re: #188 Dark_Falcon

True, and that underlines how the Imperium differs from the Word of Blake faction in Battletech that developed the CASPAR II. The WoB had a distinctly limited amount of manpower it could put aboard space vessels, which made the Imperial approach impossible. So they needed to spend more money and save manpower, whereas the Imperium has the opposite set of needs.

Yeah, the Imperium’s one surplus is manpower. Standard combat doctrine for fighting some alien races is for heavy and special weapons gunner to take their shot, then toss the weapon aside for a squad mate to retrieve. The man is replaceable, the equipment is not.