Hi all!
We've been down this road before. Please do not combine the Tech Guard
and the Imperial Guard!
Each belongs to a different branch of the Imperial Armed Forces.
Although they may resemble each other, and share some of the same units,
they support two completely different organizations. Mars and Earth.
The Mars/Earth alliance was forged by the Emperor, after years of
seperation. The forces of Mars and Earth are still seperated. Our
force lists should reqognise this difference as well. Mars had the
technology, but earth had the people. If you look at the force lists
for these two armies, you'll see the difference.
Mars controlls the Forge Worlds. The Tech Guard is thier own private
army. The Knight Worlds are simply raw supply worlds for Mars. The
Knight families owe alliegence to Mars. Mars owes alligence to the
Emperor.
Earth and Mars both support the Emperor and humanity, but both have a
different way of doing things. Neither would allow it's worlds, and
forces, to be ruled by the other.
Warprat ;)
Kelvin wrote:
>
> At 11:54 PM 5/24/00 -0400, Joshua W Raup wrote:
>
> >Basically, I see the tech-guard as support units
> >for Titans, such as the Titan Defense company, and special support cards
> >like the ordinatus. The current set up, has them as IG (they aren't any
> >different), with some better special cards, but lacking some of the
> >common units of the IG. And, seeing as the AM make ALL the IG weapons
> >and vehicles, why shouldn't they be able to use them all? Can you
> >honestly say that they don't keep more than a few, if only to "field
> >test" them? No, I still say combine the IG and TG lists inot one.
>
> No. Please no. The Tech Guard are an independant force list and I for one
> would like to see them stay that way. They have a very unique character
> that I would be sorry to lose (if not just for the fact that I have a TG
> army but no IG force). The TG are, as you say, a support force for the
> Titans they lovingly build and maintain. The units they field reflect
> this. The Titan Defence companies are used to provide infantry support to
> the Titans, the Tech Assault Companies to provide highly mobile assault
> support, the Stormblades used as anti-Titan/armour units to enter built-up
> areas and knock out enemy armour (the Titans are more than capable of
> taking down armour in the open). The Knights form the mobile armour of the
> army (albeit EXPENSIVE mobile armour) as well as some limited fire-support
> while the almighty Titans form the core of the force. This is in stark
> contrast to the IG formations of large columns of infantry, tanks and
> artillery backed up by the odd Titan or two.
>
> Sure the the TG may keep the odd Shadowsword or Stormhammer to "field test"
> but that would be all. They wouldn't use them themselves as 1: they must
> send all they can to keep up with the demands of the Imperial Guard (the
> Stormbaldes are used by the TG as they are ideal for short-range support
> for Titans in built up areas and the TG can cope with the high maintenance
> demands) and 2: they don't NEED them! The Titans and Knights they field
> more than adequately (from the TG's point of view) fulfill the roles they
> need nicely, why bother with superheavy tanks? They can't keep up with the
> Titans and Knights when they are on the move.
>
> No. I like the idea of keeping the TG as a seperate list. It give the
> Imperial forces a bit of variety that they need.
>
> -Kelvin....
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