Legbreaker:
Raellus:
I'm brainstorming some reasons for PPCLI troops to be in Canada in 2001.
Order of Battle
The following order of battle is as of 1 July 2000.
MARITIME COMMAND
Current Location: Canadian Maritimes
1st Infantry Brigade
1/Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
2/Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
3/Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Raellus:
If I do stick with PPCLI, I wanted my PC to be from the 3rd Battalion which was airborne qualified.
legbreaker:
That would be C Coy, 3PPCLI. The same unit my character is from.
Guys,
Re-reading, I realised the above is correct, the PPCLI isn't in Europe at all but the Maritimes.
Also, characters who are airborne qualified have in effect joined the Canadian Airborne Regiment. This unit has battle groups located both in Europe and in Quebec, so there are personnel stationed in Canada.
1/Canadian Airborne Regiment (E, P): 300 men (Gaspé, Quebec)
- "Canada: 2000" Challenge #30.
Also, there will also be administrative units located in Canada, as previously mentioned.
GM Clarification: for the purpose of the game, as of 1996 the CAR has been reconstituted from the cadre of jump companies in the PPCLI, R22e and RCR. (All the CF PCs are Pats, so I'll refer only to the PPCLI.)
After the disbanding of the CAR, personnel in the "airborne company" of the PPCLI still trained regularly down at the Ranger school in Ft. Benning Georgia and at the jump school in Canada to keep up the skill sets. (These soldiers were still entitled to wear the red paratrooper beret.)
PCs in the PPCLI before the war can start as "Airborne" and therefore
train as per US Army Rangers (including the Basic Training package, Subsequent skills, etc.).
Or, they can also start in one of the "Line Infantry" Coys of the PPCLI, then transfer into the Jump Coy, (switching from Commonwealth Infantry to the "Ranger" career as above). Note, there is no affect on Promotions for this "change" in "branch".
When the CAR is reconstituted in 1996, these characters get 1 "subsequent" terms as "Airborne Commandos" (Raiders, as below). However, again there is no -2 on promotions as per Changing Branches.
http://users.usinternet.com/mi...2k/html/raiders.html
(Berg doesn't have the Raiders' Promotions rolls listed, so use 6+, +1 if INT and/or +1 if Officers went to Military Academy as per Rangers.)
Edit:
Please note that you can now only have a maximum of 1 Terms in the Airborne: the war. (I have changed my mind, because the random nature of when the war occurs means you can't reliably join for over 1 term and then count on the war starting.) So, when war is declared, you go into the Airborne if you were in a parachute coy.
Note: you don't get the "1st term" skills if you've already had Ranger Basic, as this training is redundant. You just get the doubled skill points, chosen from the subsequent skill list. If you've not had the Ranger Basic when joining the Airborne when the war starts, you do take Raider Basic and get normal subsequent skills (but these skill points aren't doubled due to you missing most of the intense parts of the "hot" war in training).
Once the CAR is back in business, the PPCLI gives up it's jump Coy to form the cadre of the new unit. PCs who are "airborne" still keep a technical affiliation with the Pats, but are for all intents and purposes they are "Airborne" in the CAR. (Due to the elite status of this unit and the encouragement of Regimental identification, they would emphasise being in the Airborne over the PPCLI.)
Characters who are already made may adjust their skills accordingly (all rolls for Contacts and Promotions stay the same) if they wish. My apologies for this clarification due to the complicated nature of the Airborne.
Tony
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:32, Fri 28 Dec 2007.