HQ units can be infantry platformed as easily as they can be vehicle platformed. And the highest level of command should probably be static platforms, for realism, or super heavy units for the 'massive crawler command base' factor you so often see in science fiction.
Ah thanks for reminding me! I completely forgot that HQ's do not need to be vehicles.
Its probably not going to be useful to go down below company level, that smallest HQ are 1250 ton so that would probably be a rather typical company sized formation or a really large platoon for some reason.
Steve changed that. HQs are now much more modular:
You select the HQ component and then type in the required capacity. The component cost is Capacity / 2500 and the component size is Capacity / 50 with a max of 500 tons. There is no limit on cost.
So if your platoon - without the HQ - is only 50 tons, then your platoon HQ will just add 1 ton on top and cost only 0.02.
For example, a rifle platoon of 3 rifle squads each with 5 riflemen (personal weapon), 1 grenadier (light anti vehicle), 1 machinegunner (crew served anti-personnel) would be:
3x5x5 = 75 tons
3x1x16 = 48 tons
3x1x12 = 36 tons
totalling 159 tons which requires an infantry HQ of 3.18 tons. Here is a design example Steve gave us back in 2018:
Pathfinder class Transport Shuttle 451 tons 10 Crew 53.1 BP TCS 9 TH 64 EM 0
7099 km/s Armour 1-5 Shields 0-0 HTK 1 Sensors 1/1/0/0 DCR 0 PPV 0
Maint Life 3.55 Years MSP 0 AFR 90% IFR 1.3% 1YR 8 5YR 115 Max Repair 40.5 MSP
Troop Capacity 300 tons
Lieutenant Commander Control Rating 1
Intended Deployment Time: 0.5 months Morale Check Required
Large Fighter Engine (1) Power 64 Fuel Use 758.95% Signature 64 Explosion 20%
Fuel Capacity 20,000 Litres Range 1.1 billion km (41 hours at full power)
It has capacity for 300 tons, meaning that it could actually be smaller and still transport our platoon at fighter-size.
I like it. I'm seeing the dropships from Starship Troopers or Aliens, swooping down on planet surface in their dozens to drop off the first wave of ground pounders.