Articles related to the Marines of the Mongoose Third Imperium pp.22
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The Traveller Core Rulebook includes three branch assignments for Travellers in the marines: support, star marine and ground assault.
Support includes quartermasters, combat engineers, medics, cavalry and staff. These are the marines who run the raids, manage the drops and run the command post during a lift operation. They are also the corpsmen, the combat medics who patch the infantry back up and ship them out or put them back into service. Marine units are accustomed to absorbing a high casualty rate. A qualified support team is the glue that keeps a regiment or MEF running after the attrition of war takes its toll. It should be noted that support staff are equally trained and capable of picking up a rifle and donning a suit of combat armour when called upon to do so. Star marines and ground assault are two sides of the same coin: infantry.
Star marines focus on raiding and other shipborne operations and ground assault focus on lift-infantry and jump-troop operations. To some extent, marines from both branches are interchangeable. They have similar skills and are trained on the same weapons and gear for the most part. However, where star marines rely on instinct, small arms and precise training regimens, ground assault marines are more skilled in the use of heavy weapons, military tactics and coordinating operations with naval transport or marine armour units.
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The Traveller Core Rulebook includes three branch assignments for Travellers in the marines: support, star marine and ground assault.
Support includes quartermasters, combat engineers, medics, cavalry and staff. These are the marines who run the raids, manage the drops and run the command post during a lift operation. They are also the corpsmen, the combat medics who patch the infantry back up and ship them out or put them back into service. Marine units are accustomed to absorbing a high casualty rate. A qualified support team is the glue that keeps a regiment or MEF running after the attrition of war takes its toll. It should be noted that support staff are equally trained and capable of picking up a rifle and donning a suit of combat armour when called upon to do so. Star marines and ground assault are two sides of the same coin: infantry.
Star marines focus on raiding and other shipborne operations and ground assault focus on lift-infantry and jump-troop operations. To some extent, marines from both branches are interchangeable. They have similar skills and are trained on the same weapons and gear for the most part. However, where star marines rely on instinct, small arms and precise training regimens, ground assault marines are more skilled in the use of heavy weapons, military tactics and coordinating operations with naval transport or marine armour units.