Holodeck

[lpeters]

IC
So cadet Quinn what have you learnt today. *Now everyone was laughing with Rajnus and Quinn just standing there.*

OOC
Remember Quinn it's RajnuS not RajnuST!!! lol

[Quinn]

Quinn frowned, great, now he gets to get stuck on the largest ship in the fleet full of marines. Oh well, at least he'll get alot of action- better than the boring stuff he heard the Rivendell was going through.

"No sir.. Are we dismissed?" He said rather lightly.

[Apodae Swift]

Swift reached in to his pocket and pulled out a pair of sunglasses, he put them on. Sometimes looking cool was more important then tactics, he armed his weapon and walked towards the tunnels. Swift was so fixated in the moment he didn't even notice the sneaking approach of Alexia.
"The only way to deal with a trap." Swift said to no one in particular as he switched on the light on top of his phaser rifle. "Is to set the thing off and deal with it." He looked over the floor, the walls, behind him, everywhere in a very organised fashion. The guy had come through a fracking wall before so he knew he had to be prepared for anything. Also if the guy grabbed Lois he could have easily taken out Swift, which made him think there was more to this then a simple case of kidnap, information, or any normal nasty things bad guys did. No, he knew he was being saved for something. If the guy wanted to play games with him then he would show surely show this stranger how dangerous playing games could be.

[Apodae Swift]

"I am just pointing out to you, Captain, that I think the comments were unfair. I followed orders and did things to the best of my ability, if you have a problem with my attitude, or my quaint sense of humour, then I'm sorry but that won't be changing." Swift said with a small smile. "But I think you will find that I completed that task very effectively. I carried out orders to the best of my ability and used initiative to get out of tricky situations and pretty much decimate the enemy in the process and freed trapped comrades. But what do I know? Maybe next time I should stick the the bare minimum? Leave teammates trapped behind enemy lines and leave the enemy alive? I'll let you think on that, if you need me Sir I'll be in the bar." Swift said and walked out, the Admiral seemed alright, but that Captain annoyed him. What the captain needed, In Swift's opinion, was a loosening of his collar and a good sense of humour.

[Richard Brown]

*Richard Started Walking toward the Group*
*Pointed his Phaser and fired at the Wall entering*

*Richard walked down the Corridor and reached the Exit waiting for Lois*


*Richard Holstered his Phaser*

[Apodae Swift]

"Yes sir. Identifying objectives is to look at your orders and decide what needs to be done.
"Concentration of effort is where you decide where to put your forces and deciding which targets or objectives, require more resources or men.
"Exploiting weather is using things such as fog to your advantage, or attacking an enemy with the sun behind you, things of that nature.
"Exploiting night speaks for itself, many things can be done under the cover of darkness.
"The economy of your forces is to make sure that nothing is wasted, you don't want to have men in a place they are not needed, or sitting around doing nothing when they are needed.
"Protection of your forces again is obvious, making sure that when you attack there isn't someone going to attack from behind, or if you are camped out somewhere in hostile territory.
"If they have fortifications they need to be analyzed and weaknesses found, or if you are the one with fortifications you have to find your own weaknesses and put a stopper in them.
"Use of terrain is things like tree cover, pinning someone down in a valley, hiding behind a hill, that sort of thing. Improving terrain however is things like building trenches or ditches, even shell holes count but that situation would rarely arise.
"Reconnaissance is vital to any battle plan, information is power.

"I think I covered unit tactics and rills quite well sir so if you don't mind I'll skip that bit.
The ambush is an age old tactic, one that works extremely well, the key is in the "planning. Reconnaissance plays a big part as you need to find out exactly what the enemy has and the direction they are traveling in. Then a good place for your forces to remain concealed is found, or made. When the enemy walks by unaware of your forces being there, they jump out and attack. That of course is a generalization sir and may not always be that simple.
"Skirmish became sort of obsolete when fighting in formation died out, however the basic principle of using light forces to harass the enemy can be used effectively. It can upset enemy morale, be used to steal supplies, or even capture prisoners. It has evolved in to a hit and run sort of affair.
"The method of rapid dominance is using a very very large force to overwhelm your opponent within literally minuets or, on a bigger scale, hours. Not used much any more and most of the time forces are equal, however in the rare occasion you outnumber the enemy immensely it is perfect. Also on a much larger scale if this is done once during a time of war and word spreads it can demoralize a whole civilization.
"The pincer movement is assaulting both flanks of the enemy simultaneously, then assaulting the further most flanks and finally closing it like a pincer. Hence the name. It is a standard tactic that can work in most situations. I however, sir, feel as Sun Tzu does on the maneuver, it is important not to completely surround the enemy. If a man thinks he has no chance of escape he will fight more ferociously. Therefore In feel it is good to leave a narrow opening, or at least let it look there is an opening.
"The flanking maneuver is similar to the pincer, but instead of going all the way round you just hit the enemy flanks. This is mostly done when there is either not a big enough force to pull off the pincer or if there is something blocking the rear part of the opposing force.
"Envelopment tactics are mostly used for siege type attacks, surrounding the enemy and constantly harrowing them until either the force is destroyed or they surrender. It is similar to the pincer. However the envelopment tactic is less forceful, it is also done from the outset rather then maneuvering troops mid battle.
Interdiction is cutting off enemy supply lines and communications. You then just wait for the enemy to give up.
"Rapid deployment is in a way similar to rapid dominance, however in rapid deployment it is more a case of you make the enemy think there is no one there. Then all your troops come out at once and storm the enemy. Either that or if you attack an enemy stronghold getting their quickly adds to the surprise of the attack and throws the enemy off guard.
Preemptive strike, this is simply attacking an enemy before they can attack you. It is very effective as most of the time you can catch their forces completely unawares while they are preparing for their offensive.
"The oldest of all tactics, used by humans as cavemen and still used by animals today is divide and conquer. If there is a large enemy force you separate one of it's elements form the main group and then neutralize it. After a time you can take out a hole army very effectively. Humans did it to hunt prey and animals still do, separating a single animal from a large herd and then going in for the kill.

"I don't know centre peel sir. I remember the chief saying it was something to do with a "controlled retreat but that's about it.
"Defense in depth, this is designed more to stall the enemy and buy time rather then repelling them. This is done by having the defenses very 'deep' so that space can be yielded to the enemy to buy time. Normally there is only a front line and perhaps a secondary line. Defense in depth has many lines of defense that are design to break easier but take more time overall to get through.
"The use of crossfire in mutual support is designed to make sure the enemy find it hard to find a covered approach to any one defensive position. The crossfire means that gunners have overlapping arcs of fire, thus what one gunner can't shoot another can.
"When withdrawing form battle the terminology of scorched earth means to destroy anything in your path as you retreat that the enemy might be able to use to its advantage. This could be anything from buildings to vehicles to even crops of long grass for cover.
"Booby traps are meant to slow down an enemy following your retreat or could be placed outside of fortifications ready for a possible attack. They can be things like landmines or the tripwire grenade but they can also be simple things like holes disguised with bracken.
"The counter attack is a bold move if you are suddenly attacked but it can pay off quite nicely. When you are caught unawares or if your fortifications have been attacked at the right moment, you aggressively charge out of your fortifications, meeting and stunning the attackers directly, and gain the initiative. This can break a siege or change the tide of a battle. However, if the wrong moment is chosen, or a counterattack is poorly executed, a military disaster could result for the defending side, since the defenders are no longer protected by their fortifications.
"The Hedgehog defensive however is really used because it is rarely needed, however if used correctly it is the best defense there is. You deploy your forces in depth in heavily fortified positions that are good for defense all round, hence the hedgehog name. The enemy can get through these hedgehog positions fine but they continue to fight even when the enemy has passed creating an all round fire. This then channels the attackers in to safe paths between the hedgehogs, this then lets the defenders cut the enemy up in to smaller chunks, then guide them to a place they want, in to a trap, and then obliterate them... I think that's all the tactics I know Sir."

[Lois]

Mark grinned, "I knew I shouldn't have came back,"

"Knowledge is having infomation, the more infomation you have the more power you have. Experience gives a person knowledge by teaching them first hand instead of learning in class, learning stuff in class is not experience which means it isn't knowledge but just a semi version of it. Knowledge is infomation, knowledge is experience, knowledge is power, knowledge is survival, and knowledge is the fact that you acutally know something,"

[Garrisson Grey]

After getting ready, Garrisson entered the holodeck again.
Helmet under his right arm, rifle in his left hand.

[Simon Rajnus]

*More creatures started to crawl out of the ship on all fours.  As the cadets shot they noticed that the creatures had lil effect on them as it was absorbed into there bodies*

<Outside the Simulation, Simon looked on hoping they would catch onto the point he was trying to make>

[lpeters]

Erm, Grey; that huge hole in the door does that.

[Lois]

A Ensign walked into the holodeck and placed a PADD on the desk, than he left quickly without saying anything:

Rajnus,

Evolution is due to depart today or tommarow, I would just like to inform you that if I die than both of us failled in our duties. But I assure you that I will be back to listen to your lectures another day, but for now I send my farewells. Also I'm glad you decided to agree to the interview.

~Ensign Mark Lois

[Simon Rajnus]

"Hmmmm, very good.  I like my cadets to fulfill a medical stand point should the need arise.  You see, in most cases you will be sent on an away team.  Thats your job is to go on away teams and protect those you were charged to guard.  NOW!, what would happen if something happened, anything happened which caused you to be taking care of the wounded and no one in the party had the expertise to care for a phaser wound or some primitive shot at you with an arrow and hit your friend in the rear of your group.  You were the only one with medical knowledge, you will have to take care of them.  That is the situation calls for you to know what to do.  Why dont you take a look at the medical database and give me a report on what you learned.  Remember, even the most primitive medical knowledge can save a persons life." Simon said as he pointed to the computer console.

"Go, do your homework while we wait for the other cadets to show up."

[Quinn]

Quinn's left eye twitched.

"Well I wish to be security on the Evolution, SIR"

[Lois]

Dosen't this guy change uniforms when he gets into the holodeck simulation? Or maybe this is part of it..

"I will tell you all that I know if you leave Swift and the ambassador's daughter alone," He replied, hopefully Swift will find him before this guy finds them. For now all he had to do is keep them out of harms way untill he finds a way out of here.

He began to slowly try and reach his Hand Phaser while he talked.

[Alexia]

"Well better have you hurt then you dead.  Now how do you expect to get me OUT! of here!"