TGMC:Squad Leader

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MARINE

Squad Leader

Access: Squad Room, Squad Leader Prep Difficulty: Medium Rank: Sergeant (starting), Staff Sergeant (25hrs), GayeryGunnery Sergeant (100hrs) Class: Marines Supervisors: Field Commander, Captain Duties: Maintain Squad Cohesion, execute the orders of Command. Call in supplies and Orbital Bombardments as your squad needs them. Get executed by your underlings. Guides: Guide to Fire Support, Guide to Vehicles Quote:"WAKE THE FUCK UP, PRIVATE! WE HAVE A HIVE WITH XENOMORPHS TO BURN!"

Introduction

The Squad Leader is the battle-tested sergeant leading their troops on the ground, and the direct link to the higher chain-of-command. You are entrusted with keeping your squad alive and leading them to victory while also relaying orders, reporting information, and providing coordinates for resupply and fire-support (Close Air Support and the Orbital Cannon.

Playing the Squad Leader

As the first link in the chain-of-command and the direct ranking officer for your marines, your primary role is leadership and support, with combat secondary. Remember this, as your presence alone can often keep a squad together and fighting effectively. Leading from the front is heroic and inspiring, but can often get you killed, leaving your marines leaderless and scattered. You must know when to charge and when to give orders, when to fight and when to help out your medic, or hold a position, or use your tac binos to call for a resupply or fire-mission.

You are also a physical beacon to follow and have the ability to give orders that provide direct buffs to your marines, so it's not all just yelling over the radio.

Your most important job is paying attention, and a good Squad Leader will know what's going on and how best to use their leadership abilities and communication to help win the battle. Your marines may not always listen, but sometimes that's out of your hands. Before taking a role as Squad Leader, ensure you have a good grasp of each marine role, the weapons at your squad's disposal, the map, and of course your own abilities.

Orders

As command staff, you have access to orders, which can be used to buff nearby troops with helpful effects. These also cause you to broadcast a quote over the radio(provided you have one) so people know when you're calling one out. After giving an order, there is a cooldown period until you can give another one. Give orders using the action buttons on the top-left of the screen.

Command	Description
Move order	Increases movement speed. Great for chasing down or running away from xenos, or if you just want to move around fast in general, like on the ship. ROs love it!
Hold order	Increases pain resistance. Helpful since pain slows down move speed, makes you drop stuff, and overall just sucks to have. Also saves painkiller supplies for when it's needed more.
Focus order	Increases accuracy, which in turn increases total damage output because more shots actually hit the enemy. Also makes them hit friendlies more often, but that's out of your control, mostly.

Vendors, Equipment, and Weapons

The Squad Leader has their own prep room within their squad prep area (hover your mouse over the doors if you can't find it.) Inside are your GHMME Automated Closet and NEXUS Automated Squad Leader Equipment Rack.

GHMME Automated Closet

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Item:	Desc.:
Marine Squad Leader Radio Headset	This is used by squad leaders. Default channels are ; for your squad, :v for command, and :z for common.
TGMC Uniform	A standard-issue, kevlar-weaved, hazmat-tested, EMF-augmented marine uniform.
Combat Boots	Standard issue combat boots for combat scenarios or combat situations. All combat, all the time.
Marine Gloves	Standard issue marine tactical gloves. It reads: 'knit by Marine Widows Association'.
M11 Pattern Leader Helmet	A slightly fancier helmet for marine leaders. This one has cushioning to project your fragile brain.
B12 Pattern Leader Armor	A lightweight suit of carbon fiber body armor built for quick movement with a built-in flashlight. Designed in a lovely forest green. Has two slots for storing items. Storage Any tiny item Any small item M41A MK2 Magazines M39 Magazines M42C Magazines Sunfury Lasgun Cells
Healthmate HUD	A heads-up display that scans the humans in view and provides accurate data about their health status.
MRE	Meal Ready-to-Eat, meant to be consumed in the field, and has an expiration that is two decades past a marine's average combat life expectancy.

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Item:	Desc.:
Webbing	Extra pouches that you can clip to your uniform. Only one thing may be clipped to your uniform Has three slots for storing items. Storage Any tiny item Any small item M41A MK2 Magazines M39 Magazines M42C Magazines Sunfury Lasgun Cells
Black Webbing	Extra pouches that you can clip to your uniform. Only one thing may be clipped to your uniform Has five slots for storing tiny or small items. Storage Any tiny item Any small item
Shoulder Holster	Pistol Holster that you can clip to your uniform. Only one thing may be clipped to your uniform Capable of storing one pistol in it. Storage Any Pistol Tazer </tab> <tab name="Belts"> Item: Desc.: Ammo Load Rig A belt for your uniform, intended for holding magazines. You can right click it to change the drawing mode. Has five slots for storing items. Storage Combat Knife Shells or handfuls of bullets Any kind of flare/flare nade M41A MK2 Magazines M39 Magazines M42C Magazines Sunfury Lasgun Cells M4A3 Magazines M44 Speedloaders Any grenade Claymores Shotgun Shell Belt A belt used to hold up to 50 shotgun shells, two boxes worth. Has two drawing methods, click to open, and draw last stored upon click. Defaults to click to open, you can right click on it and change the drawing method. What it can store: Buckshot shells Slug Shells Flechette Shells Incendiary Shells M39 Belt Holster SMG Holster that goes on your belt. Has only one slot, and draws revolvers on click. Capable of storing an M39 without increased weight (Grips/Stock) Storage M39 SMGs File:TGMC M39.png Knife Rig A knife rig that goes on your belt Can switch drawing modes by right clicking. Capable of storing six throwing knives within. Storage M11 Throwing Knives. M4A3 Belt Holster Pistol Holster that goes on your belt. Has five slots, and draws pistols on click. Capable of storing only one pistol in it. Storage Any Pistol, not revolvers. Any Pistol Magazines M44 Belt Holster Revolver Holster that goes on your belt. Has five slots, and draws revolvers on click. Capable of storing only one revolver in it. Storage M44 Revolvers M44 Speedloaders </tab> <tab name="Pouches"> Pouch: Desc: Shotgun Shell Pouch A pouch used to hold shotgun shells. Has four slots. Has two drawing methods, click to open, and draw last stored upon click. Defaults to click to open, you can right click on it and change the drawing method. What it can store: Buckshot shells Slug Shells Flechette Shells Incendiary Shells Magazine Pouch A pouch used to hold magazines. Has two slots. Has two drawing methods, click to open, and draw last stored upon click. Defaults to click to open, you can right click on it and change the drawing method. What it can store: Shells or handfuls of bullets M41A MK2 Magazines M39 Magazines M42C Magazines Sunfury Lasgun Cells M4A3 Magazines M44 Speedloaders Medium General Pouch A medium general pouch that goes into your pocket. Holds small and tiny items. Has two drawing methods, click to open, and draw last stored upon click. Defaults to click to open, you can right click on it and change the drawing method. Storage Any tiny item Any small item Flare Pouch A pouch used to flares. Has five slots. Has two drawing methods, click to open, and draw last stored upon click. Defaults to click to open, you can right click on it and change the drawing method. What it can store: Flare Grenades Manual Flares First Aid Pouch A pouch used to hold construction materials. Has five slots. Has two drawing methods, click to open, and draw last stored upon click. Defaults to click to open, you can right click on it and change the drawing method. What it can store: Tramadol Injectors Tricordazine Injectors Gauze Ointment Medical Splints Pistol Magazine Pouch A pouch used to hold pistol magazines. Has three slots. Has two drawing methods, click to open, and draw last stored upon click. Defaults to click to open, you can right click on it and change the drawing method. What it can store: M4A3 Magazines M44 Speedloaders Sidearm Pouch A pouch used to sidearms. Has one slot. Has two drawing methods, click to open, and draw last stored upon click. Defaults to click to open, you can right click on it and change the drawing method. What it can store: Any Revolvers Any Pistols </tab> <tab name="Masks"> Item: Desc.: TGMC Gas Mask A gas mask that restricts your vision, but filters out harmful gasses. TGMC Coif A coif that protects you from extreme cold conditions. Rebreather Heats or cools down air as you breath it, protecting you from extreme conditions. </tab> </tabs> NEXUS Automated Squad Leader Equipment Rack <tabs> <tab name="Essential SL Set"> Item: Desc.: Tactical Binoculars A pair of binoculars with a laser targeting and rangefinding function. Right click or Activate to look, Ctrl+Click to target something, Alt+Click or Spacebar to change modes, Ctrl+Shift+Click to remotely fire OB (You can only fire remotely AFTER a windup time, represented by a bar over your sprite. Click on LASER to fire.) Orbital Beacon A bulky device that fires a beam up to an orbiting vessel to send local coordinates for orbital bombardment and fire support. Squad Supply Beacon A rugged, glorified laser pointer capable of sending a beam into space. Activate and deploy this to call for a supply drop. Your kit comes with two of these beacons. Tactical Sensor A device that detects hostile movement. Hostiles appear as red blips. Friendlies with the correct IFF signature appear as green, and their bodies as blue, un-revivable bodies as dark blue. It has a mode selection interface. Pool Pinpointer A pinpointer able to detect the psychic energy emanating from spawning pools. Plastic Explosives Used to put holes in specific areas without too much extra hole. Activate to set the timer, then click on the target area to plant. Station Bounced Radio A handheld radio used to communicate if the telecommuncations network is down. HealthMate HUD A heads-up display that scans the humans in view and provides accurate data about their health status. The projector can be attached to compatable eyewear. Whistle A metal pea-whistle. Can be blown while held, or worn in the mouth. </tab> <tab name="Leader Supplies"> Item: Desc.: Squad Supply Beacon A rugged, glorified laser pointer capable of sending a beam into space. Activate and deploy this to call for a supply drop. Orbital Beacon A bulky device that fires a beam up to an orbiting vessel to send local coordinates for orbital bombardment and fire support. Entrenching Tool Used to dig holes and bash heads in. Folds in to fit in small spaces. Use a sharp item on it to sharpen it. Sandbags Some empty sandbags, best to fill them up if you want to use them. Plastic Explosives Used to put holes in specific areas without too much extra hole. Detonation Pack Programmable remotely triggered 'smart' explosive used for demolitions and impromptu booby traps. Can be set to breach or demolition detonation patterns. Smoke Grenade The M40 HSDP is a small, but powerful smoke grenade. Based off the same platform as the M40 HEDP. It is set to detonate in 2 seconds. Cloak Grenade A sophisticated version of the M40 HSDP with a slighty improved smoke screen payload. It's set to detonate in 2 seconds. M40 HIDP incendiary Grenade The M40 HIDP is a small, but deceptively strong incendiary grenade. It is set to detonate in 4 seconds. M40 HEDP Grenade A small, but deceptively strong high explosive grenade that has been phasing out the M15 fragmentation grenades. Capable of being loaded in the any grenade launcher, or thrown by hand. Pack of Razorburn Grenades It can contain grenades, plastiques, mine boxes, and other explosives. (Has three Razorburn grenades and one Razorburn canister inside) Razorburn Canister Contains construction nanites ready to turn a large area into razorwire after a few seconds. DO NOT ENTER AREA WHILE ACTIVE. Razorburn Grenade Contains construction nanites ready to turn a small area into razorwire after a few seconds. DO NOT ENTER AREA WHILE ACTIVE. Flamethrower The M240A1 has proven to be one of the most effective weapons at clearing out soft-targets. This is a weapon to be feared and respected as it is quite deadly. Flamethrower Tank A fuel tank of usually ultra thick napthal, a sticky combustable liquid chemical, for use in the M240A1 incinerator unit. Handle with care. Whistle A metal pea-whistle. Can be blown while held, or worn in the mouth. Station Bound Radio A handheld radio used to communicate if the telecommuncations network is down. Signaler (For Detpacks) Used to remotely activate devices. Allows for syncing when using a secure signaler on another. Radio Pack A backpack that resembles the ones old-age radio operator soldiers would use. Advanced First Aid Kit Contains advanced medical treatments. Comes with a health analyzer, a splint, a pair of burn and brute trauma kits, and one pill bottle each of Tramadol, Kelotane and Bicardine. Ziptie Box A box full of zip cuffs. V1 Thermal-Dampening Tarp An active camo tarp carried by TGMC Snipers. When laying underneath the tarp, the sniper is almost indistinguishable from the landscape if utilized correctly. The tarp contains a thermal-dampening weave to hide the wearer's heat signatures, optical camouflage, and smell dampening. CAS Flare Box A packet of seven M40 CFPD signal Flares. Used to mark locations for fire support. Can be launched from an underslung grenade launcher. Deployable Overwatch Camera A deployable camera for use with overwatch systems. Fulton Extraction Pack A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Used to sell xenomorph corpses directly. </tab> <tab name="Medical Supplies"> Item: Desc.: Injector (Synaptizine) An autoinjector freshly loaded with a safe-to-use synaptizine mix. Injector (Advanced) An autoinjector loaded with two doses of advanced healing and painkilling chemicals. Intended for use in active combat. </tab> </tabs> TGMC Roles TerraGov Marines Ranks Command Captain, Field Commander, Staff Officer, Pilot Officer, Transport Officer, Mech Pilot Vehicle Crew Assault Crewman, Transport Crewman Engineering and Supply Chief Ship Engineer, Requisitions Officer, Ship Technician Medical Chief Medical Officer, Medical Doctor, Researcher Marines Squad Leader, Squad Smartgunner, Squad Engineer, Squad Corpsman, Squad Marine Civilians Corporate Liaison Silicon Combat robots, Synthetic, AI Xenomorphs Playtime Tier 0 Larva, Minions Tier 1 Drone, Runner, Defender, Sentinel Tier 2 Hivelord, Carrier, Hunter, Wraith, Bull, Warrior, Puppeteer, Spitter, Pyrogen Tier 3 Gorger, Defiler, Widow, Ravager, Warlock, Behemoth, Crusher, Praetorian, Boiler Tier 4 Shrike, Queen, King, Hivemind Others Zombie, Emergency Response Teams, Sons of Mars, Survivor