An Example ORBAT

Some folks chatting on our Discord channel wanted to see the one I'd put together for a "small" expedition to explore a planet expected to have artifacts from a lost "precursor" civilization in the RP's setting.  While I thought my military forces were over the top, my ally and I brought the smallest force in the RP.

I'd really like formatting that allows more tabulation for notes, but I'll try to manage with small fonts.

Emissary Plenipotentiary Exuberance IV, Overall Leader  Yes, a diplomat was running the show, not a soldier.

• 1x Diplomatic ship   Exuberance's personal ship
  
• 1x Hospital ship       A modern hospital ship; if it mattered, I was gonna use the stats for the USNS Mercy for estimating capabilities.
  
• Scientific Staff, led by Science Director... um, I can't find the character's name.
  
• 1x Science HQ ship  This was a random freighter stuffed full of lab gear and computers, with a bunch of new sensors stuck on.
  
• 1x Logistics ship      A modern military replenishment ship, with shuttles and cargo craft.
• 1x Engineering battalion (attached)  In case the planetary science teams found something big to dig up.
• 2x Sifter ship                                  Specialized mining ships, in case the science teams found something huge to dig up.
• 3x Planetary science teams
• 10x Principal investigators of various disciplines
  
• 30x Technicians
  
• 20x Research support people
• Assorted scientific field equipment and vehicles I didn't feel like writing up
  

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[li]Military Forces, led by Admiral Something-or-other[/li][li]Naval Forces[/li]

• First Patriotic Fleet
  
• 1x Carrier (flagship)  a modern heavy carrier
  
• 8x Fighter Wing        of recent vintages ranging from modern to cutting edge
  
• 64x Space superiority flighter 
  

[li]2x light missile cruiser (attached)  Obsolete ships with new avionics and fire control, and cutting edge missiles.[/li][li]16x frigate (attached)                   Obsolete ships with new avionics and fire control.[/li][li]1x Logistics ship[/li][/ul] [li]Second Patriotic Fleet[/li]

• 1x Carrier
• 1x Allied fleet     They didn't have the range to reach the planet in the scenario.
  
• 1x Fighter Wing  cutting edge ships
  
• 64x Space superiority fighter 
  

[li]2x light missile cruiser (attached) 
[/li][li]16x frigate (attached)
[/li][li]1x Logistics ship
[/li][/ul] [li]Cruiser Squadron[/li]

• 2x light gun cruiser  New ships, mostly armed with energy weapons, but also had re-entry capable missiles and railguns, and were my only ships capable of providing orbital fire support.
  

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• Ground Forces, Led by General Thusandso
• 1x Logistics Ship
  1x Troop support ship (for engineers attached to scientists) mother ships for the strike boats, light repair facilities, and other non-combat stuff
  
• 5x Strike boat (for engineers) like drop ships, but typically armed for close aerospace support as well as transport
• 3x Mechanized infantry battalion
• (My TG mentions a missing Table of Organization and Equipment giving them a strength of 500 men, anti-grav tanks and IFVs, and a battery of self-propelled anti-grav artillery)
  
• 1x Liasion/forward observer team (for calling in fire support from the cruiser squadron)
  
• 1x Troop support ship
• 5x Strike boat
  

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Most of the players in this scenario had much bigger military forces and correspondingly more elaborate ORBATs.

--NWS
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