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The Stargate Command Campaign
nuclearslurpee:
Stargate Command Campaign
Meanwhile, in yet another alternate reality…
After the discovery of the Stargate in 1994 and the activation of Stargate Command (SGC) in the following year, the U.S. Air Force embarked on a deadly campaign of covert operations against the belligerent Goa’uld race, successfully gathering examples of advanced alien technology while assassinating several Goa’uld system lords. Air Force generals quickly realized that the Stargate network, while incredibly convenient for exploring the galaxy, was woefully insufficient for prosecuting a strategic offensive against an alien race. Stargate Command therefore embarked on a program of rapid spacecraft development, catalyzed by a fortuitous alliance with the technologically-advanced Asgard race from the distant Othala galaxy. While the program initially proceeded in secret, the construction of 112,500-ton Daedalus-class battlecruisers could not be hidden from the world, and the United States was soon forced to reveal the secret of the Stargate to the Russians, British, French, and Chinese in a high-level diplomatic summit.
While the other four powers were not happy about playing second fiddle to the U.S. military, there was no other option save to be cut off from advanced alien technology entirely. As such, an agreement was eventually struck which would see the other four nations incorporate their own armies into the SGC chain of command alongside the majority of active U.S. Army formations, in exchange for equal access to technology and participation in the emerging SGC space fleet. The United States, for their part, were not thrilled to give up valuable military secrets to other countries, particularly Russia and China, but the threat from the Goa’uld was far more pressing, to say nothing of other potentially hostile races yet to be encountered. This campaign begins in the year 2000. The battlecruiser construction program proceeded rapidly and in fact expanded into other projects, such as the Odysseus-class survey cruisers and the Nelson-class escort cruisers, described below.
Politically, there have been some positive knock-on effects from this sudden onset of international cooperation, besides the general proliferation of technology throughout society to improve quality of life. The increase in military spending required for the British and French to integrate with the SGC force structure has renewed the strength of NATO, as some in the United States were beginning to tire of carrying a disproportionate share of the load, and provided a modest economic stimulus in the developing European Union. Meanwhile, adjustments to the US-style organization and command philosophy has pushed the Russians and Chinese to crack down on corruption in their military ranks and to develop a modern NCO corps. Russia in particular has benefitted from the combination of reducing corruption and improving standards of living, leading to unprecedented political stability in the post-Soviet era. This political stability was robust enough to survive an attempted coup in 1999, led by ambitious ex-KGB officers backed by shadowy Russian oligarchs.
Game Settings:
Random Stars, 1024 maximum systems, 60/12 local system generation settings
20% global survey speed, 150% global difficulty
Starting population 2 billion, 50% local research rate modifier, Limited Research Administration
5 NPRS @ 25-50 LY, all spoilers except Rakhas, 30% ruins generation
10% new race generation chance, set to generate as player races
Roughly doubled initial RP and BP, shipyards and maintenance facilities configured to match
It should go without saying that this will be a very non-canon setting. Random Stars is on so pray to your preferred Goa’uld that there is not a game-breaking bug this time.
Ship Designs
The Daedalus-class battlecruisers make up the core of the Tau’ri fleet. It is a multi-purpose class armed with four powerful Asgard beam weapons, 32 railgun batteries, 16 VLS missile tubes launching Mark VIII tactical nuclear missiles, and a strike group of 16 F-302 interceptors. The beam weapons and neutrino-ion hyperdrive are fully Asgard technology, which the Tau’ri are able to build but cannot yet create designs of the same tech level. Due to the mismatch of racial technologies, the power input to the Asgard components is limited, reducing the rate of fire for the beam weapons as well as the squadron jump capabilities of the hyperdrive unit. Six units are in service: USS Daedalus, USS Odyssey, RFS Korolev, USS Apollo, PRCS Sun Tzu, USS George Hammond.
BC-304 Daedalus class Battlecruiser 112,500 tons 3,151 Crew 20,293.4 BP TCS 2,250 TH 9,000 EM 12,780
4000 km/s JR 3-50 Armour 5-207 Shields 426-426 HTK 686 Sensors 33/66/0/0 DCR 125 PPV 280
Maint Life 2.15 Years MSP 27,742 AFR 810% IFR 11.2% 1YR 8,071 5YR 121,069 Max Repair 6432.6 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 8,000 tons Magazine 2,208
Colonel Control Rating 3 BRG AUX ENG
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Flight Crew Berths 160 Morale Check Required
Asgard Neutrino-Ion Hyperdrive Max Ship Size 112800 tons Distance 50k km Squadron Size 3
General Electric ID60-GE-02 SM750 Warship Ion Drive (12) Power 9000.0 Fuel Use 24.49% Signature 750.00 Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 5,000,000 Litres Range 32.7 billion km (94 days at full power)
AN/SHQ-421 Asgard-Delta Shield Generator (6) Recharge Time 426 seconds (1 per second)
Asgard Plasma Beam Weapon (4) Range 240,000km TS: 4,000 km/s Power 37-3.25 ROF 60
BAE Systems 5"/38 Railgun Battery Mk 29 (32x4) Range 80,000km TS: 4,000 km/s Power 6-3 RM 40,000 km ROF 10
Asgard Targeting System (1) Max Range: 256,000 km TS: 4,000 km/s
AN/SPQ-426 Battery Targeting System (4) Max Range: 128,000 km TS: 4,000 km/s
Asgard Power Core (2) Total Power Output 26.2 Exp 5%
General Atomics R24 Zero Point Module Mk 5 (4) Total Power Output 96.2 Exp 5%
Lockheed Martin Mark 32 VLS Missile Tube (16) Missile Size: 6.00 Rate of Fire 40
AN/SPG-422 Missile Guidance System (4) Range 79.6m km Resolution 100
AIM-120ES Air-to-Air Missile (256) Speed: 40,000 km/s End: 0.6m Range: 1.4m km WH: 1 Size: 1
Mark VIII Tactical Missile (320) Speed: 25,000 km/s End: 32.2m Range: 48.3m km WH: 9 Size: 6
AN/SPW-463 Missile Warning System (1) GPS 63 Range 14.9m km MCR 1.3m km Resolution 1
AN/SPS-427 Warship Search Aedar (1) GPS 12600 Range 97.5m km Resolution 100
AN/SLQ-466 Warship Counter-Aedar (1) Sensitivity 66 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 64.2m km
AN/SAY-433 Warship Thermal Sensor (1) Sensitivity 33.00 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 45.4m km
Strike Group
16x F-302 Interceptor Speed: 8007 km/s Size: 9.99
Long-range strike capability is provided by the F-302 multi-role interceptor, armed with four AIM-120ES missiles (the -S suffix denotes an adapted model for deep space combat) and nose-mounted twin railguns. As a multi-role class, the F-302 may suffer from a lack of specialization as it does not excel in any single combat role.
F-302 class Interceptor 500 tons 6 Crew 112.2 BP TCS 10 TH 80 EM 0
8007 km/s Armour 1-5 Shields 0-0 HTK 2 Sensors 2/2/0/0 DCR 0 PPV 3.35
Maint Life 2.08 Years MSP 45 AFR 100% IFR 1.4% 1YR 14 5YR 208 Max Repair 40.00 MSP
Magazine 4
Major Control Rating 1
Intended Deployment Time: 3 days Morale Check Required
Rolls-Royce ID03-RR-01 Gremlin Ion Drive (1) Power 80.0 Fuel Use 600.00% Signature 80.00 Explosion 20%
Fuel Capacity 23,000 Litres Range 1.38 billion km (47 hours at full power)
BAE Systems 5" Twin Nose Railgun Mk 21 (1x2) Range 64,000km TS: 8,007 km/s Power 3.0-3 RM 40,000 km ROF 5
AN/APQ-413 Railgun Fire Control (1) Max Range: 64,000 km TS: 8,000 km/s
General Atomics R3 Naquadah Reactor Mk 5 (1) Total Power Output 3 Exp 10%
External Launch Rail (4) Missile Size: 1 Hangar Reload 50 minutes MF Reload 8 hours
AN/APG-402 Missile Guidance System (1) Range 5.4m km Resolution 1
AIM-120ES Air-to-Air Missile (4) Speed: 40,000 km/s End: 0.6m Range: 1.4m km WH: 1 Size: 1
AN/APS-411 Interceptor Search Aedar (1) GPS 11 Range 6.1m km MCR 545.7k km Resolution 1
AN/ARY-403 Interceptor RF Scanner (1) Sensitivity 2.2 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 11.7m km
AN/AAY-404 Interceptor IR Scanner (1) Sensitivity 2.2 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 11.7m km
Recent astronautical engineering efforts of the Tau’ri have led to the introduction of the Odysseus-class survey cruiser. Constructed entirely from Earth-designed components, the Odysseus class costs only half as much to build as the Daedalus class although it is not nearly as capable in combat, armed with only two dozen railgun batteries and lacking any missile tubes or plasma beam weapons. Rather, the Odysseus cruisers are able to carry out deep space surveys by deploying their 8-craft complement, providing resupply and protection for the small and vulnerable survey wing. Four of these have been constructed: USS Odysseus, HMS Royal Sovereign, USS Hercules, and FNS Jeanne d’Arc.
SC-404 Odysseus class Survey Cruiser 112,500 tons 2,359 Crew 9,523.9 BP TCS 2,250 TH 4,500 EM 8,520
2000 km/s JR 2-25(C) Armour 3-207 Shields 284-426 HTK 667 Sensors 132/66/0/0 DCR 250 PPV 120
Maint Life 8.21 Years MSP 17,512 AFR 405% IFR 5.6% 1YR 462 5YR 6,926 Max Repair 285.8 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 8,000 tons Magazine 144
Colonel Control Rating 3 BRG AUX ENG
Intended Deployment Time: 72 months Flight Crew Berths 160 Morale Check Required
United Gravitics ZP01-UG-04 Zero-Point Hyperdrive Max Ship Size 112500 tons Distance 25k km Squadron Size 2
General Electric ID60-GE-03 SM375 Efficiency Ion Drive (12) Power 4500.0 Fuel Use 4.33% Signature 375.00 Explosion 5%
Fuel Capacity 4,000,000 Litres Range 147.8 billion km (855 days at full power)
AN/SHQ-421 Asgard-Delta Shield Generator (4) Recharge Time 426 seconds (0.7 per second)
BAE Systems 5"/38 Railgun Battery Mk 29 (24x4) Range 80,000km TS: 4,000 km/s Power 6-3 RM 40,000 km ROF 10
AN/SPQ-426 Battery Targeting System (3) Max Range: 128,000 km TS: 4,000 km/s
General Atomics R24 Zero Point Module Mk 5 (3) Total Power Output 72.2 Exp 5%
AN/DSC-288 Dial Home Buoy (36) Speed: 0 km/s End: 0m Range: 0m km WH: 0 Size: 4
AN/SPS-427 Warship Search Aedar (1) GPS 12600 Range 97.5m km Resolution 100
AN/SPW-463 Missile Warning System (1) GPS 63 Range 14.9m km MCR 1.3m km Resolution 1
AN/SLQ-466 Warship Counter-Aedar (1) Sensitivity 66 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 64.2m km
AN/SAS-432 Infrared Search Array (1) Sensitivity 132 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 90.8m km
Strike Group
3x S-405E Athena Geological Survey Craft Speed: 3001 km/s Size: 19.99
3x S-405V Apollo Gravitational Survey Craft Speed: 3001 km/s Size: 19.99
2x S-405R Argonaut Survey Scout Speed: 3001 km/s Size: 19.99
The survey wing of an Odysseus-class cruiser is made up of three classes sharing a common base hull. The Athena and Apollo-class survey craft are equipped with geological and gravitational survey sensors, respectively, while the Argonaut-class survey scouts instead possess general-purpose sensors and a communications buoy laying system for establishing lines of communication into new star systems. All survey craft are equipped with self-jump hyperdrives allowing for independent survey operations as long as the target star systems are near enough to whatever system the Odysseus-class mothership watches over.
S-405E Athena class Geological Survey Craft 1,000 tons 25 Crew 173.2 BP TCS 20 TH 60 EM 0
3001 km/s JR 1-50 Armour 1-8 Shields 0-0 HTK 7 Sensors 2/2/0/1 DCR 0 PPV 0
Maint Life 6.46 Years MSP 104 AFR 16% IFR 0.2% 1YR 4 5YR 64 Max Repair 100 MSP
Major Control Rating 1
Intended Deployment Time: 24 months Morale Check Required
United Gravitics HN02-UG-05 Naquadah Hyperdrive Max Ship Size 1020.0 tons Distance 50k km Squadron Size 1
Pratt & Whitney ID06-PW-06 Seraph Ion Drive (1) Power 60.0 Fuel Use 36.54% Signature 60.00 Explosion 7%
Fuel Capacity 85,000 Litres Range 41.9 billion km (161 days at full power)
AN/BPN-401 Navigational Aedar (1) GPS 210 Range 12.6m km Resolution 100
AN/ARY-403 Interceptor RF Scanner (1) Sensitivity 2.2 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 11.7m km
AN/AAY-404 Interceptor IR Scanner (1) Sensitivity 2.2 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 11.7m km
Geological Survey Sensors (1) 1 Survey Points Per Hour
S-405V Apollo class Gravitational Survey Craft 1,000 tons 25 Crew 173.2 BP TCS 20 TH 60 EM 0
3001 km/s JR 1-50 Armour 1-8 Shields 0-0 HTK 7 Sensors 2/2/1/0 DCR 0 PPV 0
Maint Life 6.46 Years MSP 104 AFR 16% IFR 0.2% 1YR 4 5YR 64 Max Repair 100 MSP
Major Control Rating 1
Intended Deployment Time: 24 months Morale Check Required
United Gravitics HN02-UG-05 Naquadah Hyperdrive Max Ship Size 1020.0 tons Distance 50k km Squadron Size 1
Pratt & Whitney ID06-PW-06 Seraph Ion Drive (1) Power 60.0 Fuel Use 36.54% Signature 60.00 Explosion 7%
Fuel Capacity 85,000 Litres Range 41.9 billion km (161 days at full power)
AN/BPN-401 Navigational Aedar (1) GPS 210 Range 12.6m km Resolution 100
AN/ARY-403 Interceptor RF Scanner (1) Sensitivity 2.2 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 11.7m km
AN/AAY-404 Interceptor IR Scanner (1) Sensitivity 2.2 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 11.7m km
Gravitational Survey Sensors (1) 1 Survey Points Per Hour
S-405R Argonaut class Survey Scout 1,000 tons 22 Crew 126.2 BP TCS 20 TH 60 EM 0
3001 km/s JR 1-50 Armour 1-8 Shields 0-0 HTK 8 Sensors 5/5/0/0 DCR 0 PPV 1.2
Maint Life 5.82 Years MSP 39 AFR 16% IFR 0.2% 1YR 2 5YR 29 Max Repair 31.5 MSP
Magazine 40
Major Control Rating 1
Intended Deployment Time: 24 months Morale Check Required
United Gravitics HN02-UG-05 Naquadah Hyperdrive Max Ship Size 1020.0 tons Distance 50k km Squadron Size 1
Pratt & Whitney ID06-PW-06 Seraph Ion Drive (1) Power 60.0 Fuel Use 36.54% Signature 60.00 Explosion 7%
Fuel Capacity 85,000 Litres Range 41.9 billion km (161 days at full power)
Buoy Ejection System Mk 4 (1) Missile Size: 4.0 Rate of Fire 1500
Buoy Control System Mk 1 (1) Range 2.5m km Resolution 1
AN/DSC-288 Dial Home Buoy (10) Speed: 0 km/s End: 0m Range: 0m km WH: 0 Size: 4
AN/APS-431 Small Search Aedar (1) GPS 3150 Range 48.7m km Resolution 100
AN/AAY-407 Small IR Sensor (1) Sensitivity 5.5 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 18.5m km
AN/ARY-406 Small RF Scanner (1) Sensitivity 5.5 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 18.5m km
The most recent innovation by SGC engineers is the Nelson-class escort cruiser. Only half the size as its older siblings, the Nelson class is designed for long-haul escort missions as a deterrent against raiders from Goa’uld or other hostile races which might prey on Tau’ri convoys. Despite its small size, the Nelson class retains respectable combat capabilities, mounting the same railgun armament as the Odysseus class, three-quarters of the missile launchers as the Daedalus class, and a full strike group of 16 F-302 interceptors to eliminate enemy raiders before they can get close to a vulnerable convoy. The Nelson class is also the first SGC warship to mount components designed and manufactured by the Russians, in the form of the 2K50 Molniya beam weapons and the accompanying power plants, which are pale imitations of the Asgard beam weapons but provide an important long-range artillery capability nevertheless. The chief weakness of the Nelson class is its staying power, with only half the shielding and missile magazine capacity as the larger Daedalus class the Nelsons are not expected to stand in the line of battle against a serious alien attack fleet. Four of these are in service: the HMS Nelson, RFS Kirov, FNS Napoleon, and PRCS Zheng He, and the SGC expects ships of the class to be in high demand for the coming years.
EC-410 Nelson class Escort Cruiser 56,250 tons 1,292 Crew 6,167.3 BP TCS 1,125 TH 2,250 EM 6,390
2000 km/s Armour 4-130 Shields 213-426 HTK 370 Sensors 33/11/0/0 DCR 50 PPV 198
Maint Life 5.54 Years MSP 5,991 AFR 506% IFR 7.0% 1YR 329 5YR 4,931 Max Repair 126 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 8,000 tons Magazine 822
Colonel Control Rating 3 BRG AUX ENG
Intended Deployment Time: 48 months Flight Crew Berths 160 Morale Check Required
General Electric ID60-GE-03 SM375 Efficiency Ion Drive (6) Power 2250.0 Fuel Use 4.33% Signature 375.00 Explosion 5%
Fuel Capacity 2,250,000 Litres Range 166.3 billion km (962 days at full power)
AN/SHQ-421 Asgard-Delta Shield Generator (3) Recharge Time 426 seconds (0.5 per second)
Novator 2K50 Molniya Beam Weapon (4) Range 200,000km TS: 4,000 km/s Power 10-3.5 ROF 15
BAE Systems 5"/38 Railgun Battery Mk 29 (24x4) Range 80,000km TS: 4,000 km/s Power 6-3 RM 40,000 km ROF 10
Asgard Targeting System (1) Max Range: 256,000 km TS: 4,000 km/s
AN/SPQ-426 Battery Targeting System (3) Max Range: 128,000 km TS: 4,000 km/s
General Atomics R24 Zero Point Module Mk 5 (3) Total Power Output 72.2 Exp 5%
Minatom PKT-7 Zero Point Mirror Cell (2) Total Power Output 14.5 Exp 7%
Lockheed Martin Mark 32 VLS Missile Tube (12) Missile Size: 6.00 Rate of Fire 40
AN/SPG-422 Missile Guidance System (3) Range 79.6m km Resolution 100
AIM-120ES Air-to-Air Missile (128) Speed: 40,000 km/s End: 0.6m Range: 1.4m km WH: 1 Size: 1
Mark VIII Tactical Missile (112) Speed: 25,000 km/s End: 32.2m Range: 48.3m km WH: 9 Size: 6
AN/SPS-427 Warship Search Aedar (1) GPS 12600 Range 97.5m km Resolution 100
AN/SPW-463 Missile Warning System (1) GPS 63 Range 14.9m km MCR 1.3m km Resolution 1
AN/SLQ-434 Warship Counter-Aedar (1) Sensitivity 11.0 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 26.2m km
AN/SAY-433 Warship Thermal Sensor (1) Sensitivity 33.00 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 45.4m km
Strike Group
16x F-302 Interceptor Speed: 8007 km/s Size: 9.99
The SGC has also authorized a number of auxiliary and commercial vessels to be designed and constructed to support the expansion of the Tau’ri. Fleet auxiliaries share the design number sequence of the military class designs. The D-406 Dionysus-class diplomatic ship is a small (11,000-ton) long-range vessel intended to hold position in or near alien systems to facilitate diplomatic negotiations. The 45,000-ton U-407 (‘U’ for utility) Custer-class troop transport allows the SGC to relocate up to 25,000 tons of soldiers and equipment to distant worlds, either without relying on the limited and vulnerable stargates or to establish a military presence on planets outside of the stargate network. The U-408 Challenge-class auxiliary tender of similar size is able to transport ships without their own hyperdrive units through hyperspace, and also carries maintenance supplies to provide support to military ships in the field. Finally, the U-409 Mender-class salvager is the largest ship in the auxiliary fleet at nearly 75,000 tons displacement, and is equipped with twin salvage crane arms to collect and transport up to 25,000 tons of wreckage to a planet where it can be scrapped for raw materials.
SGC Auxiliary Fleet:
2x D-406 Dionysus-class Diplomatic Ships: USS Dionysus, USS Ariadne
4x U-407 Custer-class Troop Transports: USS Cabell, USS Crockett, USS Custer, USS Lubbock
4x U-408 Challenge class Auxiliary Tender: USS Carib, USS Challenge, USS Hamul, USS Wateree
2x U-409 Mender class Salvager: USS Alcor, USS Mender
Additional commercial ship classes have been developed outside the direct purview of the SGC to fill the need for bulk transport of goods and people through Tau’ri space. These are briefly summarized below:
10x United States class Colony Ship: 250,000 tons infrastructure + 50,000 colonists capacity, 66,728 tons
10x San Diego class Freighter: 25,000 tons cargo capacity, 42,054 tons
5x Reigate class Tanker: 25,000,000 liters fuel capacity, 42,059 tons
5x Mountain class Asteroid Miner: 15 orbital mining modules, 105,933 tons
Ground Forces
The SGC controls a multinational force based on the US Army’s novel brigade combat team (BCT) structure. NATO members France and the UK can easily adapt to the US-style organization and equipment, but lack the manpower and funding to raise significant formations armed with new technology, so have each contributed one division under a joint forces corps. Russia and China, while able to field a large force with the new technology in principle, will take some time to fully integrate with the US-style organization and command structure, so each has raised one understrength corps built around their most elite fighting formations. The non-US fraction of the SGC-controlled army is expected to increase over time, probably through training and deployment of light garrison forces at extrasolar colonies in the near future.
Three types of BCT are deployed. The Infantry BCT is the lightest type, requiring less than 10,000 tons of transport capacity to deploy 810 riflemen, 234 heavy weapons, 60 utility vehicles, and other supporting elements to an area of operations. The Kodiak BCT is the medium type based on recent developments of the Kodiak armored vehicle series, intended to strike a balance between the light, easily-deployable infantry and the powerful but logistically-demanding armored units. These are built around 810 riflemen and 202 Kodiak combat vehicles, supported by 60 utility vehicles, requiring just over 12,000 tons of transport capacity to deploy. Finally, the heaviest Armored BCT requires 12,500 tons of transport capacity to deploy, and consists of 71 Abrams main battle tanks, 44 Bradley fighting vehicles including specialist variants, 240 riflemen, 18 M270A4 multiple launch rocket systems, and 60 utility vehicles.
Brigade combat teams are further organized into divisions, which provide divisional artillery and other support for 2-3 BCTs each. The more common infantry division type supports the BCTs with 54 towed artillery pieces, 24 MIM-104GS Patriot SAM systems, 18 Grizzly heavy construction vehicles, and 24 utility vehicles along with the division headquarters. A few divisions are based on the armored division type, bringing to bear 54 Cataphract self-propelled howitzers and 18 multiple-launch rocket systems to provide a greater weight of supporting fire. While the armored division also includes 24 Patriot systems and 60 utility vehicles, it lacks the battlefield construction equipment of the infantry division and is therefore poorly suited for defensive missions. Divisions are in turn organized under Corps formations, which provide similar support to an infantry division but with a larger complement of 54 construction vehicles. In addition to controlling 2-4 divisions, a Corps may control independent BCTs, construction brigades of 72 construction vehicles, and sustainment group formations stocked with munitions to support extended campaigns.
Author’s note: since anti-air in Aurora is completely useless, the Patriot batteries are modeled with small Gauss turrets, which do after all provide air defense capability after a fashion.
In addition to the main combat and support troops, the SGC also maintains a robust Special Operations Command (SOC). Besides the basic logistics elements and the 75th US Army Rangers Regiment, three unique formation types fall under SOC command. Ground Survey Divisions equipped with 112 M5A1 G.E.O.R.G.E. vehicles are raised to conduct geological surveys of specially-identified planets and moons in search of valuable minerals which cannot be found from an orbital survey. The similar Xenoarcheology Divisions are equipped with 112 M5A2 X.E.N.A. vehicles and are specially trained for excavation and translation of alien ruins, which can then be salvaged by construction brigades if any valuable installations or materials might be found. Finally, four surface defense brigades have been raised, which operate ground-based versions of the Asgard Plasma Beam Weapons as well as specially-developed 8-inch heavy railgun batteries. The surface defense brigades each possess a dozen of these weapons, evenly split between the two types, as well as supporting elements for air defense and field fortification.
The order of battle, including multinational formations under control of the US Army for SGC operations, is given below:
SGC Army Forces Command (FORSCOM)
Third Army (US Central, ARCENT)
I Corps
7th Infantry Division (2x SBCT)
25th Infantry Division (1x SBCT, 3x IBCT)
593rd Sustainment Group
III Corps
1st Armored Division (3x ABCT)
1st Cavalry Division (3x ABCT)
1st Infantry Division (2x ABCT)
4th Infantry Division (2x SBCT, 1x ABCT)
3rd Cavalry Regiment ‘Brave Rifles’ (SBCT)
13th Sustainment Group
XVIII Airborne Corps
3rd Infantry Division (2x ABCT)
10th Mountain Division (3x IBCT)
82nd Airborne Division (3x IBCT)
101st Airborne Division (3x IBCT)
3x Army Engineer Brigade
3x Theater Sustainment Command
Seventh Army (Europe, AREUR)
V Corps
2nd Cavalry Regiment ‘Dragoons’ (SBCT)
173rd Airborne Brigade ‘Sky Soldiers’ (IBCT)
3rd Sustainment Group
European Joint Forces Corps
1st Armée de Terre Division (FR) (1x ABCT, 1x SBCT, 1x IBCT)
3rd (UK) Mechanised Division (1x ABCT, 1x SBCT, 1x IBCT)
Joint Forces Sustainment Group
8th Guards Combined Arms Army (RU)
2nd Taman Guards Motor Rifle Division (2x SBCT, 1x ABCT)
4th Kantemir Guards Tank Division (2x ABCT, 1x SBCT)
118th Material Support Brigade
130th Army Engineer Brigade
2x Theater Sustainment Command
Eighth Army (Pacific, ARPAC)
1st Group Army (PRC)
1st Amphibious Infantry Division (2x IBCT)
6th Armored Division (1x ABCT, 1x SBCT)
72nd Logistics Brigade
2nd Infantry Division (2x SBCT)
1x Theater Sustainment Command
Special Operations Command (SGCSOC)
75th US Army Rangers Regiment
2x Ground Survey Division
2x Xenoarcheology Division
4x Surface Defense Brigade
528th Sustainment Group
3rd Infantry Regiment ‘The Old Guard’ (IBCT)
These forces require a total spaceborne transport requirement of over 1,450,000 tons to deploy off-world, although it is unlikely that the entire SGC-controlled army will be deployed to a single planet all at once, aside from Earth of course.
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OOC Notes: This is intended to be a “for-fun” AAR campaign in which I will try and probably fail to resist the urge to be extremely detailed, as the high-detail work I am trying to save until 2.2 comes out, so I will be keeping the entire AAR in a single thread including comments. As always in these threads, comments are not only welcomed but coveted, as the author has a fragile ego and requires constant validation from internet strangers. ;D
This is a reboot of a Stargate-themed campaign I started and quickly aborted in 1.13, primarily because controlling survey parasites was agonizingly painful. I hope the squadron feature added in 2.0+ will make a difference here, but if not the survey speed is 20% of normal so at least I will not have to deal with it as often.
One last note of minor interest: usually I do not start an AAR without first generating a buffer of a few updates, partially in a futile attempt to maintain the mythical "update schedule" and partially to ensure that the setting is interesting enough. I am not doing that this time around as I am bored of waiting for 2.2 and want to write something, so we will see how this unprecedented change of pace works out. Hopefully well.
Andrew:
Looking forward to it.
The British Division should probably not be Royal Army Division as it is the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy but the British Army not the Royal Army, Possibly the Guards Division which is made of the various Guards Cavalry and Infantry Regiments and is a solid name, the Guards Armoured Division was a notable force in WW2, othewise 7th Armoured or 51st Highland Divisions are also fairly renowned division level formations for the British army
nuclearslurpee:
--- Quote from: Andrew on May 27, 2023, 04:09:24 AM ---Looking forward to it.
The British Division should probably not be Royal Army Division as it is the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy but the British Army not the Royal Army, Possibly the Guards Division which is made of the various Guards Cavalry and Infantry Regiments and is a solid name, the Guards Armoured Division was a notable force in WW2, othewise 7th Armoured or 51st Highland Divisions are also fairly renowned division level formations for the British army
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I think I will change this. I copied the ground OOB from my 1.13 notes so I don't remember some of the decisions made way back then.
Garfunkel:
3rd (UK) Mechanised Division (UK) is a bit tautological :P
Looking forward to this!
El Pip:
The SGC has gone very chunky with it's ships which is always nice to see. Might this mean more focus on individual ships, as there are fewer of them? I also wonder which way they will go when the mixed armament proves ineffective, because 16 sz6 launchers seems like a recipe for firing a lot of missiles to very little effect (at least under current rules).
Much to look forward to.
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