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| North Korea (Chris) | Mar 5 2014, 02:49 PM Post #1 |
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[align=center]Orbats. [/align] An Orbat (Order of Battle) is an essential feature for military operations in 21C. Prior to commencing operations an orbat from both sides must be drawn up and listed in the opening two posts of the conflict thread, this prevents debate and argument during the course of the war over which ships/tanks/planes/men are where and in what numbers and permits the smooth running of the conflict rather than one player waiting days for the disposition of forces to appear before they can act. No Orbat, no war. End of. Orbats can be a bit tricky, long winded and a pain in the ass to write depending who you are playing as. Large militaries make it a ballache to list so much hardware and it can be hard work keeping tabs of what's where. Similarly some nations are hard to find reliable information on things like figures, deployments etc so if you're struggling just ask in the military help desk and among the community we will find out what you're after. Also, keep in mind that you can't really just pull a magical order of battle out of thin air on the eve of/in a war. Reorganizations take time and money (depending on how drastic they are) and peacetime units require significant basing facilities depending on their size. If you are India and go to war with Pakistan, you can't suddenly make up that your whole army is on the border, unless you role-played all the necessary changes to do so earlier and provided resources for such a change (actually, this example is basically impossible, but nevertheless). Following from this, Orders of Battle should be assumed to follow the existing templates, again, unless you change them. For more important militaries, these are well known and can generally be easily found with the powers of google and wikipedia. Below are some Orbat examples, the first taken from CSJ gives an indication of a very good Orbat. The unit, its location and its strength is listed. Examples of The Good.
Examples of The Bad. On the other hand, this is a very bad orbat. No unit name to indicate organisation, no locations, no precise information on the units.
Or worse yet...
Assuming you were facing one or the other of these which would you prefer? I'd assume the former and by that logic it would be good for everyone if combatants adopted a similar layout with levels of detail that permit planning and interaction and don't put people off wanting to fight because one side can't be bothered. [wip] |
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