e-1: Private -- no insignia
e-2: Pvivate (2) -- One chevron
e-3: Private First Class -- one chevron/one rocker
e-4: Specialist -- special insignia; Coporal -- two chevrons
e-5: sergeant -- 3 chevrons
e-6: Staff Sergeant -- 3 chevrons/ one rocker
e-7: Sergeant First Class
e-8: Master Sergeant
e-9: First Sergeant/ Sergeant Major

Ranks of same grade are of the same pay but the latter is generally considered to be of more experience and to have more authority. The main difference is their job duties.

There will be no additional ammo drops unless some specifc situation warrants it. Seeing as how everyone but the sarge (with his SAW) is carrying 210 rounds of primary ammo plus an additional 30-45 rounds for their sidearm, you should be prepared to handle any typical resistance - with your primary weapon at burst setting, you'll have 70 attacks. Of course, if you elect to go running around, guins ablazing on full auto, it may not work out that way...

Want to PM our conversation in the mess hall rather than posting in game...from your post, you intended the conversation to be private rather than overheard by others.

Can you PM more than one recipient? That way DM is included

PM more than one recipient at a time. The information you provided me in PM however is great and really all that I needed.

...so hold your horses. Sorry, things have been nuts following my return to the 'net.

oK so I'm shooting to have another post in place here shortly as well.

Where the heck are my players? I can assume some actions, if need be, but a quick "hey, I'm too busy to post" PM would be nice.

I have been really quite busy with work and home but i will try to post as soon as I ....

Wait a minute... I'm not in this game.


Cathy is somewhere between Scottsdale and New Jersey right now. She should be back around Friday. I believe she has one more trip to Las Vegas and then she is grounded until William is born.

Supposedly...

@ supposedly.

She told me she'd be posting soon.

Sorry Boss been real busy since Monday job hunting as I am presently out of work. Will for sure post tonight.

FYI, the only personnel on the scramjet is the ranger team. Remember, this is a computer-driven flight.

Oh, I remember Boss. Believe me, I remember.

I have edited my post accordingly oh great and Godlike Webmaster

I am vary sorry I have not posted. I will try to get one off tomorrow morning. when I can find two brains cells to rub together. I am showing horses and the L.A. County fair. I leave at 6 in the morning and get back home after 11 at night. Tonight was early but I am beat.

More than one player has asked me about moving in the scramjet while at mach 6. I'm seeing descriptions of being unable to move, or in having great difficulty in doing so, cropping up in posts.

When thinking about such tremendous speeds, such assumptions do seem logical - but believe it or not, they are incorrect.

During acceleration to mach 6, your body would be under excessive g forces - only the flight suits are keeping you conscious. However, once cruising speed is reached, you would suffer no ill effects.

Think about this: if you sit in a normal sports car and floor the accelerator, you are pushed back against your seat, even while the car itself is only travelling 30-40 miles per hour. When you let off of the gas, and begin driving at a steady speed of, say, 70 miles per hour, you no longer feel the effect of the acceleration.

Consider an airline flight: during takeoff, acceleration pushes you down. Once you level off and reach cruising speed, the captain turns off the fasten seatbelts sign, and you can walk around, even though you are currently flying at several hundred miles per hour.

The same principle applies to the scramjet at mach 6. since your body is also travelling at mach 6, you will be able to move.