ARN - Melee Terms

[gtaylor]

Sounds fine to me.
I really enjoyed yesterday.  I had fun trying things and seeing what would
happen.  Learned a bit about what to do...and what might not work...

Isobel

James T Crouchet wrote:

> Doré here.
>
> Since we are gearing up for Gulf War melees, I wanted to make a suggestion
> concerning terminology.
>
> I have heard a confusing number of different uses of the words team and
> unit. I think it would help us if we all mean the same thing when we say
> them. Following (mostly) standard use in the rapier melee manuals I have
> seen, I suggest:
>
> Team - 3 man groups. Robert let us know last weekend that we need to form
> our teams now and get accustomed to working together.
>
> Reinforced team - a team with one or two extra members. If team A's
> commander dies, the remaining two guys might join team B to create a
> reinforced team.
>
> Unit - A collection of teams under a single commander. These will usually be
> associated with a place, like the Bryn Gwlad unit. Not everyone in the unit
> actually needs to live in Bryn Gwlad. A unit NOT associated with a
> particular place might be a special mission group like a light cavalry unit.
>
> Company - A collection of units, usually associated to a region. E.g.
> Southern Company, Northern Company, Central Company
>
> It is very cool to have ranks associated with being commander of those
> groups -- like being sergeant in charge of a team or lieutenant in charge of
> a unit and captain in charge or a company -- but is it much easier to
> understand if we just say Team Commander, Unit Commander and Company
> Commander.
>
> Finally, names really help when you are yelling commands on the field. The
> companies seem to have adopted the names of their regions (South, North,
> etc.). The units will probably take their location name (Steppes unit,
> Stargate Unit, etc.). Each team also needs a name. If you start shouting
> orders without identifying WHO should obey those orders, you can confuse a
> lot of people (I know, I've done it).
>
> I don't care how teams are named, but I suggest the units come up with a
> formula and keep it consistent for all teams in that unit. So if you name
> your teams after a color, you could have the red team, the blue team, green
> team, etc. If you name the team after the commander (and I expect most will)
> you could have Joe's Team, Fred's Team, etc. DO NOT change the team name if
> Joe or Fred get killed in the battle. Even with no Joe, you are still Joe's
> Team.
>
> Is this acceptable?
>
> Doré
>
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