You know, there are always people asking “why not just field 40 Savannah Masters?” After all, why not? They’re cheap, hit hard for their speed and price tag, and can outpace a Firemoth.
Well, having looked into it myself, the reason is simple: It’s hard to find 40 people suicidal enough to drive those Savannah Masters. And even if you do find 40 people with a death wish, there then comes the issue of training those 40 people to drive hovercraft that zoom around at over 200 kph while also aiming and firing the laser, all without crashing into a brick wall or a mech’s foot. Without proper training, the Savannah Masters’ pilots are either going to total their vehicle before it can get a shot off, or they’ll sit still to line up a shot and get themselves totaled because their armor is 95% speed. Ultimately, if you have the people willing to deploy in 40 Savannah Masters, you’d usually be better off sending them out in 13 Hetzers.
The real kicker though is that I know there are cultures that produce warriors with the dedication, lack of survival instinct, and skill to effectively deploy them in 40 Savannah Masters; only problem is that most of those cultures historically produce people who see driving combat vehicles as a grave insult to their personal honor.
-Cia
You should recruit from Clan Hell's Horses then.
- Melissa
You want to take defensive contracts in border systems around their territory and wait for a Mad Stampede.
Once they are on the ground they are going to scatter. This is when you mobilize. Mobilize but nor deploy.
It's once you can extrapolate a general direction of trial you start to deploy. Common sense would suggest picking off stragglers but that doesn't earn respect.
So you are going to start with the front-runners and work your way back. You will want motive kills. Take surrenders. Claim the prisoners as Bondsmen.
Congratulations. You have crew for your Savannah Masters. Just be warned. If it can move, Hells Horses will race it.
Just do not place too much money on them. It will piss off the locals and you do not want that.
This has been "How to crew your Combat Vehicles" by Star Colonel Jehan MacKenzie. Tune in next time for "Why footballers make the best Elementals, and the converse."
Would designating or “bidding” sacrificial Hetzers be useful in reducing the damages caused by the races, or would that just result in them hot-rodding the Hetzers?
-Cia
Wait what am I saying, hot-rodded Hetzers would probably be more efficient and reliable than one new off the assembly line; either way, think I know where the CA will be heading next after the current operation’s over.
-Cia
