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Yes. Automatic successes on "impossible" Per rolls will do this job, I think.
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It possibly provides more, since it is a populous planet. About ten times the average population, I think.
On the other hand, people on Esbouvier have strange upbringings and lives, and it is likely that comparatively very few of them develop the motivations and motivation to join the Imperial Service.
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In the first place I am not convinced that it is true, and in the second place we are not talking about people with superpowers or rare expensive abilities, we're talking about ordinary sentries.
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For other games, obviously. The Hat has spoken for this one.
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Okay, some military demography.
The Imperial Marines consists of about 450,000 all ranks, in 245 regiments of 1,780 all ranks, plus the Staff. At any time, about 25 regiments are in transit, retraining, or on furlough. 66 are split up for Public Duties (security, riot control, and ceremonial, with counter-terrorist and hostage rescue when and if), about 66 are split up for Fleet Protection (boarding & inspections of ships and habitats and other space facilities, direct action when & if), about 80 are deployed in Imperial interventions (warlike operations, occupation, peacekeeping—mostly on colonies with modest populations and tech development), and about sixteen are actually in reserve. ("We need a minimum of 22 regiments in reserve. Will the Senate please authorise raising another six regiments urgently.") Eyeballing historical loss rates, making allowances for high-tech armour, reinforcement, high-tech medevac and surgical care, considering the "put your life on the line to protect the vulnerable" ethos of the Imperial marines, and considering the kind of loss rate that troops might put up with year in and year out, I reckon that the annual fatality rate for the Imperial marines might average at most 0.3%, or 5.3 per regiment per year. So each regiment is going to need 5.3 replacements per year for KIAs (medicine and surgery are TL10, the wounded can come back if they want to). Add in say 1% per annum for non-retention of various sorts. 1.3% per annum losses. 45.6% of intake reach retirement at age eighty, so that's 0.76% per annum losses to superannuation. Total wastage is 2.06% per annum. A regiment needs on average 36–37 new privates and subalterns per annum. The entire Corps needs 9,270 new privates and subalterns per year. Given 5.3% officers, and supposing that excess casualties among subalterns are balanced by very low casualties among field grade and general officers, that suggests that 491 newbie subalterns are needed each year. Of people who join the Imperial Marines and complete training, 12.5% are killed in action over sixty years, 42.9% transfer out, and 45.6% serve to retirement. Does that all seem ballpark reasonable? is the loss rate too high?
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I presume the loss rate is looking at peace-time, with casualties being through accident or in short peace-keeping style actions.
Full on war-time would greatly increase this rate, if there's any enemies in the setting that could provide the conflict. There may not be, but over the sixty-year lifetime you're looking at, how many of those years could nominally be given as "at war", with respect to the career of an average troop?
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I would not join a service with a 12.5% KIA unless I thought the need was truly dire. ... This is probably a feature then.
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