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[Patrick Hunt]

Heh to you maybe I read up everything on 4 races in the space of 2 weeks. I'm not finished sorting it all out in my head yet.

[Rhyme]

Ok, now you get to choose 5 doctrines to further customize the regiment. One of them is for the whole regiment, the others are one for each one of the subregiments. Or you could choose only 2 doctrines that apply to the whole regiment, meaning the regiment, despite being a mixed one, is starting to fight as a single unit.

Doctrines are divided in training doctrines and equipment doctrines.

Spoiler: Training Doctrines (click to show/hide)

Anti-Aircraft: The regiment has specialized in ground to air combat, either through the use of Hydra flak tanks or man portable surface to air launchers.
Anti-Armor: The regiment has specialized in bringing down armored vehicles, and have a good deal of knowledge of where to strike for maximum effect.
Close-Quarters Battle: The regiment excels in battle in closed spaces, with their men using carbines and other short range weapons.
Close Order Drill: The regiment has trained long and hard to operate better in close formations.
Die-Hards: The regiment will not falter in battle, even in the face of adversity.
Favoured Foe: The regiment has one favoured foe, one they hate and they know how to kill in a million ways.
Hardened Fighters: The regiment's soldiers are deadly in melee battle, and they are not afraid to face their enemies in single combat.
Infiltrators: Well used in clandestine warfare, these troopers know how to sow fear and havoc without exposing to the enemy.
Iron Will: The soldiers will do their duty at all costs, however these soldiers expect their officers to be better than them. Failure to do so usually ends at the not-funny end of a Comissar's bolt pistol.
Sharpshooters: The soldiers of the regiment are deadly marksmen, producing some of the finest snipers in the Imperial Guard.

Spoiler: Training Doctrines (click to show/hide)

Augmentics: The regiment has ties with the Adeptus Mechanichus that allow the troopers to get bionic replacements for lost limbs easily.
Cavalry Mounts: The regiment has cavalry mounts for all its soldiers, and provides the necessary equipment to maintain them for battle.
Chamaleoline: The clothes, vehicles, weapons... everything in the regiment has been coated with chamaleoline, which allows the soldiers to blend in with their surroundings.
Combat Drugs: The regiment is given combat drugs that provide some psychological or physical kick to get the men prepared for battle.
Cover Strike: The men in the regiment are specialists in operating behind enemy lines, and as such, they are provided with equipment for this operations, such as synskin suits, preysense googles, survival suits, auspex and so on.
Demolitions: Your men like things to go kaboom. And they have the explosives for it.
Electro-Vox Warfare: Equipped with the best in listening and broadcasting equipment the Munitorum has to offer, these soldiers can give you reliable communications or even interfere with enemy communications.
Forward Observers: Using stealth, navigation skills, speed and hand held targeters, these men go ahead main battle groups and spot targets for air strikes, orbital bombardment or artillery barrages.
Scavengers: Your men have a way to acquire equipment the Munitorum has denied to them. Just don't ask where that executioner cannon came from.
Vanguard: This regiment is equipped with with gear for storming enemy fortifactions, from shotguns to autocannons, if it can be used to kill everything inside a bunker, this guys probably have some of it.
Warrior Weapons: This guys prefere close combat, charging towards their enemies with las pistol and a close combat weapon. At the very least, the Munitorum provides them with good quality weapons.
Wel-Provisioned: The regimental commander has good contacts, and the regiment seems to have a bit of everything. Name it, and it's possible there's at least one of it in the regiment.

[Patrick Hunt]

Can I have Vanguard for the drop battalion please, they're our front line heavy offense so shotguns and auto cannons to go along with the standard las carbines/rifles and heavy armor is a great combo for anything from open field to storming a compound and anything in between.

I'd suggest Die-Hards for the regiment, it would signify that our regiment is made up of veterans who survived the destruction of there individual regiments and means our men will be damned difficult to route.



So obviously I'm going for the 1 and 4 option, with 4 different battalions all meant for different roles it's more effective.

[Rhyme]

the standard hotshot las and heavy armor

Hotshot lasgun and standard in the same setence? Has The Beast of Apocalypse written an Imperial Guard Codex?

Jokes aside. Hotshot lasguns are only standard to stormtroopers. And of those, you may get one or two squads. The same goes for caparace armor (which is the closest the Imperial Guard gets to heavy armor)

[kaian-a-coel]

The guerilla should have Cover Strike, or something like this.
The drop, probably Demolition or maybe Die Hard.
The armoured core should have Vanguard, if it has any effect on tanks, or antitank otherwise.
The artillery... I dunno. Sharpshooters? Anti aircraft? Electrovox?

[Patrick Hunt]

I realized right after I typed it so edited it out, I wasa thinking about the character I'd like when I typed it.

Vanguard doesn't effect armoured very much, they have limited infantry forces that will mostly remain near the tanks.

Regiment : Die-Hards. ( Make the whole regiment harder to route. )
Drop : Vanguard. ( Provide weapons for close quarters, street to street and heavy assault fighting. )
Guerilla : Infiltrators. ( Gives the skills for stealth operations and wreaking havoc quietly. )
Armoured : Anti armor. ( Remove enemy armor before it can damage our own. )
Artillery : Forward Observer. ( They call in artillery strikes, no brainer. )


Can I suggest people explain why they've picked a specific training? It'd make it simpler to understand what your idea is.

[kaian-a-coel]

Is forward observer beneficial for artillery? I was under the impression it was more something to give to infantry regiment so they can call in support from outside the map, so to speak.

[kaian-a-coel]

Disregard unstable wifi shenanigans.

[Patrick Hunt]

Hmmm I'm not sure but really not much is useful for artillery, I'm waiting for Rhyme so I can find out. Maybe the infantry from the regiment can use it if not I'm not sure what to get them. I guess communication is useful to have on the safest force.

[Rhyme]

Forward observers can be used for the artillery part of the regiment. It just means they have scouts of their own so they can be more accurate (accurate with Imperial standards in mind)

[Patrick Hunt]

Ok we need forward obs, you don't wanna see imperial artillery without it lol. At least this way when they fire they'll only miss by about 10 feet.

[kaian-a-coel]

I once saw an imperial super heavy tank shoot itself in the back while trying to obliterate a lictor in front of it. It did no damage but was absolutely hilarious nonetheless.

[wolfchild]

I like that list, although Iron will was more interesting for me than die hard, die hard is a very close second

[Patrick Hunt]

(( The 2 have similar effects, die hard is just more of a morale bonus. ))

[Rhyme]

I realized right after I typed it so edited it out, I wasa thinking about the character I'd like when I typed it.

Vanguard doesn't effect armoured very much, they have limited infantry forces that will mostly remain near the tanks.

Regiment : Die-Hards. ( Make the whole regiment harder to route. )
Drop : Vanguard. ( Provide weapons for close quarters, street to street and heavy assault fighting. )
Guerilla : Infiltrators. ( Gives the skills for stealth operations and wreaking havoc quietly. )
Armoured : Anti armor. ( Remove enemy armor before it can damage our own. )
Artillery : Forward Observer. ( They call in artillery strikes, no brainer. )


Can I suggest people explain why they've picked a specific training? It'd make it simpler to understand what your idea is.

So it seems people liked this. Then we get to the part when this starts to look like a real multiplayer game.

You get to choose who is your character from a set of basic "classes". Some of them are open to more customization than others. The classes are:

Officer: This class represents liutenants and captains. You get to choose which one you want, with liutenants being more liked by the soldiers and captains being in a higher position.
Veteran: From sergeants that have served for years and now command a veteran squad to the stormtrooper sergeants. The stormtroopers have better equipment, but are not as liked as veteran sergeants. However, because of their experience, both kind of sergeants have an important position in the regiment, and their advice is well regarded by the commander.
Senior Techpriest (only 1): As the oldest and more important techpriest in the regiment, you are in charge of the equipment and vehicles of the regiment. Yours is the final say on the deployment of vehicles if you think they're too damaged or too precious (or you just want to teach the commander a lesson).
Senior Priest (only 1): Sent from the Adeptus Ministorum, you are supposed to rally the troops and inspire them, and the soldiers respect you.
Lord Commissar (only 1): As the highest ranking commisar of the regiment, yours is the responsability to watch the commander and see if he maintains his loyalty to the Emperor. And you also direct the other commisars, obviously.
Liaison: You act as a link between the regiment and some other organization. It could be another regiment, the Imperial Navy or any other organization.
If you have any suggestion which hasn't been covered here, just tell me.