The 76th Independent Battalion (Part 5)
POSTED BY: Tristan
UPDATED: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 20:56
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Same goes for me, though I plan on getting in late wednesday/early thursday. I will have my cell with me and will be happy to give it to those coming early.
Magda, about how long is the flight over from Australia? When I was flying from Germany to the States and back in my Army days what I would do is sleep as much as I could on the plane (not always possible, I know) and then get a 2 hour nap in when I arrived. Then I'd force myself to wake up and not fall asleep until that night. Doesn't work for everyone, but it might help.
I wish D*C would hurry up and get here. I actually wish we started putting this together closer to the event because I'm afraid we're going to lose some of our fervor as we get closer.
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Originally posted by techiecl:
Anyhow, the soldier I put together (ya'll might have seen the series of photos I posted a couple months back) won't be making it to the 76th. I shudder at the prospect of sewing patches onto that oiled leather coat, and armbands just don't hang right...
I don't disagree with that sentiment. I'd never expect someone to sew the patch onto leather because I know I wouldn't myself. We could definately figure something out in the time to come.
Oh, and before I forget, you wouldn't have, by chance, served in the US Army and trained as a 96B at Ft. Huachuca, AZ would you have?
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Evening, 76th!
LostThought, there are pouches on his belt, but the stripes on his vest are just that. The evst looks like it is un-latched and the folds may look like pockets. (Sorry...learned to look at details from costume training)
Boomer, thank you for the link!
Techie! Welcome! I was hoping you'd show up here. I posted a response over in Cosply to you, but I'll put it here, too.
I understand about the coat...I am designing some cloth versions of the coat Mal wore, as well as the vest.
As far as the weapon, that is one thing we are strict on. We are sticking to versions of the H&K G36...we are doing this to avoid having things like M16's and AK47's show up. While that is one shint looking M60, it does not really fit in with the guidlines of the 76th. There are LMG versions of the G36 available if you are interested in being a gunner. The only alteration in weapons would be for the snipers.
We would love to have you as a member, but the M60 is not something we could let slide. I hope you understand.
We would love to have another Machine Gunner...I know that LostThought had that idea, too, but you can never have enough fire support!
Hiya, Magda! Thanks for popping in! Do you have any hints, comments, advice, input on anything you have seen so far?
Boomer (again)...I don't think I'll be making it there until Friday afternoon or night...but the idea of exchanging cell phone numbers before the actual date would be a wonderful idea!
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Babywiththepower, sorry, I'm just a posuer soldier picking up tac gear at surplus and airsofts on the cheap for costuming.
Tristan, well, I will have to respectively decline joining the 76th. I picked up the pig for two specific costumes, 2nd. Lt Jean Havoc (full metal alchemist) and the original design Browncoat Gunner I've had puttering around in my mind for some time now. After dropping the cash for it, I can't imagine doing the costume and not using it.
Nothing personal, and I wish the unit all the luck, but we costumers can be stubborn.
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TechieCL, I understand totally. I am a costumer as well.
I do hope you will be marching at D*C, though?
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Originally posted by techiecl:
Babywiththepower, sorry, I'm just a posuer soldier picking up tac gear at surplus and airsofts on the cheap for costuming.
Man, it's uncanny then. You're a spitting image of my old roomate from AIT. I just had to ask.
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Greetings Tristan and Comrades:
Got some questions and suggestions but mostly observations.
Firstly,love the vest!That style is more appealing to me than the other more busy one.Did you say you were working on the knee length coat that goes under the vest?Would love to see what you've done with that.Everbody's so gorram industrious,it's downright inspirational!On the subject matter of the triangle patches:we absolutely should wear them patch point up,star point down like they did in the show.It may have been a mistake,but if the BDH's wore them like that,then that's good enough for me!
So,how many of us are there?I'm thinkin' we're probably platoon strength at this point;a platoon consisting of between two and five squads,with about ten men each to a squad.The reason I'm bringing this up,is that TechieCL is right,there ought to be one heavy weapon to a squad and at the very least one per platoon.I'm thinking maybe a mortar or a heavy machine gun,something World War Oneish!does anyone happen to have a watercooled Maxim or a Hotchkiss or a Vickers kicking around the house?
Speaking generally,the impression I get of the Independents is one of a loose confederation having common interests with a well funded levied army very likely raised by planet or by nobles/warlords.I seem to remember Joss envisioning something analogous to the C.S.A..Personally,I keep getting reminded of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War.
I'm not sure exactly what those"Air Tank Squads" mentioned in the show are,but I'm thinkin'that they and any kind of "rollers",i.e. tanks,would have been precious and possibly have consisted to some degree of looted or otherwise "requisitioned" Alliance materiel repainted with Independent markings.While I was watching the deleted scenes from the pilot(yet again),It occured to me that those "Air Tank Squadrons" must have been precious indeed that they were willing to abandon sixteen Brigades rather than risk losing any of their air power!Men were probably the only expendable resource the Independents had.
Yes,I am aware that I've spent a considerable amount of time analyzing a purely fictional military organization.It is possible I may be a nerd.
BTW,in an earlier post I said that I would volunteer to be an officer.I didn't mean to be presumptuous,but considering that officers were looked on quite poorly by the grunts in the show,I didn't think there would be any other takers.I was wrong.I really just want to march.That's what matters most.
Canter & Magdalena: I'm in total awe of the two of you coming from so far to march with us.I can't wait to meet you!
I would love to have that 76th Avatar as part of my signature if I knew how! Somebody please help.
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I am so sorry that I didn't write these questions down!! I was surprised when I saw the Browncoat up close that it had some interesting metal clasps. Has anyone heard from Shawna? Send me a list of questions, and I'll see if I can get the answers, k?
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As I've stated before, she's always been very helpful with any questions I've had for her. Just give me a list of questions to ask.
I know there was a question about the vest closure...others? I can try to get answers.
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Originally posted by naughtyman:
Firstly,love the vest!That style is more appealing to me than the other more busy one.Did you say you were working on the knee length coat that goes under the vest?Would love to see what you've done with that.Everbody's so gorram industrious,it's downright inspirational!On the subject matter of the triangle patches:we absolutely should wear them patch point up,star point down like they did in the show.It may have been a mistake,but if the BDH's wore them like that,then that's good enough for me!
I agree completely. Mal had it star point down, and I will follow his example.
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Originally posted by naughtyman:
So,how many of us are there?I'm thinkin' we're probably platoon strength at this point;a platoon consisting of between two and five squads,with about ten men each to a squad.The reason I'm bringing this up,is that TechieCL is right,there ought to be one heavy weapon to a squad and at the very least one per platoon.I'm thinking maybe a mortar or a heavy machine gun,something World War Oneish!does anyone happen to have a watercooled Maxim or a Hotchkiss or a Vickers kicking around the house?
I don't think we're that big yet. If we're lucky, we're 20 members, and not all of them will be at D*C. The reason we're sticking to our guns, to coin a phrase, in the weapon department is simple; uniformity. We don't want everyone showing up with their own weapons and us, as a whole, looking like a cluster f*ck. This isn't just a couple random fans meeting up at a con to look cool. We're trying to organize a cohesive unit here. It's amature now, for sure, but we hope to be more than that someday. And in order to do that we're going to have to have some level of uniformity. We're already going to have a large mix of G36 varients and I think that's enough. The snipers get there own weapons, and even those I'd like to find a common rifle and have them all stick to it. Maybe in time. As it stand, our numbers are way too small to be creating whole platoons of units.
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Originally posted by naughtyman:
Yes,I am aware that I've spent a considerable amount of time analyzing a purely fictional military organization.It is possible I may be a nerd.
Not at all. Even if you are, you're in good company, because the same could be said about us.
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Originally posted by naughtyman:
BTW,in an earlier post I said that I would volunteer to be an officer.I didn't mean to be presumptuous,but considering that officers were looked on quite poorly by the grunts in the show,I didn't think there would be any other takers.I was wrong.I really just want to march.That's what matters most.
Well, all volunteers start out as Privates to be fair. Based on contributions to the unit and on the decision of Tristan and myself (and as we get bigger, that decision will be made by others) promotions will be given out. And the only office rwe see alive in the series is the one that locked up, the other was a corpse. They did talk about their one commander with the mustache, but that's about it. In military environs, the troops only hate the officers if they're shitbags that are incapable of doing their jobs.
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Originally posted by naughtyman:
Canter & Magdalena: I'm in total awe of the two of you coming from so far to march with us.I can't wait to meet you!
A sentiment I share.
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Originally posted by naughtyman:
I would love to have that 76th Avatar as part of my signature if I knew how! Somebody please help.
That's easy, reply to this post with quotes, and pull the html link that follows and paste it in your sig: (it'll appear as the image on the page)
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