete Armor Officer's Basic.
There was actually a course called the Tank Commanders Certification Course run out of Ft. Knox, Kentucky where these people went through a two week course that turned them into instant armor experts. Now, while all US Army officers are shades of George S. Patton just waiting to jump in the ole turret and kill commies by the hundreds...two weeks does not turn an officer into a tanker. Just provides enough info to insure that they can kill their crews and most likely their units in the shortest period of time.
So having a strange officer arrive to take over a combat unit, especially one trapped behind enemy lines, I'd lay good odds that the troop officers and NCOs are trying to figure out every possible way to keep this guy from taking over. I'd also bet that a few of the troopers may be discussing having an accident involving the colonel and a hand grenade or two.