General Overview
This exercise in intended as a Stage One general introduction to Squad level operational tactics in a standard boarding action.
The main essense of the mission is to capture a small ship crewed by armed criminals. The mission is straightforward, and the opposition light - the main training objective is to practice squad batttle drills.

Operational Area
Orbital training hulk 9 (Class 4000)

Friendly Forces
Standard Marine Group of HQ squad plus three marine squads, with full complement of supporting combat robots. No logistic reload, or TRUCs deployed.

Additional equipment and stores:
No additional stores.

Deployment
Exercise starts with the Marine unit about to enter the target vessel's main airlock.

Hostile Forces
15 spacesuited crewmen, plus 10 Armoured Combat Crewmen and 2 combat robots.

Conduct of Operations
The defenders are not marine trained, and therefore much easier to defeat. Deployment should be fairly static and un-coordinated, to encourage systematic deck clearance techniques.
Defenders are in control of the ship.

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