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Originally Posted by unkated
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I think you get a number of base care and feeding people, who become wasted mouths unless you turn them into units that you need.
Aircraft mechanics without aircraft are pointless - but men under military discipline with basic weapons training are called green infantrymen. This is probably one of the sources of the reinforcements or 'rebuilding the division' that are mentioned in cannon.
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I have to quibble with this to some extent; mechanics and technicians of any kind are not rifle fodder, they are a resource of skills and experience. Certainly give them weapons and teach them how to survive, but for God's sake don't throw them away.
Ever think these guys can help keep your Maintenance values from becoming a major hold-back in your travels? Or their services may be bartered for food, ammo, whatever the village, town, or city-state may have to offer? And you know there is some warlord military commander somewhere that has a museum piece aircraft that he wants to make into a combat machine.