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[Cheesecake]

Can I vote as well?

If I can: I vote for a speed and mobility oriented mechanized regiment.

[Patrick Hunt]

Oh hells no. COMMISSAR!!!! Shoot that man he's clearly lost his mind.

Uhm Cheese.... did you read what he said? We're not choosing the regiment yet we're choosing if we want a mixed or a pure regiment.

[wolfchild]

I am up to either regiment.

[kaian-a-coel]

I vote for a pure regiment.

[Harbingerjm]

Ok, first things first. Regimental Creation. We'll go step by step.

Is the Regiment a mixed regiment or not?

Normal regiments contain one kind of formation and little else, such as a mechanised infantry unit containing mainly squads on Chimeras and some Sentinels, but mixed regiments contain a more varied force. However those regiments are always the result of two understrength regiments merging, which means that there's going to be mistrust between the different forces.

Just to point out to those that haven't read the Only War rules, but Mixed Regiments still only get the equipment of the core regiment, unless Rhyme is houseruling.

[Rhyme]

I'm houseruling, mainly because this isn't going to be an only war game, I'm just using some of it's rules because they help a lot.

[Patrick Hunt]

I think he's maintaining that.

Basically say we did a mechanized regiment, that regiment has just lost say 1/3 of it's men and a regiment of I dunno uhm, Drop troopers, has just been cut down to 1/3 it's force. In the imperial guard it's perfectly acceptable to take 2 totally different regiments and stick them in together.

Using Rhyme's house ruling just means that we would have both a functional force of drop troopers and mechanized infantry in the same regiment giving players a wider choice.

[Harbingerjm]

I'm houseruling, mainly because this isn't going to be an only war game, I'm just using some of it's rules because they help a lot.

Ok, though fluffwise the Departmento Munitorum is still not likely to give them replacement gear for whatever the new official regiment shouldn't have, and regiments are limited to one role for a reason.

[Patrick Hunt]

Can I suggest only the 5 in decide on the regiment? No offense to anybody else but since it's the 5 of us who'll be playing it to begin with I think we should be the ones to decide what we'll be playing as. Rather then people who might never get in at all.

[wolfchild]

Well I like the idea of Mech Infantry, but also of drop infantry. what other options are there?

[Patrick Hunt]

Give me 2 minutes wolf I'll get a list of all the types.
As far as I know every regiment from both Only War and Hammer of the Emperor is possible.

[Cheesecake]

Well I like the idea of Mech Infantry, but also of drop infantry. what other options are there?

If I recall correctly, there's an ambush/guerrilla style regiment.

[Harbingerjm]

Well I like the idea of Mech Infantry, but also of drop infantry. what other options are there?

Armoured Regiment
Reconnaissance Regiment
Drop Troops
Hunter-Killer
Light Infantry
Line Infantry
Mechanised Infantry
Siege Infantry
Artillery Regiment
Guerrilla Regiment
Grenadiers
Heavy Reconnaissance Regiment
Rough Rider Regiment

Those are the main regiment doctrines from Only War, then there are various other training and equipment doctrines that modify those allowing other kinds of regiments (for instance, if you slap the Cavalry Mounts equipment doctrine on a Drop Troops regiment and give them a home-made flying mount, you can have hilarious fun).

[wolfchild]

I think we should go hybrid 2/3 mech inf 1/3 Armoured, but drop also sounds fun, hell they all sound fun

[Patrick Hunt]

Armored and mech makes very little difference, it would just mean a few heavier tanks.
If we're gonna do a mixed we should pick 2 different kinds.

Like Armoured and Drop Troops to give some variety.