INITIAL EQUIPMENT ISSUE
(to be read in bored supply clerk voice)
Sarge you receive One M-23 Extended Range Radio.
You each receive the following;
One suit of MandelBrite combat armor.
One cartridge of combat drugs. Here is a copy of the health warning. Sign this release from liability form.One M-1 Entrenching tool.
One K-Bar combat knife, titanium edged.
One box Flares.
One Personal Medipack.
One pack Trooper Ready Meals, commonly called TRMs.
One pack Hydration Tablets.
One Holo-Show emitter for personal use.
One pack inhalant Smoke Sticks. Today we have Maple Syrup or Blueberry, your choice. It is suggested that you read the health warning on the side of the pack.
One pack Radium Gun. It is suggested that you read the health warning on this also.
One leather Mitt or one Telescoping Bat, your choice, and one Polymer Ball.
One Playboy issue number 3,835. (he opens the fold out) “…ooooh miss Mars. Actually this is my copy ”
(rolls it up and puts it under his desk).
“A little supply humor… this is for yours”.
One Expeditionary Force Field Manual, EF 1 0 4 2 0 7 stroke 3 dash J.
“Sign here for the above items.”
Now report to the Armory to draw weapons.
KILL COUNTER EXPLANATION
(to explain why the kill counter stays the same no matter how many or what size enemy PC’s face)
The Kill Counters installed on the PC’s weapons utilize specialized sensors on the weapon and in the Mandelbrite suits. This information is then fed into a processor in the counter that uses a classified algorithm to award kills, which are then displayed on counter’s display screen. How the calculation is made is always a subject of conjecture and complaint by troopers but follows these general guidelines; killing a man sized alien is a kill, killing or even wounding larger aliens also awards “kills” although the actual individual alien may not be killed. Similarly against smaller aliens killing more than one may be necessary to actually be awarded a “kill”. In this way a trooper’s actual lethality can be scored competitively with his peers even if one trooper came up against a horde of small aliens and the other just one monstrous alien.