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76th Independent Battalion Roll Call

POSTED BY: Tristan
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BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, December 14, 2006 8:40 PM

Shiny banner FlatTop!

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Holding the line since December '02!

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QUANDOM

Thursday, December 14, 2006 10:21 PM

Sprining to the Call,
I offer my services to this, our glorious Cause;

Name: Richard
Rank: Private
MOS: Sniper (propose)
Home World: Persephone

All the leverge fun we'll have with globally substituting 'browncoat' for 'sotuhern' or 'rebel'. Just as I paly a "Northere man of Sourthern sympathies" in my Confederate ACW impression, I exepect to play an "Core resident of Indepdendent tendencies" in this.

Quandom

QUANDOM

Thursday, December 14, 2006 11:41 PM

USMCHELLRAISER, thanks for the excellent detail on what a real army is like. Those of us who merely read about and play solider will always miss some details.

Given the rought analogy Whedon hypothecates between Browncoats and Butternuts, would an Idependent army be organized the same way as Alliance? Would an Indepdndent batallion more resemble a collection of militia companies, more like the way the CSA raised regiments early in the conflict?

Q

"The Spirit of 76"

DOCJUBAL

Friday, December 15, 2006 7:00 AM

Quote:
Given the rought analogy Whedon hypothecates between Browncoats and Butternuts, would an Idependent army be organized the same way as Alliance? Would an Indepdndent batallion more resemble a collection of militia companies, more like the way the CSA raised regiments early in the conflict?

Well, only way to know for sure is to ask Joss.

That being said, we know that the book which triggered this whole shiny thing was Joss' reading about the Civil War in The Killer Angels. Between that, and the descriptions of the 'Verse scattered tween the varied "companion" books and the RPG, I'd say the analogy is perfectly apt.

Thinking a little further? The Independent Worlds were the less developed ones. Less resources, less tech, less money, less industrial base. Independent forces are portrayed in the Verse as mostly light infantry, and that squares well with what the Independents could afford. Rifles, anti-roller... ahem, anti-armor weapons that a soldier could carry, machine guns. It's possible that the Independents didn't even have a lot of artillery, and that infantry carried laser designators to target high-value Alliance targets for the few missiles or orbital KKWs available to the Independent general defending a planet.

Following CSA army models is probably not a bad way to build portrayals which match the 'Verse That Is in the DVDs. *twinkle* For example, I've applied for scout/sniper with the 76th. Scouts and skirmishers seem to fit the tone better than talking about "recon teams" -- which would be closer to current military practice.

YMMV, of course... but we Independents of the 76th?

Motivated, proud, but outgunned and out-supplied.

Sounds like what Joss described; yep.

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"Jubal 'Doc' Harris" // Bill Ernoehazy

Volunteer, 76th Independent Battalion

Ever marched with the Independents?
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SISTER

Friday, December 15, 2006 1:43 PM

..Bumpin' for new recruits

TRISTAN

Friday, December 15, 2006 2:40 PM

Morning, recruits!

We still need info for the following individuals:

FireFlyGal
RoxyFreeFall
VerseExplorer
PhoenixRose
Naughtyman
AgentRusco
LostThought

FlatTop, I missed the banner yesterday. That is shiny! I have no problem with it at all! Matter of fact, I may have to borrow that....

DocJubal, thank you once again for the detailed post. That looks like it about describes us, I'd say!

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BOOMERGOODHEART

Friday, December 15, 2006 3:08 PM

That's one fan-freakin'-tastic banner, Flattop! Keep up the good work(s).

BoomerGoodheart
Renegade Military Supplier
"I love my Captain."
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FIREFLYGAL

Friday, December 15, 2006 4:21 PM

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Originally posted by babywiththepower:
Evening folks. Alright Canter, NVGhostRider, and FireflyGal, I will add you to the webpage when I make the updates (wednesday hopefully).

Canter I got the info I need from you, NVG and FFG, I'll need a last name (real or made up) hometown (city, state and country) and I'll use your handle from here as a callsign. NVG, if you don't mind, can I drop the NV and just use GhostRider?

Welcome to the fold soldiers. It's good to have you aboard.

Canter, if you come all the way from South Africa for this Con I owe you a drink at the very least.

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Hi BWTP

Well, I was going to use Zoe's maiden name since I was going to go as Zoe but I have been persuaded to abandon that idea for marching with the group, so I will come up with something and let you know.

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QUANDOM

Friday, December 15, 2006 5:13 PM

Thanks for the detailed reply.
We are a bandd of KNOWLEDGEABLE brothers, that much is evident.

Also, for the exact location of CSA butternet pants with optional infantry Sargeant's strip, see

http://www.blockaderunner.com/Catalog/catpg14.htm

amd find the text
"STANDARD INFANTRY TROUSERS"

and for the NCO stripe, the text
"STRIPE OR PIPING "

'butternet' is extra (!!) so the cost of butter NCO all wool pants with the regulation 1" wide stripe will be $ $125. (65+30+30) - and you'll have to wear drawers underneath or your legs will itch!

Turning back to organization;
Given that Independents would be raised local to a particular location, I'd expect that you would first see sharpshooter detachments first organized informally within the batallion (regiment) and then gathered within the brigade, which is what happens in the Army of Northern Virginia. In contrast, the US service had two entirely independent batallions of United States Sharp Shooters (USSS) with special uniforms (dark green with black rubber buttons) and weapons (Sharps breech loading rifles).

So, let us suppose the 76th is an element of the 57th Brigade. The sharpshooters might be cathered into a 'converged' battalion during an engaement, then returned to their parent battalions.

I'd also note that unlike current practice, the Indy batallions have their own identity - they are 1/57, but more like the regiments in a Civil War brigade. As you all may remember, all regiments in a CS brigade would nearly always be from the same 'state' - I suppose that would be analagous to 'planet' in our 'Verse.

I'd speculate that the Alliance would be much more like the US army of WWII - 'vanilla legions'.
Indies are 'fire and manuever',
Alies are 'mass and blast'
et al.

This is way too much fun and is keeping me from work.

Oh well, another time consuming vice is born.

Regards,

Q (I suppose this will be my call sign)

"The Spirit of 76"

QUANDOM

Friday, December 15, 2006 5:15 PM

This banner is great.
Could we have a 'portrait' layout so I could print off and distribute at 'cons, maybe even a poster or two.

Q

"The Spirit of 76"